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Dear our guests!
Please read the following carefully.
I have been travelling many times around the world and I have visited many different places. Unfortunately in most cases there were always some problems with the accomodation. Either the location was not really good or the prices were too high, also the internet was too slow and sometimes there were problems with the cleanliness as. Our goal was to establish a hostel which is exempt of this surprises and at the same time meets the expectations of the modern travellers.
Unfortunatelly our world is running fast and due to our opinion that is the reason why travellers do not have too much time for travelling. Everyone is looking for the best location, best rated and best priced room existing in the city.
Our goal was to establish this one. A hostel which meets the expectations of the modern travellers.
In the following we would like to reflect the main aspects of a great hoste and on the main aspects that we were focusing strongly
The location is our strongest point!
We have put extra attention on choosing a real comfortable location. Unfortunately many of our rivals are promoting themself with good location but just very few of them do. Sometimes 400m matters when someone is after a long sightseeing tour or after a tiring clubbing day or just has forgotten his camera at the hostel. We were focusing very strongly on finding a real citycentre location taking care of the fact that the majority of our guests are coming for sightseeing. It is called "skicourtrooms" when you are going to ski .
The most important aspect was that our guests can reach all the famous tourist destinations by a comfortable walk. Our other main aspects were the convenience and the sound-proofness of the hostel. All the windows of the bedrooms are looking on garden which proctects the rooms from the noise of the citycenter. This is very important when someone is tired after a long walking day and would like to have a good sleep.
The comfort of the location:
We do think that a real good location must be comfortable and must have many facilities nearby. During a trip there are basic requirements of the travellers that a good accomodation should fullfill. We were looking for a place that is meeting the expectations of travellers. We could express it mainly in numbers:
Big tesco supermarket 30m, mini supermarket 10m, Nonstop-supermarket 50m, own breakfast restaurant 30m, free-walking tour meeting point 150m, Hop on hop off sightseeing bustour meeting point 30m, Confectionery, ice cream shop and cafe 0m ( in our buildingcomplex), nonstop bar ( in our building), english cinema ( in our building ), dentist ( in our building ), Pharmacy 100m, ATM caspoint 50m, Western-union caspoint 100m, taxi stop 10m, telephone-boksz 0m, sightseeingboat startpoint 150m, Thermalspa 400m, Big market 300m, Shopping street 100m, Szolárium 50m, clubs and restaurants from 100m (many), Mcdonalds and burgerking 50m.
We are proud of saying that according to the subsequently feedbacks our efforts were crowded by success and our guests are satisfied with our location. As an outcome of the above we provide paying back guarantee if someone would be unsatisfied with the location. Luckily this has not happened yet.
The prices
Certainly you should have noticed that our prices are a bit lower than other hostels nearby. We are keeping our prices consciously lower in order to give an experience and not just accomodation to our guests. An experience could derive only when there is still enough money in the wallet after paying the costs of the room and the trip. Money for relaxing, going out and having fun. That is our goal. Many programs can be ordered right at the reception at discounted prices. Of course there is a speciell reason that we can afford this. We do not rent our properties but we have bought it and that is why we do not have to pay any rent, besides the guests booking through our webpage do not have to pay any extra costs like booking fee or commission to distribution channels. On the other hand we are quite new and enthusiatic and we are following flexible business concept. These are the reasons we that we can sell our rooms at a bit cheaper price.
The comfort of the rooms:
We have put a bathroom into all of our rooms. This occurs very rare among the hostels and the apartments in Budapest. The reason is that it costs a lot to build and requires good planing. Among many others our rooms are good and protected againts noises. They have soundproof doors and walls which protect the rooms from the general noises of the hostel. If you get tired you can go easily into your room and start sleeping and no noises will wake you up. The rooms are equipped with fast internet connection and wifi besides guests can choose among 70 international tv channels. Another inportant thing in a good hostel is the number of the toilettes and the kitchens. In our hostel you do not have to wait for the toilettes and the kitchen because we have built enough for the sake of comformity. We have taken extra care of the kitchens because sometimes it is much more comfortable to drink a coffe in the morning or to cook something at home than in a cafe or going out to a resturant. Guests can controll and regulate the temperatues by each room. As the rooms are north looking they are not getting warm which is ideal for sleeping. A good sleep is helped with fans put on each beds.
Value for money
We are making strong efforts to be able to provide a good room for an affordable price. We are keeping the prices of our facilities also low to provide a cool experience for the trip. We are convinced that it is not worth to pay for expensive hotelrrooms because the guests are receiving almost the same facility packages for half price and the same or even better location. ( of course we are not able to compete with hotels but believe me or not the difference is not as big as for the first sight ). Perhaps this is our second strongest point.
The cleanliness is very important in a hostel as every day diffrenet people are arriving at the hostel. Because of that we have everyday cleaning. The cleaning is made by profesional cleaningcompany. The company is using enviromentfriendly materials which are fullfilling the highest requirements. Each our guest can deicide if they need cleaning or not in the room. ( just like in a hotelroom )
Life inside the hostel is also an important part of a good trip. We try our best to provide the most exiting programs every day beside the typical tourist programs. Our guests can choose from a minimum 50 organised tours directly at the reception. Our programs are reac from the wide range of sightseeingtours to the most extreme adventures like ( sightseeing buses, free-walking tours, caving, speciell boattrips, partyboat, organised pub crawls etc. ). There are plenty of restaurants and clubs and bars nearby the hostel as we are located in the heart of the touriszone. Perhaps the best thing is that we are very near to this place so our guests have the possibity to walk home easily if a small relax is needed or just forgotten something
About the security of the district of the hostel:
The hostel is located in the protected, historical zone of Budapest. The public safety is execellent.(touristzone). Right at the foot of the hostel you will find ATM cashpoint, 4 banks and a western union bank cashpoint if you would run out of money. In case you get ill there is a pharmacy, dentists and ambulance nearby also within 200m walk. In case there should be any unexpected event, it is no problem to solve.
About the security of the rooms:
There is a 24hour reception at the hostel. We are happy to help you any time. The rooms are all lockable and have lockable lockers and safes inside per each beds
Public transport:
We could easily name it to our strongest point. The place is an ideal starting point for sightseeing or going out. No public transport is needed to reach any touristical destination or citycenter club. In case you would like to go out from the citycenter you can take two metrolines which are at the foot of the hostel (Astoria ,etrostation 30m, Ferenciek tere metrostation 80m, deak ter metrostation 150m walk. There is also a nightbus stop at the foot of the hostel giving you the possibility to come back late at nigt from outside. For our more comfortable guest we can offer the taxi station at the foot of the hostel. As it is right where we are there is no extra cost calculated at the beginning
We hope that our informationsheet above was not too long and not too self-praising but the words written above are all really correct and suits the reality. Of course we are taking the responsibility for that. We also hope that we could provide the correct information about our hostel and welcome everyone who would like to spend a few days in a real cosy accomodation.
Thank you for reading me!
Roland Nemes


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Definition of Genetic science
1. Noun. The branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms.
Examples of category: Transformation, Cross, Crossbreeding, Crossing, Hybridisation, Hybridization, Hybridizing, Interbreeding, Chromosome Mapping, Mapping, Carrier, Amphidiploid, Diploid, Haploid, Heteroploid, Polyploid, Cross, Crossbreed, Hybrid, Vector, Cosmid, Character, Unit Character, Hereditary Pattern, Inheritance, Heterosis, Hybrid Vigor, Gene Linkage, Linkage, Fertilized Ovum, Zygote, Heterozygote, Homozygote, Cistron, Factor, Gene, Allele, Allelomorph, Haplotype, Xx, Xxx, Xxy, Xy, Xyy, Sex Chromosome, Mendel's Law, Recombination, Chromosomal Mutation, Genetic Mutation, Mutation, Deletion, Inversion, Transposition, Insertional Mutagenesis, Gene Mutation, Point Mutation, Reversion, Saltation, Dominance, Position Effect, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide Polymorphism, Snp, Expression, Meiosis, Miosis, Reduction Division, Replication, Segregation, Transcription, Transduction, Translation, Translocation, Translate, Dominant, Recessive, Haploid, Haploidic, Monoploid, Diploid, Polyploid, Triploid, Homozygous, Heterozygous, Monogenic, Polygenic, Univalent, Bivalent, Double, Multivalent, Parental, Filial
Generic synonyms: Biological Science, Biology
Specialized synonyms: Cytogenetics, Genomics, Proteomics, Molecular Genetics, Pharmacogenetics
Derivative terms: Genetic, Genetical, Geneticist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genetic Science
Literary usage of Genetic science
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Development and Evolution: Including Psychophysical Evolution, Evolution by by James Mark Baldwin (1902)
"genetic science is competent to make the reservation always, in the presence of each of the applications and explanations of exact and numerical science, ..."
2. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1903)
"This, I take it, is one of the two burning questions which genetic science is making it possible and most urgent to ask.1 And I think if we are to have a ..."
3. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"genetic science is science which deals with problems of origin and development ; and the problems with which it deals are also described as genetic. ..."
4. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"genetic science is science which deals with problems of origin and development ; and the problems with which it deals are also described as genetic. ..."


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"'It seems that, if you just present the correct information, five things happen,' [Derek Muller] said. 'One, students think they know it. Two, they don't pay their utmost attention. Three, they don't recognize that what was presented differs from what they were already thinking. Four, they don't learn a thing. And five, perhaps most troublingly, they get more confident in the ideas they were thinking before.'
"Confusion is a powerful force in education. It can send students reeling toward boredom and complacency. But being confused can also prompt students to work through impasses and arrive at a more nuanced understanding of the world."
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Every now and then, somebody comes up with a novel way to use the internet that really impresses me. The "virtual sex therapy clinic" concept from the Between Us Clinic is just such an innovation.
You can't be a sex blogger for as long as I have been without learning a certain cynical turn of mind. When it comes to products and services aimed at male sexual performance, most of the pitches I've seen have consisted of marketing that preys on male fears of inadequacy while flogging products whose utility ranges from "dubious" all the way down to "ridiculous bullshit". (Remember this cheesy asshole?) I do my best to avoid participating in fear-based marketing, so most of those pitches never appear on the pages of this blog.
What's more, when it comes to premature ejaculation even the most superficial dip into Wikipedia for a literature review tells us that the only real treatment is sex therapy, which can teach "effective ejaculatory control to 90 percent of men." Pills and sprays, if they work at all (which the ones you buy over the internet are not likely to do) tend to offer temporary relief at best, and are no substitute for teaching a man to have true control over his ejaculatory reflex, which is the goal of therapy.
Thus you can imagine my initial skepticism when the Between Us Clinic contacted me about their PE Program. The equation in my mind has long been "It's an internet product for your dick issues? It's a fraud!" Because if it's not sex therapy, it's no good, and how do you sell sex therapy over the internet?
Dr. Zuckerman and the Between Us Clinic say they have found a way. Zuckerman, who is a certified sex therapist and also (as my initial skeptical Googling soon revealed) a real-deal sex expert with a bunch of scientific publications who was being quoted in the Israeli press on sexual performance issues way back in 2005, claims to offer the same treatment experience a man or a couple would get by going to a sex therapist or a sex clinic, but in a comfortable online setting for a one-time cost of $99. If his online clinic really can provide the same treatment experience and positive outcome as traditional therapy, this is somewhat revolutionary. Not only is the notion of traditional sex therapy frightening and intimidating to a lot of people who aren't comfortable with or even emotionally capable of having face-to-face conversations about their sexuality, but therapy is also so expensive as to be out of reach to all but the most "upper" of the upper middle classes. Hourly professional fees add up fast, and whose insurance is good enough to cover sex therapy?
As for me, I'm not qualified to evaluate sex therapy, online or otherwise. But according to the Between Us Clinic's website, the PE Program online course treats single men and couples with a particularized personal plan of sexual exercises, adjusting the plan automatically based on their feedback. Depending on the adjustments, the program takes from one to three months to complete. According to the website:
This 'back and forth' process is what makes our online program unique. Aside from detailing how to accurately perform the exercises, we make sure to continuously monitor your progress and let you know what the next best step is. This provides the same treatment experience that going to a sex therapist or sex clinic would, but in a comfortable online setting.
Does it actually work? I dunno. I'm not in a position to say. But it's a plausible and attractive approach, one that promises to leverage the power of the internet to do things the internet is good at: preserving your privacy, letting you grapple with an embarrassing topic from a comfortable online distance, and saving you money. I can recommend (at least) that the Between Us Clinic's website is worth your time to peruse, if premature ejactulation is an issue of concern in your sexual relationships.
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Greystone Oral Histories
A special thanks goes to all of the interviewees who shared
their memories and insights in this effort to preserve Greystone for posterity.
The Oral Histories are grouped by categories, as listed below,
or you can click here for an alphabetical index of all the interviewees.
Nora Guthrie, Daughter of Woody Guthrie and President of Woody Guthrie Publications, President of Woody Guthrie Foundation, Founder of Woody Guthrie Archives
Nora talks about her father's treatment at Greystone Hospital and visits that his family and notable people such as Bob Dylan made to see him there. Nora also discusses her efforts to preserve her father's legacy through the Woody Guthrie Productions, the Woody Guthrie Foundation, the Woody Guthrie Archives and participation in numerous educational endeavors.
Dr. Robert Kirkbride, Dean of Parsons School of Constructed Environments, Associate Professor of Architecture and Product Design, and Spokesperson of Preservation Works.
Dr. Kirkbride provides a fascinating scholarly overview of Greystone's architectural and cultural significance, the efforts to save it, and its legacy for other historic psychiatric institutions.
Rod Leith, Daily Record of Morristown (1974-1977) Reporter
The Record of Hackensack (1977-1989) Reporter
As a veteran of reporting on psychiatric hospitals, Rod recounts his focus on the management of Greystone and its treatment of patients. Rod also describes his coverage of the advent of deinstitutionalization and its impact on Greystone patients and the local community
William Westhoven, Daily Record Reporter/Editor
Bill, a long time Morris County, NJ resident and decades old local reporter/editor, chronicles the media coverage of the protracted fight to prevent the demise of the last remaining Greystone building. Poignant memories of being present at the demolition of the building are explored.
Dr. Thomas Craig, Medical Director (1977-1988)
Dr. Ilana Lev-El,, Clinical Psychologist (1973-74, late 1975-1991)
Dr. Craig and his wife, Dr. Lev-El describe the post- Doe v. Klein changes that Dr. Craig introduced including a strong emphasis on family participation, an interdisciplinary treatment approach, and extensive outreach to other service providers.
Morris Foye III
CEO Greystone Hospital, 1971-1974
Morris provides a candid view of his unique tenure as Greystone's first non-medical CEO.
Henry Howerton, Assistant Administrator to 2 CEOs, President of Greystone's local AFSCME union. 30 years tenure.
Henry provides a unique perspective, both as a union officer and then as an administrator, into staffing concerns including racial inequity.
Grover Kemble, Music Therapist, Recreation Supervisor,
Summers (1967-1970), Full-Time (1985-2010)
Grover offers an extensive range of experiences at Greystone:
His father worked there as a psychiatrist, Grover worked in the Recreation Therapy Dept. for many years and retired as its Director. He was very active in the Preserve Greystone movement and was the author/performer of the "They're Trying to Tear Ol' Greystone Down" song.
Richard Maizell, Psychology Intern (9/85-6/86)
Dr. Maizell shares his experience working in the Dormitory and the Krol Ward (patients found not guilty by reason of insanity). His responsibilities included providing therapy to patients, conducting evaluations, and supporting family members.
Gary Makus
NJ State Health Inspector (REHS), Greystone Hospital, 1976-2008
Gary provides detailed descriptions of Greystone's various public health issues and his recommendations for corrective action
Karl Marx, H.R. Director, Business Manager, 1952-1988
Karl was highly regarded by many employees as the steady hand that guided Greystone through many years of change. He shares his recollections of successfully performing his extensive responsibilities and the institutional changes during his tenure.
Peggy Mesinger, Director of Pastoral Services
Peggy describes the uplifting impact her 25 years of pastoral care had on patients who actively participated in the creation of a spiritual community.
Greg Roberts, CEO, Greystone Hospital, 2000-2003
Greg describes Greystone's challenges, the importance of a committed team and accomplishmentsduring his tenure.
