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Rival banks have jumped on brand change, mounting campaigns to lure customers away
The ANZ could potentially lose 30 to 40 per cent of its National Bank customers by dropping the brand, a banking expert says.
But the bank says it has not had any "appreciable change" in customer numbers since it made the announcement last month and it plans to grow market share.
Massey University senior lecturer Claire Matthews said past bank brand mergers in New Zealand showed a loss of customers was likely, although it could take several years.
"The 1996 merger of Westpac and Trust Bank did not go very well for Westpac."
Matthews said Westpac experienced a large jump in its share of the home loan market after it absorbed the Trust Bank brand.
"But after five or six years its market share was back down to where it was before it made the merger."
A merger of the National Bank and Countrywide in 1998 was more successful, said Matthews, with the National Bank initially experiencing a drop in market share but recovering a few years later.
Matthews said it was hard to know how many customers ANZ could lose.
"They could potentially lose 30 to 40 per cent, but it won't be overnight.
"It just depends how strongly the customer feels about it - and how good a job the ANZ does to keep them happy."
If the ANZ wanted to convince National customers that it was only a colour change it would have to keep up the same level of service, she said.
A spokesman for the ANZ said it had looked at previous bank brand changes and used their experiences to inform its handling of the move.
"While customers are loyal to their brand, their main concerns are about continuing to see the people they deal with, accessibility to branches and that their banking experience won't become more difficult."
The spokesman said the ANZ had moved to reassure National Bank customers about those issues.
"We bank around one in two New Zealanders. As with any bank, a number of customers come and go. But there hasn't been any appreciable change in those numbers since the brand announcement."
Rival banks have jumped on the brand change to mount their own campaigns in a bid to lure National Bank customers away.
But Matthews said other banks looking to convince people to shift also faced a hurdle.
"While it is relatively easy to switch - there is still a perception that it is difficult."
Chris De Wit, head of banking and financial services at Ernst & Young, said it was difficult to put a number on how many customers ANZ could lose and said the banking sector had changed a lot since previous brand mergers had taken place.
"The nature of our relationship with banks has changed a lot - we've gone away from human relationships to digital. People are far less prepared to stick with the same bank."
De Wit said the National Bank was known for a high level of engagement with its customers whereas the ANZ was not, but that had not cost the ANZ many customers in the past.
"It comes down to the mix of customers. National Bank has a large rural base."
For many rural customers it was still about having access to the branch network and seeing their bank support the local community. De Wit said if the ANZ were to drop its sponsorship or involvement in community funding it could affect decisions by those rural customers.

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Mostly nymph.streamer and spey flies are used.
Did C+D for first 5 years fishing michigan, learned how and where they were, and reverted back to purist fly fishing techniques the last 15 years.
BTW, any one ever caught a summer run on a dry ? I won't even ask about winter runs. Read a Dave Richey article recently who has been fly fishing since the 1970s for great lakes steelhead said he has never caught one on a dry fly in all those years of guiding and fishing through out Michigan.
Very low probability of success in my opinion.
Their are many techniques for fishing for the elusive steelhead in the Great Lakes, as well as the west coast. I am the person who fishes runs primarly. I try to keep away from fishing the elusive redd. I am not saying fishing redds are unethical. I usually use a 10' 8wt. With a good floating line(rio steelhead/atlantic salmon, airflo, etc) it all depends on your prefernce. Another effective way is using a 300, 400 grain sink tip line swinging speys. This can be accomplished on a 9- 15ft rod. Again all your preference. Im not going into chuck and duck because it could start an arguement. I do not like throwing sinking lines in rivers because it puts to much drag into the line, therefore your arm gets a painful workout from mending every 2 seconds. I feel fishing an indicator line is best used for drifting nymphs and eggs. If you are a spey addict stick with the sink tip or full sinking. I'll say it again, your techniques should be based on what is comfortable for you. I believe 75% of catching fish is based on confidence alone. You have to believe in what your doing or it will never work. Just helping those who don't know which one to choose.
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Council Roundup: No thanks to light rail maintenance facility
The city council on Monday expressed strong opposition to locating a light rail operations and maintenance (O&M) facility in Bellevue.
Sound Transit has identified four potential sites in Bellevue and one site in Lynnwood for the rail yard, which would support the agency's regional network, including East Link. Sound Transit officials told the council they need a 20- to 25-acre site to accommodate about 80 light rail vehicles, in addition to the 100-plus vehicles they will keep at their existing maintenance base south of downtown Seattle.
In a letter that councilmembers approved sending to the Sound Transit Board, they called the timing of a study of the Bellevue sites an "unwelcome surprise to the city. We were assured by Sound Transit … that a maintenance base was not needed for East Link or on the Eastside."
All four Bellevue sites are located in the city's Bel-Red corridor, and councilmembers said the proposals "would clearly be incompatible" with the city's plan for the area. Officials rezoned the Bel-Red corridor in 2009 and it's slated to be transformed from a light industrial area to a mix of residential and office uses focused around development near two future light rail stations.
The letter notes the need for an O&M facility appears driven by the expansion of light rail north of Seattle, so the facility should be located there, rather than an incompatible area of Bellevue. The council urges Sound Transit to investigate further potential sites along the North Link Extension. Also, the letter explains, cumulative noise and environmental impacts of such a facility have not been sufficiently studied.
The four Bellevue sites are located: at the former International Paper plant, along the BNSF railroad line, south of Northup Way; at the Cadman ready mix concrete yard on the west side of 130th Avenue Northeast, south of Northup Way; east of 130th Avenue, between SR 520 and Northup Way, in an area now occupied by small businesses; and on 148th Avenue Northeast where a Fred Meyer store currently is located. The Lynnwood site is near Interstate 5 and the Lynnwood Transit Center, on property owned by the Edmonds School District.
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Bike-pedestrian lane for West Lake Sammamish Parkway The city will soon begin work on long-awaited improvements to West Lake Sammamish Parkway that will make the important north-south arterial safer for pedestrians and bicyclists. The council approved a $4.8 million contract for the first phase of the project, a section of the roadway between Interstate 90 and Southeast 34th Street. Tacoma-based Active Construction will add a multi-purpose trail, separated from vehicular traffic by a landscaping buffer, as well as pedestrian crossings along the corridor. The city began considering improvements to West Lake Sammamish Parkway in 1996, after Bellevue, Redmond and King County completed a joint study of the arterial where traffic volumes have been growing. In 2005, after extensive public outreach, the council approved a general design calling for a10-foot-wide multi-use trail and a landscaping buffer where feasible. The improvements are to be made in five phases, each for an approximately one-mile segment of the 5.5-mile stretch of roadway between I-90 and the north city limits. There was overwhelming public support for starting with the southernmost segment. Construction is expected to begin early next year and be substantially complete in late fall.
The southbound lane of the street will have to be closed for the duration of the project. Southbound traffic will be detoured to Southeast 34th Street and to I-90, from which travelers may return to destinations in the closure area using the I-90 West Lake Sammamish Parkway off-ramp, then heading north. Staff are in the process of notifying affected residents and businesses about the detour, giving them time to prepare for it. A newsletter about the project will go to residents in November.
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Emerging market stocks rallied today, though not Brazil. The reason: Regulators may limit what electricity providers can charge, Bloomberg said, sinking utilities including Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais (CIG) , which dropped 13%. The Bovespa stock index fell 0.6% today.
Mexico's peso traded at its highest level in 18 months after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it would keep buying bonds, Reuters reported. Mexico's IPC stock index rose 1%.
Peru's central bank sold sol and bought dollars, but its currency rose anyway. Peru's Bolsa de Valores de Lima General Sector Index gained 0.2%.
A port strike in Chile has prevented Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, from shipping some its metal. The Santiago Stock Exchange IPSA Index rose 0.6%.
Colombia's finance minister said the country must do all in its power to weaken its peso. The Colombia COLCAP Index fell 0.04%.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev compared the EU's handling of Cyprus to a "bull in a china shop," Reuters said. Russia's Micex stock index dropped 0.1%
South Africa's central bank kept rates steady to prevent the rand's decline from accelerating, beyondbrics says. The FTSE/JSE Africa Top40 Tradeable Index fell 0.1%.
Turkey is in talks to open trading in its debt to foreign investors, Bloomberg reports. Turkey's Istanbul Stock Exchange National 100 Index dropped 0.15%.
Emerging Market Stocks on the Move
Petrobras (PBR) is unlikely to raise as much money from asset sales as it had forecast, Bloomberg says. Its stock fell 2% to $17.20.
Shares of Suntech Power Holdings (STP) had traded down as much as 44% in pre-open trading before the stock was halted pending news that a Chinese unit had entered bankruptcy.
