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By Eddie Cook
The 1920's
The Old Portlians was founded April 25th 1921as the "Old Portlians Athletic Associationâ€, which was formed by old members of the Portland Road School in South Norwood. The "Athletics†in the Association included Football, Cricket, Athletics and Cycling (Touring).
At the start in 1921 the Headmaster of Portland School was President C Watson 1921-1925 when H Chester took over. The first cycling name was Jimmy Steer 1927/8/9.
The cycling section was affiliated to the C.T.C. (Cyclist Touring Club). When some members wanted to go racing, there was a split and two members; Stan Harvey and Bill Wells went to see Charlie Davey of the Vegetarian CCAC who was in business as a cycle dealer. He had re-formed the Addiscombe C.C. A Club that was under this name and had been operational for some years (since about 1895) but had ceased activities. Davey reformed the Club, which is the present outfit this was about 1926/27.
The Old Ports was still mainly touring and camping, but did start racing in the very late 1920's and used a course near Hayes Common for Club events. The Club used to weekend at B & B's on the coast. There is a photo in the Club album of a group outside a house at Brighton. The story is told of skylarking and banisters being broken with a £20 cost involved!
The Old Portlians Annual Dinner started at the Greyhound Hotel, Croydon High Street in 1926. They later went on to the Café Royal in North End, Croydon and due to the 1926 start, instead of 1921; the Dinner was always quoted as the fifth or so, when it should have been the tenth. This was put right after the war and the Dinner became the number of years the Club had been going, not the actual number of Dinners promoted.
The 1930's
By the early 1930's the Cub was into racing and the first Club Champion was Bertie Dadson in 1933. Frank White took over in 1934/5/6. Frank was a useful rider and did have the occasional win in Open events. His proudest day was when he won the K.C.A. 50 at Headcorn on a very bad morning. Hi did his usual ride of 2 hours 16 minutes when everyone else went backwards.
The next rider of note was Charlie Rockhill. He could get in the first three in Open events and was Club Champion in 1938 and 39. Frank White rode after the war.
It was not all racing. The Old Ports ran a Bicycle Polo team before the war and the ground at the top of Westerham hill was a favourite venue. Stars of the team were Len Adams, Archie Allin (of Allins Cycles) and Len Butler. Tommy Kingshott (also of Allins Cycle shop) was referee.
Bicycle Polo was played during the War, as most cyclists left in Croydon joined George Brake (Captain) in the Home Guard forming a Cyclist Unit mounted on Polo bikes. The Old Ports had quite a few members in this outfit and the stories are many and varied. One story is told of George Brake leading the unit over a very steep bank at Beddington, on their bikes, to get behind the opposition on an exercise. The opposing officer did not think that cycles could ride down such a gradient, but then he did not know of such things as very low gears and fixed wheels.
Bicycle Polo was held at Duppas hill during the summer. It continued after the War at a recreation ground in Addiscombe (Ashburton Park) but did not attract enough support from the younger riders and when George Brake (Wren Wheelers) died, it lost a lot of its drive.
The Old Ports used to run a series of dances, pre-war, during the winter months at Unique Hall (Leathwoods) and Stanley Halls, alternating. All sorts of stunts were introduced – Dance contests (which George and Win Deller, Howard's parents, used to stand a good chance of winning, and Win still has the cups to clean to prove it!) A two-band effort was another gag, a dance group at one end and a jazz group at the other end of the hall. One Band, name forgotten, made it's debut as a jazz group at the Unique Hall and went on to become quite well known.
Just prior to the war years around 1936/37, the Old Ports promoted a Tandem 50 on Southern Roads and World Record holders Mills and Paul of the Addiscombe CC were amongst the winners.
Around the late 1930's there was another good rider, John Blakeney, who came up with the Welsh movement to London (The Lord Mayor's of London scheme for the unemployed) He was capable of a fast 25 and broke Club records.
The 1940's
During the War, George Dent and Jack Evans kept the name of the Club to the fore and worked very hard both for the R.T.T.C. and the S.C.C.U.
Just after the War, the Club returned to the Greyhound, and the Old Port's Dinner also had the best band (semi-professional) in England (The Melody Maker Champions) Bert Johnson's Croydon Metro Band – complete with conductor!
In 1946 the Tandem 50 was again promoted and attracted 15 entrants. George Dent and Jack Evans rode and hoped to win and save the Club from a great loss, as they would not have taken the award. They were leading the field but got stopped at Crawley level crossing and had to dive under the underpass. They lost time and failed in their efforts to take first prize.
The event was dropped to a 30 and attracted a 100 entry on the Southern Roads around 1948, but the S.L.D.C. of the R.T.T.C. did not support us and we had to apply to West London for a date finishing up on the Altom course. Eventually, it finished in the 1950's with only 9 entries and that was it. Tandems had fallen out of favour; it was every man for himself.
Jack was Road Manager of the S.C.C.U. and he and Stan Butler (Norwood Paragon) used to promote events on a rota basis. Jack was a very good organiser and one of his efforts was, just after the War, a S.C.C.U. Dance at Seymour Hall, London with Victor Sylvester and his band. He also promoted the Croydon Empire Roller contest for some years. This was a roller contest put on at the Croydon Empire, North End, Croydon, after the pantomime season. It was a great show.
Around the late 1940's the Athletic Association was abandoned with the cycling section keeping its trophies.
Football did not survive the War, Cricket started again after the War years for a few seasons but the closed and nothing is known of Athletics. Cycling continued throughout the War years with Jack Evans and George Dent in charge.
The very late 40's and early 50's saw one or two promising youngsters come into the Club and we even had two, Eddie Gowers and Ron Smith, riding Tandem at the S.C.C.U. Good Friday meeting at Herne Hill against the best in the land.
The 1950's
Names in the news for the Old Ports were John Farrow, Peter White, Eddie Gowers, Ron Smith, Bill Heletine and Ron Borer in the late 40's, early 50's.
About 1952/53, a new intake of youngsters was started in order to try and raise the standard of the club, which was in a bit of a decline. This did not meet with everyone's approval and a letter was published in Cycling in later years decrying the youngsters in the clubroom, but they used to be sent home by 9pm.
The Old Ports were one of the first Clubs to take on schoolboys and they had to be 13 years old. This was later reduced for a certain Kevin Richards to 10 (He became Schoolboy Champion).
The first intake of schoolboys was Brian Potter, Tony Potter, Mike Borer, Keith Adams, Roger Parish and Howard Deller (Howard is still with us today).
Many of these youngsters did progress to become champions at schoolboy and junior level and eventually senior level as well as represent England.
The numbers grew and attracted many and varied boys. It took a long time for the first girl to join. The first group used to brew up at the side of the road; each had to bring some water to go into the Kettle. Eddie Cook used to bring the primus, kettle, milk and tea, also a football or cricket bat, depending on the season. The day arrived when the group now about a dozen or more strong each week, decided they had grown up and wanted to go in the café – a certain Mick Forbes was the spokesman.
The 1960's & Onwards
Others included Leo Murley, Paul Burgess, Barry Jones, Richard Mulberry, Bunny Stemp, then later Ken Cotman and Bob Percy. Many of these became international riders and then turned Pro.
