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A group of MIT researchers conducted a study about "economic behavior" and what factors influence how we spend, save, acquire debt as consumers. Not surprising, a lot of our spending habits are related to seeking romantic partners. You guys know how I love these scientific studies!
Data was collected from 134 US cities that included the sex ratios of unmarried people, average consumer debt, and the number of credit cards per person. What they discovered was that in cities where unmarried men outnumbered unmarried women, there was more personal debt and more credit cards per person.
If you have ever seen Love Jones, you may remember the scene where Hollywood says, "You don't need poetry to get women". Savon replys, "Try a breath mint and a Visa."
Funny enough, I thought of this when reading about the study.
How do you think our spending habits impact the dating scene. Does the money we spend make us believe we stand out more, thereby attracting more?
Do you believe we rely too much on money to meet, date, and mate in Atlanta?
Is the competition to seek out the best mates influencing how we spend money and acquire more debt?
By Wise Diva, Misadventures in Atlanta Dating Blog
January 24th, 2012
8:21 am
Good morning,
I'm ready to get back in the bed…Um topic, errrrr ummm No I do not believe the money I spend makes me stand out more, thereby making me more attractive unless i'm looking for a man to take care of. (and last time I checked, I had not won the lotto) I would assume that this is geared mainly toward the blog men or sugar mama's. With the economy the way it is and many folks struggling as it is, I suppose that's what makes people want to partner up with someone that has, if not more, but close to what you have. No one wants to feel like they have to be the sole provider for another grown person or as if they are being used, even if one makes more than the other. I don't make a whole lot but I contribute as often and as much as possible within my relationship.
January 24th, 2012
8:45 am
good morning. Does the money we spend make us believe we stand out more, thereby attracting more? on a large scale – NO. not unless you are leading with your wallet in hopes of attracting someone that way. like slim said I'm not looking for someone to take care of. the offspring is grown and gone. on a small scale – OF COURSE. it stands to reason that if you look good, you feel good and if you feel good you are probably happier, smile more and therefore attract more folks to you. if spending a little bit of money on yourself makes you feel good then I say go for it. splurge for a lipstick or new haircolor or new shoes. whatever works for you.
January 24th, 2012
8:48 am
disco – Yup, what you said.
January 24th, 2012
8:57 am
Only folks that lead with wallets believe so. And even though I like to be treated like a lady and knowing it takes money to date, I'm not impressed if all you have to bring is that.
January 24th, 2012
9:09 am
O/T – why do car dealerships push to put you in loaner cars? their reasoning is to keep me from having to hang out in the waiting room a few hours. my theory is they want me to like the new car better than my old car. bamboozlement I tell you.
January 24th, 2012
9:21 am
disco – they want you to get hooked on that new car smell lol
January 24th, 2012
9:21 am
Men spend money on dating, drinks, etc., and we women spend A LOT on clothes, hair, makeup, etc. to try and look good. Gym memberships, nails, hair, and all that really add up. It is necessary? Unfortunately, a lot of it is. It's one of those truths of human nature – good looking women get men, and men with money (or at least a decent J.O.B.!) are more prone to get women, so we both do what we have to do to play the game.
January 24th, 2012
9:22 am
The place I bought my car from calls me every few months asking if I want to sell my car back for a new one lol I actually considered it until he started talking out of the range I'd want my car note to be. Guess we'll see if he changes his tune next time he calls.
January 24th, 2012
9:23 am
That being said, money is not the only or most important thing. I was dating this guy who made a lot of money and repeatedly told me HOW MUCH he made (that got old). But that was all he had – no personality, no empathy, no kindness, no idea about the bigger picture – so he had to go. Money is not going to make me stick around in the absence of the other (most important) traits.
January 24th, 2012
9:26 am
Not sure if you all are listening to V103 but there is a guy on there talking about how in his dating life, he would have invested money or what have you on chicks for them to turn around and get ghost on him with no explanation of what happened, after they've 'gotten what they wanted'. Frank Ski said he needs to quit leading with his wallet spending money on stuff like upgrading the chicks cars and stuff when you aren't even married to the chick. The guy said he's had chicks call the cops twice on him to quit contacting her. That last part sounded suspect as heyal
January 24th, 2012
9:32 am
my grandmother always said "see a fool, use a fool". not mad at chicks for getting upgraded. if anything, I'm mad at them for getting ghost. you find a sucker like that and you need to at least keep him on the backburner. having said that, he needs to cut his losses, learn his lesson and quit whining about it on the radio.
the sales guys at my current dealership are relative mild. the last one that I frequented they were like freaking vultures. not just trying to sell you cars but trying to holler too. I was like can I holler at the brothers in the service department.
January 24th, 2012
9:33 am
I agree, Slim! It sounds like this dude tried to "buy" these women, and then when he was rejected by the gold diggers (go figure), he couldn't take it so he stalked them, LOL. The man needs to change both who he's looking for and the approach. I agree with Frank Ski – NEVER buy a car, pay bills, etc. for someone you're not married to.
January 24th, 2012
9:36 am
Just wow…..I was selected as a juror on a murder case. The judge just announced the defendant changed his plea to guilty last night after we left
January 24th, 2012
9:38 am
disco – can I holler at the brothers in the service department. heyal yeah lol…I don't think i'd ever be able to trust a car salesman on a dating level.
Audra – I need to find ole boy so he can put foe new tires on my ride and get my 60k mile tune up done…oh and a new brake job No one calls the police on you unless you're harassing them. It's one thing to assist the person you're SERIOUSLY dating but I wouldn't go so far as upgrading her car. But I think he said, he had only been dating ole girl for a few months.
January 24th, 2012
9:41 am
Cel – Are you happy about his plea change?
January 24th, 2012
9:48 am
Slim – Mixed feelings. He was looking at life plus 50 if found guilty
January 24th, 2012
10:09 am
Well now they can save all the whoopla and go straight to sentencing…at least you don't have to deal with a long drawn out case.
Where is everybody anyways?
January 24th, 2012
10:13 am
don't know slim but if there was a skip party today then I guess we know that we aren't part of the in crowd.
January 24th, 2012
10:17 am
disco – Well that would explain where all the testosterone went…they are all out playing hookie for the nookie
January 24th, 2012
10:22 am
Morning All,
I think you ladies have said it all on this topic.. Looks like a slow news day in blogsville..
January 24th, 2012
10:28 am
woo-hoo. kym's not popular either. sorry kym but nice to know you didn't get invited to the skip party.
January 24th, 2012
10:30 am
Morning Blog Ladies!
I heard a tidbit of that on V103. Idiot! Got nobody to blame but himself. I'm actually with Frank Ski on this because that's how I was raised. You do not get into any major financial entanglements with someone you are not married to. Period. Some boyfriend buying me a car? I don't know what that's all about. If I needed help with a bill I was to ask my family. And as far as my money was concerned, a dude better not have even looked like he wanted to ask for it. I'd treat for a date now & then, and give reasonable gifts for bday or Christmas, but that's it.
January 24th, 2012
10:43 am
@Disco…naww I am not really one of the in crowd type of chicks…I am a bit of a rebel..I was telling someone a few days ago…we were talking about the movie "Roots"..if I had to live back then..I would have been dead before the ship every left africa..
January 24th, 2012
10:46 am
O/T…and this goes in the nobody don't tell me nothing file…Why didn't ya'll tell me Randy Jackson and I guess it's Jermaine Jackson got the same baby mama? And that said baby mama was/is leaving over there with Mama Jackson..I heard that on the TJMS this morning and almost fell over..what the heck is wrong with the Jackson family?
January 24th, 2012
10:46 am
kym – not that you mentioned roots. did you watch the 35 year anniversary special on OWN last week? I watched it and it made me pull out my dvd and watch roots over the weekend. also, I didn't realize that roots was levar burton's very first role ever.
