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I had a love marriage. My husband has a dark complexion, while I am of wheatish golden color. My mother-in-law, like every other typical Indian family, was preoccupied with the color of my skin and desired a light-skinned grandchild. She was convinced that my child would have a dark complexion, due to my wheatish skin color. A country like ours places a huge importance on fair skin and because of this I was determined to protect my child from the distress of being put through 'fairness tests' throughout his/her life.
The 'Natural Brite Kit' was the perfect solution and it saved me. It only required me to follow specific diet patterns and the intake of certain oral supplements in the sixth month of my pregnancy. And luckily, some months later, a daughter with fair, light skin was born to me. My mother-in law was very happy, all thanks to the 'Natural Brite Kit'.
This case is only one of the many victories of 'Natural Brite Kit', from the large number of people who have used it successfully. This treatment includes the use of herbal treatment and bach flower in its remedies, and comes under Ayurvedic treatment. Not only is it an agent for cleansing, but it also conducts a purification of the body.
This treatment must be administered over a period of one month before the sixth month of pregnancy. The result is that your baby develops fair and smooth skin. The ideology of Ayurveda is that the body can be healed by maintaining a balance of the natural forces within it. And thus, this herbal medication includes healing powers. Ayurveda is an ancient science that boasts of vast aptitude and knowledge in preventive remedies as well as effective therapy.
Though we do not wish to portray dark skin as any being less than fair skin, in this country, fair skin is viewed as an asset. The fact that relatives ask if the infant is fair skinned or not is just one example that proves this point. This medication assures the child better opportunities and an improved present as well as future.
Is this form of treatment safe?
An all encompassing trial was taken of 1200 pregnant women, who were administered with both, a naturopathic diet as well as Bach flower. With a 97% success rate, a study of over five years resulted in 1169 of 1200 women giving birth to fair skinned babies.
What are the contents of the 'Natural Brite Kit'?
They are;
Herbal supplements
A booklet of literature on this topic
The booklet is an extensive source of data about the principles and mechanisms of action of the "Ayurveda and Bach flower therapy", the panel of doctors as well as the details of prescriptions for oral supplements.
The herbal medications in the package include:
Suprabhavati Tablets
Apple Grow Pills
Shubangakalp Granules
What is the process of treatment?
The aim of the treatment is the gestation period for pregnant women in the 6th month. The procedure of this form of treatment includes a rigidly controlled diet. Dressing in dark colored clothing is prohibited during this period and overexposure to the sun should be avoided at all costs; these rules should be observed strictly. Along with this, certain supplementary intakes are a must. The details of how to use them are mentioned in the booklet and the supplements have been divided into three different parts.
What would be the expected Results?
A healthy baby with light colored skin.


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It just feels cheap in my hand, the collar strap is even little and cheap feeling its probably an ok collar but I'm not huge on digital stuff and Im only 30
Eactly my point too Paul. That's was a selling point to folkd for me. I carry the T-miiter in my pocket hunting and can count the clicks to know where I'm at without taking it out, without taking my eyes off the dog, without getting my readers out! That's why I bought a spare Basic already and have encouraged clients to suck them up when they see them.
Ran a Sport Basic on my police dog for similar reasons and the whole department switched from Dogtra to TT for the same reasons. Great tactical advantage to not have to look at your transmitter.
Perhaps TT will listen.....then again perhaps not.
Brad- the same price point Dogtra is the 1800 NC. I've never liked that model because the dial is so small. TT always had the nice large round dial with spaced clicks. Dogtra's is very small in the clicks are light so, tougher to feel but, they still do have some feel. Another point was the TT Sport you could dial with one hand. The Dogtra requires two hands and your two fingers to pinch the small dial.
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My husband likes his Sport Basic better than the Pro 500--so I thought I'd look and see if I could get him a spare while they're still available. Too late. All vendors on the first four pages of Google were sold out. There isn't even a single one listed on ebay.
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I also thought my next might be the G Delta Sport or Cabelas new one. I don't like the enormous tubes on the TT's, but may well end up with a Flyway...
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recently and have about 6 in the field so far with no reported problems.
Some things I like:
Dogtra style level setting but you can lock the dial so no accidental changes.
Boost can be custom set so you can go up 5 levels or 20 levels or 50 levels depending on the dog (0-100 level adjust-ability)
Can be set for nic, or cont, or combination of both
Has vibrate feature (I don't use it but customers like)
Fits very well in the hand
Has long contact points if necessary
Belt clip and lanyard included
Remote switch light on the collar is a feature my customers like (I even used it hunting the other day myself)
Collar and transmitter are both rechargable and waterproof.
The two dog unit can be set up so one button operates dog1 and the other dog2. Both can have different levels and different boost. No switch to hit to change dogs, just hit the right button (and people still get it wrong).
The thing probably has 10 more features I haven't even looked into. Overall I like the ergonomics and switching better than tri-tronics tube styles (I still have a 100 and a 500) and it has far more features than a Dogtra 1800 (which I used to recommend to customers).
Obviously the long term remains to be seen but I and my customers really like these units so far.
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This very special collection celebrates 15 years of Bernice Summerfield. It explores her early life and the events that shaped the archaeologist and space-adventuress we know today.
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I finally released the next version of my ext2ifs. So far the biggest problem is that Windows XP goes out of it's way not to create volume devices for Linux filesystems. This means that for now you can't do any funky mount point stuff.
I have also got a few bug reports but nothing too major, no bluescreens at least.
I havn't done much else recently. I have got a stack of things to fix in my other programs but as always there just isn't enough time to do it all.
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Nielsen Norman list of the top 10 intranet sites in the world features Acorda Therapeutics and its partner Klick Health
Singapore: Nielsen Norman, a leading expert in web usability, has named the intranet site of US-based Acorda Therapeutics and its partner Klick Health, as one-of-the-10 best in the world. Nielsen Norman annually recognizes the global top 10 intranet sites for their innovation and usability.
Prior to launching Acorda's intranet during late 2011, the internal development team and Klick Health conducted interviews throughout the company to determine what types of functionality and features would best allow employees to access and share information, improve efficiency across the organization, and help Acorda's associates stay connected to the company's mission and to one another.
The site launch was preceded by a company-wide contest to name the new intranet. The Acorda intranet development team selected 'Synapse', a specialized structure in the brain necessary for nerve conduction and communication, to tie the site's purpose and name back to Acorda's mission to develop therapies for people with neurological diseases.
Dr Ron Cohen, president and CEO, Acorda, said that, "We invested a lot of time, together with Klick, in learning how our employees wanted to use an intranet. Synapse now houses easily accessible information ranging from human resources forms to R&D updates; it's also a living site with social features that allow employees to communicate with company-wide updates and messages. And we're excited about the potential for new applications of Synapse as we continue to grow."
