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Polman MineralsFine Fluorescent Mineral Specimensand Ultraviolet Lamps
Mining and Mineral Collecting Over the Years
Bancroft, Ontario, Canada 1992
My first visit to Bancroft, the Mineral Capital of Canada!
Pointing out some nice fluorescent minerals along a roadcut near Bancroft.
The trip was a success, as Dr. Carnein helps me with all the heavy crates!
Dr. Bob Carnein and I attend a field trip near Bancroft to collect fluorescent minerals. Dr. Carnein was a professor of mine at Waynesburg College, and is my good friend and geology mentor.
Hull Mine, Yuma County, Arizona 1993
Ready to drive my truck down the main shaft to the 100-foot level.
My good friend Corby Waste collecting willemite, calcite and fluorite at the 100-foot level.
Climbing up to investigate a pocket whichcontained a white fluorescing calcite.
Collecting willemite, calcite and fluorite at the 100-foot level.
Purple Cow Ledge, Near Quartzsite, Arizona 1993
That�s me on the left with my good friend AJ Lombard, a fellow geologist. Here we�re mining zunyite using an electric jack hammer.
Me and AJ again. Hey AJ, where�s your hard hat and steel toed boots?
Ontario, Canada 1993
My first stop on this collecting trip was a fluoborite locality. I�m smiling, so I must have found some!
That�s me starting the long hike through the woods to the Davis Quarry. The Davis Quarry is known for its fluorescent hackmanite.
At last, I made it to the Davis Quarry!
Here is my friend Corby Waste at the Davis Quarry. Corby accompanied me on this collecting trip and provided a much needed helping hand.
�3-Color Mine�, Pima County, Arizona 1993
This is the entrance to the �3-Color Mine�, containing willemite, calcite and fluorite.
Me and my good friend Brad Bingham, a fellow geologist, helping to collect some great specimens.
Working hard to remove nice specimens!
My good friend Dr. Pete Pinto, helping me and Brad get the job done!
This is one of my favorite pictures. It shows a rare hail storm outside the entrance of the �3-Color� Mine.
Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 1993
Heading down a vertical shaft to collect wulfenite. What am I crazy?
Working on a nice wulfenite pocket.
After a full day of collecting, I�m heading up the main shaft.
Almost at the top!
Midnight Owl Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona 1995
A view of the Midnight Owl Mine as I am heading up the hillside to it.
The entrance to the Midnight Owl Mine open cut.
Getting ready to light the fuse and collect some eucryptite!
Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona 2001
Debbie and I ready to take a tour of the world famous Copper Queen Mine in Bisbee. This is a really fun tour and I recommend it to everyone.
Red Cloud Mine, La Paz County, Arizona 1996-2002
Our good friends AJ and Sharon Lombard in the Red Cloud Mine open pit in 1996. The pit eventually reached a total depth of 103 feet.
That�s me after another successful day of collecting at the Red Cloud Mine in 1996!
Taking a rest on a pile of mine tailings in 1998.
Loaded up and ready for the long drive back to Phoenix.
On my right, I had found a very nice zone of fluorescent fluorite within the mine wall in 2002.
After scratching the wall with the trackhoe, all that is left is to load up the specimens!
Pure Potential Mine, La Paz County, Arizona 1999/2002
The old headframe at the Pure Potential Mine in 1999.
Exploring a drift at the bottom of the mine.
That�s Debbie, taking a rest after a long day of mining!
Potter-Cramer Mine, Arizona 2002/2003/2004
Drilling a small area of mineralization at the surface, right after I claimed the mine in 2002.
Here is a picture of the surface outcropping, right next to the 50-foot vertical shaft in 2003.
Next to the 50-foot vertical shaft in 2003.
This is the drift leading to the main open stope.
A long hot day of mining!
Never ending fence maintenance.
A great picture of the mine taken by my good friend Al Liebetrau in 2004. The �ants� you see are me, Debbie and Sue Liebetrau!
A nice picture of me and Debbie taken by our good friend Sue Liebetrau in 2004.
Sweet Home Mine, Park County, Colorado 2004
The entrance to the world famous Sweet Home Mine. I visited the mine just before it closed on October 18, 2004.
In the mine, next to a vein of nice rhodochrosite.
Mendips Area, United Kingdom 2005
A cold rainy morning at the Halecombe Quarry.
A nice chunk of Terlingua type calcite!
Here is a look at Colemans South Quarry. I collected some very unique fluorescent specimens here.
This is Colemans Main (north) Quarry.
While in Colemans Main Quarry, I spotted a vein on the far wall of the quarry. I knew this would be worth investigating!
After a long hike up the quarry wall, I found the vein to contain solid white calcite that fluoresced red.
My good friends Gavin Malcolm (left) and Dr. Michael Doel (center), with me after a great day fluorescent mineral collecting in the UK!
Reymert Mine, Pinal County, Arizona 2012
The Reymert Mine from the south end looking south. The Reymert is currently being mined for crushed rock (Pinal Schist)
The Reymert Mine from the north end looking north.
The first of only two fluorescent boulders found during the trip.
This is me next to the boulder for scale. Once this boulder was broken in half, it was a bit easier to break up from there.
Debbie with the boulder that she found. It was the second of only two found during the trip.
Here is Debbie again gathering up some of the smaller specimens produced by the breaking up of the first boulder.
Debbie and I in front of a piece of earth moving equipment. What a great day we had collecting!


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Stocks to Watch: Dell, Williams-Sonoma, Sunrise Senior Living
By Mia Lamar
Among the companies with shares expected to actively trade in Wednesday's session are Dell Inc. (DELL), Williams-Sonoma Inc. (WSM) and Sunrise Senior Living Inc. (SRZ).
Dell Inc.'s (DELL) fiscal second-quarter earnings fell 18% as the computer giant recorded weaker revenue, led by declines in its consumer segment. Shares slid 6.2% to $11.58 premarket as revenue missed the company's expectations. Dell also lowered its full-year guidance and offered downbeat revenue guidance for the current quarter.
Williams-Sonoma Inc.'s (WSM) revived gross margin and strong sales growth lifted the housewares and furniture retailer's profit 10% in its fiscal second quarter. The better-than-forecast results pushed shares 11% higher premarket to $42.20.
Health Care REIT Inc. (HCN) agreed to acquire Sunrise Senior Living Inc. (SRZ) in a roughly $845 million deal that would make the real-estate investment trust among the largest owners of senior housing in the world. The offer, worth $14.50 a share, marks a 62% premium to Sunrise 's closing price Tuesday, a level it hasn't traded at in nearly four years. Shares of Sunrise were up 58% to $14.15 premarket. Fellow retirement home operator Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (BKD) also got a boost, trading 11% higher at $22.19.
American Eagle Outfitters Inc.'s (AEO) fiscal second-quarter earnings edged down 3.3% amid a loss related to the sale of its children's business, though the teen apparel retailer recorded stronger-than expected sales as it cut down on discounts. Shares rose 7.5% to $22.39 premarket.
Toll Brothers Inc.'s (TOL) fiscal third-quarter earnings rose 46% as the luxury home builder saw strong revenue gains across all its geographic segments, buoyed by what it called the most sustained demand it has seen in more than five years. Shares rose 3.9% to $33.05 in premarket trade.
Express Inc.'s (EXPR) fiscal second-quarter earnings rose 26%, though the young-adult clothing retailer's sales grew more slowly than expected amid increased promotional activity in the latter part of the period. Shares slumped 9.5% to $15.30 premarket as the company also lowered its full-year earnings target.
Career Education Corp. (CECO) said Chief Financial Officer Michael J. Graham has resigned to accept a position at another company and named Colleen M. O'Sullivan, most recently the company's chief accounting officer, as his replacement. Shares fell 9.6% to $3.38 premarket.
Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) said the Federal Reserve has approved the Midwestern bank's request for a 25% dividend increase and an expanded stock repurchase program. Shares rose 2.9% to $14.80 premarket.
