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But what we do is sit down with you solely or the group to discuss your dreams and visions. We take special care of all orginal material and can assist to get it copywrite and protected.
The 2-3 minute video will be edited and released on your arroval to a host of Spark-Local social media channels. Spark-Local Talent members should always be treated as STARS!!!
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If you are a new start-up, with low, low funds , Let's Spark-Local promote you right out of the gate. For all out spark-local members we will have weekly and bi-weekly status reports to ensure you are being promoted professionally and reespectful. One Spark promise is that for any customer service issue that arises, it is met with a spark response approved by you.
Because we are all in all with each other here at Spark-Local, Inc.
We are a Spark-Local family, who cares about and for each other.
Above all we are all apart of a Local Community and together we "Ignite & Unite" prosperity to our own Local Community, but actually to all Local Communities in the United States and do not be surprised "Spark-Local" members will ignited the World into Unity.
Spark-Local will host quarterly "Meet & Greet" where we will fellowship with all members, new members, and the signinig up of new members, giving time to recognize all.
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Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach [SEE UPDATE AT END]
In my most recent post, called "Where Is The Top Of The Atmosphere", I used what is called "Ordinary Least Squares" (OLS) linear regression. This is the standard kind of linear regression that gives you the trend of a variable. For example, here's the OLS linear regression trend of the CERES surface temperature from March 2000 to February 2021.
Figure 1. OLS regression, temperature (vertical or "Y" axis) versus time (horizontal or "X" axis). Red circles mark the ends of the correct regression trend line.
However, there's an important caveat about OLS linear regression that I was unaware of. Thanks to a statistics-savvy commenter on my last post, I found out that there is something that must always be considered regarding the use of OLS linear regression.
It only gives the correct answer when there is no error in the data shown on the X-axis.
Now, if you're looking at some variable on the Y-axis versus time on the X-axis, this isn't a problem. Although there is usually some uncertainty in the values of a variable such as the global average temperature shown in Figure 1, in general we know the time of the observations quite accurately.
But suppose, using the exact same data, we put time on the Y-axis and the temperature on the X-axis, and use OLS regression to get the trend. Here's that result.
Figure 2. OLS regression, time (vertical or "Y" axis) versus temperature (horizontal or "X" axis). As in Figure 1, red circles mark the ends of the correct regression trend line.
YIKES! That is way, way wrong. It greatly underestimates the true trend.
Fortunately, there is a solution. It's called "Deming regression", and it requires that you know the errors in both the X and Y-axis variables. Here's Figure 2, with the Deming regression trend line shown in red.
Figure 3. OLS and Deming regression, time (vertical or "Y" axis) versus temperature (horizontal or "X" axis). As in Figure 1, red circles mark the ends of the correct regression trend line.
As you can see, the Deming regression gives the correct answer.
And this can be very important. For example, in my last post, I used OLS regression in a scatterplot comparing top-of-atmosphere (TOA) upwelling longwave (Y-axis) with surface temperature (X-axis). The problem is that both the TOA upwelling LW and the temperature data contain errors. Here's that plot:
Figure 4. Scatterplot, monthly top-of-atmosphere upwelling longwave (TOA LW) versus surface temperature. The blue line is the incorrect OLS regression trend line.
But that's not correct, because of the error in the X-axis. Once the commenter pointed out the problem, I replaced it with the correct Deming regression trend line.
Figure 5. Scatterplot, monthly top-of-atmosphere upwelling longwave (TOA LW) versus surface temperature. The yellow line is the correct Deming regression trend line.
And this is quite important. Using the incorrect trend shown by the blue line in Figure 4, I incorrectly calculated the equilibrium climate sensitivity as being 1°C for a doubling of CO2.
But using the correct trend shown by the blue line in Figure 5, I calculate the equilibrium climate sensitivity as being 0.6 °C for a doubling of CO2 … a significant difference.
I do love writing for the web. No matter what subject I pick to write about, I can guarantee that there are people reading my posts who know much more than I do about the subject in question … and as a result, I'm constantly learning new things. It's the world's best peer-review.
[UPDATE] My friend Rud said in the comments below:
First, CERES is too short a data set to estimate ECS.
I replied that climate sensitivity depends on the idea that temperature must increase to offset the loss of upwelling TOA LW. What I've done is measure the relationship between temperature and TOA LW. I asked him to please present evidence that that relationship has changed over time … because if it has not, why would a longer dataset help us?
Of course, me being me, I then had to go take a look at a longer dataset. NOAA has records of upwelling TOA longwave since 1979, and Berkeley Earth has global gridded temperatures since 1850. So I looked at the period of overlap between the two, which is January 1979 to December 2020. Here's that graph.
Figure 6. Scatterplot, NOAA monthly top-of-atmosphere upwelling longwave (TOA LW) versus Berkeley Earth surface temperature. The yellow line is the correct Deming regression trend line.
Would you look at that. Instead of using CERES data for the graph, I've used two completely different datasets—upwelling TOA longwave from NOAA and global gridded temperature data from Berkeley Earth. And despite that, I get the exact same answer to the nearest tenth of a watt per square meter— 3.0 W/m2 per °C.
My thanks to the commenter who put me on the right path, and my best regards to all,

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- FreshBooks is our choice as the best audit software program for invoicing in 2023.
- It's affordably valued, has numerous invoicing features and also is easy to use, making it excellent for business owners that send out a lot of billings.
- With FreshBooks' automation and personalization functions, you can send persisting invoices and approve settlements online.
- This evaluation is for local business proprietors who intend to learn more about FreshBook's accountancy software as well as why it's our finest pick for invoicing.
It's not easy to find invoicing software program with audit abilities. It's also more challenging to discover great invoicing software and bookkeeping performance at an affordable price. That's what makes FreshBooks such an perfect alternative for small companies.
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FreshBooks is our option as the very best small business invoicing software since it is economically valued, easy to make use of, as well as it has a feature-rich system that permits users to rapidly as well as easily send out invoices as well as accept repayments.
Cost effective pricing100/100
Free trial100/100
Durable integrations50/100
Invoicing as well as costs pay100/100
Mobile app100/100
Editor's score90/100
Accountancy software program ought to allow you to track the standing of invoices so you recognize when clients obtained their expenses and also when their balances schedule, as well as it ought to additionally assist in on the internet billing payments so customers can pay you directly from the invoice. In our evaluation of bookkeeping software application, we sought applications with invoice-related timesaving functions, such as persisting invoices, the option to send out invoices from a mobile app, and the ability to track billable time and also expenses and include them to billings.
After much study and analysis, we recommend FreshBooks as the very best invoicing software program for 2023.
FreshBooks provides numerous rates plans that are based upon the number of energetic clients you're working with as well as the consisted of functions. The company supplies a 30-day totally free trial so you can extensively examine the software prior to deciding if it's appropriate for your organization.
FreshBooks has several prices strategies to select from. At the time of this evaluation, Freshbooks was running a 50% discount promotion.
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Presently, FreshBooks is lowering its rates by 60% for six months. Below are details on the plans and also costs for FreshBooks reflecting the discount:
- The Lite plan is $15 each month, which enables you to bill up to five clients. You can connect with your checking account, approve billing settlements, track your time and access the mobile app. There's no cap on the variety of price quotes and also invoices you can produce.
- You can send out reoccuring billings, computerized payment suggestions and cost late charges. Partnership with your accounting professional on FreshBooks is free with this plan.
- The Premium strategy is $55 monthly, and you can bill up to 500 customers. This plan includes every little thing in the Plus plan, and also it has boosted monitoring as well as reporting features.
- The Select plan is a custom strategy intended for companies that bill greater than $150,000 annually or have greater than 500 clients. Pricing is custom-made for this plan. You will need to call Freshbooks for a estimate.
Freshbooks add-ons
- Each additional customer you contribute to your account costs $10 monthly. Individuals consist of organization workers, partners and specialists . There's no extra expense to include your accountant, though.
- FreshBooks Payments costs 2.9%, plus 30 cents per transaction. With this solution, you can accept on the internet billing payments. You can likewise accept repayments utilizing Stripe.
- The Advanced Payments add-on prices $20 monthly, plus 3.5% and 30 cents per transaction. This charge card handling service includes a digital incurable, so you can approve payments over the phone and face to face. It additionally has a function that enables your clients to license repeating settlements.
There's no extra price to use the FreshBooks mobile application, though you require to subscribe to one of the paid plans pointed out over to utilize it.
Secret takeawayKey takeaway: FreshBooks offers numerous rates plans. Plans begin at $15 per month, they sustain five active customers as well as range in cost as much as $55 each month. Freshbooks used a 50% discount rate at the time of our evaluation.
The consensus was that it must conserve time when we asked little business proprietors what they wanted most from their accountancy software application. Below are some FreshBooks features that help you accomplish your audit jobs quicker.
FreshBooks assists you develop, send as well as manage billings successfully. Creating billings is easy with FreshBooks The billing display reveals you precisely how your documents will show up when you send them, so you don't have to click a preview button to make sure they look right. You click the relevant fields to add new clients, services or items , summaries, terms, and also notes — you do not need to create them on a separate screen and after that include them to an billing. If you intend to rearrange lines on an billing, you drag and also drop them into place.
FreshBooks makes it easy to style billings.
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Here are more invoicing shortcuts:
- You can customize invoices and various other records to match your branding by including your logo or a picture and changing the font style, accent, and also theme color.
