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For the leaders, managers, executives, and entrepreneurs who prefer rolling up their sleeves and learning new things through in-person interaction, executive business administration graduate programs may prove a perfect option. On-Campus programs enable professionals to see, hear, and speak to their classmates, colleagues, and professors as they delve into subjects and pursue the knowledge and skillsets that may help them succeed. On-campus executive business administration programs also offer a great option to professionals who live close to the program of their choice and prefer to take classes on specific days, at specific times, and in bricks-and-mortar buildings. Pursuing a Executive Business Administration Graduate Programs on Campus degree may allow for a particularly interactive and invigorating experience.
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- General leadership and negotiation skills
- Skills working with computer software and project management and foreign languages skills
- Thinking skills and using innovation and creativity
- Skills in working in a multicultural environment and corporate social responsibility skills
You may also become skilled in developing business strategy, finding competitive advantage, providing management consulting, and numerous other areas. In an EDBA program, you might gain knowledge or skills in theoretical knowledge and applied research that leads to the practical application of theoretical knowledge.
What Careers Might I Pursue as an Executive Business Administration Graduate?
Once you've earned your executive business administration graduate degree, you may simply enhance your existing job or pursue new advanced positions with other employers. You may also launch your own business or pursue a career as a business consultant.
Statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics may give you a sense of what you might earn in advanced positions in business:
- In 2015, top executives earned a median annual salary of $102,690.[i] While you don't have to have a graduate degree in business administration to pursue a career as a top executive, many top executives hold an MBA.[ii]
- In 2015, median salaries from managers ranged from $45,670 for preschool and childcare center directors to $132,800 for architectural and engineer managers.[iii]
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Dr. A P J ABDUL KALAAM'S SPEECH IN HYDERABAD
A must read for every person. "I have three visions for India. In 3000 years of our history, people from all over the world have come and invaded us, captured our lands, conquered our minds from Alexander onwards. The Greeks, the Turks, the Moguls, the Portuguese, the British, the French, the Dutch, all of them came and looted us, took over what was ours. Yet we have not done this to any other nation. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them. Why? Because we respect the freedom of others. That is why my first vision is that of FREEDOM. I believe that India got its first vision of this in 1857, when we started the war of independence. It is this freedom that we must protect and nurture and build on. If we are not free, no one will respect us. My second vision for India is DEVELOPMENT. For fifty years we have been a developing nation. It is time we see ourselves as a developed nation. We are among top 5 nations of the world in terms of GDP. We have 10 percent growth rate in most areas. Our poverty levels are falling. Our achievements are being globally recognized today. Yet we lack the self-confidence to see ourselves as a developed nation, self- reliant and self-assured. Isn't this incorrect? I have a THIRD vision. India must stand up to the world. Because I believe that, unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. Only strength respects strength. We must be strong not only as a military power but also as an economic power. Both must go hand-in-hand. My good fortune was to have worked with three great minds. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai of the Dept. of space, Professor Satish Dhawan, who succeeded him and Dr.Brahm Prakash, father of nuclear material. I was lucky to have worked with all three of them closely and consider this the great opportunity of my life. I see four milestones in my career: Twenty years I spent in ISRO. I was given the opportunity to be the project director for India's first satellite launch vehicle, SLV3. The one that launched Rohini. These years played a very important role in my life of Scientist. After my ISRO years, I joined DRDO and got a chance to be the part of India's guided missile program. It was my second bliss when Agni met its mission requirements in 1994. The Dept. of Atomic Energy and DRDO had this tremendous partnership in the recent nuclear tests, on May 11 and 13. This was the third bliss. The joy of participating with my team in these nuclear tests and proving to the world that India can make it, that we are no longer a developing nation but one of them. It made me feel very proud as an Indian. The fact that we have now developed for Agni a re-entry structure, for which we have developed this new material. A Very light material called carbon-carbon. One day an orthopedic surgeon from Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences visited my laboratory. He lifted the material and found it so light that he took me to his hospital and showed me his patients. There were these little girls and boys with heavy metallic calipers weighing over three Kg. each, dragging their feet around. He said to me: Please remove the pain of my patients. In three weeks, we made these floor reaction Orthosis 300-gram calipers and took them to the orthopedic center.
Scholarly speech bu A P J ABDUL KALAAM
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Posted 11 October 2007 - 11:35 AM
The children didn't believe their eyes. From dragging around a three kg. Load on their legs, they could now move around! Their parents had tears in their eyes. That was my fourth bliss! Why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why? We are the first in milk production. We are number one in Remote sensing satellites. We are the second largest producer of wheat. We are the second largest producer of rice. Look at Dr. Sudarshan; he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining, self driving unit. There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters. I was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli newspaper. It was the day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert land into an orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the newspaper, buried among other news. In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. Why are we so NEGATIVE? Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? We want foreign TVs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is. She replied: I want to live in a developed India. For her, you and I will have to build this developed India. You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation. Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance. Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; Otherwise, choice is yours. YOU say that our government is inefficient. YOU say that our laws are too old. YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage. YOU say that the phones don't work; the railways are a joke, The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination. YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits. YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it? Take a person on his way to Singapore. Give him a name - YOURS. Give him a face YOURS. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best. In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground Links as they are. You pay $5 (approx. Rs.60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Peddler Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM. YOU comeback to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over stayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity. In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU? YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai. YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah. YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds (Rs.650) a month to, "see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else." YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, "Jaanta hai sala main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost." YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand. Why don't YOU spit paan on the streets of Tokyo? Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston? We are still talking of the same YOU. YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries but cannot in your own. You who will throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the same here in India? Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal commissioner of Bombay, Mr.Tinaikar, had a point to make. "Rich people's dogs are walked on the streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place," he said. "And then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the pressure in his bowels? In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan. Will the Indian citizen do that here?" He's right. We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility. We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms. We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity. This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to the public. When it comes to burning social issues Like those related to women, dowry, girl child and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? "It's the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons' rights to a dowry." So Who's going to change the system? What does a system consist of? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbors, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr. Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away. Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England. When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money. Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a great deal of introspection and pricks one's conscience too....I am echoing J.F.Kennedy's words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians...."ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY" Let's do what India needs from us. Forward this mail to each Indian For a change instead of sending Jokes or junk mails.
