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Issuing from the noise scene in the 90's, Emmanuel Mailly is one of these self taught and instinctive musicians who knew how to step back from music considering that each object hides infinite sound matter. He tirelessly sculpts vibrant, shouting, noisy, rubbing, caressing, hitting strata, a raw bursting forth that deliciously combines and entwines. Guided by intuition, he shares this frantic search for the moment, for the gesture and the exploration of margins with Elie Blanchard.
Elie Blanchard, also known as Yro in his performances, explores a new cinematographic language, maintaining a special relationship to matter, to deformations, to the process and to a narrative dimension covered with traces, vestiges and sensations. In this performance he makes the whole film from photographs that he manipulates.
I met them in January 2016 when they were in residence at the Grange à Musique in Creil (after some time working at Asca de Beavais last year) to finish the writing of their first performing collaboration, a poignant assembly of fragments of a journey conceived with young refugees from Aisne. It's a sort of cine-concert but the sound and the image are created live and the story is more a documentary essay than a fiction.
What was the starting point for this creation?
Elie Blanchard: I met Emmanuel Mailly at the Visionsonic festival that I co – programmed with Robin Kobrynski from the V-Atak label. Emmanuel was giving a performance with the artist Haythem Zakaria. His process of sound creation by piling up live created material spoke a lot to me of my experimentations at the time in my performance Eile and in my rostrum device. The opportunity to work together arrived 6 years later when Emmanuel was finishing the writing of his album Rodeo Ranger, a bluesy sound track to an imaginary, noisy western. He was looking to make this album longer on stage and I was seduced by his experimental but also narrative compositions, an invitation to discover wide spaces and travel.
Emmanuel Mailly: Elie had worked with photos in his precedent project Triangles Irascibles and it seemed important to me that the stage version of Rodeo Ranger should prolong the cinematographic aspect of the album. When we started writing together, we rapidly wanted to connect the music of the album to what's happening today in Europe and the Mediterranean. We had met young refugees via the association Boussole and after a discussion with two of them, Thierno and Mamadou, we asked them if they wanted to participate in an artistic project with us. That day we met two enthusiastic adolescents. We were touched by their energy, their desires, their personal stories and what they had been through to arrive here.
We can feel that in the first minutes, over and above the aesthetic and sound work, Rodeo Ranger carries a commitment and a strong message; and this several weeks after an historic growth of the extreme right during the regional elections (particularly in the North where the young refugees you worked with live) and in a worrying international situation where millions of people try to cross every day.
Emmanuel Mailly: In this creation, we chose to tackle these complex current themes with the participation of these young people, with our words, borrowing their own, with our instruments and our experimental practice. In our artistic career we felt the need to deliver a different view on the images that the medias feed us, to present these fragments of unique journeys.
It's not new for me to take these positions but it's the first time that they've telescoped like this in my artistic work. Through my second profession, that of teacher, I am regularly confronted with the sudden departures of students whose parents, refused asylum, have to leave the French territory or change regions to try and escape expulsion. In 2004 I decided to create a collective in defence of illegal immigrants in Aisne and I managed it several years before passing it on to others and concentrating on the communes near to me such as Chauny where these young people live. I accompany people in their administrative procedures, in access to housing, I try to guarantee scholastic supplies (books, calculators, bags…) or sometimes organize mobilizations in the department to save people from expulsion.
Elie Blanchard: At the moment, more than when I started creating, as an artist, but also as a citizen, I feel the need to take up "political" issues. For several years I have been developing a lot of collective or collaborative projects, regularly questioning the notion of "doing together", with artists but also amateurs (adolescents, elderly mentally disabled…). In Where do you come from? (with Cheveu), using the photographic archives of the town, I talked about the construction of Saint-Ouen by immigrant workers. It was a view of the northern suburb of Paris where I now live.
Giving a voice to those who have none, doing things together, starting a debate, a reflection, these are things that motivate us to present this project that has been a human adventure over and above an artistic adventure.
During the performance we feel, in your exchanged looks, a constant search for a dialogue between you. A sound dialogue when the two of you interpret the musical score that abounds with details and contrasts. But also a more subtle exchange when it's about measuring silence and intention with precision. We can guess the difficulty involved in keeping a narrative form whilst only having a few photos and some instruments as sole recourse.
Emmanuel Mailly: Sometimes myapproach is called a form of slightly deferred live electro-acoustic. Deferred because it's always replying to the other: dancer, actors, poets or in this case visual artist, with the image, the intention, given by Elie in his visual poetry. So a dialogue is naturally installed.
When I was a child I often went to the cinema alone. It was the only cultural place I visited and I was fascinated by the musical scores of the films that shaped my conception of music, especially in the narrative aspect of the music I compose.
I use objects of everyday life and explore their sonorities in front of a microphone, from these experimentations I make a sort of sound palette that I use when playing live whilst also leaving room for chance, for accident. I need to put myself in an uncomfortable situation, destabilized, in order for my music to exist.
I arrived at the residence with the music already written, the album Rodeo Ranger had been released a few months before. I rapidly had the feeling of being a prisoner of my compositions. We tried to rewrite some things but after a few days we swept it all away. We just kept the essence of the album, the blues guitars, the noise and other more contemplative moments to make the musical score for the film made by Elie.
Elie Blanchard: Making a cinematographic experience with photos means accepting to tell a fragmented story. I would like the spectator to enter into these spaces to reconstitute the missing pieces with his own experience and personal history (so that there would be as many interpretations of the story as there are people in the audience).
This work of entwined writing permitted a link to be woven between us. Each composition is a sort of response to the image, the strength of the image was guided by the sound,…We constructed the performance brick by brick by presenting many stages of work in the places where we were in residence. It's during these presentations that we were able to construct the breathing and the rhythm of each moment, whilst leaving ourselves freedom in the interpretation.
The young adolescents are not on stage with you although they contributed to the image by their presence. We mainly follow two of them in their journey, how did you work with them?
Emmanuel Mailly: We met Thierno and Mamadou one afternoon in June in a Chauny park where they usually played football. These two young Guineans told us their family history and the stages of their incredible route: millions of kilometres by jeep, by bus, on foot, the smugglers, the living conditions, the crossing of the Mediterranean, the hard times when they at last arrived in the city…With energy and confidence they conveyed to us their hopes and wishes.