Analog Devices Inc.'s (ADI) fiscal third-quarter income shrank 23%, as three out of four of the chip maker's major segments posted weaker revenue.
Activist investor Carl Icahn withdrew his offer to buy the remaining shares of petroleum company CVR Energy Inc. (CVI), ending his bid to take the company private, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
The Food and Drug Administration said Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) unit Synthes last month initiated a recall on certain lots of bone putty, saying the medical product could catch fire during surgery.
La-Z-Boy Inc.'s (LZB) fiscal first-quarter earnings fell 90% on a year-earlier reduction of some valuation reserves though the furniture company's sales and margins improved. Revenue topped expectations.
Lorillard Inc. (LO) authorized up to $500 million in share repurchases, as the tobacco company looks to boost shareholder value.
Software maker Intuit Inc. (INTU) swung to a profit in its fiscal fourth quarter as strong demand for its small-business services was tempered by changes to the company's business mix and a modest outlook for the coming year. Still, earnings missed Wall Street forecasts and the company gave a cautious view for its new fiscal year.
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered its outlook on Weatherford International Ltd. (WFT), noting the oilfield-services company's reliance on debt to finance its growth.
Ultra Clean Holdings Inc. (UCTT) cut its third-quarter revenue guidance amid weaker-than-expected demand in the semiconductor capital equipment sector.
Wet Seal Inc. (WTSLA) swung to a fiscal second-quarter loss as the teen clothing retailer reported a decline in sales.

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16 and 18 Gisburn Road, Blacko:
Extracts from deeds by Mrs J Brown:
April 1824:
Surrender of plot of land owned by William Farrington – part of his Watermeetings estate, divided when Gisburn Road was made about 1805 – to Thomas Wilkinson. This plot of 196 square yards adjoined 'the Doles' and on the south side of a house owned by Henry Guy. The Doles is the land on the Watermeetings side of Gisburn Road in Blacko -
from behind the Post Office and running up towards Spout Houses. The name signifies an area of once-
common ground. Part of the Doles was purchased by Admergill later in the 19th century.
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Loan to Thomas Wilkinson of £100 from Charles Carr, Gent of Skipton at 5% interest on security of four dwellings recently erected on the said plot of land. Lived in by Charles Oddie, James Baldwin, James Lowcock and Thomas Wilkinson.
In 1829 Thomas Wilkinson was unable to pay his mortgage so Charles Carr sells to William Baldwin, Wireworker of Barrowford, those 4 houses now tenanted by Tabitha Wilkinson, William Shutt and William Whipp.
Dec 1855:
William Baldwin of Hubby Causeway, Barrowford, surrendered his cottages to his nephew William Baldwin, son of Henry Baldwin of Blacko, Shopkeeper, now tenanted by John Broughton, John Speak, John Fletcher and William Robinson.
Oct 1872:
William and Alice Baldwin of Barnoldswick sold the property for £140 to Robert Lonsdale of Colne, Draper, 2 cottages occupied by Thomas Dugdale and Bradley Starkie and 1 cottage empty.
March 1908:
Robert Lonsdale sells for £220 to John Henry Foulds, of 2 Gisburn Road,Blacko, Butcher, numbers 16 and 18, now empty but formerly occupied by Thomas Waddilove.
From Barrets Directories:
In 1896, 1899,1902 and 1905 editions numbers 16 and 18 Gisburn Road were jointly occupied by William Thompson, Grocer and Postmaster.
In 1902 the landlord of the Sun Inn was Hartley Crabtree and it was given as number 24. By 1933 it was called The Rising Sun and occupied by William Henry Walton who by 1937 was occupant of number 16 Gisburn Road.
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Courtesy: Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts today announced that the demo for the upcoming first-person-shooter from DICE, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has been downloaded over 3.5 million times across Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network.
EA released the demo 23 days ago and in that time amassed a staggering 3.5 million downloads. To put that into perspective, it's about 152,174 downloads per day and would be enough for the entire state of Connecticut to have a copy.
The demo for the game ends Feb. 25, just days before the game releases in its entirety March 2.
Here's some quick, fun facts about the demo.
- 3.5 Million downloads
- 500 Million kills
- 100 Million vehicle kills
- 15 Million knife kills
- 30 Million destroyed vehicles
- 10 Million head shots
- 25 Million revives
Reserve yourself a copy at GameStop today.


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DOLL is a project about realism and perception. These dolls have been photographed in the studio like real people. Sometime they are seen as people. Sometimes they are seen as dolls. The real question is: what is more important- the real, or the perceived?
2009 Ringling College of Art and Design Grad. Currently resides in Chicago, Illinois.
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Here's what's in the share this time, along with recipes. We will also have Morning Glory chicken livers and hearts a la carte. Recipes for pate and other delicious ideas for chicken livers are in the email. Liver is a great paleo/gaps way to get those nutrients that are often lacking. Also dogs love and cats love them. Here is a chicken liver sautee with caulflower and kale recipe that I like to make from Mickey Trescott at Autoimmune Paleo I also like to make pate, and freeze half in a loaf pan, then you have slices of it you can easily add to meals, and it becomes portable.
Red cabbage, kale & quinoa bibimbap bowl
Raw kale salad with lentils & sweet apricot vinaigrette
(use your jam instead of the apricot preserves)
Vegan purple sweet potato pie
Purple sweet potato corn chowder
Broccoli gratin with crispy onions
Fish 'N Sauce
Pan seared lemon pepper rainbow trout
Smoked trout sandwich
Apple & bacon grilled cheese
Sweet potato rolls with bacon & brown sugar butter
Roasted achiote chicken with potato, broccoli, & tangerine aioli
Chicken Hearts & Livers
Wellness Mama: Are Organ Meats Healthy?
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Enbridge Inc (ENB.TO) has started to sketch out plans for moving Canadian crude oil to a U.S. refining market it has so far had little access to—the eastern Gulf Coast region of Louisiana and Mississippi, its chief executive said on Thursday.
Enbridge, the largest shipper of Canada's oil, has been a main player in adding pipeline capacity to the western Gulf Coast, most recently with the expansion of the Seaway pipeline between the hub at Cushing, Oklahoma, and the Houston area.
That project has begun shrinking a glut of oil supplies in the middle of the continent, where prices have been under pressure compared with international crudes. With increasingly tight capacity to move oil out of Alberta, Canadian crude has been doubly discounted.
As more supplies of Canadian oil and North Dakota's Bakken crude are shipped to Texas, refineries to the east represent the next major potential market, Enbridge CEO Al Monaco said.


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Montreal Restaurants Tagged With First Date
Les Infideles
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why?Because it's a classic.
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why?An A-List ice cream sandwich if I ever saw one
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Le Passe Compose
why?Because we're the nostalgic sort.
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Le Marley
why?Because that swordfish kept you up in more ways than one.
$$$Worth The Expense
why?Jeans and a button-down...Or dress in hunter's garb to match the mood.
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why?Its nightly tasting menu will give you plenty to chew on.
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Kitchen Galerie Poisson
why?For decadence on top of decadence.
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I find no harm in weighing several times a day as long as your happiness for that day is not defined by the fluctuation. I find it good to know what sparks weight gain in order to keep it under control, and what possible eating pleasures have little influence. I find it enjoyable, in a peculiar way, waiting for the red numbers to go up and down finally flashing my weight as a neon sign in a store window flashes "open." I have, therefore, come to the conclusion that as long as this obsession is kept in perspective, this simple little addiction is one I prefer to not only keep, but to recommend.
My Scale, My Addiction
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During our investigation of a Hormel supplier, we documented that workers were kicking pigs, beating them with metal rods, and jabbing clothespins into their eyes. Twenty-two criminal charges were eventually filed against six employees, and now five of the six employees have admitted that they abused livestock. One of the admitted animal abusers is former farm manager Jordan Anderson.
