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Over 2,000 bibliographic references to the out-of-body experience (OBE),
arranged by subject and author.
Includes references to the near-death experience (NDE).
Copyright © 2009 by Robert Bushman, compiler
Single copies with copyright notice are permitted for non-commercial use.
Contents of the Bibliographies
A Short, Selected Bibliography (about 30 titles)
References to OBE in Other Works
Titles in Languages Other Than English (Arabic, Danish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and Thai)
A Comprehensive Bibliography (all of the above bibliographies in one list, arranged by author. File size: 958 KB)
The out-of-body experience is an extraordinary, mystifying, exhilarating,
sometimes frightening, and often life-changing experience. It is a window of
insight into our nature, our potential, and our place in the universe. I hope this bibliography will help unfold
our understanding of these timeless and fundamental
The strength of the total body of evidence for OBE is overwhelming and
impels us to stretch well beyond the comfort of our traditional worldview. It calls into question the validity of
ordinary perception, our belief in form, physicality, time and space, our
identity, and indeed, the nature of reality.
Perhaps a more confident understanding of these
OBE awakens us to consciousness as the great frontier. In that awakening, we stand at a vast horizon of discovery that comprehends virtually all human concern.
Like a dream, the "out-of-body experience" is a subjective
experience in an alternate state of consciousness. But unlike a dream, an OBE is experienced as real--often as even
more real and vivid than normal waking consciousness. An understanding of OBE is elusive, and depends on one's
metaphysical perspective. The practical definition proposed by
Out-of-body experiences are similar to visual, auditory, and tactile perceptions, but are not mediated by physical senses. Moreover, the types of OBE perceptions go beyond those we associate with the senses of our physical body. The experiencer seems to have unlimited mobility and thus may "travel" to any desired spatial location at unlimited speed, or even instantaneously. Some experience no limits in the time dimension. Direct communication with other life forms seems possible. Non-ordinary realities may be experienced, including locales associated with the "afterlife." Some report access to the thoughts of others. In general, normal physical limitations do not apply.
Usually, an OBE occurs spontaneously and unexpectedly, though a few have been able to induce the state deliberately. The most commonly known practitioners of deliberate OBE are shamans and mystics of virtually all cultures worldwide. Spontaneous OBE is normal and occurs commonly in every population, but because of its extraordinary nature, it is not commonly recognized for what it is. Experiencers usually believe it is a vivid dream. Psychiatrists have established that is not a mental disorder, such as depersonalization, autoscopy (or phenomenon of the double or doppelganger), dissociation (multiple personality disorder), psychogenic amnesia, or psychogenic fugue.
Near-death experience (NDE) is a major type of OBE. NDE is usually induced by serious trauma, and has a distinctive phenomenology (subjective description). Of all that has been published on OBE, the NDE literature contains some of the most personally significant and transformative experience. Like any perceptions, NDEs are subject to various interpretations, and ordinary OBE provides a broader context for their interpretation.
"Astral projection" was the earlier common term for OBE. More
recently, "out-of-body experience," was suggested by parapsychologist
This bibliography includes titles of books; booklets; articles from newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals; self-published works; audio and video tapes; and files from the Internet that deal with OBE. It includes any material dealing with the phenomenon, from subjective to objective, skeptical to speculative, and scientific to popular. Included are personal experiences, collections of case histories, phenomenologies (subjective descriptions), induction techniques, anthropological descriptions, psychological descriptions, population surveys, historical surveys, cross-cultural surveys, theoretical explorations, research methodologies, research reports, biography, popularizations, counter-hypotheses, and fiction. Most of the titles deal exclusively with OBE phenomena while many others are more general in scope and touch only lightly upon OBE.
There are several other subject areas, such as death survival, lucid dreaming (LD), spiritualism, shamanism, and mediumship, that are related to OBE for which titles are not included except as they touch on OBE.
I have made no attempt to evaluate or restrict titles, and the inclusion of a title does not reflect a position I hold about its content nor its reliability.
Please submit other titles for this bibliography, corrections of errors, and annotations. You can reach me by sending email to RobertBushman at comcast dot net. (I have written my address in this way to elude spammers. To use it, adjust it to the standard format.)
Because it may be difficult to find the titles you want from the comprehensive list, which is quite long, I have classified the titles into shorter lists by subject. I have also included a short, selected list that contains what I hope are the best, frequently cited titles, classic first-hand experiences, and other quality titles offering good overview treatments by the major writers.
The major works have, of course, been reviewed in other publications. Those reviews are listed along with other titles, and are also listed under the titles reviewed on the comprehensive list.
The subject lists are arranged by publication date. The Selected and Comprehensive lists are arranged by author.
In my format of bibliographic citation, the name of the publisher is followed by the place of publication. Articles appearing in serial publications are shown with volume, issue number (if any), and page number(s). For example, "15(3):121-128" means that the article cited appears in volume 15, issue number 3, on pages 121 through 128. When works are published by more than one publisher, the original publisher is usually shown first, as are first edition dates, as many titles have been republished and show later publication dates.
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Only a few items of this bibliography are now in print. The classics get reprinted, like those by
Monroe, Fox, and Muldoon, but most others fade quickly into the vast
ephemera. It is difficult to find many
titles even in large research libraries.
Interlibrary loan is helpful.
The best libraries to search are those that specialize in the
paranormal, like the libraries of the Association for Research and
Enlightenment (ARE) at
Used book dealers can frequently find out-of-print OBE titles, and there are excellent resources for searching for them on the web, such as Abebooks and Bookfinder.
Many thanks to those who have contributed items to this bibliography:
I would like to hear from those who can have OBEs deliberately and who may be interested using that ability in cooperation with others to develop useful information and technologies. To contact me, send an email to RobertBushman at comcast dot net. (I have written my address in this way to elude spammers. To use it, adjust it to the standard format.)
Thoughtful Living: A Study of Near-Death Experiences
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Andrei Zmievski shares some information about the "zeta" release of PHP-GTK 2 in his latest blog post (yes, that's right - zeta).
PHP-GTK 2 Zeta release, the first one of the new architecture, is finally out. No, zeta it's not a typo. What's a zeta? Well, it's a letter of the Greek alphabet. Why zeta? Because, a) we've gone through several "iterations" of this release without actually releasing anything, but more importantly, b) alpha and beta get all the glory in the software world, leaving the other Greek letters longing for a spot in the sunshine. So, zeta it is.
