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The library added the following databases over the holiday break:
Artemis Literary Sources: provides combined access to a new interface, with new features, to Literature Criticism Online (10 multidisciplinary series) and to Literature Resource Center.
Artemis Primary Sources: provides access to a new interface, with new features, to the combined Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) and Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO).
British History Online: provides access to some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles.
InfoTrac Newsstand: provides access to over 2,500 newspapers, newswires, and radio and TV news transcripts.
Mergent Intellect: search U.S. and international company listings by industry, size, location, and other criteria to create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, and raise funds.
A listing of all library databases can be found on the Article Resources and E-Research Tools page.
Paying Library Fines and Fees
Students, staff, and faculty pay library fines and fees through the Student Accounts office. All library fines and fees for students, staff, and faculty are transferred to the Student Accounts billing system on a nightly basis. Only community borrowers and spouses or domestic partners with AppCards make payments at the Circulation Services Desk on the main floor of Belk Library.
For concerns regarding a library fine or fee, contact the Circulation Services Manager, Jason Stamper, at 828 262-6904 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Tuesday 1-3 pm (Dec. 10)
Wednesday 6:30-8:30 pm (Dec.11)
Congratulations to all the students who are graduating this December, 2013. We thank all of our student library employees for their hard work and dedication. Your work in the library is greatly appreciated!
Helen Hathaway
Barbara Hobbs
Allison Guerin
Reshea Mackey
Brittney Stone
Celeste Caton
Andrew Florence
Kathryn Miller
Mary Margaret Johnson
Becky Dion
Jordan Neary
A new exhibit, "Memories from Childhood: Our Favorite Christmas Stories," is now on display in Special Collections on the 4th Floor of Belk Library and Information Commons. The display draws on children's literature relating to Christmas from the Historical Children's Literature rare book collection and the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection, both part of Special Collections. Special Collections staff and Dougherty Reading Room reference students chose their favorites from the collections for the exhibit. Included are a first edition of A Charlie Brown Christmas, Gloria Houston's The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree, and a book of traditional Christmas songs illustrated by H.A. Rey, known for his "Curious George" series.
Pictured: Cover art for We Three Kings and other Christmas Carols, illustrated by H.A. Rey (1944).
There will be no ABC Express Service from December 21st to January 1st because the libraries at Appalachian State University, Western Carolina, and University of North Carolina Ashville
will be closed.
Sorry for any inconvenience!
Belk Library now offers the Appalachian State community access to OverDrive, a service which allows users to download ebooks and audiobooks to their favorite mobile device. Titles include popular fiction, study aids (GRE, LSAT, GMAT, CPA), travel guides, foreign language study audiobooks, and more.
Items are available in four formats: Kindle, EPub, MP3 and WMA audio. An Adobe ID or Amazon Kindle account is required, and either an OverDrive Media Console App or a Kindle device or App. For help, see our Library Guide for eBooks/OverDrive, or visit us in the library. You can always read available ebooks through your browser without having to download any software.
Explore OverDrive to see the growing collection of downloadable ebooks and audiobooks, and enter your Banner/Univeristy ID number to download up to three titles at a time for either a 7, 14, or 21 day check-out. Titles are returned automatically at the end of the lending period, so there are never late fees.
OK, maybe you need actual food too. But an e-book about cooking or cuisine might be a great idea for the holiday.
Our new (tiny) Overdrive Collection has 18 books on cooking and food. They can be checked out for 21 days.
Overdrive e-books are hard to set up the first time, but easy after that. Click on your device on this help page for instructions. Or ask us for help.
More on the Belk Library's Overdrive e-books.
We also have EBSCO e-books. Browse these 1668 e-books on food and drink.
These are challenging to set up the first time also, but as easy as changing TV channels after that. Try out these instructions, but come visit us for help setting up if they don't quite work. Most (~90%) can be checked out for 14 days. They do not work with Kindles.
Photo: "Felicity's Pumpkin Pie" 2010, by Ryan Grove. (More food photos here.)
Within the last few weeks, items in the Belk Library's Lost and Found section has nearly tripled! Some items found include:
iPad chargers
PC chargers
AppCards and other cards
Other types:
Water bottles
If any of these items sounds like they may belong to you, give us a call or come by the Circulation desk on the 1st floor.
Be prepared to describe the item and show identification if asked.
Thanks and have a great semester!
The Richard T. Barker Friends of the University Library is sponsoring its annual reception for faculty who published books during the past academic year (2012-2013) or who have achieved similar recognition in their fields. For example, music faculty who had works published or art faculty who had pieces accepted for major collections should be honored.
The reception will be held on Monday, November 25 at 3:30 p.m. with remarks at 4:00 p.m. in Room 421 in Belk Library and Information Commons. Chancellor Peacock and Provost Lori Gonzalez will be on hand to present the certificates.
Below is the list of faculty who had works published 2012-2013.
Appalachian Studies
Pat Beaver
Helen Matthews Lewis: Living Social Justice in Appalachia. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky. 2012.
Jeri P. Allison
Mrs. Gambel the Quirky Quail. Raleigh, NC: Ivy House Publishing Group. 2012.
Lynn Duryea
Solo Exhibition, "Structures," at 1912 Gallery, Emory + Henry College, Emory, VA. January/February 2013.
Solo Exhibition, "Master Craft Artist," at the Maine Center for Craft, West Gardiner, ME. July 2013.
Jeana Klein
Solo Exhibition, "Past, Present and Accounted For" at the Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC. September, 2012.
Chishimba N. Mowa
Mapping Cells Expressing Estrogen Receptors: Female and Male Reproductive Organs of Developing and Adult Rodents. Saarbrücken, Germany: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing . 2012.
Michael Windelspecht
Essentials of Biology, Third Edition. Dubuque, Iowa: Mcgraw-Hill Publishing. 2012.
Human Biology, Twelfth Edition. Dubuque, Iowa: Mcgraw-Hill Publishing. 2012.
Frank Aycock
21st Century Television: The Players, the Viewers, the Money. Charleston, SC: Create Space, 2012.
Scott M. Welsh
The Rhetorical Surface of Democracy: How Deliberative Ideals Undermine Democratic Politics. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. 2012.
Computer Information Systems
Dawn D. Medlin
Medlin, D. D. (2012). Integrations of Technology Utilization and Social Dynamics in Organizations. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. 2012.
Curriculum and Instruction
Melanie W. Greene
Goodnight Boone! Blowing Rock, NC: Parkway Press. 2012.
Todd L. Cherry
Toward a New Climate Agreement: Conflict, Resolution and Governance. New York, NY: Routledge 2012.
Dave M. McEvoy
Toward a New Climate Agreement: Conflict, Resolution and Governance. New York, NY: Routledge 2012.
Joseph Bathanti
Sonnets of the Cross (Poems). Durham, NC: Jacar Press. 2013.
Concertina (Poems). Macon, GA: Mercer University Press. 2013.
Pamela E. Brewer
International Virtual Teams: Engineering Successful Global Communication. London, England:IEEE Press/Wiley. 2012.
Hilda Downer
Sky Under the Roof. Huron, OH: Bottom Dog Press, 2013
Nathan K. Hauke
"A Surface. A Shore or Semi-transparency of Glass" and "Deerfield" in Joshua Corey and G. C. Walderp (Eds.). The Arcadia Project: North American Postmodern Pastoral. Boise, ID: Ahsahta Press. 2012.
In the Marble of Your Animal Eyes. Portland, OR: Publication Studio. 2012.
Honeybabe, Don't Leave Me Now. Denver, CO and Grand Rapids, MI: Horse Less Press. 2013.
Kathryn Kirkpatrick
"Strand Sonnets" In S. P. Holmes (Ed.), Facing the Change: Personal Encounters with Global Warming Salt Lake City, UT: Torrey House Press. 2012.
Her Small Hands Were Not Beautiful: Poems. Clemson, SC: Clemson University Press. 2014.
Our Held Animal Breath: Poems. Cincinatti, OH: Wordtech Editions. 2012.
Leon H. Lewis
BATHANTI. Dir. Kevin Balling. Tin Roof Video. 2013. Film.
Elaine O'Quinn
Girls' Literacy Experiences In and Out of School: Learning and Composing Gendered Identities. New York, NY: Routledge Press, 2013.
Julie Townsend
Mountain Memoirs: An Ashe County Anthology. Charlotte, NC: Main Street Rag Publishing, 2012.
Mark W. Vogel
What Remains (Poem) In Imaginations and Place: Cartography. Lawrence, KS: Imagination and Place Press. 2012.
Government and Justice Studies
Jeff E. Holcomb
Criminal Justice: The Essentials, Third Edition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2013.
Nancy Love
Love, Nancy S., Doing Democracy: Activist Art and Cultural Politics, co-edited with Mark Mattern, (Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 2013 (hardback); 2014 (paperback)), pp. 386.
Mike Potter
Potter, M.R. An Exploration of Effectiveness Among Financial Services Regulators 1989-2008: Striving for Balance. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. 2013.
Matthew B. Robinson
Crime Prevention. San Deigo, CA: Bridgepoint Education. 2013.
Lies, Damned Lies, and Drug War Statistics: A Critical Analysis of Claims Made by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Second Edition. New York, NY: SUNY Press. 2014.
Why Crime? An Interdisciplinary Approach to Explaining Antisocial Behavior. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press. 2013.
Renee G. Scherlen
Lies, Damned Lies, and Drug War Statistics: A Critical Analysis of Claims Made by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Second Edition. New York, NY: SUNY Press. 2014.
Marian R. Williams
Criminal Justice: The Essentials, Third Edition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2013.
Family and Consumer Science
Patricia F. Hearron
Guiding Young Children, Ninth Edition. London: Pearson, 2013.
Health Leisure and Exercise Science
Thomas Brown
Unscripted: Engaging Life After College. Cleveland, TN: Parsons Porch Press, 2012.
Antonio T. Bly
Escaping Bondage: A Documentary History of Runaway Slaves in Eighteenth-Century New England, 1700-1789, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2012.
Judkin J. Browning
The War Begins Anew: The Seven Days' Battles, June-July 1862. New York, NY: Praeger Publishers. 2013
Andrea Burns
From Storefront to Monument: Tracing the Public History of the Black Museum Movement. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 2013.
René H. Horst
El Regimen de Stroessner y la Resistencia Indigena. Asuncion: Centro de Estudios Antropologicos de la Universidad Catolica. 2011.
The Stroessner Regime and Indigenous Resistance in Paraguay, Second Edition. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida. 2012.
Hubbard Center
Kathleen T. Brinko
Practically Speaking: A Sourcebook for Instructional Consultants in Higher Education , Second Edition. Stillwater, OK: New Forums Press. 2012.
Human Development and Psych Counseling
Geri A. Miller
Group Exercises for Addiction Counseling. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. 2012.
Jon L. Winek
Group Activities for Families in Recovery. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 2013
Joan Zimmerman
Group Activities for Families in Recovery. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 2013.
Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Richard G. McGarry
The College Experience for International Learners. Boston, MA: Pearson. 2013.
Benito Del Pliego
Extracomunitarios. Nueve Poetas Latinoamericanos en España. Madrid, Spain: FCE. 2012.
Voces comunes y otros poemas. Madrid, Spain: FCE, 2012.
Leadership and Education Studies
Kim Becnel
Library Services for Multicultural Patrons: Strategies to Encourage Library Use. New York, NY: Scarecrow. 2013.
Richard D. Howe
Historical Highlights of Appalachian's Reich College of Education 1921 – 2013. Self Published, 2013.
Gary D. Kader
Developing Essential Understandings of Statistics for Teaching Mathematics in Grades 6-8. Reston, VA: National Council for Teachers of Mathematics. 2013.
Rick Klima
Cryptology, Classical and Modern, with Maplets. Boca Raton, FD: Taylor & Francis, CRC Press LLC. 2012.
Joby R. Bell
New Year. Chapel Hill, NC: Hinshaw Music. (CD/DVD/Video, Collaborative and Published)
Recordings of JS Bach Preludes and Fugues. (CD/DVDE/Video, Solo and Published)
Music City Mixture. (CD/DVD/Video, Solo and Independent Project)
Andrea L. Cheeseman
Cesar Cui: Five Short Pieces. Seattle, WA: Alry Publications. Alrypublications.com (Composition, Published)
Robert J. Falvo
Syncopated Synapse. (CD/DVD/Video, Collaborative and Independent Project)
William Harbison
Caprice for Horn and Piano, International Horn Society, "Music On Line", 2013.
Sonata for Bassoon and Piano, Alry Publications, 2012. (Seattle, WA)
Harold V. McKinney
Syncopated Synapse. (CD/DVD/Video, Collaborative and Independent Project)
Suzi W. Mills
Highland Bloom. Boone, NC: Highland Bloom Music CD by The Mountain Laurels – Marble Feather Records. (CD/DVD/Video, Collaborative and Independent Project)
Jennifer Snodgrass
Fundamentals of Music Theory: Rudiments, Musicianship, and Composition. Pearson, 2013.
Philosophy and Religious Studies
Laura Ammon
Work Useful to Religion and the Humanities: A History of the Development of the Comparative Method in Religion from Bartolomé Las Casas to Edward Burnett Tylor. Eugene, Oregon: Pickwick Publications. 2012.
Shawn D. Arthur
Ancient Daoist Diets for Health and Longevity. Lexington Press, Lanham, MD: Lexington Press. 2013.
Kaye Barley
Whimsey: A Novel. New River, AZ: Booknook.biz. 2013.
Thomas B. Ellis
On the Death of the Pilgrim: The Postcolonial Hermeneutics of Jarava Lal Mehta. Berlin, Germany: Springer. 2013.
Herbert Hash
When All Hell Breaks Loose: the Implications of the Misinterpretation of Biblical Prophetic and Apocalyptic Literature. Create Space Publishers, 2012.
Conrad Ostwalt
Secular Steeples: Popular Culture and Religious Imagination, Second Edition. New York, NY. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2012.
Robert Bringle
Research on service learning: Conceptual frameworks and assessment. Vol. 2B: Communities, institutions, and partnerships. Arlington, VA: Stylus. 2013
Reading Education and Special Education
Michael J. Marlowe
Teaching Children Who Are Hard to Reach: Relationship-Driven Classroom Practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, Inc. 2012.
Adrian Rice
The Clock Flower: New Poems, Belfast, NI: Moongate Publications. 2012.
Theatre and Dance
Ray Miller
Original Work, playwright for "Kent State: Then and Now"; Performed at SEWSA conference in April, 2013.
Joel Williams
Original work, "Promises"; Produced by the Department of Theatre and Dance; ASU Performed, October. 2013.
University Libraries
Pamela Mitchem
Appalachian State University Pictorial History. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing. 2012.