Thank you
Dr. A P J Abdul Kalaam
Honorable President of INDIA
Sources: E-net, few months before....
Thank you
Dr. A P J Abdul Kalaam
Honorable President of INDIA
Sources: E-net, few months before....
Posted 28 October 2007 - 03:37 PM
AVUL PAKIR JAINULABDEEN ABDUL KALAM has come to personally represent to many of his counter part the best aspects of India life . Born in 1931 , the son of little educated boatowner in Rameshwaram , Tamil Nadu , had as unparalled career as a defence scientist , culminating the highest civilian award of Bharat , Bharat Ratna . As chief of the Country dfefense research and development programme , Kalam demonstrated the greta potential and dynamism and innovation that existed in Seemigly moribund research establishmentts . This is the story of the Kalams own rise from obscurity and his personal as well as professional struggles , as well as the Story of AGNI, Prithivi , Akash , Trishul and Nag missiles that have become the house hold names in India and that have raised nation to the level of missile power of interntional reckoning .
At the same time as he has helped create Indias awesome weaponry , Kalam has maintained the ascetic rigour of his personal life , working 18 hours a day and practising the Veena . With Characteristic modesty , Kalam ascribes the greatness of his achievement to the influence of his teachers and mentors . He describes the struggle his boyhood and youth , bringing alive everyday life in small town in South India and the inspirational role of educators . He describe the role of visionary Indian Scientists , such as Dr Vikram Sarabhai , and of the creation of a coordinated network of research institutions . This is also a saga of independent Indias struggle for self sufficiency and defensive autonomy a story as much about the politics , domestic and interntional , as it is about science .
Arun Tiwari worked under Dr APJ Abdul Kalam for over a decade in Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL ) , Hyderabad . He is currently Director , Cardiovas cular Technology Institute , Hyderabad , where he is pursuing Dr Kalam Vison of developing cost effective medical devices using indegenous defence technology .
Dr Kalam is now professor of Technology and Societal transformation , Anna University , Chennai . He is current presedential Nominee (2002)
Source : WINGS OF FIRE
An Autobiography
APJ Abdul Kalam with Arun Tiwari
Management is Art & Science of Getting Law as Results , this process results in Sanjibalisation .
Posted 28 October 2007 - 03:41 PM
This book is being released at a time when Indias Tehnology cal endeavours , to assert its sovereingty and strengthen its security , are questioned by many in the World . Historically , people have always fought among themselves on one issue or another. Prehistorically , battles were fought over food and shelter . With the passage of time , wars were waged over religious and ideological beliefs ; and now the dominanat struggle of sophisticated warefare is for the economic and technological supremacy . Consequently , economic and technological supremacy is equated with political power and world control .
A few nations who have grown very strong technologically , over the pact few centuries, have wrested control , for their own purposes . These major powers have become the self proclaimed leaders of new world order . What does a country of billion people like India , so in such a sitution ? We have no other option but to be technologically strong . But , can India be a Leader in the Field of Technology ? My answer is emphatic Yes . And let me validate my answer by narrating some incidents from my life .
When I first began the reminiscences that have gone into this book . I was certain about which of my memories were worth narrating or were of any relevance at all . My child hood is precious to me , but would it be interesting to anyone else? Was it worth the readers while , I wondered , to know about the tribulations and how my decisiopn to became a vegeterian was pratly due to my financial constraints as a college student why should these be of interest to general Public ? In the end , I was convinced that these were relevant , if not for anything else but because they tell something of the story of modern india , as individual destiny and social matrix in which it is embedded cannot be seen germane to include accounts of my frustated attempt to become an Airforce pilot and of how i became , instead of Collector my father dreamed a rocket engineer .
Finally , i decided to describe the individuals who had a profound influence on my life . This book is also a way of submission of thanks , there fore , to my parents and immediate family , and to the teachers and preceptors I was Fortunate enough to have had , both as student in my professional life . It is also a tribute to the Unflagging enthusiasm and efforts of my young colleagues who helped to realise our collective dreams . The famous words of Isaac Netwon about standing on the shoulders of giants are valid for every scientist and i certainly owe a great debt of knowledge and inspiration to the distinguish lineage of Indian Scientist , that included Vikram Sarbhai , Satish Dawan and Brahm Prakash . They played a major roles in my life and in the story of Indian Science .
I completed sixty years of age on 15 October 1991 . I Had decided to devote my retirement to fulfilling what i saw as my duites in the sphere of social service . Instead , tow things happened simultaneoulsy . First i agreed to continue in government service for another three years and , next , a young colleague , Arun Tiwari requested me to share my reminiscences with him , so that he could record them . He was someone who hd been working in my Laboratory since 1982 , but i never really known him well until the February of 1987 when i visted at the Intensive Coronary Care Unit of Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad . He was mere 32 years old , but was fighting valiantly for his life . I asked him if there was anything he wanted me to do for him Give Your Blessings Sir He said So that i may have a longer life and can complete at least one of your projects .
The young mans dedication moved me and i prayed for his recovery all night . The Lord answered my pryaers and Tiwari was able to get back to work in a month . He did a excellent job in short space of three years . He then took up the Chronicling my story . Over the last year , he patiently transcribed the bits and pieces of my story and converted them into fluent narrative . He went through my personal library meticulously and selected from among the pieces of poetry those that i had marked while reading , and included them in the text .