- Transforming proposals and quotes to billings can be carried out in two clicks as opposed to developing new invoices from scratch. The software application also enables you to duplicate a past billing as well as tweak the details, which may be quicker than developing a new invoice.
- Adding a discount rate, down payment demand or payment schedule additionally takes just a couple of clicks.
- You can set up FreshBooks to automatically send out recurring invoices and also repayment tips; you can likewise establish it to include late costs to past-due invoices either as a percent or level fee.
- After your billings are sent out, you can see when customers saw them, so you do not question whether the billing was received or got shed in a spam folder.
- When you're far from the workplace, you can utilize FreshBooks' mobile application to send out invoices.
- FreshBooks supports numerous languages and currencies, which is a valuable, hassle-free attribute if you have worldwide clients.
Faster Payments
When you set up FreshBooks Payments or attach your Stripe account and also send out billings to clients online, you can approve bank card settlements with the system, allowing your customers to pay online by clicking a payment switch on the invoice. Each invoice records just how much your client paid and also whether there are any type of outstanding equilibriums, so you don't have to by hand track this information.
Mobile App
Readily available for both iOS and Android gadgets, FreshBooks' app includes nearly all of the attributes located on the browser variation of its software. You can track billable time, take images of receipts and also record expenses, create as well as send invoices, conversation with clients, as well as approve repayments.
Expenditure Tracking
Using the app, you can photograph invoices as well as log them as expenditures. You can after that categorize them, link them to deals imported from your savings account or charge card, and mark them as billable so you can include them to invoices. Costs can be affixed to jobs or customers so you can see what you're spending, aiding you remain on budget plan.
Task Management and Time Tracking
FreshBooks can act as the center for your tasks. After welcoming factors, staff members, and clients to tasks, you can share documents and notes and set deadlines. Your factors and also workers can track their time, permitting you to quickly keep an eye on the hrs spent on a job. You can additionally bill clients for hrs tracked as well as expenditures sustained on their projects.
FreshBooks automates the proposal process, making it possible for local business owner to bid and also track proposals in one place.
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Almost 80 applications and also combinations are available for FreshBooks, allowing you to add attributes or attach FreshBooks with other organization programs you already utilize for analytics, scheduling, advertising, tax obligation aid as well as more.
User Roles
When you add users to your account, you assign them a role that identifies what functions they can gain access to. Organization companions can do everything except add or remove applications and integrations . Accounting professionals can access your dashboard, records, billings as well as expenses . Workers can access projects, track their time and additional expenditures. Specialists are a little various because they have their own account. With their account, service providers can just see the projects you've invited them to and also track their time against those jobs.
Did you know?Did you understand? FreshBooks stands out because of its robust invoicing abilities, however that's not the only factor it's our best choice. You can track invoices, expenses, as well as jobs ; run reports; as well as gain access to greater than 80 assimilations. When you're on the go, its mobile app lets you develop and send out billings.
FreshBooks Pros
FreshBooks is a straightforward as well as instinctive cloud-based audit application that's easily accessible across all your tools. It's very easy to produce invoices, view billing repayments and handle all your conventional tasks.
FreshBooks provides wonderful capability, which is a big plus for service-based companies invoicing clients. Entrepreneur want to concentrate on running their business; they don't want to spend hrs solving problems with their accounting software program. A simple, straightforward platform from FreshBooks makes this possible for business owners as well as small company owners that routinely send out billings.
Key takeawayKey takeaway: FreshBooks attracts attention due to the fact that it's easy to use as well as is really instinctive. You can swiftly and also quickly create as well as send out invoices, automate audit procedures, as well as minimize for how long it takes to get paid.
FreshBooks Cons
Although FreshBooks supplies the most effective invoicing features for small companies, it isn't without its drawbacks. For example, it lacks vendor, stock administration and purchase-ordering functions, so it isn't well matched for organizations with inventory. Rather, it's developed for solution- or project-based agencies and includes time-tracking and also task management devices.
One more drawback of the application is that you can not see records or take care of team members from the app. While you might make use of the internet browser on your phone or tablet to access your FreshBooks account to do this, it's troublesome if you're on the go.
TipTip: FreshBooks isn't well matched for small businesses that carry an inventory or that need purchase order features. You can't check out records from the mobile application; rather, you'll need to make use of the internet browser on your smartphone or tablet to run reports.
Consumer Support
FreshBooks uses customer assistance by phone as well as e-mail; there's likewise an in-program live conversation. Assistance isn't available 24/7, however it has prolonged weekday hours: Mondays through Fridays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET. There are also sources to reveal you exactly how to make use of the software program if consumer assistance isn't readily available.
The company's website is thorough and solution to standard inquiries can be quickly located. In addition to FAQs, you can discover a searchable knowledgebase, a complimentary webinar, a blog with handy audit as well as organization tips, and cost-free electronic books.
Key takeawayKey takeaway: FreshBooks provides customers support using phone, email and live chat. It also has a searchable knowledgebase as well as online pointers and aid.
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FreshBooks Accounting Software
The Verdict
FreshBooks is our selection as the most effective local business invoicing software due to the fact that it is cost effectively valued, easy to use, and also it has a feature-rich platform that allows individuals to rapidly and easily send out invoices and also accept repayments.
You can attach with your financial institution account, accept billing repayments, track your time and also accessibility the mobile app. You can send out reoccuring invoices, automatic settlement pointers and cost late charges. With this solution, you can approve online invoice repayments. FreshBooks helps you produce, send out as well as manage billings efficiently. A straightforward, uncomplicated platform from FreshBooks makes this possible for business owners and small company proprietors that regularly send billings.


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The nearest airport to Cape Horn is Sacramento (SMF). However, there are better options for getting to Cape Horn. Amtrak operates a train from Sacramento to Colfax Amtrak Station twice daily. Tickets cost $24 - $35 and the journey takes 1h 12m. Alternatively, Greyhound USA operates a bus from Reno Amtrak to Colfax 3 times a day. Tickets cost $15 - $22 and the journey takes 1h 45m.
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WQED welcomes the 171st Air Refueling Wing to the Learning Neighborhood
The 171st Air Refueling Wing base in Moon Township has been selected as the newest member of the WQED Learning Neighborhood. With program funding from locally headquartered FedEx Ground, a WQED Family Engagement Center will open in the Spring of 2022 to serve families of Airman serving home station and abroad of 171st Air Refueling Wing.
Unique to the military base, the Family Engagement Center is modeled after similar educational programs such as WQED's Wash and Learn and Inquire Within library sites, five of which are also supported through a grant from FedEx Ground.
The learning spaces provide activities and resources from the PBS catalog that engage learners of all ages in both passive and active ways. Programming can include screenings of PBS specials, parent/child engagement workshops, App-a-Thons, thematic resource centers, and character visits.
As the WQED Family Engagement Center gears up to support families with educational resources, the first distribution of materials took place on Saturday, December 4. Appropriately themed for the holidays, men and women of the 171st Air Refueling Wing will be able to pick-up the WQED educational activity kits at the Airmen and Family Readiness Program office on the base. As families prepare for the holidays, children can explore holiday traditions around the world with these hands-on activity kits.
"I am very pleased that WQED and the 171st Air Refueling Wing Base in Moon Township have partnered to serve families of the Airman serving home station and abroad," said Rep. Valerie Gaydos (R-Allegheny). "It's a win-win. The 171st Air Refueling Wing Base provides resources for global engagement, meet national objectives and assists local and state authorities. The educational opportunities are immense. The WQED Learning Neighborhood also allows people to lend a helping hand when needed and that is a goal of the 171st Air Refueling Base."
The Airman and Family Readiness Program Office provides resources and support. Airman ask that their families be taken care of and families request the same for their loved ones. The Office assists with answers to questions, referrals, resources, and community engagement opportunities.
WQED was an experiment in educational community-supported television that was the forerunner to PBS. Today, WQED is a multimedia powerhouse that is as much a part of Pittsburgh as the three rivers. WQED is WQED-TV (PBS); WQED World; WQED Create; WQED Showcase; WQED PBS KIDS Channel; Classical WQED-FM 89.3/Pittsburgh; Classical WQEJ-FM 89.7/Johnstown; the Pittsburgh Concert Channel at WQED-HD2 (89.3-2FM) and online at www.wqed.org/fm; local and national television and radio productions; WQED Interactive (www.wqed.org) and WQED Education (www.wqed.org/edu).


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The first time I started a car by pushing a button, it felt too easy and convenient – like I had somehow fallen into a tax bracket that I didn't belong. just leave my keys in my pocket, and the car will let me in and drive?"
The push-button ignition is one of those buttons that doesn't really have to add brand new functionality compared to the thing it replaces (in this case, the ignition system that allows you to insert and turn a key). He exists purely for convenience, a job he excels at. You get in the car, hit the brake pedal and a button, and you're ready to drive. It's only slightly more difficult than unlocking your phone.
It's also, for most of us anyway, the rawest power we can generate at our fingertips. Flipping a switch on a surge protector could give you access to nearly 2,000 watts. It's not a small sum, but pressing a button to start a car gives you the power to move you, your family, your luggage and, oh yes, a machine that weighs thousands of pounds at highway speeds.
The buttons themselves are relatively standard in the automotive industry, which is surprising considering how different old regular keys can be. All of the ones I've seen are circular, located somewhere to the right of the steering wheel, and have lighting to indicate your car is on. There are certain safety measures – many cars protect against accidental starts by requiring simultaneous pressure on the brake pedal. Personally, it feels like the right combination of convenience and manual process – foot/hand coordination makes it feel like you're Do something, but you don't have the trouble of playing with a key.