Chinese internet stocks Qihoo 360 Technology (QIHU), Ctrip.com International (CTRP), Sina (SINA), Youku Tudou (YOKU) and SouFun Holdings (SFUN) all jumped more than 3% today.


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The Struggle for Egypt
A sweeping account of Egypt in the modern era: what Egypt is, what it stands for, and its relation to the world.
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Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies
Middle East; Politics in the Arab world; U.S.-Middle East policy; Turkish politics; civil-military relations in the Middle East; Arab-Israeli conflict.
Steven A. Cook is Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He is an expert on Arab and Turkish politics as well as U.S.-Middle East policy. Cook is the author of The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square, which won the Washington Institute for Near East Policy's gold medal in 2012, and Ruling But Not Governing: The Military and Political Development in Egypt, Algeria, and Turkey. His new book, False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East, will be published by Oxford University Press in June 2017.
Cook has published widely in foreign policy journals, opinion magazines, and newspapers, and he is a frequent commentator on radio and television. He also currently writes the blog From the Potomac to the Euphrates.
Prior to joining CFR, Cook was a research fellow at the Brookings Institution (2001–2002) and a Soref research fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (1995–1996).
Cook holds a BA in international studies from Vassar College, an MA in international relations from Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, and both an MA and a PhD in political science from the University of Pennsylvania. He speaks Arabic and Turkish and reads French.
The much-anticipated transitions to democratic political systems in the Middle East have not materialized. Despite the enthusiasm surrounding the uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and other countries, a rather different reality of instability and repressive politics has emerged in the region. In my forthcoming book, False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East, which will be published by Oxford University Press in 2017, I argue that the Arab revolts of 2010–2011 and Turkey's Gezi Park protests in 2013 represented a collective false dawn. While some uprisings failed to overthrow entrenched social and political orders, other states face potential break-ups in the absence of strong institutions. Still other countries are either experiencing a consolidation of authority that is blunting political opposition or struggling to find a formula that will allow them to escape political stalemate. Since the uprisings, observers have often asserted that there is "no going back" in the Middle East, meaning a return to pre-uprising politics. That is surely true, but it does not imply—as so many have assumed—a democratic future for the region. Rather than a particularly difficult moment on the path in the transition to democracy, the Middle East's present uncertainty, violence, and authoritarianism is also its future.
Just a decade ago, Turkey seemed on track to becoming a full-fledged liberal democracy. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in 2002 and oversaw a period of dramatic political reform. By the time the European Commission recommended, in 2004, that Ankara begin pursuing EU membership, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was earning praise for having discovered a Turkish "third way," in which Islamists pursued political and economic reform without sowing dangerous social divisions. A decade later, however, Turkey's democratic transition is over. Although more Turks are voting and engaged in politics than ever before—thanks to AKP reforms that have helped produce a growing middle class—over time, the government has increasingly restricted their ability to contest its decisions. Pressure on journalists, restrictions on freedom of expression, police brutality, and limits on social media have all become hallmarks of Turkish politics. Overall, Turkish leaders have used the quasi-democratic institutions of the political system to advance an anti-democratic agenda. My work on Turkey—articles, blog posts, and roundtable meetings—aims to identify the trends in Turkish politics and what they may mean for the broader region.
A sweeping account of Egypt in the modern era: what Egypt is, what it stands for, and its relation to the world.
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Experts from the Council on Foreign Relations and the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution propose a new, nonpartisan Middle East strategy drawing on the lessons of past failures to address both the short- and long-term challenges to U.S. interests.
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A critical examination of how the legacies of military control in Egypt, Algeria, and Turkey affect political development in these countries, highlighting the often-overlooked difficulties of promoting democratic change in military-dominated political systems.
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The Egyptian uprising presents a rare opportunity for the United States to resolve the tension between its strategic priorities in the Middle East and its desire to support democratic change in the region. Washington's past approach to aiding Egypt was based on relations with authoritarian leaders who could be counted on to advance the United States' interests. With the fall of Hosni Mubarak and Egyptian efforts to build a more open political system, a policy based on "authoritarian stability" is no longer possible, and the United States is now forced to alter the way it appropriates and distributes bilateral assistance.
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Its economy is in terrible condition and state authority is apparently breaking down. It's time to contemplate an intervention by Egypt's military, says CFR's Steven Cook.
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Though the results of Israel's recent election point to the creation of a new and potentially more conciliatory government, Steven A. Cook says tensions between Jerusalem and Ankara run too deeply for a single election to make much difference.
Steven A. Cook says, "This is a critical moment in Egypt's transition; Morsi and his colleagues would do well to recognize that, rescind the decrees, and commit themselves to the democratic process. At this point, it is the only way for the Brothers to burnish their revolutionary credentials."
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Thanks to the rift between Turkey and Israel, Ankara's days as a power broker in the Arab-Israeli conflict are over, says Steven A. Cook.
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Steven A. Cook says Gaza's radiating instability proves once again that Palestine is at the center of the region's problems.
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Steven A. Cook says leadership in the Middle East is up for grabs as the Syrian war intensifies, the Arab Spring changes regional power dynamics, and Israel's airstrikes and Hamas rockets again roil Gaza. Last year, Turkey was the assumed role model for the region. But it has fallen down on the job.
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Following Turkey's decision to authorize military action against Syria, CFR's Steven Cook highlights three reasons why tensions are unlikely to escalate to war.
Steven A. Cook says the news may look grim, but the United States is poised to remain the dominant power in the Middle East.
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Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi's visit to Iran signals a shift in his country's foreign policy away from Washington's influence, which, paradoxically, could have some positive upshots for the United States, says CFR's Steven Cook.
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President Morsi's reshuffling of top military ranks rebalances political power toward the civilian regime but may unsettle minorities who had hoped the military would check the power of the Muslim Brotherhood, says CFR's Steven Cook.
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Steven A. Cook says Egypt's new president, Mohamed Morsy, is outsmarting the generals, looking to be "much more than the weak transitional figure the SCAF has sought to make him."
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Steven A. Cook says Egypt's feared domestic enforcer is dead, but not the regime he left behind.
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Steven A. Cook says Mohamed Morsi's victory in Egypt's presidential election puts Islamists in control an office that was once the exclusive province of the military, but asks whether Sunday's Tahrir Square celebration was premature.
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Steven A. Cook says that regardless of whether the June 17 decree by Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces was in fact a military coup, precedent in Turkey in Algeria shows that officers' interests are safeguarded, and society as a whole will pay.
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Steven A. Cook says that as Hosni Mubarak lies on his deathbed, he leaves behind a broken Egypt.
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Regardless of the outcome of the presidential runoff elections, the Egyptian military is seeking to assert control to protect its privileges, says CFR's Steven A. Cook.
The Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court's decision to dissolve parliament has "thrown Egypt into turmoil once again," threatening the upcoming presidential election runoff and the hopes of the country's sixteen-month-old revolution, says CFR's Steven A. Cook.
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Egypt's next president is likely to be a member of the Muslim Brotherhood or a Mubarak-era figure. Either way, U.S. ties are likely to cool, says CFR's Steven A. Cook.
Even before Egyptians cast ballots for a new president this week, they will have engineered a surprising shift in power that reflects impressive strides, writes CFR's Steven Cook.
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CFR's Steven A. Cook joins Jeremy Hobson on NPR's Here & Now to discuss Turkey's recent constitutional referendum that gave President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expanded powers in a narrow victory.
CFR's Steven A. Cook joins the University of Pennsylvania's Knowledge@Wharton to talk about the impact of Turkey's recent constitutional referendum on Turkish politics and society.
PBS Newshour's Jeffrey Brown talks to CFR's Steven A. Cook and Kadir Ustun of the SETA Foundation about the ramifications of the recent controversial referendum in Turkey that approved the transformation of the country's parliamentary political system into a presidential one.
CFR's Steven A. Cook joins BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight to talk about the Turkish constitutional referendum that narrowly approved amendments giving President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expanded powers.
CFR's Steven A. Cook joins BBC World Service's Newshour to discuss the recent Turkish referendum that changes the country's constitution and replaces a parliamentary system with a presidential one.
CFR's Steven A. Cook discusses the ramifications of the U.S. bombing of a Syrian regime airbase in retaliation for the use of chemical weapons with Michael Brooks on the Majority Report With Sam Seder.
CFR's Steven A. Cook argues that the Donald J. Trump administation's attack on a regime airbase in Syria reinforces the limited options the U.S. military has in the region.
Steven A. Cook joins Bloomberg Markets AM to discuss the impact of Donald J. Trump administation's attack on a regime airbase in Syria on regional and global politics.
CFR's Steven A. Cook joins KPCC's Larry Mantle to discuss the 2011 Arab uprisings, how they have unraveled over the last six years, and what the future holds for the Middle East.