This story is an account . I hope , not just of my Personal triumphs and tribulations but of the successes and setbacks of the Science establishment in mordern india , struggling to establish itself in the technological forefront . It is a story of national aspiration and of co-operative endeavour . And , as i see it , the saga of Indias Search for scientifc self suffieency and technological competence is a parable for our times .
Each individual creature on this beautiful planet is created by God to Fulfil a particular role . Ehatever i have achieved in life is through his help , and an expression of his Will . He showered his grace on me through some outstandings teachers and collegues , and when i pay tribute to these fine persons , i am merely prasing his glory . All these rockets and missiles are his work through a small person called Kalam , in order to tell the several-million mass of India , to never feel small or helpless . We are born with a divine fire in us . Our effort should should be to give wings to this fire and fill the world with glow of its goodness .
May God bless you !
APJ Abdul Kalam
Source : WINGS OF FIRE
An Autobiography
APJ Abdul Kalam with Arun Tiwari
Management is Art & Science of Getting Law as Results , this process results in Sanjibalisation .
Posted 28 October 2007 - 03:50 PM
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Management is Art & Science of Getting Law as Results , this process results in Sanjibalisation .
Posted 08 November 2007 - 10:55 AM
A Real Inspiring Story!!!
The reason why India is now able to proclaim itself as a developed nation is because they have got a visionary leader. Their leader had the capability to instill vision- a sense of direction- in the people. and there is ample of them in APJ Kalam.
So called leaders of Nepal, isn't it time for them to learn something from them? Let's not learn only the Bihari style politics from them.
The reason why India is now able to proclaim itself as a developed nation is because they have got a visionary leader. Their leader had the capability to instill vision- a sense of direction- in the people. and there is ample of them in APJ Kalam.
So called leaders of Nepal, isn't it time for them to learn something from them? Let's not learn only the Bihari style politics from them.
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"Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible."
Smile..... This is the only key that fits in everybody's heart
"Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible."
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Liberty News
School of Engineering dedicates new facilities
Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr., along with board members of Liberty University School of Engineering and Computational Sciences and community leaders, officially christened the school's new facility, located on the third floor of the Arthur S. DeMoss Learning Center, Tuesday. Completed just before the fall 2008 semester, the facility features two electrical engineering laboratories as well as labs dedicated to faculty research, networking and software, allowing students to learn from knowledgeable professors in a state-of-the–art, hands-on environment.
"Lynchburg is sort of a hub for the construction and maintenance of nuclear power plants and nuclear reactors," Falwell said. "That fact creates a natural relationship between those industries and Liberty to help train students to learn how to build nuclear power plants. It's a great way Liberty students can make a real difference in the world."
Established in fall 2007, the university's newest school offers degrees in electrical, computer, software and industrial engineering and an intel minor that accompanies the electrical and software concentrations.
The school's board consists of representatives from local and nationally recognized engineering firms and agencies such as NASA, AREVA, Siemens, Babcock & Wilcox, Tyco and Delta Star.
Dr. Ron Sones, the school's dean, says he hopes to expand its programs and facilities in the near future and looks forward to seeing Liberty's first class of engineering students graduate in 2011.
"The students that we have are just fantastic," he said. "I am so tremendously grateful for the support from our administration. It's a great start and we're looking forward to a great future."


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When I heard that Rosetta Stone was coming out with an app that helps preschoolers practice their reading skills and expose them to language learning, I jumped at the chance to get my four-year-old in front of it and downloaded it from the app store right away.
Right off the bat, my kiddo was hooked. As my daughter Bailey opens up the app, she enters the world of the GoGo Lingos, the colorful and lively characters in the app. A happy little voice greets her and gives easy-to-follow instructions. Navigating the touchscreen is second nature for my little one, who (like so many little kids these days) is adept at using mobile devices, although the app is so nicely laid out that anyone could use it.
The app is broken up into four sections:
And, as the lovely narrator voice says when Bailey selects a game, "Let's play!"
Bubbles Letter Sounds
If you have a preschooler, you know that bubbles are the best! In this game there are two GoGo Lingos who burble out letter-filled bubbles when their bellies are tickled. Meanwhile, toy-filled bubbles gently dance on the screen, awaiting their letter-match.
Bailey thought it was funny that the bubbles didn't pop when she touched them; instead, they talked to her. The letter-filled bubbles make the sound of the letter inside them, while the toy bubbles say the name of the object they contain. So then all Bailey needs to do is match the letter from the bubble to the toy that begins with that letter.
One thing I like about this game is that because there are both upper- and lower-case letters, it helps Bailey recognize the letters in both forms. What's more, as the game progresses it gets harder and the toy-filled bubbles start to include items that kids are less likely to be familiar with.
Another thing I like about this game is that it's very engaging and fun. Bailey loves making the bubbles fly out of the GoGo Lingos' heads, which fills the screen with bubbles and letters!
Spanish Speak & Learn
This is the part Bailey really likes. It requires her to interact with the GoGo Lingos from the very beginning, which she thinks is pretty cool.
There are three activities that she can choose from: dance/baila, throw/lanza, and jump/salta. Each activity has one or two GoGo Lingos that interact with Bailey and ask her to talk about what's happening in the scene. There are also some moments of immersion, where the setup for the scene is all in Spanish.
Initially, I was skeptical of the app's voice recognition software, since it seemed to accept her Spanish pronunciations that were nowhere near correct. However, I then realized that this was the best way to reward kids and encourage more engagement. Furthermore, I realized the app did repeat words that were pronounced incorrectly. What was great was that either Bailey nailed the pronunciation, which excited the GoGo Lingos, or the app gave her a gentle nudge to try again.
