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in the spotlight
$1 Friday nights at the Boston Children's Museum
"Target $1 Friday Nights" takes place every Friday night at the Boston Children's Museum from 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.
N.E. Aquarium
Located on Boston's waterfront, the New England Aquarium is home to penguins, seals, sea lions, and fish of all stripes.
Small wonders
With departures from traditional, family-friendly museums, children can discover whole new worlds.
Children's Museum
The Children's Museum opened in the early 1900s. Today, it stands on the waterfront - on Children's Wharf - and houses interactive, hands-on exhibits.
Garbage Museum
At the Children's Garbage Museum in Connecticut, kids can see big trucks disgorging heaps of trash and watch as bulldozers push it around.
The MIT Museum
Meet sociable robots, learn about holograms, and dissect DNA at this Cambridge museum.
The Science Museum
With the Mugar Omni Theater, Hayden Planetarium, and hands-on interactive exhibits, the Museum of Science makes science fun and accessible to all.
Kids museums
They teach our kids culture, science, and curiosity. And then there's a museum's most important function - being a go-to place parents can bring bored kids on a rainy day.
18 picnic spots
Where do you picnic? We've come up with 18 locations, a summer's worth of options, most of which we bet you haven't tried.
N.E.'s corn mazes
As the competition for tourist dollars increased, farmers have added more extravagant offerings such as corn mazes.
The great outdoors
Hike a mountain, rally around the campfire, and spend the night under the stars. New England state parks are venues for reconnecting with nature.
Kid-friendly travel
Here are 10 kid-friendly destinations around New England that provide everything from enlightenment to exercise.
Gearing Up
These gadgets will make traveling with your children easier... at least a little bit.
Family travel gadgets
Here are 10 products that will take the edge off traveling with kids, and make things easier once you arrive at your destination.
Kid-friendly N.E. inns
When traveling with children, options are a good thing. But simplicity is even better.
Riding the rails
On these journeys you might meet the rail buffs who saved the cars from the scrap heap, rebuilt the rust-seized engines, and even laid some of the track. All aboard!
Family Day Trips
Sometimes you've just got to get away from the house. Here are our favorite ways to grab a change of scenery, a breath of fresh air, and hopefully a little perspective in the process.
Quirky shops for kids
Tired of the traditional toys that every child has? Here are nine local stores that stock playthings and clothing to knock your child's socks off.
Baby & toddler gear
Do today's supermoms actually juggle far more than previous generations did, or does it just seem that way because we have way better gear? Our guess is both.
Clothing Stores
Not all clothing shops are created equal; some selections are perfect for newborns, others stock best for tweens. We've ferreted out those stores that do each category justice.
JUST FOR You
Work-at-home jobs
Exposure to at-home employment opportunities has exploded, and a wide range of job ads are just a mouse click away.
Fitness Classes
You think chasing after your kids is a workout? Try these, our favorite exercise classes for all types of moms.
Time-out for Mom
You do everything for everyone else all day long; now do something - no matter how enormous, tiny, strenuous, or relaxing - for yourself.
Spa & Luxury Guide
Find day spas, resorts, and spa treatments throughout New England and beyond. Check out Globe reviews, Frommer's picks, and more.
off to college
Before student loans...
Here are 8 steps MEFA, a not-for-profit college financing resource, suggests student-loan seekers take before signing a loan agreement.
Things you don't need
To combat the spending sprees, personal finance magazine Kiplinger.com compiled a list of money-wasters college students are better off going without.
Covering tuition costs
Paying for college is an expense made more difficult to as families grapple with the recession.
Shopping for colleges
We visited four university towns in Massachusetts and compiled a list of reasonably priced and strategically located places to sleep and dine.
Community colleges
Across Massachusetts, students are flocking to two-year public colleges, which have become refuges in the recession.
Application process
Here are some tips to help high school seniors as they navigate the nerve-wracking and often bewildering process of applying for college.
Best of Barbara Meltz
Parenting expert Barbara Meltz's most popular advice columns of 2011 on topics ranging from sexuality to food struggles.
Rainy day fun
There are many local spots where you can take your family for an indoor day o' fun. Check out this list the next time rain, rain won't go away.
New England gardens
Want to take the kids to a place of beauty? Check out our round up of more than a dozen New England gardens, including opening days and pricing information.
Bring the Family
From indoor playgrounds to painting pottery, this weekly Globe column (it runs Saturdays in G) offers tips on activities for your family.
Myths of infancy
In three decades of treating children, one thing has remained constant in the office of Dr. Victoria McEvoy: the questions and concerns of anxious mothers and fathers.
Free things to do
If you're looking for places to take the family that won't break the bank, try one of these great suggestions.
New attractions
The region offers plenty of newly opened attractions, as well as new perspectives on art and new twists on familiar sports.
Outdoor games
We rounded up some classic yard games - plus a few games you might not have tried - that make for a terrific afternoon in the sun.
N.E.'s best ice cream
The region's ice cream shops are throwing open their doors for the summer season. Check out our picks for the 20 top ice cream locales around.
What locals do for fun
We asked local families to tell us the best places to go with their children in Boston.
Bloggers on family fun
We asked seven area bloggers for ideas about where to eat, play, and entertain children around Boston.
N.E. water parks
Water parks give visitors a sense of adventure with slides, wave pools, and other thrilling attractions aimed at keeping them cool. Check out: Indoor water parks
Cheap summer thrills
Looking for inexpensive ways to have some fun this summer? Check out these budget-friendly ways to enjoy the season.
Entertaining teens
Teens and tweens can be tough to please. No fear. Here are some activities that you and your "too-cool-for school" kids can do for fun in the city.
Birthday party ideas
From an indoor water park to ''The ImprovBoston Family Show'' to balloon artists, check out these ideas for fun kids birthday parties.
Have fun for cheap
Find great kids' deals for museums, restaurants, and more around Boston.
Family friendly farms
Several New England farms encourage visitors to experience what was once a part of everyday life: contact with farm animals.
Fenway Confidential
We've rounded up some of the best ways to get last-minute tickets, find parking, secure autographs, and find a not-so-typical venue for pregame activity at Fenway Park.
Local camping spots
If you are searching for a different camping experience, look no further than... the Boston Harbor.
Boston tour guide
Coming in from the suburbs? Sure, you can use guidebooks and maps to find your way around Boston, but there are other options to help you see the sights.
Children's classes
No, we're not talking about school. Enroll your kids in a cooking, ballet, or Spanish class to keep them physically fit and mentally challenged.
Parks & playgrounds
Here are Boston.com readers' favorite local parks and playgrounds. In and around Boston, you can fly kites, play ball, or just take a long walk.
For all types of kids
Looking for some parental guidance? Globe writers share strategies for satisfying many kinds of kid - from the hipster to the hiker.
Music that rocks babies and parents
We had some parents test-drive a few titles over several nights and nap times to see how successful they were at allowing the sandman to enter.
Food-themed trips
Food-themed destinations give kids permission to have fun with what they eat and to learn where it all comes from.
Kid-friendly eateries
When you and the brood are craving food that actually tastes good, turn to these kid-loving (and kid-loved) eateries.
Great take-out, fast
Parents often dread taking the kids out to a restaurant. So at the end of a long day, why bother? Here are our favorite places that get a great dinner on your table, fast.
Best summer camps
Do the kids want to spend their summer at camp? Check out the Globe Magazine's picks for the best overnight, day, and specialized summer camps.
Family camps
For parents who are game for a little more adventure, family camps offer lots of rewards.
Camp Value
According to the American Camp Association, the median price for a sleepover camp in the region is $780 per week, but that doesn't mean deals can't be had.
12 local day camps
Boston and the suburbs are loaded with options ranging from traditional day camps to summer arts programs, sailing lessons, farms, science courses, nature explorations, and more.


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School of Community Economic Development Alumna, Geraldine Kirega was presented the Ujima Collective's Community Leadership Award at the Second Annual Community Leadership Dinner August 11, 2009 in Manchester, NH. This year's awards theme was "Addressing Disparities." As director of the Women for Women Coalition, Kirega is a pioneer in this area as her work contributes directly to equity, fairness and justice.
The Women for Women Coalition provides a linguistically and culturally appropriate afterschool tutoring program for African refugee children. Students receive small group and individual tutoring, and homework help based on school assignments and curriculum.
