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Sunday, October 08, 2006
What Google Wants is What Rupert Has: Next TV
Google in Talks To Buy YouTube For $1.6 Billion
That's the front-page story in the Wall Street Journal, which broke the story Friday afternoon during an otherwise relatively quiet day.
Quiet, that is, if you don't count Jerry York flipping his chin at the General Motors Board of So-Called Directors and resigning from that august collection of individuals who, it should be noted, have overseen General Motors' decline and fall at the hands of CEO Rick Wagoner.
Seems those same So-Called Directors were more interested in preserving Mr. Wagoner's tenure than with exploring what Nissan savior Carlos Ghosn might have brought to the table by hooking up Nissan and Renault to GM. Hard to imagine a Nissan/Renault/GM merger could result in anything worse than what Wagoner's done so far.
Nevertheless, by keeping the Board of So-Called Directors from engaging outside advisors to explore an opportunity which would have almost certainly cost him his job, Wagoner shut down the threat as easily as the Detroit Tigers shut down the $200 million New York Yankees and simultaneously belied the predictions of certain outside observers—including yours truly—that GM would find no better alternative (see "Sonny Makes the Deal," July 3, 2006) to a deal with Ghosn.
Which is why I hesitate to make any such forecast about the ultimate outcome of the Google-for-YouTube merger discussions whose disclosure swept Wall Street and Silicon Valley late Friday afternoon.
But I will take issue with a central tenet of the Wall Street Journal's take on the rationale behind the merger, as summed up in the second headline of the story:
Deal Could Put Search Giant In Top Spot for Online Video; A Front Door for Web Visits
The issue I take is this: YouTube is no mere "front door for web visits" by teenagers surfing the web.
Rather, YouTube is the Next TV.
Before you spit out your coffee, or Jamba Juice, or chai tea, or soy latte at that grand statement, consider for a moment what is happening here.
People watch more than one hundred million videos on YouTube every day. Since YouTube accounted for just under half of all visits to U.S. online video sites in September, more than two hundred million videos are viewed every day on U.S. video sites, including YouTube, MySpace, Google and others.
Keep that number—two hundred million a day—in mind.
Now, consider that of the nearly 300 million Americans alive at this moment, roughly 15% are below the age of 10 and roughly 50% are 35 or older, which leaves some 35% of those 300 million within the prime online-video-watching age range of 10-to-35. That is something close to 100 million pairs of "eyeballs," as they used to say during the Dot-Com Bubble.
But let's assume that at least two-thirds of those 100 million 10-to-35 year olds have better things to do than watch a video of some poor loner lip-synching "Stop! In the Name of Love" to his pet iguana. If my math is close to reality, then about one-third of those 100 million likely viewers, or 35 million, are watching those two hundred million videos a day.
Which amounts to approximately seven videos per person per day.
Keep in mind these videos aren't all made by lip-synching losers: there are old Jerry Seinfeld nightclub shows and home-made videos of early Beatles concerts; there are television shows both pirated and, thanks to Fox, which announced last week that it would put shows on MySpace, legit, not to mention stupid "Jack-Ass" type stunts and almost anything else you can think to look for.
And that is why I call YouTube and its ilk the Next TV.
Yes, I know the mantra from the not-dead-yet TV and Movie Establishment—"Who wants to watch a movie or a TV show on their computer?"
Unfortunately, that's almost exactly what their friends at EMI and Warner Music asked when the iPod came along: "Who wants to listen to music on a computer?"
This notion that people need to sit in a living room to watch moving images is, I think, the opiate of the network TV bosses. If they asked me, I'd tell them precisely who wants to watch television and movies and sports on their computers: my daughters and all their friends and all their friends' friends.
About 35 million of 'em, for now.
Which is why it makes all the sense in the world to me that the Google guys—whose video service hasn't gained much traction whatsoever—are looking to buy YouTube (founded February 2005) even though my friend Mark Cuban famously predicted YouTube will get "crushed" owing to the same type of commercial copyright issues that brought down Napster.
In fact, it makes all the sense in the world to me that Rupert Murdoch, the canny Old Media Mogul who saw what was happening and bought MySpace a year before poor old Sumner Redstone realized what was going on, is reported to be in the hunt for YouTube as well.
Because what Rupert knows is this: Cable TV is dead: long live Next TV.
Coming soon to a URL near you.
Jeff Matthews
I Am Not Making This Up
"Next TV" © 2006 Jeff Matthews
© 2006 Jeff Matthews
The content contained in this blog represents the opinions of Mr. Matthews. Mr. Matthews also acts as an advisor and clients advised by Mr. Matthews may hold either long or short positions in securities of various companies discussed in the blog based upon Mr. Matthews' recommendations. This commentary in no way constitutes a solicitation of business or investment advice. It is intended solely for the entertainment of the reader, and the author.
21 comments:
- mark said...
Would those numbers be audited jeff :)
- RichL said...
With respect to the value of Youtube vs. old media, one could compare the treatment of The Big Lebowski in this weekend's WSJ -
in contrast with the treatment on Youtube (a mildly profane link)-
- Howard Lindzon said...
They could, should and likely will do something here - maybe just make an investment.
- Ideapush said...
It probably doesn't take much away from your overall argument, and I'm sure at least 80% of youtube viewing is in the US (I can't find a breakdown anywhere, but notice from their website that they claim to have 20M unique users per month, which I guess jives OK with your 35M total estimate), but last time I checked youtube, like the Internet, was global, which is why I, a Dane living in Singapore, have last viewed a clip of an Italian friend of mine driving a 4WD in Libya, an obnoxious ad song from Japan and Daily Show clips. Sorry to rain on your excellent blog – this is just one of my pet peeves. For example, was the WMT 1.3% same store sales gain US or global, are movie opening week records US or global etc. etc. So often, I find myself digging behind these headline figures not only to make general sense of their components but also to find out if they are US-centric or global.
That said, I think Americans, always bashed for their ignorance, in recent years have learned about the outside world the hard way and are becoming increasingly aware of its existence both as investors and as ordinary people.
Finally, a request from someone who's bleeding from shorting the S&P (never short the S&P, I know – now): please add your two cents to the latest stock market rally into a slowing economy, which I have a hard time explaining without resorting to unsubstantiated liquidity stories i.e. Helicopter Ben feeding into the mid-term election, herding hedge/PE funds flush with cash, housing speculators moving to stocks, yen-carry trade coming back as yen weakens/Japanese rate increases far off/Japanese growth stalling.
- Jeff Matthews said...
1. Yes YouTube is global, but I was trying to keep things simple. Still, that's even worse for Old Media, because the incremental cost of reaching you, in Singapore, is zero, compared to the cost of putting up a satellite, say, to get cable content there.
2. My "two cents" on the market is, like the cost of reaching you via YouTube, worth zero. But you have to deal with the market as it is, not as you think it should be. The forces of "up" are always greater than the forces of "down".