CFR's Steven Cook joins WHYY's Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane to discuss the failed coup in Turkey and its implications on Turkish politics and society.
CFR's Steven Cook joins Michael Brooks on The Majority Report to discuss the failed coup attempt in Turkey, the ongoing purge launched by the authorities, and its impact on Turkish politics and society.
CFR's Steven Cook is interviewed on The World Tonight for BBC Radio 4 to discuss the purges of the military, police, judiciary, civil service, and academia in Turkey following the recent coup attempt.
CFR's Steven Cook joins CNN's Fareed Zakaria to talk about the failed coup attempt in Turkey and its implications on the future of Turkish politics and society.
CFR's Steven Cook discusses the attempted military takeover in Turkey as it happens with PBS's Judy Woodruff.
CFR's Steven Cook joins Michael Brooks on The Majority Report to explain what is driving the security crisis in Turkey, the threats from the self-declared Islamic State and militant Kurdish fighters, and whether President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has the ability to pivot.
CFR's Steven Cook joins Charlie Rose to discuss the terrorist attack on Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul, which killed over forty people, and its impact on Turkish politics.
CFR's Steven Cook is interviewed on BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight to discuss the bombing in Turkey's capital, Ankara, which killed twenty-eight. Cook discusses Turkish-Kurdish relations as well as Turkish foreign policy ambitions in Syria and against the self-declared Islamic State.
CFR's Steven Cook joins Michael Brooks on The Majority Report to discuss Saudi Arabia, Iran, the growing conflict between them, and the implications of that conflict on the future of the Middle East.
CFR's Steven Cook discusses Turkish and Egyptian politics with Malcolm Hoenlein on The John Batchelor Show, focusing on the recent elections in Turkey, the situation in Syria, Russian involvement in the Middle East, and the situation in Egypt.
CFR's Steven Cook discusses developments after NATO offers its support to Turkey in its escalating efforts to fight the self-proclaimed Islamic State along with coalition partners with Michael Krasny on San Francisco's KQED Public Radio
CFR's Steven Cook joins Charlie Rose to discuss recent developments regards Turkey's increased role in the fight against the self-declared Islamic State with Francis Ricciardone, Henri Barkey, and David Philips.
Joining Richard Aldous, host of the American Interest's podcast, Steven Cook discusses Turkey and the recent general elections. Cook argues that while the elections represent a setback for President Erdogan, political stability moving forward is not a guarantee.
Steven Cook joins Soner Cagaptay and Elmira Bayrasli on Charlie Rose to discuss the signifiance of the recent Turkish general elections for Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).
CFR's Steven Cook talks with PBS's Alison Stewart to discuss the results of Turkey's parliamentary elections that saw the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lose the majority it held for twelve years.
CFR's Steven Cook joins Katherine Spector to speak with Alix Steel of Bloomberg TV's Street Smart to discuss the the expulsion of ISIS from Tikrit in Iraq and the implications on the regional oil trade.
CFR's Steven Cook discusses Egypt's bombing raids against ISIS in retaliation for the group's brutal attacks with Ayman Mohyeldin and Brian Katulis on MSNBC's NOW with Alex Wagner.
CFR's Steven Cook appears on MSNBC's NOW with Alex Wagner with former senior advisor to President Obama David Axelrod to discuss the U.S.-led anti-ISIS coalition, the battle for Kobani, and Turkey's commitment to the operation.
CFR's Steven Cook joins Liz Sly of the Washington Post and Frederic Wehrey of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on WHYY's Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane to talk about recent developments in the Syrian-Kurdish town of Kobani.
As Turkey believes that the root cause of the rise of ISIS is the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the Turks will not be fully committed to the anti-ISIS coalition absent an American plan for regime change in Damascus, says CFR's Steven Cook on C-SPAN with Peter Slen.
CFR's Steven Cook joins Catherine Wise of the Guardian on PRI's The World with Marco Werman to discuss developments in the Syrian-Kurdish town of Kobani and Turkey's role in the battle.
CFR's Steven Cook appears on MSNBC's NOW with Alex Wagner to talk about the generational aspect of the fight against ISIS and terrorism.
With demands for a new government under Haider al-Abadi, CFR's Steven Cook appears on MSNBC's NOW with Alex Wagner with former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Wesley Clark to discuss the recent developents in Iraq and Nour al-Maliki's options.
As the fighting in Gaza continues, CFR's Steven Cook joins Luke Russert on MSNBC's NOW with AlexWagner along with Bobby Ghosh of Quartz to discuss what Israelis and Palestinians are looking for in a ceasefire proposal.
CFR's Steven Cook appears on MSNBC's NOW with Alex Wagner to talk about the recent fighting between Israel and Hamas, security issues in Gaza, and the humanitarian casualties of the war.
Steven Cook speaks on Warren Olney's To The Point to discuss the Turkish elections, their implications for Turkish democracy, and U.S.-Turkey relations
CFR's Steven Cook appears on MSNBC's Martin Bashir to debate the consequences of a possible U.S. missile strike in Syria, as well as the costs of supporting true regime change, as Syria's Bashar al-Assad threatens retaliation for any attack, with Lara Setrakian, managing editor of "Syria Deeply."
The crisis in Syria deepens as reports surface that the government is using chemical weapons against its civilians. Syria denies the allegation and President Obama has not made a final decision regarding military intervention. "There needs to be a signal sent to the international community that the use of these types of weapons are beyond the pale and that there would indeed be consequences as a result of using them," says CFR's Steven Cook on Marketplace.
Hundreds of people were killed in Egypt when armed forces cleared protest camps set up by supporters of ousted President Morsi. CFR's Steven Cook, in an interview on NPR, explains that the recent military crackdown on those protesters can be seen as an attempt by the Muslim Brotherhood to delegitimize the government appointed by the military and their use of violence and martyrdom, increasing sectarian tensions in the country.
In the wake of the military intervention in Egypt that removed President Mohammed Morsi from power, CFR's Steven Cook talks with NPR's Audie Cornish about the current and historical role of the Egyptian military in politics, arguing that the Egyptian military is apolitical and does not have an ideological commitment to one particular group, only wanting to protect its own interests and its reputation as the protector of the Egyptian state.
Egypt is bracing for increased violence between massive crowds for and against Mohamed Morsi. Tanks are in the streets of Cairo, and Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood claims there has been a military coup. Has the United States given its tacit approval? What are the potential consequences for democracy in Egypt and the Middle East? CFR's Steven Cook says, in an interview with KCRW's Warren Olney, that the United States is a side-show to the continuous struggle for power in Egypt, and that Washington's primary interest in the Middle East is security and not democracy.
The White House has promised to step up assistance to Syrian rebels, after determining that the Assad government has used chemical weapons against the rebels. CFR's Steven Cook says this may be too little, too late. In an interview on CNBC, Cook explains that the rebels are on the defensive, and in the meantime Assad's regime is strengthening its position.
Turkey's government is facing its biggest protests in years as demonstrators and police clashed for a 12th consecutive day. CFR's Steven Cook explains the situation in Turkey and the clashes between street demonstrators and the ruling AK party led by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
CFR's Steven Cook, talking on NPR, examines Turkish prime minister Erdogan's illiberal and authoritarian turn in Turkey in light of the recent protests in Istanbul's Gezi Park and discusses what this means for the prospects of Turkish leadership in the region as a "democracy."
President Obama recognized the annual Remembrance Day for the estimated 1.5 million Armenians who died in the former Ottoman Empire; however, Obama stopped short of calling the term "genocide" to define the awful events of 1915. CFR's Steven Cook, in an interview with Larry Mantle on Air Talk, explains that the Obama administration does not want to create tension in U.S.-Turkey relations, and using the term "genocide" would do just that.
Ongoing violence in Egypt highlights the continued tensions between the government and the opposition, and raises questions about the prospects of Egypt's transition into a democracy. CFR's Steven Cook talks with Neal Conan of NPR, claiming that Egypt has quickly moved from an exhilarating moment of national unity to a deep polarization, which has complicated Morsi's ability to govern and calls into question Egypt's democratic transition. Should things continue to get worse, he says, there could possibly be a military intervention in Cairo.
CFR's Steven Cook discusses the latest on Egypt's first referendum on the draft constitution that will drive Egypt's policies in the future.
Steven A. Cook's The Struggle for Egypt, a chronicle of modern Egypt that culminates in the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak, has been awarded the gold medal in The Washington Institute's 2012 Book Prize competition.
What is at stake for Israel's neighboring countries, in light of the new conflict between Israel and Hamas? "The Israelis could be looking at a situation in which their relations are deteriorating with Egypt, faced with the possibility of two fronts in Gaza, and in the north from Hezbollah, and the crumbling of its relationship with Jordan. All around, a nightmare scenario," says CFR's Steven Cook in an interview for PRI's The World.
