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Yesterday, I mentioned some of the kinds of things that publishers do on the marketing end of the publishing process. Today seems a logical day to discuss the kinds of things that you can (and often should) do to help market your book.
Many first time authors erroneously believe that they shouldn't have to do anything. They figure that they did the work of writing the book, now the publisher can do everything else.
Personally, I think this is flat out daft. Publishing a book is a business. You enter into a partnership with the publisher when you sign your contract. In no other business partnership would a sane person then just hand over all control and power and then hope for the best.
Besides, your book will never be as important to your publisher as it is to you, especially with your first book. Your book is most likely the only one you have coming out that year. Even at the smallest of presses, this is unlikely to be the case. With the big houses, you could be literally one book out of dozens being produced that month, much less over the year. And even at the small houses where your editor may have read the manuscript dozens of times, he/she still has not put in the kind of time, effort, or love that you have. And the house publicist may not have read the book at all. You are the best advocate for your book. You should take this responsibility seriously.
So, here are some things you can do to market your book:
- Participate in your publisher's marketing efforts.
If your publisher arranges an interview for you, a book tour, etc. participate if humanly possible. Granted, if they want you to go on an international 9-month book tour for your debut chapter book two weeks after your triplets are born, feel free to say no (after you recover from the shock of the extravagance your publisher had been willing to go to.) But for reasonable requests, try to be accessible. In the past I have worked with at least one author who I later heard from other staffers was completely unwilling to participate in any marketing efforts. The marketing person offered to help set up booksignings, send the author in question postcards to mail out, and other marketing assistance. The author said it would be a waste of time and money because he/she would rather die than have anything to do with the public. This and similar sentiments were not exactly the response we had been hoping for.
- Build your brand.
This is the number one thing you should be working towards. You need to create your public persona — your author brand, if you will. One of the easiest way to build interest in your books is to already have people interested in you. The cheapest way (as in free) to do this is to blog. Since you are reading this, and therefore most likely also blog, congratulations, you are on your way to brand building. This is an excellent venue for telling people all about your book. Other good places are websites, joint blogs, newsletters, and enewsletters, speaking engagements (which can actually generate additional income), panels, and any writing you do for magazines, journals, or their electronic counterparts.
- Build your mailing list.
Regardless of where you are in the publishing process, you should be working towards building the most comprehensive mailing list of your life. This should make that wedding invitation list or holiday card mailing (the one you thought impossibly massive) look like a quickly jotted grocery list. Every person you know, your parents know, your spouse knows, or your children know should be on that list. Every business card you receive should be added to it. No one, not your dentist or your kid's preschool teacher, should escape. By the time your first book comes out you should have a list that would make a junkmailer jealous.
- If your publisher doesn't do it, produce some of your own marketing materials.
Bookmarks are more likely to be kept if the person receives it directly from the author rather than a random publisher representative. Also, tshirts that authors and their families wear are great advertising. With no design experience at all, you can upload your cover to places like Cafe Press and have a tshirt printed for the same price as a store-bought branded tshirt. On the other hand, as a publisher, printing up several dozen or more tshirts for giveaways is very expensive and does nothing if the people they're given to never wear them. And there's no way to force people to wear them.
This is becoming a phenomenally long post, so I'll stop here. This is a good, brief overview of stuff you can do. If you have questions, let me know, and we can always devote future posts going into greater detail.
And if you're going to be in Austin April 25, one of the break out sessions at the conference I mentioned in earlier posts will specifically deal with online marketing and blogging. I personally believe that these two things are the most important weapons in the marketing arsenal, so I'll be telling you all about them for that hour or so.
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Company data residing on personal devices is a done deal. Tech pros realize how important mobility is to employee productivity, and they're supporting it, but too often their companies' security practices fall short of addressing the data risks that mobility creates.
Among the 424 respondents to our InformationWeek 2013 Mobile Security Survey -- all of whom are involved with mobile device management, policy development, or security at their organizations -- almost nine of 10 support bring your own device or are developing BYOD policies. That's good. But for mobile security:
We've had time to get our houses in order. Sixty-two percent of respondents to our 2012 Mobile Security Survey allowed BYOD; that grew to 68% this year, with an additional 20% in the process of developing such a policy. We see where this is headed, right? However, only 41% of these respondents require users to run mobile device management software on those devices, essentially the same as last year. Almost half (45%) simply require that the user agree to certain rules -- a policy that's all trust and no verify.
There's a slight increase in companies including mobile in their security awareness training -- 55%, up from 50% last year -- with another 22% planning to add it. Yet that means that almost one-quarter (23%) don't address mobile security in their training and don't plan to add it.
Mobile devices will get lost; 45% of companies report that a mobile device with corporate data on it went missing in the past 12 months. Companies are being risky when it comes to mobile security, so we offer several strategies here for improving the picture, along with data to make the business case for those strategies.
Companies still footing the phone bill
While BYOD is expanding, the corporate-provided smartphone isn't going away. We asked about the percentage of company-provided versus personally owned devices accessing corporate email and other systems; on average, 60% are company-provided, a higher number than we expected.
Apple has become the leading company-issued smartphone among our respondents, representing an average of 40% of devices, followed by BlackBerry (27%) and Android (24%). The iPhone also leads in personally owned devices accessing company data: 50% Apple, 34% Android, and 6% BlackBerry. Various Windows operating systems take a combined 6%.
But BYOD is going beyond smartphones. Some 80% of companies have at least some employees bringing their own tablets, and 69% see some employees bringing their own laptops. These aren't onesy-twosy trickles: 27% see more than half of employees bringing their own smartphones, 12% their own tablets, and 13% their own laptops.
Why so little encryption?
When asked to pick their top three mobile security concerns, 78% identify lost or stolen devices containing company information, followed by users forwarding data to cloud-based storage services such as Dropbox (36%) and mobile malware in applications from public app stores (34%). A considerable percentage are also concerned with penetration of their WiFi networks (32%) and security at public hotspots (26%). Twenty-two percent say their top concern is jailbroken or rooted devices that would allow unauthorized software to be run.
IT teams are worried about the right things, but they aren't taking enough action.
The first step in any mobile security program is to have a mobility policy that specifies what precautions must be taken in order to secure corporate data and systems -- and a way to make sure that employees follow the rules. Almost three-fourths of companies have such a policy and require that mobile users read and sign it. So far, so good. However, among people with a knowledge of their companies' plans for mobile device management systems, only 36% of organizations had plans, with 33% planning to acquire them within the next 24 months.
Encryption isn't widely used for company data on mobile devices, even though it's the best way to protect against data loss through misplaced or stolen devices. IT sees the value; 43% identify encryption as one of the top three security capabilities needed from an MDM system. However, for 51% of respondents, the on-device encryption policy "varies by device type, ownership, or approved use." That's not good enough. Just 13% require hardware encryption, while 23% require software encryption.
Even stranger than low adoption are the reasons given by the 56 organizations not requiring encryption. The only mildly acceptable answer is a "lack of management sponsorship or organizational imperative," an option selected by 20% of respondents. Even then, tech leaders should be lobbying for it. But 22% say "our staff does not have the skills to manage encryption on mobile devices" -- to which the answer is get the skills or outsource. High cost (11%) and a lack of effective enterprise key management (16%) also were often cited. Sorry, but encryption isn't rocket science, and IT leaders need to knock down the barriers to its use.
When it comes to securing access to corporate information, user name and password still top the list, cited by 73%. Some 46% require a power-on password, while 55% require a password only when the user is accessing corporate data. On-device certificate use held steady at 34%, and secure token use went from 21% to 19%. More exotic authentication mechanisms -- such as smart cards, pattern recognition, grid cards (such as Entrust's IdentityGuard), and cellular callback (such as PhoneFactor) -- each came in at less than 10%. Facial recognition garnered a mere 1%.
Companies are pretty tough with password requirements, which can be enforced with an MDM system or through Microsoft's Exchange ActiveSync. Some 53% require a password longer than four characters, and 52% require passwords to be changed multiple times per year; 47% employ an idle-time device lock.
On-device encryption and password access can safeguard data stored on the device, but sensitive data also needs protection in transit. VPN secure tunnels and Secure HTTP held the No. 1 and 2 spots for in-transit protection, with 65% and 55%, respectively, almost identical to what we saw last year. Not surprisingly, given the company's declining fortunes, BlackBerry secure email dropped from 49% to 37%, while the use of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) technology such as that from Citrix and VMware stayed about the same, from 34% to 36%.
What we're seeing with clients is that, if a company uses VDI for desktops, it will consider it for mobile devices, but few are adopting the technology specifically for mobile security.
With the move to iOS and Android devices, Good Technology is getting a bit of a boost; it's used by 16% of respondents, up from 13%. Given the strength of its security platform, Good is seen primarily in highly security-sensitive organizations, such as government and financial services, whereas more run-of-the-mill security requirements can typically be met with any MDM system.
For BYOD, data security on smart mobile devices is a difficult issue, especially with the use of all the various apps avalable. Some companies are combating this issue with their own data security apps. Example, we are developing our own app for our employees and doctors, using the Tigertext Tigerconnect API for HIPAA compliant texting and Dropbox integration, this will allow an increase in security and compliance but not burden the users will a lot of security protocols and restrictions. The other benefit is that it will work across OS and platforms and it give staff one app that allow IT to control the BYOD situation without making the user feel that they are in control of their deveice. I think the companies are going to have to be innovative with their BYOD policies and technologies in order to give drives that flexibility they need and give the companies the security they need. More info: http://developer.tigertext.com/

