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After centuries of stasis, the island kingdom of Charis began to defy the edicts of the Church of God Awaiting - egged on, some say, by the mysterious warrior-monk Merlin Athawes. Now, in the wars and intrigues that have cascaded from Charis's declaration of independence, the populous Republic of Siddermark is sliding into chaos. Vicar Clytahn of the Church of God at harvest time, King Cayleb of Charis, his queen Sharleyan, and Merlin Arthawes will have their hands full trying to stave off wholesale starvation in Siddermark while at the same time shipping in enough land combat units to fend off the "volunteers" from the Church's Temple Lands. And while Vicar Clyntahn is hailed in the Church for his boldness and audacity, there are those who remember how dependent Church power is on money from Siddermark...and who wonder what will happen if Siddermark starves.
Bursting with vivid invention and the sweep of lived history, Midst Toil and Tribulation will build its series' audience to a new level.
©2012 David Weber (P)2012 Macmillan Audio
"Narrator is HORRIBLE - Love this series"
Narrator mispronounces many of the names and places. He gets all worked up in parts of the story that do not require it. I love this series and will buy the Ebook to finish it. the previous narrator was quite good, no reason to change. Good luck to you if you can stand him.
"Great story + rookie narrator = let down"
I've been waiting for this installment of the Safehold series. I've been holding on to 2 credits for a month! As soon as it popped up I down loaded. The narrator is energetic, BUT I truly wish that the producers had stayed with the same narrator as the previous installment. If nothing else, the new narrator should listen to the previous story so that the pronunciations of names, places and objects are the same as the previous 5 books. Kevin Collins did not take the time to listen to the previous books in the series. It is obvious from the first 5 minutes that he is not a fan of the series but a guy doing a job. If I had not heard the other 5 books, it would have been an acceptable or better performance. But as I have heard the other books, the performance was avoidable horrible.
One other thought, If the producers of this book let this narration out in this condition, what respect do they have to the author or to the consumers of the product?
1*=I didn't like it..... 2*=It was OK...... 3*=It was good but I will never read it again.......... 4*=Maybe I will read it again in the future.............. 5*=I will definitely read it again(maybe more than once)
"Stop changing Narrators!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Well if you're a fan of the series, You should get it, but if you compare to previous 5 books, you may notice considerable drop in quality.
And the new narrator doesn't help the situation.
"Story good narration bad"
The storyline is well done, but I cant help but wonder if we will ever get to the Gbaba at this rate. Also the narration was terrible I know many people found the last book less than satisfactory but compared to this fellow the last books was great. It seems he hasn't gone back over the previous novels and heard how previous narrators have pronounced the various name and place's.
"The Forever Saga"
I agree with other reviewers that the quality of narration is way below that of previous volumes in the series. I generally like the story but Weber is way too wordy and his lengthy descriptions impair story flow. You have to be a dedicated Weber fan to wade through these massive books. After six volumes, we seem to have progressed only through 5-6 years of story. As Safehold is still only in the early stages of industrialization, it's going to take a long time for the planet to progress to interstellar capability at the present rate of progress. I know I'm not alone in urging the author to tighten up the stories and move towards a conclusion. I'm older than Weber and would like to see the story concluded sometime during my lifetime and his.
"Just Read the book. The narrator ruins the story!"
I am going to get the ebook as I like the series very much. But I cannot honestly judge this book until I do Read it. Bad Bad Bad narration.
NO! I could not listen for more then 20 minutes. I have deleted the audio files from my computer it was so bad. It was very over emotional, over acted and over the top. Excellent way to ruin a story. As to calling it a performance? Well I guess you have to call it something. The guy is no storyteller!
"I'm losing hope."
I see that nearly every reviewer has complained about the narrator. I too have complaints about him. It's bad enough that he didn't familiarize himself with the pronunciations of names and places in the previous books. But he also mispronounced English words. The most jarring one for me was "demesne", which is used several times. He pronounced it dih-mez-nay. The correct pronunciation, which anyone can hear for free from Dictionary dot com, is dih-meyn.
However, I don't care to put all the blame on poor Kevin Collins. He should have had a team to help him. I put more blame on David Weber and Macmillan Audio. I recently read a blog post by Lois McMaster Bujold in which she mentioned that she had just gotten off the phone with Grover Gardner who narrates her Vorkosigan series books. They talk before each new book so that he knows how she wants things pronounced. Why didn't Weber/Macmillan do that? It seems like it would be so simple and easy. The fact that they don't bother to do it, and don't bother to create some continuity in narrators, seems to indicate that they don't care about us, the listeners.
I have another gripe that seems to stem from the same disregard for those of us who purchase our books in either the Kindle or the Audible form: MAPS. In the front of each hard cover copy of the book, there are maps. If you can't follow the action of the story on a map, much is lost in these books. Events are occurring in many places that are far apart from one another. That is why the maps are there for hard copy readers. But WE are left out in the cold. I have seen, on the main page for some Audible books, a notice telling the listener a web address they can access in order to see tables or photos that are in the print book. It seems like it would be so simple for Macmillan or Weber to post the maps for this book online, but they didn't bother.
It makes me angry and sad.
Now to the story itself: I don't know. I felt sort of depressed, angry, repulsed throughout the book. Some of it was because of the map thing and the narrator thing. But some of it was from all the torture and hatred. At least Weber didn't go into the details of the torture in this book like he did in the last one, but it gets mentioned on practically every third page. All that hate just didn't make for a fun read.
And some of it was a sense of hopelessness that this story will ever go anywhere and accomplish anything. As I finished the first book, I naively expected the second book in the series to take place some hundreds of years in the future after the changes Merlin had set into motion had time to mature and change the society. But no, each book seems to give us the events of a single year, and still it seems that it will take hundreds of years for the necessary changes to take place. I won't be around for hundreds of books in this series, and neither will Mr. Weber. Will his descendants hire ghost writers to finish the series for him? If so, I won't be reading them.
Well, I've got to stop. If you have read and liked the previous books in this series, you probably want to read this one too. Just don't get your hopes up too much.
"Where Do They Find These Narrators"
A horrible narrator for a good book. I thought the narrator for How Firm A Foundation (Charles Keeting) was a poor choice but by comparison to Mr. Collins, Mr. Keeting turned in a virtuiso performance. How I wish I had listened to the preview before waisting a credit on this HORRIBLE revording.
I have listened to and enjoyed all the other Safehold books but this will be the last. I will stick strictly to print fot the remainder of the books Mr. Weber writes in this series.
The performance is so poor that I am sorry to say that I can only give this 1 star overall. The performance simply runis a wonderful book.
"Great book, poor narration"
My enjoyment of this book was marred by the narration, Mr. Collins obviously did not bother to listen to any of the previous books in the series and as a result pronounced both place names and proper names differently than the previous narrators. This introduced a repeated jarring note into the narration. An example is the name Nimue. I have always heard it pronounced Ni-mue, Mr. Collins read it as Nim-u-e, I don't know which is correct, but in the previous 5 books of the series and in the books on Arthur that I have listened to it has always been pronounced Ni-mue. This is just one of the many pronunciations that was changed.
The book itself was the best of at least the last three books in the series
No, unless it was unavoidable. If Mr. Collins is picking up a series that has already started I strongly suggest that he listen to the previous books in that series or at least ask the author for the preferred pronunciation.
No- Way to long for that
"A bit of research prior to narrating maybe!?"
I am one hour into it and and not enjoying anything about the monotone reading with words and names pronounced completely opposite previous narrations...
Can we PLEASE bring back Oliver Wyman now?!
Not unless he is the only reader in a series. He obviously didn't bother to listen to previous books to pick up consistent pronunciation and accents.
"Great Book, awful narration"
As the previous reviewer states, if you've got this far with the series, you'll know what to expect, but sadly, the narration is dreadful. Overly dramatic, at least in the beginning, though he does settle down a bit eventually. Characterisation is poor, it is sometimes very difficult to differentiate between which character is speaking. And as for his pronounciation! Words such as desmesne or adjutant or even Charis are pronounced very oddly and it grates on the ear, causing this listener at least, to lose track of the story line while I mentally correct him. Such a pity.
"bad naration"
The narration is dreadful, mispronounced words like PICA i can accept, Michael i can't, combined with the narrator's natural sibilant hiss, makes a great story a terrible experience!
