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We are happy to announce we have added Mark Gottlieb as our fourth literary agent for this year's conference. We expect to announce a fifth agent very soon.
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Contrary to our press release, the calendar section of today's Daily Hampshire Gazette announced that the WriteAngles conference is to be held Sept 18. THIS IS AN ERROR. The correct date is OCTOBER 18.
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We have nearly completed preparations for our WriteAngles conference this fall. Our program is set and we have invited many fine panelists and workshop leaders. All that remains is to complete our lineup of literary agents and to decide on the exact date on which we will begin accepting registrations, which will be sometime in early September. Please subscribe to this site and you will receive e-mail notices of all future announcements.
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We are very pleased that we have scheduled an excellent date for our fall WriteAngles conference, Saturday, October 18, once again to be held at the lovely Willits-Hallowell Center on the Mount Holyoke College campus in South Hadley, Massachusetts.
And we have two wonderful keynoters lined up. Christian McEwen will kick things off on a good note in the morning, and David Anthony Durham will speak after lunch. We will make additional announcements about our program and panels as we work out the details. Please subscribe to this blog for updates.
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We who organized the conference really are bubbling over with happiness at how well things went yesterday.
We are endlessly grateful to our keynoters Pat Schneider and Suzy Becker, the five literary agents who not only conducted a panel but held individual meetings all morning, and all the writers and small press publishers who put their time and effort into making the panels so interesting and informative. Thanks also to the Odyssey for bringing a wonderful selection of books and to the Willits-Hallowell Center for their gracious hospitality. Needless to say none of it would happen without the audience of talented, energetic writers who filled the audience.
For everyone who expressed interest in working on next year's conference, we will announce our first meeting as soon as it is scheduled in January, 2014.
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Barbara Diamond Goldin is the author of 18 published children's books, including JUST ENOUGH IS PLENTY: A HANUKKAH TALE (National Jewish Book Award) and CAKES AND MIRACLES: A PURIM TALE (Sydney Taylor Book Award), and received the Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Award from the Association of Jewish Libraries. She has also written story collections, non-fiction, retellings, and historical fiction. She is Director of the Edwards Public Library in Southampton, Massachusetts, and leads writing workshops and speaks about being a writer around the country. She was recently interviewed by Cheryl Malandrinos.
When did you first get bitten by the writing bug?
I have always loved to write–letters, journals, lists, diaries. I have also always loved to make up stories. When I began to babysit at age 11, I found I had an audience for my tales. Plus, I found a way to get lots of babysitting jobs. I would stop in the middle of the story, at the most exciting part, and tell my charges that if they wanted to hear what happened, they'd have to tell their parents to ask me to babysit again. Later, when I was a teacher, I told stories to rapt audiences of 4 and 5 year olds. It wasn't until one of my students asked me to repeat a story I had told before, and I realized that I couldn't remember it, that I started to write the stories down. So I was a storyteller before I became a writer of stories.
Who gave you the most encouragement early on?
My father was a big influence on my writing. He wrote because he enjoyed the process–poems, short stories, and articles. He was the editor of the army newspaper in his unit in World War 11 and kept a scrapbook of all his articles. He continued to write off and on all of his life and shared his poems with our extended family. At his funeral in 2005, my brothers and I read some of Dad's poems aloud. I was lucky to grow up in a household where writing, art, and music were a happy part of how we spent time together.
Writing tends to be a lonely enterprise. How do you balance your "writing time" with the rest of your life to keep yourself sane?
Ever since I started to write regularly and seriously, I turned to writing groups to help me improve my writing and weather the rejection letters that came my way. I have always been in a writing group, sometimes more than one. I have been in groups where we read our writing aloud and gave feedback to each other. I have been in groups where we actually wrote and then shared what we'd written. I'm grateful that the writing groups I have been a part of have been of the supportive kind, not the competitive, throat cutting kind. We try to lighten up the tougher parts of the writing life, too. One time, early on in one group, we had a contest to see who had the most rejection letters and the winner won a huge bag of M & M's. That winner (it wasn't me) went on to sell her first book that year.
Have you ever gotten writer's block. And how did you snap out of it?
I have an attitude about writer's block. I tell myself I don't believe in it. This is how I deal with what other people consider writer's block. I have tricks. If I get stuck, I reread my whole manuscript, or at least the previous chapter or day's writing. That usually warms me up to get going again. I say to myself, "It doesn't matter what you write, just write something. You can always revise it." And so I write something. Sometimes I'll work on a different project. I usually have a couple going at the same time. Maybe a novel and an op ed piece for a newspaper. Another trick is to read an article about writing in a writer's magazine. The blank page can be an awful thing to start your writing session with. So I start with something else; like writing a letter or a humorous slice of life piece or reading an inspiring article.
What is your latest project about and how long had you worked on it? Does it take the reader in a different direction than your last published work?
Last summer I finished work on a book about women in the Bible for 10-15 year olds. It was the first time I worked on a book with another author, in this case Jane Yolen. This project took us a long time to complete–five years! Besides the fact that life interfered, (I was in graduate school for three of those years.) it took us a while to figure out how we were going to organize the book, what we were going to say, and who was going to do what sections. Jane is very accustomed to working on books with other people. But I wasn't. I'm very glad to say we are still friends and I learned much in the process. One thing I had to overcome in the process is the fact that Jane was my mentor and first real writing teacher. It was hard to say, "Jane, I think you should change that," etc. Believe me, I had to learn to speak up!