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Mise en place ("putting in place" or "set in place") is a cooking habit you've undoubtedly heard of, and may even implement. But what if I told you it was also the guiding concept behind the fanciest kitchen island we've ever seen? The 'Mise en Place' Work Table, billed as an "all-encompassing chefs work table" has a place for everything, and everything in its place. Here's what it includes:
Designed by chef Liam Tomlin for Cape Town's Chefs Warehouse and Cookery School, the Mise en Place table comes with built-in cutting boards, removable cheese boards, knife and glass holders, a wine rack, an extendable 'hot pot' stand, and specially fitted storage drawers and shelves for knives and all the rest of your tools and equipment.
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DAN and the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) brought together experts and interested parties from around the world to develop consensus on current guidelines for recreational diving with diabetes.
The Patent Foramen Ovale and Fitness to Dive Consensus Workshop was a pre-course to the annual UHMS meeting at Alberta, Canada on June 17, 2015. It was sponsored by the Undersea Hyperbaric Medical Society and Divers Alert Network. Participants of the workshop met to consider the risks for decompression sickness in divers with PFO and pulmonary right-to-left shunts. Additional considerations included screening for PFO, fitness to dive of people with PFO, and the risk-benefit of available options for risk mitigation in divers with PFO.
On June 18, 2014 in collaboration with the Undersea Hyperbaric Medical Society, Divers Alert Network sponsored the Medical Examination of Diving Fatalities Symposium. The talks covered specifics of autopsy in scuba fatalities, field investigation of diving accidents, the complexity of rebreather accidents investigation, integration of various aspects of an investigation into final analysis and principles of the epidemiological approach.
Participants at Rebreather Forum 3 (RF3) met in 2012 to beneficially change the culture of rebreather diving by establishing the state of the art, practice, experience and knowledge base regarding rebreathers, identifying the most common causes of rebreather incidents and explaining the technical, training and operational characteristics that could reduce rebreather incidents for user groups. The RF3 final consensus statements address checklists, training and operations, accident investigation, and design and testing.
The primary objective of the 2010 Recreational Diving Fatalities Workshop was to gather evidence to move the discussion beyond the foundation of expert opinion. DAN invited organizations and individuals with direct experience to present their data. The requirement for an evidence-based approach was stressed since distinguishing the validity of opposing opinions unsupported by data is difficult.
With the increasing interest in technical diving, the conference objectives were to establish communications among technical divers, diving physicians and diving scientists, to provide objective information concerning what is known and unknown, and to establish the need for data collection and quantitative analysis to answer unresolved questions.
DAN and the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) brought together scientists and practitioners in this two-day workshop about the physiology, performance, and health and safety of breath-hold diving.
This workshop was a joint venture of DAN and the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS). Held in Sydney, Australia, in June 2004, it was the first organized attempt to consider the severity of decompression illness signs and symptoms in the context of their management. Consensus statements from the conference defined mild decompression illness, addressed the progression of mild cases and their therapy, and discussed the issue of flying with mild symptoms.
This workshop on flying after recreational diving brought together representatives from the recreational diving industry and experts from other diving communities. The consensus of this important workshop is something every diver should know.
This workshop sought to clarify nitrox diving and reach a consensus among dive industry professionals regarding the recreational use of enriched air nitrox. During the workshop, no evidence was presented that showed an increased risk of decompression sickness from the use of nitrox versus compressed air. Based on this fact, recommendations were put forward by the DAN Nitrox Workshop for entry-level, open-circuit nitrox diving.


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Today is the National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for Mariners and People of the Sea.
The day was established by the U.S. bishops in November 2005 to encourage U.S. Catholics to support, pray and remember those who work in the maritime world. Recent stories about piracy remind us all how dangerous that work can be.
Today's observance also highlights the Catholic Church's Apostleship of the Sea ministry. The apostleship is a worldwide Catholic ministry that provides spiritual help and practical assistance to seafarers, their families and all people of the sea. According to the U.S. bishops' conference, there are apostleship chaplains and their ministry teams in 49 dioceses in 61 maritime posts.
Bishop J. Kevin Boland of Savannah, Ga., promoter of the apostleship, called on all dioceses to mark the special day of prayer "for the well-being and safety of maritime personnel, the vital role maritime workers play in the transport of goods by the waterways and the lives that have been lost at sea."
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (June 4, 2010) - The ETSU women's tennis team has been recognized this year for their exceptional work in the classroom for 2009-10 as part of the NCAA's academic performance program, the NCAA recently announced.
"The NCAA's recognition of ETSU women's tennis student-athletes for their academics and team APR score is a tremendous honor," said ETSU Assistant Athletic Director of Academic Services, Bob Baker. "These young ladies embody the term scholar-athlete and deserve 100% of the credit for being recognized as one of 800 nationwide programs to receive this public recognition."
Based on their most recent multi-year Academic Progress Rates, 841 teams have earned NCAA Public Recognition Awards. These awards are given each year to teams scoring in the top 10 percent in each sport with their APRs.
ETSU was one of only five schools in the Atlantic Sun Conference to have a team receive recognition in the NCAA academic performance program.
"Most Division I student-athletes and teams take seriously their dual responsibilities in the classroom and on the court or field of play, but every year there is a special category of teams that perform exceptionally well and deserve this noteworthy recognition," said NCAA Interim President Jim Isch.
The APR provides a real-time view of a team's academic success by tracking the progress of each student-athlete during the school year. By measuring eligibility and retention each semester or quarter, the APR provides a clear picture of the academic culture in each sport.
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Since the start of the Premier League back in 1992, many players have come and gone and braced the competition with their own unique style of play - but which players have appeared the most?
Now the issue with doing a most appearances XI is that the players will not always be playing in their usual position, but it will feature the 11 players that have made most appearances in the Premier League era. Having said this, two goalkeepers make the top 11 list, so I have had to replace one of them for an outfield player to make the line-up possible.
Now, with the 11 players that have appeared the most times in the Premier League, three of them have played for only one club throughout that time.
Those three players are: Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Jamie Carragher.
Giggs has made the most appearances in the Premier League and is also the only player to have scored in every single campaign since it has started - an impressive feat to say the least for the Welshman.
So, who else makes the line-up along with the likes of Giggs, Scholes and Carragher? Below you can find out, with the information available at Transfermarkt.
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Goalkeeper: David James | 572 apps | Clubs: 5
Right-back: Phil Neville | 505 apps | Clubs: 2
Centre-back: Sol Campbell | 503 apps | Clubs: 4
Centre-back: Jamie Carragher | 503 apps | Clubs: 1
Left-back: Rio Ferdinand | 473 apps | Clubs: 3
Right-wing: Gary Speed | 534 apps | Clubs: 4
Centre-midfield: Paul Scholes | 497 apps | Clubs: 1
Centre-midfield: Gareth Barry | 491 apps | Clubs: 2
Centre-midfield: Frank Lampard | 547 apps | Clubs: 2
Left-wing: Ryan Giggs | 614 apps | Clubs: 1
Striker: Emile Heskey | 516 apps | Clubs: 5
So I know Rio Ferdinand is not a left-back, but he does make the top 11 for his number of appearances, so I have had to push him to left-back. The same for Gary Speed, who was more known as a centre-midfielder, but as he's in the top 11 list, he has to make-do for a right midfield position.
