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- By (big!) demand, we are now offering one-time, one-box subscriptions - this means you can sign up for a test box and not have to wait and see if we have any left over boxes available in the supply shop!
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Rhody Starters
Melendez, Wilson, Banker, Ward, Tabakman
Hampton Starters
Tate-DeFreitas, Gilbeaux, Jordan, Lupoe, Green
How It Happened
Despite scoring the first four points of overtime, Rhode Island fell 59-54 to Hampton in the finals of the FIU Surfing Santa Classic Tuesday afternoon.
A Tayra Melendez free throw and a 3-pointer by Charise Wilson put the Rams (6-6) up 54-50 with 3:18 to go. Hampton (3-9) did not score until a 3-point shot by Malia Tate-DeFreitas made it a one-point game with 2:09 left in overtime.
Hampton – which won the MEAC's regular-season title last season – took the lead with 59 second left and held on from there. Rhode Island missed its final four field goal attempts and two free throws over the final 3:18.
Trailing by two with less than a minute to go, Rhody got a driving layup from Symone Bullard to tie the score. After a defensive stop, the Rams had a chance to take the last shot, but a turnover gave Hampton the ball with seven seconds remaining. Malia Tate-DeFreitas drove to the basket, but Samantha Tabakman blocked the shot out of bounds with 1,8 seconds to go. The Lady Pirates had another shot at the buzzer, but Tabakman again applied the pressure as the look fell short, forcing overtime.
The Rams got out of the gates quickly, building an 11-point lead by the end of the first quarter. Samantha Tabakman dominated in the paint early, scoring nine points, grabbing four rebounds and blocking a shot in the first period.
Hampton responded in the second quarter, keeping Rhody scoreless for the first 4:15 of the quarter. The Lady Pirates gradually worked their way back into the game, tying the score for the first time on a jumper from Malia Tate-DeFreitas with 2:57 left in the half. From there, Rhode Island responded with a 7-0 run to close the half. Charise Wilson keyed the spurt with five points, while Tabakman added a pair of free throws as the Rams went into the break up 32-25.
Inside the Box Score
- Tayra Melendez had eight points, 11 rebounds, three assists, two blocks and one steal. She grabbed her 500th career rebound in the fourth quarter.
- For the second day in a row, Samantha Tabakman and Charise Wilson tied for team-high scoring honors, each finishing with 14 points.
- Tabakman added nine rebounds, three blocked shots and two steals.
- Wilson had three steals and three assists.
- Kiara Palmer gave Rhode Island a boost off the bench. In 10 minutes, she had six points, three rebounds, one assist and one block.
- Tournament MVP Malia Tate-DeFreitas had 33 points and six rebounds for Hampton. She made five 3-point shots and was 8-for-8 at the free throw line.
- The only other player to score in double figures was Hampton's Ryan Johnson, who had 14 points.
- Hampton won despite shooting 27 percent (20-of-73) from the floor. Eight of its 20 field goals were 3-point baskets.
- Hampton competed at FIU's post-Christmas tournament last season as well, winning the FIU Sun & Fun Classic.
Stat of the Game
21 – Hampton had 21 offensive rebounds. Despite this, the Lady Pirates managed just eight second-chance points.
What's Next
Rhode Island opens Atlantic 10 play when it hosts St. Bonaventure Sunday, Jan. 3 at 2 p.m.

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Blacksmith & Fine Craft Auction: November 2
Join us for an entertaining afternoon fundraiser on Saturday, November 2, from 1–4 p.m. In silent and live auctions, you can bid on craft, art and unique items donated by artists and other supporters of the Folk School. Admission is free. Learn more.
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We are so excited about The Folk School Cookbook. Nanette Davidson, cookbook author, meticulously collected, curated, and adapted over 200 delicious recipes. These include some of the most memorable recipes served family-style in the school's Dining Hall and at seasonal celebrations over the decades. Bring the Folk School's culinary traditions into your own kitchen and order your copy today!


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The fashion editor could no longer square his conscience with working in the increasingly homophobic country
André Leon Talley has resigned from his post as editor at large of Numéro Russia after only a year, citing the anti-gay laws in Russia as one of his reasons for leaving the job.
"The one thing that really impacted me was Rachel Maddow's reporting last winter on the anti-LGBT laws in Russia," Talley told WWD. "There are no civil rights for people there. That's one of my reasons for departing."
In December, Russian authorities banned one of his Numéro covers, featuring a nude male model shot by Tom Ford. In Russia, it is illegal to "promote homosexuality" to minors, and the loosely-worded nature of the legislation has led to untold misery and persecution for the Russian LGBT population.
Talley left his editor at large spot at Vogue after 30 years to helm Numéro Russia, confessing that he needed more financial security as he approached retirement (he's 64). He only produced 12 issues for Numéro, but has said that he hadn't been paid for the last three issues and is fine with leaving without compensation for them. "Me not taking the money was me taking the moral high ground", he said.
The sudden about-turn comes to some as a surprise, especially after he downplayed concerns about Russian anti-gay legislation. In February, Talley gave an interview on Oprah: Where Are They Now where he gave little indication of quitting. "I took the job because I thought it would be wonderful financially," he said. "I don't think you can stereotype a whole nation just by the laws enacted in that country."
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You saw the aerial drone video of rider Michal Kollbek riding the White Line in Sedona, AZ, now check out a first person POV video of another rider doing the same thing.
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The Environmental Center and Whole Foods Market in Bend are teaming up to accept #1 plastic clamshells for drop-off recycling.
Deschutes County currently accepts plastic bottles, tubs and jugs in the curbside recycling carts, at Deschutes Recycling and the county-wide transfer stations. Clamshells are often mistakenly thought of as an acceptable plastic in the mixed recycling, and this leads to contamination.
"People often assume that if a container has a recycling symbol on it, that it is automatically recyclable," stated Denise Rowcroft, Rethink Waste Project Manager with The Environmental Center. "When it comes to plastic, all containers will have that symbol, and the number just indicates what type of plastic it is. It is always important to check locally, as it varies regionally."
Rowcroft stated this is more important than ever, because it is this kind of contamination that led to China cracking down on what they are accepting from other countries in the global recycling market. Rowcroft also encourages the use of reusable containers, jars and bags when clamshells are avoidable.
Whole Foods worked with their distributor to find an alternate solution, as they sell numerous products across several departments that come in the clear, plastic clamshell containers. Whole Foods bails the plastic on site and returns it to Portland with their distributor, DCI. The bails are then recycled through EFI Recycling.
Whole Foods reached out to the Environmental Center to help educate customers and support their staff on drop-off days. Drop-off days have been scheduled for the last Saturday of the month, 10:00am-4:00pm. The clamshell return will kick off on January 27 and will be followed up on
April 28th. The containers don't need to be sterile, but should be rinsed of all food residue.
"Our customers and vendors have been asking for this for a long time," said Becca Burda, the Marketing and Community Relations Liaison for the Bend store. "Given our green mission, we've long felt a responsibility to keep these clamshells out of the landfill and couldn't do it without the support of our friends at the Environmental Center."
WHEN: Clamshell Return and Recycling – January 27 &
April 28, Saturday, from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Please note, due to shifting markets in the global recycling industry, these clamshell recycling events at Whole Foods have been cancelled for the remainder of 2018. If you have been collecting them they will need to be put in the trash. When possible, please consider bringing your own containers/bags and make bulk purchases to avoid bringing home more material.
WHERE: Whole Foods Market – 2610 NE Highway 20, Bend
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If you've visited my blog before you are probably well aware that the Mister and I love to travel and we especially love road trips! Whether it is a 40-day trip across country and back, or a single day road trip out to the folk art installation of Salvation Mountain and the apocalyptic desert area surrounding the Salton Sea, we love it all!This last weekend, we decided to venture out to Salvation Mountain and the Salton Sea primarily because we've been wanting to see Salvation Mountain for years and since the creator of the folk art mountain passed away last year, you just never know if or when it is going to close or be shut down. The area is about a 3 hour drive from Los Angeles, and it is in the middle of a desert, so we knew it was going to be HOT! I made sure to head over to CVS pharmacy to pack a cooler with a ton of smartwater and vitaminwater, fruit, snacks, and sunscreen. Right now through July 25th, you can purchase any combination of smartwater, vitaminwater, Gold Peak tea, or Honest Tea for 4 for $5 when you use your CVS pharmacy ExtraCare card. Plus, you'll receive $2 off your next CVS pharmacy visit. If you don't have a CVS pharmacy ExtraCare card, no worries, it's free and easy to sign up!Salvation Mountain is located in Slab City, just off the main road near Nyland, California. To get there, you pretty much have to drive by the Salton Sea. The first few things we saw were muffler men, date farms, abandoned property, and dive bars.Not to mention the International Banana Museum and the North Shore Yacht Club which has recently been refurbished back to it's hey-day with the beautiful Albert Frey designs.Then we hit Slab City which is a bunch of RVs with nomads and artists living in the desert. And then I spotted it! Salvation Mountain! A gleaming pinkish hill standing out from its drab desert surroundings.We got out of the car and the heat just HIT us! It was 110 degrees … in the shade. But we kept going and explored all around Salvation Mountain. The folk art mountain is made of adobe and paint and was made by Leonard Knight starting in the mid-1980s until he passed in 2014. Salvation Mountain is basically made of two parts: the "God is Love" mountain area and the igloo/woodsy area which was left unfinished when Leonard Knight passed away.After we had our fill of Salvation Mountain (and let's be honest, when we got too hot to keep going), we jumped back in the car, cranked the A/C, and downed a couple bottles of water. Thank God I brought 6 bottles of water with us! At the time, I thought it was overkill, but in that moment, I was starting to worry that 6 wasn't enough for the two of us.We then drove the rest of the way around the Salton Sea over to Salton City just to see what was there. It was at that point that we were able to drive right next to the Sea, so we jumped out to go see it a bit closer. I knew the shore was covered in fish bones, but I didn't really expect to see any. I was wrong. Fish bones everywhere. The smell was horrible and the flies were unbearable. The Salton Sea was created in the early 1900's when an irrigation canal broke and the Colorado River flooded the Salton basin for 2 years. At first, the newly formed lake was a boom town of tourists, but in the 1960's the rising salinity level of the lake started to cause the fish to die off and the area has become an apocalyptic resort town. So we got back in the car and beelined it to Palm Springs for a relaxing dinner at Match Box pizza before driving back home to Los Angeles.
But I was super glad that I brought along 6 bottles of smartwater and vitaminwater! I stuck them all in the refrigerator the night before and then put them in my cooler backpack along with a bag of grapes and some snack bars.What summer trips or activities are you planning? Be sure to check out the Summer Hydration Social Hub for more inspiration on how to stay cool and hydrated this summer!