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Searchers set out Saturday morning looking for debris and more bodies from AirAsia Flight QZ8501.
Pastor: 46 of the 162 on AirAsia Flight QZ8501, which crashed between Indonesia and Singapore, belonged to the same Protestant denomination: Mawar Sharon.
Shanghai authorities released details about 35 of the three dozen New Year's revelers killed in a stampede on the city's waterfront Wednesday night.
Searchers looking for more bodies and wreckage from AirAsia Flight QZ8501 continue to be hindered by tough weather conditions.
A ten-minute warning sounds and everyone jumps into action. More bodies are on the way.
Who were the 162 people aboard AirAsia Flight QZ8501?
A 14-year-old Hong Kong girl has been bailed after being arrested and moved into care for drawing flowers on a wall at a pro-democracy protest site.
CNN speaks to the family of the captain of AirAsia Flight QZ8501, a man they describe as loving and hard-working.
Fireworks in the streets of Surabaya near midnight underlined the fact that many victims of QZ8501 were on their way to Singapore to celebrate the new year
The sound of gunfire marked New Year's Eve in the tense disputed region of Kashmir between India and Pakistan.
Kim Jong-un is not officially on speaking terms with South Korean President Park Guen-hye. But on Thursday, he said that could change.
A stampede in Shanghai, China, during New Year's Eve celebrations left 36 dead and 47 injured, the Shanghai city government said.
New Year's festivities in China's most populous city were cut short Wednesday after a stampede left at least 35 people dead and dozens injured.
In the search for AirAsia Flight QZ8501, seven bodies have been found so far, officials say.
A 14-year-old Hong Kong girl could be removed from her father's care after she was arrested for drawing flowers on a wall at a pro-democracy protest site.
Circumstances prevented two families from boarding the Indonesian jetliner now resting at the bottom of the Java Sea.
The investigation into how AirAsia Flight QZ8501 ended up at the bottom of the Java Sea, involves recovering the bodies, accessing the flight data recorders, and meticulously mapping where debris is found to reconstruct its path.
In the search for AirAsia Flight QZ8501, six bodies have been found so far, officials say.
In Nepal, some wonder if climate change is behind odd weather, deadly climbing incidents and troubles experienced by farmers.
When Jaime FlorCruz, CNN's Beijing bureau chief, arrived in China on August 21, 1971, he says it was akin to visiting North Korea today.
For families of some people on board AirAsia Flight QZ8501, the devastating images came without warning.
Prosecutors detained an ex-Korean Air executive who kicked a flight attendant off a plane for serving nuts the wrong way.
Here is a look at the life of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Here's a look at the life of Junichiro Koizumi, former Japanese prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
Few people would consider those with loved ones on AirAsia Flight QZ8501 lucky, but Sarah Bajc has a particular perspective.
What are the key questions about AirAsia Flight QZ8501, and what might come next as authorities investigate?
A fire sparked by a short circuit at a shop quickly engulfed a three-story shopping center in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Monday, killing at least 13 people.
In the search for missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501, helicopter crews spotted smoke rising from an island. Is it linked to the missing plane?
The sudden disappearance of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 in Indonesian airspace has fueled a host of questions.
AirAsia QZ8501 disappearance seems similar to MH70 case in March, but there are many differences and reasons to think AirAsia plane will be found quickly.
The North Korean government is fuming over the release of the "The Interview," claiming President Barack Obama forced the film into distribution.
Little is known about the disappearance of AirAsia Flight QZ8501, but the region has had torrential rain and storms.
The search for missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501 continues with few clues to go on.
Indonesia's top rescue official says authorities believe missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501 is likely at the bottom of the sea.
For loved ones of those on board AirAsia Flight QZ8501, it's too painful to bear. They're confused and afraid.
AirAsia Indonesia regrets to confirm that flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control at 07:24 (Surabaya LT) this morning. The flight took off from Juanda International Airport in Surabaya at 0535hours.
When it comes to access to their favorite shows, millions of Chinese fans of U.S. TV series find the plot thickening as 2014 draws to a close.
Massive flooding has forced more than 132,000 Malaysians to evacuate, and more rain is expected.
North Korea issued a statement on its official state news agency on Saturday denouncing Sony Pictures Entertainment's release of the movie "The Interview."
Ten years ago, a towering wall of water engulfed cities across the Indian Ocean, ravaging communities as far afield as Thailand, Indonesia and Somalia.
Army, paramilitary and police troops have intensified counter-insurgency operations in Assam in the wake of Tuesday's tribal militant raid, which left at least 72 people killed in India's remote tea-producing state, a defense spokesman said.
10 years after a coastal Sri Lankan town was wiped away by one of the most devastating tsunamis on record, CNN's Paula Hancocks remembers what it was like.
A pair of suspected U.S. drone strikes on militant targets in Pakistan killed at least seven people, Pakistani intelligence sources said Friday.
Two people arrested and accused of theft after nearly $2 million fell from van onto Hong Kong street.
An Oregon woman who says she was wrongfully detained in a drug case in East Timor is released.
News on Sony hack is censored in China with a few stories that get little play. Search on government-controlled search engine Baidu turns up just one story.
At least 54 people have been killed in a series of attacks by tribal militants in India's remote northeastern state of Assam, a police official said
Two Sydney men have been charged with terror offenses, with one accused of possessing documents designed to facilitate a terror attack on Australian soil.
Prosecutors are seeking an arrest warrant for the ex-Korean Air executive who kicked a flight attendant off a plane for serving nuts the wrong way.
The 32-year-old son of actor and kung fu star Jackie Chan has been charged with a drug offense and could face up to three years in jail.
North Koreans can surf the Internet once again. But the ride is still spotty, a research company says.
An unlicensed doctor has been charged for causing an HIV outbreak in a remote village in northwestern Battambang province, reported local media.
Chinese doctors at a hospital in Shaanxi Province have been punished for taking group photos next to apparently still unconscious patients after surgery.
North Korea's Internet was back up Tuesday after a more than nine-hour outage, according to Dyn Research, a company that monitors Internet performance.
The U.S. and North Korea have long been locked in a cycle of escalating and deescalating tensions, but cyber conflict may be hard to predict.
A billionaire who jointly controlled Asia's biggest property development company and a man who was once Hong Kong's second-ranked official were sentenced to prison for conspiracy to commit misconduct in one of the city's most significant corruption trials.
Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen has called for an inquiry into a mass HIV infection in a remote village in northwestern Battambang province.
The Benazir Bhutto International Airport was cleared and resumed operations early Tuesday, after a red alert, the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority said.
President Barack Obama accused North Korea of "cybervandalism," and Pyongyang claimed that the U.S. government was behind the making of the movie.
North Korea is accusing the U.S. government of being behind the making of the movie "The Interview."
A billionaire who jointly controls Asia's biggest property development company and a former No. 2 official of Hong Kong were found guilty of conspiracy to commit misconduct in the city's biggest corruption trial.
The Chinese government has pledged to protect a HIV-positive boy who was shunned by his entire village in Sichuan province, state media reported.
Pakistani security forces said they killed several Taliban in and around Peshawar on Saturday, four days after Taliban gunmen massacred scores of children.
As Australia grapples with another shocking tragedy -- the deaths of eight children -- the mother of seven of them might be able to explain what happened.
The Guardians of Peace, a group of hackers accused of performing the cyberattack on Sony Pictures, mocks the FBI.
Here's some background information about the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), also called North Korea. It borders China, Russia and South Korea.
The mother of seven of the eight children found dead in a house in the northeastern Australian city of Cairns has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Instead of stealing information from North Korea, "hackers" try to get information about the regime into the hands of the people.
Here's a look at the life of Xi Jinping, president of the People's Republic of China.
As the United States gets ready to blame the Sony hack on North Korea, a troublesome question is emerging: Just what is North Korea capable of?
Dozens of militants were killed in crackdowns across Pakistan, officials said, days after the Pakistani Taliban massacred nearly 150 people at a school.
CNN's Nic Robertson visits the Pakistan school where 132 children were killed and finds there is no getting away from the pain of the wasted young lives.
The Pakistan government has decided to challenge the bail of the mastermind behind the deadly attacks in Mumbai in 2008, according to local authorities.
Here's a look at the life of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
A defector who once worked as a computer expert says North Korea runs a vast network of hackers committing cyberwarfare against its perceived enemies.
Bloodstains and bullet marks tell a tale of horror inside the auditorium and classrooms of the Peshawar school attacked by the Pakistan Taliban.
As Sony Pictures struggles to recover from one blow after another related to the devastating cyber attack, one may overlook the fact that its parent company in Japan has been a popular target of hackers for years.
"The Interview" isn't the first case of Pyongyang freaking out over seemingly innocuous things
As Pakistan mourns, the Taliban say they targeted a Peshawar army school because students aimed to follow "their fathers and brothers" to target militants.
Marjorie Liu is a New York Times bestselling author, however she is also a qualified lawyer who changed her career after college.
Man Haron Monis, the gunman who held hostages for hours in a Sydney cafe, was no stranger to police.
The gunman behind the deadly siege of a cafe in Sydney this week was not on a security watch list, and Australia's Prime Minister wants to know why.
The attack by the Pakistani Taliban on the Army Public School and Degree College in Peshawar has shocked the world.
Afghan security forces stormed a bank branch besieged by insurgents in Helmand province Wednesday, ending a deadly attack, police said.
The Pakistani Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar is the latest in a long list of assaults against the military and civilians, analysts say.
Taliban school attack: At least 145 people were killed in a siege at a school in northwest Pakistan.
Pakistan school attack: Gunmen stalked through the school, shooting children as they cowered under benches and booby-trapping buildings with explosives.
As the identities of the two victims -- Katrina Dawson and Tori Johson -- were revealed Tuesday morning, tributes began to pour in.
The cafe siege in the heart of Sydney ended early Tuesday -- but a great deal of unanswered questions remain.
Nut scandal executive may face legal action as Korean transport ministry files complaint to prosecutors on Tuesday.
A U.S. Marine has been charged with murder in the death of a transgender woman who was found strangled in a Philippines hotel room in October.
The deadly siege of a central Sydney cafe has ended but the investigation is just beginning.
A former addict and his wife started one of Jakata's only rehab centers to educate addicts, the pair aim to show them they don't have to go back to drugs.
A social media campaign condemning Islamophobia under the hashtag #illridewithyou takes off after a gunman takes hostages in Sydney.
Dramatic scenes ended a tense hostage situation early Tuesday in Sydney as police stormed a cafe where a gunman had taken hostages.
In the past 30 years, Nepalese doctor Sanduk Ruit has personally restored the sight of more than 100,000 people across Asia and Africa.
Hundreds of police officers shut down an area in the heart of Sydney where an unconfirmed number of people are being held hostage in a popular cafe.
At least 39 people have died and scores are missing in a landslide in Indonesia, officials said on Sunday.
China's 1.3 billion citizens may soon find it much harder to belt out their national anthem at will.