So there are the 11 players with the most appearances in the Premier League. Now, who goes on to make the seven-man substitutes' bench?
Mark Schwarzer | 497 apps | Clubs: 2
Kevin Davies | 442 apps | Clubs: 3
Alan Shearer | 441 apps | Clubs: 2
Aaron Hughes | 441 apps | Clubs: 3
Steven Gerrard | 435 | Clubs: 1
Gareth Southgate | 425 | Clubs: 3
Danny Murphy | 416 apps | Clubs: 4
Once again I have had to exclude two goalkeepers as there wouldn't be three 'keepers on the bench, but taking those out of the picture, the aforementioned seven would be on the subs' bench for a Premier League most appearances XI.
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Dorset County Museum selects Award-winning architects for new project
Dorset County Museum in Dorchester has selected architects Carmody Groarke to renovate and expand their Grade II listed building in Dorchester.
The project would result in the creation of new galleries for Art, Natural History and Costume and Textiles plus a brand new custom-built exhibition space. In addition, the work will create a world-class archival facility and develop a series of new buildings and spaces that will provide more public access to the vast collection.
Named the 'Collections Discovery Centre', the project will include new facilities for display, education, research and the proper storage of reserve collections.
Dorset County Museum holds collections numbering approximately 3.5 million objects including one of the most important fossil collections in the UK and the Thomas Hardy Archive. Carmody Groarke's approach will acknowledge the different curatorial interpretations of the collections and the variety of environmental conditions they require.
Jon Murden, Director of Dorset County Museum said, "We see Carmody Groarke as a critical member of the team who will help turn our vision into reality. They have a track record of inspirational museum and heritage projects and helping smaller charitable organisations secure significant levels of funding to achieve their objectives." For additional expertise, the Museum is also working with funding applications specialist Stephen Escritt of Counterculture.
The Team at Dorset county Museum are already fundraising in support of the project. Money has been received from private donors, individuals and some charitable trusts.
Dorset County Museum Awarded Over £11 Million National Lottery Grant
Dorset County Museum has received one of the largest single Heritage Lottery Fund grants ever made to Dorset, a whopping £11,349,200.00!
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The planned extension and redevelopment plans for Dorset County Museum have finally been given the green light by West Dorset District Council.
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Tomorrow's Museum for Dorset takes another step forward
On the evening of Tuesday 9th August, the Museum welcomed members of the public to have their say on the latest outline plans for the Tomorrow's Museum for Dorset project.
Dorset County Museum wins £10.3 million Heritage Lottery Funding
Dorset County Museum has received initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for an exciting new Collections Discovery Centre project, it was announced today.
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BellaSugar's Top Picks For Coral Lipstick
Even if you're not typically a coral kind of gal, trust me when I say that you'll love the way they look with a little bit of mascara and some bronzer in the summertime. Coral has that je ne sais quoi to make tanned skin look all the more radiant. Below are my favorite coral lipsticks, They are a little deeper than peach lipgloss without being overly orange. Do you prefer one lipstick color over another in certain seasons?
- Stila Lip Color in Miranda ($17) is a shiny, creamy and super-sheer everyday coral lipstick. Last year, it was so popular that it was honored as one of In Style's Best of Beauty Buys. It's a good choice if you want to ease into the color trend.
- Chantecaille Lip Chic in Geranium ($30) is a sheer, rich nudey-coral. This creamy formula stays moist for hours and looks great worn alone or with a sheer gloss on top.
- I've already told you how gorgeous the new, creamy Diane Von Furstenberg Volcano Lipstick ($18) is. This golden, pale coral-peach shade looks killer paired with black mascara and bronzer.
- Guerlain KissKiss Stick Gloss in Mango Fizz ($30) is a sheer and shiny hydrating lipstick that contains just a little bit of maxi-lip for plumpness without having too much of a tingle.
- Lancome Le Rouge Absolou in Coral Gossamer ($26) is a creamy textured, medium-coral colored lipstick that contains a touch of shimmer for a pearlized, glowy finish and SPF 15 for sun protection.


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As luck would have it we missed what will be forever known as the Great Fourth of July Deluge. Rarely does Houston, Texas, in July beat 30A, but anyone who ventured from the Bayou City to our environs should have stayed home. Like Meade at Gettysburg and being a survivor of the Great Flint River Flood of 1994 I made a point to choose high ground in Blue Mountain Beach.
Floods often change landscapes and uncover things hidden just below the surface � for better or worse. After Flint River waters receded in 1994, city workers discovered an old skeleton dating back to the late 1800s. For decades some poor bloke lay alone in a shallow grave, a lead slug testimony to his demise.
The Great Fourth of July Deluge eroded standard libertarian dogma also.
The torrential downpour caused a dike on the Intercoastal Waterway connecting North Bay and Choctawhatchee Bay to fail. Ink was still drying on the Constitution when Congress passed and George Washington signed the Northwest Ordinance defining future use of the natural navigation, transportation and communication routes. This far-sighted legislation recognized the benefits federally supported navigation projects bring to an economy.
Thus all repairs to the waterway will be tasked to the United States Coast Guard and The Corps of Engineers. I am from the government and I�m here to help, hahahaha.
To this day, no tolls are charged on Intercoastal Waterway barges but in 1980 Congress enacted barge fuel surcharges to minimize taxpayer costs. The current 20 cents per gallon levy has remained unchanged for eighteen years or the 1995 equivalent of less than twelve cents. Taxpayers pick up the balance and not adjusting the barge tax subsidizes large corporations.
The holiday weekend saw another hole poked in standard small government meme. Pesky regulations played a role in minimizing fatalities when the Asiana Airlines flight tragically crashed in San Francisco. According to Steve Wallace, former Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) accident investigation chief, many people survived crashes 30 years ago but died in the post-crash fire. Regulations were tightened so passengers could exit planes quicker. Even if half the exits are blocked, planes are designed for passengers to escape within 90 seconds. Per FAA guidelines, plane interiors now consist of less flammable material.
In 1988, the FAA issued regulations requiring that all newly developed transport aircraft use seats designed to take 16 times (16g) the force of gravity. The FAA found many people were killed after surviving the crash when their seats broke from the cabin floor. Some survivors in California walked away luggage in tow. Yes, the plane�s nearly empty fuel tanks played a crucial role but the bottom line remains a few decades ago more people would have died.
