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ISSS-BU News 02 January 2012 ISSS-BU News
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Editor's Note: Happy New Year to all our readers! Best wishes for a peaceful, healthy and productive 2012. The Office of International Student and Scholar Services is till on holiday curtailment until Tuesday, January 3. The ISSS has special operating hours from Tuesday, January 3 – January 20, 2012: weekdays from 9:30am to 3:45pm except for Thursdays, when we are open from 11:30am to 3:45pm. The ISSS will resume its academic year office hours on Monday, January 23, 2012.
1. Are You Assisting New Spring 2012 Students?
2. Course Registration for Spring 2012
3. Important SEVIS Registration Information for International Students
4. Information on U.S. Visitor's Visas for Family Members and Friends From Abroad
5. Income Tax Information: Statement of Interest Earnings From Your Bank, Form 1099-INT
1. Are You Assisting New Spring 2012 Students?
New students are beginning to arrive to begin their studies for the Spring 2012 semester. If you are assisting a new student, be sure to bring them to the Office of International Student and Scholar Services so that ISSS distribute its new student early arrival information. ISSS business hours through Friday, January 20 are 9:30am to 3:45pm weekdays except Thursdays, when hours are 11:30am to 3:45pm. The ISSS returns to regular academic year office hours beginning Monday, January 23.
Orientation activities begin Wednesday, January 25, and orientation packets will be distributed during orientation check-in, Wednesday January 25 from 9:00am to 11:30am in the Old University Union Tillman Lobby (in front of the Mandela Room)
The full orientation schedule and registration information will be posted soon. Once it is available, it may be viewed at the ISSS website by going to the homepage and clicking on the appropriate link.
2. Course Registration for Spring 2012
The University's registration system on BU Brain http://bubrain.binghamton.edu will be turned on for Spring 2012 course registration beginning Friday, January 27, 2012 for new and continuing undergraduate students. Graduate students will be able to access BU Brain for course registration beginning January 23, 2012. The system will be available seven days a week until the evening of the course withdrawal deadline, which is March 30, 2012. Course adds will be accepted until the deadline of Friday, February 10. The system will accept course drops and deletes until the course drop deadline, Friday, February 10. After that date, the system will allow for course withdrawals until the course withdrawal deadline of March 30. Please note that students who drop courses during the course withdrawal period will receive a grade of W.
Schedule of Classes
The Schedule of Classes for Spring 2012 is available online at http://bubrain.binghamton.edu
The online schedule is the most up to date and accurate source of course information and is the only published version of the Schedule of Classes.
Students with outstanding debts to the University, and students who have not complied with University Health Service requirements will be blocked from registering. Students can also view their account balances and pay any outstanding debts through BU Brain, http://bubrain.binghamton.edu
Registration Start Times and Classroom Assignments
Students are assigned starting times for spring registration according to their total cumulative credits, not including advance registration credits. Students can check their total cumulative credits by going to BU Brain http://bubrain.binghamton.edu
You can view and print your schedule from BU Brain at any time. Student schedules will not be mailed. Please look online for your classroom assignments.
* Classroom assignments are subject to change. Assignments on BU Brain are the most accurate and up to date.
Registration start times are available at: http://registrar.binghamton.edu/registration.htm
3. Important SEVIS Registration Information for International Students
Students in F or J status are reminded that in order for them to be in compliance with SEVIS requirements, they must register promptly for the Spring 2012 semester. The last day to add classes for Spring 2012 is February 10, 2012. No later than February 24, 2011, the University is required to notify the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) via SEVIS of any new Binghamton student who entered the United States on a Binghamton I-20 or DS-2019 but has not yet registered. No later than February 29, 2012, the University is required to notify the DHS of any continuing Binghamton student who was registered for Fall 2011 but who has not registered for Spring 2012 (and did not graduate, withdraw, take a leave of absence, or transfer to a new U.S. school).
Special Note for Graduate Students: Graduate students (both master's and PhD) who are course-completed and register for thesis, project, pre-dissertation, dissertation or other course rubrics that are eligible to be certified as full time even though the number of credits will be below the normal full-time course load do not need special permission from the ISSS for a reduced course load. Instead, such students must submit the Graduate School's "Certification of Full-Time Working Towards Degree Status For Students Not Receiving Funding" OR "Certification of Full-Time Working Towards Degree Status Funded Students Only" to their department each semester for filing with the Graduate School.
A graduate student who can be considered as "full-time" with fewer than 9 credits (such as a student taking thesis or dissertation credit) should still show as 9 credits in BU Brain because additional credits of GRAD 700 (if not funded) or GRAD 701 (if funded) will be added by the Graduate School to bring the student to 9 credits, once the student submits the required "Certification of Full-Time Working Towards Degree Status Form."
4. Information on U.S. Visitor's Visas for Family Members and Friends From Abroad
Do you have a family member or friend from abroad who is planning to come to the United States for a visit?
The Office of International Student and Scholar Services prepares letters of invitation
for Binghamton University students who wish to invite family members and friends from
abroad to visit. These letters can be very useful for visa interviews. You may request
a letter of invitation by visiting the ISSS, or by using the web form at:
You will need to know the following information for each person you wish to invite:
Family Name (surname) as it appears on the passport
First Name(s) as it appears on the passport
Date of birth
City and country of birth
Country of citizenship
Relationship to you
A good source of information about U.S. visitor's visas is the U.S. State Department's
travel website. Here is the direct link:
Also, visa information specific to a particular US Embassy or Consulate can be found by consulting that Embassy's or Consulate's website. Find the index to all U.S. Embassies world-wide at: http://www.usembassy.gov/
5. Income Tax Information: Statement of Interest Earnings From Your Bank, Form 1099-INT
This is part of a weekly series of "Income Tax Information" that appear in ISSS-BU News. To view back issues go to: http://isss-new.binghamton.edu and click on "ISSS-BU News."
Today's income tax article is about the statement of interest earnings (1099-INT) that you may soon receive from your bank.
If you have a checking or savings account in the United States which earns interest, a certificate of deposit (CD) or other cash investments, you may have already received or will soon receive a form from your bank or investment institution called a "1099-INT" which shows the interest or dividends you earned on your savings or investments for the 2011 calendar year. This information is provided to you for tax purposes, and is also reported to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by your bank or investment institution. It is important to save these interest statements, because in SOME instances, you may be required to report the interest or dividend income on your income tax forms.
Review the form carefully. Was income tax withheld from your interest earnings? If tax was withheld from your bank interest, and you are in F-1 or J-1 student status and have been continuously in F-1 or J-1 status for five years or less (entered the United States as F-1 or J-1 student in 2007 or later), interest may have been withheld in error. To correct this situation for future years, obtain form W-8BEN, fill it out, and give it to your bank or financial institution that issued the 1099-INT. W-8BEN forms with instructions are available in the ISSS. For more information on the W-8BEN, go to the following link on the ISSS website: http://www.binghamton.edu/isss/taxes/formw8.html
International students who have been continuously in F-1 or J-1 status for five years or less (entered the U.S as F-1 or J-1 2007 or later) generally file income tax forms as non-residents, and are usually not required to report interest as earnings, although dividend income MUST be reported.
International students who have been continuously in F-1 or J-1 status for MORE than five years (entered the U.S. as F-1 or J-1 2006 or earlier) generally file income tax forms as residents for tax purposes, and are taxed on all world-wide income, INCLUDING interest earnings. However, residents for tax purposes also have greater benefits under the tax laws, such as larger income deductions, deductions for dependents, etc.
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Starting position: Stand with feet hip-width apart. Engage your abdominal / core muscles ("bracing") to stiffen your torso and stabilize your spine. Pull your shoulder blades down and back toward your hips. Your arms are hanging comfortably along your side.
With the right foot planted on the ground, lift the left knee to hip height. Bend the elbows to ninety degrees. As you raise the left knee, swing the right arm forward and the left arm back.