Elie Blanchard: After this first meeting we started to define the stages of their crossing that we were going to put into images and prepared the film shoots to recompose the fragments of this documentary essay. For these images we went to Brittany, in the sea, along the shore, and also to the places they frequented on their arrival in Paris, in their hotel in Chauny with the ten other young refugees who were placed there with them,…Each meeting was an opportunity to know a little more about them, to take the time to know each other, and for us, to find accuracy in what we were making.
Emmanuel Mailly: Some time ago (in January), the association La Boussole helped us organize a presentation of the performance. They were obviously very touched and we were able to exchange about what they'd seen while presenting them our visual and sound device. They could try out the music and we took some portraits that Elie hopes he can use in the performance. They did the development themselves with a procedure called cyanotype.
Elie Blanchard: We've just learnt that the department council said that they would be moved to apartments in Laon. We won't be able to do the last images with them that we wanted to at the hotel. We're happy, it's a new step for them, closer to their school and at last in a place they can invest in, cook food, and try to reconstruct after this long journey that is, unfortunately, only just starting.
Rodeo Ranger was presented for the first time the 21st January at the Agnès Varda cinema in Beavais. The next coming dates are on avoka.fr and you can find more information here.


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Chances of selling it for some good money are near 0,01% in my opinion.
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McDonalds can take your domain in seconds for FREE. In some countries what you did it's kind of illegal. This is not year 2000 when you could make big money on selling this kind of domains, this is 2013 and there are laws for this. Anyway, I'm just saying, you do what you have to do. Habla con alguien que sabe de verdad las leyes, no en foros. Good luck
Hope you didn't pay too much for the domain because you are stuck with it, unless you sucker someone else into buying it.

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Design Flaws and Inconsistencies in Dysmenorrhea Study Published in Pain
By Anthony Rosner, PhD, LLD [Hon.], LLCPatricia Brennan's dysmenorrhea study, a full-scale clinical trial begun in 1992, has resulted in a paper accepted for publication in April 1999 by the journal Pain.1 It was preceded by a pilot study addressed to the same issue which was published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics in 1992.2 Unfortunately, the recent publication in Pain suffers from a number of design flaws, omissions of data, and unexplained contradictions with the earlier pilot study -- all of which significantly compromise its validity and leave more questions unanswered than resolved. One wishes that greater efforts were made by the authors to resolve what had appeared to be a positive result in the earlier investigation with the negative findings obtained in the more recent publication, above and beyond what sometimes might be expected with the differences of population types and numbers between the two investigations.
The purpose in both of these studies was to assess the comparative effects of a high-force spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) and low force maneuver (LFM) in affecting the pain and prostaglandin levels experienced in women with primary dysmenorrhea. The full-scale trial employed patient groups of 65-70, approximately three times larger than those employed in the pilot study. In addition, it observed patients over a total of four menstrual cycles: one as a baseline control after which subjects were randomized into the two intervention groups, and three over the course of treatments applied.
In both studies, three outcome measures were evaluated: (1) pain scores as determined by the visual analog scale (VAS); (2) prostaglandin levels measured as blood plasma concentrations of the metabolite KDPGF2a taken from venipuncture 60 minutes after treatment; and (3) scores obtained on the Moos Menstrual Distress Questionnaire (MDQ). The purpose of monitoring additional menstrual cycles in the full-scale study was to allow the researchers to observe the damping of possible nonspecific effects of the interventions over time (called washout).
These were the outcomes obtained:
The risk, of course, is that the take-home message from the full-scale study will be that chiropractic is ineffective for managing primary dysmenorrhea. What is disappointing in this publication are a number of design flaws that were not evident in the original research plan, summarized in the following paragraphs. A second problem is that there are a number of inconsistencies between the pilot and full-scale trials.
The inconsistencies can be best appreciated from the raw data pooled from the two studies:
Other than a graph which displays similar post-MDQ scores of 36-37% for either the SMT or LFM interventions, there is virtually no data offered in the manuscript (other than a statistical statement) to support the authors' contention that there is no significant difference between the two intervention groups with regard to this particular outcome measure.
From the data presented above, it is apparent that:
These inconsistencies point the way to several design flaws evident in the full-scale trial:
To summarize, the recent full-scale clinical trial fails to distinguish between two possible alternatives: (1) a sham procedure that is an inadequate placebo treatment; and (2) the possibility that the side-posture adjustments administered in this investigation were not effective for relieving pain or lowering prostaglandin levels in women with primary dysmenorrhea. Our hope is that further research will help in distinguishing between these alternatives in the very near future.
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April 11, 2009
Nine strong innings from Aaron Tullo and Bryan Morgado led Tennessee to a 6-1 victory over Mississippi State on Friday night at Robert M. Lindsay Field at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The game's first pitch was delayed until 8:30 p.m. Eastern time due to inclement weather in the Knoxville area.
Tennessee (14-20, 2-11 SEC) picks up its first Southeastern Conference victory since a 7-1 victory over Auburn in the second game of a double header on March 15.
"It was a good game," UT coach Todd Raleigh said. "I think we played all three phases well. That is probably the best game we've pitched this year. They (MSU) came in leading the SEC in hitting in SEC play so they have been scoring some runs and Aaron Tullo just set the tone and Bryan Morgado was phenomenal."
Right fielder Josh Liles went 2-for-4 with three runs and two RBIs while second baseman Cody Grisham added two singles and two RBIs of his own to provide the offense for Tennessee.
Tullo (2-4) pitched a season-high five innings, allowing one run on two hits. Tullo walked one and struck out four. Morgado picked up his first save of the year after throwing four scoreless innings to close out the game. Morgado walked two and struck out eight, including the side in the ninth.
Mississippi State (18-16, 4-9 SEC) starting pitcher Tyler Whitney (2-3) surrendered six runs (five earned) on 11 hits through 7-2/3 innings. The sophomore walked five and struck out five.
With the game tied at 1-1 in the third inning, center fielder Kentrail Davis gave the Vols a 2-1 lead by driving in Liles with a groundout to first base.
Tennessee took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on Grisham's RBI single to right field. Liles scored after reaching on an error and stealing third base.
