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This deluxe slipcased volume contains the definitive version of the text, featuring for the very first time full-colour facsimiles of pages from the Book of Mazarbul, illustrations by Tolkien that he intended for inclusion in the 'Bridge of Khazad-dum' chapter. Also appearing are previously unpublished family trees and two full-size fold-out maps. Since it was first published in 1954, The Lord of the Rings has been a book people have treasured. Steeped in unrivalled magic and otherworldliness, its sweeping fantasy and epic adventure has touched the hearts of young and old alike. Over 100 million copies of its many editions have been sold around the world, and occasional collectors' editions become prized and valuable items of publishing. This deluxe cased volume contains the complete text, fully corrected and reset, and features for the very first time the pages from the Book of Mazarbul, illustrations done by Tolkien and intended for inclusion in the famous 'Bridge of Khazad-dum' chapter. Also appearing are previously unpublished family trees and two, full-size fold-out maps. Sympathetically packaged to reflect the classic look of the original, this brand new volume will prove irresistible to collectors and new fans alike.
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J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into 50 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.
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Back in the early nineties I watched coverage of the devastating floods in the mid-west. I remember one guy who had taken vacation time from his job to drive sixteen hours to help strangers bag sand. When asked why he did it he replied "these people need help."
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While on the NJ turnpike and having a caravan of utility trucks pass by from various states I wished that I could of stopped them all to personally thank them for their service. Since I couldn't I still want to extend my gratitude by saying Thank you all who have helped.
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"If we're on our game, I think we can beat anyone in this league, but ultimately the opposition are there to make it difficult for you.
"If we're right at it it's a good opportunity to take three points but Tamworth will make it difficult for us.
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No, Seriously, Go Ahead — You Win
November 28, 2012 § 27 Comments
I've figured something out about myself: I'm not a good competitor.
Lately, it seems like everything is a race or a contest, doesn't it? Hurry, hurry, hurry, get X before it's gone, nab a spot on the list, be first in line, scream the loudest and get the most attention, raise the most accomplished kids, obtain the most… whatever. Bleh. It makes me tired just thinking about all that competing.
Don't get me wrong — I am kind of a perfectionist, and I enjoy pushing myself to do my best at something. So I am competitive in the sense that I continually try to outdo myself. I just don't particularly enjoy being drawn into competition with anyone else. (Why? I don't know. Maybe I just don't like the idea of being anyone's opponent. You know fighting makes me nervous.)
There are people, however, who are natural competitors — they love turning anything and everything into a rivalry. I prefer to respond to them with nonsense, or better yet, not respond at all. If someone says, "Hurry!" I will slow down. If someone asks, "Whose cupcakes do you think are better, yours or mine?" I will say, "Oh, these are cupcakes? I thought they were earmuffs." If someone pulls that "my outfit is more fabulous than your outfit" bullshit, I'll slap a Chiquita banana sticker on my forehead and say, "This is vintage." Admittedly, I'm a bit contrary. But I also just don't want to engage in a competition about something not worth competing over.
A friend asked me recently about my work ethic. The question was something about whether motivation comes from others or from ourselves. I said, I am inspired by others; I am encouraged by others; I am educated by others… but my drive to do good work comes from a desire to do my best, not a desire to beat out someone else. Can't we each just do the best we can? Why stir up a competition where there is none?
Here's a metaphor: Say I'm in a sandbox, happily building castles with my little blue shovel. Someone walks up, steps into the sandbox, and says, "Let's have a contest to see whose castles are better!"
Me: "Nah, that's OK. Here, take my blue shovel. I'll go play with another shovel in that sandbox over there."
Person: "No — I want to race against you and have a sandcastle WAR!"
Me: "Yeah, no. I don't want to do that. Um… hey, look, I can turn my eyelids inside out!"
Person: "COMPETE."
Me: "Don't make me do this."
Person: "FIGHT ME."
Me: [chucks shovel at person's head] "Fine."
Maybe I'm just a wuss. I know competition can be useful and fun and productive, and there's a time and a place for it. I know it's a skill to be able to yell, "I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS INTO NEXT WEEK, DONKEYBALLS," then turn around and shake hands and say, "Good game!"
(And yes, if you absolutely insist, I will kick your ass into next week and call you Donkeyballs. It's not that I don't know how to compete; I just don't like to do it all the time.)
The thing is, we already have to compete so much. We have to compete to get into school; we have to compete for jobs; we have to compete to put in the winning bid on a house; etc. Isn't that enough? Maybe it's naive, but I'd rather focus on what I can control than on what others are doing — whether we're talking work, keeping up with the Joneses, or just life in general. The "who do I have to beat?" mindset turns everything into a contest. And that's just no fun. (To me, anyway.)
So this is for all the combative types out there: You want to squeeze your car into the turn lane in front of mine? Fine. You want the last word in the conversation? Have it. You want to yammer on about how perfect your kids are every chance you get? Knock yourself out.
Unless I knock you out first.
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Did you see the penguins on Go Fug Yourself and Refinery29 last week? Goodness, these little critters are making friends. What a hoot.
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§ 27 Responses to No, Seriously, Go Ahead — You Win
Honestly, I don't have the energy to compete with anyone over anything. I am just trying to keep my head above water here and keep my children alive. If I find out that something turns into a competition- I usually bow out without making a scene. I just don't have that streak. I used to where sports were concerned as a young whippersnapper- but meh. I have bigger fish to fry. Like traveling the world. :)
Dude, you are WINNING at traveling the world with small children in tow!