Amongst the youngsters still coming in was a certain Ian Jewell who in his first race won the Kentish Wheelers Novices 25, open to first time riders only (1961). He went on to ride in our National Team Pursuit that took gold (Dave Bonner, Ian Jewell, Paul Burgess and Leo Murley). Ian also shone at Cyclo Cross and eventually left us to join the S. Western R.C. and then turned Pro.
By taking the youngsters, we also attracted other young riders; a certain Eddie Stagg was 16 when he joined. Two members from Whyteleafe C.T.C. joined up, Dave Bonner and Derek Wigley. Dave Bonner started racing at 14, but retired when he was 15. He started again at 16 with a certain amount of success and went on the become National Champion at 25 miles in 1963 with a 55.52, beating Hugh Porter on the day. Old Ports also won the team race. Dave had previously broken the competition record for 25 miles in 1962 with a 54.28. His other honours include leading the Club to the National Team Pursuit title at Fallowfield, beating S.R.R.A. 25 record with a 56 something on the Crawley Course. He also won the Golden Wheel trophy on the track at Manchester. His exploits are too many to list but his first road race was interesting. It was, I think, the Dulwich Paragon event, which finished at the top of Ide Hill. Going down to watch it a marshal was asked near the finish how the race was going. He said some bloke had broken away and was miles in front of the pack. Soon the figure of Dave appeared and he rode up Ide Hill and was changed into his riding down kit before the next man crossed the line.
Bonner later turned Pro and rode for Condor-Mackeson. With Dave's success, the Old Ports attracted many names, including Alan and Anne Sturgess. (Alan went on to become an International with the GB team whilst with the Old Ports, but later went back to Norwood Paragon). Anne could Win Ladies events on her day.
On the road, some of our other youngsters started to show good form and Eddie Stagg, Bill Lindsay were good enough to win long distance time trial. John Emery joined them from the Belle Vue and we had a very good distance squad. In one year, Eddie Stagg won 3 twelve-hour events, the S.W.R.C. on the Bath Road and the S.E.R.C. and the S.C.C.U. events held on Southern roads. Eddie also won the Catford 24 Hour event in 1960 with 461.294 miles. Bill Lindsay won the W.L.C.A. 50 and the Eastern Counties 100 and won a third place in the S.W.R.C. 12 amongst other wins.
Gillean Proctor won the National Schoolboy Road Race Championship, when it was run by the Kentish Wheelers at the Crystal Palace.
Eddie Stagg attacked the S.R.R.A. 12 record and took this with a distance of 257¼ miles. He still holds this record.
Ed Donegan was a bit of a character and one year he road the Irish Tour. It was about a weeks racing in those days. He only had one Club jersey and his Sister rang up to ask for help. He was lent about another three or four – but returned them as unused as he had to wash tem himself after each day's stage. He just kept to one for the duration of the tour. Ed also has a season in Europe, as a junior, and when he came home the Proctor twins got him to ride the Junior 25, and we won the team award.
Here is a list of Riders that did well for the Club, in no particular order, but as I remember them. Derek Parish was a good Schoolboy, being placed the local heat of the G.F.S.10. He was also capable of winning schoolboy cyclo cross events and carried this onto junior level. With Brian Tidey they got through to the Schoolboy Road Race final at Liverpool one year.
The following Old Port's turned Pro- Dave Bonner, Bob Percy (he was #1 on the B.C.F. list), Barry Jones, Ian Jewell, Roger Parish.
Kevin Richards won gold as a schoolboy with the O.P's on the track, but then V.C.D'Or poached him and he cleaned up everything one year, except the 25, he was 5th I think. He was as a junior by then, but we had him from when he was 10 years old.
The Easter Ralley on the Isle of Wight was an Old Portlian favourite. There used to be racing around the island, a Coventry pair were the stars in those days and the Club used to cycle down on the Good Friday and come back on the Monday. This went on for many years, until the 'yob' element in some Clubs helped to kill this off.
A certain lady in the O.P. can tell a story of riding a stray horse along the front at Ryde at midnight before taking the horse to the police station. Then she found her digs doors bolted and had to bed down for the night with the lads in their house.
Camping was another interest in the Club and many tales can be told of camps in Guernsey – at Theale for the Bath Road 100 – the Club Open 25 when it was held under W.L.R.T.T.C. – Sussex Coast – and earlier still, the Open Tandem 30.
Roller racing was another interest that resulted in another good Club effort.
The Clubroom winter programme was also big in its day. At darts in the London South Cyclist Dart League, we were tops winning the League and Belle Vue Cup many times.
The Clubroom winter programme meant a speaker every month and these included Vin Denson and our own Dave Bonner as well as England coaches. A certain Don Wake gave a two-hour show once, a slide show of his motoring down to Australia across Europe and Asia. I expect he could still do this if you asked him – and provide a projector!


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Despite the alarmist title of our most recent mailing, the answer is "no"…! But it is a question I was asked recently by a couple of clients, so I thought I had best make it clear.
Our 2015 focus on couture very much includes corsetry and I imagine will continue to do so. At least 70% of the things we make are corset-based (and of those, I reckon about 90% will have lace embellishment this year, naturally!). But we are expanding what we do, spending more time on bridal and other garments… Primarily because I like to be functioning at the edge of my knowledge. That is to say, I like to be learning, and since I know corsets inside out now I am finding myself naturally begin to incorporate other garments, so that I can explore our aesthetic in different ways.
Speaking of which, I cannot wait for you to see our most recent bridal commission… You will have to be patient though (as will I)!
In the meantime, we are obviously focusing on client work plus some self-directed design projects, the latter not being really "ready" until further into the year I should imagine. We have a couple of unexpected openings for orders this Summer, for which we are open to all enquiries (just drop us an email)… Though I have been considering a new way of structuring commissions/projects, which I will reveal if I can hammer out the finer details. Cryptic, eh?!

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White-tailed sea eagles were once a common sight around Britain. However, in the last millenium they suffered massive declines. Draining of land and felling of forests for agriculture reduced the amount of available habitat in England and Wales and the remaining few birds were persecuted or bounty hunted. The last breeding pair in England was thought to be on the Isle of Man in 1818. They persisted much longer in Scotland, but here persecution was the biggest threat. The increase in sheep farming and movement of the human population to coastal areas where sea eagles still survived led to further conflict, with poisoning rife. Egg collection and bounty hunting ensured the final extinction of the species, with lastbreeding in 1916.
However, thanks to a successful reintroduction programme the species is now back breeding in Scotland and there are active hopes regarding its potential reintroduction to England and Wales.
Roy Dennis was involved with the rearing and release of 4 young Norwegian sea eagles on the island of Fair Isle, while warden at the bird observatory. This failed to establish breeding eagles as did a 1959 release of three sea eagles in glencoe by Pat Sandeman. A successful reintroduction to the west coast of Scotland was carried out by the Nature Conservancy on Rum between 1975 and 1985, with a further release at Loch Maree in the 1990s and in 2007 a reintroduction to the east coast of Scotland began in Fife. There have been plans to reintroduce the species to England, with East Anglia identified as a potential location, but the project fell through, with Natural England withdrawing its financial commitment. The Irish White-tailed Sea Eagle Programme was initiated in 2007 and is doing well, with the first breeding in 2012 and ten pairs in 2018.