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Longtime instructor crosses finish line of 30-year career
As an undergraduate at the University of Missouri-Rolla, now Missouri S&T, Rick Whelove studied mechanical engineering. He served a tour in Vietnam in the United States Army before returning to school at University of Missouri to study technical education, earning his bachelor's and master's degrees in education in 1978 and 1981, respectively. His technical background, intuitive mechanical knowledge and a desire to teach launched a 30-year career with the College of Engineering, which he reflected upon as his time in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department (MAE) draws to a close with his retirement in August.
"I've seen a lot of changes while I've been here," Whelove said.
Whelove will cap off his career with Mizzou Engineering in August, retiring from his position as a resident instructor. A reception celebrating his career was held in May at which Department Chair Yuwen Zhang reflected on Whelove's contributions to the department.
"Rick was not only an instructor for our two graphics courses, but he also served as director of undergraduate studies for MAE," Zhang said. "He helped us on summer welcome and advised over 100 undergraduate students every year. He always amazed us when he recognized every student who walked across the stage at convocation."
Whelove was hired as a teaching assistant for the 1980-1981 academic year, while a graduate student at MU. Although a technical education major, Whelove's passion for mechanical things allowed him to combine his knowledge of gadgets with strategies learned as an education student. By the mid-1980's, the MAE Department was looking for another graphics instructor. Whelove fit the bill, and he joined the department full-time in 1985. During Whelove's tenure, the college had six deans and interim deans and MAE supported seven department chairs.
In addition to teaching computer-assisted design (CAD), Whelove served as director of undergraduate studies from 2001 through 2007 advising about 400 to 450 students yearly, although he continued to advise approximately 150 students each year after. He served on many department, college and university committees working to improve undergraduate education. He also has assisted with summer welcome since its inception.
However, Whelove said his most memorable and rewarding experiences were being faculty adviser for the Formula SAE car team, from 1986 to 1991, and the Mizzou Solar Car team from its inception in 1990, through its transition to the Society for the Development of Alternative Energy, known as the Hydrogen Car team and now Mizzou Eco-racing.
Whelove accompanied the solar car teams providing logistical support and offering strategy advice to the teams during seven American Solar Challenge events from 1993-2005, culminating in a 2,500-mile race from Austin, Texas, to Calgary, Canada. As the team transitioned to hydrogen fuel cell technology, he traveled with Mizzou Eco-racing to five annual Shell Eco-marathon multi-day competitions.
Whelove recalled his memories about the department in addition to the academic and physical changes in the college.
"In 1990, this part of the building was renovated," Whelove said, motioning around the MAE conference room in Lafferre Hall's original 1893 building. "The dean's office was originally down here." The conference room where his retirement reception was held was a classroom and the MAE capstone lab, Whelove added.
"We looked at the proposed renovation plans for the department layout and said, 'No. That's not going to work,'" he said. "So I drew up some plans and submitted them to the architect for consideration. When they came back, the plans were exactly as I had drawn them, which included the creation of a lecture hall we all know as E1419.
"So I feel like I've left a legacy even if no one remembers me," he said, jokingly.
Of course, retirement doesn't necessarily mean slowing down. In Whelove's case, it means spending more time doing the things he loves.
"Now, this is what I do here," Whelove said, pointing to a photo of himself on a motorcycle dressed head-to-toe in off-road racing gear. Whelove has won 13 championships in his age class since 1992, four in 2014.
"I've been doing this [off-road racing] since I was 23 years old. I'm still pretty good at it," he joked.
He said he still races, organizes and promotes off-road competition events. The sport allows him to continue to "toy with mechanical things."
Whelove and his wife Barbara have two daughters, Ona and Asia. While they couldn't be at the reception, Asia wrote to the MAE department to talk about her dad.
"Our dad has never ceased to give up on us," said Asia, who has a bachelor's and a master's degree in nursing. Ona earned a bachelor's and a master's degree from MU in bioengineering in 2008 and 2010.
Whelove will retire in August, but he will remain with Mizzou Engineering part-time through the fall, while he teaches MAE 1000.


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The trust-endowed son of famed talk-show duo Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg has hoarded so much junk in his Upper East Side apartment that he stores the spillover in a van outside his building and monitors his possessions from a nearby bench.
Kevin McCrary, a self-described "collector of some sort" who is unemployed and lives off his parents' estate, stuffed his green Ford E250 so full of cables, VCRs and other items that he had to resort to stowing stuff in suitcases on the roof of the vehicle, according to The New York Post.
The 64-year-old McCrary appeared in an October episode of the A&E show "Hoarders," though he doesn't use the particular term to describe himself.
Still, his neighbors are fed up with his behavior. The building's owners tried three times to evict him to no avail, according to the Post, and some residents complain about having to walk past his his overstuffed van with their pets.
"I don't know what's in there," one neighbor who sidesteps the vehicle when he's with his pet beagle told the Post. "I avoid it like the plague."
For his part, McCrary says he might like to have more companionship in his life, but right now he doesn't have any physical room for a girlfriend.
McCrary is the son of newsman Tex McCrary and supermodel Jinx Falkenburg, whose radio show "Tex and Jinx" was among the first news talk radio shows.
The glamorous couple also dabbled in television with NBC. Both died in 2003 and received stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for their contributions to the television industry.
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The Associated Press released its high school football rankings Monday afternoon, and after a Morrison loss two weeks ago, the Hooker Bulldogs find themselves ranked No. 2 in the AP media poll, three points behind top-ranked Cashion.
Both teams received four first place votes.
Hooker celebrates senior night this week and puts its 8-0 record and No. 2 state ranking up against the 1-7 Mooreland Bearcats. A Hooker win gives the Bulldogs the District A-1 championship. The Bulldogs wrap up the regular season Nov. 2 on the road at Texhoma. The Red Devils battle Oklahoma Bible on the road this week in a battle for the fourth playoff spot in District A-1.
Rejoice Christian is No. 3, nine points behind Hooker, and Morrison is No. 8.
In Class C, the Tyrone Bobcats remain No. 5 while Buffalo is still king of the hill at No. 1. Pond Creek-Hunter is ranked No. 3 so it will be 3 vs. 5 on Friday in Pond Creek as Tyrone and Pond Creek battle for second place in District C-1.
Class B still belongs to Shattuck, while Seiling dropped out after an upset loss to Turpin last Friday night.
Elsewhere, Carl Albert remains top dog in Class 5A, while District 5A-2 rival Guthrie is No. 6 and Bishop McGuinness No. 5.