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The West Coast Regional Sales Manager is responsible for developing relationships with key technical and decision makers within a customer's organization; including data center and facility managers, engineers, project managers, management, executives, construction, financial, and purchasing personnel, gaining organization trust by demonstrating and constantly improving technical consultation and service, high level sales activity through initiative, persistence, ingenuity, creativity, personal and business relationships, and influencing the design of integrated data center cooling and airflow systems along with data center management and automation systems. To view full details and apply, see job listing details.
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
What's worse than the silence of Western Christians concerning the Muslim persecution of their coreligionists in the Islamic world? Answer: Cynically exploiting that persecution for a political agenda—in the case of a recent Daily Beast article, to excoriate the state of Israel and its supporters.
Titled "Why Won't the West Defend Middle Eastern Christians?" and written by Diarmaid MacCulloch, a Fellow of St. Cross College, the article touches on the persecution of Christians, but primarily as a springboard to attack American Christian support for Israel. Consider the following excerpt:
"…one of the silences which I find most frustrating is precisely the lack of noise from Western Christians about the fate of ancient Christianities in the Middle East. At the heart of the problems in the Middle East is seven decades of unresolved conflict between Israel and Palestine..."
Yes, Western silence vis-à-vis the plight of Mideast Christians is as real as it is frustrating, but exactly how is MacCulloch able to jump to the conclusion that the Arab-Israeli conflict is "the heart" of the problem?
What about the well-documented Islamic doctrines that codify the suppression and persecution of Christians and other non-Muslims?
What about the documented fact that Christians under Islam have been persecuted for more than 1300 years before the existence of the state of Israel, in complete accordance to said doctrines?
What about the fact that Christians are currently being persecuted in every corner of the Islamic world, as documented in my monthly "Muslim Persecution of Christians" series—including diverse countries such as Pakistan, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, the Philippines, and every corner of Africa—and not just the Middle East?
Surely this is the true "heart of the problem"—and not the tiny and relatively new state of Israel.
Of course, to thinkers like MacCulloch, all the above points concerning Islamic hostility for Christians are not open to consideration, for they portray Islam in a negative light and so must be false (see Crucified Again: Exposing Islam's New War on Christians for abundant documentation otherwise.)
Instead, MacCulloch offers politically correct boilerplate statements, such as: "Christians are scapegoated for their faith by an extremist militant minority of Muslims, who betray their own religion by intolerance, and who make other Muslims ashamed of what is happening."
Indeed, it is MacCulloch who betrays himself by characterizing Islam as a "tolerant" faith when any moderately objective reading of doctrine and history—made manifest in daily headlines—all prove the reverse.
Likewise, instead of delving into and exposing the true "heart of the problem," MacCulloch critiques Protestant eschatology and U.S. support for Israel, the consequences of which "have been particularly dire for the traditional Christianities of the Middle East."
It would have been more useful and sincere if he had addressed more glaring questions, for example:
MacCulloch is correct about one thing: many Muslims do hate Israel. But that hate, far from prompting the persecution of Christians, is actually a byproduct of the same hostility Islamic supremacism engenders for all non-Muslims. The reason it is much more viral for Israel is because the Jewish state is in a unique position of authority over Muslims, as opposed to vulnerable Christian minorities (as fully explained in this article).
The theme of silence permeates MacCulloch's Daily Beast article—specifically, that Western Christians are silent concerning the plight of their persecuted brethren. This silence is true and troubling—and many mainstream American Protestant denominations are certainly guilty of it.
However, instead of exploiting the sufferings of Christian minorities simply to scapegoat Israel—ironically a nation that is in an existential struggle against the very same ideology and forces that persecute Christians—it may have been better for MacCulloch himself to be silent.
Raymond Ibrahim is author of Crucified Again: Exposing Islam's New War on Christians
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Revival Sideling Hill Christian Church, 10424 Sipes Mill Road, Needmore, will hold revival services October 25-28 at 7 p.m. with Rev. Delmas Bard as speaker. All are welcome.
Evening Of Music An evening of music with Jesse Topper will be held Sunday, October 28, at 6:30 p.m., at Knobsville United Methodist Church. Jesse Topper is the director of music at Bedford United Methodist Church. The community is inivited to attend, with no admission charge, but a freewill offering will be taken. Knobsville United Methodist Church is located on Waterfall Road.
Fall Harvest Outreach Rehoboth New Life will host a Fall Harvest Outreach and five-year anniversary Saturday, November 3, beginning at 3 p/m. RNL's child outreach team will be hosting crafts, games and storytime for the children. RNL's adult outreach team will be hosting a pulled pork barbecue meal and prayer tent for the adults. There will also be a hayride at the conclusion of the event, weather permitting. Come and celebrate RNL's five-year anniversary. Pastor Lowell Bard and the partners of Rehoboth New Life invite all to attend. For more information, call 717.496.7558
Appreciation Service A service of appreciation will be held for Pastor Betty Secrest at a combined worship service at Center United Methodist Church with Clear Ridge United Methodist Church at 10 a.m. October 28. All are welcome. Covered dish meal inthe adjoining community building at noon.
River Oaks Helpline A Christian crisis counseling/prayer phone line is now available. Caring and compassionate Christian volunteers are available from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. daily to listen, pray with you and help to find solutions for the challenges you are facing. Help is just a phone call away. Call 717-325-4200.
Bible Conference Knobsville Church of the Brethren will hold a Bible conference November 11-14, led by Pastor Fred Thomson of Easley, S.C. The conference is entitled "The Joy Robbers: A Study in Philippians." Conference will be held Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and evenings at 7 p.m. All are invited. More information may be obtained by contacting Pastor Chris Elliot at 717-987-3935.
Cody Trail Benefit A Cody Trail Community benefit dance will be this Saturday, October 27, from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., in the alumni commnity gym. Cody is a junior at McConnellsburg High School and is fighting a very rare colon cancer. All donations from admission and kitchen will be given to Cody and his family. Donations are needed for this dance: chaperones and items for kitchen (hot dogs, buns, barbecue, soda, Gatorade, baked goods, etc.) Please help this very needed cause. To drop off items or to chaperone, please contact Kathy J. Kendall at 485-0221 / 377-3643.
Winter Craft Show A winter craft show with more than vendors will be held Saturday, November 17, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, November 18, from noon to 4 p.m., at Shade Gap Auxiliary Building and Shade Gap Firehall. Homemade food will be available at both locations.
Christmas Bazaar St.Thomas Episcopal Church, 2 East High Street, Hancock, will hold a Christmas bazaar Saturday, November 3, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Crafts, ornaments and gifts, white elephant table, baked goods and soups to go. Also available will be ham potpie, soups, sandwiches, drinks and desserts.
Food Auction Hustontown Area Volunteer Fire Co. will sponsor a food auction Saturday, October 27. Kitchen opens at noon and auction begins at 2 p.m. with a variety of items. Mike Sullivan will be the vendor.
Ghost Stories Professional storyteller Alan Irvine will be at Fulton County Library in McConnellsburg Friday, October 26, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., to tell scary ghost stories for teens and adults. The program is not appropriate for younger children as it could get a little scary.
New York City Trip Modern Woodmen Youth Group is sponsoring a day "on your own" trip to New York City November 17. Cost is $50 per person. Leave McConnellsburg at 6:15 a.m., pit stop, arrive in NYC around 11:15 a.m., leave NYC at 6:30 p.m. A nonrefundable payment of $50 is due to hold seat and will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact Cheryl Cutshall at 485-0527 after 4 p.m. for more information.
Trunk or Treat Knobsville United Methodist Church will hold a trunk or treat Saturday, October 27, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., in the church parking lot. Children will receive candy, hot dogs and other snacks. There is no charge and everyone invited to attend. The church is located on Waterfall Road.
Line Dance Fulton County Line Dance Club will hold line dance sessions every Wednesday (except the first Wednesday of the month) beginning at 7:00 p.m. at VFW Post 655, Poplar Street, McConnellsburg. All are welcome. Come and learn some new steps. A $2 donation is appreciated.
Lanterns & Legends Festival A Lanterns and Legends Festival will be held at Cowans Gap State Park October 27, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Fall foliage walk will be held at 1 p.m. with activities including pumpkin carving, seed roasting, apple press and hot apple cider. A Legends of Cowans Gap walk will be held at 7 p.m.
Christmas Bazaar A Christmas bazaar will be held November 2 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and November 3 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Pleasant Grove Christian Church Fellowship Hall. All kinds of crafts, gift ideas and food. The church is located three miles west of Needmore. More information may be obtained by calling Mary at 573-2567.
Teen Night Halloween Party A teen night Halloween Party with ghost stories will be held at McConnellsburg library, Friday, October 26, from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Please bring an appetizer or dessert to share. At 5 p.m., ghost stories will be told by professional storyteller Alan Irvine. Please come early as this program will start on time. Costumes encouraged. Bring own pumpkin for carving (optional). Free and all teens welcome. Wii, crafts, board games, movies, books and music available. Enter through community room door.
Senior Center Social Night On October 26 Warfordsburg Senior Center's social night will consist of a Halloween theme. Seniors 60 and over come dressed in costume and enjoy the evening. There will be prizes. Bring a covered dish, meat is furnished. Meal is at 6 pm. Music by DJs Barb & Forrest at 7 p.m. For more information, call 717-294-6020.
Old MHS Haunted School Tour McConnellsburg Alumni & Friends will host a tour of the haunted school at the alumni building in McConnellsburg Thursday, October 25, Friday, October 26, and Saturday, October 27, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Come and see what the downstairs is really like. Donations of candy are needed. Any questions or if you would like to help, please contact Kathy J. Kendall at 485-0221 or 377- 3643.
Halloween Parade McConnellsburg Volunteer Fire Co. will hold its annual Halloween parade Thursday, October 25 at 7 p.m. The parade will line up on North First Street in the area of Fulton County Library at 6:30 p.m. where numbers will be given out. It will go from North First Street to south Third Street and end at the firehall where prizes will be awarded.
Lanterns & Legends Festival A Lanterns and Legends Festival will be held at Cowans Gap State Park October 27, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Fall foliage walk will be held at 1 p.m. with activities including pumpkin carving, seed roasting, apple press and hot apple cider. A Legends of Cowans Gap walk will be held at 7 p.m.
Christmas Dinner Auction Fulton County Community Christian School will host its annual Christmas dinner auction Saturday, November 10, at Needmore Bible Church. A silent auction will begin at 3:30 p.m. A buffet dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m., followed by the traditional auction at 6:30 p.m. Hundreds of items to bid on ranging from handcrafted furniture and crafts to antiques, guns, hunting and fishing gear and supplies, household decorations, framed prints, jewelry and much more. Dinner reservations are required. Tickets may be obtained by calling 717-573-4400 or 717-485-3496. Donations for the silent and/or traditional auctions are being accepted and appreciated. Items may be dropped at the school or arrangements for pickup can be made.
Bus Trip Modern Woodmen of America Camp 7948 will sponsor a bus trip to New York City Saturday, December 1. The bus departs from McConnellsburg Courthouse at 6 a.m. A stop will be made for breakfast at approximately 8:15 a.m. and arrive in New York City near Macy's at approximately 11:30 a.m. Depart New York City near 9th Ave., between 44th and 45th streets at 6:15 p.m. A stop will be made halfway home for supper. Estimated arrival back in McConnellsburg is 12:15 a.m. Cost for transportation and a buffet breakfsat is $50 per person. Please send money by November 12 to Rick Claar, PO Box 624, Bedford, PA 15522 or call 888-623-6719.
Parents And Family Members Of Addicts Support group to help family members of addicts cope and deal with the one they love who is struggling with addiction. Free. Refreshments provided. Meets every Monday at 6 p.m. at 292 Buchanan Trail. Call Susanne at 717-414-9695 for more information.
Yoga Classes Reaching Wellness yoga classes will be held for all ages every Wednesday, 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., at Community State Bank. Call for cost and to register at 717-485- 4492.
Nutrition Class Fulton County nutrition awareness classes are held at Warfordsburg Senior Center on the third Monday of every month. When the third Monday is a holiday, it is held the fourth Monday from 10:00 a.m. to noon. To register or sign up for lunch call 717-294-6020.
McConnellsburg AA Meetings The McConnellsburg Chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous will meet on Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. every week at the Alumni Building Basement, McConnellsburg.
Free Blood Pressure Screenings Free blood pressure screenings will be given at the following locations: Mc- Connellsburg Senior Center the first Thursday of every month from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Hann's Apartments the second Monday of every month from 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; Warfordsburg Senior Center the third Wednesday of every month from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; and Hustontown Senior Center the third Thursday of every month from 11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Flu Immunizations Free flu immunizations for Fulton County residents will be held October 30 at Warfordsburg Senior Center, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.; October 30 at Hustontown Senior Center from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.; and November 1 at Mc- Connellsburg Senior Center from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Community Wellness/Silver Sneakers/Prime Community Wellness/Silver Sneakers/Prime will be held Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Wednesday and Friday, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at Fulton County Medical Center cardiopulmonary rehab gym. The cost is based on insurance. Call Kim or Patti at 717-485- 6149 to see if insurance provider is accepted. Community Wellness is $40/month/person or $70/month/couple.
Zumba Classes Zumba classes will be offered at Mc- Connellsburg Firehall Wednesday evenings at 7:15 p.m. More information may be obtained by contacting Sarah at 814-259- 3667.
Zumba Fitness Reaching Wellness Zumba fitness class will be held for all ages every Friday at 6 p.m., at McConnellsburg Alumni & Friends building. More information may be obtained by calling 717-253-7599 or at email@example.com.
Addicts Helping Addicts Addicts Helping Addicts meets every Wednesday at 6 p.m. This is a peer-led support group for addicts struggling with drug addiction and needing help in their recovery. Admission is free. Refreshments provided. Held at 292 Buchanan Trail. Call Susanne at 717-414-9695 for more information.
Election Day Food Sale Election Day soup and sandwich sale will be held Tuesday, November 6, 2012, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Knobsville United Methodist Church. Menu will include beef vegetable soup, ham and bean soup, chicken corn soup, chili, sloppy joes, hot dogs, chili dogs, kraut dogs, french fries, side salad, desserts and beverages. All soup sold by the quart at $4.50 a quart, and orders for quarts of soup can be placed by calling 717-987-3164.
Election Day Food Sale Food will be for sale from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Wells Tannery Park on Election Day, November 6. Also on sale will be hats, T-shirts and Wells Tannery grandstand prints.
Pancake Supper Whips Cove Church pancake supper will be held Saturday, November 3, beginning at 5 p.m. Buckwheat and buttermilk pancakes, eggs, pork pudding, sausage and ham, sausage gravy and drinks. Donations accepted. Located two miles south of Town Hill, I-70 Exit 156 on Route 643. More information may be obtained by calling 717-294- 3229.
Turkey Dinner Breezewood Volunteer Fire Co. will hold a turkey dinner on Sunday, October 28, beginning at 11 a.m. Meals are available to eat in or to take out. All proceeds benefit Breezewood Volunteer Fire Co.
Spaghetti Dinner An all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner will be held Saturday, November 3, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Buck Valley Christian Church, 2281 Harmonia Road, Warfordsburg. Cost is adults $5; children 5-12, $3 and 5 and under are free or whole family for $20. Donations benefit Hagerstown Rescue Mission.
Election Day Spaghetti Dinner St. Stephen Catholic Church will hold an Election Day spaghetti dinner Tuesday, November 6. Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dinner is served from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Meatball subs will be available also. Cost is $6 for aduts and children 12 and under are $3. Takeouts available.
Potpie Dinner Ham potpie dinner will be held November 10 from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Warfordsburg Presbyterian Faith Center. Proceeds benefit local missions. Donations accepted. More information may be obtained by calling 717-294- 3028.
Turkey Dinner Shade Gap Area Fire Co. Auxiliary will hold its annual turkey dinner Saturday, November 10, at 4 p.m. at the auxiliary building. Cost is $9 for adults and $4.50 for children 4-12 and under 4 are free. Proceeds benefit Shade Gap Fire Co. Auxiliary.
Ham & Oyster Supper A ham and oyster supper will be held October 27, from 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., at Cove Valley Youth Camp, 5357 Little Cove Road, Mercersburg. Cost for the allyou can-eat meal is $20 for adults and $5 children 4-12 years of age. Proceeds benefit the upkeep of the camp and camp ministry.
Turkey Dinner Breezewood Volunteer Fire Co. will hold a turkey dinner Sunday, October 28, beginning at 11 a.m. Meals are available to eat in or take out. All proceeds benefit the Breezewood Volunteer Fire Co.
Free Meal A free meal will be served the second Tuesday of each month at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 220 North Third Street. Please join in for good fellowship.
Operation Christmas Child Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes, sponsored annually by Samaritan's Purse, will be collected at My Father's House Ministries located at 1635 Lincoln Way West, McConnellsburg, during the week of November 12-19. Following hours for collection: Monday – noon to 3 p.m.; Tuesday - 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Wednesday - 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday - 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.; Friday - 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday - 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., and Sunday - 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. More information may be obtained by calling 717-987-9512 or 717-571-0895.
55-Alive Driving Offer The classroom refresher course for the 55-Alive/Mature Driving will be offered for free to veterans at Warfordsburg Senior Center November 27 and 28. Classes are from 9:30 a.m. to noon, and two days of classes are required. Preregister either in person or by calling the center. All others can call or mail the check payable to AARP for $14 (per person nonmember) or $12 (per person AARP member) to Warfordsburg Senior Center, 209 Long Hollow Road, Warfordsburg, PA 17267. Graduates of the class, age 55 and over, will be eligible for the 3-year auto insurance discounts. Anyone planning on staying for lunch following the class, please be sure to call 294-6020 one day in advance or when registering. There are no tests involved.
McCbg. Bingo McConnellsburg Fire Co. will hold bingo every Monday and Friday of each week. Bingo starts at 7:00 p.m. and doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Red Neck Basket Bingo A Red Neck basket bingo will be held Saturday, November 10, at the Alumni Community Building. Proceeds support the building. Sponsors, baskets, door prizes, silent auction, baked goods, water, soda, Gatorade, hotdogs, barbecues, rolls, candy, nachos and cheese are needed. Anyone who can help or donate, please contact Mrs. Kendall at 485-0221 or 377-3643. Doors open at 5:30 and bingo starts at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $ 25 and includes 20 games plus four specials and door prizes. Baskets filled with goodies. There will be a raffle for a gun and one special will be for a fisherman's combo. King Tut, raffles, jars and 50/50 will be available.
Basket Bingo A Longaberger basket fundraiser, sponsored by Breezewood Fire Co., will be held November 4, 2012. Doors open at 2 p.m., with games starting at 3 p.m. Tickets available at the door at a cost of $20 for 25 games and additional baskets and Longaberger items will be raffled off. All baskets will be filled by local business or friends of the fire company. Baskets are first quality and will include many baskets that are no longer available for purchase. Kitchen will be open. All proceeds benefit Breezewood Volunteer Fire Co.
Bingo McConnellsburg Volunteer Fire Co. bingo games are held every Monday and Friday evenings. Doors open at 6 p.m. and games start at 7 p.m.
Bingo Bingo will be held November 4 at McConnellsburg VFW. Doors open at noon and bingo starts at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance (will reserve your seat) and at the door for $25. Proceeds go to Wounded Warrior Foundation. Twenty games, raffles, food and prizes.
Basket Bingo Basket bingo will be held November 4 at Breezewood Fire Co. Doors open at 2 p.m. with games starting at 3 p.m. Tickets availale at the door at a cost of $20 for 25 games and additional baskets and items will be raffled off. Kitchen will be open. All proceeds benefit Breezewood Fire Co. Sponsored by the Longaberger Company.
Harvest Hoedown will be held at Buck Valley Park on Sunday, October 28, from 4-8 p.m. Trunk-or-Treat will be from 7- 8 p.m. Kitchen opens at 4 p.m. There will be bingo, a costume contest for all ages, and hayrides. Music will be provided by DJ Rockin Rob. Teens welcomed. Costumes encouraged. Rain or shine. This is the last event of the year.
Legion Meeting American Legion Post 561 active members regular meeting is the first Tuesday of every month at 7:00 p.m. Auxiliary members meet the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Members of both organizations are urged to attend.
PARSE Meeting Pennsylvania Association of Retired State Employees (PARSE) has a 9:00 a.m. breakfast meeting on the second Wednesday of every month at McConnellsburg FOVA (VFW). If roads are snow-covered, meeting will be cancelled. All retired state employees and spouses are invited to attend. For additional information, call 717-294-3861.
Democratic Meetings The Fulton County Democratic Club meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Democratic Headquarters building at 123 South Second Street in McConnellsburg. Meetings are open to the public, light refreshments are provided and all are welcome. More information may be obtained by calling 485 3386.
Scout Meeting Boy Scouts of America Troop 43 meets every Friday night from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the VFW, 518 Lincoln Way East, McConnellsburg. It is open to all boys 11-18 years of age. Monetary donations and help will be accepted. More information may be obtained by contacting the Scoutmaster Martin Seylar at 717-485-4093.
PASR Meeting Fulton PASR invites all school retirees to help celebrate. They are 45 and PASR is 75. The group will meet in McConnellsburg Luthern Church Thursday, November 8, starting at 9 a.m. to celebrate. Those honored will be the current members who are 75 and over and will get a free meal. Send reservations and $12 for all others to Ronald Mitchell, 144 Valley View Drive, McConnellsburg, PA 17233, or contcat him at 717- 485- 3628 or e- mail email@example.com.
Town Hall Meeting Sen. John H. Eichelberger Jr. (R-Blair) will host a town hall meeting in Fulton County. These meetings are part of the senator's effort to make state government accessible for all people in his district. Town hall meetings are open to the public, providing residents with a chance to speak directly with the senator about issues important to them. The meeting will be held Tuesday, October 30, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at Fulton County Courthouse courtroom, 201 North Second Street, McConnellsburg.