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Strategic Petroleum Reserve Release
Released: July 27, 2011
On June 23, 2011 the International Energy Agency announced plans to release 60 million barrels of crude oil and petroleum products from its reserves. The United States will provide half of that volume in crude oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The U.S. Department of Energy held an auction in which 28 contracts were awarded to 15 companies for a total of 30.64 million barrels of crude oil. Shipments were scheduled to begin the week of July 18.
EIA's Weekly Petroleum Status Report tracks crude volumes based on custody, not based on ownership. As volume is drawn down from the SPR and transported to refineries or storage facilities, the volumes will be reported by the locations taking receipt of the crude oil. The instructions for forms EIA-800 Weekly Refinery and Fractionator Report and EIA-803 Weekly Crude Stocks Report direct respondents to "report all domestic and foreign stocks (that have cleared Customs) held in the custody of your company and in transit thereto, except those in transit by pipelines which you do not operate." Deliveries began in the week ending July 22, and are reflected in the WPSR data starting in that report period.


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text: Chalk one up for L'Air du Desert Marocain. The longevity on L'ADDM is outstanding. I wore it on a date last night and she really enjoyed it. In fact, she complimented me on it at least 8 hours after I'd put it on. Maybe closer to 9. I wore 3 sprays plus a 4th as a light mist to walk through. I've only had a few chances to wear this one so far, so I'm still learning it, but wow am I pleased with this purchase. L'ADDM is excellent.


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By Dennis Seid/NEMS Daily Journal
TUPELO – David A. Parker, a retired former pilot and instructor for FedEx, has been nominated to the Tupelo Regional Airport board.
The City Council will vote on Mayor Jack Reed Jr.'s pick tonight. Parker would replace Jim Frerer, whose term expired March 31.
Each appointee serves a five-year term on the airport board.
In nominating Parker, Reed said he was continuing his approach to bring different viewpoints to the table.
"(Board Chairman) Ty Robinson has a marketing background; Glenn McCullough is a former mayor and former chairman of the TVA and is a frequent flyer; Fred Hill and Rockey Miskelley are bankers with business backgrounds," he said. "We've had previous board members who were pilots and people with similar backgrounds, including Dan Kellum and Smitty Harris."
Parker's experience with FedEx – he was a telecommunications analyst with the company from 1984-1987 and a pilot and instructor from 1987-2005 – were appealing.
"It's great to have a human asset with that kind of experience," Reed said.
"I've been retired several years and I've wanted to contribute in some way," Parker said. "I know a little about planes and I've been to a lot of airports … I feel like I can make a contribution to the community."
Parker received a bachelor's degree in education from Bowling Green State University in 1968 and an MBA from Mississippi State University in 1978.
After graduating from Bowling Green, he served in the U.S. Air Force and was a T-38 instructor at Columbus Air Force base. He also has been a marketing manager, owned a tennis shop and was an account manager at a couple of firms before joining FedEx.


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Family: Papilionidae, Swallowtails view all from this family
Description a relatively common swallowtail butterfly found throughout much of the western United States. It is found on the Pacific coast from northern Baja California to southernmost British Columbia and inland to New Mexico and the Black Hills of South Dakota.
It is present from the coast to western Montana and Wyoming to northern New Mexico. It is absent from most of Nevada and western Utah. It prefers open woodlands and forest clearings, especially near permanent bodies of water such as ponds, but also urban parks and occasionally is seen in suburban areas.
Though not as common as the Western Tiger Swallowtail, the pale swallowtail can be seen in large numbers at puddling parties where up to a dozen or more males may be seen gathered. There they join other species to sip water from damp soil to obtain nutrients for mating.
Their appearance is quite similar to that of the western tiger swallowtail except they are a white-cream color or very pale yellow. Some pale swallowtails also have differing amounts of red-orange patches on the wings just above the tail as well as on the . Tiger stripes and borders are thicker than those of western tiger swallowtails. The wingspan is typically 3.5 to 4.5 inches.
Dimensions 3-3 3/4" (76-95 mm).
Habitat Alpine & subalpine habitats, Forests & woodlands, Canyons & caves, Freshwater swamps, marshes & bogs, Scrub, shrub & brushlands, Meadows & fields, Cities, suburbs & towns.
Range Northwest, Rocky Mountains, Southwest, California, Plains, Western Canada.


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Stuffed with your favorite Italian ingredients, this pie is topped with a Bisquick® crust that's baked golden and tender. It's an amazing combination that's also easy, especially if you're using up leftover chicken!
Cooked turkey, pork or beef can be substituted for the chicken.
To measure Bisquick mix, spoon without sifting into a dry-ingredient measuring cup and level with a straight-edged utensil. Do not pack or tap Bisquick mix into the cup.
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Amnesty International: "Treat Us Like We Are Human": Migrant Workers in Qatar
"Migrant workers in Qatar face a range of abuses at the hands of their employers. In some of the cases investigated by Amnesty International, these abuses amount to forced labour and human trafficking. Some arrive to find that the nature of the work, their salaries, hours of work or conditions are very different to those they had been promised. Many migrant workers find their employers delay their pay or stop paying them at all."
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I will be refering to the English Dub of Elfen Lied.
There also will be spoilers, I'll make a notice before anything is mentioned, but keep in mind that this is a review and there will be minor information that may reveal subplots in the anime.
First thing people get out of Elfen Lied would be blood and breasts. I get it, the blood is too much, and the breasts are overused. That's maybe the only flaw in the animation, however its a part of the art to help send a message across.
The show has 2 characters, where the man, Kouta, ends up being quite significant. Nyu is a third character... See full review
Beautiful work on this piece.
I'll be refereing to the English Dub for this review.
Please keep in mind that this is a review, so there may be a spoiler or two. I'll do my best to highlight (so you look away!), but I can't cover everything! Let's start with the story. We have Rin, an average highschool guy, easily relatable to many of the young men and women who watch anime today. He's a come as you go character. The fact that he's so relatable I believe is what draws such an audience to appreciate him as a person. The series revolves around Rin as Sia and Nerine (Princesses of the Gods... See full review


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Imagine yourself as a wedding guest in southern India. There you'll be sure to find these potato croquettes served regally on banana leaves.
Garbanzo bean flour is available in Indian grocery stores, natural-food stores and the ethnic-food section of some supermarkets.
Fresh karhi leaves impart a perfumed sweetness to this recipe, but if unavailable, use 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro instead.
Pay extra attention when popping mustard seed in hot oil because its flavor will be determined by its doneness. When it is popped in hot oil, it turns nutty and sweet, a technique essential to cooking the South Indian way. If the seed continues to cook at high temperatures, it becomes bitter and pungent, a flavor highly prized in East Indian kitchens.
To make 1 cup garbanzo bean flour, use 1/2 cup dried garbanzo beans. For 1/2 cup flour, use 1/4 cup beans. For 1/4 cup flour, use 2 tablespoons beans. For 2 tablespoons flour, use 1 tablespoon beans.
Look for the Coconut Chutney accompaniment by searching recipes.
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What a nice room. Love the wall quilts and cross stitch pictures!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
What a nice room. Love the wall quilts and cross stitch pictures!
Wonderful, love the lay out. good job
Freedom is costly and quilting keeps us busy...
Beautiful! Thanks for posting! Are those command strips holding your rulers? I was thinking about hanging pegboard but I don't really want to and then I saw this......command strips would work!
Debbie in Kentucky
Very fuctional.....
Great sewing room. I love your sewing quilt wallhanging.
Love it. Thanks for sharing.
What a fun sewing room!! Neat collections you have too!
Be a blessing to others, as you may entertain angels unaware!
Thanks for the close ups of your different areas.
I found one idea I will 'borrow', hanging small baskets on the peg board for smalls. Thanks
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Photos! 'South Park' Makes Fun Of Danielle Staub, Teresa Giudice, Snooki & All Your Favorite Jersey Stars!
Which Jersey star do YOU think was slammed the hardest last night? Click through our gallery & vote!
No one is safe from South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone — and that includes the entire state of New Jersey! Yes, the Comedy Central show's Oct. 13 episode totally ripped on the likes of Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, Real Housewives stars Teresa Giudice and Danielle Staub — and even Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, who was portrayed as a hideous monster with an insatiable craving for pickles, alcohol and sex.
Who do YOU think got slammed the hardest on the Oct. 13 episode? Vote below, and drop us a comment to tell us what you thought!


