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You can count on these top-quality kitchen scissors for precision cutting of your favorite herbs. Razor-sharp blades slice cleanly through all types of herbs without crushing them, ensuring the tender leaves retain their flavorful essential oils.
- Intelligently engineered kitchen scissors designed especially for harvesting and cutting fresh herbs.
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- 7 3/4" long overall; 3" blades.
- 3.75 oz.
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The Biggest Loser is in the midst of its 13th season, and it's still challenging and inspiring people to work for their ideal weight. But if you're not the type of person who wants to broadcast your health struggles, the show's franchise sports three fitness resorts, one in California, another in New York and our very own in Ivins, Utah.
The Biggest Loser Resort in Ivins, Utah offers a wide range of health options for every fitness level, from indoor cycling to daily hikes. "The most obviously challenging part is the toll that 6+ hours of hard working out takes on your body," said Danielle Lingo, a participant who is leaving the fitness camp after a two-week stay.
However, the camp is not all work. Lingo says she learned about the role emotions play in weight gain and weight loss. "Being at Fitness Ridge makes you confront many of your demons," said Lingo. "It's a difficult, but a very important process! They have group life coaching and counseling sessions, but you can also set up private sessions for an additional fee."
The Ivins resort also boasts a spa with over 50 services, from ten different kinds of massages to teeth whitening. And let us never forget the food. Not only does the resort feature healthy and incredible daily menus, the program includes cooking demos so participants can recreate their eating experience. These demos are part of an educational series that expands to menu planning, emotional eating and weight loss strategizing.
The Biggest Loser fitness camps used to vary in price; however, they've recently started charging the same across camps. "I came to the Utah camp because it was slightly cheaper than the Malibu location," said Lingo. "When I come back in the future, I will definitely come back to the Utah location. The morning hikes are a huge part of the fitness experience, and there is nowhere more beautiful than the Red Rocks in southern Utah!"
Now, all camps cost at $2,295 per week form one to three weeks in a two-person room. However, participants can stay longer, starting at $2,000 per week for eight or more weeks. Participants can also pay a bit more for a private room or a bit less for housing themselves off-site.
Whatever the price, Lingo thinks the camp was worth it. "I've learned not to be 'all or nothing,'" said Lingo. "Fitness Ridge has taught me to set realistic goals and have the patience to lose the weight in an emotionally and physically healthy timeframe. This will ensure that I won't give up and will allow me to maintain those losses over time."
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A Hops-N-Wings fundraiser to benefit Delaware Hospice will be held on Sept. 28.
The fundraiser will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at Fordham Brewery, 1284 Mc D Drive, Dover.
Along with a tasting of the brews, wings, meatballs, and sides, as well as auction and raffles will be available. Tickets are $30 in advance; $35 at the door. Proceeds of the event will support Delaware Hospice's services and special community programs.
For more information or to purchase tickets: (302) 746-4666.
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- Date submitted: 1 Nov 2011
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Full SubmissionEYE ON Earth SUMMIT DECLARATION We the Ministers, and high-level representatives of government, business, academia and civil society (The Eye on Earth Community) present at the first Eye on Earth Summit in Abu Dhabi from 12 to 15 December 2011, Deeply concerned over the evidence of unprecedented environmental changes at all levels, including possible irreversible changes with potentially negative implications for economic and social development, especially for the poor and vulnerable groups in society, Conscious that cooperation on exchange of, and access to, timely, credible and relevant observations and information among a wide array of actors is a critical part of the science-policy interface needed for advancing the development and implementation of goals, targets and indicators for sustainable development, Recalling Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, which amongst others recognises that each individual shall have appropriate access to information concerning the environment that is held by public authorities, and that States shall facilitate and encourage public awareness and participation by making information widely available, Recalling the Bali Strategic Plan for Technology Support and Capacity-building2 and emphasising the importance of its full implementation, Convinced that a strengthening of the capacity for managing, exchanging and facilitating access to information in developing countries and countries with economies in transition will help advance the development and implementation of goals, targets and indicators for sustainable development, Conscious of the opportunities offered by the rapid advancement of information and communications technologies for enhancing information access, exchange and management, and the importance of promoting broader realisation of these opportunities, Acknowledging the critical role of existing thematic and geographic networks and systems for exchange of and access to information, including the role of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and its land, sea, atmosphere and spacebased Group on Earth Observations System of Systems (GEOSS), and also the role and activities of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI) in delivering of spatial data platform to facilitate data and service discovery, access and integration, Bearing in mind that the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio in 2012 represents an opportunity to renew the political commitment to the role of information in advancing sustainable development, including as it relates to consideration of the Conference themes: green economy within the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, and institutional framework for sustainable development, Noting the interest that has been expressed in considering the development of a global treaty based on Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration, Expressing our deep appreciation to the Government of the United Arab Emirates for organising and hosting the first Eye on Earth Summit in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Declare that we: 1. Aspire to a vision whereby decision-making for sustainable development, is empowered by the availability and equitable accessibility of credible, relevant and timely information; 2. Decide that the objectives of our collaboration are to foster collaboration among communities, relevant networks, systems, institutions and technology providers on the integration of economic, environmental and social information in a shared information system for the advancement of sustainable development by taking advantage of the rapid development of information and communication technologies and by strengthening capacity building and technology support to developing countries and countries with economies in transition; 3. Agree to advance our collaboration based on the following principles: (a) The agenda for cooperation should be flexible, balanced, purpose-driven, issue-focused, and time-bound yet durable and be developed in respect for the diverse range of stakeholders and their governance structures so as to build trust among partners; (b) The modalities for cooperation should be inspired by the subsidiarity principle so that functions are performed in a distributed manner by those best placed to do so and information is kept close to the source in order not to lose knowledge about its use and limitations; (c) That effective mechanisms for the collection, management and dissemination of environmental information are needed and the responsibility for quality assurance of the information lies with those who collect or originate data; (d) Information should be made available in such a way that it avoids unnecessary duplication in data collection, underpins reporting obligations, and