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This tutorial and seed project have been tested with the following:
Download a sample project.
Otherwise, Please follow the steps below to configure your existing Ruby On Rails WebApp to use it with Auth0.
Add the following dependencies to your
Gemfile and run
bundle install
gem 'omniauth', '~> 1.3.1'
gem 'omniauth-auth0', '~> 1.4.1'
Create a file named
auth0.rb under
config/initializers with the following content:
Rails.application.config.middleware.use OmniAuth::Builder do
callback_path: "/auth/auth0/callback"
Use the following command to create the controller that will handle Auth0 callback:
rails generate controller auth0 callback failure --skip-template-engine --skip-assets
Now, go to the newly created controller and add the code to handle the success and failure of the callback.
class Auth0Controller < ApplicationController
def callback
# This stores all the user information that came from Auth0
# and the IdP
session[:userinfo] = request.env['omniauth.auth']
# Redirect to the URL you want after successfull auth
redirect_to '/dashboard'
def failure
# show a failure page or redirect to an error page
@error_msg = request.params['message']
Now, replace the generated routes on
routes.rb with the following ones:
get "/auth/auth0/callback" => "auth0#callback"
get "/auth/failure" => "auth0#failure"
For security purposes, you must add the callback URL of your app to your Application Settings.
In this case, the callbackURL should look something like:
There are different ways of integrating Auth0 in your site. Below, some of them with a preview and a code snippet to copy paste.
This is how it will look on a browser...
Auth0 JavaScript libraries are Open Source: Auth0Lock & Auth0LockPasswordless & Auth0.js
Note: Please note that the
redirectUrlspecified in the
Auth0Lockconstructor must match the callback specified in the previous step
Also if you need to force an identity provider just redirect to Omniauth's path like this:
redirect_to '/auth/auth0?connection=CONNECTION_NAME'
You can access the user information via the
userinfo you stored in the session on step 3
class DashboardController < SecuredController
def show
@user = session[:userinfo]
<img class="avatar" src="<%= @user[:info][:image] %>"/>

Welcome <%= @user[:info][:name] %>

Click here to check all the information that the userinfo hash has.
You have configured your Ruby on Rails Webapp to use Auth0. Congrats, you're awesome!
You can add the following parent controller to all pages that need the user to be authenticated:
class SecuredController < ApplicationController
before_action :logged_in_using_omniauth?
def logged_in_using_omniauth?
unless session[:userinfo].present?
# Redirect to page that has the login here
redirect_to '/'
In case of failure, you may want to get the description of the error. For that, in your
config/environments/production.rb add the following:
OmniAuth.config.on_failure = Proc.new { |env|
message_key = env['omniauth.error.type']
error_description = Rack::Utils.escape(env['omniauth.error'].error_reason)
new_path = "#{env['SCRIPT_NAME']}#{OmniAuth.config.path_prefix}/failure?message=#{message_key}&error_description=#{error_description}"
Rack::Response.new(['302 Moved'], 302, 'Location' => new_path).finish
If you are getting this error it means that you are using Cookie sessions and since you are storing the whole profile it overflows the max-size of 4K. Also, if you are unable to access the user profile and you get an error similar to
undefined method '[]' for nil:NilClass, please try this solution as well.
You can change to use In-Memory store for development as follows.
/config/initializers/session_store.rb and add the following:
Rails.application.config.session_store :cache_store
/config/enviroments/development.rb and add the following
config.cachestore = :memorystore
For production, we recommend using another memory store like MemCached or something similar
It seems that under some configurations Ruby can't find certification authority certificates (CA Certs).
Download CURL's CA certs bundle to the project directory:
$ curl -o lib/ca-bundle.crt http://curl.haxx.se/ca/ca-bundle.crt
Then add this initializer
require 'open-uri'
require 'net/https'
module Net
class HTTP
alias_method :original_use_ssl=, :use_ssl=
def use_ssl=(flag)
path = ( Rails.env == "development") ? "lib/ca-bundle.crt" : "/usr/lib/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"
self.ca_file = Rails.root.join(path).to_s
self.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER
self.original_use_ssl = flag
This issue isn't presented while working on your local (development). After deployment on your staging or production environment and after hitting your callback this issue may appear.
Example of an error message that may occur:
omniauth: (auth0) Authentication failure! invalid_credentials: OAuth2::Error, server_error: The redirect URI is wrong. You send [wrong url], and we expected [callback url set in your app settings]
To fix the above error, add the following at your config/environments/staging.rb or production.rb
OmniAuth.config.full_host = "http://www.example.com"
http://www.example.com with the actual URL you'll be using in your application.


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She gave me her employee I.D. number for the purpose of verifying she and her employer were legitimate. She went on to state that a one time processing fee of $29.95 would be debited from my account and that within 4 -5 days I would receive an " information/welcome packet" in the mail.
On May 19, 2005, $29.95 was debited from my account. About May 30, 2005, I started calling the 800 number I was given to find out where my information packet was; to no avail. June 7, 2005, I called a second number that I was given only to find out that it was a number to a long-distance phone company that they had signed me up for.
On June 8,2005, I called my bank for unrelated reasons finding that my account was unexplicably short. When I spoke to bank rep, I was told that a $299.95 fee had been debited from my account for medical benefits that I didn't sign up for from a company calling itself First National Health Care Benefits. Wouldn't you know that their phone number was the same as the phone number of First National Government Grant Benefits?
From a one time processing fee of $29.95 for an information packet regarding a grant to unauthorized sign up for long distance phone service to an unauthorized account debit for $299.95 for medical benefits, this company needs to be stopped!!
I called the 800 number to call them on their deceit and they tried to say that I authorized all of these extras and refused to refund my money.
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Tell them the truth; this was unauthorized and your account was NOT to be charged! Keep emphasizing how you never authorized anything! Direct them to the hundreds of victims reports that were filed on Rip-off Report.com. And if you're at the bank, walk them over to their computer and make them go to this site! If you are on the phone with them, tell them you will wait while they access this site! Either way, be persistent!
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Thieves take puppies, baby clothes from home in Gray
Published: Friday, May 9, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.
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GRAY -- They took a dog, two puppies, a computer, a television and a small safe that held 44-year-old Sarah Yanceys rent money.
When burglars broke in May 1 through the back door of the house Yancey, her boyfriend and her children share on Marietta Place in Gray, Yancey estimates they took close to $7,000 in pets, electronics, cash and one sons collection of 16 pairs of Nike Air Jordan sneakers.
But in a sad and unusual twist, Yancey said the thieves also made off with all of her granddaughters baby clothes, even as they left behind a large living-room television and stacks of DVDs.
The daylight burglary was the second the family has suffered since moving from Panola County, Miss., about three years ago to the working-class street a stones throw from H.L. Bourgeois High, Yancey said.
"We dont have a neighborhood watch," she said. "You just dont know who to trust. Its really, really sad."
Yancey said she doesnt believe the crime is random.
Speaking by telephone with a reporter from the Terrebonne Parish jail, her son, 20-year-old Peter Yancey, incarcerated on a slew of drug-possession and gun charges, said he suspects the culprits are a group of his friends who live nearby.
"Whenever they show up on the block, I know theyre going to steal something or rob somebody," Sarah Yancey said.
Sarah Yancey declined to name the alleged thieves because of the ongoing police investigation.
"The policemen, theyre doing their job," she said. "I just feel helpless Im scared to leave early."
Terrebonne sheriffs Capt. Malcolm Wolfe said detectives are looking into the burglary of the Yanceys home and another theft on Marietta Place.
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We don't all live in London...
...most of us will start our journey to mainland Europe at our own local station somewhere in Britain. This page explains the best ways to add affordable UK train travel to your Eurostar journey, and some useful ways to by-pass London completely using ferry services from the North of England, East Anglia, the West Country & South Coast, avoiding London. Here are the main options:
Option 1: Buy a Eurostar through ticket.
You can buy a through ticket from 130+ UK towns & cities to Paris or Brussels at www.eurostar.com, making it affordable to reach Europe from the regions. This is usually the cheapest option as Eurostar have negotiated special cheap rates with the UK train companies.
