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David sat up and looked at the bed next to his.
"Jess, it's time to wake up."
David's wife showed no signs of waking
"All right then, you can sleep a little while longer."
He tossed the covers aside, got out of bed, and went into the small master bathroom. David showered and shaved in preparation for the day. He returned to the bedroom taking their clothes out of the closet. As he dressed, he watched his wife with one eye. Although a bit thinner, she was as beautiful as the day they met. He moved closer to her. With one finger he traced shapes in the freckles on her face.
David word's came as if he were singing. "Jess, open your eyes."
She did not respond.
"All right then. I am going to have to use drastic measures."
David threw open the drapes and opened the French doors to the terrace.
"C'mon Jess, the sun is up and it is an absolutely gorgeous day. Let's have breakfast outside."
He didn't really expect a reply. He sighed with sad frustration. How many mornings would be like this?
"Open your bright eyes, Babe. Please."
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Leckhampton with Warden Hill is one of only five parishes within Cheltenham Borough Council's area; much of Cheltenham is not parished, and is located in the south of Cheltenham.
It is a pleasant place to live, being conveniently situated for a wide variety of local amenities in and around Cheltenham. The area is served by a number of good, over subscribed schools.
The area is surrounded by a number of green open spaces, with Leckhampton sitting at the foot of Leckhampton Hill and centred around the medival parish church of St Peter's. Warden Hill is served by two churches, St Christopher's and the United Reformed Church, and has a local shopping area for the benefit of residents.
One of the main priorities of the parish council is to protect the area from over development and consequently the Council has spent a considerable amount of time gathering evidence to present to the planning authorities about how the proposals for development in the area contained in the Joint Core Strategy would be harmful to the area and residents.
There are a number of community groups in the area also, many of which are contained in the booklet Connecting Warden Hill.
The Council also strongly supports the young people of the area and was instrumental in having The Brizen Young People's Centre built. The building is now leased to the Parish Council by Cheltenham Borough Council and run by a small and conscientious group of trustees, led by its Chairman Dr Jodie Underhill and Anne Regan the Vice Chair.


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Almost everyone enjoys looking at old postcards from around the Delmarva Peninsula. Plying the trade that produced these tiny early 20th century time capsules were a number of local and itinerant photographs.
One of them was Edward Herbener, a Newark photographer. The Newark Post said in 1910: "Mr. Herbener is one of the pioneers in the post card business. He not only furnishes views of Newark, but makes views for the trade from New York to North Carolina. He has built up quite a business in this line. He also makes fancy cards. And all this work is done in Newark. . . .". ."
Herbener, whose business flourished during the height of the postcard craze, produced many of Delmarva's real photos postcards, and we are fortunate that he was such a prolific artist. Around one hundred years old, these old views provide a visual record of day-to-day life, solid visual evidence of the past. In this era, photographers were few and far between, and many people did not have a camera, so images weren't as common as they are today.
Fifteen or twenty years ago, I met Mr. Herbener's grandson. He was a retired college professor, living in Michigan at the time. He gave me a copy of this card, a selfie if you will. The self-portrait shows Edward Herbener at the East Newark Station on the B & O Line. The real photo card was an advertisement, which was mailed to alert customers that he would be in their area soon. It read: "I hope to get away from here soon and will be in your town in a few days with a full line of seasonable goods, including a nice assortment of local pictures."


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Over time, your digital footprint can become as messy as the closets in your home. As we sign up for different banking, social media, shopping and other online sites, we leave quite a trail across the Internet. And of course, if you use your computer for any amount of time, you are going to clog up the space on your hard drive as well.
Getting the digital mess in check can take time, but it is possible. Here are 10 tips.
1. Search for yourself online.
If you use the Internet long enough, you may just find that you show up in online searches. For some of us, like those who work in social media, this is by design. For others it just comes with the territory of using the Web. A quick online search for your name or frequently used username can be a great starting point to see where you show up. Help forums, social media sites, shopping sites that have profiles – these are all places where you may want to clean house. Create a list of what you find for the next step. You can also browse through your email and find welcome emails for various sites where you have accounts.
2. Deactivate unused accounts.
Once you have a list of as many online accounts as possible, deactivate or close accounts that you no longer need. New social media accounts are created all the time. You may sign up, decide that you don't like it and just let the account sit. Now, if you own a business, holding onto your branded username on popular social media sites is important, but if you are signing up just for fun, consider closing accounts that you no longer use. This will increase your online security and cut down on the number of emails that you receive.
3. Consolidate social media accounts.
I have noticed that sometimes when people forget the password to their favorite social media account, instead of recovering it via email, they set up a new account and re-friend everyone again. Stick to one account. It is much easier to keep track of and less confusing for your friends who may not realize that you are not checking the account that they are using to try to reach you. You can prevent this by making sure that you use current, correct information when signing up. Don't use fake birth dates or names, because chances are you won't remember what you used in the event that you have to recover your password.
4. Consolidate your email accounts.
Some people have multiple email accounts spread across several services. While there may be a reason for this, it also makes it hard to keep up to date on your email. Try to stick to only two or three addresses if you prefer to keep things separated. One of them should be your main address for your business, one for personal and one as a junk address to use for mailing lists. Most current services allow you to route all of your email into one place. This makes it much easier to keep up on your email.
5. Unsubscribe from mailing lists.
Over time, you may sign up for email lists that you do want to read. Also, if you are an online shopper, vendors may automatically sign you up for their email lists when you make a purchase. And if you work in social media, you may sometimes get added to lists that you did not ask to receive. This happens to me quite often. Some people add me via my blog, others add me because they have my business card. All of that extra email clogs my inbox and makes it hard to see real email that needs my attention. Take some time each week to go through your inbox and unsubscribe from mailing lists that you are not reading.
6. Clean up your desktop and downloads.
When I am working, I very often save things to my desktop so that I can find them easily. This can cause dozens of icons to clog my desktop. Every now and then I clean up my desktop by filing away the things that I need and deleting those that I don't. The same goes for my downloads folder. As I download apps to try out, fonts, clipart and other files, my downloads folder becomes quite busy. This needs to be cleaned out often.
7. Scan for viruses and malware.
At their worst, viruses and malware can render your computer unusable. If you are lucky, they will just slow down your computer. It is necessary not only to have virus software running on your computer at all times, but also to periodically run a scan for viruses and malware. You may be surprised by what you find. And you will notice a huge difference in how your computer performs after a cleanup.
8. Move your data to the cloud.
Many people wonder about the benefit of moving their data to the cloud. Of course, the main benefit is that your data is backed up automatically in a secure off-site location. But my favorite benefit of the cloud is that my data are available wherever I am. If I need to access a file from my phone, laptop or tablet, I know that I can without a problem.