January 24th, 2012
10:48 am
kimmie – Yeah ole boy sounded suspect to me as far as the harassing calls go. Do you at least agree with the 'proper ways to break-up' with some that he gave?
1. Should be face-to-face
2. Give concrete reasons for break-up as to not give person false sense of hope.
3. Leave them alone once it's done – no calls, texts, etc
4. Be okay with them hating you for a little while afterwards while they get themselves back together.
January 24th, 2012
10:50 am
excuse that should be living not leaving..although they all need to leave with that mess.
@disco..I missed the special..I am going to try to catch it this weekend..I am sure she will show it again..I want to see how grown up John Amos is holding up.
January 24th, 2012
10:55 am
Okay I must really be tired..grown up Kunte Kinte…John Amos..
January 24th, 2012
11:01 am
Slim – I don't really agree. First, who is he to decide the "proper" way to break up? My life experience has taught me that breakups be handled on a case-by-case basis. The only thing I guarantee coming from me is respect. I will break up with you in a respectable manner, be it a love relationship, work situation, business, etc. It's kinda like that old Kenny Rodgers song, The Gambler:
You gotta know when to hold em
Know when to fold em
Know when to walk away
Know when to run
There were a few guys I was glad I had the good sense to call it off with over the phone. And the only concrete reason I need is that it's not working for me. Whether he finds that "concrete" enough is not my concern, nor should it be his. All he needs to know is that I want out. And dealing with me, no dude has ever felt "had" or played, because, as I said above, I took no elaborate gifts or money from any. I don't play with people's feelings. And once I'm done, I'm done. The men actually have alway had a problem with that. They wanted that double-back, "friends" mess, I never played that. And if they want to hate me, fine, but I don't know of any of my exes that do. I treat people with respect.
January 24th, 2012
11:16 am
kimmie – I think he was reading this list from some article but not 100% certain. Now I can agree with being honest about why the other peson wants out because for me, it would provide the closure of now wondering what the heyal happened and if I was the reason. So far, I've only heard the "it's me, not you" reason and that doesn't really teach me much of anything going forward. But different strokes for different folks. As far as face-to-face, if you feel you'd be in danger then over the phone is a good idea. I think texting a break-up is plain tacky.
January 24th, 2012
11:22 am
kimmie you put the gambler in my head for a hot minute. but I've got another one in my head that's been there for a few days. gospel song "we've come this far by faith". I need to get that one on my ipod. any of you know any good renditions of it? you know I'll go on itunes and there will probably be 100 versions by 100 choirs.
January 24th, 2012
11:25 am
disco – sorry, I can't say i've heard that song, and if I have, I didn't know that's what it was. I have a few gospel songs I like to listen to when I'm feeling low.
January 24th, 2012
11:26 am
Disco ..see if John P. Kee has a version..
January 24th, 2012
11:28 am
I just saw the play "amen corner" and that was one of the songs the choir sang. it's been on my mind ever since. that song and "if I had the wings of a dove" (don't know if that's the right title) are songs that I remember hearing my grandma and her church lady friends practice at the house when I was a little girl.
January 24th, 2012
11:36 am
disco – I love it when my church choir sings that song!
Slim – He just comes off like a stalker. You are right, different strokes. I have always been a bit of an undercover spitfire. After that tough talk my mom gave me when I was whining about wanting closure from my 1st serious boyfriend, I never cared about it after that. Bottom line, he doesn't want me. There is nothing he can "teach" me, because what he didn't like about me could be just right for someone else, the guy that's meant for me. I never had any bad habit that a dude needed to point out to me, so I really didn't need to hear what any had to say for not wanting to be with me. I'm am what I am and you can take it or leave it, I'm stubborn like that. Call it arrogance or whatever. I take constructive criticism from people I've dealt with a long time and have grown to respect their opinions. Some dude I've dated and his opinion after he decided I'm not the one – he doesn't get that level of consideration from me. My husband – yes, those past dudes – um no.
I drove myself crazy trying to figure out what was "wrong" with me and tried to change for that first boyfriend. Never again did I give another guy that power.
January 24th, 2012
11:38 am
Here are a few of my favs:
Deitrick Haddon – Don't let me fall
Still gonna pray – Charles & Taylor
Shekinah Glory – Yes
Luther Barnes – I'm still holding on
Rev Paul Jones – I won't complain
Earnest Pugh – Rain on us
William McDowell – I give myself away
January 24th, 2012
11:43 am
kimmie – Hear ya loud and clear
January 24th, 2012
11:44 am
Slim – Didn't want to come off as angry. Just thinking about that first dude and the emotional rollercoaster I let him put me on makes me kinda mad at myself. It did force me to deal with men and other life situations with alot more confidence and faith in what I have to offer.
January 24th, 2012
11:52 am
kimmie – I didn't take you coming off as angry but I can understand how that experience set the tone for those that followed. When I say I would like concrete details or what they felt I lacked or didnt do, didn't mean I would take that info to Change who I am as a person. However, sometimes it helps to be reflective. You just may not know or realize how some things you do can affect the other person. For instance, the beau is not one that does a whole lot of talking when it comes to things that bother him or things he struggles with. However, when you're dealing with a SO, it is imperative that you communicate. He has heard this before so that's just an example. Nothing along the lines of, I hate the way you chew your food lol
January 24th, 2012
11:55 am
Slim – Cool. I get what you're saying and agree.
January 24th, 2012
11:59 am
slim/kimmie – another good way of getting feedback is those emails that used to go around. once I got one where you are supposed to send a questionnaire to your friends. I don't remember specifics but I remember it was really enlightening to read my friends' responses. even something as basic as asking your close friends to give 5/10 words that describe you best. sometimes you recognize yourself in the words but sometimes you are caught off guard.
January 24th, 2012
12:09 pm
disco – You know, I have one or 2 lifelong friends that, when I think about it, still think of me as that girl I was in high school or college. I have not forgotten where I came from, but I have evolved, "grown up" so much since then. Some of my other friends get it, but they still want to hang on. It's gotten a little old.
January 24th, 2012
12:09 pm
disco – Those emails were fun at first, especially on slow days at work. Not so much now though lol At once upon a time, I like that Honesty Box applications on fb where folks could say whatever or answer a question you posed anonymously
January 24th, 2012
12:29 pm
come out come out wherever you are – olly olly oxen free.
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12:35 pm
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12:38 pm
…pdussy. Er, I mean "polo…."
January 24th, 2012
12:47 pm
well, well, well look what the wind blew in.
January 24th, 2012
1:10 pm
You know how I like getting blown, Slim…
January 24th, 2012
1:12 pm
I am back…what's the haps..
January 24th, 2012
1:12 pm
You little joka you…your comment sounds like a situation my co-worker told me about earlier today. She was talking to a customer and asked if he was going to come down this week. She said he came back with, "oh yeah, I always go down." jeepers creepers


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NORTH LIBERTY– Sometimes, you just need space to stretch out and breathe.
In January, Carey Sadler of North Liberty opened her new River City Pilates location in North Liberty at 595 Ashley Court, Suite 6, a move away from her former, cramped location on Oakdale Boulevard in Coralville.
Sadler said the move has already paid dividends.
"I have definitely been able to accommodate a lot more people," Sadler said. "Now I'm in the process of trying to find teachers to teach for me, which is a good thing because business is growing."
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At 6 a.m., the doors opened and the crowd formed a steady line into the station that would last until noon. By 10 a.m., almost 700 people had passed through the door, well on track for the typical annual tally of approximately 1,000 people stuffed with cakes.
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The Clippers came into the contest, in their first state tournament appearance, as the eighth-ranked team. The coach thought they should've been ranked higher.
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West dominated the more recent double-header opener with an 8-1 victory, but fell 10-8 in the nightcap.
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Andrew Davis has taken the Clippers' helm. Davis brings 17 years of coaching, with 10 as head coach, to the program. Previously Davis has coached at Alburnett, WACO and Highland. Spencer Stumpff joins Davis as the assistant coach.