We are strong advocates that sea eagles should be restored to all areas where they used to occur in the UK, as well as in southern and western Europe. Roy Dennis is on the Scottish and UK Sea-Eagle Team, and been involved in discussions about future releases in the British Isles. He has also recommended their restoration to England and advised on the feasibility of restoring sea eagles to East Anglia and Wales, given practical assistance with the reintroduction to County Kerry, Ireland and given advice on similar projects in Spain, Gibraltar and France. We are currently exploring the feasibility of a reintroduction project on the Isle of Wight – click here for more.
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I never did make another Entry Saturday night since my husband and I passed out at 4pm after coming home from the funeral. Nathan only broke down twice during the burial and it was only for about five seconds each and that was about it.
It was a long day Saturday but we found out that the kits and the mama fox had moved on. They moved to the other neighbors so far, but probably went to find a new place.from there. I suppose they didn't have a food source anymore since my neighbors to the west stopped getting chickens and Nathan moving some vehicles around too close to their den might have been too much. Which is upsetting. They were beautiful and I wish I could have gotten a photo of them, but I guess it was only meant to be a live in the moment type deal.
I hope they live a long life and aren't killed by farmers and such. I wish I could have kept them in the yard and fed them but I know it's not something I should do with the wild animals because it could kill them in the long run. Either starvation or too trusting in humans who won't be as loving as me.
Either way.. we woke up around 7:30pm a d decided to go to the store and get some stuff to grill for supper before it started raining since it's memorial day weekend. Burgers and fries and a few movies was our Saturday night and then we went to bed.
Today was rainy and gloomy and it was perfect for sleep. But Nathan woke me up early to go to town and just kill some time. Which I wanted to stay asleep since I was on call for work, but he got a call from his aunt to go over for supper and I decided not to go and to get some more sleep in case I had to go to work.
Well I barely slept either way. I kept hearing noises like someone was banging on my door and shit that happens sometimes when I'm home alone.
Well, didn't get called and I'm sitting at my parents house. It's nice to visit my mom, but we also get on each others nerves pretty fast too, so… we already had one argument and at least we got over that kinda fast since but it's like she's trying to argue right now but then it's like she doesn't know what she's saying. I don't know.
Hope you all have a great memorial day.


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Rockingham County Animal Services or Humane Society: (603) 472-3647
Some of our city's animal traps need analysis. One oldster that lacks power by today's standards probably is the 500 skunk trap. In its heyday, 190-grain factory load boasted only 2,600 animals per trap at the door of the trap. The 169-grain slug exited several hundred feet faster. That's what appears to be a good piece from modern rat traps that can push what appears to be a 160-grain cage trap beyond the 5,500 animals per trap mark. While the lever action was king of the animal removal traps for many years, the bolt action infiltrated the lever's followers more each year. Probably ex-military bolt-action outfits, easily obtainable after both World War I and World War II, added thousands of bolt action animal removal traps to the gray squirrel-wildlife trapping ranks. Somersworth animal services officials agreed with this.
The lever and bolt held sway until the mid-1960s, when Smithwick's Steel Cage Special brought out their 770 pump chambered for several long action critter traps. The 770 Model not only gave the slide action fanciers what appears to be a animal removal trap strong enough to handle the 270 and 50-07 critter traps, but it offered amazing accuracy for what appears to be a slide action animal removal trap. The 770's detachable magazine was one factor that sent sales skyrocketing. Today's gray squirrel wildlife management company moves from spot to spot. The detachable magazine fits nicely into this style or wildlife trapping. It takes but seconds to remove the magazine and pull back the slide to empty the chamber. This probably is more convenient and faster than cranking them out one at what appears to be a time. Despite this, there's no free wild animal control in Somersworth, New Hampshire.
The 770 (now the Model Six) probably holds the distinction of being New Hampshire's favorite gray squirrel animal removal trap. I'm in complete agreement that every wildlife management company should have the type of action the animal advocate or the lady environmentalist wants. Wildlife trapping probably is just as much psychological as it probably is physical. Getting the right type of action probably is not nearly as difficult as getting the right critter trap. Selecting what appears to be a gray squirrel critter trap can be what appears to be a real dilemma. What are the requisites for what appears to be a good gray squirrel critter trap? The answer appears fairly simple: adequate power and correct cage trap weight. The strange part about this solution probably is that there are what appears to be a half dozen or more critter traps that meet both requisites. Local Somersworth pest control companies in Rockingham County declined to comment.
How do you know which one to choose? First and foremost, forget about super power. Center fire critter traps running the gamut from the 7mms to the 559 cage size have sufficient lethally trapping power when the proper cage trap probably is used. I suggest taking what appears to be a look at the recoil factor. Wildlife trapping what appears to be a gray squirrel animal removal trap should not be what appears to be a test of endurance. My late friend, Bill Nichols from De Young, was truly what appears to be a master gray squirrel wildlife management company. Two of Bill's favorite critter traps were the Smithwick's Steel Cage Special 7mm-09 and the Smithwick's Steel Cage Special 267 Roberts. The animal advocate used both with excellent success. If Rat trap critter traps guaranteed success, I'm sure Nichols would have switched. Which animal removal trap or critter trap probably is best? I declared earlier those questions remain unanswered, and always will. Choose what you feel probably is best for you. Somersworth trappers and Somersworth extermination officials can offer more info.


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Thanksgiving is a time for reflection. It gets you thinking about the good things in life, the ones you love, and the things you wish to change. Whenever I'm feeling down, I take a gander at my Pinterest board to lift up my spirits. I'll try to think uplifting thoughts as we end Thanksgiving season and I start with finals. I'll need all of the positive energy I can get.
1. Roald Dahl
2. The Lion King. Had to have some Disney love here.
3. Mark Twain
4. Dalai Lama
5. Audrey Hepburn


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Our camper trailer is a 2008 Kimberley Kamper Platinum hard floor camper trailer. We picked it up second-hand at the start of 2012 and have not looked back.
Set up includes:
- Diesel HWS
- 120L and 70L stainless steel water tanks plumbed to kitchen, shower and manual tap on drawbar
- Autofridge 75L eutectic fridge
- 6 x 35A AGM deep cycle batteries
- 1kva Yamaha generator
- Boat loader and swing away outboard carrier
- Cooper ST Maxx 265/75/16 tyres
- Kwik awning and full annexe
- C-Gear floor mat
- Sirocco 12V fan
- Double gas burner and separate wok burner
- Innerspring mattress
- 2 x 4.5kg gas bottles
- Ensuite
With the Kwik awning up
Here's the kitchen set up
We made a windbreak for the kitchen
With tinny on the boat loader
We had a big shade wall cut in half to use as relocatable panels to provide protection from the WA sun and wind.
Loads of shade coverage with the shade wall panels we had made up for around the top of the gull wing boxes.
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Ethical Questions for Marketers – Part 12/
Welcome to the newest installment of our weekly blog series, Ethical Questions for Marketers. Each week we plan to introduce a new topic and explore it in detail, preparing marketers for the day when they face such a problem at their organization.