Geri Silk, Dance Therapist
Geri's recollections of her employment at Greystone, reflect her free spirit and originality when creatively engaging patients. She also describes her participation in the various advocacy efforts to save Greystone's last standing building.
Norma Stanton, R.N., Student Nurse (1954-1955)
Norma describes her very positive experience as a nurse in training and provides a glimpse into the nursing profession in the 1950's.
Bill Ulrich, ACSW, Director, Social Services Dept., Volunteer – Post Retirement (1958-1991)
Bill's touching stories of preparing patients for their discharges and taking them to the opera as a connection to the outside world, speaks to his upbeat belief in the potential of Greystone residents.
Butch Acker, Part Two – A Frequent Visitor to Numerous Greystone Buildings
During his child and teen years, Butch accompanied his father, the Greystone Fire Chief to perform fire inspections throughout the hospital campus. Butch shares his encyclopedic knowledge of the structure and use of various buildings.
Marge Brady, Local History Researcher (Morris County, NJ)
Marge shares the little known history of George Vail, a Morristown industrialist, who was the driving force behind the establishment of Greystone.
John Huebner, President (2013-2015), Preserve Greystone
John tells the inspiring story of the grassroots advocacy group, Preserve Greystone, and their efforts to preserve the last of the former Greystone buildings. The necessity of historic preservation and the value of repurposing buildings is discussed in depth.
Ted Hussa, Co-Founder of Preserve Greystone, Former Mayor of Denville
Ted chronicles the early stages of growing community concern regarding potential demolition of a local iconic landmark, Greystone Hospital's Main building. He describes the beginnings of the advocacy group, Preserve Greystone and analyzes some of the barriers the group faced.
William Needham, Vice President of Preserve Greystone
William focuses on his interactions with state agencies and policymakers to try to secure the critically important status of Greystone Hospital as historically significant architecture.
Dr. Carla Yanni, PhD, Professor, Department of Art History, Rutgers, The State University of NJ
Dr. Yanni, the author of The Architecture of Madness: Insane Asylums in the United States gives a detailed overview of the architectural and social history of psychiatric hospitals in the United States, including Greystone Hospital.
Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll, District 25, 1996-present.
Assemblyman Carroll discusses his ongoing role as a legislator and pro bono attorney to advocate for Greystone patients and their families
Governor RIchard Codey, Driving Force Behind NJ Mental Health Care Reform
Governor Codey recounts his lifelong efforts to promote NJ mental health reform with a focus on Greystone. The Governor shares his memories of going undercover at Greystone, his relationship with its patients, and his thoughts about the Main Building's demolition.
Robert Davison, President, Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris County, NJ
As a proponent of mental health care in NJ for over 30 years and the Chairperson of Governor Codey's Mental Health Task Force (2004), Bob shares his knowledge about the operations of the Greystone throughout the years. He also provides insight into the importance of patient advocacy and mental health reform.
Dr. Eileen McEvoy, Student Psychologist (1974)
Dr. McEvoy recounts joining with other psychology students to report untenable hospital conditions to a local newspaper. She recalls the anxiety of testifying before the NJ legislature, whose findings initiated the Doe v. Klein lawsuit.
Michael L. Perlin, Professor Emeritus at New York Law School and co-founder of Mental Disability Law and Policy Associates, was director of the Division of Mental Health Advocacy in the NJ Department of the Public Advocate, and was one of the lawyers who filed the complaint in Doe v. Klein.
Michael discusses the state of mental disability law in the early 1970's and the conditions at Greystone Hospital before and at the time that the Doe case was filed, and contextualizes Doe with other mental disability law reform litigation in NJ and elsewhere.
Dr. Shirley Smoyak, Professor, School of Nursing, Rutgers University
Chairperson, Doe v. Klein Monitoring Committee
Dr. Smoyak recounts her connections to Greystone beginning in the mid 1950's as a nursing student training at Greystone under the supervision of Dr. Hildegard Peplau. She also describes the Doe v. Klein lawsuit and her role as the Chairperson of the Doe v. Klein Monitoring Committee. Shirley was designed a Living Legend of the American Academy of Nursing in 2004. She also received the 2011 Award for Distinguished Services from the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.
Butch Acker, Part 1 – Growing Up At Greystone (1944-1961)
Butch reflects on his father's position as Greystone's Fire Chief and the unique experience of living on the Greystone campus during his childhood and teen years.
Harry Noble, Three Generations at Greystone
Harry recalls the pleasures of growing up at Greystone, along with other WWII veterans'children. Harry also gives vivid descriptions of being employed at Greystone, as were his parents and son. His shares his supportive perspective of individuals with mental illness .
Clayton Bowman, age 97, WWII Mennonite Conscientious Objector
Clayton recounts his interactions with mostly helpful and occasionally violent patients in his role as orderly.
Paul Clemens, Willard Grass, Abram Landis
Korean War Era Mennonite Conscientious Objectors Three friends discuss how their experiences as I-W Conscientious Objectors at Greystone matured them and broadened their world view.
Elvin Horst, Mennonite Conscientious Objector,1967-1969.
Elvin discusses his wide range of positions at Greystone and shares his thoughts about changing public attitudes towards C.O.'s during that time.
Samuel Horst, WWII Mennonite Conscientious Objector
Samuel, age 98, talks about his commitment to the Mennonite ideal of pacifism and his employee orientation at Greystone while doing WWII alternative service.
Paul Lefever, WWII Mennonite Conscientious Objector
At age 98, Paul describes his duties as an orderly while serving his civilian public service at the hospital. Paul also shares information about the post-war Mennonite mental health hospital started by his brother.
Harold Lehman, WWII Mennonite Conscientious Objector
At the age of 97, Harold recalls his training at Greystone as a WWII Mennonite C.O. Harold's experiences contributed to the Mennonite Church's commitment to mental health reform.
Ivan Martin, Mennonite Conscientious Objector, 1971-72.
Ivan reflects on his numerous responsibilities as the Asst. Groundskeeper, including supervising patients mowing Greystone's lawns.
Earl Martin (1966-68) , Gary Stevens (1965-67) Conscientious Objectors
These friends reminisce on the camaraderie of C.O.'s while living in Greystone's Fire House and ongoing reunions with other C.O.'s
WWII Conscientious Objectors at Other Psychiatric Hospitals
The interviews below are of WWII Conscientious Objector who served in psychiatric hospitals other than Greystone, who also made a significant contribution to post WWII mental health care.
Laban Peachey, Mennonite War II Conscientious Objector
Laban, age 91, discusses how his positive civil public service at R.I. State Psychiatric Hospital influenced his career path as the former President of Hesston College and Dean of Eastern Mennonite University.


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I was asked the other day what I mean when I say I love you. Granted most people don't walk around telling each other they love them unless they know each other pretty well — that would be kind of weird. It would give people the wrong idea, maybe. I've gotten more and more comfortable telling people I love them because I feel it. I don't say it to many men, I guess, but I do say it to plenty of women and to many of my clients — especially those I've worked with for some time.
I do love them. I just do — why not say it?
But, what is not love?
Love is not lust.
Love is not desire.
Love is not capturing someone.
Love is not manipulating someone.
Love is not expectations.
Love is not co-dependency.
Love is not suffering.
Love is not infatuation.
Love is not obsession.
Love is not agony.
Love is not anger.
Love is not jealousy.
Love is not grumpy.
Love is not playing games.
Love is not fear.
Love is not lies.
Love is not guilt.
Love is not obligation.
Love is not drama.
You've got to begin to see the difference. Love is love. Forgiveness is forgiveness. The other stuff is what it is. You may feel desire for someone you love, but the two things are different. You can love someone without desiring them. You can love without jealousy. You can love without guilt.
Can you see the subtle differences and how our life experience teaches us to link together love with things that are not love?
No judgement . . . it's just that you can simply love someone and that can be that. If in the past you've loved someone and they said they loved you too and yet manipulated you and you felt anguish, you might link "love" with "manipulation" and "anguish" and begin to believe (and experience) that love *is* manipulation and anguish. But it isn't.
Love is love.
Once you can feel love . . . simple, profound love (first for the divine and from the divine and then for yourself and from yourself), it becomes very easy to share that with other people.