Continue to brace the abdominals to keep the torso rigid and the spine straight. Lean forward on the right hip as you extend the left hip behind you. At the same time, reach the right arm forward and the left elbow back. Keep the right foot firmly planted into the ground to maintain balance and stability. To help maintain balance, find a spot on the floor and fix your gaze on that spot. This will create additional stability.
When you have reached what you feel is your end range-of-motion while balanced on your right leg, fully straighten the left elbow, keeping the arm at shoulder height. At the same time straighten the knee straight back to create full hip extension. Point the toes of the left foot toward the wall behind you in order to move into full extension of the left hip. Maintain abdominal bracing to ensure balance and stability. Try to keep the hips level. Do not let the left hip drop towards the floor or lift upward. Hold this position for 3-5 seconds.
Keep the abdominals engaged as you return to an upright, standing position. Repeat this movement for a specified number of repetitions or time frame.Change sides and repeat for the same number of repetitions or period of time.
Exercise Variation: To add resistance and increase the level of difficulty, hold a dumbbell in your left hand (the weight should be in the hand opposite the standing (balance) leg).
If balancing on the right leg, use the left leg to help move into a position of flexion on the right hip; pointing the left leg backwards while pointing the toes and straightening the legs will help move the right hip into a position of flexion.

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Современные Апартаменты в Гааге, Wifi
Спальные места4
Ванные комнаты1
Площадь110 м²
Этаж №
- Возможность проживания семьи/детей
- Кухня
- Стиральная машина/сушилка
- Курение разрешено
- Приспособлено для инвалидов
- Можно с домашними животными
- Полотенца
Краткое описание жилья
|Loosduinseweg, 2571 AZ Den Haag, Нидерланды
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Division: Ground floor, garden (southeast). Entrance, corridor with marble floor, stylish classic The Hague style en-suite living rooms separated by sliding doors, ornamented plaster ceilings, etc etc.; spacious walk-in closet with washing machine; separate toilet; spacious kitchen with all facilities (no dishwasher, though), corridor to backhouse with 1 single bedroom, spacious bathroom with bathtub, shower and bidet, master bedroom with 180x200 bed with tempur mattrasses.
All rooms, including the bathroom, have French windows to the sunny garden. 2 ladies bicycles present. Accu driven invalid chair available. The street is bordered by a nice small park with a quiet and safe playground for children. Many shops and supermarkets at walking distance. Around the corner a petrol station 24/7 open, with minimarket and fresh bread and croissants in the morning.
A house to feel at home immediately. Wifi internet connection present. In one of the 2 living rooms there is a comfortable Ikea bed couch that offers extra sleeping place for a couple.
Parking your car.
Parking in The Hague is paid almost everywhere. In the street, in front of the house, parking is free from 00.00h until 18.00h. Between 18.00 and 24.00 you have to pay (some 10 euros). For short stays (a few days), the parking meter in front of the house must be used.
For long stays (a month or more) the best thing is to buy a parking permit for one month at Parkeerbeheer Den Haag. This reduces parking costs a lot.
About The Hague: The Hague is a very interesting destination to spend a short stay, or even a holiday, in the Netherlands. In fact it is the second destination after Amsterdam. It's one of the greenest cities in Holland, with many big and interesting parks, musea, lots of places where old and modern architecture meet (looking from the "Plaats" you have an amazing view of the old Parliament Buildings and the spectacular towering new architecture rising behind it), and it is located just on the Dutch seaside with an amazing natural landscape of beaches and dunes.
About the weather. The Hague is a place to be enjoyed with any kind of weather, when the sun shines, its beautiful beaches invite to lay down in its fine sand and to jump in the waves, when it's cloudy or even when it rains, you just prepare your rain suit, take your bike and go for a walk through the dunes and along the beach, to enjoy the spectacular view of the towering skies, chasing clouds, whipping rain, floating seagulls above the North Sea and the dunes, and you will experiment yourself the very landscapes painted by the painters of the The Hague School and that can be admired in the Mesdag Museum in The Hague.
About Public Transport. The Hague has excellent public transport, which brings you in almost no time to Vermeer's Delft, Rembrandt's Leiden, and of course to Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
Being the seat of the Dutch Government and the residence of the Queen of the Netherlands, The Hague boasts one of Europe's oldest and finest governmental building complexes (The Ridderzaal with the Houses of Parliament around it) and the Royal Palaces Noordeinde and Huis ten Bosch.
Just cross the street and take tram line 2 which will bring you in 6 minutes to Grote Markt, which is the very city center.
However, the best way to go around The Hague is by bike. In the apartment there are 2 bikes. More bikes can be rented at The Hague "Hollands Spoor" Station, where for only 7,50 per day you can rent a bike.
Правила ПроживанияNormal use with respect for belongings and neighbours.
|Цена за неделю (вплоть до 4 гостей)
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Nice apartment in a good location.straightforward key collection from neighbour even though he wasn't expecting us. Communication doesn't seem to be a strong point as the cleaner turned up with clean bedding at 2200hrs the day after we arrived.
The best place to feel like you're living in your friend's apartment.
Nice district, good neighbours, private garden and bikes to go to the seaside, shopping, and discover the beautiful city - are included.
Thanks to have a really good time, wish to come here the next time!
Everything was fine, the appartment offers everything you need and Felix helped with "remote-support" whenever needed. For everything else the neighbour was a great help.
Felix has a nice and cosy apartment with a charming atmosphere. It is well located so you can easily reach the sea or the city centre.
We really enjoyed our stay and it was a pleasure to be his guest.
big and nice flat. Old but clean and tidy. Bath and toilet refurbished.
I enjoyed the stay, organisation was easy even Felix was absent.
We had a very nice stay in Den Haag. The apartment is good for 3 persons. The supplementary bed in the living room allows to put up two more guests, but they need earplugs because the street in front is quite noisy. On the whole: highly recommendable
Very authentic and central apartment, we enjoyed the stay. Contact was very nice and friendly. I'll come again, if it happens to be.
I had a great stay at this apartment – everything was in place and as described. Public transport at your door step, making it extremely easy to get around! Private and cosy, I would stay here again for sure!
Many thanks for the being relaxing stay in the nicely renovated and clean flat. We found there everything what we needed and particularly the bicycles were a great thing.
Many greetings from Munich, Tamara
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text: I was planning on doing a space theme with this bike before this build off came up, so it gives me a good excuse to start on it. Here's a Western Flyer that I bought on Craigslist this past Summer: I may do a Star Trek theme... haven't decided but rest assured it will be sweeeet! Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!


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Dino-mite Delights at Dorney Park
Allentown Comfort Suites • Allentown, PA
Escape Kit
- A One-Night Stay for Up to Six
- Two Adult Tickets to Dorney Park
- Welcome Basket, Towels for Water Park, and $10 Hotel Credit
- Early Check-In
You don't want to seem like a fossil when it comes to your kids—so bone up on a meteoric vacation with this week's Escape to Allentown Comfort Suites across from Wildwater Kingdom and Dorney Park with its new dinosaur area.
Excavate groundbreaking family fun with a one-night stay for a family of up to six ($148) in a spacious guest room featuring two double beds, a couch, cable TV, in-room coffee maker, and a refrigerator and microwave. Two adult Dorney Park tickets, towels to take to the water park, early check-in, a welcome basket, and a full breakfast will keep you warm-blooded.
Get those Jurassic juices flowing at Dorney Park where the newly opened Dinosaurs Alive! entertains with an awesome simulated T-Rex fight. Little claws get dirty at the kids' dig site, and everyone will want to uncover the eight different roller coasters with varying degrees of thrill. If you get dino-sore from screaming, you'll find Planet Snoopy and Wildwater Kingdom calmer sorts of classification.
Carnivores and herbivores alike can stalk back to the hotel's LINX Restaurant & Pub for a refreshing beer, a freshly fried or broiled crab cake, or a heart salad.