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Should this library fix my problems? : http://arduiniana.org/libraries/newsoftserial/
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Starfish Galaxies: Joshua Cripps Shares the Story Behind His Award-Winning Photo
Posted On July 1, 2013 by Lauren Malkani
During Ocean Conservancy's 2012 Marine Life and Seascape Photo Contest, we received over 600 entries, showcasing everything from sea turtles to sharks to seashells. Though there were plenty of amazing photographs, only one could be our grand-prize winner.
Photographer Joshua Cripps shares with us the story behind his award-winning photo, "Motukiekie Galaxies":
What's the story behind this photo?
I took this photo at Motukiekie Beach on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand during a month-long photography expedition. It's a remarkable beach full of tide pools, mirror-like sand, massive tidal swings and intriguing sea stacks and caves.
What made you take the photo?
I have a sometimes-dangerous habit of being too curious: "Hmm, what's just over that cliff?" "Can I jump down into this canyon?" In this case I saw some tide pools right at the water's edge and wanted to go investigate them, despite the fact that the water was rising quickly and I knew I'd probably get soaked by going out there.
But once I rock-hopped out to the tidal pools, I found hundreds of these 12-legged sea stars clinging to the rocks. That amazing sight, along with the beautiful sea stacks farther out to sea and the moody conditions at the time, left me with no question that I was going to take a photo.


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The 2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show has finally arrived and as always, I'm very excited to watch these gorgeous girls model some of the hottest lingerie ever! I know this show looks the same every year but can you blame me for admiring beautiful women with the sexiest bodies on the planet? Even though they tease and strut their stuff without really showing anything, sexuality is thick in the air and I'm just caught in it every year come show time. I guess what it all boils down to is: I'm simply a horny guy who loves to look at beautiful, near-naked women. Just like you. So shut your trap and just check out the hottest models wearing the latest lingerie in the Victoria's Secret catalogue below!
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I love the Typhoon (your pic)
I used to build quite a few models when I was a kid. Mostly 1/72.
If I had to do it all over again I want to do 1/32. It seems about the biggest you can get in model form and I already have many of the 21st Century Toys 1/32's you can buy at Walmart for $15. Walmart has an Eagle Squadron Spitfire that's currently hitting everywhere. Pretty nice for 15 bucks. I took mine out and hung it up. Need to put up a German plane for it to chase.
Some planes you just can't get pre made in 1/32 like the Typhoon, but can get in a model kit. Also planes like the Nakajima Oscar, Mig 3, and ME-110 are available. They're big but small enough to hang all around my room.
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By Sam Mamudi
The latest S&P/Case-Shiller Home Prices data has some good news for the economy, with January seeing a 7.3% rise in the 10-city composite and an 8.3% in the 20-city composite. The biggest gain came from Phoenix, which saw a 23% rise.
The rises mean that as of January, average US home prices are back to their late 2003 levels…thought they're still about 30% off from the summer 2006 peak.
Per the press release:
"The two headline composites posted their highest year-over-year increases since summer 2006," says David M. Blitzer, Chairman of the Index Committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices. "This marks the highest increase since the housing bubble burst…
"Economic data continues to support the housing recovery. Single-family home building permits and housing starts posted double-digit year-over-year increases in February 2013. Despite a slight uptick in foreclosure filings, numbers are still down 25% year-over-year. Steady employment and low borrowing rates pushed inventories down to their lowest post-recession levels."
Futures for the Standard & Poor's 500 index and Dow Jones Industrial Average rose a slight fraction in the wake of the news.
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Carol Judith Rauch, 74, Franklin Grove, formerly of Oregon, died Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 at Serenity Hospice Home, Oregon.
She was born Feb. 6, 1938 in Oregon the daughter of James and Hazel (Bailey) Kereven.
Carol worked many years at Smith Oil Company, Rockford, in the accounts receivable department.
She enjoyed traveling and lived in Kentucky before returning to this area.
Survivors include her sons, Scott Rauch, Rockford and Randy (Terri) Rauch, Mesa, Ariz.; grandsons, Troy Rauch, Denver, Colo. and Trevor Rauch, Mesa, Ariz.; sister, Elizabeth Corcoran; brother, William Kereven; and sister-in-law, June Kereven; all of Oregon; many nieces and nephews; and special friend, Howard Skarka, Springfield.
She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Ruth Selmer; and brother, James Kereven.
Private graveside services will be held at Daysville Cemetery.
Memorials may be directed to Serenity Hospice and Home, Oregon.
Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.
Visit www.farrellhollandgale.com to leave online condolences.


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Exceed Their Expectations
What Lessons Can We Learn From Our Mastermind Group?
Over the weekend I traveled into London to meet up with other members of our Mastermind Group, I always enjoy the opportunity to share ideas,to gain the advantage of the view of many heads rather than one and of course it was an opportunity to catch up with friends,a real win-win basically
Too often I believe we plough our own furrow but as Michael Gerber taught us, often the problem with the boss is that the boss doesn't have one, sometimes it is really important to have an external view to hold you to account and to my mind that is exactly what a Mastermind Group does
Now let's be honest here, a Mastermind Group that just praises what you are doing serves no real purpose,no the true power of a Mastermind Group is to support, develop and critically challenge you and to a large extent that is exactly what I encountered on Saturday
Why should being challenged prove important? I think simply that we must remember that we write for and sell products to our audience,therefore our sole purpose is to meet and exceed their expectations, if we ever start just to flatter our own egos then our Mastermind Group will act as a strong brake on that
Gaining Maximum Advantage From Our Mastermind Group
In order to gain maximum advantage from our Mastermind Group we must think both in terms of what we want and also in terms of what we are going to invest in the group in return, all take and no give will never work in this kind of situation,in order to get what you want you must in turn be willing to help others achieve what they want
Now granted when you first start out you are not in a position to offer much but you are in a position to offer your views, a second pair of eyes and an alternative voice of what somebody else is doing,making your Mastermind Group work is not just about teaching,often it is about helping people simply to get started
And here in lies perhaps the biggest reason for failure in online businesses and that is a sheer sense of overwhelm, instead of breaking tasks down people just see too much in front of them and no way of getting to the other side,every journey of a 1000 miles must start with a first step and your Mastermind Group is that important first step
As your own skill levels rise you must of course hold out your hand and help people up, you now know which resources work and which don't,you broadly know where to source products and services and vitally you have gone through and solved your own key frustrations,by sharing this knowledge and developing other members of your Mastermind Group you begin to complete the process
The Best Resources For Developing Your Mastermind Group
The origins of today's Mastermind Group go back to the meeting between Andrew Carnegie and the man who we probably now regard as the father of the process Napoleon Hill, personally I think Hill will get the credit but Carnegie really created the principal, for more details read my post from Feb 21
A lack of knowledge is a key reason for joining a
Michael Gerber famously said the problem with the boss is the Boss Doesn't Have One your Mastermind Group will hold you to account, Michael Gerber's E Myth Enterprise will also hold you to account and critically explain the key failing that holds back most entrepreneurs and how to make sure you don't fall into this trap
So it's time to hand things over to you for your thoughts,are you a member of a Mastermind Group, do you find the support invaluable or do you resent it,speaking personally here I really value my Mastermind Group
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The 10th Annual A Night in the Valley's opulent winter wonderland theme was perfectly accented by Friday's freezing temperatures. Partygoers in black tie attire hurried down the red carpet (covered in rose petals, of course) and through the doors of Trident Technical College, where they checked their coats and furs before being greeted with a bright blue cocktail.
