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AMA journals rank among the top publications in marketing, according to the Thomson Reuters 2016 Journal Citation Reports which include impact factors for the year 2015.
Long-time AMA Member, Jan Heide was named a favorite business school professor teaching MBAs by Poets & Quants. Heide is has been honored with the AMA's Maynard Award and twice with the Stern Award for his research.
Kim Whitler, University of Virginia Assistant Professor of Marketing, interviews 2016 Summer AMA chair Neil Morgan about changes to the conference and AMA's Intellectual Agenda.
Nine AMA Academic SIGs presented annual awards and honors to leading senior and emerging scholars at the 2016 Summer AMA Conference. Check the full list of honorees.
Instead of using social media as a megaphone, Enjoy Life Foods' CMO says the company has found success creating a social platform and allowing the consumer to set engagement terms.
Finding a marketing or business insight takes immersion in data, an active human mind and proper context.
Marketing is still a great profession with strong salaries and benefits. The AMA Doctoral Student SIG released the newest Who Went Where Report at the 2016 Summer AMA Conference in Atlanta Georgia. See survey responses from the newest cohort of faculty.
If a singular brand message can lead the way, Popeyes' global brand officer says consumers and other stakeholders will follow.
Is there a singular type of CMO in the C-suite? A single set of tasks for a CMO? Kim Whitler, assistant professor of marketing at University of Virginia, broke down five common CMO myths at the 2016 Summer AMA Conference.
VIDEO: Jag Sheth talks to the AMA about what companies are getting right and what they may be missing as it related to the evolution of consumer behavior.
Recent research reveals a few special things about my interaction at a local repair shop that led to an immediate jump in my loyalty.
Since 2003, the AMA and AMA Foundation have awarded more than 60 scholarships/grants to students and professors from underrepresented backgrounds in the marketing profession.
Authors Julie Ozanne and Brennan Davis discuss the disconnect between academic research and its impact on society. They explore the benefits of the "Relational Engagement Approach" and highlight three direct outputs of this process that are mutually beneficial for both researchers and end users: productive interactions, enhanced capacities, and improved social networks.
Rajdeep Grewal, Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Marketing Research, offers insight for authors looking to publish at JMR and discusses the challenges of navigating the peer-review process.
Check out this quick list of ten tips for navigating the academic job market from leading marketing faculty who attended the 2016 AMA-Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium.
Anders Gustaffson is one of two new members of the AMA Academic Council for the 2016-17 year. A professor of business administration at Karlstad Business School, Gustafsson was born and raised in Sweden. He has been quite in engaged with the European Marketing Academy (EMAC) as well as the Frontiers in Service Conference.
Koen Pauwels is Professor of Marketing at Ozyegin University. Pauwels received his PhD from UCLA. After leaving UCLA, he joined the faculty at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and eventually became a tenured associate professor and started the Marketing Dynamics conference. He joined the Academic Council in July 2016
Finding the right journal for any research is an incredible challenge that all scholars must face at some point in their career (if not many points). Various factors play in to the final decision of where to submit one's work. The folks at SciDev.Net offered some interesting perspectives and quick bulleted strategies for targeted the "right" journal for publishing one's research.
While many consultants and researchers offer tools to creating successful partnership, statistically, partnerships are more likely to fail than succeed. Sandy Jap offers new perspectives based on the research from her recent book "Partnering with the Frenemy."
A case is made for the need to use multiple methods in research in order to best answer the complex problems marketing resaerchers hope to solve.
A lenient return policy may help retail stores increase sales and reduece returns, according to a new study from the Journal of Retailing.
Poets and Quants recently noted that a surprisingly high number of MBAs are avoiding the traditional management or consulting tracks and starting their own companies.
Product category names—think smartphone, potato chip and bicycle—are vital to effective marketing. Babson Professor Ross Petty offers advice regarding the development and use of product category names as well as some related public policy issues.
Customer engagement is a hot topic for both practitioners and researchers. The rising number of touchpoints between consumers and companies as well among consumers.offer tremendous benefit for both sides.
Professor Ronald Hill discusses the problems of poverty, homelessness, and lack of access to resources through the lens of the marketer. "Getting the right products to the right people at the right time is our claim to fame. Now we can do it for society and the marketplace!"
A recent paper discusses consumer responses to different strategic dimensions of a cobranding arrangement.
Marketing legends and AMA Fellows, Philip Kotler and Jag Sheth kicked off the 2016 AMA-Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium with a panel also featuring David Reibstein and Valarie Zeithaml. The consortium, designed to help top PhD students make the transition into a successful faculty career, included over 100 invited doctoral fellows and 90 faculty members.
The AMA announces Raymond P. Fisk as the recipient of the inaugural SIG Leadership Award. Dr. Fisk is founder of the Services Marketing SIG (SERVSIG) and the SERVSIG International Conference among other activities.
New research from Journal of Marketing examines a new super-breed of unhappy customers, appropriately calling them "brand saboteurs."
In the past decade, design has gone from a company activity to a strategic priority and a source of competitive advantage.
With campuses still feeling student and alumni pressure to become more diverse, the Chronicle of Higher Education recently featured an article offering suggestions for University administrators.
Rajdeep Grewal and Kapil Tuli have been named the 2016 Mahajan and Varadarajan award winners respectively. They will be presented their awards in August at Summer AMA 2016 in Atlanta.
Brennan Davis has been selected as the 2016 MASSIG Emerging Scholar. In addition to chairing the 2016 Marketing & Public Policy Conference with Beth Vallen, Davis is engaged with the Transformative Consumer Research conference.
The Marketing Science Institute featured four articles from the Journal of Marketing and three articles from the Journal of Marketing Research in their most recent curation email. The AMA congratulates the authors of all featured articles.
A distinguished marketing professor in the area of Services Research and founder of the SERVSIG, Ray Fisk was recently named the inaugural SIG Leadership Award recipient.
Nearly all companies solicit some type of feedback from their customers about their product and service experiences.
Manuscripts are being solicited for an upcoming special issue of Journal of Public Policy & Marketing devoted to environmentalism and sustainability.
Ronald Paul Hill and Kelly D. Martin have been voted as the recipients of the 2016 Thomas C. Kinnear/Journal of Public Policy & Marketing Award for their article "Broadening the Paradigm of Marketing as Exchange: A Public Policy and Marketing Perspective"
We have every reason to expect that corporate sustainability initiatives will continue to increase.
V. Kumar, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Marketing, sat down with the American Marketing Association at Winter AMA 2016 to share a his thoughts on impact and theory as well as scholarly publishing in general.
Liu (Cathy) Yang, Olivier Toubia, and Martijn G. De Jong have been selected as the recipients of the annual Paul E. Green Award for their article A Bounded Rationality Model of Information Search and Choice in Preference Measurement
Almost everyone rely on Google's eponymous search results. It's easy to embrace the service but recent articles question the benefits for marketers.
A recent paper discusses the strategic implications for purchasing marketing assets such as products and brands.
A. "Parsu" Parasuraman is Professor & Holder of The James W. McLamore Chair in the marketing department at the University of Miami. He was inducted as an AMA Fellow in February 2016.
Leonard Berry is the University Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M University. He coined the phrase "Relationship Marketing" in 1983 and is a leader in Services Marketing.
Leigh McAlister is the Ed and Molly Smith Chair in Business Administration at the University of Texas - Austin. She served as Executive Director of the Marketing Science Institute
Lauren Beitelspacher, Andrea Morales, and Carey K. Morewedge were included in Poets & Quants' 2016 Honor Roll featuring 40 Outstanding MBA Professors under 40.
