text:
If you want to fix or repair your home, dwelling improvement grants present free cash to Americans who can use some monetary assistance in relation to covering the cost of residence repair. Over 60{20a6560e0bb175177a539ef3ab6cbf4b61b7e591d8df013abfe982cdc9e1c1fb} of the roof repair work that Roofing Contractor In Navarre Roofing Navarre performs in Santa Rosa County is produced when Roofing Contractor in Navarre fix the poor quality work that our competitors has previously supplied to our clients.
I simply feel that, when you are dealing with one thing that is as important to the constructing is the inspiration is – not to point out as difficult to repair as the muse ends up typically being – it is advantageous to rent the most effective and not simply the most cost effective.
House restore private grant – there are many individuals in addition to enterprise individuals who have the chance to offer residence repair personal grants. Inquire from them relating to the sorts of house restore that require permits and share with them your own plans in enhancing your property. Right now, we aren't accepting new applications for the Catastrophe Recovery Residence Restore Program, and there aren't any waiting lists. It could be easier to tack down a little bit of worn carpet than restore a large patch damaged by extended misuse. Our Greatest Pascagoula Roof Restore crew is not compensated by how quickly they complete a job.
Since these administration corporations have quite a few shopper house owners, they're glorious sources for restore work. Because so many homeowners are already on the Wholesome Residence Repair Program ready record, there may be a significant delay before you are able to take part. With that said, that is the free residence restore advice that you've been waiting for, but will anybody do anything with the valuable information that I have simply given you.
Turning a house repair into a chance to vary the way your property appears to be like and features is an opportunity that shouldn't be neglected. Serving to people keep in their very own dwelling and preserve it in good restore helps households and their communities. Typically, you might be by yourself as a homeowner if you want money to restore or improve your home.


text:
Gadis Seksi Zone PHOTOS GALLERYNEW SITE http://modelszone.blogspot.com or klik KLIK HERE 100 % ALAMI
Kate Hudson is 'Most Beautiful' Cover Girl
Megan Fox may be the sexiest woman in the world by FHM's standards but according to People Magazine, Kate Hudson is the most beautiful. The celeb magazine's annual list of pretty people will hit newsstands this Friday and Kate Hudson had snagged top honors.
The 29-year-old actress who wants to walk naked at home, beat female celebrities like Salma Hayek, Rumer Willis, Mary J. Blige, Amanda Beard, the Gossip Girl cast and cute couple Eva Longoria & Tony Parker.
Beside showing her beauty, she talks that growing up she had never paid much attention to her appearance.
I was a tomboy. I had three brothers. I was the girl with the dress on that always came back in the house filthy with scrapes and bruises.
In the upcoming issue Kate Hudson also talks about motherhood, working out to lose the baby weight and those Owen Wilson rumors.
Label: Hot Artist

subset: commoncrawl


text:
What is GamePlan30?
GamePlan30 is a digital food and workout log that makes fitness and nutrition tracking easy and fun. Compete with friends and family in our 10-day challenges that launch on the first monday of every month!
How does it work?
With Gameplan30's mobile app you check-in your workouts and meals. Your check-ins are scored and shared with the community. You'll be motivated as your name moves up the leaderboard and held accountable as the community fav's and comments on your check-ins.
Will I need to keep a written food log?
No! The mobile app will keep a digital food log of all the foods you eat. All you need to do is simply take a pic!
How much does the GamePlan30 cost?
It's free!
What can I expect for results?
Results vary but most people lose around 10% of their weight in fat. So if you weight 150lbs on average you'll lose 15lbs of fat over the course of the challenge! We get feedback all time that says "I lost 15 lbs and feel great!"
How is the GamePlan30 a "game"?
You receive points for watching videos and taking meal pictures. The more healthy your meal the more points you will receive. Your points are then posted to a leaderboard and a "winner" will be named at the end of the challenge. But here's the cool thing. After you complete the 30 day challenge you will look and feel great so think of winning on the leaderboard as an added bonus!
Do I need a smartphone to participate in the challenge?
Yes if you want to use the mobile app you will need iPhone or Andriod device.
Is eating sugary processed foods really that big of a deal?
You'll know the answer inside and out by the end of 30 days! But to answer the question...yes it is a big deal. Over consumption of sugary processed foods has resulted in a diabetes epidemic and is causing our bodies to store fat for up to 20 hours per day!


text:
Disclaimer: I talk to Simon online and we've even met in meatspace to confirm we're both humans and not alien infiltrator units (unless we're both alien infiltrator units). Simon is publishing a short story of mine in the anthology he talks about in this post ('Suspended in Dusk') so I've been at the author's end of some of his exciting journey. I've also beta read some of Simon's work (I am notoriously merciless in this role) and he still talks to me, which is a good sign.
In this blog post Simon talks about his experience of putting together this 'anthology-that-almost-wasn't'. He's done an amazing job, and he's learned everything pretty much the hard way.
I've listed his points, including his original incorrect numbering at time of publication (just so Simon knows he can still make mistakes *coughs*)
- 1. Aim High
- 2. Connect. Network. Reach out.
- 3. Be gracious, and don't be an ass
- 4. Do your best work
- 4. Roll with the punches
- 5. Persevere
- 6. Party
These sound like things that can be applied across the board in doing projects, of course, but Simon shows how they apply in this particular case. Take an excerpt from step 4 (ha ha), ie. 'Roll with the punches'):
When I started the Suspended in Dusk project, I originally intended to co-edit it with Nerine Dorman, who is one of the editors at Dark Continents Publishing. Nerine and Dark Continents were sadly unable to continue with the project and it all looked like it was done and dusted. By this point, however, I had already taken submissions from around 60 authors and was in the process of shortlisting and finalising the Table of Contents. I won't lie.. this was crushing for me. Projects not going ahead are relatively common in the publishing industry.. but I felt like I'd come so far. Not only was I heavily emotionally invested in the project, I didn't want to let all the authors down. Nor did I want the embarassment of going back to many of the well known industry veterans and saying "hey, sorry, [show's] off!".
Read his open and honest post-mortem here: http://simondewar.wordpress.com/2014/07/31/what-i-learned-while-editing-a-short-story-anthology/


text:
How analytics can help you find out what is important to your investor marketing strategy.
Did you know that poor data can cost businesses 20%–35% of their operating revenue? Furthermore, bad data or poor data quality costs US businesses $600 billion annually, which is outrageous. Having consistent data analyses is crucial to the success of any business strategy, and that is especially true for your investor marketing strategy.
Investor analytics can mean so many different things. If you're an Investor Relations Officer, you're probably digging into metrics like earnings per share and debt to equity ratios. If you're a Chief Marketing Officer, you're probably focusing on marketing metrics like lifetime value of customers, conversion rates, overall marketing ROI, etc.
In the world of big data today, it's projected that by the year 2020, about 1.7 megabytes of new information will be created every second for every human being on the planet. Having some basic knowledge on analytics and putting it at the center of marketing and sales could help increase marketing ROI by 15-20%.
There is so much information out there that it can be overwhelming. What we want to do is provide a really simple break down of what analytics is and how to get started with it to put you on a path of making the most informed decisions about your investor marketing strategy. You don't have to be a mathematician, a data scientist, or an analyst to get this stuff. However, you do have to have an interest in the sustainability and growth of your company.
What is analytics?
Analytics refers to the ability to collect and use data to generate insights that inform fact-based decision making. For example, tracking where your website visitors are coming from so you can determine which outreach method is drawing the most traffic.
Why is analytics important?
Bottom line, if you can't measure it, you can't improve it. In the above example, once you deduce which outreach method is bringing the most traffic, you can then filter more of your effort into that method, allowing you to get better returns on your budget.
What are key performance indicators?
Key performance indicators (or KPIs) are specific, numerical metrics that organizations track in order to measure their progress towards a defined goal. This can be traffic, newsletter signups, or call-to-action clicks.
Goal Setting
Prior to starting any investor marketing campaign, goals must be identified. The purpose of identifying goals and then analyzing the data once a strategy is in place is to attain greater investor responsiveness and gain greater investor insights. A Forrester study found that 44% of B2C marketers are using big data and analytics to improve responsiveness to 36% are actively using analytics and data mining to gain greater insights to plan more relationship-driven strategies. Some questions you may want to ask yourself when establishing goals are:
- How do I want potential investors to interact with my company? Is it on their smartphone, tablet, desktop, in person?
- How clearly does our target market understand our company and what is being offered?
- Who are my competitors and what are they saying?
- What is our company mission?
- What are our company revenue targets?
- How do we know what marketing activities work and don't work?
- What is the profile of the perfect investor for our company?
- If an investor doesn't know my company exists, what would they search on Google for to find me?
- How many investors do I need to hit my sales goals?
- How will I measure success of my investor marketing campaign?
Prior to starting a new campaign, it is important to know what you're going to be measuring against. Benchmarking can help you assess the success of your investor marketing campaigns, methods and strategy. Here are some questions you should ask yourself before starting a campaign:
- How much traffic do I have to my website? Total and individual channels.
- What are my current keyword rankings?
- How many high quality backlinks do I have to my site?
- What is my site's current domain rating?
- How much marketing budget do I have to invest?
- What is my current marketing ROI?
- What is my current stock price?
- How many pages are indexed on my site?
- How much of the traffic to my site am I currently converting on my website?
- What pages have the highest and lowest conversion rates?
- What is my current cost per investor?
- How many investors have converted into stakeholders to date?
A/B Testing
The best data-driven companies not only store and analyze data; they also create actionable data through the use of A/B testing. According to Business 2 Community, "A/B split testing is the comparison of two components with a single variation in a digital campaign to improve conversion rates. A portion of your test base will receive one variation, the other portion will receive another. The winning result will then be used for the full campaign base. We A/B split test to improve results for a campaign. It is the only proven way to optimize campaigns." By A/B testing, you can:
- Increase revenue
- Increase conversion rates
- Increase lead generation
Need Help With Your Analytics?
Our goal at Hilton Advisory is to help make it easier for investors to find your company. We do this through a variety of services, but believe an integrated investor marketing strategy is always best. We take each campaign seriously and like you, want to make sure it is successful, so due diligence with a lot of question asking is an integral part of our process. We understand that creating and implementing an investor marketing strategy can be time consuming and that most business owners want to focus on running their business. We understand they want an investor marketing firm they can trust and help make the best data-driven decisions that will increase liquidity as well as convert investors into stakeholders of the company. We are here to help, just give us a call to get started, 929.445.8667.