When I started writing this, I was under the impression that push-button start was a relatively modern feature, but its origins date back over a century. One of the first cars with button ignition was the 1912 Cadillac Model 30that made you press a button to activate the electric starter that replaced the motor crank. Of course, that was still pretty early for "motor cars", so the convenience factor was kind of diminished by the a few more steps (As adjustment of engine fuel/air ratio and ignition timing) you had to do. Still, it seems fair to describe the Model 30 as having push-button start. It was also keyless, not because it communicated wirelessly with a key fob like modern cars do (obviously), but because there was just… no key at all.
At some point, however, people realized that there should probably be a way to stop anyone from starting your car. There was a time when cars had keys to unlock the ignition switch, but you didn't actually turn the car on with the key. Circa 1950s, however, many cars were equipped with the turnkey ignition system that most of us are familiar with today, supplanting the knobs and levers system. And that's mostly how it stayed for quite a while until someone decided it was high time to bring back the knob and all the keyless convenience that came with it.
Mercedes-Benz usually get a credit for popularizing the feature with the KeylessGo system in the 1998 S-Class (I asked the company if they considered themselves the inventor of the modern push to start system, but got no response). While this car came with a somewhat standard key that you could turn to start the car, you could have the option to include a keyless system that wouldn't be out of place in a modern car. As long as you had a special plastic card on you, you could walk to the car, get in it, and turn it on by press a button at the top of the gear lever.
For a while, push-to-start was a luxury feature. This S-Class started at $72,515, or about $130,000 in today's money. If you remember the multitude of songs from the 2010s like 2 chains, Rae Sremmurd, Gucci Mane, Little babyand Wiz Khalifa which featured lyrics flexing about cars that don't have keys or started with a button, which is why. (Khalifa refers to his push-button ignition in of them songs).
While the feature isn't quite as exotic here in 2022, it's still not ubiquitous; looking at the 2022 models of the top 10 selling cars in the US, only half of them come with the feature as standard. If you buy the lowest-end model of the Toyota RAV4, Camry, or Tacoma, a Honda CR-V, or a Ford F-150, you'll get a traditional adjustable wrench to start it. (The base F-150's exclusion of push-start isn't necessarily a surprise considering the truck isn't even equipped with cruise control—yes, I'm serious.) However, at the time where you moved two or three trims, all vehicles ditch the ignition cylinder for a button.
When I got my first car with push button start in 2020 I found it quite confusing for the first few months (probably because I had only ever driven decades old cars at that time ). I was pressing the button a split second before the brake, causing my car to hear annoying beeps and the message "To start, press the brake". I grew to love it, though, and now it feels downright archaic that I have to take the key out of my pocket and turn it in the ignition every time I drive another car. I'll admit, though, that for a month or two I definitely tried to get out of the car (a 2016 Ford Fusion Energi) without turning it off completely, prompting it to yell at me again.
This poses a problem, however: as with many conveniences, push-button starts come at a cost. Several dozen people were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning or uncontrolled moving vehicles after leaving their car running, assuming they would turn off after driving out with the key fob in tow. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has even has a page warn people to be very aware if their car has a keyless ignition system. These deaths show that when a machine becomes easy enough to operate without thinking about it, people don't think about it – and automakers have failed to factor in the deadly repercussions of this. In 2021, several senators offers laws this would require features to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning and rollaways, but so far, the acts were not adopted.
Many manufacturers have begun to offer systems to prevent further deaths. But the days of the push button to start can already be numbered, thanks to companies pushing the boundaries of convenience even further. Many luxury electric vehicles, notably Teslas, forego a manual start process altogether. You get in, select your drive mode, and the car is ready to take you.
While many EVs from more traditional automakers like Ford, Hyundai, and Toyota have push-button start, there are signs that button-less starting might already be taking hold; Volvo XC40 Refill turns on automatically and stopped, and although the Volkswagen ID 4 has a start/stop button, its use is completely optional according to the car's manual. It's more or less the same technology; the cars authenticate you via a key fob, card or even your smartphone, but they just turn the motors on or off when you use the gear selector, rather than making it a separate step.
As I've already said, I'm a bit bad at ceremonies, so I think it will be a shame if the push to start is completely replaced. Fortunately, if this is the future, it could take a while, given how slowly pimples have spread since their resurgence. Until then, the button will continue to act as a small luxury, giving those lucky enough to have one less thing to fumble with while getting in the car for their morning commute.
Correction on May 31, 7:02 p.m. ET: the original version of this article incorrectly referred to carbon monoxide as CO2. Its actual chemical formula is CO. We regret the error.
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Striving for the world to be seen as one family
"Our purpose is to promote harmonious co-existence among students of different religions and sects."
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This Cooperation Circle (CC) is a chapter of the Interfaith Students' Movement of India. Mar Thoma College, Thiruvalla, is about sixty years old and is the second accredited college in India. Their unit conducts different activities with the intention of fostering unity and peace among students. They support the study of different religions and ideologies. They also work closely with the URI Peace Centre and regularly attend annual youth camps and other zonal programs related to peace studies.


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Knowing how to deposit and withdraw your online casino money is as fundamental as knowing the rules of the games you will be playing on the Internet. Online casino deposit and withdrawal options are various and dependent upon the casino, the eCash/eBank companies, and the particular governmental jurisdiction you reside in.
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text: t&z- TOILERS OP THE COLUMBIA By Paul DeLoncy Author or "Lord of the Desert." "Orteon Sketches," onJ other Pacific Coast Stories 4 OIIAFTER XXV. "Sankala. Will Vou Become My Wife?" It was the second morning .after the doable Itinera). . Tho llshermen gener ally were downcast. It la trno that the tioublo regarding the fisheries had been eettleil, but the property rights of the northsiuo industry bad assumed the form of a wilderness of legal entangle' ntcnt. lly Ilia deathbed confession Seadog nu piaceu tne ownership of the fisher les largely In Bankala, and the town aile upon which trio homes woie built practically belonged to Dan Latdiam. The Seadogs were expected to fight for a snare in mesc and a long drawn out course of litigations was expected, witn possibly the closing of the cannery and the suspension of fishing until the mat lor should be settled. Where men are only adapted to one railing they become mere children when thrown out ol the single rut into which they hare drifted. Barring the legal complications which had arisen from Seadog's death, however, the fishermen had cause to rejoice. The man had always been a tyrant, lie had borne down upon them with a merciless hand. Under no change of masters could they expect anything but better conditions. The men whs had been wounded in the encounter between the two factions of fishermen were all recovered, the fish were increasing dally and the ehortago in the run in other waters had raised the market. To lift the gloom which hung over tho village, only required a settlement of the legal complications ana a permission for the men to return to their work. Old Bumbo, the lawyer, was the only (tumbling block in the way. He ad vised that Sankala close down the traps and turn every Seadog living out into tne world empty-handed. He would have had Dan Lapham enforce his title 10 ine townsite and become a landlord as merciless as those painted in fiction Bumbo had lived from hand to month by petty litigation for years, had en dared the insults of the toilers wh bad no respect for the man who made bis scanty Hving by his wits, and be tween him and the Seadogs there was an antipiatbj bitter as a Routbern f ued Bumbo would have revolutionized things in the northside fishing in dustry. But Sankala was as broad minded and magnanimous as she was brave, She sent for Captain Budiong. She knew that he would be able to wield an influence over the Seadogs. She had first laid hei plans before Dan Lapham who approved them in every detail The two requested a conference with the Seadogs and asked Captain Budiong to join mem. The meeting took place at Bumbo's office. The lawyer was gruff and vin motive, iiut tne young girl spoke so kindly and bo intelligently that all present felt a disposition to come to terms. "I do not beiieve in going to law If it can be avoided," said Sankala. "Find ing myself possessed of the right to so much property is a great surprise to me. I sometimes feel that 1 ought not to bother with it, but poor Ringwold baa euuered so much and worked so long to obtain it for me that I feel that it would be an injustice to bis memory not to assert my rights in a measure. "While it would appear from the confession of the late Mr. Seadog that the bulk of the pioperty could be won out through the courts, I am opposed to taking this course. I am willing to a division which should be satisfactory to all persons interested. Dan Mr Lapham, expresses himself In the same spirit -with me." "lbal is correct," said the young fisherman. "Old Bumbo was indignant. lie walked the floor like a caged animal lie took Sankala aside and remomtrat ed, but it was all without avail. The Seadogs were completely sur prised. After the terrible confession of the elder member of the family they felt that all was lost. They expected no money fiom the representative of the outraged Saarela and under San- kala's charitable views of the matter they immediately melted into a friend liness that was surprising for a Seadog. Even tUe humiliated Hazel looked kindly upon the girl hero