Call for Papers Deadline: March 1, 2017 | Journal of Public Policy & Marketing's Special Issue on Anti-Consumption.
Doctoral candidates and graduates in the marketing discipline who were on the job market during most recent hiring season (i.e. Summer AMA 2015) are asked to fill out the Annual AMA DocSIG Who Went Where? Survey.
Numerous SIGs also organized special sessions that were scheduled throughout the conference programming making it easier for members of multiple SIGs to attend numerous SIG special sessions. SIG leaders provided synopses of the session and the AMA staff has curated this information for members of the academic community.
Many companies are increasing the role customers play in the production of goods and services.
Sarang Sunder is currently an Assistant Professor at Texas Christian University. His dissertation, Measuring the Lifetime Value of a Customer in the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Industry, received the 2015 John A. Howard/AMA Doctoral Dissertation Award.
David Stewart, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing (JPPM) sat down with the American Marketing Association at Winter AMA 2016 to share a his thoughts on impact, theory, and other topics related to the state of JPPM as well as scholarly publishing and the peer-review process in general.
The AMA Sales SIG is pleased to announce that Dr. Eli Jones has been named the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for 2016.
How important is the quality of the raw idea to new product success?
Approximately one in every ten US employee works in sales, interacting either with a business or a consumer customer (in about equal proportion). With business customers, these employees are the face of the company, the key creator of its brand(s). With consumer customers, they add value to advertising, sales promotion and word of mouth in developing their company's brands' reputation. Given the high importance of brand image to companies, salespeople are extremely valuable. With both customer types, salespeople not only enable sales but also develop relationships, manage complaints, negotiate prices, and augment services. Thus, academic researchers have sought to discover ways to enable salespeople to become more effective.
A study of 39 independent samples shows that customer participation in new product development is not always beneficial and its impact depends on company, market, and customer characteristics.
New research from the Journal of Marketing reinforces the necessity for visible sincerity when it comes to corporate social responsibility.
New research from the Journal of Marketing indicates that firm-generated content on social media has a positive impact on consumer buying habits.
Richard Staelin is the Edward and Rose Donnell Professor of Business Administration at The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University as well as an American Marketing Association Fellow. He served as Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at The Fuqua School as well as a term as Executive Director of Marketing Science Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
New research from the Journal of Marketing shows how consumers respond to innovation series installments such as sequels, updates and upgrades.
The American Marketing Association is pleased to announce the selection of four extraordinary scholars to be inducted as AMA Fellows. The new Fellows will be honored at Winter AMA 2016 in Las Vegas on February 26, 2016 at a special reception.
Research from the Journal of Marketing explores if and when corporate social responsibility impacts the job performance of customer-facing employees.
Premium product line extensions lead to brand perception changes.
Worldwide over 3.6 billion people are deeply engaged with their smartphones. Almost 75% of Facebook's and 70% of Twitter's advertising revenues now come from mobile platforms. Mobile technologies have enabled consumers to discover, research, engage, and purchase products anytime, anywhere.
Research from the Journal of Public Policy and Marketing explores how social factors impact business decisions of low-income entrepreneurs.
A recent study from the Journal of Marketing examined the predictive power of searched keywords, giving insight into how marketers can better measure, analyze and apply big data to their efforts.
Corporate gift giving can carry risks and managers will need to be careful of trivializing customers with cheap gifts.
Companies with loyalty-building strategies should be weary of entering a complicated "loyalty-discount cycle."
New research from the Journal of Marketing shows that internal relationships among employees and managers determines sales performance.
A new study from the Journal of Marketing Research shows how car recalls can also affect competing brands.
The management of quality is a critical component of business strategy. It is a key force leading to the creation of delighted customers, firm profitability, and the economic growth of nations. Unfortunately, quality is also a complex and multi-faceted concept that is often viewed differently by engineers and marketers.
Kinetic material produces a lively atmosphere that energizes consumers, which in turn leads them to perceive the product as new and exciting.
How marketers can have fun with video to increase consumer choice and willingness to pay.
Graphic labels appeal to a broader audience and are equally effective as numerical labels.
Recent trends in popular press have suggested Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) in top management team is unnecessary. But is that the truth?
Researchers have acknowledged that consumers with a disposition that tends toward overindulgence rather than restraint are more susceptible to health- and debt-related hardships.
From a conventional marketing perspective, firms are able to create a new market by satisfying an unmet consumer need or by developing an innovation that is inherently better or more advanced than existing alternatives
As scholars and practitioners alike continue to leverage industry research, the AMA's four scholarly journals have garnered media attention outside of the academic community. The following highlights research articles that have received press mentions in publications including TIME, Fast Company, Fortune, The Atlantic and more.
The fundamental question in the management field is why some firms outperform others. Today, the "dynamic capabilities" framework is the dominant theoretical perspective for explaining how firms achieve and sustain competitive advantage. International marketing scholars have employed this framework to unlock the riddles that lie behind competitive advantage in global markets.
In the last five years, however, researchers in marketing management and consumer behavior have begun to consider sustainability issues from a marketing perspective.
Which promotions will have their intended effects on consumers, and which will backfire? Recent research demonstrates that consumer perceptions are quite malleable and that even seemingly small changes to the framing of a promotion can impact consumers' interest. Four recent papers from the Journal of Marketing Research reveal framing effects on consumer promotions.
The fall 2014 issue of the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing contains a special section of "insider look" essays that document a little-known but important initiative: infusing marketing knowledge into the operations of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Increasing connectivity and diversity has led to a need for research to better understand the global marketplace.
Branding continues to be a high-priority topic for academics and practitioners alike. Even in an increasingly digitally connected world, consumers still seek and value brands, and marketers still make significant investments in brand development and management. Not surprisingly, this interest in branding is reflected in a collection of six recent articles in the Journal of Marketing.
The articles' insights shed light on how the roles of food and food marketing initiatives impact consumer behavior, and how various nutrition labeling strategies currently are adopted by many food marketers.
Thanks to accelerating globalization trends, intensifying competition and increasing market integration, exporting has become one of the fastest-growing areas of world economic activity. Exporting is the first step in a firm's internationalization process and as such, it requires fewer resources, involves less risk and has greater flexibility compared with other more advanced foreign market entry modes, such as wholly owned foreign production.
This essay summarizes some key findings from recent papers in Journal of Marketing on the topic of social media and networks and their implications for managerial practice.
This collection features four recent articles from Journal of Marketing that provide valuable insights into factors that exert this kind of contextual and perceptual influence at the store level, the product category level, and the brand level.
Retailers have had to exploit the resources at their disposal to offer strategies that provide unique customer benefits.
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All day you've probably heard joke after joke about how "the Flyers aren't even in the playoff picture right now!" You may have even heard someone talk about how "Jagr was the key to the Flyers' success last year." Perhaps some incredibly witty fan has mentioned the year "1975."
None of that matters. The Philadelphia Flyers almost always find a way to give the Pittsburgh Penguins troubles. If you're looking at league standings right now, laughing to yourself and expecting a huge Penguins blow out tonight, you may be in for a big surprise tonight.
Or maybe not. It's a sport. We don't know what's going to happen.
Season Series: 1-0-0
Last meeting that counted: January 19, 2013. Penguins won 3-1.
What we said in our recap:
Before today, the best 60 minutes of Paul Martin's Penguin career was his introductory press conference. Today, Martin and the rest of the defense set the tone with a complete 60-minute effort.
