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A modern day Dr. Frankenstein?
A controversial neurosurgeon in Italy said this week that he and his fellow researchers may be able to conduct the first human head transplant next year.
We suggest they start with their own.
Dr. Sergio Canavero has been compared to Dr. Frankenstein, and called a nut, but that hasn't stopped him and members of his consortium — from China, South Korea and the U.S. — from severing the spinal cord of the beagle above (just so they could try to reattach it) and doing the same with numerous mice.
If that's not weird enough, Canavero and team say that before they attempt a head transplant on a live human, they will conduct some experiments on human corpses, and then reanimate them with electricity to test his technique.
We can only assume they will do so in the basement laboratory of a castle, during a thunderstorm.
Canavero is director of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group. He released three papers this week, and the video above, showing how he and his collaborators had successfully reattached the spinal cords of the dog and several mice.
Canavero also claims that researchers led by Xiaoping Ren at Harbin Medical University have already performed a head transplant on a monkey – connecting up the blood supply between the head and the new body.
Canavero's short term goal is to successfully transplant a human head. His long term goal, he admits, "is immortality."
What's an acceptable number of dogs to torture in a quest of that nature?
We'd say none.
Canavero says the experiments on animals prove the technique used — known as GEMINI spinal cord fusion — incorporates a chemical called polyethylene glycol, or PEG, to encourage neurons to grow toward each other and connect.
He suspects it will also work in humans to fuse two ends of a spinal cord together, or to connect a transplanted head to a donor body.
He made the claims in a series of papers published in the journal Surgical Neurology International.
The claims have been met with widespread skepticism, according to New Scientist.
Canavero first announced his plans to conduct a human head transplant in 2013 and established the ead Anastomosis Venture, or HEAVEN, project to develop the techniques needed to carry out such an operation.
His collaborator in South Korea is Dr. C-Yoon Kim, a neurosurgeon at Konkuk University in Seoul who partially severed and reattached the spinal cords of 16 mice. Five of the eight mice who received PEG regained some ability to move. The other three died — as did eight who were in a control group.
In another experiment the South Korean team nearly severed the spinal cord of a dog. While the dog was initially paralyzed, three days later the team reported it was able to move its limbs and wag its tail.
South Korea is also the birthplace of dog cloning and up until this summer — when an American company cloned a dog for a customer — it was the only country cloning dogs for profit.
It's probably not too outlandish — given all the bizarre turns medical researchers are taking — to wonder if surplus canine clones in South Korea end up being used for other wacky experiments by mad (or at least overly zealous) scientists.
In fact, if you look at its history, creating dogs for medical research use was one markets mentioned by the developers and marketers of dog cloning.
Could it be that some of the ideas initially presented in science fiction might ought to remain in the realm of science fiction?
Canavero's research papers don't indicate how many more dogs might have their necks snapped or heads severed by his research team as they boldly and single-mindedly stride toward their goal.
But, again, we'd argue that — no matter what medical gains it could lead to for humans — it should be NONE.
Posted by John Woestendiek September 22nd, 2016 under Muttsblog, videos.
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And then there were two: Class B dog dealers are all but gone, HSUS says
The largest of the country's three remaining Class B dog dealers — those often unscrupulous sorts who scrounge up dogs and sell them to laboratories for use in experiments — is going out of business.
The Humane Society of the United States reported yesterday that Ohio-based dealer Robert Perry has cancelled his license with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
That means only two licensed "random source" dealers remain. Class B, or random source, dealers round up dogs from flea markets, shelters, auctions, Craigslist and other sources and sell them to research institutions.
"These merchants of cruelty are on their last gasps, and this announcement gets us one big step closer to the complete demise of this sordid trade," Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States, writes on the HSUS blog, A Humane Nation.
Perry has been supplying dogs for years to a number of institutions, including Ohio State University. Between October 2013 and October 2014, OSU purchased nearly 50 dogs from Perry, making him the biggest random source supplier of dogs used in research nationwide.
Of the two remaining Class B dealers, one had only four dogs in its most recent inventory and the other is facing formal enforcement action from the USDA, according to HSUS.
At one time there were more than 200 licensed Class B dealers in the United States. By 2013, as a result of a decline in the use of dogs in laboratories and opposition from groups like HSUS, Last Chance for Animals, the Doris Day Animal League, and the Animal Welfare Institute, that number was down to six
Last year's announcement from the National Institutes of Health that it would no longer fund research that used random source dogs served as a final nail in the coffin for Class B dog dealing.
The NIH decision stemmed from a report issued by the National Academy of Sciences that found random source dealers could not guarantee that people's pets would not end up in laboratories.
Those dogs who are bred for laboratory research — commonly beagles — weren't directly affected by that decision, but, as Pacelle notes, they are being used less often by laboratories, too.
"The continuing and rapid decline of these random source Class B dealers means the chances of pets ending up in laboratories are now very low," Pacelle said." And we're perhaps closer to the day when fewer dogs of any kind are used in testing and research."
(Photo: A "random source" dog that was used in dental experiments at Georgia Regents University that were the subject of an HSUS investigation; courtesy of HSUS)
Posted by John Woestendiek May 7th, 2015 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animal welfare, animals, class b, dealers, department of agriculture, dog, dog dealers, dogs, experiments, hsus, humane society of the united states, laboratory, license, pets, random source, research, supply, usda, wayne pacelle
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Wayne State urged to end dog experiments
A physician's organization led a rally this week urging Wayne State University to end its long-running series of cardiac research experiments on dogs.
About 45 people joined in the protest, led by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
According to the nonprofit organization, the heart failure experiments have been going on for 20 years, at a cost to taxpayers of about $8 million, and have provided no information beneficial to treating human heart disease.
No dogs leave the program alive.
"These research experiments have not garnered anything that has advanced human health," said Jennifer Giordano, a Detroit-area doctor representing the committee. "We want them to use human-relevant research methods."
In the experiments, heart problems are induced in the dogs by the use of implanted electrodes, which cause their heart rates to more than double.
The dogs are then put through multiple surgeries and are required to run on treadmills. About 25 percent of the dogs die during or after the surgery. Those who do survive are euthanized when their participation is no longer needed.
The experiments are funded in part by the National Institutes of Health.
At the Wednesday rally the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine presented a letter signed by actress Lily Tomlin to Wayne State University officials, calling on them to end medical experiments on dogs. Tomlin is a Detroit native and attended the university.
In the letter, Tomlin wrote: "I understand that Wayne State is spending millions of taxpayer dollars using dogs in heart failure experiments that have not benefited human health in any way. I urge you to end these senseless experiments as soon as possible."
A copy of the letter was given to Matt Lockwood, a university spokesman who came to the rally and a read a statement defending the experiments, the Detroit News reported.
"Almost every medical advance in the last 100 years was due to research on animals — chemotherapy, hip replacements, transfusions, dialysis — was all tested on dogs," Lockwood said. "We need to continue to do research to advance science."
He said the animals in the experiments are under the constant supervision of veterinarians.
"There's a committee that's sole purpose is to ensure the animals are as comfortable as possible," he said. "We're also under the oversight of the federal government and the state. Never once has any animal been found to have been mistreated at any time."
He said the dogs are euthanized after taking part in the experiments, but he declined to provide numbers.
(Photo: Daniel Mears / Detroit News)
Posted by John Woestendiek April 10th, 2015 under Muttsblog.