of the late conflict between the fishermen. The fact that Seadog had made good ubo of his ill-gotten gains and that his manner of handling them had resulted to the best interests of the rightful heirs, led Captain Budiong to suggest that an equal division be made of the fishing properties and other interests between the Seadogs and Sankala, and that a like Bettjement be made with Dan as to the town site property. Sankala and Dan consented to this without hesitation, and the Seadogs considered it a settlement much to their advantage. It now only required the formality of the courts to transfer titles to property and legalize the acts of Sankala and Dan, who were under age, consummat ing the agreement and old Bumbo v.bb ordered to prspare the papers. The Seadogs had returned to their home contented. Captain Budiong had joinel Sankala and Dan In the parlor of the village hotel where Sankala had been staying since Ringwold's death. Dan Lapham rose to his feet and walked to where Sankala was sitting. He looked down into her face and said; "Now, Sanakla, that It is all over, may I here in the presence of Captain Budiong, ask you to necome my wife?" "Dan, -Dan," replied Ihe girl in a tone of Blight reproof, "let us be sentl ble. I have been talking with Captain Budiong about matters, and he Is will ing to consider a business proposition." Upon this statement made by San kala, Dan Lapham cast glances at hit military friend not of as kindly a nature as of yore. "Vou are young, Dan," continued Sankala. "So am I, The captain 1H also young but of age and has had ex perience in the world. I feel llko trusting him. Why not you and I ( cuio an education before either of us thinks of marrying. Captain Budiong can bo made our guardian and will look after our interest while we are in school. Be sensible, Dan, th'.s is the best course." Sankala'a word was law with Dan and Dan was sensible, ' Captain Budiong returned with his command to state headquarters and made a full report. They were duly commended for their services and mus tered out. Fishing was amicably resumed at the mouth of the Columbia, Captain budiong assumed the role of guardian and business manager for Sankala Saarela and Dan Lapham. The fishing village was again prosperous and San kala and Dan each entered a city acad eniy at the beginning of the fall term. CHAPTER XXVI. After Twenty Years. A steamboat was eliding down the Uolumbia. It was crowded with pas sengers, gaily dressed in summer attire Chlldien were running about the deck playing and shouting. A band dispersed music in the large dining room. Lovers were talking silly, lust as they always do on steamboats. Men were playing cards and drawing ut their cigars in tho smoking room. Local passengers were pointing out the important landmarks along the river and relating the history of the same to tourists from the East. It was just twenty years after the war between the southslde and north- side fishermen at the mouth of the river. Time had wrought its great changes here as at other points in the great 1'arlnc Nortbweet. Popular sum mer resorts had been built up on the beach of the ocean on the south ami. north sides of the river. Great crowds flocked to these points evesy year. The rivalry of the olden times still existed. It was not over the fishing industry now lor that was establisbed through the process ot hatcheries aided by the two states, and had become ono of the stable institulions of the country. ice people now claimed supremacy in advancement and superiority of sum mer resorts. "Staside" on the south claimed it was the best on the coast. "Long Beach" on the north claimed it was the "Long Beach" of the Pacific. The boat was steaming for the north side resort. It was the pride of its owners and the idol of its crew. It cut the water like a knife and Tode the waves with the stateliness of a queen In beautiful golden letters it bore the name "Sankala." The boat bad just rounded the upper point of Sand island. A middle aged man and woman were seated side by side on the npper deck locking out on the water. They were casuady con versing about the different landmarks along the island and north shore. Do you remember that place? in quired the man as the boat glided by tbe ruins of an old fish trap. jes, replied the woman, "that was about where I was when the south- slders shot me." "You are right," replied the man. "We were off here to the left when I seized his gun. It was too late to save you from the wound, but you know it is a bobby of mine to claim that I sav ed your life." The couple went on discussing mat ters familiarly as tbe boat etcamed across tbe river to tbe north shore. "Do you see that man and woman Inquired a citizen to a tourist whom he had met on tho boat. "Well, they have a history in this portion of the world. This boat is named for the woman. Her maiden name was San kala Saarela, Her present name is Lapham. That is her husband sitting by ber side. Tbey own large proper ties on the beach hut make their home in the city. Tbey have a summer home on the beach and come down every year. This is their first trip this season. That town over there, together with the waterwoiks and electric light plant belongs to them. They also own the beach railroad. There la a small com pany of them. But they are immensely wealthy. Lapham is the president of the company and a fellow .by the name ol liudlong Is tbe secretary and treas mer. "Mrs. Lapham was washed ashore from a wreck at this very point when a small baby. The story is very ro mantic. An old man was also saved from the wreck. It turned out that he was bringing tho child's mother and father here from Russia to recover a fortune from a rich man by tbe name of Seadog who then owned this place. The mother and father were drowned off that sand island out there and the old man reared tbe child. A wai arose between tbe north side and south side fishermen when the girl was nearly twenty yeaia old and she being famllar with the river life took part with the northsiders and daring the excltemnet, when a boat load of soldiers had arrived and treacherous pilot bad jumped overboard In a storm, seized the wheel and took the soldiers to the rescue of her friends, and though eho was wounded while guiding the boat did not make It known until after the riot had been quelled. As a remarkable coincidence old man Seadog was wounded In the came fight and died from the effects of his wound, but not until he had made res titution of the property coining to the girl. "It was a case of a girl mnklng a woman of herself and also making a man of a common fisherman. When the girl came into her property she compelled her Buitor, her present Pub band, to wait until she could obtain an' education and to also obtain one himself before she would marry him." the boat at this juncture blew its whistle for the landing. The woman who had been the subject of the pas senger's story called to a handsome lad j In hla parly teens, and said! "Coiro, Ringwold, my eon, and bo ready to go ashore." As the boat swung around against tho wharf a man and his wife were thcto to welcome them, "Dear Hazel la as pretty as ever," Mid Mrs. Lapham, "And Budiong still retains his sol dleily bearing," replied her husband." THE END. A LIVELY LITTLE DEAR. Always ttnppy und Oood-NntiirdVlieit linking Ills Own Way. Ono evening tho stage driver set down on my hiwn a wooden box, from which proceeded curious noises, "tin! Uh! Uh! Wowl Wowl Sent tcli, sersitcli, scratch! Wowl Uh-h-h-h-h!" These were n few of the sounds which were pouring out of the cracks In tho box, and as we went up to investigate we saw a largo curd, on which was written: "Pleuso water me and give me something to eat, but do not give mo fruit or sweets, ns it makes mo sick. I like milk. I nm for Krtiost Harold Baylies. The Haven Cottage, Newport, N. 11." T.s was nil very Interesting so fur as It wont, but no clow to the contents of the Ihv, so with n hummer and chlsol I pried (iff the cover, nnd out popped tho little black head of n imby hour. "Oh, the little Uonr" cried a Indy who was present, at tho same time springing forvwird nnd witching up tho cub In her arms. 'The little dour," however, had been penned up for more than forty-eight hours, nnd moreover he was literally as hungry as n boar and In no humor for being petted. So he promptly tilt the lady, tore n long rent in lier dross with his hind paws, nnd she quickly dropped him, having lenrnod ono of the most Important rules In tho study of nnimnls: "Never take liberties with any creiituro until you know some- thing of Its habits." This rule applies In the case of skunks. A bowl of crackers nnd milk mot with his In, stanf approval, and without waiting for It to be set before him, ho stood up on his hind logs, seized tho rim of the basin with his paws nnd hoist eit himself into It. Thou It was set on the ground, whereuixin he lay down, threw his fore paws around it. nnd fairly burled his little face In the food. Except when he Is hungry "Jimmy" Is not cross; he simply wnnis to have his own way, and then he Is as happy and good-natured as can be. Hut having bis own way moans getting Into all sorts of mischief, and while his antics are often very amusing, they are sometimes very embarrassing. He Is particularly fond of ladles nnd girls, and be seldom sees ono without run ning np to her and clasping her about? tho skirts with his fore paws ana bit ing at her In a playful manner. If she happens to bo nervous, and runs away, "Jimmy" Is after her ut his best pace, and never falls to catch her unless she takes refuge Inside the bouse. Woman's Home Companion. Pi m v'; ';,;,,;,,r..,.l ra. vi iir. w mm wia -i uiu. vttv km iw hi white moon ceils the body's oiilnsi. Kr Ir. Axi'tnn hllion. Our white blood rolls are n sanitary polio force, ever on tuo alert to arrest disease pro duolug microbes. The practical inliid concern Itself with the question of what may bo dono to strengthen the hands ot these, our microscopic defenders, which, ot course, are numbered by millions In each Individual hotly. Wu all know- that a high standard of tho general health rep- resents n condition which must lie favorable to the vitality of our whlto blood cells. Again, In many eases, wc can prevent, by sanitary care, the entrance of microbes to thn body, mid we can destroy them by means of dlstiv foctnuts. Those measures are, however, of limited extent, They represent rather extraneous aids than menus cnlcu Intod to Increase the vigor ot our defending nrniy. Nature helps us In part by causing tho development In ttio stricken body of principles known as "antitoxins. which, resulting from the multiplication of germs them selves, ultimately cause their dentil. The white blood cells. In addition to their powers ot destroying microbes by Investing and surrounding thein, appear. In their turn, to produce certain elieuiloal principles to wlileh tho name "alexins" lias been given. If we ran increase, this power on the part of the white blood cells of resisting germ attack It Is obvious another a'ld powerful weapon would lie placed In our hands In the war against disease. Suppose that to the blood of an niiliual some stimulating