"O Dear"
As ever a great story by an excellent author, my only criticism of the book itself is that it has a tendency to drift off into philosophical musings that can be a tad boring at times. However that really is not a major issue and doesn't detract from an excellent book with lots of excitement and twists and turns. My major issue with the book is the narrator. Unless, like me, you have listened to all the books so far one after another without a break in between you many not notice some of the very poor continuity. Cayleb for instance has spoken with a sort of Australian accent, then an strange mixture of Irish/Scottish accent, a sort of English accent then generic American. But the biggest issue is with the narrator Kevin T Collins. There are two major issues. The first issue was the frenetic pace and overly dramatic tone which almost made me stop listening. It constantly sounded like he was building to an adventurous climax even with dry narrative. The other very irritating thing was the sudden change of the pronunciation of names. Michael became Mikael, Chisholm became Cheesehome amongst others. Please please please do not let this guy narrate the up and coming book 7 and who does, do us all a favour and listen to at least some of the other volumes so we have some continuity of pronunciation and accent.
"4 for the story, 2 for the narrator"
If you've made it this far into the Safehold series then you'll already be familiar with the author's strengths and weaknesses. My comment is reserved for the narrator who I found to be overly dramatic. The narrator would have been fine for a dramatisation but I found his over dramatic style to constantly drag me out of the story.
"Terrible narration"
By David Weber yes, but never again by Kevin T Collins, sibilant, overly dramatic, and seems to get lost regularly
Change the narrator please for gods sake change the narrator!
Did he even listen to the other books? Why just choose how to pronounce the characters names one way that's totally different to the other books? They are all there and surely 5 minutes could have been spared to listen to how the names and individual accents sound?!?
I don't know, as after 20 minutes I gave up and erased the book
Yes, I bet this is one of the most returned books you have, and the rating system is incorrect, as it adds up to around 2 stars by my working out, not 4!
"Enjoyable romp"
It's an enjoyable romp that doesn't need brainpower to follow, ideal for whilst I'm working
Merlin Athrewes
Too long to listen in one sitting
"Wow, did the narrator get paid for this?"
It's much the same as the other books. Interesting developments and stories. But can at times be a bit long
No, I found his narration to be very bad. Overly dramatic and hissing....
To long for that :D
This is my first review, just had to comment on the narrator...
"How is the performance averaging 4 stars?"
The book I would recommend. The audio book can not be recommended based on the narration.
Every other David Weber or Eric Flint book. Pretty much anything Baen publishes.
No. Never. I also display a level of natural sibilance in my speech. It is annoying to listen to, and no one that sounds like Kevin should be a narrator. Additionally, his pronunciation is terrible. The performance was so bad I quit listening and got a paper copy of the book. First time ever.
Yes - it is an exciting mix of scifi and swashbuckling.
I really seriously think audible needs to check its algorithm that is tallying the overall performance rating. It is currently displaying 4 stars when the average according to my count of reviews is below 2 on average.
"No Toil or Tribulation in this listen"
I have really enjoyed this series. A pleasant easy going SciFi Fantasy epic going no where in particular, but still very enjoyable and so easy to listen to. I saw one comment from someone else about the poor narration - but I thought it was pretty easy on the ears myself. This is just such good quality escapism and I always look forward to the next one in the series coming along. I am amazed how prolific DW is, but I am not complaining. I am watching for the next one from DW.
"a genuine toil"
I have loved this series until the last book, the change of narrator then spoilt the experience for me the change in the way names were pronounced etc was annoying but the sorry still held me. Now a new book yet another narrator and this time, dam is the writing annoying, Mr Weber has aways made his good guys too good and bad guys far too bad. At least until just before they change sides then they become the new better than good guys. i can live with that, but do we really need the tedious droning on about how good and just the emperor and empress are, it seems every time they are bought back into the story some one has to pontificate for half of the chapter about how good they are how fair they are and just how much in love they are, its taking up so much of the book i find myself shouting at my iPod ( or i suppose Mr Weber ) YES I KNOW THEY ARE THIS IS BOOK 6 YOU HAVE TOLD ME ALREADY PLEASE GET ON WITH IT
In my opinion the few months in the stories history this book covers could have been covered in the 1st 2 chapters of a much tighter more exiting book, one that actually moved the plot along, what worries me the most is that if this is the new rate in which the story is moving along I along with the rest of Mr Webers readership will be long dead before the final book is finished.
As for the narrator Mr Collins, I have to agree with a lot of the other comments his style is to over dramatise every sentence hasn't made this book any more bearable.
A Tip: if your taking over the narration of a book listen to the past narrators you don't need to copy his accents or style after all we are all used to a new actor taking over a roll in a film, but please get the way names are pronounced consistent. when you read a book yourself it doesn't matter to much if the way i say a name isn't the same as everyone else does, but when being read to its important that this part is consistent
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Meanwhile, the Javanese themselves have already begun setting about rebuilding their lives with strength, determination and humility.
"We saved for years to build our house, but in 30 seconds it was gone," says Wartini, a 35-year-old mother of two in Sumber Mulyo village, some 15 kilometres south of Bantul, one of the worst affected areas.
The village was completely destroyed when the quake struck at dawn, as many people still slept. Ever since, the surviving residents of Sumber Mulyo, who are now living in tents provided by the Red Cross and Red Crescent, have been busy salvaging whatever they can.
"We are collecting everything that we can use," says Wartini, as she painstakingly pries undamaged bricks from what is left of the walls of her house. Wood from collapsed roofs, even the iron rods inside the cracked and crushed concrete will all be retrieved.
"In Javanese culture, people will always help each other," says Achmer Albugis, a volunteer with the Indonesian Red Cross, known locally as Palang Merah Indonesia or PMI, who traveled 200 kilometres from his home in neighbouring Central Java province to assist in the relief effort.
"As soon as I heard about the earthquake, I contacted some friends and we decided to come," says Achmer, 54, one of at least 500 PMI volunteers who have been working day and night since the catastrophe.
They are now backed by a massive humanitarian operation coordinated by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, which has mobilized at least 150 international staff to provide medical care and distribute relief supplies, tents, tarpaulins and clean water to thousands of survivors.
Despite the rapid and effective aid effort underway, as well as the remarkable levels of community self-help, it is clear that horrific memories of the quake have left their mark.
"Everyone was screaming and crying for help. There was a lot of dust and the sound of the roofs crumbling was so loud," says Oom, cradling her 5-month-old son in nearby Jetis village. Of the villages 122 houses that once stood here, only four are left.
"I still feel the shaking and I am afraid of another earthquake
I find it hard to sleep at night," she says. The shaking is real - several big aftershocks since the disaster have caused widespread alarm across the region.
Oom and her family, who received help from local volunteers and a government mobile health clinic within the first 48 hours, have also received a tent, food packs and hygiene and sanitary supplies for the baby from the Red Cross.
More than 20 Red Cross and Red Crescent relief flights landed in the provincial capital of Yogyakarta and the nearby city of Solo during the first week of the relief operation alone, mainly carrying reserve stocks of supplies from tsunami-affected areas of Aceh province.
"Our target is to distribute to about 50,000 families over the next six weeks," said Nathan Cooper, who is coordinating the relief operation for the International Federation.
"Shelter is the top priority, and we've been getting tents and tarpaulins out a lot faster in recent days," he said, adding that the Indonesian Red Cross had been "very impressive" in conducting rapid village-level assessments to ensure that the aid gets to those who need it most.
The International Federation says that the relief response has greatly benefited from lessons learned and experience acquired in the aftermath of other recent major disasters, including the Pakistan earthquake.
For the international teams of doctors, nurses, relief experts, logisticians and water engineers, this a complex rapid onset emergency, with all the technical challenges of coordination, deployment and implementation that that entails.
For the people of southern Java, meanwhile, this is an altogether more private trial of courage, patience and acceptance.
"I am not angry or sad about the house, but we need help," says Wiryoyero, a 90-year-old man, who sits quietly under a tarpaulin with his wife, Isah, next to the ruins of their family home.
Plasters on his head cover the injuries he sustained after he threw himself over her to protect her from the falling debris. They were both finally pulled to safety by their son-in-law.
Isah is blind and will never see the near total destruction of the village around them yet she remains hopeful. "I am alright," she says. "It is up to fate now."


