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Who Is Open AI?
To start off, if you do not follow the Open AI on any social media, I highly recommend that you do. They post some really cool stuff, and create some amazing developments in the robotics field. Not to mention the famous rubik's cube solving robot that we are talking about today.
Open AI is a non-profit, San Francisco based company that's goal is to promote a future with AI that benefits humanity as a whole. On of their imperatives is that they are a research company, not a corporation. This makes it interesting as a frequent concern regarding the advancement of AI is who will own it. Although, they received a $1 billion pledge from Microsoft this year, and $1 billion when they were founded from a multitude of investors.
Notable Founders
- Elon Musk
Founder of SpaceX & The Boring Company
Co-Founder of Tesla & Neuralink
- Sam Altman
Chairman of Y Combinator & Co-Founder of Loopt
- Ilya Sutskever
Co-Inventor of AlexNet, AlphaGo & TensorFlow
- Greg Brockman
CTO at Stripe and a ton of credentials in on his website gregbrockman.com
And if you care to dig into their entire lineup, you will be absolutely blown away. The amount of intellect and ingenuity that is part of the Open AI team is mind-boggling to me. I am the biggest fan of this company, and am very excited to see what they manage to do in the future.
If any of you Open AI folk ever need somebody to act like a star-stunned weirdo in your press, email me.
Why Make This Robot?
I have brought up this robotics development to a few friends and family, and what seems to happen is they think this is just a stupid Rubik's Cube Solving Robot with no practical purpose. But, this becomes increasingly interesting the deeper that you dig into the underlying signals from this event.
There have actually been robots for decades that perform specific tasks, but the issue was normally somewhere in the software. For example, they could do the same button press in a string, but it was really just programmed to go up and down. Now, they are trying to code software that will provide the robots with dexterity. So, the Rubik's Cube Solving Robot is an example of Open AI working around the limitations of a button-pressing robot.
How Did They Do It?
We are going to try and describe their process without going into too much complicated lingo. Because, once you dig into what they had to do in order to program this robot for it's purpose, you start to run into some very abstract ideas.
In essence, what they had to do is create a simulated world where the robot had to solve the Rubik's Cube in increasingly difficult environments. This process is called Automatic Domain Randomization, and it freed them from having to hand-craft the difficult environments on a subjective level.
The issue that they had was also that you cannot go too easy, or too hard on the robot. Because if that is the case, then the robot cannot learn efficiently. It has to learn the effects of friction, elasticity, surface area of the Rubik's Cube and many other real-world obstacles. Finally, Open AI has introduced random obstacles into the robot's environment in the videos to show it's adaptation ability.
All in all, this is a very interesting development in the robotics world, and it was done by an amazing company. I recommend you head over to their website for some in-depth details. Also, check out their social media profiles for updates on their projects.
Check out the Blog Feed for other posts that you'll enjoy, or head straight back to the Homepage for other features! Also, check out another AI article I recently did. I am interested in hearing what you think of the advancements, and what your opinion is on the progress of robotics as a whole. Thank You all for stopping by, and I hope you have a wonderful day!


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Am I The Only One?
Surely I'm not the only person that still enjoys watching classic cartoons. Yes. I know I'm well past the age when cartoons such as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Augie Doggie should've been long gone from my 'TV repertoire'. But there must be others out there like me, even in my age group, who enjoy the clever word play and quips of these amiable characters. Younger generations won't necessarily grasp the puns and figures of speech that make an older audience chuckle. In my view the writers of these cartoons were not only clever, but brilliant in using words to intelligently and clearly get the point across without the crassness of many of today's cartoons. From a writer's aspect, I marvel at how well the dialogues are written. The storylines for these shows were written in the 1960's and do a great job of capturing and holding my attention. So these shows aren't just entertainment for me. They're also a model, a lesson in writing well enough to hold the audience's attention, and it's done in about seven minutes or less. No. I don't tire of these cartoons. I watch them over and over.
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Toyota remained the best-selling car brand in the world in 2017, the podium being completed by Volkswagen and Ford, according to analysts at JATO Dynamics. The data also show that the SUV segment continued to grow significantly, reaching a market share of 34% globally. In 2017, the car industry recorded 86 million units sold globally, about two million more than ...Read More »
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Perhaps Carl Benz, the German , is accredited with the invention of the automobile but the new concept of changing the production line was introduced by an American inventor named Henry Ford. Now, 150 years after his birth, let's take a look at five Ford cars that Henry Ford would be extremely proud of. Probably TOP 5 Best Ford models ever ...Read More »


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Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Five people were killed and injured as Islamic State members attacked a village, west of Kirkuk, a security source from the province said on Monday.
"IS members set up an ambush near al-Heleiwat village in al-Zab town, west of Kirkuk, killing two villagers and wounding three others," the source told Alghad Press.
"As the people heard the shooting, they headed to the accident place. They managed to transfer the victims and the injured to Kirkuk Public Hospital," he added. "The militants, who set up the ambush, ran away."
On Sunday, five civilians, including a woman, were killed in an armed attack, believed to be carried out by IS members against a village in al-Riyad town in Hawija.
A total of 91 Iraqi civilians were killed and 208 others were injured in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in February, according to the monthly report issued by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).
Baghdad was the worst affected Governorate, with 195 civilian casualties (49 killed, 146 injured). Anbar Governorate ranked second place, with 14 killed and 37 injured, and Diyala had 12 killed and 11 injured.
As many as 3,298 civilians were killed and 4,781 others were wounded in 2017, excluding Anbar civilian casualty figures for November and December, which are not available, UNAMI said in a report in December.


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Turkey seems confused as to just what it means to be a hub – let alone the challenges it faces in becoming one. Quite clearly, Turkey already is a major physical hub, in the sense that a host of major oil and gas pipelines already transit the country, with gas supplies further augmented by liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasifaction facilities. But other countries also share this characteristic, so does that make them transit hubtral europes?
