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Irving, Texas, (February 18, 2009) Promotional Products Association International (PPAI) has joined the petition filed by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association (WIMA), dated February 9, 2009, requesting that pen point components be excluded from compliance with Section 101 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA).
Last August, U.S. Congress signed into law the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA). This law makes significant changes to consumer product safety laws and gives the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) significant new responsibilities for ensuring the safety of consumer products. Since that time, PPAI has worked to deliver the most timely, accurate information possible to its members. PPAI representatives in Washington, D.C., have been meeting with CPSC representatives as well as lawmakers to address the industry's most serious concerns regarding this law and submitting statements of record for Congressional hearings as well as letters directly to specific representatives.
"On behalf of PPAI, I expressed our support of, and joined the petition filed by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association requesting that pen point components be excluded from compliance with Section 101 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA)," said Steve Slagle, CAE, PPAI president and CEO. "Writing instruments are among our most popular promotional products, representing 10 percent ($1.9 billion) of our sales. Without a well-defined regulatory regime predicated on sound test standards and science-based exclusions that protect children, the threat to this industry is significant."
In addition to the petition filed jointly with WIMA, last December, PPAI joined with the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM CPSC Coalition) to file a petition with the CPSC asking the group to provide comprehensive guidance to the business community and testing laboratories on testing and exemptions. The petition states that the absence of guidance on testing methodologies for all products, scope of testing (including component and quality control testing) and exclusions now create confusion and hardships to the industry. That petition has been credited with the one year stay on third-party testing announced this month.
To help its members understand the CPSIA testing requirements, PPAI has contracted with Susan DeRagon, senior associate director of the toys and premiums group for Specialized Technology Resources (STR), to serve as its product safety consultant. STR is a leading quality assurance firm. DeRagon will function as a technical resource for presentations and member inquiries, as well as for ongoing interpretation of CPSIA requirements and other related product safety issues affecting the industry. She will also help to further improve and expand PPAI's Guide To Navigating The CPSIA.
The material related to the CPSIA, including a sample letter, the guide to the CPSIA and links to archived webinars addressing this law are available on the Product Safety page of the PPAI website.
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Violin Sonata No.1, Op.83 (Wilm, Nicolai von)
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Frequently Asked Questions about the Marketing PhD Program
How is a PhD degree different from an MBA degree and an MS in Marketing?
What does one do with a PhD degree in marketing?
What are the different types of academic institutions that hire PhD students and what are these faculty members expected to do?
What do you do in different years of the PhD program at the Marshall School of Business?
Where do the students come from?
What criteria do the faculty look for in accepting students into the PhD program in marketing?
Who are the faculty in the Marketing Department at the Marshall School of Business? Are they well known? What are their specialties?
How can I earn money while getting a PhD degree?
Will I have much interaction with faculty?
Will I gain teaching experience?
How do the faculty help with student placement?
What should I look for in determining whether a PhD in marketing is right for me?
How can I learn more about the PhD program in Marketing at the Marshall School?
What is a PhD Degree?
A PhD degree certifies your training as a scholar who is qualified to conduct research and teach at colleges and universities. Individuals who pursue a PhD degree are those whose call is the creation and dissemination of knowledge.
A good resource for information about being a PhD student is offered by www.phds.org
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How is a PhD degree different from an MBA degree and an MS in Marketing?
The difference between the Masters degree (MBA or MS in Marketing) and the doctoral degree (PhD) is Focus. Both the MBA and the MS are pre-professional degrees that prepare individuals to perform managerial functions in businesses and organizations. If your ultimate goal is to work as a senior manager or entrepreneur, a Masters degree will provide you with the knowledge and skills necessary for that function.
The PhD degree, on the other hand, prepares you to do research and investigation in either academic or non-academic research centers.
A PhD in Marketing is not a super MBA. In fact, upon completion of a doctoral degree, the individual gains such a narrow specialization on a particular field within Marketing (versus a broad proficiency in Marketing practice, for example) that his/her ability to perform as a manager need not necessarily be enhanced over that of a person who completed a Masters degree.
Is it really a PhD degree what you're looking for? To help you find out, click here.
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What does one do with a PhD degree in marketing?
Our PhD Program in Marketing is designed to train scholars who as a career will conduct research to advance the frontiers of the discipline, teach marketing at premier universities in the United States and around the world, and who in the future will be responsible for preparing the next generation of marketing doctoral students.
Marketing is an exciting discipline that offers a wide range of areas in which to conduct research and teach. Research topics in Marketing cover the gamut from consumer behavioral processes to the development of mathematical models that help us understand and predict consumer behavior and improve marketing practice.
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What are the different types of academic institutions that hire PhD students and what are these faculty members expected to do?
Upon completion of their PhD degree, individuals may be hired by a variety of academic institutions, ranging from 4-year colleges to research universities. Depending on the academic orientation of the institution, faculty at these colleges and universities may be expected to devote different amounts of time to teaching and/or research.
At teaching universities, faculty members devote most of their time to preparing and teaching classes. They may typically teach four courses or more a year, with little or no time devoted to research. At these institutions, your performance as a professor is evaluated based on your teaching evaluations, your ability to design courses, and diverse services that you may provide to students (i.e., counseling, etc.).
At research universities, on the other hand, the faculty are primarily devoted to research activities. These professors may teach two courses for one term, and devote a whole semester exclusively to academic research, with the goal of advancing knowledge in the field and divulging their findings through publication in academic journals. At these institutions, your performance as a faculty member is primarily evaluated based on your research productivity, the quality of your research, the caliber of the articles you produce, and the prestige of the outlets that accept your work for publication.
Just as it is important to choose the school that matches your personal profile when you embark on the pursuit of a doctoral degree, so it is imperative that you decide at what type of institution you want to develop your academic career after graduation.
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What do you do in different years of the PhD program at the Marshall School of Business?
The curriculum for the first two years in the Marketing PhD program includes courses required by the Marshall School of Business, and courses required by the Marketing Department.
The Marshall School of Business requires that you:
- Fulfill all the seminar coursework specified by the Marketing Department
- Complete at least one course in a base discipline (e.g., psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics). This course must be outside the Marketing Department, but can include courses in other departments of the Marshall School of Business.
- Complete at least one course in research methodology.
- Complete at least one course in statistics.
The Marketing Department requires that you take:
- All the seminar coursework specified by our department. At least two additional courses in your base discipline beyond the 1 course required by the Marshall School of Business (for a total of at least 3 classes). These courses must be outside the Marketing Department, but can include courses in other departments of the Marshall School of Business.
