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Once upon a time. This is how all fairy tales start, including the fairy-tale hike through the Spessart hills between Aschaffenburg and Gemünden am Main. After all, the seven dwarfs used to live beyond the many hills on this route.
Once you have hiked over the seven (or more) hills... Through idyllic meadows, ancient ravines and spectacular rock formations... Once you have passed many wonderful monasteries and castles... You come to Lohr am Main, where Snow White lived in the castle. Maria Sophia, the real-life Snow White, needed to escape her vain and arrogant stepmother Claudia Elisabeth. She fled through the forests of the Spessart hills and found the miners, most of whom were presumably small in stature and wore red pointed caps as part of their uniform. This is where Snow White took up residence, just as we do in the lodgings on our route. And if the miners are still alive today, then they will still be hiking... on the Spessart Hills Trail 1.
Manuel Andrack, editor, presenter, author and hiking blogger:
"I recommend a visit to the Spessart Museum in Lohr. It houses a wealth of information on Snow White's life and visitors can ask the original magic mirror: 'Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest hiker of them all?' "
At a glance: Spessart Hills Trail 1
Starts: Aschaffenburg
Ends: Gemünden am Main
Length: 63 km
Number of stages: 4
Altitude variation: lowest point 152 m, highest point 522 m
Terrain: 38% unmade, 16% asphalt, 46% other, e.g. farm tracks
Certified quality hiking trail
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The Smart Path to Negotiation
Your business day is a series of negotiations, and your ability to use integrative negotiating skills can make all the difference in your negotiating success.
Che cosa imparerai
After this seminar, you will be able to: • Understand the difference between integrative negotiating and distributive negotiating • Assess and analyze your current negotiating styles • Identify 8 traits of an effective negotiator • Deal with emotions during a negotiation • Increase your credibility and trustworthiness • Apply Dale Carnegie's 12 ways to influence people • Recognize 4 basic stages of negotiations
Perché vuoi impararlo
We'll show you how to analyze your own position and recognize what the other side really wants. Learn ways to recognize and overcome ploys and tactics that impede the negotiation, and gain skills that will help you to keep negotiations on track.
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Integrative bargaining is a negotiating strategy that is essential to influencing people and facilitating constructive, positive business relationships.

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The Lark in the Clear Air by Shake That Little Foot
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This mostly instrumental album was recorded in Liverpool, England in 1993 by a group who had yet to adopt a name. Eventually, they became Shake That Little Foot. After getting their original tracks from the recording engineer, Mike Cooper, they released this album online.
The band notes that "Sally Ann" is a composite arrangement of three different traditional versions of this tune: a frailing banjo tune (the intro), a fiddle tune (the instrumental break), and a song. Guitarist Chris Erswell also notes:
"Don't miss the comic 'Flopped-Eared Mule'. There is also a rollicking rendition of 'Bill Cheathum' which will be sure to get your feet a-dancing. Oh, and there is a banjo version of 'Scotland the Brave' to a back beat like you've never heared it before."
Painting on the cover is "The Dancing Couple" (1663) by Jan Steen housed in the National Gallery of Art (US)
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"Tales from Mother Goose," a group of short plays based on a variety of the famous children's rhymes, will be presented by Penn State Beaver Theatre in the spring semester of 2011. The production will be directed by Carol Schafer, associate professor of theatre, integrative arts and women's studies. Students from the Production Practicum class will be on stage and behind the scenes. The class offers an introduction to all aspects of theatre production, including analysis, design, construction, production and performance.
School groups and other organizations are invited to attend the play which will be held at 10 a.m on Tuesday, March 29; Thursday, March 31; Tuesday, April 5; Thursday, April 7; Tuesday, April 12, and Thursday, April 14. On April 7, an 11:30 a.m. show will also be presented. A performance open to the general public will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 10. The play will be presented in the auditorium of the Student Union Building. Tickets are $3 per person.
To make reservations for the play, or to obtain more information, contact Linda Gartliz, Beaver campus staff assistant, at email@example.com or 724-773-3574, or visit http://www.beaver.psu.edu/theatre online.


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Winning numbers drawn in Powerball jackpot
$579 million jackpot drawing Wednesday night
The winning numbers were drawn at 10:59 p.m. for the Powerball jackpot now worth $579 million.
The winning numbers were 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and Powerball 6.
Convenience stores across the state were busy on Wednesday as Mainers rushed to get tickets.
The clerk at Lisbon Street News in Lewiston said she hasn't sat down all day as every customer has been scooping up Powerball tickets.
Customers were talking about what they would do if they had the winning numbers.
"I would disappear, because you're going to have friends crawling out of the woodwork you never knew you had. I will be gone, just disappear for a while," said Ralph Brume of Lewiston.
According to attorney Terry Garmey, that is a good piece of advice.
Garmey represented the biggest lottery winners in Maine.
Erwin and Pat Wales of Buxton won $41 million in 2001.
Garmey said there are several things you should do immediately if you win the jackpot.
"The number one thing to do is to preserve that ticket. Because none of the other steps are going to be needed if you lose the ticket. That proves that you're entitled to a half a billion dollars," said Garmey.
He also recommends making copies of the ticket and putting the original in a safety deposit box in the bank.
Garmey said the winner should lay low, and hire a lawyer and a tax professional because of the taxes that will have to be paid on the winnings.
In Maine, that could be $47 million just to the state.
Garmey said his clients did it the right way. He said they didn't come forward right away, and they set up a non-profit foundation where their winnings continue to help churches, schools and other charities.
"I think if you plan appropriately, and remember who you are. In my experience I've only known two wonderful lottery winners, but one of them continued to volunteer at a soup kitchen until he died," said Garmey.
Erwin Wales passed away at the age of 75 in 2006.