Kirega is a native of Tanzania and holds a Master's degree in Community Development from Southern New Hampshire University and a Master's degree in Education from the University of Dar es Salaam. She is an experienced classroom teacher and has taught in Africa and the United states. She is fluent in English, Swahili, and Kirundi/Kinyarwanda.
While the Community Leadership Award does not come with a monetary prize or a huge trophy, it includes the respect and admiration of the awardees' colleagues and community members. This exchange and acknowledgement of social capital serves as the building blocks of a strong and vibrant community.
The Ujima Collective is a pan-African, anti-racist, social capitalist community group organized exclusively for the charitable purposes of providing social, cultural and health educational opportunities to Manchester-area communities of African descent and the residents of New Hampshire.

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In more than 50 years of direct engagement in and observation of the major news media I have never encountered anything remotely like the fear and loathinglavished on us by opinion mongers in these world-class newspapers in the past 40 days. If I had a $5 bill for every time the word "frightening" and its close lexicographical kin have appeared in the Times and The Post, with an accusatory finger pointed at the Christian right, I could take my stack to the stock market.
Evangelicals are concerned about the frequently advanced and historically untenable secularists' view of the intent of our non-establishment/free exercise of religion clause: that everything that has its origin in religion must be swept out of federal, and even civil, domains. That view, if militantly enforced, constitutes what seems dangerous to most evangelicals: the strict and entire separation of God from state. This construct, so desired by some, is radically out of sync with much in American history that shows a true regard for the non-establishment of religion while giving space in nearly all contexts to wide and free expressions of faith.
If any "emboldened minority" is aiming to "remake America according to its dogma," it seems to many evangelicals and Catholics that it is the vanguard wanting, say, the compact of marriage to be stretched in its historic definition to include men cohabiting with men and women with women. That is, in terms of the history of this nation, a most pronounced and revolutionary novelty.
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Today we are looking at a couple of new changes/additions to the Task Scheduler service in Windows Vista and Server 2008. As an overview, the Task Scheduler service provides controlled, unattended management of task execution, launched either on a schedule or in response to events or system state changes. If you have worked with Task Scheduler in the past, then the updates/changes are fairly significant. So, with that said, let's dive right in … starting with the User Interface:
As you see above, Task Scheduler has now been integrated into the MMC as a new snap-in. Say goodbye to the stand alone Scheduled Tasks window via Control Panel, and hello to your one stop shopping location for everything related to the Task Scheduler. Within this window, you are presented with the Task Status and Active Tasks' section. These sections allow you to quickly view the status of your tasks and which ones are currently active. There are quite a few changes, so to keep our post brief, we're only going to cover Triggers and Conditions and Settings in this post – beginning with Triggers:
The ability to trigger a task based on any event captured in the event log is one of the most powerful new features of the Windows Vista / Server 2008 Task Scheduler. This new capability allows administrators to send an e-mail or launch a program automatically when a given event occurs. And it can be used to automatically notify a support professional when a critical event—for example, a potential hard drive failure—occurs on a client machine. It also enables more complex scenarios, such as chasing down an intermittent problem that tends to manifest overnight. Task Scheduler can be configured to notify an administrator by e-mail that a problem has occurred. An administrator can also use Task Scheduler to automatically launch a program to collect more data when the error occurs.
Setting up tasks to launch when events occur is easy with the new Task Scheduler Wizard in Windows Vista / Server 2008. An administrator can simply select the task in the Event Viewer to be used as a trigger and, with one click, launch the Task Scheduler Wizard to set up the task. The seamless integration between the Task Scheduler user interface and the Event Viewer allows an event-triggered task to be created with just five clicks. In addition to events, the Task Scheduler in Windows Vista / Server 2008 supports a number of other new types of triggers, including triggers that launch tasks at machine idle, startup, or logon. A number of additional triggers allow administrators to set up tasks to launch when the session state changes, including on Terminal Server connect and disconnect and workstation lock and unlock. Task Scheduler still allows tasks to be triggered based on time and date, and provides easy management of regularly scheduled tasks.
In the new Task Scheduler, triggers can be further customized to fine tune when tasks will launch and how often they will run. You can add a delay to a trigger, or set up a task to repeat at regular intervals after the trigger has occurred. Administrators can also set limits on tasks, indicating that the task must stop running after a given period of time. Activation and expiration dates can also be specified.
In addition to specifying Triggers, a number of conditions can be defined for each task. Conditions are used to restrict a task to run only if the machine is in a given state. For example, you can launch a program when an event occurs only if the network is available, launch an action at a specific time only if the machine is idle, or launch an action at logon only if the computer is not operating in battery mode. In Windows Vista / Server 2008, administrators can define conditions based on the idle state of the computer, the power source of the computer (AC versus batteries), network connectivity, and the power state of the computer ("ON" versus in a sleep state). Perhaps most importantly, a task can be configured to awaken the computer from hibernation or standby to run a task.
Administrators can use settings to instruct Task Scheduler what actions to take if a task fails to run correctly. In case the task fails, administrators can indicate how many times to retry it. If the computer is not powered on when a task is scheduled, an administrator can use settings to ensure that the task will run as soon as the machine is available. An administrator can also define a maximum execution time for a task, ensuring that the task will time out if it runs too long.
With that, it's time to wrap up this post. In our next post we will cover Flexible Actions and Triggers, Security and Reliability.
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I just get started with Windows server 2008 and I am glad to know these improvements. In the past I wrote a program to monitor Event Log changes and email one the critical ones. I am happy to see this is now built-in. Thanks for the article. Hope to see more of similar articles.
One of the best features of Vista. :) I hope MS will also add something like Automator which OS X has. Based on PowerShell or VBscript perhaps? That would be a killer feature to buy Windows 7.
I am trying to run a batch process unattended when the machine is looged off. I set the scheduler to run whether logged in or not, and my user has local admin privileges.
The process executes cmd.exe, but does not execute the batch file. Any ideas?
email does not work
- it is a problem all over the web but not resolution posted yet
Set the task to run as Network Service. That should clear up the email issue. Your mail server also has to pass mail without a login.
What is the definition of idle?
is there a way to include the event particulars in the e-mail message? the ID, source, description, etc, etc... that would be infinitely more useful!!!! :)
ok so my task scheduler is set to the wrong setttings it is set to windows 2007 when it should be set to windows 2003.. an now i cant run any tasks.. and i get a task error message.. an i cant get to any settting options to set it back.. what to do?
using scheduler to run a batch does launch the batch, but cmd.exe does never close (and task keeps running) even though when executed manually cmd.exe is closing
(am using
@echo off
start xyzengine.exe
on windows 2003 this works fine.
Has anybody a clue?
Nice notion, the task scheduler in Vista.
However, I'd sure like to know how to make it display a message after locking workstation but have that message appear on the logon screen - all it does is show it on the desktop after you unlock the thing.
I find it odd this task I made would display the message on the desktop AFTER unlocking the computer since there's a separate trigger for starting task "on unlock workstation". Seems to me the task displaying the message AFTER unlocking makes the "on unlock workstation" option a bit of a moot point.
If anyone's reading this from Microsoft, see if you can fix this somehow.
On Win2k8 status of the scheduled task doesn't refresh automaitcally. We need to manually refresh it.
Any info/fix about it?
On Windows 2008 R2 / Win7 the Onetime trigger in RacTask is disabled by default. I am trying to use a PowerShell script to enabled this trigger. The script runs without errors but it doesn't the trigger is still disabled. The script works well if I enable/disable the task itself.
Can anyone help?
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1st Place Essay Winner: 9-14 Age Group
"Through Fire and Flames"
Nathaniel Amann
Arizona Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
Tucson, AZ
I watched the houses come into view, whip by and disappear behind me in an instant. I, Nathaniel Amann, was in a very old van, one made by Ford Motors. You know those white featureless vans that plumbing companies use? Yeah, those. It was danged uncomfortable. With its old cloth seats and the stale air that smelled of dust and despair. To further the sense of eternal damnation that I was now experiencing, it had blue faux felt everywhere that itched and scratched ceaselessly. I was lost in the landscape rolling by. Of trees, cities, cars and people that whipped by. But, I was not absorbing the pictures that presented themselves to me in front of my eyes. Needless to say, I was very bored. So bored, that if my boredom were fire, it would be the biggest fire ever created in the universe. I like to think that is an accurate representation of how bored I was. As I watched the landscape roll by, an assign thought hit my mind: "Why am I in this van?"