Veronika says:
Great post, and I have to agree. I prefer not to compete when there is no reason to – and if I play something where the competition is the point (like board games), I make sure I'm not on the opposing team from, say, my boyfriend – because IF I compete, I go all-out vicious about it ('I might not win but YOU are losing, motherbleeper!'), and I don't want that sort of dynamic with loved ones.
I also met entirely too many the 'I am too fabulous for this place' people who feel they need to put someone (or everyone) down at a party in order to feel superior. They often end up sitting in the corner alone and wondering why no one wants to mingle with them.
Me, I am usually in the middle of the yammering crowd, admiring people's shiny clothes/jewellery/stuff/congratulating them on whatever, and having helluva more fun. And that's all I have to say about that!
P.S. I've read a lot of your blog and lurked here a while, but figured I should say something about this post, since it hit pretty close to home.
Oh, I'm so glad you commented today. Thank you for reading.
Yes, I have an innate competitive streak, too (I was raised by a Tiger Mother, after all). But I do believe there's a time and a place. Leave it in the boardroom or on the tennis court or wherever. Be a person and have nice manners out in the world.
Shannon says:
I'm with Farrah. I don't have the energy for that kind of shazam. I do, however, have time for coffee…and mine is totally better than yours – wanna fight?!!! Just kidding. Raising my coffee cup to you and your penguins this morning. Have a happy day!
I guarantee your coffee is better than mine. Half of mine is still on the kitchen counter where I spilled it!
courtney says:
ML — thrilled to see you're on Refinery29's radar! Have a great day.
Thanks! I was tickled, too. I love how the penguins are making friends.
Shari says:
I often find when someone always wants to compete, That they are lacking in some area or at least they think that they are lacking :( And your Penguins are awesome :)
Shannon says:
Is it possible that we get less competitive with age? Because I used to be a fairly competetive person, but not so much anymore. I just don't seem to care about winning as much as I used to, and I think I'm okay with that (Except for Scrabble. I still really want to win at Scrabble).
outlawmama says:
I am super competitive, and I hate it about myself. It makes me miserable and I end up ruining joyful moments because I am wondering who is better/skinnier/fast/more beloved. Soooo, I think your approach better. And I can admit, when it comes to competition, you are better than I am.
I bet that made you a very good lawyer, though. In that field, you've got to be thinking strategy all the time. One step ahead of the other side, right?
I will also admit that one reason I've probably become less competitive as I've gotten older is that I don't like the behavior it brings out in me. Honestly, once I yell, "DONKEYBALLS!" it's hard for me to shake hands again. I'm a nicer person when I let it go.
marsellaj says:
When younger I didn't like competition because I wanted to be liked, now I just don't care. I mean who cares?! Competing against one's self is good enough and produces better results. I wonder if it had to do with testosterone levels? Estrogen levels made me want to kill, not compete so I wonder?
Thank you all for your comments — I'm really enjoying reading everyone's point of view, both here and in the threads on a couple of reposts on Facebook.
Good questions above about whether competitiveness changes as we age.
I can tell you this: I'm naturally a type-A person. And the way I was raised, it was considered inexcusable not to do the very best possible work one could do (grades, etc). In college and the world of academia, competition certainly had its place — especially if you wanted to earn a spot in a program that had limited places or get a research grant or whatever. And in the corporate and start-up world, it was an absolutely essential skill — knowing how to size up the competition and create the better product, sell it better. (Even then, though, the most cutthroat business competitor needs to know how to leave it behind at the end of the day.)
I think I started letting go of the competitive impulse somewhat when I moved into a full-time creative career several years ago. I find that it's crippling to the creative process to spend much time fretting over what others are doing and wondering about measuring up. When I start to go down that road, I become paralyzed and doubtful about my own ideas.
Part of the letting-go process also happened when I became a parent. For one thing, I'm just too tired now to engage in silly competitiveness over stuff that doesn't matter. For another, I tend to see other people less as opponents and more as human beings — the whole "everyone is somebody's child" thing.
Plus, there's just not enough time in the day to engage in all that silliness and still have time to do the things that make me happy. I need time to read books and eat cashews by the handful and draw penguins on my phone and stare out the window.
Thanks for all the great comments!
Grass Oil by Molly Field says:
i loved this post. i am competitive when it comes to things that are to me, worthy of competition: athletic stuff. and i know i'm not gonna win anything, but it doesn't mean i don't try. as for parenting and joneses, it's all too much. we're all gonna die, do i wanna die first?
i loved this: "I think I started letting go of the competitive impulse somewhat when I moved into a full-time creative career several years ago. I find that it's crippling to the creative process to spend much time fretting over what others are doing and wondering about measuring up. When I start to go down that road, I become paralyzed and doubtful about my own ideas." – you nailed it. thank god GOD we're all different people. we'd never get anything done if we were the same. we'd just get lots of the same stuff.
Amen, sister.
Princess Judy says:
I am incredibly competitive! With myself. I just lost to myself to complete 12 Christmas cards by 9am. I did 9:05-darn it! But I also win because I have 12 handmade Christmas cards done-woo! I hate to compete in any form. I'm just not into it; I just don't care who is faster, better, etc. I am quite pleased with myself as I am. If I am forced to compete, I let the other person win so they can feel good about themselves because obviously they had something lacking to insist on the competition in the first place.