Option 2: Use Loco2.com. Uniquely, Loco2 can book journeys to western Europe starting at any station in Britain. Give it a try! It simply combines tickets from London to the Continent with one of the special fares from your local station to London International CIV described in option 3 below.
Option 3: Buy a separate train ticket to London International CIV.
There are special fares from most stations in Britain to a destination called London International (CIV), for use with onward Eurostar tickets bought separately. They're a well-kept secret, read all about them here. They are usually a similar price to a regular off-peak ticket to London, but with more generous peak restrictions if you need to leave early on a Monday-Friday and with CIV protection for missed connections with Eurostar if your UK train runs late.
Option 4: Board Eurostar at Ebbsfleet or Ashford if you live in Kent, East Sussex or South London.
Option 5: Take an overnight cruise ferry from Newcastle or Hull to Belgium or Holland by-passing London. Spend the day in Amsterdam, then take a direct sleeper train to Prague, Zurich, Munich, Copenhagen or Warsaw, a wonderful way from the North of England or Scotland to the heart of Europe without flying and without negotiating London...
Option 6: Take a ferry from the West Country or South Coast to France then a train to Paris, by-passing London.
Option 7: Take a ferry from East Anglia to Hoek van Holland, by-passing London, for trains to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Scandinavia...
Option 8: Belfast & Northern Ireland to Europe: Take a SailRail journey from Belfast to London, see the Northern Ireland page.
Option 1: Buy a Eurostar through ticket...
...from 130 UK towns & cities to Paris or Brussels.
At www.eurostar.com you can buy a through ticket between 130+ UK towns & cities and Paris, Lille & Brussels, in either direction.
These through fares are usually much cheaper than buying separate tickets, as Eurostar have negotiated special rates with the British train companies. The rates negotiated by Eurostar tend to be cheaper than even the special fares to London International described in option 3 below.
To see which stations these are, go to www.eurostar.com, select the United Kingdom version of their site (wherever you live!) & use the online booking form, selecting a station from the UK listing.
Advantages of buying a through ticket: Your whole journey will be covered by the international railway conditions of carriage, known as 'Convention Internationale pour le transport des Voyageurs' or 'CIV' . Amongst other things, this means that if your UK train is late and you miss a Eurostar through no fault of your own, you will be re-booked on the next available departure even if you ticket is theoretically non-changeable. A useful protection!
Booking opens 12 weeks (90 days) before departure if the journey includes a British train. Eurostar itself opens up to 6 months ahead - if you want to secure a cheap Eurostar ticket before bookings open for British trains, just book the Eurostar on its own then add a ticket for the UK part later by phone as explained here.
If you're going beyond Paris or Brussels for example to Switzerland, Italy or Spain, instead of booking from London to Switzerland, Italy or Spain at www.loco2.com, simply book a ticket from your local UK station to Paris at www.eurostar.com, then book a ticket from Paris to Switzerland, Italy or Spain at www.loco2.com. Alternatively, book from London to your final destination at www.loco2.com then call Eurostar's domestic travel office to get the cheap rate for the UK leg as explained here.
How do these Eurostar through tickets work? After booking, you get a print-at-home ticket for the Eurostar itself and a reservation code to collect the UK ticket from the self-service ticket machines at your UK starting station. For longer distance travel (for example, Manchester to Paris) they are only valid on the specific UK train which directly connects with your Eurostar, so if you want to stop off in London for any reason, you should buy separate tickets as shown in option 3 below.
You MUST use the United Kingdom version of eurostar.com, wherever you live... You can buy these through tickets in either direction, so for example you can buy a one-way or return ticket from Paris to York or from Brussels to Bath. But at www.eurostar.com you must select United Kingdom or change the site setting to UK English at top right so that you make the booking in pounds sterling on the UK version of Eurostar's website. These 130 UK regional destinations do not show up on the French, Belgian, Dutch, US, or Rest of World versions of their site because UK train companies won't accept euros or dollars and Eurostar won't speculate by taking euros but settling in pounds. There are no problems in booking on the United Kingdom version of Eurostar.com even if you live in France, Belgium or overseas.
A comment about these through fares... The booking system seems to work best from stations close to London that have 'walk up' tickets to London such as Reading, Stevenage, High Wycombe, where the system can simply add a fixed-price add-on to whatever the Eurostar price is, without the need to check seat availability. Stations further from London (such as Leeds or Manchester) require the system to check availability for the domestic leg to London, using a quota of advance tickets allocated specially for these European through journeys. Sometimes this quota isn't very big and gets used up, particularly from stations like Edinburgh or Glasgow where they don't seem to allocate many tickets in the first place. Instead of doing the sensible thing and automatically adding the price of a 'walk-up' always-available Off-Peak Edinburgh-London ticket to the Eurostar fare, the system simply says there are no trains which meet your requirements, when there certainly are. If this happens, just buy a London-Paris ticket and buy a separate ticket to London International CIV as explained in option 3 below.
Option 2: Use Loco2.com
www.loco2.com is unique in that in 2013 the Loco2 team introduced the ability to sell train tickets from any station in Britain, however small, to western European destinations, as a single transaction.
It simply combines a special ticket from your UK station to London International CIV (the type of ticket described in option 3 below) with an onward ticket from London to western European destinations booked through the French, German, Spanish or Italian ticketing systems. All your train times are worked out, with sufficient time to connect across London.
This means you can book from your local station, however local, direct to your western European destination, all in one go, with everything worked out for you. Give it a try at www.loco2.com.
It's possible that booking (say) Bristol to Paris at eurostar.com then Paris to Zurich at www.loco2.com will be a bit cheaper than booking Bristol to Zurich at www.loco2.com, as the special add-on fares used by Eurostar are usually a bit cheaper than the publically-available London International CIV fares used by loco2, but using Loco2 saves having to co-ordinate two bookings. If you're a newbie to international train travel, stick with www.loco2.com.
Option 3: Buy a separate train ticket to London
European train booking agencies usually only sell tickets starting in London, Ebbsfleet or Ashford, so you'll need to buy a separate ticket to London to connect with Eurostar. You have several options:
...Buy a normal train ticket to London.
...at whatever the cheapest fare happens to be. You can check fares and buy online via www.nationalrail.co.uk or any train operator website with no added fees such as www.virgintrains.co.uk, or you can buy at the station. The 30-second guide to British train tickets on the UK travel page will help you understand the 3 different types of UK train ticket.
Make sure you allow plenty of time to connect with Eurostar, allowing for the 30 minute Eurostar check-in and any delay to your UK train.
From Scotland, you can combine the overnight Caledonian Sleeper with a morning Eurostar to Paris or Brussels, see here for details.
From Cornwall or Devon, you can combine the Night Riviera sleeper with a morning Eurostar to Paris or Brussels, see here for details.
...or buy a special ticket to London International CIV, a well-kept secret.
There are special fares from most railway stations in Britain to a destination called London International CIV, for use with a Eurostar ticket or Dutch Flyer ticket to the Netherlands. They come in two versions, Advance (must be booked in advance, the price varies, it's only valid on the specific train you book) and Euro Open/Euro Saver (flexible, usually valid on any train that day, can be bought on the day of travel, price doesn't vary). Since 2010 tickets to London International no longer exist from every station in Britain, but they still exist from most stations and are well worth knowing about.
Advantage 1: Fewer time restrictions! The flexible Open/Saver fare to London International CIV generally has no time restrictions at all. In other words, you can hop on any train you like, even in the expensive Monday-Friday business peaks when normal Off-Peak fares are not valid, to connect with a Eurostar to Europe. This can be very useful. A handful of operators introduced time restrictions for these fares a few years ago, so please check, but you'll still find the time restrictions more generous than with normal Off-Peak fares.
Advantage 2: You're covered by the International Conditions of Carriage (Convention Internationale pour le transport des Voyageurs or CIV), rather than the normal domestic National Rail Conditions of Carriage, for your whole journey. So if the British train is late and you miss your Eurostar, the CIV conditions of carriage oblige Eurostar to put you on the next available Eurostar without additional charge, even if your ticket is a no-refunds no-changes one. Similarly, if your return Eurostar arrives late into London and you miss your onward connection, the UK train operator is obliged to let you take the next available train, even if you have a train-specific Advance ticket.