I'm on line at www.barbaradiamondgoldin.com
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Dan Drollette, Jr. is an award-winning foreign correspondent and lecturer whose articles have appeared in Scientific American, International Wildlife, Natural History, Cosmos, Science, New Scientist, and on the BBC. He is a TEDx speaker, and held a Fulbright to Australia. For the past three years he edited CERN's on-line weekly magazine, in Geneva, Switzerland. Drollette is the author of GOLD RUSH IN THE JUNGLE: THE RACE TO DISCOVER AND DEFEND THE RAREST ANIMALS OF VIETNAM'S "LOST WORLD," published in April by Crown. He was recently interviewed by Cheryl Malandrinos.
Why did you become a writer?
Being a writer is a great way to indulge your curiosity about the world. Having a notebook or a pen or a camera or an audio recorder in hand is like having permission to ask all kinds of questions that are normally not permitted, and to go all kinds of places where you would not normally be allowed.
What is the most rewarding part of being a writer? The most frustrating?
Most rewarding: you get paid to learn. Someone once said that being a science writer is like a never-ending graduate school of the mind, in which your instructors are the most brilliant faculty in the world, willing to give you a private one-on-one tutorial about their latest findings.
Most frustrating: never having enough time.
Can you tell us about your latest release?
I just had my first book published, called Gold Rush in the Jungle, a nonfiction work that takes place in the forests of Indochina. It's about a part of the world I previously only knew from movies, and what I found was completely the opposite of what I expected. It turns out that in Vietnam, the peace is more dangerous than war when it comes to wildlife protection.
And there is a heckuva of a lot of creatures out there that were never known to Western science, which are only being discovered now. And we're talking about big animals – rhinos, oxen, barking deer, swimming cats, flying frogs, and a species of fish so big that it takes six men to hold just one. It's amazing that they were never discovered previously; the rhino species was only an hour's drive outside Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City). I mean, how can you not notice an animal the size of a car?
A field biologist pulled me aside in his university office, pointed to a map, and said "this is where there is the unsung hero of Indochina wildlife rescue." It was a very dramatic moment, and led to my doing a series of magazine articles about it. Much later, when I was showing the clippings to an instructor at the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, he said "This has the makings of a book."
You're sitting on the panel, You're Not Done Yet: The Pitfalls and Payoffs of Revision, at this year's WriteAngles Conference. Can you tell us a little bit about what you're planning?
I was thinking that I would use my experience with the book as a springboard for my comments about the rewriting process. From previous Write Angles conferences that I've attended, I realize that the audience skews toward fiction, but I think my experiences are easily applicable to all writing.
Whatever the genre, you try to be clear and succinct, with a strong sense of place and character, while having fun with dialogue and the play of words. Above all, you want to get across the passion that drives your protagonists in the first place – for example, what makes a person give up their nice comfy home in the West to spend years in the jungle rescuing an animal no one has ever heard of?
And in science writing, you also have an added layer of complexity, in which you try to introduce cutting edge new material while at the same time not losing – or boring – your audience with the vital basics about a given field.
It can be tough to hit that sweet spot, but that's the fun part. When you get it right, it's like the sound of a really clear voice singing. You can feel it.
What are you working on now?
I sort of fell into a niche I call "adventure science," in which I accompany researchers into the field in order to explain their world. It's sort of like what George Plimpton used to do for sports writing – when he wrote about football, for example, he spent a season on the team of the Detroit Lions, and came out with the book 'Paper Lion.' So that's what I tried to do for wildlife biology in the jungle.
For my next book, I'd like to take the same adventure science approach, but this time tackle a completely different field: the search for the Higgs Boson, aka the "god particle" at CERN in Switzerland. I wound up working as a magazine editor at CERN for several years, starting at the moment they turned on their $8 billion superconducting supercollider – the world's largest machine — and leaving the same week that they announced the finding of the particle.
But instead of the standard tome, I'd like to focus on the oddball people and situations I encountered – of which CERN has plenty. If you've ever seen The Big Bang Theory situation comedy on TV, then think of a place with 3,000 Sheldons, with all the chaos that entails. I hope get across just what makes this crazy, mysterious, frustrating place so joyous and appealing . . . and why workers there set up a website called "CERNLove: where life and physics collide." (Personally, I find a strong streak of masochism in CERN folks.)
Where can we find you online?
I'm in the midst of redoing my personal website at dandrollette.com, so the best place to find out more about the book is at the Facebook page I set up for it at https://www.facebook.com/Goldrush.in.the.Jungle
Is there anything you would like to add?
Little did I know how complicated it was to do research in the hills of a communist country, many time zones away from Massachusetts, where English is rarely spoken. This made fact-checking and revising months later a challenge, when I was back home, thousands of miles away from my interviewees.
Just getting to a single Vietnamese national park was a big project, in which I had to complete the final leg of the journey by hitching rides on the back of motorcycles. But it was a breathtaking introduction to the highlands of Vietnam – it is one of the last remnants of old-time Asia, where there's not a single McDonald's and the old traditions of a rich culture are still intact.
I hope that what people take away from the talk is that there are still amazing story ideas out there, and books can still get published. And not to despair when the editor returns your manuscript filled with hundreds of suggested revisions, big and small!
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19th Annual Meet the Chefs
Food | Wine | Champagne | Auctions | Opportunity Drawings | Live Music
Sunday, April 26, 2015
VIP Reception 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM, Chefs' Tastings: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Hilton San Diego/Del Mar
15575 Jimmy Durante Boulevard, Del Mar, CA 92014, Directions
For the nineteenth consecutive year, San Diego's finest chefs and the local community will come together to support the children of Casa de Amparo at Meet the Chefs, a spectacular food and wine event.