Take a bite out of family fun—before this getaway goes extinct.
For additional information, visit Allentown Comfort Suites on Facebook.
"We never tire of going [to Dorney Park]. [It] has two wave pools, a variety of tube slides and body slides, two lazy rivers, and numerous interactive play areas... A 20 passenger log flume will get you soaked."-- TripAdvisor
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The Pine River City Council voices support of bike lanes
At the July 9 regular meeting of the Pine River City Council, Quinn Swanson of Pine River Revitilization (PRR) and a group of supporters asked the council to approve a resolution supporting bicycle lanes along Barclay Avenue in Pine River.
The project would involve restructuring the four lanes and two parking lanes on Barclay Ave. In this proposed project, there would be a center turn lane with one lane of traffic on either side flanked on both sides by directional bicycle lanes, parking, and then sidewalks.
Council member Tamara Hansen said her biggest concern was for the cost of the project. It was mentioned that bicycle lanes would require that the current stripes on Barclay Avenue would need to be removed and repainted. Those lines would need regular retouching as well, though the Minnesota Department of Transportation might be responsible for some or all of those costs.
Swanson explained that the resolution was not asking for monetary contributions, but was just intended to show that the council supports the idea of bike lanes. Swanson explained that MnDot was less willing to discuss the project with PRR without the support of the city. She said that with the resolution the group would be able to pursue more information regarding the project.
Mayor Jim Sabas expressed his support of the subject.
"I think they're a great idea to get that congestion of bikes off the sidewalks. I don't think there'd be any problems with traffic on the street," Sabas said. "Right now it's shaped for a four lane highway through town and I think we can get by with just the two major lanes."
John Wetrosky of PRR and the Pine River Chamber of Commerce also spoke out in support of the bicycle lane project.
"I've had a lot of bikers this year going off the trail going downtown, and I think we need to look at this as an investment as well as a cost. If we're going to invite these people, they eat at the Cottage Café, they eat at Jr's, they eat at the coffee shop. I think we're looking at an investment to bring more people down there to use that dam. We're all paying taxes as business owners, so it makes me want to bring those folks down there in a safe manner."
A motion was made to approve the resolution by Tony Desanto. The motion was seconded by Patty Melby and the resolution was passed.


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New release: FF53
BERLIN, GERMANY, June 2010 – FSI FontShop International announced the latest additions to its award-winning FontFont® typeface library.
The new FontFonts
FF Amman came into existence as Yanone's graduation project at Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany. In late 2008, Yanone set out to Amman, the capital of Jordan, following an invitation by Ahmad Humeid from the local design and branding office Syntax. They were to re-brand the capital's municipality in preparation of Amman's centennial celebrations.
First and main part of Yanone's diptychon »Amman The FFilm« about the making of the FF Amman typeface for Jordan's capital on occasion of its centennial celebrations in 2009.
Never officially commissioned as a custom typeface, it was rather a birthday present from Syntax and Yanone for Amman, and the perfect university graduation project for Yanone. In the end, the typeface with several typographic novelties has been widely used for all kinds of municipal services in Amman. The family consists of seven sans and four serif weights, each with their true Italics and both Latin and Arabic character sets. It is one of the largest bilingual families ever made, one of the few designed bilingually from scratch and the first containing true Arabic Italics.
FF DIN Round — This welcome addition to FontFont's most popular family brings a softness to FF DIN's simplicity and industrial sterility. FF DIN Round is more than a "search-and-replace" rounded version of its predecessor. Albert-Jan Pool and his team redrew each letterform to maintain the structure of the original. This ensures FF DIN and FF DIN Round will work well together in logos, slogans, price tags, etc. as compatible parts of advertising campaigns and corporate identities.
FF DIN Round is not only a good companion to FF DIN, its smooth and friendly curves make it work on its own for branding strategies for family cars, bikes, household appliances, sportswear, shoes, or medical products. It's also very legible on screen.
FF Suhmo is inspired by classic Egyptian and typewriter fonts such as Courier and American Typewriter, which feature headline and text use. This impressive duality was Alex Rütten's guideline for the concept of FF Suhmo. At the same time, many formal details were derived from the typical neon-lettering you can find on aged Italian restaurants in Germany. FF Suhmo has short ascenders and descenders and a generous x-height, making it a good choice for editorial design. It combines simplicity and functionality with playfulness, offering interesting details such as loops and swashes and a slight stroke contrast. Its varied details are unobtrusive in text sizes while developing character and sparkle in headlines.
FF Suhmo's extensive character set includes numerous special characters and ligatures, several figure sets and small caps throughout all styles. The family consists of 4 weights: Light, Regular, Bold and Black, each with an Italic. The weights were staggered to complement each other within a layout, the Black corresponding to the Regular and the Light corresponding to the Bold weight, allowing words or phrases to be clearly stressed within a text. The Italics are lighter than the Roman and have a relatively slight angle of slope. The forms are derived from a manual writing process and often cross the base-line or the x-height.read more
New release: FF49
BERLIN, GERMANY, July 2009 - FSI FontShop International announced the latest additions to its award-winning FontFont® typeface library.
The new FontFonts
FF Dagny™ — In 2002, the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter (DN) changed from broadsheet to tabloid – a change that came along with a major impact on DN's journalism, editing and design. Pangea design's Creative Director, Örjan Nordling, had already worked with DN as a design consultant in 1996. In 2000, DN had been redesigned under the leadership of Dr. Mario Garcia. For the new design Nordling had created DN Bodoni exclusively for Dagens Nyheter. The change to tabloid called for a more compact setting and Pangea design was commissioned to produce a matching sans serif for Sweden's largest daily newspaper. This became DN Grotesk which now has evolved into FF Dagny.
For the FontFont library Nordling and Göran Söderström made several adjustments, the contrast in stroke thickness was reduced for better legibility in small sizes and characters were redesigned together with the FontFont Type Department. The family now includes a range of consistent weights from Thin to Black making it perfect for use in body text and all kind of other applications. The name Dagny is an abbreviation of Dagens Nyheter as well as an old nordic female name meaning "new day".
FF Duper™ — Martin Wenzel's original idea from 1998 evolved into a kind of informal FF Profile in the end. The new FF Duper has a home-made touch, but provides of course all typographic qualities of a contemporary OpenType font. FF Duper consists of Regular, Bold, Regular Italic and Bold Italic weights, supports more than 60 languages, has several figure sets and fractions and includes alternative forms for a, g and y as well as a set of arrows, bullets and ornaments. And there is a special extra: All weights contain three versions of each glyph and via an OpenType feature the three alternatives are used in succession, treating vowels and consonents separately and recognizing even spaces between words for a lively and hand-made appearance of the typed text. Preliminary versions of the typeface have already been successful in education and school projects, but there are surely more areas where FF Duper perfectly fits in.
FF Kava™ started out as a free typeface called Kaffeesatz, published by Yanone in 2004 during the early stages of his type designing career. The bold weight was reminiscent of coffeehouse grotesk typefaces of the 1920s, while the lighter versions were supposed to bridge the gap to contemporary type design.
The current FF Kava family is a carefully revised, more rounded version of the old Kaffeesatz fonts. A black weight has been added as well as small caps and more figure sets to form now an attractive modern and soft sans serif type family.
FF Unit® Slab: When Kris Sowersby, Christian Schwartz and Erik Spiekermann were designing the parameters for FF Meta Serif, they spent quite some time on details like the thickness and the shape of the serifs – should the face veer towards a slab with blocky, heavy serifs or should it be more of a traditional book face? In the end, they went for a "normal" serif face with fairly solid serifs, but some thick-thin contrast and counters that aren't totally parallel to the outside shape of the letters. Stronger and thus more useful than Times New Roman while not as constructed as Rockwell.read more


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Successful societies have always respected what the the wise can teach us. But it's not easy to learn directly from people whose grasp of any subject well exceeds our own, in part because person-to-person learning is easily supplanted by online engagement.