Advantage 3: They include the Underground to St Pancras: If you arrive at one of the other London terminal stations and need the Underground to reach St Pancras, tickets to London International include the Underground. Although from Euston, it's easier to walk 5 minutes along the main road than to try and take the Underground for just one stop.
Buy these fares online using the Loco2 booking form above at any time after you've bought your Eurostar tickets. Just type London St Pancras International CIV as your destination (the CIV bit is important!). If the fare you choose in the search results is a special fare with CIV conditions of carriage, it will say '(CIV)' in the fare details. Update August 2016: Loco2 have now stopped selling these fares online except as part of a through journey to/from Europe. ATOC have stopped Loco2 from selling these fares separately as they are worried about people abusing them. You now have to buy these tickets in person at a station or try a train company telesales line.
Buy them in person at your local station. You must show your Eurostar ticket to qualify, with some train companies a booking printout is sufficient, but not always. The flexible Saver variety (but not the cheaper Advance type) can be bought on the day of travel if necessary as the price doesn't change, no advance reservation is necessary, and they are available in unlimited numbers. Ticket office staff aren't always 100% familiar with these London International fares, so if they feign ignorance, be prepared to be polite but firm. One reason for booking online in advance is to avoid arguments with train operator ticket office staff who deny the existence of these fares!
If you want to check whether these special tickets exist from your own local station: Go to www.brfares.com. Enter the name of your local station. Enter 'London' and select 'London International' from the list that appears. If any fare appears in the results with the word 'EURO' in it (but without the letters ITX, that's a special rate for tour agencies) then you can indeed buy a special ticket to London International. If there are no restrictions shown, you can hop on any train. Green background = returns, orange background = one-ways.
...special tickets to London Eurostar CIV.
A special set of fares exist between some 130+ UK towns & cities and a special destination called London Eurostar CIV. These are the special fares Eurostar adds to its own fares to sell its through tickets, and they are usually the cheapest way to add a UK train journey to your Eurostar booking. Fares to London Eurostar CIV are usually cheaper than the equivalent fare to London International CIV.
Just like the London International CIV fares described above, these tickets include CIV protection if the British train is delayed and you miss your Eurostar, and they include the Underground to St Pancras wherever necessary.
You can check if a special Eurostar add-on fare exists from your station, and how much it is, at www.brfares.com, before you call. You need to enter the destination as 'LOE' or 'LNDON EUROSTAR (CIV)'. Although hidden from public ticketing websites, these fares show up on Brfares.com!
But they aren't public fares, so you can't buy them at stations or online. These fares are agreed privately between Eurostar & ATOC, they are behind-the-scenes fares used by Eurostar.com to sell their through tickets between 130+ UK towns & cities and Paris, Lille or Brussels.
You used to be able to buy them separately by phone from Eurostar's domestic travel office at Ashford, but this was closed in July 2016. Until or unless someone agrees to make these available online, the only way to get them is as part of a through booking from 130 UK towns & cities to Paris, Lille or Brussels at www.eurostar.com. If you're going beyond Paris or Brussels you'll have to split your booking as necessary, and of course wait till UK train booking opens around 90 days ahead. Most annoying!
Option 4: Eurostar from Ebbsfleet or Ashford...
Ebbsfleet International (M25)...
Many Eurostars call at Ebbsfleet in Kent, near Gravesend and not far from the M25. There's plenty of car parking, around £11 a day.
You can also travel to Ebbsfleet by train. From 13 December 2009 South Eastern Trains will operate high-speed 'Javelin' trains from Dover, Folkestone, Canterbury & Ashford direct to Ebbsfleet International, or you can take regular trains to Gravesend, then take the FastTrack bus link from Gravesend station to Ebbsfleet International (the bus is no longer free, a small fare is now payable).
To see an access map of Ebbsfleet and see a list of station facilities, see www.eurostar.com, click 'Travel Information', then 'Eurostar terminals' then 'Ebbsfleet International'.
Ashford (Kent)...
A handful of Eurostars call at Ashford International, which has good direct train connections from Brighton, Hastings, Canterbury, Maidstone, Dover.
Option 5: Ferry from the North of England
If you live in the north of England or Scotland, by all means buy a Eurostar through ticket or buy a ticket to London to connect with Eurostar. As Kings Cross and St Pancras stations are adjacent, and Euston only a short walk away, interchange is really easy between Eurostar and domestic UK trains arriving at Euston, Kings Cross or St Pancras. But depending on your final destination, also consider by-passing London & Eurostar, using an overnight cruise ferry direct from the North of England to mainland Europe.
Cruise overnight from Newcastle to Amsterdam with DFDS Seaways, then take onward trains to Munich, Zurich, Vienna, Milan, Copenhagen, Warsaw or Prague... Photo courtesy of DFDS
Take a direct ferry from the North of England...
Newcastle-Amsterdam: An overnight cruise ferry run by DFDS Seaways sails daily from Newcastle at 17:00 (North Shields ferry terminal, arriving in Amsterdam (IJmuiden ferry terminal) at 09:30 next morning. Buses & taxis link IJmuiden with central Amsterdam. Allow at least 2 hours between your train arriving at Newcastle Central Station and the ferry sailing from Newcastle's International Ferry Terminal, a bus links Newcastle station with the terminal, journey time 30 minutes or so.
Hull-Rotterdam & Hull-Zeebrugge: P&O ferries sail overnight from Hull to Rotterdam (for trains to Amsterdam or Brussels, see www.ns.nl for times & prices) & Zeebrugge (for trains to Brussels, see www.b-rail.be for times & prices). Use www.bahn.de to check train times to destinations further into Europe.
... then take a sleeper train from Amsterdam to Switzerland, Prague, Munich, Warsaw...
It's worth knowing that there are overnight sleeper trains from Amsterdam Centraal to Munich, Basel & Zurich, and (with a change at Cologne) to Prague & Warsaw. So instead of taking a train up to London, then Eurostar, then a connection to Cologne, why not cruise overnight by ferry from Newcastle or Hull to Holland, spend the day exploring Amsterdam, then travel on from Amsterdam by sleeper? Left luggage lockers are available in Amsterdam. You can book all of these sleeper trains online at www.bahn.de (English button top right).
...or cruise overnight to Holland then use daytime trains onward...
Alternatively, take one of these overnight cruise ferries to Holland then use daytime trains to places such as Berlin or Basel, arriving in the evening. Simply use www.bahn.de to find train times, allowing plenty of time for connections, then book those trains by calling DB's UK office on 08718 80 80 66, lines open 09:00-20:00 Monday-Friday, 09:00-13:00 weekends.
Option 6: Ferry from the West or South Coast
Travelling from the West of England or South Coast? The ferry alternative...
If you live in the West Country or along the South Coast, by all means buy a Eurostar through ticket or buy a ticket to London to connect with Eurostar. But also consider a ferry crossing direct to France then a train to Paris. Once in Paris you can pick up the trains to Italy, Switzerland or Spain shown on the relevant country pages of this site.
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For example, taking the 23:45 overnight Brittany Ferries ship from Portsmouth to Caen with a comfortable cabin reserved arriving 07:30, then taking the 09:24 train from Caen to Paris arriving 11:11, works well to catch an afternoon train to the South of France or Switzerland, or even the overnight sleepers to Italy or Spain. The 22:00 overnight ferry from Plymouth arrives Roscoff 08:00, a train from Roscoff will get you to Paris by around 16:10-18:20.
To check train times & fares from any of these French ports to Paris (and to book online) use either www.loco2.com or www.captaintrain.com. Once in Paris you can pick up the trains to the South of France, Spain, Italy & Switzerland recommended on the other country pages of this site. Remember to allow plenty of time (90 minutes+) for interchange between ferry and railway station at the French port.
Dover to Paris...
Train + ferry options from London & Dover to Calais & Paris are shown on the London to Paris by train+ferry page.
By direct cruise ferry to Spain...
Don't forget that Brittany Ferries sail up to 5 times each week direct from Plymouth & Portsmouth to Santander & Bilbao in northern Spain, see the Spain by ferry page. It's a superb way to get there.
Option 7: Ferry from East Anglia to Holland
Travelling from East Anglia? Take the superferry from Harwich to Hook of Holland...