And I am totally stealing this: "I find that it's crippling to the creative process to spend much time fretting over what others are doing and wondering about measuring up." minus the bit about the creative process. It is just plain crippling to spend much time fretting over what others are doing and wondering about measuring up. A woman at work is constantly asking me if others like her and if she measures up to them and who is doing a better job. I usually say that I don't know and nobody cares but maybe if I tell her how she is hurting herself worrying over this useless stuff it will help her. Maybe not though…. she's an old dog, I'm not sure she can learn new tricks, but she is intrigued that I don't fret over others' opinions.
Grass Oil by Molly Field says:
do this the next time your coworker asks: "LALLALALAALALAAA I CANNOT HEAR YOU I CANNOT HEAR YOU… LALALALALALAAALALALALLL" and maybe she'll get the idea. i had a crossing guard who was like that JEEEEEZUS and she made me nuts. "do yew liiike thiiis haaat? my husbaaaand thinks its siiilllley…" and i'd answer, "it's standard uniform requirement, right? who cares what your husband says." while thinking, "girl, i dunno what your parents did to you when you were little, but you're 60 and they're likely dead, so uh, move it on… nothing to see here…" oy.
Mrs. Pitt (@GDRPempress) says:
Hate competition.
Hate responsibility.
I am my own island, and that's OK. I love the people I've met.
You, being one of them. How did we meet? I have no idea, but what a sweet delight.
I think someone introduced us on twitter? I can't remember!
Either way… Thank you for reading and for such kind words. You are quite a riot yourself.
Tracie says:
I'm only competitive with myself, in my own mind.
If someone wanted a sandcastle war, I would be the first person out of the box (and inside the house looking for a cuddly chair and a good book).
I'll fight you for the cuddly chair!
(Nah, you can have it.)
Tracie says:
Maybe we can find one big enough for two. I'll share! ;-)
mostlyfoodstories says:
Thank you, thank you for posting this! It's nice to know there are kindred spirits out there.
It is! Thank you.
Yeahthtsme says:
I suck at competition… don't see the point competing others and getting worried and jealous about whether some one else is better than me. I think competing with others is a moot point it would be as if competing against their expectation and even if you succeed it's not gonna work for you since,whatever you're competing at may not be to your standards,just gotta push yourself to do better than yourself.But that's just my theory.
PS: the competing against other girl kicks-ass,the expression so realistic! :)
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Lake Country Academy Students Get Unique Learning Experience at JMKAC
For the past several months, the Animal Magnetism exhibition at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center (JMKAC) has been a destination of discovery for the pre-K through eighth grade students at Lake Country Academy. The students visited the art center so they could attend the Footlight Performing Arts Series and also participate in creating a personal studio art project led by art center staff.
First through seventh graders created a bird photogram using photosensitive paper exposed to light. After the students drew their one-of-a-kind bird on sketch paper, the sketch was transferred to a clear plastic sheet with a marker. Students then added collage elements from nature and exposed their assemblage to the light table where the photosensitive paper turned light blue and exposed their bird design. Using mixed media, students designed a border to be used as a frame for their artwork.
When the primary students returned to school, they took the bird theme one step further and used model magic to form an original bird creation. Beads and feathers were used to more closely resemble the nature theme shown at the JMKAC.
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This whole project cost me around $60, but if you can get your hands on the guitar bits (pickup, tuning pegs, pots), it'd work out even cheaper.
Step 1: Things you'll need
You'll also need:
- a single coil pickup
- three individual guitar tuning pegs
- a couple of chunks of hardwood for the bridge and nut
- a piece of thin wood for the volume and tone mount (I used a section cut from a cigar box lid)
- input socket for a guitar lead jack
- 10k pot for volume
- primer and paint
- some sticky-backed fabric letters
Step 2: Drill holes
I am left-handed, so I drilled the holes for the tuning pegs at the right-hand end, with the open lid closer to me, so the lid can act as a hand rest while I play.
Make sure you drill the holes far out enough that the pegs will be able to be turned freely, but also remember that you will need to fasten then inside, so leave enough space between the stem and the wall of the case.
I fastened mine in using large nuts.
Then drill a hole for the jack socket at the other end of the box, facing outwards.
It's not as nice as this one, but will have an amp built into it when I get around to it.
Thanks so much for the instructable, I'd have never thought this up on my own.
I may try and build another one with a more 'polished' feel to it, as mine isn't up to the standard of yours : )
With these pedals turned on.
Naturel overdrive
Harmonist (octave pedal)
and a delay.
Very good instructable.
LOL! what did you do with the pool sticks? Make a slide trombone?
Your instrument made me think of the Music Man warning the people about
Pool in order to sell musical instruments
...some of the lines from the song Ya Got Trouble:
"By the presence of a pool table in your community.
Ya got trouble, my friend, right here,
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Three colors, retailing at about $142.
The Sony PlayStation 2 has morphed tremendously over the years, from a fat black box to a streamlined sexy thing in contrasting hues. The only problem with the last installment is a cumbersome external power brick. But that's going out the window, at least in Japan, with a new 9000-series that includes an integrated AC power supply. Three colors (Charcoal Black, White Ceramic and Silver Satin) are available and each will be retailing for about $142 on the Japanese market, according to Gizmodo. There were no launch details for the rest of Asia at press time.
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The Tank Shortage of 2008 -- is it worse than the Tank Shortage of 2007? Over the past two years, few guilds haven't felt the sting of being shorthanded on the front lines. Blizzard's response has been to give us the Death Knight, a class that supposedly will be able to tank with any talent tree. And while many of us are enjoying them on the beta servers, everyone in live is still struggling. As more and more players take a break from WoW prior to the expansion, it's a problem that's only getting worse.