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Fort Worth vet admits to keeping five "euthanized" dogs alive to harvest blood
Sid, the Leonberger, apparently wasn't the only dog a Fort Worth veterinarian promised to euthanize, then kept alive for the purpose of harvesting blood.
Millard "Lou" Tierce III, owner of Camp Bowie Animal Clinic, told investigators in a written statement that there were at least five dogs that — after assuring owners he was going to euthanize their pets — he secretly kept alive for blood transfusions and experimentation.
Tierce was arrested April 30 and charged with animal cruelty.
The Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners has scheduled a hearing on whether Tierce, whose license has been temporarily suspended, should face permanent suspension.
That's scheduled for May 9 in Austin, according to the Houston Chronicle.
The investigations of Tierce began when Sid's owners filed a complaint against him.
Marian and James Harris said they took their 170-pound Leonberger to Tierce's clinic in May 2013 for a minor gland problem. Tierce kept the dog at his clinic for six months, during which time he performed cold laser therapy. In October, though, he told the couple the dog should be euthanized due to a birth defect in his spine.
The couple agreed to have Sid euthanized, and Tierce promised to bury the dog at his farm.
Last month, though, a former clinic employee told the Harrises that Sid was still alive, and being kept in a cage for all but 30 minutes a day.
Upon learning that, the Harrises went to the clinic and removed their dog.
On April 29, the board conducted a clinic inspection and found "animal organs were kept in jars throughout the clinic. Bugs were visible in exam rooms. Stacks of drugs, trash, laundry, paperwork and other miscellaneous material were strewn about the examination rooms, hallways, stairwells, operating room, laboratories and offices of the clinic."
Board investigators received a signed, handwritten statement from Tierce that he had accepted five animals for euthanasia and had kept them at his clinic without euthanizing them, the report stated.
Fort Worth police also went to the clinic on April 29, along with an outside veterinarian who concluded three other dogs being held there were suffering so much they should have been euthanized — including one who belonged to Tierce.
According to Tierce's arrest warrant, a clinic employee told police that Tierce's dog, a border collie, had been lying on a pallet in the same spot since she started work in June, without receiving medical treatment.
Posted by John Woestendiek May 6th, 2014 under Muttsblog.
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Penny and Roo: A chicken and a Chihuahua
Roo, a Chihuahua, was found freezing in a ditch, where he'd apparently been discarded after being born with no front legs.
Penny is a silky chicken who was once used for experiments at an area veterinary school.
Both ended up at Duluth Animal Hospital in Georgia, where they've become best of friends, and a popular attraction.
The dog, believed to have been abandoned by a backyard breeder when he was just seven weeks old, was found on Christmas day, 2013, under some leaves in a ditch.
The chicken, once the undisclosed experiments she was part of were completed, was likely going to be put down, but an offer was made to adopt her.
Officially, both now belong to an employee at the animal hospital in Gwinnett, Alicia Williams, who brings Roo and Penny with work to her most days.
Williams, the client services receptionist at Duluth Animal Hospital, told Channel 2 Action News the dog and chicken became friends immediately, and some clients schedule appointments for their pets when they know the two will be there.
They're gaining popularity nationwide, too, through the animal hospital's Facebook page, and a video (above) recently posted on YouTube.
Roo manages to get around on just his hind legs, but he's also been outfitted with a special wheelchair.
(Photo: On an outing during the recent Georgia snowfall, Penny and Roo left some interesting tracks / Facebook)
Posted by John Woestendiek February 20th, 2014 under Muttsblog, videos.
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Killing dogs to make our smiles prettier
I'm a big fan of dogs, and not a fan of dentistry at all, so as you might expect I've got some problems with dogs being used to test out dental implants, in hopes of making better and safer ones for humans.
Especially considering that dogs are suffering and dying in the process, as The Humane Society of the United States says is the case at Georgia Regents University.
The HSUS last week released this report, containing undercover footage obtained during its three-month-long investigation at GRU. The experiments lead to two questions in my mind.
First, since the research is supposed to benefit humans, why not use humans for the tests? I'm sure there are plenty of people who are in need of dental implants and who, unable to afford them, might be willing to volunteer. I myself might take the risk, assuming that the researchers don't insist on killing me afterwards to get a sample of my jawbone.
And that's question number two: Why is it necessary to kill a dog after he's already made an unwilling contribution to science — or at least a contribution to us humans being able to have gap-free permanent false teeth and not having to mess with things like denture adhesives?
As one dentist told the Humane Society, it's not.
"In the two studies I reviewed, human research subjects could have been used, given that the products were already approved by the Food and Drug Administration and bone biopsies are commonly done in human studies," said James P. Jensvold, DDS.
"Animals used in research are often 'sacrificed' at the end of the study, and this is accepted as standard practice without taking into consideration the unnecessary emotional and physical suffering that the animals must endure," Jensvold added. "As a dental student and oral and maxillofacial surgery resident, I witnessed laboratory animals being treated as little different than a test tube, which is inconsistent with the values of compassionate healthcare."
"Dogs don't need to die for frivolous dental experiments," said Wayne Pacelle, HSUS president and CEO. "It's painful to watch these forlorn dogs sacrificed for these questionable purposes…"
If you tend to distrust dentists, and Wayne Pacelle, perhaps you'll believe actress Kim Basinger, who narrates the HSUS report:
"GRU buys dogs from a Class B dealer who's under federal investigation," she notes. "Dogs like Shy Guy, along with others, who may have been famiily pets, were all used for unnecessary dental experiments. Their teeth were pulled out and replaced. It's very painful, just look into their eyes."
(Dogs used in the experiments, after having their teeth removed, are given a canine version of dental implants, not human ones, like you find in those freakish — to me, anyway — ads for Pedigree Dentastix.)
The HSUS investigator witnessed dogs having their teeth pulled out and replaced with implants. Once the experiments were over, the dogs were euthanized for a small sample of their jaw bone. GRU has been conducting dental implant research on random-source Class B dogs for years.
There are only six random-source Class B Dealers still active in the U.S. They are permitted to gather dogs and cats from various sources, including auctions, "free to good home" ads, online sources, flea markets, and even animal control and some shelter facilities — and resell them to research facilities. There have been cases of stolen pets ending up in research laboratories via ClassB dealers, the HSUS says.
The dealer who sold the dogs to GRU, Kenneth Schroeder, has previously been charged by the U.S. Department of Agriculture with violations of the Animal Welfare Act, including obtaining dogs from unauthorized sources, according to the HSUS.
Dr. Mark Hamrick, Senior Vice President for Research at Georgia Regents University, issued the school's response to the HSUS allegations:
"As an institution, we are committed to research that will provide a direct benefit to patient lives by restoring function to damaged and diseased organs and tissues … The Food and Drug Administration, which provides oversight for medical device safety and procedures including dental implants, requires preclinical studies in animals demonstrating that the device or procedure is both safe and effective for its intended use in humans … The research being done with dogs is neither frivolous nor unnecessary, as alleged by the investigation, and is performed in order to develop safe, effective dental procedures for people."
The HSUS says the studies are being done at the university in part to compare a dental implant invented by researchers at GRU, in conjunction with a private company, with that of a competitor.
According to the HSUS, 65,000 dogs per year are used for research, testing, and education in the U.S.
Posted by John Woestendiek November 25th, 2013 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: animal welfare, animals, class b, dealers, dental, dentist, dentistry, dogs, experiments, georgia regents university, gru, humane society of the united states, humans, implants, investigation, kim basinger, laboratory, medicine, pets, random source, science, teeth, tests, undercover, video
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Dognition: Louie's deemed a "socialite"
Didja hear the one about the blonde Fox News anchorwoman who took her golden retriever to get an IQ test?