If you live in East Anglia, you can buy a cheap combined train+ferry ticket from any Greater Anglia rail station (for example, Cambridge, Ipswich, Norwich, Bury St Edmunds or even London) to any station in the Netherlands (for example, Amsterdam or Utrecht) via Stena Line's Harwich-Hoek van Holland superferries. Fares are great value, around £45 each way using the daytime ferry or £75 each way using the overnight ferry including a private en suite cabin. See the UK to the Netherlands page for details.
... then take a sleeper train from Amsterdam to Munich, Switzerland...
It's worth knowing that there are overnight sleeper trains from Amsterdam Centraal to Munich, Basel, Zurich, and (with a change in Cologne or Oberhausen) to Prague & Warsaw. So instead of taking a train up to London, then Eurostar, then a connection to Cologne, why not cruise overnight by ferry from Harwich to Hook and take a train on to Amsterdam, spend the day exploring Amsterdam, then travel on by sleeper? Left luggage lockers are available in Amsterdam. You can book all of these sleeper trains online at www.bahn.de (English button top right).
...or use the overnight ferry then onward daytime trains.
Alternatively, take the overnight ferry from Harwich to Hook of Holland then use daytime trains to places such as Berlin or Basel, arriving in the evening. Use www.bahn.de to find train times, allowing plenty of time for connections, then book the trains by calling DB's UK office on 08718 80 80 66, lines open 0900-1700 Monday-Friday.
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Describe Gatsby the first time Nick sees him in The Great Gatsby.
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Nick first sees Gatsby at the end of Chapter I. He describes him as "standing with his hands in his pockets...."(25). Nick is about to talk to call out to him, but decides not to when "he stretched his arms together toward the water in a curious way..."(26). Nick then says, "...I could have sworn he was trembling" (26). Nick tells us that he is simply assuming this is Gatsby, but this does turn out to be a correct assumption. Nick does not actually need Gatsby until the end of Chapter III, and there are a few passages that describe Gatsby, particularly very famous description of Gatsby's smile.
NIck describes Gatsby as" standing alone on the marble steps and lookkig from one group to another with approving eyes. His tanned skin was drawn attractively on his face and his short hair looked as though it was trimmed everyday. I could see nothing sinister about him" (p. 51)
Gatsby is completely isolated at a table the first time nick sees him. He seemed extremely lonely. With no friends at the party, a place where usually your friends are, it can be inferred he generally lacks friends. It can also be assumed he is used for such parties. He is a skinny but handsome man
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Kentucky journalist and columnist Billy Reed visited Pikeville College Friday morning.
Reed lectured in a communications class.
He discussed writings, politics, and sports with the students.
Reed says he is nearing the end of his career and wants to help future journalists in their future careers.
In his career, Reed has written for the Courier-Journal, the Herald-Leader, and Sports Illustrated.
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The surname Tapps was first found in Dorset where one of the earliest records of the name was John and Roger Tappe who was registered there in the Pipe Rolls of 1194. The name was derived from the Old English word Taeppa. [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago, spelling variations of names were a common occurrence. Elements of Latin, French and other languages became incorporated into English through the Middle Ages, and name spellings changed even among the literate. The variations of the surname Tapps include Tapp, Tapps, Tabb, Tabbs and others.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Tapps research. Another 135 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1214 and 1247 are included under the topic Early Tapps History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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A great wave of immigration to the New World was the result of the enormous political and religious disarray that struck England at that time. Families left for the New World in extremely large numbers. The long journey was the end of many immigrants and many more arrived sick and starving. Still, those who made it were rewarded with an opportunity far greater than they had known at home in England. These emigrant families went on to make significant contributions to these emerging colonies in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers carried this name or one of its variants: Thomas Tapp settled in Virginia in 1643; Benjamin Tapp of Portugal Cove, married at St. John's Newfoundland in 1781; Anthony and Ann Tapp settled in Maryland in 1774. W.J. Tabb was living in Montreal, Quebec in 1886..
The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Motto: Be just and fear not
Motto Translation: Be just and fear not
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i got off my call he appoached my house and kept on telling me how cute i was and asked me if i was married. i told him i was married but he presisted and comming onto me really strong he even went as far as asking me if i had a extra thirty mineants he could show me how cute he thought i was. my younger son came out and sat with us but he was still really flirty. after he thought he buttered my up enough he tried to have me buy over a hundred dollars worth of magizenes i would never read. i wanted to buy something from this guy so he would go away.
i went into my house to get the checkbook i thought if i bought something from him he would go away and not stay at my house to cause me anymore trouble. at one point my kids went in to tell my husband this guy was flirting with me really strong.
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Medical Doctor Gastroenterologist and Infectious disease specialist Scientist. I collect calculators, I am learning Mandarin.
"Techno Thriller sees Cyber-Security Deficiency USA"
Threat Vector (TV) was a typical Tom Clancy genre novel so I felt secure that I was about to have a good read. The concept was very timely and cutting edge, with a realistic scenario albeit a little far-fetched that technology has really made it that far. The PRC communist government were portrayed in a bad light, but in this novel they were the enemies. After I read this novel i heard all kinds of concepts from it being used in US Congress even so far as Obama's State of the Union Address. Certainly, a cyberthreat to take down GPS satellites and parts of the internet would have a major impact on the USA economy, and probably also, the military.
Geeks watch out, Uncle Sam still packs a punch.
Allowing that it is a typical Clancy novel, it is imperfect but quite a fun read. Escapist. I went back and updated all my antivirus programs.
"A Real Page Turner"
Fast Action and intrigue from Jack Ryan . True to life story and execution of the plot add to the readability.
Jack is everyman who falls into difficult situations and uses everything at his disposal to rectify matters.
Good reading.
Makes one wonder if the Super Bowl Lights Out episode was more than a simple power outage.
Based out of Bangalore and working for a MNC financial services Organization as head of IT infrastructure. Have been a audible member for the last three years.
"A must read for information security professionals"
A reality today
I would compare this to any book on cyber security
Great rendition.
It is gripping but a bit too long to listen at one go
Felt it was bit too lengthy
"Just Great"
Very detailed and was really a great book. Didn't want the story to end and can't wait for another!
"Very Intriguing story"
Good story, well thought out and seems like a very possible computer espionage threat.
The one draw back was Lou Diamond Phillips breathing technique while read the narrative. One minute into this book I knew it was going to be a long haul listening to him suck wind everytime he started a new sentence. The only thing that made it bearable was his character voices which were well done. Also i dealt with the breathing issue by raising the narration speed to 1-1/2.
"best Tom Clancy yet!"
I was on the edge of my seat the whole time! Tom Clancy has done it again with believable plot lines and realistic scenarios..And as always Lou Diamond Phillips pulls you in with his characterizations..
"I love listening to Lou Diamond Phillip"
The feeling that you are talking about the hear and now and things that could happen in the world right now.
I just love listening to him, He makes the read very interesting
When they found the pilot and helped him get back to his ship
I enjoy Tom Clancy books and usually get them when they come on to Audible
"Campus Murder, Inc"
Middle of the pack.
I would have made the CIA more of the hero than the campus.
John Clark
Who gave the Campus a license to kill? Oh that's right our hero Jack Ryan. I think Jack Ryan's original idea has gone astray. Jack needs to take ownership of the monster he has created and put it to sleep.
I'm tired of China being the enemy.
"Couldn't stop listening to it"
Tom Clancy is back on his game. Lately I have been dissapointed with Clancy's books I felt as if they were ghost written. This book was the best book since " A clear and preset danger" . The cyber war part was excellent. Im an IT professional and felt for the most part the computer technology parts were believable, I even learned some new things.
This book started out immediately interesting I couldn' t stop listening to it. I felt the narrator did a great job the only thing I didn't like was the voice he used for the Russian.
"One of Clancy's best!"
Suspenseful, intriguing, thriller
All the characters were essential in weaving the story. There was no favorite.
Lou Diamond Phillips is one of the best narrators of a mystery thriller. His pace, cadence and drama are just right. Would love to hear more books by him.
Modern day warfare for the heart of America.
Besides "Debt of Honor" this probably is my favorite Clancy book. The Clancy stories are based on what could be, or may be, right now. That is why his books are so interesting as thrillers. The characters evolution from book to book lends to a familiarity that enhances the story line.