In these desperate times, it seems like raiding guilds are taking anybody that can equip a shield or go bear. But even today, some tanks are so terrible that it's just not worth keeping them on the roster. One reader wants to know how to let a bad tank go.
I'm faced with a bit of a conundrum with regards to a warrior in our guild. I'll start from the beginning:
I'm an officer and the Warrior class leader in a small PvE guild on Burning Steppes EU, which has been trying to break into 25-man content before Lich King. As we needed tanks we've been accepting warriors with little experience and gear in order to train them up and get them ready for raid tanking. So far we've had good success, with a number of pre-Kara tanks, including myself, now at the level of MT'ing up to prince. (I downed Prince my first night of tanking him :D)
Now my problem comes in the form of a warrior who is on trial. He's not a bad tank, at least not in instances. But when it comes to Off-tanking in Kara, he's awful.
He's ignoring markings, failing to listen to tactics, and seems to be in a dream world all the time.
Last night for example on Moroes, we had no priests so had to work with the adds a little differently. [. . .] Unfortunately, things went a little pear-shaped. OT tanked the prot warrior, but ignored Moroes. So i got gouged, Moroes went on a killing spree. Somehow we didn't wipe, but it was a VERY messy fight.
Then came Opera, and our event was Oz. OT on Tinman, as always, but when Tinman was rusted, and I say in /raidwarning "Kite him! Run around!", our OT, who has done this fight before, ran literally AROUND the Tinman. I wish i was lying but I'm not. He ran in circles around the Tinman.
In summary, this guy is awful. And he has to be kicked, which falls to my job. The problem is, I don't really know how to kick him. I don't want to be a jerk, but we have spent so much time trying to sort him out that we've neglected other areas, and i don't have the patience to deal with him anymore.
Any advice?
Meatshiéld of Burning Steppes
Tanking, more than any other role in a raid, is about being "heads up." You have to know what to do when everything goes right, but even more important is knowing what to do when everything goes wrong. Players who can't even do the former are going to be useless for the latter.
Off-tanks especially need to be good at this, because they're the last line of defense if the main tank goes down. Some players have a tough time adjusting to OT'ing. They're used to running 5-player dungeons where they are the main tanks, so playing a secondary role is foreign.
Even so, it sounds like your OT is having a longer adjustment period than usual. It's possible he could turn around given enough time and energy, but it sounds like you've already invested a lot of that with little to show for it. One could say it's not just your off-tank who's running in circles.
So, Meatshield, there are two ways to go about this: the direct way and the indirect way.
Here's the direct way. You whisper your warrior and tell him that you're very sorry but it's just not working out. If he asks you why, it sounds like you have a mountain of evidence and anecdotes to toss his way. By no means should you overwhelm him with an onslaught of criticism. After all, you're letting him go and that's critical enough. However, the only way this player will improve is if he is told where he's falling short so he can make adjustments for the next guild that gives him a chance.
In many ways this approach is more honest. However, there are the advantages to taking a different approach.
Instead of either taking him on raids or booting him, you can just bench him for a while. Explain to him why, with several concrete examples like you included in your e-mail. Be respectful at all times, but hammer home the point that this player can't be part of a raid if he can't follow instructions. Emphasize that he's part of a team that's counting on him, and that he's letting the team down.
Of course, this is assuming you actually have a suitable replacement . . .
At this point, he may decide to quit on his own, absolving you of the responsibility. However, if he sticks around, stewing on the bench for a couple of weeks might actually help your words to sink in. Maybe, just maybe, he'll realize he needs to improve his listening skills and his execution.
After a few weeks riding the pine, have a conversation with him and ask him if he thinks he's ready to try again. Then give him one more chance to prove that he can get the job done. But ideally you'll have someone online ready to jump in and replace him if he still fails at off-tanking. There's no need to make nine other people suffer through a full run just to be polite.
One advantage to this method is that you might be able to turn him around and get an adequate tank out of it. When it comes to Kara, adequate is all you need. Another advantage is that your raiders will see that, in your guild, there are consequences to bad play that wastes people's time -- but also that you were fair about it. No one will be able to say that you didn't give him every opportunity to be part of the team.
I get the impression that you've never had to kick someone before, Meatshield. It's like all those cliches from spy movies when they say, "The first time you kill someone is the hardest. After that, it gets easier." Well, it's true about kicking someone, too. Good luck!


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There are so many things that I'm grateful for at this time of year:
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- I'm so thankful for my wonderful partner and our two beautiful Plott Hounds who fill my home with joy.
- Even though this time of year is sad because she's not here, I'm honored that I got to spend so much time with my mom taking care of her before she passed away.
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Ellen Sousa gardens, farms, writes and teaches from Turkey Hill Brook Farm, a small horse farm in the Worcester Hills of central Massachusetts. Author of The Green Garden: The New England Guide to Planning, Planting and Maintaining an Eco-Friendly Habitat Garden, published by Bunker Hill Publishing in summer 2011. She also blogs about habitat and earth-friendly gardening in New England and is on the team at Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens. Follow @THBfarm on twitter.
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Lifelong lover of nature.. I enjoy writing about what I see around me & photographing it. I garden in Southern California where I have lived many years and have enjoyed all of them. Happy to share tips on native gardening and lessons learned, as well as critters met.