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Your birthday girl will feel like royalty when you make a princess castle cake - complete with turrets, flags and an adorable fondant figurine. If a pink palace isn't your preferred theme, Sharon shows you a medieval twist for a knightly castle and another fun variation that creates a lighthouse topper on a cookie-crumb sandcastle. In this technique-based class, you'll learn to design, carve and sculpt your castle cakes before applying a smooth ganache crumb coat. Sharon's methods are as practical as her creations are whimsical. She'll teach you time-saving tips to efficiently imagine, build and embellish your cakes with textured fondant, modeled figurines and realistic shading. Take castle cakes by storm! Enroll in Design Your Own Castle Cake today.
Meet your instructor, Sharon Wee, as she leads a discussion on how to design your own custom castle cake and demonstrates how to make several shapes and sizes of turrets.
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Master the art of cake carving as you create this adorable top tier, add the swirl roof and carve out a window for your princess.
Sharon shares her tips and techniques for covering flat-topped tiers as well as carved ones.
Stack your cakes with confidence as Sharon guides you through the process of building your castle from the ground up. Cover an extra-large cake board and secure the turrets.
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Every castle needs a princess! Learn how to sculpt her body, create her tiara and hair and make all the details for her precious face.
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The long arm of the law has reached all the way to Finland to bring back a man accused in a local insurance fraud scheme.
Igor Vassiliev, 38, a Russian citizen, was arrested in July in Finland, based on an Interpol Red Notice. He is only the third person ever extradited from Finland to the U.S., according to the U.S. Marshal's Office.
Authorities had been looking for Vassiliev since 2005, when a federal grand jury handed up indictments charging him with health care fraud and conspiracy to commit health care fraud and mail fraud. He was one of 30 people charged. So far, 27 have been convicted.
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April C. Hull, 27, of Tiffin, was charged with theft for an incident Nov. 13.
A 500-block East Perry Street person reported unauthorized charges on a bank account Wednesday afternoon.
A 100-block Coe Street caller reported Wednesday afternoon a house had been hit with paintballs.
A 200-block South Sandusky Street woman reported Wednesday night her 14-year-old daughter tried to pull her hair out.
County reports
A 500-block East SR 18 woman reported Thursday afternoon someone who was cleaning her apartment stole her wedding rings. She later saw the person wearing the rings.
Fostoria reports
A 500-block East Jackson Street man reported Wednesday night his residence was broken into and items were taken.
A 1500-block North Countyline Street woman reported Wednesday her boyfriend assaulted her.
A 1500-block North Countyline Street man reported early Thursday morning a man was assaulting his mother's live-in boyfriend.
A caller from Friendship Sunoco, 526 Sandusky St., reported early Thursday morning a school-aged juvenile tried to steal from the store.
A caller from The China Buffet, 1659 N. Countyline St., reported Thursday morning an air conditioning unit was stolen from the roof. A ladder had been used to gain access to the roof.
A man went to the station Thursday morning to report someone was stealing scrap metal.
A female juvenile was arrested Thursday morning at Fostoria High School, 1001 Park Ave. Another female juvenile was arrested Thursday afternoon at the high school for violating the safety school act.
A 200-block Rock Street woman reported Thursday afternoon her daughter's vehicle had been broken into and a DVD player and change were taken.
County fire
McCutchenville firefighters were called to Howard Collier State Nature Preserve Wednesday night to assist in searching for a man. He was located and everything was fine, according to reports from the sheriff's office. Two people were given a warning for being at the park after dark.
Tiffin fire
Firefighters were called to 156 Clay St. early Thursday morning for steam, vapor, fog or dust thought to be smoke.
Fostoria fire
Firefighters were called to 110 E. Jones St. Thursday morning for a false alarm.
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|七十二牛肉麵 (72 Beef Noodle Soup)
Yes, this is it! This is part 5, and the final chapter of my mini beef noodle soup tour of Taiwan. Although some of you guys might be sick of reading about beef noodle soup that's all the way in Taiwan, it was enjoyable for me to write about the cuisine from my home country. There's no way that I was going to end my tour without writing about my favorite beef noodle stop in Taipei.
|七十二牛肉麵 (72 Beef Noodle Soup)
I was brought to 七十二牛肉麵 (I'll refer to it as 72 NRM (aka niu rou mian) on this post) by my friends on my second night in Taiwan. Already stuffed from an all you can eat hot pot lunch with my aunt and cousin and then snacks at KTV (Chinese karaoke), I was seriously questioning the idea of getting more food to eat. Yet, since I am on vacation, that doubt quickly dissipated, especially when I saw all the cow bones hanging outside. Oh ya, I thought to myself, this shit is going to be good.
|七十二牛肉麵 (72 Beef Noodle Soup)
The interior was clean and quaint. And for all those that are afraid of the heat, like myself, this place does have air conditioning.
|招牌牛滷花干 (Niu Lu Hua Gan)
We were first given this small bowl of the restaurant's famous 牛滷花干. Frankly, I don't know what's the best way to translate this thing other than the fact the items were stewed in the beef broth. Tender, beefy, and delicious. We were given this for me to test the broth, as the actual 牛滷花干 was actually sold out and this was the remaining batch they had left that night.
|皮蛋豆腐 - (Thousand Year Old Egg Tofu - Pi Dan Dofu)
Yup, another beef noodle soup place, another order of the thousand year old egg tofu side dish. As I've said, I love this stuff!
|乾拌牛肉麵 (Dry Beef Noodle Soup - Gan Ban Niu Rou Mian)
While I don't normally order the dry version of the beef noodle soup, I was told the version here was fantastic. True to their word, it was delicious. We ordered two bowls of the dry beef noodle soup and chose each of the two broth offered. While I've mentioned before that I've generally passed on the clear broth with regards to beef noodle soup, the version at 72NRM was phenomenal. In fact, I liked it a lot more than the soy sauce braised version. It was rich, beefy, and yet, subtle enough you could drink 2-3 bowls worth of the broth.
|清燉牛肉麵 (Clear Broth Beef Noodle Soup - Qin Doun Niu Rou Mian)
Yup, more of this amazing broth. It reminded me of the Korean Oxtail Soup (gomtang), but better. Also, instead of having the beef in chunks, we were served thick sliced beef. The beef itself was tender and flavorful. This was a delicious bowl of beef noodle soup.
|紅燒牛肉麵 (Beef Noodle Soup - Hong Shao Niu Rou Mian)
This might be something most are used to seeing. The dark beefy broth was quite nice, but comes second to the clear version. Although a delicious bowl, I personally prefer the clear broth version.
I liked this place so much I had to make a return visit before my flight back to Los Angeles.
Since 72NRM was a 15min walk from my aunt's house, I decided to work up an appetite and walked over for my last meal in Taiwan.
|招牌牛滷花干 (Niu Lu Hua Gan)
Since what I had previously wasn't the exact dish since they ran out of a few of the items to make this, I had to order this. Again, it was delicious. Beefy, tender, cooked in that beautiful broth.
|炒滷味 (Stir Fried Stewed Combo - Chao Lu Wei)
This is their signature side dish, 炒滷味. Basically it's a mix of the stewed items, but stir fried in chili oil. So. Fucking. Good. This is a must order! Add a bit more of the bone marrow chili sauce that's provided, it's off the hook. Yes, I said bone marrow chili sauce! This would go SO well with an ice cold beer!
|乾拌牛肉麵 (Dry Beef Noodle Soup - Gan Ban Niu Rou Mian)
What did I order? I went with my favorite from the previous visit: dry beef noodles with a side of clear broth. Again, it was delicious.
72 NRM is a place I'll return over and over again. It has become my favorite beef noodle place in Taipei. It's a place I'd recommend to family and friends (which I did here). The 72 from 72NRM meant the 72 hours the shop takes to make its beef broth. The pain staking process of making their broth were shown beautifully in each of their bowls served to their customers. Although everyone has their favorites in Taipei, 72 NRM has become mine. Trust the Panda, eat at 72NRM!
If you can read Chinese, this and this were great posts on 72 NRM.
Rating 5 out of 5
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8 Words You're Confusing With Other Words
Character arches are among the least stable architectural structures.
An arch is a physical structure in the shape of half of a McDonald's sign. An arc is a path or a curve in the same shape.
If a fictional character follows some kind of, you know, path, throughout the course of a narrative, it would be a "character arc." Now people who keep typing "character arch" might get defensive and claim that "arch" works too because it's the same shape and, um, you know, living language, blah blah. Well, make them pronounce it. I bet you they're going to say "ark" with the hard K sound, which is never how you pronounce "arch" as a separate word, and at that point, you go, "Come on, buddy, we all know you meant 'arc,' and slipped up. Just fess up and laugh it off and we'll have a drink."