Each of the employees who admitted to abusing pigs will serve one to two years' probation and pay a fine, and most importantly, all but one will be prohibited from working with animals during the probation period.
Despite an assurance in October from Audubon-Manning Veterinary Clinic (AMVC), LLC, President Daryl Olsen, D.V.M., that former farm manager Jordan Anderson "has been suspended from working with livestock pending the outcome of the charges," a whistleblower told us that Anderson is currently employed at a hog-confinement facility that Dr. Olsen reportedly owns. Dr. Olsen has not answered PETA's inquiry regarding this disturbing report.
Now we need your help to keep Jordan, an admitted pig abuser, away from animals!
Please ask Dr. Olsen to confirm that his company does not pay admitted animal abusers or neglectors like Jordan Anderson, or those convicted of such crimes, to work with live animals.
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Event Date: 03/19/2014Event Time: 10:30 AM - 3:00 PMLocation: McFarland Student Union at Kutztown UniversityDescription: Students and alumni are cordially invited to participate in the 33rd Annual Job Fair for Educators sponsored by the Career Development Center at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. Last year's event brought in many educational employers from Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and beyond! The Fair will be held Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at the McFarland Student Union, room 218 at Kutztown University from 10:30 a.m. -1p.m. with additional interviewing time from 1p.m. – 3 p.m. Information for candidates:- No pre-registration required- Sign in at the candidate registration table upon arrival- One copy of resume collected at registration table- $5 admission fee, cash only, for non-KU students/alumni- Professional dress required- Bring plenty of resumes for employers- Parking is ample since it is Kutztown's spring break week- Jobseekers may view employer profiles and job opportunities beginning on February 28 at http://kutztown.edu/careercenter. Please do not hesitate to call the KU Career Development Center at 610-683-4067 with any questions or concerns.
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Jennifer Aspen, star of the ABC sitcom "Rodney," married actor David O'Donnell Saturday in a Scientologist ceremony in Los Angeles.
The guest list included Jenna Elfman, Catherine Bell and Giovanni Ribisi.
From 1998-2000, Aspen played Daphne Jablonsky, on Fox's "Party of Five." She and O'Donnell will both appear in the comedy "Guy in Row Five," due in theaters this fall.
Aspen and O'Donnell have been together for nine years, People said. The couple planned to honeymoon at the Ritz Carlton in Laguna Beach, Calif.
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I was once engaged. Wedding got cancelled. Selling this gorgeous wedding dress for way less of what I spent because I already have feelings attached to the dress. I wouldn't miss it out. It's absolutely the dress of my dreams, might as well be yours too.
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SLIS secured grant funding for teacher librarian training programs that serve Iowans. For details on this statewide program, click here. The map below shows the location of 39 Iowa K-12 teachers who are enrolled in and fully funded for a master of arts degree in Library Science. Two cohorts of students will move through the degree program. Most of the coursework is delivered by distance education systems, making the training program feasible for teachers from all parts of Iowa.
The program was created in response to the demand for teacher librarians in Iowa, with special emphasis on training them to provide leadership in new media technology in education and the role of the library in facilitating student learning.


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Aug. 29, 2005
On problems that Air Force presents for Washington's defense: "It is unique in how they are an option-based offense. This will be the one team that will definitely run that style of offense. It makes our preparation extremely difficult because there is not a lot of carry over from all of the other practice sessions and all of the other teams that you see. They have excellent personnel. They have a quarterback who makes all of the difference in the world and they are very comfortable with him. In fact, I think that they have two quarterbacks that they are comfortable with to run that style of offense. It demands great discipline from our defense. We have to be extremely patient and make sure that we take each of our responsibilities seriously. They don't just do the option; their quarterback also throws over a 60 percent completion percentage passing in an option-based offense. It gives you a lot of demands on all parts of your defense, but I think that discipline will be the most important thing for us to maintain."
On Air Force's offensive line: "Any time that you can have your offensive line come back, it's a good thing. I have always said that I think the most important position on the field is the offensive line. If you can get all of them back, matured, with the ability to execute your system, then I think you are in good shape. I think the surprising thing is the size of their offensive line. It is not exactly the profile that you would think a fighter pilot would have."
On coaching experience versus Air Force: "It helps. It is one of those things that I think we are going to have to rely on pretty heavily. Our coaches have seen them before to some degree. Their coaches have obviously made some changes from the way that they ran their team a couple of years ago, but what they have really improved on is passing the football. They get you up playing the option, but now they have the ability to step up and throw the football. It is extremely difficult to defend."
On putting Notre Dame behind him: "It is impossible to say that your past is completely behind you. I think that I will have some of that with me no matter what time of life I am in. I am the University of Washington coach and I am excited to be here and I am excited about our opening ball game."
On whether he'd prefer to play a more standard team than Air Force to open the season: "You would always prefer to play someone that you know more about. I think it is definitely an advantage they have against us. We hopefully will be very well prepared."
On any effect not naming a starting quarterback might have on the team: "I don't think that it has affected our football team because they have had ample time to work with both quarterbacks. I still haven't decided on one yet, but I will by the end of the week."
On starting kicker: "I haven't decided yet. That has been as an intense competition as some of the other positions on our team. We are working on developing that guy as we get closer to the ball game."
On keeping focus as coach: "The focus part was very easy. I have always believed that it's always about what you do today. You have to stay focused on the moment, but I don't think that we can actually say that we have had a great turnaround until we start to do great things. I like a lot of things that I have seen from the young men in our program. I am excited about that."
On unpredictability going into first game: "I think that is the greatest thing about the opening game of the season. There is so much that you don't know in all of the areas of the game. It is difficult to predict what is going to happen until you have gained that experience from previous games of that season. You feel like you can rely on that experience, but we have a brand new staff and basically a brand new team so it will be exciting to see what we can accomplish. We are trying to do something a little bit different than what has been done in the past. With that, we will put our best foot forward."
On setting a tone in the first game: "When you come in during the spring you have to have faith in the program. You have to have people that can believe in what you want to accomplish and if we can get off to a great start we will be right there with all of the things we have been doing during the spring."
More on quarterback decision: "I am excited to finish up with the work that we have started. I need to make sure that what I have seen so far, as we get closer to the game, I am able to validate my decision. Preparation for a game is different than preparation for spring practices. All of those internal and external forces that work on us, hopefully I can view those in the next couple days as I move closer to making my decision."
On slower-than-expected ticket sales for Air Force game : "I am not surprised. I think that Husky fans love Husky football and they love Husky football at Husky Stadium. It is not a surprise to me, because you have one of the top-10 stadiums in the country to play in."
On reps for quarterbacks: "I will start to take it back just a little bit as we start to move towards a probable starter. I haven't told either one of them who will start. I think it is to our advantage, because we are giving them the least amount of information about our football team for the game on Saturday."
On Craig Chambers: "Craig has done some good things and right now he is behind a couple of other guys on the depth chart."
On wide receivers: "I anticipate that we will play with five or six receivers."
On improvements since arrival: "I think our overall job of how we do things has improved. How we practice has improved with the tempo because it is more like a game tempo now. Also our ability to communicate has improved a lot and I think that is essential if you want to be a successful football team."
On feeling during practices towards team making mistakes: "You usually can tell where your guys are by how many mistakes they make during practice. Usually mistakes that you make during practice are going to be made during games as well. Our biggest thing this week is just the word discipline. It is such an easy word to throw out and such a difficult thing to possess. During the course of a game our players' eyes will see a lot of things, but their ability to stay disciplined is the key. That is a hard skill and you learn it each day. There is something good that happens every day and there is something bad that happens every day. You don't let yourself succumb to it and you just have to keep going. In all honesty, the good is just as good as the bad, because you can learn from it. You have to keep a very balanced head about what you are doing."
On using last year's frustration and anger to motivate: "I have nothing to do with that. If they generate something from that, then that is wonderful. My job is to keep them focused."