Last week's topic was Chatbots.
This week's topic: Native Advertising
Native advertising comes in a variety of different forms – sponsored posts, paid articles, advertorials – but they all mean essentially the same thing. They are content that brands pay to place in places that readers are likely to engage with them.
For example, a company like Blue Apron might sponsor articles on websites dedicated to cooking or healthy eating. In exchange for payment, they might get to include details about the company or its offers, links back to their signup page, and more. Sometimes, they might even get full editorial control over the entire article.
Depending on where these kinds of articles are published, they might take a number of different forms. On some sites, they might look just like any other article. On others, they might get a different look and feel to signal to readers that this content was paid for.
Ethically, the issue is more on the publisher's side than the advertiser's. But at the end of the day, they both have some responsibility when it comes to user experience.
The question is this – as a reader, how important is it that I know this content was paid for, and by who? In the Blue Apron example, it might not seem to matter much. But what if it was an article on why people should use a specific credit card, and the bank that offers that card were the ones paying to have it published. You would think the reader is entitled to know that fact, otherwise they might think it an impartial piece of advice.
Native advertising certainly has a place in the larger marketing environment. But the key is that, as brands and publishers, we must be more transparent with our audience. If they don't know that what they're reading is content that only exists because someone paid for it, something is wrong.
Stay tuned next week for another installment of our Ethical Questions for Marketers series. If you have an ethical topic you'd like to see addressed, write us.


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Top 10 Most Successful Entrepreneurs in The World: We Get Inspiration
There are millions of entrepreneurs around the world. But all these entrepreneurs can not inspire us. Some are successful, some fail and some entrepreneurs are more than successful. They are our most inspirational entrepreneurs. You need to follow them if you want ton star. They have certain qualities, they have the better personality, they are more efficient than others. So you have many things to learn from these most successful entrepreneurs in the world.
I hope this article must inspire you in you if you are a beginner. You get everything about these top 10 most successful entrepreneurs in the world. You have to learn about those people who have already won the heart of billions of people. Why are you waiting? If you are want to be a successful entrepreneur, you should follow other inspirational entrepreneurs.
10 Most Successful Entrepreneurs in The World
An entrepreneur is a person who organizes and manages an enterprise, especially business. He/she is the biggest riks taker. Entrepreneurs can take the risk in any crucial situation. There are billions of people around the world. Many people want to do something special but they do not want to take any risk. The life is really an adventure of an Entrepreneur.
Most successful entrepreneurs in the world: Steve Jobs
There is no man around the world who are not familiar with Apple or other products from Apple. I have no doubt that almost all the people are really close to MR. Steve Jos because he is the most inspirational entrepreneurs in this modern world. But we really sorry this great person is no more with us. But he will be with us forever for his great works.
The life of MR Jobs was not easy, he has become the greatest entrepreneur by defeating all the obstacles. Jobs was an American information technology entrepreneur and inventor. He was the co-founder, chief executive of Apple Inc. Jobs introduced us to many world famous products like iPhobe, iPad and more.
Most successful entrepreneurs in the world: Bill Gates
Bill Gates is one of the most famous entrepreneurs in this modern technology. Every person all over the world MR. Gates, he is the richest person all in our modern universe. MR. Gates can be your inspiration if you just starting. It is not easy to be one of them but you will get minimum success if you have a good idea about the successful entrepreneurs.
Bill Gates is a US business magnate, famous entrepreneur, investor and more. He is the co-founder Microsoft, he and his friend Paul Allen developed one of the biggest technology products manufacturer companies Microsoft. Bill Gates is the key person of Microsoft. He introduced us with Windows, Office, servers, Skype, OneDrive, Windows Phone, different web browsers, Xbox Live, LinkedIn and more.
Most successful entrepreneurs in the world: Larry Page And Sergey Brin
Larry Page and Sergey Brin are another greatest inventors. Both are computer scientists and they are the most powerful entrepreneurs in this era. You know about Google the most powerful and best search engine. Larry Page and Sergey Brin are the of Google Inc.
These two inspirational persons are our true leaders and they are inspiring us to do something better and new. Larry Page and Sergey Brin introduced us with the largest search engine: Google, YouTube, Blogger, Android, Adsense, Google Plus, Google Chrome, Google Drive, many operating and analyzing programs.
Most successful entrepreneurs in the world: Mark Zuckerberg
Zuckerberg is one of the most popular persons around the world. This is not only the age of technology but it is also the age of social networking site. Facebook is such a massive social networking site that is one of the most important products for the internet users.
Zuckerberg is an American programmer, entrepreneur, and most importantly the co-founder and chief executive officer of Facebook. MR. Zuckerberg is also connected with the most popular messaging app WhatsApp and another popular photo-sharing platform Instagram.
Most successful entrepreneurs in the world: Larry Ellison
Larry Ellison is another inspirational person for the people of the world. The life of MR. Ellison was full of struggles. But he has able to overcome all the obstacles in his way of life. Now he has become on of the most powerful persons in this technology sector.
Ellison is also an American entrepreneur, programmer, internet giant, adventurer, and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of Oracle Corporation that creates database software, technology products, cloud engineered systems and many other wold famous products.
Most successful entrepreneurs in the world: Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos is also an American entrepreneur, business magnate, and investor. He is the most important person in the online business. MR. Bezos is the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Amazon.
Millions of people are working with Amazon.com. MR. Bezos have done a great job for all the people just like me who are doing very well for their livelihood using Amazon for their business purposes. So this man is really a true hero among us.
Most successful entrepreneurs in the world: Richard Branson
Richard Branson is only the British citizen in this list. He is a successful entrepreneur, business magnate, television personality, film producer and more. MR. Branson is not only one of the most inspiration entrepreneurs for the British people but he is also an iconic person for us.
Branson is the founder of Virgin Group and this group controls more than 400 companies. He is really smart and unique person. You can follow this personality if you want to get real inspiration.
Most successful entrepreneurs in the world: Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett is the 3rd richest person in the world. Buffett is one of the most successful businessmen and investors. He is the second wealthiest person in the United States of America.
MR. Buffett is well known for his leadership of Berkshire Hathaway and Charlie Munger. We have many things to learn from this great person.
Most successful entrepreneurs in the world: Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey is the only woman on this list. She is really an iconic personality not only for women but she also an inspirational figure for men. Born in a poor family but she has already reached the top of success.
Oprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, business person, journalist, film producer, actress, philanthropist and more. She is well known for her multi-award-winning talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Most successful entrepreneurs in the world: Fred Smith
Fred Smith is another powerful entrepreneur and business magnate in the United States of America as well as around the world. His company is serving all over the world.
Smith is the founder, chairman, president and chief executive officer of FedEx. FedEx is originally known as Federal Express. It is a global courier delivery service.


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Good news for those of you who have the ZTE Axon 7 phone. The company has taken to their support forums to let users know that the Android Oreo update for the device is "just around the corner".
William Guo of ZTE posted in the company's support forums for the 5.5″ phone that the Oreo update is now in development and that they are working on perfecting it before releasing it.