supports decision-making; (e) Environmental information should be available to the public, with any exemptions being defined in law and interpreted narrowly having regard to the public interest in disclosure so that access to information is timely, effective and affordable for all interested users; 4. Enhance efforts on incorporating environmental information and programmes into education curriculum at all levels: primary, secondary and tertiary and developing life learning programmes for professional development, such as distance learning activities; 5. Agree to work with the United Nations in establishing a forum for cooperation among sub-global and thematic environmental information networks with a view to further enhancing their connectivity and effectiveness in supporting assessments, information exchange and decision-making for sustainable development; 6. Decide to work with the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), other relevant initiatives and interested partners in supporting the further development and expansion of the existing interoperability standards for data and information exchange, as well as a global approach to the provision of web-based platforms in support of information exchange; 7. Resolve to support the development of adequate institutional and legislative enabling conditions for furthering the implementation of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration, inter alia based on the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Guidelines for the Development of National Legislation on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters3; 8. Commit to engage in, and to strengthen existing initiatives already involved in, technical cooperation for capacity building and technology support for access to and exchange of information in developing countries and countries with economies in transition, including by supporting development of networks, regional cooperation, data collection, research, analysis, monitoring and integrated environmental assessment and legislative and institutional frameworks for access to information; 9. Urge the further development of private-public partnerships for use of information and communication technologies and encourage the private sector to use their research and development capacities to enhance the implementation of national and internationally agreed goals and targets for sustainable development; 10. Welcome the Eye on Earth Exhibition, the Special Initiatives identified and the technical work by the Summit on policy, governance and institutional networking for information exchange; content and user needs; technical infrastructure; capacity building, education and awareness-raising, and showcasing applications; 11. Following from this, intend to develop further the Eye on Earth Community, supported and facilitated by the Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI) and UNEP, to progress the special initiatives and other such projects and programmes, both existing and in the future, including the development of national capacities; 12. Call on UNEP and all actors in development co-operation to assist developing countries and countries in transition, when requested, through targeted capacity building programmes in their efforts to develop adequate national legislation and support for public access to information in line with the UNEP Guidelines on Principle 10; 13. Call on Governments, United Nations bodies, other international organizations, multilateral and bilateral donor agencies, civil society and the private sector to further contribute to the implementation of the Special Initiatives agreed by the Summit and the actions set out above; 14. Resolve to meet before the end of 2013 to review the progress of implementation of the current declaration and consider the directions for further work. We make these commitments with a view to strengthening the knowledge and information infrastructure needed to advance human well-being and the three pillars of sustainable development: economic, environmental and social. We make these commitments with a view to strengthening the knowledge and information infrastructure needed to advance human well-being and the three pillars of sustainable development: economic, environmental and social.


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Dee Dee Bridgewater live is a fantastic live performer. One of today's leading female jazz vocal stars, she has worked with all the great instrumentalists, counting Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Max Roach and Roland Kirk among her list of past collaborators. Her landmark portrayal of Billie Holiday in stage show 'Lady Day' saw her nominated for an Olivier Award. Two Grammy Awards later, she's still going strong. "Dee Dee Bridgewater has a technique and musicality that bests most performers of her generation," declared The Guardian in a recent 4* review, "and her understanding of the "great American songbook" makes pretenders pale in comparison."


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Few people in the world get to have a wildly successful career, and by wild we mean lights, cameras and screaming fans. However Wayman Tisdale managed not only one, but 2 wildly successful careers. First as a star athlete and NBA players on several major leagues and then as a jazz recording artist/composer whose albums topped the jazz Billboard charts and crossed over to R&B. But that's not all, before his untimely death Wayman was gearing up to show us yet another brilliant side of him: the funk master!
For 12 years Wayman had worked on a true labor of love, The Fonk Record, featuring collaborations from funk legends George Duke and George Clinton. His dream is finally realized today with the release of The Fonk Record out today via Mack Avenue Records.


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This Spring's training tip comes to us from Tyler Hamilton from Tyler Hamilton Training on how to prepare for one of the many single day bike tour events in Colorado every year. For many folks, riding 50-70 miles IS A BIG DEAL. Many folks drop big bucks on their first road bike ($1500, that is a lot if you are just starting out... think about it) then someone pressures them into doing of the Colorado Bike Tours and then what? They need a plan to over come that fear of whatever the ride is 60 miles of Elephant Rocks or the Triple Bypass.
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text: Jan 2, 2013 00:33 The Advocate's top stories of 2012 The Advocate's top stories of 2012 Photo provided by Assumption Parish Police Jury -- An aerial view of the sinkhole in the Bayou Corne community in Assumption Parish photographed on Oct. 29. Associated Press file photo -- In this Sept. 26, 2010, photo, Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams looks on during an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans AP file photo by Gerald Herbert -- New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton Associated Press photo by Mark Lennihan -- New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma arrives at NFL headquarters in New York on June 18. Advocate file photo by ADAM LAU -- Blake Luminais of Paulina, second from left, sandbags with local volunteers to save a home along Dey Say Street in Lutcher on Sept. 2 where water continued to rise in the days following Hurricane Isaac. The National Weather Service was dispatched to assess why floodwaters continued rising in areas of St. James Parish while receding in other areas of the state. Advocate file photo by BRYAN TUCK -- State Education Superintendent John White, center, meets with Breaux Bridge Junior High Principal Denise Frederick, left, and St. Martin Parish Superintendent Richard Lavergne during a tour of the school in January. PHOTO SUBMITTED BY CHARLENE "CHARLIE" SHUNICK Charlie Shunick pictured to the left. Mickey Shunick pictured to the right. Advocate file photo by BRYAN TUCK -- Police move bagged items to a vehicle from a residence at 143 Elaine Lane in rural St. Landry Parish on July 5 in conjunction with the Mickey Shunick case. Brandon Scott Lavergne was arrested and later pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the case. Advocate file photo by ADAM LAU -- LSU cornerback Jalen Mills (28) defends against Alabama wide receiver Kevin Norwood (83), forcing an incomplete pass in the fourth quarter of an SEC football game at LSU's Tiger Stadium on Nov. 3. Alabama won 21-17. Advocate story Comments To view the gallery for The Advocate's Top Stories of 2012, click here 1. Developing