- At least one additional course in research methodology beyond the 1 course required by the Marshall School.
- Additional coursework in statistics beyond the 1 course required by the Marshall School of Business.
Click here to see course requirements and their descriptions.
Your third and fourth years are primarily devoted to working on your dissertation, conducting research, and fulfilling your teaching requirement: our program requires that all doctoral fellows teach one course and serve as a teaching assistant for two other courses.
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Where do the students come from?
A recent national survey of universities determined that USC is the institution with the largest number of international students. With that in mind, it comes as no surprise that the PhD students in the Marketing Department at USC have, over the years, represented the four corners of the world. To see the current line up of marketing doctoral students, please visit the student page, where you will find interesting information about each of our doctoral students.
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What criteria do the faculty look for in accepting students into the PhD program in marketing?
Acceptance into our doctoral program is decided after a rigorous screening process. No single criterion makes it or breaks it when it comes to evaluating prospective students: instead, the overall profile and credentials of each applicant are carefully evaluated and taken into account before making the decision.
The different criteria that the admissions committee evaluates are:
- Undergraduate and Graduate GPA scores
- GMAT or GRE scores (and TOEFL scores for those applicants for whom English is a second language)
- Letters of Recommendation from qualified persons who are familiar with your performance in academic and professional settings.
- Grades in specific courses that are relevant to your future PhD studies
- Statement of purpose (*)
- Fit with program/faculty
(*) While each and every one of the above criteria are important, you should give special consideration to your Statement of Purpose. This statement gives you the opportunity to explain to the admissions committee why you have chosen to pursue a PhD degree, why you consider that the Marshall School of Business at USC is the right place for you to pursue it, and what your goals are once you have obtained your doctoral degree in Marketing.
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Who are the faculty in the Marketing Department at the Marshall School of Business? Are they well known? What are their specialties?
The Marshall School of Business at USC features one of the strongest teams of Marketing scholars in the nation. The quality of the Marketing faculty is reflected in their productivity and in the gamut of areas of research covered by its professors. In fact, a recent survey of research productivity ranked the Marketing Department at USC among the top research faculties in the nation (see rankings below).
The faculty in marketing share a strong research interest in various marketing topics including advertising, consumer behavior, channels of distribution, branding, marketing models, business marketing, high-technology marketing, pricing, and promotion. The faculty are trained in various disciplines such as economics, marketing, operations research, psychology, sociology, and statistics. This eclectic mix stimulates joint research across disciplines. It also provides students with a broad exposure to research in marketing and a rich training in research methods and philosophies.
You can learn more about the USC Marketing faculty by visiting the faculty pages here.
Department of Marketing Research Productivity
The Marketing Department ranks 5th in top tier marketing journal articles published from 2005-2009
How can I earn money while getting a PhD degree?
Excellent merit-based financial assistance is available for outstanding entering PhD students. All admitted applicants are automatically considered for the USC Graduate Assistantship. This award typically covers full tuition plus a generous stipend. Because amounts may vary from year to year, specific tuition and stipend information is available from the PhD Program Office. Subject to normal degree progress, the awards usually cover a period of four years.
Students in the Marketing Department who receive the Assistantship generally serve the first two years of their PhD program as research assistants. They work about 15 hours per week with one or more faculty members, sometimes on a joint research project that can lead to quality publications. In the first year, students are assigned to two different faculty members based on their entering area of interest. In the second year, students have some choice in the faculty that they will work with, and may work on more than one topic and with more than one faculty member.
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How will I be evaluated?
Throughout the program, students are given feedback from their course performance and their work as Research Assistants.
End of Second Year evaluation: Qualifying Exam
Written and oral qualifying examinations are required or, and must be passed by, each student. Normally, students begin to prepare for the qualifying exam in the second year. Intensive study for the qualifying exams is one the most important learning experiences in the PhD program. Students use this period to review in detail the body of knowledge from the specialized area, identify common threads and conflicting ideas, see how major theories interrelate, recognize the thrust of current directions of research, and generate new research questions that they might address.
Written Qualifying Examination: The student answers three questions representing his/her area(s) of interest. As part of the written exam, and in preparation for the oral qualifying examination, the student prepares a written preliminary dissertation proposal of five-to-ten pages that outlines important research questions and suggests methodologies for addressing these questions.
Oral Qualifying Examination: This examination is administered after satisfactory completion of the written exam. In the first component of the oral exam, the student answers questions that test his/her comprehension of the area of specialization. The second component of the oral exam involves questions about the student's proposed area of research for the dissertation, based on the written preliminary dissertation proposal.
Results: After qualifying completion of the qualifying exam, the student is admitted to candidacy. Failure to pass the qualifying exam may result in the immediate loss of the stipend. At the discretion of the guidance committee, a student who fails the qualifying examination may be permitted one retake, which must occur within 6-12 months after the examination that was failed.
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Will I have much interaction with faculty?
Intensive interaction with faculty is one of the most important parts of your training as a PhD student.
The Marketing PhD program at USC is designed so that students start working closely with faculty from the first day.
Upon starting the program, each student is appointed an academic advisor, and works as a Research Assistant with a faculty member that is selected so as to achieve a mutually beneficial match of research interests between student and professor.
Typically, students are appointed as Research Assistants to a different professor every semester. However, it is often the case that the student and the professor will continue to work together in research projects throughout the stay of the student in the program, and even for years to come after the student's graduation.
Indeed, Research Assistantships lead to faculty/student mentorships that result in the development of productive research careers.
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Will I gain teaching experience?
As part of the requirements of the program, each student must teach one course, and serve as a Teaching Assistant for one course.
As Teaching Assistants, our Ph.D. students work closely with experienced faculty. Once they have completed that requirement, students are assigned to teach a Marketing undergraduate course under the supervision of a faculty member. The student gains experience in the development of the syllabus, design of class activities, examinations, and grading.
How do the faculty help with student placement?
Our faculty works closely with PhD students, mentoring and guiding them through all the stages of the program, including placement. The decision of what type of institution one wants to work for upon graduation is one of the most important calls a PhD student must make. The faculty provide support and advice at this critical stage, helping the student identify universities or institutions that match his/her profile and interests for a rewarding career in Marketing.
In fact, student placement starts on day one: the program is designed to groom scholars who will be attractive to the top academic employers. The faculty work together with the students as advisors, research co-authors, coaches and mentors, and enable the students to form networks with scholars from universities across the country and abroad
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What should I look for in determining whether a PhD in marketing is right for me?