Nutrition is a basic need for Casa Kids that must be met each day. Casa de Amparo provides over 32,000 meals to participants in one year. By joining us, you will be directly supporting and enhancing the health and well-being of all Casa Kids.
17th Annual Crystal Ball Gala
Black Tie Optional | Reception | Silent & Live Auctions | Gourmet Dinner | Dancing
Saturday, November 7, 2015, 6:00 PM
Del Mar Country Club
6001 Clubhouse Drive, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067, Directions
This elegant evening will take place at the premier and private Del Mar Country Club in Rancho Santa Fe. Highlights include a lavish cocktail reception, gourmet dinner by Jeffrey Strauss of Pamplemousse Grille, dancing to one of San Diego's top local bands, Something Simple, and exclusive live auction items.
Since 1999, visionary Crystal Ball Gala patrons and community members have raised substantial funds to help Casa Kids look into their own crystal ball and see a brighter future. All proceeds raised at Crystal Ball Gala benefit Casa de Amparo.
13th Annual Holiday Drive
Wish Lists | Sponsor a Child | Holiday Donation Center | Volunteer
December 2015
Holiday Donation Center
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2nd Annual Come Home to Casa
Open House | Drop Off | Casa Kid Art | Pledge Wall | Tours | Refreshments
April 2016
Casa Kids Campus
325 Buena Creek Road, San Marcos, CA 92069, Directions
From the HeART
Art Gallery | Auction | Artist Meet & Greet | Video Premiere | Casa Kid Musicians | Dinner
Spring 2016 - Date TBD
Casa Kids Campus
325 Buena Creek Road, San Marcos, CA, 92069, Directions

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lakia Nicole Jemison was born December 21, 1985 to the parents of Alfreda Jemison and John Gary. Every since she was 4 years old she has been singing in the chruch choir in Detroit, MI Healing Springs Missionary Baptist Chruch. every one loved her voice because she was a little girl with alot of soul. she even performed for many talent show at her school from elementary to high school and attend the most known musical school Full Sail in Florida. Lakia Nicole Jemison loves to sing and yo can always catch her singing in front of crowds or just in her bathroom. Her dream was always to become a big star and sing her song in front of millions of people because she feels that she will rock the mood and every one will love her style of music and singing techinic.


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These ROOT-WORDS are SANG & SANGUI from the Latin sanguis meaning BLOOD. With all these bloody words, this page is certainly a bloody words, this page is certainly a bloody business. There is only one word from the list that isn't dripping with blood-No. 1 SANGUIne.
11. Sanguifier : SANGUI fier (san' gwi fie er) n.
That which makes blood; as iron, a restorer of blood
12. Sanguimotor : SANGUI motor (san gwi moe' tor) adj.
Relating to the circulation of the blood
13. Sanguinaceous : SANGUI nacreous (san gwi nay' shus) adj.
Full-blooded; ardent; sanguine
14. Sanguinity : SANGUI nity (san gwin' it ee) n.
The quality of full-bloodedness; ardor, enthusiasm
15. Consanguinity : con SANGUI nity (kon san gwin' it eee) n.
Blood-relationship; having ancestors in common
16. Sanguinaria : SANGUI naria (san gwi nar' ee a) n.
The blood-root; an herb which has reddish juice
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Headlines June 23, 2006 Full Show | First Story >
Secret Bush Admin Program Monitors International Bank Records
The Bush administration has been secretly monitoring thousands of international bank transactions without court-approval. The secret program was enacted shortly after the 9/11 attacks in what government officials say is a crucial weapon in tracking the financing of terrorist activity. The information has been obtained from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, or SWIFT. The organization helps direct trillions of dollars in daily international bank transfers. Officials told the Los Angeles Times the program has been "marginally successful" in tracking the financial activity of al Qaeda. SWIFT executives apparently tried to withdraw from the program after becoming concerned over its legality. The executives were persuaded to continue their cooperation only after the intervention of top government officials, including former Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan.
Papers Detail Bank Program Over White House Objection
Major stories on the bank-monitoring program appeared in today's editions of the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal. Both the New York Times and Los Angeles Times say the Bush administration lobbied them to withhold publication on the grounds public disclosure would harm national security.
Iraq Declares State of Emergency; More Than 2 Dozen Killed
In Iraq, the government has declared a state of state of emergency following a series of attacks in Baghdad. Earlier today, insurgents set up roadblocks and opened fire on U.S. and Iraqi troops close to the US-run Green Zone. Elsewhere in the Iraqi capital, 10 people were killed and 15 wounded in a bombing of a Sunni mosque. Another 19 deaths were reported around Baghdad. Meanwhile in Basra, at least five people were killed and fifteen wounded when a car bombing struck a market and a nearby gas station.
Report: Iraq Prepares Sweeping Amnesty Offer
The Times of London is reporting the Iraqi government is preparing a major amnesty offer to Iraq's resistance groups. The amnesty would promise a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops; inclusion in the political process; a halt to US operations on insurgent strongholds, and compensation to civivilian victims of armed attacks. There are no signals the US government has backed the proposal. A White House official said the administration has not agreed to any offer that would grant amnesty to insurgents who have killed US troops.
Senate Rejects Iraq Withdrawal
Meanwhile on Capitol Hill, the Senate rejected two separate measures calling for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.
- Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist: "None of us know for sure exactly how the democratic reform in Iraq will turn out as we stay committed. But, we do know it will fail if it is abandoned prematurely by the United States. Withdrawal is not an option. Surrender is not a solution."