Turkey as a Regional Energy Hub
Turkey has so many factors operating in favor of it becoming one of the world's great energy hubs – and yet there are so many reasons why it may completely fail to fulfill such a goal. The country's inherent geography – its classic position as a crossroads between east and west, between north and south – makes it natural to become a giant center for trading in oil, gas and petrochemicals. But its attitude – the accumulation of its foreign policy, its approach to energy transit and to internal energy development, and its own uncertainty as to its place in the world in general and its involvement in Europe in particular – tells quite a different story. The future of Turkey as a gas trading hub lies very much in Turkey's own hands. For such a hub to emerge will require Turkey to opt for domestic market liberalization over statism (étatism).
Turkey is already transforming its role from being simply a place where some of the world's great pipelines meet.
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I am trying to have a animated rollout sub-menu for a menu, and figured using the onClipEvent / hitTest code would work well. My dilemna is that I want the menu rollout to include a fading in of a full screen photo, so I added the animation of the photo to the menu's movieclip. However, once the photo fades in, it is then part of the MovieClip hitTest area, so it won't let the mouse "rollout" of the movieclip (as the mouse is always over the photo, which takes up the whole flash area).
I came up with two possible solutions to solve the problem, but I need help with the coding:
1. Is there a way to define the hit area specifically to be just the menu part of the MovieClip (and disregard the space area that the photo occupies)?
2. Move the Photo animation into it's own MovieClip and then use the hitTest code to call the photo's MovieClip and tell it to do the same thing. Is this possible? This seems the better solution if doable.
Here's my attempt at coding this second option - but it doesn't work when I test it. Any ideas on how to make it work? The MovieClip of the photo animation has an instance name of "DiningRoom".
Here is the (nonworking) code:
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (this.hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, true)) {
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onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (this.hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, true)) {
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Mahatma Gandhi's vision of economically self-sufficient villages is at a distinct variance with the ideas and policies of liberalization, trade and globalization. Is it possible to strike a middle path?
Despite long-held notions that young people in villages lack better life opportunities, the current situation of youth in urban areas and their proximate countryside is not too different in many parts of India
In large parts of the subcontinent where floods or droughts are annual or recurring events, people in rural areas have evolved location-specific strategies to deal with the disasters and unusual weather
Innumerable varieties of native fruits and leafy vegetables found in different parts of India are becoming rare on dinner tables. We should make efforts to revive them for a more varied and nutritious food basket


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Ending poverty is a seemingly endless topic of discussion for the development community, and even more so when the World Bank itself claims it will be able to do away with extreme poverty by 2030.
But with poverty being such a multifaceted issue, many wonder: is the objective even possible, and more importantly, are we using the right tools to achieve it?
World Bank President Jim Kim highlighted the importance of inclusiveness in battling extreme poverty at the recent World Bank spring meetings, and identified conditional cash transfers, better education, an expanded health coverage and making sustainable energy sources available to all as key to meeting his bold agenda.
We opened an animated LinkedIn discussion to ask our readers what they think of Kim's lofty goal and what can be done to achieve it.
Some Devex members were a bit cynical about the World Bank chief's goal. First, some of them argued, we can't eradicate poverty, but only reduce or mitigate its effects. Another reader meanwhile wrote the focus shouldn't be so much on poverty alleviation, but on wealth creation by building people's capacity to provide for their needs and ensuring sustainability in every development project.
An independent consultant noted: "Sure you could eliminate the worst kind of poverty by giving an extra dollar a day to those only earning that much, but that is neither development nor sustainable."
The World Bank is spearheading several initiatives — many of them not without criticisms and pitfalls — and is embarking on Kim's ambitious reform agenda, including the establishment of the "global practices" model to better harness its technical expertise in all of its development work.
Will this supposedly new setup help the institution identify ways to make better use of technology in development work, stamp out corruption in developing countries without harming the poor, and assist the bank in creating effective strategies to fight poverty in conflict-affected and fragile states?
As one Devex member suggested: will the World Bank even consider establishing a special currency for poor communities, and is that plan viable?
That remains to be seen, but the bank — as an official working in the same sector implied on our discussion — shouldn't forget the importance of understanding and including the very people it is trying to help in the discussions.
"Poverty alleviation has been a buzzword for the last few decades. Till 80s the core business of development was trying to build and develop while abstaining from politics of development. While taking the turn of century the political dimensions started to creep in as transparency, good governance, inclusion, and the list goes on and on," the reader wrote. "This literally took away the limelight from what we were good in doing i.e. physical development. Suddenly, all of us became self-proclaimed Messiahs trying to save the poor without knowing who they are, how they live, what their actual needs were, and the local political environment they live in and survive."
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Well I (we) just dropped off my first born at her University (Mars Hill University), which is 7 hours away from us, yesterday. Holy hell that was the hardest thing I've had to do....I'm having a rougher time with this then my daughter is.
As a man, I didn't think it would be so difficult to let her go so she could start this chapter of her life. I'm an emotional wreck....and the wife is the strong one, the glue that is binding us all together through this. I sure wasn't expecting I'd be like this...had no clue it was going to be so difficult for me.
The good news is she made it through her first night in her dorm by herself and she has all ready made some new friends and going to FYS (first year student) sessions that the university has put together to fill the voids and down times that the new incoming students face until classes start on Tuesday.


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Rutland Library Book Sale
The Rutland Free Library will hold a Book Sale on Friday, June 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday, June 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Browse thousands of books, CDs, DVDs and puzzles, most priced between 25 cents and $3. All mystery books are buy one, get one free. Romance novels are 50 cents each or five for $1. The Library is located at 10 Court Street in Rutland. Visit rutlandfree.org or call 802-773-1860 to learn more.
Manchester Community Library
On Tuesday, June 12, at 1 p.m., MCL (Manchester Community Library) will screen a 1950 Academy Award-winning film starring Gloria Swanson and William Holden directed by Billy Wilder. An unsuccessful screenwriter is drawn into the fantasy world of a faded silent film star who dreams of making a triumphant return to the screen. The film is free and open to the public. Running time is 111 minutes.