text:
Doctor George P. Tkalych sentenced to 5 years felony probation, possible jail time for drug trafficking, DUI charges
Local doctor George P. Tkalych received a sentence of five years felony probation and a possible 90 days in jail Thursday during a plea hearing at the Walton County Court House in DeFuniak Springs, Fla.
Tkalych was charged with trafficking illegal drugs, possession of controlled substances without prescriptions and DUI with property damage in late November 2012. His sentence includes five years felony probation and 50 hours of community service. He also has about two months to choose between three months in an inpatient drug facility or three months in the Walton County Jail, according to the Florida State Attorney's Office.
Assistant State Attorney Evin Dyess also said Tkalych's car has been impounded for 10 days and he faces $913 in court fees. He also will be required to complete a DUI class and a victim-impact panel, which exposes those who have committed DUIs to individuals who have been affected by the crime.
"It's usually a couple of hours, and it's a panel of people who talk about how DUI has impacted their lives and their families," she said. "There's usually an officer there, a person who has lost a loved one due to a DUI, a person who hurt someone while committing a DUI. It's a very serious affair."
Tkalych would be able to choose a licensed inpatient drug facility in Georgia if he decided to take that sentence instead of the jail time. He will also be able to complete his probation in Georgia, if desired.
Tkalych's Florida attorney, Clay Adkinson, was unavailable for comment Thursday morning.
The local doctor was arrested Nov. 29, 2012, after his Chevy Tahoe struck another vehicle and sent it into a ditch in Walton County. Prior to the two-vehicle wreck, he was en route to his second home in Destin, according to Florida State Attorney records. During an investigation, state troopers were called to verify his sobriety after he refused an alcohol and drug test.
After he was charged with DUI, Tkalych allegedly asked an officer to retrieve his high-blood pressure medication. That medicine was the only medication the doctor mentioned using, and one of two medical issues reported during Tkalych's sobriety tests.
Investigators later found six more drugs were inside Tkalych's two briefcases, including more than 130 hydrocodone pills, 4 grams of Lunesta, 4 grams of Cialis, 6 grams of Nexium and 32 grams of Escitalopram. Two blood-pressure medicines -- 14 grams of Benicar and 4 grams of Bystolic -- were also listed. Police said they also found a .38-caliber pistol and a prescription pad. The gun was legally registered.
Officers reported that before requesting an attorney, Tkalych admitted to taking one or two of the hydrocodone pills sometime before the crash.
The doctor served as an ear, nose and throat physician in Columbus for almost 30 years. He closed his practice Dec. 31.


text:
Hi There! Is this Your First Time?
Did you know if you Register you have access to free search tools including the ability to save listings and property searches? Did you know that you can bypass the search altogether and have listings sent directly to your email address? Check out our how-to page for more info.
- Price$220,000
- Beds3
- Baths2
- Sq. Ft.1,806
- Acres0.24
- Built1969
2509 Perkins Dr, Austin
SELLER IS SELLING PROPERTY 'AS IS'. Well-cared for 3 bd/2 ba, 1806 s.f., on .2392 acre lot. Lg master w/ adjoining master bath and private exit to rear. Great front room with lg picture windows. Spacious kitchen/dining w/ open floorplan flows into a huge area for excellent den, entertaining space or workout studio! Over-large utility room could function as a hobby area. Big lot features detached 2 car garage and storage shed with electrical run to them. Minutes from downtown, but great rural feel!
Essential Information
- Price$220,000
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2.00
- Full Baths2
- Square Footage1,806
- Acres0.24
- Year Built1969
- TypeResidential
- Sub-TypeHouse
- StatusActive
- UtilitiesAbove Ground, Electricity on Property, Natural Gas on Property
- ParkingDetached
- # of Garages2
- ViewNo View
- Exterior FeaturesPatio-Uncovered, Porch-Open
- Lot DescriptionInterior, Level
- RoofComposition Shingle
- ConstructionHardiPlank Type, Stone Veneer, Vinyl Siding
- FoundationSlab
Community Information
- Address2509 Perkins Dr
- RegionAustin - Southeast
- SubdivisionPerkins Valley Sec 04
- CityAustin
- CountyTravis
- StateTX
- Zip Code78744
- Interior FeaturesSmoke Detector
- AppliancesCook Top Gas, Dishwasher, Microwave Oven, Range-Free Standing
- HeatingCentral Heat
- CoolingCentral Air
- # of Stories1
- Stories1
School Information
- DistrictAustin ISD
- ElementaryBlazier
- MiddleBedichek
- HighCrockett
Property Listed by: JBGoodwin REALTORS NW
The information being provided is for consumers' personal, non-commercial use and may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties consumers may be interested in purchasing.
Based on information from the Austin Board of REALTORS® (alternatively, from ACTRIS) from November 21st, 2019 at 11:16am CST. Neither the Board nor ACTRIS guarantees or is in any way responsible for its accuracy. The Austin Board of REALTORS®, ACTRIS and their affiliates provide the MLS and all content therein "AS IS" and without any warranty, express or implied. Data maintained by the Board or ACTRIS may not reflect all real estate activity in the market.
All information provided is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed and should be independently verified.


text:
https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=17415 --- Comment #37 from Robert O'Callahan (Mozilla) <email@example.com> 2012-07-09 03:14:26 UTC --- (In reply to comment #36) > Also the UI thread being blocked from other tabs is experienced on a > per-browser basis for me at least, with Chrome in the clear actually. It may depend on how many tabs you have open and what they contain, but sooner or later Chrome will put multiple tabs onto the same main thread. -- Configure bugmail: https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.Received on Monday, 9 July 2012 03:14:28 UTC
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.1 : Tuesday, 6 January 2015 21:50:01 UTC


text:
Do you take ketchup or mustard on your frank?
This Item Is A Special Order-- Please Call us at 1-800-624-1893 For Availability
Either way, these naturally smoked hot dogs from Schickhaus will transport you to the boardwalk after the first bite. Made with pork and beef in natural casing.
8 Hot Dogs per Package/Approx 2lbs
This product requires a $17.50 handling charge. The item will ship frozen in an insulated Styrofoam box with ice packs. Depending on the destination, Next Day shipping may be required.


text:
Currently supported file formats are: Plain text (.txt), Matlab (.mat), Digital Instruments Nanoscope (.001,.002,...), IGOR Binary Wave (.ibw), Wyko OPD (.opd) and X3P (.x3p).or click here to upload a topography file.
Note: Red data points did not converge within iteration limit and may carry large errors. \(A\) is the true contact area and \(A_0\) the apparent contact area, i.e. the size of the provided topography.
Click on a data point to show the contact geometry and pressure.


text:
It's that time of year again! The 2015 Winter Beer Fest kicks off this afternoon, and some tickets are still available. It is sold out tomorrow, so get there tonight if you can! - Katie
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Now in its 10th year, the Michigan Brewers Guild's Winter Beer Festival at Fifth Third Ballpark still has expanded to two days: 3-7 p.m. today in addition to a sold out Saturday. This popular gathering of Michigan breweries and their faithful followers doesn't show signs of slowing with regulars returning and bringing their newly converted craft beer friends.
If you are headed out to brave the cold and sample some of the more than 1,000 beers available, here are five tips in a T-O-A-S-T to help you get the most out your time there.
T is for Turkey
State fairs aren't the only place to bring out your inner Flintstone. Shun the puny necklace of pretzels and cheese and head straight for the giant turkey legs. There isn't much middle ground when it comes to this meaty treat -- you either love them or hate them. But something about a few barrel-aged craft beer samples seems to heighten the flavor while lowering the embarrassment that should come with looking like a caveman.
O is for Observation
This is a chance for some quality people watching. This festival has become known for guests attending in some pretty strange attire (think giant chicken suit or Viking).
Selfies on smartphones are taken to a new level when joined by Where's Waldo or the Human Hops. High ABV's are the common scapegoat for those who actually just want to play dress up. But if that's you, God bless and go crazy. Free entertainment.
A is for Anniversary
Looking for a bonus reason to make a toast? The Michigan Brewers Guild is celebrating 10 years of the Winter Beer Festival. It has grown from 1,500 patrons meeting on Turner Street in Lansing to a brouhaha that will draw around 10,000 to sample more than 1,000 craft beers at Fifth Third Ballpark. This is the first year it has expanded to two days.
To the continued strength of the microbrew ... proost!
S is for Samples
Both rookies and veterans of this festival can make the mistake of only partaking of beers they already know and love. I wouldn't begrudge anyone the chance at a Founders KBS or other limited releases or one-offs. But if you squander all of those precious tokens (which should be protected by Gollum) on lagers and ales well-traveled, you may have missed the point.
Short story: Make some adventurous choices, Bilbo.
T is for Taxi
This is an annual reminder that if you're going to tip a few back, sit in the back. Make sure you have a sober designated driver in the form of a friend, cabbie or Uber driver.
Organizers suggest carpooling. Once again, GR Hopper will provide a shuttle service ($10 in advance) that will bring festival goers to and from the ballpark and downtown hotels.
Find more at mibeer.com.
Written by Todd Chance. Todd is the West Michigan Entertainment Concierge for MLive/Grand Rapids Press. Email him at email@example.com or follow him on Facebook , Twitter, Google Plus


text:
MYANMAR'S economy is still in the forested areas: The Aung San Suu Kyi-drove government has deferred a hotly anticipated change to enable outside organizations to buy stakes of up to 35 for every penny in nearby organizations as business certainty has plunged definitely, while wilderness style "truce free enterprise" prospers in rebellion influenced zones.
To top everything, there are crisp stresses among financial specialists that new worldwide authorizations are en route a direct result of the treatment of the ethnic Rohingyas, notwithstanding the guide as of now being withheld by some outside nations.
Fortunately two guerilla bunches have consented to sign the supposed National Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) in January this year in the wake of meeting Ms Suu Kyi and military leaders. Out of Myanmar's 21 revolt gatherings, eight have marked on, and no less than 11 have not joined the NCA, an agreement consulted by the past semi-non military personnel organization. The truce understanding is planned to guide the radicals towards serene political exchange that is relied upon to give them a measure of self-governance.
The news of the delay of corporate change, which wound up open in December a year ago, frustrated money starved neighborhood organizations in the midst of diving business certainty among business visionaries because of vague monetary approach, which was uncovered in a study only a month sooner.
Read More : Strategic And Plan in Business
Economic growth is projected to recover to 6.4 per cent in 2017-18, after taking into consideration the worsening security in Rakhine State, the scene of large-scale massacres of Rohingyas. The World Bank worries that the crisis could negatively affect investment flows already hurt by investor perceptions of slowing reforms.
However, GDP growth in the medium-term growth is projected to average 7.1 per cent annually, driven on the expectation of economic reforms, public consumption and private investment.