We can tell ourselves that this game doesn't avenge being beat in the playoffs by the Flyers, but guess what: it does a little bit, especially when you think about the fact that the Flyers didn't even last that long in the playoffs after they beat the Pens.
If anything, this first game proved how the Penguins beat themselves more than anything last spring. The Flyers' powerplay was unstoppable in that series. Today they didn't score.
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After a tough loss on opening day a month ago, the Flyers are in Pittsburgh today for the second of four meetings with the Penguins during this shortened 48-game season. You could just feel the hate when you woke up this morning, couldn't you?
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That's impressive. He even made the grass grow!!
I'm not overly fond of the Deignated Hitter rule myself, but to say he has ZERO chance at the plate flies in the face of rationality.
No. She's pro-abortion.
Was there ever any doubt?
the infowarrior
The ex-brother in law had made threats, and even tased his 10-12 year old stepson, so its not as you might think...
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No she is not.She has said that roe/wade was bad law.She wants the decision taken back to the states.
Thanks for that clarification.
As well as I think of her, I believe it is about 4-10 years too premature for Palin - especially with the Downs child now. She will only benefit from aging and experience.
He said pro-lifers needed to change "hearts and minds" before fighting abortion. Did he do one thing to change anyone's heart or mind about abortion in 7 1/2 years?
Alito and Roberts.
I guess i was pretty cranky that day....
Did that change any hearts or minds?
IMO, yes, when the ban on partial birth abortion was upheld by the Supreme Court.
they wanted CHANGE!
Good; send you money to worthy conservatives. I'd suggest two: Duncan Hunter in California for congress and Schaefer (spelling?) in Colorado for the senate.
Not doing any rallying here. I'm in California and have the luxury of writing in (as our electoral votes are not at issue). Already sent in my red "NO" sticker....as far as monetary support goes.
If McCain goes off the deep end and nominates a "middle of the road" to destruction pal, then I won't even give a second thought to maybe voting for him afterall.
Nevertheless, I don't want Obama to win, or Hillary for that matter. Those in contested States have a very difficult decision to make.
I warmed up to Romney watching him in the debates, and hoped he was now showing his genuine self.
The trouble with the perfect hair and the perfect suits and the Ken doll looks is that it throws up a feeling of artificiality that a lot of people couldn't get beyond, especially with the political opportunism on the abortion issue. If he'd had a military service record, I think all would have been forgiven vis a vis the bias of some about his LDS religion, but he didn't.
So, I think the problem with Romney is that not just a chunk of conservatives/evangelicals will never warm to him, but that middle of the roaders that McCain is counting on won't either.
Sounds like it's going to be Pawlenty, however, about whom I know precious little, which is always a risky thing to do in nominating someone to national ticket — picking a relative unknown. Never know what the press will dig up.
I always find talk about General Patraeus for V.P. kind of out there.
This general is not Wesley Clark, and not interested in mucking around in politics, IMO.
He still has valuable and critical contributions to make in his chosen career and is not stupid. He won't give up his real world position for a chimera.
On changing hearts and minds on abortion, in addition to Roberts and Alito:
Abstinence was added to school sex curricula.
Bill banning Partial birth abortion was signed.
Federal taxes are not funding embryo stem cell farms.
Federal funding of overseas abortions halted by executive order.
Despite the assertions by Obama, I believe the abortion rate is down. Would appreciate some accurate stats if anyone has them.
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He tests the limits of love when Hugh lances a boil from his backside, and pushes the boundaries of laziness when, finding the water shut off in his house in Normandy, he looks to the water in a vase of fresh cut flowers to fill the coffee machine.
From armoring the windows with LP covers to protect the house from neurotic songbirds, to the awkwardness of having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a sleeping fellow passenger on a plane, David Sedaris uses life's most bizarre moments to reach new heights in understanding love and fear, family and strangers.
Culminating in a brilliantly funny account of his venture to Tokyo in order to quit smoking, David Sedaris' sixth essay collection has been avidly anticipated.
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"Older, wiser, smarter and meaner, Sedaris...defies the odds once again by delivering an intelligent take on the banalities of an absurd life." (Kirkus Reviews)
"This latest collection proves that not only does Sedaris still have it, but he's also getting better....Sedaris's best stuff will still - after all this time - move, surprise, and entertain." (Booklist)
"Brilliant, hilarious"
At the very top.
Well, I can't say. I don't listen to much humor.
All of them.
The entire book moved me. It was so funny, so tragic, so true to life. I like to listen to books as I jog. But this book was so hilarious that I kept having to stop running because I was doubled over with laughter again and again.
"Laugh out loud funny!"
Sedaris' wry and matter-of-fact way of sharing his reflections and observations about the mundane hits at just the right balance of dismay, poignant reflection, and hilarity. His performance is spot on too. Highly recommend it for mature audiences.
"Sedaris will improve my relationship with my mom"
My mom is a Japanese immigrant - she relocated to the US in 1970 after marrying my father. She became a US citizen in the late 1980s. She is quiet, fiercely proud, and mind-bogglingly annoying. The joke in the family has always been that "mom expects us to read her mind." My mother's method of communicating, I know understand, is very Japanese. It is not what she says that is important but what she doesn't say. She tends to attribute her circuitous style of communication to her lack of command when using English. This book provided a profound insight to me, "Japanese is a language of listening, rather than talking."
Sedaris' insights into living in Japan brought back to wonderful memories of my own childhood, and my first trip to Japan in my late 20s. While the book does not solely focus on Sedaris' experiences in Japan, these segments were the most engaging for me.
As per usual, his self deprecating humor made me laugh out loud on my commute.
"My first and last David Sedaris book"
I doubt it can get better. The narration and overall attitude was depressing.
He comes across as a incredibly depressing, pathetic, negative, and condescending individual.
Anyone that does not have a nasally, whiny, and annoying voice, like David's.
None that I can remember. Oh wait, it ended. That was the best part!
If I did not make myself finish all the books I purchased I would have stopped listening to this one early on. I would probably give is 1/2 star if I could since it seemed to understand the basic English language, and I guess that should count for something.
"This is a true inner vision to his the life of Dav"
His unabashed reveal
The neighborhood in France
the ability to laugh at himself
I did not care for the level of detail in the quit smoking stories.
this was not one of David's best but as a whole I would buy more and continue to listen.
"My First Audible Listen"
This was my first audible listen and took me some time to convert from an avid book reader to a listener.Once I got into the cadence of David Sedaris' telling of these stories, I really enjoyed them and laughed out loud on many occasions. I will listen to this again.
Hugh. The cab driver. The cranky lady on the airplane....the list goes on.
As most of my favourite scenes weren't PG, I dare not write those here. Suffice it to say, if I ever meet Mr. Sedaris I will ask him if his sister still owns 'that' magazine.
32 year old female in the DC area with a terribly long commute and high standards for my audiobooks... I like science fiction, science, instructional, and humorous novels.
"David Sedaris FTW."
I really enjoyed how this book flowed. Sometimes his collections of stories have a tendency to be just that: a collection of stories. This book flowed incredibly well and more than once made me laugh aloud.
Say something about yourself!
"A National Treasure"
All of Sedaris is wonderful, especially when you can hear him read it. Thank God for Sedaris and for Audible.
I saw and heard him at a reading. Waited for 2 hours for an autograph. Would have waited for 4. He is a curious guy who makes everyone he meets feel special. He is interested in everyone and in everything. I think that quality makes him such a pitch-perfect author. Wow. I am so often just amazed at his ability. When, of course, I am not doubled over in laughter.