More on the quarterbacks: "We have always said that the most important thing for this staff to do is to lead us to victory. We don't care if the pass is thrown end over end, as long as the pass is completed. We are looking for a young man that can put this football team in one circle."
On possibility of quarterbacks splitting time: "I have always said that my preference is with one quarterback. I won't rule it out, but I would rather stick with one quarterback."


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5813 Preston Rd
Plano, TX 75093
United States of America
Phone: (972) 781-1616
Price for meal: $10 with tax
Date of review: Apr 25th, 2013
Submitted by Doc
Texasdelphia is a restaurant that is mostly known for Cheesesteaks, but they carry a few burgers and I was anxious to try their Cheddar Bacon Burger. The order process was really fast and the price was very reasonable, less than $10 for a combo meal, with a burger, drink, and fries. We got a number and went off to find a spot to sit. They featured some homemade sauces, like a mustard sauce, ranch, and a pico sauce. I selected to try the ranch.
The wait was ten minutes or so. The burger was really nothing special. I wouldn't say it was bad, but it was rather dull. I think they cooked it too long and didn't add any seasoning to it. I tried adding some salt, but it didn't make it much better. The bacon was hidden inside and never made it to the front of my taste buds. It was just not very good. The ranch was really good and I could tell it was homemade. The fries were also pretty decent and they were warm and crisp.
I wouldn't get a burger here next time. I don't think they really know how to make a good hamburger. Maybe I would just try their Philly Cheesesteaks next time.
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Releasing the new app to an already saturated instant messaging app market has been a challenge. The team worked with developing Smug Messenger and has used their rewards program in conjunction with the feature-rich app. By inviting friends to download the Smug Messenger, users can earn points which can be swapped over with Paypal or Amazon gift cards. In the Android version, the points can be exchanged for bitcoin.
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TWC started the game by hitting five straight three-pointers and connected on 15 of 22 treys in the game. Andrew Scofield and Tyler Burse drained a pair of 3-pointers and Shannon Smith added a "3" to give Wesleyan an early, 15-10, lead. The clubs exchanged points from there with TWC leading at the half, 42-38.
Reinhardt drew even at 49 with 13:19 to play. The Bulldogs slipped in front again and were up, 70-67, at the 5:50 mark. Just over two minutes later, the margin was 16. Smith started the breakout with a trey, followed by a "3" from Burse. Devante Jenkins and Burse had two-point buckets and Dante Turnipseed capped the 13-0 streak with a trey.
Burse collected 27 points and 16 rebounds. Scofield had 19 points, seven rebounds; Smith 16 points, nine assists and Turnipseed 15. The four of them also each had 3 steals.
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Ria Rai, how would you define yourself?
I define myself as an entrepreneur and a social activist.
Tell me your story. How did it all begin, what do you hope to do with this show?
Last summer I was asked to speak briefly about one of my events on a show on IntellectualRadio.com and that's where the seeds of hosting my own show were planted. I started hosting the "Straight No Chaser" internet radio talk show by believing I could do a great job because I had a calling to do it and, instead of procrastinating, I contacted the station's producer, Earl Winfrey, and got started the next month.
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My goal is to educate people about a variety of issues, that affect us individually or as a community in an uplifting manner. I chose this medium because it was new to me and has the ability to be seen and heard in a large variety of forums.
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Issue #63 (December 1, 1998)
All About Heroes
Issue #63 (December 1, 1998)
All About Heroes
All About Heroes
The Sorcerer:
I started reading The Chalice & the Blade by Glenna McReynolds over the holiday weekend, and am finding it interesting going. The hero is a sorcerer, an alchemist. I was surprised to discover that this is a type of hero I've read before, but have never really considered. Anne Stuart obviously has - the heroes from her last two historicals - Lord of Danger from 1997 and Prince of Magic from last month - were also sorcerers of sorts.
The sorcerer is a solitary hero - mysterious and dangerous, powerful yet in a precarious position with the law or the king or society. While found in the medieval romance, he is also found in more recent times - the hero from Prince of Magic lives in the Georgian era. In trying to bring him further forward in time, I started to wonder - what are some modern day occupations for the sorcerer hero? Is he a man of the cloth? Is he a magician? Or is he otherworldly, a warlock, vampire, a werewolf?
Greek are the Words:
Awhile back we started talking about heroic archetypes, and I put forth the three archetypes I generally think of - the alpha hero, the beta hero, and the gamma hero. Because I am a traditionalist, I have always used the most traditional definition for the alpha hero, which Jayne Ann Krentz defined in Dangerous Men & Adventurous Women as "tough, hard-edged, tormented heroes. . . These are the heroes who made Harlequin famous. These are the heroes feminist critics despise." For me, the alpha hero is dangerous and has a tendency toward cruelty. Whether he becomes an alpha heel is up to the author, but an alpha hero is a tortured one. The beta hero is a special hero, and one whom frankly doesn't appeal to me very often, although when he is written just right, he is incredible. Something or someone may have tortured the beta hero in the past, but he presents himself quite differently than does the alpha hero. Whereas the alpha may be cruel, the beta is tender and supportive. There is a fine line, however, between tender and wimpy, and not many authors walk it well.
The gamma hero, for me, has always been my favorite. He seems to have the best qualities of both the alpha and the beta hero. He is strong yet not overly arrogant. He leads, but not by cruelty. He may have a bad reputation, but it is undeserved. He can do battle, but never with the heroine. He too may have been tortured in the past, but doesn't appear the wounded animal, lashing out at those he loves.
As I indicated in an earlier column, the definitions of hero archetypes, while perhaps once generally accepted, are no longer accepted by all readers, or authors for that matter. Some look to the wild, and the alpha wolf that is leader of the pack. These readers do not see the tendency toward cruelty that I see in the alpha hero. Other readers do not buy the gamma definition at all because they see no beta in those heroes. Beverly Medos (who wrote Beverly's Book Basket for AAR from of mid-1998 through late 1999), wrote:
"What everyone here was calling an alpha hero, I'm not sure I could even call a hero by any stretch of the imagination. I mean, redeeming a jerk doesn't get one very far - most of the time. I'm not saying never, just that a jerk IS a jerk. If there is the possibility of redemption, there has to be 'something' there to redeem, which means they're not really jerks at heart. Either they're pretending to be or they're convinced they are - which is not the same thing as being one.
"At first I tried to justify my feelings about the discrepancy by calling the nice, non-jerk ones like what JAK or Garwood writes 'cuddly' alphas. But, then I realized that by Laurie's definition of alphas, they couldn't exist. Or they are considered gammas, which makes absolutely no sense to me. To call Alec Kincaid in The Bride a gamma is so funny to me, it's laughable. I mean, really. He's adorable, slightly dense at times and all that, but part alpha/part beta? Huh? Nope, it does not compute. I see absolutely nothing beta about Alec and many others I'd call nice guys from the start. Finally, it sunk in that we just don't agree on what an alpha really is. What I can't figure out is where the idea that alpha equals abusive jerk came from. I've been giving it a lot of thought and I think I've finally figured out what it is that's so wrong about that concept to me - possibly all lead characters (hero and/or heroine) in romances are alphas in some form or another. They have to be in order to begin their own 'pack' or family. Personally, I think we need a new set of distinctions if we really want to label our romance characters in some way because the term alpha is getting pretty murky. Lately, I can't even use it in any context without cringing because I now realize that I don't know what someone else is going to think when they read it applied to a character."
What She Said:
Beverly's comments had me re-thinking these archetypes as well - there's little use using a set of definitions if we aren't agreed on what they are. So, I started with the source - Jayne Ann Krentz, and went from there. Darned if Jayne hasn't changed her own definitions! In response to an email sent by reader Carol, she wrote, " 'Alpha Male' was a term coined by romance writers a few years back to try to explain the essential qualities of the most popular heroes in romance novels. It has come to stand for the hero endowed with the classic heroic virtues: honor, courage, determination - a man who may be rough around the edges but who is capable of learning how to love. Beta males just aren't nearly as interesting, for some strange reason."