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Malaga is the gateway to the Costa del Sol, over 300 kilometres of fantastic beaches, great and small bays, leisure marinas and golf clubs, extending from Gibraltar to Nerja. Popular tourist towns include Marbella, Fuengirola, Torremolinos, Benalmadena, and Estepona. For gorgeous white sands, head to Tarifa on the Costa de la Luz, only an hour away on the toll road from Marbella. Follow a kitesurfing or windsurfing course, or simply work on your tan. If you have time, visit Gibraltar. At first sight, it looks like England in the 1960s (with a suntan). Delve deeper however, and you'll discover that Gibraltar is a fascinating cocktail of Jewish, North African, Portuguese, Spanish and British cultures. There are plenty of fascinating sights: historic tunnels, a nature reserve and the local resident monkey population. You can also go dolphin-spotting or wreck-diving.
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Professor Stephen O'Rahilly, an Irish-born research scientist, is to be knighted by Queen Elizabeth.
Prof O'Rahilly is an internationally renowned scientist and expert in the area of the genetics of obesity.
According to the Irish Times, O'Rahilly, who is originally from Finglas in Dublin and a graduate of UCD, leads a large team of British-based research scientists investigating the causes and development of obesity in humans. The 55-year-old scientist will be included in this year's birthday honours, produced each June.
Since he has both Irish and British citizenship, he will be known as Prof Sir Stephen O'Rahilly.
Prof O'Rahilly told the Irish Times that he was "very moved" and that it was "a lovely honour" reflecting not only his 30 years of research but also the work carried out by his team of scientists.
"It is great to be honoured by the country where I have lived for more than half my life and to be recognised for the contribution I try to make," he said.
He said his research was "only 2 percent" completed and that there remained much left to be done "to uncover why some people go on to develop cancers and diabetes and others don't."
O'Rahilly has won several international research awards. He has been elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Royal Society, and he is also a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences.
John Gilhooly, the Limerick-born director of London's famous Wigmore Hall, will also be honored. The 39-year old is a chairman of the Royal Philharmonic Society and will receive an OBE for his part in developing the hall.