Well, I was in that old van, experiencing the most boredom a man could ever possibly endure because, for some stupid reason, I had volunteered. Volunteered for what, you ask. Well, I had volunteered to go to a soup kitchen to help out feed the homeless. Why did I volunteer in the first place? It was not out of compassion, or out of caring. I volunteered for my own selfish reasons. I didn't like doing classwork in school, and volunteering was my ticket out of school. So, I gladly took it. I thought it would be a day of relaxation. I was wrong.
The outdoors finally lost all interest it had for me. I shifted in my seat and turned to look at the only other occupant of the van: my teacher. She had also volunteered to go with me to the soup kitchen. She was in the driver's seat, driving, of course. She noticed my gaze after a while, and at the next red light, turned around to me, and said "we should be there in a fiver." Five minutes, or five hours? It didn't matter, time felt the same to me in this van that was a piece of $@^&.
Suddenly, she turns a corner, and I'm plunged into a neighborhood that I did not really know. And she doesn't slow down and realize her mistake. Is the soup kitchen in this neighborhood? It can't be! I've always thought of a soup kitchen as a nice place. A place that was clean, well-lit and generally well-kept like a restaurant, if you will. This neighborhood doesn't seem to have any nice restaurants around here. My teacher kept on driving, even deeper into the abyss. The air seemed to take on a gray tinge, the people seem to be more poor and violent, the area seems like an different world. I keep looking out the window; the outside has garnered my attention. I take notice of every broken-down car, every barking dog, everything. I keep looking out the window, looking for a place, any place that seems safe, clean, and warm or, even resembling the world outside of this hell. I find nothing. Now, I would be lying if I told you I wasn't a little scared.
Suddenly, we stop. My teacher gets out of the car and opens the side doors to the van. Cold air rushed in, buffeting me. I stepped out of the van, and see a house at an intersection. There are fifty or so people at the house. Most seem homeless. My teacher confidently strode to the house, pushed through the homeless crowd and went into the house. I follow. The house is devoid of furniture. There are crates of food taking up most of the space in the house. The few tables there were loaded with food. There were also people. Yes, people. About six or so, they were all working. On what, you ask. There was a man on the phone, two was making and serving soup, and the rest was bagging food. I feel out of place here. What am I supposed to do?
My teacher motioned to me and I go up to her. She said that they need more help hauling food that will be soon here. At that exact time, two cars pulled up. I went outside with everyone else and watched the events unfold. Both drivers got out of the car, opened the doors and popped the trunk. There was so much food inside that the car was filled to maximum capacity. Only the driver's side area was left untouched. I asked my teacher where they got the food from. She said that the food came from food stores that made a donation to the soup kitchen. Then I walked up to the car, picked up a crate of food and started working.
After all was said and done, the cars drove off, visibly higher on their tires. "Now what?" I asked my teacher. She guided me to a small back room where a large food-preparation table lay. She told me that we were going to bag donuts. Hey, even poor people need to satisfy their sweet tooth. Okay, back on subject. Two large huge bags of donuts were hauled in. I got to work, again. I worked for what seems like hours, until all the donuts are gone. My clothes are stained with frosting and I am sweaty. I take a deep breath and prepared myself for what was to come next, another job. The another job never came, as my teacher told me that my volunteering hours were over and it was time to go back to ASDB.
The van, again. I sat down, tried to make myself comfortable and prepared for the ride back to ASDB. The neighborhood looked different, but I couldn't place my finger on it. What was different? I wondered about this for a few minutes, but, as I just was leaving the neighborhood, I knew. It looked different, because I had finally chosen to view it in its true colors, without the filter of fear. I now saw the place for what it really was, a place for low-income families, yes, but also, a place for families, for kids, for happiness. What brought about this difference? It was not the happiness from skipping school; I had gotten over that long ago. It was not happiness from leaving, because I was now a little sad, too, to leave this neighborhood. Why. Was. I. Happy? The answer clicked. I was happy because I did some good for others. That's all. That was the change inside of me.


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Friends of Recycling and Composting (FORCs) - $100 credit
A FORC educates residents and monitors containers for greater recycling and food waste collection success at your property. View FORC information (pdf).
For your Seattle property to receive a one-time $100 credit on its utility bill:
- Your Seattle property must have five or more units.
- You must sign up a person (manager, facilities staff, or resident) who is on the property at least once a week to be a Friend of Recycling and Composting (pdf).
- The FORC will be sent a green FORC folder that includes a pledge form listing actions for improving food waste collection and recycling on the property. The FORC must complete and sign the pledge form and return it to SPU.
- Allow two billing periods after SPU receives the pledge for the $100 credit to show up on the property's utility bill.
- See the pledge requirements (pdf).
To sign up a FORC, choose one of the following:
- Sign up online or
- Call (206) 684-7665 to sign up with an SPU customer service representative or
- Call (206) 684-8717, press #2 to request a paper information packet
- After sign up, register for a training (see below)
Attend a Free FORC Training and Qualify for Kitchen Buckets
After signing up with SPU, the FORC can attend an optional training to qualify the property for free kitchen buckets for all units at the property. The buckets and this training will support you with compliance with the composting and recycling requirements.
Please contact Mason Giem at (206) 684-5223 or email@example.com to register. You must sign up a FORC before attending a training (see above). The March 11th training is full. Registrations are being accepted through April 15th for the April 23rd training, 1-3 PM, in downtown Seattle. Pre-registration is required.
Order free posters, flyers, decals to educate your residents.
Sign up for the Conservation E-Newsletter for the latest on recycling & composting and discounts available to multi-family properties.


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Miami Children's Hospital (MCH) website, www.mch.com, was honored by eHealthcare Strategy & Trends in its eighth annual eHealthcare Leadership Awards. The site was honored with a Distinction Award for "Best Rich Media" among hospitals nationwide with 200-399 beds.
"We are delighted to be recognized with this prestigious award for Best Rich Media," said Lauren Garcimonde-Fisher, Branding Specialist at Miami Children's Hospital. "For the past two years we have focused on creating a more interactive user experience for all mch.com visitors. As a part of the mch.com redesign, we created new ways of helping users find information on the hospital, therefore helping them understand the hospital and patient experience."
The Best Rich Media category focuses on video, audio, podcasts, virtual tours, and special interactive applications available on the hospital website. Miami Children's has added numerous interactive features to the website including virtual tours, an interactive department finder, medical service line videos, and a variety of video, audio and downloadable files of recent marketing efforts (television commercials, radio commercials, advertorials, annual reports, etc.).
This is the seventh award MCH website has received from eHealthcare Strategy & Trends since 2002. Previous honors include a Distinction Award for Best Site Design (2002), a Silver Award for Best Site Design (2003), a Silver Award for Best Overall Internet Site (2003), a Silver Award for Best Employee Recruitment (2004), a Gold Award for Best Employee Recruitment (2005), and a Platinum Award for Best Overall Internet Site (2006).
Some 225 healthcare organizations, representing a broad industry spectrum, received recognition for their outstanding Web sites at a special presentation in Las Vegas on November 4 during the Eleventh Annual Healthcare Internet Conference. Sites receiving the 2007 eHealthcare Leadership Awards were selected from more than 1,100 entries. A total of 101 individuals familiar with healthcare and the Internet judged the entries.
Founded in 1950, Miami Children's Hospital is the only licensed specialty hospital for children in South Florida. The 275-bed freestanding facility is ranked by Child magazine among the best children's hospitals in the nation and is the only Florida pediatric hospital to be included in U.S.News & World Report's 2007 listing of "America's Best Children's Hospitals." Miami Children's has expertise in all aspects of pediatric medicine and serves children from birth to age 21.
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The University of Richmond Spiders men's and women's cross country and women's track & field teams will welcome a class of 12 student-athletes to campus this fall to continue their academic and athletic careers.
The University of Richmond Spiders Director of Track and Field and Cross Country, Lori Taylor and staff announced the 2014-15 honorees on Tuesday.
University of Richmond senior Jordan Chavez has been selected to the U.S. team for the 12th North American, Central American & Caribbean (NACAC) Mountain Running Championship to be held Saturday, July 18.
University of Richmond Spiders track & field senior Ryan Lee was named the recipient of the 2015 William L. Lumpkin Award.
The University of Richmond Spiders men's and women's cross country teams announced their 2015 schedule on Wednesday afternoon.
Mylon Blueford (football) and Jordan Chavez (cross country) attended the NCAA Career in Sports Forum in Indianapolis.