Get this title and then sit back and relax.
"Laugh Out Loud, Literally"
David Sedaris is one of the funniest writers of our time. I laughed out loud many times during this book and revisit it often for a pick-me-up. If you don't like Sedaris, you won't like this. If you like Sedaris, you will love this book.
"If you like "This American Life"...."
I would not listen to this book a 2nd time because the charm of the story is the unique way in which Sedaris' outlook on life is communicated. Once that perspective is heard, the surprise is lost.
I would not have changed a thing.
I thouroughly enjoyed hearing the author;s tale in his own owrds and inflections.
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- 1New Hanover Regional Med Ctr
2131 S 17th St
Wilmington, North Carolina 28401
(910) 343-700
- 2Wilmington Treatment Center
2520 Troy Dr
Wilmington, North Carolina 28401
(910) 762-272
- 3Cape Fear Hospital
5301 Wrightsville Ave
Wilmington, North Carolina 28403
(910) 452-810
- 4Brunswick Novant Medical Center
240 Hospital Dr NE
Wilmington, North Carolina 28422
(910) 721-100
- 5J Arthur Dosher Memorial Hosp
924 N Howe St
Wilmington, North Carolina 28461
(910) 457-380
- 6Pender Memorial Hospital
507 E Fremont St
Wilmington, North Carolina 28425
(910) 259-545
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It is never too late to give up our prejudices. No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof. (Economy.10)
Thoreau wants us to challenge our beliefs, to put them to the test of personal judgment and experience. The proof is in the pudding.
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Confucius said, "To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge." When one man has reduced a fact of the imagination to be a fact of his understanding, I foresee that all men will at length establish their lives on that basis. (Economy.15)
Wisdom entails not only knowledge, but also a sense of the limits of our understanding.
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To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust. It is to solve some of the problems of life, not only theoretically, but practically. (Economy.19)
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Crested Butte Classic as hosted by Dave Ochs!
No more than 74 people allowed for this event! This is intended to be NON-COMMERCIAL, Recreational-Use Activities that are held on parts of USFS lands in compliance with USFS Special Use Rules and Regulations. Please make sure to read all rules for this. This is fully unsupported and you will need to be self-sufficient in order to complete this. The rules are located HERE.
When: Sunday, August 28, 2016
Hang out at the Brick Oven Pizza for post party celebration!
What: Singletrack, high elevation, back country self supported endurance epic.
For 2015 the route will be 1 big loop, 99.94 miles and 18k of vertical. Stay tuned.
Maps Needed: Latitude 40 Maps or online at mtbhome.com
"Crested Butte Trails", 1st Edition
GPS here – courtesy of Juicytrails – cbgtrails.com, and mtbhome.com. cbgtrails.com
Start: Register by showing up – day of the event – 5:00am at the 4-way (Chamber lot) NOTE – there is no parking in the Chamber lot – there is an event there that evening. Planning on a 5:30am SHARPT start. Sunrise at 6:52, Sunset at 7:23 – may need headlamps. You can park cars on the streets next to the start, Rainbow Park, streets in town, etc. Can drive up to start to drop gear for the 3 support vehicles on course.
Finish: Parking lot adjacent to Brick Oven Pizzeria & Pub (223 Elk Ave, Crested Butte, CO) , and remember to sign in after the loop!
For 2016 the route will be 1 big loop, 99.94 miles and 18k of vertical. See below.
Route and map below. Should be 99.94 miles and 18,000' feet of climbing – oh yeah! So says Google Earth!Register by showing up – day of the event. Planning on a 5:30am start at the Chamber of Commerce parking lot. Sunrise at 6:52, Sunset at 7:23 – may need headlamps. Be there at 5:00 am to put your name down, and note there is no parking at the Chamber lot – there is an event there that evening.There will be the opportunity to drop bags in THREE different trucks that will be on course for you to bike by, and pick up feeds. They are noted on the map below (after Deer Creek, Cement Creek, and beginning of Walrod road).
Course:403, 401, Deer Ck, Teo, 400, 405, Hunter Ck, Cement Ck, Reno, Flag, Bear, Deadman, Cement Ck Rd, Walrod, 418, 409, Strand, then the Brick Oven!Want a GPS – post it here, and thank you! This is old school, learn to read, look at a map, learn to read that. It's that simple!!!!!Email Dave at email@example.com for the map and more details.
Past course information below – DO NOT DO THIS FOR 2016…but good course if you come to the area for fun,
Special Note: We won't be at the Brick Oven this year, but at the Post Office parking lot, that shares the Brick. However the post party will be at the Brick Oven!! That way, we are a bit out of the Brick's hair on a busy weekend, but still near the Brick for excellent beer and pizza. Also you may park at the Chamber of Commerce as in years past. Riders can park anywhere else in town that is legal, and we'll have to meet at the PO Parking lot to start.
They Brick Oven is mighty grateful to always lend space and support for this race, but racers need to know it's not their public shower or base camp area. You can most certainly go in to buy slices, get drinks etc, but don't count on them for water, bottle refills, bathroom, etc. Please also be sure to tip your waiter/waitress and make this whole thing worth while for the crew working at the Brick.
Avery Brewing is indeed taking care of us again this year, however, it's July in CB, and we CAN NOT interfere with business at the Brick Oven. Dan and Brian are going out of their way to make sure each rider gets a beer for their efforts, however, it will not be the free for all of previous years, when business was slow enough to allow for salty and totally worked racers to be lounging around the Brick taking up space. Please do patronize the Brick as a paying customer, get a table, order pie, drink your beer and order more, but please no lounging around in spandex, laying down on the deck when there are TONS of paying customers around. Please also respect their facility, and their bathroom is not the place to take a 'French Shower' in between laps. RESPECT peeps, so we can keep doing this!!! This year is going to be FUN factor x10 with epic loops and big miles.
Description of Route: NEW COURSE IN 2015
Email me at firstname.lastname@example.com for gps files.
Also to note! We will meet at 6:30 AM at the Brick Oven/Post Office Parking lot for a 7 AM start. Please come early to sign in, and get any questions answered.
3 Separate Loops from Crested Butte with the ability to self-support yourself via support bags at the 4-Way or from your parked car, house, or even your entourage.
Loop 1 – Teocalli Ridge trail is back open after 2 years of being closed to MTB's, as the FS has been doing some stellar work on it. Loop 1 will now be Strand/Teocalli/Canal trail, then back to the Brick. If you can navigate to Deer Creek as previously loop1, then it's just a right turn onto Teo, instead of a left to Deer Creek. After Teo – and WICKED big smiles – then you head down Brush Creek road for a 1/4 mile, and get on the Canal trail heading back to town. Canal takes you to where you ended Strand Hill, and once you hit the road, you go left back to town. So it's Strand and the Canal trail to Brush Creek, turn right and head to Teo. After Teo, it's Canal trail all the way back to Brush Creek, then left and back to town. It's quite simple. Ill get it mapped and post it.
Loop 2 – going big – it's July and we have more time… sorry there's more road in it… but the track is beyond epic – Reno, Flag, Bear, Deadman!
Loop 3 – Dyke Trail. Head up Old Kebler to Kebler pass all the way to the 'Y', then head right at the 'Y' and go up towards the Irwin town site. South of the lake, and then over to the Dyke trail. After the Dyke, head up Kebler Pass road again towards the top of the pass and take the Wagon trail (LOWER) or East side of the Wagon trail. ONLY the portion that parallels Kebler Pass Road.