substaHce or other lias been addod. This Is the stage of prepa ration. A few hours later let us Imagine that tnoeu latlon with microbes of well known character Is performed. In place of succumbing to a dose sutllclcnt to produce serious results In an unprotected animal, It Is found that It actually resists tho Inoculation of an amount of genus ox ceedlng by forty or fifty times the amount capable of ren derlng It seriously affected. This alone Is nil Important discovery, for It shows that the iinturnl defense of the living body against dloae atlnok Is capable of being strougtli ened. if the further application of this principle be carried out, wo may well find ourselves face to face with one of the most valuable researches of our day In respect of Its power of routing tho Invaders of our frames that are re- sionslblo for so much pain, misery and risk of premature ilea til. CHURCH MIGHT PROrilABLY ADOPT LODGE PLANS. n r e. m. haxx. in my cmirch work i nave been where we have had our full share of poor members whom the deacons looked after faithfully according to their lights and traditions. Hut some there were who. It seemed to mo, while not unduly sensitive, and evidently needy, utterly refused tu receive aid from the church because It was regarded as a charity and not as a tight. And this view the recipients of nld seemed to fall In with by do- ani lost their self-respect. Instead of being helped A Queer Marriage Ceremony. Among the Kherrlas of India tho marriage ceremony Is very funny, Taking a small portion of the hair of tbe bride and groom In turn from the center of the forehead, the priest draws It down on to the bridge of the nose. Then, pouring oil on the head, he watches It carefully as It trickles down the portion of hair. If the oil runs straight on to the tip of their nose their future will be fortunate, but If It spreads over the forehead or trickles off on either side of the nose, bad luck Is sure to follow. Their for tunes told, generally to their own sat isfaction, the essential and Irrevocable part of the ceremony takes place. standing up side by side, but with faces strictly averted, the bride and groom mark each other's forehead with with "slndur" (vormilllon). Tbe Chaiisreahtc Man. "Mr. Vane says he won't see you,' said that gentleman's clerk. "When did you ask him?" Inquired Mr. Burroughs, "Why, only a minute ago, of course.' "Well, ask him again, won't you. He may have changed his mind since then." Philadelphia Press. Ifow It Happened. Washington, Sr. What, you youn; rascal, do you mean to stand up there and say that you cut that cherry tree? Washington, Jr. Yes, dad. I didn't mean to tell the truth, but you didn't give me time to hatch out a suitable yarn. Ho Coiighett! "No, boss," said the liuxky beggar, "I never asked nobody for money bofure." "You didn't, fh?" replied the fat little man. "I don t believe you." "Fact. My frame has always been tn soak a mug wid a lead pipe an' take w'at I want, and dat'a w'at I'll do ter you. If yer don t cough up." Philadelphia Press. Power of Wealth. "Has your daughter made her debut yet?" asked Sirs. Uppson. 'Mercy, no!" exclaimed Mrs. Neil- rich. "And, what's more, she doesn't have to mako it Her father car, af ford to have one made to order for her." Music, Heavenly Maid. Hostess Won't you play somethlns for us. Miss Keynote? Gifted Amatd'.r Certainly. If It Is your desire. W" at would you prefer? Hostess Oh, lnytlilni;, only so It Isn't loud enough to 'interfere with the conversation. A HpenUlliK Mkmiens. Mrs. Fondinar Don't you tldnk baby grows more llko me every day? iromimar' e, dear, especially so since she began to talk. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, who has been a member of the British House of Commons more than forty years, will leave public life and may be offered a peerage. Associate Justice Brewer of the United States Supreme Court entered upon the practice of law In Kansas at the age ot He Is now l!7, anil hale and hearty, A New York charitable woman who Is generous In her gifts of flowers to hos pitals, sends butterflies with them. greos, and coMforted, they wore crushed ,V joung couple who had been In our town several weeks, wo heard, had fallen Into trouble. The husband. an Interesting young man of very good address, had been suddenly taken 111. When I visited Ills lodgings, which were commodious and with pleasant surroundings, I found wo other young men present cheering up tho couple. They had never seen tho newcomers leforc. but this was rather hard to realize, for they seemed like members of one fam ily. This was my first acquaintance with the workings of a lodge. Tho young men were lodge representatives. 1 learned from the patient subsequently how delightfully he had been nursed and entertained without cost, Incurring no sense of obligation .except that arlslnu from irood fel lowshlp and kindred alius. They paid their money for Just and tunning his text, Hindu nothing of LCNQTHY BEflMONO. VlveorPlx Hours at n Ht retch nnd lit visions lip to "l!lulilj-ltlity." No liiigllsh congregation would havn listened to such sermons na used to bo popular In tho 1'rcsliylcrlnn ' churches of Scotland, 'I'licio Is ludetid n story told of a dlssonlliig pieaclur named I.oiili In tho seventeenth cell- I lury who. when South went to hour him, "being mounted up 111 thn pulpit Millttlug It up lulu twenty-six dlvl slons, upon which separately he very carefully undertook to cxpiitlatti I it their order. Thereupon the doclor who up, mid, Jugging tho friend who ooru him company, said, 'Lot us go homo such contingencies and were receiving but their own tho more I thought of It tho iiiuio my conviction was strengthened that the lodge's plan might bo adopted In many respects by the church to Its great advantage In every way, more especially to those who are continually In fear of an unprovided and gloomy future. 1 wish that I could portray so as to suggest his general 11,111 f,'u''1 "ur Kvns nnd slippers, for make-up. ono of the most unaffected, cheerful and sturdy 1 "'"J llml1 ' "kl' watt Christian men that I have ever encountered, Ho was a ' " little Englishman, a Journeyman tailor. II was a big day I llut Mr- '' himself was liumaim when ho made a dollar and n half, and ho hud a pretty ,IB tU'lt as coinpared lo u cor- largo family to support, hut no other mail gave as inhch lnlM Mr- Thouins Huston, to whoso or- for benevolent objects In proportion to his moans. No one lmm" Hlr Archibald (lelklo has drawn was moro prompt than ho at the weekly meeting. But , "H''"11"" I" Ids "Scottish Itumluls- ho also steadily attended the meetings of his lodge, lo the wee" Mr. TlinuuiH Boston, win great distrust of some of the brethren, who hint not tho unite n lm"k called "Pilinltlno et 111- faintest Idea of what the secret society was Intended fur. lima." was minister of the gospel nt This man Is Introduced that ho may give his testimony, EUrlck. In a sermon on "Fear nnd which, though brief, Is to the point. When asked why ho ""I1''- Object nt the lUvluo Com- went to the lodge, ho sold that In case of sickness or ills- phicoiiey." from tho text l'slnni tress his wnuts were provided for, and ho was Insured f 'xlvll.. II, "Tho Iiril takelli pleasure in iiioiii tnat rear nun linn in tnnio that hope In Ids mercy," Mr. Boston, "after nji Introduction In four section , deduced six doctrines, each subdivided Into from three to eight heads, hut the Inst doctrine required niiut li-t ser mon which contained 'n practical Im provement of the whole,' arranged under eighty-six heads, A sermon on Matthew xl '2H, was subdivided Into seventy-six heads.' " On this text, In deed, .Mr. Boston preached four such Bormons. It Is moro than doubtful whether any brains or hearts south of 'ho Tweed could have stood the strain of such discourses, But n Scotch preach- that by his payment of Ids weekly duos and was under no obligation to any num. Does not the church olTor us much?" I asked. "No," he replied promptly, "It would bo considered as an aim on both sides and 1 could never consent tu It." KEEP WORDS IN THEIR PLACE. tiy ttottnet ropSam, "Adjectives yon can do anything with!" said llumpty Dumpty tn Alice, and ho went on to In form her that when ho iiindo a word do a lot of work ho always paid It extra, llumpty Duuipty's mind a ud methods, however, were original, and It Is certain that an ordinary mortal nowadays cannot do what he likes with an adjective, for, llko ehlldreli who have ceased In "keen their place" through the Injudicious behavior of their l'r- mt lllB present doKonoralo age, elders, adjectives have become unruly and tyrannical, and "" "'" known to preach from live oven adverbs display a tendency to get flagrantly out of '" lx 1"'11 1,1 " "'retch, nnd some- iiuieis tviicu one preaeiii-r nail iiuiriieil i Ills sermon another would begin ami there would bo a succession of preach Persons of pronounced Individuality tend, of course, to choose nnd employ unusual and distinctive adjectives, but tho generality of people merely follow the fashion In their choice. In Pepys' day mighty nnd mightily had a vogue. In Funny Burney's monstrous, prodigious, vastly, and a vast deal, while Jane Austen's "quisles" and "agreeable rattles" used excessive shocking, excessive disagreeable, etc., where wo now simply and solely employ awful and awfully. Nauseating, a word which ouetiiay II tut used of n bonnet or a petticoat In the eighteenth century. Is now fortunately extinct In such a sense. Chaste, which some years since was employed of n cushion cover or of the pattern of a hearth rug. Is relegated with unique to the description of doubtful articles In shop windows. Art has been cruelly turned Into an adjective by upholsterers, nnd ers delivering sermon upon seiumii until the unhappy congregations wore kept listening to "the word" for as many as ten hours without n break. Bishop Wlldou hi thn Nineteenth t'eu tury. PROPER WAY TO WALK. A I'liyslcal liilrlu-tor !! Advice oil tb Subject. Tho way tu walk straight Is not to think of the shoulders at all, says u physical Instructor. Hung your it rut so thoroughly demoralized that we can no longer rely on l"0,l,3f nl J'T " ''"'j' f""' It to express our meaning. Art muslins, art colors, and vr1 'y, ""''''p1'" ' '" lM"'k art carpets have had their blighting effect on the word, and some steps should, I think, bo taken to prevent a fur ther degradation of honest, reliable words, or who knows where It will stop? We may see In shop windows bonnets ticketed ns moral, trimmings as virtuous, parasols as In spiring, and curtain materials as elevating In tone, and cor inhi kind nt mlHlnorv tnnv bo ilnnprlliist Am holm? nt Hi. higher millinery! A society ought to be formed for keeping """"J "B"rc' m" '''". becmiso words In the r mace, and n lino mulcted on nil those who. ' persistently misuse them. and abdominal muscles mid the mus cles of tho neck. Then your shoulder will have to hang right. Don't "threw out" yur ohet. Tlw chest that Is Incited prqcily by diep breathing Is IhiuiiiI to be thrown nut. and thrown out not like that of u THE RICH MAN. He had a gem of wondrous light Whose ray would pierce the darkest night, "Experience" Ids Jewel. He