- hundredyearstorm said...
If I'm a content company, say Viacom or Universal, I am giddy at the thought of Google buying YouTube. Before the ink is even dry on the purchase agreement, I would have a lawsuit filed for the massive copyright violations that YouTube perpetrates everyday. Now, as a consumer of YouTube, I love that I can find any of my favorite shows on the site and watch them when I please. As an investor in content companies though, I'm appalled at their product being shamelessly ripped off and offered for free. Mark Cuban made another point about YouTube, how is it different than Napster? And if it's not different, how will the end game be any different?
Remember when Ebay bought Skype? It took a couple months, but Net2Phone filed a patent infringement suit over peer-to-peer phone calls, most likely cause Ebay has deep pockets. Well if there's one thing I can say for sure about Google, it's that it has deep pockets...
- Gordogekko100 said...
Love the blog. But "tenant" should be "tenet" and "rational" should be "rationale". I didn't even eugoogle it!
- jucojames said...
Hello Jeff,
I think that Mr. Cuban raises two critical points. First is the copyright issue, and I am not smart enough to figure that out. However, given Cuban's direct involvement in those kind of issues I would at least take his views seriously. Seems to me his argument is at least rationale - why would anyone sue YouTube now when there are no deep pockets? News Corp or Google? Them some deep pockets!
Another interesting argument Cuban has summarized on his blog is something I have heard/read nowhere else. Where is all of the bandwidth going to come from? The HD revolution is still early and the pipeline owners (cable, verizon, etc) are already struggling to keep up with the pathetic amount of available HD content...let alone all of the added stuff that consumers will demand. EVERY plasma/lcd/dlp owner I know bitches about how awful standard def looks on their shiny new $3,000 tv's! Since noone has to pay Best Buy for 3 years on these TV's, they are being gulped up fast.
I recommend reading Cuban's posts on this issue. He actually believes that there will be fewer cable channels in a few years, as the bandwidth becomes to costly/precious to waste on the 3 people watching Oxygen or the Borneo History Channel for Albinos.
I see YouTube being a conduit for public access tv if one considers the bandwidth and copyright problems. I would enjoy any response you or any other posters have to these two critical issues. I just don't see the Ipod comparison - I get the best quality in audio when I download from Apple or Yahoo. A better analogy would Napster letting people download for free crackly AM radio recordings taped on a boombox!
- Jeff Matthews said...
YouTube is no Napster: you don't download videos, burn them to a disc and never bother going to Sam Goody's again--as with Napster. You simply watch the video.
Now, yes, there is pirated stuff there, but there are also plenty of videos you can't watch because they flag the copyrighted stuff.
Napster did none of that. Napster sent free songs to millions of disk drives around the world, permanently, with no controls for copyright material.
So I suspect they'll get that part right.
As for the bandwidth problem, Verizon was looking pretty stupid two years ago with Fiber-to-the-Home. Now, Verizon looking pretty smart and AT&T is looking pretty stupid.
There'll be plenty of bandwidth. There was last time, and there will be this time.
- Sam S. Park said...
To add to the copyright situation. I think that YouTube is working on revenue sharing deals with guys like Warner Music Group and NBC. I guess companies are learning that they can't fight the trend, and they have decided to get on the gravy train. Things are definitely different than the Napster days, and business models have to adapt... and we're seeing it happen.
- Aaron Koral said...
"...Cable TV is dead..."
Jeff, it's rare that I disagree with you but sadly, yet respectfully, I must do so with your comment above.
Here, in my humble opinions, are the reasons why I think cable tv is not dead, and won't be for some time to come.
A) Content providers like Time Warner and NBC Universal will always want multiple platforms with which to distribute their media content.
YouTube, like cable, is simply another platform for TWX or NWS.A to deliver shows and/or content that is specifically designed for a relevant audience.
B) The only difference is that, for now, users don't pay for watching videos on YouTube like subscribers do for cable. In economics, however, the old phrase, "There's no such thing as a free lunch" could be applied to Google's purchase of YouTube.
At some point, the companies that provide video content will want Google/YouTube to "show [them] the money". And no, I'm not talking about money from piggybacking Ad-Sense like advertisements on top of user-produced videos.
Rather, I'm talking about the serious money that goes into budgets for quality shows like The Sopranos or Weeds. Can Google with YouTube generate the kind of cash flow that could support the big budget productions that end up on cable with their business model? Maybe, but I doubt it (and I could be wrong).
C) Finally, if there's one thing that Brian Roberts at Comcast understands is that cable is more than just TV - it's about having other services that generate revenue and cash flow like phone and DSL access.
Ultimately, the content from YouTube/Google has to be transmitted through something whether it be WiFi or via phone lines.
Other posters mentioned it, and I wish to re-iterate: someone ultimately has to pay for the increased use of bandwith that results as millions of viewers watch videos on YouTube at peak times of the day.
Do you really think cable companies, like the phone companies, are going to let increased usage of their bandwith take away from either their revenues and/or their predictable cash flow?
That's one revolution that won't be televised!!
BTW, everybody keeps talking about how savvy Rupert Murdoch is, but why isn't anyone mentioning the other sly fox in the media business, John Malone? Now, if there ever were a guy who understands the media industry, it's Malone at Liberty Media. He is someone to keep an eye on, along with Rupert (that's just my two cents...)
- Jeff Matthews said...
Aaron, you never have to be sad or apologetic about disagreeing with me--that's the whole point of this thing!
As for your arguments, they are all quite valid.
But ask yourself this: has there ever been a low-cost distribution platform, such as online video, that has not taken over from a high-cost distribution platform, such as cable?
I remember when Metallica was campaigning against Napster. One of their arguments was "We spend millions to make these albums and support our tour...we deserve a payback on that investment."
The contrary argument, espoused by a rapper whose name I forget, was essentially, "Maybe you don't need to spend all that money to make music."
In the end, the rapper was right.
Certainly, issues such as monetization (for the content provider) and image quality (for the viewer) have to be addressed--as they have been in digital music.
It always happens, and my bet it will here, too.
But, as you say yourself, I could be wrong.
- gvtucker said...
Jeff, you say, "But ask yourself this: has there ever been a low-cost distribution platform, such as online video, that has not taken over from a high-cost distribution platform, such as cable?"
You may well be right. But even if you are, the acquisition still doesn't make sense. YouTube doesn't have any competitive advantage over anyone outside of traffic.
Anyone can create that low cost distribution platform from scratch at a much lower cost than Google's acquisition cost of YouTube. And, contrary to the common belief in Silicon Valley, traffic is not sticky. The growth is continually volatile. Yahoo was once the search engine of choice. Their growth stalled and Google has taken their place. Mary Meeker believed that eBay had a long term competitive advantage, and yet their growth has completely stalled, too. Two years ago, Friendster was the social networking site that was the envy of the private equity world. Then it was Facebook. Now it's MySpace.