First, you need to decide whether a PhD really is what you?re looking for. You must understand why you want to pursue a doctoral degree: What are your career goals? Are you interested in an academic career? Is your primary interest to do research? To teach? Or are you an individual with more of an entrepreneurial veneer, who enjoys doing business more than studying it? It is important that you understand what you want to do, and what a PhD degree (versus an MBA or MS degree) is about before you go on.
Second, once you know what you want to do (and if in fact a PhD degree is what's best for you) you must find the program that best suits your interests. For example, you may want to know:
- Do you enjoy doing research more than teaching, teaching more than doing research, or do you prefer a balanced mix of both?
- Upon graduation, what type of institution would you like to work for?
- A major research university?
- A four-year college?
- What area of Marketing do you feel more attracted to? For example, are you particularly interested in:
- Channels of distribution?
- Strategy?
- Consumer psychology?
- Econometric models?
- Etc?
Once you have answered these questions, you can start looking for universities with PhD programs that cater to your particular profile of skills and interests. This can be a long process, as there are many PhD programs around the country and the rest of the world. It is vital that you devote sufficient time to gather information that will allow you to make a sound decision.
Here's something to help you learn about the nature of our PhD program.
We invite you to browse through some of the information in the FAQ list, where you will find important features of our program, and to visit the Marketing Department's web site, where you can learn more about what our faculty and students are currently working on, and other general information about our academic department.
Finally, this excellent web site will provide you with further guidance in selecting PhD programs: what you should ask yourself, the program, and your advisors.
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How can I learn more about the PhD program in Marketing at the Marshall School?
- Website: www.marshall.usc.edu/marketing
Key contacts
Professor V. Folkes
PhD Program Coordinator in Marketing
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Wizards of the Coast—We would like announce a new edition of Christmas. It's the same as old Christmas, except you are limited to three gifts at any one time, Santa is now something called a Dragonborn, and the elves in his workshop can now teleport.
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Palladium Books—We're blessed this holiday season, so you can keep it simple when getting a gift for us. Anything incorporating a chainsaw, several weapons-grade lasers, a rocket launcher, and a cybernetic plug-in should be fine.
Iron Crown Enterprises—We apologize for those of you who downloaded our 2008 Holiday Gift Quality Determination Chart. We know some of you are still working on the equations, and we apologize it has taken this long. However, several department heads at MIT have assured us they are close to a breakthrough.
White Wolf—Santa is a lie. All of Creation is a lie. The dark, edgy truth is that Santa is a meth addict and his reindeer are but the physical manifestation of his angst. Also, the carols shall be written in my blood. I have sent out a card. Some would name it holiday. In it you shall find 13,000 words of edgy fiction.
Outlaw Press—We know there has been some discussion about us using the work of others without permissions, and allegations of stealing art. We just want you to know the reason we're standing here with your Christmas tree about to go up the chimney is that there's a light that doesn't light on one side. We'll take it up to our workshop, and bring it back here. Honest.
RPGnet---[Sell Me On] Christmas. Hey, so what does everyone think of Christmas? Would it be good if I wanted a holiday with presents, a tree, and goodwill towards men? Or should I just use Wushu?
Ron Edwards—You're all cowards. Christmas should be about gore and sex. Now buy my latest product.
24 comments:
- Jonathan Hicks said...
Superb - how about one from Fantasy Flight Games?
'Merry Christmas - it's nothing like the Christmas you've enjoyed for the last few years and it'll cost you three times as much'
- December 23, 2009 at 10:03 AM
- Zachary The First said...
Oh wow—you cut deep there. ;)
- December 23, 2009 at 10:17 AM
- Zachary The First said...
I did forget one:
Murry Chrissmuss from Mongoose Wewill be connnncentrating on editing this year.happy holidaye!
- December 23, 2009 at 10:18 AM
- Herb said...
- December 23, 2009 at 10:42 AM
- John Fiala said...
Paizo Press:
We're presenting the same Christmas you enjoyed a few years ago, only we've added a few new stats: There's the Combined Gift Bonus, (CGB) and the Combined Guilt Factor (CGF). Determining whether you've had a happy christmas now simply involves adding a d20 to your CGB, vs your spouse's CGF.
- December 23, 2009 at 11:06 AM
- Zachary The First said...
@John: LOL!
I hope old Christmas is compatible with Christmas.75.
- December 23, 2009 at 11:23 AM
- John Fiala said...
It's mostly compatible. If you're using one of the alternate Santa Clauses from the old expansion books, you might want to give him a few extra feats to make up for the differences.
- December 23, 2009 at 11:44 AM
- clash bowley said...
From Flying Mice Games:
"We know we're a little late with our holiday cards, but we wish this to be the very best of Arbor Days for you and your group, from the bottom of our hearts!"
- December 23, 2009 at 12:47 PM
Merry Christmas from GW - it's pretty much like the last Christmas, except that we've raised prices on it another 25% (sorry!), resculpted Santa's sleigh with more skullz and bitz (now in plastic!), and changed the rules so that the Christmas tree no longer counts as area terrain (sorry, again!).
- December 23, 2009 at 12:54 PM
- Zachary The First said...
Man, I think you guys are better at this than I am.
- December 23, 2009 at 2:23 PM
- clash bowley said...
Bah! Your Mongoooose card is the funniest of the lot! :D
- December 23, 2009 at 3:44 PM
- Daddy Grognard said...
LotFP - Christmas is cold...so very cold. If you go into the room, touch nothing, especially not the tree, then perhaps one of you might...might get out alive.
- December 23, 2009 at 3:49 PM
- Tim Brannan said...
Very good.
Though if we left Christmas to RPG publishers we would celebrate half the time in July.
- December 23, 2009 at 4:14 PM
- Wickedmurph said...
Palladium Books:
The Grinch stole Christmas a few years back, and we're still recovering. But if you buy an amateurish Christmas card from us for $100, it would go a long way towards making sure we have a merry Christmas.
- December 23, 2009 at 4:49 PM
- Dr-Rotwang said...
Merry Christmas 1979 from all your friends at Flying buffalo!
- December 23, 2009 at 5:03 PM
- Andreas Davour said...
That was hillarious!
- December 23, 2009 at 5:36 PM
- Swordgleam said...
"Anything incorporating a chainsaw, several weapons-grade lasers, a rocket launcher, and a cybernetic plug-in should be fine."
I think that's going to be my new standing holiday gift request.
- December 23, 2009 at 8:12 PM
- HinterWelt said...