Mississippi State shortstop Ryan Powers tied the game at 1-1 in the top of third with his second home run of the season, a solo shot to left field.
UT took a 3-1 lead when third baseman Tyler Horne scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Grisham. Horne led off the inning with a double to center field. The junior is batting .545 (12-for-22) during a six-game hit streak.
Liles put Tennessee in front 5-1 with a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning. The homer was his eighth of the season.
Tennessee extended its lead to 6-1 in the bottom of the eighth when freshman shortstop Zach Osborne hit his first career home run, a solo shot, to left field.
The two teams return to the diamond Saturday at 1 p.m. Left-hander Nick Hernandez (1-4, 5.64 ERA) will take the mound for UT against lefty Nick Routt (4-1, 2.83 ERA) for Mississippi State. The game will be televised regionally on SportSouth.


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Prado's Museum App Lets Viewers See Underneath Its Masterpieces' Paint
Second Canvas lets people explore 14 of the museum's masterpieces at a highly detailed level.
There are many different ways of appreciating a painting. You can look at it from a comfortable distance to see the work of art in its entirety or step closer to observe exquisite details like brush strokes and texture. However, it may not always be possible to scrutinize a painting in detail in most museums since visitors can only get close to an art piece at a certain distance, especially if the piece is a very valuable masterpiece.
Now there's a new app that lets users go deeper into some of the masterpieces at the Museo del Prado in Spain.
The museum has released an iOS app called Second Canvas Museo del Prado that lets users peer into the details of 14 of the masterpieces housed at the museum. The app was created in partnership with Madpixel and allows users to view the masterpieces at a very detailed level that used to be only experienced by curators and art restorers.
Second Canvas lets users zoom in on the paintings, as well as use the app's x-ray and infrared vision functions to see the layers of paint, the construction underlying the canvases, and the even the artists' sketches under all that color and paint. It helps people see details that may not be noticeable right away or things that they may not have noticed in the painting the first time they saw it.
The app lets users study 14 masterpieces in ultra HD and explore more than 60 related works of art. The app includes extra details about each masterpiece like links to additional info, an audio guide, and a sign language guide. Users can then share their art discoveries on Facebook, Twitter, and via email.
Second Canvas is available for the iPhone and iPad, but it can also be connected to a TV or a projector for a large screen viewing experience at home or at school.
The app doesn't really replace the experience of actually seeing the paintings in person, but it creates a new way of appreciating and understanding the pieces. It is also a great way for those who can't physically visit the museum to see what the museum has to offer.
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text: HONG KONG, Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Cord Blood Corporation (NYSE: CO) ("CCBC" or the "Company"), the first and largest cord blood banking operator in China, and Cordlife Group Limited (CLGL.SP) ("Cordlife"), a cord blood and tissue banking service provider listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited ("SGX-ST"), are fostering a close strategic partnership to offer umbilical cord blood storage services for expectant parents across Asia. This initiative involves Cordlife acquiring a 10% minority stake of CCBC and CCBC taking 100% effective equity ownership in Guangzhou Municipality Tianhe Nuoya Bio-engineering Co. Ltd. ("Nuoya"), the Company's operating arm in Guangdong province (collectively the "Transactions"). The Transactions will further strengthen the strategic alliance between CCBC and Cordlife, enabling the parties to reap the opportunities across China and Asia. Prior to the Transactions, Nuoya is wholly owned by China Stem Cells (South) Company Limited ("CSCS") and CSCS is 90% owned by CCBC and 10% by Cordlife. Pursuant to the Transactions, CSCS will repurchase its 10% equity interest from Cordlife for a cash consideration of approximately US$16.8 million. In exchange, Cordlife will acquire 7,314,015 CCBC shares for a cash consideration of approximately US$20.8 million, which will be satisfied by the Company through sale of such shares from treasury. The Transactions are valuing both CCBC and CSCS based on 10x earnings on fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. CCBC's total outstanding shares upon completion of these Transactions will be 73,140,147, with no dilution impact for existing shareholders. In addition, the board of directors of CCBC will appoint Mr. Jeremy Yee, Chief Executive Officer of Cordlife, to be a CCBC board member, and will step down as a director of CSCS, effective upon completion of the Transactions. The closing of the Transactions are conditional on each other and certain customary closing conditions, including receipt of approval by the shareholders of Cordlife and CCBC's private equity investor (KKR China Healthcare Investment Limited) in respect of the Transactions. The Company engaged Roth Capital Partners to provide, and Roth Capital Partners has delivered, an opinion to the Company's Board of Directors as to the fairness of the respective Transactions, from a financial point of view, to CCBC and CSCS. "CCBC's prominent leadership in the industry clearly speaks to its presence in China. In recent years, it has successfully brought the benefits of umbilical cord blood banking to numerous people in multiple regions across China," commented Mr. Jeremy Yee. "CCBC's management team consistently demonstrates their unique ability to commercialize the Company's leading edge services and expand its market coverage within China. We believe our alliance with CCBC should not be confined to a particular part of China, but instead gives the Company our full support across all regions where CCBC operates." "Cordlife is Southeast Asia's first AABB accredited cord blood bank and a leading cord blood banking service provider in Singapore and Hong Kong. Under the leadership of Mr. Yee and his fellow team members, Cordlife has established an extensive presence across these two key markets and created tremendous market awareness," said Ms. Ting Zheng, Chairperson and CEO of China Cord Blood Corporation. "CCBC and Cordlife have long been strategic partners and closely aligned in the mission to bring the benefits of cord blood banking to populations across Asia. By joining forces, we can benefit from Cordlife's professional status and Asia-wide expertise and better serve our existing and prospective clients throughout our operating regions." About China Cord Blood Corporation China Cord Blood Corporation is the first and largest cord blood banking operator in China in terms of geographical coverage and the only cord blood banking operator with multiple licenses. Under current PRC government regulations, only one licensed cord blood banking operator is permitted to operate in each licensed region and only seven licenses have been authorized as of today. China Cord Blood Corporation provides cord blood collection, laboratory testing, hematopoietic stem cell processing and stem cell storage services. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.chinacordbloodcorp.com.


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"Harry Potter Shops Here" reads the sign on the wall. I had just discovered the Trick Shop, the only magic store in Pinellas County.