Google wasted $1.65 billion. The one good thing it did for Google was probably force Yahoo to do something equally stupid in response.
- Sam S. Park said...
I doubt that cable will go away and that YouTube is solely relying on AdSense to generate revenue. I'm not certain about the exact numbers, but there are tons of these amateur video producers that have drank the YouTube Kool-Aid.
These "producers" are the potential customers and the reason why Warner Music Group has come on board. It's similar to the business model of Cyworld - a popular Korean webpage similar to MySpace. The difference between Cyworld and MySpace: people buy credit to purchase music among other things to enhance users' homepages.
I would guess that this is the game plan. Have these "amateur producers" purchase music to enhance their videos. Who knows what else YouTube and Google will sell through this channel. Buy this and that so your videos are comparable to professional producers.
- Anonymous said...
I do think we'll eventually move to a "New TV" styled entertainment format, but I think you also miss another killer app. Namely free embedded video on my website. It's brainlessly easy to do. I'm a real estate agent and I think I'll just whip up a video of my listing presentation and cut a couple hours out of my day. Or cut the fee and do three times as many transactions or something. It's that or be out of the business in a year or two.
- Jeff Matthews said...
"gvtucker": traffic is indeed not sticky. Build a better search engine, and people leave Yahoo! Build a better email product, and people leave MSN. Build a better map product, people will leave Mapquest.
Certainly, if somebody builds a better online video site, people will will leave YouTube. But the guys who bought it are the guys who have created better search, maps and email--Google.
And if anybody can keep YouTube ahead of the pack, Google can. After all, Google tried to create a better video site, and they failed. Which is why they bought YouTube.
Question: why is everybody so quick to proclaim this either 1) the biggest waste of $1.6 billion in stock ever, or 2) the best deal since Bill Gates bought DOS from IBM?
Give it a few months.
- Clyde Doggie said...
People wondering about bandwidth might want to investigate Googles purchases of 'Dark Fiber' or unused fiber optic transmission cables. According to some estimates they own more than any other company right now. It has been an ongoing mystery as to their plans for it, but I bet it has something to do with this issue of moving video around.
- gvtucker said...
Question: why is everybody so quick to proclaim this either 1) the biggest waste of $1.6 billion in stock ever, or 2) the best deal since Bill Gates bought DOS from IBM?
Answer: because when it becomes more apparent, the investment opportunity won't be there.
- Jeff Matthews said...
"gvtucker" says..."Answer: because when it becomes more apparent, the investment opportunity won't be there."
Question: what exactly is the 'investment opportunity' being served by making an instant judgement with no facts yet available on which to make any rational judgement?
Shorting Google on the basis of a relatively meaningless(2% of its market capitalization) acquisition?
Buying Google on the basis of a relatively meaningless (2% of its market capitalization) acquisition?
Why not see what happens to Google traffic and YouTube monetization in the next month or two before all this point/counterpoint nonsense?
- gvtucker said...
Over the next month or two, if Google takes market share from competitors, don't you think that the market will reflect that?
OTOH, if Google's traffic starts to falter, don't you think that the stock will already start to drop off significantly?
Relative to GOOG's market cap, yes, YouTube isn't significant. But it is significant in terms of management's skill in evaluating acquisitions, and this is GOOG's most significant acquisition to date, by far.
Look back to eBay's acquisitions. Their purchase of PayPal (a highly successful acquistion) was right before the stock entered a period of significant growth. Similarly, their purchase of Skype (a crappy purchase, IMO) was right at the recent top.
IMO, if someone was thinking of shorting GOOG previously, the YouTube acquisition would be enough to pull the trigger. And if someone were close to buying the stock, it would be enough to make me reconsider, or at least wait and see.
One other thing, I think it is going to take a whole lot more than one or two months in order to get enough data to evaluate this purchase. Our time horizons differ here.
- Jeff Matthews said...
Well, now you're making my point for me: I agree completely that it'll take longer than, say, this weekend to figure out if the deal is working. Which is my main point--why stake out a conclusion before anybody knows how the deal is working?
Personally, I think if you're already bearish on Google, you probably ought to wait and see whether YouTube revs up Google's growth rate, or you'll get hosed.
And if you're already bullish, you probably ought to wait to see whether YouTube attracts enough legal sharks to distract management time and attention from growing the core business.
As for YouTube being Google management's "most significant" in terms of evaluating an acquisition...I'd argue that it was probably a piece of cake.
The "evaluation" may not have been a lot more intricate than this:
1) We saw pretty quickly that video was going to be huge;
2) We created Google Video to capture that huge video audience; 3) Google Video isn't gaining traction;
4) YouTube is the Google of Video;
5) We buy YouTube.
Remember, these guys spent $1 billion to buy a piece of AOL, and that deal was actually fairly complex, involving a minority position in a non-public entity.
Compare the current trouble Yahoo! is having getting a deal with Facebook done to the speed Google closed YouTube, and I'd say this one was a no-brainer.


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GDC 2013: AMD Reveals Radeon Sky Specifications
Subject: Graphics Cards | March 31, 2013 - 03:06 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: GDC 13, sky 900, sky 700, sky 500, RapidFire, radeon sky, GCN, cloud gaming, amd
Earlier this week, AMD announced a new series of Radeon-branded cards–called Radeon Sky–aimed at the cloud gaming market. At the time, details on the cards was scarce apart from the fact that the cards would use latency-reduction "secret sauce" tech called RapidFire, and the highest-end model would be the Radeon Sky 900. Thankfully, gamers will not have to wait until AFDS after all, as AMD has posted additional information and specifications to its website. At this point, pricing and the underlying details of RapidFire are the only aspects still unknown.
According to the AMD site, the company will release three Radeon Sky cards later this year, called Sky 500, Sky 700, and Sky 900. All three cards are passively cooled with aluminum fin heatsinks and are based on AMD's Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture. At the high end is the Sky 900, which is a dual Tahiti graphics card clocked at 825 MHz. The Sky 900 features 1,792 stream processors per GPU for a total of 3,584. The card further features 3GB of GDDR5 RAM per GPU on a 384-bit interface for a total GPU bandwidth of 480GB/s. AMD claims this dual slot card draws up to 300W while under load. In many respects the Sky 900 is the Radeon-equivalent to the company's professional FirePro S10,000 graphics card. It has similar hardware specifications (including the 5.91TFLOPS of single precision performance potential), but a higher TDP. It is also $3,599, though whether AMD will price the gaming-oriented Sky 900 similarly is unknown.