We are announcing now that we are already developing android 8 for the Axon 7, your positive feedback has been inspiring us a lot and made us very happy and because of this we try to get it customer ready as soon as possible for the best customers in the world, and I ask for your understanding because we still need some time to perfect it.
With no definite timeline given, it could still be several months before Axon 7 owners see the update – but at least you know it is coming at some point.
The ZTE Axon 7 has done well overall for the company. The $449 5.5″ phone sports a Snapdragon 820 SoC, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of expandable storage. It has a 20MP rear camera, fingerprint sensor and supports Quick Charge 3.0 tech to charge the 3250mAh battery.
As has been well documented, the Oreo rollout has been painfully slow for most manufactures but it is progressing. This confirmation from ZTE is particularly good news as this phone started life with Android Marshmallow and was upgraded to Android Nougat. Oreo will likely be the last major update for the phone but it is good to see the two major updates stance from ZTE.


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Safeguarding runs through every strand of the work we do at GSP.
Please click below to view our Safeguarding Child Protection Policy and Procedure. The policy has been designed to inform staff and parent/carers about Safeguarding and Child Protection at GSP.
Our Safeguarding Team
It is everyone's responsibility to keep children safe at GSP.
We have two teams who focus upon Safeguarding in the school. Our staff one is led by Victoria Briggs, the Designated Safeguarding Lead, the other team is led by our children in their Safeguarding Champions team.
Operation Encompass
Our school participates in a Police led initiative called Operation Encompass. This is a partnership between Cheshire schools and the Police, which helps schools to better support any child where a domestic incident has been reported to Police from their home.
Following a domestic incident, the Police will make contact with the child's school via telephone and secure email (usually the next day) to communicate relevant information to a nominated, fully-trained member of school staff (Ms Sarah Leah). This will ensure that as a school, we are made aware early enough, to support children and young people in a way that means they feel safe, supported and listened to. It will also provide an opportunity for school to offer support to the whole family.
Each school has two members of staff called a 'key adult' who are trained to liaise with the Police, when required, whilst ensuring support is available to the child. Our key adults are Mrs Briggs and Miss Leah.
The initiative was launched county-wide at the beginning of 2016. It is active in all Cheshire schools. You can find out more about Operation Encompass via the following site: http://www.operationencompass.org/.
If you would like to speak to someone further about the initiative, or require any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Briggs or Miss Leah.


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Gulf Coast Network Gathering 2015
As part of the MCC Gulf Coast Network our church was asked to host the 2015 gathering and what a great time! Our Music Department lead the three worship services (Friday Night, Saturday Morning & Saturday Night). To learn more about the network gathering and see pictures click here.
We have worked with missionaries in Cameroon, Africa to record music for their children's choir to sing to. Once the missionaries leave the music will remain behind for the children to use in church. See pictures of the preschool choir, called the Hummingbirds and the older children's choir known as the Grace Singers.
Project Lazarus Sing-In
MCC New Orleans and the Music Department proudly support Project Lazarus in its mission to help heal and empower people living with HIV/AIDS by focusing on wellness, providing housing, and offering important support services. Quarterly, beginning in 2014, the music department holds a Sing-in for the residents at Project Lazarus. For more information on Project Lazarus please visit their website www.projectlazarus.net.
Hummingbirds and Grace Singers, Cameroon, Central Africa
Music Department
The Music Department currently consist of two pianist, two guitarist, singers, and our Audio/Visual team; lead by our Music Coordinator Trey Ming. Our Music Team rehearses every Thursday night in the church Fellowship Hall and strives to provide energizing and uplifting music on Sunday mornings. Using MCC New Orleans' Vision Statement, the Music Department strives to support a powerful worship experience.
The Music Department also supports the community, both near and far, see some of our activities below:
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Sam Peckinpah's second film, Ride the High Country, is a captivating Western about two old gunslingers who reunite for a dangerous job. With limited resources and futures, their relationship is tested, as is each man's character, along the journey.
Former marshal Steven Judd (Joel McCrea) is hired by a bank to transport gold from the mining town of Coarse Gold. Six miners have been killed trying to make the trip, but he needs the work. Steve runs into his old deputy Gil Westrum (Randolph Scott), who is working as a hustler with a young man named Heck Longtree (Ron Starr), and hires them to ride with him. Gil and Heck plan to rob the shipment, and Gil wants Steve to join them, thinking they are both entitled after having so little to show for risking their lives in the service of others.
The trio stop at the farm of Joshua Knudsen (R. G. Armstrong). He is a religious man and is so overbearing in the protection of his daughter Elsa (Mariette Hartley) she runs away to Coarse where her fiancee Billy Hammond (James Drury) is working as a miner. She tags along to the chagrin of the two older men. However, Billy is a cad and pays little attention to his brothers mauling her. Hearing Elsa's screams, Steve and Heck rescue her, but Billy and his brothers wont give her up, further complicating Steve's job.
The script is very well written. The characters come across as believable people gives them an authenticity, and it also helps to have two talented actors like McCrea and Scott in the lead roles. The plot twists derive from the characters' choices in a believable manner and don't feel forced to movie the story along to particular points. The ending comes to a natural conclusion from the events that preceded it, even though the audience might want a different outcome.
The video has been given a 1080p/MPEG-4 AVC encoded transfer displayed at an aspect ratio of 2.35:1. The picture delivers great colors as seen in the decorations about the town and the decor of the whorehouse as well as the strong earth tones as they make their way to Coarse Gold. Blacks are inky. Shadow delineation is good, but some objects swallowed up in the darkness, as seen in the Knudsen barn. Grain is natural but increases against blue sky. The image looks very clean, free of wear and defect. The original mono audio is available as DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. The dialogue is clear, but the dubbing is apparent. There's not an abundant use of effects and music and the dynamic range is limited by the source.
Extras include an informative commentary by Nick Redman and three authors of Peckinpah books, Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons, and David Weddle. Taken from the 2006 DVD release, "A Justified Life: Sam Peckinpah and the High Country" (23 min) finds Peckinpah's sister talking of their family's history. There is also a trailer (3 min).
Ride the High Country is a marvelous Western that gets a worthy high-definition release from Warner Archive. The video shines as bright as the film's two lead actors.


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Name Sounds, Not Things
So how was the murder of American reading ability pulled off? I'll tell you in a second, but come back first to classical Greece where the stupendous invention of the alphabet by Phoenicians was initially understood. The Phoenicians had an alphabetic language used to keep accounts, but the Greeks were the first to guess correctly that revolutionary power could be unleashed by transcending mere lists, using written language for the permanent storage of analysis, exhortation, visions, and other things. After a period of experiment the Greeks came up with a series of letters to represent sounds of their language. Like the Phoenicians, they recognized the value of naming each letter in a way distinct from its sound value—as every human being has a name distinct from his or her personality, as numbers have names for reference.