While that has all the ingredients for a pretty good joke, it's actually the basis of a pretty informative news report, in which Fox 8's Katie Nordeen brought her dog Louie to Duke University scientist Brian Hare to find out just exactly what type of dog genius he — Louie, not Dr. Hare — is.
Hare, co-author of "The Genius of Dogs," is the founder of Dognition, a research firm that puts dogs through a series of science-based games designed to assess their personality type — information that Hare says can help dog owners better understand their dogs.
Users of the service (it costs $39) don't get to bring their dog to Hare, as Nordeen did, but get a "toolkit" and instructions on how to conduct the experiments in their own homes.
The experiments measure five dimensions: cunning, empathy, communication, reasoning and memory, and by virtue of the results, dogs are judged to be one of nine types — Ace, Maverick, Charmer, Socialite, Protodog, Renaissance Dog, Expert, Stargazer, or Einstein.
Customers, after submitting their test results, receive a full report explaining their dog's type, and how the conclusion was reached.
Louie, for example, was found to be a socialite. (You can read Dognition's full report on Louie here.)
"… Gracefully interacting and communicating with others requires talent. In Louie's case, she takes this talent to a whole new level – it is definitely her genius. Although Louie is not as adept at independent problem-solving skills as other dogs, don't jump to any conclusions about her intelligence. Louie relies on a very specific strategy – using you and other humans in her pack to get what she wants."
(Yes, they got Louie's sex wrong in the report, but they are personality experts, not gender experts.)
Cutsomers also have the option of becoming members of Dognition (for an additional $60 for a year, or $5 a month), entitling them to receive tailored training tips and activities and get a discount for testing additional dogs.
Hare says Dognition, established last year, is proving popular, with thousands of users from around the world.
"Everybody wants to understand what's going on inside of a dog's head. It has not been hard to get people excited about this."
After visiting Dognition's lab in Durham for the FOX8 report, Nordeen continued conducting the experiments at home over the next two weeks. Once submitting her findings, the results were delivered, by email, almost instantly.
Hare says the purpose of Dognition is to enrich people's relationships with their dogs, but it, like his book, is also aimed at showing the public how truly brilliant dogs are.
"Dogs were thought to be totally unremarkable. There were really no interesting things they could do relative to say dolphins or bonobos, so people were focusing on these other animals," he said. "But at our feet, literally, were geniuses that had been undiscovered … What makes dogs such geniuses is that, relative to other species, they're really skilled, really flexible, in understanding what it is we want and what we're trying to tell them."
The Dognition tests, in their at-home version, may not be the hardest of science, and their results may not be irrefutable. But given the firm's stated goals, given the not entirely exorbitant price tag, and given that they're fun and result in people spending more time with their dogs, I think they have a place in the spectrum of doggie evaluation services.
If people are willing to pay more than $100 to determine what breeds are in their dogs, through DNA testing, $39 doesn't seem like too much to pay to assess that dog's personality — and may even provide more telling clues into what makes them tick.
I haven't run my dog Ace through the online Dognition drill yet, in part because I think his genius is too vast to be measured and could forever skew Dognition's data base, in part because I already know he's a charmer, with shades of socialite and Einstein. But Nordeen's report answered a lot of questions I had about the service, and one of these days, I'll give it a try.
We'll close with some bloopers, courtesy of Fox 8, that occured while Nordeen and Louie were taping a promo for the piece — none of which, I'm sure, had anything to do with them being blond:
Posted by John Woestendiek November 11th, 2013 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: ace, animals, blondes, bloopers, brian hare, Charmer, cognition, communication, cunning, dog personality, dognition, dogs, duke, duke university, Einstein, empathy, experiments, expert, fox 8, fox news, games, genius, iq, katie nordeen, louie, Maverick, media, memory, news, personality, pets, Protodog, reasoning, Renaissance Dog, Socialite, Stargazer, tests, the genius of dogs
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Several volunteer fire chief's told me last night's rain had them grinning from ear to ear.
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"Every time we have a rain storm I can guarantee you every fire chief in the county is smiling," says Chief Randy Fulbright with Iowa Park Volunteer Fire Department.
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During that leeway, Chief Fulbright says his crews are able to make repairs and get tanker trucks filled so when flames do spark they can quickly hustle to the scene.
Rain that fell overnight averaged three-quarters of an inch.
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San Diego Chargers 2011 Season Recap
The Super Bowl is near, and soon fans of all teams except the Patriots or Giants can put their disappointments behind them and look optimistically ahead to what next season has in store. But before we do that, let's take a somewhat-exaggerated look back at the good and the bad from the Chargers 2011 season…
2011 Offseason
Following a dominating Green Bay Packer win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV (that's Extra-Large Version for you casual fans), the attentions of the football world immediately turned toward talk of an NFL lockout. And with labor negotiations failing faster than a Nate Kaeding playoff field goal attempt, a lockout did happen which resulted in keeping the NFL at the top of newspaper headlines for the entire offseason. As the lockout become the most popular offseason story in NFL history, commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA President DeMaurice Smith agreed to implement some sort of lockout every year going forward. The lockout for 2012 will include Peyton Manning being locked out of Lucas Oil Stadium.
The offseason was also dominated by speculation regarding the annual NFL draft, and the effect that the lockout could have on draft day proceedings. Just in time for the draft, courts ruled that the lockout was illegal, ending the conflict just long enough for top draft picks to visit their respective teams and pick-up a jersey and a playbook, before having the doors slammed angrily in their sweet rookie faces a few hours later as the lockout was reinstated.
With much work to do to improve on a hugely disappointing 8-8 record, Chargers fans and the Chargers' front office alike couldn't wait to put the lockout behind them and hit the free agent marketplace. And with the lockout ending in July that's just what the Chargers did, albeit in the senior citizen line of said marketplace. In fact, when signing veteran safety Bob Sanders and veteran's veteran Takeo Spikes, GM AJ Smith was heard saying, "I like early bird specials, and so do they. I also prefer players who most likely qualify for Medicare, as that's one less expense we have to worry about."
Unfortunately, not every free agent from the 2010 team could be resigned. Most notably, Darren Sproles left the team for greener and apparently beaded pastures after being largely ignored by the Chargers, a sign that AJ was finally serious about fixing the team's historically inept special teams units. Sproles went on to ruin the New Orleans Saints' special teams while setting an NFL record for combined yards (rushing/receiving/kick returns).
2011 Preseason
The Chargers built on their 2010 theme of, "Are we really that good or really that bad?" by going 2-2 in the preseason following an abbreviated training camp. Highlights of the preseason included watching new additions Spikes, Sanders, and Travis LaBoy, along with the resigned Eric Weddle come together under highly regarded defensive coordinator Greg Manusky. It was believed by the Chargers front office that the aging, high-character players signed in the offseason would more than make up for a lack of playmakers rushing the passer.
The most interesting positional match-up to watch in the preseason was for the back-up wide receiver positions. Richard Goodman, Brian Walters, Laurent Robinson, Seyi Ajirotutu, and the infamous Geezer Bandit were all in the running for the 5th or 6th wide receiver slots on the roster. Said coach Norv Turner, "It's a tight race for those final spots. No one has been able to catch that Geezer Bandit yet, so he has to be able to improve our kick return game." Unfortunately, after the Geezer Bandit was seen fleeing Weddle's freshly filled locker full of gold, the Chargers settled on keeping Goodman and Wes Welker. Sorry, not Welker, I mean the other guy whom fans assumed would become Welker.