Again, don't be weird about it . . . be "normal" (whatever that means) about it.
But, if I say I love you. I do. That's it. And, that's true.


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We woke on a beautiful bright Sunday morning, packed up all the "bits and bobs" as my English husband says, and headed west towards home! While in the Missoula KOA campground, one of the employees suggested to us that we shouldn't drive over Lolo Pass towards Lewiston Idaho. He said it was twisty and that there was some road construction going on also. We thought it over, having just driven through the winding and steep roads of Yellowstone Park, and decided we'd go ahead with our plan… and oh my goodness, we were so glad we did. The scenery along this road (Idaho Highway 12) was so beautiful. I wish I had some great pictures to share, but I have only a few – due unfortunately to BUGS all over the windshield! Here is a shot taken at the top of Lolo Pass, explaining how this road was one taken back in 1805 by Lewis and Clark on their quest towards the Pacific Ocean. There was a time in my life where I was super-interested in the westward movment of the 1800's and I had read numerous books on the Lewis and Clark trail. Since hubby didn't know much about all that stuff, he got an American history lesson whether he wanted it or not. Yikes, I hope I didn't bore him with all that stuff. If I did, he hid it well – another big mark in his favor! I do love that man!!
Here's our rig, getting ready to leave the top of Lolo Pass and head on down the other side. It was not nearly as steep as many of the roads we'd navigated in Yellowstone – for the most part, we just buzzed along. My apologies in advance in regards to the next bunch of photos. Many/most were taken through the buggy windshield as we traveled along.
This one shows how closely the highway follows first the Loscha River and then further down the mountain, the Clearwater River.
Here's a shot of hubby in the pilot's seat, doing a great job guiding our house on wheels down the highway. Note the little screen on the dashboard. That's the "back up" camera, and he likes to leave it on to keep an eye on our car (also known as the 'toad') as well as the traffic coming up behind us. Unfortunately, the back up camera has a mind of it's own and works when it wants to, and only then. It's definitely one thing hubby plans to rectify once we get home. For those of you who think Washington state is all mountains and RAIN, here's a snap of some of the farmland in far Eastern WA where lots of grain (mostly wheat) is grown. The wheat is about a month away from being harvested and hasn't taken on that legendary amber color it's known for – yet. These were taken as we approached Walla Walla, an area that is known for farming and now also for grape growing and wineries. The photo below does show some wheat that is getting close to being ripe.
Here we are all set up at the RV park in Walla Walla. The weather was sooooo nice and warm, we decided to eat outside and barbecue a couple of steaks. When it came right down to it, I couldn't eat the steak! I know this will sound absolutely NUTS, but while we were at a truck stop in Montana, gassing up, a trailer full of cows pulled up next to us. Okay, they did have a driver, we'll call him "the cowboy". Anyway… the trailer had holes in it and one of the cows kept peering with one eye through a hole at me… like he was trying in his best bovine way to say, "hey woman, you know where we're headed, right? HELP US!!!!" I told John that after this "experience" I had with the cow, I wasn't at all sure I was ever going to enjoy steak again. I'm thinking that maybe I'm over it already, because tonight we're thinking about barbecuing a burger and darned if that doesn't sound GOOD! I will try very very hard NOT to think about "Brownie the cow" when I'm munching on the burger. Seriously tho, I really DID feel sooooo bad for those cattle. Today we woke to another HOT one! After locating an RV parts store for some odds and ends, we began some wine tasting. Here's a place we absolutely loved! And yes, we did indeed buy a bit of great tasting wine from these folks! One photo is the front and one is the side yard.
We have enjoyed wine tasting on nearly every trip we've taken. Most memorably in Australia, New Zealand, California, and right here in Washington State. On a final note for today, here's John with the t-shirt given to him by the Saviah Winery. So cute!! The shirt AND the husband 🙂Well folks, we are about at the end of our Yellowstone-and-back adventure. Tomorrow we head to Yakima to spend time with family for a couple of nights. Then it's home sweet home. I will definitely be doing one last post with all the things I loved about RV'ing and some things I didn't. And possibly some similar comments from hubby who has been an awesome chauffeur all across the West. See you soon!


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An investigation of teacher attrition relative to teachers satisfiers, dissatisfiers, and selected demographic variables
Date of Award
Degree Type
University or Center
Clark Atlanta University(CAU)
Degree Name
Educational Leadership
First Advisor
Dr. Philip A. Bradley
The purpose of this study was to analyze the perceptions of exiting teachers from a metropolitan school system on the importance of various satisfiers and dissatlsfiers as they relate to specific demographic variables and the teachers* professional or personal reasons for resigning. An examination of the perception of the school climate and the administrative support from the principal was also included.
The sample for this study consisted of 294 departing teachers from one metropolitan school system. All participants were full-time teachers from elementary and high schools that had resigned at the end of the 1990-91 school year. 151 teachers responded to the survey.
Results indicated no significant relationships were found between teacher satisflers and dissatisflers and age, sex, race, grade taught and years of experience. Teacher qualifications was found to be significantly related to the teachers1 rating of the importance of satisfters but was not found to be significant with teachers' rating of the importance of dissatisflers.
School climate was not found to be significantly related to departing teachers' personal or professional reasons for resigning. Administrative support, however, was found to be significant to the teachers' personal and professional reasons for resigning.
Recommended Citation
Shackelford, Rene'e Nuckols, "An investigation of teacher attrition relative to teachers satisfiers, dissatisfiers, and selected demographic variables" (1992). ETD Collection for AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library. 1894.
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text: Aside from all the iPhone 5 excitement today, Apple also officially announced iOS 6 of course, which will be available to download in one weeks time, Wednesday, September 19, which is just two days before the iPhone 5 goes on sale. It will be available for the iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, the new iPad, iPad 2, and iPod touch, but sadly not the first-generation iPad. Apple says that iOS 6 comes with more than 200 new user features including the all-new, Apple-designed Maps app, complete with turn-by-turn navigation and the new Flyover view; Facebook integration for Contacts and Calendar, including the ability to post straight from Notification Center; Passbook; new Siri features, including more language support, easy access to sports scores, restaurant recommendations, film listings; Apps such as Photos, Safari and Maps will all also be Siri and Facebook enabled; and finally, iOS 6 will also add Shared Photo Streams via iCloud.


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It was a beautiful Friday.
Kayleigh and I had a lovely afternoon just the two of us. We took a little time to stop by some of our friends to say hello and thank them for their support. Our little town is truly amazing. Local businesses are supporting our sweet girl wearing purple, multiple times anonymous people have kindly paid our check when we are out to eat, the school has her name on the sign out front, our mail lady has a big purple bow on her mail truck, every mailbox in our neighborhood has a purple ribbon. No matter where I go, people stop me to let us know that they are praying for all of us. It is so good to be home!!
As we prepare to return to St. Jude we are slowly but surely knocking items off the to do list. I think by the time we leave on Sunday we will have things under control and manageable. It's a very strange place we find ourselves in these days. We have no plans past getting scans. We know we need to do something, we just have no idea what that is yet. And trying to plan when you don't know what your planing for is quite difficult! So rather than focus on the unknown ahead we are just enjoying each day and making the best tentative plans possible.
Please keep on praying for healing and direction. We know God is going to move all the parts to the places they need to be and that includes us!
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
Until tomorrow,
This amazing bear is made completely from one of her All Star uniforms!
Visiting friends at People's Bank!


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A mother on her P-plates has been caught drink-driving in southern NSW with her two-year-old son in the car.
The 25-year-old woman had three passengers in the car when she was stopped at a random breath test in Nowra about 3pm (AEDT) on Saturday.
She blew a positive roadside breath test and was taken to Nowra Police Station, where she returned a reading of 0.156.
Police suspended her licence and issued her with a court attendance notice for high-range drink driving.
The woman, from Comboyne, will appear in Nowra Local Court in January.