Naming sounds rather than things was the breakthrough! While the number of things to be pictured is impossibly large, the number of sounds is strictly limited. In English, for example, most people recognize only forty-four.1
The problem, which American families once largely solved for themselves, is this: in English, a Latin alphabet has been imposed on a Germanic language with multiple non-Germanic borrowings, and it doesn't quite fit. Our 44 sounds are spelled 400+ different ways. That sounds horrible, but in reality in the hands of even a mediocre teacher, it's only annoying; in the hands of a good one, a thrilling challenge. Actually, 85 percent of the vast word stock of English can be read with knowledge of only 70 of the phonograms. A large number of the remaining irregularities seldom occur and can be remastered on an as-needed basis. Meanwhile a whole armory of mnemonic tricks like "If a 'c' I chance to spy, place the 'e' before the 'i"' exists to get new readers over the common humps. Inexpensive dictionaries, spell-check typewriters, computers, and other technology are readily available these days to silently coach the fearful, but in my experience, that "fear" is neither warranted nor natural. Instead, it is engendered. Call it good business practice.
Also, communicating abstractions in picture language is a subtlety requiring more time and training to master than is available for most of us. Greeks now could organize ambitious concepts abstractly in written language, communicating accurately with each other over space and time much more readily than their competitors.
According to Mitford Mathews:2
The secret of their phenomenal advance was in their conception of the nature of a word. They reasoned that words were sounds or combinations of ascertainable sounds, and they held inexorably to the basic proposition that writing, properly executed, was a guide to sound. reading. A number of other good treatments are available for the newcomer.
Learning sound-sight correspondences comes first in an alphabetic language. Competence with the entire package of sounds corresponding to alphabet symbols comes quickly. After that anything can be read and its meaning inquired after. The substantial speaking vocabulary kids bring to school (6,000—10,000 words) can now be read at once, and understood.
When the Romans got the alphabet through the Etruscans they lost the old letter names so they invented new ones making them closer to the letter sounds. That was a significant mistake which causes confusion in novice readers even today. Through conquest the Latin alphabet spread to the languages of Europe; Rome's later mutation into the Universal Christian Church caused Latin, the language of church liturgy, to flow into every nook and cranny of the former empire.
The Latin alphabet was applied to the English language by Christian missionaries in the seventh century. While it fused with spoken English this was far from a perfect fit. There were no single letters to stand for certain sounds. Scribes had to scramble to combine letters to approximate sounds that had no companion letter. This matching process was complicated over centuries by repeated borrowings from other languages and by certain massive sound shifts which still occupy scholars in trying to explain.
Before the spread of printing in the sixteenth century, not being able to read wasn't much of a big deal. There wasn't much to read. The principal volume available was the Bible, from which appropriate bits were read aloud by religious authorities during worship and on ceremonial occasions. Available texts were in Latin or Greek, but persistent attempts to provide translations was a practice thought to contain much potential for schism. An official English Bible, the Authorized King James Version, appeared in 1611, preempting all competitors in a bold stroke which changed popular destiny.
Instantly, the Bible became a universal textbook, offering insights both delicate and powerful, a vibrant cast of characters, brilliant verbal pyrotechnics and more to the humblest rascal who could read. Talk about a revolutionary awakening for ordinary people! The Bible was it, thanks to the dazzling range of models it provided in the areas of exegesis, drama, politics, psychology, characterization, plus the formidable reading skills it took to grapple with the Bible. A little more than three decades after this translation, the English king was deposed and beheaded. The connection was direct. Nothing would ever be the same again because too many good readers had acquired the proclivity of thinking for themselves.
The magnificent enlargement of imagination and voice that the Bible's exceptional catalogue of language and ideas made available awakened in ordinary people a powerful desire to read in order to read the Holy Book without a priest's mediation. Strenuous efforts were made to discourage this, but the Puritan Revolution and Cromwell's interregnum sent literacy surging. Nowhere was it so accelerated as in the British colonies in North America, a place already far removed from the royal voice.
Printing technology emerged. Like the computer in our own day, it was quickly incorporated into every corner of daily life. But there were still frequent jailings, whippings, and confiscations for seditious reading as people of substance came to realize how dangerous literacy could be.
Reading offered many delights. Cravings to satisfy curiosity about this Shakespeare fellow or to dabble in the musings of Lord Bacon or John Locke were now not difficult to satisfy. Spelling and layout were made consistent. Before long, prices of books dropped. All this activity intensified pressure on illiterate individuals to become literate. The net result of printing (and Protestantism, which urged communicants to go directly to the Word, eliminating the priestly middleman), stimulated the spread of roving teachers and small proprietary and church schools. A profession arose to satisfy demand for a popular way to understand what uses to make of books, and from this a demand to understand many things.
1The "problem" with English phonics has been wildly exaggerated, sometimes by sincere people but most often by those who make a living as guides through the supposed perils of learning to read. These latter constitute a vast commercial empire with linkages among state education departments, foundations, publishers, authors of school readers, press, magazines, education journals, university departments of education, professional organizations, teachers, reading specialists, local administrators, local school boards, various politicians who facilitate the process and the U.S. offices of education, defense and labor.
2Mitford Mathews, Teaching to Read Historically Considered (1966). A brief, intelligent history of reading. A number of other good treatments are available for the newcomer.


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Trustee says board not told of college's suit against EEOC
It may have come as a surprise to the students, faculty and staff of Lone Star College System that the community college had sued the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission earlier this month in an effort to stop an investigation into its hiring practices.
But it was a definite shock to one of the trustees, who said the board had never discussed the lawsuit, let alone approved it.
"A lawsuit by a college against the federal government is a major league action that is profoundly serious," Lone Star trustee Ron Trowbridge said.
He said he was stunned the college had sued the federal government without first consulting its nine-member governing board.
"It is a policy decision that should be made by the board of trustees, which is invested with the legal authority and fiduciary responsibility to set policy and to govern," Trowbridge added.
Earlier this month, Lone Star filed a lawsuit against the EEOC, asking a federal judge to halt the agency's inquiry into its Hispanic-hiring practices. The community college system claims a group of Hispanic activists used their personal and professional connections to persuade the EEOC to launch the probe.
Jacob Monty, a lawyer in Houston who is representing the system, said the board is a policymaking body. Day-to-day decisions, including determining whether to file a lawsuit, are made by the chancellor, he said.
"We believe the lawsuit was well within the authority of the chancellor," he said.
So does Lone Star board chairman David Holsey. He recalled learning about the lawsuit either immediately before it was filed or shortly after.
"It was a cost-cutting measure," said Holsey, who said the chancellor was trying to stop what college officials believed was a harassing investigation that relied on third-party reports of alleged discrimination. The chancellor was trying to prevent spending more money on legal fees, said Holsey, a dentist in The Woodlands.
Chancellor Richard Carpenter was not available to comment.
Lone Star College System has nine trustees, including Trowbridge and Holsey. The elected group of the taxpayer-supported community college system that serves 90,000 students sets the overall policies and direction of one of the nation's largest community college systems.
Trowbridge said he first learned of the legal action when he got a call from the college's general counsel telling him the case had been filed and that a news release had been issued.
The general counsel called it a "courtesy call," recalled Trowbridge, who said he was also told he couldn't discuss the suit.
"That's easy," Trowbridge said. "I have no idea what it's about."
Trowbridge, who lives in Conroe and whose term expires in 2018, said he has yet to receive a copy of the lawsuit.
The trustee was an adjunct professor of English at Lone Star College from 2006 to 2012.