sinkhole forces evacuations in Bayou Corne Residents with homes and camps in the Bayou Corne area began noticing bubbles coming up in the swampy area in northern Assumption Parish in May. By Aug. 3, a "slurry area" had formed in the vicinity of the Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou areas. The sinkhole swallowed full-grown trees in a cypress swamp. State officials suspect a plugged Texas Brine Co. mining cavern in a massive salt dome is likely the cause. Six months later, after the huge sinkhole formed and forced an evacuation of the area, those residents are still away from their homes while public officials and company representatives try to resolve the problem. About 150 homes to the north and south of La. 70 have been involved in the evacuation order. State Department of Transportation and Development officials are considering building a new road in the area to make sure traffic in a four-parish area served by La. 70 is not compromised should the nearby sinkhole continue to grow. In other developments, state officials called for in-home air monitoring and specialized detectors and ventilation systems for slab-foundation and some pier-foundation homes, and Texas Brine, of Houston, has given weekly housing assistance checks to those affected by the sinkhole. In December, residents got the sobering news that it will likely take experts until the middle of 2013 or beyond to determine the long-term problems created by the sinkhole, which had grown to 8.5 acres. 2. State's budget woes ongoing The crafting of a $25 billion state budget for the fiscal year that started July 1 erupted into a tug-of-war between Gov. Bobby Jindal and a faction of so-called fiscal hawks in the Louisiana House. The dispute, which centered on the governor's approach of using nonrecurring dollars for expenses that must be met year after year, briefly stalled the budget debate. Ultimately, the governor largely got the budget he wanted. Months later, weak state sales and personal income tax collections along with other issues forced the governor to make $166 million in mid-year state budget cuts. Jindal tossed hospice care for Medicaid recipients on the chopping block and penned a column proclaiming the state's economy as strong. 3. Saints suffer suspensions, accused in 'Bounty Program' In March, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell accused Saints players and coaches of participating in a scheme to hurt key opposing players, including quarterbacks Brett Favre, Kurt Warner, Aaron Rodgers and Cam Newton. The so-called "Bounty Program" penalties resulted in the suspension of head coach Sean Payton for the year. In addition, former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams was suspended indefinitely, General Manager Mickey Loomis was forced to sit out the first eight games of the season, and assistant head coach Joe Vitt, was suspended for six games, all without pay. Linebacker Jonathan Vilma was suspended for the year, while less severe sanctions were handed down against Will Smith, as well as two former Saints — Scott Fujita and Anthony Hargrove. Vilma returned to the field on Oct. 21 pending the outcome of his appeal. Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, who was appointed as appeals hearing officer in October by current Commissioner Roger Goodell, vacated the suspensions against Vilma and the other players on Dec. 11. After the Tagliabue decision, Saints quarterback Drew Brees, the face of the franchise, said Goodell has "very little to no credibility" with players and fans because of the way the situation was handled. Vilma, who filed a defamation lawsuit against Goodell, also said he has no plans to drop the legal action against the commissioner. 4. Hurricane Isaac proves costly for many throughout the state For days in late August, almost all of the attention placed on Tropical Storm Isaac was on how it could disrupt the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. Once the storm crossed Florida and began to intensify in the Gulf of Mexico, that changed. The hurricane slammed into the Louisiana coast and began pumping water into Lake Pontchartrain, forcing the evacuation of residents in Plaquemines and St. John parishes. At Shell Beach in St. Bernard Parish, there was an 11-foot storm surge, with some reports it could have been as high as 13 feet. In the city of LaPlace, residents evacuated as water came pouring in from the lake. Many residents said it was the first time they had witnessed flooding in their city. They returned home to the daunting task of throwing away carpet, furniture and other belongings destroyed by the storm. In East Baton Rouge and surrounding parishes, hurricane-force winds and torrential rains downed trees, leaving tens of thousands of people without power. In the entire state, 39 percent, or 830,280 utility customers, were without electricity at the height of the storm. The East Baton Rouge city-parish Department of Public Works estimated about 200,000 cubic yards of debris had to be collected after the storm, about one-tenth of the 2 million cubic yards of debris left by Hurricane Gustav in 2008. By early September, Isaac's cost to state government totaled $119.6 million. The tally includes taking evacuees by bus to shelters, activating the Louisiana National Guard and distributing 3.1 million meals, 5.3 million bottles of water, 1.4 million bags of ice and nearly 100,000 tarps. 5. Jindal bills aim to overhaul Louisiana's public schools The Legislature, at the urging of Gov. Bobby Jindal, approved three sweeping bills aimed at overhauling public schools in Louisiana. One of the bills expands the state's voucher program. Under the measure, students in public schools rated C, D or F, and whose families meet income requirements, can qualify for state aid to attend private and parochial schools. Jindal and other backers contend the law is allowing nearly 5,000 students to escape failing public schools. However, teacher unions and other critics filed a lawsuit that challenged the measure. And a 19th Judicial District Court judge has ruled that the expansion is unconstitutional because it redirects money specified for public schools to non-public schools. The ruling is being appealed. State lawmakers also went along with Jindal's request for a law that makes it harder for public school teachers to earn and retain a form of job security called tenure. Backers of the change said that, under previous rules, virtually every teacher in the state got favorable annual reviews, which they said showed the evaluations were all but meaningless. Critics contend the law will lead to the wholesale dismissal of qualified teachers, and the Louisiana Federation of Teachers, a teachers' union, challenged the measure in court. A 19th District Court judge upheld much of the law, including the tenure provisions. He struck down other portions, including parts that would strip authority from local school boards. That ruling is also being appealed. The Legislature voted to overhaul Louisiana's pre-kindergarten system, including a new rule that will assign letter grades to pre-K schools and centers. Backers said the change will lead to a higher rate of children ready for kindergarten, which is 54 percent now. 6. Case of missing woman in Lafayette ends tragically Michaela "Mickey" Shunick got on her bicycle at her friend's home in Lafayette and was heading home at 2 a.m. on May 19, but the University of Louisiana at Lafayette anthropology student never made it home. The search for the 21-year-old went on for weeks, involving a huge community response. On July 5, police arrested Brandon Scott Lavergne, a 33-year-old offshore worker and a registered sex offender from St. Landry Parish. On Aug. 17, he stood before a 15th Judicial District judge and pleaded guilty two counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of Shunick and Lisa Pate, a Lafayette woman killed in 1999. Lavergne told investigators he had followed Shunick and knocked her off the bicycle with his pickup truck. Armed with a knife and a semi-automatic handgun, Lavergne got Shunick into his truck, where she put up a fierce struggle, spraying him with Mace, grabbing his knife and lunging at him. After driving to Acadia Parish, Lavergne shot Shunick in the head, killing her instantly. He drove Shunick's body to his home in Church Point, where he destroyed the clothes he was wearing and tried clean out the truck before taking Shunick's remains to a cemetery near Mamou. He then headed to New Orleans, dumping Shunick's bicycle near the Whiskey Bay Bridge off Interstate 10 and seeking treatment for his wounds. The next day, he returned to the cemetery and buried Shunick's body in a heavily wooded area nearby. In exchange for his guilty plea, Lavergne was sentenced to life in prison and prosecutors agreed to not seek the death penalty. 