Last year the Clippers went 16-19 overall and 8-13 in the WaMaC.
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It turns out that Solon definitely did.
The Solon girls' soccer team met up against the Regina Regals last Friday in a 2-1 regional semifinal win. Solon advanced to the regional final Monday in Eldridge against Center Point-Urbana and a chance for a state tournament bid.
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But the highlights belonged to the defensive line of Mallory Hufford, Katherine Carr, Sadie Walkner, Katie Silberstein and Allie Mercer and some magnificent saves by keeper Nikki Sedlacek.
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Monday, May 17, 2010
Invasion of Red Admiral butterflies; U.S. Postal Service to issue 64-cent Monarch stamp
The dramatically colored, medium-sized, Red Admiral butterflies are prone to population explosions, migrating north in great numbers.
2010 is turning out to be one of those years.
Driving Saturday on Route 40 across New Castle and Cecil counties, I observed literally dozens - if not hundreds - of Red Admirals flying across the highway.
(At rest, Red Admirals cannot be confused with any other butterfly: Dark brown, red & black above. A complicated & cryptic brown below, but with patriotic red, white & blue in the upper corner! In flight, their rapid, erratic, kamikaze-like movement is diagnostic.)
Sunday, driving through south Jersey, I again saw dozens of Red Admirals. They were the dominant butterfly on one sandy road in northern Cape May County; Red-banded Hairstreaks came in second.
I have yet to see a Monarch butterfly this year, but the U.S. Postal Service today is issuing a 64-cent Monarch stamp intended for over-sized & odd-sized cards and other mailings.
In fact, many manufacturers of greetings cards will print a silhouette image of a butterfly on any over-sized envelopes. The idea: People will eventually learn the new butterfly stamp - or equivalent postage - is needed to send that over-sized card.
A downstate Delawarean is credited with the design, but he values his privacy and declines requests for interviews.
Posted at 7:18am on May 17, 2010 by Allan Loudell
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Sun, May 30, 2010 7:20am
The arrival of table games in Delaware has created great consternation and despair for enthusiasts of the ECLECTIC HOBBY of Poker.
Lack of education has led to the common misconception that poker is "gambling" and that poker players somehow enjoy gambling with their hard-earned money. In truth, the vast majority of poker players enjoy PLAYING THE GAME, the same way that people enjoy playing checkers, Scrabble or backgammon ---and the idea of risking money is completely anathema.
In places like Atlanta, there are hundreds of FREE poker games played in bars seven days a week. Poker enthusiasts play for the love of the game, cultivating friendships, and challenging their minds intellectually. No money is won or lost in free bar poker.
Unfortunately, in Delaware, we see the growing infestation of gambling, poisoning the pure game of poker and reinforcing ugly stereotypes that connect poker to gambling.
Governor Jack (Jack the Spender) and other spineless politicians see gambling as a quick, easy fix to support their addictions to spending. Thus, we saw the addition of table games (including poker) at Harrington Raceway this week, with Dover Downs and Delaware Park soon to follow.
Other than exploiting poor people to balance the budget, feeding the gambling and substance abuse addictions of the most vulnerable Delawareans, Jack The Spender is also put a dagger into the heart of Delaware charities.
Until now, the only legal cash poker games in Delaware benefited Delaware charities. The games at the Poker Room on Limestone Road, Dover, Milford and Rehoboth raised money for valuable charities like the Veterans of Foreign War, the ASPCA, Meals on Wheels and a wide variety of non-profit groups that helped Delawareans.
When the table games are fully operational at all three Delaware casinos, you will see the slow and agonizing death of the poker rooms that raised money for charities. Instead of money going to the Food Bank and homeless shelters....the money will be diverted to Delaware casinos and for Governor Jack to pay off his cronies and special interest groups.
He's hurt Delaware charities, he's balanced the budget on the backs of the poorest Delawareans, and he continues to expand state government to pay off his political henchmen.
Congratulations, Jack. Hope you can sleep at night.
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But electronic cigarettes, or e-cigs, don't have any of the offensive smoke that's so harmful to health. Instead, they feature an odorless vapor in which nicotine is delivered to the user. And they're sometimes allowed in public places where cigarettes are banned.
Studies show e-cigs make smoking healthier for smokers and those around them, while also helping smokers quit.
Plus, e-cigs cost about half as much as regular cigarettes.
Big tobacco continues to place bets that electronic cigarettes can keep the tobacco industry and its annual sales north of $750 billion and growing.
Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO), the world's biggest tobacco company and parent company of Philip Morris USA, is the last of the three major U.S. tobacco firms to get into the e-cigs game.
"There is no denying that adult tobacco consumers have shown interest in it," Marty Barrington, Altria's CEO, told investors during an earnings conference call last week.
Thanks to increased health awareness, as well as the introduction of several taxes that have led to the price of packs more than tripling in some cities, cigarette sales began declining over 15 years ago and continue to do so, falling 6.2% in the first quarter of 2013.
Even though e-cigs were introduced almost 10 years ago, they are just starting to take off. Sales in the United States totaled $500 million in 2012 and are expected to double to $1 billion in 2013.
And a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 21% of adults who smoke regular cigarettes had used e-cigs in 2011, up from 10% in 2010.
So, now that e-cigs are growing more popular, what's the best way to invest in them?
The Best Electronic Cigarette InvestmentsCigarette stocks are among the best "sin" stocks and have dramatically outperformed the market the past 10 years.
Besides Altria, which is a favorite at Money Morning and is included in the Money Map Report portfolio, here are three other e-cigarette stocks investors should consider:
Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI): The second-largest tobacco company, Reynolds produces Camel, Doral, and Winston products, accounting for 25% of U.S. tobacco sales. In 2006, it purchased Conwood, the second-biggest smokeless tobacco company in the United States, and had a limited launch of its e-cig Vuse last year. In 2013, Reynolds expects to sell Vuse nationwide and is getting ready to launch e-cigs with a heat source at the tip that heats rather than burns tobacco. (Reynolds introduced a similar e-cig, Eclipse, in 1996 and still sells it to wholesalers and retailers upon request.) Like Altria, RAI offers a healthy dividend just under 5% and is up 572% in the past 10 years.
Lorillard Inc. (NYSE: LO): The maker of Newport cigarettes, Lorillard is the third-biggest U.S. tobacco company and the oldest (founded in 1760). Newport accounted for 88% of Lorillard's sales in 2011, and to diversify in 2012, it acquired electronic-cigarette maker blu eCigs for $135 million. Blu eCigs had 2013 first-quarter sales of $57 million, up from $39 million only one quarter ago. LO offers a 5.1% dividend and has returned almost 605% the past 10 years.
Vapor Corp. (OTC: VPCO): Unlike the other companies, this is a direct play on e-cigs. In fact, Vapor Corp. is the only fully reporting, publicly traded electronic cigarette company in the United States. But compared with the above stocks, it's definitely the riskiest of these investments. Vapor Corp. designs, markets, and distributes e-cigs under the Fifty-One, Krave, VaporX, EZ Smoker, Green Puffer, Americig, Fumre Hookah Stix, and Smoke Star brands and is a possible takeover target for big tobacco firms. For 2012, it reported record net sales of $21.4 million, an increase of 33.6% year over year. In early January, VPCO tripled from 25 cents to 75 cents and has since sold down to 40 cents.
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Angelica were an all-girl punk rock band from Lancaster, England. Holly Ross (lead vocals and guitar), Brigit Colton (bass guitar), Claire Windsor (guitar) and Rachel Parsons (drums) formed the band while still at school in 1994 and performed until 2003. Their music was influenced by punk music mixed with surf rock overtones, and feminist lyrics.
Late 90s British punk girl group
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I am a current student on the Creative Writing MA at UEA, which involves a critical as well as a creative approach to literature: since reading and writing really shape my life at the moment, this is a great time for me to start working with others. I am looking to teach primarily English and History, as these are two areas I have lots of experience in, not to mention enthusiasm for.
