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Lauren Gibson
The sophomore standout combined poise and determination with a consistently high level of play to carry the No. 1 Cougars through the challenging Class 4A East region and on to the state championship. While her no-hitter in a 2-0 win over Damascus in the title game was the highlight, some of her work leading up to that point played big in the Cougars' getting there. Gibson hit a two-run homer to bring the Cougars back from a 3-0 deficit against North County in a 5-3 win in the regional semifinals. She avenged two losses to Broadneck in earning a 2-1 win that clinched the East region. In making a 3-2 lead against Sherwood stand for a spot in the state championship game, she worked her way out of a sixth-inning jam with a key strikeout and then struck out the side in the seventh to cap the win. Motivated by last year's state championship runner-up finish, Gibson was not to be denied. "Last year left a bad taste in her mouth. She didn't feel we got it done as a team. This year, she came in and said, 'We're going to do it and nobody is stopping us.' She really put us on her back when needed," Chesapeake coach Don Ellenberger said. For the season, the repeat first-team All-Metro selection went 18-3 with an 0.51 ERA. Batting third, she hit a team-high .471 with 24 RBIs and 24 runs.
Seton Keough
After his Gators fell short to Archbishop Spalding in last year's Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference title game, Bowyer knew he had plenty of experienced talent returning to take the next step this spring. The key? "It was really getting them to believe in each other and that it could really happen," the second-year coach said. Playing sound fundamental softball with consistently fine pitching from senior Carly Martin and putting together a big inning here and there, the No. 2 Gators (15-3) came away with the program's second conference title in four years. They defeated John Carroll, 2-0, in the championship game. Bowyer, who first came to the program as an assistant in 2001, said the biggest hurdle was getting past a Spalding team that proved to be a nemesis in recent years. The Gators did just that with two decisive 3-0 wins during the regular season as part of a 13-game winning streak.
Brittany Falls
In her second season as a starter, Falls made a major impact at the plate and at first base to help the No. 14 Lions win the Baltimore County championship.
Batting fifth in the lineup, Falls hit .411 with 23 RBIs, 19 runs and six doubles. The senior had four hits in early-season wins against Hereford and Catonsville, and went 2-for-2 with four RBIs in a win against Perry Hall.
Falls, who was given the team's Unsung Hero Award, committed only one error at first base and her long stretch and knack for digging throws out of the dirt saved runs.
Mary Beth Herrick
Archbishop Spalding
Resourceful at the plate and sure-handed at second base, Herrick had a fine all-around senior season to help the No. 4 Cavaliers to a 15-5 mark.
Herrick batted a team-high .426 with seven RBIs and nine runs. She had a flawless season defensively, finishing with 32 putouts and 25 assists without an error.
A four-year starter for the Cavaliers, Herrick will play at Towson University next year.
Nicole Lowenstein
John Carroll
In a season loaded with talented catchers throughout the area, Lowenstein brought a complete package to top the list. The junior teamed with pitcher Angela DiBeneditto to make up one of the best batteries, leading the Patriots to their first Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference title game.
The three-year starter hit .432 with 14 RBIs and seven runs. She also walked 11 times with six intentional passes.
Behind the plate, Lowenstein was in total control, enabling DiBeneditto to throw any of her array of pitches at any time in the count.
Carly Martin
Seton Keough
The repeat Baltimore City Player of the Year made the most of her senior year, leading the No. 2 Gators (15-3) to the IAAM A Conference championship.
Crafty and precise with her pitch selection and location, Martin was 14-2 with a 1.16 ERA and 152 strikeouts in 106 innings. Her poise in the Gators' 2-0 win over John Carroll in the championship game proved to be the difference, as she allowed five hits and struck out 14.
Martin also was a key contributor in the Gators' lineup, hitting .296 with 13 RBIs and 11 runs. She drove in the game-winning run in the title game on a first-inning sacrifice fly.
Jill Mullan
The senior center fielder set a single-season state record with 51 hits, and then used her speed to wreak havoc on the bases. The three-year starter and team captain stole 18 bases and scored 26 runs to help lead the No. 8 Eagles to the Class 3A state championship game.
Mullan, who had 17 RBIs, had a number of multiple-hit games, highlighted by a 5-for-5 performance in a win against Arundel. She also had three-hit games against Class 4A state champion Chesapeake-AA and Anne Arundel County champion Broadneck.
Set to play at Shippensburg (Pa.) University on a softball scholarship, Mullan also used her speed in center to track down everything that came her way - finishing with just one error this season.
Brooke Owen
A four-year starter and repeat first-team All-Metro selection, Owen had another fine season that was capped by a clutch postseason performance to help the Cougars win the Class 4A state crown.
Owen had the game-winning hit in the Cougars' 2-1 win over Broadneck in the 4A East regional title game, a sharp single past third base in the bottom of the seventh inning that broke a 1-1 tie. In a 3-2 win over Sherwood in the state semifinals, she hit a two-run single to help the Cougars build an early 3-0 lead.
Owen hit .395 with 24 runs and 13 RBIs batting leadoff, and played near-flawless defense in right and left field for the Cougars.
Kourtney Salvarola
The freshman pitcher proved she belonged and then some in tough Anne Arundel County play, leading the No. 3 Bruins to their first county crown.
Salvarola's statistics were staggering, both at the plate and on the mound: She hit .698 with 41 RBIs, 38 runs and a state-record 12 homers, and went 13-3 with a 1.37 ERA and 139 strikeouts in 107-plus innings.
She twice beat Class 4A state champion Chesapeake-AA by 2-1 scores, first in the regular season and then in the county championship game, before the Cougars avenged those losses with a 2-1 win for the East regional crown. In that game, the Cougars pitched around Salvarola, who walked all four times she stepped up to the plate.
Stephanie Speierman
No player in the metro area had a bigger impact on her county than Speierman, who led the No. 5 Golden Bears to their first Howard County title and then took them two steps farther with their first regional and state titles.
Speierman threw a perfect game - striking out 19 of 21 batters - in the Golden Bears' 4-0 win over North East from Cecil County in the Class 2A state championship game. She also provided the game's decisive hit with a two-run triple to start the scoring.
She set two state records along the way - finishing the season with 426 strikeouts and drawing 37 walks. She finished the season 23-1 with an 0.20 ERA and batted .649 with 30 runs and 18 RBIs.
Desirae Sullivan
Severna Park
The Falcons' third baseman and cleanup batter was never shy about getting in her cuts, constantly putting pressure on defenses by hitting the ball hard. The senior finished the season batting .487, with 13 of her 31 hits going for extra bases - including eight homers.
With those numbers came 28 runs and 26 RBIs - both of which led the team.
After coming off the bench as a sophomore reserve to get the game-winning hit in the Anne Arundel County title game, Sullivan became a fixture at third base and the All-Metro team the past two seasons. In those two years, she combined to hit 16 homers, score 51 runs and drive in 71, while also providing a good glove at third base. She will play softball at CCBC-Catonsville next year.
Sloane Van Meter
Archbishop Spalding
An All-Metro selection in each of her four years - three times on the first team - Van Meter closed out her fine career in typical fashion as the catalyst and steadying influence of the Cavaliers.
Batting leadoff, the senior hit .385 with 11 RBIs and 15 runs, collecting 25 hits and walking 14 times. Playing in the outfield, Van Meter made just one error in 137 innings. Van Meter is headed to UMBC on a softball scholarship.
Angela Yannone
The talented junior shortstop batted cleanup in the area's most potent lineup, hitting .391 with 21 RBIs and 17 runs. Nine of Yannone's 27 hits went for extra bases this spring, including a team-high six triples, as she showed a knack for hitting the ball hard in big games.
In the Cougars' 4-0 season-opening win against No. 2 Seton Keough, she had a double, triple, RBI and scored a run. At Spalding's Cavalier Classic, she went 3-for-3 and drove in the game's only run to help lead the Cougars past the host team, 1-0, on their way to the tournament title.
Yannone was steady at shortstop with a strong and accurate arm.
Second Team
Name School Class Pos.
Angela DiBeneditto John Carroll Senior Pitcher
Colleen Matthes IND Senior Pitcher
Stephanie Weigman Arch. Spalding Senior Pitcher
Sam Dulski Chesapeake-AA Senior Catcher
Jessica Sewell Glen Burnie Senior First base
Jessica Grimshaw Centennial Junior Secondbase
Meghan Kovaks Seton Keough Senior Third base
Lindsey Gray Northeast Senior Shortstop
Allison Kuchar C. Milton Wright Junior Shortstop
Kathy McLaughlin Seton Keough Senior Shortstop
Jen Hilchey Centennial Senior Outfield
Erika Stasch Chesapeake-AA Junior Outfield
Note -- Teams selected by Glenn Graham after consultation with The Sun staff and area coaches.
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No. School Record
1. Chesapeake-AA 23-3 2. Seton Keough 15-3 3. Broadneck 19-3 4. Archbishop Spalding 15-5 5. Hammond 23-1 6. Institute of Notre Dame 17-6 7. John Carroll 10-7 8. Northeast 18-7 9. Glen Burnie 14-6 10. Centennial 18-3 11. C. Milton Wright 16-5 12. Severna Park 16-5 13. North County 14-8 14. Dulaney 16-4 15. Hereford 13-8 Other teams considered -- Century (15-8), Eastern Tech (14-6), Fallston (12-7), Francis Scott Key (14-6), North Carroll (13-8), Western Tech (13-4).