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Unemployment, Illness and Death Unexpectedly Lead to Comedian's One-Man Show
New Brunswick Comic Lloyd Ravn's solo show Funny, Daddy coming to Bathurst
May 16, 2013 – Bathurst
The KC Irving Regional Centre in Bathurst will be home on June 6 to a comedy show with an unlikely beginning. Sussex-based stand-up comedian Lloyd Ravn will bring his Funny, Daddy show to Bathurst after performing it in a number of other NB communities to rave reviews from audience members. The show, which is a combination of Lloyd's stand-up material honed over the past 7 years and some more serious stories from Ravn's time as a father, came about after the comedian lost his "day job" in October 2012.
"I had a great job with a high-profile tech company in New Brunswick," says Ravn, "but after I got caught up in a mass layoff, I had to re-evaluate my direction, so I decided to make my part-time job of stand-up comedy my full-time gig." He began working on Funny, Daddy almost immediately, and premiered the show to a sold-out crowd of 450 at the Sussex High School theatre.
Lloyd is the father of three boys, aged 8, 5 and 2, and is fully aware of the ups and downs of parenting. From dealing with serious health issues to the usual stressors of raising kids, Lloyd relies on humour to get him through, and will talk during Funny, Daddy about how laughter during challenging times has helped him.
The adults-only show will run approximately 1 hour, 15 minutes and will include bits from Lloyd's stand-up act as well as more serious stories from the ups and downs of Lloyd's time as a parent including a discussion of the death of his father shortly after the birth of his oldest child. As ticket buyers are told on BayOfFunny.com, "you'll (hopefully) laugh, you (might even) cry, you'll (at the very least) have a night out without the kids."
This show is part of an ongoing tour of the Maritimes for Funny, Daddy, incluing upcoming shows in Miramichi, Campbellton, St. Andrew's, Charlottetown, Halifax and more dates being announced soon.\
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About Lloyd Ravn
Born and raised in Sussex, NB, Lloyd began performing stand-up comedy in Toronto in 2006. His material is autobiographical in nature, focusing on his life as a husband, father of three, former chef, and the youngest person named Lloyd most people have ever met. Lloyd is the founder and producer of the Bay of Funny Comedy Circuit. He has performed at venues across Canada and in the United States, and was selected out of 700 entrants as a top-10 finalist for the "Canada's Next Top Comic 2011″ competition.
Lloyd can be heard on CJCW (AM 590 in Sussex) as the host of Lloyd's Morning Cup of Jokes, a 2-minute segment featuring clips from some of his favourite comedians (including himself!) from around the world. His comedy is also in rotation on Sirius XM Satellite Radio. He was featured as the comedian of the week by GQ Magazine in the UK, who called him one of "North America's hottest young comics" (even though he recently turned 40) and predicted he would soon "storm the Just for Laughs Festival."
Studying under some of the best sketch and improv comics in Canada, Lloyd completed the Second City Improvisation course series from the world-famous Second City Training Centre in Toronto. Lloyd has written about comedy and humour for magazines and even a high school literacy textbook, Nelson Literacy, currently in use across Canada.
After about 15 years away, Lloyd recently moved back to his hometown of Sussex, but still has never tried cow tipping.
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virafoto - 6/15/2007 8:13:16 AMOh, my God...
Karma Wilson 6/15/2007 8:48:59 AMI love this! I have one of a puppy on a fence post and I always have to tell people the puppy was safe! :)
Very cute, and great idea. Could be a card!
Shannon O. 6/15/2007 8:52:18 AMVery cute, and the B/W fits it perfectly. #4399800
Marta J. Baldwin 6/15/2007 8:58:33 AMGreat shot Rose! Wonderful clarity and comp! I like the title too. #4399836
Theresa Marie Jones 6/15/2007 9:18:57 AMLove it! Great capture!! Adoreable! #4399922
Jennifer L. Taranto 6/15/2007 9:31:03 AMHAHA ... too cute. Love the b&w, & the comp's great! #4399959
Jillian Danielson 6/15/2007 10:04:20 AMThis is sooooo adorable!! I love it in black and white! #4400061
Guy D. Biechele 6/15/2007 10:13:19 AMToo funny!! Well done shot! #4400083
Amanda Chapman 6/15/2007 12:15:12 PMHow precious! #4400397
Ruth Robbins 6/15/2007 12:41:11 PMGreat shot. Sooo cute. #4400449
Daniella Puente 6/15/2007 12:47:50 PMSooooo original and with a perfect cute factor...excellent in BW!!!!! #4400469
Joan Kocak 6/15/2007 1:15:57 PMLOVE IT! #4400553
Kay E. Mahoney 6/15/2007 3:27:28 PMVery very cute. Adorable kitty. Love the b&w. #4400926
Dot K. 6/15/2007 5:38:27 PMAdorable shot! what a cute little kitten. #4401269
Fatimah J. Alsuwaimel 6/15/2007 10:52:00 PMvery cute little kitten.. great shot! #4401818
Stefania Barbier 6/17/2007 12:36:07 PMI LOVE THIS CAPTURE!!!!!!!! Great job! #4406089
Sam Britt 6/17/2007 12:57:56 PMAdorable! I'm glad to know the kitty's OK. #4406130
Rose DiBiasi 6/17/2007 1:59:44 PMWOW, thank you all. I didn't know I even had responses here. I really appreciate your comments! #4406205
Colleen Braun 6/21/2007 3:23:22 PMadorable... #4421519
ronda chatelle 6/22/2007 4:26:30 PMAMAZING set up and image Rose! ABSOLUTELY adorable! I hope to see this again!!! #4425620
Sherry K. Adkins 7/3/2007 7:48:28 PMSuch a cute picture, Rose. I think you have a clown for a kitty! #4471033
Nikki McDonald 7/5/2007 10:36:00 AMAdorable shot--just saw it in Editor's First Picks, Rose. I really think this should final at least. #4475654
Evy Johansen 7/24/2007 9:00:01 PMWow... how adorable!! Big congratulations on your wonderful finalist, Rose! #4551512
Mike D. Perez 7/24/2007 10:50:56 PMPretty cool capture, Rose! Congratulations! #4552182
Nikki McDonald 7/24/2007 10:55:19 PMWell, you got the "at least," Rose. Now for the rest. Congratulations and good luck in the next round. #4552196
Jennifer L. Alder 7/25/2007 1:13:18 AMNO surprise to see this one as a finalist, Rose! HUGE congrats! :) #4552700
Renee K. Tran 7/25/2007 2:29:50 AMCongrats on Finalist !!!!!!!! #4552898
Marylee Pope 7/25/2007 4:17:00 AMWOW! Look what I spotted on the finalists page! CONGRATS on your Huge success with this shot! You KNOW I love it!!!!!!!! #4553333
Joan Kocak 7/25/2007 6:17:17 AMCONGRATS, WONDERFUL SHOT! #4554086
Michelle L. Frick 7/25/2007 8:34:50 AMHow cute! Congrats!! #4555251
Kay E. Mahoney 7/25/2007 12:29:19 PMCongratulations on your wonderful finalist. Good luck in the next round. #4556580
Dr Silly 7/25/2007 1:30:34 PMLove it. Congrats on your finalist. :O)
Joan Kocak 7/26/2007 8:12:15 AMRose, CONGRATS On 2nd place win, LOVE THIS IMAGE!!! #4562043
Dr Silly 7/26/2007 10:19:54 AMGlad to see this made Gold. Congratulations Rose. :O)
Mike Dawson 7/26/2007 10:41:58 AMHow cute and so well captured. Congrats #4563059
Heather 7/26/2007 10:42:35 AMDefinetly Cute,Congrats!! #4563063
Laurence Saliba 7/26/2007 10:52:15 AMThis is so cute!!! I am so glad to see it with the winning photos!! Well done Rose, congrats!!! #4563121
Don Johnson 7/26/2007 11:34:51 AMGreat capture! Wonderful humor in this photo. Congratulations! Well deserved. #4563310
Kay E. Mahoney 7/26/2007 1:45:49 PMCongratulations on your second place winner. #4563899
Mike D. Perez 7/26/2007 4:39:17 PMCongratulations on your Win, Rose! Well deserved! #4564659
Mary K. Robison 7/26/2007 5:04:13 PMSweeeeeeet shot,Rose!
Guy D. Biechele 7/26/2007 5:09:32 PMCongratulations on your well deserved win! #4564792
Cindy Bendush 7/26/2007 6:16:50 PMCongratulations Rose - what a cute capture! #4565108
RC Fritz 7/26/2007 6:34:26 PMVery cute. Congratulations on your WINNER!! \:^D} #4565173
Theresa Marie Jones 7/26/2007 7:22:38 PMBravo, way to go!! #4565341
Marta J. Baldwin 7/26/2007 8:22:40 PMCongratulations on this wonderful winner Rose!!! #4565523
Kathleen R. Struckle 7/26/2007 8:51:11 PMCongrats on this absolutely adorable win. #4565600
Stan J. Bendkowski 7/27/2007 4:45:10 AMBeautiful photo, Rose. Congratulations on your great second place winner! #4566728
Joni Earley 7/27/2007 6:13:17 AMCouldn't be any cuter!! Congrats on your second place win! #4567183
Cheryl E. Molennor 7/27/2007 8:16:16 AMI LOVE this! Congratulations! #4567841
Erica Murphy 7/27/2007 9:42:06 AMCongratulations on your adorable 2nd place WINNER!!!
Erica #4568165
Rose DiBiasi 7/28/2007 10:13:56 AMThank you everyone SO SO much! You guys all ROCK and so does Betterphoto!!! #4571524
Robin R. 7/28/2007 6:29:11 PMGreat image -- brings a smile to one's face. Congrats. #4572948
Janine Russell 8/7/2007 10:10:55 PMRose, too cute; big congratulations on your Second Place Winner! #4616607
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 8/10/2007 12:28:35 PMA very cute winning image, creative work! #4629402
Patrick R. McMullen 8/10/2007 6:36:05 PMVery creative use of photography Rose. Congratulations!
Angela C. French 11/10/2007 5:32:38 PMSo adorable! I lvoe it! #5055420
Jayme S. Hall 1/6/2008 4:16:23 AMReally, really sweet :) Well done! #5299049
Mary-Ella Bowles 12/26/2009 10:31:53 PMI can understand why people respond to this image, but I have a hard time believing that the kitten enjoyed the experience. (Ie, he certainly did not know that a pillow was located just below the frame,,,,,) Sorry - It's just a pet peeve of mine, and you are certainly not the first photographer to exploit an animal in this way. It's unfortunate that it seems to be such a commercially successful concept) #8248441
The kitty was not harmed, and actually liked it. Stayed for 25+ frames. There was a pillow not 12 inches below. This was show close to the floor. She actually fell asleep after a bit.
Exif: F Number: 6.3, Exposure Bias Value: +0, Exposure Time: 10/5000, Flash: flash fired, White Balance: auto white balance, Focal Length: 19mm, Camera Model: NIKON D50
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What will future Macworld Conference & Expos be like without the presence of Apple? Whatever you want them to be, says IDG. The company that organizes the yearly conference announced today that next week's Expo will feature a Town Hall meeting, which will be open to all attendees who want to help "shape Macworld in 2010 and beyond." The forum-style meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 7 at 5pm Pacific Time in Moscone's Gateway Ballroom (room 102).
Don't go thinking that just because Apple won't be there doesn't mean that, at least in 2010, the Expo won't go on. "While there is no question that Macworld is going to evolve and change in 2010, the fundamental importance of the event remains the same: the unique ability to put exciting new Apple-related products directly into the hands of users and to inspire those users to put their products to work in new and innovative ways," Macworld Conference & Expo president and general manager Paul Kent said in a statement sent to Ars. "Macworld will continue to foster the deep sense of community that has been at the heart of the show for the last 25 years. As part of this commitment to the community, we look forward to sharing our thoughts and ideas for future Macworld events, as well as hearing ideas and suggestions from the community."
Paul emphasized to us that a large majority of the products being showcased at the Expo are not available at the Apple Store and that the conference is largely independent of Apple's participation. The show will continue to thrive with the help of the Mac community, and that's where the Town Hall meeting comes in.
Future conferences will apparently be even more focused on the Mac community than they have been before. During the Town Hall meeting, IDG hopes that attendees will discuss ideas for future attractions and content, and allow people to talk about what to expect out of next year's event. Everyone who has access to the Expo—whether it be with a blingin' keynote pass or a lowly floor pass (hey, nothing wrong with that!), every attendee is welcome to come to the meeting. And hey, we might even show up to see what the general conference-goer is talking about.