Owner Steve Cargill greeted me dressed the part of a magician with his trademark cigar in his teeth. As I looked around the small shop, I couldn't stop smiling. Perhaps I'm gullible, but I've always loved the mystery of illusions and magic tricks.
Cargill, a professional magician, was entranced by magic as a youngster.
"I attended a school assembly where a magician was making things disappear," he said. "I wondered why the teachers weren't teaching this stuff. This is what I really wanted to do."
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I'm not much of a practical joker, but the squirting ketchup bottle got my attention. I learn how the ketchup bottle trick requires a believable fake trip and a verbal "oops" to be effective. I think my reputation as a klutz might come in handy.
Cargill performs a card trick and I am amazed by his finesse. His hands flow with grace and his patter keeps me entertained. When it comes to performing sleight of hand, I am intimidated. I am sure I am not that talented.
"Magic is all psychology and physics," Cargill said. "Anybody can do this. You have to be an entertainer and want to learn. It's easier for an actor to become a magician than a magician to become an actor."
Cargill's professional credits include a European tour, performing on cruise ships and appearances on national television. He tired of the traveling lifestyle and settled in Largo, opening his magic shop in 1981.
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Caddo Parish deputies are still looking for a man suspected of robbing a bank in South Shreveport on Friday, July 26tth. Deputies say a man walked into the Wesla Federal Credit Union on Williamson Way and demanded money before taking off on foot. The man was wearing a t-shirt that read "Sleep is for the Rich."
Now, a local small business owner who created the Sleep is for the Rich clothing line, Nicki Daniels, is worried about his business getting a bad name."I don't know if he purchased the shirt himself. I've never seen this guy. I tried my best to look at it to see if I knew the guy. I didn't know him," says Daniels.
Daniels says he's an Air Force veteran who built his brand from the ground up after being jobless and broke, "My brand is associated with positivity and working hard and relentless hustle, as we call it, now we're also being associated with a bank robbery."
Our cameras were there when a Caddo Parish detective showed up at Daniels' business on Greenwood Rd. The detective wanted to gather information on Daniels' customers who may have purchased the t-shirt which was used in the robbery.
"He wanted to look at my receipt book to see who purchased the shirt," says Daniels. "This is what I'm dealing with right now. I know they are just following leads. I'm not upset with the detectives or anything."
Building a brand is no easy task. Daniels isn't rich just yet, but with faith he says this robbery may in fact be a blessing.
"Just another way that God is going to elevate my brand and bless it because a lot of people know about Sleep is for the Rich but a lot of people didn't know about Sleep is for the Rich but now they're asking questions."
Investigators are still following leads to try and capture the suspect. Daniels says he's cooperating with sheriff's detectives. If you have any information you're asked to call Crime Stoppers at (318) 673-7373.
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I've managed to start getting a cold. This is what happens when you don't run. You get sick. Seriously... when I'm on my A-game with running, I'm fit as a fiddle and healthy as a horse. My allergies are usually the only thing to ever really give me trouble. It hasn't developed into a full-fledged cold yet, but I've been a bit stuffy and my head feels cloudy. I feel like I could sleep for days, and after work I intend on curling up on the couch and staying put all evening.
Does anyone else remember Santa Clause The Movie? I always list it as one of my "must watch" movies for the holidays, but very few people ever have a clue what I'm talking about. It came out in 1985 (when I was only 2), and I remember watching it on tv every year on Christmas Eve for a few years. After that, I don't think I've ever seen it on tv or in the store. I bought a copy a few years ago because I remember loving it as a kid.
I watched it the other night, and I still love it. It's a bit cheesy and the special effects are nothing to get excited about, but it brings back memories of what Christmas was like for me as a kid. The way the North Pole is depicted in this movie is exactly how I always imagined it to look.
I fully intend to squeeze in a few more Christmas movies over the next few days. I suppose that's one of the positives about the crutches - I'm forced to slow down and take it easy
I received a kind and fantastic gift from a fellow RBF today. I'm going to wait and post pictures after the weekend so I'm not telling what it is yet, but I just wanted to thank him again. It's amazing to me that over the course of this year I have made so many blog friends. You are all amazing and provide me with so much inspiration and encouragement through your own posts and comments on mine. I can't imagine what my life was like before I came to know all of you. I certainly hope that I'll have a chance to meet more of you in person in the coming year.
I'm probably going to post something to recap the year in the coming weeks as well as a post about goals for 2009. I don't really get into the whol resolution thing, but I do think it's good to know what sort of things you want to accomplish in a new year. I have to admit that I guess it's ok I'm not able to go to the gym for a while. I really don't like how busy it gets during January. Don't get me wrong... I'm SO glad people are resolving to get fit and healthy. It's just annoying to have to stick to the 30-minute machine limit because there's actually gobs of people there. I had my membership paused until mid-January, and even then I think I'll only be able to swim. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that by the time I'm running the crowd will thin back out to normal...
I got an application in the mail yesterday for one of my favorite half-marathons taking place in March. It was hard to not be able to immediately send it in with a check. I am waiting because at this point I have no idea if I'll be back on my feet in time to get ready for that. I'd like to think I can at least run/walk it, but we'll see.
This is a pretty random post. :) I told you my head is feeling cloudy.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
6 comments:
- *aron* said...
i am getting sick too :( stupid recovery!!!
- December 18, 2008 at 1:27 PM
- Love to Run said...
You are welcome! Encouragement to continue!
- December 18, 2008 at 4:57 PM
- ~Mrs. Guru~ said...
Hoe you feel better soon!
- December 18, 2008 at 6:00 PM
- Rachel H. said...
I'll be cheering you on for the half-marathon in March. Hopefully, it'll work out. And feel better soon!
- December 19, 2008 at 7:32 AM
- Heather said...
Hope you feel better and get off those crutches soon. Sounds like you definitely have the motivation to get to that half in March!
- December 19, 2008 at 9:50 AM
- Laura said...
Thank you so much for your kind words - it's so nice to know that someone else feels the same way! And you have it even worse with your crutches, so I really shouldn't complain :)
I'm sorry that my laziness has also included getting behind on my blog reading - hoping to do that in the next week or two as well.