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Flyfishing on the brain..
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Weymouth, MA
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Mark Doogue
Hello, my name is Mark, and I'm a lurker..........
I think you get the point. I've been told that realizing you have a problem is the first step on the road to recovery.
I'm an absolute newbie to this wonderful sport but I'm willing to learn all that it has to offer. I fished with my father and brother as a child, mostly fresh water, exclusively with spinning gear. As time went on I gravitated away from fishing and submerged myself in the world of golf. There were years that I played 100+ rounds, back before Tiger Woods, when the courses were empty and greens fees were $9 for people under 18 years of age. I continue to maintain that there is on better feeling on God's green Earth than a three hour stroll, alone on a golf course with no one to compete against other than yourself. You'll never strike a ball as purely when you are with others.
The escalating popularity, and in turn, the cost of golf necessitated a re-evaluation of my priorities. With the purchase of a house and the talk of children comes the realization that money is a valuable commodity that ought not be squandered. Even more precious than money was my time, and golf was devouring it. Between painfully slow six hour rounds, travel back and forth from the Cape, then lunch and drinks, I found myself away from my family for 8-12 hours on the weekends. I needed an activity with lesser time constraints that would also sooth the stresses that every day life fostered. A return to fishing seemed to be the answer.
Around this time I was fortunate enough to come into some money, so I bought myself some fly fishing gear and set out to change my lifestyle for the better. I planned on fishing the early morning hours, leaving the "meat" of the day to spend with my wife. I figured fly fishing would give me a chance to spend time with my father and brother again, as well. Both are amazing men in their own right and I cherish any and all shared experiences with them. One problem, it seems life threw me one curve after another so that I was done fishing before I had even started. The arrival of my son has managed to turn me on my ear. Any time that I thought I might have quickly went out the window. My goal this year is more efficient time management with an emphasis on fishing. My lurker status in not by choice, believe me. I fully intend to spend some time with the wonderful folks on this board and truly become a fisherman, not just a person that fishes.
There is an art to everything in this world that is worth doing. My mission is to discover and define my style in the world that you gentlemen already flourish in.
Thanks for your time,
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Man, NONE of that makes me excited.
And who in their right mind would want a Ben Reilly Spider-Man figure?!??!? I'm still trying to forget that Clone fiasco.
Man, NONE of that makes me excited.
And who in their right mind would want a Ben Reilly Spider-Man figure?!??!? I'm still trying to forget that Clone fiasco.
"Woke up at 9.55am. Soon as I woke up, I looked at Suzanne and she looked at me. I said, 'Did I tell you about the immune system?' Suzanne starting laughing, I said, 'it's amazing.' She said, 'Not now.'"
Marvelous News has some pics up now. Good stuff.
Marvel Legends: http://marvelousnews.com/index.php?c...3&itemid=11614
Marvel Transformers: http://marvelousnews.com/index.php?c...3&itemid=11615
Incredible Hulk: http://marvelousnews.com/index.php?c...3&itemid=11617
AGENTS OF ATLAS - Returns in Early 2009.
I might be interested in the Heroes Reborn Iron Man, Ultimate War Machine, and Juggernaut (Is it a rerelease of earlier ML? If so, abso-****ing-lutely!). I'd have to see them to see how they would fit in with my current figures.
I'm almost certainly interested in Stealth Iron Man, Classic 70s Iron Man, and the Hand Ninja.
I'm most interested in Guardian. If we can get Vindicator, I don't care about any other member of Alpha Flight, and I'll be happy where that team is concerned.
Edit: Of course I just saw the picture links were posted while I was composing, so I've checked htem out.
I'm definitely in for Heroes Reborn Iron Man, Ultimate War Machine, Stealth Iron Man, Classic 70s Iron Man, and the Hand Ninja. I want a closer pic of Juggernaut. It kind of looks like the earlier ML but with a different helmet maybe? I also want a closer pic of Tigra, and DD and Holocaust look pretty cool.
Member 104 of the SWC forums . . . but it's good to be back.
Good traders: DarkJedi5, jediguy, Jedi_Master_Guyute, jedimastergeorge06
Some news from the floor from someone who was there over on Fwoosh.
Mandalore2172: I was talking to the Hasbro Legends guys and I asked about Valkyrie, Bi-Beast & Red King. I was told the Red King Sculpt just didn't turn out well and no tooling was made. However, tooling was made for Valkyrie and Bi-Beast so they are just trying to see how they can get them to us. They looked at Dragon Man but could not see a way to get a figure that size in a line-up. 2 packs are the new way Marvel Legends will be coming out. After the store exclusive waves and Foom, BAF's are done. I asked about a 3 3/4 line and either they absolutely denied it. We'll see on Friday.
AGENTS OF ATLAS - Returns in Early 2009.
The ML one is actually way too big, even compared to his later comic appearances.
AGENTS OF ATLAS - Returns in Early 2009.
Fin Fang Foom wave...
So, anyone actually seen She Hulk at retail? I've got half of that big green dragon monster so far, but I'm starting to get a little worried that he won't have a head.
Member 104 of the SWC forums . . . but it's good to be back.
Good traders: DarkJedi5, jediguy, Jedi_Master_Guyute, jedimastergeorge06
I'm a bit worried about Fin Fang Foom myself. I have yet to commit myself to completing this wave, and as yet have not purchased any of them, but both stores that I came across them in sold out awfully fast. Coupled with the unusually large number of unusually large priced figures needed to complete the dragon, I'm worried that aside from the few people who are actually able to make the plunge and scoop up the whole assortment at once that not many others will be able to finish their BAF.
You can see why I might be a bit standoffish about starting on my own Fin Fang Foom...
I've seen all but She Hulk at Wal*Mart so far, and then about a week ago, I saw a few more from this wave (no She Hulk) hanging at Target. Which is good, because Targets around me are a little better when it comes to putting out new stock.
You know, now that I think about it, I don't think I've seen Absorbing Man either... crap.
I've bought The End Hulk (really good), Son of Hulk (good), King Hulk (decent, but could have better paint detail), and Doc Sampson (a very good, basic, no frills figure.) I've seen Wendigo a bunch of times, so I'm in no hurry, and I've seen Savage Grey Hulk a few times also.
I haven't really been interested in any of the BAFs since Galactus, so I suppose I can sweat it out and try for this one.


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Toyfare recently unveiled info regarding a new Faker MOTU exclusive in the upcoming issue #65. For all the details
and a pic
Unfortunately he has now cool new features, like the original he is a He-Man repaint with Skeletor armour. Also there is no interactive sound chip.
I tried to delete this thread from here so I could post it in the Other Toy forum instead but the board wouldn't let me.


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What is Heritage Photography? Simple: Preserving and presenting your family history through photographs.
Do you have family history in Illinois? I can provide photographs of the locations important to your family. Imagine having photos of the family homestead today, or collecting photos of the churches, schools, and town squares significant to your ancestors. These all add a richness to your family history story.
Photos (raw and edited versions) will be supplied to the client on a cdrom.
Travel expenses ($0.55 per mile plus parking expenses) are required for trips outside a 30-mile radius from Chicago, Illinois 60634.
Heritage Photography projects are billed in half-hour increments with a minimum charge of one hour.