We hope to wish you a Merry Christmas this year...but it will likely be delayed until next year and change to something entirely different between now and then and have a lot of wordy, long speeches that run on. Oh, and it will be deferred in honor of Arbor Days since that is what Squirrels like anyway.
- December 23, 2009 at 11:30 PM
- Jonathan Hicks said...
West End Games -
- December 24, 2009 at 4:25 AM
- email@example.com said...
Notice Hinterwelt and I both feature Arbor Day. Is a conspiracy at work? Ask the sinister mind control squirrels who beam their devices in from the oak tree outside my window. Thank the squirrel gods for my tinfoil hat! I laugh at their feeble efforts as I eat my acorn lunch!
- December 24, 2009 at 1:51 PM
- Zachary The First said...
You small-press guys just aren't right.
- December 24, 2009 at 3:37 PM
- Craig Maloney said...
Steve Jackson Games: IN GURPS Christmas, you can play any number of different Christmas Traditions. You can play a realistic Santa Delivery, or a cinematic Christmas. Also, look for the Christmas Loadouts series.
- December 24, 2009 at 4:51 PM
- Age of Fable said...
Fantasy heartbreaker:
I thought eggnog was a bit too sweet, so I've invented an entirely new holiday.
- December 30, 2009 at 10:58 AM
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In our continuing series previewing The News-Journal's voters guide, to be published Oct. 28, here's a closer look at the U.S. House District 7.
The candidates: Political newcomer Jason Kendall won the Democratic primary by defeating Nicholas Ruiz of New Smyrna Beach with 61 percent of the vote. On the Republican side, 10-term incumbent John Mica also took 61 percent on Aug. 14 to defeat freshman Congresswoman Sandy Adams.
The race: The new District 7 includes most of Seminole County and about a quarter of Orange County. Southwest Volusia's 133,000 residents account for the remaining 20 percent of the district. The job carries a two-year term and an annual salary of $174,000.
Q. If the Affordable Care Act were to be repealed, what would you replace it with?
Kendall: The Single Payer system is the best alternative. The administrative cost of health care consumes 31 cents of every dollar spent on health care in the U.S. The Single Payer system would slash that cost by having one simple system that would collect all the fees and pay out all the health care costs. Care would also be based on need and not the ability to pay. I would also support giving tax credits to taxpayers who are in good health.
Mica: A plan without new federal bureaucracy, with patients and doctors making decisions not government panels. Opening real competition and choice, ensuring access for seniors, those with pre-existing conditions and addressing liability to bring costs down for all.
Q. Discuss the policies or actions you would support for immigration reform.
Kendall: I support George W. Bush's plan on immigration reform. His plan offered the 12 to 20 million illegal immigrants a path to citizenship while tightening the border with Mexico and creating a guest-worker program to help employers fill low-paying jobs. The plan also included introducing a standardized ID card for legal foreign workers that would show their legal status so that employers could easily identify them while modernizing a temporary worker program that matched employers with workers. For illegal immigrants to be granted citizenship, they would be required to: learn English, pay a substantial fine, have a job for "x" years, clear a background check and pay their taxes.
Mica: Tough enforcement. Securing our borders and withholding benefits from those who are here illegally are necessary to contain illegal immigration. As the grandson of immigrants, I support legal immigration.
Q. What strategies need to be employed for invigorating the economy?
Kendall: The current economic problem in America has much more to do with lack of stability and faith in America than anything else. Since Congress has failed us and refuses to make any real decisions about what to do with our economy, the American people have lost faith in the system. Faith is necessary to bring stability back to our country. As for strategies, first we need to become more energy independent and not be so tied to the everyday price of gasoline. We must create a pro-growth environment by reducing unnecessary regulations and allowing small business to thrive. Also, there must be discretionary spending cuts, both security and non-security items, along with true tax reform and entitlement reform. We must get a hold on this deficit and debt now or we will be well beyond the point of return in America.
Mica: Adopt positive incentives for small business, manufacturing and investment that create jobs. Lower taxes, cut unnecessary regulations, taxation and litigation.
Q. Discuss your views on what should be done with Medicare and Social Security.
Kendall: Social Security is just one more example of how Congress has mismanaged a sensible program and brought it near the level of bankruptcy. I want to keep the Social Security program working for all Americans, but it will have to be modernized and restructured for the 21st century.
Mica: We must preserve Medicare, repeal Obamacare and its cuts to Medicare and cut waste, fraud and abuse. Social Security will need to gradually increase age and provide younger workers with sound retirement alternatives. We also must stop raiding the Social Security Trust Fund.
Q. When is the right time to eliminate the nation's budget deficit? What cuts would you make to do so?
Kendall: To help overcome our crushing debt and deficit problem we must all sacrifice. Discretionary spending cuts must be made to both security and non-security spending. One cut would be to the many duplicate federal programs that have the same goals. For example, there are over 105 programs meant to encourage student participation in science, technology, education and math. We could greatly reduce the waste in these programs by consolidating them into one program. I would also cut Congressional and White House budgets by 15 percent, impose a three-year pay freeze on Congressional members and a three-year pay freeze on federal workers, including the Department of Defense and greatly reduce the federal travel, printing, and vehicle budgets. Finally I would eliminate all Congressional earmarks immediately. There were over 9,000 earmarks that cost the American taxpayer close $16 billion in 2010.
Mica: Every day and every bill possible to cut waste and spending. Also, members of Congress need to do more as I have done to stop wasteful government programs and achieve results.
Q. Discuss your views on reforming the country's tax code.
Kendall: I support a consumption tax as the only true tax reform in America. Our nation had it is highest job creation, robust growth and least amount of income inequality when the tax rates on the top bracket were around 70 percent. Since the financial industry has taken over Congress and the collective net worth of Congressional members is well over $2 billion, the days of a true progressive tax with high tax rates on the wealthy are long gone. To fundamentally change our nation and return liberty back to the people, we must repeal taxes on income and implement a consumption tax on purchases. The top 5 percent of income earners in America bought 37 percent all new products in America last year. Also, a consumption tax would remove taxes on corporations and be a great boost to our economy. This would also greatly reduce the influence and power of the business lobbying in Washington D.C.
Mica: The Fair Tax would be an excellent starting point.