text:
Saturday, January 03, 2009
CSI Younger Dryas: did a comet kill the mammoths?
A report out in yesterday's issue of Science, "Nanodiamonds in the Younger Dryas Boundary Sediment Layer," describes billions of nanometer-sized diamonds [right, credit D.J. Kennett et al, Science] from six locations, including Murray Spring, Arizona, that "provide strong evidence for Earth's collision with a rare swarm of carbonaceous chondrites or comets at the onset of the Younger Dryas cool interval [12.9K years ago], producing multiple airbursts and possible surface impacts, with severe repercussions for plants, animals, and humans in North America."
Three Arizona geologists were among the 8 co-authors of the study: Allen West of GeoScience Consulting in Dewey, Ariz.; Ted Bunch and Marilee Sellers, both at Northern Arizona University.
In a separate commentary, Science writer Richard Kerr talks about a paper published a year ago, that included some of the present authors, that first proposed the comet hypothesis, which speculated that "such a cataclysm could have wiped out mammoths and other large mammals, abruptly ended the Paleo-Indian Clovis culture, and triggered a millennium-long return to near-glacial cold."
Critics challenge whether the nanoparticles are diamonds, whether they originated in comets, and whether such comets would cause such environmental consequences.
at 5:08 PM
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
A common refrain for students in a math class is "when are we ever gonna need this?" Real World Math is a site that tries to put math skills into real-world situations to help them feel more useful to … [Read more...]
Using Google Earth to teach math
More great Google Earth resources for teachers
Last month we shared some great tips for you on how to use Google Earth in academic settings as the school year was kicking off. Rich Treves at Google Earth Design has taken it further and launched a … [Read more...]
Going back to school with Google Earth
Many people are gearing up the end of summer break and the start of school. In fact, our daughters just left for their first day of the school year, as have thousands of others from Kindergarten to … [Read more...]
The Google Earth Balloon Maker
Google Earth is an amazing tool for education. Frank has shown off educational uses for Earth a number of times over the years, and we've seen other examples such as schools allowing the use of … [Read more...]


text:
Cruising to New Hampshire's hog heaven with quiet confidence on a state-of-the-art electric motorcycle
Author Alyssa Giacobbe
The bulk of the 95-mile journey, which begins just north of Boston, is on Interstate 93—certainly not the world's most picturesque stretch of pavement, but it suits our purpose. Bikers love the open road, and highway riding is one of the best ways to test the Zero's mettle. Though Bob has decades of experience and is seated astride a formidable Kawasaki Vulcan 750, a twin-engine cruiser-style motorcycle, I can comfortably and confidently keep up. The Zero's flat torque curve takes me from 30 to 75 mph without any shifting: I simply flip my wrist and there's instant thrust. This is very much not a scooter—I can feel the power of the motorcycle beneath me—yet it's quite easy to handle, with an accelerator and front and back brakes like those on a traditional bike.
At Franklin, N.H., 85 miles into the trip, we turn onto winding Route 11. Cornering requires far less lean for me than for Bob, and the throttle is so responsive that I can slow down just by easing up—no braking necessary. The leaves are starting to return to the trees, and the hills overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee that come into view are a mix of green and snow-dusted caps. We stop for early-season fried clams at Shibley's Drive-in on Lake Winnipesaukee's Alton Bay, where in summer the locals pull up for a quick roadside dip.
While the Zero's low weight gets me up to speed quickly, it also helps keep me nimble when dodging even the most unpredictable cars and pedestrians, of which there are many. "I didn't even hear ya!" marvels a guy in the Shibley's lot who was too busy minding his towering ice cream cone to watch where he was going. Since electric motorcycles don't afford you the safety benefit of being the loudest thing on two wheels, the no-noise factor does catch some off-guard and there are times when you may need to use your horn. Still, as Bob points out, most motorcycle accidents happen when a driver can't see the motorcyclist—not when he can't hear him.
Our trip ends as we arrive at the hulking neon Weirs Beach sign marking the focus of bike week festivities (a.k.a. Party Central), where next month thousands will be lining up their bikes as if this were a giant 7-Eleven parking lot. The patch holders and hang-arounds who gather here every year might not be impressed with the Zero, but Bob is softening, especially after I let him take a spin around town on it. "It's safer, because you can concentrate on the road and not on shifting gears," he says. "And it's fun. In this case, silence really was golden."
And while it's true that 300,000 motorcycles whispering into town for Laconia Bike Week wouldn't be the same as the time-honored entrance-by-near-deafening-roar, that may not be such a bad thing.
ALYSSA GIACOBBE is a writer and editor based in Newburyport, Mass. At 5 foot 3, she thinks leather pants look better on tall people.


text:
- Miles: 12.1
- High: 817 m
- Singletrack: 95%
- Low: 752 m
- Ascent: 162 m
- Ave/Grade (2°): 3%
- Descent: -162 m
- Max Grade (5°): 9%
Open 7 days a week 6 AM to 9 PM.
Pickup rental bikes the night before!
"A beautiful introductory ride through some of the most beautiful singletrack in Tucson."
— Evan Olson on Jan 2, 2014
"This is the best trail system in all of Tucson. You have a mild "beginner" side to the East that is narrow, clean, with some up and down. Then you have about 12 or so miles of more aggressive, rocky trail to the south and the west. This side will compare favorably with Starr Pass. Incredible trail system. This is a great place to bring hikes, children as well as adults who can handle aggressive terrain."
"I rode Sweetwater trail system this morning. The trails are mostly swoopy singletrack among the giant Saguaro cactus; occasionally rocky or sandy. One section is loose shale. The trails are extremely well marked, with clear, color coded signage. Basically impossible to get lost. The trails have lots of short ups and downs, no big climbs or descents. I started by riding the perimeter, clockwise, from the trailhead. It took about an hour, 7.5 miles. Then, I re-rode, taking all of the little linking intermediate trails. Again, it took about an hour, about 7.5 miles. So, in about 2 hours, you can ride every trail in this little trail system."
TUCSON, Arizona – Mountain Biking – Sweetwater is one of the newest additions to the Tucson trail-system, and it's popularity has exploded. A new, bigger parking area is complete, but please be kind and considerate with the neighbors, as they're not thrilled with all the cars parked at the end of the road. This area is a decent-sized system of numerous trails and loops of fairly easy terrain to make your ride as enjoyable as you want. The entire area is surrounded by houses, so there is little worry about getting lost.
The general consensus is to start with the Saguaro Vista Trail, Sun Circle Loop, and Black Rock Loop and then taking the Lost Arrow Trail to head off to the other trails. Combining the Sun Circle Loop and the Black Rock Loop are great for a beginner's ride, especially when taking the two loops clockwise.
Black Rock Loop has a small sustained climb when heading in the clockwise direction with a nice subtle downhill section to gain some speed as a reward. The Lost Arrow Trail is all sustained climbing with a couple of small wash crossings. From the end of the Lost Arrow Trail, you can either take the Spine to the left or head straight on the Homestead Trail, which has access to the Red Canyon Trail and a couple more wash crossings. The Red Canyon Trail has a small rocky section that is good for intermediate riders, but not recommended for those who are just beginning. The Oxbow trail is really just a flat connector trail that connects you from the Red Tail Ridge Trail (with 2 more wash crossings at the end) to the Spine and the Wildflower Ridge Trail. The Wildflower Ridge Trail is a fun trail (mostly downhill) with a couple of nice little switchbacks (one of them in a slightly rocky section).
Directions: Take Ruthrauff Rd. west of I-10 where it then turns to El Camino del Cerro. Approx 1 mile west of I-10 you will cross Silverbell Rd. Keep going west about another 1.8 miles until you come to Tortolita Rd., and turn left (south). Go about 1 mile until the road dead ends, and you're at the trailhead.
Tucson Bike Rentals and Tours delivers and picks up mountain bikes at Sweetwater. There is a two rider minimum delivery. Bike for 1 to 5 hours, finish riding and we pick up the bikes! No need to worry about loading mountain bikes in your rental car! Price is generally $100 per bike – depending on location of trailhead. Don't know where to ride? Tucson Bike Rentals and Tours can tell you the rides that are beginner, intermediate to advanced. We deliver mountain bikes to Tucson, Oro Valley, Green Vallley and the Southern, Arizona area. We rent top of the line full suspension and hard tailed mountain bikes. Click here for details!