The airline industry could argue these policies reduce profits, after all airline companies go bankrupt more frequently than other industries. Warren Buffett once said, �� if a farsighted capitalist had been present at Kitty Hawk, he would have done his successors a huge favor by shooting Orville down.�
These common-sense regulations sprang from the Reagan epoch hardly a burdensome regulatory regime. And they improved our standard of living. Conversely, in the minimize regulations race to the bottom, we risk things blowing up like fertilizer plants in Texas or Gulf of Mexico oil wells.
Buz Livingston, CFP offers hourly financial planning and fee-only investment management to clients along Florida�s Emerald Coast. Contact him at 850-267-1068, email@example.com or www.LivingstonFinancial.net.


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Heading into the NCAA National Championship
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Senior Kate Grace was recognized by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association today as the Division I Northeast Region Female Track Athlete of the Year. Grace's undefeated season in both the 800-meter run and the 1,500-meter run precipitated the honor; she will challenge to extend her streak beginning on June 8 when she competes in the NCAA National Championship in the 800-meter run.
Grace is one of 73 athletes and coaches chosen by the USTFCCCA to represent the best in their regions. Four athletes from each of the Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Mountain, Northeast, South, South Central, Southeast and West regions were honored: two from the track and two from the field.
Only one other female athlete receiving the award will compete against Grace later this week. Lea Wallace, a senior from Sacramento State, ran 2:03.69 in her preliminary and will compete in both the 800-meter run and the 1,500-meter run at the National Championship. Wallace was selected as a West Region Female Track Athlete of the Year, along with Jordan Hasay of Oregon.
Grace's time of 2:03.41 to win the national quarter-final on May 27 was the third-fastest over all preliminary heats. The time is also a school record. Grace will compete in the national semi-final at 6:00 p.m. central time on June 8 to advance to the national final, held at 7:10 p.m. on June 10.
The full list of honorees is available here.
Report by Natalie Villa '13, Yale Sports Publicity


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The Women Behind Microsoft Windows
For the first time in its history, Microsoft's Windows unit won't be headed by a man. Shira Ovide discusses the appointment of Julie Larson-Green and Tami Reller to head Windows following the departure of Steve Sinofsky. Photo: AP Images.
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Caught On Tape: Porn Actor Gets Tazered As He Jumps Off A 50ft Cliff! (Looking Like A Mortal Kombat Fatality)
"Porn Actor/Murderer/Samurai in Training Stephen Clancy fell off of a 50 ft. high cliff today. It's not completely clear what happened, but in the video you can see the police running up towards him right before he falls with their hands outstretched like they're holding guns or tazers, after which Stephen plummets 50 ft. before hitting the ground. The Police have admitted to using non-lethal force, which could be a tazer, bean bag, or any other non-lethal gun, but I don't know I think being tazered when you're sitting on the edge of a cliff could be lethal force." - NY News
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Blue Lagoon
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Rosie Tupper by Nicole Bentley for Vogue Australia November 2011
There is something incredibly beautiful when swimwear is photographed by a woman for a woman rather than by a man for a man. I adore Rosie, and I think Nicole is a fantastic photographer - her work for VA has been all so good. The messy bun, sunkissed skin, fun swimwear, early morning lighting. It's like the sun isn't shining as bright as it used too, it's the end of summer and this girl simply is refusing to let it go. xx
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Wow, I'd never even thought about that kind of a difference in the way swimsuits can be photographed. Now you've got me curious to see if I can guess whether a man or woman is photographing a swimsuit layout before I find out who the photographer is lol.ReplyDelete
The images are so delicate, and feminine. LOVE!ReplyDelete
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I definitely feel like I didn't make enough use of my swimsuit this year. Love the model's messy bun!
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Talently needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 410 designs submitted by 92 freelance designers.
Talently is a next-generation online employment marketplace where talented people and employers meet. Our provisional tag line is "Career empowerment for talented people!" We are a lean startup and have not yet brought our product to market. We need a logo, logotype and basic color palette. These will be used on our website, print materials (e.g. business cards, promotional signage,) clothing (e.g. hats, tee shirts) and so on.
Although our product will be used by small, medium, and large employers to identify and recruit potential employees, our real focus is career empowerment those for talented people, whether active job seekers, passive job seekers or just people looking to keep abreast of their career options.
To use the site, talented people register and provide an employment and salary history (not unlike LinkedIn.) They are then provided with a dashboard that shows them custom salary estimates, custom historical salary trends, trends based on their skill set and relevant job opportunities.
We're a dynamic and disruptive company. We utilize sophisticated algorithms and refined user interface to provide an unparalleled experience. We work hard and play hard. We have fun, but we definitely mean business. If Google built an employment site, Talently would be that site.
Our initial audience is talented technical people (e.g. programmers, system administrators, database administrators, etc.) but that audience will expand to cover all other professions such as life sciences, healthcare and finance. We see ourselves as advocates for these people--almost as if we were their agent, coach or counsel. Our mission is to make sure our users are always equipped with the data and knowledge they need to make sound career decisions. The service is always free for these users.
Our audience will also consist of prospective employers for these talented people. Initially, these will be hiring managers and recruiters at smaller companies, but as time passes we will be dealing with larger and larger enterprises. In our business model, it is these employers who pay for our service.
We need a logo, logotype and color palette that will be used to represent our company, brand and product across a variety of media.
* No stock images or clip art.
* Must look good on a white background.
* All color selections must be easily reproduced on screen as well as in print.
* The logo and logotype must be simple enough to be embroidered or printed on shirts, hats, bags, balls, etc.
* The logo should be done in a way that it will not be too difficult to create an application icon on the iPhone.
* The color palette should contain 4 to 8 colors (i.e. background (white), foreground, text, alternate text, accent colors). Some of these colors can appear in the logo itself. We will need the RGB and CMYK values for these colors. (Pantone would be a plus.)
* The logo and logotype should be no stodgier than LinkedIn.com's or PayScale.com's, but should not be as over the top as Monster.com's or GoDaddy.com's.
* Please avoid logos that depict groups of people intertwined.
* Please avoid logos that have "pointy" or "swooshy" people.
Please refer to this web page in advance. http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo-…-to-avoid/
Thank you for your time and attention!
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The Heritage is something of a home tournament for young PGA professionals Kyle Stanley, Mark Anderson and Brian Harman. A fourth participant, amateur Corbin Mills, gained entry when he won a tournament at Bluffton's Belfair Plantation. Here's a look at the players' 2012 seasons and previous appearances at Harbour Town.
Kyle Stanley
The Berkeley Hall resident and former Clemson standout won his first PGA Tour title early this season at the Phoenix Open, coming back from eight shots down with a 6-under 65 in the final round. That was one week after he made national headlines by losing a five-shot lead at the Farmers Insurance Open. Stanley made his first appearance at the Masters last week and entered that tournament ranked fifth on the money list. In last year's Heritage, he was 5-over after two rounds and missed the cut.