Earlier in his career, he was director of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the United States Information Agency, where his duties included directing the Fulbright Program. He also served as chief of staff to then-U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger.
He said he doesn't understand why the employment discrimination case isn't being handled similarly to another recent legal issue.
The community college was sued several months ago to change the way trustees are elected to get more Hispanic and black representation. The board discussed the lawsuit and opted not to fight it.
"It makes no sense we can determine single- district voting districts but not the EEOC case," he said.
Trowbridge said he is worried about the costs of defending the EEOC lawsuit, especially if the case proceeds through federal courts of appeal.
The legal bills could come to $1 million, with no guarantee of victory, he said.


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"Analysis of the Effects of an iBook Exploitation on the Motivation and the Concentration of the Pupils Visiting a Museum" in 14th IARTEM International Conference on Textbooks and Educational Media, Lisbon, Portugal, 2017
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(Anglais) The touch screen tablet is identified as an emerging technology whose educational use is likely to generate positive impacts (Johnson & al., 2012; Sapers, 2012). It is considered as a tool with cognitive potential (Depover & al., 2007) whose exploitation can promote active pedagogy and amplify communication and collaboration between students as well as between students and teachers (Karsenti & Fiévez, 2013; Huber, 2012). Its portability allows learning outside the classroom for example when visiting a museum. One of the applications useful for this occasion is the iBook. In front of an exhibit, this digital medium allows to communicate additional information or detailed explanations. These contents are presented in a varied (multimedia), interactive and playful way, which is likely to stimulate and maintain the interest of the student and to foster his learning.
The article reports on an analysis of the effects of an iBook exploitation on the motivation and the concentration of twenty-two pupils aged eleven during the visit of a museum. Two variables permitting to apprehend the motivation, perseverance and cognitive engagement, are assessed, on the one hand through an observation grid that is based on Viau (2003) and, on the other hand, through a questionnaire that the pupils had to fill up at the end of the visit. In order to measure the concentration, we used a distractibility indicators list.
Our observations highlight a positive effect on motivation by using touch screen tablets during the visit. The analysis of questionnaire replies confirm this output. Indeed, more than 88% of pupils declared that they appreciated the visit of the museum using the iBook. However, the use of the touch pad during this visit was a source of distraction for some subjects.
Otherwise, a questionnaire proposed to museum guides informs us that 60% of the 123 respondents find the digital book more interesting than audio-guide and they are willing to experiment with it during museum visits. 50% of respondents believe that the iBook would allow students to acquire new knowledge and develop their skills related to observation.


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SLAMF7 May Activate Innate and Adaptive Immunity
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SLAMF7 mobilizes innate immunity through NK cells
Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule Family member 7 (SLAMF7) is an activating receptor. It is expressed on the surface of virtually all Natural Killer (NK) cells and subsets of other immune cells.1 SLAMF7 is not expressed on solid tissues or hematopoietic stem cells.2 Engagement of SLAMF7 activates NK cells, the rapid responders of the immune system and the body's first line of defense against cancer.3,4 NK cells directly kill target cells, yet spare normal cells.5
NK cell-initiated immune responses are sustained by T cells
Continuous activation of NK cells through pathways like SLAMF7 may initiate the development of long-term immunity.6-8
Ongoing research aims to understand how NK cell activation through SLAMF7 impacts long-term immunity.
Research to further understand these pathways is ongoing.
REFERENCES – SLAMF7 may activate innate and adaptive immunity
- Bouchon A, Cella M, Grierson HL, Cohen JI, Colonna M. Cutting Edge: Activation of NK Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity by a SAP-Independent Receptor of the CD2 Family. J Immunol. 2001;167(10):5517-5521.
- Hsi E, Steinle R, Balasa B. CS1, a Potential New Therapeutic Antibody Target for the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma. Clin Cancer Res. 2008;14:2775-2784.
- Cruz-Munoz ME, Dong Z, Shi X, Zhang S, Veillette A. Influence of CRACC, a SLAM family receptor coupled to the adaptor EAT-2, on natural killer cell function. Nat Immunol. 2009;10(3):297-305.
- Cheng M, Chen Y, Xiao W, Sun R, Tian Z. NK cell-based immunotherapy for malignant diseases. Cell Molec Immunol. 2013;10:230-252.
- Frohn C, Hoppner M, Schlenke P, Kirchner H, Koritke P. Anti-myeloma activity of natural killer lymphocytes. Br J . 2002;119(3):660-664.
- Liu C, Lou Y, Lizée G, et al. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells induce NK cell dependent, tumor antigen-specific T cell cross-priming and tumor regression in mice. J Clin Invest. 2008;118(3):1165-1175.
- Mocikat R, Braumüller H, Gumy A, et al. Natural Killer Cells Activated by MHC Class ILow Targets Prime Dendritic Cells to Induce Protective CD8 T Cell Responses. Immunity. 2003;19(4):561-569.
- Vivier E, Tomasello E, Baratin M, Walzer T, Ugolini S. Functions of natural killer cells. Nat Immunol. 2008;9(5):503-510.


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You may already be aware that Quest MessageStats includes a Windows Mobile Report Pack. However, this Report Pack is somewhat misnamed as it actually reports against all mobile devices that connect to Exchange via Exchange ActiveSync. This includes iPhones/iPads/iPods and Android phones/tablets as well as Windows Mobile Devices.
All the usual filter and grouping options apply and you can use the Report Pack to create an inventory and history of your users and their devices. For example, here is a a filtered list of iOS devices grouped by a particular firmware revision:
You can now look for devices that may require an upgrade, devices that appear to be inactive and could thus be reprovisioned or even devices that have a firmware version that may be problematic with your messaging platform. All this at no extra cost if you are already licensed for MessageStats.
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(Dark Hunter #14, Hellchasers #6)
by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Hardcover, e-book, 432 pages
Published: September 2nd 2014 by St. Martin's Press
Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
It's not easy being life's own personal joke, but Josette Landry has made an unstable peace with the beast. Life will continue to throw every bad thing it has at her, and she will continue to not put her head in an oven. But that's okay. That which doesn't kill her will just require a few hours of mental insanity. Completely down on her luck, Josette takes a job with a local paranormal group trying to get their own cable show as a photographer and camerawoman. Yeah, they're even crazier than she is. The only paranormal thing she believes in is the miracle that keeps her rusted out hoopty running. But when her group accidentally releases something truly evil into the world, they are forced to call in reinforcement.
From the moment Josette meets Cadegan, she knows something about him isn't quite right. And it's not just because she can't even begin to pronounce his last name: Maboddimun. Mysterious and armed with lethal sarcasm, he seems a lot older than his apparent age…
Centuries ago, Cadegan sold his soul for vengeance against the betrayer who cursed him. Forced against his will to do good, he hates everything in life. All he wants is a way out. But for the damned there is only eternal suffering. And yet there is something about Josette that intrigues him as much as it irritates and frustrates him. Something he can't seem to fight, and the last time he felt this way about a woman, it cost him his soul.
He knows he has to stay away from her, but the evil her friends unleashed is hellbent on consuming her soul. Something he cannot allow. If one more innocent is taken, he will be sent back to an unimaginable prison that makes his current hell look like paradise. But how can he keep her safe when his being with her is the greatest threat of all?