- December 19, 2008 at 1:14 PM
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The Winner's Trophy (Japanese: ウィナーズカップ Winner's Cup) is the prize for championing the Orange League. Only Pokémon Trainers skilled enough to defeat the Head Leader in addition to all four Gym Leaders in the Orange Crew can have it.
Trainers who earn the Winner's Trophy are honored in the Palace of Victory forever.
The modern Winner's Trophy is a gold-coloured trophy consisting of a conical base, a upside-down elongated tetrahedron made of metal sticks and a silver-winged golden depiction of a Master Ball.
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In A Shipful of Shivers, it was revealed that Captain won an older version of the Winner's Trophy 300 years ago using his Gastly and Haunter.
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As the first volume in the Journals series, this volume includes a general introduction to Joseph Smith and his papers. It also contains the series introduction which informs the reader of the class of documents in the series, the criteria for inclusion, and other information helpful to understanding the Journals series. This volume also includes a volume introduction, which provides background on the historical setting of events relevant to the included documents and an introduction to important themes and issues. Finally, the introductory matter includes a statement of editorial principles as readers would expect from a documentary work.
This first volume in the Journals series covers Joseph Smith's journals dating from November 28, 1832 to October 15, 1839. This early period of the Church is geographically centered in Kirtland, Ohio where the most intense doctrinal and organizational development of the Church took place. Therefore, these documents are important handwritten foundational documents for anyone researching early Latter-day Saint history. The reader should be aware that only about 35 of the more than 1,500 manuscript pages were actually written by Joseph Smith himself. While some of it was dictated by Smith, the majority of it was written by clerks based on their own observations. Nonetheless, these clerks where some of Smith's closest associates and keen observers of his life.
On the volume's companion website (www.josephsmithpapers.org), the editors state that "each volume is designed and will be used principally as a reference work, not as a narrative to be read straight through, cover to cover." Indeed, some readers may find this volume tedious reading. The entries range from the mundane to significant events that are recorded in some detail.
The content of this volume has been published before in 1992, but not under the rigorous standards under which the Joseph Smith Papers Project now operates. The National Archives and Record's Administration's National Historical Publications and Records Commission has endorsed the project, an indication that the scholars and editors working on the project have demonstrated high professional standards in gathering, transcribing, and annotating the documents. These same editors have provided a multitude of editorial notes and annotations to guide the reader through the volume, including much more background and reference materials than the 1992 publication.
The text is presented using a sophisticated system of markup which indicates who the writer was and the medium on which the words were originally placed, as well as symbols to indicate strikeouts and insertions. There are some photographs to give the reader an idea of what the document pages actually looked like. Additional photographs of the manuscripts can be found on the companion website mentioned above.
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Is it any good?
If you don't use the cs, you can never beat someone who does. And, cash shop items are not able to be traded, so you can't just get lots of cash in game, and hope to buy cs items from other players.
To answer your question, I wouldn't play it (again).
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there are balance issues with the games that are unresolved, such as the "uselessness" of the archers that a lot of archers complain about at higher levels.
even though there are only four classes (fighter, mage, cleric, archer), the balance issues are still not solved.
I'd say yes, tho i wouldn't play it, you might like it, theres no harm in trying a game, uninstall is a nice feature, dont like? uninstall
If it's like when I first played it a year ago, I'd rather take on gential herpes.
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Stay away..far away. You'll be happy you did
I think I'm the one of the few people that actually enjoyed this game.
But again most people quit because they choose a character and realise it's not balanced.
With so little characters to choose from, replayability is like zero if you don't like other characters
Anyways, I strongly recommend this game if you have friends to kill the time in the game with... Thats how I managed to lvl up to 47, playing with friends, talking with them ingame..
You know, anything that's needed to keep playing a game... Friends.
"Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please."
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It's no good. Don't waste your time.
A quote from a very bad english dubbed game *A cookie to whoever knows it*
'We'll never know unless we try'
That being said, just try it and see for yourself.
You might love it, you might not.
Don't let other people decide things for you.
I got a lvl 47 on one of the servers, I'm willing to start play again if someone girl/boy, woman/man wants to play with me.. it's boring to play alone..
every game is good with a friend, even runescape... o.o
My xfire is: darkspine16
for those who want to play any F2P games or some Halo 3, or any other games you Might have on xbox,
These are the games i have on the pc, at least a few of them.
FLyFF ( willing to go dedicated partyship with someone )
Exteel ( Letz rock some survival game togetter ? )
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"Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please."
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Tried the game once, got bored of playing alone, so I quit.
I'm downloading it right now, willing to give it another shot if I have someone to play with.
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i'm willing to play if we decide on a server.
do note that everyone will start new characters.
i'll go tank spec warrior.
awesome, when i die i'll blame it on you and call you a noob <3
I'll be a mage, like always.
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IT geek-speak has also entered the realm of Cockney, as in Kryptonite or Wind and Kite (Web site).
The site is run as a hobby by Londoner Peter Walker, a computer engineer by trade. He has collated hundreds of sayings, including many we couldn't possibly publish.
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Former TNA talent Karen Jarrett made her pro wrestling return last night for the FWE Grand Prix PPV event. Karen announced herself as the new general manager for the promotion. She then announced a No DQ match between Tommy Dreamer and Carlito Colon.
This is the same match that Carlito suffered a bad cut in. As previously reported, Carlito received a tetanus shot after the match and had the wound cleaned, turning down a visit to the local hospital.
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^^^^ looks like a highschool boy with a wi and heels……. pRVIOUSLY REPORTED WHEN?
TNA was much more entertaining with Karen and Jeff compared to Brooke and Hulk…
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A brand new clip from one of spring's most anticipated films, "Battleship," was released as a MTV exclusive this evening (April 30).
Making an appearance in the Aloha State, the stars of "Battleship" were treated to quite the Naval experience in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Saturday (April 28).
Keeping the hype alive, the "Battleship" folks have leaked yet another new clip and this one's a doozy!
The new video shows the crew of the ship pulling off the alien's helmet to expose the extra terrestrial's face, complete with space-style goatee.
Bringing their big screen blockbuster to Australia, the cast of "Battleship" attended the Sydney premiere today (April 10).
Rihanna, Brooklyn Decker, Taylor Kitsch and director Peter Berg all showed up at Luna Park for the fabulous event, hosted by Universal Pictures and 2Day FM.