Guitarist Eric Despard will perform classical guitar music spanning 500 years on Wednesday, June 13, at 7 p.m. He performs extensively throughout North America as a soloist and with various chamber ensembles, as well as with various jazz, blues and rock groups throughout the Northeast. His passion for accessible community music and arts education led to a five year position as executive director of the Bennington Music School. He is an assistant professor of the Humanities and is music director at Southern Vermont College.
MCL is located at 128 Cemetery Avenue at the corner of Main Street/Route 7A in Manchester. For details, call 802-362-2607.
Weston Memorial Library
Come to the Weston Community Church on the Hill at 37 Lawrence Hill Road in Weston to hear science and history writer Rebecca Rupp as she presents her entertaining talk, 'Wolf Peaches, Poisoned Peas and Madame Pompadour's Underwear: The Surprising History of Common Garden Vegetables.' Rupp will speak beginning at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, June 6. Learn the long and fascinating histories of common garden vegetables at this free event, presented by the Wilder Memorial Library and the Vermont Humanities Council. Call Randall Szott with any questions at 802-824-4307.
Winhall Memorial Library
The Cookbook Club will hold a special cooking demonstration and food tasting with local chef Erik Peckel at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 14. To attend, RSVP at 802- 297-9741 or [email protected] by June 10. The Club meets on the second Thursday of each month.
The Library is displaying the artwork of Cristina Nieto Lewis for the month of June. An artist's reception will be held on Saturday, June 16, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Come meet the artist, view her creations, and enjoy some refreshments.
Join the Library at 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 21, to discuss a book from 'The Great American Read.' Refreshments will be served. Come in and check out our display; there are 68 of the 100 titles on the list. 'The Great American Read' is an eight-part series airing on PBS that explores and celebrates the power of reading, told through the prism of America's 100 best-loved novels.
Winhall Memorial Library is located at 2 Lower Taylor Hill Road in Bondville. To learn more, call 802- 297-9741 or visit the website at winhallmemoriallibrary.org.
Cambridge Public Library
Howard Romack will bring live reptiles and amphibians to the Cambridge Public Library, 21 West Main Street, Cambridge, N.Y., at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 2, to teach attendees about these creatures and their habitats. He will return on Tuesday, June 5, at 6 p.m. to present his personal experiences and photos from his time spent in the rainforests of French Guiana. Learn all about the importance of the rainforest and the many species found there.
The Library plans to be at the Cambridge Farmers' Market on Washington Street from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 10. They will be set up in the Community Tent to offer a variety of informational materials and activities. For information, contact Library Director Christina Becker at [email protected] or 518-677-2443.


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Jonathan Sexton may have nailed five kicks at goal from the exact same spot since, but his crucial late penalty miss in the defeat to New Zealand three years ago is still fresh in his memory.
As the clocked ticked into the 74th minute, Sexton's penalty would have put Ireland 25-17 in front and within touching distance of a famous victory. He missed and the rest is history.
The Ireland out-half didn't shirk the issue then and while he has moved on, he is eager to make amends when Ireland get two shots at an historic first triumph over the All Blacks in the next month, the first on Saturday week at Soldier Field in Chicago.
Nine times out of 10 Sexton would have slotted it over and the fact that he has done so from the same spot five times since proves that. But this was a pressure situation.
He will know that the painful memories aren't likely to be banished unless Ireland get that elusive win over the All Blacks.
"I think about it quite a lot," Sexton admitted. "Obviously it will be fresher in my mind now but I think I learned a lot from it. Everyone learned something from that game.
"I learned why I missed the kick and the funny thing about it was that I had five kicks to go two scores clear from the exact spot afterwards, that was bizarre. I got them to go two scores clear the rest of the time.
"I wish I could go back, but you can't. I learned from it and I think I became a better kicker for it. But I would still love to go back and be able to take it again.
"When I kicked the ball I thought it was going over. It was a great strike but it was a small little block. Why I blocked it out there - that's really what I learned.
"They're the best team in the world and they're being talked about as the best team ever. Now we've got to go and try stop the winning run.
"It would be typical Irish to win your first game against them in Chicago after the few weeks that we've just had."
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- ADDRESS:300 Soi Yaowarat, 6 Yaowarat Road, Samphanthawong, Bangkok 10100, Thailand
- SHOPPING TYPE:Local Market
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There is something oddly kitschy, charming and nostalgic about Bangkok's Chinatown—where lofty neon signs vie for visual prominence and roads are choc-a-bloc with colourful stalls. As you walk through its many little streets, you will discover hidden markets, shop-lined backstreets and crowded spaces packed with hawkers of every kind. From hundreds of street stalls to the finest of Chinese food, there's plenty to keep you busy for hours. The small alleys and streets between Yaowarat Road and the Chao Phraya River are crammed with market stalls and small shops jostling to sell just about everything imaginable—from hair accessories, tea sets and hardware to fabric, food and strange fruits imported from mainland China. As you stroll further into the maze-like streets, you'll also find sacks of roasted chestnuts, sequins, feather boas and martial art weapons.
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Your wedding day will be the start to your journey to your happily ever after! And, while you and your partner most likely have a wonderful relationship, know that you can create it to be even more wonderful by taking part in pre-marital counseling.
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Are you aware of how pre-marital counseling can benefit your own relationship?
We believe that every couple should start off their marriage positively! That's why, here at Mountain Creek Lodge of Oklahoma, as a Tulsa wedding venue, we have gathered the benefits of attending pre-marital counseling, to provide you with some great insight. So, if you would like to discover what these benefits are, be sure to read on:
You Will Learn How to Communicate
One of the most important aspects of any relationship is communication. Every relationship will experience conflict at some point, and knowing how to resolve it through communication is key! If you attend pre-marital counseling, you can learn how to communicate effectively with one another, so that you can resolve any conflicts in a mature and easy way. In fact, it's important to keep in mind that conflict is actually healthy in a relationship, as long as you know how to manage it, and not prevent it.
You Can Set Realistic Expectations
We often watch movies, see perfect relationships, and strive for our own relationship to be the same. However, that's not how life really is! So, it's important that you don't set unrealistic expectations for your partner. By taking part in pre-marital counseling, you can discover what realistic needs you should expect your partner to fulfill, from romance to contributing to your everyday lives together. This way, you and your partner can both work on your building your future together in a positive way.