Both measures were proposed by Democrats. A proposal calling for a withdrawal without a firm deadline was defeated 60 to 39. Another measure calling for a troop withdrawal by July of next year was defeated by an even wider margin — 89 to 13. The measure was introduced by Massachusets Senator John Kerry. Speaking on the Senate floor, Kerry argued that a firm timetable is necessary.
- Senator John Kerry: "Why on earth would senators come to the floor and argue 'Let's just stay the course and do the same old thing' when our own generals have told us the same old thing is part of the part of the problem? The same old thing is attracting terrorists. The same old thing is losing us allies. The same old thing is costing us unbelievable sums of money and lives unnecessarily."
House Rolls Back Estate Tax
In other Congressional news, the House voted Thursday to roll back parts of the estate tax. Republicans call the bill a "compromise" because it does not completely eliminate the estate tax on those who inherit property. The House bill exempts taxes on individuals with estates valued up to $5 million dollars and on couples with estates valued up to $10 million dollars. Heirs of estates valued at up to $25 million dollars would also see a drop in their tax rates. The bill will now go to the Senate. Congressional tax experts estimate that only 5100 estates would now face taxation, down from the current number of 30,000. The bill is estimated to cost up to $300 billion dollars. The House vote came just one day after the Senate rejected a measure that would have raised the minimum wage for the first time in nearly a decade.
7 Arrested in Alleged Terror Plot
In Miami, seven people were arrested Thursday on charges of plotting to launch attacks inside the United States. The alleged targets include Chicago's Sears Tower, an FBI office in Miami and other federal buildings. Authorities say the suspects prepared for the attacks out of a Miami warehouse. The seven are believed to be young American Muslims in their late teens and early twenties. A man claiming to be a member of the group told CNN Thursday they are peaceful and innocent of the charges.
US Presses To Bar Venezuela From Security Council
At the United Nations, the Bush administration pressed on Thursday with its campaign to prevent Venezuela from securing an open seat on the Security Council. Under UN rules, Latin American governments are entitled to pick a country from the region to fill the rotating seat that comes open next year. Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay and several Caribbean nations have already backed Venezuela. The U.S. is lobbying for Guatemala to get the seat.
- UN Ambassador John Bolton: "Our view is that Venezuela would not be a constructive member of the Security Council. We've made that clear in a number of diplomatic efforts and that that's our position which I think we've expressed quite strongly and quite clearly."
Bolivia Says De Lozada Gov. Looted Central Bank
In Bolivia, the government says it has obtained proof members of ex-president Sanchez de Lozada's government stole millions of public funds. On Thursday, Bolivia released video footage apparently showing ex-government figures looting money from Bolivia's Central Bank. The footage is dated just days before de Lozada's government was forced from office in October 2003.
El-Masri Inquiry Hears Evidence Germany Knew of Kidnapping
In Germany Thursday, a parliamentary inquiry heard new evidence the government failed to take action upon hearing Khaled el-Masri had been kidnapped and handed to the CIA. El-Masri is the German citizen who was kidnapped and held in a secret prison in Afghanistan, where he says was repeatedly beaten and drugged. He was eventually released after his captors realized they had the wrong man.
- Wolfgang Neskovic of Germany's Left Party: "Today's examination was another piece in the puzzle that the German government's claim it had only heard of el-Masri's abduction after he was freed is wrong."
Study: Recent Climate Change Unprecedented
In environmental news, the National Academy of Sciences has released a study showing that the recent surges in global temperatures are unprecedented for at least the last 400 years and potentially the last several millennia. Keeping in mind natural factors such as volcanic eruptions and solar radiation, the study nonetheless concludes that available evidence supports the argument that human activities are responsible for much of the recent warming.
Global Warming Accounts For Half of Hurricane-Inducing Water Warmth
Meanwhile, a new study by the National Center for Atmospheric Research has found global warming accounted for close to half of the extra warmth found in the tropical North Atlantic waters that fueled hurricanes last year. The study said natural cycles were only a minor factor, contradicting claims that natural cycles are responsible for the recent increase in Atlantic hurricane activity.
UN Warns '06 Hurricanes Could Further Devastate Haiti
Meanwhile the UN is warning this year's hurricane season could lead to another major disaster in Haiti. More than 1500 people were killed and thousands of homes were destroyed when Hurricane Jeanne struck Haiti in September of 2004.
- Erdem Ergin of the UN Developmental Program: "Our main problem, I would say, is not the preparedness and response capacity of the country. It is the high state of vulnerability of the country. Haiti now has such a depletion of natural resources that we don't really need a major hurricane to wreak havoc, normal rain can cause a lot of damage. So this is the threshold for a disaster to happen, is very low in Haiti."
AT&T's New Privacy Policy Says It Owns Customers' Info
In privacy news, AT&T has introduced a new policy that says the company owns customers' account information and can share it with government agencies. Under the new policy, AT&T will collect customers' user names, passwords, charges, payments, and online purchases. It will also track their activity while on sites that AT&T operates in a partnership with Yahoo. The changes come as AT&T is embroiled in a lawsuit brought by the Electronic Frontier Foundation over the company's involvement in the NSA spy program.
"My Name Is Rachel Corrie" Finds New York Home
And a play based on the writings of the late peace activist Rachel Corrie has finally found a theatre in New York. "My Name Is Rachel Corrie" will open at the Minetta Lane Theater in October. Based on Corrie's diaries, e-mails and letters, the play was originally supposed to open at the New York Theatre Workshop in March — just days after the three-year anniversary of Rachel Corrie's death under an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza. But the workshop's directors indefinitely postponed the production following concerns over its political content.
