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Please welcome guest blogger Piper Bayard … a terrific writer and friend! I love her Bayard & Holmes newsletter and her mostly fun, but sometimes serious, blog (links all below!) I'm so glad she's here at MSW today, so please make her feel welcome!
James Bond vs. The Spook
By Piper Bayard
I work with Bond. James Bond. The real one.
Please don't ask me how a small town author/belly dancer/recovering attorney grew up to be the writing partner of one of the world's most seasoned covert operatives, because that is a story I can never tell. But I can tell you this . . . It's nothing like fiction.
His name is Holmes. Jay Holmes. And unlike James Bond, that's not his real name. That's because when covert operatives reveal their identities – even decades after they are out of deep cover – people die. Assets and loved ones alike become targets. So when a celebrity author shows up in an "I'm a Spook" T-shirt flaunting a "covert" career, it's a dead giveaway that though she may have done some great and necessary work with an intelligence agency, she has never been a covert operative in the field. Covert operatives must forever keep a Chinese wall around their true identities.
So what's this real covert spook writing partner of mine like? First off, Holmes and his ilk are "spooks," not spies. As Holmes says, "Spying is seamy. It's what the Russians do."
Spooks refer to each other lightheartedly as "spooks." That's also what military personnel call them when military and intelligence operations overlap. For example, if an intelligence team is working in a secured area of a ship, the crew refers to them as "the spooks."
There is no official Dictionary of Spook Terminology, but the proper terms for spooks are "intelligence operatives" and "intelligence agents." By habit, "operative" is used by CIA personnel when they are talking among themselves or reviewing an operation, and "agent" refers to someone – usually a foreigner – who is collecting information in a foreign country. Intelligence personnel are the "operatives" who are managing the foreign "agents."
And all of those wild car chases that happen in books and movies? Sure. They happen now and then in real life. Holmes has personally driven down the Spanish Steps and gone the wrong way up a narrow one-way street to get his man. But what you almost never see in fiction is that spooks wear seatbelts. Religiously. "Because you can't finish the mission if you're dead."
There are also many things fictional spooks do that real spooks never do—or at least few live to tell if they do. How many times in fiction does a spook duck into a doorway and peek out of it to spy on someone he's following? That's a good way to get dead in real life.
One of the first things spooks must learn about following people is to not be followed themselves. It's common for bad guys to have their own people tailing them to pick up any newcomers, so spooks can't only focus on who's in front of them. They have to be acutely aware of who is behind them, too. That means that if a spook wants to watch someone from a doorway, she has to take her eyes off the target, go all the way inside a building, and only turn around once she's out of sight of the street. Then she can come back out and stop in the doorway under some other pretense than watching someone. It also gives her the chance to handle the bad guy's trailing entourage.
Another thing fiction almost invariably gets wrong is the spook's relationship to room service. How many times has Bond ordered room service? And how has that worked out for him? You'd think he would have learned after Rosa Klebb's stunt in From Russia with Love that this is a seriously bad idea. Even the spooks in the otherwise realistic movie Act of Valor ordered take out and paid the price.
This isn't only because of the opportunity for an enemy to poison them, it's also because it's generally bad juju for spooks to invite strangers into their space when they are on a mission. In fact, Holmes won't even have a pizza delivered to his home. The only food he actually enjoys is his own, his wife's, or mine if it includes chocolate, and only then if he is eating at home or at the home of a trusted friend.
So back to my original question – what's this real life spook like? Unlike fiction, Holmes is incredibly mundane. While he has the most charming boyish smile that ever melted a heart, he doesn't look a thing like James Bond, Jason Bourne, or Jack Reacher. In fact, real spooks come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and abilities. When they aren't on a job, they might be working as Wal-Mart managers, secretaries, teachers, insurance salesmen, or corporate CEOs. And their days at home can look like anyone else's, filled with gardening, grocery shopping, cleaning, and following behind their children turning off lights. Holmes would say that spooks are ordinary people with a bit more than average commitment and dedication to their work.