Making the most of their time in Australia, Rihanna and Brooklyn Decker were spotted out on a boat cruise in Sydney Harbour today (April 9).
The "Take a Bow" songstress and the "Just Go With It" starlet looked to be thoroughly enjoying their time on the water, chilling out and chatting with the cast of their new film "Battleship."
Living it up in South Korea, Taylor Kitsch and Brooklyn Decker were spotted at the premiere of "Battleship" in Seoul this evening (April 5).
The "Friday Night Lights" hunk and his Sports Illustrated Swimsuit babe costar had a blast at the Coex Mega Box, hamming it up for the press before heading into the screening.
Giving their South Korean fans some love, Brooklyn Decker and Taylor Kitsch were spotted at the press conference for "Battleship" in Seoul today (April 5).
The "Just Go With It" babe sported a Katie Ermilio dress with a Dolce & Gabbana blazer as she promoted her new flick along with the "John Carter" stud and the film's director Peter Berg.
They've been working overtime on a busy promotional schedule, and today (April 3) the cast of "Battleship" showed up at the world premiere in Tokyo, Japan.


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M5 fiber
M5 fiber (polyhydroquinone-diimidazopyridine) is a high-strength synthetic fiber first developed by Doetze Sikkema[1] and his team at the Dutch chemical firm AkzoNobel. It is produced in the United States by Magellan Systems International LLC.
M5 fiber is prepared by a condensation polymerization between tetraaminopyridine and dihydroxyterephthalic acid using diphosphorus pentoxide as a dehydrating agent. The polymer mixture is then heated and extruded to form brightly blue polymer fibers. The fibers are then washed extensively with water and base in order to remove the phosphoric acid generated by the hydration of diphosphorus pentoxide from the polymer.
To remove water from the fiber structure and enable the intermolecular hydrogen bonds to be created, thus increasing the strength of the polymer, the fiber is heated and exposed to controlled stress. This aligns the molecular structure of the fiber in a better configuration for tensile and compressive strength.
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M5 has a higher tensile strength than Aramid (Kevlar, Twaron) and UHMWPE (Dyneema, Spectra).
M5 is more fire resistant than meta-Aramid. It is the most fire resistant organic fiber yet developed. It is less brittle than carbon fiber and will yield when stretched.


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Advance tickets for Oak Ridge Boys NRCC concerts go on sale July 15
|Country and gospel group the Oak Ridge Boys will perform two concerts at New River Community College on Saturday, September 14.
Tickets for both shows will go on sale beginning Monday, July 15, at 8 a.m. and may be purchased online at www.nr.edu/fiddle (credit card only with a $1 service charge per ticket), at the Pulaski County Visitors Center in Dublin (cash or check only) and at NRCC in Edwards Hall, office 215 (cash or check only). Prices are $30 for general seating and $35 for reserved seating.
The first show will take place at 2 p.m. with doors opening at 1 p.m. and the second show will take place at 7:30 p.m. with doors opening at 6 p.m. Both shows will be held in Edwards Hall, room 117. Their appearance in Dublin is part of their 40th anniversary tour.
With four decades of charted singles to their credit, the Oak Ridge Boys have an easily recognizable sound in the music industry. They hold 12 gold, three platinum and one double-platinum album, in addition to one double-platinum single. The group saw more than 30 members come and go before the current lineup of Duane Allen, Joe Bonsall, William Lee Golden and Richard Sterban came together in the early 1970s. Since then, the Oak Ridge Boys have branched out from their gospel and country roots to work with artists like Paul Simon, Ray Charles and the White Stripes.
Corporate sponsors of the show include CVS Pharmacy, Dublin; Gregory Seeding and Landscaping Company, Pulaski; King's Tire Service, Pulaski; Pepsi Cola Bottling Co.; Pulaski County Patriot, Pulaski; Shoney's Restaurant, Dublin; Southern Furniture Warehouse, Radford; Trader's Emporium & Estate Jewelry Services, Dublin; Dublin VFW Post 1184, Pulaski; Ladies Auxiliary to VFW Post 1184; Wade's Supermarket, Dublin; and WPSK Radio.
More information about the show is available from Roger Adkins at (540) 674-3600, ext. 4307, and online at http://www.nr.edu/fiddle .
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Interstate 94, Highway 151 Reopen As Water Recedes
I-94's Eastbound Lanes Weren't Affected By Flooding
MADISON, Wis. - Westbound lanes of Interstate 94 westbound near Johnson Creek is being reopened now that water from the Rock River is receding from the road.
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State officials closed the westbound lanes as a precaution Tuesday night. Eastbound traffic weren't affected, WISC-TV reported.
They reopened the road at about 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning.
Wisconsin Emergency Management spokeswoman Jan Klawitter said that the water levels have dropped about a foot from Tuesday.
On Tuesday night, authorities said that the Rock River was just 5 inches from the highway. State officials said that they decided to close the westbound lanes as a precaution.
"The DOT bridge inspectors were out there and they determined that the bridge had no damage or threats so it was safe to be reopened," she said.
Klawitter said that they'll continue to monitor the situation because more rain is expected on Thursday and the river could rise again.
Emergency Operations Center spokesman Mike Goetzman said eastbound lanes were higher than the westbound ones. He said no other interstate lanes have been shut down yet due to the flooding, but a portion of I-94 near Highway 33 around Portage is being monitored.
Goetzman said that conditions at various dams threatened by high water remain about the same.
Forecasters expect about an inch more rain throughout southeast Wisconsin starting Thursday afternoon and into the evening, but the storm front will be gone by Friday morning.
Meanwhile, Highway 151 is also back open near Columbus. The roadway was reopened at about 8:15 a.m. on Wednesday.
The north and southbound lanes of the highway, near Highway 73, were closed all day on Tuesday, WISC-TV reported.
The Crawfish River swelled over its banks and onto the highway..
Tractor-trailer truckers were allowed to travel on the road, but other vehicles were rerouted.


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Game Notes for Thursday, April 17
Principal Park - Des Moines, IA
By Iowa Cubs | April 17, 2014 4:46 AM ET
TODAY'S GAME: The Iowa Cubs and New Orleans Zephyrs play game three of a four-game series. The Zephyrs are the Pacific Coast League affiliate of the Miami Marlins. This is the third game of an eight-game home stand. The Round Rock Express will follow the Zephyrs into town for a four-game series starting on Saturday.