text:
Lara Croft and the Future of Women in Videogames
Over the past few months, several happenings in the gaming community have caused the issue of sexism and misogyny to become focal points not so easily ignored. There were three catalysts to this: the reaction to the Hitman: Absolution Saints trailer, the funding of Anita Sarkeesian's "Tropes vs. Women in Videogames" Kickstarter project, and what direction Crystal Dynamics is going with their series reboot, Tomb Raider.
The infamous Hitman trailer, which everyone has no doubt seen by now, shows Agent 47 graphically killing a group of ultra-sexy nuns with guns in what has to be the silliest thing I've seen in a long time, and considering I've seen Johnny Cage punch Freddy Krueger in the nutsack, that's saying something. What seemed like harmless fun was called out as glamorizing violence against women, and it's hard to argue against that assessment as the trailer slows down and lingers on all the gory details. The standout scene for me was where Agent 47 breaks the one nun's nose in slo-mo so we can admire it.
The second, and most alarming incident, occurred when feminist blogger Anita Sarkeesian posted a video on YouTube asking for donations for a Kickstarter project in which she would take a critical look at the various tropes used for female characters in videogames in keeping with the theme of her video series. Sarkessian's videos on YouTube analyze pop culture—TV, movies, games—through a feminist lens. They're insightful and thoughtful commentary, and the video in question is so innocuous it's hard to imagine why it managed to spark such a vicious backlash.
The comment section was flooded with less than respectful responses, to say the least. Threats were just the tip of the iceberg—a Wikipedia page bio on Sarkeesian was vandalized and replaced with pornography as a part of an ongoing effort to harass and otherwise silence her. As a gamer, I think it's important to take a moment and condemn this sort of behavior. It's not acceptable, and the vocal minority that were a part of this do not represent gamers as a whole.
Thankfully, the Kickstarter project met and eventually exceeded its funding goal. While this story does have a happy ending, it calls into question just what was it that so upset some people to go to such lengths to silence someone who hadn't even begun to share her opinion on women and their role in videogames? Why is such a topic considered verboten, so completely off-limits?
The latest lightning rod of controversy has been the handling of Lara Croft and the reboot of the Tomb Raider franchise. Crystal Dynamics has been going for a 'what does not kill Lara makes her stronger' approach to the reboot, and more of a realistic slant emphasizing survivalism. In executive producer Ron Rosenberg's words, "She literally goes from zero to hero… we're sort of building her up and just when she gets confident, we break her down again."
He also goes onto say "She is literally turned into a cornered animal" and that certainly shows during the trailers. The running theme between them all is they go to great lengths to show Lara dragged through the mud, blood, and the crud repeatedly. Some have observed a bizarre likeness to 'torture porn' with the things Lara goes through. It was even implied that she faces the threat of rape in the game. However, this was quickly dismissed, as rape is not in Crystal Dynamics' vocabulary.
This has all been done to make Lara relatable, and it's unfortunate that Rosenberg has tripped up on his words so many times. Why must Lara be made weak to be relatable to the audience? Crystal Dynamics is in the unenviable position of deciding how the depiction of future women in videogames are going to be depicted. Lara Croft is literally the poster child for strong, capable, independent women in games. As was Samus Aran, who also had much of her prestige and power taken away in Metroid: Other M.
What's the message being sent here? That there can't be strong women headlining a well-known series without any strings attached? That they need to be taken down a peg? I firmly believe none of this was intentional, however, it's difficult to ignore on a deeper critical level. There are positive female role models in gaming, and strides have been made.
Just this year BioWare acknowledged that quite a few players chose a female version of Commander Shepherd and decided to incorporate that into the marketing for Mass Effect 3, going so far as to have a flippable cover based on what gender of Shepherd they preferred. It's not a revolutionary step, but it's a step nonetheless. Still, that doesn't mean everything's perfect.
Let's face it, the majority of characters fronting successful franchises are guys. Outside of Metroid and Tomb Raider, I can't think of any series fronted by famous, easily recognizable female protagonists. If any positive lesson can be taken from all of this, it's that the gaming industry is at the very least learning. All of these incidents were called out for what they really were, rather than being blindly accepted as just business as usual. The role of women in videogames has changed over the past few decades, but the lingering question is how far have they yet to go and can gamers accept those changes?


text:
your bag is empty
Availability: Out of stock
Who I am
Keep your cards and bills organized in this aesthetic charmer. My polka dots, in pretty raisin and cream, is a collectible for all polka-dot lovers!
- Colour: Raisin- Medium Wallet with Snap Closure- Patent Leather with Contrasting Polka Dot Print- Light Gold Spade Stud- 4 Bill Folds, 12 Credit Card Slots,1 ID Window- Exterior Zip Change Pocket-14-karat Light Gold Plated Hardware- Comes with Kate Spade Product Care Card - Size: L:17cm W:1.5cm H:9cm
My Vital Statistics
Size: L:17cm W:1.5cm H:9cm
Care for me
Pink Orchard takes pride in our reputation for quality and excellent value. If we have delivered any incorrect or defective merchandise, we have a 3 working-day return policy upon receipt of item by the customer. Please click here for further information


text:
Weathering of Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary Rocks in a Semi-Arid Climate - An Engineering Application of Petrology
This activity was selected for the On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Teaching Collection
Resources in this top level collection a) must have scored Exemplary or Very Good in all five review categories, and must also rate as "Exemplary" in at least three of the five categories. The five categories included in the peer review process are
- Scientific Accuracy
- Alignment of Learning Goals, Activities, and Assessments
- Pedagogic Effectiveness
- Robustness (usability and dependability of all components)
- Completeness of the ActivitySheet web page
For more information about the peer review process itself, please see http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/review.html.
This page first made public: Jun 8, 2008
Skills and concepts that students must have mastered
How the activity is situated in the course
Content/concepts goals for this activity
Higher order thinking skills goals for this activity
Other skills goals for this activity
Description of the activity/assignment
Determining whether students have met the goals
Download teaching materials and tips
- Activity Description/Assignment (Microsoft Word 140kB Sep2 03)
- Instructors Notes (Microsoft Word 50kB Sep2 03)
- Solution Set (Excel 25kB Sep2 03)
Other Materials
- Spreadsheet containing raw data to create X-ray diffractograms (Excel 1.3MB Sep2 03)


text:
Marketing Materials That Help you Sell
EZ-FLO knows that you may not have the time or resources to prepare marketing materials to help you inform prospects and customers about the benefits of including EZ-FLO on their irrigation system. To help you we prepared a number of support materials for your benefit.
Marketing Print Collateral
These print materials are available directly from EZ-FLO or your local distributor.
Residential Client Brochure – This tri-fold piece is designed to be used by contractors to introduce EZ-FLO Main-line systems to the residential property owner. They can be sent out in mailings as bill stuffers, be hung on doors or otherwise distributed to potential customers.
Commercial Client Brochure – This tri-fold piece is designed for use by contractors to introduce EZ-FLO Main-line systems to commercial landscape property owners or commercial property management companies.
Other Resources that you can Access through this Website


text:
MSS16 Lego Robotics Competition – 13 Female Pilots!
"Three, Two, One,…" the countdown on the screen has ended! The robot ventures onto the competition field. We are not talking about Curiosity or ExoMars, but Rich Wall E, the robot of Martina Russitano Lanza an ISU MSS16 student.
This year sees the biggest ever Lego robotics competition organized at ISU in collaboration with ENSIIE, consisting in 101 students split over 14 mixed teams. The objective to design, build, program and test a robot rover capable of avoiding obstacles, and then finding and collecting as many precious "gems" as possible hasn't changed.
The pilot of each team, but one, is however in 2016 a woman!
Prof. Kazuya Yoshida, full professor in the department of Aerospace Engineering and Director of Center of Robotics for Extreme and Uncertain Environments at Tohoku University, Japan and co-leader for the fifth time in a raw of this competition, comments: "The percentage of women in science and engineering is still very small. Robotics and space exploration is a very exciting field. I am looking forward to more female contributions."
When it comes to gender ratio, engineering is one of the most highly imbalanced fields around. Not only are few women engineers working today, far fewer female students are entering space, science and technology-related fields compared to their male colleagues. And one of the fields where women are most strongly outnumbered is one that most needs diverse perspectives: robotics. The ISU Robotics Competition is a long-established and much loved part of the Masters program. It seemed like a good moment to speak with some female student roboticists about their experiences.
Martina has a background in physics and wants to go into robotics. She feels comfortable in a changing, but still male dominated sector and felt well integrated into the team. Her male team colleague, Misael Chagas, confirms: "Martina is our manager. She ensured the project ran smoothly!"
Martina, the advisee of Prof Hill, will be carrying out her three-month internship, as part of the Master of Space Studies program, at Tohoku University under the supervision also of Prof. Yoshida evidently in the field of robotics.
When asked "why did you name the robot Rich Wall-E?", she responds "Wall E is a robot that swallows garbage, ours collects expensive gems!".
Marie Isabey, a student in Computer Science at ENSIIE (École Nationale Supérieure d'Informatique pour l'Industrie et l'Entreprise) is very pleased with the choice of her education career, even if women are outnumbered. She is also happy to have had the opportunity to discover the ISU spirit and work together with international students, especially female ones on such an interesting and booming sector that robotics is.
Prof. Hugh Hill, leader of this workshop, and Prof. Stephane Genaud, director at ENSIIE, dedicated this competition, with affection, to the memory of two great men who touched our lives:
• ENSIIE's Mr. Martin Weil (1957-November 30, 2015)
• ISU's Professor Emeritus Nikolai Tolyarenko (1941-December 31, 2015)
All pictures and results of the MSS16 Lego robotics competition can be found HERE.


text:
Many medications prescribed for pain have turned out to be dangerously addictive and potentially deadly.
Derivatives of opium, these powerful painkilling medications can lead to addiction caused by permanent changes in the brain. The drugs have also caused respiratory depression which can cause death and permanent changes in the brain when they are improperly prescribed.
Contact our office if you believe you may have a personal injury claim regarding:
- Oxycontin
- Methadone
- Fentanyl
- Oxycontin
- Hydrocodone
- Morphine
- Percocet
- Lortab


text:
Hedlund Electric Inc
Utilities / Electric Companies
Call (620) 241-3757Directions
Get directions to thisWebsite
location on Google Maps.
location on Google Maps.
Open websiteShare
in new tab.
in new tab.
Share this business
on social media.
on social media.
Hedlund Electric was established by V.A. Hedlund in 1951 in McPherson, Kansas with a small staff and large ambitions. Today, over sixty-five years later, Hedlund Electric is a thriving family business in its second and third generation of management. Hedlund Electric focuses on commercial and industrial electric work throughout the Midwest specializing in refineries, pipelines, and gas facilities including communication systems, excretion plants, manufacturing plants and a small percentage of residential work.