The disturbing thing is that most people who are talking about character arches in the first place are people who are, or want to be writers. The quote above is from a writing mentor and the one below is from an aspiring screenwriter. Eeesh. Not a good start, guy.
"Come on, honey. I heard all main characters have to go through one of these."
The tenants of scripture.
Even though pretty much everyone knows the difference between tenants (occupants of someone else's property) and tenets (beliefs), there is always someone out there mixing them up. In fact, while you were reading that sentence, seven people on the Internet typed "tenant" when they meant "tenet." I just made that up. Here, read a quote:
The best part is that people who screw up "tenet/tenant" are likely to make another funny mistake, often in the same sentence.
You might think he meant "excommunicate" and that hyphen was just for the line break, but no, "EX-COMMUNICATE" is all over that post, mostly in caps. I think it means to communicate with someone in the past.
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And here we have a double jackpot. Tenant and cannon paired together in a lovely duet. "MMGW" is Man Made Global Warming, so yeah, this is one of those people. And finally, you can get some interesting mental images, like here:
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Philosophical tenant.
The idea of an "indiscrete" dad is scary. "Discrete" means separate, either separate from other external items, or divided into separate, distinct parts. This dad is either an amorphous blob, with the normally separate limbs, head and organs melded into an undifferentiated mass, or he is not entirely separate from the environment, melding with the walls or the ground he walks on.
In other words, this dad is the Sandman from Spider-Man.
He was a dad, too. All the pieces fit.
I'm pretty sure they were looking for "discreet," meaning hush-hush. This gossip writer had the same problem:
Although it's true, they probably did have a separate ceremony and didn't participate in a mass wedding Unification Church style. On the other hand, this guy wants each of the city's homeless fed in individual soup kitchens:
Which is really impractical. This is one of those word mix-ups that actually happens the other way pretty often too, and usually to funnier effect.
This is a job posting for an engineer that can work with components who don't give up their secrets easily.
And Lenovo has got a point here. If all notebooks had discreet graphics, this is what watching porn on them would be like:
Bona Fide/Bonified
As you probably know, "bona fide" means genuine, whereas bonified isn't really a word. Now if you look it up, you'll find that bonify technically exists as an archaic word meaning "to make something good." Like Darth Vader was bonified at the end of Return of the Jedi. OOPS, SPOILERS!
But that word is pronounced with a short o, like "bawn-i-fied," whereas these people will always pronounce their new creation "bone-i-fied." So instead of subbing an existing, archaic word in for the word they meant, I maintain they're actually creating a new word. And it clearly means to turn something into bone.
Folks coming into work at that staffing agency.
This guy has probably achieved a horror geek's fantasy:
And this person ...
Honestly I think they're trying to say they got an erection.
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Detroit Board of Education member Marvis Cofield has resigned from the board, effective Monday.
In a letter to Board President Carla D. Scott, Cofield wrote that he was resigning due to personal and professional obligations.
Cofield, who was appointed to the Board of Education in 1999 and elected as the District 7 representative in 2006, had once been an educator at Kettering High School. He is currently founder and CEO and board member of Alkebulan Village, which receives payment to provide tutoring to DPS students.
This led the Michigan Dept. of Education to rule two months ago that Cofield had a conflict of interest and could not serve on both boards simultaneously.
"I'm sorry to see him go," said Scott. "He was a great asset to the school board. He's been a wonderful colleague and mentor, and I think it's a great loss to the city."
In 1978, Cofield, a 7th degree black belt, established the Alkebu-lan Martial Arts Federation with the goal of providing African-American youth with affordable martial arts training.
As the program widened its focus to also include leadership training, homework assistance, sports and fitness, community service, and more, it subsequently developed in to the Alkebu-lan Village, located at 7701 Harper. "Alkebu-lan" is Swahili for "Africa." The focus of the Village is community involvement and character building.
Cofield's resignation comes at a time of upheaval for the school board. In June, the board sought a court order to prevent Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb from privatizing the management of most high schools in the district.
To that end, the board voted unanimously that Bobb must include the board in any academic decisions. Bobb had previously announced that management of 17 of the district's 22 high schools would be managed by four companies, a decision board members say exceeded his purview.
According to reports, Bobb dismissed the board's claim as "ridiculous."
Last month, the board voted against a sevenpoint plan Bobb had put forth as a means of improving communications, leaving the door open for the board to continue to seek that court order.
Bobb, who was appointed to a one-year term in March, controls the district's $1.2 billion budget, has had a contentious relationship with the board, with Scott telling the Detroit News that the issue is Bobb not allowing board members to carry out their responsibilities.
This week, the board indicated its plans to file suit against Bobb in Wayne County Circuit Court, in an effort to force him to consult the board regarding district-related financial decisions. Scott has indicated the board wants clarification of the meaning of "consult," as defined by state law.
Cofield indicated in his resignation letter that he remains steadfast in his personal commitment to the community and its children. He also said he will increase Alkebu-lan Village's commitment to community involvement and character building, in both youth and adults.


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There are some recipes that you want to try the minute you see, this curry has been in my mind since a long time ever since I had read it in Mirch Masala who herself adapted it from 660 Curries by Raghavan Iyer. I have read rave reviews about the book and I want to buy this book some point of time, I do not mind S or any of my friends gifting this to me. I was so desperate to try it the minute I marked it but the unavailability of the red bell pepper that time made it postpone.
Now that the peppers are readily available I was keen to try. I told S that I am going to make a gravy using bell pepper. He was quite surprised and sounded a little sceptical too but I was super excited to try the red pepper in a gravy, somehow I found the concept too inviting and new too.
When I read the recipe, realized there's no use of oil and there is absolutely no roasting of the masala unlike all the curries that I make. This curry was surely challenging me as my regular readers would know how much I stress on 'bhuno' the masala to get the flavours out. To my surprise the curry turned out awesome and I did not miss out roasting the spices and masala here. The curry is smooth with delicate flavours and a perfect delight for cottage cheese lovers. It is a perfect curry for a hurried dinner or even when you have unexpected guests as it can be cooked in very less time. After I cooked this the first call I made was surely to…….
1 red bell pepper cubed
1/3 cup cashewnuts
2-3 green cardamom
4 green chilies
1 tsp red chili pwd
200 gms Cottage Cheese Cubed
salt to taste
Boil a cup of water and add the bell pepper, green chillies, cardamom and cashewnuts to it and cook till the peppers turn soft. Remove from fire and cool.
Grind the bell pepper- cashewnut mix to a paste.
Pour it in a pan and bring it to a boil, add salt to taste, red chili pwd and cottage cheese. Cook for 10- 15 mins on low flame till the gravy thickens.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. - Four Hatters advanced to the semifinals in their respective brackets after the first day of match play at the College of Charleston Invitational on Friday. Three other Hatters had victories.
Diana Bukajeva started her day by defeating Irena Vlana (College of Charleston) 6-4, 6-1. She advanced to the semifinals of the A2 singles draw by defeating Clara Perez (Armstrong) 6-2, 6-2 in round two.
Clark Tatje won both of her matches as well in the A2 singles draw, defeating Libby Scott (Coastal) 6-0, 3-6, 10-7 and Kelly Kambourelis 3-6, 6-4, 10-6. Tatje and Bukajeva are playing Saturday with the chance to face each other in the A2 singles championship.
Jen Miller had a first-round bye in the B2 singles draw, and then went on to win her match against Sarah Gail Neibur (Samford) 6-0, 6-3 to advance to the semifinals.
MayaBlue Stauffer-MacDowell was the other Hatter who advanced to the semifinals, winning her only match of the day against Courtney McCray (Davidson) 6-4, 6-3 in the B2 singles draw.
In the A1 singles draw, Sara Lazarevic lost her first match to Marlen Hacke (Armstrong) 7-5, 6-1. She bounced back to win her second match of the day over Natsuko Takayanagl (Charlotte) 6-3, 6-4. Andrea Crespo followed suit in the A1 singles draw, losing her first match and winning her second; she fell to Sam Maddox (College of Charleston) 6-1, 6-3 and defeated Jessica Northcutt (Samford) 4-6, 6-4, 10-7.