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OIL was swept up in the broad sell-off in stocks and bonds yesterday, as a combination of weak Chinese manufacturing data and the Federal's Reserve's shifting stance on economic stimulus rattled energy markets.
Oil had its biggest one-day price drop since November. US benchmark oil for July delivery sank US$2.84, or 2.9 percent, to finish at US$95.40 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gasoline futures fell more than 3 percent.
Brent crude, a benchmark for many international oil varieties, was down US$3.97, or 3.7 percent, to end at US$102.94 per barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
On Wednesday Fed chairman Ben Bernanke suggested that he was optimistic about the US economy - and that the Fed might start scaling back its massive US$85 billion-a-month bond-buying program this year if conditions continue to improve. The Fed could end the program by the middle of next year, Bernanke said.
The Fed program has kept borrowing costs near historic lows for consumers and business. It has also helped boost the equities and energy markets.
Stocks and bonds sold off immediately after Bernanke's comments. Oil didn't react much because Bernanke spoke just as US energy markets closed Wednesday.
Lower stocks and a stronger dollar put pressure on oil prices. Once trading opened in Asia yesterday oil fell sharply, in tandem with Asian stock markets. Bernanke's comments also gave a boost to the dollar. Oil traders look to the stock market as a measure of confidence in the US economy, while a strong dollar makes oil more expensive for holders of other currencies.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 354 points, or 2.3 percent, yesterday to close at 14,758. Shares of Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp., both Dow components, fell by more than 2 percent. The euro slipped to US$1.3197 from US$1.3274 in New York a day earlier. The yield on the benchmark 10-year note rose to its highest level since August 2011.
Also weighing on oil prices was a survey showing a slowdown in manufacturing in China. HSBC's preliminary purchasing managers' index fell to a nine-month low of 48.3 in June, down from 49.6 in May. Numbers below 50 indicate a contraction.
With mature economies like Europe and the US struggling to expand at a steady pace, China and emerging markets have accounted for most of the growth in oil demand over the past several years.
"A weakening in Chinese industrial activity could easily translate to a reduced flow of products exports out of the US Gulf," said Jim Ritterbusch, president of energy consultancy Ritterbusch and Associates, in a daily report.
Still, Ritterbusch and most others don't expect a free-fall in the price of oil. He said fears of an escalation of the civil war in Syria should support oil around the US$94 level.
In other energy futures trading on the Nymex:
- Wholesale gasoline was down 10.5 cents, or 3.6 percent, to finish at US$2.79 a gallon.
- Heating oil fell 10 cents, or 3.4 percent, to end at US$2.87 per gallon.
- Natural gas retreated by 9 cents, or 2.2 percent, to finish at US$3.88 per 1,000 cubic feet.