I have worked in museums since graduating in 2009 (and volunteered for many years before that), first at the Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service, and then at the British Museum. I have also volunteered for the National Trust, at local history events, and with contemporary artists. My area of interest has always been heritage access and education, so I have lots of experience in helping young people to engage with – and critically assess – texts and sources that are new to them, as well as suiting activities to a student's personal learning style.
I have recently returned to Norwich and hope to start volunteering again within the museum sector which should give me lots of fresh food for thought. My current writing project involves using historical artefacts as inspiration for my own fiction, and this is a great way both to sharpen up writing skills and gain a deeper empathy for the past. You can see what I've been up to at my blog: **Web Address Removed**
Although I have never tutored one-to-one before, I have plenty of relevant experience and transferable skills. Whilst volunteering with the Interpretation Department at Norwich Castle Museum, I helped visitors of all ages learn about history. I also conducted guided tours, object handling sessions, and craft activities. As a volunteer for the National Trust I put together educational information, activities and tours which incorporated a range of learning styles to help children get the most out of their visits.
During an internship I worked with tutors from City University New York to create an e-book which was used to teach undergraduate history students. I also created my own educational e-books based on the poems in Edgar Lee Master's 'Spoon River Anthology'. I have spent most of my career thinking carefully about how learning might be improved, how I might help people engage with new subjects in both literature and history, and how to explain concepts in a clear and interesting way. I feel I am well prepared for one-on-one tutoring.
I know how daunting approaching a text can be sometimes, and that close analysis feels like a huge task when you haven't done it before. Through one-to-one teaching I will help students acquire the confidence and the tools to consider set texts and sources, as well as the skill set to write effective essays and their own creative work.
I will use a range of teaching techniques to help students work out what's best for them, but I am particularly interested in using as hands-on an approach as possible. Thanks to my degree - which placed a great emphasis on the history, architecture and literature of Norwich - and subsequent local museum work, I know the city extremely well. There is such a wealth of primary sources here from all eras, from the Vikings all the way through to the Industrial Revolution and beyond, and I would really like to sometimes incorporate these things into my teaching. The odd session visiting places of interest in Norwich can really help bring syllabus topics to life, and particularly suits students who feel less confident in an academic setting. Given my background and discipline I will use artefacts in my teaching where appropriate.
I am happy to teach AQA, OCR, Edexcel and WJEC. I would also be glad to help work on a student's general literacy skills, or support them in enhancing and exploring their own creative writing.
In terms of where the sessions will be held, I am based in the Golden Triangle and more than happy to teach in my comfortable, clean, and cosy home. I am also willing to travel to you, as long as you are easily accessible by public transport or on foot, as I don't have a car.
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Manhattan apartment changes into what is needed at the time, whether it is space to throw a dinner party for 12 or a room for overnight guests.
We always like to look at the creative ways designers and architects have devised to make small spaces appear larger, even though most of the "Transformers"-like gadgets are not in the budgets of those who inhabit tiny apartments.
Still, we can all pick up a few tips from their creative approaches to small-space design. We recently saw photos in Curbed of the LifeEdited apartment — a 420-square-foot apartment with seven rooms. It can accommodate two overnight guests or a dinner party of 12.
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The seven rooms don't all exist at the same time, but they can be created with a moveable wall and furniture that disappear into the walls when not in use. You can see the rooms appear and disappear in this video.
The LifeEdited apartment was commissioned by Graham Hill, founder of TreeHugger, who bought a 420-square-foot studio apartment in Manhattan in 2009 for $287,000. He created a contest for designers to redo his apartment in 2010. The winners were Catalin Sandu and Adrian Iancu, Romanian architecture students, and their plan for a studio apartment that can be changed into the kind of room that is needed at the time. Renovations were completed earlier this year.
Some features of the apartment are common to many small-space designs: a Murphy bed that disappears into the wall during the day, a fold-down work desk and storage inside the sofa. The leaves that make the table large enough for the dinner party and the 12 stackable chairs live inside the moveable wall when they're not in use. The base of the table lives inside a portable island. Equipment to create a home theater disappears into opposite walls.
A moveable wall that divides the living room into two bedrooms at night is a clever way to make the most of a small apartment. The kitchen is also unusual, with no stove or refrigerator. The refrigerator is two drawers, and the induction burners come out of a drawer and onto the counter when it's time to cook.
The renovations cost about $365,000, including $50,000 paid to ensure quick work. Hill says that he knows his space-saving designs are too expensive for the average person, and he would like to see the same innovation for less money. The moving wall, for example, cost $4,850.
"How can we build a cost-efficient wall that's safe and works well?" he said in an interview with The New York Times. "It's all too expensive, but it's also a lab. I'm used to that with TreeHugger. We had expensive stuff at the beginning. There's a role, and a good role I think, to be played by early adopters and people with money. Which helps get things out there, and gets the volume up so prices can come down."


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Earlier today the Golden Globe nominations were announced. I'm happy to inform that Leo's new project Django Unchained, which is due in theaters Christmas 2012, has been nominated for several awards. One of the nominations is for Leonardo DiCaprio in his supporting role in Django Unchained. I would like to congratulate Leo and everyone that is on the Django Unchained team!
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Having roots in Mississippi, I came guarded to this film. The history of my people strikes a chord within my being but I was astonished of how well this film portrayed it. I always said that if I dislike your character in a film and you are playing a controversial role, you have done your job as an actor. All of the actors performed exceptionally well, but by Mr. Dicaprio… I was taken aback. I have never loved an actor's role as much as I did him. He brought to light the evil, the humaness, the complexity, and distorted compassion of a white slave owner. Thank you for sharing my history and giving me a glimpse into a horrible yet beautiful past. Your character touched me as did you. Your struggle, and conviction with playing the role so touches my heart, in that you also went beyond yourself to push through yourself, to portray a difficult and horrendous image that all need to see and remember. Thank you, you are in my prayers. May you be blessed for your personal sacrifice.


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A common complaint among Blazers fans has been that LaMarcus Aldridge doesn't rebound enough for his size. Recently, an column at Rip City Project was published remarking that Aldridge had room for improvement in the rebounding department. The argument, in part:
…with his 6 feet 11 inch size and long arms, Aldridge should be a better rebounder. Aldridge has improved his rebounding every year in the league and averaged 9.1 rebounds a game in the 2012-13 season but he still ranked 16th in total rebounds a game.
Ranking 16th in the league is very good at first glance, but I wanted to take a closer look at how Aldridge gets his rebounds. I watched a sizable sample of video from Aldridge's 670 rebounds last year and paid attention to positioning, effort, and play type. I put them into three categories that made the most sense for this exercise:
Boxouts and effort positions where he clearly boxed out a defender, held a position, or moved to the ball with effort to rebound.
Open rebounds, which simply plopped into his hands when teams were out of position (ex. when teams simply rushed back on defense after a shot).
Other which accounts for transition plays, tips, and on plays like free throws.
From the viewing sample (about 12% of his total rebounds from multiple games throughout the year) it resulted in the following numbers:
Roughly half of Aldridge's rebounds came from open opportunities with little effort. The other half were from set half-court situations (Boxout) and miscellaneous effort plays (Other). So what's there to glean from this data?
Well, that depends on the context.
If Aldridge was lackadaisical on defense, slow to rotate, fickle in effort, and lacking production outside of another key statistic, it would be easy to say his rebounding numbers should improve. However, Aldridge is the star player on an otherwise slightly-under performing team. He's their lead offensive weapon, and he's no slouch on defense. Due to the Blazers' lack of a true center, Aldridge has often been left exerting effort on the defensive end against the opponent's best post player.
He played in one of the only positions for the Blazers last year that had positive differentials in advanced statistical areas. He produced more rebounds on a +/- basis for his position than did JJ Hickson, who finished tied for 7th in the NBA last year (which should tell you the value of defensive ability).