text:
About This Wedding
Florida Keys weddings always have a special kind of magic to them that cannot be found anywhere else in the U.S. After all, there are not many places where romance and the tropical sea breeze come together to create the perfect mood to say "I do" to the man of your dreams. So when McLaughlin Photo Video sent over Carissa & Evan's sweet oceanfront soirée at the Hilton Key Largo Resort, we just could not resist diving in to this lovely for a bit. Carissa & Evan celebrated their love with their closest friends and family in tow, and we could not think of a better way to begin life together as Mr. & Mrs. Wouldn't you have to agree? Congrats to these darling newlyweds from all of us at Borrowed & Blue, and we wish them many more years of laughter and happiness together!
The Couple
HIM The bridegroom-elect is a maternal grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fleming of Aiken, SC. He is a 2003 graduate of Aiken High School. He is a 2008 graduate of the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, and a 2013 graduate of the Medical University of South Carolina with a Doctor of Medicine. He is employed by CHRISTUS Spohn Health System.
HER The bride is a 2005 graduate of American Heritage High School. She is a 2009 graduate of the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Science in International Business, and a 2011 graduate of Citadel Graduate College with a Masters in Business Administration and Management. She is employed by Boeing Company.
TOGETHER Carissa & Evan love the outdoors. When they are not working you can find them kayaking, skiing, swimming, fishing, sailing, dog sledding or where ever the next adventure may take them.
Words of Wisdom
From the bride….
It was important to us to keep things simple. While we had a wedding full of many traditions we just wanted a romantic simple feel where we could celebrate with our friends and family. Our advice is to stay true to want you want for your day.
What's Next
After the wedding the couple will make Corpus Christi, Texas there new home.


text:
Eatopia in HongKong had opened the ticketing system, book your tickets here before mid night of 16th Oct and get the 20% off discount with special code -
See you in HongKong !!
After the success in 1st edition of London Design Biennale, Eatopia had been invited to HongKong for Taiwan Culture Festival. We will build a new temporary theatre and present our food design performance in Kwang Hwa Information and Culture Centre from 28 (Fri) to 30 (Sun) Oct. 2016. If you miss our show in London, please do make your time and come to experience the culinary journey of Taiwan's history and culture collisions!
Ticketing system will be open shortly, look forward to see you in HongKong!


text:
Welcome to the desirable community of Edgemont with mature trees, pathways for biking and running, schools, shopping, and Nose Hill Park. This 4 Bed/3Bath home is one of the largest available on the market at over 2600sqft. This home features extensive quality upgrades worth approximately $170,000. The main floor features a family room with a fireplace, dining room , living room, laundry room, powder room, bedroom and modern kitchen with Quartz counter tops, white cabinets, an 88C hot top, new stainless steel appliances and dimmable LED lights. Stunning vaulted ceilings and new custom skylight create a bright and open layout. The upstairs is complete with a master retreat with ensuite, bonus room, 4 piece bath and two addition bedrooms. The entire home has new carpet and has been freshly painted. Enjoy central Air conditioning, new high efficiency furnace, hot water tank and windows. The basement features over 1400sqft of space with scale developmental drawings. The back yard is private with a new fence.
Elke Babiuk, 403-998-2735 at CIR Realty, #130, 703 64th Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta, T2H 2C3


text:
clergyman and abolitionist, was born in Colchester, Connecticut, the son of Jehiel C. Beman, a clergyman. Nothing is known of his mother. He grew up and received a basic education in Middletown, Connecticut, where his father was pastor of the African church. A Wesleyan University student, L. P. Dole, volunteered to tutor Beman after the university refused his application for admission because he was an African American. Dole and Beman suffered ridicule and harassment from other students, and an anonymous threat of bodily harm from "Twelve of Us" caused Beman to give up the effort...
clergyman and abolitionist, was born in Colchester, Connecticut, the son of Jehiel C. Beman, a clergyman. Nothing is known of his mother. He grew up and received a basic education in Middletown, Connecticut, where his father was pastor of the African church. A Wesleyan University student, L. P. Dole, volunteered to tutor Beman after the university refused his application for admission because he was an African American. Dole and Beman suffered ridicule and harassment from other students, and an anonymous threat of bodily harm from "Twelve of Us" caused Beman to give up the effort after six months. He went to Hartford, where he taught school for four years, and around 1836 he briefly attended the Oneida Institute in New York.Beman was ordained as a Congregational minister in 1839. At about this time he married a woman whose name is not known. In 1841 he became the first named African American pastor of Temple Street African Church in New Haven, Connecticut, where he remained for seventeen years. Here he gained respect and support throughout the city from both blacks and whites. The church became a center for social, educational, and benevolent activities for the African American community. The Temple Street Church became the Dixwell Avenue Church and in the early twenty-first century was the oldest existing African American Congregational church in the nation.Beman was an avid supporter of temperance throughout his life. His father had organized the Home Temperance Society of Middletown African Americans in 1833, and the younger Beman served as its secretary. He was also a participant in the founding of the Connecticut Temperance Society and served two years as its president. He was a leader in 1842 in effecting a merger of the African American temperance associations in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey into the States' Delavan Union Temperance Society of Colored People and was the principal speaker at its convention in 1845. For about a year, in 1842, Beman edited Zion's Wesleyan, a newspaper that provided a voice for temperance, abolition, and other reforms.Beman was an ardent abolitionist and a member of the American Anti-Slavery Society from its founding in 1833. In 1840, with the great schism among antislavery supporters resulting from differences on women's rights, politics, and the role of the churches in the antislavery movement, Beman withdrew from the American Anti-Slavery Society. He then became one of the eight African Americans—his father was another—at the founding convention of the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, for which he served as assistant secretary. In great demand as an antislavery speaker, Beman traveled more than five thousand miles between January and August 1856, crisscrossing the Northeast and making trips into Canada and Illinois. In his churches he held regular concerts for the enslaved, which combined protest, agitation, and prayer. Beman also was a frequent contributor to Frederick Douglass's newspapers, the North Star and Frederick Douglass' Paper.Civil and political rights for free African Americans also received Beman's attention and energy. He carried on a long campaign to get suffrage rights in Connecticut, and he was a leader in the Negro Convention Movement. He served as president of the national conventions that met in Buffalo in 1843 and in Philadelphia in 1854 and as vice president of the meeting that met in Rochester in 1853. It was at the Buffalo meeting that Henry Highland Garnet gave his famous address in which he called on the slaves to rise in revolt. Beman stepped down from the chair and spoke for more than an hour against Garnet's address. Beman carried a majority of the convention with him in not endorsing force and violence. However, after John Brown's raid and capture, Beman assisted in a prayer meeting for him at the Siloan Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York.In 1841 Beman was one of the founders and served as the first secretary of the Union Missionary Society, established by African Americans to support antislavery missionary work at home and abroad. When that society joined with other organizations in 1846 to organize the American Missionary Association (AMA), Beman became a supporter and active worker for the new evangelical abolitionist organization.In the winter of 1856–1857 Beman's wife and two of their four children died from typhoid fever. After about a year he remarried, this time to a white woman whose name is not known. As a result he lost favor with his New Haven congregation and submitted his resignation in 1858 to accept a call to the Abyssinian Congregational Church in Portland, Maine. This church was small and poor, although it was the only church serving a community of four hundred African Americans. To supplement the small salary pledged by the church, the AMA commissioned Beman as a city missionary. When the church failed to raise the pledged salary, and he again encountered resentment against his wife, he petitioned the AMA for a full-time commission and received an appointment in 1859 as the association's fundraising agent for New England. That year at a meeting in Brooklyn he was elected president of the Evangelical Association of Colored Ministers of Congregational and Presbyterian Churches.Beman was a hard worker for the AMA, covering a territory from Maine to Sag Harbor, Long Island, and visiting both white and black churches of any denomination that would admit him as an agent of an abolitionist society. He usually prefaced his appeals with lectures on such topics as "The Origin and History of the African Race" and "What the Colored People Can under God Do for Themselves." Nevertheless his collections were small. Either he resigned or his commission was allowed to expire, and in 1863 he became pastor of a struggling Congregational church in Jamaica, Long Island. There his second wife died. In 1865 he went to be pastor of Mount Zion Congregational Church in Cleveland, Ohio. He married again in 1871.Beman died in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where he was pastor of the Second Congregational Church, which he had helped in establishing a quarter-century before.
Reference Entry. 1113 words. Illustrated.
Subjects: History
Full text: subscription required
How to subscribe Recommend to my Librarian
Buy this work at Oxford University Press »
Users without a subscription are not able to see the full content. Please, subscribe or login to access all content. subscribe or login to access all content.


text:
Adam Bouland
Adam Bouland, of Laurel, Maryland, will graduate with a double major in Physics and Computer Science/Mathematics. A Goldwater Scholar, Adam's past research includes work in structural mechanics and physics. As technical director of the Yale Chapter of Engineers Without Borders, he has worked on a water project to bring clean water to a village in Cameroon. Adam's other interests include percussion and theology. Adam will study Mathematics and Physics at the University of Cambridge next year.
Donald Bungum
A Chicagoland native, Donnie Bungum is working toward a B.S. in Chemistry at the University of Chicago. In three years of research, he helped develop a new method of vibrational spectroscopy and synthesized a novel class of organometallic compounds. He was named a Goldwater Scholar in 2008 and an Arnold O. Beckman Scholar in 2007. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Sigma Xi research society. Donnie plays saxophone for the University of Chicago Jazz X-tet and the funk/R&B group "Intense City." He will pursue the M.St. in Science and Religion at the University of Oxford.
Kyle Checchi
Kyle Checchi, from San Ramon, California, stands first academically in his class of 1,073 Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy. He was awarded the Naval Academy American Chemical Society Undergraduate Chemistry Award last year. In addition to his coursework, Kyle found time to volunteer at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Majoring in Chemistry, he is now doing a research project, conducting a multidisciplinary study that links the chemical synthesis of antimicrobial compounds with a microbiological study of induced cellular stress responses caused by these compounds. Kyle will study International Health Policy at LSE. Kyle plans to become a U.S. Navy doctor after graduation from the Naval Academy and completing medical school.
Conor Clarke
Conor Clarke graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude from Amherst
College in 2008 with a double major in political theory and English. Currently a
fellow at the Atlantic Monthly, he has worked previously for The Guardian and
The New Republic, and has reported from central Africa and Cuba. His work has
also appeared in the Boston Globe, Slate and the American Prospect, and he is
the co-editor of a book about the economics of corporate social responsibility.
At Amherst, he edited two college magazines, published academic legal
scholarship and served as a teaching assistant in political economy. Conor will study Economic Policy at the University of Birmingham and International Journalism at Cardiff University.
Jeffrey Cloutier
Jeffrey Cloutier, a native of Berlin, New Hampshire, is a senior Molecular Biology and Biochemistry major at Middlebury College. In 2007, Jeff conducted breast cancer research as an Amgen Scholar at the University of Washington, Seattle. At Middlebury, he has been researching a novel cell cycle mechanism involved in meiosis and infertility. Jeff is a cyclist, an avid hiker, and a certified emergency medical technician and wildland firefighter. As a Marshall Scholar, Jeff will investigate the epigenetics of meiosis at University College London. After completing the PhD and MD degrees he hopes to pursue a career in translational medical research.
Samuel Daly
Samuel Daly of Milwaukee, Wisconsin will graduate with a B.A. in African Studies and History. Much of his time as a Columbia student has been spent abroad, and he will return to the UK to pursue an MA in Historical Research Methods at SOAS and an MSc in African Studies at Oxford. Samuel's research interests are in late colonial and early postcolonial Anglophone Africa, and he hopes to study the development of vigilante justice movements in Tanzania. He previously studied Swahili and history at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania on a David L. Boren Scholarship, and Yoruba at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria on a Fulbright-Hays Advanced Language Study program.
Henry Donaghy
A native of Wallingford, PA, Henry Donaghy will graduate from the United States Naval Academy as an Ensign and plans to join the submarine service. Hank majors in physics and mechanical engineering, plays bass in USNA's Trident Jazz Band, and has completed 8 marathons as a member of the Academy's marathon team. He heightened his French proficiency through courses in Paris during the summer of 2007, and in Morocco in the summer of 2008. He plans to study energy technologies at Imperial College of London.