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Mary Pellerito is a freelance writer based in Michigan. She has been published in Grit magazine and the local newspaper. She writes a weekly blog post, Going Native, for Grit as well. Mary also offers workshops on native plants and natural habitat gardening. In her blog, It's The Simple Things, Mary writes about her garden, her travels, and her thoughts on the natural world. Mary also has a Facebook page, Going Native, where she shares photos and stories about a myriad of topics that interest her. Mary is an Advanced Master Gardener.
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I'm a retired, transplanted New Yorker who lives on a rural acre in Central Florida with 3 sporting dogs and plenty of wildlife. I've always preferred wildflowers to sterile store-bought plants and love to watch things grow as I try to identify them. Since my move to Florida in 2004, I've learned the term "native plants" and apparently have always been a native plant gardener without realizing the important role my "weeds" and I have played in helping wildlife all these years. With the advent of digital cameras, I always took pictures of my flowers, but this past year I have developed a fascination with insects and love photographing them and finding out their purpose in a biodiverse world. I'm an active member of the Florida Native Plant Society and I tweet and maintain the Facebook page for their Osceola County chapter, Pine Lily. I'm also the editor of their monthly newsletter, The Lily Pad. I garden for wildlife ~ the benefit to my senses is merely a bonus.
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Ursula Vernon is a children's book author/illustrator and painter of weird little things. She lives with her boyfriend in North Carolina, where she collects native plants and gardens with more enthusiasm than skill. In between battling Japanese honeysuckle and wrestling with heavy clay soil, she finds time to blog and chase birds around with binoculars.
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The Deep Middle
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Author of Digger
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Roland Park Native
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Security Tips for Holiday Makers
The end of year holidays are not far away and of course this is always the time that people like to let their hair down and have a good time. However one of South Africa's leading security organisations, Chubb Fire & Security would like to remind the public to bear the following in mind before heading off on that well-earned holiday break:
– Test your home alarm before you go on holiday, however notify the Monitoring Centre beforehand.
Prior to testing your alarm:
1. Contact your local Monitoring Centre and inform them that you are testing your alarm system.
2. Confirm with the Monitoring Centre that it has received your alarm signal.
3. Finally confirm with the Monitoring Centre that your alarm system is off testing mode.
– If your alarm is faulty, don't leave it to the last minute to request a technician to come out and check your system.
– Inform Chubb of any additional key holders staying in your area for the holidays. We will need to contact them in the event of an emergency and in the event of needing access to your property.
– Suspend newspaper and magazine deliveries.
– Ask someone to clear out your post-box on a regular basis.
– Consider asking a friend or family member to housesit for you or to visit your home on a regular basis.
– Ensure that your housesitter knows how to operate your alarm system. In addition, forward us your housesitter's details, to prevent them from being mistaken as an unwelcome intruder.
– Don't advertise that you are going away. Preferably pack your luggage into your vehicle behind closed garage doors.
– Do not leave notes on the door, underneath the doormat or in the post box to indicate that you are away.
– Consider hiring casual guards to monitor your property or business for the duration of your holiday. They provide great visible security presence and are an effective crime deterrent.
Of course arriving at your destination safe and sound is also important, so the following tips may be useful before you set off on your journey :
– Plan your route so that you avoid lonely and predictably unsavoury or dangerous areas.
– If you are unsure of your destination and route, spend time planning it from a road map before you depart.
– Inform someone where you are going, of your anticipated time of arrival, time of return and contact procedures. If travelling in darkness, indicate the route you will be taking.
Becoming a victim of crime while on holiday will not only spoil your holiday, but will also prove to be a nuisance when it comes to having to report the incident to the local police station.
So be sure not to leave the following in your car :
– The vehicle's registration papers
– Any documents giving your name and address or those of your family
– Family photographs
– Firearms
– Vehicle and house keys
– Cheque books and credit cards
– Cell phones
– Compact Discs
General security tips for in and around town or travelling in outlying areas:
– Do not stop to help anyone on the road, especially if you are alone. Instead, go to the nearest safe telephone and call the police for assistance.
– Be aware that SOS telephones on lonely stretches of road are not usually safe telephones because criminals could lie in wait for desperate users.
– Do not stop if another motorist indicates to you that your vehicle has a fault. Instead, go to the nearest service station or police station to investigate. An alternative would be to stop next to a traffic officer or police vehicle and ask them for assistance.
– Do not stop for another car even if it has flashing lights. Travel to the nearest police station or illuminated service station and stop there.
– Be aware that wearing expensive jewellery and sunglasses and having attractive items visible on the car seats and the dashboard will probably prompt criminals to break into your car and snatch them.


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Mark Wahlberg: Six Favorite Film Roles
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Wahlberg dusts off the Boston accent for Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning The Departed, holding his own opposite Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon in this convoluted but compelling thriller. While his work in the film is solid, we're still shaking our heads as to how he was the only actor from the cast to score an Oscar nod.
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hopes to complete the statue by the end of December.
Granite walls at the memorial site are engraved with some of
King's famous quotations from his speeches and writings.
Officials say construction is about half complete.
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Suhayb Banks was a one-man wrecking crew.
The junior tailback rushed for 201 yards and four touchdowns, and he forced three turnovers on defense to lead the Shenendehowa football team to a 41-29 Empire Division victory over Bethlehem last Friday.
He did everything we thought he would do, said Bethlehem coach Ron Smith. "The difficulty was trying to stop him."