9. Move photos and videos off your phone.
Another great feature of the cloud is the ability to automatically back up all photos and videos from your phone. This means that even if you lose or damage your phone you will not lose your photos. Once your photos and videos are securely backed up to the cloud, you can safely delete them from your phone to clear up space.
10. Uninstall unused apps.
I'm guilty of downloading apps to my devices, trying them out and then not using them. This can take up valuable space and memory. Swipe through your apps and uninstall those that you no longer use.
This may sound like a lot, but trust me: if you do these few things you will find that you feel more organized, and that your devices run faster.
Happy cleaning!
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Welcome to A Year of Card Techniques Blog Hop where each month we feature a different card technique. We've assembled a team of card makers who range from new to advanced, so you'll see a great variety of cards and ideas.
For May, we are venturing into the world of watercolor. There are so many watercoloring techniques available to us today; far too many to list here. But actions speak louder than words; so our team has worked with their favorite mediums to bring you lots of examples and loads of inspiration.
If you would like to check out our past technique hops, you can do that here:
- January-Shaving Cream Marbleizing
- February-So Sketchy
- March-no hop this month
- April-Stamp Set Showdown
We have an amazing sponsor this month, Jodie Park of Close to My Heart:
Please take a moment to check out the great products Close to My Heart has to offer. To visit Jodie on Facebook page, just click here.
And the awesome prize this month is:
And speaking of winners, the lucky hopper from last month is Golden Goddess Designs; picked by Random Name Picker. Congratulations! Please get in touch with last month's sponsor, Wilma Payne at firstname.lastname@example.com, by May 26th to claim your prize.
You should have arrived here from the Card A Day Challenge (Aren't those girls AWESOME?!?!). If you're visiting here first, you might want to start at the beginning so you don't miss a thing and increase your chances of winning by commenting on each blog.
And now... we are off to my
mishaps adventures!
I began with these... the Windsor Newton Watercolor Pens. (Yes!!! I said, "PENS!!!") Which side to use? The point (definitely not a fine-tip) or the brush... Um... BRUSH it is!
And now... we are off to my
I began with these... the Windsor Newton Watercolor Pens. (Yes!!! I said, "PENS!!!") Which side to use? The point (definitely not a fine-tip) or the brush... Um... BRUSH it is!
And then I did something fun.
At least I thought I did... I sprayed "snow" on watercolor paper and let it dry. (L-O-V-E that texture. Kinda like the "orange-peel" on textured walls.) Then, I brushed on color, sprayed on water, and let that baby run! OOOH!!! I really liked it! And then... I let it dry. Oops! It was SO hard... I wasn't about to put any of my paper cutters through THAT mess. So, I took a photo and tried to print it. After several print-head cleanings... it came out pink magenta'ish. And I'm SO not down with that. I had to go another route...
And then I spritzed them with agua fresca (that's Espanole for "fresh water"). And let it run. I turned them and turned them, so the color would get everywhere.
Loving the striped one, I stamped a "thank you" on it (I need LOTS of Thank You cards and am WAY behind in getting some out...), layered it on a green card base and calledSandy! She'll be sure to show you another
him 'er done!
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The Sound One V8 is a Bluetooth headset with a built-in microphone. It looks expensive withmetallic finishing, but that's not the thing that will excite you the most. For the price, the headset provides a great music experience. There are two ways to enjoy music from these headphones. First, you can make use of the Bluetooth connectivity. Or you can also plug it into the device where the music is playing. It comes with many features as well, one of which is noise cancellation. This helps reduce background noise and make your listening sessions quieter.
The Sound One V8 has an awesome design. One of the perks of owning these headphones is you won't suffer from neck pain because they are lightweight. They're also compact, meaning that you can store them in the backpack or anywhere. The exterior is coated in a matte finish, which really boosts its modern appeal. Meanwhile, the cups are made of a soft-touch material. They are comfortable to wear. On the right ear cup, there is an array of control buttons. There is also a button to answer and end phone calls. Another button is added for pairing purposes. For charging, they're equipped with a microUSB. Despite the compact design, we find the cups a bit tight. Those who have large ears would probably suffer the most. Keep in mind that the cushioning is made of a flexible material, so even if it feels tight at first, the cups will loosen up and fit in your ears eventually.
The quality of the audio depends on the Smartphone you pair with it. Not every Smartphone produces sounds the same way. If you use a flagship, then we believe the output will be satisfactory. The headphones can be used to play different music genres. The treble is prominent when it kicks in. But don't worry, the bass isn't weak that it can easily be drowned out. Tune the bass to balance it out. Check out on the music app if there are any settings to increase bass and surround. You can adjust them to push these elements forward.
You can call with these headphones, but as far as clarity is concerned, the person over the phone tends to hear a lot of ambient noise. Since it uses Bluetooth connectivity, it's possible to check incoming messages while listening to music. The problem is, the music gets disrupted whenever you want to check messages. This feels inconvenient because the music doesn't play smoothly all the time.
Another thing that makes the Sound One V8 stand out is the battery life. It last around 18 hours on a single charge. It can last longer if the headphones aren't used non-stop. It's easy to connect to various devices. So if you have a desktop PC, a laptop, or another device, just add this headset to the system and once the pairing is successful, you can hear music from the external source. For the record, the Bluetooth has a range of approximately 15 meters. Make sure you don't step out of the zone because the connection will be affected. All in all, the V8 delivers a good listening experience. Besides, it's also very compact to carry around. Anyone who hasn't a headset should consider buying one.


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Mail completed Professional & Technical membership form or Skilled Trades membership form to: Rob Swanson/SPSE, L-609, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94551
Membership in SPSE is open to any LLNL employee not already represented by another union. Monthly Dues are $55/month for Skilled Trades and $25/month for non Skilled Trades.


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About Woodsong Institute of Art
Master Artist of Western Art, Painting of Horses, and Inspirational Art
208 South Gowdy St.
Whitewright TX 75491
Marilyn Todd-Daniels
A multi-faceted career characterizes this dynamic Texan, born in Oklahoma during the dust bowl. Gallery artist, Associate Art Professor, writer, musician and speaker — Marilyn does it all.
Read Marilyn's blog with commentary & images as new work comes off the easel, plus catch bits of her newest book, Dancing on the Edge of the Abyss, as it's written.
What's a "giclee"? It's a digital print reproduction of an original art piece, available at far less than an original oil or watercolor. All Woodsong Institute fine art giclees are custom printed on archival materials, by photographer Gabrielle Pruitt. Why does this matter? Because many "cheap" giclees will not retain their beauty or value. We prefer to get as close to the value of original art as possible, for all budgets.