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Happy Creek announces Drilling Commenced and First Financing Closed14:18 EDT Tuesday, April 27, 2010(via Thenewswire.ca) April 27, 2010 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Happy Creek Minerals Ltd. (TSX-V: HPY, the "Company") is pleased to announce that drilling of up to 5,000 metres has commenced on its 100% owned Rateria and West Valley property in Highland Valley, B.C. These mineral properties comprise 145 square kilometres that adjoin Teck Resources Highland Valley Copper mine property-Canada's largest copper producer that is currently mining material averaging 0.30% copper. At the Highland Valley mine, a pit wall push back (stripping) and efforts to compensate for pit wall instability are underway to allow mining until the year 2020*. The Company plans to continue to outline and expand by drilling its two recently discovered copper zones and explore several new targets. Results to date from the Rateria property include 177 metres grading 0.37% copper in Zone 2, and 100.0 metres grading 0.29% copper in Zone 1. Higher grade intervals from Zone 1 and 2 include 5.4 metres grading 2.5% copper and 27.0 metres grading 1.05% copper, 0.019% molybdenum, 0.24 g/t (grams per tonne) gold, respectively. Both Zone 1 and 2 remain undefined and open for expansion, with several drill holes ending in mineralization. Recently, the Company announced significant rhenium values in a portion of re-analyzed drill core including 12.0 metres containing 1.38% copper, 0.010% molybdenum, 2.85 g/t rhenium and 7.1 g/t silver, and 38.2 metres containing 0.11% copper, 0.029% molybdenum, and 2.14 g/t rhenium. Core samples have returned up to 19.37g/t rhenium. Rhenium is a rare metal averaging around $6.0 per gram in 2009** and is associated with molybdenum within porphyry copper deposits. "We will see drilling performed on at least three of the Company's properties this year. The primary focus will be on the Rateria and West Valley copper properties in Highland Valley, states David Blann, President of Happy Creek Minerals Ltd. "Drilling is also planned by our JV partner, Jiulian Resources on our Hawk copper-gold property located south of Imperial Metals Mount Polley mine, B.C. And drilling is planned by Spanish Mountain Gold on its Thunder Ridge gold property that adjoins to the south the Company's Golden Ledge property. We are also preparing permits for drilling on our Golden Ledge (gold) and Fox (tungsten-molybdenum) property tentatively planned for later in the summer. This will be an exciting year for us". The Company also announces that it has completed its non-brokered private placement initiated February 24, 2010. Pursuant to the private placement, the Company sold a total of 952,857 units at a price of $0.28 per unit, for aggregate gross proceeds of $266,800 in working capital. Each unit consists of one common share and one non-transferable share purchase warrant. Each warrant entitles the holder to acquire one common share of the Company at an exercise price of $0.42 per share for a period of two years from closing. The shares and warrants comprising the units are subject to resale restrictions and may not be resold until August 20, 2010. If the warrants underlying the units are exercised prior to the expiry of the four month hold period, the shares which are acquired pursuant to the exercise of the warrants will also be subject to any remainder of the unexpired hold period. In connection with the Offering, the Company will pay finders' fees to arms-length finders in the aggregate amount of $17,934. Net proceeds from the Offering will be used for the Company's ongoing exploration programs on its mineral properties and for general working capital. Closing of a second financing announced April 14th is expected shortly. On behalf of the Board of Directors, "David E Blann" ____________________ David E Blann, P.Eng. President David Blann, P.Eng. is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and is responsible for the preparation and approval of the technical information disclosed in the news release. *Teck 2009 Annual MD&A and 2010 Q1 MD&A. ** "Rhenium average prices exceed US$6,000 per kilogram as of 2009" (Wikipedia). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Corporate Office: Phone: 604.662.8310 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Website: www.happycreekminerals.com Investor Relations:James Berard and Aaron KonkinPhone: 604-687-2767Toll free: 1-877-459-5507 Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. This News Release may contain statements that are forward looking and subject to risk and uncertainty more fully described in the Company's Prospectus, Financial Statements and Public Filings located on SEDAR. Copyright (c) 2010 Thenewswire.ca - All rights reserved.


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This question refers to andengine GL-ES1.
I am having trouble making a wallpaper activity that refreshes when your return to it, or when the user performs actions in the game.
My game has two activities. In one, you can edit and arrange the background elements in a room. In the other you play the game, and it uses the same background with the elements you arranged in the first activity.
There is also a live wallpaper in which your room is the background and characters move around in front of it.
I am making updtaes in onResume() in the wallpaper.
first I detach all the backgroudn sprites i used before. Then I attach new sprites in the updated positions.
What happens is: some of the sprites don't show up.
Here is the method: Can you see anything I'm doing wrong?