7. LSU Tigers continue with top flight team LSU's football team started the year with another chance at a national championship, but when the game was done it was former LSU football coach Nick Saban lifting the BCS National Championship trophy after Alabama's 21-0 victory. Despite the loss, players looked back at a successful season. "We came up short in the end, but we were 13-0 in the regular season, got the SEC championship; we beat the national champions once," defensive tackle Michael Brockers said, "and we had an amazing season all the way around." The 2012 season also proved to be just as promising for the Tigers, entering the season as the No. 3 team in the nation. The Tigers could have had an even higher ranking had it not been for the suspension, and ultimately the loss, of star defensive back Tyrann "Honey Badger" Mathieu. Mathieu, a Heisman Trophy finalist in the 2011 season, was kicked off the team after reportedly failing multiple drug tests. Any chance of Mathieu returning to the team next season evaporated following his arrest along with former LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson and two other men on drug counts earlier this year. On the field, LSU continues to have a top flight team and ended the season as the 8th ranked team in the Bowl Championship Series. But finishing 8th didn't get LSU a spot in a BCS bowl. Instead, the Tigers from Baton Rouge will play the No. 14 Tigers from Clemson in the Chick-fil-A bowl in Atlanta on New Year's Eve. 8. Project brings together police, community to fight crime in targeted areas People who live in the 70805 ZIP code area in Baton Rouge and surrounding communities for years have had to endure high crime rates, but a new initiative aims to change that. Members of the Baton Rouge Area Violence Elimination (BRAVE) Project will use research and data analysis to identify the people they want to target. Researchers also will use information gathered to determine where and when crimes are occurring on a daily or a weekly basis, to track long-term crime trends, and to break up criminal networks. In October, law enforcement officials credited the BRAVE program when they announced the indictment of 15 repeat offenders. Eight of the 15 people recently indicted had direct ties to the 70805 ZIP code area, U.S. Attorney Donald Cazayoux said. East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore III said the arrests are a positive development in the cleanup of the 70805 ZIP code area but are merely a by-product of BRAVE. The actual research, and data collection and analysis part of the program funded through a federal grant, is still in the early stages. Baton Rouge Police Chief Dewayne White said the relationships the Police Department's BRAVE patrol unit has created with people in the 70805 ZIP code also have cultivated tips that have helped solve seven murders. People in the area "are actually saying they are feeling safer and that they are seeing a change," White said. The city's 70805 ZIP code is bordered by Airline Highway to the north and east, Choctaw Drive to the south and the Mississippi River to the west. In November, officials with the University of Cincinnati and the city of Cincinnati came to Baton Rouge to talk with officials involved in the local BRAVE project. The Ohio city has also started a BRAVE program of its own, which has helped lower the number of shootings in the city by 22 percent. 9. Advocate extends daily coverage to New Orleans In May, The Times-Picayune, the daily newspaper in New Orleans, announced plans to convert to a 24-hour, 7-day a week digital news source with a print edition only on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. In June, the newspaper announced that 200 of its employees, including 84 of the newsroom's 173 employees, would lose their jobs. In July, The Advocate announced that it was setting the groundwork to provide daily newspaper service to New Orleans just as The Times-Picayune began its three-day-per-week delivery of newspapers. "From the moment that they announced that they were going to a three-day-a-week newspaper, we thought there would be tremendous opportunities for The Advocate to fill a void they're creating," said Richard Manship, president and CEO of Capital City Press, which publishes The Advocate. In staffing its New Orleans bureau, The Advocate hired some former employees who had been let go by The Times-Picayune. Several pages in The Advocate's New Orleans edition, including the front page and the B-section (South Louisiana/Business) front, are reworked each day to display major New Orleans area stories. And on Thursdays, the edition includes the Community section, providing New Orleans area feature stories, and the Beaucoup section, highlighting local arts and entertainment. Within three months, daily circulation of the edition topped 20,000. 10. State's colleges, universities face exodus of leadership Louisiana's public colleges and universities underwent dramatic change in 2012 as two system presidents and three campus leaders either retired, were fired or announced plans to retire in the near future. Departures at lower levels have been of greater concern as department heads, deans and faculty are beginning to search outside of Louisiana for comparable jobs. Many attribute part of the blame to Louisiana's financial outlook. Gov. Bobby Jindal and the Legislature have cut higher education funding by more than $426 million since 2008 in order to balance state budgets. Higher education leaders also say colleges across the country are starting to look at Louisiana as fertile ground to pick off some of the state's top talent. When research faculty are recruited or leave on their own, they often take millions of research grants with them. That hurts universities in national rankings and compounds the "knowledge drain" that typically accompanies year-after-year budget cuts. In April, LSU System President John Lombardi was fired; Michael Martin, chancellor of LSU's Baton Rouge campus left, in August to lead the Colorado State University System; LSU at Shreveport Chancellor Vincent Marsala retired in June; University of Louisiana System President Randy Moffett retired in September; and Louisiana Tech University President Dan Reneau is expected to retire in June 2013. 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I briefly mentioned series in my original Genre Labels essay (still visible on the WWW board), but have recently been thinking more about series and reading order.
I read F&SF for many years before I started reading romances. Most F&SF series have stories that build through multiple books, so it is best to read them in order. Occasionally an author writes books out of the order of the chronology of story events, and there can be valid arguments for either story chronology order or publication order. The Pern books by McCaffrey and the Liad books by Lee & Miller are examples of series that I would recommend to read in publication order rather than story universe chronological order.
There are also some series that are more episodic or standalone, without any overall story arc or development, where reading order isn't a big deal. The Tom Swift Jr. series that I read in my teens was like that--even though there were new inventions in every book, Tom was 18 years old through more than 30 books.
When I started reading romances, I found a different sort of series: the one-couple-per-book series. Some have overall arcs of development and many don't. In some of the series without an obvious overall arc of development, primary couples from one book will be important secondary characters in other books, but in other series primary couples get little page space outside their own books.
Many Paranormal Romance series that I've read are best read in order, including series by G. A. Aiken, Dana Marie Bell, Meljean Brook, Kresley Cole, Bianca D'Arc, MaryJanice Davidson, Thea Harrison, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Angela Knight, Shelly Laurenston, Katie MacAlister, Erin McCarthy, Robin D. Owens, Cindy Spencer Pape, Kimberley Raye, Tielle St. Clare, Lynsay Sands, Nalini Singh, Kerrelyn Sparks, Vicki Lewis Thompson, and Christine Warren (though the way the "Others" books have been published & revised makes reading order a bit of a challenge).