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A newly married couple spent their wedding night in police cells after a fight broke out at a hotel. The bride and groom were still in their formal dress when they were held and taken to a police station after a fracas at the Hilton in Deansgate, Manchester. Officers were called to the hotel shortly before 11.30pm last night.
The couple became involved in a row with hotel staff as they tried to check in, and police were called. The groom, aged 25, was accused of attacking a security guard, cutting his face. The bride was accused of shouting racist abuse at the guards, who were Asian.
The groom was arrested on suspicion of a section 47 assault, with his 29-year-old wife being held on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence. They were taken to a local police station where they were kept in separate cells, just a few yards apart, overnight.
Nick Adderley, Chief Superintendent of Greater Manchester Police's North Division, said they were being bailed this evening to a date to be arranged. He said: "Police officers were asked to attend and we did so. We had to consider whether it was the right thing to do to arrest, but it absolutely was and I support the officers who made that decision.
"We can't have a situation where, regardless of what ceremony they have been to, people are being allegedly assaulted and racially abused."


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TORONTO — When Alvin Law was born without arms 51 years ago in Saskatchewan, his birth parents put him up for adoption, worried that they wouldn't be able to care for him and support him for the rest of his life.
Today, Law is an accomplished musician, motivational speaker and father, and he can do every task from driving to dressing himself independently, using his feet for hands.
"There were no excuses, ever," he told his rapt audience of third through eighth graders at Leo Baeck Day School's south campus, where he launched the Gail Debow Family Education Program with Farah and Martin Perelmuter of Speakers' Spotlight.
Law credits his adoptive parents' tough-love approach with forcing him to learn independence. "They loved me, but they had expectations," he said.
Law's birth defect was the result of his birth mother using the morning sickness drug Thalidomide, which was introduced in the late 1950s and withdrawn in 1961. The drug similarly affected more than 13,000 other babies.
Without the use of arms, Law began using his feet for everyday tasks instead. "When I started playing with my teddy bear with my toes, it wasn't a novelty – it was a sign," he said. Now, he wears a watch on his right ankle and instinctively uses his feet to punctuate his speech.
For Law, who began working as a motivational speaker in 1981, the most important message to pass on to the students is the one of perseverance in his talk, "There's No Such Word As Can't."
"You don't succeed in life by hoping for it – you do it," he told the young students. Law told his story of growing up and being treated as a regular child by his family. When he reached the age of about 11, he was repeatedly made fun of in his school's music class. Suddenly, he began noticing sniggers from classmates and pitying or disturbed stares from strangers, and his carefree childhood seemed to reach an abrupt end.
"I didn't like being made fun of. I didn't like being called names. I didn't like being me," he said.
One day, after a particularly bad day, when a stranger gawked at him while he ate a hamburger with his feet when out with his father, Law went home dejected and vowed never to leave his house.
Noticing his broken spirit, his parents, in a rare moment of pity, brought home a drum set. Law practised on the set with incredible determination. He showed the fruits of his labour to the students on a snare drum, playing beats with incredible speed and leaving the kids "ooh-ing" and "ah-ing" at his skill.
As he gained confidence again as a young man, Law adjusted his attitude, realizing that if he put in the effort, and maintained a positive outlook despite his challenges, he could achieve his goals.
"There is a big difference in our world from thinking that we deserve things to earning things," he said, insisting that there is no substitute for hard work.
Now that Law has overcome so much, he is able to laugh at many of the things that once hurt him, such as the stares and pity from strangers. He told the students a story of going antiquing with his wife, when an elderly couple was staring at him. He found a pair of mannequin arms among the antiques, picked one up under his chin and called out to his wife, "Darlene! I may have found them!"
His sense of humour about the tough things in life shows how much he takes his own advice to heart. Law hopes to pass on his positivity and perseverance to others.
"I want you to go home today with some perspective," he told the students, urging them to realize that sometimes challenges can seem very big, but they are not impossible to overcome. "You have to imagine what your future can be, and you can never, ever give up."