Five Richmond athletic teams were recognized by the NCAA on Wednesday for ranking in the top 10 in the nation for their respective sports in Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores.
University of Richmond Spiders cross country runner Matthew Groff was part of a Richmond team that placed 10th overall at the 19th Annual Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Competition held at the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) Annual Meeting in Costa Mesa, California on Sunday, February 22.
The University of Richmond men's and women's cross country squads have continued their long-standing tradition of academic excellence by achieving 2014 Division I All-Academic status, as announced by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Association of America (USTFCCCA) this week. This marks the 13th consecutive year that both Spider squads have been named to the list.
The University of Richmond Spiders men's cross country team ran hard this weekend at the Cross Country National Championships in Colorado.
The University of Richmond Spiders track and field and cross country teams will both be in action this weekend.
Alyson McGonigle, '15, has a passion for serving her community. Whether she's in her hometown of Chester Springs, Penn., or at University of Richmond, the Northern transplant does her best to enrich the community around her while balancing her studies and training schedule.


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What was your previous position and where?I began my academic career at LSU.
What brought you to LSU?When I interviewed for my position, it was wonderful to witness the passion and excitement from both students and faculty, not only for theatre but towards each other. I wanted to be a part of an academic family with strong ambitions that I could share, and LSU had those qualities I was looking for.
What is your research interest?Sound technology and design.
What do you hope to accomplish at LSU?I look forward to establishing a strong undergraduate student enrollment in sound technology and design, and to create M.F.A. program for sound technology and design. I also would like to expand our sound inventory, allowing our students an opportunity with current sound technologies.
What do you enjoy most about LSU?My students! They are an enthusiastic and curious bunch who live with big dreams and desires. I enjoy being a part of these Tigers that bleed purple and live gold. I also enjoy the school spirit and its loyal supporters.
What are your major accomplishments?I was the primary coordinator when the Department of Theatre was invited to participate in the Young Theatre Festival in Seoul, South Korea. As the only American university to participate in the festival, LSU theatre brought 38 students and faculty to travel and perform amongst 49 other Korean universities. My sound design work was featured at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, at the 2011 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space in Seoul, and both Shanghai and Beijing in China. I was also the recipient of the Tiger Athletic Foundation President's Award in 2011.
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picked these two sets up for the next hunting knife projects. I think they will provide some interesting handles. I will probably combine some other contrasting wood to go along with these but looking forward to a new project. Sorry about the glare!
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OK, so somehow you've made it into our vault.
And well done – because it could do with a tidy up.
The vault's where we keep all the bits and bobs we need to make our productions; from reams of footage to props to ideas. At any given time, you'll find all manner of stuff in here that we really should get around to filing elsewhere. But in the meantime, help yourself to anything in here.
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Recently iFunbox is found recognizing iPhones jailbroken by blackra1n and spirit as jailed ones. The reason is that the AFC2 service is not enabled in jailbreaking procedure.
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AFC (Apple File Connection) is a service that runs on every iPhone / iPod, which iTunes uses to exchange files with the device. It is jailed to the directory /private/var/mobile/Media, which is on the second (non-OS) partition. The AFC service is handled by /usr/libexec/afcd, and runs over the usbmux protoco
AFC2 is a an additional AFC service, configured to allow access to the whole filesystem. Installing it and patching the fstab file for full write access is considered a bare-bones jailbreak. The AFC2 service is added by editing the /System/Library/Lockdown/Services.plist file and adding a service that runs under root with access to the Root filesystem.
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Tagesbrot: Coffee and Breakfast Place in KreuzbergSep 8th, 2012 | By Good Food Rosa
Sometimes you want to find a small, secluded and low-key place to shut yourself away in. With a little bit of wi-fi, a freshly baked bread roll and some strong and flavoursome coffee. Nothing too special or crazy, just a small moment of relaxation in Berlin's busy and fast-paced life. Especially since autumn has introduced its cold chilly winds, beautifully coloured leaves and the promise of winter in the air.


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Entries are now being accepted for the 113th U.S. Women's Amateur that will be played Aug. 5-11 at the Country Club of Charleston.
Sectional qualifying will be held July 1 at Kiawah Island Golf Resort's Cougar Point, the only qualifying event in the Carolinas. The next closest qualifier is in Dalton, Ga. The deadline to enter is 5 p.m. June 26 with a cost of $125. Entry information can be found at usga.org under the "Championships" tab.
"The Carolinas is usually one of the largest qualifiers," said Frank Ford III, championship co-chair for the tournament. "There is a chance of splitting the field and adding another site if we have too many entries."
A final field of 156 will be determined through the various qualifying sites. They will play 36 holes of stroke play on Aug. 5-6 to determine the 64 players who will advance to match play. A scheduled 36-hole match on Aug. 11 will determine the champion.
The tournament, which will be televised by The Golf Channel, is open to any female amateur golfer with a USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 5.4. Last year the USGA received a record 1,123 entries, surpassing the previous mark of 1,049 in 2010. Lydia Ko, a 15-year-old from New Zealand, won the 2012 Women's Amateur played at The Country Club in Cleveland. A month later Ko won the Canadian Open to become the first amateur to win on the LPGA Tour since JoAnne Carner in 1969.
The Women's Amateur is one of the USGA's three original championships, beginning in 1895 shortly after the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open. The only years it has not been played were 1917-18 because of World War I and 1942-45 because of World War II.
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According to the Washington Times, Sens. Evan Bayh and Tom Coburn called on Sunday for an increase in sanctions against doing business with Iran:
The U.S. government must "really crack down on companies doing business with Iran, to increase the cost of that business, to drive up the price of violating these sanctions on the part of the Iranians," Mr. Bayh, Indiana Democrat, said on "Fox News Sunday."
For a starting point, look no further. On Monday, Eli Lake in the same Washington Times confirmed a story reported in the Jerusalem Post almost a year ago. Nokia Siemens Network, a joint venture of Finnish Nokia and German Siemens, sold Iran telecom technology for phone and internet intercepts — something Iran is reportedly using to monitor and pro-(per)-secute dissidents.
All protestations of innocence are hollow — even EU legislation forbids this type of export, when there is evidence that the products in question will be used for repressive purposes. So it would not hurt for the U.S. to poke European firms, in the hope that EU member states apply their legislation a bit more thoroughly when it comes to sales of sensitive technology to Iran.


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Usually before children go off to school in the Wizarding world they are taught the basics of the world. In the Weasley household, that responsibility falls onto Molly. So how does she handle two twins who enjoy telling her she's wrong, a boy who doesn't know how to use a tissue, and a young girl who barely knows how to write her ABCs?
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HIST 233 In Search of the Enlightenment
What was the Enlightenment? This course aims to help its participants develop an answer to that question. We will examine the state of the art in scholarly answers and test them against a series of classic documents of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century European intellectual history on a wide range of important themes: biblical criticism, deism and natural theology, Pietism and the "cult of sensitivity," religious toleration and freedom of the press, commerce and its moral implications, Newtonianism, rights and representation, and revolution. Authors include Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Thomasius, Beccaria, Herder, and Rousseau.
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HIST 234 The Holy Roman Empire: Religion, Politics, and Culture from Luther to Napoleon
This course traces the tumultuous history of Europe's German lands in the three centuries between the Middle Ages and the modern era, long identified with the origins of twentieth-century German militarism and anti-Semitism. We will focus on what makes this fascinating period distinctive: Germany's uniquely persistent political diversity and the religious schism that gave Germany multiple national religions. Topics include the Protestant Reformation, the Great Witch Panic, the devastating Thirty Years War that destroyed 150 years of economic growth, Prussia and Frederick the Great, the Enlightenment, the Napoleonic Wars, and the demise of the extraordinarily complex political system known as the Holy Roman Empire. Sources include treaties, treatises, literature, autobiographical texts, visual art, and music, by – among others – Luther, Bach, Lessing, Mozart, and Goethe.
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Was anyone else shocked a bit when the line came out for the KSTATE game, I can't believe we are a 5.5 favorite, as of today went down to 5 but still, I was thinking we would be like a 3 point underdog. I hope the wiseguys are right...LOL
Was anyone else shocked a bit when the line came out for the KSTATE game, I can't believe we are a 5.5 favorite, as of today went down to 5 but still, I was thinking we would be like a 3 point underdog. I hope the wiseguys are right...LOL
Send Mr. Forde a nice email....I did. email@example.com
I am with you phoenix2, this lady is pond scum, and should be sentenced to a long jail term. And in jail like everyone always says I hope she gets and additional justice handed to her.