I'm unsure about the Cynster books by Stephanie Laurens. I have read them in order of publication, but they are more loosely connected than most paranormal series. Her Bastion Club books are definitely a read-in-order series.
I like the fact that AAR reviews mention if a book is part of a series, but I'm wondering if it is worth trying to encourage the online romance community to add a few modifiers to the word "series". Some possibilities:
ARRO Author's Recommended Reading Order
MRC Major Recurring Characters
MVCA Multi-volume Character Arc
MVSA Multi-volume Story Arc
MVSCC Multi-volume Same Central Characters
OPCMV One Primary Couple, Multiple Volumes
OPCPB One Primary Couple Per Book
RIAO Read In Any Order
RICO Read In Chronological Order
RIPO Read In Publication Order
These labels can overlap, so there are probably better systems (though I didn't get any suggestions when I posted an earlier version of these thoughts on the Potpourri message board some time ago). MRC could mean books like Nina Bangs' books with the cosmic troublemakers as recurring secondary characters but no obvious MVSA, or Meljean Brook's Demon books with the h/h of Demon Angel present as important secondary characters in most following books with a MVSA, but the latter could also be described as MVCA. Laurens' Bastion Club books, with the buildup to Dalziel's story, could be described as MRC, MVCA or MVSA. MVSCC includes series like the Tom Swift Jr. books or the J. D. Robb "In Death" books, though I've also seen suggestions that the In Death books are RIPO.
The majority of books published as romances are OPCPB, but there are exceptions (which I consider to be badly assigned genre labels). The Undead (Queen Betsy) books by MaryJanice Davidson are labeled Paranormal Romance but still haven't reached a primary couple HEA after 10 or 11 books. A number of books by Katie MacAlister are labeled Paranormal Romance but take three or four books per couple.
There is a lot of overlap between Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy, but I don't approach UF expecting OPCPB. I recently bought & read the Lupi ebooks by Eileen Wilks after one of my brothers recommended them. The publisher is too cheap to include cover images, and I have never seen genre labels on any ebooks to date. I just checked the Fantastic Fiction site and found the Lupi books listed there as Urban Fantasy, which fits the fact that most of the books have centered on one couple. For another example, I consider the Otherworld series by Yasmine Galenorn to be Urban Fantasy rather than Paranormal Romance (as does the FF site), but the one book I bought in paperback before switching to ebooks said Paranormal Romance on the spine. A quick web search turned up an author site saying the author considers the series Urban Fantasy and has no control over publisher genre labels. Maybe not seeing publishers' genre labels on ebooks is a blessing in disguise.
A large portion of my reading these days (about 3/4 so far this year) consists of books in series. In line with my earlier plea for better labels on individual books, I would like to see publishers do a better job of labeling books in series.
Always list all books in the series at the front or back of the book. Clearly label the list as Author's Recommended Reading Order, Chronological Order, or Publication Order. Do NOT just list the titles in alphabetical order unless that is also the recommended reading order.
Include all anthologized stories/novellas/novelettes in the list, correctly placed in the specified reading order.
For those who care about numbers, here are some terms. Some years ago I tried to recall appropriate series words for various numbers and did a little dictionary checking. Trilogy and tetralogy both trace back to the ancient Greek religious theatrical competitions. The three tragedies were a trilogy and the three tragedies plus one comedy that made up a playwrights complete entry were a tetralogy. The words were later generalized to describe three or four works of any kind. Since the cultural and linguistic origin is Greek, I checked for other words using the Greek number roots rather than the Latin (quattro- is from Latin). For two works, duo can be used, though it isnt specific to writings, or one can just talk about a book and its prequel or sequel. I was able to find OED mentions for pentalogy (five books) and hexalogy (six books). I didnt find any mention of heptalogy, octalogy or ennealogy, but heptad, octad and ennead are words for groups of seven, eight and nine items. The word Decalogue (or decalog) is reserved for the Ten Commandments, and I didnt find decalogy. I did not try to find terms for groups beyond ten books.
I read a lot of books in series, and some of those series feel like they have gone on too long while others still feel fresh after many books. As with any generalization about fiction, a good author can write a counterexample, but I would say I find a positive correlation between the number of major characters and the number of books I'm willing to read. Genre also make a difference. With just one central couple, a trilogy or tetralogy will often work for me, but anything longer has to have a good reason. With many major characters, I can happily read many more books as long as they don't feel like rehashes of the same material.
Examples (counts are what I've read, + mostly indicates anthologized stories):
6+UF Magic books by Ilona Andrews: I'm still interested.
3 UF Mercy books by Toni Andrews: unfinished since 2009. Will this be finished?
9 PNR (3 linked Salem trilogies) by Annette Blair: is there more to come?
8+UF Mercy & Alpha books by Patricia Briggs: keep going.
7+PNR Demon books by Meljean Brook: this story is hanging unfinished.
10+PNR IAD books by Kresley Cole: what is planned?
10+PNR Undead books by MaryJanice Davidson: please wrap this up.
50+SF 1632 universe books by Eric Flint & many others: keep going.
9+UF Night Huntress (& World) books by Jeaniene Frost: keep going.
11+UF Otherworld books by Yasmine Galenorn: please wrap this up.
4+PNR Elder Races books by Thea Harrison: more, please.
9+PNR Mageverse books by Angela Knight: thank you for wrapping this up. I was getting very tired of too much of the ubervillain.
10+PNR Pack and Pride books by Shelly Laurenston: keep going.
10+PNR Guardian/dragon books by Katie MacAlister: please wrap this up.
10 PNR Celta books by Robin D. Owens: keep going.
12+PNR Vampire books by Kerrelyn Sparks: please wrap this up.
4 UF Katie Chandler books by Shanna Swendson: book 5 just came out four years after book 4.
19+PNR Others books by Christine Warren: I'm ambivalent.
9+UF Lupi books by Eileen Wilks: I'm still interested, but is there a planned arc?
Tangential note: I need to find a better way to keep up with releases. While checking some counts for the above list, I came across info about an Elder Races novella that came out a couple months ago that I hadn't heard about. I also found out about the Shanna Swendson continuation after a four-year gap.
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In line with my earlier plea for better labels on individual books, I would like to see publishers do a better job of labeling books in series.