Mark Anderson
The 26-year old Anderson, who grew up in Beaufort, is making his fourth consecutive appearance at the Heritage. He qualified for his first Heritage by winning the Players Amateur at Belfair in 2008 and made this year's tournament on a sponsor's exemption. The former University of South Carolina golfer tied for 29th two weeks ago at the Shell Houston Open. It was the fifth consecutive cut made by Anderson, who is a PGA Tour rookie. His best finish at Harbour Town was a tie for 81st in 2010.
Brian Harman
A Savannah native and former University of Georgia standout, Harman has had a pair of top-15 finishes in his rookie season. He tied for 15th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and finished in a tie for 12th at the Honda Classic. His 9-under 61 in the second round of the Honda Classic set a course record at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. This is Harman's third appearance at the Heritage. He received sponsor's exemptions in 2004 and 2006, the latter after winning the Players Amateur, and missed the cut both times.
Corbin Mills
The Clemson University junior earned a spot in the Heritage field by winning the Players Amateur at Belfair in July. He also just competed in the Masters, having secured a place at Augusta with his victory in the 2011 U.S. Amateur Public Links. Mills is currently 12th in Golfweek's world amateur rankings. The Anderson native is ranked 20th among men's collegiate players.


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Hunky actor Charlie Hunnam says he isn't worried about the graphic sex scenes that likely will be required of him now that he's set to play the role of Christian Grey opposite Dakota Johnson in the highly anticipated adaptation of E.L. James' steamy bestselling novel "50 Shades of Grey."
The actor dished to the Associated Press on Saturday about his feelings on the subject at the premiere for the sixth season of "Sons of Anarchy," on which he plays biker Jackson "Jax" Teller.
"You know what, I had such a baptism of fire with regards to sexuality on camera at the beginning of my career," Hunnam explained. "I starred in the British Channel Four miniseries 'Queer as Folk,' where I played a young, gay character, and there were some incredible, explicit sex scenes on that show. ... Now I am 16 years older and more mature so I don't anticipate them being too much of a problem. It's like anything else, just an exciting challenge."
PHOTOS: Meet the '50 Shades of Grey' cast and crew
It also will be a challenge for Hunnam's girlfriend, Morgana McNelis. Turns out she's not too keen on her boyfriend of more than seven years getting naked with the sexy daughter of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith.
"Of course, it's difficult being with an actor, you know?" said Hunnam. "She is required to share certain parts of me with the world that she wouldn't necessarily choose to do, but we have a great relationship, and she loves me and wants to be with me and we've been together a long time now, and I think she understands and has come to terms with the fact that there are certain elements of me that she is going to have to share. This is an extreme example of that, but thankfully we do have seven and a half years of history together, so it won't be a big problem."
The film, which is being directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, is scheduled to be released in August.
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Employees of Terrebonne Parish can say they played their part in donating to a local food bank.
Employees of Terrebonne Parish can say they played their part in donating to a local food bank.
For the past month, each department within the parish government has been competing for bragging rights to see who could collect the most food items to be donated to the Good Samaritan Food Bank in Houma, said Doug Bourg, Terrebonne administrative assistant.
There were 3,031 items donated, which amounts to 80 boxes of food, Bourg said. The goods were delivered to the food bank Friday.
Bourg said employees also donated $1,040. The Pollution Control Department won the food-items contest by donating 796 items. The Houma Fire Department held up its end by donating the most money, $665.
Bourg said the idea was initiated by Human Resource Director J. Dana Ortego, who couldn't be reached for comment.
"This is just a good way for the employees in the parish to give back to the community," Bourg said.
Parish President Michel Claudet said he's proud of the employees.
"The employees of Terrebonne Parish consolidated government continue to show their love and dedication for our community," Claudet said. "The generosity of TPCG employees will certainly brighten the holidays of the less fortunate of our community."


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As an undergraduate, you can select French Stage 1 as one of your 'free' modules in your first and second year.
The module counts for 15 credit points towards your degree and is a recognisedĀWorcester Award activity.
Employers attach great value to foreign language skills, not only because they help break down communication barriers, but also because they show you are interested in broadening your horizons.
- Joining LANG1210
How to enrol
If you're an undergraduate student at Worcester, log in to the Student Portal, select SOLE and Course Information. From here, navigate to Module Information and Module Directory. If you click on Module Directory, you should see the following options:
Module directory: type LANG into the Module Code box for an overview of all Language Centre modules
Select modules: provided you haven't already chosen the maximum number of modules you can take and that you are eligible to take a 15-credit module at level 4, the LANG modules should be displayed as options.ĀThe code for French Stage 1 isĀLANG1210.
Module change request: if you have already selected the maximum number of modules, but you'd like to swap one of your selections for LANG1210, follow the instructions given here.
- Entry requirements
Prior language skills
This module is suitable for complete beginners and assumesĀthat you have never studiedĀFrench before. If you have done some French, please checkĀwith the module leader whether the module is right for you.ĀĀ
- Module content
FrenchĀStage 1
You will develop your reading, writing, speaking and listening skills in French, with the focus on oral communication. The development of communicative language skills is set in the context of situations and tasks facing a visitor to the country. The module also gives an interesting insight into the culture of French-speaking countries.
The module isĀtaught in a lively, communicative way and you will be expected to participate in pair and group work activities. You will also work independently outside the taught sessions and extend your language learning skills through the development of a portfolio of coursework.
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About the lecturer
French Stage 1 is taught byĀElizabeth Jervis.ĀYou can contact herĀon firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection
Mammalogy is the study of mammals. Mammals include placental mammals such as rodents, primates and whales; marsupials such as kangaroos and koalas; and monotremes such as the platypus and echidna.
Mammals are warm-blooded animals that have:
- mammary glands which produce milk
- hair of some form (even whales have hair)
- live births (except for monotremes which lay eggs)
About the collection
The Australian Museum Mammalogy collection is one of the most comprehensive collections of Australasian mammals in the world. Some of the biggest collections are from Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and the Solomon Islands.
Among the most important specimens in the collection are the more than 400 type specimens (types are the original specimens on which the first description of a particular species or subspecies is based). Other important specimens are the extinct species about which little is known, such as the Pig-footed Bandicoot, Eastern Hare-wallaby, and the Thylacine.
The Australian Museum Mammal collection contains specimens of more than 170 different taxa. Most types in the collection are from Australia, although there are also many from other parts of the Pacific region including many from Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Indonesia. Like specimens of extinct species, the types are stored separate from the main collection so they can be readily accessed for research and curation purposes.