So here's a question: How do you know that a language-learning app is having an effect on your child? When an English-speaking kid starts hopping around the house saying,
"Salta! Salta! Salta!"
Toy Shelf
This space is like an interactive trophy case, with storage compartments for all the great toys kids are rewarded within their bubble game. After only a short while, Bailey's toy shelf looked like a bullet train whizzing past, showing her impressive collection of toys whose first letters she had identified. She's able to scroll around and tap on the toys to hear what they're called.
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Being a mother who truly cares about exposing my child to language learning and wants to make the process a fun and interactive part of her life, I recommend the Rosetta Stone Kids app.
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George Washington: "when I was young"
Three days later, the twenty-two-year-old officer wrote a letter to his brother John Augustine (Jack) Washington about the experience. It included the line: "I heard the bullet's whistle, and believe me, there is something charming in the sound…"
That letter got to the Virginia press, and thence to other North American newspapers, and eventually to the August issue of the London Magazine. It made George Washington famous across the British Empire—as an idiot. Or at least a callow youth.
According to Horace Walpole, even George II commented on Washington's claim to be charmed by whistling bullets: "He would not think so, if he had been used to hear many."
Meanwhile, Washington suffered a well-deserved and embarrassing loss at Fort Necessity. The next year, he volunteered as an aide to Gen. Edward Braddock. That commander's British column was caught in an ambush by Native and French soldiers, and Washington was the only aide not killed or wounded. He helped to lead the surviving British forces to safety, keeping the disaster from being even worse.
Once again, reports of that battle, many including Washington's name, spread across the empire. On 31 Mar 1756, the Earl of Halifax wrote: "I know nothing of Mr. Washington's character, but that we have it under his own hand, that he loves the whistling of Bullets, and they say he behaved as bravely in Braddocks action, as if he really did."
More than twenty years after his first skirmish, Washington arrived in Massachusetts as general of the newly adopted Continental Army. The Rev. William Gordon wrote that at some point a gentleman—probably Gordon himself—asked the general about that old "heard the bullet's whistle" line. Gordon said Washington answered, "If I said so, it was when I was young."


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50 Years Of The Tierra Del Sol SafariPosted in Events on August 1, 2012
50 years ago some jeepers headed to the desert and went wheeling. They returned a year later and again the next. Their little trip became an event that grew faster than a rolling snowball in the desert. Like sand through the holes in a rusty floorboard, the years have passed on until 2012 brought the amazing 50th anniversary of the Tierra Del Sol Desert Safari.
The Tierra Del Sol Desert Safari (or "TDS," as participants refer to it) is a Mecca for western off-roaders, especially those in the southern corner. Though it's scheduled for the first weekend in March, it seems to draw wheelers from as early as Tuesday and as late as the following Tuesday for some desert R&R in the dirt near the Salton Sea in California. The vehicles range from Jeeps old and new to UTVs, Azusa mud trucks, and every other make and model of 4x4, be they buggies, tubed-out Toyotas, or expedition-ready rigs equipped with tents, coolers, and a plethora of gear.
The terrain offers trails for every level, and the man-made off-road playground that was revealed last year is a place for daredevils looking to attempt extreme obstacles close to camp. Plus, this past year the Tierra Del Sol Four Wheel Drive Club of San Diego rounded up $165,000 worth of raffle prizes and fired off one of the best fireworks shows ever to celebrate their many years of desert fun.
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IRVINE — Former world No. 1 women's tennis player Lindsay Davenport couldn't be sure what she had going into her 10th season of World Team Tennis.
What the Orange County Breakers have is one of their best teams in years.
They had already clinched the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference Finals before Saturday's regular-season finale against visiting Philadelphia. But, they still wanted to finish on a strong note.
The Breakers did that, defeating the Freedoms 21-15 for their fifth straight victory. Orange County (8-6) will play Sacramento (7-7) in the Western Conference Finals on Sept. 14 in Charleston, S.C. Washington (14-0) plays New York (9-5) in the Eastern Conference Finals the following day, and the winners meet for the WTT title on Sept. 16.
After Saturday's match, Davenport, a Laguna Beach resident who now has three children, talked about the fun she's had this year.
"These guys have been so great," said Davenport, the marquee player who played in all seven home matches for Orange County and three on the road. "I really feel like I've been so lucky in my Team Tennis teams over the years, because you never know what you're going to get with the draft. I'd never known, never heard of John-Patrick [Smith] before. I knew a little bit of Travis [Parrott], I never knew Jana [Juricova] and I knew Anna-Lena [Groenefeld], but that was it.
"At one point during the season we knew were going to lose Anna-Lena [for the Olympics] … [but] the team wins. You can't buy players; team chemistry will win. It certainly was true for us."
Smith continued his very strong play Saturday by beating Philadelphia marquee player Mark Philippoussis, a former top-10 player, 5-3, to open the match. Smith finished the regular season with seven straight men's singles wins. The Breakers finished the year second in the league in men's singles, only behind unbeaten Washington.
Juricova then was edged by Philadelphia's Karolina Pliskova, 5-4 in women's singles. Pliskova's sister, Kristyna, and Jordan Kerr then won in mixed doubles, 5-2. Davenport said she was feeling a bit of back pain in that set, and was subbed out for Juricova midway through.
The Freedoms led 12-11 after three sets, but Davenport and Juricova came back for a 5-3 women's doubles win over the Pliskova sisters. That gave Orange County a tenuous 16-15 lead headed into the final set.
But there, Smith and Parrott came through for their second straight 5-0 win in men's doubles. They topped Philippoussis and Kerr to cap the Breakers' fifth straight win.
"I can't believe, the whole season, all the 5-0 men's doubles matches," Breakers Coach Trevor Kronemann said. "You just don't have time to recover. You get broke once, you start putting pressure on yourself and you start applying the gas pedal probably a little bit too much. All of a sudden, it gets away from you. But our guys have played great.