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New music, new tours and a new country music scandal marked a week ending Oct. 19. Jason Aldean and Scotty McCreery led the way with the studio albums, but it might have been Little Jimmy Dickens who stole the headlines with a strange story of identity theft. Darius Rucker also had some Opry-related news, and a country music legend is fighting for his life after a bladder infection puts him in the hospital.
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Bottled Bubbles
by Kathiann M. Kowalski
People love to drink bubbles. Why else would Americans drink an average of 56 gallons of soft drinks per person each year?
Getting Bubbles into the Bottle
Soda is a pressurized mixture of flavored syrup and water to which carbon dioxide gas has been added. In modern bottling plants, very cold liquid and carbon dioxide (CO2) are mixed together in big tanks called carbo-coolers, or carbonators. The colder the temperature, the more gas can dissolve in the liquid.
The bottling plant transfers the carbonated soda under pressure to bottling or canning machines. Machines fill containers and cap them immediately so that contents stay under pressure. Water sprays bring the sealed containers to room temperature so that condensation won't form when they're packed in boxes. Then the soda goes to stores and restaurants.
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Sparkling water is generally bottled or canned like soda. Even with naturally carbonated mineral water, bottlers usually filter the water and add carbon dioxide the way soda bottlers do. That way, potential contaminants don't give the water an "off" taste. Beer starts with a porridge of malted (soaked) barley, to which brewers add hops and special yeast. Soaking releases some of the sugar in the grain. "When the yeast gobbles up the sugar, it spits out alcohol and it spits out CO2," explains Jonathan Satayathum at Cleveland's Great Lakes Brewing Company. Some breweries release the carbon dioxide and then carbonate their product as soda companies do. Others, like Great Lakes, maintain a certain pressure in the tank. Then they transfer the naturally carbonated beer under pressure to machines that fill kegs or bottles.
Why do beer and nonalcoholic root beer form foamy "heads" when poured? As their bubbles rise, they absorb chemicals that act as surfactants. These "surface-active" chemicals like to be on the surface, says Ira Leifer at the University of California, Santa Barbara. When they are, they weaken surface tension and delay bubble bursting.
Wineries that produce champagne and fine sparkling wine use a first step of fermentation to produce a low-alcohol still wine. They bottle that, add yeast and sugar, and let it ferment again. Afterward, wineries concentrate the lees (dead yeast) by placing bottles at an angle on racks and rotating them periodically. The bottlenecks are frozen in a chemical solution, the bottles go on a conveyor belt, and the tops are opened. Gas pressure shoots the lees out, machines top off fluid levels, and within seconds the bottles get corked and caged. The pressure inside the corked bottle is six atmospheres, or three times the pressure in a car's tires. No wonder the bottle goes "Pop!" when it's finally uncorked!
Be a Fizz Whiz
Look at an unopened soda bottle, and you won't see bubbles. That's because carbon dioxide is dissolved in the soda. Some is also in the pressurized space at the container's top. Gas pressure inside the container is higher than the air outside the bottle.
When you open the container, you hear the whoosh of escaping carbon dioxide. As Ranjan Patro at Memorial University of Newfoundland explains, "The difference in pressure between inside the soda bottle and its outside surroundings causes the gas to flow from the soda bottle." Basically, the soda obeys a principle called Henry's Law: The amount of gas dissolved in a solvent is proportional to the partial pressure of that gas over the solvent. So, reduce pressure over the liquid by opening the bottle, and the amount of dissolved gas is reduced.
Pour soda into a glass, and tiny bubbles form. "As bubbles rise, they grow bigger and bigger until they reach the surface," observes Leifer. That's because additional CO2 flows into the bubble from the soda.
"It's really hard for a bubble to form in the middle of nowhere, like in the middle of water," adds Leifer. But tiny defects or irregularities in the glass provide places for gas to collect into a bubble. "That's why the bubbles seem to form in the same place and all go up in the same line," notes Leifer.
Put your nose close to the top of the soda. As soda bubbles reach the surface, they burst and release tiny aerosols, or droplets. Thus, your nose feels wet. Sip the soda and feel your tongue tingle. Carbon dioxide is converted to carbonic acid inside the mouth. As that breaks down, its byproducts bind to receptors on the tongue, and you taste fizz.
Eventually, all soda goes flat. Dissolved gas moves out of solution and bubbles up. Finally, the gas concentration outside the soda equals that of the surrounding air. "For most opened beverages, equilibrium is not a tasty situation," observes Patro.
- fermentation:
- A chemical process by which the sugar in a liquid turns into alcohol and a gas. Yeast or certain bacteria can cause fermentation in fruit juices.
- hops:
- The dried, ripe flowers of a twining vine that give the characteristic bitter taste to beer.
- surface tension:
- A property of liquids arising from unbalanced forces at or near the surface of the liquid. This causes the surface to contract and have properties that resemble a stretched elastic membrane.
- What causes carbon dioxide to separate from flavored syrup and water in a can of soda? Why?
[anno: Opening the can of soda causes carbon dioxide gas to separate from the flavored syrup and water. Before a can is opened, the gas is under higher pressure than the surrounding air. When the can is opened, the pressure changes. The bubbles of carbon dioxide gas rise through the mixture and move out of the flavored syrup and water because there is no pressure holding them inside the mixture anymore. The bubbles of carbon dioxide gas weigh less than the surrounding mixture, so the gas bubbles rise through the mixture.]
- What is Henry's Law?
[anno: Henry's Law states that the amount of gas dissolved in a solvent is proportional to the partial pressure of that gas over the solvent. If the pressure over the liquid decreases, the amount of dissolved gas will also decrease.]
- You have probably seen champagne served in a special glass, called a champagne flute. A champagne flute is usually a tall glass with a narrow mouth. Why do you think these glasses are designed this way? Think about what you learned about surfaces and pressure from Henry's Law.
[anno: Answers may vary but could include that a champagne flute is designed so that a smaller surface area of the liquid is exposed. The glasses are designed this way to slow down the rate at which carbon dioxide bubbles leave the champagne.]


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Kohaku-namasu (紅白なます) is made of radish and carrot strips and pickled in sweetened vinegar for hours or overnight before serving. It is one of the traditional Japanese new year dishes (osechi ryori) served on new year day. The combination of red and white colours in namasu symbolise good luck for the new year.
This is an easy recipe, the hardest part I guess would be cutting carrot and radish into thin and uniform strips. The pickled vegetables can be kept refrigerator for a week, some sesame oil can be drizzled over the pickle just before serving if desired.
Recipe source: Chef's Armoury Blog
1 large carrot
15cm radish (daikon)
1 tbsp salt
4 tbsp rice wine vinegar
3 tbsp white sugar
2 tbsp premade liquid dashi stock
- Cut carrot and radish into 2-inch strips, rub with salt and set aside for 15 minutes. Rinse and squeeze out any liquid, transfer into a clean bowl.
- For dressing, mix together vinegar, sugar and dashi stock in a bowl until the sugar is dissolved.
- Pour dressing over the vegetables and marinate for few hours or overnight in the fridge.
- Before serving, drain the vegetables well and serve as a side dish.