The regular season began with hopes of a fast start, something previously unattained under the Turner administration, which would eventually lead to a much-predicted Super Bowl trip. September offered a somber start to the season with a league-wide remembrance of the 9/11 attacks. To commemorate the 10th anniversary of that national tragedy, the Chargers brought back coach Turner, the offensive coordinator of the 2001 Chargers team, for what would again surely be his final season in San Diego.
With anticipation of a championship season in San Diego reaching an all-time high, the Chargers faced the Minnesota Vikings in the first week of the season, and promptly lost kicker Nate Kaeding for the season on the first kickoff of the game, as well as starting defensive end Luis Castillo by the end of the game. Maintaining their emphasis on continuity, September also brought the losses of rookie LB Jonas Mouton and S Bob Sanders for the season as well.
Quarterback Philip Rivers also began what became a disturbing trend this season when he committed to donating a significant amount of money to his Rivers Of Hope Foundation for every completion thrown in 2011. Since no one specified that those completions could not include members of the opposing team, Rivers' focus this season was on throwing the ball to anyone who had a pulse, including wide open defensive backs and the rare cheerleader who actually watched the game. In all, Rivers threw six interceptions in the month of September, earning him the Wikipedia Inaccurate Performance Of The Month award.
After finishing 2-1 in September, the Chargers attempted to continue using a proven game plan of poor play and too many mistakes to trick opponents into beating themselves. Surprisingly, that strategy led to short-term success, as the Bolts reeled off two more wins before the bye week. The team's 4-1 start, achieved through a combination of hard-work, superior coaching, and scheduling bad teams with embarrassing quarterbacks early in the season, had the team cruising into the bye week on Cloud 9.
With the division all but wrapped up, Chargers players took extended vacations beyond the bye week, resulting in crushing losses to the Jets and Chiefs.
Philip Rivers continued his push for charitable excellence with five more interceptions, excuse me, completions to opposing players in October, while also giving away a game-losing fumble in Kansas City. On the sideline, Rivers could be seen saying, "Worst day ever," although the Pro Bowl QB later admitted to actually saying, "Worst gas ever," a reference to the poorly timed flatulence by members of the offensive line that distracted him from properly securing that fateful snap in Arrowhead Stadium.
Rivers eventually went on to win the October award for the Pillsbury Apple Turnoverer Of The Month.
The Chargers also announced their first blackout of the season in October due to the fact that Miami residents have no reason to escape a poor climate and move to San Diego, unlike fans of most every other team in the NFL.
In other AFC West news, the Oakland Raiders, desperate for a talented player who can throw the ball well, traded picks in the 2012-2027 drafts for the rights to pitcher Barry Zito. Said Raiders annual rookie head coach Hue Jackson, "The Oakland GM told me he was undervalued, and no one knows talent like Brad Pitt."
The Chargers continued their cold streak, losing four more games in November to extend a losing streak only exceeded locally by the San Diego jobs market. After an embarrassing overtime home loss to the Denver Broncos, it was reported that coach Turner's career in San Diego was as good as over, and the job of GM AJ Smith was on the line as well.
On the other hand, Rivers raised more than $18 million in November for local charities, after throwing 89 completions to his teammates as well as another 48 "completions" to opposing defenders. For his single-season slide from top-rated QB to inaccurate gunslinger, Rivers won the British Petroleum Unprecedented Fall From Greatness To Hateness Of The Month award.
With the Chargers trailing the Messiah in the race for the division crown, Turner & company were able to shake off the performance anxiety created by previously-high expectations and started lighting up the scoreboard again against inferior opponents, and the Baltimore Ravens.
As the rest of the division crumbled around them, the Chargers entered the Christmas holiday with a real chance at pulling out their fifth division title in six years. And with that realization, the Bolts promptly lost in their worst blowout of the season against the Detroit Lions on Christmas Eve.
With their coach's job on the line, the Chargers won their final game of the season against the Oakland Raiders. That win was of little consequence, as any coach finishing a season with less than a 14-2 record and a playoff birth is guaranteed to be fired.
Just kidding! The team's rebound from "unmitigated disaster" in November to "reliably disappointing" in December proved to be enough to convince Dean Spanos to retain his favorite GM and coach for their second-consecutive one-more season. In explaining his decision, Spanos declared, "Hey, they beat the Raiders. What's more important than that?"
Truly, what is more important than that?
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:ranting:is the north american hunting club for real like should i even pay or start or buy stuff there or is it just a scam
My son got into that . . . not worth your time and especially not your $$.
like i just got this thing and it said u are a life time menber and iam going to send u all of this stuff for free
i just want to know are they going to gip me
i need some more help
Of the 3 or 4 guys I know who got into that deal, all of them quit after a year or so. The best thing of the whole deal is the magazine subscription, the "free stuff" you could buy on your own for a few bucks, if you even wanted it. As far as you getting to "test and keep" stuff you test for them, none of these guys ever got anything to test. I get their junk in the mail every year, I keep the deer decal and throw the rest in the garbage. As far as I'm concerned, EVERYTHING on the planet is a scam, all of them trying to pry money out of your wallet for something you don't want or need. My 2 cents.
I'm a Lifetime member and have been for many years. I got everything they claimed they would give me and I have no complaints about the products I received for joining.
I didn't join to get the gifts or expect free products to test, however, I have been lucky enough to field test a few items which you do get to keep if you are chosen to test them.
The Lifetime magazine subscription alone (to me anyway) was the best part of the membership.
there's nothing to "Quit" if you join, Once you pay the total membership amount, that's it, you're a lifetime member.
I guess if you decide to quit all you have to do is not mention you're a lifetime member but you're always going to be a Lifetime member because I don't believe there are any type of refunds.
Good luck
I'm a trophy life member. There's nothing that says you have to buy anything. I have purchased a few items and got what i paid for. just look it over really well.
All I can say about them is this. They have always paid me what they owed me and paid a fair market price. As for is it worth joining. Heck no! You would be better off joining the Mugwumps. I defy anyone to explain to me just what it is you are joining. Can you vote for editorial changes? Can you get stock options? Do you get access to private club land?
What you get are more than regular bills and offers to spend more money. Just buy the magaine and save the dues. :no:
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Some say the world will end in fire.
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Hew Tittensor says new taxation regulations can bring many benefits to small partnerships and sole practitioners.
New tax regulations which will affect partnerships and sole practitioners may mean a substantial one-off tax bill.
But these regulations also provide the opportunity to improve financial systems, particularly for smaller practices. As a result, practices can become more profitable and, by strengthening their balance sheet, can create the greater financial flexibility needed for future growth.
Many solicitors have traditionally prepared accounts on a cash basis – what has actually been received and paid during the tax year. They have therefore excluded debts arising from the practice, work in progress and some liabilities.
But under the new "accruals" system, practices must include all income and expenditure for a given period, even though some items may not have been received or paid. By using this profit reporting method, a more accurate picture of underlying profitability is obtained because peaks and troughs in reported profits (often caused by the timing of fee receipts) are smoothed out. This also affords a more equitable position on the admission or retirement of a partner.
The new rules will take effect at the beginning of the next tax year. So if your year end is 30 April, the new regulations will begin to affect your practice on 30 April 1999.