text:
Registered Nurse
- Employer
- Sentara Healthcare
- Location
- Virginia Beach, VA
- Posted
- Feb 09, 2018
- Closes
- Jun 29, 2018
- Function
- Nurse
- Industry
- Healthcare
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
- Hours
- Full Time
$10,000 Sign-On Bonus for Qualified Candidates
Experienced and New Graduate RNs are welcome to apply.
About this Unit:
4 East is a 16 bed inpatient nursing unit. We provide quality care to adult medical/surgical patients who are acutely ill or injured. We specialize in post-operative surgical patient care. The most common types of clinical conditions include:
General surgery inclusive of emergent and elective:
- Davinci Robotic surgery for colon, urology, and gyn surgeries
- Urology including TURB, continuous bladder irrigation, stent placement
- Gynecology surgeries inclusive of bladder/colon resections
- Vascular inclusive of amputations, femoral popliteal bypass, fistulas
- Mastectomies and variable staging of breast reconstruction
- Soft tissue traumas inclusive of gunshot/stab wounds, MVAs, chest tubes
- Diverticulitis, crohns, ulcerative colitis, colitis, fistulas e.g. colorectal
- Kidney injury, acute and chronic
- Sepsis, pneumonia, asthma, diabetes
About Virginia Beach General Hospital:
Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital is a 276-bed acute care facility that has a long history of commitment to the city, offering specialized, tertiary services. It is the region's only Level III Trauma Center and home to the Sentara Heart Center. Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital offers many advanced clinical services. The hospital specializes in orthopedics, neurosurgery, thoracic and colorectal surgery and sleep disorders. Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital is one of the region's accredited stroke centers.
Sentara's Benefits:
Sentara employees strive to make our communities healthier places to live. We're setting the standard for medical excellence within a vibrant, creative, and highly productive workplace. For more information about our employee benefits, CLICK HERE!
Join our team, where we are committed to quality healthcare, improving health every day, and provide the opportunity for training, development, growth!
Registered Nurse License or eligible
The Registered Nursing (RN) is responsible to perform a competent level of nursing care as demonstrated by the critical thinking model known as the nursing process. The standards of practice (assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care- teaching and health promotion and evaluation) along with the standards of professional performance (ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence- based practice /nursing research, quality, evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health) encompass the actions and foundation of professional nursing. The RN possesses clinical knowledge and skills to meet standards as required by specific clinical areas.
Education Level
RN-Associate's Degree OR
RN-Bachelor's Level Degree OR
RN-Diploma (Non-degree) OR
RN-Doctorate Level Degree OR
RN-Master's Level Degree
None, unless noted in the "Other" section below
Required: Registered Nurse
Preferred: Basic Life Support
None, unless noted in the "Other" section below
New Hire Education Requirement: All Registered Nurses who do not have their BSN will be required to sign a BSN Agreement committing to successfully obtain their BSN within 5 years of hire. BSN or MSN preferred. Meets and maintains any requirements defined by specific specialty; Critical Care/IMCU/EP/Advanced Heart Failure Center/SMG Cardiology Practices- ACLS within 1 year of hire; Emergency Care - ACLS & PALS or ENPC within 1 year of hire; Oncology Care ONS/ONCC or Sentara approved course Chemotherapy & Biotherapy Provider Card within 6 months of hire. Women's Care - Perinatal departments; NRP within 6 months of hire. Inpatient Pediatrics. PALS within 6 months of hire. All Direct Care RN's required to have BLS within 90 days of hire.


text:
Posted in Ohio August 22, 2015
These 10 School Districts In Ohio Have The Best High Schools
Ever wondered where the best high schools in Ohio are? According to U.S. News and World Report, the following 10 school districts have the best high schools in the state. Data for the report is based on the 2015 rankings of the U.S. News Best High Schools, which was compiled via student test scores and school data from the Ohio Department of Education.
Did your school district make the list? What do you think of this list? Check out the Ohio High School Rankings for a complete list of the state's top high schools.