Always list all books in the series at the front or back of the book. Clearly label the list as Author's Recommended Reading Order, Chronological Order, or Publication Order. Do NOT just list the titles in alphabetical order unless that is also the recommended reading order.
Include all anthologized stories/novellas/novelettes in the list, correctly placed in the specified reading order.
THIS ... really frustrating when such a list is missing or worse when it is in alphabetical order!
I like your labels although I'm not sure publishers will adopt them, perhaps authors and reviewers will take note. I've read only a few of these series, but labelling them, plus your take on where they are in the progression is quite helpful. I understand the "wrap this up" versus "keep going" feeling and although I'm sure each reader will have different tipping points within any series, thanks for your takes!
As for the "In Death" series they definitely should be read in publication order
if you care about all the secondary characters
in Eve and Roarke's world. There are major developments in their lives even when there isn't much progression in the Main Couple relationship. The mysteries themselves are pretty much standalone although there are occasional backwards references to previous cases.
When in doubt, read.
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Perhaps publishers are reluctant to codify series books for fear of scaring off readers, but I've recently found myself reluctant to pick up any series books because I might not enjoy/understand them fully without first reading the earlier installments.
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Mark wrote:
Always list all books in the series at the front or back of the book. Clearly label the list as Author's Recommended Reading Order, Chronological Order, or Publication Order. Do NOT just list the titles in alphabetical order unless that is also the recommended reading order.
Include all anthologized stories/novellas/novelettes in the list, correctly placed in the specified reading order..
I agree. Many times I find myself searching author's websites for this info.
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The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department is opening its headquarters to take input from motorists on how the Interstate 430 interchange with Interstate 30 should be improved.
The meeting is set for 4 p.m., Feb. 28, in the conference room of the agency's office along Interstate 30.
The highways meet in southwest Little Rock and are an important route for commuters from Saline County.
Possible changes include adding a second lane to the merge ramp from I-430 onto westbound I-30. Other ramps and traffic lanes could also be added.
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KathyChung, Tuesday September 14, 2010 - 12:49pm
Well, well, well... We have some BRILLIANT attendees following us online.
As you may know, we've been running a "guess the theme" contest the last couple of months, dropping very vague, very sneaky clues wherever you find us online. Guesses have been coming into my email, and I am excited to report that WE HAVE A WINNER!
Actually, we have two. Two of the guesses came VERY close on their own, but just didn't quite capture the theme, according to our judges. Put the two together, and you've got as close a solution as our evidence is ever likely to produce. Our board was unanimous that these two add up to our winner. That means that TWO lucky guessers will win a book prize they can pick up at the conference.
The amazing thing to me is that one of those people was the first person to guess! Talk about being a good detective!
So, shall I tell you the winners first, or the theme? How about I tell you the winners AND their guesses?
The very first guess came from Vicki Barrow, who suggested "Come as your favourite detective." So close…
Later, Ashley-Anne Churchill chimed in with "Crime and Punishment." Oh so close…
Put them both together, and what have you got? Our theme.
What is that theme, you ask? At long last I can tell you it is
Crime Scene Investigation. That's right! CSI.
And the mystery Night Owl event? The amazing Chris Mathieson, Executive Director of the Vancouver Police Museum, will be bringing us his entertaining and insightful look at everything you ever wanted to know about blood spatter. Creepy, but fun! We can't wait!
As usual, our Saturday night banquet is come-as-you-are, whether you want to wear the same duds you've been in at the conference all day, dress up a little bit, or don a costume in honour of our theme. Some Horatio Caine sunglasses, perhaps? Maybe a forensics kit in hand? A few bugs from Grissom's collection? Inappropriately high heels for wandering a murder scene? Use your imaginations and have fun with it. That's what our themes are all about.
Congratulations to Vicki and Ashley-Anne for their stellar detective skills!
Anonymous replied on Permalink
Congratulations to Vicki and
Congratulations to Vicki and Ashley-Anne! it sounds like we're in for a fun night of discovery (in addition to great conference sessions, of course). Just five weeks to go. I can hardly wait. :)
Anonymous replied on Permalink
I do like a good blood
I do like a good blood spatter....
Anonymous replied on Permalink
I'm a winner?
I'm tickled pink...or should that be "red" as in blood red? I'm so looking forward to the conference and Saturday night looks to be an interesting affair. I'll be packing my sunglasses, penlight and fingerprint dusting brush for the occasion! I'll leave my inappropriate stiletto heels behind though, rubber boots anyone?


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Industry Controls USDA Role in Peanut Safety
The Agriculture department's advisory committee charged with
ensuring the safety of exported peanuts is comprised entirely of
industry representatives, including the chief executive of the
firm responsible for the massive Salmonella-outbreak that has
been linked to at least eight deaths and sickened more than 500
in the U.S. The Peanut Standards Board, which was exempted from federal conflict-of-interest rules in the 2002 Farm Bill, advises the Secretary of Agriculture on designing safety and handling rules that are designed to minimize aflatoxin contamination. USDA, which usually has no role in non-meat food safety, gets involved in peanut safety because high levels of aflatoxin, which can cause developmental abnormalities and increases liver cancer risk, make peanuts unsuitable for export.
The 18-member Peanut Standards Board has no consumer, public
health or environmental health representatives. But, as reported
by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, it does include Stewart Parnell, president of the Peanut Corporation of America,
which faces a possible criminal investigation for the
ongoing-Salmonella-related outbreak. The Agriculture department removed him from the committee last week. The board recently recommended peanut handling practices that would lower industry costs when drying peanuts to meet export standards. It's never taken up safety standards to prevent Salmonella contamination.
Kohl-Grassley to Seek Disclosure from NIH Grantees
Sens. Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Charles Grassley (R-IA) are pushing
an amendment to the economic stimulus package that would require
all National Institutes of Health grantees who receive over
$250,000 a year from the government to report "significant"
financial ties with private sector firms. The recovery bill
would add an estimated $3 billion to the almost $24 billion
that NIH awards each year to "extramural" scientists at the
nation's universities, medical schools and non-profit research
Besides reporting the amounts of the primary investigator's
financial interest, "estimated to the nearest one thousand
dollars," the amendment would require the investigator's
institution to report how it plans to manage the conflict of
interest. A recent Government Accountability Office report found
that NIH does almost nothing to monitor how well universities
manage conflicts of interest. "The goal of this initiative is to
establish transparency and the accountability that comes from
disclosure," Grassley said. "It's become clear that the federal
rules in place to manage conflicts of interest in research
aren't enforced as they ought to be."