In the A2 singles draw, Lindsey Cable lost her first match to Olga Kalodzitsa (Armstrong) 6-3, 6-2. She followed the loss with a win in her second match, defeating Iveta Guneva (Charlotte) 6-1, 6-1.
Eviline Lepinay opened her day in the B1 singles draw by defeating Blake Nickles (Davidson) 6-1, 6-3. Lepinay was defeated in the second match by Jenny Falcone (College of Charleston), losing 6-4, 6-3.
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REEDSVILLE - Donna Lou Shirk, 67, of Reedsville, died at 3:52 a.m. Saturday, March 8, 2014, at Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital.
Born Feb. 13, 1947, in Lewistown, she was the daughter of the late David C. and Bessie R. (Harshbarger) Ronk.
She is survived by: her husband, Scott L. Shirk, whom she married on Oct. 13, 1976; her siblings, Leonard L. Ronk, of Lewistown, Linda K. Ronk, of Lewistown, Ronald R. Ronk, of Ferguson Valley, and Shirley "Shirl" Miller and husband, Jeffrey, of Reedsville; and a number of nieces and nephews.
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She was a graduate of Captain Jack High School.
Donna was a payroll clerk at Fisher Electronics, a receptionist and relief house parent at the Methodist Home for Children in Mechanicsburg, a reservation clerk at the Hershey Motor Lodge, a store manager at Goss Candies and lastly, was a clerk at Peachey's Meats.
She was a member of Ellen Chapel Church in Ferguson Valley.
Donna enjoyed her animals and flowers.
Her funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 12, 2014, at Ellen Chapel Church, with Pastor Mark Hill officiating. Interment will be in Salem Cemetery in Milroy.
Her family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, at the Ellen Chapel Church.
Memorial contributions in Donna's memory can be made to the Ellen Chapel Church, 11764 Ferguson Valley Road, Lewistown, PA 17044 or Rescue Our Furry Friends, 133 N. Walnut St., Burnham, PA 17009.
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One who is not quite a goof, but shows considerable progress.
She was such a goofster that she cut her own bangs, which did not come out strait.
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Join award-winning cake decorator Lauren Kitchens, and find out how to use modeling chocolate to easily create elaborate designs that would be unmanageable or even impossible to make from fondant. As Lauren guides you through the two-tiered Sea Creature cake, you'll quickly sculpt amazing modeling chocolate embellishments, such as octopus tentacles, that would be a fondant nightmare! See how modeling chocolate makes it simple to extend your designs in gravity-defying ways while you create the enchanting Wizard's Hat cake. Plus, use modeling chocolate to produce the illusion of depth as you make the lifelike Vintage Luggage cake with an enclosure filled with colorful modeling chocolate clothing. Turn your inspiration into marvelous cake creations with modeling chocolate!
Meet your instructor, Lauren Kitchens, as she leads an in-depth discussion on how modeling chocolate works and its advantages over other sugar mediums such as fondant.
Make Lauren's adorable Sea Creature cake as you learn to cut and ruffle modeling chocolate, attach borders to a cake and punch out and attach delightful bubbles.
Turn your attention to sculpting modeling chocolate as you make your sea creature's tentacles, add suckers and attach them to the cake. You'll even learn how to add support inside your sculpted pieces.
This project has it all! Carve a cake, add realistic texture and learn how using a modeling chocolate top can create movement unattainable with cake alone! Cover it all in fondant, create a ruffled brim and add airbrushed color.
Discover modeling chocolate's ability to create cakes that have "containment" as you make a vintage suitcase, complete with leather trim and brass locks.
Pack your vintage suitcase full of fun, personalized details: a collared shirt, bow tie, socks and more! Learn Lauren's striping technique to make a multicolored scarf and how to create polka dot suspenders.
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when someone does something a little strange, or when something is not quite right.
Bev was acting all kooky, and scaring the little kids.
"You kooky nutter"
"You kooky nutter"
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That guy is kooky!
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A term used by Vash, Ultra Cookies
E-kookies can kill someone.
от Vash 24 юли 2003
Liking someone you know you shouldn't and who you have a sneaking suspicion doesn't like you back. Often accompanied by an electricity when they look at you and nervous laughter.
I feel Kooky about him,
He makes me kind of kooky, but I know he's trouble!
He makes me kind of kooky, but I know he's trouble!
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Not Cookies, can mean exstacy or that crap the cookie mosnters eats!
Yo you have some Kookies?
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Makes Mehmets go crazy. Like seriously, don't mention the word "kookies" in the presence of a Turkish males known as "Mehmet". If kept from kookies, a Mehmet is likely to explode into an extreme rage, similar to that of Schnoorlax when awaken.
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A food invented by Vash. Ingredients include: Amphetomines, Listerine, Windex, Toothepaste, Soap, More Windex, Paper, Some Copper Stuff With A Long Name, Gadifgergifger, Crack, Butt Crack, Pot, Soda Pot, Ass-Meats, and Sugar.
These Kookies are f***ing delicious. My Tummy hurts. Why are there fish in the sky?
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The widely referenced 2,000 calorie-a-day diet for adults is not a reliable benchmark for weight control, professionals in the field say.
Everyone has different caloric needs because people are different � by way of genetics, age, gender, body size, muscle mass and energy expenditure, said Sue Kohlhardt, a registered nurse, nutritional coach and certified personal trainer in Durango.
Kohlhardt likes to establish a client�s resting metabolism rate as a starting point. Metabolism is the process by which the body converts nutrients to energy.
The resting metabolism rate, or RMR, tells how many calories are required to keep brain, heart, lungs and other organs functioning if a person did nothing else. Kohlhardt then calculates how many more calories are needed to support a client�s daily activities and exercise regimen.
�In general, it�s 25 to 35 percent more than the RMR,� Kohlhardt said.
Laura Shelton, assistant vice president at Alpine Bank, has been working with Kohlhardt since February.
Shedding the pounds that accumulated from a sedentary job and the birth of her son two years ago was easy at first.
She knocked off 50 pounds and 23 total body inches (torso and appendages), but had reached a point of diminishing returns.
�I was starving myself on 1,100 calories a day,� Shelton said. �But the pounds weren�t coming off as fast anymore.�
So Kohlhardt had Shelton � nose clamped shut � breathe through the mouth into an instrument called an indirect calorimeter for 10 minutes to determine her oxygen consumption.
The readout showed that her resting metabolism rate is 1,680.
In order to continue losing weight, Shelton can eat more calories than her resting metabolism rate but fewer than the 25 to 35 percent activity quotient, Kohlhardt said.
Cardiologist Dr. Bruce Andrea uses a metabolism cart, an advanced calorimeter, at his practices� Durango Performance Center and Performance Cardiology.
�The objective of measuring the resting metabolism rate is to better understand the number of calories we burn,� Andrea said. �We also can see what percent of calories come from carbohydrates and what percent from fats.�
Mikel Love from Peak Wellness & Nutrition said a resting metabolism rate isn�t an absolute.
�But an RMR gives you a baseline to follow,� Love said.
Love determines a client�s basic metabolism through bioelectrical impedance, which involves passing an imperceptible electrical current through the body. The results include percent of body fat, percent of lean mass and basal metabolic rate.
Marge Morris, director of the Diabetes and Nutrition Therapy Center at Mercy Regional Medical Center, said maintaining weight and wellness isn�t simply a matter of calories in, calories out.
�There are many factors involved,� Morris said. �One fascinating new area involves macronutrients � fats, protein and carbohydrates � and how they affect health.�
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Here in Brazil we speak Portuguese. Currently, all countries speaking Portuguese are undergoing an agreement to unify the rules of spelling. I understand English, but not enough to write correctly, then translate by Google, then fix several times. The conjugation of verbs in Portuguese has no equivalent words in English. In English someone can say: I DO. YOU DO. HE DOES. In Portuguese we say:EU FAÇOTU FAZESELE FAZNÓS FAZEMOSVÓS FAZEISELES FAZEMNow imagine a verb that represents the hypothetical future, or the past hypothetical...Also the order of words in the sentence is quite different, and Google Translator looks like the speech of MASTER YODA in the film Star Wars.
One that I've been noticing more and more lately, particularly in advertising, is using an adjective when an adverb would be more appropriate. Here's an example from a radio advertisement this morning:"Start your day delicious at Paradise Bakery."Does that mean I should be delicious today? Should I feel delicious today? If my day should have a delicious start, it would start deliciously.