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-My Simblr: http://murfeelee.tumblr.com/
-My Studio/Exchange: http://www.thesims3.com/mypage/murfeel/mystudio and make sure to read my studio blog at http://www.thesims3.com/mypage/murfeel/myBlog to get the in-game screenies and extra info on the lots!
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In June 2011 I was invited to be a Select Artist at TSR, and in October 2011 I was promoted to Featured Artist, which TOTALLY blew me away--I am still in a semi state of shock! Thank you, everybody--you like me! You really like me!!! ^-^
Meh. Nothing else to say about me...MUCH. I'm a hermit, and I hate going outside or looking at people or hearing a lot of noise, so I usually stay in my bedroom, permanently attached to the crummy laptop I spent way too much money on in my blind desperation to have a new computer. I love playing video games (obviously) as an escape mechanism; my Play Station 2 is one of my most valued possessions, and I'm especially into RPGs (Square Enix, Niis, Konami and Koei works are my favorites). Other than that, I write, read, and draw. And eat. Junk food. Lots of it. Ironically, I can't gain any weight, and though I'm the eldest sibling my younger sister's much bigger than I am, so I can't stea--I mean, BORROW--any of her clothes. *SIGH* I don't watch much TV unless it's the History Channel or something, anime/cartoons, or anything with a half vampire half werewolf dragonslaying wizard in love with an elven princess held captive by a group of witches who want to use her blood to gain eternal life and beauty so that they can rule the wizarding world and finally acquire the One Ring of...wait....
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Fly Over the Potential Landing Sites For Next Mars Rover (Video) | Universe Today
Hang on and take a bird's eye look at the four different proposed landing sites for the Mars Science Lab! At a briefing yesterday, Dr. Richard Zurek presented a flyover video of the potential landing sites for the next Mars rover, set to launch in 2011. The video is now available, and Zurek narrates the excellent flyover footage of each site, created by images taken by the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Enjoy the video, and find out a little more on each of the proposed sites below.


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The attempted military coup launched a mechanism for reforming the army in Turkey. Today, one of the issues that is hotly debated in the country's narrow expert circles is the dilemma of the lack of cadres among civilians that would direct the process of democratization of relations between the armed forces and the government of the country. The lack of effective civilian expertise, coupled with a hostile political power, can significantly reduce the effectiveness of the upcoming army reforms.
The problem of the lack of cadres is closely connected with the peculiarities of the functioning of the Turkish army. Until recently, in the armed forces of the country, due to extreme closeness, all issues related to issues of military security and formulation of the strategy were discussed without significant participation of civilian experts. The lack of practical application of civilian expertise meant that there was no need for such expertise as such. Another circumstance has been and still is the low influence of expert communities: expert centers close to the government are mainly engaged in legitimization (through the making of a quasi-expert evaluation) of political decisions already taken without their serious participation. Finally, an effective discussion of the activities of the Turkish Armed Forces can not take place in an atmosphere where the government is hostile to any critical opinion. Proceeding from all this, there is a danger that as a result of reforms the armed forces of Turkey, although they will cease to exist as an autonomous entity, will be highly politicized.
It is the problem of politicization that causes fear among many observers. The nature of the measures being taken today by the Turkish leadership to reform the organization of the army demonstrates the serious intention of the civil authorities to put an end once and for all to the tradition of military intervention in the political process. However, it is the political views of experts appointed by the leadership of Turkey to carry out these reforms that may indicate that the democratization of the military-civilian relations will be formalized within a certain political ideology.
General of Turkish counter-revolution
In mid-August, leading Turkish media reported the appointment of Brigadier-General Adnan Tanriverdi as retired to the post of adviser to the President of Turkey. The figure of Tanriverdi, his biography, views and professional activity deserve special attention because of the particular inconsistency. The appointment of such an ambiguous person to the influential post of adviser to the Turkish president in so much a critical period in which the country is located can shed light on what the future is for the Turkish army.
Biography Adnan Tanriverdi at first glance is no different from the biography of thousands of other successful Turkish officers. In 1964, Tanriverdi entered the Military School of the Armed Forces of Turkey, at the end of which in 1976 he successfully passed the entrance exams to the Academy of the Armed Forces, which is the main starting point in the career of any officer in Turkey. During the training, the officer took courses on conducting unconventional military operations in the Office of Special Operations at the Turkish General Staff. Prior to receiving the rank of brigadier general in 1992, Tanriverdi served in the Army Medical Administration of the Army of Turkey, and held a post in the Civil Defense Directorate in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
In 1996, the successful military career of Tanriverdi was interrupted, the army sent the brigadier general ahead of time to retire before reaching retirement age. As indicated in the documents, in connection with "organizational and staff arrangements". However, it was clear to everyone that the general became the next victim of the Turkish army's policy of fighting religious reaction in its ranks. Since the 1960s, the Turkish military have entrusted themselves with the duty of protecting and protecting the secular system of the republic, in this regard, the penetration of religious elements into senior officer posts has become unacceptable. During his service, the general did not hide his convictions, took an active part in the organization of religious events, for which he was supposed to have paid with his own career.
After the retirement of Tanriverdi for five years, he headed the Society for the Advocacy of Justice founded by himself (ASDER - Adaleti Savunanlar Derneği), a public non-profit association defending the rights of servicemen dismissed from the ranks of the Turkish army on suspicion of open practice of religion and the existence of reactionary views undermining the secular the nature of the republic and the principles of Kemalism. The activities of the Society are gaining popularity among conservative Turks.
In 2000, the Center for Strategic Studies (ASSAM - Adaleti Savunanlar Stratejik Araştırmalar Merkezi Derneği) began its work in the framework of the Society for the Advocacy of Justice. Its main focus was to develop practical steps to reform the Turkish army and democratize relations between the military and civilian government of the country . Under the auspices of the Center, Tanriverdi gathered a group of like-minded people, mostly former officers, also fired from the army for their religious views.
In his works, Tanriverdi pays special attention to the privileged role of laicism in the life of society. A former military man defends the idea of the earliest adoption of a new constitution of the country, devoid of any hint of the predominant role of laicism in the life of society. After all, it is in Turkey's laicism that Tanriverdi sees the main reason for all the socio-political ills of the country. Thus, in 2012, in one of his articles, Tanriverdi wrote that in order to prevent new military coups and polarize society, it is necessary that there be no articles in the new constitution fixing any official ideology of the state and establishing the secular character of the republic. Within the framework of the discussion of the new constitution, Tanriverdi supports the idea of subordinating the General Staff to the parliament of the country (the article was written before the start of the campaign of the ruling Justice and Development Party for the country's transition to presidential form of government) and the liquidation of the judicial autonomy of the military.
General Sadat
Tanriverdi is not unknown to the Turkish public. The media's particular attention to the figure of Tanriverd is explained by the rather contradictory activity of its commercial structure - the International Consulting Company in the Defense Sphere (SADAT Tour - Uluslararası Savunma Danışmanlık İnşaat Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ). Established in 2012, in the midst of a military conflict in neighboring Syria, the organization as an official goal of its activity indicates advising the armed forces of Muslim countries in matters of organization and strategic planning. SADAT intends to "promote the development of the military capabilities of Muslim countries, in particular in the fight against terrorism, by assessing threats and developing a set of measures to improve the combat readiness of the armed forces." The similarity with the infamous American private military company Blackwater Security is confirmed by numerous statements of the founder of the company. So, in one of the reports of September 4, 2012, Tanriverdi says that the organization's goal is "to work where the Turkish army can not carry out its activities for one reason or another".
Among the company's services are training courses in the conduct of asymmetric warfare, sabotage operations in the enemy's rear and operations against partisans. Despite the statements of the company's management, which employs more than 58 former officers of the Turkish army, about transparency of activities and compliance with Turkish legislation and concentrating work exclusively on educational services, SADAT's work still raises many questions.
In mid-2014, a photo of a vacancy announcement posted on the company's website a year earlier appeared in Turkish social networks. The announcement indicated that SADAT was looking for an engineer-mechanic familiar with Soviet-Russian tanks and knowing the Arabic language. Turkish media then accused the organization of Tanriverdi in cooperation with Syrian Islamists. In response to the allegations, the management of the firm published an explanation, which stated that the vacancy of a mechanical engineer was placed for the needs of the company's project in Libya. The same announcement also said that the coordination of the project with the Libyan authorities is carried out with the assistance of diplomatic representatives of Turkey.
Interestingly, on July 12, 2016, in an interview with RS FM radio, the head of the company Adnan Tanriverdi pointed out that SADAT does not have an active presence in Libya, as well as in Syria and Yemen. By the way, in the same interview, Tanriverdi still admitted that the company was negotiating with representatives of the Free Syrian Army. Negotiations, according to the former military, were held in the refugee camp in Turkey. According to Tanriverdi, all requests of representatives of the SSA were transferred by the official authorities.
On September 3, 2012, the newspaper Aydynlik, based on information from two independent sources in the National Intelligence Organization of Turkey, published an article saying that SADAT is engaged in the supply of financial resources from the Persian Gulf countries to the Syrian opposition, as well as transportation of weapons to Islamists fighting against Assad. The article also stated that in the training camps of the firm, representatives of the opposition themselves are trained, the total number of trained fighters reaches 2,800 people.
On the basis of these data, from 5 September 2012 to 16 January 2013, deputies from the opposition People's Republican Party of Turkey sent 5 inquiries to the government regarding the activities of the company.
SADAT funding was also affected in the requests. The Turkish newspaper "Cumhuriyet" in an article of July 11, 2016 published an investigation on the financing of the firm's activities. From open sources it became known that the authorized capital of the organization was 880 thousand rounds. lir, which, according to the journalist of the newspaper, is not enough to purchase the equipment necessary for training. It is unclear where the organization receives large funds for the acquisition and use of technology. Judging by the video posted on the company's website, helicopters and swimming equipment are involved in the training.
Officially, the leadership of SADAT denies that it has ever been engaged in training traditional and non-traditional methods of warfare. The company adheres to the legislation regulating the supply and prohibiting the circulation of arms without the permission of the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Defense of Turkey.
The firm, however, recognizes that it has acted as a consultant in several projects in several countries. Despite the fact that the management denies that the company has training camps, it still recognizes that SADAT has training opportunities and is ready to provide relevant services to any Muslim countries "if the relevant proposal is received."
Turkish army, democratic and neutral?
As the experience of other countries shows, the successful reform of the relations between the army and the government largely depends on how well politicians and civilian officials understand the military. Due to historical reasons, Turkey still does not have a civilian cadre system, which is necessary not only for carrying out such vital reforms, but also for direct control over the army's activities without creating obstacles to its effective functioning.
Another important circumstance is the nature of the political process in which the restructuring of the army will take place. The atmosphere of polarization of political forces makes it difficult to exchange views on how effective measures should look to build democratic relations between the army and the government. Given that the forthcoming reforms will also take place in the matter of reducing the influence of secular ideals in its structures, the absence of such a dialogue can lead to excessive ideological influence of certain political forces both on the reform process itself and on the worldview of the renewed army.
It is not known how much influence Adnan Tanriverdi, Brigadier General himself, will have on the forthcoming reforms, being an adviser to the president. Perhaps the reason for appointing such an ambiguous figure was the difficult military career of the general. An officer who demonstrates good organizational performance, but who has been persecuted because of religious beliefs, seems to be an ideal candidate for the position of a specialist overseeing a large-scale restructuring of the country's armed forces. It is also possible that Adnan Tanriverdi will serve as the informal chief of the General Staff of the country throughout the process.
It remains also incomprehensible how much Tanriverdi's own views will influence the worldview of the Turkish army itself. A man whose center of professional activity is cooperation with Islamic countries can potentially lay a new tradition in the ranks of the armed forces of the country, which until recently gave unquestionable priority to military-political cooperation with Western countries. Such a change would be in line with the foreign policy ambitions of the official Ankara, which wants to play a more active role in the Middle East.