It's unclear if the proposal would cover intellectual property
rights that have yet to generate revenue, or institutional
conflicts of interest. Large pharmaceutical firms are
increasingly turning to major universities to generate new drug
leads since their own efforts have come up empty in recent
years. For instance, Vanderbilt University last month
signed an exclusive $10 million licensing and commercialization
deal with Johnson & Johnson's Janssen unit that involves
potential anti-schizophrenia drugs developed by P. Jeffrey Conn,
who heads the school's drug development program. Conn has
received well over $1 million from NIH in recent years, and has
at least one pending patent on the technologies developed with
those grants.
Meanwhile, the movement among leading medical schools to limit
conflicts of interests is moving ahead in fits and starts.
Harvard Medical School will bar its faculty or their family
members from holding any equity in companies that sponsor their
research or from receiving more than $20,000 a year in
consulting or other fees from companies that sponsor their
research. According to the Boston Globe,
David Korn, Harvard's vice provost for research, is overseeing
the 19-member committee conducting a yearlong review of the
university's conflict-of-interest policies. But University of
Minnesota Medical School Dean Deborah Powell has watered down a
task force proposal calling for strict disclosure standards,
according to the Minnesota Daily. Powell's proposal sets a threshold at $500
before reporting was required. The task force proposal had no
Montana Methane Mining Justified with Corporate Science
The Bureau of Land Management in late January
opened over five million acres in Montana to coal bed methane extraction based on an
environmental impact statement (EIS) that relied on a report from the Petroleum Association of Wyoming, which dismissed concerns about the waste water produced by the drilling. The EIS argued that the water could be either injected into the ground or used for livestock or industry.
Those uses were criticized by the Environmental Protection Agency. Still, the decision was
published in the federal register last month. The EPA critique
also called for greater stakeholder involvement in air quality
mitigation and monitoring. The Washington Post reported that Congress will start reviewing Bush
administration public land regulations this week.
Odds and Ends
The Food and Drug Administration last week excluded cardiologist Sanjay Kaul, a researcher at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, from the advisory committee that unanimously recommended approving prasugrel, a new blood thinning medicine. The FDA accused Kaul, a frequent industry critic, of having an intellectual conflict of interest, according to the Wall Street
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Management and Budget oversight of all federal regulations, and revoked Bush Administration executive orders that solidified that power. The president's memo to OMB chief Peter Orszag asked for recommendations for a new executive order. ... Former Environmental Protection Agency toxicologist Linda Birnbaum was named director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, an agency wracked by controversy during the term of former director David Schwartz. ... The EPA's Science Advisory Board Drinking Water Committee wrote EPA administrator Lisa Jackson to complain about lack of
transparency in setting the agency's list of drinking water
contaminants. ... A little-noticed parting gift by the Bush
Administration gave DuPont three more years to conduct tests to determine whether C8, or PFOA, is leaching from Teflon, Stainmaster, and other products in drinking water supplies surrounding a Dupont plant in West Virginia. ... Public
Employees for Environmental Responsibility warns that
Dow Chemical and the EPA are nearing a "non-enforcement"
approach to cleaning up dioxin contamination surrounding the
company's Midland, Michigan plant. An agreement would sidestep
regulatory action required under the Superfund law and "would
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ZF-2568: No %value% substitution in translated validation messages
If a translator is used, Zend_Form_Decorator_Errors passes %value% (and additional message variables) subtitution in validation messages.
I encountered the same problem trying to translate errors messages. I found that the translation were done in Zend_Form_Decorator_Errors, after that each error message were processed by the function Zend_Validate_Abstract::_createMessage
Zend_Form_Decorator_Errors::render () {
// ...
$errors = $element->getMessages();
if (empty($errors)) {
return $content;
if (null !== ($translator = $element->getTranslator())) {
foreach ($errors as $code => $message) {
$errors[$code] = $translator->translate($code); // pre-processed messages are deleted here
Maybe that the translator should be passed to each validator to create localized validators
Available as of r7854 (make sure you update both incubator and core). Translations are now possible globally for all validators extending Zend_Validate_Abstract, which affects Zend_Validate, Zend_Form, and Zend_Filter_Input. This change also allows for variable substitution in messages.


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In the first two years of sponsoring my child, I mailed two letters.
I felt terrible about sending so few, especially because I had received six or seven.
So why didn't I write more letters? The answer is simple: It wasn't convenient.
I know that is a bad excuse. The truth is, it was more convenient to sleep or hang out with friends or watch TV. I knew letter writing was important, I just never gave it my time.
Then I found out I could write my sponsored child online. Knowing I needed to step up my letter-writing game, I decided to give the online letter-writing tool a try. I am so glad I did. It was a game-changer.
If you are having a hard time writing to your sponsored child, here are four reasons to try writing online:
- It's easier to include pictures. All my pictures are on my computer. Online, you don't need to go to the store to print pictures. You just press upload. It takes about 30 seconds to upload and crop a picture, as opposed to the 30+ minutes you might spend going somewhere to print it.
- You can write more in less time. It takes me a long time to handwrite legibly. I can type probably four times as fast. It's much easier to fit 15 minutes into my schedule than it is an hour.
- You have more control over your content. When I wrote my two handwritten letters, sometimes I would finish my letter and then want to change what I had written. That meant either starting over or creating ugly eraser marks. With the online letter-writing tool, you just delete and rewrite. Or, if you want to switch sections around, you can copy and paste. It's now much easier to craft my letter exactly how I want it.
- It's only a click away. Bookmark the Compassion website, and make sure it is next to your Facebook bookmark (or whatever website you spend the most time on). That way, when you go to spend time on your favorite site, you will see the Compassion bookmark. Then you just need to click it, log in, and start writing. Seriously, it takes only 10 seconds to get started.
Since I started using the online tool, I send a letter every one to two months. I am much more pleased with that rate. The increase in letters has also positively affected my relationship with my sponsored child.
Now my relationship with him is more personal, meaningful and fun. It feels more like an actual relationship and less like a sponsorship.
So if you're struggling to write letters, try writing online. Letters are the primary way to let your sponsored children know you love them, and online is an easy way to do it.
To get started, log in to your Compassion account. In the Account Summary section, beneath My Messages, there is a list of the children you sponsor. Just click the name of the child you want to write to and away you go.