A large ice sculpture bearing Maverick Ice Martinis sat caddy corner from the end of a display of votives and tall white vases with decorative twigs, and partygoers snagged a cocktail before entering the hallway decked floor to ceiling with blue fabric.
A detour to the right led guests through the kitchens, where Culinary Institute students were hard at work preparing and serving a vast array of gourmet bites. The maze of savory treats extended for two rooms, and partygoers noshed on escargot, Bitiki Smitane, mini cod fritters and chips, Russian borscht, orecchiette with winter truffles and braised lamb shoulder, and duck sausage balls.
Then everyone made their way down a corridor lined with silent auction items to the main cocktail hour. The elegant and glitzy attire made for excellent people-watching, and Charleston's who's who milled about enjoying each other's company and the enormous ice sculpture laden with raw oysters, smoked fish, and several types of caviar.
The main dining room was decadently decorated with turquoise uplighting and projected tree shapes and photographs of snowy branches. Elegant white lighting fixtures hung above tables showcasing white table clothes, white centerpieces, and a plethora of wine glasses. Partygoers settled down to a welcome from event chair and owner of Tiger Lily Florist Clara Varga-Gonzales, and then the live auction began.
Though several guests noted this year's lack of live entertainment, emcee Bobby Collins and auctioneer Tom Crawford kept everyone engaged and laughing throughout the four course meal with their fast-paced auction antics. Those who attended bid fast and furiously, and the first auction item of the evening, the Best of Charleston Dine Around, went for an impressive $8,000. Crawford egged on the bidding, urging one partygoer, "It's ok! Don't look at the person next to you! Look at me, I say it's ok to bid!"
The magical meal drew to a close with a standing ovation for the Culinary Institute of Charleston students, and then guests retired for coffee and chocolate in the lobby.
A Night in the Valley is the annual fundraising gala for the Trident Technical College Foundation. The Trident Technical College Foundation was established in 1975 to help raise funds to bridge the gap between needs and resources for TTC students and employees. The Foundation operates independently of the College as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.


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Alternate name: Fragrant Sumac
Family: Anacardiaceae, Cashew view all from this family
Description Irregular, spreading, deciduous shrub. Twigs velvety. Lower branches turned up. Glossy blue-green, coarsely toothed, trifoliate leaves turn orange, red, purple and yellow. Leaves and stems have citrus fragrance when crushed. Yellowish catkin-like flowers in clusters precede dark-red berries which persist into March.
Dimensions Height: .6-4 m. (2-12 ft.).
Habitat Scrub, shrub & brushlands, Grasslands & prairies, Fields.
Range Florida, Southeast, Great Lakes, New England, Plains, Eastern Canada, Texas, Mid-Atlantic.
Discussion Also known as Fragrant Sumac. Hairy red drupes can be brewed into a tea.
Comments Rhus aromatica var. trilobata is treated as Rhus trilobata. Fragrant sumac colonizes to form thickets and looks best when planted en mass or in drift-like plantings as it occurs in nature. It is fast growing, generally pest and disease-free, and drought-tolerant. Colonies are often single-sexed, formed from a single, suckering parent. Only female plants produce flowers and berries.
Exposure Preference Sun.
Flower March - April
Native Distribution W. Quebec to n. Michigan & Illinois, s. to Georgia, Louisiana & Kansas
Site Preference Dry, rocky prairies, old fields & open woods
Soil Preference Dry, rocky soils. pH 6.1-8.5
Wildlife Value The berries are winter food for many upland gamebirds, songbirds, and large and small mammals.


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10.5: Nitrogen Cycle in Ecosystems
Lentils, anyone?
Why are legumes important to biological cycles? Nitrogen gas, as found in the atmosphere, is not useful to organisms. Legumes have bacteria in their root nodules that fix nitrogen. Putting legumes into a crop rotation reduces fertilizer costs and makes the soil and the crops healthier.
Nitrogen as a Nutrient
Nitrogen (N2) is vital for life on Earth as an essential component of organic materials, such as amino acids, chlorophyll, and nucleic acids such as DNA and RNA. (Figure below). Chlorophyll molecules, essential for photosynthesis, contain nitrogen.
(a) Nucleic acids contain nitrogen (b) Chlorophyll molecules contain nitrogen
Nitrogen Fixing
Although nitrogen is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere, it is not in a form that plants can use. To be useful, nitrogen must be "fixed," or converted into a more useful form. Although some nitrogen is fixed by lightning or blue-green algae, much is modified by bacteria in the soil. These bacteria combine the nitrogen with oxygen or hydrogen to create nitrates or ammonia (Figure below).
The nitrogen cycle.
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria either live free or in a symbiotic relationship with leguminous plants (peas, beans, peanuts). The symbiotic bacteria use carbohydrates from the plant to produce ammonia that is useful to the plant. Plants use this fixed nitrogen to build amino acids, nucleic acids (DNA, RNA), and chlorophyll. When these legumes die, the fixed nitrogen they contain fertilizes the soil.
Up the Food Chain
Animals eat plant tissue and create animal tissue. After a plant or animal dies or an animal excretes waste, bacteria and some fungi in the soil fix the organic nitrogen and return it to the soil as ammonia. Nitrifying bacteria oxidize the ammonia to nitrites, while other bacteria oxidize the nitrites to nitrates, which can be used by the next generation of plants. In this way, nitrogen does not need to return to a gas. Under conditions when there is no oxygen, some bacteria can reduce nitrates to molecular nitrogen.
This very thorough video on the nitrogen cycle with an aquatic perspective was created by high school students: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdY4I-EaqJA&feature=related (5:08).
- Nitrogen is an essential component of many organic molecules.
- Nitrogen is fixed when it is changed into a form that organisms can use.
- Bacteria and some fungi fix organic nitrogen into ammonia and nitrifying bacteria oxidize it to nitrates.
Use this resource to answer the questions that follow.
1. What percentage of the air is nitrogen?
2. How is nitrogen removed from the air?
3. What contributes nitrogen to the soil?
4. What happens to soil nitrates?
5. How is nitrogen released from the soil?
1. Describe how nitrogen is fixed.
2. Why are legumes important as nitrogen fixers?
3. How is nitrogen fixed in an aquatic environment?
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http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S2...html?cat=10203So will Philbin after his decision cost the Dolphins. Jets kicker Nick Folk had his 33-yarder blocked by Randy Starks, but the whistle had sounded just before that as Philbin signaled a timeout. Folk then hit the retry in overtime.