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May 19, 2008
DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) -- Andy Roddick has withdrawn from the
French Open because of a right shoulder injury.
The sixth-ranked American, who lost in the first round at Roland
Garros the last two years, retired from the semifinals of the Rome
Masters on May 10. He then skipped the Hamburg Masters but had been
expected to play this week at the World Team Cup in Duesseldorf.
His brother, John Roddick, announced the withdrawal Monday at
the World Team Cup.
Andy Roddick, who is the highest-ranked American man, won his
only Grand Slam title at the 2003 U.S. Open. He has reached three
other major finals, losing to Roger Federer twice at Wimbledon and
once at the U.S. Open.
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My son turned 4 months on Saturday, August 11. He weighed 8 lbs 1 oz and was 21 3/4 inches long.
By my home measurements, I am getting 12.8 lbs and 23 inches long. Is this too small? He doesn't go to the doctor until next wednesday and I'm freaking out.
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Hey everyone. Here is my story - I have a wonderful, healthy 2 year old daughter. In April, we started trying for our second. I had early pregnancy tests and one came back positive. I scheduled an ultrasound and the doctor said she couldn't see anything but that it was just too early. So, I went back after a few more weeks and there was still nothing - I had miscarried. I had a D&C on 7/5 of this year. In September, we started trying again. I had been using ovulation detection strips and kept on getting negatives. I was about to start discussing options with my doctor, but suddenly my period never came, spotting only. I took a pregnancy test and got a VERY faint blue line positive. I was happy but skeptical. I took about 4 more tests (all diferent brands). The cheap brand came back negative, I got a VERY faint pink line and a VERY faint blue line and then a "Pregnant" on the digital test. These tests were this morning. I called my OB to set up an appointment and they are not seeing my until 11/30 (which will be almost 8 weeks). I'm so scared that I'm going to lose this one like I did last time, and the uncertainty of it all is going to make me crazy! Does anyone have any advice or words of wisdom to share. If I keep taking pregnancy tests every few days should that give me confidence that things are OK?
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Northern Illinois wrapped up its fourth and final day of SchedulePalooza with the announcement of a future football series against the Maryland Terrapins.
Today's announcement began with a hint on Instagram (the opponent has an equine science program), followed by one each on Facebook (the opponent has changed conferences in the past 5 years) and Twitter (the opponents' state has a Six Flags).
But before the intrigue could continue, Brett McMurphy of ESPN spoiled the fun by tweeting the match-up he learned from a "source."
At 1pm ET, NIU Director of Athletics Sean T. Frazier officially announced the series with the Maryland Terrapins.
"This series with Maryland is a fantastic way to close out an incredible week of scheduling announcements," Frazier said. "Huskie fans have been waiting for a Big Ten team to visit Huskie Stadium, and so many have vivid memories of the last time Maryland played here. That 2003 game really ignited our fan base, and I hope this announcement and SchedulePalooza have done the same for a new generation of NIU fans."
"I like what we have been able to accomplish in scheduling with these series so far," he continued. "We will play quality opponents both on the road and at home, and all of these games help us get where we need to be when it comes to positioning ourselves for the future under the College Football Playoff. There is still work to be done. Every good concert deserves an encore, right? Well so does SchedulePalooza! Stay tuned!"
Northern Illinois will travel to face Maryland at Byrd Stadium in College Park on Sept. 12, 2020. The Huskies will then host the Terps at Huskie Stadium in Dekalb on Sept. 25, 2021.
The 2020 game will mark the fourth time that these two schools have met on the football field. Maryland won the first meeting back in 1996 and then they split a home-and-home series in 2003 and 2004.
The Huskies now have three non-conference games slated for 2020 and two for 2021. In 2020, NIU also hosts BYU and travels to Iowa. In 2021, the Huskies visit Nebraska.
Today's announcement by NIU was the fourth home-and-home football series they added this week. The Huskies also announced two-game sets with San Diego State, BYU and Utah.
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good for both schools….
Not a bad week.
Maryland game is great
BYU game is great
SDSU is a good team, decent conference.
Utah is a bad team, but they play in a good conference. So even that was good.
Give the AD Sean a raise.
NIU is positioning itself for a spot in The American, but with OOC opponents like this… they'd be great in the XII, to come in with Cincinnati.
I'm seriously impressed by NIU's scheduling. All credit to the school.
NIU is doing what Fresno State has been doing for the last 10+ years with bigger programs.
In what universe will an SEC team come to a WAC (2011) school? Ole Miss did. Go Dogs!
This is great for NIU. I'm surprised Maryland would opt for this. Geographically, Maryland will already have a presence in Illinois, because of their new conference alignment. It seems to me like Maryland would want to schedule a home and away series with a school closer to home in a state where their conference isn't located. I think that East Carolina would be a better match for a nonconference partnership for the Terrapins.
Maryland's presence in Illinois really won't be as big as people think. The B1G conference schedule is out through 2019 and Maryland will only have one game each against Illinois and Northwestern and both of those games are in College Park. NIU will also do more for SOS than ECU will (though that can certainly change) so it's a good thing for Maryland as well. And like everyone else has stated, I am really impressed by NIU's scheduling. They are certainly not ducking anybody.


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Continental Serviceswww.continentalservices.com Internet U.S.A.
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I recently attended the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, the association of professors (mostly at business schools) who study organizations. I heard an interesting paper which, although the data comes from the UK national government, is quite relevant to people thinking about how US federal employees will deal with the looming tight budget environment in government.
The authors – Tina Kiefer and Jean Hartley of the Warwick Business School, Neal Conway of Birkbeck College, and Rob Briner of the University of Bath –conducted a survey of various elements of job satisfaction, employee engagement, and how oriented the employee is to providing good service. By coincidence, in the middle of conducting the survey the new British Conservative government announced budget cuts averaging 25 percent over four years. (Remember that in Britain's parliamentary government, when the Prime Minister announces a policy like this, it is pretty much automatically passed by the majority in Parliament, which is always the same political party or coalition as the Prime Minister.) This coincidence about the announcement allowed them to compare the attitudes of respondents who answered the survey before the budget cut announcements and afterwards, which is neat. With the announcement, they decided also to conduct a follow-up survey 6 months later asking many of the same questions, allowing some comparisons after the budget cut announcements had sunk in and begun to be implemented.
Some of the findings in the study will hardly come as a surprise to federal employees or managers, but one particular revelation might. And it has practical implications for managing in tough budget times.
The employees who answered the survey after the government announcement showed lower job satisfaction than those answering before the announcement (though there were no differences in engagement or service delivery attitudes.)
What was especially interesting in the paper, though, was another set of questions that asked respondents, both in the original survey and six months later, about the presence at their workplace of various kinds of change initiatives. In categorizing the 25-odd change initiatives they asked about, the authors distinguish between efficiency-related changes (which they define as those "with a main focus on reducing costs or restructuring processes") and innovation-related changes (which they define as those "introducing new practices or processes"). They then compared the change in the presence of these change initiatives over the six-month period with changes in employee attitudes over the same time. They found that when efficiency-type changes went up over the period, employee job satisfaction, employee engagement and service delivery attitudes all declined. A closer look suggests that this was not so surprising, because most of the reported changes characterized as "efficiency" changes involved increases in voluntary or compulsory staff cutbacks and service delivery cutbacks.
However, the authors also found that increases in innovation-related changes were accompanied by increases over the six-month period in job satisfaction and employee engagement (though not in service delivery attitudes). This despite the general negative climate the budget cuts created.
This is a fascinating research finding and suggests a path forward for federal managers during a period of tight budgets. I would add that the innovation-related changes government organizations can carry out may also decrease costs and thus improve efficiency (bang for the budgetary buck) – indeed, one criticism I have of the paper is the use of the phrase "efficiency changes" to describe what in fact is just simple cost cutting without any real changes at all, such as getting rid of staff or cutting back services. The real distinction should not be between "efficiency" and "innovation" but between changes that actually seek to help government work better and cost less on the one hand, and the simple meat cleaver of staff or service cutbacks on the other.