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A stylus works by allowing the user to easily apply pressure to a specific area of the resistive screen of a device. The pressure brings two layers of the touch screen into contact, activating the microchip.
Resistive systems use a layer of resistive material and a layer of conductive material that are separated by spacers to keep them apart. When a touch device such as a tablet is being used, an electric current runs through both layers of material. When the stylus is used to put pressure on the screen, the two layers of material come into contact with each other, changing the electrical field for those two layers.
A microchip located inside the device interprets the change in the electrical field and translates it into coordinates on the screen. In a tablet, the CPU takes the coordinates from the screen and maps them against the device's operating system. The CPU then determines which application has been activated and launches it for use.
Resistive screens are susceptible to damage if too much pressure is applied to the screen. Excessive pressure may cause the resistive layer and conductive layer to remain in constant contact and the device can't correctly interpret the commands entered on the screen.


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Visiting any new culture exposes students to ideas that are invaluable to expanding their minds. A developing nation is fertile territory for creative experimentation in art and design. Studying in Ghana at Kokrobitey bestows students with an experience that would challenge them in ways a life in developing nations cannot as it will remove them from the context within which they are familiar (intellectually, culturally, and perhaps artistically for students with a Western based education and upbringing), and experience it.
The Institute offers a range of short and long-term residential programs: workshops, seminars and internships as well as semester-long programs with participating universities for a local and international community of learners. Kokrobitey creates opportunities for international groups to live and learn in a developing nation, experiencing the challenges and excitement of navigating between the worlds of the traditional cultures and that of the emerging market economy. Participants explore ways in which art, design and the environment support development through product, performance and discourse. We welcome groups that are willing to learn while sharing their expertise in community service working across our multi-disciplinary educational and development projects.
Interdisciplinary learning is key to the curricular model in development. The Kokrobitey Institute hosts residential educational programs for students in secondary, tertiary, and professional institutions. We can structure programs around our three disciplines of expertise: Education, Art/ Design, and Environmental Sustainability to create a unique educational experience. Doing work, in their respective fields of study, at the Kokrobitey Institute will also show students they are capable of applying their knowledge and artistic skills to solve real world problems in creative ways.
The Kokrobitey Institute believes travel extends one's ability to experience culture and organizes trips to enrich the learning process. We take our study abroad trips to cultural centers in Accra and Cape Coast among other locations, depending on the discipline of each individual program. Every four days, the Institute arranges trips across Ghana to supplement students' studies.