purchased It with blood and tears. The sacrifice of wasted years And with privations cruel. Before his mortal race was run He tried to give it to Ids sou; 'Twas scornfully rejected; He tried to give if to the world, But every lip derisive curled And none the gift respected, lie had some gold Its cost was small, A market's Uct-ting rise or fall, A cheaply bought concession; TIip harpies gathered round his bed, Before his final breath had sed And fought to gain possession New York Sun. I II it The happiness and misery of men de pend no less on temper thau fortune. Rochefoucauld. ALTON HALL lies III the beau tlf til valley of the Connecticut, a dozen miles or more from DccrUeld, Mass. Shaded by elms and garlanded by woodbine, which clam hers unrestrained over pillared portico and spreading gamhrel roof, the state ly old house presents nn attractive picture. Meadows and tobacco fields for miles down the valley till tho fore ground of the enchanting view which the quaint, many-paned windows com mand, while tho blue beginnings of the Berkshire rise In tho distance, to fringe with rugged sky lino the broad, historic valley. Fertile und peaceful as Is now tho scene, many are tuo toies or the In dian, King Philip and his warriors, wno once roamed up nnd down Its en tire length. Ami upon a neighboring hill of trap rock, which rises abruptly from tbe plain and Is called by cour tesy a mountain. Is the famous over- Jianglng rock known as King Philip's seat. It was early ono bright June morn ing when all the hillside thickets were abloom with mountain laurel and the fields a-hum with farm laborers, that slender girl In black riding habit cantered gayly down the drive from Kalton Hall, chirping, singing to her mare from sheer excess of blithe spir its. "Now, Doily, off for King Philip's seat!" she caroled, " 'TIs a steep roud, to be sure, but you'll tnko mo up, Doll, won't you? Now, then, hoop-lul and away I" Half way down tho path, however, sho quickly reined In, her earofroo ex pression giving place to ono of kindly interest and even sympathetic concern. Why, Hal!" sho exclaimed, stretching forth her hand, "you hero? Aro you strong enough yet? I'm so glad, of course, If you are, but I supposed tho doctor's order wero Oint you ro- mnln " "Well, to tell tho truth," was tho reply, no sho paused, "I've run away, Tbe smell of the fresh earth was Just too alluring, It's such ages, don't you know, since I've been over to tho Hall. If you were going away, though he added tentatively, "Ob, I'm so sorry, Hal. If it were only for a ride, of course, I'd give It up this minute. But It's an engagement. Mr. Thorndlke " sho stopped abruptly and a furious blush over spread her expressive face, while tho color, which had mounted to tho tern pies of her companion upon their meet Ing, now faded nwny and was succeed ed by a pallor equally Intense. Con quering almost immediately ber mo mentary confusion, she went on, calm ly. "I promised Mr. Thorndlke that I would show him the view from King Philip's seat this morning. He is prob ably waiting fur mo now at the cross roads." "I am glad you told me so frankly, Bess," was the quiet reply. "I'll I'll come over again some other day, that Is, If you'll save a day for me, when Mr. Thorudlko Isn't there," ho could not help adding. "Of course I will," said Bess, g, norlng his last clause. For a moment there was a silence, while Hal looked Into her eyes ns If to read her Inmost soul. At last he said: "Well, I'll wish you happiness when the time comes," adding sadly. "If It's got to be. I sup. Imiso I am not quullllodto set myself up ns n Judge of htjn, so I II say not a word; only well, a pleasant rldo, Bess dear. "Oood-by. Hal," she replied, smiling kindly. But Instead of chirruping nt once to Dolly, sho paused u moment and putting out her hand again lui pulslvely, added: "You know, don't you, Hal, you will ulways bo my old chum?" 'Yes, I suppose that's something, he said, grimly, "hut now off with you! (iood luck! Oh, I say, Boss, I'll watch for you on tho 'seat' with my glass, shall I." "Yes, do. And I'll wave my hand kerchief," sho called over her shoul der. For a full minute ho watched her yearningly. "Don't bo an ass," ho muttered to himself, -. squaring hla shoulders, "The fellow's probably all right. You're sore yourself, that's all, Bess wouldn't mind your being poor. Only she's known you too long to care for you, except as a chum. You're a very lucky man to have had such a chum so many years. Hero's luck. Bess, old girl I" He drank an Imaginary toast grave ly, facing the direction she had taken. Then he slowly paced homeward, lean ing heavily on his stick. Half an hour later ho was sitting under tho apple trees In his own yard, from tlmo to tlmo looking through a pair of field glasses toward tho perpendicular red cliff, which culminates In tho pinnacle already described. Meanwhile, Bess galloped swiftly. but loss mctrlly, toward tho crossroads. Something bow seemed amiss. Kvon tho impact ot her horse's hoofs upon tho high road had n less assured sound. Sho wondered vaguely whether tho wind had not becomo chill, and sho ro membered afterward looking up nt tho cloudless sky to see if It had become overcpst. Presently, however, Edgar Thorndlko put his bay alongsldo Dolly, and the rldo up tho steep Incline Jiad begun. ' The mornng was exhilarating and tho climb absorbing, yet Bess found it difficult to shako oft tho depression which possessed her, Conversation flagged, except for conventional com- Don't walk with n stiff nook, Hull your head erect tho way an iinltiuil , , , does. Watch a deer. Its neck Is ill inents by ber companion upon the ,., motion, yet It Is nwnys held beauty of yl.ta.s . glimpses of the vab beautifully. Your head k d on u sillily held neck Is no good for either Icy which from time to time obtained. At length the summit was reached and the horso tethered among the saplings. "I am never tired of this view," said Bess, after a moment of silence. "I used to come hero as a child. But. please don't stand on that looso earth so near Ihe edge." Two days later Bess rode Into Hal's balancing or looking around you. Pols-, ed confidently on strong but pliant nock muscles, It becomes what a head should be. .Many clsases of men wdio do inii'-ti walking, such ns Indians, gutdis und trnppers, walk with their ImmIIos In clined forward n little bit. But thy npplo orchard. rWIng him In his ro- 'I."".'t rn"".'1 ,,"'lr. I'"""'' '""P cllnlnir clmlr on il, !,.,. .1 1.. "en"- 1 IIK'lllie mrwanl on llut lawn. hIiii mounted nnd walked toward blm. For """'" "'I'"- ""! some reason, as she took his outstretch- wp-',lt n lml'' "n11 '"' fl h'A ed hand, noted his wan snillo nnd mutv,m "lu ehanee to exert nil tlHr bonnl his pleasant. "Well. Bess?" she p"w,,r '" "'" directions. But llm found It hard to scuk. Flually she ,,'llK'r ,,0,l' m'v,'r l,e"t said softly: "Hal, I've come to tell you mcni 't simply Is held forward from what you weren't able to hear tho' "10 ,ll"' "l n v,'r' H"K'd, Iwrely per other day. I hardly know how to say , ptlblo ""Kle. It, though, You see. when Mr. Thorn. Kv" lf correct poise In walking hud dike slipped down bi that crevice. Into """'Ing to do with other forms of nth- which he could Just get ono foot and '"N 11 would bo Invaluable In Itself. ono hand, I thought, 'If Hal were only 1,10 mn" ,v," walks right Is going lo berer you seo my llrst thought was "eP orgnus ueari, moneys, liver of you. Then I remembered that you "d lungs In splendid form. But, be suld you would bo watching ns. At k,llc" n" " '"l"1 wonderfully In llrst that didn't help mo nny, but all,0" outdoor sports. of a sudden I recalled tho day you . taught mo tho signal Oslo. It was so Irfiiiitnvlly In Virginia, long ago that I was afraid I couldn't! "Mln" ' I,1U VT,' Htnt" f"r IoukovI romeinlicr tho letters, hut I tried as ml1'' 11 Virginian, who was regis tered ut n t;nosiniii street hotel, ac- I hard as f shall ever trv for niivfhltu, In my life, for I realized at onco what , cor,l,"K to tho Philadelphia Press, It would mean. Ono by ono the neces sary letters for 'help' nnd 'rope' came hack tn me; nnd though I couldn't be sure you'd see my handkerchief at all, somehow I Just knew you would, Hal. Of course, I expected you to send help, not como yourself. "And now comes the hardest part of what I havo to tell you the hardest and tho dearest. Hal, when you wero bending over the cliff to lower tho rope discovered something, I discovered that I cared more for your safety than for than for anything elso In tho wholo world, dear," Indianapolis Sun. It Was flood Allvloo. The man laughed uproariously. "I'm pretty healthy-looking specimen, am . not, doctor?" ho asked. "You certainly arc," answered the physician. Well, ten years ago, you told me to preparo for death." "Did I?" "You did." "Well, I seo no reason to bo hilarious about It. That's good advlco at any time, Isn't It?" "Yes, but" "Doesn't your preacher glvo you tho same ndvlce?" "Of course, hut you seo" "Well, why don't you go and lough at him? I did only my duty by you, and from what I know of you, I would say that I can t think ot anyone who has moro extended preparations to make." Sometimes," mused tho mnn, ns ho went out, "It U easy tn make u point and difficult to clinch It." Getting at the Cause, 'The great problem of tho ago ap pears to bo how to provont divorces." No problem at all If you go at it right," "How would you go nt it?" "By stopping marriages, of courta," Illinois Btnto Journal, can produce n list of nineteen former citizens mid slaves ut my State whoso years when they died aggregated 1 1 . Of thn nineteen pernios named tho youngest when ho died was 110 years old. Two lived to be i;!o, ono to ho llld, two to ho 121, ono to bo 1 1 it, two US, three 111, ono 11,1, two II a, two 111, one 110, ono la) and one, a negro, lived to the rlpo old age of lild years. Of tho nineteen persons only six wore negroes; all tho others wero whiten. "While I am In the humor I will tell anotiier ono. There Is, or was, a tow years ago, standing on tho banks of Ncnbsoo Creek, Virginia, a tombstone carrying probably tho oldest monu mental Inscription In tho United States. Tho date Is 1008 and It Is thought that the decedent was ono of John Smlth'li men. This is tho Inscription: 'Hero lies ye body of Lieutenant William Herds, who died May yo Kith, 1008; aged 65 years; by birth a Briton; a good soldier; a good husband and neighbor.' " Only a Husbniiil Would Do, "I' want to advertise for a man." said the lady, npprouchlng tho want advertisement counter In tho dallv nowspapcr olileo. Judge reports tho conversation; "I want to got a mnn to carry eonl In tbe winter, keep up tho llres, shovel snow, mow the lawn In summer, also sprlnklo It, tend tho (lowers, inliid tho children, wash dishes, sweep tho froht porch, run errands, and all that kind of work. In short, I want n mnn who will always bo around tho place, and can be called upon for nny kind of hard work. Ho must bo sober and re liable, of good appearance, not over 80 "Pardon mo, madam," said-tho clork, "we cannot accept matrimonial adver tisements." Why do people alwnya laugh nt a newly married couplo? What's tho joke?