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Few weeks ago the good guys at the IDPeople magazine interviewed me on the topic of identity & cloud computing: you can access the text online or the pdf here (requires free registration). During IDWorld they also recorded a brief video about my session on the same theme, but I don't know when or where it will be published.
Note. The interview is not very technical, since the bulk of the readership of the magazine is mostly top managers, policy makers and the like: I hope that this makes it a useful tool for you architects & developers following this blog for making the case for claims based access (cloud or non cloud) with your management. If you want something more architectural there's still the article on issue #16 of the Architecture Journal, which goes in way deeper details; and if you want something for your developer's taste buds, stay tuned 🙂


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|Motto: "Don't ask, don't tell"
|Civic anthem: Anything by The Proclaimers
|Official nickname
|Incest Tourist Resort
|Official language(s)
|Scottish, Queer looks into eyes of your relatives
|Wool, Scottish money
|Opening hours
"What Doesnae kill ye, makes ye stonger"
Auchtermuchty or Muchty (Gaelic: Uachdar Mucadaidh - English interpretation: "town with many cellars") is a town in Fife, Scotland, situated beside Pitlour Hill nine miles north of Glenrothes and was founded in 1743 by a Austrian immigrant called Helmut Fritzl, quite how an Austrian ended up in this at one time beautiful part of the Fife country side has never truly been established but there were rumours of incest back home in Austria and in later years his house in Muchty. The first 20 years of this towns existence showed signs of slow growth so the town mayor Helmut Fritzl forced through laws that legalised incest.
The town at that time only had a population of 6 who were all from the Fritzl family but within the next 50 years the population grew to 300. In 1800 the over weight mayor Pritzl Fritzl allowed the first non Fritzl family to settle within the town limits there by increasing the gene pool to 2. When World War 1 started the Fritz's changed there name in keeping with the national spirit at the time but because by now the population was so high it was decided all the first born sons should choose the surname they wanted which made the postman's job much easier.
Muchty Today[edit]
The Auchtermuchty of today has changed a lot since its conception by its founding father/brother but the one thing keeping it tied to the past is its populations over indulgence in incest. The town has quite an illustrious history for producing talented musicians but a recent study has suggested that this too may be down to incest, the exceptionally talented accordion player Jimmy Shand may have used his extra finger to good use creating a style of accordion playing that is impossible for a 5 fingered player to replicate, and who could forget the Siamese twins that were known to the public as the Proclaimers. The Proclaimers were conjoined twins who were separated at the age of 15 by a freak accident with a bus, after this accidental separation they went on to musical stardom mainly backed by Americans who wanted to believe they had Scottish roots and also drunk Scottish people who completely forget that the Proclaimers are more Austrian than Scottish.
Muchty has featured on the small screen when the creators of the Dr Findley remake were passing through the town in search of a suitable small town to film the program in. when they seen that Muchty would need updated rather than retro graded they thought they hit the jackpot.
Auchtermuchty has also featured in the theme music for the children's cartoon theme tune called Family Ness and also in the Miller beer adverts.
It has been announced today that as of 01-01-2011, Auchtermuchty will be twinned with Gnosall in Staffordshire, due to the distinct similarity in the history of the two towns. This was confirmed today by Royston Sixfingers, Mayor of Gnosall.
Auchtermuchty is commonly known for it's white socks and six fingered gloves. And most popular it's insestious background.
Muchty Fashion[edit]
The towns traditional dress has only really kept up with the times due to the fact that the locals only ever go clothes shopping at the nearby Kinross Sunday market. here those muchtys who don't make there own clothes can buy 3 socks for a £1 and such trendy items as turquoise shell suits. Regardless of current fashion trends the 2 items that will never go out of fashion in this quaint little town are white socks and 6 fingered gloves.
For events such as weddings and funerals the locals will often dress up by wearing a shirt and tie with their shell suits making them look as one local put it "smert as ass". This formal wear however is not often worn to the many court appearances the average Muchtonian will attend in their average life span of 33 years, for court appearances and job interviews they will often go clothes line shopping in the (compared to Muchty) up market Fife town of Ballingry or alternatively if it is in the summer months they will simply steal the clothes from one of the many Eastern Europeans working in the nearby fields. This will often give the Muchtys the appearance of being berry pickers.
Muchty Culture[edit]
As with many areas of small town life Muchty has its own unique culture that have became popular over the years, so popular in fact that the town has a week long Muchty Festival devoted to displaying the locals talent in areas that no other town would even consider exhibiting. Some of these bizarre displays are listed below but anyone interested in finding out more should visit the Muchty festival and behold the sight for themselves as words really do not do this week long event justice. The highlight however are below
Fastest 6 finger shuffle
Most incestuous acts in under a minute
The under 10s' yard of ale speed drinking competition
The grope a granny speed trials
The final event is the annual bath in the Muchty burn. This may have been what influenced Indians to bath in the Ganges as it is a very similar sight to behold.
Population: 2010 est. 2006
Male: 74%
Female: 26%
Families: 2


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Like a winning high school basketball team, effective marketing starts with fundamentals.
BriteVerify Product Manager Rozina Hussain wrote a guest post on Campaigner highlighting some email marketing basics. She notes that when marketers build on a solid foundation, "it's easier to test new tools while making sure all of the extensive leg work from the past doesn't just disappear."
Here are some excerpts from her article, which also includes "possible upgrades to boost 2017 outcomes":
Remaining Customer-Centric
As segmentation is expected to play a larger role in enabling marketers to build a more personalized customer experience with the help of big data, analytics and advanced computing power, introducing enrichment tools that can enhance collected information allows for deeper segmentation. For example, you can identify gender and geography and combine that information with weather forecasts to more successfully target raincoat offers to women in states expected to get heavy rain the coming weeks.
Pursuing Data Integrity
Cleaning your list to check for emails with deliverable inbox or adding a verification tool on your web form for email entry mistakes reduces your bounce rate, improves deliverability and even affects your ROI since every missed inbox is a missed opportunity.
Measuring Performance
. . . email offers myriad data points from unlocking customers' brand preferences, to travel itineraries, to shipping confirmations, to online and offline receipts; so soon enough it will be a hot commodity for others in your organization for identifying new insights that will reflect in product and services rendered.
Check out the full piece on Campaigner and remember: perfecting your dribble will help you master your dunk.


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A couple weekends back, the Bustinmobile was loaded with a few team riders who proceeded to send it despite knowing the slide jam was going to be soggy in Ithaca NY. The crew from HQ had a rendez-vous with the youngest member of #TeamBustin, Jacsen Kutik, at the hill and began prepping him for his first ever slide jam experience. Jacsen has already proven him self ten fold at the skate park but has recently expressed an interest in joining the Speedboarder ranks.