Q. What's your position on the country's energy needs?
Kendall: The United States must become energy independent. We have many resources here at home that can help us do just that. I support the Boone Pickens Plan and the Natural Gas Act of 2011. Natural gas is the cleanest fossil fuel and by far the most efficient one. If we were to take the over 8 million heavy-duty trucks in America and modify their engines so they could use natural gas, we would reduce our oil consumption by 3 million barrels a day! I will promote making Florida the leader in this effort by giving incentives to gas stations along both I-95 and I-75 to upgrade their facilities in order to provide natural gas for these trucks. I see natural gas replacing coal as a source of energy, and you do not have to blow the top off of a mountain to extract natural gas. I also strongly support other more green energy alternatives.
Mica: Short term, encourage domestic production, responsible drilling, promote natural gas, coal conversion and long term, encourage alternative energy, including safe new nuclear technology.
Q. What role should the government play in regulating banking and financial markets?
Kendall: We must repeal Dodd-Frank and reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act. Glass-Steagall separated commercial banks from investment banks and for nearly 65 years prevented banking disasters like the one in 2008. President Clinton repealed Glass-Steagall in 1999 and not even a decade later, America has lost more jobs than during the Great Depression. We must not allow anything like this to occur again and smart regulation is necessary in order keep our financial markets stable.
Mica: Keep banks and financial institutions from speculative use of government insured funds and properly oversee financial institutions.
Q. What role should the federal government play in education? What changes would you propose?
Kendall: I strongly support replacing traditional hardcover textbooks with digital e-readers that books can be downloaded on to. A traditional textbook cost on average $70 while a digital copy cost anywhere between $12-$20. The savings would be enormous for schools and we could actually begin to compete with other nations in terms of science, math and reading skills. I also support repealing the No Child Left Behind Act (and the FCAT) in its entirety. No Child Left behind originally was created to fight childhood poverty while promoting childhood wellness and had nothing to do with school testing and accountability. I do support tough national standards for fitness in order to create a healthier environment for kids and fight childhood obesity and depression. We must get back to the basics of education and it does not start in the classroom but instead in the gym. Children must get ample daily exercise in order to have, not only better physical health, but also stronger minds. I support tying federal funds to the overall quality of health that each school has — the healthier the kids are in the school, the more funds they will receive.
Mica: The federal government's role should be as little as possible. Local and state governments, parents, teachers and students should share responsibility.
Meet the candidates
Jason Kendall
Party: Democrat
Age: 35
Residence: Altamonte Springs
Profession: Social media consultant
Political experience: Soil & Water District supervisor
Priorities: Reforming education by overturning No Child Left Behind and incorporating more technology into classrooms; investing more in nation's infrastructure; passing Natural Gas Act, because it's cleaner, cheaper and less damaging on the environment than coal; cutting discretionary spending for both security and non-security; giving workers under the age of 50 a way to opt out of Social Security; allowing seniors to buy drugs from overseas.
John Mica
Party: Republican
Age: 69
Residence: Winter Park
Profession: Former businessman
Political experience: U.S. House of Representatives, 1992 to present; state representative, 1976-1978
Priorities: Restoring our economy and real job growth, cutting government waste and national debt. Restoring accountability to government and aiding our veterans, military and seniors.


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|Rachel Weisz
Weisz at a showing of The Bourne Legacy at the 2012 Deauville American Film Festival.
|Rachel Hannah Weisz
7 March 1970
London, England, UK
|English and American
|Alma mater
|Trinity Hall, Cambridge
|Actress, Fashion model
|Years active
|1984–present (modeling)
1992–present (acting)
|Daniel Craig (m. 2011)
|Darren Aronofsky
|Rachel Weisz
Weisz at a showing of The Bourne Legacy at the 2012 Deauville American Film Festival.
|Rachel Hannah Weisz
7 March 1970
London, England, UK
|English and American
|Alma mater
|Trinity Hall, Cambridge
|Actress, Fashion model
|Years active
|1984–present (modeling)
1992–present (acting)
|Daniel Craig (m. 2011)
|Darren Aronofsky
Rachel Hannah Weisz (/ˈvaɪs/ VYS;[1] born 7 March 1970)[2] is an English film and theatre actress and former fashion model.
Weisz began her acting career at Trinity Hall, Cambridge in the early 1990s, then started working in television, appearing in Inspector Morse, the British mini-series Scarlet and Black, and the television film Advocates II. She made her film debut in the film Death Machine (1994), but her breakthrough role came in the film Chain Reaction (1996), leading to a high-profile role as Evelyn Carnahan-O'Connell in the films The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001). Other notable films featuring Weisz are Enemy at the Gates, About a Boy, Constantine and The Fountain. For her supporting role in The Constant Gardener (2005), she received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors' Guild award. In 2006, Weisz received the BAFTA Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year. She has recently played Evanora in Oz the Great and Powerful.
Weisz also works in theatre. Her stage breakthrough was the 1994 revival of Noël Coward's play Design for Living, which earned her the London Critics Circle Award for the most promising newcomer. Weisz's performances also include the 1999 Donmar Warehouse production of Tennessee Williams' Suddenly, Last Summer, and their 2009 revival of A Streetcar Named Desire. Her portrayal of Blanche DuBois in the latter play earned her the Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress.
Weisz was born in Westminster, London, and grew up in Hampstead Garden Suburb.[3] Her father, George Weisz, was an inventor from Hungary.[4][5] Her mother, Edith Ruth (née Teich), is a teacher-turned-psychotherapist from Vienna, Austria.[6][7] Her parents fled to England before the outbreak of the Second World War, to escape the Nazis.[8] Her father is Jewish; her maternal grandfather, Alexander Teich, was also Jewish, and had been a secretary of the World Union of Jewish Students.[9][10][11] Her mother's ancestry is Austrian Jewish, "Catholic Viennese" and Italian.[12][13][13] Weisz's mother was brought up as a Roman Catholic, and, according to Vogue, later converted to Judaism.[14][15] Weisz has a younger sister, Minnie, who is a photographer and curator.[16] Her parents sometimes spoke German at home.[15]
Weisz's parents valued the arts and encouraged her and her sister to form opinions of their own by introducing them to family debates. Her parents later divorced.[17] Weisz left North London Collegiate School and attended Benenden School for one year completing A-levels at St Paul's Girls School.[18] Weisz claimed that she was a bad student until an English Literature teacher inspired her at the age of 16.[19]
Known for being an "English rose" due to her appearance,[20][21][22] Weisz started modelling when she was 14.[23] In 1984, she gained public attention when she turned down an offer to star in King David with Richard Gere.[18]
After leaving school, she entered Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where she graduated with a 2:1 Bachelor of Arts degree in English. During her university years, where she was a contemporary of Sacha Baron Cohen, Alexander Armstrong, Sue Perkins, Mel Giedroyc, Richard Osman, and Ben Miller (whom she briefly dated),[24] she appeared in various student productions, co-founding a student drama group called Cambridge Talking Tongues.[25] It won a Guardian Student Drama Award at the 1991 Edinburgh Fringe Festival for an improvised piece called Slight Possession,[26] directed by David Farr. The group existed until 1993.[27]
She appeared in the 1992 television film Advocates II, followed by roles in the Inspector Morse episode "Twilight of the Gods", and the BBC's steamy period drama Scarlet and Black, alongside Ewan McGregor.[28]
"Dirty Something", a BBC Screen Two, hour long film made in 1992, was Rachel Weisz's first film, playing Becca who met and fell in love with a traveler Dog (Paul Reynolds) at the end of Glastonbury Festival . The opening scenes were filmed at the festival. Also starring an older fellow traveler and sage Larry (Bernard Hill).