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Day 5 on the Aegean Sea, hot again with a lovely breeze and mostly calm seas. I took dozens of photos of that beautiful, empty sea and distant coastline.
A year earlier when my daughter went sailing on Tobin Bronze with my brother, Peter and his wife, Judy they were in the south of the Aegean Sea. Her photos were of beautiful, stark white buildings above sparkling seas. Greece has the highest poverty risk rate in Europe, with approximately one quarter of the total population falling under this category. We were in the north, (not a stark white building in sight) the poorest part of the country. It was quite a contrast to the grandeur of our recent surroundings in Istanbul.
In the year between my daughter's visit and mine the financial crises hit Greece and from what I saw on television and read in the papers, travelling there seemed like a pretty bad idea. Cashless ATMs. I even saw predicted a shortage of feta!
Thank heavens my brother assured me we would be fine - and we were. I had troubles with my cash card but that started weeks before in Ireland (and it was eventually swallowed by an ATM in Nea Moudania). I shudder to think how I would have managed had I been on my own but I'm sure I would have managed somehow.
On our way to Nea Moudania we took a shortcut through a narrow canal, under the bridge at Nea Potidea. I've never been very good at spatial awareness and looking up at the mast, I couldn't see how it was going to fit under that bridge. Peter had done his homework and knew it would, so I was happy to take his word for it.
One one side of the passage appeared to be quite poor although the little working boats appeared to be well maintained.
On the other side there was a resort.
The weather was picking up as we approached Nea Moudania. My eyes were drawn to the beautiful mosque overlooking the harbour.
But later on when I looked back the other way (don't ask me which was north, which was south, I had no idea where I was) the view was a lot more foreboding. Don't be fooled by that flash looking construction at the marina. It was a typical Greek project started with lots of Euro money and badly maintained, the structures in place for power and water but not connected.
The weather forecast was not good so it was decided that we were as close to the airport at Thessaloniki as we were going to get by boat and I could travel by taxi the rest of the way the day after next when I would start my journey homewards.


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Saturday, July 9, 2016
THE MEMORY BOOK by Lara Avery
They tell me that my memory will never be the same, that I'll start forgetting things. At first just a little, and then a lot. So I'm writing to remember.
Sammie was always a girl with a plan: graduate at the top of her class and get out of her small town as soon as humanly possible. Nothing will stand in her way--not even a rare genetic disorder the doctors say will slowly start to steal her memories and then her health. What she needs is a new plan.
So the Memory Book is born: Sammie's notes to her future self, a document of moments great and small. It's where she'll record every perfect detail of her first date with longtime crush, Stuart--a brilliant young writer who is home for the summer. And where she'll admit how much she's missed her childhood best friend, Cooper, and even take some of the blame for the fight that ended their friendship.
Through a mix of heartfelt journal entries, mementos, and guest posts from friends and family, readers will fall in love with Sammie, a brave and remarkable girl who learns to live and love life fully, even though it's not the life she planned.
My thoughts on the book:
The Memory Book was touching, depressing, and inspiring, all at the same time. Sammie was such a brave character and fantastic narrator. If you want a strong female lead in YA lit, then Sammie is your girl. I can't get over how brave she was. I know I already used that word, but the dictionary should be rewritten to say "Brave (adj): Sammie." If I had been in her position, I'm not sure that I would have been able to keep my sense of humor, go after the guy I had a crush on, or rekindle old friendships. She really made the most of her life, even though it wasn't the life she wanted or had planned to have. She was valedictorian, an amazing debater, and planned to go to NYU and become an attorney. Those dreams were shattered when she found out she had what basically amounted to be super-early-onset Alzheimer's, but did she just lay down and feel sorry for herself in a fit of depression? No, she didn't. It would have been justified had she done that, and I would have completely understood that, but she didn't. She carried on, trying to get as much out of her life as she could before she couldn't remember it any longer. And writing herself a journal to let her future self remember the good and bad times was a beautiful and inspiring way to deal with what had to be a terrifying diagnosis.
Avery's voice is strong, and I was hooked from the first page. The writing was wonderfully done, and the descriptions were vivid and beautiful. The relationships formed were realistic and touching, and everything that happened fit perfectly and felt natural. The pacing was spot on, and I wasn't bored for one second of this text. I'm not a huge contemporary fan, but I got this ARC at BEA and decided to give this one a try, and it did not disappoint. Avery is a fantastic author. This book broke my heart and gave me hope. I'd recommend it to anyone.
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Last night, Mr. Confessions of a Mystery Novelist… asked me an interesting question. We were talking about a point in my current work in progress where two characters have blatantly told lies about where they were and what they were doing. My husband asked, "When your characters lie, do your readers know it's an outright lie, or do they think you've just made a mistake in detail?" That's a good question, and it raises the interesting question of how crime fiction authors handle characters who lie. On one hand, most of us don't particularly like to lie, so we betray ourselves with hesitations, blustering, non-verbal signs that we're uncomfortable, and so on. So having characters who show those signs is authentic and realistic, especially considering the stress of a murder investigation. On the other, if an author makes it too obvious that a character is lying, that may make it too easy on the reader, and that tends to be off-putting. Readers want authors to "play fair," but they also don't want the solution to a mystery to be too obvious. Like a lot of other things in crime fiction, this requires a balance.
Agatha Christie's characters frequently hide things and they do tell lies. In fact, in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Hercule Poirot claims that everyone involved in murder investigations has something to hide. In some cases, characters lie because they're trying to cover up some embarrassing private secret. Other characters tell lies because they want to "hide" the murderer or because they're guilty of the crime. For instance, in Evil Under the Sun, Poirot investigates the strangling murder of beautiful and notorious actress Arlena Stuart Marshall, who was staying with her family at the Jolly Roger Hotel when she was killed. Poirot and the police begin to ask questions about who was where, and who might have seen what, and they interview the staff and the other hotel guests. What they find is that many of the characters tell lies about something. Of course, the murderer lies. But also, two of the characters lie because each thinks the other has committed the crime. Another character lies because that character is hiding some illegal activity. There are other lies, too, and what's interesting is that very few of the people who are lying act nervous, bluster, or otherwise make it clear that they're lying. And yet, the reader doesn't feel cheated. As different pieces of evidence come out, we slowly learn who was lying about what.
The same is true in Christie's Hickory Dickory Dock (AKA Hickory Dickory Death). Poirot's secretary Miss Lemon asks him to help her sister Mrs. Hubbard get to the bottom of some strange goings-on at the hostel she manages. Poirot agrees and visits the hostel. On the night of his first visit, one of the residents, Celia Austin, admits she's been responsible for most of the thefts that have occurred, and promises to make restitution. The matter seems to be settled until two nights later, when Celia Austin apparently commits suicide. It's soon shown that she was murdered, and Poirot works with Inspector Sharpe to find out who killed Celia Austin and why. To do this, they look into the lives of all of the residents, and it's interesting to see how each reacts, since many of them are hiding something. Some of them bluster and become truculent. Others try to throw suspicion on other residents. Still others lie very smoothly, so that it's quite difficult to tell at first that they are lying. Only one of the liars is hiding the fact of being the murderer (although another liar knows who the killer is). Again, as Poirot and Inspector Sharpe and his team investigate, they slowly turn up evidence that unmasks the killer, so that the reader doesn't feel "blindsided." This novel also shows how different people react to feeling the need to lie. Some people are very good liars indeed; others are not good liars, and we see both types of people in this novel.
We also see a variety of different kinds of liars in Colin Dexter's The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn. Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis are investigating the poisoning death of Nicholas Quinn, the only Deaf member of Oxford's Foreign Examinations Syndicate, which is responsible for managing exams given to students living outside of the UK, but in countries with a British education tradition. Quinn's appointment to the Syndicate was not a unanimous choice, so more then one member of the group didn't want him in to begin with. As if that weren't enough, several members of the Syndicate are hiding some "dirty linen." And then there's the secret Quinn discovered and threatened to report. So as Morse and Lewis get to the truth about Quinn's death, they have to get past a tissue of lies. Some members of the Syndicate lie quite smoothly, others hide behind "officialdom," and others bluster. Again, it's interesting to see how the different personalities in this novel react to feeling the pressure to lie.
Lying takes on a very eerie quality in Ira Levin's The Stepford Wives. That's the story of Joanna Eberhart, who moves with her lawyer husband Walter and their children from New York City to the quiet, peaceful town of Stepford, Connecticut. At first, all goes very well. The family settles in and makes friends, and Joanna is even exploring the possibility of turning her talent at photography into a full-time career. Slowly, though, Joanna and her friend Bobbie Markowe begin to suspect that all is not as it seems in Stepford. Joanna searches for the meaning behind some strange goings-on, but the more questions she asks, the more lies she's told. In fact, the lies in Stepford are so well-told that Joanna begins to wonder if she's having some sort of mental breakdown. It's really chilling to see how well-told lies and well-planned cover-ups can make one doubt oneself.
Peter Robinson's All The Colours of Darkness also shows how accomplished a liar can be. In that novel, DI Annie Cabot is called to the scene of an apparent suicide. Mark Hardcastle, who designed costumes for the Eastvale Amateur Dramatic Society, a local theatrical troupe, has been found hung in a local woods. Very soon afterwards, the body of his lover Lawrence Silbert is discovered in Silbert's own home. At first, it seems like this might be a case of murder/suicide. But it's not long before Cabot and her boss Alan Banks discover that there's more to this case than that. It seems that Silbert was an MI6 agent, especially valued because of his gift for languages. Because Silbert was a secret agent, Banks and Cabot have to sift through a whole set of official and unofficial lies to find out why Silbert and Hardcastle were killed and who killed them. In this novel, very few people start off by telling the truth and even in the end, there are still lies that people don't admit having told.
We see a variety of different reactions to lying in Yrsa Sigurðardóttir's Last Rituals, in which she introduces her sleuth, Reykjavík attorney Thóra Gudmundsdóttir. One day, Thóra gets an unexpected call from Germany from Amelia Guntlieb, whose son Harald was studying in Iceland when he was murdered. The police think that Harald's former friend and room-mate Hugi Thórisson is guilty, but the Guntlieb family doesn't think he's responsible. They hire Thóra to work with their banking representative Matthew Reich to find out who really committed the crime. Throughout the novel, Thóra and Matthew interview Guntlieb's friends, school-mates, professors and just about anyone else with whom he had contact. Several people have reasons to lie, including the murderer. At one point, Thóra is interviewing a group of Guntlieb's friends. Each of them is hiding something important, and each reacts to that a bit differently. One brazens it out, one says nearly nothing, but Thóra picks up the evasiveness, and others react in other ways. It's a very interesting example of how people with different personalities react when they're covering something up. In the end, Thóra and Matthew find out the real reason Guntlieb was killed and are able to separate the lies that cover up other things from the lies that hide the murderer.
It's an entirely human reaction to lie under the stress of a murder investigation, whether or not one's actually guilty of the murder. And it's interesting to see the way people go about lying. Some are very skilled and some aren't. But what's your view? Do you feel "cheated" when a killer has lied well enough that you didn't notice it at first? If you're a writer, how do you handle characters who lie? How obvious do you think it should be that a character is lying?
*NOTE: The title of this post is a line from the Who's I Can See For Miles.