The Sky 700 steps down to a single-GPU graphics card. This card features a single Tahiti GPU clocked at 900 MHz with 1792 stream processors and 6GB of GDDR5. The graphics card memory uses a 384-bit memory interface for a total memory bandwidth of 264GB/s. Although also a dual slot card like the Sky 900, the cooler is smaller and it draws only 225W under load.
Finally, the Sky 500 represents the low end of the company's cloud gaming hardware lineup. It is the Radeon Sky equivalent to the company's consumer-grade Radeon HD 7870. The Sky 500 features a single Pitcairn GPU clocked at 950 MHz with 1280 stream processors, 4GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit memory bus, and a rated 150W power draw under load. It further features 154GB/s of memory bandwidth and is a single slot graphics card.
|Sky 900
|Sky 700
|Sky 500
|Dual Tahiti
|Single Tahiti
|Single Pitcairn
|GPU Clockspeed
|825 MHz
|900 MHz
|950 MHz
|Stream Processors
|3584 (1792 per GPU)
|6GB GDDR5 (3GB per GPU)
|Memory Bus
|Memory Bandwidth
|Card Profile
Additionally, the Radeon Sky cards all employ a technology called RapidFire that allegedly reduces latency immensely. As Ryan mentioned on the latest PC Perspective Podcast, the Radeon Sky cards are able to stream up to six games. RapidFire is still a mystery, but the company has indicated that one aspect of RapidFire is the use of AMD's Video Encoding Engine (VCE) to encode the video stream on the GPU itself to reduce game latency. The Sky cards will output at 720p resolutions, and the Sky 700 can support either three games at 60 FPS or six games at 30 FPS.
In addition to working with cloud gaming companies Ubitus, G-Cluster, CiiNow, and Otoy, AMD has announced a partnership with VMWare and Citrix. AMD is reportedly working to allow VMWare ESX/ESXi and Citrix XenServer virtual machines to access the GPU hardware directly, which opens up the possibility of using Sky cards to run workstation applications or remote desktops with 3D support much like NVIDIA's VCA and GRID technology (which the company showed off at GTC last week). Personally, I think the Sky cards may be late to the party but is a step in the right direction. Even if cloud gaming doesn't take off, the cards could still be used to great success by enterprise customers if they are able to allow direct access to the full graphics card hardware from within virtual machines!
More information on the Radeon Sky cards can be found on the AMD website.
GDC 2013: AMD Announces Sky Graphics Cards to Accelerate Cloud Gaming
Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards | March 27, 2013 - 08:16 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: sky graphics, sky 900, RapidFire, radeon sky, pc gaming, GDC, cloud gaming, ciinow, amd
AMD is making a new push into cloud gaming with a new series of Radeon graphics cards called Sky. The new cards feature a (mysterious) technology called "RapidFire" that allegedly provides "highly efficient and responsive game streaming" from servers to your various computing devices (tablets, PCs, Smart TVs) over the Internet. At this year's Games Developers Conference (GDC), the company announced that it is working with a number of existing cloud gaming companies to provide hardware and drivers to reduce latency.
AMD is working with Otoy, G-Cluster, Ubitus, and CiiNow. CiiNow in particular was heavily discussed by AMD, and can reportedly provide lower latency than cloud gaming competitor Gaikai. AMD Sky is, in many ways, similar in scope to NVIDIA's GRID technology which was announced last year and shown off at GTC last week. Obviously, that has given NVIDIA a head start, but it is difficult to say how AMD's technology will stack up as the company is not yet providing any specifics. Joystiq was able to obtain information on the high-end Radeon Sky graphics card, however (that's something at least...). The Sky 900 reportedly features 3,584 stream processors, 6GB of GDDR5 RAM, and 480 GB/s of bandwidth. Further, AMD has indicated that the new Radeon Sky cards will be based on the company's Graphics Core Next architecture.
|Sky 900
|Radeon 7970
|Stream Processors
|Memory Bandwidth
I think it is safe to assume that the Sky cards will be sold to other cloud gaming companies. They will not be consumer cards, and AMD is not going to get into the cloud gaming business itself. Beyond that, AMD's Sky cloud gaming initiative is still a mystery. Hopefully more details will filter out between now and the AMD Fusion Developer Summit this summer.

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Another Record Broken - 30 Entries by end of year
The RORC Caribbean 600 continues to defy the financial crisis with a record fleet expected on the start line when the fifth edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 kicks off on February 18th 2013. With the northern hemisphere in the grip of winter, racing 600 miles around 11 Caribbean islands in warm trade winds and surfing in ocean swell is proving to be very appealing.
"We had 30 confirmed entries at the end of 2012 which is twice as many entries as we had the same time last year," confirmed RORC Racing Manager, Nick Elliott. "It is encouraging to see that the race has captured the imagination of all sizes of yachts with a significant number of entries from yachts less than 50ft as well as much larger yachts, including superyachts, which you would expect to see in the Caribbean. Antigua Yacht Club will be hosting the event once again and since our last race, the club has made many improvements to shore side facilities for yacht crews. All in all, the fifth edition of the race looks all set to be a fantastic event."
Line Honours
Last year's Line Honours victory went to the magnificent 216ft carbon ketch Hetairos, in a time of 2 days 2 hours 39 minutes 32 seconds. Of the current confirmed entries for 2013, the 100ft Farr Maxi ICAP Leopard is the hot favourite to be the first monohull to finish the course.
"We didn't compete last year because Leopard was undergoing a major refit," commented ICAP Leopard's owner, Mike Slade. "Even though we have added a couple of tons with a full interior, Leopard has lost none of her pace. In 2011, we completed the course quicker than Hetairos in 2012 and Leopard has just demolished the IMA Transatlantic Race record, which was set by Hetairos. We know that we are in fine form for the RORC Caribbean 600. George David's Rambler 100 holds the outright course record and that will be very tough to beat, but ICAP Leopard will be giving it their all, as always."
Battle of the Titans
Two of the world's largest schooners are set for a marvellous battle. The 182ft Adela which competed against Windrose last year will have the mighty Athos as competition. Athos is making her RORC Caribbean 600 debut and a fascinating encounter is expected. Athos at 203ft has a greater overall length, but the two schooners are evenly matched and both yachts have enjoyed a friendly rivalry throughout the 2012 superyacht season.
In addition to Adela and Athos are a significant number of the world's most impressive maxi yachts including Peter Harrison's Farr 115, Sojana, and Filip Balcaen's 112ft supermaxi, Nilaya, who are very evenly matched. Both yachts competed in the IMA Transatlantic Race and after more than nine days at sea, Nilaya and Sojana were less than five hours apart. The 100ft Maxi, Liara and Didier Lacombe's 92ft Med Spirit are also set for the start.
At least nine yachts from the Nautor's Swan range are expected to take part in the race and besides racing in their respective classes they will also be competing for the Swan Caribbean Challenge Trophy, awarded to the best Swan overall racing under IRC.