"I thought it was the right call," Philbin said. "I was planning all along to call timeout right before he kicked the ball. ... Typically we're going to ice the kicker."
But why? Where's the edge?
In fact, it could work to a kicking team's advantage because the "warm-up" attempt can give the kicker a feel for the wind and the footing. It can give away the defense's strategy for trying to block the field goal. It provides the center with a practice snap.
Most kickers say icing has no effect, and some welcome it because they get a "mulligan." Billy Cundiff, now with Washington, probably wishes he had been iced by the Patriots in last year's AFC championship game before he rushed and missed a 32-yarder that would have tied it in the waning seconds for Baltimore.


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Lisa Russell / Mary Bucci McCoy: Distillation
April 5 - 25April 5, Reception 5:00PM - 8:00PM
Detail of work:
left - Lisa Russell, right - Mary Bucci McCoy
Painters Lisa Russell and Mary Bucci McCoy present intimately scaled work that, in different ways, abstracts lived experience into sensual painted languages. These languages are engaged with the essential dialectical issues of relationship, space, and material. Each artist shares a succinct and tactile affinity for paint as substance, acknowledging both its physical and emotive presence.
Lisa Russell uses close observation of carefully constructed still life arrangements as the starting point for her paintings. Prolonged visual analysis yields information about form, space, and perception, which become the building blocks of her carefully structured paintings. Works presented here by Russell are inclusive of her spring 2011 sabbatical project, Emotive Qualities: Color, Light, and Space.
Mary Bucci McCoy's spare paintings on plywood panels begin with an intuitive engagement with color and with paint as material. Her paintings are indirectly informed by experience and observation of the landscape, nature, and the human body. This exhibition is curated by James Montford, director of Bannister Gallery.


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OK. this is my first diary entry. Pretty neat, huh? Well, I suppose I will be mentioning my contributions to FreeBSD and stuff. Right now, I slack off helping out where I can on the FreeBSD mailing lists, but I hope to contribute some code later this year. More on that soon.
Right now though, I had better get back to my compiler construction and computability coursework. :-)


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In "Decision Time," Editor Brian Lovett shares a scenario from his 20-plus years hunting turkeys. Each hinges on a critical decision. Post what choice you would have made, and then see how things actually turned out.
Conclusion: Chasing a Trail of Smoke and Reason
I wasn't about to sit tight and let the hottest-gobbling turkey of spring get bored and walk away. Further, I'd heard too many "they-do-this-all-the-time" stories from landowners through the years, and I'd have none of it.
So I grabbed my friend, and we slipped down the ridge, around the base of the hill and tight to the corner of the fence line. They turkey would only have to come 30 yards our way for my buddy to shoot it.
I yelped, and the gobbler climbed all over it — from the spot we'd left five minutes earlier. Sure enough, after I'd gone silent for a few minutes, that rat got curious and crossed the fence.
We tried to sneak back up the ridge to him, but I don't need to tell you what happened. Let's just say he didn't gobble again that day. And that silence, coupled with my friend's glare, rang in my head for quite a while.
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Before we talk with today's author, I want to announce that the winner of the signed copy of The Hope of Shridula, by Kay Strom, is:
mac262@ . . .
Congratulations! I'll contact you today for your snail mail address, and we'll get your book to you right away. I encourage readers to keep commenting and/or subscribe at right (above my list of books) in order to participate in future book give-aways!
Now let's revisit novelist Stephanie Grace Whitson, author of The Key on the Quilt (Barbour Publishing, March 2012).
Stephanie Grace Whitson began playing with imaginary friends (i.e., writing fiction) when an abandoned pioneer cemetery near the Whitson's country home provided not only a hands-on history lesson for her four home schooled children, but also a topic of personal study. That story became her first novel, resulted in a three-book contract, and put her on the ECPA best-seller list. She's been a finalist for the Christy Award twice and is working on book #23.
In no particular order, Stephanie enjoys being Yaya (grandma), riding her motorcycle named Kitty, and quilting. She's in graduate school pursuing her master's degree in history and hopes someday to spend a summer in Paris, her favorite city on the planet.
Please tell us five random things we might not know about you.
--I love blackberry pie.
--I'm an introvert.
--Robert the Bruce gave Drum Castle in Scotland to one of my ancestors.
--I am a cancer survivor.
--I am a lifetime member of the National Sod House Society.
How cool to know that about your ancestry!
Please tell us a bit more about the plot of The Key on the Quilt.
Ellen McKenna is a devoted wife, but when her sheriff husband, Ian, accepts an appointment as a prison warden, her trust and devotion are challenged.
Mamie Dawson once offered herself to God as a foreign missionary. She has moments where she doesn't quite appreciate the "foreign land" where God sent her. It's only two miles south of town and it looks like a castle from a distance … but, still. And why doesn't Martin Underhill see that their friendship is just that—friendship.
Jane Prescott is broken in spirit and feels like God has abandoned her. She's also hiding a startling secret, and resists Dr. Max Zimmer's stubborn faith in her. And God. A courthouse steps quilt with a brass key sewn to the middle block eventually reveals Jane's secret, offering hope and solidifying friendships and a future for three women brought together in an unlikely setting.
What is it about your lead characters that will make your readers care about them?
The opening line of the book. "If it wasn't for the occasional night when he tried to kill her, Owen wouldn't be a bad husband."
If you were the casting director for the film version of your novel, who would play your lead roles?
I realized something about myself this past week when I perused the results of the Oscars and watched a summary of the red carpet. My knowledge of actors and actresses is truly outdated. I didn't know who half the people were on that red carpet. So I'm going to respectfully decline this one, because the actresses and actors I know by name are too old to play the part. Although I will say that George Clooney would be a perfect Dr. Max Zimmer.
Please share with us one quote that either inspires you or simply amuses you as you go about your efforts as a writer.
"I only write when I'm inspired, and I make sure I'm inspired every day at 9 a.m." (Peter DeVries)
What is the last book you read that you would recommend?
I just re-read Washington's Lady by Nancy Moser for my fiction book club. I love that book. It took me into George and Martha's lives in a way that made me appreciate what it meant when the founding fathers pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor in that grand experiment. Those aren't just grand words, they were grim realities for the men who made that pledge. It reminded me of just how much they sacrificed, and it made me appreciate Martha Washington and admire her personally for all that she endured in life. I was newly amazed at what everyday life was like and what warfare was like. The Revolution went on for years. Wives spent winters in military camps with their husbands. It's so unique to anything we know today. I've been to Mt. Vernon, but now that I've read that book, I'd like to go back.
What are you working on now?
Book two in The Quilt Chronicles, The Shadow on the Quilt. A woman snips a name off of a signature quilt, leaving the shadow of that name. She has to learn to deal with that name overshadowing her life.
Where else can readers find you online?