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THE PRESIDENT'S TRIAL; Linking the People's Trust in the President to the World's Trust in America
Published: January 17, 1999
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16— Following are excerpts from the presentation today by Representative Henry J. Hyde, Republican of Illinois, in the Senate impeachment trial of President Clinton, as recorded by the Federal News Service, a private transcription agency:
This case is a test of whether what the founding fathers described as ''sacred honor'' still has meaning in our time, 222 years after those two words, ''sacred honor,'' were inscribed in our country's birth certification, our national charter of freedom, our Declaration of Independence.
Every schoolchild in the United States has an intuitive sense of the sacred honor that is one of the foundation stones of the American house of freedom, for every day in every classroom in America our children and grandchildren pledge allegiance to a ''nation under God.''
That statement is not a prideful or arrogant claim; it's a statement of humility. All of us as individuals stand under the judgment of God or the transcendent truths by which we hope finally to be judged. So does our country.
The Presidency is an office of trust. Every public office is a public trust, but the office of the President is a very special public trust.
The President is the trustee of the national conscience. No one owns the office of the President; the people do. The President is elected by the people and their representatives in the Electoral College.
And in accepting the burdens of that great office, the President in his inaugural oath, enters into a covenant, a binding agreement of mutual trust and obligation with the American people.
Shortly after his election and during his first few months in office, President Clinton spoke with some frequency about a ''new covenant'' in America.
In this instance, let's take the President at his word that his office is a covenant, a solemn pact of mutual trust and obligation with the American people. Let's take the President seriously when he speaks of covenants, because a covenant is about promise-making and promise-keeping.
For it's because the President has defaulted on the promises he made, it's because he has violated the oaths he has sworn, that he has been impeached. . . .
The framers had invested the Presidential office with great powers. They knew that those powers could be and would be abused if any President were to violate in a fundamental way the oath he had sworn to faithfully execute the nation's laws. For if the President did so violate his oath of office, the covenant of trust between himself and the American people would be broken.
Today we see something else -- that the fundamental trust between America and the world can be broken. If a Presidential perjurer represents our country in world affairs, if the President calculatedly and repeatedly violates his oath, if the President breaks the covenant of trust he's made with the American people, he can no longer be trusted.
And because the executive plays so large a role in representing our country to the world, America can no longer be trusted. . . .
In recent months it's often been asked, ''So what? What is the harm done by this lying under oath, by this perjury?''
Well, what is an oath? An oath is an asking almighty God to witness to the truth of what you are saying.
Truth telling -- truth telling -- is the heart and soul of our justice system. I think the answer would have been clear to those who once pledged their sacred honor to the cause of liberty. The answer would have been clear to those who crafted the world's most enduring written Constitution. No greater harm can come -- can come than breaking the covenant of trust between the President and the people, between the three branches of our Government, and between our country and the world, for to break that covenant of trust is to dissolve the mortar that binds the foundation stones of our freedom into a secure and solid edifice, and to break that covenant of trust by violating one's oath is to do grave damage to the rule of law among us.
That none of us is above the law is a bedrock principle of democracy. To erode that bedrock is to risk even further injustice. To erode that bedrock is to subscribe to a divine-right-of-kings theory of governance, in which those who govern are absolved from adhering to the basic moral standards to which the governed are accountable. We must never tolerate one law for the ruler and another for the ruled. If we do, we break faith with our ancestors from Bunker Hill, Lexington, Concord, to Flanders fields, Normandy, Iwo Jima, Panmunjom, Saigon and Desert Storm.
Let's be clear; the vote you are asked to cast is, in the final analysis, a vote about the rule of law. The rule of law is one of the great achievements of our civilization, for the alternative to the rule of law is the rule of raw power. We here today are the heirs of 3,000 years of history, in which humanity slowly and painfully and at great cost evolved a form of politics in which law, not brute force, is the arbiter of our public destinies. We're the heirs of the Ten Commandments and the Mosaic law, a moral code for a free people who, having been liberated from bondage, saw in law a means to avoid falling back into the habits of slaves. We're the heirs of Roman law, the first legal system -- which peoples of different cultures, languages, races and religions came to live together to form a political community.


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Polsinelli earns No. 1 ranking in healthcare law
National law firm Polsinelli has claimed the top spot on Modern Healthcare's 2015 Healthcare Law Firms Survey, acknowledging that Polsinelli has built the largest Health Care Practice in the nation. Modern Healthcare's rankings are based on a blended score of health care lawyers employed in 2014 and American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) memberships. "This recognition… Read More →
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News 12 11pm/ Tuesday September 17, 2013
Augusta, Ga (WRDW)---- The vote passed with a 6 to 3 margin. Some expected the approval to be quick and easy, but a delayed vote and disagreements between council members promoted an executive session. After returning--- the debate continued. In the end Aiken county leaders approved the funding plan for the project. North Augusta Mayor, Lark Jones is glad to see this phase is finally over.
"We've got a long way to go. We've said from the beginning this is an A to Z process and we are just getting into G and H and I and all that sort of stuff." he told News12.
Now it's up to the city of North Augusta-- they will have to adopt the tif or tax increment financing just like the school board and county did because all three of them are apart of the tif that will bring a baseball stadium... A hotel and other shops to the North Augusta Riverfront.
Mayor Jones says he's feels pretty good about the way things are going and says they will soon announce the next set of meetings for the people of North Augusta . He also adds if it all goes smoothly--- the city could be cutting a ribbon in about a year.


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North Korea is executing a pivot of its own.
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According to Gingrich's logic, North Vietnam would have been justified in attacking the United States.
The resumption of contact between Washington and Pyongyang will not likely yield immediate results, but the United States can still take certain steps to improve relations now.
For some bizarre reason, U.S. observers expect the latest Chinese leader to suddenly tear off his clothes and reveal a Captain America suit underneath.
The presence of military bases in Japan has been a strong cause of unrest and outspoken frustation.
As global warming takes its toll on the South China Sea, an already tense political climate could become more perilous.
The South Korean government used the National Security Law to suppress dissent in Jeju in 1948 and again today.
There is perhaps more common ground between Okinawans and Marines than either Washington or Tokyo imagines.
The dissident, like the plant, does not kowtow to the sky.
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The little Neihu Stream doesn't flow for very far, measuring less than five kilometers from its source on the border between Nantou and Yunlin counties to its mouth, where it flows into the much larger Clearwater River
The Taiwanese seem to be just as interested in ghost stories as people in other countries, yet few places in Taiwan are associated with specific ghosts or ghostly incidents. An exception, however, is the Minsyong Haunted House (民雄鬼屋), half-an-hour's drive north of downtown Chiayi.
Although it's only a little after nine in the morning, the sun is beating down fiercely on us as we're riding rented scooters along a mountain road, winding down into the deep gorge of the Neihu Stream in Yunlin's mountainous eastern extreme.
Sometimes I forget that I live in Taipei. If I squint my eyes a little as I'm walking down the street, blur out the mountains and Taipei 101 in the background, it's easy to think that I'm back in the States
The mountains of Chiayi (嘉義) County offer an almost endless supply of beautiful spots waiting to be explored by weekend city-dwellers and keen hikers alike, and plenty of mountain resort areas offer cool air, enchanting scenery and the chance to either relax and unwind, or stretch the legs and work up a sweat.
Back in the days when the only way to reach Alishan (阿里山) was by rail, Fenchihu (奮起湖) was the biggest and most important stop-off station. It was here that the train changed engines, and here where people rested, bought lunch, and relaxed.
Chiayi County, home of the Alishan Scenic area, has more than its share of hiking resorts and trails. One of the best of these -- and at less than 35 minutes drive from Chiayi (嘉義) City, one of the most convenient -- is Doulishan (獨立山).
In the crisp morning air during the Chinese New Year holidays, we left for our three-day trip to Taiwan's third largest city -- Taichung (台中). One of our most remembered visits during the trip was to the Botanical Garden.
With attractions to suit both young and old alike, Rhinoceros Beetle Farm (獨角仙農場) is the perfect family day out. Located in Jhongpu (中埔), Chiayi County (嘉義縣), it is a must for those living nearby; and with kindergartens visiting from across the country, its appeal to the younger generation cannot be underestimated.
Central Taiwan's Nantou (南投縣) County has a wealth of glittering travel treasures embedded in its emerald mountains and lush jade-hued scenery. A shiny prospect for an educational and fun-filled day out is the Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village (九族文化村)in Yuchih Township (魚池鄉), near Sun Moon Lake.