CFR's Steven Cook talks to PRI's The World and explains the intense reluctance among officials at the Department of Defense, the State Department, and the White House to commit to involvement in Syria. He says that Washington wants to be sensitive to Syria's security concerns without getting directly involved and entering into a situation that might turn into another Afghanistan or something similar.
Egypt has blocked access to the country from the Gaza Strip in the wake of an assault on an Egyptian border station. "The residents of the Sinai have long felt that they have been neglected by the central government in Cairo. They have been abused by the police. There are significant socio-economic problems throughout the Sinai but, in particular in northern Sinai," says CFR's Steven Cook, speaking on PRI's The World. The real issue, he says, is whether post-revolutionary Egypt has the capacity to deal with the Sinai's complex challenges.
How influential has international help been for Assad, and what can the West do to stop the violence? CFR's Steven Cook appears on Fox News and says the Assad regime remains in place mainly due to the large amount of support it gets from the Russians and Iranians, while the rebels have received minimal international aid. Cook claims that this is not a "fair fight," and warns that we are in for much more bloodshed in Syria unless there is concerted international action.
The failure by the Arab League mission to stop the violence in Syria puts more pressure on the international community at large to intervene in that country, but the United States has no plans to do that. "If we want to see an end to the violence and a hope for democracy in Syria, the next stop is international intervention. If not, Assad will likely be around for some time and will kill many more people," argues CFR's Steven Cook on PRI's The World.
Slate.com recommends Dr. Steven Cook's new book, The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square, saying, "Cook brings the revolution to life."
The elections in Egypt have exposed deep rifts between the ruling Military Council and various opposition groups. CFR's Steven Cook discusses what is at stake for Egypt's military in light of the recent parliamentary elections. Speaking on PRI's The World, he explains the military's desire to maintain its power, and how their legitimacy is being threatened by the possibility a true democracy emerging in Egypt.
Christian Science Monitor calls The Struggle for Egypt:From Nasser to Tahrir Square by Dr. Steven Cook, "[An] excellent new book."
Publisher's Weekly reviews Dr. Steven Cook's new book, The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square, saying, "...this providentially-timed account of modern Egyptian history combines immersion journalism with insightful policy analysis."
Thanassis Cambanis for the New York Times Sunday Book Review says, "Cook has given us is a scholar's well-informed, analytical history, which offers invaluable insights to anyone interested in how Egypt came to its present impasse" about Dr. Steven Cook's new book, The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square.
Lynn Neary, from NPR's Morning Edition, talks to Steven Cook, senior follow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, about the 30th anniversary of the assassination of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. They discuss how the past is shaping Egypt's future.
Dr. Steven Cook's new book, The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square is reviewed by Kirkus Reviews: "[A] detailed account of the build-up to revolution and how recent developments were organized . . . Cook, who is intimately familiar with Egypt and its political and cultural history, begins from Nasser's 1952 coup, providing broad context for his discussion."
Dr. Steven Cook appears on Charlie Rose to discuss the recent resignations of Turkey's top military officers.
It has been six months since popular protests forced Tunisian President Zine Abidine Ben Ali to announce he was stepping down. That event has shaken the Arab world. CFR's Steven Cook talks with PRI's The World, saying that many changes have been made but that it is still too early to tell what the political trajectory of the region will be, as Tunisia, like Egypt, is still having difficulty realizing its revolutionary promise.
CFR's Steven Cook, in an interview with PRI's The World, discusses the prospects for a regional "domino effect" in Egypt's neighborhood.
Dr. Steven Cook speaks on the future of U.S.-Israeli relations on PBS NewsHour, "The Rundown."
Dr. Steven Cook appears on WorldFocus to discuss resumed negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.
A look at Hosni Mubarak's meeting with President Obama in Washington with Steven Cook of The Council on Foreign Relations and Michele Dunne of The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on Charlie Rose.
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PBS Newshour's Jeffrey Brown talks to CFR's Steven A. Cook and Kadir Ustun of the SETA Foundation about the ramifications of the recent controversial referendum in Turkey that approved the transformation of the country's parliamentary political system into a presidential one.
CFR's Steven A. Cook joins the University of Pennsylvania's Knowledge@Wharton to talk about the impact of Turkey's recent constitutional referendum on Turkish politics and society.
CFR's Steven A. Cook joins Jeremy Hobson on NPR's Here & Now to discuss Turkey's recent constitutional referendum that gave President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expanded powers in a narrow victory.
Egypt's 2011 revolution marks the latest chapter in Egyptians' longtime struggle for greater democratic freedoms. In this CFR video, Steven A. Cook, CFR's Hasib J. Sabbagh senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies and author of "The Struggle for Egypt," identifies the lessons that Egypt's emerging leadership must learn from the Nasser, Sadat, and Mubarak regimes.


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For some unknown reason, some of the radio stations have been playing more Heart songs (they doing a reunion tour or something?), and in "Alone," there's a line I often mishear:
"And the night goes by so very slow,
Oh I hope that it won't end though.
"Oh I hope that it won't Endor."
Makes no grammatical sense, but it "makes [me] think of Star Wars."


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L'Avant-Scène to perform Moliere comedy
Posted November 13, 2009; 12:16 p.m.
L'Avant-Scène, Princeton's French theater workshop, will perform Moliere's comedy "L'Avare" at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 19-21, in the Class of 1970 Theater at Whitman College.
The group, formerly known as L'Atelier, was founded in 2001 by Florent Masse, a senior lecturer in the Department of French and Italian, who will direct the performance. This is the workshop's 17th full-length production in French, and the first of a "Moliere Festival" to be presented by L'Avant-Scène this fall.
The play focuses on Harpagon, a man devoured by an all-consuming need to possess money because it gives him the authority to dispose of everything and everyone as he pleases. Through his money, he gains the potential for ultimate fulfillment, yet he remains incapable of moving forward.
The performance is sponsored by the Department of French and Italian. Admission is free, but reservations are encouraged. To reserve seats, e-mail email@example.com


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Monday, March 15, 2010
Gayle Roper and Free Books!
Before we meet today's novelist, I'd like to announce that the winner of the drawing for Ronie Kendig's novel, Dead Reckoning, is:
jthauge@ . . .
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 in order to participate in future book give-aways!
And now let's meet novelist Gayle Roper, author of A Stranger's Wish (Harvest House, February, 2010).
Gayle Roper is the author of more than 45 books. She says, "I have been in love with story all my life. Give me a novel with strong characters and a captivating plot, and I'm one happy reader. Or writer."
Two of Gayle's books have been named Book of the Year, she's won a RITA Award for Best Inspirational Romance, won three Holt Medallions, received a Reviewer's Choice Award, and finaled repeatedly for the Christy Award.
She lives in Southeast Pennsylvania with her husband Chuck. She teaches frequently at writers conferences and speaks at women's events across the country. She loves her kids and grandkids, and enjoys eating out whenever she can talk Chuck into it.
Wow, Gayle, I'm in awe of your accolades! You're Superwoman! I think Chuck should take you to dinner whenever you darned well please!
Please tell us a bit more about the plot of A Stranger's Wish.
Kristie Matthews, artist and teacher, moves to an Amish farm. On her first day she's bitten by the family's German shepherd and rushed to the hospital by a handsome neighbor. There she meets an old man having a heart attack. He gives her a key to keep for him and makes her promise to tell no one she has it. Trouble and romance follow until she solves the mystery of the key.
Which character in your novel most interested you while you wrote?
I like all the characters of this novel, but one of my favorites is Mary Zook, the Amish mother who is a closet artist. In her culture, art is frowned upon, but she has this gift and a compulsion to use it. When Kristie, our heroine and an artist, comes to board, Mary's world suddenly expands, but she has to decide how much she can step outside what is comfortable and right.
Why will readers enjoy your novel?
A Stranger's Wish has suspense, mystery, interesting characters, and it's a great story. There are also lots of interesting facts about Amish life, something that interests a lot of folks. How should we balance law and grace?
There's certainly no denying the appeal of Amish fiction. I think it was literary agent Chip MacGregor who wrote the other day that he believes Amish fiction is here to stay (versus a passing fad)--a permanent genre of its own.
If you were the casting director for the film version of your novel, who would play your lead roles?
The guy who plays The Mentalist (Simon Baker) can be Clarke, our hero.
And Amy Adams can be Kristie.
This month we're looking at opening lines. What are the first lines (or the first line, if you prefer) of your novel? What did you hope to convey with those opening lines?
By the time Jon Clarke What's-his-name drove me to the hospital, my terrible inner trembling had stopped.
I hoped to intrigue readers enough to make them read on and find out what had happened to Kristie.
Yes, it already poses a number of questions!