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I have a dentist appt. in a little while and I think I will stay gone the rest of the day since Ridge is doing well. I think I will go get Sawyer from school, but first I think I will try to find him some shoes that do not have Woody and Buzz on them. If he doesn't wear them, fine. But at least he'll have the option. :) I'm staying the night at home tonight w/ Sawyer and will be back tomorrow.
Sorry the update is kind of boring-- but then again, I'm glad it's kind of boring right now.
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|Porno Theatre Adventure
by Daren ©
My wife and I once visited a porno theatre on a lark, but the movie was so lame we actually ended up watching other patrons masturbate, which turned out to be more interesting than watching the movie itself. I was both surprised and delighted, and more than a little curious, about the wife's obvious preoccupation with watching guys jack off. It seemed that some long suppressed voyeuristic urges were being released in that dark place.
The theatre contained mostly single males, and I noticed that the wife kept scanning the audience to see where everybody's hands were (mostly in their laps!). A few couples dotted the audience, and some of those couples were also obviously fondling each other (or staring back at my wife!). One couple was brazenly groping and casting glances in our direction, but at the time we were too shy to return these "gestures" -- although the wife did dare me to expose my cock, which I eventually did after much taunting from her.
She stroked it for awhile, and even went down on me briefly, but I found that I was much more courageous in fantasies than in reality, so I stuffed that horny toad back into my pants the first time a new patron walked down the isle near us to find a seat. Eventually, the wife became so excited by the lewd action she was witnessing that we left the theatre to go home and have some fun. In between licking, sucking, stroking and poking, she kept up a running monologue of nasty talk about what we had observed.
On another occasion I had some time to kill in a big town, so I ventured into a smaller, sleazier porno theatre. This time I was alone, and this time there were no women patrons to be seen inside the place. It was a real "dive".... and although the film being shown was a 'straight' gangbang number, some of the men attending were seated as couples. Some were even playing with each other's dicks and furtively looking around to avoid (or invite) detection.
A few men lined up at the rear of the dark theatre, their backs against the wall, stroking their exposed cocks. I heard muffled but tumultuous sounds coming from an adjacent men's room. God-knows-what was happening inside the toilet stalls. I didn't have the nerve to find out.
I sat, more than a little nervous, frozen in my theatre seat, watching the mass circle jerk going on around me. The "climax" of this little adventure occurred when a white guy in work clothes approached another patron, a large black man, who was standing against the wall with the other men who were exposing themselves and stroking their cocks. Evidently, the first guy had been eyeballing the other fellow for awhile. The two of them exchanged some whispered conversation and then, to my surprise, the first guy dropped to his knees in the middle of the isle, unzipped the other guy's pants, and started licking and sucking the black guy's cock.
From that point forward, hardly anybody was watching the trashy movie. Nearly everyone was straining to see the "action" in the isle. Although the theatre was very dark, there was no mistaking what the first guy was doing. I couldn't hear exactly what was being said, but the white guy was whimpering and moaning, while the black guy was grunting and groaning and stuffing the other fellow's face with cockmeat. Some of the others who were standing nearby crowded around the cocksucker on his knees, stroking their meatsticks and muttering obscenities. I noticed that many of the men seated throughout the theatre were fisting themselves and/or each other with reckless abandon.
Eventually everybody saw the black guy splash a gooey load of spunk all over the white guy's face and down his throat. At that point, the other horndogs standing nearby closed around, wanting to turn the event into a close-in orgy. But the one giving the public blow-job quickly jumped up and almost ran out of the theatre. The black guy calmly zipped up his pants and strode out by another exit.
I said to myself, "The wife ain't gonna even believe this...." And I was right; it took many repeated renditions of that story to convince her of its veracity. She did, however, seem to enjoy having me go down on her, lapping at her juicy cunt, while reciting.... in slow, sexy detail, everything I saw during my adventure in that sleazy porno theatre. She even thought of dressing herself as a man, in baggy clothes, and visiting the place with me.
But that's another story!
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As the consulting industry gradually emerges from the dark days of the Great Recession, the numbers are creeping back up to pre-recessionary levels: utilization and billing rates are up, pipelines are bulging and recruiters are busy. But even now, with all signs pointing skyward, new trends are emerging that might threaten the industry's return to lucrative prominence.
In a concise, well-argued piece, Fiona Czerniawska, founder of sourceforconsulting.com, discusses two emergent trends that could shake the consulting industry's tree: internal consulting units and consultant-managers.
Internal consulting units
Simply put, it's expensive for companies to hire consultancies to address their economic concerns. As is the case in any industry, you pay for what you get: the most learned and successful consultancies will invariably demand the most for their services. After a brief decline during the late Recession, billing rates are increasing steadily again, as they did for years before economic disaster struck in 2008. Now, many large multinational corporations have had enough. Their discontent has given rise to the use of internal consulting units.
These in-house consultancies are "typically relatively small," Czerniawska notes, and "are typically staffed with project and change managers" who are tasked with solving many of the same problems their employers would have hired outside consultants to accomplish. Not only would the addition of an internal consulting division save money in the long run, the author suggests, it would also bring new skill-sets to the table that could be useful at all levels of a massive organization. Czerniawska says that internal consulting units now "pose a genuine threat to consulting firms," using Germany as an example of one powerful market in which the trend has gained traction.
While it may indeed pose "a genuine threat", Czerniawska isn't convinced that this trend could bring the industry to its knees. For one, she says, in-house consulting shops will struggle to provide insight on matters that require specialized knowledge. And she's right—even at the most prestigious independent consultancies, the "generalists" are typically strategists who couldn't provide the answers that, say, an energy, HR or operations consultant might provide a company. Czerniawska also argues that in-house consultants would be too close to their own brand to make the cold, calculated decisions that unbiased consultants regularly have to make. When "sensitive issues are concerned," she writes, like the prospect of harsh cost-cutting measures (read: layoffs) or budget allocation matters, these units will be rendered "less able to be objective."
If internal consulting units at major corporations have the potential to hurt the consulting industry, the emergence of the "consultant-manager" role could strike an even more sinister blow. Who is this ominous fellow, the consultant-manager? Czerniawska describes the role as "the former consultant now occupying what may be a very senior position in a client organization." In other words: the top consultant who knows all the tricks of the industry, brought onboard to supervise and direct the work of the independent consultants brought in from the outside. Ouch.
Czerniawska's condemnation of the consultant-manager follows sound logic: if a consulting project's senior management is internal to the client, it "erodes demand for senior people" and increases demand for "generalist support." That trend, the author argues, will "push the consulting firms affected further towards body-shopping" and, ultimately, "we'd end up with a very different consulting industry."
That is certainly true. Imagine a world in which ex-consultants, now working for the client, are lording over their ex-colleagues with all the power that a senior corporate post would afford. As a corporate stooge, the consultant-manager would likely be tasked with making projects shorter, more intense, and less lucrative for the consultancies. Whether or not that would ultimately be in the client's best interest is uncertain, but make no mistake—the consultant-manager is one ominous fellow who knows how to make it happen.
Read Czerniawska's post here: Consultant-managers: something else to worry about
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SAN DIEGO (AP) - The San Diego Chargers on Tuesday promoted Rich
Bisaccia to assistant head coach-special teams and hired Ron Meeks as
secondary coach.
Bisaccia, who just completed his first season
with the Chargers, helped develop young special teams players, including
Richard Goodman, Darrell Stuckey and Andrew Gachkar.
Goodman was
fourth in the NFL in kickoff returns and his 105-yard kickoff return for
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Hello My Friends,
I know that today is a sad day for everyone with the anniversary of 911, so I wanted to post something to help cheer everyone up. We will never forget this day in our American History! So here is my card and I hope it makes you smile today!!
For this A2 card I started with a piece of purple cardstock for the base of the card. Next I stamped my House Mouse Trick or Cheese stamp in black ink on some white stamping paper and I colored it with Copic markers and then fussy cut it out and set it aside while I put the rest of the card together. I used my Poppystamp Spider Web Border die and cut it out with silver glitter paper and put that on the top of the card. Then I used my circle punch to cut out the moon using some yellow glitter paper. I used some black shimmer paper to cut out the Boo on the moon using my Die-Versions Metropolis Font. Next I cut out my Die-Versions Sweet Spots Owl Family die in black paper and added that to the card. Then I used some more of the black shimmer paper to cut out the fence using my Spellbinders D-Lites Wrought Iron die. Then I took my little cheesy mouse and pop-dotted him in front of the fence. I really like the way this Halloween card turned out. I hope I cheered you up even in some small way!
You can find all the dies I used to make this card at the on-line Scrapy Land Store.
I hope I have inspired you to make something fun today!
Thanks for stopping by!
Thursday, September 11, 2014
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What a great card, Lori! LOVE IT! Your HM character sets the sweet tone, and those dies are now all in my "I neeeeed those" criteria! LOL My favorite is the owl trio family - so sweet! Darling card. Thank you for explaining the dies, too! hugs, deReplyDelete
This totally makes me smile!! That is the cutest little trick or treating mouse!! I love the Halloween scene you've created!! That spiderweb border is now on my must-have list!! Love this!! Have a great day :)ReplyDelete
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Is it really possible to have a frugal Christmas and still have lots of fun?
Absolutely! I have been doing it for many years now since frugal living has become part of my everyday life. I have never felt once that I was missing out on anything.
The pressure from advertisers, retailers and lets be honest our children can seem rather overwhelming during the Christmas season.
Everywhere you look there are twinkling lights trying to tempt to you into buying some unnecessary expensive item. Even the grocery store becomes a treasure trove of sparkling wrappers and offers.
The problem is many of the offers are not really bargains. If you don't really need to buy two large tins of sweets for the price of one, or buy the large Christmas cake and get a Yule log for free, how much cake can you really eat?
Of course these offers are great if you have a large family to cater for, but the reality for most of us is that these offers are really just drains on our purses.
The secret is to keep focused on your budget Christmas plan and stick to your budget.
Also a frugal Christmas can be fun because it takes away a lot of the tiring and draining shopping and puts a little creativity back into your lives.
I will show you how to go about making this years Christmas fun and frugal with none of those January credit card blues.
Everyone loves a Christmas tree, but it can be an expensive purchase, especially if you want to have a live tree that can be planted in your garden afterwards.
This option only warrants the expense if you have room for a tree in your garden and you live in the right climate for it to flourish. Other options are:
A Cut Tree
Artificial trees – this is the most economical option as it can be used year after year at no extra cost. To buy one at a really knocked down price buy one in January for the following year.
Make your own tree – one of my personal favourites. Cut some small branches from evergreen trees growing in your garden or at the side of the road. You only need about three small ones.
Plant them into a pot or bucket of earth and decorate with your own frugal Christmas decorations. I have had some lovely results using holly branches and you still end up with a lovely fresh plant smell as well.
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Some people play tennis, some try to build autonomous wheeled robots. I do the later and the result has come to be known as "Terry". In the long road toward that goal what started as a direct drive, "give the motor a PWM of X% of the total power", lead to having encoder feedback so that the wheel could be turned an exact amount over a given time. This has meant that the control interface no longer uses a direct power and direction slider but has buttons to perform specific motion tasks. The button with the road icon and a 1 will move the wheels forward a single rotation to advance Terry 6π inches forwards (6 inch wheels).
I added two way web socket communications to Terry this week. So now the main battery voltage is updated and the current, err, current for each motor is shown at the bottom of the page. The two white boxes there give version information so you can see if the data is stale or not. I suspect a little async javascript on some model value will be coming so that items on the page will darken as they become stale due to lag on Terry or communications loss.
I've been researching proximity detection and will be integrating a Kinect for longer distance measures soon. Having good reliable distance measurements from Terry to objects is the first step in getting him to create maps of the environment for autonomous navigation.