The Eagles (2-2 division, 2-3 overall) kept pace with the Plainsmen through the first half, but everything changed in the third quarter. Banks slipped and spun through several tackles to break free for a 52-yard touchdown run that gave Shen (3-1, 3-2) a 28-21 lead. Then, Banks intercepted a Randy Bowers pass that set up another Plainsmen scoring drive.
Bethlehem didn't give up, even after Banks added an early fourth-quarter touchdown run to put Shen ahead 41-21. Bowers directed a 98-yard drive with several big passes, the last being a three-yard scoring strike to Kyle Niehaus with more than two minutes left in regulation. Bowers added a two-point conversion pass to Sam Gallup to get the Eagles within 12 points.
"I'm amazed at how Randy Bowers runs that two-minute offense as a high school kid," said Smith.
Bethlehem had a chance to score again after recovering an onsides kick, but another Shen interception ended that drive.
Bowers finished with 371 passing yards and three touchdowns for Bethlehem.
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Elsewhere in Section II, Cohoes secured the inside track to the Class B Reinfurt Division title with a 13-7 triple overtime victory over Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk last Friday.
After two scoreless overtime series, Steve Weaver gave the Tigers (3-0, 5-0) the lead with a one-yard touchdown run.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. - College of Charleston baseball coach Monte Lee was forced to watch his oldest daughter - Madie - graduate from Hanahan High School 300 miles away via the internet.
It killed Lee not to be able to be there in person when Madie stepped across the stage to receive her diploma, but the veteran coach had a pretty good excuse for his absence.
After all, the Cougars were playing in the Gainesville Regional against Florida, the No. 2 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.
But Madie, who left Charleston just minutes after her graduation ceremony was complete and made the five-hour drive to Gainesville, Fla., quickly forgave her father after the Cougars upset the Gators in one of the biggest wins in program history.
The College of Charleston pounded out 10 hits and got three runs in the first inning and then had to hold off a furious Florida rally to beat the eighth-ranked Gators, 3-2, Friday night in the opening round game of the Gainesville Regional at McKeathan Stadium.
The Cougars (42-17) will face the Long Beach State Dirt Bags, a 6-1 winner over North Carolina, Saturday night at 7 p.m. The Gators, top seed in the regional, will face the Tar Heels at 1 p.m. in an elimination game.
The Cougars are the No. 4 seed in Gainesville. But they have freshman Bailey Ober (9-2, 1.37 earned run average) ready to face the Dirt Bags on Saturday night.
"Madie grew up watching college baseball and she's probably our biggest fan," Lee said. "I really had mixed emotions about the whole day. It was really tough for me not to able to be there for her graduation. I got to watch it on-line. The scary thing was that she drove all the way from Charleston to Gainesville and she's not a very good driver."
Madie made it in plenty of time to see the historic win because the game was delayed for more than three hours due to heavy rain and lightning in the Gainesville area prior to the first pitch. The game, which was supposed to start at 7 p.m., didn't get underway until 10:15 p.m. and didn't finish until after 1 a.m. Saturday morning.
"That was one of the good things about the rain delay," Lee said.
The Cougars are peaking at the right time of the year, having won four games in a row and 11 of the last 13 after sweeping through the Colonial Athletic Association's conference tournament last weekend.
It was Lee's 13th win against a ranked opponent.
The College of Charleston was one of three No. 4 seeds to defeat top-seeded hosts on the first day of the NCAA Tournament.
Facing the SEC Rookie of the Year in freshman Logan Shore, the Cougars pounded out three runs on seven hits in the first inning. Brandon Murray knocked an RBI double that scored Blake Butler and then Nick Pappas drove in two more runs with a double to center field. Shore had given up just 20 earned runs in 90 innings of work this season. The 10 hits the Cougars produced were the most Shore has given up in a single game all season.
"We had the mindset that we were going to attack him and not let him get ahead of us," Murray said. "We stayed on his fastball. He has a really good change-up. We just attacked pitches in the zone and we tried not to give him any breathing room."
Although the Cougars would not score again and had just one hit after the second inning, Shore left the game after just five innings.
Charleston starter Taylor Clarke struggled with his control, lasting just 4.1 innings. He did work out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam with back-to-back strikeouts in the third inning.
"Taylor Clarke wasn't as sharp as he usually is, but I will give him credit because he battled all night," Lee said. "He had the bases loaded with one out and got back-to-back punch outs to get out of the fourth inning."
Florida got the first two runners on in the fifth inning when Braden Mattson hit a long fly to the left field wall. Charleston's Morgan Phillips nearly made a spectacular catch at the wall, but the collision knocked the ball loose. With runners holding to see if a catch was made, Mattson crossed the path of Taylor Gushue at first and was called out. Pinch-hitter Mike Fahrman hit an RBI groundout, but reliever Eric Bauer came on to get out of the inning with no further damage.
Bauer (6-2) earned his sixth win as he took the Cougars all the way to ninth inning to set up closer Michael Hanzlik.
The Gators added a run in the sixth off a sacrifice fly RBI from Richie Martin, but Bauer finished with a walk and a strikeout and only allowed three hits.
Hanzlik shut the door in the ninth, pitching a perfect inning and picking up his 15th save of the season.
It was the 12th one-run victory for Charleston as the Cougars improved to 28-2 when scoring first and 34-2 when leading after the sixth inning.
"Eric Bauer came in and did a fantastic job of throwing strikes and getting some big outs," Lee said. "Michael Hanzlik came in and was as sharp as he's been all year in one of the biggest games in the history of our program. I've got to give a lot of credit to our bullpen. Eric Bauer and Michael Hanzlik were phenomenal and we got it going offensively early and we held on."