Put simply, Aldridge doesn't need to improve his rebounding.
No player is complete, which is why coaching, schemes, and teammates matter. Aldridge isn't a star rebounder the way Kevin Love or Zach Randolph is, but he brings so much more to the table it's a misunderstanding of who he is as a basketball player to do so.
Neil Olshey went out and beefed up the Blazers' front line with Robin Lopez and Thomas Robinson. Aldridge asked for a true center to play with this summer not only to help guard the post, but to help box out on the league's best big men. Olshey knows that. Aldridge knows that. Lopez knows that.
Asking Aldridge to battle even more for position on rebounds is going to wear him down, and reduce his effectiveness on the offensive end. Aldridge is a unique player, an above-average post defender who can shoot long and has post moves inside. He can't dribble or shoot threes like Dirk, and he is a better post defender than Carlos Boozer. And yes, he is an average rebounder. But there's nothing within Terry Stotts' scheme that insists that Aldridge needs to become a better rebounder for the Blazers to succeed.
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The questions make many people in Prince George's cringe: Is the county government a hotbed of malfeasance? Were the arrests of then-County Executive Jack B. Johnson (D) and his wife, current County Council member Leslie Johnson (D), an anomaly, or were they the latest chapter in a continuing saga of corruption in Prince George's?
Since January, a group appointed by County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) has been looking for answers. And now, after a series of public meetings that took testimony from officials, experts and concerned residents, the Accountability, Compliance and Integrity Task Force is to meet Saturday to begin sorting out the recommendations it will make in the coming weeks.


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UK Intellectual Property Office Corporate Plan: Helping Support Businesses Compete in a Global Economy
An ambitious and demanding programme of work for the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO) and its delivery partners is detailed in the Corporate Plan published on 26 June.
This year's Plan focuses on the major strategic challenges, and on the steps the UK-IPO will take to ensure it is properly equipped to meet those challenges.
Minister for Intellectual Property, Baroness Delyth Morgan said:
"As set out in the 'Innovation Nation' White Paper earlier this year, the Government's goal is to make the UK the best place in the world to run a creative, innovative business. Exploiting new knowledge and ideas to develop more effective products, services, processes and organisations is a vital step in achieving this goal. This plan sets a very clear and dynamic programme of activity for the next three years".
Ian Fletcher, Chief Executive of the UK Intellectual Property Office added:
"We are an information business, and information technology presents us with a great opportunity to improve the way we work and provide services in the years ahead. This Corporate plan gives us the direction necessary to achieve this".
The plan is in a different form to previous years, reflecting the development of the Government's thinking on IP over the past two years as well as a different approach to planning our activities.
Notes to editors:
- Copies of the Corporate Plan (351Kb) are available.
- A copy of the Innovation Nation White Papter can be viewed on the DIUS website.
- For enquiries about the UK Intellectual Property Office press or media activities please contact the Communications Team on 01633 814041 or email us
Date of release: 27 June 2008


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Toby Keith
Toby Keith Is Country Music's Top Earning Star
Forbes has released its Country Cash Kings list, which calculates 13 top artists' concert ticket sales, royalties for recorded music and publishing, merchandise sales, endorsement deals and other business ventures from June 2013-14. King of […]
Toby Keith's New York Restaurant Owes Over $250,000 in Taxes
Toby Keith may not be 'loving this bar' right now — at least, one particular franchise of his I Love This Bar & Grill restaurant chain.
Toby Keith Talks Song Choices for 'Support the Troops' TV Special
When Toby Keith was asked to perform during tonight's television special ACM Presents: An All-Star Salute to the Troops, the producers wanted him to pull out something unique. So he turned not to his catalog of hits, but to a collection of songs he'd been performing for the armed forces during his many years of USO tours.
Tim McGraw, Luke Bryan, Dierks Bentley, More Added to 'Salute the Troops' TV Special
Lee Brice, Hunter Hayes, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Kellie Pickler, and Keith Urban have also been added to the already impressive bill of the television special, which airs in May. LL Cool J and actor Chris O'Donnell will host.
Merle Haggard Getting ACM Award & a Tribute Album
The legendary artist will receive the Crystal Milestone Award during this year's ACMs. Haggard is also the subject of the upcoming tribute album "Working Man's Poet," featuring many top country stars.
Eric Church, Toby Keith, Lady Antebellum with Stevie Nicks Added as ACM Awards Performers
Church, Keith and Lady Antebellum with Stevie Nicks are the latest round of performers announced for the upcoming Academy of Country Music Awards on April 6.
The Merle Haggard Album 'Okie from Muskogee' Is Getting a 45th Anniversary Reissue
In honor of its 45th anniversary, Haggard's live "Okie from Muskogee" album is getting reissued later this month. And as a bonus, a second disc will feature his 1970 album "The Fightin' Side of Me."
Toby Keith Announces 2014 Shut Up & Hold On Tour
Watch a tour announcement video that shows Keith fans revealing the details of his upcoming Shut Up & Hold On Tour.
Brad Paisley, Sara Evans, Zac Brown, More to Guest on Doobie Brothers Country Album
The upcoming album project will feature select Doobie Brothers hits performed by the band and former lead singer Michael McDonald, as well as numerous country guest stars.
Toby Keith's Virginia Bar Draws Criticism and Praise With New 'No Weapons' Policy
Toby Keith's I Love This Bar and Grill in Woodbridge, Virginia, is attracting ire from some customers and praise from others after announcing that it will no longer allow guns inside the establishment.


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Sintraedrien said...
Wow - two years gone by, and the memories, all the memories. The wins, the losses, the triumphs, the tragedies, wipes and boss-kills, new and old allies and enemies, the comedies and errors, bugged quests and mechanics, OP moments, moments of despair. Two Blizzcons, new guildies, drama, broken friendships, new relationships, the fun discoveries in and out of game, large and small.
Sintra E'Drien of the Ebon Blade, né Sindorei
Those two years felt fairly boring to me. I leveled up to 80 fairly fast, started doing heroics and gearing the old-fashion way which I'll admit that part was quite fun. I remember running AN? OK? like once a day, everyday for like 2 weeks before I got my trinket drop and there were several other instances were I just needed that 1 ilvl 200 purple drop :D from the final boss no less.
It was pretty fun running Naxaramas 'remake' for the first time. My guild wasn't too serious back then and I was in a casual guild. We only cleared like 1 quarter and cleared the first bosses of a few other quarters. Took us like a month to gear-up enough to make up for our lack of skill so we could clear all of naxx and get our Kel'Thuzzad kill. 5 months later, naxx was mighty boring while we waiting unhapppily for ANY new content. 20 Kul Thuzad kills, 20 OS kills and nothing to do when not spending 4 hours a week raiding. :(. 8 monts later we were so bored.
Wotlk was fun for me but it lacked far far too much content. After Ulduaar, we got another 2-3 months of entertainment, then nerfing came out making the content easier and easier and easier(woo?). Only to find our, gear that was hard-earned would be obtainable by doing 'super-easy-mode heroics'. ... and ToC came out which was extremely easy to do. Another 4 months of waiting then weh ave ICC which was fun for a good 4 months followed by 8 months of wondering WTH was going to come after ICC as our boss kill numbers were starting to reach mid-double digits.
Here's hoping Cataclsym is more like BC with lots of raids and fairly regular content rather than content once a 'year' and gear-for-free philosophy. I doubt it, but, I'm hopeful. At the very least, we get to do new dungeons, new roics, new raids for the next 6 months. I can't wait to experience the new content since Wow has been so content-starved the last 6 months or so.
alfrizzle097 said...
It sounds to me like you weren't doing hard modes. To complain about free gear and lack of content but not do hard modes.... If I weren't doing hard modes I certainly wouldn't be yearning for a return to bc philosophy.