From that date, the difference between the value of the practice's assets and liabilities under the accruals basis and the value of assets and liabilities under the old cash basis will be taxable. The tax payment can, in most circumstances, be spread over the following 10 years. Accounts for future years should then be prepared on the accruals basis.
So how will the new system affect lawyers and what are the possible benefits?
One of the first areas for attention is an analysis of work in progress. This is important because it represents part of the earnings for the given period. However, for tax purposes, work in progress should be valued at cost or net realisable value, whichever is lowest. The charge-out rate should not be used. Work in progress is calculated for employees only, because partner time counts towards business profits (it is not a cost) and so should be excluded here.
But what will happen to the smaller practice without a time-recording system? It is unlikely that the Inland Revenue will accept that work in progress represents, for example, three months' billings. Instead it will probably require detailed analysis.
The issue is not what the Inland Revenue wants, but the benefits a practice management system can bring. Such systems identify and analyse one of the main constituents of what is being sold – time.
While considering staff work in progress, it is also worth looking at partner work in progress because this can also provide a chance to unlock practice capital.
The introduction of a comprehensive time-recording system is a prerequisite for good management. Departmental and individual targets can be set and an analysis made of fee earners' time and efficiency.
Since the new regulations also require outstanding debts to be calculated, a second area for attention is debt control. A good debtors' control system helps to ensure fees are collected promptly – something which improves profitability.
Banks have for years been guarded about lending to the legal profession, not only because lawyers have been through lean years, but also because banks have often been unable to judge a practice's true net worth when looking at its balance sheet. The inclusion of debtors and work in progress on the balance sheet gives a more accurate picture of net worth and should make it easier to raise finance.
Another result of including work in progress and debtors on the balance sheet is that each partner's capital account will increase (probably net of the tax charge).
Many smaller practices have operated with each partner running just one capital account for both capital introduced and undrawn profits. This often leads to a situation where imbalances between partners' capital accounts cloud the overall picture of practice finance. But the new rules should provide the impetus to consider a fairer capital and drawings policy between partners, by forcing them to run separate capital accounts (representing long-term capital) and current accounts (representing undrawn profits).
While it is tempting to focus on how the immediate tax bill can be minimised, opportunities for long-term benefits should not be overlooked. By revising management systems and partnership agreements, it should be possible to boost long-term profitability.
How to use the new tax rules to your advantage
Introduce a comprehensive time recording system for staff and partners; set individual and departmental targets; and analyse efficiency, profitability and capital tied up in work in progress.
Enforce a strict debtors control system to speed up the collection of fees.
Reconsider partnership agreements, especially partners policies on drawings, capital and current accounts.
By following the new "accruals" system, the practice's balance sheet will give a truer picture of the financial situation, making it easier to negotiate better finance deals.


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Such advanced basketball metrics as Player Efficiency Rating and True Shooting Percentage were not invented to bum anyone out. While Yao Ming put up some very impressive conventional stats during his injury-shortened NBA career, his advanced statistics – taken with all those points and rebounds – are what really make his attenuated career so frustrating. That Yao was a perennial All-Star is a tribute to his stratospheric popularity and cultural importance in his native China and how beloved he was in his NBA home of Houston. But the numbers, advanced and conventional, don't lie – when he could stay on the floor, Yao was one of the best and most efficient players in the NBA, and could have been one of the league's great centers. After increasing issues in the staying-on-the-floor department – Yao only once managed more than 57 games in the last six seasons – he brought his brilliant, fascinating, vexingly incomplete-seeming hoops career to an end when he announced his retirement on Wednesday morning.


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The verdicts seemed to be contradictory. Gary McAllister sensed that Leeds still have some way to go to reach the standards Elland Road expects, whereas George Graham detected a great improvement on their demise at Coventry in his first match in charge.
In fact, the Scots both had a point, which was as much as could be said for either side after a barren stalemate. On one of those rare Premiership days when the managers and captains were all from north of the border, Coventry and Leeds failed to set the heather alight at Highfield Road.
That was always going to be as difficult in figurative terms as it would have been literally; the surface was so slippery from a pre-match watering that the players often resembled clog dancers on ice. But while Gordon Strachan felt a draw reflected credit on his makeshift Coventry team, Graham saw Leeds' failure to maintain the pressure on the 40-year-old Steve Ogrizovic as an opportunity missed.
Hard as the Sky Blues' manager may strive to change the culture of settling for survival, he knows that all connected with Coventry would regard a 32nd consecutive season among the elite as an achievement. Graham, in contrast, is under no illusions that a Leeds public spoiled by the championship to which McAllister and Strachan contributed so stylishly demand more.
Although patience is a virtue they acknowledge grudgingly, Graham claims his inheritance (from Howard Wilkinson) necessitated more protracted rebuilding than he anticipated. "A lot of surgery had to be done," the Leeds manager said pointedly. "But we've got a wonderful team spirit now. That was a big improvement on the same game a year ago."
McAllister agreed that Leeds were a different proposition from the side Coventry beat twice last season, but questioned whether they were ready to challenge again. "It's going to take time - they've made massive changes. You can see the George Graham influence and they'll be very difficult to beat. But they don't throw men forward like, say, Chelsea would have."
Graham's need to recruit half a team for what it cost to buy Gianfranco Zola - allied, one suspects, to a Lanarkshire man's innate reluctance to throw money around like Ruud Gullit - led him to gamble pounds 2m on Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink. The Surinam-born striker sent a free header against the bar early on, beating Ogrizovic for the only time in his club record- breaking 488th match, and has not scored since the season's opening day.
Without a midfielder of McAllister's cunning to exploit his eager running and clever touches, Hasselbaink's frustration is likely to continue. He looked forlorn by the time he trudged off at the bench's behest for, while David Hopkin is growing in authority, his passing lacks the range and precision of his national captain.
McAllister, who was moronically boed by many of his former fans, and Hopkin, setting aside their date with World Cup destiny when Scotland face Latvia, tangled several times. Once, when the Coventry man crumpled faster than Tony Banks' credibility after his compatriot accidentally caught him in the face, he leapt up like Lazarus on speed. "I didn't want my fellow Scot sent off," he reasoned with a grin. "If it'd been someone else I might've stayed down."
Coventry City (3-5-2): Ogrizovic; Shaw, Breen, Burrows; Boland, Soltvedt, McAllister, O'Neill (Ducros, 25; Haworth, 84), Nilsson; Dublin, Salako. Substitutes not used: Johansen, Gavin Strachan, Hedman (gk).
Leeds United (4-4-2): Martyn; Halle, Radebe, Wetherall, Robertson; Kelly, Haland, Hopkin, Ribeiro; Hasselbaink (Lilley, 84), Wallace. Substitutes not used: Harte, Gray, Bowyer, Beeney (gk).
Referee: A Wilkie (Chester-le-Street).
Bookings: Coventry Breen. Leeds Wallace, Radebe, Hasselbaink.
Man of the match: Ogrizovic.
Attendance: 17,770.
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I joined Protagonize last February, became an active member in March, and then disappeared in June. I came back in December during the holidays and feel like a newcomer again, looking at the overwhelming number of new authors and their amazing stories!
There are several authors here whom I admire and whose stories I have enjoyed, and while I know that there are still many more whose stories I'm yet to read, I'll mention a few here.
First of all, thank you D.F.M for starting this wonderful idea of getting us to write about each other! I have thoroughly enjoyed your poems, stories and your enthusiasm!