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Eversea: A Love Story
2:00 am 22 May 2013
I loved this book. I love my celebrity books so when I saw it was up for review, I jumped at the chance.I loved Jack Eversea! His character was a perfect mixture of "arrogant celebrity" and "they're just normal people". I really felt for him because you can see how hard the whole thing is on him - he's actually hating himself for being a cliche celebrity.Keri Ann was a great heroine, too - because while she was being fangirly about Jack Eversea (yes, I can't just say Jack) she saw how annoyingly fangirly she was actually being and she made fun of herself for that many times.She was also a virginal heroine. Did not like this one bit. But okay.Sadly, it was insta-love. I really thought the book would go a different way because all the signs were there, however - five days after they meet, they're in love, and they didn't even spend that much time together. Feelings are pretty intense, they have never felt like that before, etc, etc.I wish the author was patient about it! It's only a matter of prolonging it a week or two and I would have believed it. This way...nuh.But as usually, you just have to ignore these things in books.Jack Eversea and Keri Ann had great chemistry and I loved every second they spent together. He teases her, she teases him, it's an all around great friendship that makes you go aaaaaaw.The writing is great! I mean, really engaging, and funny. A few cliches here and there but overall very tight and I loved it. The side characters were awesome, I think Joey and Jazz were my favorite and I loved them.I didn't like the conflict because that whole Audrey thing was just so unclear to me. What was the deal between her and Jack Eversea? I wasn't sure, he made it sound like one thing, then another, then back to the first. It kind of made me dislike him.There is a graphic sex scene in this book :). It was well written, and wasn't overly graphic, and I thought it suited the story.Okay, so, you know that feeling of DREAD when you're 95% into the story and it isn't coming to a close? I felt that with Eversea.There is a big, fat cliffhanger in the end. The book doesn't end, it's more like an end of a chapter. I was violently hitting the next button hoping it doesn't work and is skipping something and that's why I can't read the next chapter. But that delusional thought fell apart when I saw acknowledgements.So be prepared for another one of those books that leave you hanging. What kills me is that it's a damn good cliffhanger and now I want to know what happened! I'm scared by the time the next book is out (which I have no idea when), I won't care :(.I actually didn't want to write a review straight after I finished the book because I was really, really pissed and I didn't want to snub the book because of that. I just can't ignore it, though - it doesn't say anywhere this is a series! Not in the beginning of the book, not here on Goodreads. I wish authors told you this so you didn't go in blind thinking you're reading a standalone.Overall, I loved Eversea and recommend it. The characters are honest, the story was engaging, and I devoured it in a matter of hours. Now I wait. Patiently. Hopefully.*** ARC of this book received from the author in exchange for an honest review.
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Address by John Gomomo to the NUM Special Congress
27 March 1998
Comrade President James Motlatsi
Members of the National Executive Committee
Comrade delegates and officials of the NUM
Distinguished international observers and members of the press
Thank you for the honour of inviting me to address your Special Congress. Thank you for your warm reception.
I am currently in the trenches mobilising locals and members to participate effectively in the COSATU April Mass Recruitment Campaign. Despite this enormous pressure I decided to take time off in order to address Mine and Energy workers. This I had to do because I missed both your National Congress last year and the Gold Summit a few weeks ago.
You should consider yourselves extremely fortunate in that you are having this Special Congress so soon after your Congress. This Congress can not just be about narrow amendments to your constitution or the election of a Secretariat. This Congress gives you an opportunity other COSATU affiliates will not have. This is your opportunity to re-examine the challenges your union faces. These challenges include the continuing massive retrenchment of our members in the mining and manufacturing sectors. The unilateral restructuring of the mining houses by the bosses, using the gold price crisis as a smokescreen, must be challenged effectively from the ground. You will also have an opportunity to assess the broader gains of the National Democratic Revolution, and the threats to our gains and as well as the current balance of forces.
I want to use this opportunity to pay my tribute to your outgoing General Secretary Comrade Kgalema Motlanthe. Thank you once more Mkhuluwa for your unwavering commitment and service to Mine and Energy workers and to COSATU members in general. Thank you for the leadership you have provided, not only to Mine workers but to COSATU in general. Your contribution will not only be missed by the NUM, but by constitutional structures of the federation as a whole. We say goodbye to you, even though we have no doubt in our minds that you will continue to serve the interests of the working people in your new position as the Secretary General of our movement, the African National Congress.
Our struggles and sacrifices have resulted in a situation where our country is politically democratised, but have also unleashed countless opportunists and careerists within our ranks. The gains we have made in democratising the society have also opened spaces to counter-revolutionary forces to use our democratic constitution in order to take forward their agendas.
On a daily basis reactionary forces are involved in deeds and words to frustrate, undermine and derail all attempts of the ANC-led government to deal with the legacy which they themselves created during the apartheid minority dictatorship.
These forces in parliament, civil society and the public service are bent on using the very constitutional provisions meant to improve the lot of ordinary South Africans to entrench their privileges and undermine transformation in South Africa. Just the other day computers with sensitive information on crime syndicates were stolen from police head quarters. Last year a bank machine was removed from the police head quarters. On the budget day (11 March 1998) the leader of DP, Mr Tony Leon called for a snap debate on the "counter revolutionary force COSATU". This was a desperate attempt to score narrow points and cheap propaganda meant to deflect the legitimate counter-revolutionary label which the DP through its own actions has now earned for itself. To label COSATU as a "counter-revolutionary force" is both ludicrous and childish.
It is the DP and NP and not COSATU that have rejected out of hand the Employment Equity Bill, which is meant to deal with distortions caused by racial segregation at the workplace level by implementing effective affirmative action. It is the DP and NP which has rejected the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, which will lead to all workers being treated decently. It is they who opposed the LRA. It is they who attempted to block health bills meant to make medicines and health more accessible to the poor. It is they who want to frustrate land redistribution. It is they who attempted to frustrate restructuring of the education system and doing away with schools for the rich only and for whites only.
It is they who wanted the lock-up clause to be entrenched in the constitution. It is they who on daily basis frustrate any attempt to implement the RDP and to deepen transformation. It is they and their surrogates who want to create an impression that since 1994 there has been an emergence of crime and corruption within the government. It is their surrogates in the form of SARFU who took the President to court over complete nonsense.
The counter-revolutionary forces are hard at work day and night trying to drive a wedge between the partners of the Tripartite Alliance. The strategic goal of counter-revolutionary forces has always been the breaking of the Tripartite Alliance. Whilst we are still working to resolve some disagreements over macro-economic strategy within the alliance, we should at the same time defend this alliance more than we have done before.
This is the context we should situate the coming 1999 elections. We should work for the attainment of a two-thirds majority for the alliance led by the ANC in order to consolidate the gains of our National Democratic Revolution and deepen transformation.
We are not at all surprised by the attacks COSATU has been subjected to by the Holo-Meyer UDM. These forces - which we should avoid giving the status they do not deserve - are calling on COSATU to severe its ties with the ANC. They do this not because they think workers interest will be served better when the alliance no longer exists, but because they want to undermine the strength of the alliance so that they can have a better chance of winning the next elections. This is purely an opportunistic and unprincipled position. Whilst Roelf Meyer has always had a problem with the alliance, Holomisa was a member of the NEC of the ANC and used to preach the need for workers to form strategic alliances with the ANC in order to achieve freedom and democracy. Clearly he only meant this as personal Holomisa vote grabbing.
The coherence, strength and the role NUM played in our struggle for democracy has meant that you will not escape the attention of these counter-revolutionary forces. These forces have unleashed concerted, systematic and calculated attacks on your union. Again using your own gains in the constitution and new LRA, the mafikizolo" unions sprang up like mushrooms after heavy rains claiming to be authentic voices of mine workers. These "Five Madodas" and Mouthpiece encouraged workers to take up quite ridiculous struggles - to demand of payment of death benefits where nobody was dead, to demand payment of sick benefits where no-one was sick and to demand provident fund benefits where no-one was a pensioner. Just the other day, my heart was sour when I saw long queues of mine workers who had been misled by some miracle man who promised them that he can help workers to get their death benefits. As a result of the poverty workers face, they came out in their thousands from all over - including from neighbouring states - to enrol their names for money they will only be entitled to if they have died in the course of their duties whilst in the employ of the mine houses they used to be working for.
A number of NUM shop stewards and members have been murdered in the Rustenburg area by forces who claim that the ANC is a sell-out formation. These "new Revolutionaries" never raised a finger against apartheid that destroyed their dignity. They are now stocking weapons of destruction and killing ordinary union members and mobilising against the very ANC that fought to regain their lost dignity.