A-LIST HITTER: 2B Arismendy Alcantara had a season-high three hits, including a double and a triple, two RBI, and two runs scored to lead the Cubs to a 6-3 win over the Zephyrs yesterday afternoon. Alcantara's three hits matched the team-high. He leads the team and is tied for third in the league with six doubles for the year. Alcantara has hit safely in six of his last seven games and has hit safely in 10 of his 11 starts for the year. The Cubs matched their season-high for runs in a game and set a new season-high with 11 hits.
ELEMENTARY MY DEAR WATKINS: The wind was blowing out with gusts up to 34 mph, but yesterday's game featured just one home run. IF Logan Watkins lined a solo shot over the wall in centerfield in the second inning for his first home run since June 29, last year at Omaha. Watkins swas 0-for-13 through his first six games of the year, but now has hit in each of his last four games, going 4-for-12 with four runs scored and three RBI.
THE HENDRICKS EXPERIENCE: RH Kyle Hendricks posted his second straight quality start and earned his second straight win yesterday. He allowed three runs on five hits in seven innings, walked one, and struck out a season-high nine. Hendricks ranks third in the league with 18.2 innings pitched and 19 strikeouts through three starts. Hendricks caught Matt Angle looking to begin the ballgame for his 300th career strikeout. Hendricks is now 5-1 in seven career starts at Principal Park.
HERE HE COMES TO SAVE THE DAY: RH Brian Schlitter pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his first save of the season yesterday. It was the 34th save of his Iowa career, moving him into a tie with Michael Wuertz and Jim Bullinger for second on Iowa's career saves list. Blake Parker is the all-time leader with 42, including one earlier this season before getting called up by Chicago. Marcos Mateo has also earned a save for Iowa this year.
VS. ZEPHYRS: This series is tied 1-1. These two clubs are scheduled to meet 16 times this season. The Zephyrs will return to Principal Park for another four-game series, July 21-24. The Cubs will visit Zephyr Field in Metairie, May 6-9 and July 29-August 1. Last year, the Zephyrs won the season series 11-5, including five of eight at Principal Park.The Zephyrs have won the season series and the series at Principal Park in each of the last two seasons. The Zephyrs lead the all-time series 111-109, but the Cubs hold a 65-51 all-time mark at home.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES: The Cubs are 5-0 in day games this season, including three midweek noon starts.
NO BULL FROM PEN: After allowing 14 runs (13 earned) in 13.2 innings over the first three games of the season, the Cubs bullpen has settled in. Over the last nine games, the relievers have allowed just six runs in 29.2 innings for a 1.82 ERA and allowed just three walks while recording 30 strikeouts.
ROSSCUP RECALLED: The Chicago Cubs recalled Zac Rosscup for game two of their split double-header in New York against the Yankees last night. Rosscup pitched the final 1.2 innings of the nightcap. He didn't allow a baserunner and struck out one. Rosscup was designated as the team's 26th man for the twin bill.
INJURY REPORT: Following yesterday's game, the Cubs placed OF Brett Jackson on the disabled list with a mild strain in his right oblique. Jackson is batting .121 (4-for-33) with a triple, a home run, two RBI, and 17 strikeouts in 11 games this season. LH Jonathan Sanchez went on the disabled list on April 10 with a left shoulder strain. The Cubs placed SS Javy Baez on the DL on April 11 with a left ankle strain.
GET YOUR MOTA RUNNIN': INF Jonathan Mota joins the I-Cubs today from double-A Tennessee. Mota is 2-for-19 with two RBI in six games with the Smokies this season. Mota hit .276 (83-for-301) with 15 doubles, seven home runs, and 40 RBI in a career-high 109 games last year with Tennessee. He spent time with Iowa from 2010-12 and has hit .283 (71-for-251) with seven homers and 38 RBI in 95 career games with the I-Cubs.
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Vineyard: Seifried Queen Victoria, Redwood Valley,
Brightwater, Rabbit Island Vineyards
Sugar at Harvest: 22.7°Brix
Date of Harvest: Mid - late March 2015
pH of Wine: 3.39
T.A of Wine: 6.3g/L
Residual Sugar of Wine: 7g/L
Suitable for Vegetarians: Yes
The 2015 Old Coach Road Pinot Gris is a blend of several of our Pinot Gris vineyard blocks. This allows us to take advantage of the varying clones and nuances each site offers. Our Queen Victoria vineyard is our new vineyard block located in the Motueka area. This exciting block has five year old vines on very stony, free draining soils and produces bright, exuberant fruit characters.
The unirrigated Redwood Valley vineyard is situated on a gently sloping, north facing clay site which optimises the heat of the sun. These Pinot Gris vines have root systems going down in the clay which have been established over the past 30 years and therefore these top grafted vines have a very sturdy foundation.
The Brightwater vines are grown in an extremely stony area of the vineyard, where water and nutrient levels are low. This helps us to restrict the vine vigour and to crop at low levels. To further enhance the aromatics we removed leaves to allow light penetration and air movement around the fruiting zone.
The Rabbit Island vineyard is situated on a wide river flat. The soil is gravelly loam, which is very sandy and free draining. These vineyards are about 1.5 kilometres from the sea, which helps moderate temperatures.
2015 has been a fantastic season in Nelson. An exceptionally light yield (down 40% on long-term average yields) resulted in concentrated intensely ripe fruit and flavours.
We used separate parcels of Pinot Gris from our clay soiled vineyards and from our stony/silty blocks to blend a complex wine. The Pinot Gris fruit for this wine comes predominantly from the Queen Victoria vineyard and a smaller amounts from other blocks. The wine pulls together fruit from our varying Estate vineyards to make the best our terroirs have to offer!
The 2015 Old Coach Road Pinot Gris is ripe and concentrated on the back of a fantastic growing season.
Pear, star anise and cinnamon come through on the nose. The palate has ripe lush fruit entry and gentle phenolics encasing the wine, leaving a lasting impression.