Weisz started her film career with a minor role in the 1994 film Death Machine,[28] but her first major role came in the 1996 film Chain Reaction, which also starred Keanu Reeves and Morgan Freeman.[29] She next appeared as Miranda Fox in Stealing Beauty, directed by the Italian Academy Award-winner Bernardo Bertolucci,[30] where she was first labelled an "English rose".[22]
Following this, Weisz found roles in the 1997 American drama Swept from the Sea,[31] the 1998 British television comedy-drama My Summer with Des, the Michael Winterbottom's crime movie I Want You,[32] and David Leland's The Land Girls, based on Angela Huth's book of the same name.[33]
In 1999, Weisz played Greta in the historical film Sunshine.[34] The same year, her international breakthrough came with the 1999 adventure film The Mummy, in which she played the female lead opposite Brendan Fraser. Her character was the English Egyptologist Evelyn Carnahan,[35] who undertook an expedition to the fictional ancient Egyptian city of Hamunaptra to discover an ancient book. Variety criticised the direction of the film, writing: "(the actors) have been directed to broad, undisciplined performances [...] Buffoonery hardly seems like Weisz's natural domain, as the actress strains for comic effects that she can't achieve".[36] She followed this up with the sequel The Mummy Returns in 2001, which grossed an estimated $433 million worldwide,[37] (equivalent to $577 million in 2014 dollars)[38] higher than the original's $260 million[39] (equal to $368 million in 2014 dollars).[38] In 2000, she portrayed Petula in the film Beautiful Creatures,[28] following this up with 2001's Enemy at the Gates,[40] and the 2002 comedy-drama About a Boy, with Hugh Grant, based on Nick Hornby's 1998 novel.[41] In 2003, she played Marlee in the adaptation of John Grisham's legal thriller novel The Runaway Jury, along with Dustin Hoffman, John Cusack and Gene Hackman;[42] and starred in the film adaptation of the romantic comedy-drama play The Shape of Things.[43]
In 2004, Weisz appeared in the comedy Envy, opposite Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Christopher Walken. The film failed at the box office.[44] Variety magazine opined that Weisz and co-star Amy Poehler "get fewer choice moments than they deserve."[45] Her next role was alongside Keanu Reeves in Constantine, based on the comic book Hellblazer.[46] Film Threat called her portrayal "effective at projecting scepticism and, eventually, dawning horror".[47]
Her next appearance, in 2005, was in Fernando Meirelles's The Constant Gardener,[48] a film adaptation of a John le Carré thriller set in the slums of Kibera and Loiyangalani, Kenya.[49][50] Weisz played an activist, Tessa Quayle, married to a British embassy official.[51] The film was critically acclaimed,[52] earning Weisz the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress,[53] the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress,[54] and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role.[55] UK newspaper The Guardian noted that the film "established her in the front rank of British actors",[56] while the BBC wrote: "Weisz is exceptional: film star charisma coupled with raw emotion in a performance to fall in love with".[57] In 2006, she received the BAFTA Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year.[58]
In 2006, she starred in Darren Aronofsky's romantic drama The Fountain.[59] The San Francisco Chronicle found her portrayal of Queen Isabel "less convincing" than other roles.[60] That same year, she provided the voice for Saphira the dragon in the fantasy film Eragon;[61] and rejected an offer to star in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor due to script issues.[62][63] The part eventually went to Maria Bello.[64] Her subsequent films include the 2007 Wong Kar-wai drama My Blueberry Nights,[65] and Rian Johnson's 2008 caper film The Brothers Bloom, alongside Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo.[65] In 2009 she played the lead role of Hypatia of Alexandria in the historical drama film Agora, a Spanish production directed by Alejandro Amenábar.[66] The New York Times called her portrayal "adept", noting that she imparted "a sympathetic presence".[67]
Weisz starred in the film The Whistleblower, which debuted at the Toronto Film Festival in 2010. The film was based on the true story of human trafficking by employees of contractor DynCorp. During its première, the intense depiction of the treatment meted out to victims by the kidnappers made a woman in the audience faint.[68] Variety magazine wrote "Weisz's performance holds the viewer every step of the way."[69] That same year, she guest-starred in the animated series The Simpsons, in the 22nd season episode "How Munched is That Birdie in the Window?".[70][71] Weisz's 2011 roles included an adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play The Deep Blue Sea,[72] Fernando Meirelles' psychosexual drama 360,[73] the BBC espionage thriller Page Eight,[74] and the thriller film Dream House, alongside Daniel Craig.[75]
She filmed scenes for To the Wonder, a 2012 romantic drama film written and directed by Terrence Malick, alongside Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Javier Bardem, and Rachel McAdams; her scenes were cut.[76][77][78] She has also starred in the 2012 action thriller film The Bourne Legacy based on the series of books by Robert Ludlum.