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The suspect, a white man in his 20s, didnt display a weapon or issue any threats, police said and no one was injured during the incident. Police say the clerk complied with the demand and the suspect, who stood between 5 feet, 10 inches and 6 feet tall with a slender build, left the store. No customers were in the store at the time of the robbery, police say.
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When we moved from the Northeastern part of the United States down into Texas, I was surprised at how long we could drive and not see much of anything. Our commute home was a lonely one compared to what we were used to just outside of a major city back where we came from. We lived so far out that all the houses had two dishes. One for TV, and the other one for satellite internet in Texas. There was no cable Internet out where we lived. There couldn't be because there was no cable at all where we lived.
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While film critics' Top 10 lists pile up around the Web, our own review of 2008 must start where any true movie interest starts: The posters.
We scoured hundreds of one-sheets, banners, international posters and other materials for the handful that provoke, move, repel and entrance — sometimes all at once. Your mileage may vary, and a few notable omissions will have to wait a year for revisiting. But find below what we hope will inspire more studios and designers — for better or worse — to an improved 2009.
The Bank Job: Most Jason Statham posters afford him little opportunity to do more than look fierce, threatened or thoroughly trapped. But this one-sheet for his nifty, underappreciated heist gem frames him exactly as we like him: A kitchen-sink bloke with style to spare. However badly he wants what's on the other side of that window, it probably wants him more.
Boarding Gate: Upping the stakes from last year's Brave One/Jodie Foster firearm-phallus campaign, the marketers behind Olivier Assayas's nonsensical thriller dispensed with implicitness altogether by placing Asia Argento's handgun squarely in front of her exposed panties. NB: When faced with the opportunity to have Angelina Jolie bend bullets from her groin-mounted firearm, Wanted's poster designers blinked in favor of something "a little more Moby-Dick-y."
Forgetting Sarah Marshall: Universal could have thrown Marshall's decent ensemble on the one-sheet, but in a flash of brilliance, determined that even a bikinied Kristin Bell couldn't entice viewers quite the way a mysterious, vaguely misogynist, hand-lettering campaign probably could. $62 million in domestic grosses later, the move would influence another, less successful campaign this fall. (See Zack and Miri Make a Porno below.)
Funny Games: Michael Haneke's English-language remake of his own infamous, utterly despicable 1997 film was nevertheless remarkable for how it treated its leading lady. Often shot from behind or from her side, often stripped, tear-streaked and/or terrorized, Naomi Watts's performance is a marvel of experimental endurance that you shouldn't have to watch an otherwise awful movie to appreciate. Just check out the poster. You're welcome!
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay: Neil Patrick Harris. A unicorn. If only Valkyrie had thought of this.
Chapter 27: When considering particularly bad poster art, it's tempting to imagine yourself in the late phases of the film's campaign development. But the stunning misconception guiding Chapter 27 to ruin actually freezes us in the moment when Fat Jared Leto's face is unveiled as Lennon assassin Mark David Chapman. And then we laugh and laugh and are eventually fired from the project. Which is just a long-winded way of us saying nobody fucking wins when Jared Leto gains 70 pounds for his art.
My Best Friend's Girl: If your leading man comes out to complain that his face looks like a vagina, then you've got a bad movie poster.
Righteous Kill: We've already griped at length about what specifically makes the Righteous Kill poster such a wreck. But, it turns out, we forgot something: 6. Tagline not a tacky-enough reminder of a man's actual murder at the hands of cops. They don't cut corners in England, apparently.
Space Chimps: We intended to keep this assortment to domestically released posters. However, this tres-rare artwork encapsulizes not only the reasons why Space Chimps crashed upon liftoff, but also why virtually all of Western Civilization hates us. If posters could be tried for international war crimes, this would have gone to the Hague months ago.
Zack and Miri Make a Porno: Loosely related to the Sarah Marshall campaign's crude sell, the poster for Kevin Smith's hard-R flop still undersold an A-list cast on the premise that viewers would rather read Harvey Weinstein barking at them than see the actual faces of Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks. If any film needed the full-ensemble treatment — including Craig Robinson, Brandon Routh, Justin Long and porn vets Katie Morgan and Traci Lords, even all just sitting on a couch in Smith's basement — this was the movie. You know what happened next — and not just partly because we called it months ahead of time.


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I have been to this beautiful spot several times. It is wonderful. So peaceful, inspiring and uplifting. My friends were married in the Minster and this makes it even more special. Spend a day in this magic place and it will last a lifetime.
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The lost blogging monarchy, the defeat of links, and the war on social media
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Derackshan is credited with starting the blogging revolution in Iran and is called the father of Persian blogging. At the top of my blog it says "Marketing, Social Media, Humanity" and this post from this remarkable man is an exceptional exploration of this intersection. "Blogs were gold and bloggers were rock stars back in 2008 when I was arrested.
[Infographic] 10 Ways to Generate More Leads from Your Business Blog
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The social media landscape is littered with business blogs that, on the surface, do everything right. Most of those same blogs, however, do little to generate leads, subscribers, or any other kind of measurable engagement or ROI. If you've got the content nailed, turning your blog into a demand generation machine may require little more than a few simple changes.
10 Ways to Generate More Leads from Your Business Blog
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If you're not generating leads – as in: a lot of leads – from your company's blog, you're missing out on what is perhaps not only your best opportunity to convert organic Web traffic into actionable, measurable sales inquiries, but also the best way to actually show real ROI from your social media investment. Here are 10 proven ways to generate more leads from your blog.
15 Elements Most Successful Blogs Have in Common
What's on your blog? But are there blog elements you're missing? There are a few basic components almost all successful blogs share. These are the widgets, share buttons, and other mechanics of the blog. The overall strategy is to keep people on your blog once they're there. In other words, your blog is a soft-sell environment. Maybe a sign-up box.
Content Methodology: A Best Practices Report
and media formats. Landscape Channel and Media. Continuous Improvement When organizations publish content, they venture into the world of media. for their audience's attention, including major publishers and media companies. modern media landscape, the "If you build it, they will come" mindset is doomed to. resources Blog, social, email Google Analytics, biannual.
What is the future of blogging?
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It seems to be that time of year when the "is blogging dead" debate swirls around the social web. In this post I will cover three very important issues to the world of blogging: Exactly what is a blog right now? Are blogs as important as they used to be? What is the future of blogging? Exactly what is a blog right now? love Mitch Joel. Audio.
Five Ways to Draw Traffic to a Blog Post
As buyers spend more time with online articles, blog posts and reviews, and rely less on advertising for product information , companies have quickly caught onto the fact that they need great content to attract new customers and retain their current ones. Here are five methods you can use to get your blog posts more exposure amongst your audience and beyond.
The future of blogging and online publishing
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A lot of people out there are saying blogging is dead. I don't think so. When reading is dead … then blogging will be dead. Starting your social media strategy with a blog used to be a safe bet. The post The future of blogging and online publishing appeared first on Schaefer Marketing Solutions: We Help Businesses {grow}. Is reading dead? Still ….
Why the economics of blogging are diminishing
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By Mars Dorian, {grow} Contributing Columnist When I started blogging about five years ago (back when we felt smart with dumb phones), I devoured every blog post about how to write epic blog posts. And for a while, it was good, because I followed the 'proven' formula of the wise ones that made money teaching others how to make money with blogging.
Evangelizing a Content Marketing Program
So, naturally, she want- ed Marriott to have a blog, and she wanted Bill Marriott. read a blog from me?" blog post at a time. brands experiencing declining social media effective- ness and came to a clear conclusion: " We've reached a tipping point where. roadblocks can get in the way of your effort to consis- tently publish high-quality content and act like a media.
How to Lure Readers to Your Blog from Social Media
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from Social Media" width="300" height="212" title="How to Lure Readers to Your Blog from Social Media" /> Let's face it; sometimes it's hard to draw people's attention away from their many social media accounts. I know that I'm guilty of not being willing to leave the social media site I'm browsing to visit an outside blog or article. Sharing is Caring.