Many new skills which were learned on the spot instantly were put to the test last weekend as Jacsen came out the The D.C. Skate Day and proceeded to send it with two hands down slides combo'ed straight into some of his previously dialed technical flip tricks. This was only his second time ever skating downhill but his solid foundation of board skills translated perfectly into this newly discovered discipline and the results speak for them selves. Be on the look out for this young, up and coming ripper who doesn't buy into hype or fads but rather chooses to just get rad on whatever skateboard stands up to the bill of his heavy shredding.


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Coldplay are lost. Utterly confused. How, after two albums and innumerable world tours did it come to this? What does it all mean? Expectancy grows and chattering builds to a deafening cacophony, threatening to drown out the sound of music and anchor it to the bottom of a well of record shop racks and chart parades. The answer from Coldplay? There is none. The solution? Explain that it means nothing, glorious, sweet fuck all.
'Speed Of Sound' is the sweetest of songs, a retreat into cave of upturned palms and genuine wonderment – bugger to new records, have you tried to work out what the hell is going on with the world we've made? It's a dizzying sidestep from any sense of responsibility – what's the point? Stare at the world and wonder. It's all random. "Birds came flying from the underground / if you could see it then you'd understand / ah, when you see it then you'll understand". What's that? Forget about it…
And the music? New Coldplay, old Coldplay, it's the same, just that the songs get better. To point out that there's chiming, echoing piano – 'just like 'Clocks' man' – is naïve and pointless. It's Coldplay, and that should be enough. Shattered guitars, sweet falsetto and a gently killer stadium chorus that will be sending chills down your spine on the fourth listen. It's all good. It's the sound of a band growing into the shoes that were manufactured for them five years ago. Tenderly magnificent.
"All that noise and all that sound" keens Martin, puzzled, in the pre-chorus. That sound? That's the sound of Coldplay becoming the biggest band in the world.
If you so wish, you can download this now.
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With school pictures, a history pop quiz, a speech in front of the student body, and varsity softball tryouts, Ellie, a junior, finds herself repeating the same maddening day until she gets it right.
Not an original premise, Brody's theme is that one must not only learn how to be true to oneself, but figure out who are the people who truly matter and demonstrate affection. Parents, younger sister Hadley, and, most of all, best friend forever Owen have taken a back seat to the relationship with rock-star wannabe Tristan. Though the story follows the well-known romantic formula of good looks vs. forever friend, there is still plenty of entertainment along the way. Ellie is smart enough in the end to know some dreams belong to others and which dreams of her own she can abandon in order to move beyond the hitch in her universe. An oddly antique playlist of '60s music serves as both background and chapter headings. No readers at all familiar with the plot device will be surprised as to the steps required to succeed and the ultimate outcome. Nonetheless, there are still some tender moments in this world of white, middle-class concerns, fittingly accompanied with only a hint of anything hotter than a kiss.
Solidly nonsmutty fare for readers who want to imagine they can get it right too. (Romance. 12-16)


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When I was a college student, I always loved the week when the course registration booklet would come out, and I'd sit and go through it and imagine how great and interesting all my courses the following semester would be -- just at about the time when my current courses were seeming kind of dreary or exhausting.
Somehow the way the calendar has worked out this year, our students are registering for next semester at the same time that faculty are filling out the "course preference form" for the 07-08 year. It's not quite the same fantasy energy that taking courses used to generate, but it's good nonetheless -- particularly right now, when my enthusiasm for this semester is starting to wane. (Though I do have one really fabulous bunch of students who I'll really miss when that class is over.)
I'm going to put in a request to teach what would be a new course for me, an undergraduate theory course that's different from the ones I've taught before. Sure, it will be a lot of work to put it together, but I'm excited at the idea of it. I can only hope that there won't be a lot of competition among my colleagues for that section. We turn in a ranked list of our choices from the lists of offerings generated by the program administrators (grad, major, lower level) and then the Chair decides who gets what, factoring in things like curricular distribution needs, teaching loads (which are somewhat variable), and how likely a given faculty member is to pitch a diva fit if not assigned his/her top choice. (Funny, but the worst divas in my dept are all middle-aged men...)
The thing I've been confronting this time around as I work up my preference list is that I'm just not feeling a lot of love for teaching graduate students these days. Graduate courses are what most of my colleagues want to teach more of, not less -- but I don't share their arrogance about the importance of our graduate program or my own contributions to Knowledge via some sort of legacy through the students. Many of our graduate students are fairly competent, and a few are smart -- but they're not intellectuals or scholars. I do what I can to teach them about research practices, and about my content areas -- but if they don't bring an innate love of reading, & a strong curiosity about what they're studying, it's hard to inspire that. And that inner drive is what graduate study really requires.
Now, my undergraduates bring lots of different things to the table -- not all of them love literature either -- but they are mostly pretty clear about what they hope to get out of a college degree. And a large number of them do, in fact, love what they're studying. There are few other incentives to become an English major, in this vocationally driven culture. A large part of my job as a teacher of undergraduates is simply to expose them to new things -- new texts, new ways of thinking -- and this is something I enjoy. Teaching at the graduate level is supposed to allow you to explore more sophisticated kinds of analysis, to move beyond the superficial introductions to a field. But too often I feel that I'm just rehashing my undergrad teaching in a differently structured class.
A truth: in terms of "teaching my research" I think I've learned far more from my years of undergraduate teaching in my reseach area than from any of the graduate seminars I've taught. Perhaps I'm a lousy teacher of graduate students -- it's not as if my teachers in graduate school were good models -- or perhaps my deep ambivalence about the institutional structures of our graduate program, and graduate programs nationwide, interferes. I don't know. But I can't fill out my so-called "preference" form with only undergraduate courses, without losing my status as "research-oriented faculty," which in my department gives you a better teaching load.
Next semester, it's just undergrads for me. And summer, too. So maybe by next year, whichever semester I'm assigned a grad course, I'll have managed to readjust my attitude. Revamp my graduate pedagogy. Right now, I'm just ready to be finished with the grad course I'm currently teaching. . .
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Although most side effects of dorzolamide/timolol are often mild and easily treated (common reactions include redness, itching, or burning in the eye), there are some potentially serious reactions to be aware of. People with certain allergies or medical conditions may be more likely to experience side effects than others, so make sure your healthcare provider knows about all medical conditions you have when prescribing this drug.
An Introduction to Dorzolamide/Timolol Side EffectsJust like any medicine, dorzolamide/timolol (Cosopt®) can cause side effects. However, not everyone who uses the medication will have problems. In fact, most people tolerate it quite well. If side effects do occur, in most cases, they are minor and either require no treatment or are treated easily by you or your healthcare provider.