And when I wrote her similarly, this is what she had to say, "I wouldn't worry too much about the definition of 'alpha male' if I were you, however. It was always a very loose term among romance writers. It was coined mainly to distinguish between boring heroes and exciting heroes. Most working romance writers do not use the term 'alpha male' with each other. We only created it as a form of shorthand to use with editors to describe the exciting heroes (read: the ones who weren't always politically correct). The bottom line in all popular fiction (whether it is romance or any other kind) is that the only good heroes are the interesting ones and the only bad heroes are the dull ones. But each reader gets to make her own decision as to which heroes are exciting and which are boring."
Feeling released from any "official" guidelines I was operating under, I decided to talk with some other authors about heroes and archetypes. Nora Roberts, not surprisingly, wrote that she never thinks "of stuff like this, never crafts or creates a character using the alpha/beta/whatever mode. I just do people as I see them. I think, honestly, we limit ourselves by categorizing."
What Jo Said:
Jo Beverley wrote:
"The whole business of alpha etc is driving me nuts, because words are only useful if there's general agreement on meaning! Perhaps we should abandon this and work toward new terms that would actually mean something. For example, 'alpha' often includes both the leader (leader of a troop of mercenary knights, for example) and the lone wolf (the ex gunslinger who lives alone in a cabin on the mountain.) This is clearly nonsense.
"So? Can we brainstorm terms?
- "Leader, to me is one. We could subdivide into
Two other possible subdivisions would be charismatic leader
- Born-to-lead (i.e. an inherited position whether it be dukedom or megacorporation) and
- Risen-to-lead. The two probably would be different personalities.
- Everyone adores and
- Leader-by-terror whom everyone fears."
- "Lone Wolf
- By nature and
- Wounded"
- "Bystander - part of the group but not active, probably because of serious solitary interests such as art, technology, study etc. As a hero, doubtless can act if called upon."
- "Communal leader - the person who's the heart and soul of a community. Leader in a way, but not a dominant leader. A priestly type would fit into this, but so would many others."
Later, Jo had more to say on heroes, more about alphas and betas and gammas:
"The gamma is not a cuddly alpha. Whoever said the alpha is tough with the guys and gentle when he can be was spot on. He's leader. It makes no sense to abuse his 'family.' He just does what he must to stay leader and keep the group together. This includes discipline, of course. In humans, however, it seems to involve spending a lot of time on male things, so contact is limited.
"Gammas, however, are outside the loop. They don't fight with the males. They certainly don't compete for leadership. The other males accept this and pretty well leave them alone. What they do is more exploratory. Arts and science - new uses for a twig! They also hang out with the women a lot and are accepted comfortably there. The really interesting thing that the ape observers found was that the gammas got a lot more sex than the alphas and betas because they were around and comfortable while the other males were guarding and fighting.
"We can see a direct analogy here with the medieval troubadour and the knight. Warriors were always worried about those sneaky, pleasing, pretty troubadours who hung around their ladies singing sweet songs and sorting their embroidery silks, doubtless with reason!
"A novel that deal directly with this sort of thing is Sherri Tepper's The Gate to Women's Country (it's SF.) I found it a bit heavy-handed, but she illustrated the ape alpha, beta, and gamma system in humans quite clearly, I think.
"But, I would be absolute on one thing. You can't have an alpha male if he's not accepted leader of a substantial body of people, including a lot of males he can control. Loners and bullies are never alphas. Let's coin another term for them. Omega men."
What Mary Jo Said:
Further muddying the waters was Mary Jo Putney, who is so often helpful in these sorts of discussions. Her comments were:
"I really don't use this (alpha beta gamma) terminology. I associate the concept of the alpha hero with those borderline psychopathic bullies who abuse women throughout a book, and get weak-minded adoration in return. The kind of jerk I would hate to share an elevator with in real life. (There are, of course, much more moderate definitions of alpha heroes.)
"The terminology, and hero, I like best is the concept of the 'Warrior Poet.' The wonderful historical writers Susan King and Eileen Charbonneau and I did a workshop on this at the 1997 national RWA conference in Orlando. (It was multimedia, with gorgeous slides from Susan, an art historian, and a marvelously appropriate Scottish ballad sung by Eileen and Susan.) I can't remember who came up with the original Warrior Poet concept (except that it wasn't me), but we all write this kind of hero, and had a delightful time developing our thoughts about him.
"Essentially, the Warrior Poet is the man who is strong when needed - so strong that he never has to bully anyone to prove his strength. So strong that he dares show the sensitive, loving side of his nature. (Think Daniel Day-Lewis in The Last of the Mohicans, for example.) He may well be a wounded hero, but he doesn't punish innocents because he is suffering. He has the courage to walk away from an unnecessary fight - and the toughness to win the necessary battles. He likes women and children, and isn't afraid to show it.
"He is probably close to Deb Stover's gamma hero concept, but the words Warrior Poet are so much more evocative! Whenever I hear gamma, I think 'rays.' "
Mary Jo and I traded ideas and emails on the topic. Since she and I had a similar definition of the traditional alpha hero, I thought she would be interested in what Jo Beverley and JAK said. Her response was, "The hero topic certainly arouses strong reactions! Jo is, as always, wonderfully eloquent. And though JAK writes eloquently about archetypes and alpha heroes and so forth, her heroes are not what I think of as alphas. Yes, they are strong, usually tormented, bossy, and want their own way (heck, who doesn't?), but they are basically fair and decent. They don't do cruelty or mean-spiritedness. More like the gamma or Warrior Poet under my definitions, I suppose. To be honest, I've always had trouble with those traditional romances (mercifully fewer these days), where the hero behaves in a way that would cause any sensible woman to call 911. My fantasies simply don't work that way. Which is why my heroes, even the most hard-edged, are all basically reasonable men."
It was at this point when I suddenly had a light bulb go off over my head. When I started my column back in early 1996, I started the Special Title Listings as well. While some of these lists were favorite funnies and two-hanky reads, others were tortured heroes and special heroes, rakes and rogues, etc. Maybe instead of sticking with broad categories, I began to think, we should develop many narrow ones.
At first I came up with Caveman, Renaissance Man, Enlightened Man, Laird, Warrior, and Nurturer, and then I talked to a few more authors. . . .
What Alicia Said:
Among them, Alicia Rasley, who wrote:
"Here's my take on it. I'm with Jo (as usual :) that the Alpha hero is above all else a leader. He's someone who takes charge. He's just about bound to end up as the boss of whatever group he's joined.
"That is, whatever wounds he's suffered in the past don't keep him from accepting his ultimate role of leading. He is not an outlaw (or if he is, he's the leader of the outlaw band). He is part of a group, not an outsider.
"And no, he's not dark and dangerous. A truly dark and dangerous Alpha would very likely be a tyrant. The Alpha male is a social creature, not a loner.
"But there is such a thing as a dark and dangerous hero. In fact, I break the Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women category of Alpha into three categories, because frankly, that definition is simply untenable. The Alpha cannot simultaneously be a leader and an outcast, a social person and a loner.
"Here's my categorization, take it as you will:
- "The Alpha - the leader. He might have dark issues in his past, but the way he attempts to resolve them is to take charge, to accept his leadership ability and use it to make changes. His issues have to do with the difficulty of being a leader - fear of inadequacy, ethical questions, abuse of power, rivals gunning for him, the impostor syndrome....
- "The Delta - the dark and dangerous. His past is so dark, so damaging, and combines with such a darker temperament that he exiles himself from society and takes on loner/outlaw status. His issues have to do with the past and how to overcome it - guilt, shame, rage, isolation versus need for love.... Delta means change, and these heroes most of all must change to be able to give and accept love freely.
- "The Theta - the wounded. Theta means both death and art. These are the wounded creators, the ones too sensitive to put on the Delta's armor, and too passionate about life to kill themselves. Their very vulnerability to life's suffering makes them creative. They can be artists or writers or healers, but their way of dealing with pain is to create with it. The Theta's issues have to do often with the self-destructive nature of the artistic temperament-- substance abuse, loneliness, the need to stay open to life without dying of the pain of it.