Many of us English monoglots admire greatly the non-English speakers' ability to write in our language. There is one misspelling, however, that is becoming the norm in CR: loose for lose. "Loose", with two os means the opposite of tight. E.g., my lens cap is loose and sometimes falls off. The verb you use when you can't find something is "lose", with one o. E.g., I will lose my lens cap if it becomes loose and falls off.
By the way, love this thread. I thought it was serious for a moment until I realised that most of the people professing their knowledge of English were clearly wrong. Not sure what the subversive intention is by giving people incorrect grammatical information, but very entertaining anyway.IMHO, outside of a formal environment, getting upset at someone's spelling is pointless. Firstly, as long as they get their message across, who cares how they do it. Secondly, poor spelling and grammar is more likely a language, cultural or educational matter. Telling someone to get the spelling in order isn't going to automatically make them better at it. Instead, its just going to discourage them from being an active participant here. And I know that is nobody's intention or desire. Maybe there are better ways to help people? Perhaps find a polite way to point it out in a thread where you see a problem? At work I often come across people who aren't as good at communicating as they want to be. FWIW, my current favourite solution is Toastmasters.


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The S.C. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that 2-year-old Veronica would not be seriously harmed by staying with her biological father, whose successful challenge of a James Island couples adoption drew worldwide interest and prompted criticism of a federal law aimed at preserving American Indian families.
The 3-2 decision, met with heartbreak from Veronicas adoptive family, centered on a question about whether her return would emotionally or physically damage the toddler. It affirmed a family court ruling that relinquished the girl to her father, a member of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma, on New Years Eve.
At issue was the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, a federal law that gives American Indian parents preference in custody disputes. Though the father, Dusten Brown, did not support the girls mother during pregnancy, his rights as a parent should not be stripped, the court confirmed.
On a personal level, the justices were reluctant and expressed a heavy heart in their 29-page opinion. But they were bound by a law that gives an edge to Veronicas father because of the Cherokee heritage they shared.
Two justices who wrote 44 pages in dissent argued that the majority ignored Veronicas best interests in keeping her from Matt and Melanie Capobianco, the couple she came to know as her parents.
It wasnt federal lawmakers intent, the justices wrote, to place her in an American Indian family at all costs.
A family spokeswoman for the Capobiancos said the 73-page filing points out the federal statutes flaws and a need to adjust it.
Our hearts are just completely broken, Jessica Munday said. The act was meant to preserve families and protect children, but thats not what its doing.
The familys next move was not known. Their attorneys could ask the states high court to reconsider its decision. If that request is denied, they would have three months to petition the U.S. Supreme Court, though the cases acceptance would be unlikely, according to a family attorney.
The federal law has been reviewed only once at the highest level. In 1989, Justice William Brennan sided with Mississippis Choctaw tribe, which challenged an adoption of twins.
Browns attorney, Shannon Jones of Charleston, said her client was elated and tearful at the news Thursday. Brown had been unfairly portrayed by information disseminated to the public about him and his devotion as a parent, Jones said.
They are happy now, she said. It was a natural connection between the two of them. There was never a moment of discomfort.
Reviewing the facts
The decision laid out facts that were argued during a trial in Charleston family court last year.
Before Veronica was born in September 2009 in Oklahoma, her biological parents canceled their engagement and went separate ways.
Brown, an Army soldier who once accrued $11,000 in child-support payments from a previous relationship, acknowledged paternity in text messages to the mother, but did not give her financial support.
He later admitted that his behavior wasnt becoming of a father, but said he would have been more involved if he knew Veronica was up for adoption.
Veronicas mother, who already was struggling to support two children, sought adoption because she wanted her little girl to have a chance, she later testified. She reached the Capobiancos, whose seven attempts at in vitro fertilization were unsuccessful, through an adoption agency.
The Capobiancos visited the woman during pregnancy and started providing money. Matt Capobianco cut the girls umbilical cord, and Veronica flew to her new home in James Island eight days later.
Because of paperwork errors, the Cherokee Nation never contacted Brown about the impending adoption. He didnt learn of it until four months later, when he was served papers in January 2010.
The soldier quickly filed a motion seeking custody, days before he was deployed to Iraq.
Grave interests
In upholding the lower courts decision, Supreme Court justices said the girl would benefit from her return to Oklahoma.
Brown, who belongs to a family from the tribes Wolf Clan, has participated in traditional stomp dances and has attended Cherokee festivals featuring traditional food, crafts and games, the justice wrote.
Decorative Indian pieces are spread through nearly every room in his parents house.
The federal act intended to preserve that culture. Legislators presented the bill in the mid-1970s, when adoption and foster care was separating 1 of every 8 Indian children from their tribes. Despite some early indications of possible lack of interest, the father battled to get Veronica in spite of intense legal resistance from the Capobiancos, the justices wrote. That indicates that he is sincere about being a parent, they stated.
We do not take lightly the grave interests at stake in this case, the justices wrote. However, we are constrained by the law.
The justices who disagreed with the ruling cited testimony from Bart Saylor, an expert in family bonding, that Veronicas removal from her adoptive parents could be very traumatic and that depression could result.
Justice John W. Kittredge argued that the court tried to paint Brown in a favorable light as a soldier and Iraq veteran. But his interest in the girl, Kittredge wrote, came too late.
The facts of the case cannot be ignored, he wrote. The father purposely abandoned this child.
Browns attorney released photographs Thursday showing him playing with his daughter, allowing her to place bows on his head and comb his short hair. In another picture, the two smile as Veronica sits on his stomach.
This child is very happy, Jones said. We are so happy that the courts decision makes certain she will stay in her loving and happy home.
Munday, the Capobianco friend, said the family continues to be amazed by the support it has received from Lowcountry residents and others nationwide.
She said the family will digest the ruling, then determine what to do next. Munday acknowledged that it has been two decades since the U.S. Supreme Court last heard a case like theirs, but said, Theres always a chance.
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Years ago, one of my job functions was to go to my alma mater's career fair and collect resumes from prospective future employees. I had a great time because I was only a year or so out of school, I could hang out with my friends, and I enjoyed seeing all different the resumes. In that time, I saw some great resumes and I saw some not so great resumes.
As you read the list below, you might be surprised at some of the mistakes but you couldn't imagine committing them. With the exception of the "make it readable" rule, I've seen them all. Most of the time, I think it's because the candidate just didn't notice it or wasn't aware it was a bad idea. However, if you're taking a look at your resume, I recommend you review these ten mistakes and make sure you aren't committing them. 🙂
This article is part of Bargaineering Career Week 2009, a week-long series focused on your career – how to find a job, how to tailor your resume, how to find the job opportunities and how to nail the interview. This article is the first article of day two – resume reconstruction.
1. Untailored Resume
Employers don't spend more than a few seconds scanning through resumes so your resume needs to be tailored to the job you're applying for. You shouldn't try to be a generalist, be as specific to the job as possible. If you are going after a job that requires certain skills, ensure that the resume emphasizes the positions you've held where those qualifications have been in the spotlight. You should not be sending the same resume to every job opening, it should be tailored to the position and time spent in this area will improve your response rate.
2. Typos and Grammatical Errors
Much like your cover letter, your resume has to be perfect when it comes to typos and grammatical errors. I always recommend having a friend, preferably one with better spelling and grammar, look it over for any errors before you post it.
3. Make It Readable
If you're going to submit your resume online, make sure it's readable. What looks nicely formatted in Word can come out looking horrific when you paste it into a text box. Make sure that what you submit is readable by a human being. It would be awful if a computer made sense of it and selected you only to be discarded because your resume came out as gibberish.
4. Make It Well Organized
When you organize the sections of your resume, be sure to organize it in the order of importance. I usually list my contact information, followed by my objective, education, accomplishments, skills, and then awards. If you've been out of school for quite some time, flip education and accomplishments. You want the most important material towards the front.
5. Focus on Accomplishments
When you list your various jobs, focus on accomplishments rather than what the duties of the job were. For example, if you are an administrative assistant, your resume shouldn't consist of a list of administrative assistant job functions. It should explain specific accomplishments you completed while in that role. Did you plan events? List those events, size and scope, so that hiring managers understand you were in charge of an event with 500 attendees, rather than "responsible for event planning."
Whenever possible, try to outline where you helped the company earn more revenue, save on expenses, solve a problem, build business relationships, etc. Focus on things that imtract the bottom line.