If you don't have a Compassion account, you can easily create one using your donor number and email address.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Joshua Lancette is the managing editor of an international academic journal and lives in Denver, Colo. You can read his blog on life and language or follow him on Twitter.


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Things to see and do - Caher
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Caher Travel guide
Caher : Michelin's recommendations
This interesting historic town in the south of County Tipperary, also called Cahir, (and pronounced Care) is located on the banks of the River Suir, where there are pleasant walks. Overlooked by its 13C castle, Caher owes most of its features to the Butler family who built the mills, the covered market and Caher House in the 18C. Despite two bankruptcies in the 19C, the flourmill flourished under the guidance of 6 Quaker families.


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ZF-5395: Zend_Db_Select::joinUsing() does not respect table aliases
Looks like my bug report within comments of [ZF-5372] have been unheard, so I chose to open a new bug report for it. The situation is that [ZF-5372] was demoted as a non-bug but rather a design choice. But this is a different issue which I'm not sure it should be treated together with [ZF-5372]. Further details and patch can be seen at [http://framework.zend.com/issues/browse/…].
When will it be fixed? Nearly one year has passed!
This issue is a duplicate of ZF-3309. Discussion and remediation of the failure of joinUsing to respect table aliases is being handled from there.


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Royal Canadian Pacific has partnered with some of Canada's most elite tourism experiences at various destinations throughout our excursions. These off-train activities include golf at some of the world's most renowned championship courses, fly-fishing on Canada's pristine rivers and lakes, and interpretive tours that share Canada's unique heritage.
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kcdyer, Friday October 11, 2013 - 10:06pm
In just two short weeks we will be in the throes of the latest and best SiWC ever! In the meantime, I wanted to let you know that the short-lists for all the writing contest categories have been compiled, and the authors notified. If you didn't hear back from us this year -- I'm sorry! Please try again next year. The cost of entries goes ENTIRELY to the prizes, and you KNOW money in writers' hands is the best place for it. Next year, after many years at the same prize level, we've decided to up the ante -- you will have a chance to win a pass to #SiWC14 AND some cold, hard cash!
Details to be released soon -- on the first night of the conference this year, to be exact, along with the names of the lucky winners of the #SiWC13 contest.
For now, I'll bite my nails along with you as we await the judges' final decisions. I hope you'll be there to watch the winners pick up their prizes on Friday, October 24th at 7:00 pm.
See you then!
sweetly tweeting @kcdyer
Amanda replied on Permalink
Do you know what email
Do you know what email address the information would have been sent from? (Juuuusssttt in case :) Want to make sure not in the wrong box).
Congratulations to all who made the short list!!
kcdyer replied on Permalink
If you are not sure, email me
If you are not sure, email me at email@example.com and I can let you know for sure. [That's the email your news would have arrived from, btw].
Susan Pieters replied on Permalink
For Everyone who wasn't shortlisted...
If you weren't shortlisted, your piece is now free to submit to a new start-up magazine called Pulp Literature, run by three SiWC writers, and we're eager for submissions! Each year we wonder what happens with the stories that didn't win. Don't give up on them. Share them with us. Our payment guidelines are subject to funding on our kickstarter campaign (see details on our website at pulpliterature.com).


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The euro has been used as cash since 2002 and is now used by more than 338 million people in 19 European countries. Since 1 January 2011, the euro has been the only legal tender in Estonia.
The other countries in the euro area are Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, Austria, Finland, Spain, Portugal, Luxembourg, Greece, Slovenia, Cyprus, Malta, Slovakia, Latvia and Lithuania. Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican also use the euro under an official agreement with the European Union.
Since 2013 the countries in the euro area have been gradually introducing the second series of euro banknotes into circulation. What makes this series stand out is the new security features that use the mythological Greek character Europa, after whom the continent is named.
The nominal values of the second series of banknotes are the same as before: 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 euros. The first of the new series to be issued was the five-euro note on 2 May 2013, and on 23 September 2014 the new ten-euro note was issued into circulation throughout the euro area. The second series of twenty-euro notes will be issued on 25 November 2015.
The new notes continue the theme of "ages and styles" from the first series and use the same colours but have been visually modified to accommodate a range of new and enhanced security features. The notes of the second series are slightly different from those of the first. An independent banknote designer based in Berlin, Reinhold Gerstetter, refreshed the design of the euro banknotes.
The new banknotes also take into account the countries which joined the European Union after the launch of the first series. They have the name of the currency, euro, written on them in the Latin (EURO) Greek (EYPΩ) and Cyrillic (EBPO) alphabets, as a result of Bulgaria joining the European Union in 2007. The map of Europe has been revised to include Malta and Cyprus, and the initials of the European Central Bank are shown in nine linguistic variants.
Both series of notes will be used in parallel initially, but the banknotes of the first series will gradually be withdrawn from circulation and then they will cease to be legal tender. The public will be informed of the date for this well in advance. There will be no limits on how long the banknotes of the first series will hold their value, and it will be possible to exchange them at the central bank at any time.
So that the new twenty-euro note can enter smoothly into circulation, it is important for companies to update their cash handling equipment in good time. Having cash handling and authentication devices ready technically will make sure that payments with the new banknote can be made correctly when it enters circulation. If the cash authentication device is broken or needs updating, it is still possible to check the authenticity of notes using the feel, look, tilt method. For more details see the website of the second series.
Notes and coins
- BanknotesEesti Pank makes sure that there is sufficient good-quality money available in Estonia and works with the European Central Bank and other central banks in the euro area to release euro banknotes and coins into circulation.
- New euro banknotesThe second series of euro banknotes has been in circulation since 2013. The new banknotes have high technology security features that have been created using the latest technical equipment. The new security features are more effective and offer better protection against counterfeiting.
- Coins for circulationThe euro coins have a national side and a common side, and each country can put its own national design on the national side. All euro coins are legal tender throughout the euro area.
- Collector coinsCollector coins are minted from precious metals to celebrate very important people and events. They are legal tender, but their high value means they are more usually used as souvenirs and collectors items than as circulation coins.
- CounterfeitsAnybody can verify the authenticity of a banknote easily if there is a suspicion that it is counterfeit by just feeling it, looking at it and tilting it, checking the security features, or comparing it to an authentic banknote. If it is suspected that a banknote is counterfeit, the police should be informed.
- To professional cash handlersCompanies can return banknotes into circulation only once the notes have been tested to European standards. Companies can test cash using specially designed devices or, if they do not have any, manually.