My website: www.stephaniewhitson.com My blog: www.footnotesfromhistory.blogspot.com
My Facebook page: Facebook
My email: email@example.com
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Finally, what question would you like to ask my readers?
What is the main reason that you take time out of your busy life to read? What does Christian fiction provide for you that makes it worth your time? What book met that need most recently for you? How?
Thank you, Stephanie, for visiting with us and telling us about your novel. Readers, Stephanie has offered to give a signed copy of her book to the winner of our drawing on Monday, March 12. To enter, leave a comment below in answer to Stephanie's question, above. "Please enter me" won't get you entered. Leave your email address, in case you win, like so: trish[at]trishperry[dot]com.
Be sure to check out my interviews with Terri Blackstock and Carrie Turansky, below. Leave an appropriate comment at the bottom of each post to enter the drawing for a signed copy of the book.
And I'd love it if you'd connect with me on Facebook. Just click on my name at the right of today's post.
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Bee Hive Painting for Middle & High Schoolers
Rockaway Waterfront Alliance
Sunday, April 7, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (EDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Join us for this exciting event to build and "graffiti" beehives with Chase Emmons of the Brooklyn Grange Farm. Prepare for a fun and messy afternoon building more than 100 beehives, while learning more about beekeeping and painting hives from apiary experts. This activity is free, but will be limited to 30 local Rockaway middle and high school students. Participation is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Advance registration is required.
When & Where
MoMA PS1's VW Dome 2
1-94 Beach 95th Street
New York,
Sunday, April 7, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (EDT)
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Rockaway Waterfront Alliance
Rockaway Waterfront Alliance (RWA) is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to fostering a deeper respect for the environment of the Rockway Peninsula, by supporting local events and programs that advocate for and achieve an ecologically healthy waterfront, inland parks, and better-maintained beaches, and improve the overall health and quality of life for all residents of Rockaways' neighborhoods and other New York City citizens.


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Profiles of Game Designers
Below we show profiles of SAZ members to introduce you game designers personally and also to promote contacts within the SAZ. Each member is responible itself for his content and for determining whether and with which information he releases a profile for the public or for members only. At the bottom of the profil overview you will find a search function, if required.
A list of games and members who were successful with awards and prizes in 2013, you can find here (PDF download 160 KB).
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Let's get some runs Reds.
Let's get some runs Reds.
After 4 balls Frazier in a 2-2 count
Nice! 2-0 Redlegs!
"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
Frazier 2-run single!
2 runs on the single! Atta boy Todd!
Big hit. 2-0 Reds!
Hit for Todd, two score.
Gomez would have caught that.
Great job Todd Father.
Frazier and Francisco chatting it up on first base. Two guys who know each other pretty well.
Mesoraco up now. First and third. 2-0 count.
Donovan Hand in the bullpen.
2-1 count now to Mes.
Sure glad Dusty put The Todd in the 6
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Nice piece of 2-out hitting for Todd there...kept his head down and hit a soft liner into the left center field gap. Reds 2-0!
"Okay you guys, pair up in threes!" --Yogi Berra
Horrible pitching. Frazier had seen 4 balls and yet was 2-2 and that was a fastball right down the middle. Way to make him pay.
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It's rare to see a dual dynamic driver earphone in the sub $100 range, and that's exactly what we will be taking a look at today. After reviewing top tiered IEM's, I thought it would be good to take a step back and look at some budget IEM's, tailored for all the mid-fi people wandering around on the market. The SonoCore COA-803+ is a dual dynamic driver earphone that...


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Travel Information
The purpose of this travel policy is to inform all campuses and individuals of the procedures for any and all travel associated with their assigned duties at South Plains College.
All travel must be approved through the online Travel Requisition process in the DPS system.
1. Travel Request
The purpose of the online Travel Requisition (TR) is:
1. Seek approval for travel in advance.
2. Initiate arrangements for coverage of classes/duties during absence.
3. Scheduling of college vehicles.
4. Verify that students are absent from classes while representing the college.
5. Provide information regarding itinerary and place of stay in case of emergencies.
6. Prepare cash advance when travel involves students.
The online TR should be entered into the DPS system as soon as you determine that you would like to travel. The online TR takes the place of the "green" travel request form. All information about the travel is entered into one TR. You will need to enter "notes" on the TR to cover items that you have been sending by memo. This includes lists of students and SPC vehicle requests.
The online TR will go through all approvals and the purchasing office will issue PO's to the various vendors from this document to cover your registration, lodging, personal reimbursements, etc. A copy of the PO's will be forwarded to the Accounting Clerk, located in the Business Office. The Accounting Clerk will provide the Dean of Students with the list of students that will be traveling and notify the Physical Plant Director of the need for an SPC vehicle.
When you are ready to travel, you will check out credit cards from the Accounting Clerk and upon your return the Travel Expense form supporting documents and receipts will be returned to her.
2. Payment of Registration Fees.
Registration fees can be processed 90 days in advance or earlier if payment discount applies. This should be included in the TR which you have entered into the DPS system for initial travel approval and the original registration form forwarded to the purchasing office for payment processing.
3. Travel by rented or public conveyance
Airline reservations can be made through an approved travel agency 90 days in advance. This expense should be included in the TR which you have entered into the DPS system. The purchase order number will be called to the travel agency within 24 hours. If an employee should prefer to pay for their own airline reservations, they can be reimbursed this cost after the travel has occurred. The college will reimburse an employee for the actual cost of commercial airfare. The amount of reimbursement shall not exceed the lowest available airfare, considering all relevant circumstances.
Rented Vehicles
The college will reimburse an employee for the actual cost of renting a motor vehicle. Reimbursement costs include applicable taxes, and similar mandatory charges. Charges for collision damage waiver charges, liability insurance supplements, personal accident insurance, safe trip insurance and personal effects insurance are not reimbursable. The college carries this type of insurance.
Travel by Mass Transit, Taxi or Limousine
The college will reimburse an employee for the actual cost of transportation by these modes of travel. The fares must be itemized on the Travel Expense Form and receipts attached.
4. Travel by College Vehicles
Request for College Vehicles
Vehicles reservations should be entered in the online TR as described earlier. In emergencies vehicles may be reserved by calling the Director of Physical Plant. Note that to insure getting a vehicle, requests should be made well in advance.
When using a college vehicle, credit cards are issued for fuel, oil, etc. These credit cards are the property of the college and may be used only for the operation of a college vehicle.
Parking expenses shall be itemized on the Travel Expense Form and receipts attached.
5. Travel by Personal Vehicle
The college will reimburse an employee for the mileage incurred during their use of a personally owned vehicle for college business. With the exception of parking expenses, a mileage reimbursement is inclusive of all expenses associate with the operation of the vehicle. The mileage guides are found at www.mapquest.com and www.randmcnally.com. The employee must reference on their Travel Expense Form which of the allowable online mapping sites they used to calculate their mileage. The college's current mileage reimbursement rate is $.40 per mile.