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UPDATE 2-Canada's Dollarama draws more shoppers, beats profit estimates
* Q2 EPS of C$0.88 vs est. C$0.84
* Revenue of C$729 mln beats est. of C$726.55 mln
* Shares rise as much as 2.7 pct (Adds Q2 details, industry background and share move)
Sept 1 (Reuters) - Dollarama Inc reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit as the Canadian dollar store operator's sales got a boost from more shoppers visiting its stores.
The company's results come in contrast to those from U.S. dollar store operators, who have been struggling with increased competition from Wal-Mart Stores Inc and lower food prices.
Dollarama, which raised its price ceiling to C$4 from C$3 during the second quarter ended July 31, said traffic rose 1 percent from a year earlier.
"The traffic growth was particularly telling given some investor concern heading into the quarter, given the recent performance of Wal-Mart in Canada," Raymond James analyst Kenric Tyghe wrote in a note.
Wal-Mart's Canada unit reported a much smaller rise in second-quarter same-store sales due to intense competition from companies such as Loblaw Co Ltd and Sobeys Inc, who took price cuts on some products to fend off competition.
Shares of Dollarama rose as much as 2.7 percent to C$99.48 in early trading on Thursday. Continued...


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I primarily use Prezi, PowerPoint and slideshare for my presentations and feel free to view/share/edit as you see fit for your own purposes. Here is the most recent keynote address I delivered at the Edscape Conference in October.
Some recent presentations and resources:
- Alaska Society for Technology in Education (Keynote Speaker, February 2016)
- ESEA / NCLB State Conference (Keynote Speaker, February 2016)
- WEMTA Conference (Keynote Speaker, April 2016)
- IU13 Conference (Keynote Speaker, December 2015)
- International Society of Technology Educators Conference - (Keynote Speaker - July 1st, 2015)
- Engaged NWI Conference (Keynote speaker - June 17th, 2015)
- Summer Technology and Learning Conference (Keynote Speaker - June 26th, 2015)
- Engage Illinois Leadership Conference (Keynote Speaker - July 23rd, 2015)
- C4 Learning Conference (Spotlight Speaker - July 24th, 2015)
- DeWitt High School Conference - Keynote Speaker, January 2015
- Illinois Computing Educator Conference - February 2015 (various edtech topics)
- Edscape Conference - Keynote Speaker, October 2015
- Illinois Computing Educator Conference - February 2014 (various edtech topics)
- Midwest Educational Technology Conference - Feature Speaker (various topics), February 2014
- National Network of State Teacher of the Year Conference - Social Media Use, January 2014
- Ithaca (NY) School District Summer Conference Keynote, July 2013
- Great Educators Conference, July 2013
- Downer's Grove, IL Admin Retreat Keynote, August 2013
- Downer's Grove, IL District 58 Institute Keynote, October 2013
- Tech Academy Keynote and sessions, Arlington Heights, IL August 2013
- 21st Century Educator (Sauk Valley Community College PD Keynote, April 2013)
- PBL, Innovation in Education, Student Driven Learning (Winter SDE Conference, February 2013)
- PBL, Building a PLN, Tech Tips and Tricks (Midwest Educational Technology Conference, February 2013)
- PBL, Tech Tip and Tricks (Illinois Computing Educators Conference, February 2013)
- Moving Forward (TeachMeetGA Conference Keynote, October 2012)
- Good Educators (AFC PD workshop, October 2012)
- Questions for a First Year Teacher (Numerous undergrad groups)
- 21st Century Educator (Torch Conference Keynote, August 2012)
- The World Has Changed...Have Schools? (Westchester School PD Keynote, February 2012)
- The Journey Ahead (Illinois Reading Council Leadership Council, July 2012)
- Student Driven Learning (Midwest Educational Technology Conference, February 2012)
- Expanding Horizons (International Society of Technology Educators, June 2012)
Upcoming speaking engagements:
- Texas ASCD Ignite Conference (Keynote Speaker, June 2016)
- Wabash Innovative Summit for Education Conference (Keynote Speaker, June 2016)
- ELearning NexGen Conference (Keynote Speaker, June 2016)
- Leyden Teaching and Learning Symposium (Keynote Speaker, July 2016)
If you are interested in using any of my presentations or having me present any of these to your group please feel free to contact me.


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I've been reading romance since my mom first let me into her book cupboard when I was about fourteen. LaVyrle Spencer, Julie Garwood, Debbie Macomber... they took my 'happily ever after' ideas from animated princesses to real people in the real world.
I've been writing romance almost as long. Many a family car trip was spent with my head bent over a spiral notebook in the back seat. I'll confess that my very first attempts at fiction were fantasy and paranormals, influenced by my father's love of the Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, and the original Alice in Wonderland. If Harry Potter had been around, I'm sure he would have been on the bedtime story shelf as well.
But it wasn't long until I started writing about true love and that's where I've been ever since.
I'm so thrilled to be able to share these stories with you! I hope that they make you smile, sigh, maybe even choke up a little. Most of all, I hope that they help you believe in magical things like first kisses, the spark of passion, and the power of true love.
I'd love to hear from you! Please write me at Erin (at) ErinNicholas.com
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BSSEF offers competitive Alpine, Freeride, and Nordic skiing programs to athletes of all ages.
Introduction to YSL Program
YSL Race Weekend
Ages 7 to 13
The Youth Ski League program develops well-rounded skiing skills and a lifelong appreciation for the sport of Alpine skiing.
Buddy Werner
Ages 8 to 13
The Buddy Werner program helps younger athletes develop their Alpine ski racing and freeskiing skills.
Ages 14 to 19
The Junior Development program makes older teens stronger skiers and better ski racers.
Ages 12 to 18
Participation in the Freeride program enables teens to ski the entire mountain confidently and safely.
Ages 8 to 13
The Nordic program develops personal fitness and fosters a love of Nordic skiing as a lifetime sport.
Ages 20+
The Masters program is for adults who want to continue – or begin – their Alpine ski racing careers.


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The 'Adding Beauty' Project: Week 7
We enjoyed a lovely breakfast this week. I made my own version of this Breakfast Pizza from Smitten Kitchen. A two- hour delay for our weekly tutoring classes gave us just enough time to sit and enjoy it before heading out into frigid temps and onto slippery roads. Love is in the air and our Read More