Congrats you have just finished the CB Classic!
As usual, the good folks at Avery Brewing will be supplying the libations for the event. Always remember to hug your local Avery rep, and do make sure to tip the Brick Oven staff who take care of you. Feel free to email Dave at email@example.com for any questions.
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Fundraising pitches by House Speaker Newt Gingrich drew unprecedented media coverage and helped to boost March pledge receipts at WPBA, Atlanta, home-town public TV station for the powerful Georgia Republican who has vowed to end federal aid for public broadcasting.
Gingrich taped a series of spots urging national and local viewers to "open your wallets'' and support public television. "Tell them Newt Gingrich asked you to help make sure that PBS stays on the air and Channel 30 stays strong because more than ever it's going to need our support as individuals to make sure it has the funding it needs,'' the congressman said in a self-scripted 45-second message for Atlanta viewers.
Late last week, only a handful of stations elsewhere had begun to use national versions of the spots in their on-air campaigns. WCET, Cincinnati, reported that viewers had responded negatively to its use of the pitch.
For WPBA, however, the Speaker's plug and the resulting media attention helped to raise pledge receipts beyond projections. Audience response doubled when the station began airing the spots on March 4, according to spokesman Eric Weston. WPBA revised its original fundraising goal of $75,000 for the 13-night pledge drive up to $100,000. "We're expecting to go way past that,'' Weston said. With three more nights left in the drive last week, the station had tallied $84,000.
Operated by the Atlanta Public Schools, WPBA's signal is overlapped by WGTV, Georgia PTV's flagship station. Federal funding makes up 22 percent of WPBA's budget, according to Weston, making it "very vulnerable'' to cuts in Congress's annual contribution for public broadcasting.
"What [Gingrich] is saying about federal funding, we totally disagree with, but we agree wholeheartedly that if you watch public television, you must support it,'' Weston added. "We see the spots as an opportunity to appeal to people who might not otherwise pledge and an opportunity to talk to those people about why federal funding is important.''
The Speaker's on-air pitch generated a flurry of local and national press coverage. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ran the full text of Gingrich's statement along with a story in which he challenged "all the rich people who think public broadcasting is important'' to match his annual pledge of $2,000 for the next five years. CBS, CNN, ABC reported on the spots, and on March 9 USA Today described Gingrich's pitch in an editorial on the importance of viewer and listener support for public broadcasting.
Despite the media blitz, public TV stations expressed little interest in airing the spots, so PBS declined to distribute them nationally, according to Stu Kantor, spokesman. WPBA instead fed the spots with its own satellite time on March 10.
In Cincinnati, WCET plugged the Speaker's pitch into its local drive on March 12, but with disappointing results. "We thought it was important to give it a try,'' said Scott Elliott, development v.p. "We thought it might speak to some people who had previously been unwilling to give to the station. It didn't.''
Of the dozen Cincinnati viewers responding to the spots when they aired, most called to object that the station aired them, Elliott said. "They felt it was inappropriate to have the Speaker voicing his support for public broadcasting when he had obviously not been acting on those same lines.''
One viewer who called days later said it was "hypocritical of us to use the Speaker'' for on-air pitches, Elliott recalled.
At least two stations--WTVI, Charlotte, N.C., and WKPC, Louisville--were making plans to fit the messages into their pledge breaks at Current's deadline last week.
The Speaker's central message about public television's increased need for viewer support during an era of federal belt-tightening is "consistent with what we've been talking about,'' said Charlie Caldwell, marketing v.p. for WTVI.
But most stations chose not to air them at all. "The bottom line ... for any kind of spot for pledge is, 'Do we think it's going to help us raise money?,'' said Peter Myers, v.p. of communications for KTCA, Twin Cities. "We did think that, over the long term, it might raise questions in people's minds about why we put in on, since he is widely known for advocating total defunding of public broadcasting.''
As for the Speaker's offer to contribute heftily to public TV, the check is by no means in the mail. "It's something he has proposed doing and is willing to do if can get CPB to work with him on it,'' said Allan Lipsett, spokesman. Gingrich is awaiting "anyone from CPB to talk to him about this whole concept of continued public support'' before he will become a public TV donor.


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Casa di campagna tranquilla, ma vicino a molte attività all'aperto, luoghi storici, culturali / divertimento dentro e intorno alla Upstate e Clemson calcio. Letto king size con biancheria di lusso, soggiorno con zona pranzo, keyless entry, veranda coperta e avvolgere intorno alla piattaforma, ampio cortile con pozzo del fuoco e dei posti a sedere seduta. Vicino a I-85 corridoio tra Atlanta e Charlotte.
5 su agosto 17, 2016
Sandy and Mel are truly fabulous hosts. We had a very nice stay, breakfasts were great, and amazing fellowship. They care. Sit on the porch, relax and watch the hummingbirds. BTW... Sandy is also a talented artist... Browse her many woodworking feats. Thanks for the hospitality.
5 su maggio 26, 2016
We had a great time and the owners are very nice people and really made us feel welcomed and I would recommend the cozy corner to anybody.
5 su ottobre 29, 2015
Sandy and Mel know how to make you feel at home! We enjoyed our stay so much and will be going back! The food was unbelievable as well as the hospitality. We felt so very welcome and even made 2 new friends with Mel and Sandy. If you need to relax and get away from the hustle and bustle of life, this is the place for you!
5 su settembre 08, 2015
My wife and I would like to express our sincere thank you to Mel and Sandy for their most generous and gracious hospitality. Completely enjoyed our 1st night/day stay in NW S. Carolina. Sandy bakes up some grand sunshine muffins and the two of them truly exemplify Southern Hospitality! God Bless.
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Thank you so much for your wonderful review. We were excited and grateful that you booked a night at Cozy Corner - wished you could have stayed longer. During your brief stay we got to know you a little bit and thoroughly enjoyed our conversations around the table.. Even though you live quite a good distance from Upstate South Carolina, Mel and I hope you will come back and stay with us again. It is nice to make new friends, and the invitation is always open for a repeat visit! Thanks again!
5 su luglio 06, 2015
Needing time away, from work, housekeeping and the kids, my husband got online, and found Cozy Corner. What a great selection he made! So happy with every aspect of our stay. We were so blessed! Our host and hostess were so kind and pleasant. We arrived greeting them with handshakes, but left after big hugs. The rooms were lovely and immaculate, and boy, does this sweet lady cook! How refreshed we were coming home! I highly recommend this Bed &Breakfast! Thanks so much, Mel and Sandra! Hope to see you again soon! The Miller's
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Your review was awesome and we thank you so much for it. Being kind and pleasant is easy when our guests are so sincere, interesting and likable. We enjoyed sitting at the table and sharing kid stories and getting to know each other. Truly a blessing and we look forward to hosting them again soon.
5 su luglio 01, 2015
If you are in the Pendleton/Clemson area, you must go to Sandy's and Mel's. Slept better than I sleep in my very own bed. Enjoyed the conversation, fellowship, beautiful porch views and birds singing...delicious breakfast served in grand style. Can't wait to go back.
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It is always our pleasure to host such a wonderful couple. Your review is beyond gracious - thank you so much! We always look forward to visiting with our guests and getting to know them. We definitely enjoyed hearing about their work "after retirement" and appreciate their servants' hearts. We look forward to hosting them in the future!