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This was a record setting week! LiterallyEurope
Eurozone hit a record high debt of 90% from all 17 countries that use the single euro currency. This is the highest level since 1999 when the EU currency was first implemented.
"The euro area economy remains stuck in a rut" said James Ashley, Sr. European economicst at RBC Capital Markets.
According to the Eurostat, five countries are in recession Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Cyprus. Many analyst expect the Eurozone to slip back into a recession next month when the official numbers are released. (recession is defined as two downward quarters of negative growth in a row)
Furthermore, PMI remains lowest in three years at 45.8 We can see this with BMW and VW, their exports have taken a hit on YoY basis.
PMI- HSBC report showed Wednesday rising new orders. 3 month upward trend shows that the economy is slowly picking up. However, this is not sustainable given US potentially falling off the cliff and the meltdown in Europe. Nonetheless, PMI was 47.9(August) 49.2(September) and 49.8 in October. This is still below 50 but indicates slow improvement and a moderate rebound of the worlds second largest economy. Weak external demand and a slack job market are key factors, therefore one should expect more easing policies to secure recovery.
China's yuan reached a 19 year high against the US dollar. Currency hit 6.2417 yuan per dollar, it has been appreciating since QE3 and the ECB bond buying plan. HK monetary authority has injected more than $14B to stabilize Curreny. Could this be the start of a currency war? Last weeks review we talked about Brazil's finance minister publicly scolding the US selfish actions at the IMF conference in Tokyo. Chinese exports are sure to take a beating.
Japan adds $9.4B to stimulus program to bump up growth as bond investors told government they were worried about delays and more spending. Finance minister said this was necessary because Japan would run out of money if the bill was not passed. This is only estimated to boost GDP by .1%. Japan has the highest debt level among developed nations and has experienced 2 lost decades. According to world renowned economists Rogoff and Reinhart a Country with debt-to-gdp in excess of 90% is unsustainable. Japan is at over 200%. (see book "This time is Different")
United States
Fiscal Cliff can be much worst than it is. Many economist think every dollar of deficit reduction will subtract nearly the same amount from economic growth. The IMF suggest 1$ could drain as much as $1.70. With interest rates at near zero the pain will be much worse. Bernanke has acknowledged he would not be able to fully offset the pain if the economy runs into the fiscal cliff.
The "fiscal cliff" and long-term government deficit issues are weighing heavily on the minds of finance professionals, and they do not expect business conditions to improve regardless of the results of the Nov. 6 presidential election.
Three-fourths of 949 executives who responded to a survey at the annual conference of the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) this month reported that they believe overall economic conditions will weaken if various tax law provisions expire and mandated government spending cuts go into effect as scheduled in January 2013.
Respondents rated implementing changes to avoid the fiscal cliff as the second-most important issue for federal elected representatives to focus on after the election. The most important issue to respondents was resolving long-term government fiscal and deficit issues, identified by 63% of finance professionals in the survey.
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Modern technology appears to be moving at a rate so fast it's dangerous these days.
Take the video above, it contains five-time world snooker champion Ronnie O'Sullivan confirming everyone's worst fears about virtual reality.
Let's face it, you're wearing a headset which shows you something entirely made up. Meanwhile, the REAL WORLD is still happening.
Can you imagine if you tried playing virtual reality football in your house? Bull in a china shop comes to mind.
It's bad enough playing snooker (by all means a relatively motionless sport), as proven by the clip above.
You would think if there was anyone safe in the hands of virtual reality snooker, it's the man who's won six masters and five UK Championship titles, right?
Leaning over the (virtual) table to take his shot, The Rocket leans a little too far and ends up taking a tumble forward.
Of course, there was no actual table there - something O'Sullivan learnt the hard way.
The 40-year-old, who looks completely bemused by his fall, manages to pick himself up and carry on.
'Ronnie O'Sullivan's American Hustle' starts in the New Year on History Channel.