Does anyone know if the game is on TV or on internet?
Stopprofiling, if your part of the clean up clue then you should clean up the city's liberal mindset. People like you who ruin America.
I am suing for having to put up with this $h1t
Don't you have to famous to be "defamed"....just sayin'
She reminds me of Nancy "the witch" Pelosi
LOL look at their facial expression trying to look all distraught, fakers......
Looking forward to watching you guys play!!!!
Get a life people, better yet go get jobs....losers
Honestly now I know why my parents say "back in our day" because you know what as we go forward things just get more f'd up
Is there anyway we can barrage this guy with emails?
How does Duke jump SU that is bullsh$t, SU did not have any cakewalks in the NIT. I really can't stand Duke they have to be the most annoying group every year, it's like a bunch of kids in the glee club
Where is Jesse "the body" Ventura...this is a conspiracy..between the accuser and Bernie's wife..LOL
one word from the interview of both "tweaked"
My point is either a) he is just a pathological liar b) or the abuse was causing him to lie, renob...get a clue
Just on ESPN, pretty much all of the posts think the interview and story is BS, they are too ripping ESPN for airing the story without much evidence, the only additional evidence they used the run the story was the step brother coming forward come on. Not saying one side is lying but ESPN has to wait before putting this crap out there
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Salt, sand and wages of nostalgia ... the humble seaside shack.
EVERY year as we approach summer I feel a wave of nostalgia for the wonderful times I have spent in various beach shacks on the east coast of Australia.
When I was growing up in Queensland, shacks were the places we went to on holiday to escape and unwind. The shack was typically made of fibro and wood, enough to withstand the sand, salt and sea spray.
This truly vernacular style has influenced some of our best architects, from Glen Murcutt to Drew Heath.
Shacks represented the quintessential expression of a simple life and simple pleasures - card games, afternoon rests, early swims and evening beach walks. Checking the crab pots before lunch was the highlight of the day at the shack.
Shacks were one step up from camping. They were basic structures of domestic simplicity and self sufficiency. There was no electricity (so no television). A canvas bag with a rose attached was hoisted up a tree to serve as a bush shower. There were no glazed windows - just push-out corrugated iron shutters. We practically lived outside.
Shacks were furnished with pre-loved bits and pieces. On the verandah at Stradbroke Island were teak squatters' chairs in standard green canvas with wide arms which swung out for sandy feet or the drinks. Great aunt Myrtle's metal trunk, done in decoupage from the Women's Weekly, stored the blankets and strewn round the old wooden table were bench seats and odd chairs.
Shacks have a unique aesthetic. To capture the spirit today, the trick is to not try too hard. They have to look a bit weathered, so texture is important. The look starts with the floor.
Sisal is my pick for the bedrooms. For a contemporary flat weave sisal in the colours of paperbarks, dune grasses and the sea shore go to International Floor Coverings. Suvi, a woven vinyl from Belgium is a good-looking, maintenance-free option. You just need to sweep it occasionally or hose it.
Rocks On has Italian tiles in a plank format that look like bleached timber. I like the look of Aqua Step, a composite waterproof stained ''oak'' flooring which comes in a range of washed-out colours. Go to Carpeteria for that.
Textiles should be robust and casual. Young Australian designer Grace Garrett's colour palette and designs are a bit retro. They are perfect for this look on a chair or cushions. See them at Emily Ziz. They also have Ronel Jordaan's felt pebble ottomans. Leigh Henry Imports has lovely handmade seagrass baskets suitable for storing beach towels or sarongs.
Decorate with flotsam and jetsam. Have fishing rods at hand and lots old Penguin paperbacks on a sinking bookshelf. I'll be reading Brook Emery's And Dug My Fingers in the Sand.
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It's time for a heavy tech story now as Broadcom have confirmed a new standard of WiFi will be coming by 2012 and it'll be fast. Really fast.
Broadcom have confirmed that there will be a new standard of WiFi coming to the UK and the rest of the world by the end of 2012 that will boast speeds three times that of 802.11n.
Talking to PCMag Broadcom revealed the ins and outs of the new standard. 802.11ac utilises a waveband that is above those that are used now, by using the 5GHz band 802.11ac is able to transmit in what is called 'clean air'.
By using this 'clean' band 802.11ac is unhindered by other signals and so is able to be incredibly quick and also incredibly powerful, offering penetration through buildings that has not yet been achieved by even the most powerful 802.11n routers.
What does that mean for us? Well essentially it means quicker browsing, and more reliable browsing over WiFi. Fibre-optic will be translated into WiFi signals much more clearly which will mean streaming on mobile devices will be hugely improved and finally it means you'll never have to go and sit next to the router because your room is just that little bit too far away.
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" Douglas, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Lanarkshire -- par., 34,137 ac., pop. 2641; vil., on Douglas Water, 3¼ miles SW. of the sta., 10¾ miles SW. of Lanark, and Similes SW. of Edinburgh, pop. 1262; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Coal is mined, and limestone and sandstone are quarried. D. was formerly a place of importance, and a seat of considerable trade, but it has now fallen into decadence. Of the kirk of St Bride of Douglas (13th century), only a spire and the choir remain; the latter till 1761 was the burial-place of the Douglas family. About ¾ mile NE. of the vil. is Douglas Castle, seat of the Earl of Home; adjacent are the remains of the ancient castle, the seat of the old earls of Douglas - Scott's "Castle Dangerous." Douglas gives the title of marquis to the Duke of Hamilton, and that of baron to the Earl of Home. "
From John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887
Church History
Dates of Old Parish Registers
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You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Douglas area that are recorded in the GENUKI church database. This will also help identify other churches in nearby townships and/or parishes. You also have the option to see the location of the churches marked on a map.
Description and TravelYou can see pictures of Douglas which are provided by:
GazetteersAsk the GENUKI Gazetteer for a calculation of the distance from Douglas to another place.
There are several very useful family history research resources in the City of Glasgow
Historical Geography
- Details of the administrative areas of which Douglas has been a part can be seen in Vision of Britain, which contains details of historic boundaries, and more about the place.
MapsYou can see maps centred on OS grid reference NS836308 (Lat/Lon: 55.556987, -3.846944), Douglas which are provided by:
- This place shown on a Google map.
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- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Open StreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on a Google map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on a Google map.
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by Valerie Ward, MSW, CSW
In today's modern, mobile society, the automobile is the preferred mode of transportation for millions of people. Driving allows us to be independent and gives us a level freedom that is difficult to give up even when our driving becomes hazardous to ourselves and others on the road. If you drive, you can go where you want, when you want and you don't have to be dependent on others for assistance. As Mr. W., age 75, stated, "Driving allows me to be in control of my own destiny."
Our society has relied heavily on the automobile, maybe too much, because those now living in suburban homes made accessible by the automobile are now struggling to find alternate means of transportation when driving is no longer an option for them. In these communities, driving is not considered a luxury but rather a necessity of life and replacing the automobile with a suitable alternative presents a considerable challenge.
While many older adults with severe vision impairments will acknowledge that they no longer have the ability to drive safely and thus refrain from doing so, others continue to drive even when they are at risk. Losing the ability to drive can be a major life event, sometimes signifying yet another loss in the life of an older adult.
Mrs. C's Experience
Mrs. C., an 85-year-old woman who was legally blind due to glaucoma, was a proud woman who lived alone in a small city apartment where she had resided for 50 years. Despite her advanced age and medical problems, Mrs. C. had been able to care for herself with minimal assistance from others until her recent onset of vision loss. After a low vision examination, Mrs. C. was referred to me for short-term psychotherapy to reduce her depression associated with her deteriorating vision and ability to drive safely. Her family had reported to the low vision staff that Mrs. C. had recently experienced several near-accidents while driving but adamantly refused to surrender the keys to her car. Mrs. C. also vehemently denied that she was an unsafe driver or had had any near-accidents despite the presence of her frightened relatives during some of these incidents. She refused to realistically discuss the situation with her concerned relatives only resulting in increased family tensions.
During our sessions, Mrs. C. made the following statements which highlighted the significant impact that the loss of her ability to drive would have on her life.
"This is the beginning of the end for me! What more can be taken away from me? I don't have much time left in my life and I have already lost so much, my youth, my husband, my health! Why do I have to give up driving also? I have been driving since I was 15 years old and I have never had an accident."