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Sony is to bring 3D to the PlayStation 3 this summer, according to John Koller, Director of Hardware Marketing for Sony.
In an interview Koller revealed that the console's 3D plans were on track for a summer release, in time for the company's 3D TV range to hit shops.
"3D is a major part of our initiatives in 2010 and we're currently developing 3D stereoscopic games to come in conjunction with the launch of Sony's 3D compatible Bravia LCD TV in summer 2010," Koller explained.
He continued: "The amazing thing about the PS3's technology is that all PS3 units that exist in homes and markets will be able to play 3D stereoscopic games as well as 3D BD movies through separate firmware upgrades - something that other platforms are unable to do."
The firmware upgrade seems to be happening at the same time for all of Sony's web-connected home cinema range.
Just this week the company unveiled that its latest home cinema setups will also be 3D compatible.
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NEW VIDEO: Opposition Pledged Allegiance to Waheed after late night meeting; called on Police and Army to Mutiny on 30 January at early morning press conference.
In the early morning of 30 January, following a late night meeting with then Vice President Waheed, anti-Nasheed protest leaders – Sheikh Iram, President of religious conservate Adhaalath Party; Umar Naseer, Vice President of former President Gayoom's Progressive Party of Maldives; and Ibrahim 'Mavota' Shareef, Vice President of Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party; along with representatives of hard-line Islamist NGOs – hold press conference:
– They declare their allegiance to the then Vice President Waheed and "request the Vice President to take over the government"
– They state that "President Nasheed is not the President of the Maldives anymore."
– They pledge to take anti-government protests into a "second phase"
– They call on police and army to pledge allegiance to Waheed and "not to implement any order given by Mohamed Nasheed."
– 8 days later, police and army mutiny with opposition support, oust President Nasheed and Vice President Waheed assumes office.
– Ex-President Nasheed has accused President Waheed of involvement in the "coup d'etat" that unseated him on Tuesday 7 February.
See video linked below, with English transcript underneath.
N.B. For subtitles in English, please click on the 'cc' button at the bottom right of the YouTube video (next to the word 'normal')
Sheikh Imran, President of Adhaalath Party:
In the name of Allah, the most merciful, the most beneficent.
We had to meet at this late hour because the Government is acting out
of the boundaries
of the constitution to destroy the judiciary and disenfranchise the citizens
of the country, and because President Nasheed has indicated to us, clearly, that the 2013 elections will not be held.
(And so) we the Coalition of 23rd December has decided that from right this moment onwards, to step up the work we have been doing until today, to move things into the second phase.
The steering committee of the 23rd December Coalition has met and decided, unanimously, that we have to take things to the second phase.
(And so) we went to meet the Vice President, and having met him, we wanted to convey our decisions
to the beloved citizens of the Republic of Maldives.
Hence we are meeting at this late hour. Umar will convey what we desire and the decisions we have taken.
Umar Naseer Vice President, Progressive Party of the Maldives:
Thank you very much. As you would know President Nasheed has, beyond doubt, contradicted the Constitution,
and he himself has said that, he has stepped out of the chart.
And that he will not hold presidential elections in 2013.
Hence, the December 23rd Coalition, all the different stakeholders of the coalition
and all the opposition political parties are calling out to the police and the army
to come out and pledge allegiance to Vice President Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik
and not to implement any order given by Mohmed Nasheed.
And all of us in the Coalition have decided to pledge allegiance to Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik.
So on behalf of this coalition we are calling on the security forces,
to immediately pledge their allegiance to Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik.
As you know Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik was elected by a direct vote of Maldivians,
and has not acted contrary to the Constitution.
But Mohamed Nasheed has contradicted the constitution, gone outside the chart
and has said he will not hold elections in 2013.
Hence we cannot say that Mohamed Nasheed is the legal ruler of Maldives.
This is the decision of the Coalition.
Mohamed 'Mavota' Shareef, Vice President, Dhivehi Rayithunge Party:
In the name of Allah, the most beneficent, the most merciful.
We had met tonight with the Vice President on behalf of the Coalition
to let him know what we think.
We have let the Vice President know what our parties had decided.
As you might know President Nasheed is a huge threat to Maldivians.
If what President Nasheed is doing is not stopped immediately,
like what has happened in other countries, we fear
that this country might plunge into a civil conflict.
So we requested the Vice President to take over the government,
and we call upon the security forces to immediately start obeying the orders of the Vice President
That is because President Nasheed is not the President of the Maldives anymore.
He could have only stayed on as President, as long as he had not contradicted the constitution and does not contradict the law.
He is trying to sideline the constitution.
He is contradicting the constitution knowingly, and on purpose.
Hence, as Umar and our Sheikh Imran has already stated, and as we have repeatedly stated, Nasheed who was holding the post of President, is not the President of this country anymore.
We believe Kenereege Mohamed Nasheed has no legal standing to be the president of the Maldives.
He has undermined the power of the courts,
and completely abolished law and order in Maldives.
He has tarnished the sanctity of the supreme court of the Maldives,
and by giving illegal orders to the security forces, started injuring citizens.
So before we go to a scarier, more dangerous blood shed, we have asked the Vice President to save this nation.
In conclusion, I would like to call upon the security forces, (to accept that)
since the Vice President is a person elected by Maldivians, and should the president be incapacitated to perform his legal duties,
the Vice President must assume the duties of the President. (And so) we have decided that he has to start performing these duties.
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This translation is perfect and this is real video without any dubbing or editing. These guys are hungry for power since Mr. Nasheed was elected on 2008.↓
"representatives of hard-line Islamist NGOs" please correct that Maldives is not extremist and does not support it. however exPresident nasheed administration did that in favor for there political establishment internationally. MDP the ruling party before used the nation to protect some of there top activist.↓
This is dangerous to the world, as the coup is led by the Islamic extremists who are trained and supported by the Pakistan Taliban. It is well documented and established that taliban is spreading its wings by indoctrinating jihadis from the Maldivies and this country is going to be the kingpin behind all subversive actions of Islamic extremists the world over. Beware people of Maldives, your days of freedom are over. Buy your burkhas and get whipped.
hehehe get your facts correct. Look at the pictures of 2008 campaign of ex-president Nasheed. He has the so called religious conservative Adhaalath Party in front. Adhaalath Party was the front player in winning his election. ex-president Nasheed is a liar. He has been lying to his own people all along. Except a few of his cronies around him no one supports him and even now he is losing day by day. The coalition which brought him to power is not against him.
Say, one mad woman (someone you consider to be mad) comes to you and say "I love you and I will marry you" and the next day your wife leaves you, would you still say that that woman saying what she said is how your wife leaving you was planned?↓
And you would call that the perfect example for the current situation?? Or the coup??
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11 February 2012 at 4:45 pm
What the heck are you talking about? Some kind of 'anecdote' thats supposed to make sense to everyone else because you expect them to have the same marital problems as you? We are talking about the State here not an individual.
The coup was planned and the rogue members of the military helped enforce it. This video and others spreading through social media proves that fact. Many are against the current government, perhaps thats why Waheed will not go for an election, because he is certain to loose, even though thats what the majority want. Even the opposition at the grass roots agree that a re-election is quickest way to end this crisis.↓
my apoint is mr nasheed was wrong since he came to a president …. he chease out is group at the early stage of his presidental his promises he forgot ,,,,….. his words are changed ,,, … he did only one things good only free medication in male right at the moment current;y did … old peoples 2000/ rf is already plained be4 itself↓
clearly you need medication or increase the one you're already on if any, since those are the only good things you saw done under his presidency.
Are you serious when you say maumoon planned to give 2000… maybe he planned it but unless he gave the money to the people no point in talking about it. He had been planning a lot of things according to his supporters…but we never saw any progress towards it.
A genuine questions to all political experts here:
If "mr nasheed was wrong", unconstitutional and authoritative, is a coup justifiable?↓
Well there is a new government. So deal with it. There is a vice president for a reason in a country. To take over when the president is gone. Look at the dame gaanoonu asaasi. Ya the the constitution of Maldives which was meaning less to anni↓
anyone who is serious about commenting on this article, try to answer Mi's question:
"Mi says: 12 February 2012 at 12:27 am
A genuine questions to all political experts here:
If "mr nasheed was wrong", unconstitutional and authoritative, is a coup justifiable?"
Prez Nasheed was going out of his boundaries and constitution even though his aims might have been good. The reason behind the thought of a coup was because the president went off limits and became too stubborn. His and his party leaders' words were quite offensive. Lately his ways followed those of the president before him, Maumoon's ways and was going his way rather than the way of laws. The opposition got a good reason to fight back because of this. Of course it would be a coup for the overthrown prez but for his anti supporters it is in the name of freedom and conquer from a probable dictatorship.↓
I'm wondering what Mark Lynas thinks the consequences will be for the Maldives in environmental terms, if any, since he had an advisory role to the previous administration. Does he think that this coup represents a legitimate discomfort with an administration to which he was affiliated? Does that mean that he accepts there were issues for the administration that required this level of reaction? Or does he think there is something more ominous afoot, something to do with the inability of good people to implement policies when they come into positions of power because real power lies in the hands, say, of business people, or people with strong ideologies who work behind the scenes, as it were.↓
You are wrong. Even though the video is the right one,you are trying to be one sided without being objective.I wonder why you and the rest of international Media is so desperate to save Mr.Nasheed administration.You and the rest of 'consultants' who came to Maldives has robed the people of this country.You are trying to portray Maldives as a violent nation to the others who dont have a clue what has happened.There wasnt any coup.It was the peoples will that Mr.Nasheed resigned from his office.So dont make a fuss here.Im sure you have more things to do rather worrying about Maldives and its people.↓
It wasnt the people's will. it was just the will of another power hungry opticians who used some people as bait and then used force against the Maldivians. Dr. Waheed today said that he told the people involved that they can have all the cabinet posts just leave the VP for him to decide. So we know it was just Yameen and his family being greedy yet again. Please dont include all Maldivians in this. There are a lot of people who are against what happened.
Maldivians will not want to accept the fact that there are hard-lined extremist in this country.
Just have a look at the booklet that was published by Muslim extremist Dhivehi Qaumee Party (DQP) of Hassan Saeed (advisor to the current president) and Jameel (current home minister).
One of the absurd claims made in the book:
"Compared to the visits of Nasheed and senior officials of Nasheed's government to other countries, visits to Islamic nations is disproportionately low. This reveals how small the importance of Muslims and Islamic nations is in the government's view."
Sorry to say this but maldives is a violent nation , the police and army brutality shows , i believe in what i see an hear dont act blind and deaf.↓
What's so explosive about this video? They are talking facts. These people have nothing to hide. In fact this was a news conference.
Ex prsdnt Nasheed was in conflict with the constitution of the Maldives. He was in conflict with the interest of the Maldivian people(not the minority secularists). Vice president took over. End of story.↓
This country never was ruled according to the constitution. President NASHEED was the only president who got even close. If he could apply the constitution thoroughly, the corruption of the previous Dictatorship would surface. That's why they got him out. And, 99% of the politicians are corrupted, specialy the minority parties. This is a fact, this is a two man country we know each other very well. We know how he got this money and that money. These are all facts which no Maldivian would deny. And we are not ignorant anymore, we see the whole picture very very clearly.↓
This was definitely a coup, we voted Nasheed for a 5 year term , so what about the people's rights?? Mohamed Nasheed is a great President, People's President…↓
Anni is a dictator in the making.↓
Police brutality…
Please help the Maldives!
Some of the maldivians made a violence, and with the help of few of the police and defecnce soldiers
I support for the Common Wealth's suspension as a citizen of Maldives, its because of the evil actions of the 30 year old dictatorship along with fundamentalists(sheikh imran[had a relation with his own brothers wife], sheikh shaheem[he already had more than 1 wife and still on office abusing teen girls], buruma Gasim, Wahiddeen, redwave saleem, lolly Jabir, maumoons brother yamin [people benefited from 30 year o…ld dictatorship and got rich, who funded the mutiny on 7th february,
it was a very fearful day, mutiny armed police and Maldives national defense force made their own commands unlawfully while president Mohamed Nasheed is the chief of them! president Mohamed Nasheed resignation was his and our luck[his the spirit of democracy in Maldives, thanks god] otherwise they were trying to kill or shoot him!
But now we know that international Community is not blind and watching us and they do support for a democratic environment in Maldives!↓
it was not planned it was the failure of president nasheed , if it was planned president nasheed is real coup, because he already promise for the mid term election for the maldives .↓