6. Use Keywords
With the level of competition for jobs and the pace of technology, hiring managers usually don't see every resume that is submitted. That's why it's important that you tailor your resume to include keywords that the job position is looking for. If the job requires certain IT certifications, you should make sure those certifications appear on your resume. Without those keywords, the software searching the database of resumes will never pick yours out from the masses.
7. Scannable
Since a hiring manager is going to spend only a few seconds reviewing your resume, before they decide whether to look closer, it's important for you to make your resume scannable. That means using bullets whenever possible and vary the font size and boldness to emphasize former job titles and employers. You don't want to vary it too much (don't make it look like a ransom note) but enough so that certain headlines stand out.
8. Keep It Under Two Pages
Years ago, the advice was that you should always keep your resume to under a single page. While this makes sense for a college graduate, the reality is that today people switch jobs more often than they used to and they have taken on a lot more responsible. The "one page rule" for resumes is now more a myth than a rule and you should use as much space as you need to list your accomplishments. However, don't take this to mean that you can write a novel, just keep it under two pages.
9. Correct and Professional Contact Information
Double check that your contact information is correct. All it takes is a misspelling to your email address or mis-keying in your telephone number to take an otherwise awesome resume and turn it into a clunker. If employers try calling and get a wrong number, they won't try again.
Also, email addresses are free so stop using that 10 year old firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com as your contact email address. Sign up for a more professional sounding email address so employers don't prejudge you or ignore you because of it.
10. Don't Mention References
Never put references directly on your resume. Companies rarely call references before talking to a candidate and you don't want your references' contact information floating around the Internet. If they want a reference, they can ask you for it. Likewise, references are always available upon request, so there really isn't a point to putting "References available upon request" on your resume. 🙂
Those ten resume mistakes are probably the most egregious, but there are plenty more. What was the worst resume mistake you saw? (or committed?)
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It's crunch time in Washington. One week from today, the federal fiscal year begins, again without a budget. At the same time, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would begin in earnest for millions of Americans.
Wave of a legislative wand, Congress could keep the national government operating under a previous budget. Some members see an opportunity to delay implementation of the health care act known as Obamacare - perhaps halt it altogether.
Again, these issues are to be ironed out by this time next week. Complicating matters, within the next month or so, the federal government is to hit its limit on debt: $16.7 trillion.
Thus, this week should be a hectic, difficult period on Capitol Hill. But, compared to what the next president and the 114th Congress could face, it's a walk in a (still open) national park.
Sure, the fight over funding Obamacare could be fractious, and that's just within the Republican Party. But Americans will either have to start shopping for health insurance beginning next month ... or not.
But the current Congress could raise the debt ceiling another seemingly abstract trillion dollars and be done with the issue for the next two years. That's because the federal deficit is projected to drop to $642 billion this year and bottom out at $378 billion in fiscal 2015.
Then, as things stand now, deficits would increase again. The cause of the increase in red ink? The graying of America.
For the following 17 years, 30 million baby boomers will become senior citizen boomers. That's an average of 10,000 people a day turning 65. These folks will put an increasing demand on Social Security and Medicare.
But there could be a hazard to continually raising the debt ceiling to cover booming costs: interest payments on the accumulated debt.
Don't expect interest rates to stay near zero forever. As the economy strengthens, inflation looms and interest rates rise, interest payments on the nation's debt could rise from $223 billion this year to $823 billion by 2024. That's when the Congressional Budget Office figures 10-year Treasury notes will have a 5.2 percent rate.
Yes, the next seven days may be hectic ones in Washington, but they are liable to provide quick fixes when what we really need are long-term solutions to the problems looming over the next 10 years.


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Hana High School seniors Diana Naihe, Leihulu Oliveira and Jora Tolentino-Smith are the most recent students from the remote East Maui school to win the Gates Millennium scholarship, which gives them a "free ride" college education, as far as it goes, even if they pursue doctorates.
"I was speechless. I was so excited," said Naihe, 17. "Now I know my parents don't have to help me with college."
She plans to be a nurse practitioner and seek a doctorate in Native Hawaiian health from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
"I'm super happy," she said, adding that members of her family were "screaming before I opened up the envelope" with the award letter inside. "They knew I got it already."
She is the daughter of Donalyn and Leonard Naihe. She's the youngest girl in a family of five girls and three boys.
Oliveira, 17, said she felt relieved to learn she had received the prestigious scholarship.
"It was the greatest feeling ever," she said. "I knew my parents didn't have to worry anymore about sending me to college . . . It was a major weight lifted off our shoulders."
She is the daughter of William and Kaui Oliveira. The lifelong Hana resident is the youngest in the family and has two brothers and a sister.
Oliveira has her eye on majoring in psychology and attending Seattle University, which she visited in January.
"I kind of fell in love with the place," she said.
She said she knows she'd need to get accustomed to cold temperatures, but the Emerald City's famous rainy weather shouldn't be a problem because it rains a lot in Hana too.
Oliveira said her goal is to earn a doctorate and become a psychologist or a professor of psychology.
If she had not received the Gates scholarship, "I don't even know if I'd go to college," she said. "It wouldn't be this much of a possibility."
The students' excitement about the scholarships has extended to family, friends and others in Hana, she said.
"The whole Hana community has been really supportive," Oliveira said.
She credited counselor Linda Gravatt with helping the students gain the scholarship.
"She has been a really big help in the whole experience," she said.
Tolentino-Smith could not be reached for comment by The Maui News on Tuesday, but she told Honolulu Civil Beat, the online news website, that receiving the Gates scholarship has been "life-changing" because she didn't believe she or her family, who mostly live off the land, could afford a college education.
"We don't really need a lot of money so don't really worry about that stuff," she told Civil Beat. "Now I can do whatever I want to do."
She said she wants to study Hawaiian language and Hawaiian studies at either the University of Hawaii at Hilo or Montana State University. Her goal is to be a Hawaiian language teacher and to start a Hawaiian language school on Maui.
Gravatt said the scholarship application process is "very rigorous" and submissions must be "perfect."
"It's a lot of work," she said.
But Hana has certainly gained a place on the map of those who award Gates scholarships, she said.
"A big part of it is growing up in Hana," Gravatt said. "It's very isolated from everything."
The students all have earned top grades throughout high school, have been involved in cultural activities, service projects and leadership, she said. And, they all have compelling stories.
"In order to write a story, you have to have something to write about," Gravatt said. "They do. They did a good job. It's an amazing opportunity."
Hana Principal Rick Paul also credited Gravatt with inspiring and helping the students achieve the scholarships. Now, Hana can boast as many as 10 Gates scholars, he added.
"We seem to be on the radar with the Gates folks," Paul said, adding that those awarding the scholarships think the students can make a difference in their isolated community.
"Hana is an island on an island," he said. "I think they really see this is a way to impact the community."
Previous Gates scholars from Hana have all "done very well," Paul said.
He added that he'd like to see the scholars return home, have a reunion in Hana and inspire students their with stories about their college experiences.
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A group of archaeologists, historians and UB graduate students is uncovering the history of Buffalo's waterfront one shovelful of dirt at a time this summer--and the public is invited to come watch.
At an excavation site a stone's throw away from the construction taking place along Main Street at Canalside, the team is hoping to uncover artifacts dating back to Buffalo's 19th-century heyday as the site of the Erie Canal terminus.
The summer Demonstration Archaeological Excavation is sponsored by UB Archaeological Survey in the Department of Anthropology and the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation.
This is not the first such excavation to be carried out downtown, but this year's dig promises to be longer and more extensive than before. Archaeologists first broke ground at the site June 5, using a backhoe to dig deeper into ground than in previous digs in hopes of uncovering older remnants of Buffalo's industrial, residential and maritime past.
Since then, the team has been conducting the excavation by hand so as not to overlook or damage any artifacts on site.
Artifacts found in previous digs include bottles, household items, crockery, dolls, and a variety of industrial and maritime tools. A selection of those items is on display at the current excavation site, where curious visitors are invited to ask archaeologists to explain their significance.
Those interested in watching the team at work should visit the site from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on any of the following dates: Wednesday, July 13, 17, 27, and 31; Aug. 7, 10, and 21. The excavation site is bounded by Main and Hanover streets east of the Skyway pier, and is marked with large banners.


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We awoke with no plans, other than possibly not getting out of bed at all. Somehow I gained two extra children in the night (not counting Ivy.)