She portrayed Evanora, in Oz the Great and Powerful, which opened on March 7, 2013.[79]
On stage, Weisz's breakthrough role was that of Gilda in Sean Mathias's 1994 revival of Noël Coward's Design for Living at the Gielgud Theatre,[80][81] for which she received the London Critics' Circle Award for the most promising newcomer.[82][83] Her portrayal was described as "wonderful" by a contemporary review.[84] In 1999, she played the role of Catherine in the Donmar Warehouse production of Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer,[85] What's on Stage called her "captivating", stating that she brought "a degree of credibility to a difficult part".[86] The same year, Weisz appeared in Neil LaBute's The Shape of Things at the Almeida Theatre, then temporarily located in London's Kings Cross.[87] CurtainUp called her "a sophisticated, independent artist" with "great stage presence".[88] In 2009, she appeared as Blanche DuBois, in Rob Ashford's revival of the play A Streetcar Named Desire.[89] Her performance in the play was praised by the critics, the Daily Telegraph noted that she "rises to the challenge magnificently".[90] Weisz and her husband starred in a Broadway play titled Betrayal. It began performances in October 2013, and continued until January 2014.[91][92] Despite mixed reviews, it grossed $17.5 million, becoming the second highest broadway play of 2013.[93]
Weisz gained honours for her work in The Constant Gardener, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress,[94] the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture. She was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.[95] Furthermore, the role also led to her receiving the London Critics' Circle Film Award for British Actress of the Year, the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress,[96] and the San Diego Film Critics' Society Award for Best Supporting Actress. Additionally, she was nominated for the Online Film Critics' Society Award for Best Supporting Actress.[96] In 2006, Weisz was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,[97] and was also honoured at the Los Angeles BAFTA ceremony with the Britannia Award for Artist of the Year.[98]
In 1991, Weisz received the Student Drama Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, for her part in the play Slight Possession. In 1994, she was awarded the London Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Newcomer, for the play Design for Living. In January 2010, the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards in London named her Best Actress of 2009, for her performance as Blanche Dubois in the Donmar revival of A Streetcar Named Desire.[99] She also won the coveted 2010 Olivier Award for Best Actress for the same role.[100]
Weisz began dating American filmmaker and producer Darren Aronofsky in the summer of 2001. They met backstage at London's Almeida Theatre, where she was starring in The Shape of Things. Weisz moved to New York with Aronofsky the following year;[87] in 2005, they were engaged.[101] Their son, Henry Chance, was born in 2006 in New York City.[102][103] The couple resided in the East Village in Manhattan. In November 2010, Weisz and Aronofsky announced that they had been apart for months, but remain close friends and are committed to bringing up their son together in New York.[104]
Weisz began dating English actor Daniel Craig in December 2010 and they married on 22 June 2011[105][106] in a private New York ceremony, with only four guests in attendance, including Weisz's son and Craig's daughter.[107] Weisz, a British citizen by birth, became a naturalised American citizen in 2011.[108]
In 2009, Weisz expressed her views on Botox to Harper's Bazaar – "It should be banned for actors, as steroids are for sportsmen. Acting is all about expression; why would you want to iron out a frown?"[109] During her career, she has been featured on the covers of magazines such as insideKENT,[110] Vogue[111] and Esquire.[112] She serves as a muse to fashion designer Narciso Rodriguez,[113] and was named L'Oréal's global ambassador in 2010.[114]
On 7 July 2007, she presented at the American leg of Live Earth, along with Alec Baldwin and Kevin Bacon.[115]
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Getting gear to Finals
Posted 10 September 2008 - 07:54 PM
How do we get our HPA tanks there?
Any other advice for moving gear, and flying with gear.
Posted 10 September 2008 - 08:26 PM
Hope that helps!
Adrenaline A-Team: more than a paintball team, it's FAMILY:)
I have a Vice.... and I named her Miami....;)
Then I named my SP-1 'Sean'... get it?
Posted 10 September 2008 - 08:30 PM
Posted 10 September 2008 - 09:29 PM
Posted 10 September 2008 - 10:11 PM
Put your tank on top of all your other luggage in your gear bag WITH the TSA regulations regarding air tanks either laying on top of it or taped to it. You can get the regulations from the TSA website. Buy TSA locks. They are basically a lock that tells the TSA guys "this guy knows what he is doing so leave his stuff alone and don't remove his air tanks." TSA employees have keys that open these locks if they need to look at your stuff, which is why you need the regulations in your bag. You can get TSA locks at Wal-mart. The last time I went to Home Depot they didn't have them.
Whenever you get to the event you can just put your tank back on your reg by hand. Every single national level tournament player I have ever met does this. I have done it all year since Huntington Beach, and I haven't had any problems.
Good luck at Finals! I didn't get to play SPPL this year, and I really miss it.
Posted 11 September 2008 - 05:05 PM
From Continental's website http://www.continental.com/web/en-US/conte...ge/sports.aspx:
Paintball Equipment
- Paintball guns are not permitted as carry-on baggage.
- Continental does accept one bag containing equipment used in the paintball sport as checked baggage. A paintball gun may be checked in an unlocked soft or hard sided case.
- If applicable, the second bag fee ($25) applies to paintball equipment.
- Paintball equipment in addition to the baggage allowance will be assessed at the excess baggage charge applicable in for that market.
- Paintball ammunition must be packed in the manufacturer's original package or securely packed in a container that will protect the paint balls from breakage.
- Compressed gas cylinders must be empty and have the regulator removed to allow for a visual inspection by a TSA Security Screener.
- Unopened paintball air canisters in original plastic packaging are sold empty and customers do not need to demonstrate that the canisters are empty.
- Continental is not liable for damage to paintball equipment.
- Excess Valuation may not be purchased for paintball equipment.
Here is the TSA's page on compressed gas cylinders: http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/but...ressed_gas.shtm
I'm thinking of taking my tanks instead of shipping them this time (I'm flying Continental). I figure since I'm a trained and authorized SCUBA tank visual inspector, I should be able to re-install my own paintball tank regulators.
I guess the most important thing is to check with the airline ahead of time, whether by phone or on their website.
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Posted 15 September 2008 - 08:38 PM
First, I called the hotel where I knew that my team was staying to see if they could accept a package for me, and then I sent, through UPS, since they actually give you tracking and insurance for the cost, both of my air tanks, which were empty. I gave them plenty of time, and I packed them well. I also paid for shipping back from the hotel.
Then, before I flew out, I laid out everything that I was bringing with me, and I took pictures of it all. I listed everything, including upgrades and serial numbers, it's cost, and where it could, and most likely would, be purchased from if it needed to be replaced. I made copies of my list, as well as of the pictures. I kept a copy of the picture in my laptop that I took with me for watching movies with, as well as on a flash drive, as well as I made a copy on paper and put it in my gearbag.
I got TSA approved locks, which are locks that have an additional keyhole for a "skeleton" key that the TSA officials can use to open and not mess up your locks, to check out your bags. My bags were never searched, and I took two markers with me last year, as well as all of my other gear.