Jillian – The first writer I noticed when I joined Protagonize, and continue to watch for. I've also admired the way she encourages other writers with suggestions, and enjoy her regular updates on her profile as well! I wish her the very best in her writing and publishing career, and look forward to seeing her name in the bookstores soon!!
Juniper – Made my day when she gave life to The Sanctuary, my first attempt on a story, and something I had almost given up on after I had set it on fire. I enjoyed collaborating with her, and promise to complete the story!
Dr Pinch – Burst into the scene with his instant hit "Glossary of a Forgotten Species" last spring. He is probably on one of his inter-galactic expeditions now, looking for more of those lost species! An honest critic; although he may have been construed as coming out a bit strongly in his criticism, I think we do need such feedback here, if we aspire to become better writers. I look forward to seeing more of him in this site.
Rac7hel - Has written some excellent poems which generated a lot of interest (Epic Nursery Rhyme), stories (Outsmart) and puzzles.
FaltarEgo – Author of The Unseen Way. And whatever happened with that call from from Alexander Graham Bell (Calling Dr Bell)? I hope to see him again soon as well.
Now, coming to my second innings which began in December, and which I hope will last a lot longer, I've been enjoying the works of several new authors including, but not limited to:
Eloosive – I love his Fighting chance and am rooting for it to become a knockout success! I'm also with his "Orphan Rescue Project", because I know what it means to someone, especially to a newbie, when someone branches from their story!
Tasha_Noble – How did I miss her stories during my previous stint? I just read Paddytum recently, and understand what the hype is all about! Also, her writings have inspired me to add NaNoWriMo to my new year's resolutions!
Tip A Steinback – There are still many more of his stories I need to read, but to pick one at random, William Testle from Flight 228 was awesome! I also loved reading some of his feedback to others, and would love his feedback as well as I write further.
Bill Hartzia – Dr Fraud – 'nuff said! (Dr Fraud in his mankini is giving me nightmares!)
Rivertalker – Ian Mackenzie mystery! I just hope I can write a novel like that one day! Love the way he welcomes newcomers to the site, and enjoy the daily diary additions from everyone. I'll contribute an entry to it some time soon as well.
Olius – I'm amazed at the incredible number of ideas of stories that keep popping from his head.
Archi – Another author with such an amazing talent! Is she in high school? Wow, I wish I could write like her when I was in school! Heck, I wish I could write like her now!
The new list wouldn't be complete without mentioning some of the ex-Ficleteers, and although I haven't read a lot yet, one story that caught my attention was The Heart is a Reliable Organ by AnaCristina & ElshaHawk.
Saving the best for the last, our own Nick – Writer, Editor, Moderator, Software Developer and fellow Metro Vancouver resident! You've heard this enough times Nick, but still – Kudos, and thank you!
Well, that's it from me for now, folks! I know that there are so many more out there that I haven't read yet and am sure I have missed mentioning, but have hopefully been mentioned by others. So, with this, I'll pass the baton to a few other authors we haven't seen around for some time, with the hope that, like me, they will soon be back!


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About how a teenage boy has always wondered about how we get Dreams and finds out he gets stuck in a NIGHTMARE!!!
Dreams. How do they happen? Who knows... ? Who cares..? I care, but it seems to me that no-one else does. When I was young I never had a nightmare, but when I did... it went terribly wrong.
Hi, my name is Jack and I have been through many things, for many years. I am forbidden to tell anyone about it or I will fall... Fall? You might think, well, thats for me to know, and you to find out.
I am 16, 10 when it happened. I am taking a terrible risk, but I give up this life and want something better...
Wandering round. Again and again.
"Jack!" Alex called. I turned looking at him, smiling.
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Water, the eternal substance of life, was running through my fingers, cooling the fiery pain of my fingertips. The sound of running water always calmed a throbbing heart and scared away the lurking demons... of my mind.
I rubbed my hands together, a wave of crimson clouded my eyes. Water tainting red as the rivers of Egypt had done back in Moses era. I watched the flowing red with disgust, bile traveled up my throat and I swallowed it back. The smell of iron intensified around me, blood with a mixture of earth. My fingertips were agonizing under the cooling effect of the water. I pressed on the soap dispenser and vigorously rubbed my hands together: red bubbles, red froth... red orbs.
I saw their eyes once again, their haunting glaze staring back at me from their pit. I didn't shed a tear, no, not in their burial, they must not see my weakness. I covered their lifeless body with the earth, they belong to the world.
Flickers of fire shot through my delusional mind, the burning of flesh filled the air. The flames of Hell, he belonged there. Not a single tear was wasted over unholy beings crawling the face of Earth. Since then, the night has always welcomed me in its dark wings, cradling my frail body. I had become unholy... for the right reasons.
"Aleza," that voice called me back from my thoughts, "Aleza, are you almost done? You've been in there for at least ten minutes." The echoes of his voice bounced off the walls of the dilapidated and putrid restroom. I saw my weary reflection in the dirt stained mirror, water was running through my clean hands... clean on the outside, bloodbath forever more in my mind. The usual dark rims under my eyes were still there, as a reminder... creatures of the dark don't sleep.
I closed the faucet and dried my hands in my torn jeans. I walked outside the restroom to meet my protector and friend: Tyler. His blond shaggy hair was pulled back with a elastic head band, his light blue eyes were scanning my face.
"What took you so long?" he complained, handing me a cupcake, "got some breakfast..."
I took the cupcake and offered him a smile, I shaded my eyes from the blazing sun above us, its rays were mercilessly caressing my pale skin. "I am sorry," I said, giving him my monotonous smile, "my hands were dirty."
"You always think they are dirty," he said in a low voice, he beckoned me to start walking down the street. We had nowhere to go, walking aimlessly has always been comforting. I met him two days ago in a bench at the park some blocks away from here, he too was running away. We bonded instantly, we were looking for company.
We walked silently down the street, his eyes looking forward, my eyes were looking at the bright, endless sky. We were wanderers in this journey of Life, the only difference between him and me was that he was seeking happiness, whilst I was seeking redemption.


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Reaction to Valentinianism so profoundly influenced Origen that Holger Strutwolf, in a recent monograph, can refer to Origen's work as"the reception of Valentinian Gnosticism" into the mainstream of Christian thought. By this he means not that Origen was a Valentinian, but that, by aprocess involving both acceptance and rejection, he, in effect,appropriated and transformed Valentinianism. An example is the way
Origen treats Christological titles that take on an existence of their own as the
Aeons in the Valentinian Pleroma; as we see in Book I of the Commentary on
John below, he presents these as aspects of the divine and human natures of Christ...
For those souls which have not
fully achieved the return to God for which the cosmos exists,
Origen suggests that there may besome future healing and correction, certainly quite harsh and
full of pain for those who have refused to obey the Word of
God, yet a process of instruction and rational training through
which those who already in the present life have devoted
themselves to such activity and, by having had their minds
purified, have attained here and now to a capacity for divine
wisdom, may advance to a fuller understanding of truth.74
Origen alludes to such a process of purification after death in
Homilies on Jeremiah 12.3 below, explaining to sinners that they
"must taste something very bitter, being under God's careful
management, so that, having been corrected, [they] may be saved."