Dr Sandy Ingleby , Collection Manager, Mammalogy
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Software written in Chicken Scheme
This page has a list of applications that are based on Chicken.
Feel free to add new entries.
Active Projects
- incubot
- an IRC bot which runs on Freenode's #scheme
- Vandusen
- another IRC bot, this one runs in Chicken's official channel (#chicken on Freenode)
- Hive
- A source code manager by Kirill Lisovsky.
- Hato
- Alex Shinn's Mail Transfer Agent.
- Modal Web Server Example
- Chris Double has written a demonstration for a continuation based web framework using Chicken.
- qwiki
- The wiki software behind this wiki (running on Spiffy the webserver).
- Tehila
- A 3d game engine for rapid development and prototyping.
- mayo
- a Scheme source-level debugger for Chicken
- Iron Chicken
- a Chicken-based bot framework for Wikipedia and other wikis that use the MediaWiki software. More generally, a project to make Chicken Scheme into a query language for MediaWiki. To put it another way, a project to harness the power of the collaborative wiki environment as a software development platform.
- AuScio
- A simple cross-platform metal price monitor combining the qt-light, tcp and srfi-18 multi-threading eggs. The application is deployed as a native executable with Chicken's compiler.
Projects that include bindings for Chicken
- Sedna
- An industrial strength native XML database for Windows (written in C++), which offers Scheme bindings, released by The Institute of System Programming of the Russian Academy of Science.
- Xpilot-AI bindings for Chicken
- Xpilot-AI is library for writing xpilot bots
Inactive Projects
- gl-suite
- A suite of OpenGL based eggs and APIs.
- funk
- Functional fuzzing in Chicken scheme
- Sven Hartrumpf ported the SCOP networking library by David Ingram to C and also implemented bindings to Chicken and Bigloo.
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- A wiki application that stores content in a Subversion repository. Developed and maintained by Alejandro Forero Cuervo and other contributors. The previous incarnation of this wiki ran on svnwiki.
- Support to the SCons build-tool
- Pupeno added Chicken support to the SCons build-tool.
- The XML-RPC tool for Unix
- Ed Watkeys wrote a handy tool for performing XML-RPC calls from the command-line.
- Bindings to Chromium
- Daniel Faken created scripting bindings to chromium.
- eINIT
- A replacement for traditional SysV init; written in C with scripting in chicken scheme.
- thumbtribes
- low bandwidth, location-aware communication
- Grace
- a Graphical, Realtime Algorithmic Composition Environment.
- Chicken LiveCD
- a LiveCD with Chicken and eggs ready to use
- Chicken Playground
- a chrooted environment for Chicken


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According to Moab City Recreation Director John Geiger, more than 100 local youth have been participating in the four younger leagues, known as the "Junior Jazz" program. For boys in grades three and four, the league includes four teams with seven players each, while the third- and fourth-grade girls league has three teams of six players each. In grades five and six, the boys league features six teams of eight players each, while the fifth- and sixth-grade girls league includes three teams of five players, Geiger said.
"All of the leagues have been very competitive," Geiger said. "With exception of the older boys, the other three leagues play four-on-four, which allows each kid to handle the ball more and provides more spacing on the floor, which helps kids score."
The younger leagues (third and fourth graders) also play on a shorter court with the baskets lowered to 8 feet instead of 10 feet.
Geiger had high praise for the coaches of the teams.
"The coaches really work together for the betterment of all the kids in their league, not just those on their own team," he said, adding, "They do an excellent job of preaching sportsmanship, of creating competitive leagues, and being positive role models."
Geiger said that most of the coaches completed a certification program that emphasizes positive coaching techniques and teaching life lessons through sports.
"The kids really respond to this leadership – across the board we see positive attitudes towards teammates, opponents and themselves," he said.


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News from the NFL Owners' meeting that the league will mandate thigh and knee pads for all players, beginning with the 2013 season. The NFLPA is objecting to the rule being implemented outside of collective bargaining, but that seems overly political to me.
The thigh pads were very prominent in the mannequins at Nike's unveiling event, but I didn't think they'd actually require players to wear them.
I do worry, though, that it's a step in the wrong direction. Adding body armor is what got the NFL into the situation it is now, and for years I've been arguing that the solution is to reduce padding, not increase it. Then again, I'm not terribly sympathetic to the union's concerns, considering how many former players are currently suing the league over the NFL's ignoring safety concerns, and how many current players continue to demonstrate their profound objections to the ongoing safety concerns.
At the very least, mandating knee pads will end the biker-shorts look that many receivers, notably Greg Jennings and Donald Driver, have been wearing in recent years:
UPDATE 5/23/12: Paul Lukas reminds me of this excellent article by Stephen Fatsis on the reasons behind players abandoning pads.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Take a Knee (Pad)
Posted by Chance Michaels at 11:59 AM
Labels: concussions aren't the worst of it, pads
2 comments:
- Vaultsuit said...
This rule won't prevent receivers from donning way too short pants :>
- August 1, 2013 at 11:28 AM
- Chance Michaels said...
They're not wearing pads in training camp - we'll see what they look like on the field...
- August 2, 2013 at 3:36 PM
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Text quoted from the Boston Globe:
Hiker says wrong turn in poor weather cost wife her life
By Theo Emery, Associated Press Writer, 3/29/2004
BOSTON -- Brenda and Russell Cox were married outdoors in the Vermont mountains seven years ago with a layer of new-fallen snow around them. Last Monday night, after the couple took shelter from a storm in a mountaintop cave in New Hampshire, Russell Cox reached for his wife, and felt that she had stopped shivering and her skin was cold. "Brenda died doing what she loved to do, and I think that that makes me happy," Cox said Monday at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he's been since rescuers found him last Tuesday outside the snowy cave where his wife died in the night.
Cox spoke to reporters Monday, a wedding photo propped on a nearby table, along with the New Hampshire Fish and Game official who led the search for the couple, the stepson who alerted authorities they were missing and Russell Cox's physician, Dr. John Schulz.
Schulz said Cox could stay in the hospital as long as two weeks, while doctors wait to see the extent of the frostbite damage to his toes, feet, chest and fingertips. "For Mr. Cox, it's still quite early. We're very encouraged by how his injuries have come along in the last few days, but it's quite early ... to make a prognosis for what the extent of tissue injury will be to his feet," Schulz said.
Under New Hampshire law, Russell Cox could be required to reimburse the state for the cost of the two-day search that eventually rescued him from the mountain ridge where he and his wife spent two nights last week, said New Hampshire Fish and Game Lt. Todd Bogardus. The state is looking into that possibility, he said.