private void loadBackgroundDecorations() {
//Add new decorations
Log.d(TAG, "loadBackgoundDecorations");
mEngine.runOnUpdateThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
// Remove Old Decorations
Log.d(TAG, "loadBackgoundDecorations: decorationList.size() =" + decorationList.size());
while(decorationList.size() > 0){
Sprite d = decorationList.remove(0);
Log.d(TAG, "loadBackgoundDecorations: detachChild");
//Add new decorations
ArrayList<Integer> decorations = app.getBackgroundManager().getDecorations();
Log.d(TAG, "loadBackgoundDecorations: decorations.size()" +decorations.size());
for (int i = 0; i < decorations.size(); i+=3) {
Log.d(TAG, "Decoration Values: texture-"+decorations.get(i)+", x-"+decorations.get(1+i)+", y-"+decorations.get(2+i));
Sprite draggable = new Sprite(decorations.get(1+i),decorations.get(2+i),mGameTextureRegionLibrary.get(decorations.get(i)));
Log.d(TAG, "loadBackgoundDecorations: attachChild"+ i);
@Override protected void onResume() {
Log.d(TAG, "onResume");
BitmapTextureAtlasTextureRegionFactory.createFromAsset(mTexture, this, app.getAquariumBackground(), 0, 0);
============ UPDATE ================= As some people have suggested below, I tried adding all the scene setup functions into the runnable. This has no effect. What has worked for me is to set the "wrong" decorations visible property to "false". But I am worried that this will eventually cause a memory leak as more and more duplicates of the sprites are hidden on the wallpaper. The problem only exists when I call "detachChild". For some reason that seems to prevent "attachChild" from firing correcly. Anybody have ideas for what could be causing this?
Can anyone else create an activity that adds and removes sprites in the onResume function?


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Naadir Tharpe will transfer out of Kansas, the school announced on Thursday afternoon.
Tharpe was the biggest question mark on the Kansas roster this past season, and his role as the starting point guard heading into next year was the biggest reason that Texas has been mentioned as a possible favorite in the Big 12 in 2014-2015. Tharpe is talented, and he put together a handful of really impressive performances a season ago. But he's not a leader, he never was able to take control of the team this past season and he battled severe bouts of inconsistency throughout his career.
When you're the primary ball-handler for a top five team, you can't make the kind of unforced mistakes that Tharpe made throughout his career in Lawrence.
There was also the issue of an inappropriate picture that included Tharpe that made the rounds on social media last month. Tharpe, however, said in a statement released by the school that his decision to transfer centers around his daughter, who is sick.
"Due to extenuating circumstances within my personal life, I will no longer be attending the University of Kansas," Tharpe said. "My daughter has current medical issues that require weekly visits to her physician, as well as with a specialist. At this juncture, I feel it is best to be closer to home where I can assist and support in any way necessary."
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- Refrigerator
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Balcony
- Air conditioning
- Refrigerator
- Minibar
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer (on request)
- Shower/tub combination
- Television
- Desk
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Room service (limited hours)
Where to Eat
Ninety Degrees - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Happy hour is offered.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor pool, a children's pool, and a spa tub are on site.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Bicycle rentals on site
Spa Services
- Manicures and pedicures
- Massages
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Minimum check-in age is 16
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 24 per night.
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No pets or service animals allowed
- New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per adult: USD 70
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 24 per night
We should mention
This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details 72 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.


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A clock radio including, within the housing for the clock radio, a relay coil connected across a line cord for the clock radio, normally open relay contacts connected for passing power to the clock radio from the line cord and normally closed relay contacts connected for passing power from a battery to an inverter input. The inverter output is connected to the clock radio, whereby when line voltage is lost the clock radio is automatically powered by the battery.
1. In combination with alarm clock apparatus, a housing for said alarm clock apparatus, said housing being adapted to receive a battery and connecting means carried by said housing for drawing electric power from a wall outlet, the improvement within said housing comprising: a battery charger fed by said connecting means and having an output connected for charging said battery; an inverter adapted to be fed by said battery, said inverter having an output port connected to a power input port of said alarm clock apparatus; and means for applying power to said alarm clock apparatus from said connecting means when voltage is present on said connecting means and for applying power to said alarm clock apparatus from said battery via said inverter when voltage is not present on said connecting means, wherein said applying means comprises a single relay having a coil connected across said connecting means, said relay having normally open contacts connected between said connecting means and said power input port of said alarm clock apparatus, said relay also having normally closed contacts connected between said battery and an input port of said inverter.
The present invention relates generally both to clock radios or alarm clocks, and to systems for automatically selecting an emergency power source. In its more particular aspects, the present invention relates to the provision of a battery and an automatic switchover device therefor within the housing of an alarm clock or clock radio.
The modern population has become increasingly more dependent on clock radios and alarm clocks to awaken them from sleep at predetermined times. If even a brief lapse of electrical power should occur during the night, the result can be disastrous causing many people to oversleep and arrive late to their work, school or other activity.
While systems for automatic switchover to generator power or the like in the event of a power failure are well known, such systems because of their expense are used primarily only in such critical places as hospitals.
Furthermore, self contained units for emergency lighting are known which sense the line voltage and turn on emergency lights when no line voltage is present. Pat. No. 1,511,097 to Althoff et al is illustrative in this regard.
It is an object of the present invention to provide within the housing of an alarm clock or clock radio a source of emergency power and apparatus for automatically engaging said emergency power source.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a clock radio or alarm clock with a self contained emergency power source that is selected by inexpensive and simple means.
Briefly, in the present invention, the aforementioned and other objects are satisfied by providing within the housing for an alarm clock (which term is herein considered to include a clock radio as well) a battery, and relay means having a coil connected across the power line cord for the alarm clock. Normally open relay contacts are connected between the power cord and the alarm clock while normally closed relay contacts are connected between the battery and the alarm clock. In this manner power from the line cord will pass to the alarm clock when line power is present and battery power will pass when line power is not present.
Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent upon a perusal of the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment when taken in conjunction with the appended drawing wherein:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the alarm clock apparatus of the present invention including an automatic A.C. to D.C. switch.
FIG. 2 is an electrical schematic of the switch of FIG. 1.