Vying for the RORC Caribbean 600 Trophy
Last years overall winner Niklas Zennström's JV72, Rán, will not be competing and this year's favourite must come from America in the shape of Hap Fauth's JV72, Bella Mente. Last summer, Bella Mente was crowned Rolex Mini Maxi World Champion, defeating Rán by the narrowest of margins and the RORC Caribbean 600 is the start of an offshore race season for Bella Mente that will also includes RORC's flagship event the Rolex Fastnet Race in August.
An overall win for Bella Mente is far from certain. Rán's winning time of 3 days 11 hours 49 minutes was beaten by seven yachts in the 2011 race. The strength of the trade winds and conditions experienced at different parts of the course can be a big factor in winning overall, as well as taking the right tactical decisions. Last year, Ross Applebey's Oyster 48, Scarlet Logic, came very close to winning the race. Ross will be competing again and expects a close encounter with Philippe Falle's Deep Blue Racing Team on Trustmarque Quokka. Making his third appearance in the race is Ron O'Hanley in his Cookson 50, Privateer, and could be a good outside bet to win as Adrian Lee's Cookson 50, Lee Overlay Partners, won the inaugural RORC Caribbean 600 in 2009.
Joining the battle is the winner of the RORC Racing Division of the ARC 2012, the Austrian, Christof Petter in his Class40, Vaquita. He will have other Class40s to play with including Peter Harding's 40 Degrees and Marc Lepesqueux's Sensation.
The race has always attracted UK members of the Royal Ocean Racing Club and this year is no exception. RORC Commodore Mike Greville has chartered CM 60 Venomous for the race and RORC Admiral, Andrew McIrvine, will be part of the crew of the Najad 57, Weir Kraken, which is skippered by former RORC Commodore, David Aisher. The Weir Kraken crew is entirely made up of members of the Royal Ocean Racing Club and the Royal Yacht Squadron.
Multihull Class
Olivier Vigoureux, boat captain of Peter Aschenbrenner's ballistic trimaran, Paradox, has confirmed that the 63ft Nigel Irens-designed flyer will be competing:
'We can definitely go faster this year, given the right conditions. Ideally we would like 20 knots of wind, then we might just be able to keep up with Leopard," suggested Olivier. "The course record set by Region Guadeloupe in the first race will be very difficult for Paradox to beat as we have more weight and less sail area, but who knows, if we get the right conditions, anything can happen."
Lloyd Thornburg's Gunboat 66, Phaedo, returns to RORC Caribbean 600 action, having won the Multihull Class in 2011. For the 2013 edition, Jules Verne record holder, Brian Thompson will be part of a stellar crew. However, Phaedo should have a close battle on the water with the latest Gunboat 66 to be launched, Slim, skippered by South African, Travis McGarry.
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Paul Hoilman (junior infielder/pitcher)
Birthday: February 11, 1989
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Pet peeve: Guys with long fingernails
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Best concert/sporting event I've attended: Red Soxs Game
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December 15, 2010
The traditional Midnight Munch during final exams week at Wabash College took place Tuesday night. A total of 374 students braved the frigid weather to take a study break and enjoy good food and camaraderie while faculty, staff — and Wabash College President Pat White — provided food and conversation.
Students started packing the Sparks Center well before the 11 p.m. start time, waiting for a chance to enjoy free eggs, sausage, bacon, biscuits and gravy, fruit, and pastries provided by the College and the Bon Appetit food service. The event lasted until 12:30 a.m. when the last group of students cleaned their plates before trudging back to their rooms or the Lilly Library to prepare for the next set of final exams.
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Five Wabash wrestlers, led by Jake Moore and Dalton Stanley at 165 pounds, earned top-eight places at Saturday's Concordia University Wrestling Open.
Moore and Stanley claimed two of the final eight places by advancing to the championship semifinals in the 165-pound weight class. Moore advanced to the championship bout by starting with a pin at 1:57 into his bout against Josh Trygstad from Northland. A 9-5 victory over Jonathan DiBuono from Elmhurst in the second round moved Moore into a match against sixth-seeded Dan Wierzba from Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The unseeded Moore won 6-0 to move to the championship quarterfinals where he once again defeated a seeded opponent with a 6-4 win over third-seed Jase Schossow from Wartburg. Moore scored another win in the championship semis with a 4-3 win over second-seeded Rafael Rodriguez from Muskegon, but lost a heartbreaking 3-1 decision to top-seeded Jordan Schulte from Wisconsin-Stevens Point in the championship bout to take second place.
Stanley scored four consecutive pins to advance to the semis. The fourth seed heading into his first match against Benjamin Kirsch from Case Western Reserve, where Stanley recorded a pin two minutes into the bout. Stanley added pins against David Swanson from MSOE (4:10), Jason Nelson from Wartburg (1:54), and fifth-seeded Jim Layton from Chicago (5:58) to setup a semifinal bout against the top seed Schulte. Stanley fell 8-4 in the semis, followed by a 10-8 loss to eighth-seeded Yousef Al-Ghoul from Elmhurst and a 6-4 loss to second-seeded Rodriguez to take sixth place.
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Pirkheimer, Willibald (1470-1530)
Willibald Pirkheimer (1470-1530), a Humanist, one of the outstanding leaders in the active intellectual and religious life of Nürnberg, Germany. At the beginning of the Reformation he sided with Luther, but in 1524 returned to the Catholic Church. When Hans Denck was made rector of the school of St. Sebaldus upon recommendation of Oecolampadius, he must certainly have come in contact with Pirkheimer. There is no information on the matter. In Denck's dispute with Andreas Osiander, Pirkheimer took the latter's side. He wrote an unfavorable opinion concerning Denck to Basel. Oecolampadius wrote two letters to Pirkheimer, 26 February and 25 April 1525, to defend his recommendation of Denck to the rectorate of the school of St. Sebaldus.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: III, 375.
Staehelin, Ernst . Briefe und Akten zum Leben Oekolampads. Leipzig, 1927: 359, 364 f.
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Neff, Christian. "Pirkheimer, Willibald (1470-1530)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 20 Mar 2019. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Pirkheimer,_Willibald_(1470-1530)&oldid=141344.
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Neff, Christian. (1959). Pirkheimer, Willibald (1470-1530). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 20 March 2019, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Pirkheimer,_Willibald_(1470-1530)&oldid=141344.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 182. All rights reserved.
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Sightseeing in Colombo
Colombo. Highlights of our sightseeing tour of Sri Lanka's capital include the Fort – once a colonial stronghold, Galle Face Green – a seaside expanse popular for informal cricket games, the Pettah – a noisy oriental bazaar, a visit to Gamgarama temple, Cinnamon Gardens and Independence Square. We also visit the national museum (closed Friday).