5 su giugno 25, 2015
Mel and Sandy were amazing hosts who provided wonderful accommodations, a welcoming environment, and many special added touches. It was so thoughtful of Sandy to have a birthday cake ready for us and extra protein for my nutritional needs. I highly recommend this B&B.
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We were certainly blessed to have these lovely ladies pick Cozy Corner for their short getaway! Friendly is only one of the special traits that mark their family, which filters down to Anna, the youngest member of the group. She won our hearts with her sweet disposition - another family trait! They are super guests and we would welcome them back any time and highly recommend them as guests wherever they go. Thanks for the great review! Please come again.
5 su maggio 15, 2015
Though Sandi and Mel only have one room in this exceptional B&B, they have made it very comfortable for a couple or a small family. They have segmented part of their beautiful home into a bedroom, bathroom, and wonderful living room area that is private and very quiet. Sandi and Mel are wonderful hosts and Sandi cooks up one of the best southern breakfasts we have ever had. Afternoon snacks out on the veranda were one of the highlights of the stay. Sandi's spread was absolutely delicious and all hand made...hard to stop. Mel does a perfect job of keeping the home and grounds in meticulous condition. They were very flexible in when we wanted to eat and considered in any dietary restrictions. If you're new to the area, they are helpful in finding places to visit. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed our stay and would not hesitate to stay again when we are in the area.
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We were absolutely delighted with this friendly couple, and so enjoyed their stay with us at Cozy Corner. They live in a busy city so they were really able to relax and take advantage of the quiet country setting and visiting on the veranda. They were so easy to please and made themselves right at home. Hosting them was a real treat and We look forward to any future visits with us. We could not ask for better guests and we highly recommend them to innkeepers anywhere their travels may take them.
4,0 su aprile 26, 2015
What a wonderful visit! I went to see my grandson in a sporting event in Clemson. I received such wonderful hospitality and beautiful accommodations as well as terrific food! I feel I have made friends for life! I enjoyed watching the birds from the wonderful porch and felt relaxed and invigorated when I left on Saturday evening. I definitely would go back again and highly recommend this wonderful hidden getaway! Thank you Sandy and Mel.
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Thank you for visiting Cozy Corner. It was great to get to know you and thank you for your great review. We're so glad you were able to get in some porch time to relax and watch the birds. And seeing your grandson's sporting event was a special treat for you I know. Thanks again and we hope to see you next time you are in our area. You are always welcome at Cozy Corner.
5 su gennaio 23, 2015
What a fabulous B&B Cozy Corner is! My husband and I stayed over the Thanksgiving holiday while in SC visiting family. It was wonderful having such a restful home to come back to each evening after spending the day with the whole family! We really appreciated the Keurig coffee machine in our private living room, as well as the top quality linens and comfortable bed! The home is beautiful, comfortable, exceptionally clean, and our hosts, Sandy and Mel, could not have been more gracious and friendly. We enjoyed the food immensely (Sandy is a great cook!) and the conversation over breakfast even more. I feel as though we've made friends and will definitely revisit Cozy Corner again! Thanks for making us feel right at home.
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You know how it is sometimes, that a relationship can develop before you actually meet in person. That's how we felt with Amy and Scott. They fit our picture of the perfect guests and we looked forward to our lingering conversations at the breakfast table. We love it when we can mutually enjoy each other's company, laugh together, share our hobbies, and job stories, etc. We hated to see them go and look forward to a return visit soon!
Quiet country home, but close to many outdoor activities, historical places, cultural/entertainment in and around the Upstate, and Clemson football. Guest bedroom with king size bed, private guest bath, luxury linens, private sitting room with dining area and keyless entry. Convenient access to covered porch and wrap around deck, large yard with fire pit and seating. Close to I-85 corridor between Atlanta and Charlotte.
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I-85 Exit 21 (Hwy 178), verso la libertà a 6,1 miglia, svolta a sinistra su McMurtrey Rd, 7/10 miglia a doppia cassette postali ed una strada sulla destra,. Girare a destra su viale passato prima casa e Cozy Corner è dietro la curva .
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A woman who struggles on the spiritual path needs validation, guidance, inspiration and practical advice. This handbook is to help her survive the transition of the past several centuries and come to her full empowerment. This is especially for she who needs to reprogram herself as the Warrior Priestess in what is still a mans world.
It is for the one who seeks to understand her place as the embodiment of the Divine Feminine Spirit because now it is time to uplift the wounded feminine consciousness to its rightful power, to transmute the negative results of ignorance and subjugation.
This book is a call and a guide for the neophyte on the Path as well as for all the extraordinary women who are searching for a Friend in the dark, when they are feeling most damned and abandoned because of their Vision. It is for all the Spiritual Warrior/Priestesses who have forgotten some of the pitfalls, as well as the joys, of their Journey. This book will serve as an inspiration for those who have lost that Sight.
In the playing field of womens spirituality, no one book or resource offers such a clear picture of the magical destiny of the Woman of Tomorrow, especially for those with eclectic beliefs. THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR PRIESTESS addresses this need for self transformation by inspiring the reader with important quotations as well as the authors guidance, step by step direction, affirmations, useful astrological insights, as well as a section that asks questions that will push the reader into changing some tired perceptions. It is written to fire up the spirit of the sleeping Feminine Spirit in both women and men.
It is a handbook and empowerment manual for the growing army of individuals born at this special time in Mother Earths history to help rebalance Her during certain changes. ...for all of those brave souls willing to go in an exciting new direction.
This is not another book about the womens spirituality movement or about why women are goddesses. Rather it is a bridge between traditional magickal wisdom and the everyday challenges of the woman of the 90s. It is a call to transformation and will answer the intense desire for women of all ages and colors to heal their lives. It will give them permission and purpose to become what they really are: perfected beings. It will also bring on an almost-instant wakeup call for men. It embraces no particular theology, religion or mythology and is not a psychological treatise. It does not advocate any one path to take, nor is it anti anything except ignorance....It does come from a spacious metaphysical vision that many will relate to with a sigh of relief.
The average woman is still rather paralyzed and in partial ignorance of her power as a Magical Being...because she does not even have the voice or words to help herself. And most books on this subject are still either too academic or beyond the average womans experiences.
This book will serve as a tool and a light to help her see herself. The Talking Stick section at the end of each chapter is to jumpstart some profound self questioning - as well as a handy starting point in teaching situations....ideal to teach self empowerment workshops all over the world.
The extensive Resources section at the back of the book is to help locate the key material for the process.
This book will be appropriate for several markets: Feminist, Goddess, Spiritual, Metaphysical, Womens Self Help. It should be in metaphysical centers, universities, feminist study groups, and womens conferences and gatherings. It is for women ages 16-90 who seek inspiration and practical advice. It is for men who are trying to align with the female spirit, both in women and in themselves.
This book contains dozens of empowering quotes from many different authors to stimulate the reader to explore other resources on many relevant subjects. There are poems and stories by the author to share insights and inspiration for the reader. And each section includes the Talking Stick - questions to help the reader understand the deeper meaning of the text...and also for those who might use handbook to teach.
The first section in the book is ABOUT EMPOWERMENT, which addresses personal rituals, apprenticeship, how to commit to staying on the path, and how to avoid psychic attacks.
The second part is ABOUT DANCING ON THE PATH and includes a new way to learn, how to start a vision quest, how to enjoy solitude, how to age gracefully, how to deal with the idea of security.
The third section deals with Extending Love and addresses breaking fee from ones original programming, sex: its cause and cure, unhealthy love, and how to mother children.