Notice I said that Holmes would say that. He strongly objects to the notion that he and other covert operatives are special in any way. However, speaking as a small town author/belly dancer/recovering attorney with a home in "normalville" and a window into the shadow world, I would suggest that from most people's perspective, there is one thing fiction definitely gets right. These folks are anything but ordinary.
Questions? Comments? I'll be around to answer them (if I can!)
Piper Bayard is an author and a recovering attorney with a college degree or two. She's also a belly dancer from way back and a former hospice volunteer. She is currently the managing editor of Social In Worldwide, Inc., and she pens post-apocalyptic science fiction and spy thrillers.
Her spy thriller writing partner, Jay Holmes, is a veteran field intelligence operative with experience spanning from the Cold War to the present Global War on Terror. He is still an anonymous senior member of the intelligence community and unwilling to admit to much more than that. Piper is the public face of their partnership.
To follow Bayard & Holmes, sign up for the Bayard & Holmes Newsletter, or find them at their site, Bayard & Holmes. You may contact with them in blog comments at their site, on Twitter at @piperbayard, on Facebook at Bayard & Holmes, or by email at email@example.com.

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Parts of Hershey's famous factory could be torn down
Candy maker wants to tear down part of old factory
Smokestacks and the factory around it helped to put Hershey chocolate on the map.
It's probably the most famous factory in the Susquehanna Valley, but it might not keep it's iconic appearance for long.
The Hershey Company wants to knock down much of the old plant.
While the company is awaiting approval for demolition, it invited News 8 to tour the inside of the iconic factory.
The old factory on the east side of the complex, for the most part, emptied out when operations moved to the west side earlier this year.
Dusty pieces of machinery that haven't been turned on for some time are still present inside the factory.
"It's sad. There's no question, it's sad but necessary. Five years from now, we'll be very happy if this is able to move forward, that we were able to truly redevelop the downtown," said Jeff Edleman of the Hershey Company.
Outdated equipment that is too outdated to reasonably renovate occupy the plant. Equipment such as conches were used to refine chocolate under the weight of 200-pound stones. Technology has advanced since then and so they are no longer operational.
The Hershey Company is planning to not only remove the equipment, but knock down the buildings around it and has already started doing so.
The company doesn't see a future in the buildings with low ceilings and unmovable steel columns.
"We fear if we don't take these actions, the properties will sit and lie fallow and become a large pigeon coop through time and that's not in our best interest," Edleman said.
The company spent years trying to see if the buildings could be turned into hotel rooms or apartments, but to no avail.
"It's a personal disappointment going through this process that I wasn't able to find economic means of reusing these facilities," Edleman said.
Five core buildings, including the two oldest on campus, are proposed to be kept and some turned in to office space as the Hershey Company tries to reinvent Chocolate Avenue again.
Right now, company representatives are meeting with the Derry Township design and review board to get approval for the demolition.
The company said the Hershey smokestacks and the cocoa bushes will be staying.


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Happy Thursday!
Some weekly reminders: bookmobile is tomorrow and book orders are due tomorrow. If you want to go online and order books from scholastic book club, my classroom code is R7LNF.
This week, Mr. Will came into our classroom and showed our class how to use Sway, this is the office 365 app that we will use to present out science fair projects on February 28. Next week, Mr. Will is going to bring drones into our classroom. He will show the students how to program the drone (kind of like the sphero balls) to make the drones go through different obstacle courses.
Next Wednesday is Valentines Day; we will be celebrating it in the afternoon. The students can bring treats, valentines, etc. for the party.
Since we have changed math to the morning and switched rotations, math has been going extremely well. The students are doing better on their practice scores and are more relaxed.
The school nurse was in on Tuesday and explained the importance of a seatbelt to the class. She used an egg and a Barbie car to demonstrate how seatbelts can protect you.
Please, email me if you have any questions and have a great weekend!


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SAN FRANCISCO - Relatives of a California girl declared brain dead after complications from a tonsillectomy want her moved to a long-term care facility, but face resistance from the hospital where she is due to be disconnected from a breathing machine on Monday.
The family of 13-year-old Jahi McMath, who has been without brain function and on a ventilator for two weeks at Children's Hospital in Oakland, California, said they had found an extended-care center willing to take the girl on an indefinite basis, hospital officials said on Friday.