"Then there's the Beta, and him I define not as a wimp but more as a good-time guy. He's the open, friendly fella always willing to lend a hand or a shoulder to cry on. He likes a party and has many friends, most of whom take advantage of his good nature. His issues have to do with 'self' boundaries - care-taking, giving too much, and not planning for the morrow because today is too involving. He could be a leader but is too lazy or too busy or too uncaring to do that. Mostly he just wants to enjoy life today.
"But I'm aware I'm in the minority! I just do want to point out that the reason people have so much trouble pinning Alpha down is that the original category is way too broad and contradictory. And writers should take note of that. It's just not good characterization to load heroes down with too many conflicting strengths and issues. We should always look to the hero's situation and personality for his conflicts, not just apply 'typical hero problems.'
"If this guy is a born leader (alpha), then his issues are going to be those of a leader, not of some outcast with a terrible secret in his past (delta). If he's a hypersensitive wounded soul (theta), he's not likely to be a hired killer (delta) or a candidate for president (alpha - have to be ambitious and tough to withstand the abuse!). And if he's any one of these three, he's not likely to be the heroine's helpful best friend (beta), because he's too focused on his own issues to take much note of hers."
What Eileen Said:
Then there was Eileen Charbonneau's take on this topic:
"Susan King, Mary Jo Putney and I believe we write Warrior Poets-- not Alphas, Betas, or Gammas. Our heroes are complex and interesting to us, needless to say as we choose to spend a lot of time with them! They are not always well behaved, and often angst-ridden. But they never take out their anger on the heroine. They'd rather turn it inward - hurt themselves, than hurt the heroine.
"So, where does the conflict come from? In my books it often comes from the outside. These are adventure stories that combine larger than life events with a wonderful intimacy - which is what I love about romance. And these books do it fearlessly - and don't we all admire courage? My characters often live somewhat outside their time as they are born or convinced outside the mainstream notions of their day. My heroes and heroines have been Metis (French/Indian), Irish during the Great Famine, Choctaw after the Trail of Tears, and Quaker.
"Even the ones born in privilege get quirky on me. Olana Whittaker in Waltzing in Ragtime is struggling with her role as a post-Victorian woman and teams up with, of all people, an unschooled backwoods forest ranger spouting very unpopular notions in the infancy of the conservation movement. (Yikes, if you think 'tree-huggers' are demonized now!). And Ethan Randolph of The Randolph Legacy starts off your basic, spoiled, Southern planter's child but events and his own character take over and he becomes someone very different (and dangerous) to know in 1816 Virginia!
"Personally, I am more interested in people who defy statistics. Asher Woods was abused by the family he was indentured to at the age of 5. Judith Mercer saw her mother and siblings slaughtered, Rachel LeMoyne and Dare Gilmartin lost their families to Indian Removal and Famine. Ethan Randolph was a prisoner of war for ten years. Instead of becoming abusers themselves, all these characters turn toward the Light. This fascinates me - the fact that they've been terribly tried by outside forces and inside demons and they come out struggling, haunted, but choosing a good path. They keep me good company and inspire me."
(On December 3, Eileen Charbonneau sent me her essay on the Warrior Poet, which she, along with Mary Jo Putney, and Susan King, presented to the National RWA Conference in Orlando. You can read it here.)
What Connie Said:
I also asked Connie Brockway to comment on this because she has written such a variety of wonderful heroes (both dark and light) in the past few years. Here is what she had to say:
"I don't think romance novels have many bona fide Alpha heroes. Using the animal behaviorists' societal models, I'd say romance novels have a lot more 'rogue' male heroes.
"An Alpha male is a leader, the dominant personality in a proscribed social order. He appears in romance novels most often in soldiers' roles: war hero, a mercenary, special ops leader. The important factor in defining their Alpha status is that these men, like all alpha males, are an integral part of their specific society. They are called by nature and genetics to lead (and its attendant characteristic, 'dominate') others in order that their society might achieve its goals.
"Interestingly, females are rarely part of those societies. Females become involved with these Alphas only by chance or incidentally, after whatever action the alpha and his society have engaged in has been completed and the Alpha is attempting to repair subsequent damage; to himself (physically, emotionally and/or spiritually) or to another - a beta, or follower. Often repair is made by way of recompense, revenge, debts of honor. We've all read the story of the captain who returns from battle and saves his lieutenant's sister/daughter/widow from whatever. This is an alpha male.
"The rogue male is quite different. He's challenged authority, often by breaking his society's rules and/or defying the alpha male (king, commander, father). He's been ousted from society (family, community, armed forces, police force) as a result. His reasons for challenging the status quo are often excellent (like the captain of police is on the take) but the important factor to note here is that the rogue is not the alpha, he is not allowed back into the society from which he's been banished until he can usurp the current alpha or become reconciled to the alpha. He isn't leading anyone. He's egocentric and ruthless and aggressive - because if he weren't he'd be content to remain quietly malcontent. The rogue is an outsider, a dark horse and an unknown quantity. Often the heroine's role in these rogue hero romances is to reconcile the hero to society, to return him to a state of grace by allowing him to prove himself, usurp the alpha, or temper his nature to the extent that it can peacefully reside in society once again.
"I have no idea where the beta category arose from and I can't understand anyone wanting to write a romance about a beta. When stripped down, a beta is simply a follower - someone who lives and operates in a society. He may have a very important job but when all is said and done, the beta is replaceable. There is no intrinsic conflict attached to the beta, not until something occurs which turns him either into a rogue who challenges the status quo or an alpha who must lead, does his story become interesting.
I don't like to attach absolute emotional characteristics to any of these three types. There are many jerky alphas (probably part and parcel of the personality makeup that both seeks and seeks to hold power). There are many jerky betas. And, let's face it, being thrown from society or leaving of your own accord because you couldn't deal with what was happening but hadn't the power or guts to stay and change it certainly, isn't my idea of a great guy, either."
A Different Approach Altogether:
It was at this point that I completely abandoned the idea that heroes fall into broad categories and went back to the beginning for me, to tortured heroes, special heroes, rakes and rogues, and the like. Instead of alpha, beta, and gamma, I came up with:
|The Duke
|The Laird
|The Golden Boy
|The Lone Wolf
|The Warrior
|The Brain
|The Libertine
|The Black Sheep *
|The Sorcerer
* Thanks to Tricia for this one
The Duke: Is defined by his ducal mien. He might be nobility or a CEO, but he is concerned with propriety and correctness. He is orderly and scheduled and a stuffed shirt just waiting to be taken down a peg by a heroine who upsets his plans and schedules.
The Laird: Is defined by his role as a leader. He feels responsible for those in his charge, whether they are a family, a clan, or a ward. The laird generally learns to share his burdens in the course of a romance.
The Golden Boy: Is defined by his perfection. Everything has gone his way in life until a tragedy or event bursts his bubble. He will have to work now for his achievements rather than relying on his golden touch.
The Lone Wolf: Is defined by being alone. He is wounded, and wears his wound as a badge of honor. He prides himself on the fact that he needs no one, only to learn that, of course, he does.
The Warrior: Is defined by his sense of honor. He is a soldier, a spy, an officer of the law. His honor will be tested in the course of a romance, and his loyalties may change as a result.
The Brain: Is defined by his intelligence. He is perhaps an absent-minded professor or a computer nerd. He often pays little or no heed to social conventions or niceties because he is too busy solving or inventing.
The Libertine: Is defined by his wants and desires. He is a hedonist who is ruled by his appetites. He believes he will never be "trapped" by loving a woman, and his sense of honor and responsibility are deeply hidden. He is a rake.
The Black Sheep: Is defined by being bad. He revels in his bad reputation, whether or not it is deserved, and seems determined to live up to it. He lives to defy convention. He is a rogue and possibly outside the law.