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Apple A4
The Apple A4 is a 32-bit package on package (PoP) system-on-a-chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc. and manufactured by Samsung.[4] It is Apple's first in-house designed system-on-a-chip. It combines an ARM Cortex-A8 CPU with a PowerVR GPU, and emphasizes power efficiency.[5] The chip commercially debuted with the release of Apple's iPad tablet,[6] followed shortly by the iPhone 4 smartphone,[7] the iPod Touch (4th generation), and the Apple TV (2nd generation). It was superseded by the Apple A5 processor used in the iPad 2 released the following year, which was then subsequently replaced by the Apple A5X processor in the iPad (3rd generation). Software updates for devices using this chip ceased in 2014, with the release of iOS 8.
The A4 processor
|General Info
|April 3, 2010
|September 10, 2013
|Designed by
|Apple Inc.
|Common manufacturer(s)
|Product code
|Max. CPU clock rate
|(iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4G) 800 MHz to (iPad) 1 GHz
|L1 cache
|32 KB instruction + 32 KB data[2]
|L2 cache
|Architecture and classification
|Min. feature size
|45 nm
|ARM Cortex-A8
|Instruction set
|Physical specifications
|PowerVR SGX 535[3]
|Samsung SL58920
|Apple A5
Apple A4 is based on the ARM processor architecture.[8] The first version released runs at 1 GHz for the iPad and contains an ARM Cortex-A8 CPU core paired with a PowerVR SGX 535 graphics processor (GPU)[6][9][10][11] built on Samsung's 45 nm silicon chip fabrication process.[12] The clock speed for the units used in the iPhone 4 and iPod Touch (4th generation) is 800 MHz, but the clock speed for the unit used in the Apple TV has not been released.
The Cortex-A8 core used in the A4 is thought to use performance enhancements developed by chip designer Intrinsity (which was subsequently acquired by Apple)[13] in collaboration with Samsung.[14] The resulting core, dubbed "Hummingbird", is able to run at far higher clock rates than other implementations while remaining fully compatible with the Cortex-A8 design provided by ARM.[15] Other performance improvements include additional L2 cache. The same Cortex-A8 CPU core used in the A4 is also used in Samsung's S5PC110A01 SoC.[16][17]
The A4 processor package does not contain RAM, but supports PoP installation. The top package of the A4 used in the iPad, in the iPod Touch[18] 4th gen and in the Apple TV[19] 2nd gen contains two low-power 128 MB DDR SDRAM chips for a total of 256 MB RAM. For the iPhone 4 there are two chips of 256 MB for a total of 512 MB.[20][21][22] RAM is connected to the processor using ARM's 64-bit-wide AMBA 3 AXI bus. This is twice the width of the memory buses of the SoCs used by the contemporary Apple iPhone and iPod touch, supporting the greater need for graphics bandwidth in the iPad.[23]
The Apple A4 chip, along with the original iPad, was announced on January 27, 2010, during Apple's "Latest Creation" event.[6]
On June 7, 2010, Steve Jobs publicly confirmed that the iPhone 4 would contain the A4 processor, although it was not yet known at the time if it would have the same frequency, bus width, or caches as the A4 found in the earlier produced iPad.[7]
On September 1, 2010, the iPod Touch (4th generation), and the Apple TV (2nd generation) were updated to include the A4 processor. Later, on October 4, 2011, Apple refreshed the iPod Touch (4th generation) to add a white model, along with the existing black model. Both models still contain the A4 processor.[24]
On September 10, 2013, Apple A4 Chip was discontinued.
Products that include the Apple A4Edit
- iPad (1st generation): April 2010
- iPhone 4: June 2010 (Black; GSM), February 2011 (Black; CDMA), April 2011 (White; GSM & CDMA models)
- iPod Touch (4th generation): September 2010 (Black model), October 2011 (White model)
- Apple TV (2nd generation): September 2010
See alsoEdit
- Apple mobile application processors, the range of ARM-based mobile processors designed by Apple for their consumer electronic devices.
- PWRficient, a processor designed by P.A. Semi, a company Apple acquired to form an in-house custom chip design department
- PowerVR SGX GPUs were also used in the iPhone 3GS and the iPod Touch (3rd generation)
- ^ iOS 5.1 code hints at simultaneous A5X and A6 processor development
- ^ a b Cheng, Jacqui (March 14, 2011). "Ars reviews the iPad 2: big performance gains in a slimmer package / The Apple A5". Ars Technica. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
- ^ Klug, Brian; Lal Shimpi, Anand (June 30, 2010). "Apple's iPhone 4: Thoroughly Reviewed". AnandTech. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
- ^ Clark, Don (2010-04-05). "Apple iPad Taps Familiar Component Suppliers - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
- ^ "iPad - It's thin, light, powerful, and revolutionary". Apple. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
- ^ a b c "Apple Launches iPad" (Press release). Apple. 2010-01-27. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
- ^ a b "iPhone 4 design". Apple. 2010-07-06. Archived from the original on 2012-10-28. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
- ^ Vance, Ashlee (2010-02-21). "For Chip Makers, the Next Battle Is in Smartphones". New York Times. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- ^ Wiens, Kyle (2010-04-05). "conclusion from both hard and software analysis it uses an ARM Cortex-A8 core". Ifixit.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
- ^ "iPad — Technical specifications and accessories for iPad". Apple. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
- ^ Melanson, Donald (2010-02-23). "iPad confirmed to use PowerVR SGX graphics". Engadget.
- ^ "Chipworks Confirms Apple A4 iPad chip is fabbed by Samsung in their 45-nm process". Chipworks. April 15, 2010. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010.
- ^ Stokes, Jon (2010-04-28). "Apple purchase of Intrinsity confirmed". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 28 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
- ^ Merritt, Rick. "Samsung, Intrinsity pump ARM to GHz rate". EETimes.com. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
- ^ Keizer, Gregg (2010-04-06). "Apple iPad smokes past the iPhone 3GS in speed". PC World. Archived from the original on 20 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
- ^ Boldt, Paul; Scansen, Don; Whibley, Tim (16 June 2010). "Apple's A4 dissected, discussed...and tantalizing". EETimes.com. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
- ^ "Microsoft PowerPoint - Apple A4 vs SEC S5PC110A01" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
- ^ "Teardown of Apple's 4th-gen iPod touch finds 256MB of RAM". Appleinsider.com. 2010-09-08. Archived from the original on 11 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
- ^ "Apple TV 2nd Generation Teardown". iFixit. 2010-09-30. Archived from the original on 2 January 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
- ^ "Apple reveals iPhone 4 has 512MB RAM, doubling iPad - report". Appleinsider.com. 2010-06-17. Archived from the original on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
- ^ "A Peek Inside Apple's A4 Processor". iFixit. 2010-04-05.
- ^ Greenberg, Marc (2010-04-09). "Apple iPad: no LPDDR2?". Denali. Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
- ^ Merritt, Rick (2010-04-09). "iPad equipped to deliver richer graphics". EE Times Asia. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
- ^ https://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/specs.html
External linksEdit
- MacWorld – Apple inside: the significance of the iPad's A4 chip
- CNET—Inside the iPad: Apple's new 'A4' chip
- HotHardware—iPad's Identity Crisis and Apple's A4 CPU Showstopper
- EETimes—Apple's A4 dissected
- Understanding iPad's A4 Processor
- ARM Cortex-A series processors
- PowerVR GPU specifications pages


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Scientific Publications by FDA Staff
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Virology 2008 Mar 30;373(1):72-84
Analysis of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gp41 membrane proximal external region arrayed on hepatitis B surface antigen particles.
Phogat S, Svehla K, Tang M, Spadaccini A, Muller J, Mascola J, Berkower I, Wyatt R
Wyatt, R (reprint author), NIAID, Struct Virol Sect, NIH, Vaccine Res Ctr, 40 Covent Dr,Bldg 40,Room 4512, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA NIAID, Struct Virol Sect, NIH, Vaccine Res Ctr, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA US FDA, Ctr Biol, Bethesda, MD USA
Vaccine immunogens derived from the envelope glycoproteins of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) that elicit broad neutralizing antibodies remain an elusive goal. The highly conserved 30 amino-acid membrane proximal external region (MPER) of HIV gp41 contains the hydrophobic epitopes for two rare HIV-1 broad cross-reactive neutralizing antibodies, 2F5 and 4E10. Both these antibodies possess relatively hydrophobic HCDR3 loops and demonstrate enhanced binding to their epitopes in the context of the native gp160 precursor envelope glycoprotein by the intimate juxtaposition of a lipid membrane. The hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) S1 protein forms nanoparticles that can be utilized both as an immunogenic array of the MPER and to provide the lipid environment needed for enhanced 2F5 and 4E10 binding. We show that recombinant HBsAg particles with MPER (HBsAg-MPER) appended at the C-terminus of the S1 protein are recognized by 2F5 and 4E10 with high affinity compared to positioning the MPER at the N-terminus or the extracellular loop (ECL) of S1. Addition of C-terminal hydrophobic residues derived from the HIV-1 Env transmembrane region further enhances recognition of the MPER by both 2F5 and 4E10. Delipidation of the HBsAg-MPER particles decreases 2F5 and 4E10 binding and subsequent reconstitution with synthetic lipids restores optimal binding. Inoculation of the particles into small animals raised cross-reactive antibodies that recognize both the MPER and HIV-1 gp160 envelope glycoproteins expressed on the cell surface; however, no neutralizing activity could be detected. Prime:Boost immunization of the HBsAg-MPER particles in sequence with HIV envelope glycoprotein proteoliposomes (Env-PLs) did not raise neutralizing antibodies that could be mapped to the MPER region. However, the Env-PLs did raise anti-Env antibodies that had the ability to neutralize selected HIV-1 isolates. The first generation HBsAg-MPER particles represent a unique means to present HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein neutralizing determinants to the immune system.
|Category: Journal Article
|PubMed ID: #18155743
|Includes FDA Authors from Scientific Area(s): Biologics
|Entry Created: 2011-10-04
|Entry Last Modified: 2012-08-29


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I let a lot of things get the best of me today… needing to go into the office on a Sunday, a few extra chores, a less than sympathetic husband, the winter cold.
But then, on the simplest of weekend duties (walking Dylan), the unexpected happened. Fireworks.
At first I thought it was gunfire (not entirely unusual around here during hunting season). But the rapid repetition made gunfire seem unlikely. Then Dylan and I rounded the corner towards home and we saw it: fireworks. The big, bold, fourth of July type fireworks. In the middle of winter. Somewhere in our neighborhood. What a beautiful sight.
And if I hadn't gone into the office in the afternoon and consequently walked Dylan a little later than usual. Or if Tom had decided to do that weekend duty for me. I never would have seen fireworks in February.
There is something good in everything.