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Scott Broadwell, 'Adventure Junkie' Husband of Alleged Petraeus Mistress
Scott Broadwell isn't a war hero. He didn't even get to write about one. The least public of all the people to be thrust forward after the very public termination of David Petraeus's career as America's chief spook, Broadwell remains a mostly unknown factor in the scandal that has embroiled two families, the FBI, and the CIA.
Broadwell's wife, Paula Broadwell, was identified as former CIA director Petraeus's alleged mistress last week, after an FBI investigation exposed the affair. Paula Broadwell is the author of All In: The Education of General David Petraeus, an authorized biography of the retired four-star general who commanded the coalition forces in Iraq.
Soon after news of the affair broke, rumors began to spread that Scott Broadwell might have been the author of an anonymous letter to The New York Times's "Ethicist" column. The New York Times Magazine editor Hugo Lindgren has since tweeted that the July 13 column, in which a man wrote that his wife was "having an affair with a government executive," was not in reference to the Petraeus affair, based on the publication's fact-checking.
Friends and neighbors have told reporters that Scott Broadwell built a happy home with his wife in the upscale section of Charlotte, N.C., where they live with sons Lucien, 6, and Landon, 4. An interventional radiologist—a specialty that uses minimally invasive techniques to diagnose and treat disease—Broadwell is on the staff of Charlotte Radiology, which employs more than 80 radiologists, according to the group's website.
The government's Medicare website lists Broadwell as having attended the George Washington University School of Medicine, from which he graduated in 1996. The health-care provider information website Healthgrades.com lists the 43-year-old doctor as board certified in interventional radiology and vascular radiology, and says he completed his residency at the University of Colorado Health Service.
A biography of Paula Broadwell published by the University of Denver, where she earned a master's degree, noted that she and her husband "love to do Crossfit, run, ski, and surf together."
Paula Broadwell is a graduate of West Point, and Scott is also reported to be a veteran of the armed forces. In January of this year while promoting her book, Broadwell told The Charlotte Observer that she and Scott met in Germany. The two "adventure junkies," as she described them, were in training to become ski patrollers.
Paula Broadwell spoke about her family in an October alumni event at the University of Denver. It was "very difficult to start a family," when both of them were on active duty, she said.
"We had decided before we got married that every other move would be the other person's choice, since we are both very career-oriented," she said in that appearance. "And he chose Colorado, he chose Denver." The pair moved to Denver a month before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Paula returned to active duty shortly thereafter.
The family moved into their two-story brick home in Charlotte's Dilworth neighborhood in 2009, and Scott joined the staff at Charlotte Radiology around the same time.
"They're keen joggers and attended local parties, but that's all that I could say," said one neighborhood resident of the Broadwells', according to the Telegraph.
In the January interview with The Charlotte Observer, Paula Broadwell said Scott, along with her mother and other friends and relatives, took care of her two sons while she was abroad with Petraeus in Afghanistan.
Scott also played along gamely when his wife appeared on The Daily Show in January to plug her book. He did push-ups alongside comedian Jon Stewart to benefit Team Red, White & Blue, a group that aids wounded veterans and their families.
Along with his wife, Scott Broadwell was involved in a number of groups to benefit veterans of the armed forces. He and Paula organized a fundraiser with Stewart at the home of one of Scott's co-workers in September, according to the Charlotte Business Journal. Just a week ago, on Nov. 2, The Charlotte Observer reported that Paula Broadwell donated a parachute jump she had planned to take on her birthday to an amputee and veteran of the 101st Airborne Division. Paula also told the veteran that she and her husband would help the vet find a job when he was ready to re-enter the workforce, according to the paper.
The couple are the subject of headlines for now. But the final word for the Broadwells may already be scrawled into the sidewalk in front of their home, perhaps to remain when the news vans pull away. There, etched on the ground in a hand that looks almost too steady to be that of a 4- or 6-year-old child, reads a simple message:
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Sharp shinned trying to beat to the turkeys that is neat to see. Makes puttin up with all bugs this time of year worth it. Last fall there were poults only the size of small chickens running around apparently late, second or third hatching attempts.
The beginning of July brought 12 inches of rain with flash floods in many of the valleys. Every couple days since have produced 2 or more inches of rain leaving the ground saturated to point trees are collapsing on hillsides. Prior to all this rain poult sightings were common, I have not seen a poult except for dead ones apparently drowned. Lone hens are out and about. [:(]
Wonder if it is too late for them to renest? Or if they could interest any gobblers in helping out at this late date?
There were gobblers gobbling in July last year so far none this year.


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Back in Sweden. I thought I would never leave Germany. I had to take some exams, which I had postponed. The first thing that happened when I got back was that I got a cold, a really nasty one.
chakie: If you still are interested in installing ALSA the Debian Way, take a look at some notes I made when I installed it.