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The Bahamian music and dance tradition of Junkanoo, which traces back to the slavery days when slaves were allowed to gather together one day a week for festivities, is fused with the modern influences of dance rhythms, pop music and Latin percussion by Isaiah Taylor and his band, The Baha Men. According to "Billboard", the group "straddles the line between Caribbean and western popular music and does so while putting smiles on people's faces and a bounce in their steps".
Although their debut album, "Junkanoo", released in 1979, was heavily rooted in the Junkanoo style and featured updated versions of traditional Bahamian tunes, The Baha Men have increasingly leaned towards modern music. Their second album, "I Like What I Like", was produced by Tommy D (Michael Jackson), Don Dubose, John Holliday and Trevor Steele (The Escape Club) with Holliday and Steele co-writing five songs with the band. The first single from the album was "That's The Way, Etc.", a medley of tunes by K.C. And The Sunshine Band. The Baha Men continued their more-contemporary approach with their third album, "Doong Spank", released in 1999. Who Let the Dogs Out, featuring the Grammy-winning single "Who Let the Dogs Out," was issued a year later. The album went on to sell over five million copies. In early 2002, the Baha Men attempted for more Top 40 stardom by issuing the follow up, Move It Like This. ~ Craig Harris, Rovi


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(BURLINGTON, ON) – The Ontario Blues have won the opening match of their 2013 Canadian Rugby Championship season, defeating the Atlantic Rock in a nail-biter, 27-25, at Burlington's Sherwood Forest Park.
In a back-and-forth match that saw the constant trading of tries and penalties, it was the clinical kicking of Ontario tandem Steve Piatek and Derek Daypuck that ensured victory for the Blues, as the duo did not miss a single conversion or penalty on the day.
"We survived," said Blues head coach Chris Silverthorn, describing the match. "It was a bit sloppy, but the guys really got stuck in. Defensively, we were solid, and we didn't miss a lot of tackles, but offensively, we would have liked to have had the ball a little more."
After giving up an early penalty to the Rock, the Blues responded with consecutive tries from winger Ryan MacSween and No. 8 Cam Stones, both of which were converted by Piatek, to regain the first-half momentum.
The Rock quickly fought back with a try under the posts from fly half Patrick Parfrey, which was converted by winger Robert Wilson. Despite the Blues adding a Piatek penalty minutes later, a late first-half try by Rock No. 8 Zac Coughlan was converted, knotting the score at 17-17 on the halftime whistle.
The Rock started the second half as the stronger of the two sides, adding another early penalty to regain the lead, 20-17. However, the Blues immediately responded with a gritty try from Daypuck under the posts, which was converted by Piatek, bringing the score to 24-20 in favour of Ontario.
The lead would be short-lived, as the pendulum soon swung in the Rock's direction, with fullback Alex Rogers scoring a try to restore the Rock's lead, 25-24.
The Rock were unable to convert their final try – a play that would come back to haunt the Atlantic side, as a late Daypuck penalty, combined with a spirited display of defense, was enough to see Ontario through to a 27-25 win.
With the Blues without five starters from last year's Championship-winning side (Ray Barkwill, Tom Dolezel, John Moonlight, Liam Underwood, and Doug Wooldridge) due to international duties, the squad called on a number of fresh faces to fill the gaps. Five Blues – Pat Richardson, Jesse Lofthouse, Djustice Sears-Duru, Mike Sheppard, and Matt Alexander – all received their first senior provincial caps in Ontario's victory over the Rock.


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On paper Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan could be considered nothing more than a bold stunt, but in actuality it's one of the more subversive and gutsy "mainstream" films of recent years and one of the funniest. Borat was one of the three alter egos that actor Sacha Baron Cohen played on his television program, Da Ali G Show (first in England and then for HBO). Cohen would slip into these extremely absurd characters and interact with real people, unaware that they were being put on. Like the old show Candid Camera, half the comedy comes from people's reactions to the often crude character's comments, but the best laughs come from the intense commitment that Baron Cohen gives these characters. Borat may say inane things, but the intelligence creating what he says is at the highest level.
Like the show, the movie Borat uses a lot of real people and improvised situations. But to fill it out, some actors and a cast have been added, and it works. Part of the fun is trying to figure out what's real and what was staged. Borat is a clueless, almost sweetly innocent yet completely misogynistic, homophobic, and anti-Semitic Kazakhstan reporter. The film begins as a mockumentary as he leaves his third-world village for some reporting in New York with his rotund producer Azamat (American actor, Ken Davitian). In New York he interviews some saps on American customs, and engages in some classic "fish outta water" comedy (he thinks the hotel's elevator is his actual room). Eventually, after seeing an episode of Baywatch, he becomes obsessed with Pamela Anderson and the two set out for California so Borat can bag her as his new wife.Continue Reading


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The 2017 (2nd annual) version of the BC (British Columvai) Tech Summit will take place March 14 -15, 2017 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. A Nov. 25, 2016 BC Innovation Council (BCIC), one of the producing partners, news release made the announcement,
Technology is transforming key industries in B.C. and around the globe at an unprecedented pace.
From natural resources and agriculture to health and digital media, the second #BCTECH Summit returns with Microsoft as title sponsor, and will explore how tech is impacting every part of B.C.'s economy and changing lives.
Presented by the Province and the BC Innovation Council, B.C.͛s largest tech event will arm attendees with the tools to propel their companies to the next level, establish valuable business connections and inspire students to pursue careers in technology. From innovations in precision health, autonomous vehicles and customer experience, to emerging ideas in cleantech, agritech and aerospace, the #BCTECH Summit will showcase high-tech solutions to important local and global challenges.
New to the summit this year is the Future Realities Room, presented by Microsoft. It will be a dedicated space for B.C. companies to showcase their innovative augmented reality, virtual reality and mixed reality applications. From artificial intelligence to the internet-of-things, emerging technologies are disrupting industries and reshaping the path for future generations.
What attendees can expect at #BCTECH Summit 2017:
- Keynotes from thought leaders including Shahrzad Rafati of BroadbandTV, Ben Parr, author of Captivology, Microsoft and IBM.
- Sector-specific deep dives from experts exploring the innovations transforming their industries and every part of B.C's economy.
- Opportunities to connect with tech buyers, scouts and investors through B2B meetings and the Investment Showcase.
- Expanded Marketplace, Technology Showcase including Startup Square and Research Runway, and the Future Realities Room presented by Microsoft.
- Youth Innovation Day to expose grades 10-12 students to diverse career paths in the technology sector.
- Evening networking receptions and Techfest by Techvibes, a recruiting event that connects hiring companies with tech talent.
The two-day event is attracting regional, national and international attendees seeking solutions for their business, investment opportunities and talent in the province. The summit builds on the success of the inaugural summit this past January, which attracted global attention and exceeded its goal of 1,000 attendees with more than 3,500 people in attendance.
There is a special deal at the moment where you can save $300 off your $899 registration. According to the site, the deal expires on Feb. 14, 2017. For the undecided, here's a listing of a few of the speakers (from the #BCTECH Summit speakers page),
Thomas Tannert
BC Leadership Chair in Tall Wood Construction
University of Northern British Columbia
Thomas joined the University of Northern British Columbia in 2016 as BC Leadership Chair in Tall Wood Construction. He received his PhD from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, a Master's degree in Wood Science and Technology from the University of Bio-Bio in Chile, and a Civil Engineering degree from the Bauhaus-University Weimar in Germany.
Before coming to UNBC, Thomas worked on multi-disciplinary teams in Germany, Chile, and Switzerland and was Associate Chair in Wood Building Design and Construction at UBC. He is an expert in the development of design methods for timber joints and structures and the assessment and monitoring of timber structures.
Thomas is actively involved in fostering collaboration among timber design experts in industry and academia, and is a member on multiple international committees as well as the Canadian Standard Association technical committee CSA-O86 "Engineering design in wood".
Sarah Applebaum
Director, Pangea Spark
Pangea Ventures
Sarah Applebaum is the Director of Pangaea Spark at Pangaea Ventures. Sarah is a member of the Young Private Capitalist Committee of the CVCA, advisory board member for the CIX Cleantech Conference, start up showcase review board for SXSW Eco and mentor to the Singularity University Labs Accelerator. She is the co-founder of TNT Events, a Vancouver-based organization that strives to create a more interconnected and multi-disciplinary innovation ecosystem.
Sarah holds an MBA from the Schulich School of Business and a BSc. from Dalhousie University.
Natalie Cartwright
Nat is a co-founder of Finn.ai, a white-label virtual banking assistance, powered by artificial intelligence. Nat holds a Master of Public Health from Lund University and a Masters of Business Administration from IE Business School.
Before founding Finn.ai in 2014, Nat worked at the Global Fund, the largest global financing institution for HIV, tuberculosis and malaria programs, where she managed $250 million USD in investment to countries like Djibouti, South Sudan and Tajikistan.
Whether working in international development or in financial technology, Nat likes to act on the potential she sees for improvement and innovation.
Martin Monkman
Provincial Statistician & Director, BC Stats
Province of British Columbia
Since first joining BC Stats (British Columbia's statistics bureau) in 1993, Martin has built a wide range of experience using data science to support evidence-based policy and business management decisions. Now the Provincial Statistician & Director at BC Stats, Martin leads a dynamic and innovative team of professional researchers in analyzing statistical information about the economic and social conditions of British Columbia and measuring public sector organizational performance.
Martin holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees in Geography from the University of Victoria. He is a member of the Statistical Analysis Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), and blogs about baseball statistics and data science using the statistical software R at bayesball.blogspot.com.
Loc Dao
Chief Digital Officer
National Film Board of Canada
Loc is a Canadian digital media creator and co-founder of the groundbreaking NFB Digital and CBC Radio 3 studios and their industry shifting bodies of work.
Loc recently became the chief digital officer (CDO) of the National Film Board of Canada, after serving as executive producer and creative technologist for the NFB Digital Studio in Vancouver since 2011. His NFB credits include the interactive documentaries Bear 71, Welcome to Pine Point, Circa 1948, Waterlife, The Last Hunt and Cardboard Crash VR which have been credited with inventing the new form of the interactive documentary.
In December 2011, Loc was named Canada's Top Digital Producer for 2011 at the Digi Awards in Toronto. In addition, his CBC Radio 3 was one of the world's first cross media success stories combining the award-winning CBC Radio 3 web magazine, terrestrial and satellite radio, podcasts and 3 user generated content sites that preceded MySpace and YouTube.
Janice Cheam
Co-founder, President & CEO
Neurio Technology Inc.
Janice is an entrepreneurial executive whose vision, commitment, and passion has been the driving force behind Neurio. Coming from over 7 years of utility experience, as the CEO of Neurio Technology, Janice has been working to help businesses promote energy efficiency and engagement among users for over a decade. Having seen a huge unmet need in the smart home market, she and her co-founders answered it by creating Neurio, a smart energy monitoring platform used by over 100,000 homes.
George Rubin
Vice-President, Business Development
General Fusion
George is the Vice-President of Business Development at General Fusion, a company transforming the world's energy supply by developing the world's first fusion power plant based on commercially viable technology.
Previously, George was a co-founder, Vice-President and subsequently President of Day4 Energy Inc., where he was instrumental to developing the solar company's strategic vision and was directly responsible for execution of the corporate development plan. Following his time at Day4, George founded Pacific Surf Partners and served as its Managing Director. In 2016 he joined General Fusion to develop and coordinate relationships in the business and research communities.
A graduate of Moscow State University with a Masters Degree in Quantum Radio Physics, and a British Columbia Institute of Technology graduate with a Diploma in Financial Management and a Bachelor Degree in Accounting, George combines his knowledge of science and business with the experience of over a decade in the cleantech industry.
Gareth Manderson
General Manager, BC Works
Rio Tinto
Gareth is the General Manager of Rio Tinto's BC Works. In this role, he leads Rio Tinto Aluminium's business in British Columbia, incorporating the operations of the Kitimat Smelter, Kemano Power Generation Facility and the Nechako Watershed. Prior to this, he led the Weipa Bauxite Business in Australia comprising of two mining operations, a port and the local town of Weipa.
Gareth has lived and worked in Australia, Canada, the USA and Italy, and completed assignments in a number of other countries. He has held accountability for business and operational leadership, consulting services, administrative and function support, and taken part in strategy development and due diligence work.
Gareth lives in Kitimat, British Columbia, with his wife and two children. He holds an Engineering Degree, a Master of Business Administration and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Stephanie Simmons
Canada Research Chair in Quantum Nanoelectronics & Assistant Professor
Simon Fraser University
Stephanie is an assistant professor in the Department of Physics at Simon Fraser University (SFU), where she leads the Silicon Quantum Technology research group. Stephanie earned a Ph.D. in Materials Science at Oxford University in 2011 as a Clarendon Scholar and a B.Math (Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Physics) from the University of Waterloo. She was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the Electrical Engineering Department at UNSW, Australia, and completed her Junior Research Fellowship from St. John's College, Oxford University.
Stephanie joined SFU as a Canada Research Chair in Quantum Nanoelectronics in fall 2015 and is working to build a silicon-based quantum computer. Her work on silicon quantum technologies was awarded a Physics World Top Ten Breakthrough of the Year of 2013 and again in 2015, and has been covered by the New York Times, CBC, BBC, Scientific American, the New Scientist, and others.
I recently had the pleasure of hearing Simmons speak at the SFU President's Faculty Lecture on Nov. 30, 2016. You can watch her talk here (the talk is approximately 1 hr. in length).
Getting back to #BCTECH Summit 2017, I've provided a small sample of the speakers. By my count there are 103 in total. BTW, kudos to the organizers' skills and commitment as approximately 35% of the speakers are women. Yes, it could be better but compared to a lot of the meetings I've mentioned here, this statistic is a significant improvement. As for diversity, it seems to me that they could probably do a bit better there too.