Overnight: Colombo | Breakfast
Buddhist Temple & Zoological Gardens
Colombo. At Kelaniya we visit the Raja Maha Vihara, a temple graced by Buddha on one of his three visits to Sri Lanka. Continuing our sightseeing, we visit the zoological gardens at Dehiwela.
Overnight: Colombo | Breakfast
Temple Ruins and Rock Fortress
Colombo - Dambadeniya - Anuradhapura. En route to Anuradhapura, we visit 13th century Dambadeniya, once a royal capital. Its principal surviving ruins are the Dalada Maligawa temple and the Dagoba, locally revered thanks to some corporeal relics of Buddha it is said to contain. We also visit Panduvas Nuwara which features a well-preserved walled citadel, Padeniya, Arankele and the rock fortress of Yapahuwa.
Overnight: Anuradhapura | Breakfast
Anuradhapura.Today, we visit Anuradhapura, the fascinating ancient city and one of Sri Lanka's most important archaeological sites. It contains vast artificial lakes, temples, statues including the Samadhi Buddha, dagobas (solid hemispheres topped with spires), royal baths and museums. We also visit the holy Sri Maha Bodhi tree under which Prince Siddharta attained enlightenment. It is also the oldest historically documented tree on earth. Later a visit to Mihintale.
Overnight: Anuradhapura | Breakfast
Dambulla & Polonnaruwa
Anuradhapura - Dambulla - Polonnaruwa - Giritale. En route to Giritale, we visit the stunning Aukana Buddha statue and the impressive Dambulla Rock Temple which contain beautiful frescoes of Buddha. Then we visit ancient Polonnaruwa, an 11th century city of compact size. We explore the ruins of the Royal Palace, temples and Gal Vihara which boasts 3 enormous Buddha figures.
Overnight: Giritale | Breakfast
Sigiriya & spice gardens
Giritale - Sigiriya - Kandy. To Sigiriya – the elevated and mysterious 5th century fortress ruins of King Kasyapa. The 'Lion Rock' is a citadel of unusual beauty rising 200 metres from the scrub jungle. Visit the world-renowned frescoes of the 'Heavenly Maidens' of Sigiriya, which are in a sheltered pocket of the rock approached by a spiral
stairway. At Matale, we visit an exotic spice garden.
Overnight: Kandy | Breakfast
Kandy & Temples of Embekke
Today, you can visit the ruined temples of Embekke, Gadaladeniya and Lankatilleke and the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens. Back in Kandy, a scenic lakeside town, we visit the lake, bazaar, gem museum and lapidary. There'll also be a visit to the Ceylon Tea Museum, housed in a beautifully refurbished old building with lots of vintage tea-processing machinery. Tonight we visit the Temple of the Tooth Relic. After, we enjoy a cultural dance show.
Overnight: Kandy | Breakfast
Nuwara Eliya & tea plantations
Kandy - Nuwara Eliya. Departing Kandy, we head further into Sri Lanka's hill country surrounded by tea plantations. Situated at 6,525 ft/1,990 m, Nuwara Eliya is one of the highest towns in the region. Today, we enjoy a sightseeing tour and visit Hakgala Gardens. By jeep on day 10, we depart early for Horton Plains. Located on a high windswept saddle, Horton Plains offers the walker stunning panoramic views. We'll hike to Bakers Fall passing en route the Gem Pit Pool, the Chimney Pool, and the Leg of Mutton Pool and then return to Nuwara Eliya.
Overnight: Nuwara Eliya | Breakfast x 2
Yala National Park
Nuwara Eliya - Yala National Park. Continuing to Yala National Park, en route we visit the Mahayana Buddhist rock sculptures at Buduruwagala. This evening, we enjoy a jeep safari. The largest national park in Sri Lanka, Yala is home to elephants, wild boar, buffalo, leopard, crocodile and myriad birdlife.
Note: Yala NP is usually closed sometime between Sept - early Oct due to drought. The length of the close varies from year to year.
Overnight: Yala National Park | Breakfast
Bundala NP & Galle
Yala National Park - Kalutara. This morning, we visit Bundala National Park – a bird sanctuary. We visit the town of Galle and it's 17th century fort. Within the fort, are narrow streets filled with churches and colonial buildings. We then continue to Kalutara, an ideal tropical beach holiday with it's sparkling warm blue seas and a lush fringe of palm trees, all bathed in warm golden sunshine.
Overnight: Kalutara | Breakfast
Beach time in Kalutara
At leisure on Sri Lanka's tropical palm-fringed coast. Optional excursion to Ratnapura, home of Sri Lanka's famous gem trade. There are around 200 gem pits in Ratnapura and many lapidaries where the mined stones are dressed, cut and polished. You'll tour some pits, a lapidary and the museum
Overnight: Kalutara | Breakfast x 2
Kalutara - Colombo. Today we travel via the coast road to Colombo and onward departure transfer to the airport. End of arrangements.
Combine Sri Lanka with neighbouring India!
Just a short hop away from Sri Lanka is India, making perfect for a multi centre holiday. Consider extending your trip and experience the discover the wonders of India on one of our many exciting group tours or private journeys. From the fertile Himalayan foothills and the regal palaces of legendary Rajasthan, to the beautiful marble Taj Mahal and the palm fringed beaches of Goa, India cannot fail to captivate you!
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Prices shown are 'per person', based on a travelling party of at least 2 adults. The single supplement price needs to be added to the twin/double price if single rooms are required. If travelling solo, an additional '1-person' supplement will apply.
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Combined tour of India & Sri Lanka. Excellent sites & scenery. Quality accommodation but somewhat isolated such that evening meals were at hotel without opportunity to eat in restaurants elsewhere.
Would prefer that On the Go Tours booked flight from Delhi to Colombo as part of trip, even if price advised at time of booking. Guide changed for final day into Colombo (personal reasons). Did not stop at gem mine & museum in Ratnapura as expected, per itinerary, & city tour of Colombo was on way to hotel & brief."


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Single Again: Managing the Financial Fallout
Part of the Single Again: Managing the Financial Fallout Series
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Loss: Through Death
A group of men spent three days together at a beautiful retreat setting in Montana. They planned, prayed, and dreamed together about the future.
One of the men was a pilot, and he invited three of the others to fly back to Dallas with him. One of the four was an entrepreneur with a young wife and two boys below the age of five. Another was a banker who had three boys, one of whom was in high school and two of whom were in college. The third was a surgeon with three grown children, and the fourth was a pastor who also had three children.
The small plane took off all right, but en route to Dallas it disappeared. Several days later, when the wreckage was found, there were no survivors. In an instant, four women had become widows, and 11 children were left without a father.
I visited with one of the widows many months later, and she said her husband had always told her that in the event of his death, she needn't worry because his best friend knew all about their financial situation. The friend was well prepared to help her cope financially with her husband's death. Unfortunately, however, that friend had been one of the four men on the plane.