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Note: Swimming is no longer permitted as the government has closed the lake to protect the dwindling jellyfish population.
Palau is an island in the South Pacific and is often overlooked in favor of Fiji, Bora Bora, or the Cook Islands. This makes Palau a great destination if you are looking for a nice, beautiful, and quiet tropical island.
But more importantly, Palau has the amazing Jellyfish Lake. Probably Palau's most famous attraction, Jellyfish Lake is a marine lake located on Eil Malk Island. Every day, millions of golden jellyfish migrate across the lake. While they do this, you can go swimming with them!
Jellyfish Lake is about 12,000 years old and a remnant of the last ice age. About 12,000 years ago, the sea level rose to the point where sea water began to fill the basin. But when the glaciers receded, there was no place for these jellyfish or other fish to go. This isolation allowed the species in the lake to develop on their own and become unique (Darwin would be proud!).
This is why you can swim in the lake: these jellyfish have lost their stingers. Without the need for them, they have lost their ability to sting, so you can swim unharmed. The jellyfish in the lake live on algae that are attached to them. Twice each day, the jellyfish in the lake swim from one side to the other so they algae they live off of can grow.
Snorkeling in Jellyfish Lake is a popular activity for tourists, and there are many tour operators here. Tourists require a pass to access Jellyfish Lake. The Rock Islands/Jellyfish Lake pass is $35 and is good for 10 days. You'll be able to swim for hours with these creatures as they migrate from one side of the lake to the other. While Palau might not be one of the biggest destinations in the region, this lake is Palau's big destination, so don't expect to be the only one swimming here.
Scuba diving by tourists in the lake is not allowed for two reasons: First, the bubbles from scuba tanks can harm the jellyfish if they collect beneath their bell. Secondly, at about 15 meters below the surface, there are high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide, which can be absorbed through the skin of a diver and cause death.
If you are looking to do something different, try going for a swim with a few million jellyfish. Most of the jellyfish in the world sting, and while they are beautiful creatures, you can't really go swimming with them. Yet here in Palau, nature gives you a chance to get all tangled up without being stung.
P.S. If you are like me and enjoy visiting cool and unique places around the world, check out my "unusual places" category to read more about odd places to visit in your travels.


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After close to a year of flying solo as a host - or rather, as the only official host on the Live! talk show, with numerous guest co-hosts filling in the chair vacated by Regis Philbin - Kelly Ripa finally has a new permanent co-host for the morning talk show. And fittingly, with the new co-cost comes a new title, replacing the previously titled Live! With Kelly to add on that second name.
Not long after we learned that the new co-host joining Kelly on Live! for the series' 25th season would be revealed in September, rumors surfaced that former NFL star and TV personality Michael Strahan was the man set to fill the role. As he'd previously guest-hosted on the series more than a dozen times, fans of the talk show had numerous opportunities to see how Strahan and Ripa gelled on screen. Hopefully they liked what they saw, because today it was officially announced that Strahan was set to be the permanent co-cost on the morning show.
Per USA Today, Ripa introduced Strahan as the new co-host this morning. He greeted her with a huge hug and they were both showered in balloons. Not a bad way to start off their new working partnership.
"I'm speechless," said Michael, then added, "I adore you. I'm so happy to be part of this. ... You know how they say, it's a dream come true. I truly can't say that because I didn't know I could even dream this."
And with a new host comes a new name for the series. Keeping with the "Live" theme, the show will now be called Live with Kelly and Michael. Kelly gets Regis' old spot in the title, which is fitting, since she's been with the series for more than a decade and assumed the role of the sole host of the series since Regis left the show.
Now we'll have to see how fans of the series respond to the new hosting dynamic on the series. I Strahan the right pick? Will he and Kelly make a good permanent on-screen team?


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Where to get married in Tuscany?
Not only does Tuscany of wonderful landscapes but also a vast choice of locations, perfect for organising a wedding: from the hills of the countryside to castles and stately homes or an elegant wedding among the vineyards.
A country chic wedding in a Tuscan farmhouse
Farmhouses are ideal for a country chic wedding set in the Tuscan countryside. The Mediterranean version of a country wedding. Choosing a Tuscan farmhouse for your wedding means surrounding yourselves in the beauty of the place and experiencing a deep connection with the land and its produce with a rustic but elegant touch.
A wedding in an historic castle for an event with great style
Castles on top of the Tuscan hills in the hamlets of Siena, Florence or in Chianti are perfect for regal weddings with a grand style. These places are perfect for couples who want to celebrate their big day in an exclusive location enriched by the beauty of splendid work of art.
A wedding in a Tuscan Stately home
There is a wealth of options for couples who want to live to the full the historic atmosphere of Tuscany thanks to locations which date back to the Middle ages to the Renaissance. One can choose between the solemn air of a Medieval castle, the beauty of a renaissance stately home, the modern lines of 18th century homes. Each place brings a unique and original touch, depending on the style of your wedding.
Getting married in Tuscany in the bucolic atmosphere of a hamlet
For couples who love nature a must choice is the peace of a Tuscan hamlet. A hamlet is the perfect for an intimate wedding, taking place in the serenity of these places, outdoors and far from the chaos of the city.
A wedding in a Tuscan wine villa
Let's not forget the beauty of Tuscan wine villas! Couples who love the harmony and beauty of this region can opt for a unique location. A private noble villa, set among the Tuscan vineyards. Choosing a wine villa allows you to welcome your guests in an exclusive dimension: a natural setting enriched with the luxury of modern comforts.
A Mediterranean wedding on the Tuscan Riviera
Choosing the Tuscan Riviera can be the right solution for those couples who want to say 'I do' on the beach. What can be more romantic than saying your vows with the expanse of the sea as your backdrop.