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Extension > Community > >Retail Analysis and Development > e-Marketing > Webinar Series - Doing Business Online
Webinar Series - Doing Business Online
University of Minnesota Extension is offering an updated series of online webinars to teach managers, owners, and social media staff of small businesses and organizations about using online tools strategically to create an effective online presence.
Webinar Topics
- Managing online reviews
Managing an online presence is now an essential business practice. This includes monitoring and responding to reviews posted on social media sites such as Yelp and Trip Advisor. Please refer to the fact sheets on this topic found on the eMarketing: Practical and Useful Research page to learn about the impact of online reviews on consumers and businesses, and watch the recorded session to learn about how to manage reviews of your business to enhance customer loyalty and attract new customers. (Recorded 11/6/2013)
- The art of responding to online reviews
- Online reviews - the new word of mouth
- "Scrubbed" in NY Mag
- How Small Businesses Can Manage Negative Online Reviews
- 12 Places Businesses Should Be Collecting Online Reviews
- A Legal Guide to the Use of Social Media in the Workplace - MN DEED
- Getting value from your customers - short video by Erik Qualman
- Online reviews are less reliable than we think - University of Michigan
- Yelp's guidelines for businesses
- Google's guidelines for businesses
- The art of responding to online reviews
- Mobile eMarketing
Mobile devices like iPhones and Androids generate the bulk of internet traffic now. Having a mobile version of a business website and being accessible through multiple mobile search engines is considered essential by many businesses. This recorded session (11/20/2013) covers:
- Data on mobile internet usage
- What makes a website friendly to mobiles
- Considerations concerning building mobile apps versus mobile websites
- How to use QR codes to engage audiences
- Leverage location based services to get found
- How to conduct credit card transactions on mobile devices
- Using digital coupons to drive traffic to your business
- Nielsen's statistics on global mobile usage
- Basic Guide to responsive design
- Mashable - an online magazine always has a number of interesting articles about mobile marketing.
- Informative info graphic on the impact of mobile marketing
- Mobile marketing watch - is central news hub of what's going on in the mobile world.
- Techcrunch covers apps, platforms and businesses redefining how we use computers.
- How mobile is transforming the shopping experience in stores
- Location based services
From Google Maps to Yelp, people now rely on location based services to find goods and services. This recorded session (12/18/2013) covers:
- Prevalence in the use of maps for commerce
- The importance of having your business or organization list properly on online maps
- How to asses your business presence on online maps
- How to fix problems with your maps listings
- How to add a new listing to maps
- How to add community points of interest
- Cool new stuff (at least of time of posting) - GeoFences and iBeacons
- Location-Based Marketing, Resources and Tools
- 9 Killer Tips for Location-Based Marketing
- 7 Steps to a Successful Location-Based Social Media Campaign
- How to fix issues with your Google Map listing
- 10 tips for using YouTube for SEO
- What is a Geo Fence and what are iBeacons
- 6 Geofencing tools for small businesses
- Social media for business
Many who have Facebook business pages or a Twitter account struggle to make good use of them. This recorded session explores strategies and tactics small businesses are using to engage with customers using social media. We examine real small businesses who are quite successfully using social media to engage with the customers and improving their bottom line. (Recorded 1/29/2014)
- Forrester's Methodology on formulating social media strategy
- Social media monitoring tools
- Great articles on Mashable on Social Media
- Why engagement rate is more important than Likes on your Facebook page
- Creating a social media strategy for your event
- Three timely social media lessons from an old business
- Three scientific studies with real insight into social media
- Nine small business social media success stories
- Forrester's Methodology on formulating social media strategy
- Getting high on Google (Basics of SEO)
Getting to the top of Google's search results is a marketing priority of many businesses. Making sure that your website represents all that your business has to offer is the primary way to get the top search rankings. Making sure your site content matches with what searchers are looking for is the bread and butter of SEO. This recorded session covers the basics of Search Engine Optimization - SEO to help your organization get to one the first page. This recorded session (3/26/14) covers:
- Incorporating appropriate Keywords and Content for your site
- How the popularity of your website influences your rankings
- Why stagnant sites hurt ratings
- How working and networking with other businesses and organizations can improve your ranking
- Official Google Search blog
- Webmaster tools to run your site
- Excellent resource on SEO
- Google AdWords keyword planner tool
- News and information about search engines
- An excellent blog for information on analytics
- Using analytics to inform business decisions
Analytics is the recorded data of how many visitors come to your website, what pages they went to, and what content they engaged with. Most business websites have analytic data available for the website but do not have a clear idea of how to use it to make decisions. This recorded session (4/9/2014) covers:
- How to set up analytics for your website if you don't already have it
- What can be measured and how data is generated
- Case studies how organizations can use analytic data to improve their website and business
- What are some other web analytic tools and what is the difference between them?
- An excellent blog for information and analytics:
- University of Minnesota - eMarketing: Practical and Useful Research
- Official blog for Google Analytics
- Source for various customized dashboards
What others have to say about our webinars:
"Wonderful series. Educational and extremely affordable. I really like the additional resources to help learn things more in-depth. The recordings and handouts made great references."
"Great content...learned something new with each session!"
"Well planned, concise and yet very informative presentations, making them an excellent use of my often stretched-too-thin time."
"These classes were very useful and Adeel Ahmed is one of the best instructors I have had in many years. His online teaching skills are excellent -- he not only develops great support materials, but has an engaging way of presenting that builds a strong personal rapport with the adult learners he is teaching."
About the Instructor
Adeel Ahmed has been teaching, writing, and researching about effective internet use for small business since beginning his career in Extension in 2006. Prior to that he was helping large businesses make effective use of the internet in a number of highly technical positions at Northwest Airlines, Koch Industries, and Emerson Process Management. His specialty is in crowd sourcing, and in location based services (e.g. getting found on Google Maps and Mapquest). You can find his work on
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Cerebral perfusion MRI
After reading this chapter, you should be able:
- To describe the microcirculatory parameters measured in cerebral perfusion MRI
- Explain the principles of first pass perfusion MRI:
- role of the contrast agent
- adapted imaging sequences
- optimization of acquisition quality
- Present the methods of perfusion MRI by spin labeling, their advantages and drawbacks
- List the main clinical applications of cerebral perfusion MRI
Perfusion MRI provides a relative and/or absolute measurement of the parameters of cerebral microvascularisation: regional blood volume, mean transit time, regional blood flow.It relies on the use of a tracer that may be exogenous (contrast agent: Gadolinium) or endogenous (spin labeling)The first pass technique exploits the magnetic susceptibility effect of the Gadolinium chelates, either with T2 weighting or with T2*weighting, in SE-EPI or GE-EPI sequences. The quality of the injection and the timing of acquisition are of prime importance in obtaining a good examination. The drop in the signal during the first pass of the product allows perfusion parameters to be extracted after post-processing.In spin labeling technique, it is the saturated blood just upstream of the slice of interest which serves as a tracer. This saturation provokes a variation in the signal received in relation to an acquisition without prior saturation. An estimate of the local hemodynamic parameters can be deduced by comparing these two signals. Different labeling techniques are possible and imaging is carried out in echo planar sequence. It is restricted to the exploration of a limited region of the brain and produces only a weak signal-to-noise ratio.The main applications of first pass perfusion MRI are vascular pathologies (ischemic strokes, vasospasm) and tumoral pathologies. Progress in sequences and the very high fields should lead to improvements in spin labeling technique.
- Barbier, Lamalle. Methodology of brain perfusion imaging. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2001 Apr;13(4):496-520.
- Detre and Alsop. Perfusion magnetic resonance imaging with continuous arterial spin labeling: methods and clinical applications in the central nervous system. European journal of radiology. 1999 May;30(2):115-24.