"J.P. and Jana have played awesome since Jana started filling in for us, after Anna-Lena left. It's good to be on a five-match roll going into the playoffs. Everybody will be off playing a little bit, and hopefully we'll be able to make the final. That's what our goal is."
Kronemann said his team wanted to finish strong, especially after losing in Philadelphia earlier in the season. His team looks to continue with two more strong matches in September.
"It's youth and maturity," Kronemann said. "If you look at a lot of great teams, that's probably what you have. You need that spark of energy from the young guy [Smith], and you've got the wisdom of the veteran and the great champion [Davenport]. That's when you've got your cornerstones, and then you've just got to fill in in-between.
"Jana took a night or two to get going, then she got going, and Travis has played his role very well. Like I said, this has been the best team I've been around in a long time. Everybody's gelling, and we want to do well."
The Breakers have not made the WTT Finals since 2006 and won their lone WTT title in 2004. In the Western Conference Final, they will play a Sacramento team they beat three of four times in the regular season.
"They've gotten these great players to play against us every time, and the team has been able come through," Davenport said. "J.P. has played great every time we play Sacramento … we enjoy the challenge. Who knows what players they bring in September? They had so many different players this season."
The Breakers will get Groenefeld back in September.
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'Malibu Country' Episode 6: Reba Learns the Meaning of 'Bro Code'
In the sixth episode of her new hit comedy 'Malibu Country,' Reba McEntire learned the meaning of the 'Bro Code' on multiple levels.
When she encounters a strange man in the house, she learns he is Pete Mason (played by Steven Weber), a musician from her ex Bobby's band. Since the Malibu house that Reba commandeered in the divorce was something she didn't know about prior, she discovers that Pete, who jokes that he shaved off his muton chops last year to avoid being mistaken for a Confederate soldier, was aware of the house since he and Bobby used it for something. Reba automatically assumes it was for cheating purposes.
Reba tries to pry information out of Pete about exactly what went on at the Malibu house during her marriage, but Pete won't divulge details, refusing to violate the "Bro Code." That's when Reba's sassy mama Lillie Mae sets out to yank the info out of him by plying him with moonshine. Meanwhile, Reba battles her attraction to him. Her flirtation is rusty (and funny) when she looks at him over her shoulder, winking as if she has an eyelash in her eye. That was the true comedic highlight of the episode.
Then the social issues come into play. Pete is buzzed on the outside deck, revealing that Bobby helped him get sober and told him he could use the Malibu home anytime that he felt the urge to drink. So Reba is now aware that her ex isn't quite the scoundrel she thinks he is. It feels like the writers are setting the stage for a reunion, even if only a one night stand, between Reba and Bobby this season. That plot point would create more dramedy, and it seems like that's what we're heading for.
The subplot also revolved around the "Bro Code." Reba's daughter June gets her belly button pierced - a very late 1990s trend, which makes us want to nudge the writers to update their conventions. June enlists her brother Cash to help her hide the jewelry from Reba, who notices that June is being far too nice to her brother. She believes there must be an underlying reason for it. When she attempts to investigate, Cash explains that there is a "Bro Code," but this more like the "Bro-Sis Code."
So twice in one episode, Reba is suspicious and a little paranoid of people. One hunch turns out to be wrong (why Pete and Bobby used the beach house) and one hunch turns out to be right on the money (why June and Cash are getting along so swimmingly!)
She learned some key life lessons, even a mom in middle age! Rebe even tweeted a picture of the cast from the episode, too.
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It's the hardest part of job hunting: never knowing.
Never knowing if you resume was even seen, then never knowing if you'll get the interview. Then, if you do, never knowing why you didn't get the job.
What if, when you applied to a job, you received a score?
That could be in the future says John Sullivan, a management professor at San Francisco State University. According to him in the Wall Street Journal, applicant-tracking systems, which are used by most large employers, "score candidates based on rough measures like the number of keyword matches between a job description and a résumé. Employers could theoretically send candidates their scores. If you scored 90 out of 100, you might apply again later. But if you scored a 20, you know you applied for the wrong job," Sullivan says.
This kind of feedback may still be a long ways off (since, according to the WSJ, "So far, none of the companies for which he has recommended this, have adopted it"—mostly out of fear that their keyword matching processes will be revealed, says Sullivan).
The Wall Street Journal asked some of its readers about feedback they received, and the answers weren't encouraging; they were vague.
-""You were excellent. We just had a ton of competition for the job. We had over three hundred people apply!""
-"my background and skills weren't fully aligned with the role"
Hiring managers weighed in too—but most of them admitted there wasn't much they could say. "As a hiring manager," writes one (in the WSJ piece), "I have been severely restricted by company policies. All I have been allowed to say was something to the effect of "Your application will stay on file for 90 days. Feel free to reapply in the future…"
So what if you were qualified, and you did hit it off with the interviewers, and you even remembered the thank-you note?
Three possibilities:
1. Cultural fit
You dropped an F bomb. You wore a paisley shirt. You were too stiff. It's impossible to know how you'll fit at a company from the outside, but if you get rejected for "cultural" reasons, you can probably trust that the hiring manager knows best (assuming you were mostly appropriate). You want to put your best foot forward at an interview, but if you true personality or work style isn't a fit, you won't like the job. Feel good about losing it.
2. Experience fit
You've done this skill too much already and you'll be bored. Or you haven't done this skill quite enough, and you'll need training. Frankly, many companies don't know what they want. Or they do, and they're flat out wrong. As annoying as this is, it's not your problem. And it's certainly not your fault.
3. Soft skills
Writes one WSJ responder, "I asked for feedback and I was told that during my group presentation I read from my PowerPoint presentation and avoided eye contact. I appreciated the feedback and I took it as a learning experience. It's certainly something I valued." It sounds small, but communication skills go a long way in convincing an interviewer that you're competent.