text:
John C. Begay recalled the day when his branch president, Don C. Hunsaker, pulled him out of his class at the Intermountain Indian Boarding School to invite him to attend the Latter-day Saint Indian Seminary program. His mother had enrolled him in seminary, but Begay followed his peers to the Catholic and Nazarene activities until Hunsaker found him. He then started to attend the seminary class of a respected LDS leader and local of Brigham City, Elder Boyd K. Packer. Begay claims, ??That?s where I was converted to the LDS Church. My mother had secretly signed me up for Seminary which became my favorite class?.?? [1].
In the 1950s, John C. Begay traveled hundreds of miles from his home on the Navajo reservation to attain an institutional education. Intermountain had opened specifically for Navajo students beginning in 1950. Federal officials increasingly directed their attention to what they considered ?The Navajo Problem? after World War II, which included the proportionately low rates of student enrollment and matriculation [2]. The U.S. government intensified efforts to educate Diné (Navajo) youth, pressuring Navajos such as Begay to receive their education off the reservation. The LDS Church as well as the federal government had a particular interest in Navajo Education [3]. Church authorities, for example, realized that most Mormons could not communicate and relate well with Navajos who they sought to convert. To several Church leaders and missionaries, the acculturation of the youth to mainstream American society was their greatest hope for the conversion of Navajos to the Church [4]. In Brigham City, Utah, several school employees and staff were Mormons and a predominantly LDS community surrounded the school. The Church could launch programs such as the Indian Seminary without much difficulty, which attracted and converted Navajos like Begay to the Church.
In the early 1950s (sometime between 1949 and 1954), a local Brigham City newspaper announced the arrival of Apostle Spencer W. Kimball to attend the baptism of 29 Navajo students from Intermountain [5]. Of the 600 students that arrived at the school opening, only 6 students were LDS. The Church established an Indian branch for the school within five years, as the membership grew. By the late 1960s, about 200 Navajo students regularly attended the branch (when the school population reached 2,200 students) [6]. The branch met in the Indian chapel that was constructed and designed specifically for the Navajo youth with attention to the utmost details including Navajo rugs as interior decoration [7]. During the late 1960s, the branch meeting often included the reading and approval of new certificates of membership, as more of the student body at Intermountain became associated with the Church [8].
The Mormon presence at Intermountain also touched the students? families. Ms. Ida Deem, who served as the Young Women?s President in the Indian branch, kept several notes that she received from students? families during 1953. Mary Wilson from Tohatchi, New Mexico wrote to Ms. Deem on behalf of her sister, Helen. She explained how the family enjoyed the Christmas card that Ms. Deem sent to Helen. She also described how Helen was struggling at her new school in Albuquerque after she transferred there from Intermountain. Mary closed her letter expressing her gratitude for Ms. Deem?s thoughtfulness, adding ?because we are all family of Helen are member of LDS Church and baptize too last two year ago so we just like the Mormon people they?re friendly to us? [9]. When a Navajo student converted to the LDS faith at Intermountain, he or she sometimes exposed their close relatives to the Church. Helen and Mary?s family developed positive feelings towards Mormons partially due to Helen?s time in Brigham and her involvement with the Indian branch there.
A mother of students at Intermountain, Bertha Harvey of Ft. Defiance, wrote to Ms. Deem:
We are now appreciated that you send us a nice Easter Card and appreciated that you are love our nice girls. ?Thank you very much? sisters. We are now very desirous to see our girls?. We wishes we could see you and know [you]. I hope we will do some of these days sister and I am glad that my girls are learning many things in the school?. Squeeze my little Rose and tell her hello and tell her cat is bigger now?.? [10].
Church leaders such as Ms. Deem tried to reach out to the youth and their families (through letter writing for instance) to provide support and encouragement to the LDS members who attended Intermountain. Certain families like those of Bertha Harvey and the Wilsons were receptive, and the LDS faith continued to affect their families on the reservation after being a part of their children?s lives at school.
The experiences and situation of each Navajo student at Intermountain before it became an intertribal school in the 1970s differed. Intermountain was a federal boarding school, which upheld secular standards. Several employees were Mormon, but most employees and students belonged to other dominions. Intermountain hired many Native American employees from throughout the country, including Navajos. Most of the Native American employees were not LDS except for a few. An oral history of a former Hopi employee, Thomas Polacca, sheds light on the aspects of Brigham City and Intermountain that encouraged active membership in the Church for Native Americans. In Brigham City, Polacca was active in the Church and the Indian Ward. Polacca claims that returning to the reservation was one of the leading factors of his eventual inactivity in the Church [11]. John C. Begay also became inactive for some time in the Church after returning home to the reservation. The Indian Ward was large and organized many social activities to reinforce the Mormon community there such as the Boys? Scouts, basketball tournaments, parties, dances, and volleyball games [12].
Some Navajos embraced the LDS faith such as John Begay who never forgot what he learned in seminary including the importance of marriage and knowledge of the Book of Mormon. Begay mentioned another young Navajo man, Bahe Billie, who assisted with the Indian branch and served as a role model to LDS students [13]. Other Navajos had more generalized or negative memories of the Church as boarding school youth. Damon James attended Intermountain in the late 1960s, and he explained how he and his friends often went to the church meetings that were more convenient and appealing to them at the time. James called Brigham a ?Mormon town,? and he remembered how the LDS Prophet asked the locals to be ?tolerate? of the Indians. James still felt that the people in the community treated them by ?seeing color? as they were taught in their generation. James was baptized into the LDS Church, but he described how religion did not pertain to his life in adolescence. He pursued other interests as a schoolboy, and he could only recall the Christmas celebrations and gifts that the Church provided instead of the teachings [14].
Whether the Church positively altered the lives of Navajo students at Intermountain such as Begay or not, the community and church programs surrounding the school in Brigham exposed the students to the Church and its culture and mission. In the Sandpainter (the school yearbook) of 1970, the first page presents the following poem next to an image of Window Rock (a symbol of the Navajo Nation): ?Go Child. Treasure the memories Of Navajo strength? Dream of tomorrow? Reach?Go. Only education will renew Navajo strength.? The poem resembled the words of a song written by two LDS Native Americans at Brigham Young University the previous year (1969), Arlene Nofchissey Williams and Carnes Burson. Their song, ?Go, My Son,? includes the lines: ?Go, my son, go and climb the ladder?. From on the ladder of an education, you can see to help your Indian Nation. Then, reach, my son, and lift your people up with you.? This song symbolizes the mission of the Church among Native Americans: to educate Indians so that they can serve and uplift their people in both temporal and spiritual ways. Intermountain became a part of that LDS vision by surrounding Navajos with a predominantly white Mormon community and culture and, according to that perspective, preparing them to more readily understand and accept the LDS gospel and lifestyle. The Indian Seminary was able to expand and work efficiently in Brigham next to Intermountain, and the Indian branch provided a LDS Navajo network and community for some youth. Several students started their families at Intermountain, where they met their spouses such as those whose weddings were announced in the local paper [15]. Intermountain served as a door to the LDS Church, which opened to some Navajo students and their families a new livelihood but also what others believed to be eternal salvation.
- Dale and Margene Shumway, eds., The Blossoming II: Dramatic accounts in the lives of Native Americans (Dale and Margene Shumway, 2007), 18.
- See The Navajo Indian Problem, an Inquiry Sponsored by the Phelps-Stokes Fund (New York: Phelps-Stokes Fund, 1939).
- The Church had attempted to build on-reservation boarding schools as early as 1947. See Council Resolutions, 1922-51-book, J.M. Steward Attest, General Superintendent Navajo Service, Subject Matter-Mormon Church Schools- Permission to Build, etc.- Page- November 1947, Meeting: 64 (Appendix-Item 11); Discussed 66-68; Action-Tabled-November 5, 1947. When the Bushnell Military Hospital facilities of Brigham City were converted to the Intermountain Indian School, President George Albert Smith soon became involved. Smith attended several community meetings and opening events for the school in Brigham. He held a meeting for local Mormons in the Brigham City Tabernacle, where he encouraged them to welcome the Navajo students and support the efforts of the school. See Box Elder News, Brigham City Public Library.
- Spencer W. Kimball wrote in a personal letter to one of his delegates that the American Indians would not fully understand and embrace the gospel until they were removed from deterrent influences of their traditions and upbringing. Letter from Spencer W. Kimball, LDS Church Library.
- ?29 Indian Youth Baptized,? Ida Pauline Olsen Deem, Intermountain Indian School Files, MS 19981, Folder 3, LDS Church Library.
- ?Brief History,? General Minutes, Intermountain School Indian Branch, South Box Elder Stake, microfilm, LR 4108 11, LDS Church Library.
- Ibid. A key part to the LDS program and community of Intermountain was the Indian chapel that opened in 1956. President McKay dedicated the chapel on January 8, 1956. He set apart the chapel as ?a house of worship, a house of learning, and a house of recreation.? Church officials advocated the compatibility of the school and church, which shared a mission to ?refine? the Indian?the school in a more temporal sense, and the church in a spiritual sense. See Ida Pauline Olsen Deem, Intermountain Indian School Files, MS 19981, Folder 3, LDS Church Library.
- General Minutes.
- Letter to Sister Ida Deem from Mary Wilson, December 24, 1953, Two Gray Hills, Tohatchi, New Mexico, Intermountain Indian School Files, Ida Pauline Olsen Deem, MS 19981, Folder 1, LDS Church Library.
- Letter to Sister Ida Deem from Bertha Harvey, April 15, 1953, Ft. Defiance, AZ, Intermountain Indian School Files, Ida Pauline Olsen Deem, MS 19981, Folder 1, LDS Church Library.
- Thomas Polacca, interview by Matthew Heiss, 1992, LDS Church Library.
- Jesse Holliday, interview by author, June 25, 2013, Monument Valley, Utah. Holliday went to Intermountain between 1958 and 1959 as an eleven-year-old. He remembers participating in Boy Scouts every week and going on camp outs with the group. He had ?100% attendance? to church sacrament meetings every Sunday, although he claims that he went mainly for food. He later went on the Placement Program, served a LDS mission, and went to BYU.
- Shumway, The Blossoming II.
- Damon James (former student during the late 1960s), oral history interview, January 21, 2012, Brigham City Museum of Art and History.
- Ms. Deem had received a letter from a former student, Rose, informing her about the student?s engagement to be married in the temple ?for time and all eternity.? See Letter from Rose to ??Mom? Deem,? March 3, 1953, Provo, Utah, Intermountain Indian School Files, Ida Pauline Olsen Deem, MS 19981, Folder 1, LDS Church Library. Ms. Deem also kept wedding announcements of former students who met at Intermountain. One couple, Irene A. Clah and Abraham Ashihi, were married at the Indian chapel of Intermountain in 1958. See ?Wedding invitation of Irene A. Clah and Abraham Ashihi scheduled for 8 February 1958,? Intermountain Indian School Files.


text:
The Bohr model of lithium contains a nucleus and two shells, the first with two electrons and the second with one electron. Because of electron affinity, the two electrons in the first shell are relatively close together. The nucleus includes three protons and four neutrons, according to ChemicalElements.com
GreenPlanetSolarEnergy.com uses the analogy of an onion to describe Bohr models of atoms. The orbitals are like the layers of the onion that surround a solid core scientists call the nucleus. Only the outer layer of the onion turns brown as only the outer electron shells allow the atom to react. Each of these shells has the ability to contain a certain number of electrons. With lithium, the two electrons fill the inner shell, but the outer shell has room for an additional seven electrons for a total of eight.
With its almost empty outer shell, elemental lithium is highly reactive and does not occur in its free form in nature. In the chemical laboratory, the metal is stored in paraffin oil to reduce it reaction with water in the form of moisture from the air. The metal burns easily at room temperature creating a bright white flame. In flame tests, lithium compounds create a bright red color.


text:
The climate where you live is called regional climate. Global climate is a description of the climate of a planet as a whole, with all the regional differences averaged.
Peruvian fishing boats used to return to shore each day heavy with anchovies, but in 1972 the boats returned to shore with empty nets.
Over more than a century, global average temperature warmed 1.5°F (0.8°C). Learn the science of why this has happened, and what the future hold.
Help the Joules family make choices that keep their greenhouse gas emissions low.
Factors that have the power to change global climate can be natural, like volcanic eruptions and changes in solar energy, or caused by humans, like the addition of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.
Energy from the Sun that makes its way to Earth can have trouble finding its way back out to space. The greenhouse effect causes some of this energy to be waylaid in the atmosphere, absorbed and released by greenhouse gases.
Short video clips about climate - including paleoclimates, climate change and modeling climate.
Learn how the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) climate fluctuation affects weather around the world.
Water moves from place to place through the water cycle, which is changing as climate changes. Learn how the water cycle is changing as global temperatures rise.
Warmer conditions are having an impact on our planet. The world's surface air temperature warmed 0.6° C (1.1°F) on average during the last century. This may not sound like very much change, but it is.