- Luypaert, Boujraf. Diffusion and perfusion MRI: basic physics. European journal of radiology. 2001 Apr;38(1):19-27.
- Ostergaard. Principles of cerebral perfusion imaging by bolus tracking. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2005 Dec;22(6):710-7.
- Wu, Ostergaard. Technical aspects of perfusion-weighted imaging. Neuroimaging clinics of North America. 2005 Aug;15(3):623-37, xi.
- Buxton. Quantifying CBF with arterial spin labeling. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2005 Dec;22(6):723-6.
- Wong. Quantifying CBF with pulsed ASL: technical and pulse sequence factors. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2005 Dec;22(6):727-31.
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Rebel is an extraordinary take on the seminal police drama that examines the unique and conflicted relationship officers of color have with their jobs – at a time when police forces are rife with brutality and misconduct. Oakland police officer, Rebecca "Rebel" Cole, has always excelled by playing by the rules. She has always known that she must be better and smarter on the job because she is both black and female. After her brother is slain by police, Rebel soon becomes disillusioned with the system and is forced to take matters into her own hands and become a private investigator and a champion for her community. Caught between family loyalty and the fraternity in blue, Rebel's actions set in motion a cause-and-effect crisis that can't be undone.Latest Episode: Season 1, Episode 2
Kiefer Sutherland stars as Tom Kirkman, a lower-level cabinet member who is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack on the US Capitol during the State of the Union, on the highly anticipated series Designated Survivor. In this dramatic thriller, Kirkman will struggle to keep the country and his own family from falling apart, while navigating the highly-volatile political arena and while leading the search to find who is responsible for the attack.Latest Episode: Season 1, Episode 15
The Walking Dead tells the story of the months and years that follow after a zombie apocalypse. It follows a group of survivors, led by former police officer Rick Grimes, who travel in search of a safe and secure home. As the world overrun by the dead takes its toll on the survivors, their interpersonal conflicts present a greater danger to their continuing survival than the walkers that roam the country. Over time, the characters are changed by the constant exposure to death and some grow willing to do anything to survive.Based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard.Latest Episode: Season 7, Episode 16
When an African-American police officer kills an unarmed white college student, a small town in North Carolina is turned upside-down. Before the town has a chance to grapple with this tragedy, the neglected murder of an African-American teen is brought to light, re-opening wounds that threaten to tear the town apart. Examining the dangerous aftermath of racially charged shootings in a small Southern town, Shots Fired is a dramatic new event series that is a "why done it?" and a "who done it?".Latest Episode: Season 1, Episode 3
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Villa's Flagler Housing wins national NAEH award
St. Joseph's Villa's Flagler Housing & Homeless Services was one of three entities to earn the National Alliance to End Homelessness' Champion of Change Award. The awards were presented Nov. 17 during a ceremony at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
NAEH annually recognizes proven programs and significant achievements in ending child and family homelessness.
Flagler completed its transition from an on-campus shelter to the community-based model of rapid rehousing in 2013, and it was one of the nation's first rapid re-housing service providers to be certified by NAEH. > Read more.
RIR's Christmas tree lighting rescheduled for Dec. 12
Richmond International Raceway's 13th annual Community Christmas tree lighting has been rescheduled from Dec. 6 to Monday, Dec. 12, at 6:30 p.m., due to inclement weather expected on the original date.
Entertainment Dec. 12 will be provided by the Laburnum Elementary School choir and the Henrico High School Mighty Marching Warriors band. Tree decorations crafted by students from Laburnum Elementary School and L. Douglas Wilder Middle School will be on display. Hot chocolate and cookies will be supplied by the Henrico High School football boosters. > Read more.
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NHL playoffs: Bruins' fourth line key in series-clinching win over Rangers
By Sarah Kwak
With two physical and hardworking clubs, it was no surprise that this series between Boston and New York came down to rugged plays from fourth-liners. For the second time this week, the Bruins' energy line came through and proved how valuable depth becomes as the spring rolls toward the summer. With the way that Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist has played for most of this postseason, and how sharp he looked early in Game 5 at TD Garden on Saturday night, it was going to take extraordinary efforts to get the puck past the Vezina Trophy finalist. He stoned Milan Lucic in the first period and bailed out his team time and time again. But it wasn't enough. The Bruins ultimately overwhelmed the Rangers, taking Game 5 by a score of 3-1, and the series, four games to one.
Some thoughts and observations from the Bruins' decisive victory:
• The Bruins' fourth line, known affectionately around Boston as the Merlot Line for the wine-colored practice jerseys they sport, continues to prove that it is the best of its kind in the NHL. Shortly after center Gregory Campbell was traded to Boston in 2010, he started skating with Daniel Paille and Shawn Thornton. When they first took the ice together, there were no fireworks, no signs from heaven that they had found their on-ice soul mates, but during the last three years, that's exactly what the trio has become. They were instrumental in Boston's run to the Stanley Cup in 2011, and again, when the goals weren't coming, they found a way with their industrious pursuit of the puck.
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• On the game-winner in Game 5, however, the Merlot Line was helped along by a couple of wretched turnovers by Rangers defenseman Roman Hamrlik. The 39-year-old looked his age, making two lazy, careless passes that led directly to Campbell's goal at 13:41 of the second period. This is where New York probably really missed Marc Staal, who is still sidelined with an eye injury.
• The Bruins' defense contributed seven of the team's 15 goals in this series, and four of them belonged to Boston's rookie revelation, Torey Krug. The 22-year-old product of Michigan State scored his fourth goal Saturday, a one-timer on the power play early in the second period. He became the first rookie defenseman in the post-expansion era to score four goals in his first five playoff games. The native of Livonia, Mich. (hometown to legend Mike Modano and Canucks center Ryan Kesler) tore through the second half of the AHL season, scoring eight goals and 31 points in his last 30 games. But he's been even better as an NHLer. His father, Kyle, a coach in Michigan and scout for the London Knights of the OHL, told the Detroit Free Press last week, "His head was on a swivel. He knew where everybody was at. I'm not so sure he was always that way in the American League. He could get away with it in college, but now he's really focused." The youngster has superb ice vision, and off his quick release explodes a fast and hard shot -- surprising given that the blueliner stands just 5-feet-9-inches and weighs 180 pounds. Three of his four of his goals came from beyond 50 feet (the other from 39 feet out), so against a shot-blocking team like New York, that means he gets them off his stick quickly and accurately, and gives opponents little chance to set up in front of him.
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• The Rangers' power play, woefully anemic all spring, came through again early Saturday when Dan Girardi one-timed a shot from the point through traffic. Brian Boyle's big, 6'-7", 277-pound body served as a screen in front of Boston goalie Tuukka Rask, who couldn't pick up the hard and low shot. It was the Rangers' second power-play goal in their last three opportunities and their first on the road in these playoffs. Previously, New York had gone 0-for-21 with the man advantage away from Madison Square Garden. The goal raised their postseason power-play percentage to 9.3; their ever-so-ordinary special-teams play one of their most glaring shortcomings. • Now that the Rangers have officially started their summer, here comes the hard part. Offseason personnel moves and changes are coming. But to what extent will New York be a different team come September? Will John Tortorella still be behind the bench? How will they manage their cap? Next season, the Rangers' payroll, which was $68.7 million this season, has to stay below $64.3 million. And come July 1, defenseman Ryan McDonagh will be an RFA, as will Derek Stepan, Carl Hagelin and Mats Zuccarello. None of them made more than $1.3 million this year and, well, that's going to change. But it's not so much the contracts that New York needs to sign so much as the bloated one it has to work around. Ah, Brad Richards, healthy scratch for Games 4 and 5 against Boston … what will the Rangers do about him? He is signed for $6.6 million per year until 2020, and an amnesty buyout looks likely at the moment, but that is one hefty load of buyer's remorse. The silver lining? New York is finally getting Chris Drury and Wade Redden's buyouts off its books this summer. So it could just be time to add a new mistake to the payroll.