"My family just wants to make all my decisions for me. I might as well be dead or in a nursing home."
In psychotherapy, Mrs. C. was eventually able to overcome her anger at her family in addition to her denial about her problems when driving and she reluctantly agreed to find another method of transportation. Her initial reactions to the loss were traumatic, however, and exacerbated her depression and anxiety about her future ability to care for herself independently. Leaving the wheel represented the end of her individual freedom and she desperately fought to avoid it.
Assessing the Risk of Older Drivers
As social workers, counselors, rehabilitation professionals,
practitioners and family members, we should first conduct a detailed
assessment of a person's ability to drive safely before we advise the
individual to stop driving. Encourage the person to obtain the proper
testing by qualified officials. Many older persons successfully drive
safely into their 70s, 80s and 90s, so being 85 doesn't necessarily
make a person an unsafe driver. As vision care professionals, we are
concerned about those older persons with vision impairments who are
unsafe and at risk drivers. In addition to your review of their eye and
low vision assessments and functioning, here are some questions to
consider for your discussion:
- Have they been involved in a car accident or multiple accidents?
- Are they able to see cars clearly when driving, use rear view mirrors, etc?
- Have they been ticketed for moving violations?
- When driving, are they getting lost more than usual? Is the 15-minute drive to the supermarket now taking an hour or more?
- Are they driving through stop signs, traffic lights, missing exits, not yielding the right of way?
- Are they driving too slowly, causing other drivers to honk their horns at them often?
- Do they get confused, overwhelmed, and fearful when driving?
- Are they able to drive safely at all times -- days, nights, in sunny or cloudy weather, for example?
If the person shares difficulties in one or more areas mentioned above, you should consider it of immediate concern and proceed to break the news that driving may no longer be an option.
Breaking the News
Breaking the news to a person who has become a risk when driving is not an easy task for professionals nor for family. Some individuals may accept their inability to drive and adjust to it accordingly, even considering the decision to no longer drive a relief. Hearing the news from a "professional" often eliminates the individual's burden of having to deny difficulties to those close to them and enables the person to retain his or her dignity. For many others though, the news is devastating and our ability to effectively communicate the message that driving is no longer an option and to provide the necessary assistance is crucial to their adjustment.
Tips for How to Break the News
1. Involve the doctors. If the driver's eye care doctor or other
physician has issued recommendations against driving, get it in writing
and have it available for your discussion.
2. Be truthful with the older persons with whom you discuss this. Talk about the nature of their eye condition and the consequences of their vision impairment. People have a right to know the truth and be respected no matter how difficult it may be for you to tell them.
3. Be compassionate, non-judgmental and acknowledge the individual's loss. Do not try to minimize it. Allow the person to express feelings and emotions, which may range among denial, anger, shame, resentment or depression.
4. Develop a list of your safety concerns and those of significant others and discuss the implications of continued driving. If the driver has loved ones, discuss how an accident would negatively impact friends and family.
5. Involve the family or significant others in the discussion if possible. Individuals will need the support and assistance of others if driving is no longer an option.
6. Offer your assistance in helping the person find alternate methods of transportation (via your local area agency on aging, for example) now that he or she will no longer be driving. Help the individual find other ways to travel to friends and continue activities for which the car had been necessary.
7. Don't ignore signs of ongoing emotional distress. Recognize the need for ongoing psychotherapy and discuss it. If such service is unavailable in your agency, refer the person to an appropriate organization.
8. Be patient and persistent. If the individual agrees to stop driving, commend this difficult decision. If you do not succeed the first time, try, try, again.


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Digital Photograph - Baton Change Performance, Women on Farms Gathering, Tallangatta, 1993 Reg. No: MM 91593
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- Photograph taken at the 1993 Tallangatta Gathering during a performance of a theatrical play titled 'The Baton Change'. This play dealt with the serious and often distressing issue of farm succession, along with the difficulties that rural women face due to the ongoing practice of patrilineal farm inheritance. The scene depicts a family sitting around the kitchen table reading their wills. The hypothetical was created by the women who acted out the characters in the story, using experiences from their own family's situations. According to the 1993 Tallangatta Gathering Proceedings, 'the role play was so close to many of the audience's own experiences that emotions were heightened sharply'. The script was compiled by local woman Alana Johnson and is held in the Museum Victoria Heritage Collection archives.
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- Colour Digital Photograph.
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- Audience members in the Tallangatta Memorial Hall watching a performance of the play, 'The Baton Change.'
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|Sustainable Futures Collection, Victorian Women on Farms Gathering Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection, 1993 Tallangatta - 'Aussie Women Farmers: We Are One!', 1993 Tallangatta WoFG
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Wow! I can't believe I'm back on blogger.
What can I say? I like change.
So now, I have to get used to everything blogger again. How long will it last? You never can tell with me, but I promise to make things interesting at least. And I plan on doing more than book reviews. For instance, subscription reviews. I've tried you tubing them but I'm more of a writer than a talker.
Ok, so I think that's it for now. See you on the flipside!
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Blogger move
I have done it! Well, I'm still in the process of setting everything up.
But guess what????
It's still early days yet, so you will see redesigns happening...a lot!
And I do love changes, so even when I have everything color coordinated and such I'll only be satisfied for like a month or two and than change everything around.
SO it will be like a new site every time you come on!
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Release Day Review: Secrets of Seduction by Nicole Jordan
Secrets of Seduction
Nicole Jordan
Ballantine Books (Random House)
April 29th 2014
Stunning sensuality and breathtaking romance mark this dazzling new Legendary Lovers tale from New York Times bestselling author Nicole Jordan, where an extraordinary beauty teaches a handsome, reclusive "beast" to love again.
The most charming Wilde cousin, Lady Skye has secretly loved the enigmatic Earl of Hawkhurst since girlhood, long before the tragedy that left him scarred both physically and emotionally. When Skye learns that the celebrated hero has returned to England from his self-imposed exile to make a cold marriage of convenience, she brazenly plants herself on his castle doorstep, determined to convince Hawk that she alone is his true mate and destiny.
An elite member of the Guardians of the Sword, Hawk has vowed never again to risk the pain of loving—but that's before he deals with the most enchanting, annoyingly persistent seductress he's ever encountered. One night of blazing passion leaves him impossibly torn. Will Hawk choose duty over love, or will he open his heart and let Skye's healing light penetrate his darkness?
An elite member of the Guardians of the Sword, Hawk has vowed never again to risk the pain of loving—but that's before he deals with the most enchanting, annoyingly persistent seductress he's ever encountered. One night of blazing passion leaves him impossibly torn. Will Hawk choose duty over love, or will he open his heart and let Skye's healing light penetrate his darkness?
Nicole Jordan's latest book, Secrets of Seduction is out today. Secrets of Seduction is book 3 in her latest series entitled Legendary Lovers. I received an ARC of book 3 from Edelweiss because I fell in love with Nicole Jordan's last series of books entitled The Courtship Wars. And although I just hate reading a series out of order, I thought I'd give Secrets of Seduction a try.
I really wasn't into it.
To start with, the plot is stupid. In my opinion. The heroine, Lady Skye has been in love with the hero, the Earl of Hawkhurst for a while; but ever since his wife's death he has been closed off and hides away in his gloomy mansion.
And that was another reason why I wanted to read this, because Beauty and the Beast is my all-time favorite tale.
Lady Skye concocts a plan that will let her stay in his house with him. Alone. The plan? Finding her Uncle's long lost lover.
And that's where I have to roll my eyes.
I mean, I know this is fiction, but can you actually believe that an elite member of the Guardian of the Sword would actually take time out of his mourning of his wife and son to locate someone else's lover?
But besides the plot, I have to say I really enjoyed the rest of the book….even though I didn't finish it; the chemistry and interaction between Lady Skye and Hawkhurst was what ultimately kept me reading.
This is only one book though, so it definitely did not put me off Nicole Jordan. She is still on my list of authors to look out for, but Secrets of Seduction fell flat for me.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Book Spotlight: The Pirate Witch by Damien Serbu
In THE PIRATE WITCH, a winter storm in 1692 blows Alexander MacBeth's life onto a perilous path when his dying mother pleads for him to survive. Alexander must learn his powers of witchcraft while concealing them from those who want him dead, even as the noble and handsome Crispin Nottingham steals his heart. Forced to flee Massachusetts aboard a pirate ship, Alexander struggles to protect himself from an evil witch while falling in love with the pirate captain. When Crispin, on behalf of His Majesty's Navy, hunts for their ship, Alexander again confronts a chaos of events and emotions that may very well undermine his mother's last wish.