I spend plenty of time staring at screens, yet I know from years of facilitating non-violence workshops that something important happens as we discuss, practice, and hone our skills together. Real learning is like a spark transferred. Going online is practically a reflex for us, but if our learning is confined there what's lost is rich perspective and valuable hands-on experience.
If you know where to look you can find sculptors, farmers, astronomers, welders, storytellers, clock repair experts, and cartoonists right in your community. Let's take my hometown of Cleveland as an example. I can learn glass blowing at the Glass Bubble Project, eviscerate and stuff a rat to look like a tiny tie-wearing butler during a taxidermy workshop at Sweet Not Salty, apply Brian Swimme's cosmology to my life direction at River's Edge, make pasta by hand at Loretta Paganini School of Cooking, march with the Red Hackle Pipes & Drums band as I learn to play bagpipes from a former Pipe Major of Scotland's Black Watch, drop my kids off where they can partner with working scientists at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History's future scientist program, volunteer to rehabilitate injured birds at the Medina Raptor Center, and learn to make handmade books at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Museums, libraries, colleges and universities, cultural and ethnic organizations, recreational centers, and plenty of other places in your neighborhood are brimming with great workshops and classes too.
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Re: Drawing Home avatars[ Edited ]
Thanks Joanna..i wish i could finish it, i wanted to add more things and the left side, but my stylus and tablet decided i shouldnt
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Thanks Joanna..i wish i could finish it, i wanted to add more things, but my stylus and tablet decided i shouldnt
Oh you will at some point. Goodness don't feel like you have to finish everyone who asked. You'd be doing that forever. Hope you get it fixed soon because I'm sure you enjoy it.
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All of these drawings look amazing. Very nice job Julia! I'll have to post some photos when you got the time.
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I want to keep making 1 or 2 complete drawings each week like i did until now, and by early next week i will replace my stylus so i can continue
A thank you also to the many users that didnt post here but sent awesome private messages, this forum has a lot of great people
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A friend helped me and it was just software issues, so i didnt have to replace my tablet or stylus
I drew Hinata and Soulycon avatars, they posted this picture:
and i made this drawing (to see it in full resolution right click on it and copy url into a new tab):
Sorry if i changed some colours and i hope you like it!


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The Millhouse is a large, comfortable and completely refurbished old millhouse in a small village Ribno,1.8km from Bled
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There are 4 bars, 3 restaurants and a bakers selling essentials in the village.
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Navarro... ugh.
I had this waiting to go last AB but it seems only slightly less relevant now
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The Kiwis will take their first steps towards the retention of their title in Sydney next week, with an unprecedented pre-season training camp in Sydney from Friday to Sunday.
Between 30 and 40 players will be present at the 'Heritage Camp' in Manly, along with coaches Stephen Kearney and Tony Iro and other high performance and team staff.
"We see this as the beginning of the campaign," says New Zealand Rugby League high performance manager Tony Kemp.
"It's about getting together as a group, outlining plans and structures and setting goals and strategies."
While a large emphasis of this camp is October's World Cup, Kemp expects that the gatherings will become annual. Last year, the senior leadership group met on several occasions in Sydney and this camp is a logical extension of that.
"Historically, we have not been able to work a lot in high performance," says Kemp. "This has changed in the last few years and we want to continue to grow in that area and take as many chances as possible to come together as a group. We want this to become a fixed part of the calendar."
"Some of the players who come in haven't been involved with us over the last 12 months or so," says Kearney, "so it might be a bit of an eye opener for them. It's important to set the expectations now from a representative point of view for 2013."
The players will be released from their NRL clubs, despite the fact that many of them are marquee figures, with the NZRL giving an undertaking that any physical work will be kept to a minimum.
"It won't be so much physical as mental," says Kemp. "We know they have been training their butts off with their clubs, so there is no need for that."
There will be some light activities with the local surf lifesaving club on Manly beach but most of the time will be spent in workshops and presentations.
"There will be sessions on leadership, mental skills, sports science and medical aspects," says Kemp. "The coaches will also run their own sessions on the style of football we are aiming to achieve and there will be separate courses with our emerging leaders."
The camp has been funded from the high performance grant of $400,000 from Sport New Zealand in the latest round of funding targeting the 2013 World Cup. It completes a considerable turnaround for the game, which was regarded as a 'problem child' of New Zealand sport before former chief executive Jim Doyle began his rescue mission in 2008.
The NZRL also plan to recruit more staff for the campaign, including another member of the management team to complement Kearney, Iro and Kemp.
"We would like to get some additional experience there," says Kemp. "We have a couple of senior people in mind; we already have plenty of knowledge but grey hair brings its own wisdom."
The NZRL staff will arrive on Thursday in Sydney, with the players coming into camp on Friday afternoon. Former All Blacks coach Graham Henry was approached to address the players on Saturday evening but had prior commitments, though Kemp says they have other guest speakers lined up.


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Pamela, an out-of-work tester, has a master's degree in computer science and is most of the way to a doctorate in quality. She has eight years of experience in testing. Pamela has been unemployed for the past six months, and no one will even interview her.
Pamela doesn't have any perceptible flaws on her resume, except for the time she took off from work to go to school. She has great references. Okay, she's a geek, but a socially acceptable and technically astute geek.
No one will phone screen or interview Pamela because she doesn't have all the toolset vendor acronyms on her resume. She has experience with parts of numerous testing tools, but not more than a couple of months' experience with any piece of one. Pamela's not comfortable putting the tool names on her resume because she doesn't have even one year of experience with any of them. Hiring managers and internal recruiters seem to be looking for tool experience rather than a person who can learn about a tool.
What a shortsighted mistake.
Why does this happen? One of the reasons many hiring managers and HR staff rely on tool experience is that they don't know how to define the requirements for the kind of employee they want to hire.
I recommend against filtering resumes for specific toolset experience. It eliminates some of the most talented people, people who can easily learn a tool-who are already great testers, but not familiar with your toolset.
This mistake is not restricted to test managers or other technical managers. However, as technical people, we are more likely to depend on HR for initial resume screening. And, because most HR staff don't understand what testers do, or understand the desired experience, they screen resumes based on things they can easily check off as a "yes" or a "no" (e.g., toolset, operating system, compiler experience, etc.).
Instead of letting your HR staff filter out promising resumes, try some or all of these alternatives.
Talk to Your HR Staff
When I have taught HR staff how to read technical resumes, I would write down a grid of the kinds of technical experience I expected to encounter on resumes. I listed the potential operating systems, compilers, and tools experience I wanted. Then, I talked to the HR staff. I explained why I was looking for this experience. I explained the relative importance of each kind of experience. In addition, I explained which personal qualities (such as perseverance, initiative, focus, curiosity, skepticism, problem identification, problem solving, goal orientation, adaptability, etc.) were important, and how those qualities ranked with the technical skills. I discussed what I was willing to trade off, in terms of tool experience vs. other experience. For example, I'm much more interested in knowing that a tester knows how to describe a defect so that a developer will fix it, rather than in which tool she has written scripts. In my experience as a hiring manager, once someone has learned a tool or two, learning another tool is trivial. I'm more interested in a candidate's personal qualities, so I have a group that works
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Even when I've had the discussion with HR, sometimes they can't help us. Some resume-screening tools categorize resumes by acronym, not by what the candidate has done. Or sometimes my HR person is a junior employee, someone who hasn't worked long enough to understand what I'm saying. Or sometimes the HR staff is too busy to screen resumes in a timely fashion.
If that happens to you, then you can screen resumes yourself. Whenever I hire for an open position, I always screen the resumes myself. I create three piles: Yes, No, Maybe. I screen relatively loosely based on skill, and much more tightly based on how the person has worked, keeping in mind those personal qualities I want. I don't mind phone-screening lots of people, because I can learn more from a brief phone conversation than I can from a resume. I phone screen the "Yes" resumes, respond via HR for the "No" resumes, and after I'm done with the "Yes" resumes, I decide whether to pursue the "Maybes."