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Second Opinion: Older relatives and future selves: our attitude needs to change
Once we start talking about older people in society, the discourse quickly assumes gloomy apocalyptic tones of burden
One of the more entertaining moments in the recent history of the Oireachtas was when Joe Higgins, the socialist TD, looked into his wardrobe and found that his socialist clothes had been taken by another. Recent events showed that political cross-dressing has not yet disappeared, even with the more relaxed sartorial standards of the 31st Dáil.
From an apparently abandoned and cobweb-infested PD wardrobe, Labour TD and junior minister with responsibility for older people Kathleen Lynch not only took out the costume of the so-called Fair Deal but also spruced it up for a kite-flying excursion on the need to further constrict its already tense fiscal belt.
That we as a society have got to a point where we have not only acquiesced in putting a financial cap on the very genuine healthcare needs unique to one group, but tolerate consideration of further increasing their already significant financial burden, is one of the great puzzles of gerontology.
Given that it follows the scandal surrounding nursing-home payments, whereby the State deliberately concealed entitlement to nursing-home care to huge numbers of older people, it seems that there is a bizarre disconnect between what we individually feel for our older relatives and our collective attitude to older people as a group.
On the one hand, compared with previous generations and thanks to our increasing longevity and improving health status, most of us have the opportunity for a longer and richer relationship with parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles. This longevity dividend evokes feelings of warmth and protectiveness within our families.
Tones of burden
Little matter that we have gained so much from ageing, as the stupendous cast of the current production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in the Abbey – many in their 60s, 70s and 80s typify – or that rates of disabling illnesses of later life, such as stroke and dementia, are falling. We have also succumbed to an associated health-economics apartheid, whereby the needs of those with cancer and cardiac disease should be accommodated without charge as an absolutely reasonable goal of the health system, but equally grave needs arising from age-related diseases such as Alzheimer's and stroke can be characterised as an unreasonable burden.
Headlines "blaming" healthcare pressures on increasing numbers of older people remain all too common. This is wrong at so many levels: given that we have a 15 per cent drop in health funding since 2008 and an 11 per cent drop in staffing, against an increase in overall population and admissions, the fundamental reasons for the pressure lie elsewhere, in another parliamentary wardrobe.
We need an updated version of Swift's satire, A Modest Proposal, in which he suggested that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food for rich gentlemen and ladies. The full title of the piece – for Preventing the Children of Poor People From Being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick – catches neatly the sense that a different demographic group were once regarded as a burden.
Through biting wit we are repelled by the idea that children could be caricatured as a burden: what similar spark might put our collective humanity back on course for our older relatives and our future selves?
A radical rethink
Yet all too often caring for our older loved ones is expressed as "carer burden". Given that most of us want to care, a much better phrase is "burdensome aspects of care".
This formulation retains the warmth of our caring urge while teasing out the aspects of care where we could benefit from expertise and support from health and social-care services.
Repositioning support and care for us as we age as both desirable and manageable must become a priority for Irish society and its politicians, requiring fresh thought and a much closer union between our family and societal views of older people.
Prof Des O'Neill is a consultant physician in geriatric and stroke medicine and professor of medical gerontology at Tallaght Hospital and Trinity College Dublin. See iti.ms/166DZXu; Twitter: @Age_Matters


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Crimea and the Politics of Legitimacy in International Relations
Despite the fact that four years have passed since the accession of Crimean peninsula, an active polemic continues in the academic community. Obviously, it somehow sets a certain political discourse not only of the present, but also of the future. Therefore, one cannot ignore the existence of serious arguments from those who criticize legitimacy of the Russia's actions. However, on the other hand, there are enough legal and legitimate reasons to recognize the reunification of Crimea and Russia as fully justified.


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You build up a complete audit plan and publish it in electronic or paper format. The audit plan can then be logged, tracked and reported to completion. Discrepancies, observations and their preventive actions are loaded back in to the system.
You can repeat the audit plan for the next audit period, with new audit numbers. To meet ISO 9001: 2000, you can define a root cause for each discrepancy, resulting in charts of root causes against standards, audit periods or departments/functions/processes.
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Property Location
With a stay at Trumbull Marriott Merritt Parkway in Trumbull, you'll be in the suburbs and close to Beardsley Zoo. This hotel is within the vicinity of The Barnum Museum and Arena at Harbor Yard.
Make yourself at home in one of the 325 air-conditioned guestrooms. Your bed comes with down comforters and Egyptian cotton sheets. Cable programming provides entertainment, and wired and wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge. Bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers.
Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities
Don't miss out on the many recreational opportunities, including an indoor pool, a spa tub, and a fitness center. This hotel also features wireless Internet access (surcharge), gift shops/newsstands, and wedding services.
Enjoy a meal at one of the hotel's dining establishments, which include 2 restaurants and a coffee shop/café. From your room, you can also access room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are available for a fee.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include high-speed (wired) Internet access (surcharge), a business center, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Planning an event in Trumbull? This hotel has facilities measuring 18,000 square feet (1672 square meters), including meeting rooms. Free self parking is available onsite.
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Transition Newsletters
This is an archive of Transition News emails.
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Transition News Dec 2009
Happy Christmas Transitioners ...
A quick note to wish you well. We hope you have a fantastic Christmas holiday and a sustainable New Year!
It's been brilliant to see your use of the website grow with each month ... spreading the word. It was great fun working with many of you - and great to see that TNC seems to be providing a valuable service to the whole community.
2009 has been a good year for TNC. We've grown from about 150 to well over 600 friends and members, from some 350 published items to over 1100, from 26,000 hits to over 400,000 hits and over 10,000 visitors in the course of the year.
We have successfully launched Cornish diet in North Cornwall and established a supporting Local Food Directory. We have started a local Renewable Energy Directory and expanded the Organizations Directory and Services Directory as well as the sections on Transition News and Transition Events.
2010 promises to be an eventful year. As the economy tanks, more progress and more green activity and information will be important, but with fun and enjoyment at the same time. Watch this space!
A huge thanks for your support, enthusiasm and trail-blazing that makes TransitionNC what it is.
All the best
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"With All My Heart" is one of the clear stamp sets that was recently released in digital format. I stamped these images and all the sentiments in my homemade catalogue and coloured them with Prismacolor pencils. You can check out the time lapse over on Instagram.
Stamps: With All My Heart


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It's been a while I know. I haven't had enough time to post as I wanted.
Yesterday I went with my boyfriend to have dinner at Brown 33, a restaurant in the middle of Barcelona (Passeig de Gràcia 33).
We had been there once before and we really liked it.
This time something went different. My boyfriend ordered a foie pizza and I a rissotto and both were delicious.
What we didn't like about our experience is that we ordered some desserts and they make us wait for more than 15 minutes when we decided not to have them and just pay the bill and go out of the restaurant.
It was a pity the fact that they didn't remember about our order...
However, I liked the food once again and the environment is quite, romantic and I love the decoration.
Its prices are very reasonable because of the quality of the restaurant, the quantity of the food and the area where the restaurant is located.
So despite our experience... if you have the chance, try it.


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This time of year I, like many of you, am often a guest at someone's home in Nantucket, Fairfield County, Maine, etc. While I often bring assorted wines, or other gifts, it is also nice to bring something you made. For me this is a nice jar of pesto! Everyone loves it, it can stay in the fridge of freezer, and can make an instant summer meal with pasta.
For elegant packaging, I use WECK JARS. I love the clean lines and that your hostess can use it again once she (or he) has devoured the pesto!
And a few recipes for different kinds of pesto
And what hostess wouldn't enjoy pesto to make summer dishes like this one?
Photos: Knife Loves a Spoon, Homesprout Typepad, A Chow Life


text: I've been using Unison since I've got a Mac, and while it has it's perks, like it has a great interface, I've been looking for a better alternative since I got it. Things that really bug me is that I can't pause individual downloads, just all downloads in the download list, and it doesn't show the total download speed or estimated time to complete the download. I'd use it mainly for downloading NZB's, so that's most important to me, automatically processing PAR files would be a plus. I really liked Newsbin on Windows better than Unison on here, but meh. That's why I decided to make a thread to see if anybody knows any alternatives, I couldn't really find one myself. Not one that was better/worked anyway.


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Ivory Trade Out Of Control In Three West African Countries
New Report Finds Unregulated Ivory Trade in Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Senegal A Threat To Elephant Conservation Throughout Africa
- Date December 15, 2003
Media Contact
- WWF Communications email@example.com
Washington, DC - Domestic ivory markets in three key ivory trading countries in West Africa remain unregulated, subverting international trade controls and leading to the illegal killing of elephants, according to a new report launched today by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network of World Wildlife Fund (WWF). National attempts to control the ivory trade in Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Senegal have been short-lived and have failed. The new report calls for improved legislation and enforcement, as West Africa's ivory markets continue to pose serious challenges to the conservation of elephants throughout the African continent.
TRAFFIC investigators conducted field surveys in nine cities in Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Senegal last year and found more than 8,800 pounds of ivory on public display -- a quantity that represents the ivory of more than 760 elephants. According to recent data from the World Conservation Union (IUCN), there may be fewer than 550 elephants in these countries.
"These surveys show just a snapshot of the problem," said Tom Milliken, director of TRAFFIC East/Southern Africa and coauthor of the report. "When we factor in all of the uncontrolled manufacturing, buying and selling over a year, these numbers climb to frightening dimensions."
The TRAFFIC report, More Ivory than Elephants: Domestic Ivory Markets in Three West African Countries, states that these unregulated markets are the principal forces driving elephant poaching. Much of the ivory found on sale comes from the war torn Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Central African Republic and Gabon. These countries make up Africa's most troubled region for elephant conservation. The principal buyers of this ivory are expatriates, tourists, business people and even diplomatic staff from the United States, Europe (France and Italy), and the Far East (China and Korea).
The report also found that inadequate legislation and poor law enforcement in Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Senegal are threatening the survival of elephants in these countries and Central Africa. All three governments are in breach of international ivory market control requirements established by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The report notes that wildlife authorities responsible for implementing CITES in Nigeria, Senegal and the Ivory Coast are systematically barred from the ports of entry and exit in these countries.
According to the report, the situation in Nigeria is the most alarming, with higher volumes of ivory identified than in a previous undercover survey carried out in 1999. This country is already facing possible sanctions under CITES because of its failure to control the ivory trade. If Nigeria does not comply with CITES requirements to regulate internal trade in ivory by March 2004, all legal trade in CITES-listed wildlife species could be suspended.
"This new TRAFFIC report makes it very clear that if we want to control ivory trade, we must control it in the national markets," said Simon Habel, director of TRAFFIC North America. "Only if the governments in Nigeria, Senegal and the Ivory Coast take urgent action will we be able to bring ivory trade under control in these countries and truly protect elephants throughout Africa."