I've noticed of late a lot of interest by women in male/male love stories? Have you?
Damian: I certainly know that a lot of my readers are women. I don't know how new it is, though. I would think it's more accurate to note that it gets more publicity and discussion these days. In a funny way, it's like straight women are coming out of the closet about their love for gay romance!
So what's the fascination for women with gay romance?
Damian: I've wondered the same thing! (Laughing). But on the surface, it makes sense. I mean, we've known for a long time that straight men like, shall we say, lesbian stuff? So why not straight women getting turned on and lost in a story about a couple of guys getting together?
Like a voyeuristic kind of thing?
Damian: Partially. There's a certain sex appeal that gay men and women like about two men loving each other. So getting lost in a romance about it appeals to them.
Why not just get lost in straight romance, though, if they're attracted to men? It's not like they will ever experience the fantasy, right?
Damian: (Laughing again) Hard to say what they'll ever experience! Or what it may inspire them to do! I'm not going to get into that. But we know that for a lot of women, hanging out with gay guys is more fun. It's safer, in terms of not dealing with dudes drooling all over you for the night. You can party and dance and let loose without the restrictions or tensions.
In other words, women gain a different sense of security from reading gay romance?
Damian: Yeah, certainly for some that's it. Others, like I mentioned, just get turned on by it. It runs the gambit, really. The bigger story to me focuses on the fact this audience for gay romance has burgeoned of late. I really think it's related to women asserting themselves more in the marketplace and society in general. The more women feel liberated to express themselves, to resist conforming to gendered expectations, the more they revel in different forms of entertainment and seek the things that really appeal to them. In this case, it's gay romance.
It's different with two guys dating, isn't it, in terms of the power dynamic?
Damian: Exactly. Two men certainly deal with other crap, like the closet and homophobia and the like. But it strips away the whole tension of dominance and expectations that society has built up around men and women dating. The more we bust those apart, the more freedom everyone has in their relationships and in their choices for escapism. I think that's also part of the appeal for women in reading gay romance; not just the sex, but the escape from proscribed boundaries and expectations.
Whoa! That went a little academic on me!
Damian: Must be the formal training I had. Sorry! Let's leave it at this: there's nothing hotter than two guys getting their groove on. The build up and tension of a gay romance is so totally hot, why wouldn't it appeal to women? Like one of my best friends says, she thinks the hottest thing is to fantasize about a couple of penises!
And your latest novel, The Pirate Witch, will fulfill this longing for us?
Damian: You bet! Get this: a gay love triangle, and the setting of a pirate ship in the tropics. What could be more romantic?
A little about the author
Damian Serbu lives in Chicagoland with his partner and dogs, Akasha and Chewbacca. The dogs control his life, tell him what to write, and threaten to eat him in the middle of the night if he disobeys. He is author of The Vampire's Angel Series (The Vampire's Angel, The Vampire's Quest, and The Vampire's Witch), as well as Dark Sorcerer Threatening, The Pirate Witch, and Secrets in the Attic. Keep up to date with him on Facebook, Twitter, or at www.DamianSerbu.com.
Friday, April 11, 2014
Alpha Male Blog Hop
I'm so excited to bring you an all new Hop! This is my first blog hop of the year, and of course I am late in posting it. But I'm sure the prizes will be worth the All of you guys have a chance to enter two giveaways for this hop. One general giveaway sponsored by the host of this hop Herding Cats & Burning Soup and the other by the participating blog (in this case, muah). Isn't this so exciting! I can hardly wait to possibly win oodles of books! So without further ado...let's go!!
Young interior designer Ava O'Shea has an appointment for a first consultation at The Manor with the owner, Mr Jesse Ward. She is expecting nothing more than an overweight, cravat wearing, well-to-do countryman, and on arrival, nothing would suggest otherwise. How wrong could she be? This Man is devastatingly handsome, charming and confident. He is also a conceited, hedonistic playboy, who knows no boundaries. Ava desperately does not want to be attracted to him, but she can't control the overwhelming affect he has on her. Every instinct is telling her to run, so she does, but Jesse Ward is not so willing to let her go. He wants her and is determined to have her. She knows she is heading for heartbreak, but how can she run when he won't let her?
Book Spotlight: Getting By by Claudia Y. Burgoa
Getting By
Claudia Y. Burgoa
Literally Alpaca LLC.
Feb. 17, 2014
When Emma Anderson arrived at San Francisco International Airport, she regretted accepting the distinction of being the maid of honor to Gaby's—her childhood friend—wedding. It had been years since the last time she set foot in Menlo Park, where her parents had been killed. The rug where she had been shoving her feelings since that day looked bumpier than a camel's hump. Who could blame her; if she hadn't been selfish they'd still be around. Ever since that fateful day, Emma has been perfecting the knack of Getting By.
Cade's wedding in Menlo Park—a city close to San Francisco—might be the perfect place for Jake Knight to shake the memories of his ex, Emma Anderson for good. Single, available women galore for an entire week was the perfect medication, one he intended to take three times a day for an entire week to return to his player days. It was a plan the former spy thought flawless until he came face to face with the maid of honor. Jake's perfect retreat turns into a flight, fight or hide week of celebrations.
Cade's wedding in Menlo Park—a city close to San Francisco—might be the perfect place for Jake Knight to shake the memories of his ex, Emma Anderson for good. Single, available women galore for an entire week was the perfect medication, one he intended to take three times a day for an entire week to return to his player days. It was a plan the former spy thought flawless until he came face to face with the maid of honor. Jake's perfect retreat turns into a flight, fight or hide week of celebrations.
"You sure about being here?" She nodded, answering my question. Then I slipped one of the migraine pills in her hand and opened a bottle of water. I noticed that Mom and Dad had walked over to Gaby, who waited for them on the corner of the street. After gulping her medicine and water, she handed the bottle over to me. "Text me if you need me to pick you up earlier, Pretty Girl." She nodded again and I kissed her temples. "Liam, can you walk her to the shop, please?"
Mitch couldn't hold his tongue any longer, and spoke up, saying, "What was that about?" I glared at him. "Mom being too quiet is scary, right? You want to throw her at her own game? Am I next to be extremely nice with Emma, as if she was my girl?" I grinned, he got me. "Pointers for it to work. Try to change your concerned look, stop drooling and perhaps Mom might believe you." I narrowed my eyes. "Yeah, it was that obvious since we hit the hotel restaurant at eight this morning, Jay. You were too couple-like. Let's run you through the breakfast highlights.
"You spotted the girl and ran to her whispering in her ear, giving her a stupid smile I've never seen you wear before." I smirked, remembering the fork, and snorted. Ignoring me, he continued, "At breakfast you two were sitting too close for comfort. Not even Mom and Dad were that close. The best part wasn't the medicine errand you ran for her. No." No? I put a hand on the back of my neck and continued listening to the play by play that made me look like a moron in love. "The freaky part, where everyone dropped their jaw at the table, was when Emma reached toward your plate and grabbed strips of your bacon." I shrugged, what was wrong with it? "Not once, but several times. No one is allowed to touch your food, Jake. Ever since we were little, you hated it. Yet, Emma touched your food, and while she was doing it, you were a millimeter from kissing her. You two are too comfortable with each other, and the daunting part, Jake, is that the two of you fit so well that you don't realize how wrong everything looked for the ones that don't know about your relationship."
"Or for the ones that know you two broke up," Liam added. I didn't notice when he came back. "The parental units are suspicious, Jake. Come clean and put some space between you and Emma before Mom chooses the wedding location and makes Dad buy the two of you a house next door to theirs."
"Did you have to deal with the TMI all the time, Li?" Mitch shivered after Liam nodded with a blank stare. "I never checked to see if the girl I slept with used the pill or not. Add to that the hot factor that she carries condoms in her magic bag."
"It's different when you're with a girl for more than one n—" I rubbed the back of my neck. "Can we not talk about my girl?" I gulped after uttering the last two words and began to think about some form of rehabilitation to move on.