You Will Learn About Each Other in a Deeper Way
While you may think that you know your partner entirely, you may have just scratched the surface. In fact, most couples don't know their significant others in a truly deep way! Pre-marital counseling will provide you with the opportunity to really dig into who your partner is as a person, as you will share childhood stories, family values, and personal interests, which will provide you with great insight as to why you and you partner are the people you are today.
There are many benefits to taking part in pre-marital counseling! These are just a few that you will want to keep in mind.
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Faulkner, Welty, Wright: A Mississippi Confluence
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"Faulkner, Welty, Wright: A Mississippi Confluence"
July 18-22, 2021
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The Climate of Fatigue: What Comes After Exhaustion?
SLSA (Society for Literature, Science and the Arts) Conference, October 16-18, 2020, Ann Arbor, MI
Steven Swarbrick, Baruch College (CUNY) & Sarah Ensor, University of Michigan
Call for Papers for a Walker Percy Session at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association's November conference in Jacksonville, FL, November 2020. The conference theme is "Scandal!: Literature and Provocation: Breaking Rules, Making Texts."and more detail about the theme and the conference can be found at this link: https://samla.memberclicks.net.
The 29th Annual Conference of the Arkansas Holocaust Education Committee
October 15, 2020 at the Holiday Inn & Northwest Arkansas Convention Center, Springdale, AR
For almost 30 years, the Arkansas Holocaust Education Committee has sponsored a Holocaust education conference that draws hundreds of students and teachers from the local area and that has drawn survivors and presenters such as Deborah Lipstadt, Henry Friedlander, and Judith Cohen.
At the daylong conference, participants—mostly secondary students—attend a demanding and wide-ranging program, including an overview of the Holocaust, a presentation by a survivor, and two seminar-style breakout sessions.
The idea of an individual's identity is at the core of many conversations, both currently and historically, and the conversation about veteran identity and how other this identity does (or does not) intersect with other facets of an individual's identity is just beginning. This special issue invites submissions that work to expand our dialogue and challenge our understanding of veteran identity and representation. The Journal of Veterans Studies invites scholarly articles that pursue questions about veteran identity and invites personal perspectives of veteran identities to complement these scholarly articles. Contributions may explore, but are not limited to the following questions:
"Narratives of Displacement" International Conference
6 November 2020 - Palma, Spain
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London Centre for Interdisciplinary ResearchThe British and Comparative Cultural Studies Research Group (BRICCS), Unversity of the Balearic Islands, Spain
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Language, Literature, and Interdisciplinary Studies (LLIDS), an open access academic e-journal, invites original and unpublished research papers and book reviews from various interrelated disciplines including, but not limited to, literature, philosophy, psychology, anthropology, history, sociology, law, ecology, environmental science, and economics.
Canadian Review of American Studies, a journal published by the University of Toronto, is seeking review articles for upcoming issues. A review article surveys three recently published books that explore similar or intersecting themes, summarizing the main issues raised between texts and offering a critical perspective of the given field. If interested, please provide a brief paragraph (250 words max) outlining your review article including the three books intended for review. Editors will make selections based on these proposals following the submission deadline. If selected, the Reviews Editor will provide desk copies from the publisher for your review article.
Call for book chapters - Non-canonical British literature: 1890-1945 - abstracts by 20 March, papers due 30 June 2020 We are working on an edited book on non-canonical English literature between 1890 and 1945 to be published by a UK publisher by the end of 2020. The provisional title of the book is Non-canonical British Literature: 1890-1945, and topics might include (but are not limited to):
- theoretical background of non-canonicity;
- studying individual non-canonical writers and their work(s);
- reasons for exclusion from the canon;
- shift from non-canonical to canonical;
- the role of power, ideology and religion in exclusion from the canon;
- conventionality and tradition;
- reception studies;
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7-10 January, 2021
Breaking Textual Boundaries: Collaborative Writing and Multiple Authorship
In keeping with the Modernist Studies Association 2020 conference theme of the "streets," the Carson McCullers Society is pleased to sponsor a roundtable discussion series about southern modernist women writers and the streets. The roundtable panel is intended to spark conversation among Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Connor, Carson McCullers, Margaret Walker, Katherine Anne Porter, Kate Chopin, Anne Spencer, Zora Neale Hurston, and Lillian Hellman scholars, among others, about the innovations and interventions of southern modernist women writers in creating street scenes and characters.
The Carson McCullers Society is pleased to invite submissions for its annual prize for Outstanding Conference Paper. This award recognizes the best entry for a scholarly essay on the life and work of Carson McCullers presented at a conference the previous year. Entrants should provide evidence that the paper was presented at a national, regional or international academic conference during the 2019 calendar year (January 1 to December 31) and that the winner is an active member of Society at the time of receipt of the award (information on membership can be found here on our website).
We invite submissions for the 2020 issue of Panic at the Discourse: An Interdisciplinary Journal, an online publication associated with Queen's University. Papers spanning any discipline are welcome, and in particular, we support new and innovative ways of theorizing that do not necessarily fit within traditional frameworks. The deadline for submissions is April 17, 2020.
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Extended Call for Papers: Now due April 2020
Surveillance and Social Justice: Big-data politics, predictions, and potentials
Edited by Dr Leanne McRae (Curtin University), and Associate Professor Mike Kent (Curtin University)
Abstracts Due: 1 April 2020
Benjamin Markovits
16th June 2020
A one-day conference at Worcester College, Oxford
Registration is free
Dickens and Decadence
Stockholm University, Sweden
Deadline for submissions: 31 May 2020
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University of Amsterdam
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Start dates
September 2020 / September 2021
Course length
Full time: 12 months, Harcourt Hill Campus
Part time: Two / three years depending on your chosen trajectory - part-time on campus or distance learning
Our MA Education course is ideal for those working in education across a range of contexts. And for those wishing to study and research in education.
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You'll grow in professional knowledge and expertise. We will support you to improve and develop your professional organisation through:
- critical enquiry
- reflection
- the promotion of creative and innovative practice.