The fourth section is ABOUT HEALING and addresses healing oneself, dealing with demons and addictions, how to heal others, and some thoughts on global healing.
The fifth section is about ASTROLOGY AND THE WARRIOR PRIESTESS and describes the fire, air, earth, and water Warrior Priestesses, with a description of each of the signs as it relates to the Work. Women from each Sunsign are listed.
BIBLIOGRAPHY & RESOURCES is quite extensive and should prove very useful to the readers.
The author is wonderfully enthusiastic in her attempt to offer alternative spiritual paths for women. She is successful at showing her reader what is available and empowers the reader to seek out options which will answer her needs. It offers direction, guidance and support to women who are identifying new spiritual directions or the need for new directions. It is a simply approached work, comfortably readable in all reading levels. It fits into: Womens studies, Spirituality, Metaphysics......(Lorrie Oswald, reader at Llewelyn Pub.)
I liked the book a lot, very powerful, liked the way it was done, liked the Talking Stick. Its so powerful for a man to read; I got a lot out of it. It concerns male issues too and was very empowering for my feminine side. It needs to be out there soon. (Jonathan Ray Spinney, publisher, Medicine Bear Publications)
Ive read many powerful, profound books, but I dont think Ive ever been this affected/effected before.. I have been turned inside out by it. I feel the veil has been torn asunder and the denial/delusion/deadness has been cast into the spotlight...seen in all of its gory glory for the first time in my life....I feel as if waking from a coma.....the questions at the end of each chapter are riveting. I dont think a thing should be changed. (Sarah Clayton, entertainer)
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Skip to comments.Whale harpooned, hauled in by Japanese boat in front of whale-watching tourists
Posted on 08/27/2007 12:55:37 PM PDT by Reagan is King
SAPPORO -- Eco-tourists on a whale-watching vessel, looking forward to observing the mighty creatures in their natural habitat, were instead greeted by the sight of a harpooned whale being dragged in by a Japanese whaling vessel on Friday.
At about 10:44 a.m. on Friday, a whale was spotted spraying water from its blowhole near a whaling boat, about 3.5 kilometers away from the whale-watching vessel off the coast of Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula. But when the vessel approached, the passengers on board found that the whalers had harpooned the Baird's beaked whale, and it was hauled in by the whaling boat about 20 minutes later.
About 20 passengers on the whale-watching vessel looked on, voicing their pity as the whale was captured. A French woman who was on the vessel with her husband reportedly said the experience made her feel ill.
There were two other whale-watching boats nearby, but one of them left after a child started crying.
The 46-year-old captain of the passenger vessel was disappointed by the incident, which took place about 14 kilometers east of Rausu Port in Hokkaido.
"It's my job to show people whales and it's the whalers' job to catch them, but I wonder how this can be avoided," he said.
One of the two whaling companies operating the whaling ship, meanwhile, filed a protest against the whale watching vessel with the Rausu town government.
"The passenger boat approached us, which was extremely dangerous. We think this could be considered dangerous sailing, and we want you to issue a warning," the protest said. (Mainichi)
Hey, I had that plus a little more on my tag line and the big Freeper in the Sky made me take it off.
I wouldn't want to see a swimming chicken harpooned from one of those ships.
You win. You're the punniest.
Exactly how we Americans feel when you Frenchies eat our beautiful horses!!!!
To these "ECO" tourists, just think of it as watching the lion take down the gazelle...
Nature isn't warm and fuzzy.
"Honey! Look at the cute whale!"
All your blubber are belong to us!
That scene in Napoleon Dynamite where the farmer shoots the cow right in front of the school bus filled with children just pops into my head reading this.
Cooooooool! It's gotta make a better vacation story than just another boring whale-watching.
This sounds like something out of South Park...
That's the best scene in the movie.
How the H_ll did she think people got whale oil, and whale to eat?
Life sucks. Then you die.
Sounds like pretty poor planning on the part of whoever organized the outing, not to check with local whalers to avoid this sort of thing. I mean, if I took my kids to the petting-zoo and got there just as the vets where shooting a pony with a broken leg, I'd be pretty upset too. Not to mention my kids.
Too bad the fhoe bird did not fly over her.
I had no idea that chickens, pigs, and cows were endangered species.
They could at least have sliced off a couple of pounds and offered them some samples.
"Save the plankton, kill the whales!"
The whaling skipper circles in an area while the whale watching boat skippers fan out from that area to look for whales. Upon spotting a whale, the whale watching skipper lets the tourists take their photos, goes away and then radios in the whale's position back to the whaler. The whaling skipper then speeds in and kills the whale just as soon as the whale watching boat goes over the horizon with the tourists looking at their digital photos and rhapsodizing about the wonders of Nature.
He asked!
"Farm tourists in a Buick LeSabre, looking foward to seeing chickens in their natural habitat, instead got to see a farmer wringing one by its neck."
When I first read that, I read 'children' for 'chicken'. Shame on me for cracking up...
Honestly, those Greenpeace types have NO sense of humor.
We went out on a Boston whale watch. The tour guide told us, "If anyone spots a (shudder) WHALE(squirm), call out!"
Being a cold, grey drizzly November day in my soul, we SE MASS Yankees know _exactly_ what to shout, and, blessed with very good distance vision, it was my lot to see the whale sound way off aport.
There were a few chuckles, and a few gasps...
I love the movie, that is the most shocking scene loved every second of it, but that movie is all great scenes. Napoleon's dance is my favorite.
Kind of reminds me of the story I heard about the animal-rights people who were protesting at a stock yard when the stock broke through the fence and trampled the protesters.
Haha....too funny.
"of course theyll skip over the fact that well also be able to go back in time to grab a pair if we need to, so its ok to hunt to extinction."
Here is the fatal flaw in a liberal's argument regarding nature:
They believe in and support the theory of evolution. Fine, so do many conservatives. In order for evolution to function, extinction must take place. "Survival of the fittest" means there are some who won't survive. One cannot logically support evolution and oppose extinction. It's like believing in creation but not God. Logic is kryptonite to a liberal.
Bet the greens wanted to kill the crew of the whaling vessel.
"Do you mean the way people are blubbering over Vicks dogs?"
If you can't tell the difference between man's relationship with whales and dog, you are an effing idiot. That is just about the nicest thing I can think of saying to you after reading your liberally-inspired "moral equivalence" post.
"It has a gun rack on it!!!
One of the techs that works for me suggested getting one to go between the buildings at our company. I told him he would get beat for sure if he drove one around the company."
If you want a laugh look up "White and Nerdy" by Wierd Al Yankovic on youtube.
I don't deny there is something stomache-turning about seeing a mammal slaughtered—especially by a blade—but what did they expect would happen?
Oh I don't know....billions of young krill are sleeping well tonight.
Talk about a paradox.
No it wasn't blubber. It was meat and even looked like steak just more tender and juicy. This was when I was visiting Japan back in 1978. I can understand why they love it.
But you just had to say it for the Halibut.
Here ya' go...we got your endangered chicken...right 'chere.
Ok, so it's a actually a grouse. So sue me.
someone in high places has a sense of humor.
Have you eaten the meat or the blubber? I found a piece of blubber on the beach in Barrow, AK in June one year after a whale was harvested. It was an 8 cube and had the skin on one side. The blubber was white and looked kind of like rubber with a similar consistency - not at all like any other mammal fat Ive ever seen.
After laying on the beach for who knows how long it did not have a very appetizing aroma.