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• Warm water bath with all natural and biodegraedable shampoo
• Nail trimming and ear cleaning
• Brush out and a neaten all over (pads and sanitary trim)
• Additional charges may apply for breed-specific trim or de-matting
Breed specific trims are an additional $10-40, depending on groom.
Prices below are estimates on that reflect pets being groomed on a regular basis which is from 1 to 6 weeks, depending on breed/coat. Aggressive or hard-to-control dogs, geriatric animals, or pets not on a regular grooming schedule will be charged accordingly, as will dogs with matted coats and/or burrs. Minimum Service Call is $75.00.
• Small (under 20 lbs) $75 - $90
Bichon Frise, Dachshund, Shih-tzu, Toy Poodle, Maltese, Short-Legged Terriers, Pomeranian
• Medium (20 - 40 lbs) $80 - $110
English Cocker, American Cocker, Miniature Poodle, Cockapoo, Long-Legged Terriers, Schnauzer, Shetland, Sheepdog
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• Medium to Large Shorthaired $80 - $110
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• Doodles and Poodles (Medium to Standard Size): $95 - $110 bath and brush out, $120-$150 haircut.
De-matting: $25/additional per 15-minute interval. Must be kept on a 6-week schedule or less.
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• Mixed breeds are charged the average of the two rates
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Nord - Pas de Calais is one of the 27 regions of France and has always been a strategic region. Over the centuries it has been conquered by the Celts, the Romans, the Germanic Franks, England, Spanish and Austrian Netherlands and the United Provinces of Holland. In this Issue we will talk about one of the most attractive towns in Nord - Pas de Calais region - Cambrai.
Cambrai has rich history, it is also the main seat of Roman Catholic Archdiocese, whose jurisdiction was immense during the Middle Ages and also was the Duke of Wellington's headquarters from 1815 to 1818.
Named as "City of Art and history", Cambrai presents an architectural inheritance of an exceptional history.
Cambrai has also been a textile town since the 14th century. It was famous for its fine linen - "Cambric" - used for handkerchiefs and fine underwear. The area still has many textile factories, some with factory shops, where you can pick up household linens, sheets and bedding, towels, bathrobes, socks and nightwear at bargain prices.
|Cambrai has had numerous religious buildings, the most attractive one is Cambrai Cathedral. It was built between 1696 and 1703 on the site of a former 11th century building. During the French Revolution the Cathedral was destroyed, but the Abbey Church survived.
The Cathedral is also pilgrimage site because inside the chapel there is a Byzantine-style icon of Our Lady of Grace, which was housed in the original Gothic church.
|Cambrai Town Hall, the building was primarily built in the early 20th century and has been built in such a way as to celebrate the Classical architectural roots of the city. The vast columns in front of the building give it a certain impressive look that is worthy of the towns affluent and prestigious status in the region. Around the belfry there are two figures with hammers in their hands - Martin and Martine, who saved the town.
|Saint-Géry church is a beautiful church which houses the wonderful "Entombment" by Rubens. Founded in the 6th century, it is the oldest church of the town. It became the Saint-Aubert Abbey church in the 11th century. Rebuilt between 1697 and 1745, it illustrates two traditional types of architecture: Dutch Baroque and French Classicism. At the transept crossing, a canopy in blue stone is the only one of this kind. During the Revolution, the church was saved from destruction as it was used to store clergy's goods.
Cambrai is charming place, worth visiting.
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Are you wondering what you can do at Grand Lake this Labor Day weekend, besides the ol' boating, fishing, chilling, eating, drinking, etc. Well, there are all sorts things happening all weekend.
Of course, it's also the first weekend of College Football!
You think you know football? College and Pro? Then have we got something for you! Then you better go HERE and check out the 2014 Grand Lake Football Challenge. The very first time you go to that page you will have to register, but then that's it. You'll get 15 to 20 games per week to pick, with weekly prizes and a season long GRAND Prize plus recognition as 'Grand Lake's Best Picker'!
Alright, back to the lake. No doubt that all your favorite restaurants, bars, marinas and raft-ups will be hopping all weekend long with great times, but there are other great things happening that help make the Grand Lake area the best place in Oklahoma.
– 78th Annual 'Original" Will Rogers Rodeo starts it's 4 night run in Vinita with the annual Parade through Downtown Vinita at 11 am on Wednesday, August 27th.
This is a PRCA approved event and is one of the premier rodeo events in the Southwest.
Each evening, Wednesday through Saturday, things get under way with the Grand Entry at 7:30 pm and rodeo competition beginning at 8 pm.
Each night includes Girl's Barrel Racing, Bare Back Bronc Riding, Steer Roping, Saddle Bronc Riding, Calf Roping, Team Roping and yes, Bull Riding!
So, make your Labor Day weekend complete and check out the Will Rogers Rodeo in Vinita!
– The 2014 Jana Jae Fiddle Camp & Music Festival takes place in Grove Friday through Sunday, the 29th through the 31st.
Daytime events will take place at the Grove Civic Center on Saturday & Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm and include workshops, master demonstrations and group sessions, with special appearances by fiddle groups, master fiddlers and top contest fiddlers.
Then the big fun takes place each night, Friday through Sunday, at Snider's Camp on Honey Creek.
Friday evening, starting at 6 pm, enjoy a BBQ dinner and kick-off party with Bluegrass Friends and Jamming all evening long.
Saturday evening at 6 pm is the Fish Fry Dinner, amateur fiddle contest, open stage and jam sessions.
And then, the event wraps up Sunday evening with an informal pickin' party and open jam session that lasts as long as you want.
This is a great annual event that a lot of people that come to Grand Lake don't even know about. But if you love good string music, then you definitely want to check out the Jana Jae Fiddle Camp & Music Festival this weekend in Grove.
Now for some on the water fun…
– The 2nd annual RedNeck Yacht Club Party, Grand Lake's most popular new tradition, takes place in the back of Duck Creek on Saturday from 1 to 5.
Last year's event, the first ever, brought an estimated 1,000 people to the Duck Creek tailwaters, and this year's party will be even bigger!
The fun is all day Saturday and features two awesome contests…The Best Redneck Yacht decorating contest and the Redneck Bikini Contest!
First, second and third place prizes will be handed out in each contest, with the judging done by the whole the crowd…whoever gets the loudest cheers – wins!
And, it wouldn't be the RedNeck Yacht Club Party without the music of Grand Lake favorite Lickitty Split, who will be performing their great brand of Grand Lake music throughout the day.
This is a great party for Grand Lake locals and visitors with all sorts of great prizes and giveaways from local sponsors throughout the day. Don't miss it.
– Kelly's Bar & Deli, located at Red Arrow Marina in Cleora, will host their Grand Opening Celebration on Saturday, August 30th.
Now Kelly's has been open since the spring, but this is their big Grand Opening celebration from 3 pm to 2 am with DJ Karaoke through the afternoon and Fishbone Gypsy performing live from 9 pm to 1 am and a free pulled pork buffet from 5 pm to 7 pm and then, at midnight, breakfast is served!
All day long there will be games, prizes, a pool tournament, bikini contest and water pong, so come enjoy the Grand Opening at Kelly's Bar & Deli on Saturday.
– Rock'n In Woodard Hollow takes place on Saturday the 30th with Exit 34 performing live in the backyard of Dr. Doug Cox for all of Woodard Hollow to enjoy.
So, there you have it.
But, don't forget all the other great things you can do all weekend long, like take in Har-Ber Village Museum or take a tour of Pensacola Dam.
Whatever you do this Labor Day weekend, enjoy it. Your at Grand Lake!