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SALTS course
SALTS stands for 'Shepherds and Leaders Training' and has been prepared and reviewed by various BMi pastors and leaders over a number of years. The various sections are available for downloads as Word (.docx) files below.
Demons and Deliverance
The Holy Spirit
Pastoral Care
Platform Ministry
Preaching and Teaching
The School of the Spirit
The Second Man
Small Groups
Youth Ministry
21 October 2019
Registrations are now open for Christians in a Pagan World - our 2020 Summer School in January. Don't forget earlybird closes Friday 6 December. Register online here.
15 Mar 2019
Highlands Christian Church has begun the MHCD Luvungi Education Fund, supporting education in DR Congo. This is a great opportunity to directly help children in poverty to attend school. Download the brochure here.
14 Feb 2019
More great newsy news from MPFG in the Philippines. Read all about it here.
17 Mar 2018
MPFG in the Philippines have released their latest newsletter. Check it out here.
14 Nov 2017
Donations are now being taken for the MPFG Christmas Giving campaign, assisting families and children in the Philippines. Find out all the information here.
1 Sept 2017
Heartbeat is back again with reports from Africa and the Philippines, plus an exciting new young leaders initiative from Darren Hessenberger. Download it here.
20 April 2017
MPFG in the Philippines have released their latest newsletter. Check it out here.
14 March 2017
The first edition of Heartbeat for 2017 has arrived with a new look and reports from the Summer School and the latest India visit. Find it here.
10 August 2016
The August edition of Heartbeat is here, complete with a full report of the NLG as well as news from Africa, Philippines and the local Cheltenham cinema. Click here to download.
12 July 2016
It may not be summer, but Summer School earlybird registrations are now open. Preach the Word is the theme. Register online here.
12 May 2016
Heartbeat makes its first appearance for 2016, including news from January's Summer School and another update from the Philippines. Download it here.
14 December 2015
Kingdom Thoughts for December has just been released, titled Understanding the times. Download it here.
16 November 2015
John Nardusso reports on the Philippines in the November edition of Heartbeat. Click here to download.
21 October 2015
Are you worried about the state of the world today? Kingdom Thoughts has some solutions here.
23 June 2015
The latest edition of Heartbeat is now available. Click here to download it and read the latest news from Africa and India.
27 May 2015
Sola Scriptura or Solo Scriptura? More insight on scripture and tradition from Chris Whiting in May's Kingdom Thoughts. Click here to download.
28 April 2015
Chris Whiting continues his series on scripture and tradition in this month's Kingdom Thoughts. Click here to download.
4 March 2015
Fresh from the 2015 Summer School, Chris Whiting has penned some excellent Kingdom Thoughts concerning scripture and traditions. Check it out here.
18 February 2015
The BMi office has a new phone number! Please amend your records to (02) 6112 8527 - or for our international friends +61 2 6112 8527. Fax, email, web and all other contact details remain the same.
2 February 2015
MPFG in the Philippines have released their latest newsletter. Check it out here.
16 January 2015
Happy New Year! Check out the NLT's themes for 2015 in the latest edition of Kingdom Thoughts. Get it here.
19 December 2014
A special Christmas edition of Kingdom Thoughts is now available - Click here to download it.
3 December 2014
The latest edition of Heartbeat is out! Click here to download it and read about the latest news from around the BMi family.
25 November 2014
No Turning Back is the theme for the 2015 National Leaders Gathering in Grindelwald, Tasmania. Online and paper registrations are now available at https://www.bmi.org.au/nlg. Sounds like a great time of moving forward!
18 November 2014
What does God's Word mean to you? November Kingdom Thoughts is now available for download here or on the resources page.
28 October 2014
Kingdom Thoughts for October is now available for download, with a story or two from Africa. View it here or on the resources page.
27 October 2014
Online registration for the BMi Summer School 2015 is now available and all are encouraged to attend. The theme is The Church and it will be held from 19-23 January at the new HOTRock building in New Gisborne, Vic. Access the registration details here.
22 August 2014
Kingdom Thoughts for August is available for download, titled 'Rightly Dividing'. Is it a maths lesson? Or is it something else? Find out here or on the resources page.
16 July 2014
Kingdom Thoughts for July is available for download, featuring Stuart Townend's hymn 'In Christ Alone'. Download it here or on the resources page.
26 June 2014
Details and registration forms are now available for our 2015 Summer School, with the theme The Church. Download the brochure here.
24 June 2014
Kingdom Thoughts for June is finally available - who knew the alphabet had such meaning? Download it here.
6 May 2014
Another issue of Kingdom Thoughts is now available - if you don't have it in your inbox you can download it here.
5 May 2014
BMi has launched a 'Project Register' which is a list of all BMi projects with their specific needs for finance, practical/trade support, or simply prayer support. We encourage all churches to participate - see the details here or contact the office for more information.
30 April 2014
Congratulations to Joe and Primrose Chavez on the launch of their new church headquarters in Bacolod City in the Philippines. National Leader Peter Frogley (along with his grandson) is there to assist with the celebrations, and Kevin Donohue's Australian team is also in attendance. We look forward to hearing more great news from these guys.
17 April 2014
The NLT along with the National Office has launched a new simplified website layout which will hopefully be easier to manage for everyone. Watch this space for regular updates on anything and everything around BMi.