But, um, you just said you found it one year after a whale was harvested.. Why do you question how long it had been on the beach? Duh, one year! :^)
There's a Segway dealership in Hurst (between Ft. Worth and Dallas). It's next door to the place I buy appliance parts. They have the loneliest looking sales staff I have ever seen. I guess I shouldn't laugh, but I have to wonder what was going through their head when they decided to open that thing up?
"If you cant tell the difference..."
Actually, I have been pointing out the difference. That seems to make you angry. Now that you've released your anxiety by calling me names, can you tell me if you think our different attitudes toward different animals is based on some moral absolute or on custom and culture?
A beautiful bird. And given the general tenor of the posts on this thread, the appropriate conservative position is to just kill them all. Why, I have no idea. But such is the state of modern conservatism.
I have GOT to go to one of your parties.
I think a few roughneck whalers could "handle" several dozen greens.
"A French woman who was on the vessel with her husband reportedly said the experience made her feel ill. "
Did the whale flip her off, perhaps, as it was being towed past the touring vessel?
I wonder what this old gal would say about watching an unborn child being butchered (abortion) would the dismemberment make her sick, I think not.
How do you spell boring, WHALE WATCHING.
Whale watching is about as much fun as watching paint dry on a Mexican border fence post and a lot less exciting.
You could always tell from a block away that they were from France because of the body ordor.
Apologies for telling the truth.........
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Lady Buccaneers book return trip to nationals
Published: Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 1:07 a.m.
TUSCALOOSA | Meghan Dunn scored 27 points and took tournament most valuable player and region most valuable player honors as the Shelton State women's basketball team throttled Wallace State-Hanceville 86-60 in the final of the Alabama Community College Conference Region XXII Basketball Tournament at Shelton State.
Shelton State advances to Salina, Kan., to compete in the national tournament.
Dunn played with a purpose after the Lady Buccaneers fell to Wallace State in last year's tournament, and the rest of the Shelton State team, as well as the fans, reflected her desire to redeem themselves.
"I just wanted revenge for last year," Dunn said. "And it felt great."
Though the score was close at halftime, with Shelton State holding a 39-35 lead, the Lady Bucs made a statement in the second half, largely due to Dunn's 11-for-18 shooting, which includes 5-for-9 from 3-point range.
Along with Dunn's offensive play, Shelton State dominated defensively, with Wallace State struggling to cross mid-court at some points.
"Our key is always our defense," Shelton State coach Madonna Thompson said. "We didn't rotate very well in the first half. In the second half, we kept them in front of us more."
The first half was much closer than the final score would imply, with Shelton State taking, at most, a 10-point lead. Every time the Lady Buccaneers began to pull away, the Lady Lions of Wallace State found a way to close the gap.
"We had a lot of first-half opportunities," Thompson said. "But we took advantage of them in the second half. In the first half, we had some fouls called on us, which threw off our rotation. In the second half, we got our rotation back."
The second half featured long scoring droughts for Wallace State, and five Lady Bucs had multiple steals.
At times, the Lady Bucs seemed to score at will. Psachal Maize scored 11 and Brianna Lancaster scored 13 and pulled down 10 rebounds. Lancaster also drew several fouls from the Lady Lions and capitalized on them, making seven of 10 free-throw shots.
TaCouya Allen led Wallace State scorers with 12 points and Brooklyn Warren scored 10.
Along with Dunn, three other Shelton State players made the all-tournament team. Sharin Rivers, Brittany Agee and Lancaster all were honored after the game, as was Wallace State coach Ron Burdette, who was voted by his fellow coaches as coach of the year.
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The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
The Book Thief Mortality Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
He'd have been glad to witness her kissing his dusty, bomb hit lips. (37.11)
One of the saddest parts of the novel is when Liesel misses out on kissing Rudy when he's alive, and kisses him instead when he's dead.
Quote #8
For me, the sky was the color of Jews. (52.3)
This is to accentuate the number of Jewish people dying during the Holocaust, in Germany, and other locations in Europe. Normally, Death sees colors like, black, white, blue, etc. But, during these times, there were so many Jews being murdered, that they overshadow the other colors as Death takes them across the sky.
Quote #9
Please believe me when I tell you that I picked up each soul that day as if it were newly born. […] I listened to their last, gasping cries. Their vanishing words. I watched their love visions and freed them from their fear. (52.15)
This is a good one. This makes dying sound not half bad. But, the big mystery is, where does Death take us after all this gentleness? For some clues, see the novel's final chapter.


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Judge hears fight over documents in Sullivan caseJuly 23,2013By Brent Curtis
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A Rutland judge heard arguments today in a fight over whether an auto insurance company must turn over notes from a claim made by Christopher Sullivan following a fatal crash in the city this spring.
Prosecutors say Sullivan, a former city attorney, was drunk behind the wheel in April when 71-year-old Jane Outslay, of Mendon, was struck and killed on Strongs Avenue.
The driver in the crash fled the scene but a day later Sullivan identified himself as the driver in the crash and turned over his 2004 Lexus sedan which had heavy damage to its hood and windshield.
On the same day that Sullivan turned himself in, his wife filed a claim with GEICO insurance, according to the Vermont Attorney General's office. Prosecutors issued a subpoena for the claim but have been opposed by the insurance company which asserts that it has a duty to defend Sullivan against a potential civil lawsuit.
In Rutland criminal court today, Judge Theresa DiMauro questioned the attorney for the insurance company and an assistant attorney general on their legal arguments. DiMauro, who said she would make her decision in the future, asked the prosecution why they were interested in what the insurance company has described as notes taken from a conversation with Sullivan's wife.
In his answer, Assistant Attorney General Ultan Doyle acknowledged that prosecutors have talked to Sullivan's wife themselves. But he said the substance of her conversation with the insurance carrier could shed more light on the case.
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The Liberals say they're on track to cut car insurance rates by an average of 15 per cent by 2015. And they say how they'll do that is by introducing legislation that would tackle fraud saving the industry - and then you- money.Finance Minister Charles Sousa says they would focus on a few areas, such as making reducing the time your car can be impounded. Right now it's 60 days.Sousa also calls out medical clinics who take advantage of those who were injured in an accident, filing fraudulent claims. The province also wants to speed up the claims process by switching its oversight body. Sousa says that will save the system money. The province also wants to move forward with regulation of the towing industry and setting up a special investigation unit on fraud of all sorts. While Ralph Palumbo of the Insurance Bureau of Canada is all for it, he says he realizes this won't get rid of fraud all together. Palumbo reveals fraud costs the industry up to $1.6 billion a year.
Meantime, critics say the last time changes were made to the auto insurance industry in 2010, drivers didn't see any savings. Progressive Conservative MPP Jeff Yurek says good drivers see rates going up, but bad drivers are seeing them shrink. He claims that's because insurance companies needed to find a way to reduce average rates, so they're reducing things for people who pay more for insurance anyways. NDP MPP Jagmeet Singh calls the Liberals move a good headline, but he wants to see something concrete when it comes to shrinking rates by 15 per cent.
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Stillman's Shantasia Lewis-Brooks wins SIAC honor
Published: Thursday, October 10, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at 11:10 p.m.
Shantasia Lewis-Brooks, a member of Stillman College's volleyball team, has been named the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Week.
The Montgomery native had 42 kills –an average of 3.0 kills per set – 26 assists, 21 digs, and five blocks in four matches last week. The true freshman had 19 kills, 15 assists and nine digs in a five-set match win against LeMoyne-Owen.
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