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How To Write Query Letters ... or, really, how to revise query letters so they actually work
Saturday, May 10, 2008
When Katie Bennett went to Florida she expected to have a great time--what she got were friends who hate her, a boyfriend she put into the hospital, and a lust for blood.
When Katie became aggressive, and attacked a guy in a bar--she thought that she'™d grown up. When she bit her boyfriend during sex--she thought that she'd developed a fetish for biting. When she lured women into dark alleys and seduced them for their blood--she knew there was a problem.
Katie's parents got word that she was in a motel room in Daytona, Florida. They flew down that night, only to find that Katie had gone to the hospital to be treated for an illness-an illness which does not exist. After her parents forced her to leave the hospital, they removed all evidence of her existence. Once they had Katie back, they had to convince her that they were vampires, and she would become one too.
PAINS OF CHANGE is a 90,000 word Fantasy novel. Thank you for your consideration, I look forward to your response.
Katie is a vampire. And?
This is set up. I see "she became a vampire/lesbian/killer/apple pie biker babe" 100 times a week. The important thing to mention is what happens next, why it matters and what's at stake.
Form rejection.
11 comments:
- Josh Everett Ryan said...
I wish I saw apple pie biker babes a hundred times a week...
- May 11, 2008 at 12:03 AM
- Kristin Laughtin said...
Agreed. Even one more sentence could have made the conflict clearer- OK, she's a vampire, she kills people, but then what? Why's it matter?
(Unless the conflict is trying to figure out why she's killing people, period. Then the fact that she's a vampire is just the outcome)
- May 11, 2008 at 12:42 AM
- Jess Melton said...
I believe this one probably comes down to an 'isn't it obvious' type of conflict. What I mean by this is that perhaps the author thought that the conflict would be so obvious she need not mention it. It is like a lot of first installments of books or movies, it is the origin story essentially. The protagonist has to come to grips with their powers and how it changes their life and how they decide to use their powers.
The problem with this is that it has been done to death in books and movies. Having said that, it doesn't mean it doesn't need to be done again, but an interesting plot twist or conflict resolution could be spelled out in the query.
- May 11, 2008 at 12:52 AM
- R. Lyle Wolfe said...
You see this idea many times because everybody has a similar story to tell.
We see a really good vampire movie on tv and get "inspired".
A writer's only hope is that the agent saw the same movie and is convinced that the world needs another sucky (humor intended) novel.
Holy Crap! I started to write a faux hookline, but then I realized that it would provide a great hook for my sci-fi novel.
- May 11, 2008 at 5:53 AM
- Marian said...
The part where she bites her boyfriend and then thinks that she's developed a fetish... that didn't ring true to me. Biting is something you do deliberately; if my mouth suddenly chomped down on anyone of its own volition, I'm not sure I could dismiss the act as a sexual fetish. Also, I guess Katie isn't the typical vampire who's burned by sunlight and who doesn't have a reflection? That might have been a hint too.
- May 11, 2008 at 10:22 AM
- R. Lyle Wolfe said...
You know, if this query had reached Jodi Reamer four years ago, then we'd be talking about how jealous we are that it's on the best seller's list.
- May 11, 2008 at 11:07 AM
- Just_Me said...
It's a matter of timing, isn't it? Every YA author can bemoan the fact that JKR published Harry Potter first but, there it is, she wrote the book before anyone else invented Quidditch and the rest if history.
The problem really isn't that the author can't write, but that they've written the wrong story. In my critique group we have the same problem, I'll read over a piece and realize it was done 20 years ago by Asimov. Maybe the author has never read Asimov, maybe they're paying homage, but either way it isn't original and being original is a must if you want to publish at the moment.
Vampires were the up-and-coming thing 6 years ago. Now we have vampire slayers, vampire soccer moms, vampire waitresses, and vampire socialites, and they're rounded off by a whole bevy of fallen angels, demons, werewolves and other things that should go bump in the night. After six years and probably several hundred titles devoted to the idea you really have to reach to get something new with vampires.
It's time for the next new fad. I vote for sea monsters. I haven't seen a good sailing book in ages....
- May 11, 2008 at 11:15 AM
- R. Lyle Wolfe said...
Just Me~
Not being argumentative: But I bemoan the fact she took a premise that's been around for centuries and rewrote it into a hit book.
Hell, even Nickelodeon was in on it before JKR (If I'm wrong, then please inform me so that I don't continue to be an idiot.)
Remember: Aargh! Real Monsters?
Harry Potter=Ickus
Ron Weasly=Krumm
Herimone Granger=Oblina
- May 11, 2008 at 3:26 PM
- talpianna said...
It seems to me that somewhere along the line she might have NOTICED that her parents were vampires. And shouldn't Mom have explained it--perhaps as part of the lecture on menstruation?
As for new supernatural beings--I saw the zombie meerkats first!
- May 11, 2008 at 9:34 PM
- Jamie Hall said...
There are some great novels where a character develops a power and/or enters a new lifestyle, and that's all that really happens.
So, I'm not saying this premise couldn't work. I've seen it work. Two of the best werewolf novels I've ever read were basically about someone becoming a werewolf, and nothing else really happening.
The problem is that pulling off this feat requires incredibly good writing. If "X" happens to the main character, and nothing else really happens except for the character dealing with "X" for the rest of the novel, it is going to be hard to sell it. This is especially true in the case of vampire novels, which have been glutting the market since the early 1990s.
Agents are going to see untold numbers of queries for vampire novels where nothing of note seems to happen other than a person becoming a vampire. And, if requested, most of these will prove to be essentially pointless and unsalable to publishers. You can easily see why agents would reject your query.
What is the solution? Well, one solution is to make sure that something other than set-up happens in your novel.
Another solution is to mention the things that happen later on in your novel in a way that really lets the spirit and voice of your writing style shine through, so that some agent might feel that this light-on-plot problem won't matter because your characterization is so good, or because the sheer quality of your writing draws interest of itself.
Good luck!
- May 13, 2008 at 8:07 PM
- C.J. Redwine said...
I agree that fresh conflict is needed. Maybe Katie's vamp skills morph into something else. Maybe she really wants to be a vampire but can't change to be like Mom and Dad. Maybe her parents refuse to turn her ...
Or maybe the conflict could be centered on something else entirely. I think that's one of the reasons Harry Potter worked so well (sigh, yes, one of many reasons...) - the conflict wasn't about Harry's struggle to come to terms with being a wizard. He had his personal struggles, his relational struggles, and some baggage to deal with but the main conflict was the eternally interesting good vs. evil.
I agree that it takes a really strong vamp series with additional outside conflict now to even get in the door because there's so much on the shelves. I wish you happy brainstorming and good luck with your writing! =)
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Our first home was a mid terraced cottage.We had never heard of Luthermuir until we moved here in 2007 and lived here very happily for 5 years.
This was our kitchen.I still miss it.
I love the matching overhead cupboards with glass doors that house all our recipe books and my pretty kitchen things.We decided the depth of them in order to accomodate an unusually large Nigella Lawson Christmas Cookbook I have! Buzz, our black cat is often found snoozing on top of one of them.
It wasnt perfect ( so dont look too closely!!) but we loved it and were very proud of it because we made it ourselves.
Here are some photos of our old living room.We built the fireplace ourselves and had a woodburning stove installed. It was such a cosy room in the winter months.
We had the TVs s in this cupboard- another Ebay bargain at £50.
Euan made the coffee table from a set of old pine shelves that came out of my parents house.
We couldnt find a place for them so we took them apart and used the wood.
I made the tartan and kate forman cushions on the sofas, the curtains and recently, the upholstered fender in front of the fireplace which strategically covered up some burn marks on the carpet!!
This is looking back into the hallway. The old door into the room was in one corner- we rebuilt the wall to allow double doors in the centre which makes the space in both the living room and the hallway have a much better feel. We found the doors on Gumtree for £10 and then built the wall and opening around them.