(This article covers many, but not all, of the possible dorzolamide/timolol side effects. Your healthcare provider can discuss a more complete list with you.)
Serious Side Effects of Dorzolamide/TimololSome dorzolamide/timolol side effects, while occurring infrequently, are potentially serious and should be reported immediately to your healthcare provider. Dorzolamide, one of the active ingredients, is a sulfonamide drug and therefore has the potential to cause severe allergic reactions. Be sure to let your healthcare provider know immediately if you develop any signs or symptoms of an allergic reaction, such as:
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Your website looks fantastic. Your VDPs are chock-full of details and fully optimized. On Google reviews, you're the best store in town. After all that time and money spent, your phones are ringing.
Now what? If you're like a majority of dealerships, you're missing opportunities on a big percentage of those calls—and flushing a lot of marketing dollars down the toilet.
The numbers are sobering: According to a recent Dealix survey of more than 3,000 phone calls into dealerships, dealers miss opportunities nearly three-quarters of the time. Up to 72% did not ask the caller for an appointment, and 35% did not suggest an alternative if the caller's first vehicle of choice was already sold.
Dealerships just like yours get a lot of calls every day. It's hard to keep track of what's going on. That's why forerunners in the industry are turning to customer interaction analysis tools.
Customer interaction analysis defined
Customer interaction analysis is the process of collecting and analyzing interaction data between a business and its customers to improve service and reduce lost opportunities. When a customer calls into your dealership, the software recognizes and tags keywords that you've chosen, and automatically alerts the appropriate person if the call starts to go south.
For example, a customer calls about a red Corvette on your website and asks for a test drive. It was the only red Corvette on your lot, and it's gone. Instead of directing the caller to another vehicle and trying to make an appointment, the staff member answering the call simply tells the caller the car is gone and hangs up.
The software recognizes the intent of the call was to find out about a specific vehicle because of customized keywords (website and test drive), categorizes the call as a sales inquiry, and sends an alert with the keywords and a link to the recorded call to your sales manager.
The software reverse-tracks the caller's phone number so your sales manager can listen to the recording, call the customer back, apologize for the sales rep not explaining your car-finding process, and get a second chance to meet the caller's needs.
How will it work at my dealership?
The best aspect of this type of software solution is that no heavy lifting is required. Your dealership chooses keywords and phrases, then decides which person in each department receives the alerts. Keywords are customizable and easily changed to match specific promotions or situations.
For example, let's say you're running a Tahoe promotion that's advertised on your website and other digital marketing platforms. If "Tahoe" is on your list of keywords and has a big presence on your trending reports, you know your marketing is working, and the ROI on that spend is high.
Customer interaction analysis is also invaluable to root out disgruntled customers and correct problems before they affect the bottom line.
Let's say a customer is upset because the wait for a service was too long. This customer calls and asks to speak to a manager. Even if "manager" isn't one of your keywords, the system will connect this with an indication of dissatisfaction and automatically alert your designated customer service contact.
Within minutes the customer will get a call back, giving your dealership a second chance to fix the problem and turn what could have been a lost opportunity into an experience that inspires loyalty.
What are the benefits for me?
The biggest benefit to your dealership is the ability to understand what went wrong on a call, and recapture the opportunity. A recent Dealer Marketing Magazine article cited an analysis of more 600 U.S. dealers that showed closing rates are as high as 25% when a mishandled call is revisited.
This proves the point that calls are your hottest leads for sales and service. Mishandled calls negatively affect your bottom line, but customer interaction analysis can help by illuminating where you're going wrong and cultivating loyal customers.
It's also an invaluable tool for employee training. Your managers can listen to calls, speak directly with customers to isolate the problem, and turn that knowledge into a training opportunity.
The final big benefit is marketing ROI. Remember all that money you put into your last big vehicle sale? Did it work?
Customer interaction analysis takes a lot of the guesswork out of determining marketing results. Trending reports show you exactly what keywords are hot: If the crucial words in a campaign show up repeatedly, you know you've hit the sweet spot.
Smartphones and click-to-call buttons aren't going anywhere, so now's the time to up your team's phone-handling skills. Customer interaction analysis is the most effective tool available to root out systemic phone handling problems, win back missed opportunities, and determine which marketing campaigns return maximum ROI.
And coming soon, you can expect this powerful technology to be applied to other communication channels like texting and social media, providing a complete communication picture that reverberates all the way down to your bottom line.
Gary Graves is the CTO and co-founder of Interactivetel, a system that tracks, monitors, and reports each customer interaction by phone or text to give dealers comprehensive knowledge of their customers. For more information, contact [email protected].
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This year, I have been writing for Red Dwarf fansite Ganymede & Titan for a full 15 years. Anybody sensible would think that was more than enough, and go and do something else instead.
Spoiler: I am not sensible.
Recently I published two articles over there which might interest you, taking a look at the set design of the first couple of series. There's this piece about the reuse of a certain corridor set, and then there's this piece about the disappearing and reappearing Captain's Office set. These are the first two parts of an ongoing series which should continue into next year.
I've got to admit, it's been fun writing these. I sometimes find Red Dwarf a little hard to write about these days; we've all talked about the old shows endlessly, so going over the same old thing can feel a little dull. Meanwhile, the new shows don't really capture my imagination in a way which makes me want to write about them. But this really is a topic that hasn't been talked about in quite this way before. I've watched those old shows countless times, but when you put everything else aside just to look at how those sets were put together, it's amazing what new things you can spot.
I sometimes think there are two kinds of people. Those who understand why I find stuff like deleted scenes, unbroadcast pilots, and the reuse of sets to be fascinating… and those who can't even begin to understand. I don't think it's even a geeks v. non-geeks thing per se: there are plenty of geeks who only care about a show in-universe, and possibly its cast members, rather than how the show was put together.
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Hummingbird Facts
Five groups that classify all living things
A group of animals within the animal kingdom
A group of animals within a pylum
A group of animals within a class
A group of animals within an order
A group of animals within a family
|Scientific Name:
The name of the animal in science
The animal group that the species belongs to
What kind of foods the animal eats
|Size (H):
How long (L) or tall (H) the animal is
|5cm - 20cm (2in - 8in)
The measurement from one wing tip to the other
|9cm - 26cm (4in - 10in)
The measurement of how heavy the animal is
|2.2g - 20g (0.07oz - 0.7oz)
|Top Speed:
The fastest recorded speed of the animal
|48km/h (30mph)
How long the animal lives for
|3 - 5 years
Whether the animal is solitary or sociable
|Conservation Status:
The likelihood of the animal becoming extinct
The colour of the animal's coat or markings
|Green, Brown, Tan, Red, White, Grey
|Skin Type:
The protective layer of the animal
|Favourite Food:
The preferred food of this animal
The specific area where the animal lives
|Rainforest and tropical jungles
|Average Clutch Size:
The average number of eggs laid at once
|Main Prey:
The food that the animal gains energy from
|Nectar, Tree sap, Insects, Spiders
Other animals that hunt and eat the animal
|Hawks, Snakes, Lizards
|Distinctive Features:
Characteristics unique to this animal
|Long, thin beak and the ability to hover
Hummingbird Location
HummingbirdThere are nearly 350 known species of hummingbird, found throughout the Southern Hemisphere. Although some species of hummingbird are occasionally found further north, these small birds tend to prefer the more tropical climates.