The Sorcerer: Is defined by his mystery. There is power in his mystery, and yet, his position is never secure. The sorcerer is a cynic, possibly a charlatan, and considers himself outside of society as a whole. He is also otherworldly.
There are cross-overs of these types - the Sorcerer might also be a Brain, the Libertine a Black Sheep. There are possibly other types as well, and I'd love to hear from you if you have others to add to this list.
Another Different Approach Altogether:
Beverly Medos, who doesn't buy the alpha/beta/gamma concept, has instead come up with came up with A Laundry Basket of Wolf Cubs. Her basket contains four character types:
Beverly's wolf cubs often overlap in a romance, as do the nine character types I listed above. In fact, she's shared this nifty graphic as a way of illustrating this point:
Beverly says it's important to think of each of these four characters as "the poles on our own personal directional compass with the complete being the question mark in the center. Not every character is going to fall precisely at the extremes of the directional points. They may even fall between them and be more Loner-Thinker than pure Loner, for example. And any well-written character is going to have elements of each of these four overlapping each other. Sometimes one aspect of personality will dominate and sometimes another. Sometimes a character in a story will start as one of The Four and end up as a distinct other one. That is life-like."
I've presented a great deal of material in this column that has been in the works for quite some time. This latest discussion of heroes began way back in August, in Issue #57 of this column. What began as simply a discussion of heroes, villains, and political correctness began to morph into an argument over definitions. The original question of what actions cross the line from alpha hero to alpha heel behavior became what is an alpha hero and should we scrap old definitions?
I'm not sure we've come up with answers to these questions, but I think it's exciting to talk about new terms and ideas. I hope you have found it as interesting as I have.
The Message Board:
The Sorcerer - Have you ever read a romance starring The Sorcerer? What are the names of some good romances featuring this type of hero? Or heroine, for that matter? What would be the modern equivalent?
Is Beta Boring? - Both Connie Brockway and JAK have indicated that Beta heroes are boring. I myself find it is the rare author indeed who can make me love a beta hero. What about you? Are you like me in that you prefer a real-life beta mate but prefer to read about more dangerous men?
What Jo, Mary Jo, Alicia, Eileen, and Connie Said - If anything these authors said seemed particularly insightful to you (and they all struck a chord with me), please expand upon it.
My Different Approach - If you find the alpha/beta/gamma archetypes less than useful, what do you make of my nine narrower categories? If it would help to make short lists for each category, please have at it! I'll work on that myself for next time.
Beverly's Four Wolf Pups - If you find the alpha/beta/gamma archetypes less than useful, what do you make of Beverly's group of four? If it would help to make short lists for each category, please have at it!
It's time to post to the message board again. Here are the questions I'd like you to consider responding to:
The Sorcerer - Have you ever read a romance starring The Sorcerer? What are the names of some good romances featuring this type of hero? Or heroine, for that matter? What would be the modern equivalent?
Is Beta Boring? - Both Connie Brockway and JAK have indicated that Beta heroes are boring. I myself find it is the rare author indeed who can make me love a beta hero. What about you? Are you like me in that you prefer a real-life beta mate but prefer to read about more dangerous men?
What Jo, Mary Jo, Alicia, Eileen, and Connie Said - If anything these authors said seemed particularly insightful to you (and they all struck a chord with me), please expand upon it.
My Different Approach - If you find the alpha/beta/gamma archetypes less than useful, what do you make of my nine narrower categories? If it would help to make short lists for each category, please have at it! I'll work on that myself for next time.
Beverly's Four Wolf Pups - If you find the alpha/beta/gamma archetypes less than useful, what do you make of Beverly's group of four? If it would help to make short lists for each category, please have at it!
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|Jo Beverley
Mary Jo Putney
Alicia Rasley
Eileen Charbonneau
Connie Brockway
Beverly Medos
|Eileen Charbonneau's essay on The Warrior Poet
|Read article We Need a Hero: A Look at the Eight Hero Archetypes
|Post your comments and/or questions to our Potpourri Message Board


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Seattle Bike Blog breaks the welcome news of progress on the long-awaited idea of a bikeshare system for Seattle:
As we reported last week, Puget Sound Bike Share has officially formed and is currently searching for an executive director. If all goes smoothly, the first bikes could roll out as early as late summer or fall of 2013.
Guiding the process process forward is a business plan developed by Alta, which suggested having an administrative non-profit (Puget Sound Bike Share) and a private operating contractor (TBD, though Alta would probably like the job).
"Non-profit is a good model for us because it's a lot easier to apply for public sector grants and [private] sponsorships," said PSBS Board President Ref Lindmark (also with King County). While elsewhere in the nation, municipalities have owned and operated the systems, a non-profit makes sense for the system's goal to be a regional system, he said… (Continue Reading The plan for Puget Sound Bike Share | Seattle Bike Blog)


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I was trying to ensure that my mod would be compatible with TSLRP when its released so I asked Dashus some questions about how they are installing things. He said that they were putting their edited .2da, .jrl, .dlg, etc. files inside a folder that they were going to create within the override folder (override\TSLRP). I didn't realize that you could do that with .2da files and still have the game read them though. Did I misunderstand Dashus on that point or is that actually possible. If it is, is there some way I can get TSLPatcher to add lines to a .2da placed in a folder inside the override?


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Vladimir Putin Relates to Russian Youth
"Break dancing is something completely unique."
In what one Moscow newspaper called "a desperate move" to appeal to Russia's youth, Vladimir Putin presented an award on a music channel this weekend and kind of made a fool of himself. Doing his best to look cool, in a turtleneck and windbreaker, Putin warned his young friends about the hazards of drugs and vodka. Then he weighed in on some pressing issues of the day:
"Rap, even urban rap and street rap, is kind of crude, but is already filled with social content and addresses the problems of youth. Graffiti is becoming a real art form - refined and polished. Break dancing is something completely unique."
So, that's how the Russian
president prime minister feels about hip-hop, graffiti and break dancing. You were wondering, right?
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March of the ContradeSiena, Spring 2010
[gallery link="file"] Yesterday the Valdimontone contrada marched through the city, drumming and singing and waving their contrada flags. It was only the first of many such processions. I realize that I talk about the contradas a lot (I actually just wrote a paper on them for one of my classes) but I can't resist and really, I can't be blamed. They are fascinating. Anyway, this Sunday began a series of weeks in which each contrada will get a chance to parade about and toss flags around in the piazza, singing boastful songs about their own contrada and taunting their "enemy" contrada (for Valdimontone it's Nicchio, the shell - love them!). The men twirl their "bandiere" around, and seem to be arranged by age. Don't worry; there is a place for the women as well. Following the contrada members decked out in the traditional clothing are the children, women, and men without drums/flags. Yet, however interesting these rituals seem to foreigners, they inevitably become tedious when they happen annually. A friend of mine saw a group of teenage boys practicing early in the morning (when most teenagers are slightly dysfunctional and much happier in bed), twirling their flags with expressions indicative of their disinterest. Some were texting, most were yawning. I suppose any novelty wears off quickly when one must practice in the morning. If you were wondering how the studying is going for finals week, rest easy with the knowledge that I, and the rest of my peers, have found many other worthwhile pursuits to occupy my time. For example, there was a temporary amusement park set up in the fortress called Luna Park. It had a ride that turned you upside down, one that spun you around and sort of jostled and shook you (personal favorite), and one that lifted all its giddy partakers as high as climbing the tower would, before plummeting them back down. For those that love to be tossed around by theme parks rides, that one provided a marvelous view of Siena before spinning us around and shooting us though a cloud of fog. The rides in Luna Park were exciting because of their novelty. It was a little strange to see so many bright lights and newfangled contraptions set up in the middle of a medieval fortress. This was also the first I've seen of anything like this in Siena. Usually, to be a student studying abroad in Siena means being very aware that Siena is small. Many people on our program go to the same bar every weekend, the Irish Pub. Some barely go out at all. Siena, and every (study abroad) experience is just what you make it. You can go out or you can stay in, and if you go to a park like this one, you can look at the rides or you can look at the fortezza. It's always up to you, you have agency and freedom, and isn't that exciting!