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Hands On With The NIKE STR8-FIT Driver
I'm not what you'd consider to be an avid golfer. I've played golf once in my life, and hit balls at a driving range only a handful of times. That being said, this past weekend I crushed about two-dozen golf balls with surprising consistency. Not only was I driving the ball straight down the range, I was getting excellent distance as well. With a good roll, I was probably driving the ball a good 250 yards...not bad for a novice. The secret to my success?;
NIKE's new DYMO SQ STR8-FIT driver. I was lucky enough to be able to use this club over the weekend, and myself along with my dad, uncles, and brother, couldn't stop raving about it after we put it through it's paces.
When it comes to golf, we're all at different experience levels. My younger brother and I are the beginners of the group. Having only tee'd it up but a handful of times in our lives, we both found ourselves having the best driving range sessions of our lives. My uncle Fred Zepeda is a novice, but he's a big fan of golf and watches it pretty regularly on TV. My father Bob Zepeda gets out to the course every so often, and you'll find find my uncle Mike out on the greens teeing it up weekly.
Here is what my Dad had to say:
"It [the NIKE STR8-FIT] really helped me drive the ball straight; it was probably the most consistently straight I've hit the ball. I like this driver. It's light, it's got a big face, and it's got a lot of surface area to hit the ball. Going in to the swing, I felt confidant that I'd make good contact because of it's wide face."
My uncle Fred also really liked the club:
"For a beginner, which is what I'd consider myself, I think I was able to swing pretty well. Most of my shots went pretty straight, I got good distance. I didn't get the height I was expecting, but I got the distance. And as long as it goes straight and long, that's all I care about. Like I said, I'm not the most avid golfer, so I wouldn't know how much a driver like this would cost. But I bet you it's worth whatever they're charging for it. And it's probably worth every penny."
As for my avid-golfer uncle Mike? He was quite impressed with the NIKE STR8-FIT:
"It's a very forgiving club. The sweet spot is a very good size, and the weight is really balanced. For those of us who have a tendency to slice the ball, it helps us to compensate on the swing and hit the ball a lot straighter.
I currently play a Taylor-Maid Quad and although it allows you to dial in your swing and compensate for your tendencies, the [NIKE STR8-FIT] just by design allows you to hit the ball a lot straighter. Obviously it's an important part of your golf game, being able to drive the ball straight down the line.
In terms of cost, my guess would be, for a club like this, you're looking at around 300-500 dollars. Especially considering the name brand and the fact that this driver is a top-end club that people use on the tour. This is absolutely a high-end club."
The simple STR8-Fit shaft adapter built into the hosel gives you access to eight unique head positions, delivering eight different ball flights to either dramatically correct your ball flight or subtly perfect it. Eight head positions. Eight ways to attack any course.
STR8-FIT Shaft Adapter and Hosel System
Eight possible head positions resulting in eight different shot shapes – all in a single driver.
Dynamic Moment of inertia
All SQ DYMO STR8-FIT and SQ DYMO² STR8-FITdrivers are engineered from the ground up with the express purpose of optimizing the launch and spin by loft. Distance is maximized in every loft by varying multiple specifications from lie angle, to MOI and CG placement, to overall head size and face depth.
Square or Round Geometry
Square geometry is about straight and long, great sound, optimal launch by loft, and great looks. A new folded round geometry repositions square mass into a round format for workable distance and control. Two designs for the player that wants to "swing away."
UST proforce AXIV Core Shafts
Engineered into the interior of the shaft, AXIV Core material increases the shaft's "hoop" strength, and counter-balance effect. Providing a stable environment at impact and making it easier to swing the club head faster.
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Designed to work and feel the same in any direction, the new SQ 360 degree design features inverted pyramids for maximum traction and grip in the left hand, and a tread pattern under the right hand improving comfort and feel.
Torque Wrench
Securely fasten your STR8-FIT shaft to the driver head with ease by using the 70 in/lbs torque wrench. This wrench fits comfortably in your hand and stays neatly in the head cover. Lights and alarms sound when the proper torque is achieved.
Head Cover with Wrench pounch and STR8-FIT Wheel
Information, storage and protection are what come with the STR8-FIT head covers. An attractive cover, with storage for the torque wrench, and head positioning reference wheel, keeps everything in one location.
June 16, 2009at 11:30 PM Posted by Rob Zepeda
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I currently play a Callaway Big Bertha Diablo but I've heard nothing but good things about the Nike Sasquatch line. The Str8 looks to be a winner, love to try it out for myself
I'm sorry where was the football discussion in this. I must have missed something or gone to the wrong website. I come here to read about football and the Chargers, not golf. WTF?
Golf is a great sport that I know many Charger players take part in. I have no problem reading this post.
I really think this club sounds like a winner! Thanks for the info!
RELAX, "ANONYMOUS GOLF SLAMMER", I THINK YOUR GIRDLE IS WAY TOO TIGHT. There's nothing wrong with mixing it up a little.
Bullsh*t!! This is NOT a golf site (nor bowling, kite flying, recipes, knitting, or scrapbooking), and it certainly shouldn't be a de facto ADVERTISING section for golf products masked as football opinions.
Enough is enough; get where a Google search will find you; not here.
LOL Hey Nice heads up on the Nike driver..
To the guys who are having the bad day..try your Google search for
waterboy weekly.. this sounds about your speed...lol
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Both are a steal in the used car market right now. You can get a 2012 model year car of either one for about 12 thousand bucks and still have a lot of bumper to bumper warranty left to go!The Impala or the Galant? Which would you choose?
Definitely the Impala. At least it is a fullsize car and has a competitive engine.
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Impala. No contest.
It is a competitive engine, but the Galant's old 2.4L four cylinder is a iron beast that lasts forever.
LOL Chevy sucks.The new Malibu is already at the bottom and the next Impala promises to be the same.I guess that's what you get for rebadging Korean cars.
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I've already said Impala elsewhere. That's a better looking pair of cars than one would expect-- amen for top lines of junk, eh?
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Impala, easy choice.A former co-worker of mine bought a new Galant and was upside-down on it before he left the lot. The Chevy also has nearly double the HP.
Impala by a significant margin. The new V6 in there actually makes it fun to drive (for a rental). Galant is still sitting in the 90s
NineInchNails:Impala, easy choice.A former co-worker of mine bought a new Galant and was upside-down on it before he left the lot. The Chevy also has nearly double the HP.I cannot ever imagine anyone buying a brand new Galant right now.
I guess the Impala. With that new LFX, they scoot pretty well. Toss some older SS wheels on there, with a tint job, and it'd be alright enough.
Can we all say just one nice thing about the Galant?
Zoomin:Can we all say just one nice thing about the Galant?It makes up appreciate the Impala.
Is used to be good?
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This ultimate cheesesteak, an iconic sandwich in Philly, is a best-seller at Pat's King of Steaks Restaurant. Patrons praise its thinly cut beef and crusty Italian rolls. —Frank E. Olivieri, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- 1 large onion, sliced
- 1/2 pound sliced fresh mushrooms, optional
- 1 small green pepper, sliced, optional
- 1 small sweet red pepper, sliced, optional
- 6 tablespoons canola oil, divided
- 1-1/2 pounds beef ribeye steaks, thinly sliced
- 4 crusty Italian rolls, split
- Process cheese sauce
- Ketchup, optional
- In a large skillet, saute the onion and, if desired, mushrooms and peppers in 3 tablespoons oil until tender. Remove and keep warm. In the same pan, saute beef in remaining oil in batches for 45-60 seconds or until meat reaches desired doneness.
- On each roll bottom, layer the beef, onion mixture, cheese and, if desired, ketchup. Replace tops. Yield: 4 servings.