The School of Education is a focal point for stimulating and informed debate on education through a programmes of seminars, lectures and school work. We work in close partnership in a range of educational settings and services. This means we can provide opportunities for placements as part of your studies. For example, carrying out commissioned work as part of your dissertation study.
How to apply
Entry requirements
Specific entry requirements
This MA course attracts students from a wide range of backgrounds and nationalities, who are graduates with a recognised teaching qualification, or other relevant educational experience.
Applicants normally have:
- a good honours degree
- QTS (Qualified Teacher Status), other equivalent professional qualification or relevant experience
Entry with credit
Credit can be made up of appropriate work completed outside the course, for example, M level credit from PGCE awards or Postgraduate Certificates in relevant educational courses.
Please also see the University's general entry requirements.
English language requirements
Candidates whose first language is not English should be able to demonstrate a satisfactory level of spoken and written English.
- IELTS level 6.5 or above with a minimum of 6.0 in reading and writing and 5.5 in speaking and listening.
Please also see the University's standard English language requirements.
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English requirements for visas
If you need a student visa to enter the UK you will need to meet the UK Visas and Immigration minimum language requirements as well as the University's requirements. Find out more about English language requirements.
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International students hold a conditional offer until payment of a deposit of £1000 is received.
Pathways courses for international and EU students
We offer a range of courses to help you meet the entry requirements for your postgraduate course and also familiarise you with university life in the UK.
Take a Pre-Master's course to develop your subject knowledge, study skills and academic language level in preparation for your master's course.
If you need to improve your English language, we offer pre-sessional English language courses to help you meet the English language requirements of your chosen master's course.
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Please be aware that some courses will involve some additional costs that are not covered by your fees. Specific additional costs for this course, if any, are detailed below.
Learning and assessment
The MA Education follows a flexible modular programme. The 'open route' through this MA enables you to design your course according to your particular areas of interest.
You'll need to achieve 180 credits over the course of your studies. These include:
Compulsory modules (total 80 credits)
- Researching Methods (20 credits) will support your studies and prepare you for your dissertation
- Dissertation (60 credits).
Optional modules (total 100 credits)
You can choose five modules from the optional modules listed below.
Alternatively, six named routes give a specialist focus to the award as follows:
Study modules
Taught modules
Compulsory modules
Research Methods (20 credits)
In this module you develop knowledge of a range of research approaches, methods and techniques and consider ethics in education research. You have an opportunity to develop your own research skills through preparatory work for your dissertation study.
Optional modules
Developing MA Literacies (20 credits)
The module aims to prepare students to develop the critical and reflective skills to participate confidently in their academic community as a researcher-practitioner. It will support you in developing the academic writing and critical reading skills to engage successfully in MA level study.
Learning and Development in Childhood (20 credits)
Through this unit of study, students will explore contemporary theories of social and cognitive development and their implications for children's formal and informal learning. Alternative explanations of developmental processes will be discussed drawing upon research evidence and students own observations from a range of settings. Students will reflect on the impact of the social and cultural contexts of development and learning and interrogate the cultural assumptions of developmental models. From a sharing of these individual enquiries, the group will reflect on the implications of their findings for the experiences and opportunities provided for young children.
Diversity and Achievement (20 credits)
This module will analyse the factors that are predictive of educational success and failure for children and young people, exploring the implications of this analysis for school policy and practice. These factors will be considered at the level of the individual child, the family, the school and the neighbourhood, using data from case study material and drawing in part on students' individual working contexts. Issues of class, gender, disability and ethnicity will be considered. This analysis at the level of an individual in a particular locality will be compared to educational outcomes from national and international data sources.
Mind and Brain (20 credits)
This module explores previous and present developments within the field of educational neuroscience. The module will begin by exploring developmental changes that occur throughout the lifespan. Current insights from the field of cognitive neuroscience will be explored in relation to a number of specific educational issues which have implications for educational practice. The module will engage with philosophical exploration and deliberation over the relationship between mind, brain, self and body.
The Inclusive Curriculum (20 credits)
This module, relevant for primary, secondary, and further and higher education practitioners and students, explores key aspects of curriculum design and delivery in relation to access, equality of learning opportunity and inclusion. There will be a particular focus on the ways in which cultural values influence curriculum content and organization. You will have an opportunity to critically engage with theories of internationalising and decolonising the curriculum.
Leading and Managing People in Education (20 credits)
This module brings together a range of themes and concerns in the management of staff in educational organisations. Drawing on national and international examples, it combines theoretical perspectives with practical concerns about staff management and development.
Leading Change in Education (20 credits)
This module builds on the experience of course members as observers of, and participants in, the management of change in the education sector. Drawing on national and international examples, it combines theoretical perspectives with practical concerns about organisational transformation in education.
Children's Literature Through the Ages (20 credits)
This module aims to develop students' understanding of the ways in which societal constructs of childhood can be manifest in texts for children, for example: children at war, children at school. It will explore a range of texts available in the 21st century including comics, novels in verse form, literature in translation and interactive texts. Classic texts for children will be explored, as will traditional tales through texts ranging from Grimm to Disney. Ideology in children's books will be explored.
Reading for Pleasure in the Primary Classroom (20 credits)
This module aims to develop students' understanding of the 2014 National Curriculum, particularly in relation to 'Reading for Pleasure'. It aims to develop understanding of how texts are constructed using a range of narrative modes. The module will draw on current research on reading for pleasure and will be grounded in using reader response theory as a guiding principle. Throughout the module, implications for teaching writing will also be considered. Students will have the opportunity for practical work and for developing partnerships with outside agencies.
Multilingual Learners (20 credits)
This module focuses on children in English-speaking schools, whose first language is not English. It aims to draw on current practice, research, case studies, websites and professional networks, enabling students to:
- Analyse the development of children in second languages settings: case study analysis
- Identify theories of bilingualism, translanguaging and dynamic language
- Appreciate the links between first and second language, identity and self-esteem: the emotional experiences of the EAL child
- Evaluate teacher, teacher assistant, parent, and whole school responses to the EAL child
- Theorise practice and pedagogy: what beliefs, theories and attitudes to language and the EAL learner underpin teacher choices?