But the center will not accept Jahi unless she has surgically implanted ports for breathing and feeding tubes placed in her body before the transfer, family attorney Christopher Dolan said on Thursday. He declined to name the facility.
Children's Hospital has agreed to allow Jahi to be moved, but has declined to perform additional procedures on her, hospital spokesman Sam Singer said on Friday.
The family would be required to find an outside physician to implant tracheotomy and gastric tubes in the girl and supply lawful transportation services for her, Singer said. Hospital officials also would need to know the name of the facility taking Jahi, but that information had not been provided, he added.
Children's Hospital's chief of pediatric medicine, Dr. David Durand, said in a statement that the hospital "does not believe that performing surgical procedures on the body of a deceased person is an appropriate medical practice."
Dolan could not be reached for comment on Friday, but was quoted in local media as saying the family was looking at various legal options, including seeking federal court intervention in the case.
"They (Children's Hospital) don't want the attention that's going on over there, so just help us to get her out of there," Jahi's mother, Nailah Winkfield, told CNN on Friday.
"I would probably need my child's heart to stop to show me that she was dead," Winkfield said. "Her heart was still beating, so there's still life there."
According to medical experts, Jahi's lungs and heart are only continuing to function artificially because of air being forced in and out of her body by the ventilator, without which her breathing and heartbeat would cease. Unlike an individual in a coma or a vegetative state, Jahi lacks any brain activity whatsoever, rendering her unable to breathe on her own, doctors said.
Jahi was admitted to the hospital on Dec. 9 for surgery to remove her tonsils as a means of treating her sleep apnea. Shortly after the procedure, she began to bleed severely, suffered a heart attack and brain swelling, Dolan said. Hospital officials declared her brain dead on Dec. 12.
The girl's family, who has expressed hope that Jahi might recover despite her diagnosis, won a restraining order on Monday barring the hospital from removing her from a ventilator.
On Tuesday, following court testimony by two pediatric neurologists that Jahi was beyond recovery, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo denied a request by relatives to extend his restraining order, which prohibits the hospital from taking her off the breathing machine without the family's consent before Monday at 5 p.m. local time.
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This week, we're in the vast halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center at the 2013 SEMA Show. After months of planning and preparation, we're ready to make some noise at the greatest automotive trade show in the world.
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ATLANTA, Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Marine Products Corporation (NYSE: MPX) announced today that it will release its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012 on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 before the market opens. In conjunction with its earnings release, the Company will host a conference call to review the Company's financial and operating results on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
Individuals wishing to participate in the conference call should dial (888) 438-5519 or (719) 325-2454 for international callers, and use conference ID# 1048966. For interested individuals unable to join via telephone, the call also will be broadcast and archived for 90 days on the Company's investor Web site at www.marineproductscorp.com. Interested parties are encouraged to click on the webcast link 10-15 minutes prior to the start of the conference call.
Marine Products Corporation (NYSE: MPX) designs, manufactures and distributes premium-branded Chaparral sterndrive and inboard pleasure boats; Premiere Sport Yachts; and Robalo sport fishing boats, and continues to diversify its product line through product innovation and is prepared to consider strategic acquisition targets. With premium brands, a solid capital structure, and a strong independent dealer network, Marine Products Corporation is prepared to capitalize on opportunities to increase its market share and to generate superior financial performance to build long-term shareholder value. For more information on Marine Products Corporation visit our Web site at www.marineproductscorp.com.
For information about Marine Products Corporation or this event, please contact:
Ben Palmer
Chief Financial Officer
(404) 321-7910
Jim Landers
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We have built our teaching philosophy based on a three pronged approach: fostering community, addressing the aches and pains of pregnancy, and integrating childbirth education. We believe the best way for the student to reap of the benefits of our teaching and community is to attend class on a regular basis. To accommodate the busy lives of our students, we offer 14 prenatal yoga classes a week.