Death is rarely expected, so people rarely plan for it adequately. Yet when it occurs, it changes forever the lives — including the financial situations – of those left behind. Even couples who have discussed the financial implications of losing the other may discover their plans are no longer relevant because of those changing circumstances.
Loss: Through Divorce
Karen Loritts, a regular speaker at Campus Crusade's Family Life conferences, tells the story of a different kind of loss – one that devastated another family. Karen was jarred awake one night by the ringing telephone. A friend of hers was calling in anguish over her marital breakup, which had shocked those who knew the couple. This woman and her husband were both hard workers, and the entire family was active in their church. As Karen listened to her friend pour out her feelings of grief, she silently prayed for words to comfort her friend – and shed some tears herself. "I felt her pain and cried at the prospect of having my friend struggle with this 'death,'" said Karen.
Dealing With the Financial Fallout
This series of articles is directed at women because far more women than men must navigate the road of widowhood or single parenthood. Seventy percent of all married women will be widowed, and marriages formed today have about a 41 to 43 percent chance of ending in divorce.Glenn T. Stanton, "Do Half of All American Marriages Really End in Divorce?" Focus on the Family, http://www.citizenlink.org/FOSI/marriage/divorce/A000000895.cfm (accessed 26 July 2007). In the vast majority of cases, the mothers are granted primary custody of their children.
Having said that, men who are widowed or divorced often must deal with financial fallout as well. If you are a man in either situation, this series certainly applies to you as well.


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Becky Bastain needs a new logo for her home staging business as part of a redesign of her image and website.
Becky offers professional service to her clients that help them to sell their homes for more. Giving the nature of the work the logo needs to be clean and attractive.
Logo should be innovative yet professional. Not too web 2.0... but this is not the 90's anymore either.
One option is to use a caricature of Becky as part of the design... we have not created this caricature yet... but you can use this one and we can get replace Sarah with Becky later.
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Home Staging by Becky Bastain (Does not NEED to be used in the logo)
What is home staging? Let's ask Wikipedia.
"Home staging is the act of preparing a private residence prior to going up for sale in the real estatemarketplace. The goal of staging is to sell a home quickly, and for themost money possible by attracting the highest amount of potentialbuyers. Staging focuses on improving a property to make it appeal tothe largest number of buyers by transforming it into a welcoming,appealing, and attractive product for sale. Many people believe thatstaging raises the value of a property by way of reducing the home'sflaws, depersonalizing, decluttering, cleaning, improving conditionitems, and landscaping. For vacant homes, rental furniture is used tocreate a living space the buyer could "see" themselves in. Properlyexecuted staging leads the eye to attractive features while minimizingflaws."
Becky offers professional service to her clients that help them to sell their homes for more. Giving the nature of the work the logo needs to be clean and attractive.
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text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Uni Hagwons - a couple Q's Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Uni Hagwons - a couple Q's Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> FAQ View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message FierceInvalidJoined: 16 Mar 2003 Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 7:27 am Post subject: Uni Hagwons - a couple Q's I posted a while back, talking about how I wanted to make the switch from kiddies to adults, but found the split shifts etc. that go along with most adult jobs too daunting. Then I meet this dude, who's teaching a similar schedule to me (about 20 hrs/wk, only afternoon/evening), gets about 2 months of vacation per year, and decent pay. Where's he workin? A uni hagwon. Now, I realize that this must be a pretty sweet deal within the uni hagwon game - I've read comments before about how conditions at these places are "not much better than a regular hagwon", but let's look at what that actually means - still better, right? Plus, during the time working at a uni hagwon you'd surely meet (and work alongside) a bunch of people with real uni jobs - and we all know having connections can be a pretty sweet thing if you want to try to find a real uni job, right? So here are my questions: 1. Do people at uni hagwons ever have to do splits? Is it common? 2. Is it difficult to get a job at one? I'm guessing easier than actual university job, but quite a bit harder than a regular hagwon - can anyone confirm? (Keep in mind I'm dead-set on staying in Seoul). 3. What's the best way to go about checking these jobs out? I know where a lot of the unis are, but wouldn't have a clue as to where to go to find the relevant people physically...I guess I could check the internet...any suggestions? Thanks, FI Back to top The LemonJoined: 11 Jan 2003 Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 7:41 am Post subject: I think that the more common job than the uni hogwon position is the hybrid - the teacher does 7-8 hours of uni hogwon classes a week (say, one or two a day) and a roughly equal number of "proper" university credit classes. I'm in that regimen. The hogwon classes, at least at our university, are just as likely to be with adults (free talking, etc) as they are kids classes. It's par to only have 4 hours a week of kids' classes. And that's not necessarily a good thing - I actually prefer my kids classes to the adult and uni student classes. Back to top FierceInvalidJoined: 16 Mar 2003 Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 4:34 pm Post subject: Yeah that's what I was thinking - since many of the real university teachers spend some of their schedule doing hagwon classes, all-hagwon jobs probably aren't wildly numerous, are they? Back to top MichelleJoined: 18 May 2003 Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 9:08 pm Post subject: Glorified Hagwons.. Hey there, Well the good news is that in some respects it is better then a normal hagwon. Mainly in terms of the staff and responsibility. The pay is less likely to be diddled and holidays are sweet. Good news over. I work from 7.50 - 8.40 am, then 1-1.50 then 6-9 pm. The mother of all split shifts. I also have a curfew - can't get in after 11. I can stay away if I want to pay for a yogwan. Why? I live at the dormitory. The students do to. On the upside they are crammed to a room. I have a room to myself and a nice office. Well, the students haven't been attending class because it makes their hours unbearable, but what can you do? For this I didn't have a masters, but I did have a Grad Cert in TESOL. Other teachers have Masters. These people really needed teachers. In a lot of cases the Professors do have Masters qualifications. In short, yes the University hagwon is quite a step up. You are not teaching children anymore (although you wonder sometimes). And yes, you do need qualifications. After taking the trouble to study in the area I was expecting a little better. I had high expectations, the main problem is the restriction. At a hagwon I could come and go as I pleased at night. Back to top rudyflyerJoined: 26 Feb 2003Location: pacing the cage Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 9:32 pm Post subject: I have the strictly hogwon side and the mix during my years here. The year only doing the univ hogwon was not fun I too had splits from he** 7-9AM, then 4-6P, and 8-9P. The 4-6 was kids and I HATE kids, we were not told that we'd be teaching kids when we took the job. On the upside we got 5 weeks vacation which is pretty good for a hogwon. That univ hogwon now gives 10 weeks vacation. I've seen ads for other strictly univ hogwons and their schedules can be as bad as a legit hogwon and as cheap with the vacation as the hogwons. Rest of the time here its been a split between the 2. Mostly its been a 60/40 univ classes/hogwon ratio. Some places I had a lot of hogwon classes some like the place where I'm at now only 2 of my 20 hours/week are hogwon. This