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18:08 22nd September 2012
Solbakken pleased with nine points from nine
Ståle Solbakken was tonight left reflecting on a "good week" after Wolves took nine points out of nine – but warned there is still much more work to do.
A convincing 2-0 win at Peterborough made it three wins in three days for a Wolves side growing in confidence and togetherness with each 90 minutes.
Two of the three successes have come on the road, and Wolves have also chalked up two successive clean sheets as a penalty from Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and first in gold for Björn Sigurdarson wrapped things up at London Road.
"It's been a good week for us," said the boss.
"We have managed to get nine points from three games and two of those have been away.
"We still have things to work with and new players settling in and coming into positions which big players have had here.
"Every day it is getting better and we have to carry on working on that.
"I do think we can go straight to heaven at once – we still have a lot to work on but it is going o-k at the moment.
"Before the penalty I think we had started to create chances .
"Peterborough came out strongly but after the first five or ten minutes I think we controlled it.
"In the last 35 minutes of the first half we played very well for long periods with a high tempo.
"Taking into consideration it was our third game in six days we did really well.
"It was a more even second half and it was natural that Peterborough would come at us.
"We were a bit more sloppy and had one or two failures in concentration so they had some chances but all in all it was a very deserved victory.
"It was good for Björn to get the second goal and after that there was only maybe ten or 12 minutes left.
"We could maybe have killed the game off earlier and in football if you don't take your chances in the Championship the games always go right to the very end.
"But at the same time you can't score from every chance and it was good to get the second goal."
The boss was full of praise for his players who were dominant for almost all the 90 minutes and avoided the banana skin against a Peterborough side searching for their first point of the season.
"The players showed good character," added Solbakken.
"They were a bit tired at the end and we had one day less rest than Peterborough as we did Ipswich but they stood the distance and got another clean sheet.
"The players should get a lot of credit for the way they defended, throwing themselves in front of shots to make blocks.
"I don't think anyone can ever get completely used to the Championship!
"Every game is very even from what I have seen so far.
"Some teams have started better than others and Peterborough are on the bottom and yet I think they can beat anyone in the league on their day."
The boss was also pleased for both his goalscorers, Ebanks-Blake with his 50th league goal for Wolves and Sigurdarson with his first.
"I didn't know that about Sylvan but it's very good – let's hope he gets 50 more!
"For Björn it was a very good goal, a great chip over the goalkeeper.
"I think he will have a good bus trip home to Wolverhampton tonight!"
The boss also praised the returning Kevin Foley – "he looked very stable and comfortable on the ball."
But in terms of being fifth in the npower Championship table having been 23rd this time last week?
"I don't think the position is so important at the moment," Solbakken added.
"I think what is important is that we continue to develop the new players together with the players that have been here before.
"We had not planned to start the season slowly in the first few games but it was not that strange.
"The players went very late in the transfer window and we brought in other players late as well.
"They hadn't had much time together on the pitch and we also started with many young players together in the team."
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By Shuli Ren
Global fund managers became less bearish with metals this summer. Bank of America Merrill Lynch EM and Asia Fund Manager Survey shows a net 13% of global fund managers are under-weighting metals this month, down from 23% in July. This the least bearish reading since this February.
China's August Manufacturing PMI Index came out this morning. The PMI is at four-month high, suggesting China may have bottomed in the second quarter. This piece of data should be a lift to metals and mining companies.
Yesterday, I wrote that J.P.Morgan upgraded India's metals and mining companies. The potential return is mouth-watering: Tata Steel (IN:500470) and Steel Authority of India (IN:500113) can have 100% upside.
Year-to-date, India's metal stocks underperformed the S&P BSE SENSEX Index by about 30%.
Another upbeat report from Nomura Securities hit my mailbox this morning.
Nomura's reasons? Metal companies' stock price has diverged from the underlying commodities price:
Analysts Prabhat Awasthi, Nipun Prem, and Sanjay Kadam wrote:
Over the past few weeks, global economic indicators, including data from China, have continued to strengthen. This has been reflected in the performance of global metal prices, which bottomed out in June and have been rising since the beginning of August.
The underperformance of Indian metal stocks with respect to their global peers in local currency is also quite apparent. In common currency terms, the underperformance is even starker, especially given that most of the Indian metal companies are running globally competitive businesses.
Nomura gives Tata Steel 443 Indian rupees target price – 72% upside. Hindalco Industries (IN:500440) (INR133, +37%), Steel Authority of India (INR103, +134%). Again, big potential returns.
India metals rallied today. Tata Steel rose 10.5%, Hindalco Industries up 11%, and Steel Authority of India rose 7.2%.
A word of caution for international investors, though. Take a look at this chart: divergence between Tata Steel and Chinese steel price is quoted in the local currency Indian rupee, which has lost 15% from three months ago.
Indian rupee may well have entered a new currency regime. As I highlighted in the Emerging Markets Morning Roundup yesterday, the market now expects INR to climb to INR65-70, potentially another 10% loss.
Unless we have consensus on rupee bottoming, it is debatable whether this Indian metal bull is worth riding.


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Family: Asclepiadaceae, Milkweed view all from this family
Description Native semi-woody subshrub. Spindly, erect, height usually 3 to 10 feet tall, but known to approach 12 feet. The sticklike branches are mostly naked, the younger ones coated in a waxy residue and a thin layer of woolly hairs. Leaves are ephemeral, growing in whorls of three on the lower branches and falling off after a short time. They are linear in shape and up to one inch long. Flower: many small purple-tinted greenish flowers, held in umbels umbel appearing at the tips of the long branches and sprouting from the sides at nodes. The fruit is a large, long, thick follicle which dangles in bunches.
Warning All plants in the genus Asclepias are probably somewhat toxic, some fatally so, to both humans and animals. The sap of some causes skin irritation in humans. Sensitivity to a toxin varies with a persons age, weight, physical condition, and individual susceptibility. Children are most vulnerable because of their curiosity and small size. Toxicity can vary in a plant according to season, the plants different parts, and its stage of growth; and plants can absorb toxic substances, such as herbicides, pesticides, and pollutants from the water, air, and soil.
Flower Fall, winter, spring.
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By Michael Aneiro
It's now 28 straight weeks of investor withdrawals for municipal bond mutual funds and ETFs, which just reported an $875 million net outflow for the week ended Wednesday, per the latest Lipper data. That's pretty consistent with the $870 million withdrawal seen a week ago and the $855 million four-week moving average outflow.
Similar data released a day earlier by the Investment Company Institute showed muni fund losses from the prior week amounting to $1.0 billion, down from $1.1 billion each of the previous two weeks.
The iShares S&P National AMT-Free Muni Bond (MUB) ETF finished Thursday up 6 cents at $103.93.