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4 comments:
- Quay Po Cooks said...
This recipe has all my favorite ingredients! I bet it taste as good as it looks!
- October 28, 2010 at 2:15 PM
- Kelsey said...
I will definitely be trying this! I'm always looking for new ways to do chicken.
- November 1, 2010 at 12:45 PM
- Ana Powell said...
Yummy, this one is calling our my name.
Do you know that piri piri is the name used in the Portuguese language, to describe the bird's-eye chili.
Have a great weekend ♥
- January 23, 2011 at 6:56 AM
- Saj said...
Here is the authentic peri-peri receipe which we follow from africa given to me by fellow portugese mates from angola/mozambique known in this part of the world as Mama Rahim's receipe.
Assuming 12 chicken legs:
The marinade is made up of the following:
2 fresh limes - squeezed and pulp included.
1 tablespoon salt
2 teaspoons of paprika powder
1 tablespoon of bird's eye chilli (alternatively, use dried thai chilli from chinese stores crushed).
2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
2 tablespoons of vinegar (white)
1 tablespoon of crushed coriander seeds (powder)
1 tablespoon of crushed garlic
Mix completely until marinade is consistent. Then add the chicken pieces. Leave at least 12 hours - that is the key.
Then on hot fire grill these chicken pieces; coating with the marinade at times to keep moist.
Mama rahim's marinade matches Nandos if not better.... folks swear by it.
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Miami Marlins: Yelich, Fernandez make Baseball Prospectus top 101 prospects
The Miami Marlins are widely regarded as having one of baseball's worst farm systems, but it's not devoid of premium talent. Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus released his top 101 prospects Monday and included Marlins outfielder Christian Yelich (33) and right-hander Jose Fernandez (80).
Yelich is bound for Jupiter in the advanced-A Florida State League this season and Fernandez, who the Marlins selected with their first round pick last June, will start at low-A Greensboro. We spoke to Goldstein earlier this offseason when he released his Marlins' prospect list. For those of you who missed it, here's what he had to say about the aforementioned duo:
On Yelich: "He's surprised everybody. It's always nice when you take a first-round pick, you get him in instructs, let him play a year and realize he's actually better than you thought he was when you took him and gave him a seven-figure bonus. The fact he played a lot of first base in high school kept people from seeing that athleticism. You think about high school first basemen, you tend to think of these bat-only guys and he proved to be anything but that. I'm not sure he's going to play center long term, but he held his own there."
On Fernandez: "He's got a big ass, which you like to see. The stuff is certainly there. He needs to do what a lot of people do. When they come out of high school they tend to be throwers and he has to learn to be a pitcher. Scouts who saw him as an amateur and saw some of the briefness in his New York-Penn League debut, he clearly was amped up and overthrowing, and falling off to the side in his delivery trying to impress everyone instead of trusting his delivery and trusting his arm strength, which is more than enough. That will come with maturity. He's going to have to throw more strikes and harness his stuff better."
The Marlins could add a third player to Goldstein's list. He wrote that when Yoenis Cespedes signs, he would rank No. 20 overall.


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The Medical Lake boys' and girls' tennis teams hope their play in the Inland Empire Tournament will carry them into the postseason following a week when between the two teams, they lost in their only match of the week in a nonleague contest to 2A Pullman.
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Author: Ron Graham
Synonyms: Deliverance, rescue, preservation in peril
Greek References: soteeria 4991, cf 4990-4992,4982
Scripture: Mark 16:15-16, Romans 1:16, Philippians 2:12, Titus 2:11, Hebrews 2:3
Related ideas: Wrath, lost, way, escape
Lesson Synopsis: Christians talk about salvation, the Saviour, and being saved. However, the meaning and doctrine behind these terms is not aways well understood.
Christians commonly talk about "salvation", their "Saviour", and the need to be "saved". But these Bible terms are meaningless to many people. Even some Christians are vague about what doctrine lies behind these terms.
At the height of the storm on Lake Galilee the disciples cried out, "Lord save us! We are perishing!" (Matthew 8:23-27). You know what they meant. To be "saved" means to be rescued and spared, to escape death and ruin, to be preserved from perishing.
The "sheep that was lost" would certainly have perished if it had not been found by the shepherd. To find it was to save its life (Luke 15:3-7). It's appropriate to speak of being "lost" as the opposite of being "saved."
To say a soul is lost is to say it is going to perish. "God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16). Having sent his Son to die on the cross, God is able to "save" all who were perishing. "Christ Jesus came into the world to save" them (1Timothy 1:15).
Now let's ask, "What are we saved from?" A child rescued after it has fallen into a swimming pool, or someone pulled back who was about to walk in front of a bus, has experienced salvation. But what is it that we are saved from in the salvation Paul had in mind? The answer is, we are saved from the wrath of God in the day of judgment (Romans 2:5-11). Everyone (including you) has the need of that salvation (Romans 3:23)
This meaning (as we said before) is generally not well understood. Some folk wrongly imagine that on judgment day God will put their good deeds in one side of his scales of justice, and their evil deeds on the other side of his scales, and their righteousness will balance their wickedness. But when they are "weighed in the balances" they will be "found wanting" because God will put all their deeds together in one side of his scales. In the other side of his scales he will put his perfect and holy law. They will fall short of this perfect standard, even if they are guilty of offending God's law in but one point. They will not stand justified before God (Rom 7:12, Romans 3:19-20).
That problem has a solution (Romans 3:23, Romans 7:22-25). We can be justified (made right) and thus saved from God's wrath. We cannot accomplish this by ourselves, but through Jesus Christ, by virtue of his death (in which he shed his blood), his resurrection, ascension, and his intercession for us (Romans 5:6-11, Romans 8:32-34). That is the means, the only possible means, by which we can be saved.
God, in making it possible for the "lost" to be "saved" showed his love for the world. But God's love has its complement, namely God's "wrath", and this is what God "saves" us from.
In our next three lessons we go into depth concering these two complementary sides of God's nature, and how they are reflected in his plan of salvation and the covenant that puts his plan into effect.


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Birthdays are fun, as we greet and salute those we know and love. Occasionally, we may choose comical cards or scrawl our own whimsical messages to mark these occasions. Birthday cards often contain jokes or humorous remarks – about the birthday celebrant, growing older, or life in general.
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These funny birthday quotations are arranged alphabetically for easy reference. These quotes may draw grins, giggles, groans, or guffaws.
- Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. (Jack Benny)
- Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age. (Victor Hugo)
- I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth. (Ovid)
- I intend to live forever — so far, so good! (Stephen Wright)
- I was brought up to respect my elders, so now I don't have to respect anybody. (George Burns)
- Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed. (Charles Schulz)
- May you live all the days of your life. (Jonathan Swift)
- Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young. (Fred Astaire)
- Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. (Maurice Chevalier)
- The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. (Lucille Ball)
- There is still no cure for the common birthday. (John Glenn)
- With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. (William Shakespeare)
- Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been. (Mark Twain)
- You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake. (Bob Hope)
- Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. (George Bernard Shaw)
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All the usage examples for impromptu I could find in a couple of dictionaries involve actions (impromptu speech, wedding, etc.) Is this a general rule, or can I talk about an "impromptu field hospital"?
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The nuance about 'impromptu' is that it usually refers to something not so serious, and so it is very slightly incongruous with the more weighty 'field hospital'. But it is not glaring and so it could work. It is not discounted because it most often goes with actions or events (because one could assume that one is taking 'field hospital figuratively for its temporary construction). But the slight incongruity of register really is hardly noticeable. If you continued in a lighter vein about the rivers of blood and maggotty battlefield injuries, ha ha ha, it would work perfectly fine.