Rules for personal auto mileage reimbursement can be found in the Mileage Reimbursement Memo.
Mileage reimbursements should be submitted through the travel requisition process. For reimbursement, a
Travel Expense Form should be completed, a itemized mileage report attached and forwarded to the
Accounting Clerk for payment processing.
Coordination of Travel
Coordination of travel should occur when two to four college employees are traveling to the same destination, at
the same time, in a personally owned vehicle. In such instances, the college will reimburse only one of the
employees for mileage.
6. Lodging Expenses
South Plains College will reimburse an employee who travels with overnight stays for lodging expenses not to exceed the authorized travel reimbursement amounts set by the State Comptroller for both in-state and out of state travel. These reimbursement amounts can be found on this link: http://www.window.state.tx.us/fm/travel/index.html
The present reimbursement limit for instate lodging is $85 per night. If lodging is arranged through the conference/seminar provider, SPC will pay the conference/seminar rate per night per person. regardless of the reimbursement limits published by the State Comptroller's office.
When two or more employees' share lodging, the college will pay each employee's share of the actual lodging expense. Each employee must submit a Travel Expense Form in order to be reimbursed...
When necessary an employee may reduce his meal expenses/reimbursement rate and use that reduction to increase his lodging rate.
Most hotels will exempt college employees state sales tax provided a tax exemption certificate is provided. Hotel Tax Exemption Forms are available from the purchasing website under shared documents. All efforts must be made to make sure SPC is not charged sales tax. It is the responsibility of the employee to contact the hotel if tax is charged and provide them the necessary documentation to remove the charge.
7. Meal Expenses
South Plains College will reimburse an employee for meal expenses, on a per diem basis not to exceed thirty dollars ($30) per day for in-state travel and the State of Texas meal rate for out-of-state travel. To qualify for per diem reimbursement, the employee must be away from the campus over night on college business. If meals are included as part of any conference or seminar fee, the meal expenses are fully payable or reimbursable, notwithstanding any maximum reimbursement limits established elsewhere. Meals included in conference/seminar fees are not chargeable against the $30 per diem allowance.
The $30 per diem allowance is allocated based on the time the employee leaves campus.
• If departure from the city limits or airport is before 8:00 AM or return is after 8:00 AM you may claim 20% of the daily meal allowance for breakfast, or $6.00. For out of state meals, use 20% of the allowed expense.
• If departure from the city limits or airport is before noon or return is after 1:00 PM. you may claim 30% of the daily meal allowance for lunch or $9.00. For out of state meals, use 30% of the allowed expense
• If departure from the city limits or airport is before 5:00 PM or return is after 7:00 PM you may claim 50% of the daily meal allowance or $15.00. For out of state meals, use 50% of the allowed expense.
Meals should be paid by the employee and reimbursed upon return. Meals may not be put on a SPC travel credit card. Reimbursement limits do not carry over from one day to another.
Employees may also be reimbursed for meals incurred during travel on college business that does not require an overnight stay. The per diem rate per meal may be used ($6 for breakfast, $9 for lunch, $15 for dinner) in lieu of receipts for actual meal expenses incurred. Otherwise, actual meal receipts must be furnished in order for reimbursement to be made to the employee.
The college is aware that, in extraordinary circumstances, actual daily meal expense incurred by the employee may exceed the maximum daily allowable expense as previously set forth. Should that situation arise, meal receipts must be furnished and reimbursement approved by both the appropriate department head/director and the appropriate vice president/provost. In addition, those reimbursements may be subject to review by executive administration.
All employees must submit a Travel Expense Form to claim reimbursement for meal expense. Employees may elect per diem reimbursement in lieu of submitting actual meal expense receipts.
8. Parking Expenses
The college will reimburse an employee for parking expenses incurred when traveling in a personally owned or rented vehicle. The parking expenses must be itemized and receipts attached to the Travel Expense Form.
1. Travel Card
South Plains College provides travel credit cards for use during job related travel. These cards are to be used for hotel, car rental, parking and other miscellaneous expenses incurred during your time away from the college. Rules for use of this card can be found in the Travel Card Guide.
If use of the college travel card is requested, this should be included in the TR entered into the DPS system when initial travel is approved. Cards will not be checked out without prior approval. These cards are held by the Director of Purchasing and can be checked out from the Accounting Clerk in the Business Office. The cards cannot be picked up by student workers, but can be picked up by department secretaries or the actual card user. See Attachment #4 for travel card rules.
These expenses should be itemized on the Travel Expense Form, receipts attached and submitted to the Accounting Clerk in the Business Office.
2. Travel Advances
The college does not provide cash advances for meal expenses except when accompanying student groups. The cash advance will be for the anticipated cost of faculty/student meals only. This expense should be included on the TR and a note attached with the date funds are needed.
3. Travel Reimbursements
Personal Funds
If an employee chooses to use personal funds while traveling on college business, they will be reimbursed their expenses after travel has occurred.
These expenses should be included in the online TR entered into the DPS system for initial travel approval. A travel expense form must be completed for personal expenses. This form must be forwarded, with supporting documentation, to the Accounting Clerk in the Business Office.
Complete documentation must accompany all Travel Expense Forms. This includes seminar itineraries, airline ticket receipts, lodging receipts, and receipts for other expenses, excluding meals. All forms must include reason for travel, the dates, times and places traveled and supporting documentation.
Incomplete forms will be returned to the employee.
Student Groups
The college will reimburse student groups and their sponsors for travel when representing the college (such as judging teams, athletic teams, cheerleaders, music groups, etc.), provided specific budgetary funds have been approved.
Prospective Employees
The college will reimburse prospective employees for travel expenses related to employment interviews. Travel expenses will be paid at the same rate as for college employees. Note that travel expenses will not be reimbursed for prospective employees who are offered employment, but do not accept.
Incidental Expenses
The following is a partial list of reimbursable and
non-reimbursable incidental expenses:
1. Reimbursable Expense - (The following expenses are reimbursable if they are incurred for official college business reasons.)
a. Hotel occupancy and similar taxes that a college employee is not exempt from paying.
b. Telephone calls.
c. Gasoline and toll charges when rented vehicles are used.
d. Repair charges when college owned vehicles are used. NOTE - If charges are substantial, approval must be received from the Director of Physical Plant and/or Division Dean.
e. Copying charges.
f. Admittance fees to events related to purpose of travel.
g. Postage.
h. Emergency medical or health costs incurred on students while traveling.
i. Tips and gratuities (Federal grant accounts do not allow this expenditure)
2. Non-Reimbursable Expenses -
a. Expenses that do not relate to official college business.
b. Any expenses, with the exception of parking expenses that are related to the operation of a personally owned vehicle.
c. Personal expenses such as the rental or purchase of videotapes for personal entertainment, alcoholic beverages, and dry cleaning.