The reason that I sent the tanks was so I did not have to worry about removing the regs and the sealing of the tanks and regs when I put them back together. The reason that I documented everything in my gearbag is because I have heard the stories of other paintball people (Mapp Chimm when he was still on XSV had this happen to him) having their gearbags opened and things (Specifically expensive paintball markers) removed with no one knowing about it. When you go and say something, the airline can always counter you with a "Prove it" remark. By documenting that you have those things in there, and the locks, when the airline tries to say that, you have pictures and a paper, as well as being on other locations, that show you did indeed own the item(s) that you say are missing.
Shooting like there is no tomorrow. For all we know, there is no tomorrow.
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Posted 16 September 2008 - 11:26 AM
Everything but the gun, paint and tools can be flown in carry on if you want.
The gun, paint and tools can only fly as checked bagage.
I have personally taken tanks, hoppers and masks in my carry on luggage. If they are curious they will inspect it, no big deal.
TSA locks for your checked baggage should be considered a must. If they find locks they can not open they will cut the locks off or cut open the bag.
If they do inspect your gear there will be a flyer left in your bag informing you of the inspection.
I also include a copy of the TSA regulations from their website in with my gear...as well as a list of the contents in the bag. I keep a copy of the contents list in my carry on as well in case the bag is destroied or misplaced.
In the 6 plus years of flying with gear I have never run into a problem.
Follow the rules on the TSA web site and you will find flying with gear pretty simple.
Send Private Message for details and questions.
Posted 16 September 2008 - 01:56 PM
Anyhow. Ship tools.
Posted 16 September 2008 - 03:40 PM
Shooting like there is no tomorrow. For all we know, there is no tomorrow.
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Team Forest Demons!!!
Posted 16 September 2008 - 05:10 PM
Honestly...if you are flying you are already paying for the service...there is no need to ship anything.
Send Private Message for details and questions.
Posted 16 September 2008 - 06:57 PM
Would I do it again? Probably not.
Posted 17 September 2008 - 09:03 AM
Then tools would have been a big problem!
Send Private Message for details and questions.
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Charting the Divide between Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Reconstructing the Landscape on the Danube at Dobri Dyal
Immediately southwest of the village of Dobri Dyal, a small hill dominates the skyline. It is relatively small—c. 110m (west/east) by c. 130m (north/south), and only c. 20m high—but its western, northern, and eastern sides are precipitous, creating a strongly defensive position. The southern slope is more easily ascended, but even here it is still a steep climb to the summit.
The site was first visited by Gail Falkingham, Michael Boyd, and myself in the spring of 2007 and appeared to be the best "type site" in the region and, conveniently, a relatively short journey from the home base in the village of Nikiup.I am very grateful to Mr Ivan Tsurov and Dr Pavlinka Vladkova from the Veliko Turnovo Historical Museum whose intimate knowledge of all the sites in Veliko Turnovo county made the choice of the ones to visit such a successful field excursion. Conspicuous during this visit was a portion of wall without facing but comprising a section of mortared rubble core, c. 1m high, indicating that at least part of the curtain-wall had survived post-medieval robbing.
Of all the sites visited during this exploratory survey of hill-top sites, Dobri Dyal was the one that both offered the most potential in the region and was accessible from the base in the village of Nikiup. The clearance of trees and undergrowth from the top of the hill, before the start of the excavations, exposed numerous robber pits. Although it is clear that robbing for stone had been carried out in the recent past, the depressions visible on the surface formed no distinctive pattern so that there would seem to have been no surface signs of buildings; the robbing appears to have been random and consequently it was expected that substantial portions of structures would have survived, particularly immediately inside the fortifications. There is only one record of earlier excavations; they were carried out by the local schoolteacher during the summer of 1933.Arheolocheski vesti, Izvestiya na Bulgarskiya Arheologicheski Institout, vol. 7 (1932–33), 393–95. The short report on the work included photographs which showed that a section of curtain-wall had been exposed. Another find, described as a "tower," may well have been the rounded northeastern corner of the defenses that we excavated this year (B3).
Excavations by our Bulgarian colleague, Dr. V. Dinchev, were carried out in areas D, F G, and H, whereas the British half of the team commenced excavations in areas A, B, C, and E (plan of excavation areas). In addition, a detailed contour plan was made of the hill and its immediate surroundings (Gísli Pálsson), and a geophysical survey was conducted by Dr. Michael Boyd. The results of both projects were excellent and the combination of the physical and geophysical surveys proved invaluable for our understanding of the site and in the planning of future excavations.
The geophysical survey identified a strong high anomaly running around the northern, western, and eastern sides of the site. That this high resistance feature represented the course of the curtain-wall was proved by the discovery that all the excavated portions of the wall (areas B, D, E, F, and G) followed the same alignment. However, more subtle differences between anomalies inside the fortifications suggested a curious arrangement of structures. The relatively high anomalies across the eastern side of the site suggest that there was a dense spread of buildings filling up the entire area. However, on the western slope, there was no sign of any buildings, except close up against the curtain-wall (below, report by Michael Boyd). Another large building was also excavated by Dr. Dinchev in area D where it must have butted up against the curtain-wall. It is early in the progress of the excavations to be sure that this difference between the western and eastern sides of the fortified area is correct but, assuming that it is, a number of possible explanations will be proposed in the conclusion.
As far as I am aware, no systematic excavations—or geophysical survey—have been carried out at the foot of any hill-top sites in the Balkans. Clearly, there was a possibility that the hill-top was only part of the settlement and that there may have been additional structures on the lower slopes surrounding the site and beyond the protection of the defenses. Accordingly, a geophysical survey was carried out over an extensive area on the south side of the hill. Not surprisingly, evidence for occupation was found; this evidence, though, was not for small individual houses but possibly very large structures or, more probably, enclosures.
The possible interpretation of this complex is provided by Dr. Boyd in his report but, suffice it to say that since no excavation has yet taken place here, it remains uncertain whether these features are Late Roman or not. They may be Late Roman, medieval or post-medieval, or a combination of all three.
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My employer got the vacate order on my wage order, so I earned my first paycheck in four years!!! But here's the rest of the things to come that has me becoming more & more impatient by the day. I know I shouldn't be....but that's just Me !
1) Waiting on title to car and release on our tractor. No biggie, but I want to title the car over to our son so he can put insurance on it in his name. He's been driving it for almost 2 yrs.
2) Still waiting on my tax refund...it's been over a month. At least the BK court sent a vacate order to them too today, so maybe we'll get it soon.
3) Have to do a credit counseling thing on line so the court will release our case. I don't dread it except I'll have to help hubby with it and I know he'll curse a blue strick...stressful....Yes!
4) Waiting on hubby's bonus check....always stressfull. It was promised by the end of March.
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