10 simple tweaks to generate more sales through blogs
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We're not supposed to expect sales though blogs, right? In fact, your blogging space is a very important sales opportunity because if people are finding you through search, these are high-potential leads. I am NOT saying to be "sales-y" in the content of your blog. Here are 10 ideas to optimize sales through blogs. And Have ads for your products.
13 Great Guides to Growing Your Blog Audience
You've put extensive effort into your business blog design, content strategy, research, and execution. Why isn't your blog attracting a higher level of traffic? Social media? Find guidance on those topics and more here in a baker's dozen of the best guides to growing your blog audience from the past year or so. Simple—but not easy. Email?
Newsletters, Social Media, Blogs: What's Best?
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width="300" height="200" title="Newsletters, Social Media, Blogs: Whats Best?" /> Have blogs and social media replaced e-newsletters ? Content Marketing Managing Your Ezine & Blog Tasks Newsletter Nuggets Ezine Attracting Clients e-newsletters newsletters Online Marketing Whats Best?" He told me that the employees (the ones I coach) forward him my newsletter.
Content Marketing Playbook: Strategy and Roadmap
rise as a media powerhouse in its own right. you Google it, you'll find a thousand different blog posts. than thinking about it as a company blog. Its three robust blogs see 2 million. Our blog generated 2 million views. media platform are all extremely valuable. Primary source of understanding is through sur- face-level media reports. years prior.
How Do You Choose a Blog Platform?
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How do you choose a blog platform ? . In my last post, How to Start a Blog: 7 Steps BEFORE You Blog , I shared important information you want to consider before your first post, including signing up for a trial blog. With so many great blog platforms available, including WordPress , Blogger, Tumblr, Ghost, Squarespace, Wix, Typepad, Weebly, etc., Which is best?
Five simple ideas to cut your blogging time in half
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I stumbled around and fumbled around for a long time when I started this blog. Then I realized how many great business benefits I was realizing through the blog and decided I better get serious about it! Without question, my biggest obstacle to consistent blogging was time. In fact, you can cut your blogging time in half! 1. You have a great blog post.
How to differentiate your blog based on the time you can put into it
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Today I want to help you consider a way to differentiate your blog by thinking strategically about how you use your productivity and the amount of time you put into writing. Blogging takes a lot of work. Your blogging output. How much time can you devote to blogging? Essentially he is spending his precious blogging time in a way that saves you time. All the time.
Lessons learned while deleting 274 blog posts
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After more than seven years of blogging I had a lot of clutter. So I started at the beginning of the {grow} timeline and began deleting blog posts. When the dust had cleared, I had trashed 274 blog posts. Re-living those early days of my social media journey — and the re-invention of a career — was an emotional and illuminating experience. Irrelevant posts.
Content Marketing 2016: Staffing, Measurement, and Effectiveness
blogs anymore—they're. fully formed media company. from traditional media outlets. energy drinks or dishwashers to legacy media giants. of the "brand blog,". as media company." According to PQ Media's "Global. out short blog posts, some brands switched their. important media topic of 2015. media operation. All rights reserved.
Social Media Explained. Really.
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With every client I meet, every class I teach, and every speech I give, there is always a group of people who desperately need to understand social media marketing but don't have the time to do it. If you are thinking to yourself, "This world does NOT need another social media book," you're partially correct. But this is not just another social media book.
47 Superb Social Media Marketing Stats and Facts
Social media use isn't quite universal—but it's getting close. The number of worldwide social media users is projected to grow from 2.1 Social media now plays almost as large a role in purchasing decisions as does TV, and 57% of consumers say they're influenced to think more highly of business after seeing positive comments or praise online. 70% of the U.S.
Survey Says: Your Blogging and Social Media Efforts Are "Not a Factor" in B2B Vendor Selection
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One of those points was in the impact of social media and blogging on the vendor selection process. The role of social media and blogging remains a minimal in vendor selection. 45% of survey respondents indicate social media is not a factor in vendor selection. 46% indicate a corporate blog is not a factor in vendor selection. Stay tuned. Related Posts.
Beyond the Blog
Few people at SXSW look like they're having a better time than Doug Busk, Coca-Cola's affable global director of digital communications and social media. Reaching the 99 percent, Busk knows, means doing more than just posting on your blog. This change, in turn, is having a big impact on the way we consume media. Media Social Blog Featuredbillion users.
Study: How Much of Your Content Marketing Is Effective?
Terms like native content, brand publishing, and owned media are set to evolve. to be tackled if brands want to compete with traditional media. For example, Thea Oliver, communications manager at Thrive, said her biggest content failure last year was pushing "guest blogs. excluding social media posts)? produced blog posts this year due to lack of budget and time, and.
Connect Your Blog to Facebook Automatically
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Are your blog posts fed automatically into Facebook? The other day I was horrified to learn that a dear client was manually posting his blog articles to Facebook. No wonder blogging seems tiresome and time-consuming. How to Automatically Link Blog Posts to Facebook. Facebook. 1. Use the networked blogs application. Blog this on Blogger. Yikes!
Monetizing blog comments: Why your blog is economic gold
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"CommentGate" continued this week as Blogging Titan Chris Brogan announced he is turning off the comments on his blog. also want to say that Chris has been a pioneer in almost every aspect of blogging. People complain to me all the time that folks will chat up the link in Facebook but leave no comments on the blog, as if the comments on the blog are the gold.
Case study: Re-building a blog from the ground up
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brave person from our {grow} community has volunteered to let me tear apart his blog … in the most gracious way possible, of course! G. David Dodd is permitting me to dissect his blog B2B Marketing Directions and provide recommendations that I think will probably help a lot of people and dramatically improve David's content marketing opportunities. Here we go. Layout.
7 Social Media Mistakes Bloggers Should Avoid
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A Note from Patsi: This week's guest post is about social media and it's really important. Because if you want to engage your business blog readers and grow your reader base, you need to use social media. We've been writing about the CAST system for effective blog content: C ontent (compelling). ocial Media. Ignoring social media return on investment.
B2B Marketing Trends for 2016
Paul Gillin, B2B Social Media Strategist, Senior Trainer, Profitecture www.[link] Another good example is Top Rank's Social Media Marketing Management. how you can solve their burning problem. • E – Engage Meaningfully via Social Media. more true, apparently, than in social media. social media. He writes about content and social media. B2B Marketing.
5 Tips To Promote Your Company Blog
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million new blog posts each month on WordPress alone. The post 5 Tips To Promote Your Company Blog appeared first on Marketing Insider Group. Content Marketing Blog blor promotion Content promotion Social MediaThe competition is fierce out there. There are 58.6 Everybody, in other words, has clued into this content marketing thing. How do you ever get your work noticed?
Does Your Blog Deliver a Positive User Experience?
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You want your blog to be just that kind of place. Why would you want your blog to be joyful to use? Consider your own experience visiting other blogs and websites. So what entails a bad user experience on a blog? To identify potential user experience issues on your blog, think about what frustrates or annoys you when you visit a website. The opposite is also true.
How to Promote Blog Posts: 200+ Ideas from Eight Experts
Company blogs have become virtually essential, and very powerful, component of digital marketing. In addition to their SEO benefits and role in maximizing web presence for brands , blogs produce sales and leads. Which blog post promotion tactics are most effective? Is it still worthwhile to get listed in blog directories, and if so, which ones?
The 10 best big company blogs in the world
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There seems to be a lot of noise about the "death of the company blog." " In a world with so many shiny balls to chase like Snapchat and Instagram, are blogs still vibrant? Important? A few years ago, I did a comprehensive study of the best company blogs in America and I thought it was time to re-consider this channel. What are the best company blogs today?
Staffing and Launching Your Content Marketing Program
blog came from posts that were more than a month. That entire team could stop blogging for a whole. work needed," he wrote in a blog post. As venture capitalist and content market- ing expert Tomasz Tunguz recently wrote on his blog, "Content is one of the few forms of marketing that has. instance, found that the average post on his blog. media experiences.
5 Places B2B Marketers Can Find Blogging Inspiration
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One of the struggles B2B marketers come to me with is the fact that they just don't know how to come up with content for their blog, website, or other online platform (like social media). Even if B2B marketers feel like they are alone on this, the fact is that all industries occasionally have trouble figuring out blogging ideas or topics. Social Media Perspective.