Cox, 43, an engineer who designs computer chips for a North Shore company, spent the night of March 20 with his wife at a bed and breakfast before the two drove to Franconia the next morning, to the same trail they hiked about a year ago, he said.
"My wife and I have spent a number of weekends hiking in the White Mountains," he said. "We enjoy hiking in the winter: the trails are less crowded, the water is always fresh and cold, the scenery is always beautiful."
It was a roughly 10-mile loop to the summit of Mt. Lafayette, south along a ridge, over Mt. Lincoln and Little Haystack Mountain, and down Falling Waters Trail to the parking lot. The two had monitored the weather, brought food and were prepared for poor weather, he said.
They were on the Old Bridle Path by about 8:30 a.m. By about 11 a.m., they reached a hut part way up and met hikers who said the weather was turning sour. They decided to hike to the summit of Mt. Lafayette, then turn around, Russell Cox said.
After they reached the top, they turned around and began back down. But in the worsening weather, they chose the wrong trail, heading north. They strained to see the rock piles marking the trail through the whirling snow and wind.
The realized they had gone the wrong way when they reached a junction slightly less than a mile down the trail. By then, they could see almost nothing, their ski goggles frosted over and the 75 mph winds tearing at them.
They built a snow cave and spent a relatively comfortable night. But when they emerged early the next morning, the weather had barely improved, and as they continued down the trail that they hoped would bring them to the highway, their damp clothes froze on their bodies.
Unable to find their snow cave, they crawled into a rocky nook, lying back to back so that Russell Cox shielded Brenda Cox from the weather. They talked into the night, but in time, she fell silent, and her husband knew she was dead.
He crawled from the cave the next morning to find a brilliantly clear and warm morning. He managed to flag down the helicopter, which spotted him after several passes and airlifted him to safety, he said.
"I have the greatest memories of Brenda from the years we spent together, because we had a wonderful relationship," Cox said, fighting back tears. "Brenda and I loved each other very much, and I'm very happy that we were together at the end."
© Copyright 2004 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
© Copyright 2004 The New York Times Company
DONT TAKE OUT "LITTLE" MOUNTAINS LIGHTLY. Mother Nature can kick your a** any time she wants.
Lafayette is not only the sixth-highest peak on the NH 4,000-footer list, it's the fourth most prominent peak in New England, according to the New England Fifty Finest List.


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The Sibley Squash, which is also known as Pike's Peak squash, was obtained from an elderly woman in Van Dinam, Iowa who had grown it for more than fifty years. Hiram Sibley & Company of Rochester, New York introduced it commercially in 1887. It is a Hubbard-type squash with moderately vigorous 12-15 foot vines.
The slate blue teardrop-shaped fruits have very shallow ribs and weigh from 8-10 pounds. Its medium-thick orange flesh is flavorful and sweet. The flesh becomes drier and richer with storage, reaching its peak right after turn of the New Year, perfect for a roasted squash soup during those long winter months.
The Sibley Squash is on the Slow Food USA Ark of Taste, and is being grown in the Rhode Island area Renewing America's Food Traditions (RAFT) Grow-out project this year. Look for the squash at harvest time in farmers markets and on restaurant menus around the state. If you would like to grow the Sibley Squash yourself, you can purchase seeds at Seed Savers Exchange.
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An increase in Carteret County�s occupancy tax has been proposed as a way to bring in more funds for future beach nourishment projects.
CARTERET COUNTY � An increase in Carteret County�s occupancy tax has been proposed as a way to bring in more funds for future beach nourishment projects.
The Carteret County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution Monday night requesting legislation authorizing a 1-percent increase in the occupancy tax charged to hotels, motels and other accommodations.
The proposed amendment to the existing Carteret County room occupancy tax statute would increase the room tax from 5 percent to 6 percent.
The county is requesting the change with the backing of towns along Bogue Banks and the county�s Tourism Development Authority.
The TDA and town boards from Emerald Isle, Pine Knoll Shores and Indian Beach have adopted similar resolutions of support; and the Atlantic Beach town council will consider doing the same at its meeting today, March 21.
�I think my board and the others understand outside funding is not available and this is the way to go,� said Carol Lohr, executive director of the Crystal Coast Tourism Authority.
The beaches are seen as an asset to the local and regional tourism economy, but there are concerns about state funding as a reliable source for beach nourishment funding.
�I think that we all realize that state funding is going to be a challenge going forward,� Emerald Isle Town Manager Frank Rush said.
The revenue generated by the Carteret County occupancy tax is currently split 60-40 with 60 percent going to tourism promotion activities and the remaining 40 percent to beach nourishment.
The occupancy tax increase in the county is expected to generate an additional $880,000.
The county resolution also proposed a change in the distribution to a 50-50 split between tourism promotion and beach nourishment.
The county is also seeking to remove a cap on how much funding can be accumulated for beach nourishment projects.
While the TDA currently gets the largest share of the distribution, Lohr said that with the increase in the tax rate to 6 percent they would continue to receive the same amount of revenue with a 50-50 split.
�We would not lose any, which is great,� Lohr said.
The proposed increase has been forwarded to state Rep. Pat McElraft, R-Emerald Isle, so that a bill amending the current legislation can be introduced.
If approved, the increase would likely take effect in January.
In the resolution from the Town of Emerald Isle, town commissioners have put their support behind three potential funding sources for additional beach nourishment funds.
In addition to the proposed increase in the county�s room tax, the other two options are specific to the town. The town previously requested authorization from the General Assembly to levy a 1-percent municipal sales tax within the town, with proceeds going to beach nourishment. That proposal has yet to be heard in a study committee. The third option proposes authorization for a new 1-percent municipal room tax levied within Emerald Isle, with revenues going toward beach nourishment projects in the town.
Contact Daily News reporter Jannette Pippin at 910-382-2557 or email@example.com.


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Head Coach Jill Hicks returns for her fifth season at the helm of the Cal State Fullerton women's gymnastics program charged with returning the Titans to the national spotlight.
She was hired to the post following the 2006 season as the fourth head coach in the storied history of the program after spending one year as the program's assistant coach, helping lead the Titans to an 8-10 overall record, a season-high score of 193.025, and a sixth-place finish at the Western Athletic Conference Championships.
That year, two of the Titans' finest were named at alternates to the NCAA Regional competition in Palo Alto, Calif. Erica Ficarotta was named in the all-around while Melissa Schafer was named an alternate on floor.
After taking over the reins in 2007, Hicks immediately went to work rebuilding the Fullerton program. A young Titans' squad finished 8-7 overall and posted a 4-1 mark against its WAC rivals. Cal State Fullerton won three of its first four meets and even posted an upset of No. 21 Arizona State before finishing fifth at the conference championships in Boise, Idaho.