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La Palmera Spa Team Expert, Nicky Stansbury (Owner & Stress Management Life Coach), weighs in on the topic of "Does Your Hair Have a Mind of It's Own?"
When we think of hair, we usually think on top of our heads.
"I'm so stressed out right now. even the hair on my head hurts.-b.b.k.truth
What if I told you that your facial hair, body hair, and lashes are also places that your hair has a mind of it's own? It's true!
Sure you may notice your hair falling, getting more grey or a few greys showing up, a receding line, a "bald spot", but did you know that the average person loses about 100 hairs per day and most people don't even notice. Stress of any type does lead to additional loss, but the actual cause of the shedding isn't always easy. To determine the cause, you should look back at what was happening three, six, or even nine months before the hair loss began.
Now what about your lashes, facial hair, body hair, and here a hair, there a hair, everywhere a hair, hair?
Let's start with Your Prize Possession:
1) Lashes-Stress will either cause you to pull your lashes out or they will fall.
2) Facial Hair- You win some and you lose some. In this case, stress causes unwanted facial hair. In response to stress your adrenal glands pump out "stress hormones". "Excessive hair (key word here is excessive) on the face, especially around the chin, upper lip, breasts or chests, or basically hair on a woman that matches a male hair pattern on a female body is known as hirsutism. Men can have hirsutism when their hair is truly excessive in hormonally dependent areas. A diabetic woman with a full male pattern beard would be said to have hirsutism."
3) Body Hair: "The body areas to look first for androgen sensitivity are the places where terminal hair usually grows on women. Here they are in descending order of sensitivity: pubic area * underarms * perianal area * sideburns * upper lip * periareolar (around the nipple) areas * the chin and "beard" region * arms and legs * between the breasts *shoulders * buttocks * back * abdomen.
"You can evaluate your hair growth first with a scoring tool known as the Ferriman–Gallwey score. This test measures the degree of hairiness or hirsutism a woman is experiencing. You can look at the images and gauge where your hair growth ranks from 0 (no terminal growth) to 4 (maximal growth)."
The good news is because stress and hair are related you can change your present situation. Here are 5 quick ways to reduce the levels of stress in your body. Remember what happens now may not bring visible results for another 3, 6, or 9 months so keep track and focused.
1) Do Not Forget to Breath- (Take at least 3 deeps breaths in and out (blow out longer than you inhale.)
2) Get to know You on a more Intuitive Level (Take quizzes on personalities, journal your likes/dislikes about your day, read those entries at a later date.)
3) Stop Putting it Off!™- (Start to take one small step on each item that you keep putting off (if this is a chronic problem then seek support and accountability.)
4) Pay Attention to What You Eat/Drink and Your Responses to Those- (Sometimes we have a sensitivity or allergy that we are unaware of.)
5) Take a Step Back Before Responding- (Our controlled response is far more powerful than a reaction that you later regret.)
Bonus tip: Schedule your Relaxation @ La Palmera Spa today by calling 337-740-7422 and let us help you escape today.
Our blog next Thursday will be on the Body of Hair. Until then, share with us your hair problems that you believe are a result of Stress. Don't forget to give us a thumbs up if you enjoyed the "Mind" of Hair..MindBodyLuxury
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NIcky Stansbury is the Founder of La Palmera Spa and StressLessSecrets. She is passionate about inspiring others to respond instead of reacting to life's plot twists.
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We know that we can make a difference , if we just utilize our God graced talents or urgings to make this difference.
Ecclesiastes 9:10 "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going"
Here's a story that brings this verse to life for me and want to share with you the importance of the smallest effort may make a huge difference in the kingdom of God. There are many versions of this story, but I believe the original story is credited to educator and author Loren Eisley.
Once there was an old man who had a habit of walking on the beach every morning before he began his work. Early one morning, he was walking along the shore after a big storm had passed and found the vast beach littered with starfish as far as the eye could see, stretching in both directions.
Off in the distance, the old man noticed a small boy approaching. As the boy walked, he paused every so often and as he grew closer, the man could see that he was occasionally bending down to pick up an object and throw it into the sea.
The boy came closer still and the man called out, "Good morning! May I ask what it is that you are doing?" The young boy paused, looked up, and replied "Throwing starfish into the ocean. The tide has washed them up onto the beach and they can't return to the sea by themselves," the youth replied. "When the sun gets high, they will die, unless I throw them back into the water."
The old man replied, "But there must be tens of thousands of starfish on this beach. I'm afraid you won't really be able to make much of a difference."
The boy bent down, picked up yet another starfish and threw it as far as he could into the ocean. Then he turned, smiled and said, "It made a difference to that one!"
So, here's a thought–actively search out new opportunities where you can make a difference.
I'm sure you already make a difference, but I'm thinking something new. Maybe it's at church, in your organization, in the community, or it could be in your family. Think where? Think what?
You can't make a difference if you don't make an effort.
Rob Scarborough


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Eva Frye writes about food for 7x7 Magazine. Photo: Ben Rhau
What was the food highlight of your year?
The food highlight had to have been the tasting menu and pairings at Benu. Chef Cory Lee has such intention with his food it is incredible. That tiny piece of chervil on top? Not just for garnish, but an integral part of the flavor composition. Everything served at perfect (and varying) temperatures, everything a play on texture and consistency. And the pairings? Well I never would have thought to pair a Belgian sour with a lemongrassy Asian lobster soup dumpling, but the combination blew my mind and taste buds. Not only did they compliment each other beautifully, but they each held their own and contributed to the overall flavor individually.
What was the music highlight of your year?
The music highlight of the year either had to be M83 at the Fillmore - hearing "Wait" live, seeing their glimmering lights, experiencing the passion with which Anthony Gonzalez grips his mic, or how Morgan Kibby projects her striking vocals on stage is enough to raise you a little closer to heaven. Or, it was seeing Sigur Ros at Outside Lands. Their spirituality transcends the stage, and their haunting vocals make your spirit shiver. Don't even get me started on the twinkling, star-like projections on stage that warmed your eyes like visual fire; you forgot about the icy chill in the air. All together, it was an ethereal experience.
Was there a moment when food and music came together in a memorable way?
I'd say my superwarm carnitas Tacolicious taco at Outside Lands was just the sustenance I needed to shrug off the SF chilliness so I could dance through Jack White. The salsa probably put a little pep in my step, too.


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My writing journey is taking me away from this blog. It's just not the sort of writing I want to do or even attempt to keep up with. So I've cancelled my premium WordPress account. I'll most likely renew my domain ownership when that comes up this spring, since it makes sense to keep my…… Continue reading FYI: This Blog's on an Indefinite Hiatus
My Cat Died and I Don't Know How to Handle It
The book club thing's on hiatus for now. I'm having a hard enough time focusing on things that don't require even a modicum of the work that project would. If you didn't see my tweets, instagram post, medium post, or the title of this blog post, let me catch you up: my cat, Minnie, died…… Continue reading My Cat Died and I Don't Know How to Handle It
BLOG ANNOUNCEMENT: I'm Starting a Book Club
Well, in a sense. One of my goals for 2019 is to read more, but the notion goes a little deeper than just racking up the numbers on my "read" list on Goodreads. Sure, I'll skim through some trash fiction and beach reads throughout the year, but I also want to really dive into some…… Continue reading BLOG ANNOUNCEMENT: I'm Starting a Book Club
2019 New Year's Goals & Promises
i spent the last few days of 2018 watching my cat basically die and then come back to life, so 2019 can really only go up from there.
My Biggest Regrets of 2018
I hate the advice "live life with no regrets." And I don't particularly trust people who say they "truly have no regrets." Just because you learned from a regret doesn't mean you wouldn't do things differently were you given a do-over. And just because that might not be true for one regret, that doesn't mean…… Continue reading My Biggest Regrets of 2018
Top 5 Albums of 2018
Disclaimer: This is a list of My Favorite Albums released in 2018. I'm sure there are many more "technically" better albums that were released this year, but they either a) missed my radar because they're not in my preferred musical genre wheelhouse or b) were forgotten about by the date and time I'm writing this…… Continue reading Top 5 Albums of 2018
HEAVENLY BODIES: 15 Fave Met Gala Looks
I'm no fashion blogger (clearly), but the looks at the 2018 Met Gala certainly gave me a lot of feels that I need to do something with. SO. Here we go. First up: The Theme "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination" In addition to an English degree, I graduated from college with a minor…… Continue reading HEAVENLY BODIES: 15 Fave Met Gala Looks