Referring first to FIG. 1, the alarm clock apparatus 10 of the present invention comprises a self-contained unit within a housing 12 (diagramatically illustrated as a dashed box) which includes an alarm clock movement 14, a radio 16 in parallel with movement 14, and an internal rechargeable D.C. power source 18 such as alkaline batteries. Alarm clock 14 and radio 16 are usually powered from an external power source 20, such as available from a wall outlet via a line cord 22 which comprises means for connecting housing 12 to an A.C. wall outlet. However, in the event of a lapse of power in source 20 radio 16 and alarm clock 14 are powered from D.C. power source 18. D.C. power source 18 is automatically selected when A.C. power source 20 fails by automatic A.C.-D.C. switch 24 in a manner which will become completely apparent in connection with the discussion of FIG. 2.
A.C. power source 20 is fed both to switch 24, via lines 25, and to battery charger 26 via lines 27. Battery charger 26, whose output lines 28 are connected to D.C. source 18 is configured to constantly trickle charge source 18. The output lines 30 of D.C. source 18 are also fed to switch 24.
Switch 24 is provided with a pair of output line sets 32 and 34. Lines 32 are directly connected to the radio 16 and alarm clock movement 14 while lines 34 are connected to the input of an inverter or D.C. to A.C. converter 36. The output lines 38 from inverter 36 are connected to the radio 16 and alarm clock 14.
Switch 24 is configured to sense whether A.C. voltage is present on input lines 25. If sufficient voltage is present A.C. power is directed from input lines 25 to output lines 32. If sufficient voltage is not present, the path between lines 25 and lines 32 is interdicted and D.C. power is passed from input lines 30 to output lines 34 to power the radio 16 and clock 14 with A.C. power generated by inverter 36 in response to D.C. power on lines 34.
Referring next to FIG. 2, the manner of operation of switch 24 will become apparent. Switch 24 simply comprises a relay having a coil 40, normally open contacts 42a and 42b and normally closed contacts 44a and 44b electromagnetically controlled by coil 40. It should be mentioned that the terminology here being employed is that used in connection with relays and does not refer to the fact that voltage is normally present between the wires 22a and 22b comprising line cord 22. Thus normally open contacts 42a and 42b are open when the relay coil 40 is insufficiently energized via leads 25a and 25b from the line cord. The converse is true with respect to the normally closed contacts 44a and 44b.
It should now be apparent that interposed respectively between lines 25a and 25b, fed by line cord 22, and switch 24 A.C. output lines 32a and 32b are respectively the normally open contacts 42a 42b. Also interposed between the D.C. power source 18 output lines 30a and 30b and the switch 24 D.C. output lines 34a and 34b are respectively the normally closed contacts 44a and 44b. Therefore usually, when A.C. voltage is present from source 20, coil 40 is energized and contacts 42a and 42b are urged closed supplying A.C. power to radio 16 and clock 14 in FIG. 1. If line power lapses, contacts 42a and 42b open interdicting the circuit from the line cord 22 and contacts 44a and 44b close allowing D.C. power to pass to inverter 36 and converted therein to A.C. for powering the radio 16 and alarm clock 14.
While only one embodiment of the present invention is described herein it should be appreciated that numerous modifications are possible within the spirit and scope of the invention. For example, the invention may be utilized equally well with an alarm clock alone rather than a clock radio. Therefore, the term alarm clock is considered as generic to a clock radio.
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From water treatment systems and recycled fashion to toys for children of all abilities and a food truck for the hungry, Social Enterprise Greenhouse's 2015 accelerator class features entrepreneurs launching a variety of initiatives. more
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Eric Weiner launched a corporate limo service the summer after his freshman year in college, sold it 20 years later and now is onto his next startup: connecting food trucks to local markets. The launch of the first startup, All Occasion … more
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STYLE; Worn In The U.S.A.
By Ginia Bellafante
Published: April 4, 2004
When European chains like Zara and H&M arrived on these shores knocking off the spectacularities of the runway at prices mere mortals could afford, a certain kind of American ingenuity seemed hijacked in the process. It was American buyers from stores like Orbach's, after all, who in the years following World War II smuggled themselves into the couture shows of Paris in the name of reproducing, at reasonable cost, the fox trims, cinched waist bouclés, evening chiffons and other defining components of the era's high style. But as America itself became a fashion powerhouse during the last third of the 20th century, exporting to the rest of the world posh labels like Halston, Seventh Avenue gradually lost the ground of affordable chic to foreign competitors.
But a change is once again in the ether. Now, a host of American brands synonymous with a design-conscious way of dressing is gunning to capture the bodies and imaginations of stylish young women for whom there is an inherent cachet in paying less. And certainly the timing is fortuitous, given the dollar's weak stance against the euro, a circumstance that has bequeathed to American boutiques Italian cotton-knit tops offered at the price of coffee tables.
The Gap, after suffering a management fallout and dropping off the consumer radar, is vibrant once more. The company's earnings in 2003 more than doubled over the previous year's to $1 billion. And the pickiest fashion connoisseurs have returned, snatching up the shrunken pastel trench coats and vaguely street-influenced styles now spinning forth from the sketch pads of Pina Ferlisi, the new head designer, who had previously worked for Marc Jacobs. An identity has emerged. The new Gap clothes are youthful in spirit without looking cloyingly girlish. There is no excuse anymore for running errands in sweatsuits -- velour, velvet or otherwise.
''This is a good time for American brands,'' remarked Todd Slater, a director and retail analyst at Lazard Frères. ''The Louis Vuittons must be rolling in their graves right now, because it's chic once again to be a little bit more modest.''