For her efforts, Hicks was named the 2007 WAC Coach of the Year and Nicole Lim was named an NCAA Regional alternate on beam after averaging a 9.641 in the event and ranking No. 24 in the west region with a regional qualifying score of 9.775 during the season.
In 2008, the Titans finished 6-14 overall and finished sixth at the WAC Championships, but she had three student-athletes (Alaina Baker in the all-around, Maddie Steinauer on vault, and Jessica Tait as an alternate on beam) selected to compete at NCAA Regionals - the first for Cal State Fullerton since 2005. Baker finished seventh in the all-around with a 38.900, narrowly missing out on a trip to nationals by .125. Steinauer finished tied for 14th on vault with a 9.775.
The 2009 season saw Fullerton improve slightly in the win column, finishing 7-10 overall and a spot higher at the WAC Championships, posting a 192.975 to finish fifth. For the second straight season, the Titans were represented in the national spotlight as Hicks helped coach both Baker (ninth in the all-around with a 38.850) and Steinauer (t13th on vault with a 9.80) back to the NCAA Regionals.
In 2010, with the program poised on the brink of extinction, Hicks successfully directed a major fund-raising campaign to keep the program afloat while also leading the team to a 4-10 mark and a fifth-place finish at the WAC Championships held at Titan Gym. Baker, who was a first-team all-conference choice in three events, was selected to compete at the NCAA Regionals in the all-around for the third consecutive season where she finished 11th overall.
In her four seasons with the program, her student-athletes have also excelled in the classroom as 20 gymnasts have been named to the Academic All-WAC teams 42 times and 26 student-athletes have been named to the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches Scholastic All-America honor roll a total of 39 times. In 2008, Cal State Fullerton finished sixth in the nation with a team GPA of 3.5867.
A former assistant coach for 14 years at her alma mater of Oregon State, Hicks returned to her native Southern California eight years ago and was a coach and choreographer at the National Gymnastics Training Center in Aliso Viejo, Calif., before joining the Fullerton staff on Aug. 3, 2005.
Hicks, who is married to Titans' ninth-year wrestling coach Dan Hicks, was an elite gymnast with SCATS and a national team member, but a knee injury nipped her collegiate career in the bud.
She served as an undergraduate "coach" for the Beavers for four years until her graduation in 1982 and then returned for a full-fledged stint from 1987 through 1997. In that time period, the Beavers made nine consecutive NCAA appearances and produced 33 All-Americans and five national champions. Her primary areas of focus were balance beam and floor exercise.
The Hicks' have three children and live in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.


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Antec Micro Fusion 350 Review
Ever think of creating your very own home theater? Perhaps your current media mediums are too bland or basic for your desires? Well with your own home theater PC you can play movies, music, and watch or record television! Thus this device would save space – where you would otherwise have to have a stereo for music, a DVD or Blu-ray player for movies, and a DVR to record television. You can also surf the Internet, play games, and do other tasks that you would otherwise reserve for a regular computer. The Antec Micro Fusion 350 is a Home Theater PC case that supports micro-ATX motherboards, and comes bundled with a remote control and high efficiency power supply. Now users have the ability to build their own custom media center. I will be running this case through some arduous testing to see what it is capable of!
Closer Look:
Upon receipt of the case, I was rather worried – the shipping box was fairly dinged up on the edges. Once the shipping box was opened and the case box revealed, it too was damaged slightly, since the only packing material were 'Fill-Air' packets (plastic bags of air). However the case inside was unharmed, thanks to foam blocks that kept it spaced away from the edges and corners. I also found a smooth protective cover protecting the case from dust, dirt, and scratches.
At first glance at the actual case box, I was surprised by how large it was - since it's supposed to be in a home theater. However, like I said, the blocks took up quite a bit of space. The front cover depicts the case at a slight angle, with a picture of the remote. The design is elegant, but not too loud and busy like some covers I have seen. It also states that it is 80-Plus certified, and also states "Quiet computing" in the corner. Both sides of the case are different, but both basically list a few facts about the contents (80-Plus 350w power supply, 3x80mm TriCool fans, IR receiver) and what the Micro Fusion 350 is targeting (home theater computing). The sides also have the same information in French and Spanish. The backside explains in greater detail what the 80-Plus Certification means, and displays a three-year warranty sticker, RoHS Compliance sticker, and recyclable sticker. It lists the same information that the sides contained – elaborated more in French and Spanish as well.
Let's get this case out and take a look!


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Indiana's leading tourism trade group has a new name and plans to expand its membership.
The Association of Indiana Convention and Visitors Bureaus will now be called the Indiana Tourism Association.
The public-private organization plans to expand its membership to include not only convention and visitors bureaus, but attractions, hotel management companies, tour operators, small-business owners, tourism-related associations, vendors and others. The group advocates for investing and promoting tourism in the interest of economic development.
It is funded primarily by innkeepers taxes collected at the local level. The group says each tax dollar spent returns $15 in state and local taxes.
In 2012, 71 million people visited Indiana, the group said. The organization said those visitors spent a total of $10.1 billion.


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Why Investors Care
The Fed determines interest rate policy at FOMC meetings. These occur roughly every six weeks and are the single most influential event for the markets. For weeks in advance, market participants speculate about the possibility of an interest rate change at these meetings. If the outcome is different from expectations, the impact on the markets can be dramatic and far-reaching.The interest rate set by the Fed, the federal funds rate, serves as a benchmark for all other rates. A change in the fed funds rate, the lending rate banks charge each other for the use of overnight funds, translates directly through to all other interest rates from Treasury bonds to mortgage loans. It also changes the dynamics of competition for investor dollars. When bonds yield 5 percent, they will attract more money away from stocks than when they only yield 3 percent.The level of interest rates affects the economy. Higher interest rates tend to slow economic activity; lower interest rates stimulate economic activity. Either way, interest rates influence the sales environment. In the consumer sector, fewer homes or cars will be purchased when interest rates rise. Furthermore, interest rate costs are a significant factor for many businesses, particularly for companies with high debt loads or who have to finance high inventory levels. This interest cost has a direct impact on corporate profits. The bottom line is that higher interest rates are bearish for the stock market, while lower interest rates are bullish.The Fed also began quantitative easing during the past recession and extended its bond purchases to late 2014. In late 2015, the Fed began to raise its federal funds target.Econoday lists a separate "FOMC Meeting Begins" only for the first day of two-day policy meetings. Otherwise, "FOMC Meeting Announcement" serves the same purpose for one-day FOMC meetings since the announcement takes place just after the meeting concludes.FrequencyEight times a year.
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
FOMC meetings are scheduled for eight times a year, typically for late January, mid-March, late April, mid-June, late July, mid-September, late October, and mid-December.
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