In this purification we make our own fire as we burn with remorse
for our evil deeds.75 Such ideas, which he shared with Clement,provide a possible basis for the doctrine of Purgatory.76 Elsewhere
Origen hints that the notion of eternal punishment, while not
actually true, serves a useful function, since it encourages simpler
Christians, still motivated by fear, not to be complacent.77 He also
raises the possibility that God has created worlds both before and
after this one.78 He carefully distinguishes this possibility of multiple
worlds from the Stoic doctrine that, because the same inexorable
sequence of causes will remain, each subsequent world will be
identical.79 The logic of his system suggests that all rational beings
will return to their original unity with God, and he leaves open
the possibility that even devils will be saved.80
-Origen by Joseph W Trigg pp 9, 31
The notion of a purgatory does appear to fit more as a component of the doctrine of reincarnation(even if Origen is not known to be a reincarnationist.... presently) , where the limbo between successive lives is accompanied by "painful rational training" or an ethereal of allegorical fire. In this, Origen treats God as a exaggerating father, who threatens his children (irrespective of who they really are) with harsh punishments, and then contrarily subjects them to moderate and managed chastisement or correction. That position is completely antithetical to the symphony of scores of new and old testament scriptures, which illustratively indicates a future and final state of torment in the unbridled wrath of God. Further, God does never lie and does never exaggerate or understate His eternal counsels. The first part of the gospel, the administration of the smell of death or the thunderings of the law of God for the offending sinner [that you go to hell for the sin inherent to everyone] , is here effectively removed and supplanted by a unformidable divine murmuring which could never provoke a crying out for salvation.
The catholic church could never formally accept Origen's radical teachings of free will , universalism and recurrence of worlds, because it would have then divested herself of her role as a dispenser of grace and a sanctuary for the sinner. That doesn't mean, however, that the groups at her core accept the orthodoxical position.


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Sweat trickled down my face making my fuzzy chestnut hair slick and sticky as it plastered my head. My heart pounded against my chest like a trapped humming bird waiting to be liberated and crashed againts my ribs. I looked down to see every limb intact and the sheet drenched in the salty sweat.
That was crazy.
Tally had always said not to be afraid of it; Dreamwalking that is. She said that it was a gift from God. I was skeptical of course. She only said that because she was not a freak like me.
Ever since I was little, I lived with Tally and her husband John. My parents were dead and Tally was the only person who offered to raise me. She was not a mother, but she was a close friend of mine. She was a bit essentric and controling, but she was my best friend.
On my tenth birthday, I was walking in the park with my friend when suddenly, I could not feel my legs any longer. The sensation went up my body until I was emerged in the darkness and had no life raft. Then, I was in a kingdom. How I got there, I had no clue.
Later, when the dream let go of me, I informed Tally. She packed our stuff up the next day while I was at school, and we moved the next day.
That was the first dream I ever walked into.
The next one was John's. He was sitting with a pretty blonde at a bar, buying her a martini. I only saw the back of her head, but the bar looked rustic, like it could have been in Arizona or something.
John glanced over at me and his eyes widened.
"Aislinn," he exclaimed.
Suddenly, the blonde disappeared. There was only John and I left in the rustic bar. He looked at me in shock.
"What are you doing here," he asked, bewildered.
I looked around me nervously and looked down. "I don't know. I closed my eyes to sleep, then I was here."
He grabbed my hand and started dragging me toward the exit. "Look, about that girl..." he trailed off.
"Who was she," I asked.
"A friend from long ago. Just someone I wished I never lost touch of, for your sake."
That was the end of the dream. Later, he explained to me that I was a dreamwalker and if I wanted to find out more about my ability, I was to call the number he put in my photo album somewhere. But immediately after he said that, I went and looked and never found the number.
Tonight's nightmare assured me I was doing the right thing. I was going to reinvent my self. If I could not get rid of the handicap, I was going to hide it.
We moved a few more times over the course of seven years. Each place we moved,
I was persecuted and/or despised just for being there. It was like, they could smell something unnatural, or I was too noisy for them. I had no friends, except Tally and John.
I turned toward my nightstand ot peer at the clock. 3:17 am. I sighed.
Today was going to be a long day.
With a backpack on my back and my head down, I made my way into the newly refurbished high school. A bobcat greeted students as the crossed the threshold and sauntered into the lobby. I stopped and glared at the animal.
As I studied the statue, I glanced up and met a dark haired, emerald eyed boy's glare. He was staring at me intensly as if he had a purpose for the hate already.
I shivered.
I thought this time I was reinventing myself, but clearly it was going to repeat like it always does.
I could not look away from the kid. He glared and glared and glared. I am not going to lie, this guy was the most attractive guy I had ever seen. But for goodness sakes, had he no shame?
Finally, he looked away and walked on. I let out the breath I was holding and strutted toward the main office.
Suddenly, my foot wrpped around something and I flew foward and skidded along the floor. I looked at the floor, then started to push myself up. Two hands grabbed my shoulders and helped me to my feet.
"Sorry," a gruff voice said as I turned toward it.
"It's fine," I said brushing myself off. "This stuff happens to me all the ti---."
There he was. The perfectly heart face with pale skin, dark geargeous hair, and those emerald eyes that were pointedly looking at me were right there infront of me.
"I hope that stops," he said and walked off.
I stared at him in wonder. Who was he and what was I to do with him?


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A recent graduate of the Masters Program, Heather has already taken many of the marketing strategies she learned from us and applied them to help build her voiceover and acting careers. She first got into acting in college, where she enjoyed the creative freedom and interactions she got with other talent. Heather learned to control her voice like an instrument in her theatre classes, and she finds it easy to summon a wide range of tones, emotions and feelings with her voice -- only one of the reasons that makes Heather a great new voice talent.
After she graduated from the Masters Program with Such A Voice's Producer and Coach Brian Thon, Heather took our advice and started marketing herself in her local community and offer her talents to people she knows. She soon found her first professional voiceover artist gig recording a 230-page audiobook for a co-worker of hers!
Heather's current project couldn't be more suited for her. Having just completed her Masters Degree in Psychology, Heather jumped at the opportunity to audition both as an actor and voiceover artist for a video on couples counseling. Her familiarity with the subject area and passion for counseling makes her the perfect candidate. She plans to offer her voiceover skills to the same company for a PSA on couples counseling as well.
Of her early success, she says, "If it weren't for the things I gained from attending the Masters Program, I would not have had the resources or knowledge to find and pursue these jobs."
What Heather finds most challenging about getting started is figuring out a schedule and sticking to it! While she practices her voiceover technique everyday while multitasking work and taking care of her 6-year-old child, it's hard for her to set aside blocks of time to dedicate to researching and making new contacts. "I don't feel like I'm getting anything done unless I have a good 2 or 3 hours to dedicate to networking," she says. "I'm trying to tell myself that 30 minutes' worth of work can still be significant."
When she does find the time, Heather is making connections with people who want to meld creative pursuits with voiceover acting. Unlike traditional voiceover work, Heather wants to work with people who will give her creative license to work with the material. She likes working with NewFiction.com because they record audiobooks in the style of old time radio shows, with each character read by a separate actor. Down the road, Heather would also like to get into character voices and narrations.
Her advice for new voiceover artists? "TENACITY! -- don't let anyone get you down," Heather says. "If you approach everything with confidence and a friendly attitude, you'll go farther than on raw talent alone." And finally, "Don't give up!"
Great job, Heather! Keep it up, and we look forward to hearing more of you!