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Stephen Burton was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, raised in the Midwest until high school. Burton's family moved to California, where he attended Beverly Hills High School. It was there that the acting bug bit him and he started studying drama. He was a member of the school's Theatre 40.
Burton has played in several made for television shows, and movies and debuted in Daytime's Days of Our Lives.
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Every society has a wealth of symbols and symbol systems that support cognition and communication, and all children must master a variety of symbolic artifacts to participate fully in their society. In the process of learning to use various symbolic representations—pictures, models, replica objects, educational materials—infants and young children experience a surprising amount of difficulty. I'll review research showing that infants and very young children often do not appreciate the distinction between symbols and their referents, behaving toward symbolic artifacts as if they were the objects they stand for. Somewhat older children can still have difficulty when asked to use concrete objects as supports for reasoning in educational settings.
Judy DeLoache is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia. The primary focus of her research is the emergence and early development of the understanding and use of a variety of symbolic objects, including pictures and models. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. Professor DeLoache's research has been funded by an NIH Scientific Merit Award and a grant from NSF. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Association for Psychological Science, and the American Psychological Association. She has been a Visiting Scholar in the Psychology Departments of Oxford, Stanford, Harvard, and New York University, as well as a Fellow in residence at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford and at the Rockefeller Foundation Study Center in Bellagio, Italy. In 2009 she was awarded an Honorary Degree from the University of Basel (Switzerland). She is currently the President of the Cognitive Development Society.


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just bed, I'm almost always early.
I am a person who is always on time. If a can, I will get there early.

Some people say this is being a pessimist. I disagree. I say I am being responsible. I am on time because I don't want to be late. People take the time to be there for me, so I make sure I am there for them.

I have a sister who is always late, it drives me nuts, and I of course see it as not being responsible enough to be on time.
Sorry, what did you say? I just walk in the door...Seriously!
Not always
I'm generally punctual, unless I am truly dreading something
something is the wrong word. EVERYTHING is more like it.
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A veteran strategy consultant and career coach, Lee completed a six-month Pipeline Fellowship in July that trained her and nine other high-achieving businesswomen to become angel investors. While the program culminated in the group's investment in Day One Response, a company that makes portable water-purification systems for disaster relief, it also led to Lee's next endeavor: 37 Angels, a training program and fund for women angel investors.
While the Pipeline Fellowship focuses on women-owned social enterprise companies, 37 Angels offers training in traditional angel investing.
"Women make up a phenomenally low percentage of angel investors," says Lee. "But there's this huge pool of money that's controlled by women who are eager to think of creative outlets for investing."
Since graduating from Columbia Business School, Lee's passion and "day job" has been consulting — first at McKinsey and now at Delphinity — but she also moonlights as an entrepreneur and educator. The founder of three companies — an IT consulting firm, a career counseling program for undergraduates, and an executive training company she runs with Professor Hitendra Wadhwa — Lee also teaches strategic problem-solving at New York University and the University of California, Berkeley.
Her experience and expertise — not to mention her indefatigable energy — make Lee an ideal advocate for bringing more women into the angel investing space. "I want to create and encourage dialogues," says Lee, "that not enough women are having."


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Ahmed Mohamed Nady, born in Cairo on the 31st December 1981. He was graduated in 2003 from the Helwan University of fine Arts, EL Zamalek. He is majored in Painting. He is married and has 2 kids, a boy called Hamza and a girl called Khadija. His work title is a Senior Visualizer. Ahmeds' main job is character design and development. He works in comics and creates characters including their different poses, drawing, coloring, and facial expressions. He proved himself in this job, as his work is unique. He is not known to have a certain style in his work or art as he doesn't like to stick to a certain technique or style. He deals with each project/character according to what he wants to express therefore he uses different methods in his art which could show a great contrast between different pieces of his work.
Family background:
Born in an artistic family, his dad was an artist and his mum is the sculptural Iman Ezzat. Art is a precious thing in his family, which made him like art and made his family support him further in this path. He gained a lot of knowledge from both of his parents as they took him while visiting any art event such as exhibitions or Cairo Gallery to see the artistic pieces of work whether photography, graphics, paintings or sculptures. "My dad raised me on freedom of expressing my opinions. Honestly I was raised in a golden period of Egyptian Caricature" says Ahmed. At that time his dad was working in a Caricature magazine as a portrait Artist. He used to go and visit his dad at work to watch him while working and learn from him. His dad worked with a crew, which included people who were enhanced richly with art knowledge; Mustafa Hussein, Hassan Hakeem and Hassan EL Fedawy who had a great impact on him. Hassan El Fedawy taught him how to be brave and that the wealth of an artist is practicing a lot and broadening ones horizon. He also taught him that Reading about several topics related to the field and watching a lot of work from different places and for different artist is a great value for an artist personal development.
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He graduated from Bahgat High School. He was not interested in any of the subjects except the Art class. His grades were average just to get a pass but he always got the full mark in Art. He joined a lot of art activities and exhibitions in school. His main time was spent in the drawing room with his art teachers to learn, as he would watch them drawing and later try practicing on what they do. He started his career life before going to the university as he was studying sculpturing in Mahmoud Mokhtars' Museum, which lead him to work in an industry that creates pharaohnic statues. The owner of the industry was his teacher in school Mr. Assem who suggested that he could fulfill this job as he recognized his talent and knew that he is already studying sculpture. This was the first work experience for him and it was a great experience in his life. Ahmed had a good communication between him and his teachers and he was a hard worker only in what satisfied his interests.