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Mayor Chris Beutler today announced that the City will accept $679,136 in federal stimulus funds to hire four full-time Police Officers. The U.S. Department of Justice COPS Office announced last week that Lincoln will receive part of the $1 billion awarded nationwide through the COPS Hiring Recovery Program.
"This community has identified safety and security as the top priority for City government, " Mayor Beutler said. "But the budget has not always allowed us to increase our police force as our City has continued to grow in size and population. With the federal COPS program, we will be in a much better position to finance our future law enforcement needs."
The grants provide 100-percent funding for salaries for three years. The City is required to fund the position for at least one year beyond that. Before accepting the grant, Beutler said the City examined the need for police officers and the additional costs in the future. Lincoln has a low crime rate, down 13 percent from last year. But response time has risen from 3.6 minutes in 2006 to 4.1 minutes in 2008, a 12 percent increase.
"We should not add police to the force because it is popular with the public or because it is good politics," Beutler said. "We should add police because we have a need to be addressed. After looking at the facts, I am strongly convinced that keeping Lincoln a safe, low-crime community requires us to add to our police force."
The Mayor said the COPS grant process was very competitive. Only 14.3 percent of the agencies that applied received this grant funding, and the Mayor congratulated the Police Department for its successful proposal.
Police Chief Tom Casady said the grant was awarded just before the start of an academy class, so three of the four officers funded begin their training today as part of a class of 13 recruits. The remaining funded position will be filled from the academy class that begins in January.
"We are delighted, in this difficult economic period, to be able to add police officers," Casady said. "Four officers will help us keep up with Lincoln's population growth, and continue to provide the quality services that promote a safe and secure community."
The City last accepted a COPS grant in the 2004-2005 fiscal year when 2 officers were hired, bringing the total force to 317.
Four other Nebraska agencies were awarded funding: the Beatrice Police Department, the City of Omaha, the Dawson County Law Enforcement Center and the Omaha Tribe Police Department. More information is available at www.cops.usdoj.gov.


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To the Editor:
Re "Theater Addresses Tension Over Play" (Arts pages, March 16):
We are Jewish writers who supported the Royal Court production of "My Name Is Rachel Corrie." We are dismayed by the decision of the New York Theater Workshop to cancel or postpone the play's production. We believe that this is an important play, particularly, perhaps, for an American audience that too rarely has an opportunity to see and judge for itself the material it contends with.
In London it played to sell-out houses. Critics praised it. Audiences found it intensely moving. So what is it about Rachel Corrie's writings, her thoughts, her feelings, her confusions, her idealism, her courage, her search for meaning in life -- what is it that New York audiences must be protected from?
The various reasons given by the workshop -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's coma, the election of Hamas, the circumstances of Rachel Corrie's death, the "symbolism" of her tale -- make no sense in the context of this play and the crucial issues it raises about Israeli military activity in the occupied territories.
Rachel Corrie gave her life standing up against injustice. A theater with such a fine history should have had the courage to give New York theatergoers the chance to experience her story for themselves.
Gillian Slovo Harold Pinter Stephen Fry London, March 20, 2006
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712581686255563333.post8620650562179739491..comments2014-10-19T21:45:23.406-04:00Comments on Ask Gadabout Jack: Vote Yes for ThanksgivingGadabout Jackhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712581686255563333.post-43188291777768712102007-11-22T21:13:00.000-05:002007-11-22T21:13:00.000-05:00Thanks for sharing that piece Al. You are a fine...Thanks for sharing that piece Al. You are a fine American. I have forwarded it on to many.

Happy Thanksgiving Jawsey!

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firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712581686255563333.post-32208064575007082342007-11-22T11:21:00.000-05:002007-11-22T11:21:00.000-05:00There should be a copy of this Mark Steyn piece un...There should be a copy of this Mark Steyn piece under every plate at the Thanksgiving table.

Speaking as a misfit unassimilated foreigner, I think of Thanksgiving as the most American of holidays.

Christmas is celebrated elsewhere, even if there are significant local variations: In Continental Europe, naughty children get left rods to be flayed with and lumps of coal; in Britain, Christmas lasts from Dec. 22 to mid-January and celebrates the ancient cultural traditions of massive alcohol intake and watching the telly till you pass out in a pool of your own vomit. All part of the rich diversity of our world.

But Thanksgiving (excepting the premature and somewhat undernourished Canadian version) is unique to America. "What's it about?" an Irish visitor asked me a couple of years back. "Everyone sits around giving thanks all day? Thanks for what? George bloody Bush?"

Well, Americans have a lot to be thankful for.

Europeans think of this country as "the New World" in part because it has an eternal newness, which is noisy and distracting. Who would ever have thought you could have ready-to-eat pizza faxed directly to your iPod?

And just when you think you're on top of the general trend of novelty, it veers off in an entirely different direction: Continentals who grew up on Hollywood movies where the guy tells the waitress "Gimme a cuppa joe" and slides over a nickel return to New York a year or two later and find the coffee now costs $5.75, takes 25 minutes and requires an agonizing choice between the cinnamon-gingerbread-persimmon latte with coxcomb sprinkles and the decaf venti pepperoni-Eurasian-milfoil macchiato.

Who would have foreseen that the nation that inflicted fast food and drive-thru restaurants on the planet would then take the fastest menu item of all and turn it into a Kabuki-paced performance art? What mad genius!

But Americans aren't novelty junkies on the important things. The New World is one of the oldest settled constitutional democracies on Earth, to a degree the Old World can barely comprehend. Where it counts, Americans are traditionalists.

We know Eastern Europe was a totalitarian prison until the Nineties, but we forget that Mediterranean Europe (Greece, Spain, Portugal) has democratic roots going all the way back until, oh, the mid-Seventies; France and Germany's constitutions date back barely half a century, Italy's only to the 1940s, and Belgium's goes back about 20 minutes, and currently it's not clear whether even that latest rewrite remains operative. The U.S. Constitution is not only older than France's, Germany's, Italy's or Spain's constitution, it's older than all of them put together.

Americans think of Europe as Goethe and Mozart and 12th century castles and 6th century churches, but the Continent's governing mechanisms are no more ancient than the Partridge Family. Aside from the Anglophone democracies, most of the nation-states in the West have been conspicuous failures at sustaining peaceful political evolution from one generation to the next, which is why they're so susceptible to the siren song of Big Ideas – communism, fascism, European Union.

If you're going to be novelty-crazed, better the zebra-mussel cappuccino than the Third Reich.

Even in a supposedly 50/50 nation, you're struck by the assumed stability underpinning even fundamental disputes. If you go into a bookstore, the display shelves offer a smorgasbord of leftist anti-Bush tracts claiming that he and Cheney have trashed, mangled, gutted, raped and tortured, sliced 'n' diced the Constitution, put it in a cement overcoat and lowered it into the East River. Yet even this argument presupposes a shared veneration for tradition unknown to most Western political cultures: When Tony Blair wanted to abolish, in effect, the upper house of the national legislature, he just got on and did it.

I don't believe the U.S. Constitution includes a right to abortion or gay marriage or a zillion other things the Left claims to detect emanating from the penumbra, but I find it sweetly touching that in America even political radicalism has to be framed as an appeal to constitutional tradition from the powdered-wig era.

In Europe, by contrast, one reason why there's no politically significant pro-life movement is because, in a world where constitutions have the life expectancy of an Oldsmobile, great questions are just seen as part of the general tide, the way things are going, no sense trying to fight it. And, by the time you realize you have to, the tide's usually up to your neck.

So Americans should be thankful they have one of the last functioning nation-states. Europeans, because they've been so inept at exercising it, no longer believe in national sovereignty, whereas it would never occur to Americans not to. This profoundly different attitude to the nation-state underpins, in turn, Euro-American attitudes to transnational institutions such as the United Nations.

But on this Thanksgiving the rest of the world ought to give thanks to American national sovereignty, too. When something terrible and destructive happens – a tsunami hits Indonesia, an earthquake devastates Pakistan – the United States can project itself anywhere on the planet within hours and start saving lives, setting up hospitals and restoring the water supply.

Aside from Britain and France, the Europeans cannot project power in any meaningful way anywhere. When they sign on to an enterprise they claim to believe in – shoring up Afghanistan's fledgling post-Taliban democracy – most of them send token forces under constrained rules of engagement that prevent them doing anything more than manning the photocopier back at the base.

If America were to follow the Europeans and maintain only shriveled attenuated residual military capacity, the world would very quickly be nastier and bloodier, and far more unstable. It's not just Americans and Iraqis and Afghans who owe a debt of thanks to the U.S. soldier but all the Europeans grown plump and prosperous in a globalized economy guaranteed by the most benign hegemon in history.

That said, Thanksgiving isn't about the big geopolitical picture, but about the blessings closer to home. Last week, the state of Oklahoma celebrated its centennial, accompanied by rousing performances of Rodgers and Hammerstein's eponymous anthem:

"We know we belong to the land

And the land we belong to is grand!"

Which isn't a bad theme song for the first Thanksgiving, either.

Three hundred and 14 years ago, the Pilgrims thanked God because there was a place for them in this land, and it was indeed grand. The land is grander today, and that, too, is remarkable: France has lurched from Second Empires to Fifth Republics struggling to devise a lasting constitutional settlement for the same smallish chunk of real estate, but the principles that united a baker's dozen of East Coast colonies were resilient enough to expand across a continent and halfway around the globe to Hawaii.

Americans should, as always, be thankful this Thanksgiving, but they should also understand just how rare in human history their blessings are.Alusnahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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