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ZURICH, Switzerland, March 26 (UPI) -- Costa Rica's protest about having to play a soccer World Cup qualifier against the United States in the snow has been thrown out, FIFA said Tuesday.
The United States took a 1-0 victory last Friday during a game that was played on a snow-covered field in Colorado. Game officials used a yellow ball to allow for more visibility.
The game was part of the World Cup qualifying process.
Costa Rica formally protested, saying the snow made the field unplayable. FIFA, the international organization that oversees soccer, dismissed the protest Tuesday and let the result stand.
"FIFA has examined the content of the letter and, taking into consideration article 14, paragraph 4 of the 2014 FIFA World Cup regulations, has confirmed that the conditions established in the regulations for an official protest have not been met by the Costa Rica [Football Association]," read a statement on FIFA's official website. "Therefore, the result of the match played on 22 March stands and is considered as valid."
Both teams continue the qualifying process Tuesday with the United States playing at Mexico and Costa Pica playing at home against Jamaica.


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After Scott was converted to Christ at the age of 19, he received a B.A. in Religious Studies from Oregon State University. His education still left him with doubts regarding the inconsistencies between evolution, science, world history, and a straight-forward reading of the Bible.
Years later, a friend who was a paleontologist demonstrated to him how scientific evidence actually makes more sense when interpreted within the clear context of the Bible's account of history. This, along with Creation magazine, ignited a blaze in Scott to seek answers to the nagging doubts that plagued him. Once he realized that science and the Bible were not at odds with each other, he experienced a sustained joy, a renewed commitment to the Word of God, as well as a bold desire to share this life-changing message with others.
Scott now uses this conviction to impact our culture with easy-to-understand presentations that uphold the authority of God's Word and is one of CMI–US's most effective and popular speakers. Scott also desires to challenge others to equip themselves to be ready with answers (1 Peter 3:15) to impact their world.
Before becoming a speaker for CMI, Scott was the senior executive for one of the largest construction firms in Northern California. This helped equip him for his current role as CMI–US's Chief Operating Officer (COO). Scott also served in ministry for over 25 years as a youth pastor, teacher, speaker, and key leader in a church plant. In a volunteer capacity, Scott was also CMI's West Coast speaker and representative. Scott and his wife Lisa have 4 adult children, and in October 2010, they moved to Atlanta so Scott could work full-time with CMI–US.See a sample video of Scott Gillis:
- Living out the faith in a Christless culture
- Unnatural selection: CRISPR on Netflix
- Revisiting the FALLOUT!
- The hummingbird: creation's superhero
- From atheist to Christian
- Swimming with sharks
- Billy Graham: 1918–2018
- Pastor Andy Stanley says the Bible is too hard to defend
- Racial reconciliation: The Gospel is the answer
- It's storytime!: BioLogos' serpentine retelling of Genesis
- Eight churches unite to oppose apostasy
- Questions about Mormon theology
- A watchman for the Lord
- God's Not Dead movie review
- Clash over worldviews
- What percentage is acceptable to you?
- The tide is changing …
- More 'monkey business' in Tennessee?


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Less than a week after Keith Olbermann was suddenly fired from Current TV, the firebrand political commentator addressed his ouster on CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman" Tuesday night.
The outspoken pundit—who hosted "Countdown" on the cable television network for only one year—told the late-night host he "screwed up really big."
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"It's my fault that ["Countdown"] didn't succeed in the sense that I didn't think the whole thing through," Olbermann told Letterman.
Olbermann—who stands accused of breaching his contract, attempting to sabotage the network, and repeatedly failing to show up for work—appeared to peg the failure of "Countdown" on the shortcomings of Current TV, a small public-affairs network launched seven years ago by former VP Al Gore and business partner Joel Hyatt.
"I didn't say, 'You know, if you buy a $10 million chandelier, you should have a house to put it in. Just walking around with a $10 million chandelier isn't going to do anybody a lot of good, and it's not going to do any good to the chandelier,' And then it turned out we didn't have a lot to put the house in, to put the chandelier in, or a building permit, and I—I should have known that," Olbermann said.
Letterman sought to clarify the extended metaphor.
"You're the chandelier?" Letterman asked. Olbermann said he was.
Olbermann's acrimonious exit from the small channel echoed his 2011 split with MSNBC after nearly eight years at that network, where he helmed the original incarnation of "Countdown"—and scored top-tier Nielsen ratings.
Although Current executives intended to make Olbermann the centerpiece of their fledgling operation, the embattled host reportedly clashed with higher-ups on numerous occasions, most prominently during early coverage of the 2012 U.S. presidential election campaign.
According to Olbermann, though, tensions ran high even earlier in his short-lived tenure.
"You could bail out and say, 'I'm getting out of this immediately,' and trust me, I was thinking about that as early as, like, last July."
Olbermann claims he soldiered on for the sake of his staff.
"I had 25 people who—most of them came with me from other jobs, one guy was with me from four different places, and they put their careers at risk for me," he told Letterman.
When Olbermann was pushed out of his job last week, he promised to take legal action against Current TV. According to The Associated Press, Olbermann will be represented by the lawyer who secured a reported $45 million severance package for Conan O'Brien during the infamous 2010 "Tonight Show" kerfuffle.
"Countdown" was promptly replaced by a new show hosted for former New York governor Eliot Spitzer.


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The House of Piaget receives an award
for creativity
winning the Watchmaking Campaign of the Year award
with the film titled Dragon & Phoenix
The Watch Quote - January 4th, 2013
The famous Watch of the Year award ceremony took place on October 26, during which French Swiss magazine Montres Passion, which belongs to the Ringier Group, rewards watchmaking houses for their creativity and innovations both in terms of new products as well as brand image.
Piaget shone at the prize-giving, winning the Watchmaking Campaign of the Year award in the Film/Cyber Category with the film titled Dragon & Phoenix.
It has been impossible to ignore the dragon during 2012. To celebrate it in the best way possible, Piaget conceived and designed a collection comprising over 20 lyrical and precious creations that highlight a range of rare skills. More than 40 professions were indeed involved in giving life to the emblematic Dragon and Phoenix.
Gold engraving and sculpting, along with champlevé, miniature and grand feu enamelling, all reveal the artistry of ancestral crafts dedicated to watchmaking.
To convey the vibrancy of this exceptional collection, the House of Piaget and the Le Truc agency worked together to create a story that refers to the legend of the Dragon and the Phoenix. In a gentle dance performed to the tune of violins, these animals bring watchmaking products to life with a delightful blend of refinement and simplicity.
Ringiers management paid tribute to a strong history and great creativity. This is a movie that should be seen in 3D to fully appreciate the depth of this wonderful world.


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Think about it. Look outside. Is it sunnier out than it was in 2009? Is your life better than it was before you knew the identity of the Stig?
We knew that Ben Collins was the Stig as early as 2009, and the dust settled in 2010 when everything was confirmed. Sure we learned the name of the man behind the mask, but we lost some of our innocence. Was it worth it? Did we ever even want to know?
As we got on another maybe-false lead to the identity of the hoons at TaxTheRich, TheBaron2112 wondered if we ever wanted to unmask their Stig, so to speak.
You know what, I don't think we need to know who these magnificant hoons are. It's like The Stig. He does amazing things for our amusement. He is just a driver. The story and the hooning is about the cars and the cars alone. If someone decides they want to hoon an F50 or an EB110 or a Phantom, so be it. It's amazing because no one else does it. They deserve no special praise. It's just the cars being hooned that we want to see. Who cares who's behind the wheel? So long as they are well skilled hoons, it doesn't matter if it's a rally driver or Mickey Mouse.
The joke is that even though we found out that Collins was the Stig, Top Gear gave us a new Stig and everyone agreed to not care who it is or was or what planet it was from. The visor stayed down after the whole thing settled. We have collectively agreed to forget the heartache of the reveal and go on like nothing happened.
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College work-study is a federal and state-funded need-based program for those students who have applied for and are determined to be eligible for this program. Additionally, students' financial aid files must be complete and awarded before a student is eligible to participate in the work-study program. Due to budget appropriations, there may be a limited number of work-study positions available on campus and work-study positions will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.
In the work-study program, students work in exchange for earnings and can work up to their award amount. This usually entails about ten hours of work each week. Job opportunities include work on campus in the College's offices, student recreation center, maintenance, library, and art department.
Contact the Student Financial Aid Office for further details at (208) 732-6273.
Visit our Work-Study Job Listings page for current openings. Fall and Spring positions will be posted approximately two weeks before the beginning of the semester.
Be in "Good" or "Warning" Sap Standing (CSI's Sap Policy)
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Once you have been hired Print & Complete the Following document and turn into the Financial Aid office to receive the Work-Study Eligibility form: Click here to download the file.*Must provide Social Security Card and picture ID with the I-9 Form
Please review the below policies, it is your responsibility to know the contents of these policies as employees of The College of Southern Idaho.
In order to have a request for a new work-study position considered, you must complete the following form and provide all necessary information. The request will then be submitted for review and consideration to the Vice President who oversees your Department and/or Office.