Naxx was an ok instance on reg mode. Problem was that it didn't have hard modes. Toss out some of the heroic settings in there and suddenly it fills the gap to Ulduar MUCH better than it did. It felt to me at the time like ToC came out a little too soon after Ulduar and the gap from ToC to ICC was too long. Basically Ulduar -> ICC was the right time, but they got the intermediate step in the wrong place. ICC was obviously out for too long before Cataclysm. I have to wonder if that was Blizzard realizing they couldn't meet the production cycles they had hoped for long term, or if it was just a matter of the Azeroth revamp being MASSIVE.


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Britain's Leona Lewis has released chart-topping hits, been nominated for Grammy's, and has sold over 20 million records worldwide. But she recently told Cosmo that she would trade it all for a worldwide ban on animal testing.
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General works
Graham P. Chapman and Kathleen M. Baker (eds.), The Changing Geography of Asia (1992), offers a country-by-country survey of the continent. Good overviews are found in the Cambridge regional encyclopaedias, including Francis Robinson (ed.), The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives (1989); Trevor Mostyn (ed.), The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of the Middle East and North Africa (1988); Archie Brown, Michael Kaser, and Gerald S. Smith (eds.), The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Russia and the Former Soviet Union (1994); Richard Bowring and Peter Kornicki (eds.), The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Japan (1993); and Brian Hook (ed.), The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of China, 2nd ed. (1991). A useful overview of Southeast Asia is Clive J. Christie, Southeast Asia in the Twentieth Century: A Reader (1998).
Atlases of the regions and countries of Asia include Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients (1977– ), a major publication on the Middle East, comprising a geographic atlas covering physical geography and a historical atlas arranged chronologically, with text in both German and English; Richard Ulack and Gyula Pauer, Atlas of Southeast Asia (1989); Joseph E. Schwartzberg et al. (eds.), A Historical Atlas of South Asia (1978; reissued with additional material, 1992); The Population Atlas of China (1987), compiled by the Population Census Office of the Chinese government; The National Economic Atlas of China (1994); P.J.M. Geelan and D.C. Twitchett (eds.), The Times Atlas of China (1974); A. Ebato and K. Watanabe (eds.), Atlas of Japan: Physical, Economic, and Social, 2nd rev. ed. (1974); The National Atlas of Japan, rev. ed. (1990), compiled by the Geographical Survey Institute of the Ministry of Construction; and S. Muthiah (ed.), A Social and Economic Atlas of India (1987), and An Atlas of India (1990).
Up-to-date statistics on demographic, social, and economic indicators are available in Asia Yearbook, published by the Far Eastern Economic Review; and World Development Report (annual), published for the World Bank; as well as in major annuals such as The Asia & Pacific Review; The Europa World Year Book; The Far East and Australasia; The Middle East and North Africa; and Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific, published by the United Nations.
Geologic history
Works dealing with the general geology of Asia include Peter Molnar and Paul Tapponnier, "Cenozoic Tectonics of Asia: Effects of a Continental Collision," Science, 189(4201):419–426 (August 8, 1975), the classic paper on the subject; Li Chün-yu et al., Explanatory Notes to the Tectonic Map of Asia (1982); International Geological Congress, Tectonics of Asia (1984); A.M. Celâl Şengör, The Cimmeride Orogenic System and the Tectonics of Eurasia (1984), and "Tectonic Subdivisions and Evolution of Asia," Bulletin of the Technical University of Istanbul, 40:355–435 (1987); A.M. Celâl Şengör et al., "Evolution of the Altaid Tectonic Collage and Palaeozoic Crustal Growth in Eurasia," Nature, 364(6435):299–307 (July 22, 1993); and S. Maruyama et al., "Mesozoic and Cenozoic Evolution of Asia," in Zvi Ben-Avraham (ed.), The Evolution of the Pacific Ocean Margins (1989), pp. 75–99. Magmatic and metamorphic development is examined in J.L. Whitford-Stark, A Survey of Cenozoic Volcanism on Mainland Asia (1987); and V.S. Sobolev et al. (eds.), Metamorphic Complexes of Asia (1982; originally published in Russian, 1977). Duncan R. Derry et al., World Atlas of Geology and Mineral Deposits (1980), provides a graphic summary of the mineral wealth of Asia and its relation to its geology.
The following are regional studies. Treatments of North Asia include International Geological Congress, Geology of the USSR (1984); and Victor E. Khain, Geology of the USSR, vol. 1, Old Cratons and Paleozoic Fold Belts (1985). East Asia is analyzed in Robert Orr Whyte et al. (eds.), The Evolution of the East Asian Environment, 2 vol. (1984); Asahiko Taira and Masayuki Tashiro (eds.), Historical Biogeography and Plate Tectonic Evolution of Japan and Eastern Asia (1987); Masaru Kono and B. Clark Burchfield (eds.), Tectonics of Eastern Asia and Western Pacific Continental Margin (1990); and J. Angelier (ed.), Geodynamic Evolution of the Eastern Eurasian Margin (1990), the last two published as special issues of Tectonophysics, respectively, vol. 181 and 183. Discussions of Southeast Asia include Warren Hamilton, Tectonics of the Indonesian Region (1979); Dennis E. Hayes (ed.), The Tectonic and Geologic Evolution of Southeast Asian Seas and Islands, 2 vol. (1980–83); Pham Quoc Tuong et al. (eds.), First Conference on Geology of Indochina (1986); Charles S. Hutchinson, Geological Evolution of South-East Asia (1988); and Dennis E. Hayes (compiler), A Geophysical Atlas of the East and Southeast Asian Seas (1978). South and Southwest Asia are addressed by Harsh K. Gupta and Frances M. Delany (eds.), Zagros, Hindu Kush, Himalaya: Geodynamic Evolution (1981); K. Nakazawa and J.M. Dickins (eds.), The Tethys: Her Paleogeography and Paleobiogeography from Paleozoic to Mesozoic (1985); Peter Molnar, "A Review of Geophysical Constraints on the Deep Structure of the Tibetan Plateau, the Himalaya, and the Karakoram, and Their Tectonic Implications," in R.M. Shackleton, J.F. Dewey, and B.F. Windley (eds.), Tectonic Evolution of the Himalayas and Tibet (1988), pp. 33–88; A.M. Celâl Şengör et al. (eds.), Tectonic Evolution of the Tethyan Region (1989); M.P. Searle, The Geology and Tectonics of the Karakoram Mountains (1991); Allison Macfarlane, Rasoul B. Sorkhabi, and Jay Quade (eds.), Himalaya and Tibet: Mountain Roots to Mountain Tops, Special Paper No. 328 of the Geological Society of America (1999); and Lewis A. Owen and Frank Lehmkuhl (eds.), "Late Quaternary Glaciation and Paleoclimate of the Tibetan Plateau and Bordering Mountains," Quaternary International, vol. 65–66, no. 1 (April 2000).
Broad surveys of physical features of the continent as a whole or of large parts of it include Dudley Stamp, Asia: A Regional and Economic Geography, 12th ed. (1967); Pierre Pfeffer, Asia: A Natural History (1968); N.A. Gvozdetskiy and N.I. Mikhailov, Physical Geography of the USSR: Asiatic Part, trans. from Russian (1971); Ewan W. Anderson, The Middle East: Geography and Politics (2000), rev. ed. of W.B. Fisher, The Middle East, 7th rev. ed. (1978); C.S. Pichamuthu, Physical Geography of India, 4th ed. (1980); O.H.K. Spate et al., India and Pakistan: A General and Regional Geography, 3rd rev. ed. (1967); Encyclopedia of New China (1987); Zhao Songqiao, Physical Geography of China (1986); and Jin-bee Ooi, Peninsular Malaysia, new ed. (1976). A useful bibliography of the physical geography of the Indian subcontinent is Thomas A. Rumney, Readings in the Physical Geography of South Asia (1989). Specific ecological characteristics are addressed in R. Misra, "Indian Savannas," in François Bourlière (ed.), Tropical Savannas (1983), pp. 151–166; Charles A. Reed (ed.), Origins of Agriculture (1977); and Natural Resources of Humid Tropical Asia (1974), a UNESCO research report.