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Ahmed started his university education period by applying in Luxor University of fine arts and he got accepted. He moved away from Cairo and his family to Luxor where he learned how to be independent. He stayed in Luxor for one year and then transferred his studies to Helwan University of Fine Arts because he was not comfortable with the life style there. One of the main things, which influenced his educational life positively, was competition. There was a strong sense of competition between him and his colleagues in university as everyday they would surprise each other with new work or new information. They would learn from each other's work and take it as a support to work harder and improve. In his first year in Helwan University he got a work offer from his Interior Design doctor Ahmed Nabeeh. His job was to draw a storyboard for the series " Semsems' World" as it was still a new project in process. Doctor Nabeeh believed in Ahmed's talent, he also knew that Ahmed had experience in the working field before university and brief information about his artistic family. Actually Ahmed at that time didn't know anything about how to draw or create a storyboard and honestly confessed this to his mentor. Dr. Nabeeh decided to help him therefore he sent him to one of the director Tarek Rashad as he believed he could do the job and this was his real start as he liked the field and started to learn more about it and go deeply in it. Ahmed majored in painting which helped him a lot in the comics field and character development as he learned about colors in specific details, facial expressions and studying the human body in proportions. People knew about him when he started drawing storyboards as the templates he drew on were printed with his name and numbers. What made him unique at that time is that he got paid a little amount of money and he finished his tasks on time. His work was nicely done because he was interested and like what he is doing. Ahmed was not aiming for money at that point but for the experience at work.
After graduation (Official Work):
After graduation, he worked with a group of people in a production company. The team included him, Ahmed Abdul Wares and Mohamed Tawfeek. He was the team leader, as he would tell them about the project, character description, biography and features of characters to be assessed. "We think about it really well and have an image in mind and then each person in the group draws some sketches and trials for the character design on their own". After two hours they would gather again with their sketches and would combine the best results. Ahmed would take the perfect design, idea and choose the perfect sketches for specific parts in the body such as the arm. Further on, he would finalize the character to give it to another person who does the character sheet (someone more professional in the 3d sketch and could draw the character from different perspectives). His job was to manage the project and direct each part of the team to his work. It is very important for the artist to like his work and belong to it.
Later on the company closed and he worked as a free lancer. He did some work for Maged, Noona and Basem Magazines. His job was designing characters for certain stories in the Magazines. Those are all Egyptian magazines for kids and teens.
Nowadays he works in Tarek Nour's advertising agency. He has been working there for 2 years.
Ahmed is still not satisfied with his work and learns more everyday aiming to achieve the better, as he believes that an artist should always keep learning till death.


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By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2010 Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced a restructuring in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter office yesterday to provide increased oversight of a program he conceded has fallen behind in meeting key benchmarks. Video
Gates also announced that he has withheld $614 million in performance fees from the lead contractor, Lockheed-Martin, "since the taxpayers should not have to bear the entire burden of getting the JSF program on track."
"We have restructured the F-35 program and believe it is on track to become the backbone of U.S. air superiority for the next generation," Gates said during a Pentagon news conference. "Nonetheless, the progress and performance of F-35, over the last two years, has not been what it should, as a number of key goals and benchmarks were not met."
To fix the situation, the secretary announced a change in leadership at the Joint Strike Fighter program office, which had been headed by Marine Maj. Gen. David R. Heinz. A three-star
officer yet to be named will replace him, Gates said, the higher rank reflecting the importance of the program to the future of military aviation.
Gates, who visited Lockheed Martin's F-35 production facility in Fort Worth, Texas, Aug. 31, said he has become concerned about the program's progress as Ashton Carter, undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, became more involved in the program.
"It was clear that there were more problems than we were aware of when I visited Fort Worth," Gates said. "And I think that the restructuring program that Dr. Carter has put in place will work. It is realistic. The cost estimates are now in accord with what the joint estimating teams are predicting, rather than what the program is predicting."
The problems facing the program aren't insurmountable, with proper steps taken, Gates said. "I believe that we are in a position to now move forward with this program in a realistic way," he said. "But by the same token, one cannot absorb the additional costs that we have in this program and the delays without people being held accountable."
Gates pointed to his track record since coming to the Defense Department of demanding accountability.
"Accountability is not just about holding contractors responsible. The Department of Defense also bears responsibility for the JSF's troubling performance record," he said. "I think if I've set one tone here at the Department of Defense, it is that when things go wrong, people will be held accountable."
Visiting the Lockheed-Martin plant this summer, Gates said the importance of the F-35 program can't be overstated, citing the new aircraft as an example of new, innovative and more cost-effective ways to meet the country's current and future defense needs.
The F-35 is the first aircraft to be developed within the department to meet the needs of three services, with three variants being developed simultaneously. This brings cost savings and economies of scale not possible with separate aircraft because the F-35s will share common components and maintenance requirements, Gates noted.
"We cannot afford, as a nation, not to have this airplane," he said, noting that every dollar saved in acquisition frees up a dollar to support other critical wartime requirements.
The Air Force will receive the F-35's "A" variant, which will provide conventional takeoff and landing capabilities. The Marine Corps is slated to receive the "B" variant that has a vertical-lift capability. The Navy will receive the "C" variant, designed for carrier launches.
The different F-35 variants will replace the legacy F-16 aircraft for the Air Force and the F/A-18 and AV-8 aircraft for the Navy and Marine Corps.
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