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Amarillo's last AA team owner feels good about prospects
If John Dittrich were 30 years younger, he'd be angling for a possible job in Amarillo. It's a job full of potential and promise.
"If I were a young man, like 30 years ago, I'd be trying for that job," he said. "That would be a great general manager's job for somebody."
The job is general manager/stadium operator of a yet uncertain AA minor league baseball team in a yet uncertain downtown Amarillo venue. It's a job at a place that doesn't yet exist.
So let's not get ahead of ourselves - oh, on second thought, let's go ahead and get ahead of ourselves. Everything else can catch up later.
Developments last week in San Antonio signal a likely musical chairs movement that would have the Missions, the AA Texas League club in San Antonio, moving to Amarillo for the 2019 season.
What remains is voter approval for a $75 million stadium in San Antonio for a AAA franchise and final Amarillo City Council approval for a $44 million venue, one that was given a referendum approval at $32 million in November.
"It would be great for Amarillo if it happened," Dittrich said.
Dittrich knows more about AA baseball in Amarillo than anyone. In the last years of the Amarillo Gold Sox in the Texas League, Dittrich was general manager in 1976, the year they won the pennant, owner in 1979-80, and GM again in 1981 after he sold the team.
"If you want to get Major League-affiliated baseball back, which I think the Amarillo community deserves, you're going to need a downtown ballpark," he said. "A lot of things have to come together, but I believe they will."
Oh, wouldn't Dittrich have loved a 7,400-seat new facility like the one proposed. The Gold Sox then were in the current Potter County stadium on the Fairgrounds. The place wasn't quite the band-aid eyesore it is now, but even at 20 to 25 years old, it was worn.
The Gold Sox struggled with attendance. All of minor league baseball operated in a different era. It was a bit grimy, like most aging ballparks. The sport was blue-collar, a bit like a flea market that appealed to only the die-hard baseball fans.
"There were hardly any young families going to games in Amarillo," Dittrich said. "It was hard-core baseball fans. I can still name them. Sat in the same seats every game."
About 10 years later, around the release of the movie "Bull Durham," minor league baseball became the trendy thing for entertainment, escape, and go ahead and throw in a game too.
When the Dillas gave Amarillo minor league baseball in 1994, even though an independent, crowds responded in those early years, averaging 3,000 per game - about three times what they did in Dittrich's time. There are about 50,000 more fans to work with in Amarillo than when Dittrich was last here.
Dittrich, 65, has spent 42 years in baseball. He's operated minor league clubs from low level rookie to AAA. He had teams in new stadiums in Fargo, N.D., and Schaumburg, Ill., and there's nothing like one.
"Oh, it's big," he said. "Those old ballparks were in parts of town not considered the most desirable to be frank. They were not architecturally beautiful. The exterior of Potter County then was steel and concrete.
"Nowadays, they're architectural marvels. They're beautiful and make you want to go in. It's hip today. You say, 'I got to go in and check this out.'"
Dittrich was part of economic studies in his stops across the country on the effects of a new venue. He said the benefits can be hard to accurately measure.
"There are those economic multipliers and all that, but the best part is the general uplift it gives a community in terms of quality of life and also the pride that comes with it," he said.
Dittrich and wife Lois bought the Gold Sox on a wing and a prayer in 1979 when he was 27. Today, AA franchises are worth around $5 million.
"If I had any idea then, you'd be calling me in Tahiti right now if I could have hung on longer," said Dittrich, who lives in the Phoenix area. "So you're not going to get anybody with a multimillion dollar investment to move into a clunker."
But with the right venue - like the one proposed in Amarillo - and the right operator, Dittrich said AA baseball will succeed in here. Consultant estimates of 3,500 average attendance within the first few years is on target.
"It will definitely succeed at the outset," he said. "It will go over well. The question is how long it can sustain a successful business model beyond the 5-year honeymoon. And that's going to depend on the talents of the operator."
And if this were 1986, not 2016, Dittrich would be eyeing a return to a city that was one of his favorite stops.
Jon Mark Beilue is an AGN Media columnist. He can be reached at jon
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From the book Almost Dead in Suburbia, by Douglas Pearce.
Published by P'kaboo publishers. http://www.pkaboo.net/bookshop.html#almostdead
I don't know about other writers but some of the things I write makes me laugh like a drain. This scene from Almost Dead is one of my favorite as it recalls memories of small towns in England, and there are glimpses of the town of Ramsey, where I lived for a few years while my father was in the RAF.
Some context is required….
Ralph is a sort of ghost regarded by those 'upstairs' as Dead not really. It is a state of transition. Ralph wasn't due to die and is desperately trying to get his body back. Hendrix the cat is a spirit guide who is trying to help him. Fred is Ralph's elderly neighbour who did die but due to a mix up was sent back and he found himself in Ralph's body. Only Fred can see and hear Ralph and the cat.
Ralph only has two weeks to persuade Fred to give his body back otherwise he will have to 'go' for real.
In this scene the three of them are on their way to apologise to one of Fred's former girlfriends.
Hope it brings a smile….
Fred, Ralph, and Hendrix arrived at Corlington Station just before 5:30 a.m.
The station was empty of people save for a few railway staff, an elderly couple sitting in the small waiting room, and a large, extremely fluffy ginger tom that was fast asleep on a wooden crate next to the ticket office.
As the three travellers reached the office window, the sleeping cat began to wake up. It stretched sinuously, yawned, and suddenly froze. All its fur stood on end, its ears flattened against its head and it hissed. Then it yowled, while glaring at a point close to the floor between Ralph's feet, right where Hendrix stood.
Ralph, Fred and the ticket clerk looked at the cat, and followed its glare.
'Nice kitty,' Fred said in an unconvincing voice.
This appeared to be the trigger for the riled up ginger tom to leap off the box towards Ralph's feet. On instinct, Ralph hopped to one side.
'Whoa!' he exclaimed
Hendrix remained motionless, and seemed very calm.
The cat's dive ended with it almost knocking itself out on the floor as it passed straight through Hendrix.
As the dazed feline struggled to regain its feet, or rather paws, it took a couple of half-hearted swats at Hendrix, who appeared to smirk, then it turned tail and skulked off behind the ticket office from where it could be heard mewling loudly.
'What the 'ell was all that about?' the ticket clerk wondered aloud. He was leaning through the window of the office to see where the cat had disappeared to. 'I never seen it be'ave like that in all the years we've 'ad it, daft thing.'
'Perhaps it awoke from a nightmare, or something?' Fred suggested.
'Hmmm, you might be right,' the ticket clerk agreed. 'Well sir, what can I do for you this morning?' he said brightly.
'Morning, Wilfred,' Fred said in belated greeting
The elderly clerk, who was bald except for a thin band of grey hair at the temples, and had a grey, bushy moustache and rimless spectacles that perched halfway down his nose, frowned.
Fred knew the old man quite well. They had both grown up in Wiggleswood, and had attended the same school.
'Do we know each other, sir?' he asked politely. 'The old memory's not what it was y'see, an' I meet quite a lot of people.'
'Oh bloody marvellous,' Ralph interrupted sarcastically. 'Yes actually, we do know each other, or did. You see, I'm dead, as it happens.'