Overviews of environmental zones include T.C. Whitmore, Tropical Rain Forests of the Far East, 2nd ed. (1984); Tropical Forest Ecosystems (1978), a UNESCO report; H. Walter et al., "The Deserts of Central Asia," in Neil E. West (ed.), Temperate Deserts and Semi-Deserts (1983), pp. 193–236; and Vaclav Smil, The Bad Earth: Environmental Degradation in China (1984). Climatic patterns are examined in William C. Brice (ed.), The Environmental History of the Near and Middle East Since the Last Ice Age (1978); U. Schweinfurth, H. Flohn, and M. Domrös, Studies in the Climatology of South Asia (1970); and Jen-hu Chang, Atmospheric Circulation Systems and Climates (1972). Plant life is treated in Arnold Newman, Tropical Rainforest: A World Survey of Our Most Valuable and Endangered Habitat with a Blueprint for Its Survival (1990); and Harry G. Champion and S.K. Seth, A Revised Survey of the Forest Types of India (1968).
Marvin Harris, Culture, People, Nature: An Introduction to General Anthropology, 5th ed. (1988), puts the peoples of Asia in comparative ethnic context. Among many works on comparative religions, S.A. Nigosian, World Faiths (1990), provides a cogent and thoughtful description of all of Asia's major and a number of minor religions; John Y. Fenton et al., Religions of Asia, 2nd ed. (1988), gives a good explanation of East and South Asian religions; and Joseph M. Kitagawa (ed.), The Religious Traditions of Asia (1989), collects essays of leading scholars on the religions of South, Southeast, East, and Central Asia. Ian Charles Harris (ed.), Buddhism and Politics in Twentieth-Century Asia (1999), is a useful overview of the way religion affects contemporary society. Mustapha Kamal Pasha, South Asia: Civil Society, State, and Politics (1997), covers the region's contemporary politics. For details of ethnicity and language in one very complex region, Roland J.-L. Breton, Atlas of the Languages and Ethnic Communities of South Asia (1997), is a remarkable work.
A comprehensive account of the cultures and history of South Asia is to be found in Graham P. Chapman, The Geopolitics of South Asia (2000). Michael E. Brown and Sumit Ganguly (eds.), Government Policies and Ethnic Relations in Asia and the Pacific (1997), gives an excellent overview of culture and contemporary politics. Peter Beaumont, Gerald H. Blake, and J. Malcolm Wagstaff, The Middle East, 2nd ed. (1988), surveys the human geography of Southwest Asia. Somewhat broader in regional scope is Mushtaqur Rahman, Muslim World (1987), which includes topics of physical geography. Akbar S. Ahmed, Discovering Islam: Making Sense of Muslim History and Society (1988), perceptively focuses on the Muslim peoples and their histories.
Urbanization and the growth of great cities as key human processes transforming the lives of millions of Asians are considered in depth in Graham P. Chapman, Ashok K. Dutt, and Robert W. Bradnock (eds.), Urban Growth and Development in Asia, 2 vol. (1999); and Fu-Chen Lo and Yue-man Yeung (eds.), Emerging World Cities in Pacific Asia (1996), is also useful.
Up-to-date accounts of economic development in Asia include Jonathan Rigg, Southeast Asia: The Human Landscape of Modernisation and Development (1997); Shireen T. Hunter, Central Asia Since Independence (1996); Ross H. McLeod and Ross Garnaut (eds.), East Asia in Crisis: From Being a Miracle to Needing One? (1998); and Christopher Hudson (ed.), The China Handbook (1997). Christopher Howe (ed.), China and Japan: History, Trends, and Prospects (1996), offers a more historical view of East Asian development. A discussion of development in India is Jagdish N. Bhagwati, India in Transition: Freeing the Economy (1993). Frank M. Go and Carson L. Jenkins, Tourism and Economic Development in Asia and Australasia (1997), treats the role of tourism in opening and changing Asia. The linkage between environment and development and, in particular, the problem of water shortages are the focus of Graham P. Chapman and M. Thompson (eds.), Water and the Quest for Sustainable Development in the Ganges Valley (1995); and Nurit Kliot, Water Resources and Conflict in the Middle East (1994).


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Join us each day as we count down towards the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft. The countdown runs from 50 to zero and the number of days remaining will inspire the post for that day. Think of this as your NFL draft paper chain that loses one link each day!
Friday's labor developments threw a whole bunch of uncertainty into what the 2011 season will look like. Even the one thing we thought we knew, that the draft would take place as scheduled, faces a slight possibility of being erased. I sincerely hope that doesn't come to pass so I'll do the blogging equivalent of sticking my head in the sand and continue on with the NFL draft countdown I began with 50 days remaining.
The rising of today's sun (yes, the effects of the union's decertification has certain bounds) means 47 days remain until the first round of the NFL Draft on April 28 (we hope, re-read above if necessary). Did you know 47 is the age, in years, former NFL Kicker Morten Andersen was when he played his final season?
I bring it up because my own countdown rules requires me to use the number 47 in some way (you would think I would have made things easier on myself) and we have our own kicker that hit the 40 year plateau prior to last season. The Lions have indicated their desire to retain Dave Rayner but that still seems like an insurance policy considering Jason Hanson showed he still has plenty of leg before his season ended due to injury.
Hanson's only miss on the year from longer than 50 yards was an end of half situation in Green Bay that never should have been attempted by Jim Schwartz's own admission. Hanson didn't miss from inside 40 yards and went four of five from 40 to 49 yards out. His skills are clearly not eroding and the example of Morten Andersen's longevity shows that age alone is no reason to end the player-team relationship. Fans have wondered if the Lions would consider using a late round draft pick on a kicker in the previous two or three drafts based on the expectation that Hanson's career will soon be over. It may soon be but the calendar won't give us any indication of when that day will come. At any rate, I think it is fair to say the Lions got their money's worth (literally and figuratively) when they drafted Jason Hanson in the second round of the 1992 draft.
Players drafted number 47 overall by the Detroit Lions:
Maury Patt (1937), Joe Wendlick (1939), Joe Eddins (1946), Fred Enke (1948), Jim Yarborough (1969), Pete Mandley (1984)
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|For Your Inner Comix Grrrl: Megan Kelso's "Queen of the Black Black"
I'm one of those girls who wish they'd been born earlier so they could've attended the Evergreen State College during the early '90s and spent their days xeroxing zines and comics at their lame part time jobs. But now I'm a Generation Z college student on the east coast, reading Jeffrey Brown and Lynda Barry and spending too much time (and money) at coffee shops. (Sometimes, I sit at a local Barnes and Noble and pretend to be drawing for a Fantagraphics deadline. It's sad.) This is probably why I instantly clicked with Megan Kelso's Queen of the Black Black.
Queen of the Black Black is a 160 page collection of short stories and strips from Kelso's minicomic Girlhero, which she drew between 1993 and 1998. She went from DIY cartoonist and self-publisher to being serialized in the New York Times Sunday Magazine. She currently has three books published by Fantagraphics, including the Ignatz Award-winning Artichoke Tales. This particular book is a chronicle of Kelso's early days as a riot grrrl cartoonist and developing artist; each short story experiments with comic techniques, such as the visual interpretation of 'music', lettering methods, and drawing tools. I'm particularly excited by the list in the back of the book, where Kelso explains what elements she juggled with in each short story.
Content wise, Queen of the Black Black explores intimate daily life moments ("The Daddy Mask", "Her Peas and Queues", "Whistle & Queenie"), fantasy dream worlds ("Pennyroyal Tea", "Queen of the Black Black"), and a hazy ground between the two realms. Kelso brings in dark and bitter elements into her stories to create 'sweet 'n salty' fairy tales that are at times uncomfortably true to real life.