What facet of the writing craft comes easiest to you? What do you struggle with?
I can usually see the opening and the finale though not in great detail. I know who my bad guy will be. I try hard not to use the same devices over again. One car chase in one book is it. I think the hardest thing is delving into personalities of characters who are different from me. What would they think, what would they do in a specific situation when they are so different from me?
What is the last book you read that moved you?
I'm a sucker for a good romantic suspense, mystery or romance. I've been reading several contemporary romances as a judge for the RITA Awards. I read a new author, Susan Mallery, a title called Straight from the Hip. An unusual set-up, characters of depth, and a satisfying ending. I find some romances have the big break-up and then the last two pages are the rekindling of the affection--too little too late. I don't buy that fences can be mended that quickly.
What are you working on now?
I'm writing a short romantic suspense for Love Inspired Suspense called Hear No Evil. It's the second of three about a trio of teachers who share a house. Lucy is the impetuous, leads with her heart character whose personality will be fun to capture.
Where else can readers find you or your writing online?
I have several short stories posted on my web site, www.gayleroper.com. They're there just for friends and visitors to read. There's lots of information about my other books there too. All the titles can be purchased at a local book store or through christianbooks.com or Amazon.com.
Thanks, Gayle, for visiting with us and telling us about A Stranger's Wish. Readers, Gayle has offered to give a copy of her novel to the winner of our drawing on Monday, March 22. To enter, leave a comment for Gayle, below. Leave your email address, in case you win, like so: trish[at]trishperry[dot]com.
Check out my interviews with Amber Miller Stockton and Linda S. Clare, below, and leave a comment under their interviews to be entered in drawings for signed copies of their novels
Annoying legal disclaimer: drawings void where prohibited; open only to U.S. residents; the odds of winning depend upon the number of participants.
22 comments:
- Julia said...
I would love to read this book. Amish fiction is one of my favorite genres. Please enter me.
- March 15, 2010 at 8:55 AM
I don't want to enter this contest because I already have this book when it was orginally printed in the Palisades line from Multnomah called The Key. This book and the following two are great! In my opinion the best is yet to come in the form of the third book in this set. It is fantastic!:)The first and second books, though, are definitely not ones to miss. The heroines are always normal acting people who do get into scrapes, but manage to get out one way or another. They are humorous and suspensful with a romantic thread woven throughout.
- March 15, 2010 at 9:40 AM
- Wanda said...
Enjoyed the interview with Ms Roper. I've never read any Amish fiction but a Stranger's Wish sounds like an interesting read.
- March 15, 2010 at 10:14 AM
enjoyed this posting...please add my name to this drawing...i, too, enjoy Amish fiction.
- March 15, 2010 at 10:17 AM
- Casey said...
This book looks good, please enter me!
- March 15, 2010 at 10:31 AM
This books sounds like a good read, it has me interested already. Please enter me. Thank you.
- March 15, 2010 at 12:15 PM
- Carole said...
I do enjoy Amish fiction and Gayle's book looks very interesting. Thank you for the interview and chance to win a copy.
cjarvis [at] bellsouth [dot] net
- March 15, 2010 at 12:28 PM
- ladijo said...
What a interesting book this sounds like. I enjoyed reading the interview and would love to get entered in the drawing.
- March 15, 2010 at 12:45 PM
- denise said...
Your book sounds so interesting. Would love to have it.
- March 15, 2010 at 1:37 PM
- Carman said...
Please enter me. :) I'm ejoying reading more Amish books lately.
- March 15, 2010 at 4:09 PM
- Judylynn said...
Yes, I'd love to win this book. Thanks for this opportunity!
- March 16, 2010 at 12:17 AM
- Merry said...
I have several of Gayle's books and she is wonderful. Please include me in the drawing for A Stanger's Wish, thanks!
- March 16, 2010 at 7:34 AM
- Desiree said...
Looking forward to reading Gayle's new book!
- March 16, 2010 at 12:20 PM
- Cherie J said...
Enjoyed the interview! Please enter me. Thank you!
- March 16, 2010 at 4:49 PM
- Barbara said...
Please enter me in the drawing. I love Amish Fiction.
- March 16, 2010 at 9:19 PM
- Sheryl Barnes said...
Trish & Gayle -
Thanks so much for sharing about Gayle's new book. I must admit that I haven't read Gayle's books, but am definitely interested. Please enter me in the drawing.
- March 18, 2010 at 9:19 AM
- Linda said...
An Amish read with some definite suspense. Makes Amish reading a notch higher on my reading list. Please enter me.
desertrose5173 at gmail dot com
- March 18, 2010 at 10:26 AM
- Caroline said...
I'd love to win Gayle's book! Thanks for the opportunity!
- March 19, 2010 at 1:04 PM
- Sandee61 said...
I love Amish fiction and would love to be entered in your giveaway. I enjoyed the interview for this new to me author. Thank you! Have a great day.
- March 19, 2010 at 1:56 PM
- windycindy said...
I am one of those readers who enjoy
Amish books very much! There is a small Amish Community about 2 hours
from where I live! I love to attend
their Quilt Auctions.
Thanks, Cindi
- March 22, 2010 at 6:03 PM
- squiresj said...
This is an author I do know and I'd love to win this book.
Enter me to win:
- March 22, 2010 at 7:38 PM
- rbooth43 said...
I love reading about the Amishand would be interested in reading this book.
- March 27, 2010 at 2:39 AM


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Though I sincerely doubt we'll ever have cause to use this in a negative capacity, I figured I'd let you guys know that the Collectors Club section has a "FEEDBACK" subsection.
Though I sincerely doubt we'll ever have cause to use this in a negative capacity, I figured I'd let you guys know that the Collectors Club section has a "FEEDBACK" subsection.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
meanwhile, since it concerns the integrity of the online mm collector community and furthers our way of going about things (helping fellow collectors without profiting), this seems like the appropriate thread on which to regale you all with a Gripping Halloween Yarn you hearda frankenstein meets the mummy? godzilla vs. megalon? liz vs. joan collins?? mere fiddlesticks compared to This epic monster match: THE SCALPER VERSUS THE SURGEON!!!
WATCH the ghoulish, bloodsucking scalper blow ghostly smoke to further his own parasitic existence at the expense of others! MARVEL as the merciless, dispassionate surgeon Cuts him off skillfully at every pass!
who will win?? who do You think
note: see posts by me and HoRseCaRcass here; i'm also doing this here both cuz i know a lotta you'll get a kick out of it and cuz that other forums' woeful lack of paragraph-breaks renders longer replies all but indecipherable as usual, scalperboy's remarks are in quotes, followed immediately by my responses:
"VD (vulcandouche)"
-hey, congrats! you're only about the millionth friend Or foe who's come up with that one! as such, it naturally wounds me to no end i musta hit pretty close to home to git you this riled up. too bad so little of what you say addresses the issues at hand. as for the rest:
"I've decided to shoot the works"
-THIS is your Works??
"VD is like hemorrhoids, popping up once it a while causing a burning and itching sensation"
-though i don't for a moment doubt your hemorroidal expertise, i think i speak for everyone here when i say it's still LTMI about your nether regions, sparky
"Like a toad lurking beneath the surface of a pond with just his eyes bulging up to keep an eye on the world, maybe flicking his tongue out for a nasty bug"
-which makes you the bug, right? in that case, here's my tongue:
"You are. . . someday destined to be the equivalent of the Simpsons comic book guy"
-oh? in that case, i'll need to decide which is the best retort. either: "it's Nice to have something to look forward to" -garak, ds9's "shattered mirror"; or: "werst progneausis EVUR" -s.c.b.g.
"errant jaunts to a convention in his "Ewoks Rule" T-shirt"
-i assume you refer to this, or maybe this? might wanna see a doctor, sounds like you have some kinda t-shirt dyslexia
"I did find his pic on someone's web site"
-well golly, why dincha Say so? if you're lookin to Drool over me a la some teenybopper besotted with kirk cameron, just click on these smilies for Bunches and BUNCHES of hunky vtpix, courtesy shutterbug r2: consider it your own personalized Teen Beatoff magazine, compliments of Vours Truly
"it is a pity you have more to say about ME than you do about YOURSELF"
-it is indeed a pity that your words cannot stand on their own without being debunked by someone such as myself who has a talent for clarifying things. as for me, my reputation speaks well enough: I AM VULCANTOUCH, the most accomplished scifi mm bountyhunter in the world. dozens of collectors all over the net can vouch that i've saved them a bundle acquiring all kinds of rare mms without making so much as a dime from it. i do it for the glory, cuz i have ethics and cuz i still feel so lucky to have been able to have long ago completed my collection without once being scalped that i love to help others do the same whenever possible. and if that cuts into the profits of lowlife scalpers like you, so much the better
"You are a scared punk Mr Nobody hiding in the Net"
-I ain't been the one runnin to mama ebay cryin about "auction interference". I Also ain't the one hidin behind Multiple ebay identities. You are
"I EXIST. I am OUT HERE"
-oooo, not since neil diamond Or shirley maclaine has such Eloquence graced us. i feel privileged
"if you are out there, show it"
-if i feel like taking your orders, i'll be sure & let you know
"Where is YOUR web site? What is YOUR life?"