Some had morning baths while I put away laundry. We all ate something different for breakfast and I headed out to the farmer's market with the baby. We picked colored tomatoes and peppers for salsa, and a little box of kiwis. We bought fresh pita bread and hummus. And said hello to a friend. Or two.
Daddy had done all the dishes and was cutting up a watermelon just as we got home. We were invited to an impromptu pizza party with cousins. So we packed the melon and piled in the car. Afterward we called up my grandparents and stopped by for a visit. The boys caught an inch worm in the backyard. (He has now inched out of his jar and is possibly somewhere in my kitchen.)
On the way home we played our own made-up game of Hoop! - we'd try to be the first to spot a basketball hoop. There are a lot of basketball hoops in Northwest Indiana.
At dinner (leftovers from the grill last night) and brownies baking in the oven, Noah smiled and wished out loud I don't want this day to ever end. I don't want this day to ever end.
I have no pictures from today, but I'll see it in their eyes forever.
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STATELINE, Nev. - After the drug-overdose death of singer Bradley Nowell cut short the career of Sublime in 1996, just before the song "What I Got" broke through on radio and gave the group a No. 1 alternative rock single, the surviving members, Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson didn't try to trade on the Sublime name.
Instead, they formed a group called the Long Beach Dub Allstars (featuring several other musicians that had collaborated with Sublime, such as Michael "Miguel" Happoldt (of the Ziggens), Todd Forman (of 3rd Alley) and "Field" Marshall Goodman.
That band lasted until 2002, by which time drummer Gaugh had joined the short-lived group Eyes Adrift, which also featured Krist Novoselic of Nirvana and Curt Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets, while bassist Wilson went on to form the group Long Beach Short Bus.
So it probably caught more than a few people off guard when Gaugh and Wilson resurfaced in 2009 with singer-guitarist Rome Ramirez, billing themselves as Sublime when they played Cypress Hill's "Smokeout Festival" in San Bernardino, California.
Now the trio has released its first CD, "Yours Truly," under the name Sublime With Rome. (The group adopted the new name after Nowell's family and estate sued to prevent the trio from performing or recording under the name Sublime.)
So why did Gaugh and Wilson return to music using the Sublime name, when they sought to establish their other post-Sublime projects as something separate from Sublime?
Ramirez points to two main factors in the decision.
"First and foremost they're no longer cloudy with all the (stuff) going on from the past. Drugs and alcohol had taken a really bad effect on everybody," Ramirez said. "So the dudes are clean and sober now. They've been that way for years. So that's definitely helped shape their perspective, which of course leads to my answer. Honestly, man, I think it feels right. I may end up sounding like the biggest-talking son of a bitch on the planet, but I think they found someone - someone would be me - that they feel comfortable with.
"We also get along just as friends and as brothers would," the singer said. "So there's a comfort level here. So when we play music and when we write music together, it's something that feels very, very special. They'll tell you the exact same thing."
The story about how Sublime With Rome became reality does seem to carry a good deal of serendipity.
After Eyes Adrift, Gaugh formed a short-lived band called Volcano, but retreated to his new home in Nevada, where he played in a surf rock group called Del Mar.
Wilson, meanwhile put together Long Beach Short Bus (which included several members of Long Beach Dub Allstars). That group disbanded in 2007.
Ramirez, who at age 24, is some 20 years younger than Gaugh and Wilson, met Wilson while the two were working at a studio owned by a mutual friend. Ramirez (who was a major fan of Sublime growing up) and Wilson began jamming together, and over time became friends. According to Ramirez, the idea of forming a new Sublime happened quite casually.
"After hanging out with him for so long and jamming, we'd play like a couple of Sublime songs here and there, like at one of his parties or something," Ramirez said. "But he actually just kind of thought of it one day and just asked me. He's like, 'Would you be down with singing with Sublime?' I was like 'Hell yeah.' So we went to see Bud and hung out with Bud for a little bit, and jammed the next week all day long. It was awesome, man. That was the start of great things."
It wasn't like Wilson and Gaugh had been plotting ahead of time to find a new singer and re-form Sublime, either.
"Man, those guys hadn't talked for years," Ramirez said. "That wasn't even the plan. I would say, if anything, I got some best friends talking to each other again. The only reason I think they wanted to call it Sublime is because they wanted to play their old material. There were Sublime songs, and they're Sublime, if you ask me."
Now the trio is Sublime With Rome, with a recently released CD in "Yours Truly" and the task of making music and touring in the shadow of a legacy that only grew to substantial proportions after the original Sublime was no longer a group.
That edition of Sublime self-released its first CD, "40 Oz. to Freedom," in 1992 and started to gather momentum when a song from that CD, "Date Rape," began getting airplay on the Los Angeles powerhouse rock radio station KROQ. In 1995, the group co-headlined the first Warped tour, and then headlined the first SnoCore tour in early 1996. That spring the group finished its self-titled second CD, only to see Nowell fall victim to his drug overdose.
His death brought a wave of attention to the band, and with the success of the single "What I Got," Sublime gained the kind of major popularity it never experienced when the group was touring.
In the years since, the self-titled album has become an alternative rock touchstone, with its mix of ska, reggae, punk, surf rock and hip-hop influencing a host of acts that have come along since.
But Rome said he hasn't felt the weight of expectations that much, and the band as a whole hasn't felt as much pressure as one might expect.
In fact, there's a feeling that the entire project carries a certain blessing.
"It just feels like, because of the way everything has come together so smoothly and how genuine this all feels, Brad's presence just feels so a part of it," Ramierz said. "I'm very grateful for that. I mean, everything we've done up to this point we can honestly feel very satisfied and confident about."
"Yours Truly" has a natural flow and buoyant energy - as well as the variety and stylistic trademarks of the original Sublime.
"Panic" and "My World" are ska tunes on steroids, as blaring guitars give them an extra boost. Reggae remains a key component in the mix as well, as "Lovers Rock" offers a straight-up taste or reggae, while other reggae-based songs add in elements of rock and soul ("Murdera") and folk ("Same Ol' Situation"). The punk side of the group comes out on the hyper-driven "Paper Cuts," while "PCH" finds the group successfully stepping into Jack Johnson-ish acoustic pop.
The singer said Sublime With Rome is putting several of the new songs into its live set.
Rome, who has a songwriting deal with Sony and last week released his first solo effort, an EP called "Dedication," said he has adjusted nicely to performing on the big stages Sublime With Rome will play this summer.
"I went from playing in front of 200 people to 20,000 people in two months. There was no in-between," Rome said. "So I had to (adjust). It was the only thing I had ever wanted to do since I was a child, and you usually only get one shot. I wouldn't let fear dictate my future and ruin anything. So I just said hey, this is your shot. This is it. Just have fun. That's our whole thing, man. I just always make sure I'm having fun in whatever the hell I'm doing. If it's not fun, then it no longer becomes genuine."


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Sunday's Erie region forecast: lake-effect snow warning
The National Weather Service office in Cleveland has issued a lake-effect snow warning for Erie and Crawford counties.
The warning remains in effect from noon today through Tuesday at 6 a.m.
Lake-effect bands could dump from 8 to 15 inches of snow in some parts of the region through Monday night, according to the weather service.
Lake-effect snow showers will become heaver and increase this afternoon with possible accumulation of 2 to 4 inches.
Winds will be from the west today at 17 to 22 mph. The high temperature will be near 23.
Erie could receive an additional 2 to 4 inches of snow tonight, according to the weather service. The low will be around 17, with windchill temperatures as low as minus-1.
Lake-effect snow will continue into Monday, with 2 to 4 inches of accumulation possible during the day. The high temperature will be near 21 and the low around 14.
Tuesday's forecast calls for a chance of snow with a high near 26.
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Many home owner want to grow their own fruit and vegetables and take great pride in producing their own food. But unfortunately, fruits and vegetable can be attacked by many insect and disease organisms that often require either insecticides or fungicides for control. You will find a large selection of chemicals that can be purchased separately or mixed together as a multipurpose fruit and vegetable spray.
Looking for a good multipurpose fruit spray usually contains three pesticides: Methoxychlor for chewing insect control, Malathion for sucking insect control and Captan for disease control.
As with any chemical is important to read and follow the proper instructions that come with the products.
Malathion 57%has a new Label for vegetables, fruits, and nuts. Malathion is an emulsifiable concentrate containing 5 lbs. of Malathion per gallon. May be applied on vegetables, fruits, nuts, ornamentals, trees and pastures.


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