- Evaluate and critically compare policies connected with the teaching, learning and integration of the EAL child into the mainstream school
- Evaluate, adapt and create resources and materials for their fit with the needs of the EAL child
Independent Study: Investigating Practice (20 credits)
This module offers you opportunity to engage in independent study of a topic, issue or area that is not available elsewhere within the course. You will, in consultation and negotiation with a tutor, identify a topic, issue or area of personal or professional interest and relevance and then draw up a course of independent study, which may include library and practical research. The project can be assessed through either a report or a portfolio of work. This might include the development of pedagogical approaches or curriculum materials or investigations into the achievement levels, or the opportunities provided, for particular groups of learners. It could also include the development of professional practice through shadowing others or engaging in collaborative work across organisations.
Final project
Compulsory modules
Dissertation (60 credits)
Your Dissertation will involve a piece of investigative research and will comprise approximately one third of your degree work. Your dissertation will focus on a research problem of interest to you. It need not be based in an educational setting and may be literature based but should be relevant to educational concerns and the specific subject area on named pathways. (compulsory for all students) September to September.
Please note: As our courses are reviewed regularly as part of our quality assurance framework, the modules you can choose from may vary from that shown here. The structure of the course may also mean some modules are not available to you.
Learning and teaching
Teaching, learning and assessment draw on the different backgrounds, experience and knowledge of students. It also encourages critical reflection.
We use a range of teaching methods, including:
- lectures
- directed reading
- workshops
- discussion forums
- student and staff-led seminars
- project work.
Teaching is organised on a modular basis, each module involves approximately 24 hours of staff contact as follows:
- Part-time on campus – Modules are usually taught over eight weeks on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays at 17:00 – 20:00.
- Full-time on campus – the main study day is Thursdays with students also joining part-time students in evening modules
- Distance learning - an MA Education can be achieved by part-time online learning through the use of our Moodle platform. For each module this usually requires about 12 hours a week plus time spent on assessment. The online route is usually taken part-time over 2 to 3 years.
The School of Education is a thriving centre for educational research and teacher professional development. Students on master's level programmes therefore join a large research community comprising researchers at all levels of higher education study.
We hold two major research conferences each year - the School of Education Research Conference and the EdD Colloquium. All students are invited to attend our annual Research
Seminar Series (which attracts both internal and external speakers). We also organise a number of conferences, lectures, seminars and debates, some of which have an international reach.
The School's six research groups exist to encourage engagement in research, publication, conference presentations, seminars and workshops:
- Inclusion and Wellbeing
- Policy, Partnership and Leadership
- STEAM pedagogy and learning
- Humanistic Perspectives on Education
- Early Years
- Applied Linguistics
After you graduate
Career prospects
Completion of the course shows commitment to professional development and should lead to improved prospects for career progression.
Student profiles
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"The teaching on the course is really engaging, the majority of the teaching is completed online and I meet with my lecturers to go over tutorials"Read more about Grant
Lucy Victoria Richardson
"During my studies for the PGCE, I found the staff exceptionally supportive and inspiring. In particular I would like to mention Mat Tobin, Jane Scholey and Jon Reid, with his work on behaviour and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in schools. They have passion and enthusiasm for what they are teaching and they are always available to discuss ideas and provide assistance when necessary."Read more about Lucy Victoria
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Wyoming Ride – BMWMOA Rally
Prologue – July 14, 2008 – Home to Vernon, TX
Tom, Paul, his wife Marilyn and I wanted to get the heck out of the big
city and get closer to the cooler high country, so a short evening ride after work
to Vernon was in order.
|A quick gourmet meal at a Wichita Falls truck stop
are here in the metropolis of Vernon, TX amongst the grain elevators
just a couple of hundred miles up Hwy 287. The weather during the ride
cooperated nicely, with some cool outflow from nearby thundershowers
around Decatur. The roads were dry, though.
morning we get up early for the trek across the Panhandle, through a
corner of New Mexico, and into the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
Day 1 – July 15, 2008 – Vernon, TX to Westcliffe, CO
We are in Westcliffe, CO after a 536-mile run today, and posting from Poag Mahones pub downtown. It is a great find for dinner where our waiter, Brennen has served up some very tasty rib eye steaks and burgers with fresh baked Amish buns.
We made a detour off the main route Hwy 87 through northeast New Mexico onto hwy 72, near Capulin Volcano.
|Bo would be proud of us since the road was small enough that we had to wait on cattle to clear off in front of us. That's Capulin in the background.
|Debbie, here are the Sangre de Cristo mountains at Westcliffe that I was describing to you on the phone tonight.
Tomorrow starts the run through some of the best mountain scenery of Colorado and into Wyominq.
As Tom just said, "Life is good…"
Day 2 – July 16, 2008 – Westcliffe, CO to Dubois, WY
Blogging live tonight from Dubois, Wyoming
listening to the Prairie Grass bluegrass band performing some excellent
music with 12-year old Tori Anderson leading the vocals. We just had a
wonderful steak and salmon dinner at the Rustic Pine Steakhouse and
| Our waitress, Cathy told us about the concert right next door.
morning at breakfast, we met up with Jon Wiggins, Richard Neas, and
Kurt and Angie Gibson who were on an off-road excursion through the
Trans American Trail. They are from Springfield, MO and started their
all-dirt ride in Arkansas and will finish around Ouray, CO.
ride took us 546 miles through central Colorado and through the windy
high plains of Wyoming. We left Westcliffe early in the morning and
immediately spotted Elk in the valley just below the road. In fact, we
couldn't go more than a few miles before spotting more wildlife along
the highway.
|Along the Arkansas River we came up on a Harley sidecar rig with a
dog wearing goggles. He (the dog) kept turning around to check us out
as we were passing them.
|We had to stop in Wyoming this time for a cattle drive. The cows were
complaing at us like we were messing up their road
|We met up with Matthew in Lander, WY at a fuel stop.
He has been on the road for over a month riding his R1100S through the
eastern states. He was on his way back home to Dubois.