-your increasingly obsessed curiosity about me aside, does anyone here remember when "website" and "life" were mutually-exclusive terms, and that it was in fact people who Had websites that were regarded as having no life? are you saying things are so different now that one does Not have a life Unless he has a website? if so, i happily disagree
"He is content to pick away from his non-existent life"
-even a dogmatic athiest such as yourself ("if i don't see it, it ain't there") should be able to grasp that "non-existent" and "non-visible to HoRseCaRcass" are not necessarily the same thing. at any rate, the "content" part does indeed apply, i.e. i am Content to leave wanting your transparent attempts to bait me into trotting out my life for the likes of you
"He is a blip on a PC screen. An anonymous screen name. . . I had to call his parents up beacuse of his antics. . . I got his Ebay contact info and traced his ISP back. From his ISP (where his parents worked), I was able to locate e-mail addresses for his parents (directory info- last name matched Ebay info, same city/state as well)"
-in that case, i wonder who it was that Actually had the pleasure of getting that whining call from you. my father doesn't even live in the same County as i do; meanwhile, my mother lives in a different State. both those facts have been true for over 15 years.
my "real" name's never exactly been a Secret i simply understand that it's of little relevance or reasonable interest to public forum audiences. that said, it's a shame you were never able to use my real name to bring the fight directly to me; that's something i might've genuinely enjoyed.
your detective work has been amateurish, sloppy and impotent; try again
"Maybe someday (ltb) and vulcandouche will have to work for a living instead of sponging off your parents"
-uh, Which parents of mine are those again? oh, Right, Those parents of mine, the ones you Called you know, maybe You should give those Parents of mine Another call! tell them to, uh, kick me out of the basement and, uh, order me to go out into the world and, as the immortal shatnerism put it, Get A Life and hey, maybe when i'm all grows up i'll be a scawper jesss like Yoooo
"He sent me an anonymous threatening letter via snailmail"
-as you know, i've already addressed this accusation in my march 23 post here. predictably, you Still haven't responded to those remarks.
"with no return address but postmarked from his city"
-oh? what city is that? for that matter, since You brought it up, you Still haven't described for all of us here the Contents of this Threatening Letter you claim to have received. care to do so? this oughta be good
"regardless of what his continuing lies entail or how much he will insist he would NEVER do it, I am positive the crud has bought stuff from me under his usual false e-mails and ID's"
-and I am positively Thrilled that i've got you so agitated you're seeing me everywhere like some kinda paranoid who knows he's got it comin. why would i buy anything from you? to take advantage of your Great prices? cuz it's the only way i could get your home address?
"He has repeatedly contacted me using other e-mail addresses and then got off ranting on forums about how I refused to sell him a 1701-E for $20"
-a $20 ent-e? now i Really think you're confusing me with someone else which i suppose isn't surprising in that, judging from your tainted ebay feedback profiles (in contrast to my spotless record there), you've made more enemies than you can apparently keep track of. sure, some after i explained your deceits, but plenty you made all on your own without any help from me
btw, if i were you i'm not sure i'd go around accusing Others of "repeatedly using other email addresses"; does email@example.com ring a bell?
"I do not make market prices, I take advantage of the ones that slip through. . . Again, I do not make the market, I live under it"
-if i were you i'm not sure i'd bring up the subject of what you live under meanwhile, your excuses are b.s: you Do help make the market, by contributing to and profiteering from it. your hoarding & reselling benefits no one in the collector world but yourself. your aim is always to make a profit, never to break even or take a loss. there's a word for your behavior: Scalping.
"When you insist on trading a Collection II in exchange for a 1701-E you got at a garage sale for $1, go look in a mirror for profiteering. Just because you use barter instead of cash doesn't make it different"
-i've long since addressed this issue in my Definition of Scalping here. predictably, you've yet to respond to that either.
"So I want to make $10 on a Set XI? Gimmee a goddamn break .I think I have earned it"
-if i Ever give a damn what You think, maybe i'll let you know
"Just like most those hypocrites out there. 'I want it cheap but I ain't gonna sell nuttin'' is BS. Everything has a price"
-which seems to explain where your ethics went you or anyone else here is welcome to try proving this point by offering me any dollar amount you choose for my ent-e; see if i part with it.
"Those few misguided twerps that have nothing better to do can have a feeding frenzy with the turds I dropped in the bowl"
-This is how you regard your Customers? gee, why am i not surprised
"I listed an HMS Bounty as 'the rarest micromachine' and he e-mailed me to 'explain' my error. His contention was that more Set XI's were produced than XV's and XVI's"
-as anyone with stmm collecting knowledge (such as yourself) can confirm, it's not just a contention. it's a Fact. and you know it.
"My belief was that the mechanical nature of the Bounty assured that most which had been opened when bought would have been broken by now and there really were less available than the Array, Torpedo or Sailor which will last for decades"
-as anyone here can see, the weasel-like speciousness of this professed belief of yours speaks for itself
"He did not like my rejection of his expert opinion as MicroGod and proceeded to disrupt my auction"
-as i made clear at the time, what i didn't like was your accusing me of lying, and your failure to own up to that lie and your acution fraud. what You didn't like was when, after you refused to correct your weasel-words, i took it upon myself to share our correspondence with your bidders so they could judge for themselves.
you can cry about "auction interference" til you turn blue: if a scalper's gonna throw a hissy, call me a liar and refuse to correct intentional, irrefutably misleading hype in his item description, he's gonna have to deal with me, end of story.
"Because of the interference and continuing e-mail aggravation from him"
-You were the one who sent Me three separate, increasingly-hostile messages in response to my initial polite email pointing out your description error; so, who was trying to aggravate whom?
"I also reported him to Ebay for interference. This stuck in his craw to no end"
-why would it? after they checked the facts, they even Thanked me for my vigilance you overestimate your imperviousness to the wrath you've earned from your fellow ebayers. you can adopt as many alternate ebayusernames as you like. you can protest all you want that actually only one person (me) is behind all the feedback complaints you've amassed over the past 1&1/2 years. your evasions and conspiracy-theory excuses only put off the ineViTable: your days on ebay are numbered
"Missmiata outbids me regularly"
-are we supposed to feel sympathy when one scalper whines about losing to another scalper?
"You want to know who I am? It is all right there. . . my personal life that I do not fear letting others know about. . . would he reveal himself to the world he claims to exist in directly?"
-first, define "directly". next, explain why your definition should mean anything to the rest of us. finally, Make Good on your own claim to "not fear letting others know about" you, i.e. prove to us You exist by revealing here your bank account numbers, credit card info, pin codes and the social security numbers and full names of both yourself and your offspring.
"I was spending hours a day searching and tracking auctions. My kids would be in bed before I'd realize they'd came home from school some evenings"
-again, the phrase "go get a real job" would seem to apply- even if that job is simply being a parent
"I am now renting a 3br home which has toys taking up two of the rooms"
-the kids didn't make the cut, eh? wasn't there enough Profit in keeping them around? you do indeed paint a pitiable self-portrait. but there's one thing i don't understand: i thought you said I was the one who was destined to turn into the simpsons' hoarding comic book guy. looks like Someone beat me to it
"My ex-girlfriend (sorry VD, I was married/divorced back in 1978)"
-oh, i ain't the one that should be apologized to; you might wanna ask your "ex-girlfriend" why she went around telling people she was your "wife"
"My time on Ebay and spending was the main reason we split up"
-i'm sure i'm not the only one here struck by the unconvincing hollowness of this explanation. but i suppose, In Its Way, it's true. but you clearly don't yet know the whole story, so i'll give you a hint:
next time you talk to your ex-"girlfriend", show her my picture. as you do, closely watch the look on her face as you ask if she recognizes me. that should tell you all you need to know about the Real reason she left you hey, what can i say? is it my fault if, once a woman's had steak, hamburger just don't taste so good no more?
still don't believe me? ask her if she ever took my advice to laser-remove that mole that was growing on the small of her back
"Why don't you ***** about EVERY web store on the Net???"
-because i'm smart enough to pick my battles, and you've been dumb enough to make yourself one of my targets. other scalpers haven't been stupid enough to go around telling people i'm a liar.
at every turn you've been an injudicious, unrepentant, thoroughly nasty horse's patoot. as such, you've earned my wrath. so i don't care whether you spell it VendeTta or VenDetta; either way it's a R-E-A-L-I-T-Y you're just gonna have to deal with.