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New Rochelle, NY, June 8, 2012-- In a world where we create over two quintillion bytes of data every day, global leaders in academia, industry, and government are grappling with the problem of how to organize, store, evaluate, share, and protect this vast amount of information. To address the questions surrounding this powerful and growing field of data discovery, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers (http://www.liebertpub.com) announces the launch of Big Data, a highly innovative, peer-reviewed journal that will provide a unique forum for world-class research exploring the challenges and opportunities in collecting, analyzing, and disseminating vast amounts of data, including big data analytics.
"There is significant need for a journal on big data that will enable discussions, exchange of important ideas, and facilitate debate through a multimedia journal platform," says Mary Ann Liebert, President of Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. "We need to harness the vast opportunities lying within big data to gain knowledge that will potentially solve many of the problems we face as a global society. This journal has this mandate."
A multidisciplinary editorial team of opinion leaders is gathering to build this new forum for the big data community, including Executive Editor Eugene Kolker, PhD, Chief Data Officer, Seattle Children's Hospital; Geoffrey Charles Fox, PhD, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies & Research, Professor of Computer Science and Informatics, Indiana University, Bloomington; Sorin Istrail, PhD, Julie Nguyen Brown Professor of Computational and Mathematical Sciences, Professor of Computer Science, Brown University; Folker Meyer, Computational Biologist, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, Senior Fellow at the Computation Institute at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL and Associate Division Director of the Institute of Genomics and Systems Biology, Chicago, IL; and Rick Stevens, PhD, Associate Laboratory Director for Computing, Environment, and Life Sciences at Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, IL, Professor of Computer Science, University of Chicago, Senior Fellow of the University of Chicago & Argonne National Laboratory Computation Institute (CI), co-Director of the Argonne Futures Lab.
This immense amount of data originates from an endless variety of sources including patient information and medical records, complex and interdisciplinary scientific research, military surveillance, financial transactions and account set-ups, customer behavior and product pricing analysis, tweet-mining, and much more.
Big Data will facilitate and support the efforts of researchers, analysts, statisticians, business leaders, and policymakers to improve operations, profitability, and communications within their organizations. Spanning a broad array of disciplines focusing on novel big data technologies, policies, and innovations, the Journal will bring together the community to address the challenges and discover new breakthroughs and trends living within this information. The Journal will be published in print and online.
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Award Winning Digital Marketing Agencies Rely on SugarCRM to Manage Growth and Boost Client Retention
"Once I had used the SugarCRM free trial, I could see no benefit in staying with Salesforce,"
SugarCRM, the world's fastest-growing customer relationship management (CRM) company, today announced that it is making waves in the digital marketing world, as two top UK agencies abandon their use of Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics in favour of SugarCRM. Koozai, a multi-award winning digital marketing agency and GForces, the country's leading web management company for car dealerships, have incorporated SugarCRM's solution to reduce production costs, track customer interactions, boost business sales and retain acquired customers.
"SugarCRM makes it possible for businesses to achieve affordable, flexible and cost-saving customer management," says Tom Schuster, VP and General Manager of SugarCRM Europe. "For digital marketing agencies, our mobile capabilities are particularly appealing because they allow users to adapt swiftly to new social media innovations."
Koozai Success
Since implementing SugarCRM, Koozai has successfully achieved a 96% client retention rate. By swapping out Salesforce.com and Microsoft Dynamics CRM for SugarCRM, Koozai is now able to easily manage rapid company growth and improve the quality of customer information.
As Koozai experienced rapid growth, adding high-profile clients such as the University of Cambridge, Mobile Phones Direct, and diversified technology company 3M, the firm had increasing difficulty tracking customer interactions across sales and marketing. The company's previous deployments of Salesforce.com and Microsoft Dynamics CRM didn't provide Koozai with the flexibility it needed to meet industry requirements.
"A business lives and dies by the quality, relevancy, and currency of its information," Koozai Managing Director, Ben Norman, explains. "We needed to put in place a set of procedures and processes that would support that requirement. SugarCRM was able to provide the platform for us to make it happen."
GForces Success
Looking for cost savings over the company's Saleforce.com solution, GForces sales manager Chris Laird decided to try SugarCRM's free trial. He was also hoping to find a more flexible CRM solution than Salesforce that could be easily customised to include mobile capabilities at a more affordable price.
"Once I had used the SugarCRM free trial, I could see no benefit in staying with Salesforce," recalls Laird. "And SugarCRM worked out to be about a third of the price. It was a bit of a no brainer, really." The company was using SugarCRM within two weeks of purchase and had completely separated from Salesforce in a month. "It didn't take long at all," Laird says. "It was quite straightforward."
The cost savings of using SugarCRM have been substantial for GForces. When the company started with Salesforce in 2008, it purchased 20 subscriptions at annual cost of £20,000—or approximately $35,000 U.S. at then-current exchange rates. In 2009, when it switched to SugarCRM, the firm's subscription cost plunged to £4,300 for 15 users. "Our savings were massive," concludes Laird. "Just huge. From over £1,000 per user to just a little over £285 per user and we still get all of the functionality we need. I don't know how we could function without SugarCRM now."
Although cost savings drove the search for a new CRM provider, mobile capabilities were important—and are becoming more so. Most of GForces sales personnel have the Sugar mobile app on their iPhones which enables them to quickly check the backgrounds of dealer attendees at seminars and meetings.
"Koozai and GForces success are perfect examples of how digital marketers can sustain and improve business performance with SugarCRM," remarks Tom Schuster, vice president and general manager of SugarCRM Europe. "A 96 percent client retention rate is truly exceptional, as are the cost savings. We expect more digital marketing agencies to leverage SugarCRM to achieve similar results so they will see first-hand how they can achieve maximum impact for a fraction of the price."
For more information on Koozai, please see their case study. A detailed case study on GForces is available online as well.
About Koozai
Founded in 2006 by Managing Director Ben Norman, Koozai is a multi-award winning digital marketing agency. We help businesses connect with their customers online—providing a range of industry leading services from organic search engine optimization (SEO) and pay per click (PPC) management to link building and social media. We thrive on building long lasting client relationships and delivering true value for money. We're very passionate about what we do—and that shows in our work. No lengthy contracts, just world class digital marketing. Koozai will help you build your brand online and achieve ROI that can be clearly measured against your bottom line.
About GForces
GForces is the leading web management company working with more of the UK's Top 200 auto dealers than any rival and has the experience, talent and technological expertise to turn your website into a key sales and lead generating tool. To support a successful online strategy, your website is just one part of your digital armory. As a mechanism for reaching the modern consumer your website must be found on search engines, look good and be easy to update. GForces Web Trinity assures the evolution and success of your website and online strategy by continually adapting to your modern car buyers' demands, getting your message in front of the right audience and converting that audience into sales opportunities and customers.
About SugarCRM
SugarCRM makes CRM simple. As the world's fastest growing customer relationship management (CRM) company, SugarCRM applications have been downloaded more than ten million times and currently serve over 1,000,000 end users in 192 countries. Over 7,000 organizations have chosen SugarCRM's On-Site and Cloud Computing services over proprietary alternatives. SugarCRM has been recognized for its customer success and product innovation by CRM Magazine, InfoWorld and Customer Interaction Solutions.
For more information, call +44 (0) 1223 597848 in the UK or 1 87 SUGARCRM toll-free in the US, email firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit www.sugarcrm.com. You can also connect with SugarCRM on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
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This site has a list of 'The Ten Worst Celebrity Boob Jobs', click here to view. The usual suspects are there (Victoria Beckham, Courtney Love, Pamela Anderson) along with some surprises like Janet Jackson and Ivanka Trump. Vivica gets the top spot for worst celebrity boob job, which I disagree with. In my opinion, Victoria Beckham has the worst breast implants, because hers look like orange halves attached to her chest. Do you think Vicki will hate me for writing this? Probably, so let's make fun of her breasts some more, click here or here.
Janet Jackson needs a 'plastic surgery vacation'
The site also offers a peak at the gross right nipple of Pamela Anderson, which looks oddly placed and weathered (I suppose multiple breast implant surgeries will do that to you).
You may have noticed there's a new Janet Jackson Nutrisystem commercial airing now. Jackson's size has fluctuated through the years, so it should be no surprise that she'd be tapped for a weight-loss commercial on her way down the scale again.
"Janet Jackson has definitely had some recent work done on her face," says Dr. Semira Bayati, a plastic surgeon in Newport Beach who reviewed the commercial and photos of Jackson from the past.
"Her nose has been re-done, to narrow the base," Bayati says. "It resembles her sister La Toya's nose now. She has had some filling under her eyes to give her a more elevated lower eyelid, for that dreamy appearance … She has also lengthened her chin to make the face longer so that it appears thinner overall."
Bayati also sees signs of Botox as well as filler to soften jowls.
It's all too much, says Dr. Terry Dubrow, a plastic surgeon in Newport Beach.
"I'd love to see Janet go easy on the facial procedures for the time being," he says. "Although she looks restored, to my eye she is looking a little too … everything.
"Her face needs a plastic surgery vacation."
Singer-dancer Janet Jackson, 44, has molded her appearance with plastic surgery, extreme dieting and rigorous exercise.
But now it's time for the yo-yo dieting and plastic surgeries to stop, doctors say. Jackson is on the talk-show circuit promoting a new book, "True You," and says that she has settled into a healthy routine.
Radical weight loss and gains create unhealthy levels of stress on the body, medical experts agree.
Even cosmetic doctors urge Jackson to avoid further plastic surgeries. Her brother, Michael, failed to heed such advice. As a result, he turned himself into an object of mockery.
The effects of Janet Jackson's nose-narrowing surgery are apparent in the photos above. In addition, many plastic surgeons agree, she later got breast implants.
In her book, she traces her unhappiness with her body back to 1979, when she was an 11-year-old with early-developing breasts on the TV show "Good Times."
She said, "Before production began, I was told two things: I was fat and needed to slim down, and because I was beginning to develop, I needed to bind my breasts. In both cases the message was devastating—my body was wrong. The message was also clear—to be successful, I had to change the way I looked."
Local cosmetic doctors aren't impressed with the changes that her nose job made, but most say she's looking good and should do nothing more, other than modest treatments such as skin care.
Plastic surgeon Dr. Terry Dubrow of Newport Beach believes that Jackson may have benefited from modern cosmetic treatments, which have improved on earlier work that made her nose and breasts look fake. He said:
"Janet Jackson is a great example of how plastic surgery has changed through the years. If you look at the earlier photos of her nose and breasts she has an artificial look to these areas. Now either through the natural relaxation of time or modern day revisions she looks beautiful and more natural consistent with how we do modern day procedures. The key today is to have no signs of having had surgery, which she's looking more like now."
Plastic surgeon Dr. Val Lambros of Newport Beach said, "I think she looks great except for the nose." If she were his patient, " I'd tell her to do nothing and to stop being insecure," he said.
"Janet Jackson looks good!" said plastic surgeon Dr. Ed Domanskis of Newport Beach. "I am sure she is understandably very cautious of having cosmetic surgery on her face because of her brother Michael's misadventures! I would recommend a non-surgical procedure like Thermage (i.e. radiofrequency waves) for her face and eye area to achieve some tightening in those areas."
Plastic surgeon Dr. John Di Saia of San Clemente and Orange said, "I think she's had her eyes and nose done in addition to her breasts. Facially I'd leave her alone. Breast-wise I would need a better exam, but if her implants are silicone-gel-filled and older, an exchange would be reasonable plus or minus a lift."
Dermatologist Dr. Vince Afsahi of Tustin and Newport Beach said:
"Janet Jackson has aged very gracefully. Her nose has been shaped but her overall appearance is quite natural. When looking at the photos of her at age 14 in comparison to age 44 we see how there is dramatic similarity, which is often the goal of any cosmetic procedure.
"Looking at the softness of her laugh lines, one can think that this incredible genetics or fillers such as Juvederm or Restylane. The latter is more likely in someone her age.
"My advice is get on a medical skin-care routine and keep looking natural. No major surgery or procedures! She looks great."
Plastic surgeon Dr. Michael Persky of Encino said:
"Janet Jackson has obviously had breast and nasal surgery, likely multiple of both. I would not recommend any further plastic surgery at this time. Skin care and non-invasive [laser-like] tightening treatments such as Pelleve, Thermage, Profecta, or Ulthera could be offered for maintenance.
Janet Jackson had a nose job to narrow the bridge of of her nose and reduce a bulbous tip. The star has had plastic surgery in the past, so the rhinoplasty came as no surprise. Also, plastic surgery obviously runs in the family. The before and after photo's of Janet Jackson is a little disheartening. Like Michael, she went over the top on her nose job. The width is unnaturally thin and the tip is too small. No natural nose will ever look like that. The goal of rhinoplasty is to achieve an aesthetic and natural looking result. Her nose look good before plastic surgery. If she were to get a nose job then she should have had a much more subtle approach.
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I'm no skating official versed in technical skills on the ice, but like many watching the Sochi Olympics on TV, I'm happy to judge the contestants' costumes — from Italy's Carolina Kostner to the U.S.A.'s Gracie Gold to Russian pair skaters Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy.
It's all subjective, of course. Did they successfully coordinated music, routines and costumes into a cohesive performance that's pleasing to watch, or didn't they?
Decades ago, skaters wore homemade uniforms, according to www.thesocietypages.org, but that changed after the 1976 Olympics. Since then, costumes have soared to new sartorial heights, with brocade-like patterns, military uniforms, sparkles, rhinestones, palest chiffon, and more.
Back in 1988, Bay Area skater Debi Thomas created a scandal by wearing a unitard at the Calgary Olympics (they were prohibited afterward, a ban that was lifted in 2004). In the 1990s, Nancy Kerrigan and Michelle Kwan wore outfits by bridal designer Vera Wang.
Gracie Gold's costume designer, Brad Griffies, is quoted on www.cosmopolitan.com saying that today's dresses can have up to 100,000 crystals each; that they cost $1,500 to $3,000; and that skaters don't have the money to buy more than one or two each season.
I don't have a favorite outfit, but I do have a favorite skater: Janet Lynn, of Rockford, Ill., who earned a bronze medal in the 1972 Sapporo Olympics, despite falling on her fanny during a sit-spin. She had a mop of blond hair and a huge smile despite a shy personality. The night she performed, I was 8 years old, and "skated" around the house in my PJs, wearing socks to slide on the shag carpet of our living room. Now that's a costume for you. Thank goodness no pictures survive.