We rode with him
for the last 80 miles of today's leg into Dubois and he led us through
the canyon sweepers into his home town. It was cool watching him wave
to the locals once we entered town. But, he said he was just returning
to pack and get the heck out of Dubois.
|We decided to live on the edge and went into this biker bar.
Tomorrow is a ride to the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone with a stay overnight in Cooke City, MT.
Day 3 – July 17, 2008 – Dubois, WY to Cooke City, MT
I'm starting today's post while waiting on the pilot truck to lead me through some road construction just outside of Silver Gate, MT. It's only 2.5 miles to the hotel in Cooke City, but the road construction is holding things up for around 20 minutes. There's a light rain falling and the temperature has dropped into the 50's.
|Kristen, the flag person, says her hands are so cold she can hardly hold the camera steady while she snaps a pic of me.
I see the pilot truck heading in my direction, so I must get ready to ride.
|I'm resuming the journal now in our room listening to the soothing
sound of the Soda Butte Creek that is just below our window.
Tom, Paul and Marilyn split off from me at the top of the falls of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone so they could head on to the Soda Butte Hotel. I spent another couple of hours riding the 60 miles of beautiful northern Yellowstone shooting way too many photos, but you know I had a great time.
|We started out early this morning riding through the Grand Tetons.
Carolyn, a very friendly park ranger, struck up conversation with us at
the Snake River Overlook.
|I removed myself and remembered the times when I was very young in this
very spot with my parents. I owe so much to them for introducing me to
this beautiful country of the West.
In Yellowstone, we visited Old Faithful but were surprised by the number of people. We decided to not wait for an eruption after seeing the traffic of the previous as we were arriving. After a quick lunch, we moved on. We enjoyed the sweeping and twisty turns of the park and listened in on the French visitors using the same radio channel as ours. We couldn't understand a lot, but Tom corrected their "Continental Devine".
|While now on my solo ride, I had to put on rain gear at the top of a
mountain when the temperature dropped 15 degrees and the sky darkened.
| The rain was short-lived, and the afternoon light was spectacular on
all of the flowers covering the valley below me. My ride into Cooke
City was stopped many times for wildlife and wonderful lighting on the
Sage and hills around me.
So once I got through the final 2.5 miles of road rebuilding, I rolled up to the hotel to see Tom sitting in the timber-ceiling lobby window. We had dinner and a brew later and listened to a chap telling a story about a camper that was attacked by a bear the night before just outside of Cooke City. We were trying to figure out if the story was legit and later found it to be true after meeting Adrian in the lobby. She is an empty-nester from California and spending time hiking here where she once lived. She was at the same camp last night when the attack happened. The rangers made everyone break camp and either leave or sleep in their cars.
Next up is Beartooth Pass and on to Gillette.
Day 4 – July 18, 2008 – Cooke City, MT to Gillette, WY
The Grizzly attack stories continued with the Cooke City locals this morning at the fuel station. Tom and I loaded up with fuel and headed out at 7:00 towards Beartooth Highway. How appropriate. Early morning is the most favorite part of the day for wildlife, so that fact and the 36-degree air kept us a bit under the posted limit. The cool air and spectacular scenery woke me up quickly and made the slower ride very pleasing. We saw a couple of moose, plenty of deer, Pronghorn and some random marmot for good measure.
|We stopped for a SLR moment at a still pond with the mountains rising
from the far side. The water vapors were rising from the grass as the
morning sun first hit.
|On up Beartooth Highway, the road rose near 11,000 feet and above tree
line. As we ascended the pass, ten-foot snow drifts lined the side of
the road that twisted tightly and demanded attention to keep the bike
on pavement. This has to be one of the best mountain rides in the
We rode through Red Lodge and out in the high rolling sage hills of Montana to highway 14A over the Bighorn range. This section was an exciting surprise that rose out of the dry scrub.
Once down in elevation, we shared ride stories with another group from
Arizona and Seattle at the Sinclair. The rider said he was "still on
the high".
|We got off of the short stretch of interstate quickly, rode the back
roads of hwy 14 and entered the MOA rally site in Gillette. We went
through registration and chose a grassy area to pitch the tents.
I took my bike over to a washing area to get the Texas rain and Montana forest road construction grime off of my bike in prep of tomorrow's 25th anniversary BMW K-Bike Koncours celebration. And who rolls up to wash his bike but Greg Feeler with my bike's sister serial number K75S. We exchanged greetings and I held both bike's handlebars. It was a touching moment. "Separated at birth and reunited in Gillette."
|I'm finishing this post listening to the New Riders of the Purple Sage
playing Panama Red outside the Beemer Saloon and having an Odells Pale
Ale microbrew from Ft. Collins, CO.
The big thunderstorm earlier this afternoon rained lightly on us, flattened a few tents, and nicely cooled things down. The music is good, evening air is good, ale is good, company is good and today's ride was a dream. Life is definitely good.
Day 5 – July 19, 2008 – BMWMOA Rally in Gillette, WY
The sun is shining bright today in a blue sky above Gillette. Last night's temperature was cool and perfect for a good sleep in the tent.
|The K-Koncours bike judging continues as I am starting this post. Our
sister bikes are drawing a lot of attention, and it's been fun meeting
and talking with Greg. The bikes have been spending some quality time
together in the show and are likely swapping stories from the road.
Greg's bike took honors in our class, and is well-deserved. It was a blast watching all of the K-bike fans looking over the fine machinery. BMW presented a great history of the K-bikes, with Andy Sills present. Andy set a world land speed record of 173.57 on a K1200S at the Salt Flats.
|Chris McNiel tearing it up at the stunt show.
|Kilts gone wild.
|We met up with Tom Mamic from British Columbia, who is on a world ride
on his F800GS that he had shipped from South Africa to Argentina. He
made his way down to Tierra del Fuego, and is now on his way through
the United States. He has ridden 74,000 Kilometers so far, and has just
been presented a MOA distance award for that effort.
Ben Lower was introduced at the closing ceremony as one of the directors of the MOA. There are 5,103 rally-goers here this week from all over the country and internationally. Nintey percent of the 4,000 bikes here are BMW's.