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Wallace Wade Stadium
|Former names
|Duke Stadium (1929–1967)
|Frank Bassett Drive, Durham, NC 27706
|35°59′43″N 78°56′30″W / 35.99528°N 78.94167°WCoordinates: 35°59′43″N 78°56′30″W / 35.99528°N 78.94167°W
|Duke University
|Duke University
|33,941 (1982-present)
40,078 (1978-1981)
44,000 (1942-1977)
35,000 (1929-1941)
|Record attendance
|57,500 (November 19, 1949)[1]
|Broke ground
|December 1928
|October 5, 1929
|Construction cost
|$4 million
($54.9 million in 2014 dollars[2])
|Horace Trumbauer[3]
|Duke Blue Devils football (1929–present)
Wallace Wade Stadium is a stadium on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Primarily used for American football, it is the home field of the Duke Blue Devils. It opened in 1929 with a game against Pitt, as the first facility in Duke's new west campus. The horseshoe-shaped stands are elevated six feet above the track. Seating for the stadium is for 33,941 people. Originally named Duke Stadium, it was renamed in 1967 for the legendary Duke football coach, Wallace Wade.
The stadium is notable for being the site of the 1942 Rose Bowl Game. Duke had won the invitation to the game as the eastern representative. However, the attack on Pearl Harbor, just weeks after the end of the 1941 season, led to fears of a Japanese attack on the West Coast. General John L. DeWitt, commander of the Western Defense Command, advised the Tournament of Roses Association not to hold the game at the Rose Bowl Stadium itself. Soon afterward, the government banned all large public gatherings on the West Coast, which ruled out Bell Field on the campus of Oregon State, the host team from the PCC, as an alternative venue. The Tournament of Roses Association originally planned to cancel the game, but Duke officials invited the Rose Bowl and Oregon State to Durham to play the game. The offer was accepted, and on a cold, rainy January 1, 1942, 56,000 fans, 22,000 of whom sat on bleachers borrowed from nearby NC State and UNC, watched the heavily favored Blue Devils fall to the strong defense of the Beavers 20-16. It is still the only time the game has been played outside of Pasadena, California.
In October 2012, Duke announces they will begin major renovations that will eventually seat 43,915.[4]
- The Grateful Dead - April 24, 1971
- The Rolling Stones - October 8, 2005
- ^ "History". Duke Athletics. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
- ^ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2014. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- ^ "Inventory of the Horace Trumbauer Architectural Drawings Collection, 1924 - 1958". Duke University. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
- ^ Patterson, Chip (October 1, 2012). "Duke Announces Major Renovations for 83-Year-Old Wallace Wade Stadium". CBS Sports. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
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- Wallace Wade Stadium - Duke Athletics
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Running (or Walking) Your First Race
Written on November 7, 2012 at 9:57 am , by runsforcookies
Running or walking your first road race can be intimidating, especially if you have never been to a race before and don't know what to expect. I've been running races for a couple of years now, everything from 5K's and 10K's, to half- and full-marathons, and I still get nervous about each one of them! But there really is no reason to worry. I will (hopefully) ease your mind about your first race.
Choosing a race—I had no idea how to go about looking for a race at first. Now, I like to go to Active.com to search for races near me. I look at the location and date, obviously; but I also look to see if the race is timed ("chip timed" means that you wear a chip on your shoe or bib to determine your exact racing time), if there are t-shirts and/or medals included, and what the course looks like (Hilly? Flat? Dirt trails? Closed roads? Etc.) These are all personal preferences, but I always like to make sure the race is timed and that I get at least a t-shirt for my race fee.
Once you have chosen a race, you can usually take advantage of "early bird" specials, which means the cost is cheaper if you sign up further in advance.
The Expo/Packet pick-up—Depending on how large your chosen race is, there may be an Expo you can attend. This is where you will pick up your "packet" (bib with your number on it, race shirt, and anything else the race wants to give you); there are also vendors from running –related companies that have booths set up where you can shop. You can find everything from GU gel packets to running clothes and shoes to headbands and bumper stickers. Usually the Expo will be the day before the race.
Preparing for race day—I like to get my outfit laid out and ready to throw on the morning of the race. You may want to pin your bib to your shirt; charge your iPod and/or running watch; lay out your shirt, pants/shorts, socks, shoes, hat, etc; and double check to make sure you have everything. I also like to make sure I drink plenty of water the day before a race so that I am well-hydrated. If you're doing a longer race, then you may want to eat more carbs than usual for a few days leading up to the race. You also will want to make sure you know where to go on race day—where to park, how to get to the starting line, etc.
The morning of the race—I set my alarm to wake me up about an hour and a half before I have to leave, so there isn't any rushing around last-minute. I leave early enough so that if there is traffic, I won't be late. Sometimes I get to races much too early, but I'd rather be early than late. Once you park, you can go use the bathroom, walk off nerves, or stand around at the starting line.
The race itself—Larger races will usually assign you a "corral" at the starting line, based on your projected finish time. The faster people in the front, slower people in the back. If there aren't corrals, you should try and put yourself where you think you may line up (if you're running five minute miles, go to the front; if you're walking, go to the back; somewhere in-between, just try and make your best guess).
The announcer will usually tell you how many minutes until the start. When the gun sounds, it may take a couple of minutes to get to the actual starting line (it has taken me anywhere from one minute to 30 minutes to get to the starting line—depending on how big the race is). Once you cross that line, your "chip" will start your personal timer, and you can go!
The most important advice I can give you is to not start out too fast. It's easy to get caught up in the excitement, and feel like everyone is passing you, but just stick with what you're comfortable with. At my first race, I could have sworn that I saw thousands of people passing me, and I felt panicked. But chances are, you will not be last—and even if you are, so what? You're doing a race, which is a fantastic accomplishment!
During the race, there will be water stations with volunteers handing out water or sports drinks. It's up to you whether to walk through them, run through them, or not stop at all. I can't drink from a tiny cup and run at the same time, so I walk for about five seconds and throw it back, then start running again. I always make sure to say "thank you" to the volunteers.
When you get to the finisher's "chute" (the last part of the race before the finish line), make sure you look up and smile, because there will usually be a photographer taking photos as you cross. Once you cross the finish line, there will probably be water and snacks for you to grab, and possibly a spot to get your photo taken.
And that's it—congratulations! I can almost guarantee that you'll be looking up your second race as soon as you get home.
Categories: Fitterati, Inspiration, Running, Weight Loss, Workouts | Tags: 10K, 5K, marathon, races, running
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Making Peace with the Dreadmill
Written on July 6, 2012 at 3:11 pm , by runsforcookies
While it's not in the dictionary, I would guess that most runners are familiar with that made-up word–a combination of the feeling of dread and the torture device that we know as a treadmill.
The first time I ran on a treadmill, I was so bored I wanted to shoot myself after just 5 minutes. I couldn't even fathom running a single mile on a treadmill, let alone MILES (plural). I have no idea what possessed me to fork over $700 for the modest hamster wheel that I bought, but it was a hot day, and I thought, "Anything is better than running in this heat!"
Anything except the dreadmill, I quickly learned.
Over the past couple of years that I've been a runner, I've avoided using the treadmill like I avoid taking my kids to Chuck E. Cheese's on a Saturday. Or returning something to Wal-Mart the day after Christmas. Or…well, you get the picture. (click to keep reading…) Read more
Categories: Fitterati, Running | Tags: fitterati, running, running in the heat, RunsforCookies, treadmill, workouts
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We the People Must Take a Stand
Jordan Sekulow, ACLJ Executive Director, recently spoke at the We The People Convention in Ohio. He spoke about the effectiveness of people who are willing to stand up and take action for what they believe in. From the hundreds of thousands of people who are standing up for imprisoned American Pastor Saeed Abedini to the millions affected by ObamaCare and those targeted by the IRS, it is critical for We the People to rise up and have our voices heard.
Watch highlights from Jordan's speech above.