That said, interviewers may find it awkward, at best, and legally tricky at worst, to fill you in on what you're doing wrong. So if you're really worried about your interview skills, try your alumni office or a career coach. They've got the feedback you could really use.
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The purpose of this post is to show how many people there are in society who are willing to take the law into their own hands; a sick section of society. We need to be sad that such people live in our society and pray they never get seated on a jury in any trial.
6-11-2014 Alabama:
CULLMAN, Alabama — Supporters are lining up behind an Alabama father charged with killing the man who went to prison for molesting his daughter more than a decade ago, but a man who came face-to-face with the alleged gunman said Tuesday the shooter doesn't deserve any praise.
A Facebook site created to show support for the man had more than 950 members within hours of its creation, and donors gave more than $350 on another website to help fund his legal defense. Jason Lackey, a longtime friend of the alleged shooter, contributed $150.
"The guy was guilty of raping his little girl, and I guess he dealt with it for 12 years and it just built up," said Lackey, who has a recreational vehicle business in Cullman. "I won't say (he) had the right to go murder him, but I understand when he did."
The Associated Press doesn't identify victims of sex crimes, and it isn't naming the man charged with murder to protect his daughter's identity.
The father is charged with murder in the slaying of Raymond Earl Brooks, 59, a registered sex offender who was fatally shot on Sunday outside the rural home where he lived with his parents. Brooks pleaded guilty to sexually abusing the man's daughter in 2002, and the Alabama Department of Corrections said Brooks served 27 months of a five-year prison term before being released early in February 2005.
The father also is charged with opening fire on a stepdaughter's boyfriend outside a convenience store moments before the slaying.
Mike Hays, who cooks and operates a small barbecue restaurant inside Berlin Plaza Quick Stop, where the shooting occurred, said he came face-to-face with the shooter after the man opened fire outside and then entered the store looking for his intended victim, who wasn't hurt.
"People here are calling him a hero for killing a child molester. I'm calling him a psychopathic lunatic for endangering peoples' lives, including mine," Hays said.
After stopping his motorcycle at an intersection outside the store, the father fired once at a man who was standing beside an ice cooler, Hays said. The bullet entered an exterior wall of the store and chipped a window but no one was injured.
Hays said he retrieved his own weapon and confronted the gunman near the cash register.
"He had the gun down by his side. He was calm, as calm as you are standing there now. But he had that look in his eye," said Hays. "I have no problem with him shooting a child molester, just not 12 years later. If it was my daughter he would have died back in 2002."
Brooks' father, Ralph Brooks, told WBRC-TV in Birmingham that his son did not deserve to die. He said Raymond Earl Brooks turned his life around after his conviction and lived a godly life that included being active in his church. Because his son's conviction happened so long ago, he said he couldn't be sure if the shooting was a form of revenge.
"It would be unbelievable to hold animosity in your heart for 12 years," Brooks said.
A person who answered the door at the Brooks' home Tuesday told an Associated Press reporter the family was making funeral arrangements and was not available to comment immediately.
Lackey said he was told by a relative that the shootings followed a family argument over the stepdaughter's boyfriend that grew heated enough to include a reference to the sexual abuse case from years before.
"I'm 100 percent behind him," Lackey said. ..Source.. by JAY REEVES
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⌛ Occupy Forum Regime Change
Posted 5 years ago on Sept. 24, 2013, 9:44 p.m. EST by jart (1186) from New York, NY
I want to announce that as of last night, DKAtoday (Dan) has chosen to step down from their responsibilities as moderator. In the meantime, shooz, grimwomyn, and I will do our best to fill in the gaps until things either settle down or we find a replacement.
I want to express my sincerest gratitude to Dan for all the hard work he's put into this community. There are very few people in the movement who've remained committed to helping out each and every day for the past two years, and Dan is one of them. He did these things asking for little in return because he cares about the Occupy Movement and wants it to succeed. And I believe his contributions have played an important part in helping this forum thrive—through good times and bad—and remain an active place for discussion two years after it formed.
Let us all take this as an opportunity to thank Dan and wish him the best on whatever he chooses to do next. I hope he'll choose to continue participating in this community, and I informed him yesterday that if he ever changes his mind, he'll be welcomed back as a moderator.
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Roxy Bash 2004Posted in Events on March 1, 2005
The desert season was right around the corner, so when we heard about the Roxy Bash at Johnson Valley, California, we packed up our gear and headed for the hills. The Roxy Bash started three years ago as a birthday party. Everyone who came had such a good time they decided they might as well make it an annual event. In its first year the ladies decided to throw a Jell-O wrestling match to the tune of a live band. The second year they partied it up Mardi Gras style (yep, that's right, use your imagination). This year's Roxy Bash luau was nothing but good times.
A storm had passed through weeks before Roxy Bash, and its mark was everywhere. The roads were soft and washed out and the dry lake bed was more like a mud pit. We woke up early Saturday morning, ready to hit the trails. By around 10:30 (not exactly early) we rolled out of camp with eight rigs to run Wrecking Ball. We have run this trail several times, but every time it seems to be a bit different and never boring. The rains had ripped through the trail, shifting boulders and leaving it totally dug out.
The first obstacle was a preview of what we would come to know very well. We didn't make it 50 feet into the trail before we saw carnage. A Toyota-powered buggy broke a Birfield. (He broke a Bir-what? Don't worry about it; we run Jeeps and don't deal with those Birfield things.) Two minutes later we heard a bang just up ahead. A broken driveshaft U-joint slowed Eric Anderson's Land Cruiser for a few minutes, but he, like all of us there, was a veteran and had his rig back up and running in no time.