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Hello All,
While I by no means consider myself a commercial beekeeper, I do want to hear opinions from those who are. I am up to 40 hives this year and with a very demanding career I do not have the time to work the bees as often as I once did. The first year that I kept bees I was in the hives almost every week. This was fun for me and allowed me to closely watch the bees and their life cycles. I know that this was overkill and may have actually been detrimental to the bees.
Now that I have as many hives as I do and a job that keeps me very busy I am trying to work out a reasonable schedule of hive inspections. Prior to the fruit tree bloom I went through all of the hives and check each frame and looked for queens. Now that apple bloom is over I went through them (mostly) again. I had moved a few of my strongest overwintered hives into a friends apple orchard for pollination and a couple of them (at least as far as I know I caught two) swarmed. I went through these hives again and was glad I did. We are entering a time of dearth for my area (Northwestern Michigan) and I was wondering how often I may need to check them at this time. Our major honeyflow (spotted knapweed) will not come until mid to late summer.
I have some nucs and swarms that I caught and I may want to check them more often, but I worry about my overwintered hives as I don't want any more to swarm. How often do you folks go through your hives? Is a quick check for eggs enough or do you look for the queen? I would love to hear some opinions from folks that have to make the most of their time while still making sure the bees are in good shape.
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Planted 8 pounds clover in 3 fields October last year. Ran harrows lightly over fields cut shallow grooves. Sowed the seed then drug with chain-link fence. Not one plant came up, any body know why?
Clover was (Georgia Bull Dog 5 lbs--Crimson Red 1 lb--Dutch 1 lb--New Zealand 1 lb)


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I was at a dinner last night. One of the other guests came up to me heres the basic conversation.
Guest: I understand that you are a beekeeper.
Me: Afraid so. Are you?
Guest: Im getting some bees this spring.
Me: Where ya gettin em?
Guest: I dont know yet.
Me: Oh .what sort of hives do you plan to use?
Guest: Uhhhhh .the white wooden ones.
Me: Ya ever kept bees before?
Guest: Nope but how hard can it be?
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Yearly archives: 2012
Posted: August 22, 2012
Bullying can happen anywhere—cities, suburbs, or rural towns. Depending on the environment, some groups—such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered (LGBT) youth, youth with disabilities, and socially isolated youth—may be at an increased risk of being bullied. Ingrid Donato is at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and is Chief of the Mental Health Promotion Branch within the Center for Mental Health Services. Ingrid oversees programs aimed at preventing mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders in youth and young adults, including addressing issues such as youth violence, bullying prevention, and early childhood development, as well as screening, systems integration, and access to care.
Recognizing the warning signs is an important first step in taking action against bullying. Not all children who are bullied or are... Continue Reading
Posted: August 20, 2012
What would happen if students took it upon themselves to improve their schools and communities? That's the question that Brandon Greene, currently a rising sophomore at Burrillville High School in Rhode Island, asked himself a few years ago.
As part of a 6th grade school project, Greene created a small committee to give back to his school and community and spread an anti-bullying message. Continue Reading
Posted: August 16, 2012
When federal leaders began a major effort to raise awareness about bullying prevention, it seemed that for every parent, teacher and community advocate who supported our mission, there was another to insist that bullying was either a normal part of growing up or "kids just being kids."
Eleven years later, a lot has changed.
At the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), we've done our part by connecting leaders on the ground with the resources they need to educate the public about the effects of bullying behavior and how to prevent it in schools and communities.
This summer, we continue our work.
Through a partnership with the American Camp Association (ACA), we are supplying free bullying prevention materials to more than 100 of ACA's Explore 30 Camps. Explore 30 is a new ACA program designed to address the threat that children who are not engaged in challenging, interesting, and fun activities in the summertime will return to school in the fall having forgotten much of what they learned in the previous academic year.
To support... Continue Reading
Posted: August 14, 2012
Across the country, local leaders are stepping up to address bullying in their communities. Now that more and more people are taking a stand, many have asked for resources to help them become more effective. In response, StopBullying.gov pulled together research-based recommendations to provide some guidance. We know that every child, family, school and community is unique. So the real question is, "How can we connect the dots to find out what works for youth in my town?"
The Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency that is part of the US Department of Health and Human Services, has developed the Bullying Prevention Training Module and Community Action Toolkit. Included in this resource:... Continue Reading
Posted: August 12, 2012
When I helped close the third annual Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention Summit on Tuesday, my colleagues and I gave attendees a simple charge: what are you going to do to further bullying prevention in the next year?
Posted: August 8, 2012
Yesterday, Cynthia Germanotta and I had the opportunity to discuss how to empower young people and end bullying at the Third Annual Bullying Prevention Summit in Washington, D.C. Cynthia and her daughter, Lady Gaga, recently founded the Born This Way Foundation to empower young people with the skills and opportunities they need to build a kinder, braver world.
As moms, both Cynthia and I realize the impact that bullying—and kindness—can have on young people. We both agreed that we must all stay focused on ending bullying because no young person, or their loved ones, should have to endure the pain, agony, and loss to our families, schools, and communities that can come with bullying.
We also agreed that we need to reinforce positive... Continue Reading
Posted: August 2, 2012
Next week, leaders of non-profit and corporate organizations engaged in anti-bullying work will join researchers, parents and students to participate in the third Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention Summit on August 6th and 7th in Washington, D.C.
The Summit is hosted by the Department of Education and will bring these groups and individuals together to discuss the successes and challenges of addressing bullying, and what needs to be done in the year to come. We've come a long way in the past year, but there is much to learn from the people who address bullying in the work they do day to day. It's important for us to hear the voices of those impacted by bullying from around the country and to share the knowledge we've gained to stop bullying. So for the first time this year, we will be livestreaming the entire Summit and engaging the at-home audience through Twitter ... Continue Reading


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NEWS RELEASE #05-140 July 18, 2005 DNR News (803) 734-3950
Applications are now being accepted for an opening-day dove hunt at Evans Field in Anderson County, conducted by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. Applications are due by 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15.
Thirty participants will be selected for the Saturday, Sept. 3 dove hunt in a public drawing to be held Tuesday, Aug. 16 at the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Clemson office.
There is no cost to apply for the drawing. Applicants should type or clearly print their name, mailing address, telephone number and hunting license number on a 3-by-5-inch index card and mail it or bring to the Clemson DNR office. Up to three people can apply together on the same index card, but make sure that complete information for each person is included. Duplicate entries will be disqualified. Send your application only on a 3-by-5-inch index card to the following address: Clemson DNR Office, Evans Dove Hunt Application, 153 Hopewell Road, Pendleton, SC 29670. For more information or questions about the dove hunt, call the Clemson DNR office at (864) 654-1671, extension 16, or send an e-mail to email@example.com.
In recent years, this popular dove field at the Evans Field near the Lebanon Community in Anderson County has attracted so many sportsmen that the number of participants on opening day must be restricted. This is being done solely because of safety concerns. However, this approach will provide a higher quality hunting experience for those attending.
Successful applicants will be sent a permit by mail in late August. All applicants will be notified about their status after the drawing is completed. Hunters will be required to have the permit in their possession while on the field during opening day of dove season. Hunt permits will not be transferable. Selected hunters will need a state hunting license, Wildlife Management Area permit and migratory bird permit.


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Audie Award Finalist, Paranormal, 2014
Audie Award Finalist, Solo Narration - Male, 2014
Audie Award Finalist, Paranormal, 2014
New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Larry Correia sets this gritty urban fantasy, a sequel to Hard Magic and Spellbound, in an alternate noir 1930s. A tough P.I. battles an interdimensional monster that wants to suck magic power out of the world.
Only a handful of people in the world know that mankind's magic comes from a living creature, and it is a refugee from another universe. The Power showed up here in the 1850s because it was running from something. Now it is 1933, and the Power's hiding place has been discovered by a killer. It is a predator that eats magic and leaves destroyed worlds in its wake. Earth is next.