Classes are filled on a "first come, first served" basis. While we did consider preregistration like many other studios offer, we serve a very unique population. Studios that offer preregistration often have a cancellation policy ranging from 1 – 24 hours advance notice without being charged. Given that we serve pregnant women and new moms with babies, this policy would not be appropriate considering last minute changes can occur more often with a baby or a pregnant mom then your average person. Looking at the bigger picture, we feel the best way to accommodate our community is to run on a "first come, first served basis." Please aim to arrive 10-15 minutes ahead of time to assure a space. We appreciate the community's understanding for this policy
With the exception of bed rest accompanied by a doctor's note, the Prenatal Yoga Center cannot be responsible for providing additional make-ups or issuing any credit for classes missed as a result of scheduling conflicts, vacations, illness, emergencies, or other circumstances beyond our control.
If you are put on bed rest, please notify the studio immediately and any remaining classes will be transferred to Baby & Me or Postnatal Yoga.
The Prenatal Yoga Center cannot be responsible for providing make-ups or issuing any credit for classes missed as a result of scheduling conflicts, vacations, illness, emergencies, or other circumstances beyond our control. We strongly recommend you complete your courses prior to your 37th week. We will not refund any payment due to labor after your 37th week which is considered full term, however we will offer 50% credit for any missed workshops or events due to premature labor.
If you need to cancel your commitment to a workshop, you must cancel at least two weeks prior to the event. You will receive a refund minus 10% processing fee. If you cancel within two weeks of the workshop, if the space can be filled, you will receive a refund minus 10% processing fee. If the space cannot be filled there will not be a refund.
Latecomers will be admitted to class at the teachers discretion.
Please note: These classes are intended to serve as a resource to the pre and postnatal communities. If you are not pregnant or recently pregnant, and you are hoping to "observe" class or take class in order to get a sense of what is covered, we cannot accommodate you. Please see our Teacher Training Program, offered twice yearly.


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By Regan Dickinson, Examiner.com
Big news just came down the pike from Copper Mountain, Steamboat and Winter Park, who announced the Rocky Mountain Super Pass Plus for next season, which now includes Monarch Mountain for the first time, bringing the total terrain you can access with the pass to 9,308 acres.
The pass is now on sale for the 2013-2014 season. It includes unlimited skiing at Winter Park and Copper, six unrestricted days at Steamboat, and three unrestricted days at Monarch.
"These mountains represent quintessential Rocky Mountain skiing and snowboarding," says Rob Perlman, senior vice president of sales & marketing for Steamboat. "We are thrilled to add Monarch to the mix this year, providing our guests even more access to unique Colorado terrain. The Rocky Mountain Super Passes give skiers and riders an unparalleled on-snow experience with great pass holder benefits, void of pesky blackout dates, for the lowest multi-resort pass price in Colorado."
Rocky Mountain Super Pass Plus holders get extra perks all season long, including:
· Unlimited skiing and riding at Winter Park and Copper Mountain, six days at Steamboat, and three days at Monarch with no blackouts
· Twenty Friends & Family discounted tickets for use at Copper Mountain and Winter Park (10 per resort)
· Discounts on retail, rentals, foot & beverage, and Ski & Ride School
· Discounts at Woodward at Copper
· A $25 discount off window lift ticket price for pass holders at Intrawest affiliated resorts (Stratton, Snowshoe, and Mt. Tremblant. Steamboat and Winter Park are excluded)
· Up to 20% off lodging at Intrawest affiliated resorts (Stratton, Snowshoe, Mt. Tremblant, Steamboat, and Winter Park)
The Rocky Mountain Super Pass Plus can be purchased online at SkiColorado.com, by calling 800-977-7669, or by visiting Christy Sports.


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A Zoobie is a favorite of mine. These are pillows with blankets inside so it makes an animal to play with, a pillow or you can take the blanket out to cover up with. Because of this they make for fabulous travel toys with a blanket, pillow and toy all in one! There are many animals to pick from too! Even a book based collection with the hungry caterpillar and Oliva!
Abby has this tiger - that she loves - even though the commercials for pillow pets have swayed her that way (Thanks Gigi for her unicorn pillow pet)
How cute is this little lion?
Or this Koala with it's baby?
I've also posted another great Christmas idea from Shutterfly over here if you want to check it out!
(All images from Amazon)