Our task as revolutionaries is to isolate this fringe group conniving with the most reactionary white right-wing forces. We must penetrate ordinary workers in order to point out the dangers of following abo Thele-Weni.
We should use the COSATU Autumn Offensive to camp in the hostels of the platinum mines and recruit workers back to the democratic fold. In doing so we should ensure that we train our shop stewards to provide service to members and to give them basic political education. Our members should be able to know the differences between policies of political parties. They should be in a position to say we support this party because its policies are meant to shift the power relations in favour of workers and the working class. They should be able to say we dont support that party because its policies are meant to perpetuate the status quo and shift the power relations in favour of employers and the capitalist class.
I want to salute NUM for its dynamic initiative in convening the Gold Crisis Summit. I hope the example you have set will be followed by other COSATU affiliates. We hope that your representatives will ensure that the huge gains you have made in the Summit will be consolidated in the Gold Crisis Committee.
Your initiative in convening the Summit has dispelled this nonsense fed to the media by right wing forces that unions are unpatriotic and represent the interest of some elite. Unlike the bosses, workers can not emigrate if there are problems in this country. They can only be loyal citizens in both good and bad times. They support extended families and therefore are a lifeline to millions of the unemployed. Had it not been for the meagre wages of workers there would be starvation in South Africa, in particular in the former bantustan states where in some cases unemployment is close to 100%.
Your Congress has also helped to dispel the notion that workers, in particular black workers, are unable to think strategically or are inherently short-sighted and lacking vision and pragmatism. All your leaders are former shop stewards; almost all your union officials are former members. This notion of linking ability to think strategically with race should be rejected. There has been a consistent campaign by some in the press to the effect that there has been a brain drain in COSATU. But when they list the people that have left to justify this statement, they do not count Godfrey Oliphant, Chris Dlamini, Moses Mayekiso or any of the African trade unionist who have joined parliament.
The continuing job losses in the mining and other sectors of the economy is the worse crisis we have to face as democratic forces. Throwing 500 mine workers a day into the street smacks of a deliberate strategy to cause political instability for the democratic government. Retrenching more than 116 000 workers in a year and then threatening to retrench even bigger numbers in the future sounds more like political sabotage to me. Pressurising government to retrench thousands of its own employees looks to me as more like a strategy to cause chaos.
The time has come for COSATU to say "Enough is Enough". We can no longer afford the luxury of folding our arms and watching helplessly as thousands of workers are thrown into the streets to face poverty and starvation. We must do whatever we can to stop this tide and save the jobs of our members.
Let us use the month of Recruitment not only to recruit new members, but to highlight through visible campaigning this carnage of retrenchments. Let us use this Autumn Offensive to say "No to retrenchments!" Let our voices be heard by the bosses and the government. We can no longer afford to stand by while they are taking us down the path to political instability in the country.
The Job Summit later in the year will not be fruitful, if in its run-up so many workers are sentenced to unemployment. The call made by NUMSA for a moratorium on retrenchment until the Job Summit has been held should be taken up by your congress. We are prepared to act firmly on this question.
I want to issue a public warming to the government, to the mine bosses and to all other employers: the retrenchment of workers from any quarter shall from now on be resisted by all available means!
Your Congress theme "Save jobs; create new jobs" is therefore appropriate. The economy has been experiencing jobless growth since 1985. The Reserve Bank says the number of people employed today is the same as it was in 1981. What the Reserve Bank is not saying is that it has been a major contributor to this crisis through its conservative monetary policy. The extremely high interest rate policy of the Reserve Bank has been used to push down the rate of inflation irrespective of the consequences, and has cost our economy dearly.
We need more frankness from our political leaders. The indisputable fact is that GEAR has failed workers in relation to issues that matters most to us creation of jobs and redistribution of income and wealth. As long as there is no admission of this fact, as long as there are no attempts to put in place alternative and appropriate mechanisms to address these issues, our country will slowly slide into chaos. There are careerists out there, who have now began to launch attacks on us within the democratic movement. These forces find a quick way of silencing any reasonable criticism of the policies of government by labelling those who speak out as counter-revolutionaries, uneducated, extreme leftists and so on. COSATU and its leaders will not be blackmailed into toeing a line with which it has fundamental problems. Whilst we are in the alliance, we retain our independence and the right to articulate the concerns of our members without seeking permission from anybody.
COSATU has developed a set of proposals we intend to present to the Jobs Summit. These need further work and refinement. We should use the Autumn Offensive to debate these proposals, to strengthen them so that we can adopt them at our the Central Committee meeting in June 1998.
In conclusion: may your congress be fruitful and live up to the expectation of your membership.
Thank you


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Here are my favourites:
10. Atlas Sound - Let the blind lead those... ( Beautifully atmospheric.)
9. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Real Emotional Trash (I didn't like this at first but now...Damn he's good.)
8. The Sea and Cake - Car Alarm (A fresh sound from an old favourite.)
7. Department of Eagles - In Ear Park (Grizzly Bear offshoot. Love that.)
6. TV on the Radio - Dear Science ( Exciting nerd rocker.)
5. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (The vocals on track three stop me every time.)
4. No Age - Nouns (just plain exciting punk rawk to soothe the soul.)
3. Deerhunter - Microcastles (a last minute surprise - stunning.)
2. Portishead - Third (The Rip is transcending)
1. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago... ( One of the most beautiful and personal records I have ever heard.)
She & Him - Volume One. (Caught me by surprise. Zooey's voice is a gift.)
Judy Garland - Judy Live at Carnegie Hall. ( An oldie that I had never heard until this year. It's a fantastic snapshot of a forgotten era. Truly impressive performance with the fantastic banter included.)


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I've always been an avid reader and writer… a lover of communication of all kinds. At some point after college though, I said farewell to my comics, to Vonnegut, Rand, Huxley, and Robbins. I found a comfortable home in non-fiction, both as a reader and a writer. Today, I spend my time reading about superstar CEOs, management & marketing stuff and of course quality… My writing is almost always rooted in quality, with more creative fiction certainly something I long to be able to tap into one day.
For fun, I teach at the local community college because I actually do enjoy business that much. Over the last several years doing that gig, I've had the pleasure of meeting interesting characters of all kinds. One of my favorites is an adjunct economics instructor I've come to admire and really enjoy spending time with. He reminded me why I loved fiction!
I can't remember exactly how I met Dallas Dunlap… adjunct training or something like that. I kind of gravitated to Dallas because he's such an interesting guy… a true Renaissance Man of sorts. He seems to know something about everything, never forgets anything and has held a fascinating assemblage of jobs that range from life as one of the first EMTs in Florida, to economist, to independent author of crime fiction that incorporates sprinkles of science fiction and erotica here and there. He built his own house and even designs his own cover art for his books. I'm not sure there's anything he can't do!
I wanted to pick Dallas' brain a little to see how his writing process works. I like digging into interesting people's brains to find out what makes them tick and usually find some inspiration for myself that I like to think of as a bonus.
Why does he write?
"I have a rich fantasy life. When I write, I get to experience other lives and other worlds."
Where does he get his ideas?
"I don't get ideas. I have visions… daydreams really. A question trips a whole sequence of daydreams as I explore all the ramifications. What happens if some Southern rural teenagers find a time machine? What happens to them? To their parents? To law enforcement? That process made The Cabin.
Or, what would a real life vampire be like? How would a rural Sheriff's Department deal with a vampire? That launched The Food. If I may brag: To make my vampire character believable, I inserted him into an extremely detailed and realistic environment – Narvaez County – and pitted him against vivid and realistic characters. The characters, who continue from one book to the next, are so real to me that I can close my eyes and see them. When it's quiet, I can hear their conversations about their everyday routines. I don't feel that I am creating people. I feel that I am watching them. I describe what they do and write down what they say."
What does he find to be the hardest part of writing?
"Editing. I edit as a I go. My characters are like everyone else. When they talk, they drift off topic, use incomplete sentences and bad grammar. I write down what they say, but I have to rework conversations to move the story along while keeping each character's unique voice. Also, there are many vignettes and even whole subplots that ultimately have to be left out in order to keep the story to a reasonable length. But, beyond the mechanics of writing, the hardest thing is keeping faith. You have to believe that finishing the book is worth doing."