Former private eye Jake Sullivan knows the score. The problem is, hardly anyone believes him. The world's most capable Active, Faye Vierra, could back him up, but she is hiding from forces that think she is too dangerous to live. So Jake has put together a ragtag crew of airship pirates and Grimnoir knights - and set out on a suicide mission to stop the predator before it is too late.
©2013 Larry Correia (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
I read, I write; I listen
"Started Strong-Finished Strong"
Larry Correia's Grimnoir trilogy has come to a conclusion in "Warbound." There is so much I love about this series, that takes place is an alternate 1930's era, that its hard to know where to start. The characters are true to the era, yet they live in a world that has been given magic from a creature that has come to earth in an effort to hide from a predator that wants to suck the magic out of the entire universe. Larry Correia's use of real life characters from the Thirties such as John Moses Browning and General John, "Black Jack", Pershing, and references to Nichola Tesla and his inventions, gives his alternative world authenticity.
In "Warbound," Jake Sullivan, Sally Faye Vierra, and the iron guard Toru, are the main characters in this third installment. I really like the relationship that is formed between Jake and the Iron Guard; and of course, Faye is my favorite character in the series. There are still the other characters we've come to know such as, Pirate Bob, Francis, Dan, Heinrich, and Pemberly Hammer - the Bureau of Investigation's human lie detector, but their roles are diminished in this book. One of the new characters, Dr. Well, a sociopath and inmate of Rockville Penitentiary, that Jake recruits to help swart the greatest threat to earth, the Pathfinder, is also a standout character.
The battle action is amazing with magic being thrown from all sides and the technology that Mr. Correia adds, such as powered armor, and of course the flying airships, only add to the excitement.
On a side note; although this is the end of the trilogy, Mr. Correia leaves open the possibility for more Grimnoir adventures;let's hope.
About the narrator; it's crazy, to me, that Bronson Pinchot, "Balki Bartokomous" from Perfect Strangers (one of my favorite sitcom televisions shows from the mid-80s and early 90s) is the narrator. This guy has range, and gives another great performance.
Actor/director/teacher. Split my time between Beijing and Seattle now. Listen to Audible on the subway and while driving or riding my bike.
"Finished right on time"
A wonderful range of characters you can actually engage with. Brilliantly written action scenes which make sense and only occasionally push too far into "give me a break" territory. Smart, even sophisticated, historical tie-ins which add tremendously to the surprise factor as we enjoy Correia's take on "familiar" figures from the past. A reader who is practically without peer in bringing an extensive gallery of colorful characters to audible life. A brilliantly light touch even when dealing with death, destruction and despair. All the strengths of the first two books of the trilogy make "Warbound" another delight to listen to.
And perhaps best of all is the fact that this, for the moment at least, is the end. A very good end. Knowing when to stop is not easy when you have a boffo series going. (We can all name a few authors who have missed the right exit.) I have no doubt the author has a few tricks left up his sleeve, but by the end of this book, the brilliantly realized concept was already beginning to seem a tiny bit short of breath. Just the tiniest bit, you understand, but I look forward to a completely new idea from LC for the immediate future. Maybe in a few years, the Grimnoir Archives? I'd be hungry again and part with my credits happily.
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies... The man who never reads lives only one. ~George R.R. Martin
"Readerbound for all of Larry Correia works."
From other reviewers we are to conclude that this is the last book in a trilogy. Although there was a conclusion with the pathfinder, I don't believe this will be the end. There is so many different paths the story can go to, that hopefully this isn't the end of the Grimnoir Society. But if Larry Correia decides not to write anymore with this series, this book is a great ending. As usual the characters are great and there is lots of kick buttery, twist of history and darn right fun. I am defiantly a fan of Larry and will continue to read all his writings. Other humorous authors are Jim Bernheimer, Christopher Moore, and David Rosenfelt.
Professional Artist, Fitness Guru and full time Ancestral Witch or "Brujo" as my Heritage comes from Spain. I paint and listen to Audible.
"You've Come Along Way Baby!!!"
When the book was finished, I felt a sense of completion. The author brought it all together in the end. Yet, even with the comfortable finish of "completion", there we're many avenues left for the creative mind to follow and take their time. I'm waiting for the big thaw to put my two cents worth of literary finesse into an alternate finish to the book. I'M NOT WORTHY, I'M NOT WORTHY!!!!
"HARD MAGIC", because it is the first book in the series and you just have to give major credit to the author for coming up with the funniest and well read( by the narrator) character in all three books combined. Who is this person? Of course, non other than the dung heap ,red neck, devil child: Miss Sally Fae Viero!!!! Nuff Said!
I would not have gotten through the first chapter if not for Bronson Pinchot. Seriously, this guy sound like the 1930's, carries all the accents for a pile of characters and makes you believe that "this" is the world we live in. Bronson is right up there with James Marsters of Bufy fame and his simply amazing work on all of "Jim Butchers", "Dresden Files" novels. Best books on the planet of course.
YES, Because I listened to the first two books hidden away from the world. I'm sure this book will take me on a long needed vacation like the other two did quite nicely.
Getting "into" the story and it's characters was actually FUN! Just the concept of derigables as our best and fastest form of transportation was a HOOT, not to mention the footnotes or beginning of chapters with long quotes from now dead important political, science and progressive historical stand outs with a slightly different message than the one's originally put to paper with ink and an important seal of some kind.But these alternative view points are exactly what would have been said, recorded and written down if our country had gone through the same situation.
Avid Zombie fan who's starting to listen to more and more Fantasy and Sci-Fi stories. So, my description is apt to change. Dog lover who's known to have cats. LOL C# coder, part-time prepper, B movie fan, AMC watcher, recovering but successful day trader, perpetual student, overjoyed uncle, former adrenaline junkie with a flare for cooking, and lots more. LOL
"happy to report a satisfying conclusion"
can't say without major spoilers.
yes, he's amazing! i was tickled by his performance of lady origami. by far, he is the most talented narrator i've heard to date! i love his narration of jake sullivan! perfect, just perfect!.
happy and relieved that the story lived up to my expectations.
preface...like many, i discovered the grimnoir chronicles while waiting for the next release of monster hunters, and i must say, "what an awesome discovery!" the grimnoir chronicles have become one of my favorite series. dare i even say better than monster hunters? ok. yes, i dare! lol so like many of you i was eagerly (and despairingly) awaiting the release of warbound on audible. yes, i could've downloaded it on kindle, but i wanted/needed bronson pinchot's superb narration to envelop me in larry correia's world. i have to admit, i was nervous, even giddy, when i started listening b/c i didn't want to be let down. sorry but monster hunter vendetta was kind of a let down. ok. where was i? sorry, the adhd is kinda bad today. lol hard magic was an incredible discovery, spellbound was a worthy sequel, and warbound is a satisfying conclusion.
ok...on with the review...
i don't want to spoil your listening experience, but i must say larry correia does a great job wrapping up the story, and the minor stories within the story. faye's journey to discover what it means to be spellbound is haunting. what she truly is totally surprised me, but by the end it makes perfect sense. jake and toru have a complicated relationship, and i really enjoyed seeing how it played out.
i was also happy that larry correia brought "plot devices" from previous books into this one. for instance, i really liked buckminster fuller. he had a very small part in spellbound, but he had a huge influence on the plot. i really enjoyed listening to bronson pichot's portrayal of him as a zany, quick talking genius. so, i was glad he was back in warbound. there are many more plot devices, but i'm not telling! lol trust me, you'll really enjoy discovering how past events come into play in this story.
once again, larry correia introduces new characters, and again they are as equally fascinating as the previous characters he's introduced us to. one of the definite strengths of this series are the characters larry correia creates. each is unique, and as a cast, they fit together like puzzle pieces.
the battle scenes are heart-pounding. they are choreographed with the right amount of description to keep the action exciting.
i'm sad that the series is over, but i'm happy with the way it ended. thank-you larry correia! it was definitely a great ride!