text:
The rug skidded beneath her feet as Emily hurried to answer the front door before the doorbell had a chance to ring again and wake Jarrad up from his nap. She had been quietly working on homework while he slept and the sudden chime made her jump up from her seat at the dining room table.
It was more than a surprise to see Toby standing at the door, so alight with excitement that he barely let Emily get out a hello.
"What are you do—?" she tried to ask.
"I need to talk to you," he said, interrupting her with his urgency.
"Okay…you couldn't have called?"
"No, it's too important." He glanced down at her socked feet, then up to her outfit of Jarrad's boxers and white dress shirt and frowned. "What, are you living here now?"
"Um, yeah," Emily shrugged.
"What's wrong with your home?"
"It's broken."
His scowl softened a little.
"Whatever." He shook his head and pushed his way into the foyer, looking around and pacing back and forth with his hands on his hips.
"What's going on?" Emily asked, shutting the door and leaning against it.
"Is your boyfriend here?" he asked, narrowing his eyes. Emily couldn't tell if his behavior was fueled by jealousy or not. It seemed like something else, some sort of suspicious anticipation that made him a live wire. It didn't seem like jealousy that placed emphasis on the word "boy." Which was weird. Not that he wasn't jealous, but that he would say "boy" that way.
"He's asleep upstairs."
"Worn out, is he?" His eyebrows were raised, daring her to lie.
"Toby, what the hell is going on?" Emily asked, unable to take anymore of his erratic and dubious behavior, and knowing the slightest noise would wake Jarrad. After everything he had gone through last night, coming home bruised and bleeding, he needed rest.
Toby moved in closer, leaning in and lowering his voice, his eyes wide. "Okay. I just saw some bat crazy shit and I need you to be straight with me, dig?"
Emily pressed against the door, frowning. Shit.
"What did you see?"
"I was in Raleigh, checking out this new music store, got a couple of old vinyls, and as I was heading back to my car, I pass by this alley, like the kind you see in New York, you know?" He spoke low, but so quickly Emily had to lean in to keep up. "All dark and greasy-looking and who do I happen to see in said alley but your one and only. He's dressed all in black, like some kinda warrior angel or something with these crazy ass blades in his hands and strapped to his back and there with him is this…thing. I don't even know how to explain it, but it was big and didn't look human, it looked animal-like, like a boar head on a huge bouncer or body builder's body or something. And they're taking it to the mat. Your old man is flipping and twirling all around this guy, just laying the metal down on him and I don't even know if that boar guy landed one hit, and I'm freakin' out, cuz I can't believe no one else sees them there, and then Jarrad's got him on the ground, standing over him with this big, glowing sword pointed at his throat and he said some words in some weird language and this bright, blue light sorta rips open the brick wall right next to them and Jarrad pulls the boar guy up and they both go inside the opening. Then the light disappears and the wall's back to normal. Now what the hell is going on and what the hell is your boyfriend? Cuz he sure ain't normal and he sure ain't human."
His breathing was labored after his rant, his tattooed arms still bent, fists on his hips and though outwardly Emily stood staring calmly, collected, inside she was reeling with fear and anxiety and indecision, seriously freaking out over how to handle this situation. So she thought—how would Jarrad handle it?
"That's some story. Did you write it down right after you woke up or remember it later?"
"Emily, I'm not kidding." His voice grew louder with his annoyance. "This was real and you know it, so what gives?"
"I don't—"
"It's alright, Em," Jarrad said, suddenly standing on the stairs behind Toby, halfway hidden in the dark and wearing his pajama bottoms. He still looked exhausted with dark circles under his eyes and his hair a mess. His voice was weary with surrender, but at least his lip looked like it was already healing. "You can tell him the truth. Soon enough the whole human world will know anyway."
Toby spun around, startled, before scowling at Jarrad's bare, rippled chest. Jarrad walked past him into the living room, sprawled onto the couch, rubbing his eyes with one hand, and motioning to the room with the other. "Come in. Have a seat."
Toby walked toward the armchair slowly, regarding the room with apprehension as though more crazy creatures would jump out from the shadows before sitting down while Emily padded in after him and tucked herself in between Jarrad's legs on the couch, hugging his knee close to her chest. Somewhere inside she was annoyed Toby was going to get answers so easily when she'd had to fight for them.
Jarrad lowered his hand from his eyes and ran it up Emily's arm, smiling warily. He closed his eyes, sighed, before opening them again and looking at Toby.
"So, ask your questions."
"What are you?" Toby asked, his voice hard.
Jarrad looked at Emily, his gaze locked on hers while he answered, his whole being resolutely surrendering his hidden identity. "I'm a Liosalfa."
Toby was quiet a moment before asking, "A light elf?"
Jarrad frowned and turned to him. "You know what that means?"
"Like…an elf, elf?" Toby asked. There was the slightest hint of disbelief in his voice and Emily recalled how she'd felt when she first heard those words, though the situation had been very different and felt so long ago. Then, Jarrad hadn't so easily given up his true self. And she hadn't known what to expect from him. The fear had been paralyzing. Did Toby feel that way now? He sure didn't look scared.
"Yes," Jarrad said, watching him with interest. "An elf."
Toby frowned, staring at the floor while the information settled. But when he spoke, his tone was completely changed.
"Dude! That is freaking AWESOME!" he exclaimed, smiling wide, his eyes bright.
Jarrad's brow remained drawn.
"Awesome?" he asked.
"You're like WoW, but for real. The real McCoy. That's awesome!"
"Wow?" Jarrad asked, still looking confused at everything Toby said.
"It's a video game," Emily explained.
"It's not a video game," Toby said, giving her a dirty look before turning to Jarrad. With a serious expression, he explained, "It's an MMORPG. It's a whole world. It's much more than a video game."
"Sorry," Emily laughed.
Toby sat forward in his chair, leaning his elbows on his knees. "So—," he motioned toward his ears, but quickly drew his hand away. "You not got em?"
Jarrad raised an eyebrow. "We keep them hidden," he answered flatly, a smile hinting on his lips, before he tucked his hair behind his pointy ears.
"Holy Batman, Robin!" Toby cried, slapping his knee. "You know, you see images in the movies and all, but to see it in person…wow. I mean, I don't even know where to begin. Are you a night elf? Are you a soldier or a gatekeeper or some vigilante? Was that an Orc you were fighting in the alley?"
"Toby, this isn't WoW," Emily said. "It's not the same."
He looked deflated. Emily sighed and took Jarrad's hand. "It's way cooler, actually. Let me formally introduce you to His Royal Highness Prince Tahlam Alean'raheal of Arèthane."
"No. Effing. Way." Toby watched Jarrad with a newfound respect and admiration. "You're a freakin' prince? Well no joke, I didn't stand a chance with Emily!" He laughed and sat back, righting his glasses on his nose and shaking his head. "So is Jarrad your human name?"
Jarrad nodded and said, "And my preferred name."
Jarrad nodded and said, "And my preferred name."
"So that Orc thing…?" Toby asked.
"Was not an orc," Jarrad answered. "There's no such thing as orcs. Well, at least not in any of the worlds I've known. That thing was a Borath. He's an Onderworlder. The magic that has kept our world hidden from yours has been broken and now your world is being infiltrated by some very unwanted guests. We have to hunt them down and send them back. They're wreaking havoc on the human world and pretty soon, everyone's going to know about it."
"Who's we?" Toby asked.
"My sister, Karawyn, the queen, and her husband, Aerath. My other sister, Dafne. Aerath's brother, Aelrah, and our army."
"That dark-headed doll is the queen? Of all the elves?"
Jarrad nodded again.
"Well, anything I can do to help," Toby said. Jarrad grinned, clearly tired but also amused.
"What?" Toby asked, looking offended.
"Nothing." Jarrad shook his head. "It's just interesting, your reaction. And your questions were very different from Emily's. Of course, she also laughed at me when I first told her what I was." He sat up and wrapped his arms around her, pressing his lips to her temple.
"Well, telling me you're an elf was the last thing I expected you to say." Emily smiled.
"And me being a vampire or an alien was more likely?" he asked.
"Ah, a vampire, Em?" Toby groaned. "Really? That's just insulting."
"It was a very intense situation," she exclaimed, defending herself. "And I didn't have World of Warcraft to teach me the elven ways."
Jarrad laughed and kissed her on the cheek before pulling himself from around her and standing up.
"Please excuse me," he said. "But I have to travel to Las Vegas and need to get cleaned up before I go." He straightened his back, stretching his muscles and standing taller, looming large over Toby. "I know I said the world will soon know of us, but in the meantime, your silence would be greatly appreciated."
Toby stood up, nodding. "Of course, of course. You can count on me. Mum's the word, man."
"Thank you," Jarrad said and then left the room.
"God, you just rose like a thousand degrees in cool points," Toby said to Emily as she escorted him to the front door.
"I thought you didn't like Jarrad," she said, grinning.
"Are you kidding?" Toby was wide-eyed again. "I wanna marry him."
"He's totally taken, but if it's just an elf you want, I'm sure I can put in a good word for you with some of the elven. I have a little pull, being declared to their prince, and all."
"Declared?" Toby looked stunned a moment, but not confused. Of course he would know what that meant.
"That's pretty serious."
Emily regarded him warily, wondering if she shouldn't speak the words she was about to say.


text:
Apolonia has a lingerie fetish and the body to rock everything she buys. She shows up today in a lacy black number with thigh high stockings and gives us all a taste of her seductive eyes. Ralph finds her in her makeup chair and even though neither can speak each other's language, they both speak fucking. He whips his cock out and she goes right to sucking it and his balls. He licks her twat then buries his bone in her sweet slit, pounding at it until he pulls out to cover her face in creamy, thick spooge.
Up to 1080p Streaming & Downloads Fast & Reliable International Servers
Already a member? click here to sign in.


text:
- Papastathopoulos Scores in Dortmund's Champions League Win -
Socrates Papastathopoulos scored Borussia Dortmund's second goal in today's 0-6 victory over Legia Warsaw in the Champions League. Socrates' goal came in the 16th minute.
Socrates Papastathopoulos has scored his first goal of the season with Borussia Dortmund. The Greek defender found the back of the net with a well-placed header from Guerreiro's free-kick to double Dortmund's lead on the night against Legia Warsaw in the Champions League. The German side went on to record a blow-out 0-6 victory, scoring 3 goals in each half.


text:
It's time for the CEC's
Pancake Breakfast and Annual Fund Kick-Off
A Celebration of our Community
Saturday, September 16, 8:30-10:30 am, at the CEC's Oak Grove site!
Celebrate the new program year and our CEC Community with a free, delicious breakfast in the Oak Grove Preschool Yard!
Families enrolled in all CEC programs are welcome! Please RSVP in your child's room or site.
On The Menu:
- Buttermilk Pancakes
- Blueberry Pancakes
- Corn Cakes (Gluten-free)
- Scrambled Eggs
- Fruit
- Chicken Sausage
- Veggie Sausage
- Juice
- Coffee
We need volunteers to help make this free event successful. Parent Participation hours are available.


text:
Our next Open Day date for interested applicants is:
Monday 11th November 2019
Tuesday 10th December 2019
If you would like to be put on the waiting list for any fully booked open days above please email firstname.lastname@example.com with your full name, phone number and let us know how you found out about Drama Studio London.
Our Open Days are a half day of activities
10.00 Registration
10.15 Welcome and Introduction to DSL
11.00 Workshop Class
12.00 Break
12.15 Workshop Class
13.30 Tour of the school. We advise you to bring a packed lunch with you to eat with the students in the common room as it will give you chance to ask them questions.
14.00 Finish. You are welcome to stay for the lunch break and should sign-out by 2pm.


text:
Booze cruise – 23.10.07
The RIBA had hoped its annual conference in Paris, which starts tomorrow (26 October), would help nurture a growing rapport with our French friends across the channel. However, Astragal's spies hear that the title of the ideas-sharing convention/booze-up, namely 'The Secret of Successful Collaboration', has raised a few eyebrows in France. Apparently, to avoid any possible negative Second World War connotations, the word 'co-operation' is being used when the title is referred to in French.
Have your say
You must sign in to make a comment
Please remember that the submission of any material is governed by our Terms and Conditions and by submitting material you confirm your agreement to these Terms and Conditions.
Links may be included in your comments but HTML is not permitted.