About the Author
Claudia lives in Colorado with her family and three dogs. While managing life, she works as a CFO at a small IT Company. She's a dreamer who enjoys music, laughter and a good story. Claudia writes romance, sci-fi, and fantasy. She has published two novels: Where Life Takes You and Getting By. Claudia is currently working on Standing By, the second book in the Knight series. For 2014, Claudia plans to released three, perhaps four novels.
Website: http://www.claudiayburgoa.com/
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One of the things we realized is that we couldn't go back to running a high-end progression raiding guild. There was a time where we were both putting in upward of 40 hours a week between guild management and the four days/five hours a night of raiding. At the time, it seemed to just be what we had to do in order to accomplish our goals and enjoy the game the way we wanted to enjoy it ... but of course that changed when the game's core raiding systems became conductive to 10-man raiding in Wrath.
And now looking back at it, we ask ourselves, was that time in WoW really worth a full-time job? Arguably at this point in our lives, it's not really worth it. Both of us have wonderful girlfriends (we did at the time too), and we're both happy with our careers. Could we go back and play the game like we did, putting in forty hours a week? Probably not.
So that's the question I'm posing for today's Breakfast Topic. Is playing in the World of Warcraft worth it when it's a 40-hour-a-week gig? Wax philosophical here, community.


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By Corey Sorenson
LINCOLN – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission reminds deer hunters that they may donate deer to the Hunters Helping the Hungry program at any of 21 contracted meat processors.
Game and Parks, not hunters, pays processing costs for donated deer. Processors will accept only deer in good condition that can yield a good volume of pure ground venison. The ground venison is distributed to Nebraskans in need through local charitable organizations.
Hunters Helping the Hungry funds can pay to process up to 450 deer this year.
The Hunters Helping the Hungry program also accepts cash donations, since no permit or tax dollars may be used. Contributions can be made while purchasing a deer permit over the counter at a Game and Parks permitting office or at OutdoorNebraska.org. Donors also may mail a check made out to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, with Hunters Helping the Hungry in the memo field. The checks should be sent to: Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, P.O. Box 30370, Lincoln, NE 68503-0370.
The participating Hunters Helping the Hungry meat processors, subject to change, are:
Learn more about the program at OutdoorNebraska.org/HHH.


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NRA call for armed guards in schools gets mixed review
Adding armed security guards in public schools will keep American children safe, the National Rifle Association stated Friday.
The statement, delivered by NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, blamed the media, violent video games, movies and television for the rise in gun violence. Rejecting increased gun control, LaPierre said the mass shootings at Newtown, Conn. could have been stopped by a "good guy with a gun."
He proposed "a model National School Shield Emergency Response Program for every school that wants it." Qualifying NRA members with expertise in designing emergency plans, training teachers, access control and safer building design would be available to any school.
"I call on Congress today to act immediately, to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every school — and to do it now, to make sure that blanket of safety is in place when our children return to school in January," LaPierre said.
The Department of Education has counted 98,817 public schools in the United States and an additional 33,366 private schools. There already are an estimated 10,000 school resource officers, most of them armed and employed by local police departments, in the nation's schools, according to Mo Canady, executive director of the National Association of School Resource Officers.
The NRA's plan would rely heavily on law enforcement agencies to station officers at every school. Many schools around North Carolina and Union County have a School Resource Officer (SRO) assigned to each school cluster. SROs are armed and have all the powers of a sworn officer, Union County Public Schools Spokesman Rob Jackson said.
"Union County Public Schools is very grateful for the relationship we have with the Union County Sheriff's Office and the City of Monroe Police Department in providing School Resource Officers for our schools," read a UCPS statement. "If funding were available, the school system would welcome an opportunity to discuss the possibility of increasing this program with our law enforcement partners."
But those changes would require planning, thought and preparation, Jackson said. The new Union County Board of Education will hear an update on school security in January and then discuss whether improvements are needed. Whether any improvements come from inside the school system or the NRA, Jackson said school officials will entertain practical, effective measures.
"We're going to look for great ideas wherever we find great ideas," he said.
One option is to increase the number of SROs so there is one for all the 53 county schools.
Monroe Police Chief Debra Duncan said more SROs would keep every school secure.
"And if the NRA wants to put paid police officers in schools and help us fund them, I'd be willing to sit down with them and talk about that plan," Duncan said.
Union County Sheriff Eddie Cathey echoed her statement.
"We have SROs who are trained to work in the schools," Cathey said. "Adding more would an option, but like everything else, you run into a money problem."
The NRA's statement implied that a government that can find funding for non-essential services, the money can be found to secure schools.
"Right now, today, every school in the United States should plan meetings with parents, school administrators, teachers and local authorities — and draw upon every resource available — to erect a cordon of protection around our kids right now."
But the first steps for local officials will be a frank analysis of existing security and discussion of any shortfall.
"We'd need to talk about it and weigh the different options," Cathey said. "We can talk to the school board and see what they think and then begin working on a plan."


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One big name leaked into our laps so may we please have the remaining 103?
On Monday afternoon, New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) for three seasons during his illustrious baseball career.
This is about as big of news as there has been since steroids, HGH, and PEDs entered the diamond of the public eye. Baseball fans across the nation have been waiting for a confession like this, and the renaissance of cleaner games on the sandlot is eagerly anticipated by all.
But rest assured, there are many more dark days to come before the Steroid Era is gone.
This is a period in baseball that will never be forgotten. It will be talked about by our children, our children's children, and their children's children. The game will eventually rid itself of this disease with its deep and rich history—it looks like now could be the beginning of the cleansing process.
But more players must follow the lead Alex Rodriguez provided.
Rodriguez has been a Mariner, a Ranger, and a Yankee, but on Monday he was a sacrificial lamb. He tossed aside his pride and said, "I am pretty tired of being stupid and selfish and the truth needed to be told a long time ago, and I'm glad it's coming out today. I was young, I was stupid, I was naive. I am very sorry and deeply regretful."
Rodriguez seemed to be sincerely remorseful for taking illegal PEDs from 2001 to 2003 while playing for Texas.
As he gave his testimony to Peter Gammons sitting in a chair with a blue sweater and white collar, he appeared to be relieved, scared, contemplative, and emotional all at the same time. He even began to choke-up when speaking about his fans "that will never look at (him) the same."
Perhaps his white collar in the interview had an unknowing symbolic significance. Maybe it proves that even celebrities are normal people, just like the white collar worker who is prone to human error.
Rodriguez coming clean in front of the nation is commendable, but he should have done it sooner. When Jason Giambi and Andy Pettitte admitted their transgressions a new found respect from fans, coaches, players, and the media surfaced.
Over time, this will most likely happen with Rodriguez as well. But now while the iron is hot, the other 103 players should raise their hands and also confess to what they did.
In 2003, Major League Baseball gave an unannounced drug test to a group of active players to see if mandatory, random testings were needed in the sport. After results were gathered and it was determined baseball had a steroid problem, MLB was going to destroy the 104 positive samples, but the federal government issued a subpoena and the list was taken by investigators.
This testing was a secret screening where the results were supposed to be kept confidential and no punishments for positive results were to be handed out. The players' samples were even locked away in one location while the list was stored in another.
One can't help but image what sort of encasement the list and samples were kept in and what kind of credentials a person needed to access them? Did the key holder have to go through a series of fingerprint and retina scans to get to the list?
It kind of sounds like Area 51 with the extra terrestrials and the government hiding everything.
The same place one might find the remaining 103 culprits who cheated the game, the fans and their teams.
Why is it fair for one player to be thrown to the wolves but not the others? Why was it that only Rodriguez's name was divulged from this confidential investigation? Is it so terrible to ask for others to come forward?
Honesty has always been and will always be the best policy.
Houston Astros shortstop Miguel Tejada is expected to appear in court on Wednesday for lying to Congressional investigators when he told them he had not taken PEDs during his baseball career. He is expected to enter a guilty plea.
It looks as if Tejada is one of the lingering 103. Perhaps baseball fans will be able to cross a second name off the infamous list.
Beyond the shadows where the cowardly will remain silent is a tiny golf clap of applause for what Alex Rodriguez accomplished on Monday. The praise can be heard over the continuous song of sarcastic pity played by the critics who hold the world's smallest violin.
"Regardless of what we want to mask and say and justify there is absolutely no excuse for what I did," stated Rodriguez. "If I was a fan, I would be very pissed off."
We are very pissed off. But we are also human and have the ability to forgive, but that begins with more players admitting guilt.
Rodriguez got the monkey off his back, now we need to get the elephant out of the room.