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Family: Strigidae, Owls view all from this family
Description ADULT Has plumage color overall that varies from reddish brown in southeast of range to gray-brown in north. Upperparts have fine dark markings and gray and whitish spots and patches creating barklike appearance; note row of rufous-tipped or -flushed scapular feathers. Underparts have dark streaks and fine dark barring. Eyes are dark and grayish facial disc has subtly darker concentric rings and is variably flushed reddish brown. JUVENILE Similar to adult.
Dimensions Length: 6-7" (15-18 cm)
Habitat Fairly common, but easily overlooked summer visitor to mountain forests, mainly pine. Winters in Central American highlands.
Observation Tips Strictly nocturnal, unobtrusive habits, and retiring nature, make this a difficult species to find. Best chances come from learning the vocalizations and tracking down a calling bird after dark with the aid of a powerful flashlight; beware, however, Flammulateds are good ventriloquists, so this is not an easy task. Otherwise, befriend a birder who knows the species well. Almost impossible to find when not calling.
Range Texas, Western Canada, Northwest, Rocky Mountains, California, Southwest
Voice Surprisingly loud and deep for so small a species; comprises a series of well-spaced, piping poo-poo-poo notes.
Discussion Tiny, plump-bodied owl with a proportionately large head, rounded facial disc, and small "ear" tufts. Plumage markings resemble tree bark and afford bird superb camouflage when resting close to trunk. Nests and often roosts in tree holes, hence extremely hard to find during daytime. Sexes are similar.


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|Warmwater flyfishing Bass, pike and even muskies in your backyard
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Always a way for me to salvae a non-productive day on my trout ponds.
Last Easter, cold & rainy, had a plate sized blue gill slam & break off a 1/0 Dahlberg Diver.
|John Desjardins
|I guess I missed this post when it first went up. Last Friday I stopped after work for some casting, and was pleasantly surprised that the sunfish were hitting flies on the surface. A size 12 beetle was the ticket for me. The water was cold though and its time to throw the fishing gloves in the car. Size wasn't that great but I didn't try too hard for the bigger ones.
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November Bluegills
I had a narrow window of opportunity to get some fishing in on Sunday, so I went to a small bass and bluegill pond just a few miles from my apartment. I tooled around in my Hobie Cat and managed to catch some very large 'gills in the deeper water (for this pond, about 5 feet). The water was much colder than I thought it would be (high 40's), so any fly that was moving too fast was ignored. A one half inch strip every couple of seconds seemed to do the trick, and the bites were very subtle. The fly that worked the best was a tiny (size 10) whistler, in the classic red and white colors. An olive heron wet fly also took a few.
This was an interesting experience for me. I had caught warm water fish into October before, but never this late in the season. The weather has been very mild for this time of the year in Connecticut, so I'm thankful for the opportunity to get in a little bit more fishing before seeing ice on the edges of the pond.
Maybe when the pond ices over I can cut a narrow trench to maintain flyfishing access. }>
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By Michael Aneiro
Fidelity is out with a new bond outlook piece that finds five reasons why bond yields are likely to remain low but still finds five ideas for bond investors.
On the low-yield front, Fidelity cites demographic trends (with the ratio of borrowers to savers "falling dramatically" in the U.S.), structurally low growth in developed markets, high debt burdens, growing central bank balance sheets and rising demand for fixed income stemming from regulations on banks, insurance companies and pension funds. In terms of what to buy, her are the Fidelity's "five areas of opportunity in 2013″:
- Corporate bonds. "Of the three major asset classes in the $43 trillion Barclays Global Aggregate Universe—corporates, governments, and banks—we believe nonfinancial corporates remain the most fundamentally sound…. In many instances, it has been a number of years since corporations have been shaken by market turbulence. This compares favorably with many governments (i.e., periphery nations in the eurozone) which issue debt that are still in the throes of a crisis."
- Structurally improving economies. "Our sovereign research and foreign exchange (FX) teams continue to identify attractive opportunities in select emerging-market currencies, including Mexico, Malaysia, and South Korea…. Central bank interventions will also be important to watch, particularly in export-led economies facing external competitive pressure."


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This image was taken at Mount Everest's Camp IV at approximately 10 am local time, May 19, 2009. Due to concerns at the time about available storage space on the camera's memory card, the resolution of the individual photos is less than is possible. This was done to insure that the entire vista was recorded.
The saddle between Mount Everest (29.035 feet) and Lhotse (27.940 feet, the fourth highest mountain in the world) is also known as the South Col, and is located at 26,000 feet above sea level on the border between Nepal and Tibet. Looking across the windswept and rocky South Col on the left side of the frame is the Everest summit block, rising over 3,000 feet from camp. The climbing route heads up the steep snow and ice slope known as the Triangular Face, and gains the right skyline at a slight bump on the southeast ridge.
The route then moves up towards the South Summit - the true summit is hidden just behind the highest point in the frame.
The Challenger Center Everest team believes that this is the highest GigaPan image ever taken on the surface of the Earth.
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Before we talk with today's authors, I want to announce that the winner of the signed copy of Special Delivery, by Kathi Macias, is:
mitzi_wanham@ . . .
Congratulations! I'll contact you today for your snail mail address, and we'll get your book to you right away. I encourage readers to keep commenting and/or subscribe at right (above my list of books) in order to participate in future book give-aways!
Now let's meet Mindy and John Clark, authors of Echoes of Titanic (Harvest House Publishers, March 2012).
Mindy Starns Clark is the award-winning author of 19 books, both fiction and nonfiction, including the #1 bestseller The Amish Midwife (co-written with Leslie Gould) and the popular The House That Cleans Itself.
John Campbell Clark is an attorney and CPA who works in the Christian nonprofit field. Married to Mindy for 23 years, he has served as her brainstorming partner, research facilitator, and first reader for each of her books. A lifelong Titanic buff, he was thrilled to coauthor with her on Echoes of Titanic.
John and Mindy have two daughters, both currently in college, and live near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, with their shih tzu, Belle.
Please tell us five random things we might not know about you.
--I grew up in a house that had a fireman's pole.
--One of my favorite jobs was with a music company, where I recorded the sing-along vocal tracks for their line of female karaoke songs.
--I once broke an arm and a leg…playing tennis.
--Before I became a novelist, I worked as an "Entertainer to Seniors," performing a mix of music and comedy at senior centers, nursing homes, and retirement communities.
--When I came back from classes after my first day of college, it was to find that my car had rolled down a hill, across a field, and up into a tree. (Being from Louisiana, which is very flat, I didn't know to leave the car in gear when parking it.)
--I met my wife on the first day of college, when she came looking for people to help get her car out of a tree.
--My summer job all through high school was as a lifeguard and camp counselor.
--When I was first starting out in my career, I worked in the World Trade Center.
--I've been to 48 states (just Alaska and South Dakota to go!)
--I've been to 10 World Series games.
I'm sure you've both heard this before, but that "meet cute" belongs in a novel!
Please tell us a bit more about the plot of Echoes of the Titanic.