The David Swisher million-mile award has just been presented to Ken McHugh. Bob's BMW has given a whole riding suit with gloves and boots as a door prize. Many other door prizes and awards were handed out.
The grand prize bike is a new R1200GS which has just been won by Howard Morgan from Longmont, CO. Next year's rally will be held in Johnson City, Tennesee. There will be trees and grass. If you have never attended a MOA national rally, start planning now for next year. I'll see you there.
Tomorrow we head to Devil's Tower, the Black Hills and the Badlands in South Dakota.
this morning as rally rats were packing up to head out in all different
directions that they may have arrived from. Our now four bikes (with
Alan's arrival) were loaded up with gear and some additional stuff
procured at the vendor tents (Remus pipes and luggage). Tom found a
way to avoid the interstate totally on the way over to Devil's Tower,
which is always a plus. Highway 14A really got interesting as we
headed north. We saw many deer and Pronghorn along with a very
friendly rabbit at the tower.
stop just north of Spearfish, we continued on through Spearfish Canyon.
We quickly saw the 35 mph limit, and we had heard that the local law
uses all varieties of vehicles. Enough said – an easy pace was in
order for the 20 mile canyon.
Photo credit Marilyn Goode
|A turn toward Sturgis took us through
Deadwood. The stomachs were growling a bit, and all it took was a
suggestion over the FRS radio of a hamburger and Tom quickly saw Tin
We parked the bikes and talked with a local who was waiting
for his wife. Later I discovered his wife was playing the slots. Tom
found us a casino for lunch, but rest assured, no slots for lunch.
Cheap burgers, and it was good enough.
was next, just because. I can't believe how many Harley apparel stores
are there and vendor tents, and the big rally is a couple of weeks
away. We stopped for pics at BMW Sturgis, which also sold Yamaha &
at Mt. Moriah cemetery for Marilyn was next. I enjoyed the downtime
and checked in with Deb. I led the group down 385 towards Crazy Horse
to see how that mountain carving is going. We then took 87 to the
Needles Highway in Custer State Park, filled with tunnels and very
sharp turns. Alan later commented that this was one of his most
technical rides. County Road 753 was a shortcut to 16A, which we took
to Mt. Rushmore. More tunnels and some pigtail bridges made this
section interesting. After we stopped at a tunnel to stretch and take
photos of the prezes, I dropped my Olympus lens down the mountainside –
|On the way out of the Black Hills, we
shared FRS channel 5 with Rick and Pattie from Austin. We stopped for
fuel and talked a bit.
|On to the Badlands,
where Tom, Alan and I are sharing a camping cabin (basically a storage shed with an air
conditioner). It's better than it sounds, and something different.
Speaking of different, we have heard many languages on this trip.
am sitting out front of the camp store composing this looking at the
moon in the mild evening air. Alan and I had a swim earlier and
watched the bats fly down and skim the pool surface for a drink. Now
it's time for a good sleep.
Tomorrow it's south through Nebraska and
Kansas to Hays.
Day 7 – July 21, 2008 – The Badlands, SD to Hays, KS
"Cowboy Breakfast" of pancakes and sausage. We took our time leaving
and headed south through the rolling hills of South Dakota, Nebraska
and Kansas for near 500 miles. Considering that we were traveling
these states, the ride was entertaining and with more sweepers than I
expected. This was due to riding the back roads instead of the majors
and the interstates.
We saw many combine caravans
The key word for today is HOT. We saw 102
degrees through Nebraska and Kansas, and took more stops than first
planned to keep the fluids in. Had a great steak dinner served by a
very spunky waitress by the name of "Shasta" (more to that story). We
are crashing now to get an early start in the morning to beat the heat.
look through the town of Greensburg that was almost totally destroyed
by an EF5 tornado in May, 2007. Then we will shoot east through
Wichita, KS to have a BMW dealer look at Tom's ABS fault. We should be
back home at around 540 miles.
Day 8 – July 22, 2008 – Hays, KS to Home
Blogging live from Kingfisher, OK, the birthplace of Sam Walton. We are making extra stops due to the 104-degree heat outside of this cool oasis right inside of town. We left Hays this morning at 7:00 and it did not take long for the temperature to rise. The ride through Greensburg was sobering when we saw the devastation from last year's tornado. We headed out of Greensburg into the sun and quickly decided to turn south for as long as possible. That eventually brought us through Nash, OK and at a perfect time for lunch
and a few buckets of tea.
|The only cafe in town was the Ranch House,
also known as Gripey Joe's by Joe Park's wife, Susan.
|We also learned that there are only two seats ever available at the
bar, so all of our group scattered through the cafe with the locals.
The rest of the bar is for all of the tea and pitchers, and a serving
table for the waitresses.
We had a authentic country-fried steak lunch and a whole lot of tea. Joe came over to our table to meet us, and Tom and Joe figured out they both used to work for Sam Freedman in Henrietta. Small world.
|The heat is getting to Tom
and Alan. AKA Hans and Franz
Well, back into the oven for a while.
The worst heat of the year so far picked today to
hit on our ride back home. The temperature was indicating 104 on
several bikes at points, and we had to stop every 50 to 80 miles or so
to keep the fluids in. All of the extra stops to get fluids and take
in a bit of cool air added some time. We used the Oklahoma BMW
dealership as an air-conditioned haven for a couple of hours letting
the afternoon heat pass, but it did not help a whole lot.
The parts
man at BMW recommended Bandeleros for some good mexican food.
We parted ways as we neared the city. The day's trip log showed
553 miles as I rolled into my garage at 10:00 in the 97-degree heat.
The trip is done with 3,319 miles on the main GPS log, and I am both sad to end the trip, but happy to be home. It was a dream
ride for me, and I will pulling
the experiences out of my head for many days to come.
It's really good to be back home (especially in some air
conditioning). Debbie, Laura and Wes greeted me at the door with
smiles along with Katy our Border. I'm looking forward to my bed.
Tom, Paul, Marilyn, and Alan – it was a great ride and I really enjoyed your company.
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