"If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch"
-please, enough about your "wife" already
"the malady is sure to return"
-not necessarily; as i made clear in the passage about your cuckolding, i've long since had my sweeeeet revenge on you for your refusal to retract your lies about me but whenever i catch wind of you being fool enough to try peddlin your lies in a place like this, you're damn right i'm gonna return
and that concludes today's monster chiller horror theater. until next time, this is count floyd saying "ah-WOOOWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
np: vince guaraldi, "great pumpkin waltz"
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Anybody watch "Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda"? This statement reminds me of Tyr Anasazi's announcement of self when he is trying to keep Drago Museveni's body from the Drago-Kazov pride.Originally posted by vulcantouch
"it is a pity you have more to say about ME than you do about YOURSELF"
-it is indeed a pity that your words cannot stand on their own without being debunked by someone such as myself who has a talent for clarifying things. as for me, my reputation speaks well enough: I AM VULCANTOUCH, the most accomplished scifi mm bountyhunter in the world. dozens of collectors all over the net can vouch that i've saved them a bundle acquiring all kinds of rare mms without making so much as a dime from it. i do it for the glory, cuz i have ethics and cuz i still feel so lucky to have been able to have long ago completed my collection without once being scalped that i love to help others do the same whenever possible. and if that cuts into the profits of lowlife scalpers like you, so much the better
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
I'm the one pointing out that I really know economics when Mr Scalper head says neither of us did and VT's taking all the credit! :P Oh well, fine with me, I just want that scalper outta here so that newb collectors can have a better chance at these finely done MMs.
"Hokey packaging and ancient gimmicks are no match for good detail on your figure, kid."
"I am a Klingot from Oklahoma in human boy form."
"We came, we saw, we conquered... We, woke up!"
oh baby! it ain't often these days that we git to see the god o' fire make a 4 alarm appearance, but when he do! hoo ha!
why oh why does racer boy always skip down this already well trodden path o' his? he must do it for our amusement. i can't think of anyother reason. he claims to be angered, yet he keeps leavin unspent ammo laying around, jes waitin for it to come back home to poppa!....time.....and .....time....again! (so maybe it's for his amusement as well)
whoever thought that the joys and fun of playin' with toys would become so.....aieechiwowwow!
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what's so funny 'bout peace love and understanding
On a similar topic.........
I am soon to add a HALL OF SHAME section to my site - containing the names, email addresses and home addresses of people who have ripped me off at auction or trade (not sure of the legality, but what the hell!).
Anybody got any baddies want adding, just let me know.
No scaplers......I know that they are B@*&$%>S, but thieves only for the time present please.
Britcit3 - I will let you be the judge as to whether or not this.. thing qualifies for your hall of shame:
link to my post on this forum about the seller of my Predator AF landing ship.....
"We have enough youth. We need a fountain of SMART!"
I think that Mr Lu easily qualifies for entry into the hall of shame.
I have saved your post and will include it when the page is up and running in about 2 weeks.
If you want to send me his email address (so we can all email these b@$£%&ds), then please feel free.
he claims to be angered, yet he keeps leavin unspent ammo laying around, jes waitin for it to come back home to poppa!....time.....and .....time....again!
kinda sounds like cluster bombs dunnit?
If you do a seller search on eBay for Fantasiatoyz and read the disclaimer he tacks on to all his auction postings, you can read between the lines to see that he is a real piece of work.
BTW, whilst recently bidding on (and losing) a set of 6 AFs from a seller, I checked his feeback as I always do before bidding. The seller's history was almost immaculate. He had all top honors except for a single flame-job from Felix Lu, who wasn't willing to forgive the other party for having the nerve to be hospitalized, thus delaying processing of a transaction.
link to seller's feeback page - see the complaint at the bottom.....
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Some, like the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area offer both windows into the past and recreational activities.
The Minute Man National Historical Park in Concord is where "the shot heard 'round the world" was fired. Springfield Armory National Historic Site houses a world-renowned firearms collection. The Lowell National Historical Park and the Blackstone River Valley Heritage Corridor testify to the rise and fall of Massachusetts' textile industry. The historic buildings and wharves of the Salem Maritime National Historical Site tell the stories of the sailors, Revolutionary War Privateers and merchants who brought the riches of the Far East to America.
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GO Rowdy GO, Good luck Wayne!!!!!
Hope I get to run a few derbies this fall.
GO Rowdy GO, Good luck Wayne!!!!!
Hope I get to run a few derbies this fall.
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Tealwood's Willing at Sight to Sea JH ( by CH I am Able)
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Wayne, you and Rowdy have fun. Remember to sloooow doooown. Make sure he is keyed in and locked in on the memory bird but still gets the picture of all of the marks. Your the driver and the judges wait for you to signal you're ready. You'll do well.
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You (and Rowdy) got this Wayne ! Don't forget to have fun Thanks for sharing !
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"You can't make chicken salad out of chicken sh*t.... " ~Ron Schaitel
"What's the difference between a pro and an amateur..... ""About a tenth of a second"" ~Bill Gibbons
"Ugh... my dog broke....! ""There's never been one worth a flip that hasn't"" ~John Steger
Good luck Wayne. I have learn allot from you share you knowledge. Thanks allot.
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Wondering the same thing. On my young dogs that I hope to run in FT one day I have been shooting then throwing because that's the way I saw it done at several FT's I have watched. Practice like you play? If there is a good training reason I'd like to know before I screw up. Sorry for the hijack.
If you can run a triple without shooting until the bird is at it's arch, meaning the dog sees all birds then you shouldn't have any problem when there are shots in the field. Don't rely on the guns to help your dogs see the birds, the handler needs to be in control of that.
It depends on where dog is in training when you shoot or throw.
A young dog your going to shoot first then throw or even shoot multiple times then throw or even throw multiple times.
As dog progresses you're going to mix things up.
Throw then shoot.
You may not shoot at all.
and when they are better you may not shoot OR throw at all.
For a well schooled all-age dog in training you should be able to run a big triple or quad with retireds where the only shot dog hears or bird he sees fall will be the flyer. They'll see guns standing and sitting and maybe move a little but no throw or shot.
Try that...
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Rutgers to Expand Degree Programs to ACCCs Mays Landing Campus
July 27, 2006Beginning this September, local residents can pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees through Rutgers University at Atlantic Cape Community Colleges Mays Landing Campus. The partnership between ACCC and Rutgers allows students to continue their education while staying close to home.
Rutgers will offer an undergraduate degree in liberal studies and graduate courses in education at the Mays Landing Campus. Rutgers will expand courses it already offers in Mays Landing and at its Charles D. Worthington Atlantic City Center toward its masters of business administration and bachelors in hospitality management.
All courses will be held during evenings in order to accommodate working professionals and will be taught by Rutgers world-class faculty.
ACCC is very excited about the opportunity to expand our baccalaureate partnership with Rutgers University and welcome them to our Mays Landing Campus, said Dr. Peter L. Mora, ACCC President. This is an expansion of a very successful program weve had with Rutgers at our Worthington Atlantic City Center for more than five years. It gives our local residents the opportunity to earn a Rutgers degree right in their own back yard.
There will be a ceremonial signing of an agreement with Dr. Mora and Dr. Richard McCormick, Rutgers University President, Aug. 30.
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Enjoy this lentils and veggie casserole sprinkled with cheese – a hearty slow-cooked dinner.
Lentils are carefully cleaned before they are packaged, but poorer-quality lentils sometimes do slip by. Carefully sort through the lentils and remove any that are too light or dark. It is good to rinse the lentils in water before cooking to be sure they are clean.
We like the flavors and colors of the broccoli, cauliflower and carrots, but feel free to use any vegetable blend that you like and be creative with this casserole. The same goes for the flavor of the soup-cream of mushroom or cream of broccoli also would make a tasty dish.
Sprinkle a cup of shredded mozzarella cheese over the top of the casserole before serving. The heat of the dish will soften the cheese. Sliced process American cheese, cut into strips, or shredded process cheese loaf also works nicely because the cheese will melt on top of the hot dish.
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Because you can't have a legit Lifetime movie without Meredith Baxter.
Since this is a Lifetime movie, and Lifetime movies are very rarely close to actual events, I see Alyssa portraying a knife-wielding mistress of a Congressman, threatening to go to the National Enquirer with her inside fiscal cliff scoop.
Always a bridesmaid and never a bride, Brian would make a good secondary character. Perhaps he's a local D.C. cameraman with the hots for the big-shot female reporter.
I see Kelly as a lobbyist named Sally Armstrong who drops her briefcase a lot and spills her papers everywhere.