Throughout the day we would become well acquainted with that familiar bang sound. While we were at it, we figured everyone might as well stay consistent and only break Toyota parts. A Birfield here, a ring-and-pinion there, the usual. When we said we wanted to hit the trails, we didn't expect the trails to smack back. Wrecking Ball just wouldn't let up. It lived up to its name, showing us the technical side of rockcrawling. Large tires, lockers, low gears, and a winch all definitely came in handy.
A case of water, a bag of chips, and seven hours later, we made it through the trail and headed back to camp where we cleaned up for the festivities. We were greeted with enough food to feed a small army. From the roast pig to the birthday cake, all the angles were covered. Friends, food, a huge bonfire, and a good day of wheeling - what more could you ask for? The Roxy Bash proved to be a fun weekend. We want to say thanks to Roxy and the gang for inviting us to the party and showing us an action-packed weekend of wheeling and entertainment.
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Out of the eight rigs we took, only three were Jeeps (and one of 'em had Toyota parts on it). We finished up the trail at around 6 p.m. and headed back to camp with six rigs. One had to turn around midtrail because of a broken driveshaft, and the other broke a rear axleshaft on the last waterfall. We left the vehicle on the trail overnight and decided to fix it the following day. Let's not forget the list of broken parts - notice the lack of Jeep components?
3 Toyota Birfields
1 Toyota ring-and-pinion
1 Toyota front inner axle
2 Toyota rear driveline yokes
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Berserk (2016) Episode VII: Attack of the Clones.
Well, one thing they did well in this episode was Isidro's near-death leap. After he landed, sobbing to himself before doing his best to recover and saying CHUUUUUUUUS. It actually got a real laugh out of me, and it was because of the delivery of the voice actor.
Reading reviews for the on going series abroad, and I'm pretty sad and fusterated to see the user comments praising the series but dismissing the source material. Like they're too good or too busy to read the manga. To me its pretty much saying "I love and trust this series so much, I just know they nailed it with a quality adaption. So leave me alone about reading the manga."
The one part that confused me was when Puck says that Isidro means rock throwing thief. Am I missing something here? I know the translations aren't always reliable so if anyone can give me some insight on what that was about it would be greatly appreciated.
There is a quote very similar to that one in the manga. That's nothing added or changed. maybe not the exact exact same words but very similar. (well at least in the dark horse translation, I can't say for the original Japanese text though)
Thank you, Sir. I knew it must have been, but couldn't recall. About to check the chapter to see if perhaps I had a bad translation or maybe just missed it. Furthermore, I was also trying to see if there was any truth to the meaning of the name since I can't seem to find it anywhere. At the very least it gave me a good chuckle.


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Mobile Devices Are "Go-To" Sources for News
A study by Mojiva reveals mobile devices have become a 'go-to' source for news: nearly 25% of United States respondents and 20% of United Kingdom respondents receive primary news updates via their smartphone or tablet device
The report, "The State of Mobile News Consumption," looks at how smartphone and tablet users access news through their mobile devices and examined their receptiveness as it relates to mobile advertising.
"People who read the news aren't necessarily giving up one platform in favor of a different or newer platform, but are instead morphing into 'multi-platform' consumers for different news 'experiences'," said Amy Vale, VP, Global Research and Strategic Communications of Mojiva, Inc.
"Reading the news in print, or even online, is a much more immersive experience given the nature of the screen size, whereas reading news on a mobile device gives consumers up-to-the-minute information on breaking news the second it becomes available, wherever they may be."
The Mojiva report supports industry research that indicates the rise in mobile news consumption isn't limited to the United States. In fact, the United Kingdom has the highest percentage of frequent mobile news users at 46.8%, and is the EU5 country (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) with the highest smartphone-based news consumption.
The major findings of the report include:
- 24% of U.S. respondents get their primary news updates from their smartphone or tablet, compared to 20% of U.K. smartphone respondents.
- 30% of U.S. smartphone respondents learn about breaking news stories via text alerts or notifications on their smartphones and tablets, while only 25% are loyal to TV as their primary breaking news outlet. In the U.K., 29% leverage TV as a top source for breaking news, compared to just 20% being notified of breaking news via text alerts and notifications on their smartphones and tablets.
- U.S. tablet users (70%) check news updates from two or more news sites or apps more frequently than U.S. smartphone users (61%). Although not as high, 52% of U.K. smartphone owners check two or more news sites or apps from their devices daily.
- In the U.S., 15% of tablet owners and 8% of smartphone owners read news content on their devices simultaneously while watching TV. Similarly, 8% of U.K. smartphone owners read news on their devices while watching TV in the evenings.
- 67% of U.S. smartphone owners, 54% of U.S. tablet owners and 65% of U.K. smartphone owners will pay more attention to mobile ads if the content is relevant to the actual news story they are reading or watching on their mobile device.
- The top three factors for mobile advertising receptiveness within mobile news sites or apps in the U.S. are:
- Personalization/relevance (25%)
- Humor/entertainment (19%)
- Interesting content and information (15%)
- The top three factors for mobile advertising receptiveness in the U.K. are:
- Personalization/relevance (24%)
- Humor/entertainment (20%)
- A minimal presence of fewer ads overall (16%).
- The majority of U.S. (65%) and U.K. (69%) smartphone respondents, as well as the majority of U.S. tablet respondents (59%), would not pay for a subscription to access their favorite news source from their smartphone or tablet.
The U.S. studies were fielded from 26 Sep–27 Sep 2012 and targeted U.S. smartphone owners and tablet owners. Each U.S. study garnered 1,000 completes from a random sample. The U.K. study was fielded from 26 Sep–3 Oct 2012, targeted U.K. smartphone owners only, and garnered 1,000 completes from a random sample.