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A Message from the Pastor
August 27, 2020
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A warm welcome to online information about the programs, missions and ministries of First Presbyterian Church. This church has been a beacon of light and hope to this community and around the world since its beginning on March 25, 1952.
We gather from north and south, and from east and west. Among us we share a rich variety of church traditions. Together we desire to celebrate the love of God for all people and seek to be committed followers of Christ. We demonstrate this commitment by the way we live, the choices we make, and the work we do, seeking to be compassionate to our neighbors across the globe. Come join us on this journey of life and faith. The church began with fifty-two charter members and has grown to several hundred members and affiliates.
Programs here are for all ages beginning with those in the pre-school to those who have reached their vintage years. We have a variety of weekly Bible studies, music programs, fellowship groups and other social programs.
We welcome all in the Naples community to participate in the life of this church trusting that all who come to share with us, will sense the presence of God and will desire to strive for an ever growing faith in Jesus Christ.
We extend a cordial invitation to all who are seeking a more vital and meaningful Christian life, to be a part of this family of believers in Jesus Christ.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 13, 2008) - The ETSU volleyball team is set to host Campbell Friday at 7 p.m. in its season finale in Brooks Gym.
The Bucs (10-19, 6-13 A-Sun) held on to defeat USC Upstate Tuesday night, 3-2. With a win over Campbell, ETSU would earn the fifth seed in the Atlantic Sun tournament next week. The Bucs are 4-1 all-time against the Camels, winning at Campbell on Oct. 11, 3-2.
The Camels (7-20, 5-13 A-Sun) come into the match having swept Stetson, 3-0, after dropping seven straight matches. Campbell is 4-12 this year in road contests.
Friday is also Military Appreciation Night as ETSU Athletics and the Army ROTC Battalion have teamed up to honor our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines - past and present. All veterans and active military will receive free admission with a valid military ID. The festivities start at 6 p.m. as there will be food, hands-on activities and displays as well as one-on-one opportunities with ETSU ROTC cadets.
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Videos | March 30, 2012
What's Up for April 2012?
View Saturn all night this month, and view icy moons through a telescope.
Transcript:What's Up for April? Ice in the solar system! Hello and welcome! I'm Jane Houston Jones at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laborartory in Pasadena, California.
Ice is common in our solar system, from ice-covered moons and rings around distant Jupiter and Saturn to deposits at the poles of the Moon... and even Mercury! Obviously, ice is present on our own world, too. The only ice off-Earth that's easy to see distinctly is the Martian polar cap. Seeing it will take some magnification, though. Both of Mars' poles have water ice, but its south pole is coated with a layer of frozen carbon dioxide.
You can see many of these icy worlds when you view the Saturn system this month. Saturn reaches opposition on April 15 and is now visible earlier in the evening and all night long. Through a telescope you'll see the icy rings, Titan and -- with a little luck -- Enceladus. Saturn's moon Titan is famous for its methane, which can exist as a solid, a liquid and a gas at Titan's surface temperatures and pressures. But even Titan has water ice -- and hydrocarbon ice -- on its surface. Saturn's intriguing moon Enceladus actually spews water ice out of geyser-like vents, ice that orbits Saturn as the E ring! And Saturn's rings themselves are made up mostly of water ice.
Comets are made of ice and dust: frozen water ice and sometimes ice from other substances including methane, ammonia, carbon monoxide, sulfur and hydrogen sulfide.
The moons of the outer planets are rich in ice, too. Jupiter's moon Europa is blanketed by frozen water ice, with a liquid ocean under the ice blanket. Ganymede is the largest moon in our solar system, even larger than Mercury. It's mostly water ice with a rocky core. Callisto is rock and water ice, too, although ammonia and carbon dioxide ice may be present.
Uranus and Neptune are filled with 'icy' materials like water, ammonia and methane under incredible heat and pressure. Their moons are ice-rock conglomerates made mostly of water ice, with some ammonia and dry ice. Neptune's moon Triton even has volcano-like geysers that erupt nitrogen gas.
Mercury is easy to spot this month. And we say goodbye to Jupiter for a few months, but not before a pretty crescent moon pairing on April 22.
You can read more about ice in the solar system at solarsystem.nasa.gov/yss for Year of the Solar System. And you can learn about all of NASA's missions at www.nasa.gov.
That's all for this month. I'm Jane Houston Jones.