Token evangelical nutjob. Bible-thumpers find a way to insert themselves into everything political.
These Lifetime vets would portray a husband-and-wife duo on opposite sides of the political spectrum. The only place these two meet in the middle is the bedroom. Ow ow!
Because you can't have a legit Lifetime movie without Meredith Baxter.
She's the tough-talking, sassy Senator from New Jersey who is crazy in her personal life but totally together in Congress. She loves coffee, Xanax, and receiving applause. Hates: George Bush, taxing the middle class, and term "debt ceiling".
It's not a true Lifetime Original Movie without a soap opera President.
Not to be outdone by her former 90210 co-stars, Tori will play a right-wing, gun-toting Representative from Arkansas who gets into at least one bitch-fight with Meredith Baxter. She is also the final deciding vote on the fiscal cliff, leaving us on the edge of our seats until 11:59.


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As usual, These are great. I really like the red one with the props.
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Collecting SW Since 1978. -- Still going strong......
Really neat man. Theyre all darn good but I Really like the commercial yellow and custom blue Airspeeders. Way cool. How about instructions of especially ALL the custom ships youve shown us so far like T.I.E. variants and Airspeeders etc, etc, etc? Once again youre truly creative. Keep up the darn good work.
*I still say that this guy must make a fortune.*
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Earth Science Adolescence Education (Grades 7-12)
Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)
This adolescence education program is for students who have an undergraduate degree in geology (earth science) and seek certification to teach earth science in grades 7-12. Students who complete the degree are eligible for initial certification (see Teacher Certification for more information).
Applicants are generally expected to have the equivalent of an undergraduate major in geology or related earth science. The applicant's undergraduate work must be acceptable to the Geological Sciences Department in Harpur College, as well as to the Graduate School of Education. Students without appropriate undergraduate preparation may be admitted with the stipulation that they take additional coursework in geology or the cognate sciences. To be eligible for the program, a student must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better in geology and overall.
In addition, applicants should have a distribution of undergraduate coursework in the arts and sciences, which must include one semester of college-level study or three years of high school in a language other than English. It is recommended that students meet with a graduate advisor prior to applying to the MAT earth science program.
Letters of recommendation should be from geology professors familiar with the applicant's work. (In the special case of an applicant having held an extended position in the field of education, one letter may be from the applicant's supervisor in the position.)
If all prerequisite undergraduate requirements have been met, the MAT degree requires three semesters of full-time study (or the equivalent of part-time study). Students may begin their degree programs in either the fall or spring semester, but will be admitted for the spring semester only if space permits. Matriculated students are expected to successfully complete LTRC 519, SEC 500, SEC 593, and 100 clock-hours of fieldwork before being admitted to the fall student teaching semester. Read about Fieldwork Requirements. Because the Master of Arts in Teaching course of study is a unique graduate program that results in a professional credential, we expect our students to conduct themselves professionally at all times in both University and school classrooms.Minimum Requirements for Degree (courses are subject to change)
This program requires a minimum of 42 credits: 22 credits in education, 12 credits in the academic discipline, and 8 credits in supervised student teaching. Grades of B or better must be earned in both SEC 593 and SEC 594, and an overall average of B or better must be maintained to graduate.
Education Courses - 22 credits
|Adolescent Learners and Literacy for the Content Areas
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|Foundations of Secondary Education
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|Special Education for Content Area Teachers
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|English as a Second Language for Content Area Teachers
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|Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations in the Pedagogy of Science
|4 credits
|Curriculum and Teaching in Science
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Subject-Area Courses - 12 credits
12 credits in Geological Sciences courses
Supervised Student Teaching - 8 credits
SEC 590/591. Pre-service Practicum in Teaching I and II - 8 credits
Plan of Study Form
The Plan of Study Form for the MAT Earth Science Adolescence Education Program provides students and advisors with a form to guide students through the requirements.
For more information about this program, contact the program coordinator Thomas O'Brien via email or at 607-777-4877.


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Alessi is a family owned Italian design company, founded in 1921. Giovanni Alessi, a talented sheet metal worker, produced items by hand for the table and home out of copper, brass and nickel-silver. He was later joined by his son Carlo who was responsible for many of the designs produced in the 1930s and early 1940s. In the mid 1940s Alessi began to work with outside designers. The current Alessi catalog is the result of a collaboration with over 500 designers from all over the world.
"A true work of design must be able to move people, to convey feelings, to trigger memories, to surprise, to go against the grain. From this point of view, design intended to conjure up images in people's minds, which makes them a bit happier, still has tremendous potential." --Alberto Alessi
Born in Milan in 1931, former director of Casabella, Modo and Domus, winner of a Compasso d'Oro and designer of the Groninger Museum in Groningen, the Casino in Arosa, the Forum in Omegna, he is a designer, architect and image consultant for Philips, Swarovski, Swatch, and Bisazza.
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I am neat, respectful of others privacy and reliable. I am reliable with rent and bills they will always be payed on time. I love animals and would love to eventually get a puppy so preferably a house with pets allowed would be prefered. You can message me or call me anytime. Thank you, Breanna
Currently i m in my home country. I will be arriving in australia on may.
I'm easy going and get along with pretty much everyone (:
Hi, I am looking for a lovely home. I love nature, and the environment is important to me. I am a gentle and trustworthy person who loves to spend time in my own space creating, and in beautiful nature. I hope to find the right home with the right people for me to share a home with. Thank you, Pip (PS so sorry , I put in 40+ )
Easy going, clean and friendly!
looking for temporary and affordable accomodation within the local area whilst my house undergoes renovations over the coming months..
Easy going and friendly, working away from family and travel a lot.
Hey! 21, working in Rosebery in fashion wholesale. Pretty down to earth and out going. Looking for a nice place max $250 close to the city. I literally just moved home from Maroubra and tolls are wasting my time and money haha. I can try and cook you dinner, won't say it will be any good and I enjoy a wine after work. But I will also give you space :) Let me know if you are interested!
Hi there! I am looking to share a house with some lovely people or to start a sharehouse with someone. I am quiet, clean and respectful. I am currently living in Sydney but looking to find work in the Nowra area. I go down to Nowra frequently so am able to meet. I do have a puppy, she is toilet trained. I look forward to hearing from you.
Clean quite pay up front need place asap
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Im very tidy and always clean behind myself, im polite a little shy but always love a great chat, i study a diploma of Hair and Beauty online so i spend alot of my time studying. When im not studying my interests and hobbies include going to the beach, bush walks and camping
Easy going, clean and drama free. I work as a drug and alcohol counsellor, havelived on the south coast the last 10 years and would like to somewhere quiet but accesible to both nowra and shellharbour.
I'm low maintenance, clean and tidy person who is well educated, can hold a conversation and knows how to look after a house. In my spare time I enjoy cooking, cleaning, going to the gym but also good at lounging with a good movie. I've lived on the south coast all my life. I would prefer to be with people who don't smoke, are drug free, casually drinks one or two a night but not a whole case or bottle everynight, you must be considerate and respectful of having housemates and being clean and tidy is a big deal for me. I do prefer an unfurnished room with a separate bathroom as I have my own bed I'd like to use.
Friendly and very clean! Currently studying vet nursing and planning on relocating from Tasmania mid-end of May, particularly interested in Berry but willing to look into other areas close by. My partner is looking at moving over a few months after I do, we have a cat and a dog as well so looking for somewhere pet friendly. I enjoy cooking, relaxing, being outdoors, love animals and am interested in exploring the area and other surrounding towns. Currently still living and working in Tasmania but looking for full-time employment along the South Coast.
Hey - I'm a nursing student moving to the coast soon for work. I'm pretty quiet, keep busy & love the beach. Enjoy Friday beers and cooking.
Hi! I have just moved from Perth for a job (full time distiller making gin and rum) and I'm looking for a place to settle in. I'm 26yo, French-Caribbean and moved to Australia 2 years ago (I'm a permanent resident). I also lived in a few different places around the world (Caribbean, France, Spain, Canada, China) and I have often shared houses/apartments. I'm very easy going and respectful of others. I love the beach and water sports. I'm also an hygienic person and I always clean after myself. Let me know if you're interested. Cheers, Quentin
Hi Guys, I'm quite, I love beach, dogs and Surf!
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Hi my name is Matt, I'm 24 and moving to the South Coast for work. I'm keen to move around the Gerringong/Gerroa area as work is in Berry. I'm tidy, easy going and like to have a bit of fun. I like fishing, water-skiing, camping and sports. Looking to move in ASAP.
Great sense of humour, love to keep busy with sports -surfing fishing diving. Keep a clean and tidy house, good cook. I work hard as a Concretor Monday to Friday and like to keep busy on the weekends. I like to think I'm considerate and helpful, also handy with fixing stuff.