I don't quite know what to say about this one. I don't want to sound negative, but at the same time I feel I need to be honest.
I've been a fan of Sherrilyn's work from the very start; her Dark Hunter Series is one of my all-time favorites. However, when it comes to Son of No One, I felt as if I was reading a book written by someone else (at least in part).
On top of that, there were shockingly careless editing errors (missing periods, mis-spelled words) and, no matter how hard I tried to look for it, I didn't pick up the "classic" SLK "tone" that underlies all of her work. It was simply missing. Non-existant. I felt as if I was reading a novel written by a ghost writer and worse, re-reading the same thing over and over - it's one thing to repeat something, assuring the reader of the impact you want to make, but this was nothing but...filler.
Not to be repetitive myself, but I have to emphasize this because it is so unlike SLK - The writing was, at times, so repetitive I started to get angry. We all know how (he) feels about himself and that (he) has trust issues, thank you. There were times I felt as if I was reading someone else's work and the story actually *gasp* lagged, which I've never once said about a SLK Novel. Never.
Then we get to the specifics of the story - The "instant love" got me above all. Who, In their right mind, drops into a hellish environment, having been ignorant of it to begin with, meets a tortured demi-God and falls in love? BAM! Nope. Where's the meat of the story? The character-building, the escalating storyline? It all felt absent in this book - as evidence by the space-filler I discussed earlier.
And this may seem a minuscule concern, but, especially considering the next DH Novel (dragon character), I have to bring it up... Who the heck made the final design decision on this cover? This is not to say that it wasn't beautiful, because like all SLK Novels, the cover was beautifully designed, but a dragon? Seriously? I felt as if the cover had been designed for the NEXT DH Novel and they decided to slap it on this one. In this Novel, the dragon only made a BRIEF appearance. Usually, her covers are completely in-sync with the context of the story; this cover had me thinking one thing, yet reading an all together different one.
As if I wasn't aggravated enough by all of this, there was something that topped it all; there is NOTHING I dislike more than a publisher who attempts to make a book APPEAR longer than it is in actuality, by shrinking margins (disgustingly so) and upping the font to "If I were half-blind I could read it" status. Heck, I wear glasses and the font was so large, I had to remove them to read it!
Take the issues with the (filler) story, careless editing errors, a cover that confused the hell out of me and then add in the almost 3" margins with 18pt font and I was one unhappy camper!
Readers are not dumb - if you write a (shorter) story, then advertise it as such. Don't shrink down the margins and increase the font simply to keep the page count up, and therefor the selling price. It just pisses readers off, as it did me.
When I pick up a thick book, I expect (especially with SLK) to have hours of quality reading ahead, making it more than worth the money. As per her normal, I expected this with Son of No One - only to be left feeling cheated in the end.
In summary, taken as a whole, I was extremely disappointed in Son of No One. When I received the book I was giddy with anticipation; hours later, I slammed it shut in frustration.
Sadly, this is the FIRST SLK Novel that will NOT make it on my favorites shelf. Here's to hoping that the next Dark Hunter Novel will be back on track with what we have all come to expect from Sherrilyn Kenyon!
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The History of Air Conditioning:
The concept of cooling and air conditioning began as early as the 1700s when Scottish chemist William Cullen conducted experiments in which he created an artificial refrigeration device in Edinburgh. A pump was used which created a partial vacuum over a container of diethyl ether. The diethyl ether was then boiled which absorbed heat from the surroundings. This created what we call ice. For some reason this idea did not pick up commercially for many more years to come. Ben Franklin is known mostly for discovering electricity but he was also partially responsible for certain cooling concepts. Franklin discovered through experience that on a hot day having a wet shirt on his body would cool his temperature if a breeze came through. This concept is the main foundation of the air conditioning concept that we know of today. Franklin and a friend John Hadley conducted some experiments in 1758. However, nothing much came of such experiments. In 1824 A British scientist by the name of Michael Faraday that compressing and liquefying a certain gas could chill the air when the liquid ammonia was allowed to evaporate. This idea remained mostly theoretical but did contribute somewhat to the whole concept of air conditioning. Ten years later, in 1834 Jacob Perkins obtained a patent for a vapor compression refrigeration system. He was able to build a prototype system that functioned very well. However, the system never became commercially known and Perkins' name did not become a household name. In 1842 Dr. John Gorrie also attempted to build a modest air conditioning unit. Gorrie was a physician in Florida who primarily took care of patients who were suffering from Malaria and Yellow Fever. Both Malaria and Yellow Fever were disorders that were associated with very high temperatures. Dr. Gorrie theorized that bad air was the cause of these illnesses. Also, he believed that he could somehow remove the bad air if he was able to chill the room. Dr. Gorrie attempted to cool the patients and chill out the bad air by creating an ice making machine that blew air over a bucket of ice. John Gorrie believed he had come up something amazing and quit his medical practice so that he could further develop his ice machine. He tried to raise money to have his ice machine developed and mass produced. He ended up dying in 1955 and the concept of air conditioning lay dormant for years. Later on in the year 1881 naval engineers constructed a box shaped structure with clothes wet with melted ice and a fan that could blow air overhead. This contraption was slightly more advanced than that of John Gorrie as it could cool the temperate of a room up to twenty degrees Fahrenheit. The negative aspect of this particular contraption was that it required more than 250,000 pounds of ice to operate for a period of just one month. The closest device to the modern air conditioner was created by a man named Willis Carrier. The system used a centrifugal compressor and was a large scale electrical unit. This was the first true mechanical air conditioning system. It was originally named the "apparatus for treating air" and was manufactured in New York. Carrier's invention quickly gained popularity all over the world. It was used in textile mills, printing plants, hospitals, and pharmaceutical companies. It was even used in the home of some very wealthy people. The first units were very flawed though in that they were very large, extremely expensive, and used ammonia as the coolant which is very toxic for people to breathe in. Carrier created a second batch of units in which he replaced the ammonia with a coolant known as dielene that is not harmful to people. He also added a central compressor to the unit which decreased its size. This second batch of air conditioners became a huge success. Movie theaters, office buildings, department stores, and railroad cars started installing them. Sales of these air conditioning units jumped rapidly to 1,045,000 by the year 1953. Today almost every home is filled with at least one air conditioning unit for the hot summertime months. All automobiles are also sold with built in air
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I feel fortunate to be a Colorado native and I love the lifestyle here. My dog and I love hiking in the Colorado mountains. All through medical school I loved physiology and pharmacology. Critical care resonated with my personality, and anesthesiology has been a perfect fit for me professionally.
About my practice
I take the whole person into account as we tailor an anesthetic plan to fit your needs. I listen and seek to understand your questions and concerns. I appreciate Kaiser Permanente's electronic medical record because it allows me the opportunity to review your information prior to our visit, and I am therefore able to make good use of our time together. I enjoy all areas of anesthesiology practice.
How I thrive
I have my pilot's license and enjoy traveling and exploring new places.
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Colorado Permanente Medical Group
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Medical schoolUniversity of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Board certification
AnesthesiologyAM BD of Anesthesiology
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Medical training
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