On Audible since the late 1990s, mostly science fiction, fantasy, history & science. I rarely review 1-2 star books that I can't get through
"Summer Blockbuster and Satisfying Finale"
You have to give Larry Correia credit for writing a thrilling story that would sound utterly ridiculous if he wasn't as talented at plotting and writing. All the elements of a summer blockbuster are there: a team of heroes assembled to face a superior foe, wise mentors, narrow escapes, heroic deaths, massive fights through collapsing buildings, clever plans, and of course, lots of guns. And, because it is part of the Grimnoir Chronicles, you can add ninjas, wizards, sky pirates, aliens, and a vaguely evil FDR. Looking back at those lists could make you worry that Warbound is actually some cliched fanfiction, but it is anything but. Instead, Correia manages to create a thrilling adventure where his terrific control of the seemingly crazy plot keeps you constantly guessing and on the edge of your seat - and all this despite the fact that every few pages has a new potential deus ex machina.
Surprisingly for a gun-filled adventure, it is the likeable characters, remarkably well-rounded over the course of three books, that keeps the book centered. And it is the insanely amazing reading that makes the characters work. Seriously, out of 200+ books I have listened to, this is in the top 2-3 of the best read. Pinchot's ability to make the naive (but extremely powerful) Faye and the gruff Jake Sullivan both work is stunning.
So, in short, if you have already read two books, you obviously should listen to this. If you haven't this is a great trilogy to start, though it occasionally drags slightly (especially in the second book), the third volume is almost entirely terrific. A great example of how an audiobook can be as compelling as any action movie.
I like scifi and urban fantasy. I don't like romance novels. If you are the same my reviews should help.
"Warbound. Buy it already!"
Yes. it is a fun , action packed book with a great backstory. The narrartor is top notch. I met the author at a book signing last week and told him he made me utter words I thought would never come out of my mouth, which are "Bronson Pinchot is badass!"
The final climactic battle between the entity and Fay. I also, really liked when Sullivan figures out how to foil the pathfinder's plan. Ingenious and funny to boot.
I listened to him in the other book and he is incredible in all of them. I personally have never cared for any of his film and television work but he is truly the master of the audiobook format. His voices are great, he can handle multiple distinct characters and captures the noir feel of the series perfectly. I read the E-arc prior to release and the audiobook is much better than simply reading the story.
Yes, but time did not permit.
Great story, great acting, what more do you want. I'd also say check out the author's Monster Hunter Internatilonal series if you like this one.
Indiscriminate Reader
"It is what it is, and it's kind of awesome"
This book is cheesy big guns blazing entertainment, and I loved it. I am giving it five stars not because it is the best of the best, but because it was fun and action packed and it's an example of an author doing nothing more and nothing less than entertaining his audience without pretense.
Warbound is the third book in the Grimnoir trilogy, so you want to read the first two. It is set in an alt-history in which a magical being came to Earth in the 1850s, and its presence bestowed magical powers on 1% of the population. Most people get a single power, so there are "Brutes" (super-strength), "Heavies" (gravity controllers), "Cogs" (gadgeteer geniuses), "Readers" (telepaths), "Fades" (turn insubstantial), "Torches" (pyrokinesis) and so on.
Basically, despite the "fantasy" element, these are period superhero novels. And the author devotes many words to describing the battles in full-page multi-panel glory. It's hard to do superheroes (an inherently visual genre) justice in written form, but Correia does a pretty good job. At times he reminded me of his fellow Mormon author Brandon Sanderson, who's also known for his intricate "magic systems" and long descriptions of characters figuring out how to use their powers in creative new ways, but Correia's plots are less contemplative (which is not to say simpler) and more about the action.
That said, major suspensions of disbelief are required, but no more than with most epic or urban fantasy.
In the conclusion of the trilogy, war with the Japanese Imperium is imminent, but only the knights of the Grimnoir know that Chairman Tokugawa has been replaced by an impostor. His "son," Iron Guard Toru Tokugawa, knows of the deception and the corruption of the Imperium's magical training schools, Iron Guard, and Shadow Guard, and so has reluctantly joined the Grimnoir.
Since this is a rising Japan in the 1930s, guilty of pretty much the same atrocities Japan was committing in Asia at that time in the real world, this causes a lot of tension with the Grimnoir, who have been sworn enemies of the Imperium. Toru manifests all the usual tropes about fictional samurai: hard-headed, death before dishonor, all non-Japanese are weak and lazy, grudging respect for Westerners who are brave warriors even if they are ignorant barbarians, blah blah blah.
A summary of the plot would be kind of pointless: if the premise does not interest you, it's not gonna interest you, but Correia does do a very good job of working within the parameters he has established and then treating it seriously. Powers work a certain way and everything follows from certain first principles, and when some of the big twists are revealed, more pieces fall into place, including some that have been developed since the first book.
Is this is gonzo gun porn and superhero slugfests? Yes! And awfully darn fun. But awfully damn intelligent for a historical superhero novel as well. And there is a conclusion to bring this trilogy to a definitive close, while still leaving open the possibility (I would guess, based on Correia's prolificness, inevitability) of a new series coming down the pike.
This is not the best written or deepest or most original series. It's just fun and entertaining. Did I mention fun? Okay, so I am a superhero nerd. But in all seriousness, for what it is, the plotting, pacing, characterization, and worldbuilding were all far above the somewhat low bar I have for this kind of book. Hence, 5 stars. Would read more Grimnoir, definitely.
And an additional 5 star rating must be given for Bronson Pinchot. I HATED Balki and "Perfect Strangers"! But he is one of the best audiobook narrators ever! Seriously, he nails every single accent, does men and women both flawlessly, and probably puts more life into Correia's characters than exists on the page.
Action and great reader.
Spellbound and Monsterhunters
All scene
When Lens and other grim die.
The writer well explain every movements and details of each person in the stories.
5 stars is i love and i will read agani and again. 1 is i hate and i never want to hear about it ever again. YES = :))) - NO= :'(
"Faye and Sullivan Are Back, And They Were Amazing!"
Such an amazing book, such an amazing series.. Everything in it was fantastic, the plot, the twists and the whole thing was just amazing... more than that.
The action in Warbound was packed, specially the 2nd half of the book, the deaths, the sacrifices, and the surprises where everywhere, really good.
Let me talk, a bit about the narrator, Bronson Pinchot is one of THE BEST narrators I know, the voices he makes, and emotions that comes out .. so real you can feel what the characters are feeling, one someone scream, he scream.. Such a great narrator, and he does bring the characters to life..
I din't know if there will be a next book or not... things are not that clear about that, but i think there will be many to come, we want to know what will happen to these characters in the future.
"Does not skip a beat"
In the third book of the series Larry really keeps up the pace of the story and characterisation that makes this a class leader of the genre.
"Superhuman story and narration"
Warbound was a very enjoyable piece of pulp fiction. This is not the kind of book that is going to win literary awards, but it is the kind of book that will keep you "spellbound" from cover to cover. I really need to call out that the narration in this book in particular (and the whole series in general) was superlative.
Bronson Pinchot brought personality to every character and enhanced the action of pivotal scenes through inflection, volume and pacing. I have well over 100 audio books in my collection, and this was my favorite narration by a male narrator. Tokugawa!!!!
Spelling bad never felt so good.
"A very good story"
I liked it a lot, it was a very interesting story and well read .good job.
"a nice conclusion to a ripping yarn"
Top twenty, and i listen to a lot.
Heinrich ( not sure of the spelling)
A silky smooth voice which can inject a great deal of character into the major players.
I Thoroughly enjoyed this conclusion to the trilogy. It felt a little abrupt but that was likely me not wanting it to end. I read a lot of reviews of the authors other books which suggested he pushes a political agenda through them. In this books case i really didn't see it. If you take it seriously this book may not suit but i wanted solid entertainment and it delivered.
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