Coach is another quintessentially American house that seems unstoppable at the moment. The leather-goods company has become a phenomenal financial success under the creative stewardship of Reed Krakoff, proof of which was provided in a recent issue of Vogue that depicted Krakoff's art-filled Manhattan town house. On average, the good-looking bags are about one-twentieth the cost of much of Hermès's inventory. ''There's a lot of white space in between Gucci and Nine West,'' Slater observed. ''Coach is delivering newness on a regular basis; they're continually innovating and expanding globally in a disciplined way.'' In fact, Coach has defined a whole new consumer category that analysts like Slater call accessible luxury.
The resurrection of Perry Ellis, the sportswear label so chic in the late 1970's, is also helping to fuel the accessible-luxury movement. Now designing the women's line is the talented young designer Patrick Robinson. The clothes are not exorbitantly priced ($120 for a skirt, $235 for a jacket) but have their own flair about them. Robinson has reclaimed what Prada appropriated from the American tradition -- suburban clothes absent any sense of dowdiness or matronly cliché. It is a tradition that harks back to Claire McCardell and other prominent New York designers of the postwar era, when American high fashion came to embody a kind of Main Street sensibility. The concept of the jet-setter was a few decades coming, and clothes were rendered for the practicalities of lives lived very close to home.
''There is such a resurgence of American identity in sportswear,'' remarked Jerry Kaye, the creative director of Perry Ellis. ''Everyone's going back to the true roots their brands were built on.'' That is certainly true for Calvin Klein, which has undergone a restructuring since its sale to P.V.H. The company is once again offering a lower-priced line, as opposed to the upper-end Calvin Klein Collection. (CK, its other secondary line, will be relaunched in spring 2005.) Trousers cost about $125; jackets about $250. So far, the clothes are selling exceptionally well. ''The name Calvin Klein is such a powerful marketing force,'' said Alexander Vreeland, president and chief operating officer of G.A.V., which licenses the line in a joint venture. ''We saw a real opportunity there and a pent-up demand for this kind of modern clothing.'' The line goes up against labels like J. Crew and Marc by Marc Jacobs, which have come to embody a kind of enviable cool.
And what, in the end, could be more American than that?
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Try your hand at the games offered by Third Square Apartments in their community game room and courtyard or join us on the lawn for a barbecue.
Third Square Apartments staff will be offering tours throughout the evening of their incredible apartments and common areas - including a fitness center, heated indoor swimming pool, game room, and movie theatre. Check out their amenities and see floor plans here or come down to Third Square on Thursday, September 18, and see them for yourself!
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Tork: Prehistoric Punk
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Tork: Prehistoric Punk is a platform video game released on January 12, 2005 for the Xbox video game console. It was developed by Tiwak SAS and published by Ubisoft Entertainment. The game was never released outside the United States.
In the game, players control the title character as he fights back against an evil sorcerer who is trying to destroy his world. He is a shapeshifter who travels through time to change history, transforming into three "spirit" animals along the way: a squirrel, a Yeti, and an armadillo. Various periods from the Stone Age to the fictitious "Age of Fantastical Machines" are represented.
The game is similar and resembles the THQ video game series, Tak and the Power of Juju.
Developed by Tiwak SAS (a group founded by ex Rayman 2 developers), Tork was originally planned to be published under Microsoft Studios for release in 2004. However, following Ed Fries' departure from the company, Microsoft dropped publishing duties to the title (though, retaining the trademark to the Tork character).[1] On April 21, 2004 Ubisoft announced that it had acquired the publishing rights from Microsoft (in additional to purchasing developer Tiwak SAS) and would be releasing Tork: Prehistoric Punk in North America on January 2005, for the budgeted retail price of $19.99.[2]
Critical response[edit]
The game was met with mixed reception upon release; GameRankings gave it a score of 63.69%,[3] while Metacritic gave it 62 out of 100.[4]
- ^ a b Goldstein, Hilary (2005-01-13). "Tork: Prehistoric Punk". IGN. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
- ^ Berardini, César A. (2004-09-21). "Tork is Back!". TeamXbox. Archived from the original on 2011-01-13. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
- ^ a b "Tork: Prehistoric Punk for Xbox". GameRankings. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
- ^ a b "Tork: Prehistoric Punk for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
- ^ EGM staff (March 2005). "Tork: Prehistoric Punk". Electronic Gaming Monthly (189): 128.
- ^ Helgeson, Matt (March 2005). "Tork: Prehistoric Punk". Game Informer (143): 137. Archived from the original on 2007-05-28. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
- ^ Gerstmann, Jeff (2005-01-14). "Tork: Prehistoric Punk Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
- ^ Turner, Benjamin (2005-01-09). "GameSpy: Tork: Prehistoric Punk". GameSpy. Archived from the original on 2005-12-18. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
- ^ David, Mike (2005-01-31). "Tork Prehistoric Punk - XB - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 2009-06-07. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
- ^ "Tork: Prehistoric Punk". Official Xbox Magazine: 79. March 2005.
- ^ Ahearn, Nate (2005-01-21). "Tork: Prehistoric Punk Review (Xbox)". TeamXbox. Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
- ^ Marriott, Scott Alan (2005-05-09). "Tork: Prehistoric Punk Review". X-Play. Archived from the original on 2006-01-05. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
- ^ Gardner, Omari; Toby, Al; Huschka, Ryan (2005-02-06). "RECENT RELEASES". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
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From the beginning of April 2015, Social Firms England will take over as the successor body to Social Firms UK.
This is a really exciting move for the social firms sector, and comes as a result of a year of consultation with members. The change is not just in the name, but also an improved and streamlined model for social firm support and promotion at local and national level.