also determines how much vacation I get. Again at this school they don't run hogwon classes during the breaks so I'm off summers and winters. Some places like where Lemon teaches and 2 of the previous 4 univs I've been at have kids programs, here we don't and we've been told we never will. I personally prefer credit classes yeah the students are brain dead but you can pretty much do what you want and nobody really complains. With the hogwon classes its so personality driven and if the students don't like you it can be he**, I've had problems this semester with my hogwon class and another teacher who was teaching housewives had a revolt, the ladies went to the boss and said they weren't going to attend class if this guy kept teaching (BTW he was an older guy who is an excellent teacher, these ladies had a woman before). If I had my choice, credit classes only with maybe one hogwon class for extra cash Back to top Joo Rip Gwa RhheeJoined: 25 May 2003 Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2003 3:39 am Post subject: . Quote: Do people at uni hagwons ever have to do splits? Is it common? It depends on the students and the program. There are 2 different kinds of Uni hogwons. Hybrids where you do both uni classes and hogwon classes, and the pure hogwons where you do just the hogwon classes. 2 Quote: . Is it difficult to get a job at one? I'm guessing easier than actual university job, but quite a bit harder than a regular hagwon - can anyone confirm? (Keep in mind I'm dead-set on staying in Seoul). Not so much. If you have a four year degree you should be able to find one. Of course if you were willing to go out of Seoul then there would be no problem. Quote: 3. What's the best way to go about checking these jobs out? I know where a lot of the unis are, but wouldn't have a clue as to where to go to find the relevant people physically...I guess I could check the internet...any suggestions? Internet of course. Most schools in seoul have them. Get a list of all the Universites in Seoul , go to them in person and drop off your resume. Warning not all uni hogwons are great places to be in fact quite a few of them are not so that good. Some are worse than regular hogwon jobs. I don't think getting these jobs is all that hard. If you have a Tesol certificate by chance you would have a 90% or better chance of being accepted at any of them. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> FAQ All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Forums:----------------FAQJob-related Discussion ForumGeneral Discussion ForumOff-Topic ForumTravel ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumBuy/Sell/Trade Forum You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. 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In a small nonstick pot on the stove, combine sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, and salt with 2 tablespoons of cold water. Stir to dissolve. Add apples and lemon juice and stir. Bring to medium heat and cover. Cook until the apples have softened and liquid has thickened, about 5 minutes, uncovering often to stir.
Remove the pot from heat and transfer the mixture to a bowl. Allow it to cool for several minutes. Thoroughly stir in cream cheese. Fold in whipped topping.
Lay crepes flat on a dry surface. Evenly distribute the apple mixture between the crepes. Fold each crepe up envelope-style, first folding the sides in, and then folding/rolling it up from the bottom.
Bring a skillet sprayed with nonstick spray to medium heat. Place the crepes in the skillet with the seam-sides down. Cook them until slightly browned, about 1 minute per side. (Flip carefully.)
Plate your crepes and drizzle them with caramel dip. If you like, sprinkle with powdered sugar. Try not to pass out as you dig in!


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Marin Headlands Visitor Center
Down the road from HI Marin Headlands is the Marin Headlands Visitor Center, housed in the old Fort Barry chapel. The center has information and exhibits on the Headlands' flora and fauna, its Native American history, and the numerous nonprofit organizations located in the park. Staff can recommend hiking trails and other nearby attractions. Maps, guidebooks, postcards, and other items are available for sale.
The visitor center is open daily, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Guests visit the Marin Headlands to experience the beauty of the surrounding National Park, part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Hiking is a popular activity, and miles of trails wind through the Marin Headlands, from forested mountains to crashing surf. The hostel is also a convenient base for exploring nearby Mount Tamalpais State Park and Muir Woods National Monument.
Free trail maps are available at our front desk. Recommended excursions include the short 15-minute hike from the visitor center, along the south shore of the lagoon and out to the beach, and for bird watchers, the trail near Hawk Hill, which is a prime spot for observation.
Point Bonita Lighthouse
Join a docent-led tour of the nearby Point Bonita Lighthouse and learn about famous shipwrecks and the difficult lives of its keepers. Point Bonita began operating in 1855 with a second-order lens that reaches 18 miles across the water -- the most powerful in San Francisco Bay.
The tunnel to the lighthouse suspension bridge is open Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays from 12:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Nike Missile Site
During the tense years from 1953 to 1979, the United States Army built and operated a total of 280 Nike missile firing batteries in the United States, placed as the last line of defense against Soviet bombers. Today, site SF-88 in the Marin Headlands has been turned into a museum, and is the only restored Nike Missile Site in the country.
Visit SF-88 and see the tools of the Cold War up close. The site is open Wednesday through Friday (plus the first Sunday of the month), 12:30 - 3:30 p.m., with guided walks beginning every half-hour.


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Before Christmas, I was thrilled to find unshelled mixed nuts at not one, but two local grocery stores. I hadn't seen them in a number of years, and remembering how much fun my youngest son and I had feeding them to the neighborhood squirrels, I bought several pounds of them. But looking at the walnuts brought back memories even further back, of "helping" my grandma make the prettiest decorations for her Christmas tree.
I could not have been more than five or six years old when Grandma Lill sat me down at the dining room table with a stack of walnuts, a paintbrush and a cup of thinned-down glue, and several packets of pretty glitter! We never got glitter at home, and rarely got it at Grandma's, as there were always little sparklies of glitter to be found around the house months afterward, no matter how thorough the cleanup seemed to be. But this time was an exception. Grandpa Bill had put a metal hanger into the top of each walnut, and Grandma "painted" them with the glue, and I sprinkled glitter on them. To my knowledge, the one pictured above is the only one of these ornaments to have survived that wonderful afternoon almost 50 years ago.
So one day last week, I went about putting gold ornament hangers into the walnuts, and gluing them in place with craft glue. This morning I did the fun part - sprinkling them with glitter - gold, silver, red, green, blue, and a shimmering opalescent. My husband may roll his eyes, but I think next year we're going to have a Christmas tree decorated with sparkly walnuts.
Friday, January 25, 2013
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Happy Blogiversary! I've been a member of Geneabloggers for about five months. This is a great blogging community.ReplyDelete
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Happy Blogiverary!! Old traditions are so wonderful. I think your walnuts will make beautiful decorations.ReplyDelete
I have two glittered walnuts, in that exact same shade of pink. Must have come from the same batch! I'm glad to hear the back-story behind them. I knew they came from Gramma's, but I didn't remember making them myself.ReplyDelete
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Serving Size: 3
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Great comfort food. Didn't have any of the pickled shrimp around so omitted that and it's still tasty. I like adding crushed sesame seeds to the mixture too for a little extra flavor. Simple meal with a bowl of rice and spicy kimchi!