Hummingbirds beat their wings 15-80 times every second (depending on the species) meaning that the hummingbird has the incredible ability to hover in the air. The hummingbird is also the only species of bird that is able to fly backwards.
The bee hummingbird is native to Cuba and is the smallest bird in the world, measuring around less than 5cm tall and the bee hummingbird is around the same weight as a penny. The giant hummingbird found in the Andes is the world's largest hummingbird measuring more than 20cm in height.
Hummingbirds have a long, pointed beak which when combined with the hummingbird's extendible tongue allows the hummingbird to gather nectar from deep inside flowers. As nectar is not an adequate source of protein, hummingbirds also prey upon insects and spiders in order to get all of their nutrients, especially when the hummingbirds are feeding their young.
Many species of hummingbird do not survive their first year of life due to their vulnerability. Those hummingbird individuals however that do survive tend to have an average lifespan of around 4 years but some hummingbird individuals can live for much longer, with the oldest recorded hummingbird being at least 12 years old.
Female hummingbirds make a cup shaped nest in the trees with male hummingbirds not helping with the nest building at all. Most species of hummingbird lay 2 white coloured eggs which are surprisingly large when the small size of the hummingbird is considered. The hummingbird eggs usually hatch within 3 weeks to reveal the tiny hummingbird chicks.
Due to their small size, hummingbirds are preyed upon by a variety of animals including snakes, lizards and larger birds. Both wild and domestic cats also prey on the tiny hummingbird, but hummingbirds are known to be a difficult meal to catch for any predators due to their speed and agility particularly in the air.
Hummingbirds have played a significant part in local myths and folklore. One of the Aztec gods was depicted as a hummingbird and one group of people believed that the hummingbird brought fire to the world. The tiny Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago is known as the land of the hummingbird and the hummingbird can even be seen on their coat of arms.
The hummingbirds name is thought to have originated from the noise the hummingbirds wings make when the hummingbird is hovering.
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Tennis news - Naomi Osaka pulls out of Qatar Open with injury
World number one Naomi Osaka has pulled out of next week's Qatar Open with an unspecified back injury, tournament organisers said on Tuesday.
Osaka, who was set play for the first time since her Australian Open triumph, has suffered with back problems in the past.
"I am sorry to have withdraw from Doha this year as I was looking forward to playing and seeing my fans there," the 21-year-old said in a statement.
"I wish everyone a great week and hope to see everyone next year."
Simona Halep, the Romanian who Osaka replaced as world number one, Karolina Pliskova and Angelique Kerber head up the field in Doha from Feb. 11.
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Stay tuned! We'll update this page when new events are announced. Meanwhile, in addition to the winter camilla photo (left), view a few more visual teases -- Jan Buchholtz's beautiful photos (Flickr link), camellias are in bloom, adding rich winter colors to the year-around lush green landscapes.Romantic Inns' "12 Wonders for Winter in Savannah" are twelve wondrous Savannah places that turn heads and stir conversations! Each is worth its own Savannah, Georgia destination trip during our southern city's 'no-snow' winter holiday vacations in the USA.
All of the 'winter wonders' featured in this blog are comfortably indoors, except for one world-class attraction -- Forsyth Park [Flickr photo below courtesy ercwttmn]. The genteel experience and beauty of Savannah's iconic central park will explain why this popular Savannah place is on every romantic and picturesque bucket list worth making!
- Forsyth Park. Forsyth Park (above) is a great place to walk, even if you're bundled up in Savannah's slight cold in December and January. The Forsyth Cafe is a great spot for a comfort break and a nestling cafe setting to enjoy a warm winter drink. Beverages and made-to-order sandwiches are sold there. Betty Bombers is right near too, just a few steps off the park's north boundary in the American Legion building (Park and Bull Street). Always a possibility, there will be Martinis at the Mansion's 700 Drayton restaurant / pub on a cold winter night, too.
- Saint John the Baptist Catholic Cathedral. Located on Lafayette Square, Walk-in tours are available at no charge. Across from the Cathedral is a popular cafe for a quick snack, Mirabelle; try the cafe's Peach Cobbler Liege Waffle -- the newest talk of the town among foodies!
Check the Cathedral's official mass schedule to confirm Christmas and New Year's Mass times. In 2014 the mass times were as follows: Christmas Eve Mass, December 24 at 12:00 Midnight, Doors Open at 11:00 PM, Music Vigil Concert Begins at 11:00 PM; Christmas Day Masses 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM, 11:30 AM Latin Mass; New Year's Eve Mass, December 31 at 6:00 PM; New Year's Day Mass, January 1 at 10:00 AM. On February 5, 2016, The Savannah Philharmonic presents Mozart Mass in C in this majestic Cathedral.
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist on Lafayette Square, Savannah GA. Photo courtesy of Ken Lund
- Mickve Israel Synagogue. Now prominently located on Monterey Square, Congregation Mickve Israel was founded by 42 Jews who arrived in Savannah, in the new colony of Georgia, on July 11, 1733. Having left London, England, five months earlier, the brave band of mostly Portuguese Jews and two German Jewish families sought freedom and opportunity in the New World. While Dr. Samuel Nunes Ribiero, who specialized in infectious diseases, was considered Georgia's first hero in 1733 (he is credited with ending an epidemic that threatened the young colony), it was his descendant Raphael Moses, who planted peach orchards and developed the technology for shipping fruit to far-off markets and may be the father of the peach industry in the "peach state". Source: Congregation Mickve Israel
- First African Baptist Church. Located on Franklin Square in downtown Savannah this historic church was originally built by slaves seeking a religious place of workshop away from the plantations. The congregation offers tours to glimpse holding places in the church, once used for the 'underground railroad' of the 1800s.
The Underground Railroad -
DON GORDON. Harper's Review, May 1953
GRANDCHILDREN of slaves
can you remember the legend
for the use of the living brother
in the stone swamps of the cities:
what did your father say
of the night road northward,
what did his father tell him
of those lost stations?