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Valentine's Day Dinner at Cafe Modern
- February 14, 2014 5:00 PM
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and Café Modern announce a Valentine's Day Dinner on Friday, February 14. The evening will feature cocktails and music in the Grand Lobby from 5 to 8 pm, and dinner in the Café. Start dinner early and finish the evening with our featured film, A Man and A Woman, at 8:30 pm in the auditorium.
Bring your special someone for a truly romantic dining experience. Enjoy a cocktail and then a three-course meal lovingly served by the café's attentive staff. Choose from an extensive list of wines to perfectly complement the evening's selections. Café Modern's serene and elegant ambiance is sure to make an impression.
$49.95 per person (beverages, tax and gratuity not included)
For reservations, please call 817.840.2157.
Choice of Appetizer
Smoked Quail and Roasted Asian Pear with Mixed Greens, Roasted Shallot Vinaigrette, Toasted Seeds, Crumbled Blue
Shrimp Bisque with Caviar Crème Fraiche and Dill
Choice of Entrée
Potato Gnocchi with Sundried Tomato-Walnut Pesto, Broccoli Rabe, Sous Vide Vital Farms Egg and Caerphilly Cheese
Port Braised Beef Short Rib with Potato Puree and Grilled Duo of Asparagus
Grilled Day Boat Scallops with Sweet Potato-Butternut Puree, Haricots Verts and Beet Buerre Blanc
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It's like the first day of school...only with much more work is getting done.
An impressive amount of year-one alumni have returned -- we spent as much time reacquainting ourselves this morning as we did introducing ourselves.
After a few quick opening remarks, and an amazing video of all the instructors work that Rebecca Guay put together, we leaped straight into a six hour sketch critique. After dinner, Boris Vallejo, Julie Bell, Donato, and Dan Dos Santos did a hands-on photo shoot lecture. (Once again unleashing Donato's inner ham.)
Currently, it's midnight. Many of the instructors are demoing while the students either watch and ask questions or work revising their sketches.
For those following along at home, the choice of assignments were:
- Firstborn: military science fiction story
- Steampunk Wizard of OZ.
- Lady of the Lake
- Berserker Lord: Viking-ish fantasy, two warriors fighting a polar bear.
- Princess of Mars
There seems to be a whole lot of ringers in this group. I can't wait to see what these rooms look like by Sunday.


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A Ride to Roswell & Back (Pt I)
Have you been thinking that you would like to try a bit of a road trip? Whether you are driving, riding a motorcycle or a scooter, I highly recommend a trip to Roswell. I recently rode this and will describe the routes taken, towns passed and sights along the way. Following the route described, it is a trip of approximately 500 miles there and approx 600 miles on the return. I did the trip in two travel days. If you are doing this on 2 wheels and want to take in the incredible scenery, I recommend taking your time and using 4 travel days. Part I will describe the trip from Tucson to Roswell and part II will discuss the return trip.
I know I have disparaged the use of the interstate in the past. I will continue to use it as little as possible. However, when taking long trips out of Tucson, it can cost you a lot of extra miles and even more extra time if you chose not to use interstate at all. For example, compare the shortest route, which is the one I will describe in Part I, to the first route suggested when you use Google's "Avoid Highways" option. Avoiding highways is 100 miles and 4 hours longer. As you have probably figured out, if you have read many of my posts, if it means cool roads, I don't care too much how much further it is, nor how much longer it will take.
On to the journey. I have written about the Arizona section of I-10 in the past and there are some nice places and some interesting sites along the way.This route is best taken mid-week to avoid the many other travelers who use this road. Road quality is good UNTIL you hit San Simon. Suddenly there are pot holes and sections that are very rough, especially if you are on 2 wheels. Fortunately, the rough section only lasts until you reach the states line (about 12 miles) then it become good again.
As mentioned in Riding SoAZ, Part VIII, you pass the ghost town of Steins on the north side of I-10 about 3 miles after crossing the state line. If you have a few minutes, I recommend a quick stop there. 25 miles after crossing into New Mexico, you pass the town of Lordsburg. I enjoy getting off the interstate and actually going through town. Lordsburg has less than 5000 residents, but there is enough here to meet most of your needs. There are several hotels and a few restaurants. I ate at Kranberry's the last 2 times I stopped for food in Lordsburg and found it to be pretty good.
If you're not in the need of food or rest, you can continue another 60, mostly flat, mostly straight, miles to the town of Deming, which is another great example of small town America. There are 15k or so residents here, so there are more options in the way of food, fuel and services. As with many other towns bypassed because of "progress," I recommend taking the Business I-10 route through town and checking out the "real Deming" and maybe stopping by a local restaurant of gift shop and helping out their economy. If you're feeling a little adventurous, take NM Route 549 (Old Las Cruces Highway) going east. It parallels I-10 for about 35 miles before rejoining the interstate about 25 miles outside of downtown Las Cruces. Road conditions of Rt 549 are average to good.
If you are planning on continuing to Roswell, I suggest taking exit #135, W. Picacho Ave/US-80. Picacho Ave takes across the Rio Grande (There's a nice little park along the river here as well.) and in to the older downtown area. For those choosing to make this a two-day ride, I would recommend Las Cruces as an excellent stopping point. Las Cruces is the 2nd largest city in NM and has a lot of history and culture. There are numerous hotels and restaurants from which to chose, plus it is a college town, so there is night life to be experienced.
When you're ready to be on your way, turn north on Main St and follow the signs toward Alamogordo. Main St becomes US-70. As you leave Las Cruces, you can see the highway climbing straight up the side of the San Andres Mountain range. You climb approximately 2000 ft until you reach San Augustine Pass. Pull over and enjoy the view down into the valley. Much of what you can see from here is either part of Fort Bliss or part of White Sands Missile Range. US-70 is divided highway all the way to Alamogordo and road quality is good. Alamogordo's claim to fame is their proximity to the Trinity Site, home of the world's first nuclear bomb blast.
It is approximately 35 miles from the top of the pass to the White Sands visitor center. For $3 you drive through this most unique park. If you have a parks pass, it is free, of course. From the park entrance, it is only about 15 miles to Alamogordo.
With a population of almost 40k, Alamogordo is big enough to have a lot going on and plenty of things to see, but still small enough to have a great "small town feel."The town sits at the foot of the Sacramento Mountains. From here, there are two main routes to cross and get to Roswell on the other side. As you near the north end of town, turn east on Route 82. Road quality is fair to good, but can be treacherous in winter. This takes you 110 miles on a lovely, two-lane mountain road that takes you through the ski village of Cloudcroft, then down to other side to Artesia. Once there, turn north and follow either Highway 285 or Route 2 and Roswell is only another 40 miles. Be advised, Cloudcroft is over 8000 feet in elevation. Snow is common in winter months and temps, even in summer, are considerably coolers than in the valleys below so dress accordingly.
The more common route to Roswell, from Alamogordo, is via US-70, through Ruidoso. It's only 40 miles to Ruidoso and the road is 4 lane highway and is in very good condition. Prior to getting to Ruidoso, you enter the Mescalero Apache Reservation and pass through the tiny village of Mescalero. Mescalero is situated at about 6600 feet elevation. You'll climb just a bit more before gradually starting down and into Ruidoso. Be advised, most of the food lodging and retail in Ruidoso is NOT on US-70. Turn west on Sudderth Dr once in town to find a lot more stuff. Ruidoso's claim to fame is that their horse racing track is home to the Worlds Richest Quarter Horse Race.
Leaving Ruidoso, it is 70 only miles to Roswell. The road continues to be four lane and is in very good condition. US-70 follows the Hondo River and the scenery through here is nothing short of spectacular. I don't recall and gas stations but there are several tiny villages (Glencoe, San Patricio, Hondo, Arabella, Tinnie and Picacho) and quite a few little fruit stands (open seasonally) and gift shops along the way. Slow down and enjoy this amazing drive. One of my favorite places to stop along here is the Ruidoso Trading Post, best known and "Fox Cave."
Once you leave the mountains, you come into some wide-open, rolling ranch land. One can frequently see small herds of antelope along the side of the road. You come into Roswell on 2nd St. Most of the food and lodging is located to the north of 2nd St. When you come to Main St, the "world famous" UFO Museum and Research Center will bbbe on yuuur right. (Sorry, I can't even type that without laughing.)
Roswell is a neat little town, even without all the UFO stuff. It home home to the NM Military Institute with many notable alumni like Dallas CowboyRoger Staubach, actor Owen Wilson and ABC Newsman Sam Donaldson. The Pecos River flows along the east side of town. There are still many family farms in the area and Roswell still has that small town America feel.
According to Google Maps, it is 466 miles between Tucson and Roswell, but if you got off the road at all to sight-see you're have probably logged in 500 miles. This is a great ride/drive with lots of sights and even more American history. In Part II, I will cover different route back to Tucson.
5 Responses to "A Ride to Roswell & Back (Pt I)"
This is some cool info and beautiful pics, thanx for sharing. I have always wanted to get out west I think the riding out there is awesome
Kudos to you, Howard. Fantastic camera shots and I enjoyed them thoroughly. I haven't ever ridden past Eloy or Tubac (with you a few months ago.) Now that I am retired I will venture further once the summer is over. —Jim
Almost forgot, if you ever ride Utah SR-24, it's a cool sidetrip to do Hell's Backbone Rd.
Looks like an awesome ride! Can't wait to get the Yager, looking forward to doing a few long rides.
Got another one for you to consider: Utah SR-24.
Hi, Howard
Wish I had known you were coming over this way…would have joined you from Las Cruces to Cloudcroft. Although I can understand riding alone, also. To me, much more time to contemplate my navel. Lol
Karl Utrecht