Kelsey Tate's great-grandmother Adele endured the sinking of Titanic and made it safely to America, where she not only survived but thrived. Several generations later, Kelsey is a rising star at the firm Adele helped to establish nearly 100 years ago.
Now facing a hostile takeover, the firm's origins are challenged when new facts emerge about Adele's actions on Titanic's tragic last night. Kelsey tries to defend the company and the great-grandmother she has long admired, but the stakes are raised when a co-worker is found dead in the office—and police won't say if it's murder or suicide.
Forced to seek help from Cole Thornton, a man Kelsey once loved—and lost, thanks to her success-at-all-costs mentality—she pursues mysteries both past and present. Aided by Cole and strengthened by the faith she'd all but forgotten in her climb up the corporate ladder, Kelsey races to defend her family legacy, her livelihood, and ultimately her life.
What is it about Kelsey that will make your readers care about her?
Kelsey Tate is smart, funny, and likeable. She's also driven and ambitious and has made a lot of mistakes in her climb up the corporate ladder. I think what makes her so appealing in this story is that she's forced to confront those mistakes right off the bat and grapple with matters of humility and grace.
Five years ago, she unscrupulously out-maneuvered her boyfriend in a business deal, and it destroyed the relationship. Now she's forced to go to him for help. Watching Kelsey come to terms with her missteps and her own worst tendencies is very gratifying. It's also fun to see her rediscover her long-forgotten faith and try to rekindle the relationship she once destroyed through her own selfish actions.
If you were the casting director for the film version of your novel, who would play your lead roles?
Let's see. Kelsey would be played by a 32-year-old Jennifer Connelly-type.
For Cole, maybe Chris Pine.
Please share with us one quote that either inspires you or simply amuses you as you go about your efforts as a writer.
"Your worship of Him is more important than your ministry for Him." Wish I knew who said it! I keep it posted at my desk.
What is the last book you read that you would recommend?
In nonfiction, we both love Malcolm Gladwell and highly recommend Blink and Outliers. In fiction, Mindy is a huge fan of the The Hunger Games Trilogy. She finally got John to read the first one, and now he's eager to go see the movie—and to start reading the second.
They're definitely addicting stories!
What are you working on now?
Mindy: I'm having a blast writing a new mystery series with supermodel Kim Alexis. The first book in the series, Beauty to Die For, will be coming out this summer.
John: It's back to my "day job" for now, though of course I will continue to assist Mindy with her other books. If the right project came along, I would also happily pull out the pen (i.e. keyboard) again and start working away. Writing Echoes of Titanic was such a great experience, I hope to co-author again in the future.
Where else can readers find you online?
My websites are www.mindystarnsclark.com and www.morefrommindy.com, and I blog at www.thehousethatcleansitself.com and at www.amishreader.com.
The book can be purchased at fine book stores and online via the following buttons:
Finally, what question would you like to ask my readers?
I've been doing a lot of co-authoring lately and really enjoying it, so I'd like to ask about that. Are they any more or less likely to buy a book that has two authors? If a favorite author co-writes a book, are they resistant to embrace it or eager to see how it differs from that author's regular fare? And so on.
Thank you, Mindy and John, for visiting with us and telling us about your novel. Readers, Mindy and John have offered to give a signed copy of their book to the winner of our drawing on Monday, April 1. To enter, leave a comment below in answer to Mindy's question, above. "Please enter me" won't get you entered. Leave your email address, in case you win, like so: trish[at]trishperry[dot]com.
And I'd love it if you'd connect with me on Facebook. Just click on my name at the right of today's post.
Annoying legal disclaimer: drawings void where prohibited; open only to U.S. residents; the odds of winning depend upon the number of participants. See full disclaimer HERE.


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How cool is that?
Now you have both a goal AND a plan! As you work toward getting that well trained dawg, there are two other things you can work on simultaneously that will help that well trained dawg succeed. Your handling skills and becoming a team with with yer dawg.
Tom Rogers; Owned and Handled by AFC Al Capone's Magic Patriot Son - Riot
[FC/AFC Big Alfonse Capone of Mo-Kan x Dominators Magic Avalon]
Riot's Career on EE
I hear you, and I think you are at least partially right.
However, not included in the above calculations is the cost of the time off from work to train and trial. If I am not at my desk, I am not making money.
In the short term or the long term, it would be light years more economically efficient for me to specialize in my business and let an FT pro specialize in his. I pay to have my grass cut because I can use the 2 hours it would take me to do it to make much more money than it costs me. Same principle would apply here. Why would I not extend it on to handling the dog? And don't forget that I would likely not even be considered for a pup from a really good breeding without a commitment to send the pup to a really good trainer for about a year.
Let me also say that I do not have an FT dog, likely will not have one, and probably don't want one precisely because of the reasons cited above. I don't think I would ever have time to get good enough as a handler to do a talented dog real justice, mainly because I have other things I like to do too (Alabama football games, anyone?), and I am not sure I could just be a dog owner with the dog spending nearly all his time with a pro.
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For those of us who are obsessed, we are obviously not thinking this through in economical terms, I'd put a bullit in my head if I did that.
Who cares? Everyone has a choice to run or not run their dog as they see fit. I know what I prefer but don't lose sleep over another's choice.
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Well, it's officially the end of an era. I wasn't going to start a thread, because I didn't feel like it at the time. But I figured that I should honor my favorite character. Besides, not sure if the turtle fans on the board, are up to date with the current Mirage Comics. Especially since, the art of the book isn't the greatest.
But in Issue #10, they promised that a major character was going to die. And just like Chewbacca, it was a senseless death. I don't have the issue in my hand at the moment, but I will post what I've read. Only thing I can say, is he deserved a more noble death. Atleast dieing in battle, or somthing. Atleast the vision of one of his sons killing him wasn't true.
In Issue #8 and #9, it was strongly hinted that April was going to be the one to die. She had been stabbed years ago by Baxter Stockmen, and the nanoprobes in the weapon he used had remained dorment. But they suddenly reactivated and the Turtles and the Utroms battled to save her life.
But in Issue #10, their measures seemed to have helped. But unfortunatly Master Splinter suffered what according to what I've read, appears to have been a major heart attack. Before he passed away, he seemed distraught at leaving his sons.
As he died, what appeared to be the spirit of the Rat King appeared before him. He's appeared before, when Splinter was near death to help him battle back to life at all costs. Whether he was there now as a guide to the next realm or for a more sinister purpose, isn't explained.
There is always the chance that he could pull the old Obi-Wan trick, and appear when the TMNT need him in spirit form. But that's not known at the moment. Issue #11 will be his funeral issue, which will most likely follow the vision of Donatello in Japan to lay to rest the remains of Splinter.
MTFBWY and HH!!
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Hows the deer hunting coming?
I've seen several doe and saw a buck out at 75 yds. It def had forks, but couldn't find the third point.
The birds continue to elude me. No birds. No sign.
Its like the earth opened up and swallowed them whole.
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