Hendrix took a swipe at Ralph's leg.
Fred grimaced slightly and began to go red. But he recovered from his gaffe quickly and controlled himself enough not to glance at Ralph.
'The badge,' Fred tapped his chest indicating the oblong object pinned to Wilfred's breast pocket.
'Ah! Of course. The badge. Keen eyesight there. More'n I can say for myself these days. So, where are we going today, sir?'
'Two— one first-class return to Chester, please,' Fred asked, almost slipping up again.
'Return to Chester. Right you are. You'll be changing at Kings Cross and again at Crewe.'
He entered the details on a keyboard and issued the ticket, handing it across the counter to Fred.
'That'll be one hundred and forty seven pounds ninety pence, please.'
Fred placed two one-hundred pound notes on the counter. Wilfred took them and handed back Fred his change.
'Much obliged, sir. Visiting family are we?'
'Old friend, actually,' Fred replied, trying his best to sound casual. Ralph didn't help matters by leaning on the counter and chipping in.
'How about discussing the perishing weather while you're at it, why don't you?'
'Looks like we are in for a couple of days of fine weather. If you can believe the weatherman, that is.' Wilfred said.
'Oh look, a mind-reader!'
'Let's hope so. The train leaves at seven, is that right?' Fred asked, desperate to get away from this aging chatterbox.
'Not today, sir, I'm afraid. Bit of an accident there was.'
'Accident?' Fred asked. Oh no, he thought.
'Yes, sir. Fowl, so I 'eard,' Wilfred said.
'Foul? Foul what? Foul play, foul weather or foul language?'
Wilfred tilted his head and cocked an eyebrow. He was not sure if this fella was making fun of him. He decided the man was joking so he smiled and wagged a finger.
'Ah, I get you sir! No, when I said fowl I meant fowl, as in a chicken sir.'
'You're having me on, right? The train's delayed because of a chicken?' Fred was sure he was having his leg pulled. This must be a new slant on 'why did the chicken cross the road?' and any second now, Wilfred was going to deliver the punch-line.
'No, sir. Farmer bringing his load in for market day it was. Lorry full o' chickens. One of 'em got loose in the back of the lorry and all that flappin' and squawkin' distracted the driver. He lost control and drove down the embankment. Ended up on the line, 'e did. Lorry's doors burst open and all them chickens took flight, if you get my meanin'? They's definitely free-range now, that's for sure!' He chuckled.
'So when, do you think, is the train due to leave?' Fred asked.
'Couldn't say for sure, sir. Depends on the tractors, you see,' Wilfred explained.
'I hate to ask but . . .' Fred began.
'Oh, no problem, sir. I reckon I'll be tellin' this story more'n once this mornin'.'
He looked positively pleased at the prospect.
'The embankment's not steep, you see. So they've sent two Massey Fergusons up there and they're going to hitch 'em up to the lorry and drag it off the track.'
Fred sighed. There was nothing he could do but wait.
'How's the driver?' he asked. 'Not hurt, I hope?'
'Oh, no, sir, he's all right. Had his feathers ruffled a bit I 'spect?' and laughed once more at his own wit.
A flustered-looking official was approaching the ticket office almost at a run.
'Oh, look. 'Ere we are, then. Stationmaster's arrived. Some news no doubt. ' He nodded in the direction of the official. 'Mornin', Mister Pertwee,' Wilfred said. 'I was just this moment telling this nice gentleman about the accident.'
Mister Pertwee threw a fleeting smile at Fred, then disappeared around the back of the office. A door opened and Mister Pertwee reappeared at Wilfred's side. There was a hurried, whispered conversation that included phrases such as 'Hmm, I see,' and 'Well I never!', and then Mister Pertwee left the office in the same manner as he had arrived.
Wilfred shook his head and addressed Fred . 'Oh dear, sir, looks like more delays, I'm afraid,' Wilfred apologised, his face a study in concern.
'What now: cows, pigs, sheep?' Fred asked.
Wilfred chuckled. 'Now, now, sir. You'll be suggesting the farmers are thinking they've found a new parking spot on the line next. No sir, it's the badgers.'
'The badgers?' Fred looked incredulous.
'Yes, sir, badgers. The sett, to be more precise,' Wilfred explained.
'A set of badgers?' You mean, as in a collection?' Fred said, unable to resist the sarcasm.
Wilfred had wised up and wasn't having any of Fred's nonsense. He smiled.
'There you go again, sir. Must remember that one. No sir, not a set of badgers. A badger's sett. Its 'ome.'
Ralph gave up. He sat on the floor, his back up against the ticket office. Hendrix jumped lightly onto his lap, circled twice then curled up, closed his eyes and began to purr.
'Seems that as they was reversing one of the tractors down the embankment they disturbed the badger's sett. Proper annoyed she was.'
'Who, the driver?'
'No, sir, the badger,' Wilfred explained. He was beginning to believe this passenger really was as daft as he sounded.
'Had little 'uns too. Well, we're not 'ome wreckers are we? They had to drive the tractors a mile and a half down to Cowey Bridge and come back on the other side of the track.'
'So . . .' Fred began cautiously.
'Well, sir, the thing of it is, they don't reckon they'll be ready to get the train out 'afore ten at the earliest. Mister Pertwee has decided to set departure at eleven, just t'be on the safe side.'
'Eleven,' Fred repeated.
'Yes, sir; eleven,' Wilfred confirmed.
Five hours, or thereabouts, Fred realised.
Ralph got to his feet, dislodging the cat from his lap.
'Hey!' Hendrix protested.
'Let's leave it,' Ralph suggested.
Fred was careful not to answer. Checking that the ticket was safely in his pocket, he thanked Wilfred and told him he would be back later.
'Right you are, sir,' Wilfred acknowledged.
The three of them moved out of earshot to the newsagent stand before Fred spoke again.
'We can't leave it. This train only runs three times a week, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. If I don't go today I won't be back in time for my own funeral. It's ironic that a corny old phrase might turn out to be literal.'
Ralph shrugged. 'Well, we've got five hours.. What do you want to do?'
'Might as well take a walk into town. I could do with some breakfast. Oh, and I'll pop into Pickering's, while we're there.'
'Pickering's?' Ralph asked.
'It's a small bookstore just off Hastings Street. I was in the shop a few weeks ago. There's a book I want to buy. I'm sure she'll like it,' Fred said.
'She? Oooh, a lady friend, is it? Now I think I'm getting the picture. Nod's as good as a wink and all that,' Ralph teased.
'It's not what you think at all!' Fred snapped.
'Touchy, touchy. Well excuse me. It's just that if you're planning something I might like to know what's in store for my body.'
'I suggest you zip it, Ralph,' Hendrix cautioned as he circled Fred's legs stroking them with his tail in a calming gesture.
'All I was saying was . . .' he persisted.
Hendrix hissed.
'Okay, okay. You win. My mistake. I apologise.'
'Apology accepted. Now let's go, shall we?' Fred suggested.
They headed for the exit, Fred giving a brief wave to Wilfred indicating, 'See you a bit later.'
Wilfred acknowledged the wave with one of his own and a smile.
As they left the station, Wilfred, who had noticed Fred apparently talking to himself, addressed the station cat, which had calmed down and resumed its place on the crate.
'You see, Ginge, not only us oldies who go a bit soft in the 'ead talking to ourselves an' what 'ave you. At least I talk to a cat most of the time, eh?'
'Meow,' replied Ginger.
'Couldn't agree with you more,' Wilfred said.
Picking up his morning paper he turned to the sports page. Almost as an afterthought, he squinted down at the badge pinned to his breast pocket. Printed onto the dark blue background in gold letters was the word Corlington.
'Well I'll be . . .'


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I think I've found my calling! Well, at least for this particular time in my life. In the last few months I've been engaged in flower photography and loving it. Who would have thought. Here's just one of my images for you to enjoy. 01
14 Oct 2021 2:14PM | Read
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During lockdown I dug out my water drop kit and started to play with it again. Some of the shapes achieved are amazing and not visible to the naked eye. Water-drop collision photography is fascinating and not easy. I use a single valve water-dro...01
19 Sep 2020 1:57AM | Read
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Cant wait until the weekend - on Friday we fly to Amsterdam to take part (starting Saturday) in a Photography Workshop being run by the brilliant American photographer Bryan Peterson. We booked this nearly a year ago and now its here - Amsterdam h...0
16 Apr 2018 4:56AM | Read
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Just returned from a brilliant Icelandic Photography Workshop with Mike Browne http://www.photographycourses.biz and Thor Jonsson, our Icelandic guide http://www.thor-photography.com. Mike and Thor took us to some amazing locations and we got some...02
18 Mar 2015 3:05PM | Read
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For all you photographers out there - here's details of the Photography Show in Birmingham 1-4 March 2014. http://www.photographyshow.com/Content/Welcome0
18 Dec 2013 11:00AM | Read
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Really looking forward to a 3 day workshop on the Yorkshire Coast - takes place in March, so not too long to wait. Downside - have to be up and out and ready to take photographs at 4.45am - yes AM. But how can you catch a sunrise if you're not outs...0
16 Dec 2013 11:00AM | Read
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I have had a great learning week. I've taken out a subscription to the photography videos on a great site : www.photographycourses.biz The presenter, Mike Browne, does a sterling job of explaining everything from switching your camera on, to compo...0
18 Nov 2011 10:21PM | Read
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