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Check out all of the new additions to the kidlettes series while you're there!
Here are the previews:
You're sure to find a kidlette that looks just like your very own kiddos!
I had so much fun shopping! Thank you! :)
Thank you so much. I can't wait to add to my kidlette collection! So cute!!!!


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Salzburg, the Mighty Matterhorn & the Glacier Express
12 Exhilarating Days
- Enjoy 4 nights in Zermatt
- Stay in authentic, character style hotels
- Genuinely inclusive, no additional on tour costs
- Guaranteed 'My Time'
- Designed for Australians & New Zealanders
- Personal group sizes up to 40
Tour Overview
Imagine… relaxing in a charming hotel in beautiful Zermatt, in the Swiss Alps, surrounded by dozens of 4,000 metre high mountains, including the mighty Matterhorn. Discover Mozart's baroque Salzburg and Innsbruck, explore the stunning Austrian Lakes District and Klosters, enjoy a horse drawn carriage ride through a winter wonderland to a mountain hut, and ride on the famous Glacier Express!
Note: 2019 tour subject to change. Final tour will be released late February 2019
- Enjoy a 3 night stay in Salzburg, visit the lakeside town of St Wolfgang and enjoy a Salzburg walking tour
- Experience a nostalgic horse drawn carriage ride from Filzmoos through a winter wonderland to the Oberhofalm Mountain Hut
- Stay 2 nights in delightful Klosters and explore medieval Innsbruck
- Enjoy a 4 night stay in Zermatt, beneath the mighty Matterhorn
- Glide through the Swiss Alps in the Glacier Express panoramic train carriages
- Sip mulled wine surrounded by 38 peaks over 4,000 metres high in the Alps
- Ride the Gornergrat funicular to see the mighty Matterhorn
The Salzburg, the Mighty Matterhorn & the Glacier Express Tour is just one of the many tours you can enjoy in Austria, Switzerland and Italy. Visit the destination pages for more information for our other amazing tours!
Hear about this tour first hand from an Albatross traveller - read about Roshell and her husband's experience on this tour.
Tour Itinerary
Day 1: Munich
Your tour commences this evening in cosmopolitan Munich. Dinner tonight is included in your hotel, but first enjoy a welcome drink. This is an ideal opportunity to meet your fellow travellers.
Day 2: St Wolfgang, Mondsee and Mozart's Salzburg
Crossing into Austria we enter the Austrian Lakes District and follow the beautiful shores of Lake Fuschl and Lake Wolfgangsee to reach the delightful village of St Wolfgang. Here we have time at leisure to explore and discover a lakeside lunchtime café. Later we continue to visit Mondsee on Lake Mondsee and enjoy a visit to the church made famous in the wedding scene of the film 'The Sound of Music'. Our home for the next three nights is in one of Europe's truly great cities, Salzburg.
Day 3: Salzburg sightseeing and 'My Time'
A full day exploring Salzburg – the baroque city of Mozart sitting beneath its enormous Festung (Fortress)! First we enjoy a walking tour with an expert local guide who will introduce you to this enchanting city, including several locations used in the film 'The Sound of Music'. As a finalé you will gather amongst the fir trees in the small stone courtyard of the St Peter's Keller, dating back to the 1500's and Salzburg's oldest restaurant, for a hot drink and biscuits. The rest of the day is at leisure to enjoy this remarkable city. Maybe take time to visit the huge castle which is fascinating, or simply savour the atmosphere of the timeless squares and cobblestoned streets.
Day 4: Horse drawn carriage ride and dinner in Salzburg's oldest beer cellar
Driving south, we stop at the ski resort of Filzmoos where we board a horse drawn carriage to enjoy a ride through this winter wonderland. Passing through the snowy woods, and surrounded by majestic mountains, we reach the remote Oberhofalm alpine hut which provides a perfect lunchtime stop. Dinner tonight is included in the Pitter Keller – Salzburg's oldest beer cellar.
Day 5: Innsbruck's Golden Roof and Klosters
A leisurely day as we follow the spectacular Inn Valley across the Tyrol to spend the morning in the Winter Olympic resort of Innsbruck. You will have plenty of time to explore the old town with its famous 'Golden Roof'. Later we continue into Switzerland. Driving deep into the mountains of the Graubünden region, we arrive in the famous ski resort town of Klosters, where we stay two nights.
Day 6: 'My Time in Klosters
Your day has been left at leisure to relax and savour the remarkable atmosphere of this excellent ski resort. A favourite haunt of Prince Charles, the old centre of Klosters is unique in that it remains an unspoilt, traditional Graubünden village surrounded by a bustling mountain resort. Perhaps take it easy in the old town, maybe go for a winter walk, or take a lift up to one of the many mountain restaurants.
Day 7: Ride on the Glacier Express from Chur to Zermatt
At nearby Chur we board a panoramic carriage on the famous Glacier Express train which takes us over ravines and gorges, and along the 'Valais' through Switzerland's finest mountain scenery, to the world-famous alpine resort of Zermatt. Set at an altitude of 1,620 metres (5,315 ft), the village is surrounded by dozens of huge Alpine peaks and dominating all is the mighty Matterhorn. Petrol-driven vehicles are banned from the village and as such the peace and quiet enhances the wooden chalets and small winding village streets. Stunning! We stay here the next four magical nights.
Day 8: Zermatt sightseeing and 'My Time'
This morning a local guide will join us for a walking tour of this fascinating mountain retreat, from its modern chic apartments and hotels to the little winding streets still lined with traditional stone and slate hamlets and cottages. Perhaps explore the town, or go for a walk on the 70 kilometres of winter trails along the valley.
Day 9: Ride on the cog railway to the Gornergrat and see the mighty Matterhorn
Today we have included a ride on the Gornergrat funicular train (cog railway) up to the highest open air railway station in Europe – the Gornergrat. At 3,100 metres (10,170 feet) the view from the top across the Alps is beyond belief. We have also included a cup of warming mulled wine on the terrace of the Kulmhotel restaurant, surrounded by one of the great vistas of the world – the mighty Matterhorn and the 28 other 4,000 metre high peaks that surround you.
Day 10: 'My Time' in Zermatt
What a magnificent location to relax and do as much, or as little, as you want! Whether you are a 'super active snow sports' person or a 'take it easy and relax' person there are numerous activities you can enjoy, and your Tour Manager will be at hand to assist and advise you. You will be in the heart of the Matterhorn glacier paradise and the whole valley and mountainside is alive with activity. There are numerous cable cars and lifts that can whisk you up the mountains. At virtually all 'drop off' points there are restaurants, cafés and observation points – usually with extraordinary panoramic views spanning the jagged Alps. Perhaps take a cable car up to the Klein Matterhorn. At 3,883 metres, it is the highest cable car station in Europe. From here you can clearly see Europe's highest mountain Mont Blanc (4,810 metres) which is in France, and the summit of the Gran Paradiso in Italy. Alternatively, catch a lift to Rotenboden and visit the igloo village where you can enjoy a Swiss cheese fondue or a 'white igloo mulled wine' in the ice bar. The toboggan ride down to Zermatt also starts from here!
Day 11: Sightseeing and 'My Time' in Milan
Entering Italy, we catch glimpses of Lake Maggiore before entering the lowlands and the stylish city of Milan. On arrival we enjoy a guided panoramic tour followed by time at leisure amongst the fashion shops of the luxurious Golden Triangle and in the square beside the giant Duomo. This evening we will enjoy a farewell dinner in a local Milanese restaurant.
Day 12: Milan
This morning it is time to say farewell as your tour ends.
Incredible Value Inclusions
- All excursions, scenic drives, sightseeing and entrances as described
- Fully escorted by our experienced Tour Manager
- Travel in a first class air conditioned touring coach
- 11 nights authentic, specially selected hotel accommodation
- Hotel porterage (1 suitcase pp)
- Welcome drink in Munich
- 18 Meals – Buffet breakfast daily (B) and 7 evening dinners (D)
- A complimentary wine, beer or soft drink with all included dinners
- Tea and coffee with all included dinners
- Local guides as described
- Free WiFi on most coaches and at hotels
- End of tour tips to Tour Manager and Driver, tips for local guides
- Albatross Tours travel App
Your Hotels
Crowne Plaza Salzburg The Pitter, Salzburg - 3 nights
This 4 star hotel is located near the Mirabell Palace and a short stroll from all the notable sights of the old town.
Hotel Alpina, Klosters - 2 nights
Set in the centre of town, this chalet style hotel offers Alpine style ambience, an indoor pool and spa centre and large well furnished rooms with balconies.
Alex Hotel, Zermatt - 4 nights
This superb 4 star chalet hotel is located right in the heart of Zermatt village, beside the Gornergrat funicular. Traditionally decorated and furnished, the Alex boasts an excellent fitness, spa and wellness centre, including indoor pool, sauna, spa and even an indoor squash and tennis court.
Dates and Prices
|Start Date
|End Date
|Price Per Person
|29 Jan 2020
|9 Feb 2020
|Space Available
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If you book and deposit on any of our tours, as long as there are just 10 or more people travelling on your designated group departure, we guarantee it will travel.
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Have you travelled with Albatross Tours previously? Save $200 on our European Summer and Oberammergau tours (over 8 days) or $100 on our Festive tours.
No Additional 'On Tour' Costs
Over $100 value of extras per day are already included. There are no additional 'on tour' costs - even your end of tour tips are included!