He went down
at the edge
of the cane-brake,
slept with animals,
came up in the latitude
of dissenters.
The landmarks of those journeys are needed again.
Who will uncover the grass-grown stations,
What is the address 'of the descendants
of the friendly people?
The underground railroad is a dream that never wakens:
of passage for the pursued
through the houses of strangers,
of passage for ideas
through the open rooms
of the mind,
of one Dred Scott or always another in time
fallen in the direction of his true north.
- Telfair Museums' Owens-Thomas House. This mansion's stories are laced with many American firsts! World renown as the preeminent example of English Regency architecture
in North America, architects, historians, gardeners, and those who
admire the best of the classic southern lifestyle will love the mansion's fascinating stories. American Revolutionary hero, General Marquis de Lafayette spoke to the citizens of Savannah (1825) from southern balcony of the Owens-Thomas House. The manicured gardens of this National Historic Landmark impress visitors also year around.
- Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace (founder of Girl Scouts). A Girl Scout national center in Savannah, the Girl Scout founder's birthplace home welcomes young girls' troops, alumni and visitors to the prominent Gordon mansion. Hear the stories of visits and dinners hosted for U.S. Presidents and visiting dignitaries, as well as family members who reportedly haunt the home.
A highlight in passed years and presented late November through mid January, check for 2015-2016 dates and times to visit during the presentation of Christmas 1886 with the Gordons -- "Step back in time at the Juliette Low Birthplace, beautifully decorated for the holidays. Explore customs during the Victorian era. The table is set for Christmas dinner, the stockings are ready in Mama's bedroom, and the vintage 'Game of Merry Christmas' is out. Come for a taste of Christmas 1886."-- Source: Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace web site
- Isaiah Davenport House. The 1820's Federal Style mansion is as much a symbol of Savannah's famous historic preservation as it is a treasured home. "Threatened with demolition in 1955, a group of community-spirited citizens joined forces to purchase the Davenport House. This was the first act of the Historic Savannah Foundation, which has gone on to save hundreds buildings in the historic city." Source: Davenport House Museum.
A don't miss Christmas event at Davenport House Museum is the Holiday Evening Candlelight Tours -- December 26 - 30, 2015 from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
- Telfair Museum's Jepson Center. Take in a delightful organic / artisan lunch in the Jepson Cafe. Enjoy upcoming winter exhibitions at this popular modern museum include Mickalene Thomas at Giverny, I Have Marks to Make (art by disabled and rehabilitating artists), Monet and American Impressionism.
- Ships of the Sea Museum. Called "The Castle" by the mansion's original owner, the meticulous restored home is central to National Maritime Day (May 22), celebrating the date America's first steamship departed to cross the Atlantic Ocean. "The Congress, by a joint resolution approved May 20, 1933, has
designated May 22 of each year as "National Maritime Day," and has
authorized and requested the President to issue annually a proclamation
calling for its appropriate observance."
- The Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum was founded in 1966. Exhibits include ship models, paintings and maritime antiques, principally from the great era of Atlantic trade and travel between England and America during the 18th and 19th centuries. The mansion was built for Savannah Steamship Company's principal, William Scarborough, who hosted U.S. President James Monroe (May 1819) as his house guest.
- Georgia State Railroad Museum. On September 27, 1825, the first iron railroad in England, the Stockton & Darlington, was thrown open to the public. In Savannah, William Washington Gordon (January 17, 1796 - March 20, 1842), is the honored railway pioneer. He founded and served as the first president of the Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia, which would later be reorganized as the Central of Georgia Railway. Today the Central of Georgia lines are a component of the Norfolk Southern Railway. A monument to honor Juliette Gordon Low's grandfather, Mr. Gordon, is in the center of Wright Square.
Famously, one Civil War story connects the railroads to the Christmas season in Savannah. On his army's famous March to the Sea, Union General William "Sherman's neckties" were tactics to destroy rail lines in the Confederate southern states. On December 22, 1864, Genera Sherman presented the city of Savannah, Georgia, to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln as a Christmas present.Steam engine rides and social events are hosted on the railroad yard's premises, including the railroad roundhouse. If you would like to extend your visit to more historic sites, purchase the "See 3 Pass", which grants admission to 3 choices from this list: Georgia Railroad Museum, Pin Point Heritage Museum, Savannah History Museum, Old Fort Jackson, Savannah Children's Museum.
The Song of the Railroad -
By Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton (1809–1885)
(see Bartleby link for full song)
WHILE every age is crowned with rhyme,
And song is ever young,
The bravest birth of later time
Must not remain unsung;
A poet shall be born to us,
For living men to hail,
Dismounted from old Pegasus
To mount the fiery rail!
- Historic Savannah Theatre. The fun-loving holiday musical, "A Christmas Tradition" plays
November 26 - December 26, 2015 at the phenomenally popular Savannah Theatre. Located on Chippewa Square, the historic theatre opened originally December 4, 1818. It is the oldest theater in continual operation in America.
National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force. Did you know that CBS news anchor Walter Cronkite flew with the Mighty Eighth Air Force out of England into air raids over Europe? An HBO series is in development about the Mighty Eight Air Force, at its peak of activities during World War II. Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks are behind the effort.
"From Movie Induced Tourism, a study by Roger Riley, Dwayne Baker, and Carlton S. Van Doren, in the October 1998 issue of Annals of Tourism Research. The authors examined the reasons people visit film locations and determined that 'if part of a movie is extraordinary or captivating, it serves as an icon which viewers attach to a location shown in the movie ....Icons, abstract or tangible, become the focal point for visitation.' They found that, on average, visits to movie locations increased 40-50 percent after a film's release, and that movie-induced effects on tourism lasted for approximately four years." Source: Harper's Review, January 1999.Please visit the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force to honor those that Tom Brokaw call "The Greatest Generation", including the U.S. Eighth Air Force heroes who served America's military. Stop in for lunch in the World War II themed Betty Bombers All American Eatery, just off Forsyth Park in downtown Savannah in the building of the Mighty Eighth's founding headquarters.
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A cable detailing a 2008 spat between the EU and US on climate change targets sheds light on the EU's lack of ambition.
In a frank exchange on March 7, U.S. and European principals reviewed work on climate change under the Major Economies and UNFCCC Processes. U.S. principals secured EU Environment Commissioner Dimas' admission that current EU proposals will permit some EU Member States to record absolute increases in emissions by 2020.
Dimas conceded that "some EU Member States will be permitted under the EU's proposals to record an absolute increase in emissions by 2020."