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Hilton Garden Inn Edmonton International Airport, Leduc
- Free WiFi and free parking
Main amenities
- 165 smoke-free guestrooms
- Restaurant and bar/lounge
- Indoor pool
- Breakfast available
- Free airport shuttle
- Fitness center
- 24-hour business center
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Computer station
- Lobby fireplace
- Front desk safe
For families
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (free)
- Microwave
- Refrigerator
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Private bathroom
What's around
- In Leduc - Edmonton International Airport
- Doctor Woods House Museum (3.9 mi / 6.3 km)
- Stone Barn Garden (4.3 mi / 7 km)
- Leduc Recreation Centre (4.8 mi / 7.6 km)
- William F. Lede Park (5 mi / 8 km)
- Fred John's Park (5.1 mi / 8.2 km)
Hilton Garden Inn Edmonton International Airport, Leduc
Hotel Info: (02) 8228 1927from A$107
- Evolution, 1 Bedroom Suite
- Accessible Evolution Room, 1 King Bed
- Evolution Room, 2 Queen Beds
- 1 Bedroom Jacuzzi Suite
- Evolution Room, 1 King Bed
- Deluxe Suite, 1 Bedroom
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At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 165 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 6 floors
- Check-in time starts at 3:00 PM
- Check-out time is 11:00 AM
- Express check-in/out
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- Pets not allowed
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in public areas
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms
- Free airport shuttle (available 24 hours)
- Free self parking
- Extended parking *
Other information
- Smoke-free property
In the hotel
- Buffet breakfast daily (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Room service (during limited hours)
- Indoor pool
- Fitness facilities
- Spa tub
- 24-hour business center
- Number of meeting rooms - 7
- Conference space
- Meeting rooms
- Computer station
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Elevator/lift
- ATM/banking
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Fireplace in lobby
- Television in common areas
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
In the room
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Iron/ironing board
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Private bathroom
- Designer toiletries
- Hair dryer
- 37-inch LCD TV
- Cable TV channels
- MP3 docking station
- Desk
- Free weekday newspaper
- Free WiFi
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
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DiningGreat North American - This restaurant specializes in American cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, and light fare. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Happy hour is offered.
Hilton Garden Inn Edmonton International Airport, Leduc's small print
Also known as
- Hilton Garden Inn Edmonton International Airport
- Hilton Garden Inn Hotel Edmonton International Airport
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Optional extras
Extended parking is available for an extra charge
Breakfast costs between CAD 6 and CAD 15 per person (approximately)
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
Recent reviews
Excellent 4.2 /5 from 337 reviews
Comfortable, relaxing and convenient hotel close to airport. The staff here are friendly, the price is very reasonable, decor is nice, beds are comfy and it's very quiet and peaceful. It's in the industrial area,so surroundings aren't anything amazing on the eyes but ther is very easy access to the airport. Just wake up and go for those very early morning flights.
Needed a place to stay after a late flight. Room was inexpensive, close to the airport and very comfortable. Had a short but restful sleep. Bathroom had the little extras; vanity kit, extra towels. Enjoyed the buffet breakfast the next morning before checking out.
As always a great place to stay before a flight. Far enough away that there is no highway or airport noises. Close enough for a10-15 min free shuttle ride.
The stay was great, room was awesome, the food was good, service was good. Finding out they don't have enough cribs for our twins at midnight after a vacation not great at all!! Thank God we are creative people and used the desk to make a fort for one of them and used the play yard for the other. They are cheap and pack up tight. Why don't they have more than 3 for the entire property? Heating and cooling and bathroom fan extremely loud. Had heat off all night and bathroom doors closed and slept better.
Excellent room for my 1 night stay. All of the staff I interacted with were very friendly. Unfortunate that the day's snow was not plowed and the outside drive and parking lot were a little challenging to navigate through.
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MBA ( Executive ) TM
About MBA Executive
Greetings from SITM!
Over the years, Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management (SITM) has evolved and established itself as the platform for knowledge transaction between ICT business leaders and the academia. The Institute boasts of one of the most comprehensive mix of faculty from academics as well as industry and has thus emerged as the hub for contemporary understanding in the Information communication & Technology domain.
MBA (Executive) in Telecom Management Program of SITM is an extensive 30 months out of which 5th Semester can be completed by working on a research project. (It doesn't involve class room teaching). The program will put you on the constructive learning path & assist you to elevate your career graph with the right mix of contemporary Technology and management best practices and an added benefit of reaching out to a strong and impressive alumni network spread across the globe.
Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management, a constituent of Symbiosis International University, hereby invites applications for the MBA (Executive) programme in Telecom Management. This programme is stepping into its 6th glorious year by offering the working professionals a leverage of experiential learning while working in their current domains.
Engineered for working professionals who are aiming to be high potential executives backed by rich experience, this is a programme that aims at broadening their understanding of core business functions with a techno-commercial edge. In a dynamically changing ICT industry, this programme is tailored to equip executives with all that it takes to be a successful business leader. The programme also includes a 6-month live project in the last semester.
SITM has a sturdy backbone of over 2100 Alumni in various sectors of the industry, especially ICT. We also enjoy the esteemed guidance from highly qualified faculties, most of who have rich industry experience from companies like TCS, Tech Mahindra, etc. Besides classroom learning, a huge chunk of skills and knowledge is honed by peer learning at SITM. The course design caters to all aspects of industry needs and fits in well with the needs of working professionals.
To accelerate your career graphs enrol at SITM with the MBA (Executive) in Telecom Management program.
Key highlights:
- Rankings: One of the Finest Telecom B -Schools in the entire SAARC Region, SITM has been ranked among top 20 Business Schools in the western region. In 2013: SITM was awarded the 'Best Domain Specific B-School' By "Bloomberg - UTV". In 2014: 'Best Telecom B-School' in India By "The Week". In 2015 SITM bagged the "'National Award for Excellence in Telecom' Endorsed By "World CSR Day" and "Stars of the Industry Group"
- Contemporary Curriculum ICT and Analytics: A comprehensive program covering contemporary ICT & analytics concepts in a 5 semester schedule spread over 30 months.
SITM has association with IBM in terms of Analytics Lab. We have IBM Analytics lab. In the Executive program we have introduced courses on analytics such as Introduction to Business Intelligence (Semester 2), Business Analytics (Semester 3), and Telecom Analytics (Semester 4). In Semester 1 two basic courses i.e. Business Statistics and Research Methodology are taught which are useful in learning analytics courses.
Thus we are focusing on ICT as well as Analytics for this batch along with managerial perspective.
- Strong Alumni network: The program enables you to become a member of an impressive Alumni network of more than 2100 alumni spread across the country marked with a global presence
- Accomplished faculty: The program is delivered by highly qualified broad based faculty, the best in the industry, having a blend of rich corporate profiles and academic exposure.
- Flexible & Convenient learning environment: The program is designed to encourage higher order thinking, analysis, brain-storming, applications in an interactive flexible learning environment to complement perfectly with your work schedules.
- Training for Certifications: The program offers an added advantage of opting for training that can be leveraged for gaining certifications. SITM can facilitate conduct of several industry trainings and certifications. Students can select from the basket of trainings. Students will have to bear expenses for conducting these value added programs.(training & certification) Our experience shows that these programs add substantial value to the knowledge base of students which helps in enhancing their career options.
- Collaborative approach & Peer learning: A significant part of the pedagogy in the program is an interactive methodology that includes case study based learning, Cooperative learning, peer learning, innovative application and research oriented projects. The presence of executives from diverse backgrounds brings in varied perspectives and wonderful opportunities to learn and collaborate.


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