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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Social Tour 2011
A couple of months ago I was talking with my friend Rudy on Twitter, about his real life hunting video he shot last year. He traveled around filming average hunters on public or small tracks of private land. Hunters that can't afford $20,000 high fenced hunts and wouldn't go on one if they could, girls and guys hunting like the "Pros" want you to think they are. In passing he mentioned hunting with me sometime but since he lives in Colorado and I live in Tennessee I took it as just a friendly comment, little did I know how wrong I was, turns out, he had a plan.
Jump to a couple of weeks ago and he asks when I am going to have time for him to come out and film while I hunt. Since I am the last person wanting to be on camera, had never mentioned wanting to be, plus Rudy is still many miles away I was surprised. My feeling being that the last thing a hunting video needs is another old, fat white guy sitting in a tree. We talked for a bit then he said we would firm up a date later that week. Our next call confirmed a date of November 3-4 which is a short 5 day archery only season between muzzleloader and gun. Now for the big news.
Rudy had a great idea. This year he was going to put on the first "Getting Social With America's Whitetail Deer Hunters". A tour of 5000 miles through 12 states with 19 hunters. Hunters who use social media and love the outdoors as it should be, not because we have big name product sponsors, most of us don't, but because we love what we do. We pay out of our own pocket to hunt these small tracks of land, dealing with all the problems that brings just to enjoy our sport. Putting up with thieves, idiots walking in on us, no place for food plots, limited access. In short, real hunters doing what you do, working hard all year long to hunt those few weeks in fall and winter for that thrill of hearing leaves crunch as a deer heads your way no matter the problems. We aren't the chosen few of TV channels, we are you.
Let me give you a list of Twitter names along with their states of the hunters on this year's tour.
@TeamSST and @Team_mlt, Michigan
@firstlightgear, Michigan
@lukekujacznski, Michigan
@jesseshaver, Michigan
@Bigbrother010, Ohio
@BigBuckPW, Maryland
@TheWillToHunt, Virginia
@Writinghuntress, North Carolina
@hunttrophywife, Georgia
Drop Tine, Georgia
@ghost1066, Tennessee
@MAC71LH, Arkansas
@MKOTZUM, Oklahoma
@Deer_Commander, Oklahoma
From October 16 to November 9 Rudy will be driving from state to state filming as we do what we do. Nothing staged, no guarantees, good or bad, just like you do it. Until then you can keep up with what the hunters are doing to get ready for the tour. Whether it is working out, scouting, practice, whatever, we will be sharing it through social media which is how all this started. Most of us are tagging tweets with #deertour or #deertour2011 so you can search it to see what we are talking about.
I hope those of you that can follow along as we go through the pre season and the hunts. Posts will be put up from stands and blinds during hunts along with many posts being put now showing food plots, deer and gear since for us the Tour has started. Passing along information for people to see, comment on and share is what the social part is all about.
If you use Twitter, Facebook or follow the blogs feel free to jump in and talk or leave comments as we go, remember we got invited for being social and sharing online, who knows Rudy may send you a DM next year and surprise you like he did me.
8 comments:
- Rudy from Huntography said...
Great post Tommy. I think you summarized what we are all about to experience pretty well.
Seeing some of the spots we may be hunting sure gets me excited. I can already envision us up in the tree filming.
As we get closer, we are going to be sharing tons of pics, video, tweets, Facebook status updates and more....all in real time. I too hope we'll have many of our online friends join us in the online conversations this fall.
Saying it will be epic is an understatement. It will be challenging while at the same time exhilarating.
We have a whole summer to get all our ducks in row.....but that's part of the fun.
Can't wait to meet you face to face and give ya a big ol' hug Tommy.
- June 28, 2011 at 7:37 AM
- Albert Quackenbush said...
Awesome! Best of luck to you, Tommy. I hope you are able to kill a deer on video.
Rudy - mighty kind of you to do what you do. Looking forward to seeing some footage!
- June 28, 2011 at 9:59 AM
- Rudy from Huntography said...
Thanks Al! I'm passionate about documenting the stories, experiences and culture of America's hunters. Man, if I had time, I'd love to come down to SOCAL and hunt and film w/ you.
- June 28, 2011 at 11:33 AM
- The Hunter's Wife said...
Interesting and will look forward to following all the updates and hunter. Best of luck to all of you.
- June 28, 2011 at 5:04 PM
- LB @ Bullets and Biscuits said...
Good luck guys! Sounds like it's gonna be an awesome season for you. I can't wait to follow along!
- June 30, 2011 at 10:24 AM
This is a great idea! As was mentioned on twitter a few days ago, the lacking of a good outdoor series for television. Real people, real hunting! Can't wait to see it Tommy. If Rudy wants to travel to upstate NY in late November I'll take him tracking in the Adirondacks for some big bodied bruins!
- July 1, 2011 at 5:03 AM
- Rudy from Huntography said...
Thanks @LB - Happy you'll be following along this fall.
@Jay - Thanks for liking the idea. I grew up hunting in upstate NY and have hunted in many counties and tracts of state land but have never made it up to the Adirondacks. That type of hunting, tracking in big woods, is something I love and had a chance to film last year in 4w last year.
I'd love to take you up on that but my schedule locked up. I had planned on filming in NY this season but sadly, don't have that many vacation days ;(
Maybe we can talk and get something set up for next season.
Who knows, maybe we'll get a freak snow storm down in Tommy's neck of the woods. Then we could do some southern style deer tracking.....
- July 5, 2011 at 9:16 AM
- The Hunter George said...
Good luck everyone, I will be sure to follow the tour. If you are interested in my hunt feel free to follow me at @HunterGeorge_ I will be tweeting from my blind.
- July 26, 2011 at 5:06 PM
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- Tommy Ellis
- Born and raised in middle Tennessee.I'm a working wildlife and landscape artist specializing in watercolors. Now making cedar lures and custom turkey calls.