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Steven.Anderson has some great postings and links about QR coding ,which led me to several articles and resources. One in particular, Tom Barrett's slide show on "40 Interesting Ways to use QR Codes in the Classroom" gave me insight into the possibilities of QR codes for teaching and learning. I particularly liked idea #7 of adding QR codes to word documents for students to check their answers. He has 40, so it's worth a look!
Basically, QR codes are information - up to 4000 characters. QR codes can be used to link students to more information (reviews, pictures, graphs). Embedding QR codes into web pages, documents, and other resources allows students to access additional facts about what they are seeing/reading. For example, placing QR codes on books in the library can allow students to link to reviews of books. There are multiple uses simply by scanning a QR code. I think of it as a short cut to more information, allowing students to quickly expand on their learning.
I can give an example of this 'more information' from my brief, personal experience last week in Japan at the Global Teachers Meeting at Casio R&D working with the Classwiz scientific calculator. This calculator has the ability to create a QR code directly within the calculator function (example, a QR code of a table of values). Using the EDU+ app from either an iPhone or iPad, the QR code is scanned directly from the calculator and creates the link, which can then be embedded on webpages, documents, emails and other places for students to access. Clicking this link brings up a graph of the data, allowing students to see and change graphical display of their data. (Here is an example of the QR code link I created while I was hands-on learning with the calculator and my iPhone).
|QR Codes on books
LiveBinder/Steve.Anderson , 12 Ideas for Teaching with QR Codes, QR Codes in the Classroom (this one by Kathy Schrock is great - lists QR readers, and has tons of links), 50 QR Codes for the Classroom,
For me, what I have gleaned from my hands-on experience and research on QR codes, is you do not have to be limited by your space or devices. QR codes provide an ability to post information in multiple ways and places, allowing additional information to reach students in a variety of ways. Obviously, there is the limitation of needing a device that can read QR codes, but with the availability and prevalence of smartphones and apps, I think QR codes might show up much more frequently in educational settings.


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I write you today with another guest post regarding two very interesting topics. The first is the brand new MTV show The Buried Life I will also be commenting on "Non-Traditional" students.
I first saw the commercials for The Buried Life on MTV about a month ago and every time I saw it my disgust for the program grew. They highlighted a few of the "stunts" they wanted to complete before they died, they included sneaking into the Playboy Mansion and lighting a massive pile of shit on fire on a beach. Mostly what it looked like these 100 things they wanted to do before they died was to create a huge pain in the ass for as many people as they could. One of the redeeming qualities they thought would help out the show was that for each one of these 100 screw ups they completed they CHOSE to do something nice for someone random. This probably should be a requirement because all they did was make problems and messes for as many people as they could. Not to mention that MTV was fronting all of theses "nice" things they were doing for people.
Example: in the first episode (which I watched to make sure I hated it) they were going to buy a computer for a classroom without one, they decided to raise the money by break dancing. They end up giving the teacher a brand new Mac, WTF!?!?! There is no way in hell they raised $2000 in one night by break dancing.
Next topic, Non-Traditional students. WHY ARE YOU IN COLLEGE?!?!?!?!?!?! I understand you may have had some reason you didn't go to college in the first place but please do me a favor, DONT SCREW UP MY EXPERIENCE! I am from the household of a non-traditional student, my Dad who is getting his MBA. I have no doubt (no offense Dad) that he is "that old guy" in a lot of his classes who interjects his sage advice very often relating experience to examples and so on driving the rest of the traditional class insane. I draw from an example in one of my current classes, Writing with Digital Technology, that I have have a variety of "characters" in. One is probably a late thrities, early graying types that I think thinks he is "Prince" he has a big gaudy earing and a SWEET "Faux Hawk" and is a self proclaimed "movie snob" I really think that we are going to have a great relationship through the class and that his life experiences ar really going to change my college career. Next is a graduate student who I really cant bag on yet because he hasn't chosen to share his life with us yet. Finally we have an older woman who I think came back because she is an empty nester and got bored, since she has/had kids she is obviously the most prepared person in class for writing with digital technology and must have a lot of experience. Her advice and findings from having kids will help us all be better parents, kids, and citizens…Thank you old Mom.
Now that I have let you all in on great things that are happening right now I will remind you it is the first Friday night back on campus, a treasured experience that should prove to be lots of fun.
P.S. "The Buried Life" kids that are traveling across the US to complete their 100 item bucket list are Canadian. Really guys, talk about selling out on your country.


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Institute of Industrial Engineers
Chapter #902
University of Louisville
J. B. Speed School of Engineering
Last updated: 2/14/05
Welcome to the University of Louisville's Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIE) Chapter #902. The IIE exists to further the field of Industrial Engineering as a whole. Our chapter furthers this goal by planning plant tours, sponsoring the annual egg drop contest for local high schools, attending annual conferences, and having speakers from local companies give informative presentations to our chapter.
IIE Activities - Meeting dates/times for the semester and details of the UPS plant tour have been posted.
The Egg Drop Contest - There have been some deadline changes. The Contest will begin on Monday, February 21st at 9:45 am in front of the J.B. Speed Building.
T-shirts - IIE T-shirts are on sale for $3. They are available to buy at the chapter meetings or stop by the Grad office (JS 203a).
Vice President
Tim Whitfill
GSC Representative
Ruben Mora
Region # 4
Regional V.P. - Vito Wasniewski
IIE Officers - 852-0840
email IIE # 902
Institute of Industrial Engineers
Student Chapter # 902
J. B. Speed School of Engineering
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky 40292


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Dongguan Life-Style Casting Co.,Ltd
Address: Zhonghuiliyang Shidai, Dongcheng, Dongguan, Guangdong, China 523180
GeneralManager: Sherry Luo
Tel: 86-769-89865086
Mobile: 86-13712854626
Fax: 86-769-89865086
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Skype: miaomiao91919
Dongguan Life-Style Casting Co.,Ltd is one of the credible russia couplings manufacturers and suppliers in China specialized in the production of customized russia couplings. Welcome to buy and wholesale cheap and low price products made in China from our factory. Specifications Russia couplings...
Product Details
Russia Hose Coupling,Type A Hose Coupling,Storz Style Fire Hydrant/hose and Coupling
Material: Brass
Machining Tolerance: +/-0.01
Surface Finishing:Machining, Sand blasting
Weight: 50g/pcs
Process:by lost wax casting
Color: Nature color
Size: 1", 1.5", 2",2.5", 3" 4", please check and download the cataog for detail info.
Product Infomation
Russia Hose Coupling,Type A Hose Coupling,Storz Style Fire Hydrant/hose and Coupling
Material Available
Aluminum, Stainless steel, Carbon steel, Alloy Steel, Copper, Brass, Bronze, Iron..and so on
Surface Treatment
Polishing,Electroplating,black oxide,anodizing,sand blasting, powder coating, paint,baking varnish etc.
+/-0.01mm or customized
100% inspection
Applicable Field
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Drawing Format
Production capacity
Depends on complexity of different products
Over 20 years in casting engineering and machining
standard export carton with pallet or as per customer's requirement
Lead Time
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