What's his process?
"I try to write at least one page a day. There are many days when I edit out more than I write, though. And, there are many days when things come up and I don't write anything. But, once I sit down to write one page, I usually end up with five or so."
Writer's block?
"I don't get writer's block in the sense that I can't think of anything to write or can't get started. Sometimes though, I have several alternative directions to take the story so I stop for a few days and think about it."
His advice to aspiring writers…
"Write something. Writing isn't something you aspire to. It is something you either do or don't do. If you want to be a published author, go to a college or university that as an international reputation for its creative writing program. Take it from there. If you just want to write, write. Be an indie writer. Learn how to write, edit and do cover art. It's fun, interesting, and if nothing else, you can give your books to friends for Christmas."
I like quality people, and Dallas Dunlap is one of my very favorites. He inspires me. Earlier today, I sent him a random text asking him what his purpose in life is… His response: "Learn and do things that interest me."
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Doug Doyle, a partner at DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, & Cole, was a guest on the nationally syndicated Insana Quotient program on Friday, February 18th.
Doug Doyle was invited to speak about New Jersey's recently down-graded bond rating and how it will affect individual New Jersey taxpayers. Doyle spoke with host Ron Insana on how Governor Christie's recently proposed reforms of public employee benefits can reduce the State's deficit, grow the economy and put New Jersey back on track towards fiscal sustainability.


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Becca from Thrice The Spice here with a recipe that I was inspired to try after watching 'The Pioneer Woman' on Food Network online make a similar dish. One of the first recipes I posted on this blog was what my children affectionately refer to as "turtle shells" aka roasted Brussels Sprouts, and they're a family favorite. In fact, last time I bought a bag at Sam's Club my 5 year old son was hugging it and saying how excited he was. While I wouldn't say that the kids are picky eaters anyway, roasted Brussels sprouts really are THAT good, and are one of the few vegetables actually in season right now.
The addition of raspberry balsamic sauce and dried cranberries make an already yummy dish a bit fancier even, and can add a nice bit of color, making them a great addition to your Easter Dinner! The sauce is super easy, and the way I modified the recipe takes the same amount of cooking time as the Brussels Sprouts, so it's really not even any more difficult. I hope you'll give this recipe a try! My recipe listed below is per pound of Brussels Sprouts, so you can do some simple, quick math, and easily make as many Brussels Sprouts as you need to feed your family or guests. Enjoy!
Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Raspberry Balsamic and Cranberries
1 pound fresh Brussels Sprouts, cut into halves length ways (like 'turtle shells')
olive oil, preferably in a mister
salt & pepper
1/2 cup raspberry balsamic vinegar (plain balsamic would be fine, but I'd highly recommend trying the raspberry!)
1/4 cup sugar (I use organic Demerara Sugar)
1/2 cup dried cranberries (like craisins)
Preheat oven to 450.
Place cut Brussels Sprouts onto large baking pan, and either spray generously or drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Bake for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine rasberry balsamic vinegar and sugar in small saucepan. Heat to boiling, reduce heat, and let simmer and reduce until brussel sprouts are finished baking, stirring occasionally.
Remove brussel sprouts from oven and use a wide spatula to turn them over. Return to the oven for another 5-10 minutes, or until they are nicely roasted, beginning to have dark brown spots & edges, as seen above. The total time should be 20 minutes or less, but will depend on the size of your brussels sprouts, amount of moisture in them, and type of baking pan you're using. Just keep an eye on them, you'll know when they're done. Then, add brussels sprouts to serving dish; drizzle with raspberry balsamic reduction and top with dried cranberries. Serve immediately. Enjoy!


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The Tiger Valley Road (Route 626) bridge over the Rush River just off U.S. 211 is open today (Friday, Sept. 5), about two weeks ahead of schedule. It got its new steel and concrete deck last week (shown here as the VDOT crew placed the beams last Wednesday, Aug. 28, and before paving last Friday, Aug. 28).
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HOUSTON, TX–(Marketwired – September 28, 2015) – Sanchez Energy Corporation (
Proceeds from the Western Catarina Midstream Divestiture further enhance Sanchez Energy's strong liquidity position, which is expected to enable the Company to pursue growth opportunities through opportunistic asset acquisitions, the acceleration of cost-efficient drilling and completion activities, and the strategic leasing of additional acreage in its core areas of operations. Sanchez Energy previously reported that it maintained liquidity of $572 million as of June 30, 2015, which included $300 million in available capacity on the Company's undrawn bank credit facility. As a result of the sale of midstream assets, pro forma liquidity will increase to approximately $918 million, inclusive of cash on hand and the $300 million elected commitment under its undrawn revolving credit facility.
"The Western Catarina Midstream Divestiture highlights our ability to capture the full spectrum of value in our asset base, raise capital outside of traditional markets, and improve our financial flexibility," said Tony Sanchez III, CEO of Sanchez Energy. "The midstream assets which we acquired as part of the Catarina transaction in 2014 cover a dedicated area of approximately 35,000 net acres, or about 16% of our total Eagle Ford footprint. The sale of these assets to SPP is further evidence of the quality of our Catarina asset, which is central to our plans for development and growth. By further enhancing our liquidity and financial flexibility, we are now well positioned to accelerate drilling plans as commodity prices recover or to capitalize on acquisition opportunities as conditions may warrant. As we continue to develop Catarina and the other areas of our Eagle Ford asset base, we anticipate that we will see additional opportunities to accelerate returns through midstream and other asset monetization strategies like the one announced today. We believe these strategies will be the key to maintaining a strong balance sheet, which supports our ability to generate the returns investors have come to expect from Sanchez Energy."
As part of the divestiture, Sanchez Energy will sell approximately 150 miles of midstream gathering lines and associated midstream infrastructure concentrated in four gathering and processing facilities. Concurrent with the closing of the divestiture, the Company will enter into a gathering agreement with SPP that provides for fixed rates over an initial term of 15 years. For the first five years of the gathering agreement, there will be a minimum delivery commitment of 10,200 barrels per day of liquids and 142 million cubic feet ("MMcf") per day of gas. The Company anticipates that the gathering agreement will result in an increase in lease operating expense ("LOE") of approximately $1.95 per barrel of oil equivalent ("BOE"). Prior to this transaction, our LOE was approximately $7.78 per BOE for the first half of 2015, which was lower than our previous company-wide guidance range of $9.00 – $10.00 per BOE, evidence of the Company's ability to operate it's assets in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
Sanchez Energy has also confirmed that its third quarter 2015 average production will likely meet or exceed the high end of the previous guidance range of 46,000 to 50,000 BOE per day. The Company remains confident that it will be able to build a 20 to 30 well bank toward its 50-well per year drilling commitment at Catarina at its current rig count while continuing to drive strong asset-level performance and year-over-year production growth given it's previously stated capital run rate of approximately $250 million per year. Based on the updated guidance provided regarding the impact to total LOE from the gathering agreement with SPP, the Company now expects LOE to be in the range of $9.75 to $10.75 per BOE for the fourth quarter of 2015 and in 2016. This reaffirms the Company's belief that the expense savings realized year-to-date in 2015 are sustainable on a go-forward basis.
Other Information
The Western Catarina Midstream Divestiture was reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors of Sanchez Energy following review and approval by the Board's Audit Committee, which is comprised of independent directors. Evercore Group L.L.C. acted as sole financial advisor to the Board's Audit Committee. Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. served as counsel to the Audit Committee and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP represented Sanchez Energy in connection with the negotiation for the Western Catarina Midstream Divestiture.
About Sanchez Energy Corporation
Sanchez Energy Corporation is an independent exploration and production company focused on the acquisition and development of unconventional resources in the onshore U.S. Gulf Coast with a current focus on the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas, where the Company has assembled approximately 223,000 net acres, and the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale. For more information about Sanchez Energy Corporation, please visit our website (www.sanchezenergycorp.com).
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains, and our officers and representatives may from time to time make, forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release that address activities, events or developments that Sanchez Energy expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including statements related to the closing and anticipated effects of the Western Catarina Midstream Divestiture, our strategy and plans, our view of the market and expected cost efficiencies, are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on certain assumptions made by the Company based on management's experience, perception of historical trends and technical analyses, current conditions, anticipated future developments and other factors believed to be appropriate and reasonable by management. When used in this press release, the words "will," "potential," "believe," "estimate," "intend," "expect," "may," "should," "anticipate," "could," "plan," "predict," "project," "profile," "model," "strategy," "future," or their negatives, other similar expressions or the statements that include those words, are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words.