Jim Connaughton, Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality at the time, further questioned the EU's achievements in relation to its Kyoto targets:
for Europe, 1990 as a reference year incorporates the early 1990s economic collapse of eastern Europe, which no policymaker would recommend be repeated; the UK's decision to move away from coal to natural gas, long before climate change was a policy issue; and the EU's use of diesel fuel, at the expense of air quality and human health.


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Ed Anderson - He is a member of Alcoholics Anonymous and Lola calls him frantic with worry when she discovers the bottle of alcohol is missing.
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Doc Delaney - He had planned to go to medical school, but when Lola became pregnant, he married her and settled for chiropractic school instead.
Lola Delaney - She was pregnant when she and Doc married, and to avoid gossip the couple allowed a midwife to deliver the baby.
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AA from Clinton Community College and a BA from the University of Iowa in Communication Studies.
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I know from experience that community college provides the opportunity for all people to enrich their lives through learning. I want people to know that when I talk about community college being accessible, affordable and a reality that it is the truth.
I was a Paul B. Sharar Foundation Scholarship recipient when I attended Clinton Community College and my experience was enveloped by people who wanted to see me succeed.
I am proud to be able to work with such a dedicated team of professionals that are here every day to help students find their path in life. Attending community college changed my life. I believe it can change yours.
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It is my desire to help students recognize the potential in themselves. I value the differences in each individual student and I learn so much from our interactions. Every life has a story.
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After graduating from the University of Iowa, I served in Student Life and as the Director of Career Services at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. From there I served as the Job Location Developer at California State University, San Bernardino in San Bernardino, California. Finally, before coming back home, I served as the Coordinator of Student Activities and as the Director of Student Life at Front Range Community College in Boulder County, Colorado.
Serving students is my passion. I absolutely love providing opportunities for students to recognize that greater success comes from getting involved in your campus and in your community.
I cheer for Iowa Hawkeyes football, love spending time watching sports with friends and enjoy listening to live music. I adore my family and if I'm on vacation you'll probably find me in Nashville.


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12 For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For in fact the body is not one member but many.
15 If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body," is it therefore not of the body? 16 And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body," is it therefore not of the body? 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? 18 But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased. 19 And if they were all one member, where would the body be?
20 But now indeed there are many members, yet one body. 21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you"; nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you."
1 Corinthians 12:12-21 NKJV
This text reminds us that we are all one body, with different purposes under the heaven. We are all called by God individually and uniquely to serve in the capacity as pastors. The Lord has purposely instilled unique gifts in each of us to help lead people for the cause of our Christ.
The challenge in this text is when we begin to compare and use fallacious standards as tools for measurements to determine whether one is superior or inferior to the next. When we start suggesting that the eye is more important than the ear, or the hand is closer to God in comparison to the foot, then possibly we should re-examine our hearts and emphasize the art of transformation. In other words, when we start comparing church congregation sizes, we are voiding out the divine creation for why God created you for your gifts, and the appointment to the congregation in which you are serving.
Maybe we should stop compartmentalizing God and allow God to be God: using small congregations and large congregations for their respected ministries. We should not allow pew numbers to dictate as an intimidating determining factor of the strength of the church. Often, new followers of Christ are discouraged by large congregations and desire a more imbedded intimate Bible study and/or small church experience.
I'll close with these continued scriptures that Paul writes:
23 And those members of the body which we think to be less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor; and our unpresentable parts have greater modesty, 24 but our presentable parts have no need.
The small churches we might think are insignificant, according to this text might, indeed, arguably have more…
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Is there a reason we can't leave the link to the chat up permanently, and instead of having a Fanlore Chat: OPEN vs. CLOSED, have it be MODERATED vs UNMODERATED or something? So then people will still know whether or not there's a mod available, but at the same time be able to chat with other editors if they want opinions or just to hang out or something? --Etothepii 16:02, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
- Seconded, with bells on. I've heard that a more permanent solution is in the works, and that's fine, but why not open up the chatroom as suggested above? I really want to be able to talk to the other people working on the wiki right now, and so far the chatroom has been open exactly once, in my timezone & while I was logged in (and I've been logged in a lot). This doesn't exactly make me feel included.--Mary Crawford 14:33, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
- Thirded. Talking to the other editors is something I'd like more of an opportunity to do, especially when I need input or want to go over an issue in real time. And the last few nights, it hasn't been open at all. --Seperis 16:23, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
Bellaboo If there's still an interest in being able to talk to other Fanlore editors at all hours, perhaps for now we could open up another place to talk? We could use IRC chat until the Fanlore chat itself has been flexibilized.


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I emigrated to Tasmania with my family in 1979 when I was 12 years old. This is an awkward age at the best of times. Every kid wants to fit in. I was a 'novelty' for local Tasmanian kids as it was. I figured that they didn't need any more 'ammunition' with a Scottish accent.
Overnight I adopted an Australian accent. It was hard work but it was convincing. This accent would stay with me for well over 30 years. People knew that I was Scottish as I would tell them if it came up in conversation. When I got 'Scotland' tattooed on my right forearm I was about 40 (I'm almost 50 now) it became an instant talking point. I rather enjoyed this, not for the attention but for the break from the mundanity of normal small-talk. I enjoy talking to interested parties about Scotland as my memories are vivid and pleasant….and surprising to some listeners.
Two months ago, maybe it's an age thing, I decided to revert to my Scottish accent after all of these years. I got sick of 'trying' when I spoke. I also felt that I was cheating people. I put a post on my Facebook page saying this and went back to writing my novel, so I didn't know what I had unleashed. I was soon to find out.
Minutes later the phone rang. "Hi Bob," an excited voice said. It's XXXXX here. Say something Scottish." What could I say? I replied, "Hello, how are you on this fine day?" The phone ran hot for an hour. I barely got to sit down. I'm not hard to find, after all. I'm the only 'B Findlay' in the phone book in my city. The penny eventually dropped. I went to my Facebook page & their were comments galore. That, I can only assume, was the source of the phone calls. I instantly took the post down and and took the phone off the hook for the rest of the day.
Now I had the rest of the world to face. I'm lucky on that front though. The places that I go to know me pretty well. I went to the Pharmacy. I was asked by the Pharmacist about the accent. I told him the truth. I got sick of having to concentrate on my Australian accent. He and the other staff took it onboard without batting an eyelid. At the corner store where I buy my cigarettes, Cindy who works there didn't flinch. Nor did Chris as the petrol station. I find myself very occasionally having to repeat myself. I have also found myself swearing a bit more. I keep it under control. The supermarket is not a problem as it's usually a stranger who serves me and All I have to say is "Hello," and "Okay thanks."
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Walmart has created Walmart Pay service after shunning Apple Pay last year, and it is now ranked among top 3 retail apps in Google and Apple app stores.
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