Such statements are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of Sanchez Energy, which may cause actual results to differ materially from those implied or expressed by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the timing to consummate the Western Catarina Midstream Divestiture; the conditions to closing of the Western Catarina Midstream Divestiture may not be satisfied or the closing does not otherwise occur; the risk a regulatory approval that may be required for the Western Catarina Midstream Divestiture is not obtained or is obtained subject to conditions that are not anticipated; the diversion of management time on transaction-related issues; the effects of the Western Catarina Midstream Divestiture, including our future financial condition, results of operations, strategy and plans; other benefits from the Western Catarina Midstream Divestiture and our ability to realize such benefits; results of litigation, settlements, and investigations; the extent to which we are successful in our efforts to acquire or discover additional reserves and our ability to continue to produce oil and gas at historical rates; costs of operations, delays, and any other difficulties related to producing oil or gas, the price of oil or gas; the extent and effect of any hedging activities; success marketing and selling produced oil and gas; estimates made in evaluating reserves; competition; general economic conditions; the future availability and cost of employees and other personnel, facilities, equipment, materials and services; our ability to manage and continue growth; and other factors as further described in Sanchez Energy's Annual Report for the most recently completed fiscal year ended December 31 and any updates to those risk factors set forth in Sanchez Energy's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. No representation or warranty is made as to future performance. Further information on such assumptions, risks and uncertainties is available in Sanchez Energy's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Sanchez Energy's filings with the SEC are available on its website at www.sanchezenergycorp.com and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the events anticipated by Sanchez Energy's forward-looking statements may not occur, and, if any of such events do occur, Sanchez Energy may not have correctly anticipated the timing of their occurrence or the extent of their impact on its actual results. Accordingly, you should not place any undue reliance on any of Sanchez Energy's forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made and Sanchez Energy undertakes no obligation to correct or update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
Company contacts:
G. Gleeson Van Riet
Chief Financial Officer
Sanchez Energy Corporation
Jaime Brito
Senior Vice President, Investor Relations
Sanchez Energy Corporation
General Inquiries:
(713) 783-8000


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Frustrated by a futile search for justice for his murdered teenage daughter, wealthy Chicago businessman Damian Manchester founded a private organization that hunts serial killers like the one who kidnapped and killed Samantha twenty years ago.
At the Society for the Study of the Aberrant Mind (a.k.a., SSAM) Damian brings together some of the best minds in the business to track the monsters of society, and prevent further crimes through awareness and community outreach programs. His team is privately funded and has the flexibility to pursue cases that stump the police or have run cold. With expertise in profiling (mindhunting), personal security, psychology, law enforcement, weaponry, and investigative techniques, the employees of SSAM come together to suit the needs of each case, and to find justice for victims of brutal crimes.
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It's not whether you win or lose, it's whether you survive.
Abby Rhodes learned early on that her gift could do more harm than good, so she stifled her psychic abilities for years. But in an unguarded moment, she touches an object connected to the murders of eleven girls and receives a message—one that could help capture a killer. When a twelfth victim goes missing, she must choose whether to trust her gift and risk everything, or stay silent and possibly jeopardize a young girl's life.
Tech genius and ex-SEAL Andrew "Einstein" MacKenzie doubts the sexy yoga instructor with the soft smile can help find a killer who has eluded authorities for decades, but he'll do anything to catch a break in this case—until he learns Abby's methods have no basis in science. He prefers verified data and reliable statistics that fit neatly into his crime-solving algorithms. This woman, both his polar opposite and his perfect match, threatens to upend his carefully controlled world in every way.
Twenty years ago, the Charmer began his deadly game, killing beautiful young women to serve his needs. Now, the agents at SSAM are breathing down his neck. Determined to stay in control, he initiates a plan to destroy the agency—if they don't find him first. It's a race against the clock as Einstein and Abby hunt the ruthless serial killer, and the winner will take all.
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DRIFTING AND TILTING: THE SONGS OF SCOTT WALKER - London Barbican
This was never going to be a conventional gig. The reclusive former teen idol no longer performs live, so when he announced a three-night residency at the Barbican, it became one of the most talked about events of the year. There has been a lot of excitement surrounding these shows, even though Scott had made it clear that he would not be onstage himself. What we got instead was Scott's backing band and a 42-piece orchestra, with a series of guest vocalists performing songs from his albums "Tilt" and "The Drift". I'm sure some members of the audience would have liked to hear something from his early solo albums or even a Walker Brothers tune, but the setlist (six songs from "The Drift" and two from "Tilt") seemed to have been chosen to emphasise how the 21st Century incarnation of Scott Walker is very different from the one who performed Jacques Brel songs in the late 1960s.
Given the intense nature of Scott's vocal delivery on these recent releases, it is no surprise that alongside the four guests from the world of rock and pop (Jarvis Cocker, Damon Albarn, Dot Allison and Gavin Friday), several classically-trained singers had been invited. I hardly ever attend opera or classical performances so I'm not familiar with the work of Michael Henry, Nigel Richards or Owen Gilhooly, but their performances were the ones that came closest to the original recordings. In particular, Michael Henry's interpretation of "Cue" was the most powerful of the evening, backed by two men smashing concrete blocks onto a table. I'm not certain, but I think the "BAM BAM BAM" vocals in this song may actually have been provided by Scott, although if it was the man himself then it was probably a recording as he did not make his presence known last night, even if he was, as some people have claimed, sitting behind the mixing desk.
Of the four "popular" vocalists, Gavin Friday's performance of "Jesse" was the most impressive. I really should listen to some of his solo work; I only know his early releases as singer of the Virgin Prunes. These were often abrasive but also sometimes melodramatic, so it doesn't take much imagination to see how he could have matured into a singer with a style similar to that of Scott. I was surprised that the one singer who seemed slightly out of place was Jarvis, who opened the show with "Cossacks Are". He made no attempt to imitate Scott's voice, instead sticking to his own vocal style and mannerisms, which meant this song was the only one that sounded totally different from the original version. In particular, his delivery of the line "That's a nice suit, that's a swanky suit" in his familiar Sheffield accent sounded almost comical. This is not necessarily a bad thing, as Jarvis is one of the most compelling live performers around at the moment and he was the only person who managed to make one of the songs his own. It just seemed slightly incongruous when I was in the mood for the dark music of Scott Walker.
Many of the visual elements accompanying the songs were totally bizarre, as you would expect from a show put together by Scott. Jarvis performed his song whilst reading a newspaper, during "Buzzers" Dot Allison serenaded a tree made of wire coat-hangers, and "Clara" was punctuated by a man in boxing gloves rhythmically punching a dead pig suspended from the ceiling. I suspect the pig may have been intended to represent the corpse of Mussolini, whose execution provides the subject matter of the song.
There was also a dance element incorporated into many of the songs. Modern dance is an artform that I've never really understood, and I certainly felt this way whilst watching the performance of "Patriot (A Single)". This was accompanied by a man stumbling drunkenly around the stage wearing stockings, with another one over his head like a bank robber, and pink shoes with unfeasibly high heels. This put me in mind of the work that Michael Clark's dancers did with The Fall in the 1980s. I remember being similarly baffled when I saw that on Whistle Test.
However, reflecting on the show after a good night's sleep, it occurred to me that the dance was probably a literal interpretation of the song's lyrics. The dancer's attire could have represented the line "I brought nylons from New York, some had butterflies, some had flecks". At one point in the song he was chasing a sheet of newspaper being dragged around on a long stick held offstage; maybe this was supposed to demonstrate "the bad news is there is no news". But even if there was a link with the song, it did seem rather ridiculous and only served to detract from the serious mood of the music.
Forgetting the visual elements, the music throughout the set was intense and provided a reminder, if one is needed, that Scott Walker has created two of the most sonically and emotionally overpowering albums of the last 15 years. Finally being able to see these performed live, with or without Scott, was a great experience and I hope that the success of these shows will persuade Scott that it's time he returned to the stage himself.