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Sam Bacharach is the McKelvey-Grant Professor of Labor Management at Cornell University's ILR School. He is the Director of ILR's New York City based Institute for Workplace Studies as well as the Director of the Smithers Institute and the director of the New York City-based Master of Professional Studies. He received his BS in economics from NYU and his MS and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin.
For the last 10 years, Professor Bacharach has focused on bridging theory and practice. Integrating his earlier work on politics, negotiation, and complex organizations into his studies of the workplace, Sam has established his own unique perspective on proactive leadership. Sam is the author and editor of over 100 articles and over 20 books, including his two most influential works, Get Them on Your Side: Win Support, Convert Skeptics, and Get Results (2005) and Keep Them on Your Side: Leading and Managing for Momentum (2006). His work has been reviewed by The New York Times, Fast Company, HR Magazine, CIO Magazine, Investor's Business Daily, Leadership Excellence, and Harvard Management Update.
Working with eCornell, Samuel has developed a dynamic 10-course leadership training certificate for high potentials, subscribed to by many Fortune 500 companies.
Among the organizations trained in his pragmatic leadership approach are: Computer Sciences Corporation, PepsiAmericas, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, March of Dimes, Wal-Mart Stores, Citigroup, International Monetary Fund, Mellon Financial, Starbucks, BASF, BMC Software, Boeing, Inter-Continental Hotels Group, Chubb, Nintendo, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Devon Energy, TeleTech, and Gap, Inc.
Yael Bacharach is a practicing psychotherapist and coach. Having spent much of her career trying to combine the techniques of psychotherapy with the practical tools of coaching and having worked as a consultant and presenter in different organizational contexts, Yael believes that many of the obstacles faced in the workplace stem from the dynamics of relationships among leaders, followers, supervisors, subordinates, colleagues, and coworkers. To overcome these obstacles and move ahead proactively, supervisors, leaders, and coworkers must create a dynamic atmosphere where reflection and dialogue assist in overcoming both inner and external blocks. After 20 years of practice she has developed a series of techniques and modalities which help individuals overcome blocks and move ahead proactively.
Yael Bacharach has worked as a counselor in the military. She regularly consults with hospitals and clinics, and has developed a workplace intervention program in conjunction with the Smithers Institute at Cornell University and The Israel Institute of Technology (Technion).
Scott has a rich background in running and growing successful businesses in diverse and international contexts. Most recently, he lived and worked in Hong Kong as the Co-Global Head of Fixed Income for Dealogic LLC, a firm that provides an investment banking platform to global and regional banks. Before this, he worked in Chile for NESsT, a venture philanthropy firm focused on developing sustainable social enterprises in emerging markets, and he earned his International MBA at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Scott's deep expertise in business development, strategic planning, product development and client management intersect with his passion for people and skill development. He currently resides in New York City.
Peter A. Bamberger is Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management at the Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration, Tel Aviv University, and senior research scholar at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University. He has been serving as Associate Editor of the Academy of Management Journal since 2007.
Current research interests include peer relations and helping processes in the workplace, and employee emotional wellbeing, and HR Strategy. Co-author of Human Resource Strategy (with Ilan Meshulam Sage, 2000) and Mutual Aid and Union Renewal (with Samuel Bacharach and William Sonnenstuhl , Cornell Univ. Press, 2001), Bamberger has published over 70 referred journal articles in such journals as Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Personnel Psychology. He received his Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Cornell University in 1990.
Stuart M. Basefsky is a renowned information specialist and lecturer/trainer who focuses on gathering and customizing essential facts and research in support of leadership, public policy, work and business needs. Most notable is his work as Director of the IWS News Bureau of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in the New York City Office of the ILR School/Cornell University. He is also an award winning teacher who developed a unique course entitled, "HR Online Research and Reporting Methods for Executive Decision-making" in collaboration with the Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies. He consults on these matters with the European Union and other international intergovernmental organizations as well as with leading business schools such as ESCP Europe and the University College Dublin School of Business. His career has been primarily at Duke University and Cornell University where he continues to work. Basefsky holds a bachelor's degree in international affairs from the University of Colorado at Boulder, a master's degree in international studies and education from Duke University, and a master's degree in information and library science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also has two years of legal training at the University of Colorado Law School.
Chris holds a Masters of Organizational Behavior from Brigham Young University. He has been involved in leadership development in higher education for more than 20 years. Before coming to Cornell, Chris was Director of Organizational Development at the Center for Public Service Development and Training at Western Washington University. At Cornell, he is responsible for Organizational Development for Faculty and Staff, Workforce Policy and Labor Relations, Career Planning & Development, and Learning Management and Technology.
Chris earned his BA in International Relations. He holds certifications in SYMLOG, PI (Predictive Index), Power and Systems: The Organization Workshop, the Haygroup's ECI (Emotional competency Indicator), Arbinger Institute: Leadership and Self Deception, and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). He is a member of National Consortium for Continuous Improvement (NCCI) in Higher Education and a coach for Cornell's Executive MBA and other executive courses. Of late he has been able to assist in building programs connecting U.S. universities with community building opportunities in Central America.
Kathryn L. Burkgren is the director of Organizational Development for Faculty & Staff at Cornell University. She works with academic and administration units to deliver results in the area of organizational development and effectiveness. She partners with college, division and department leaders to build engaged teams and develop staff with a focus on high performers and high potentials enabling units to more effectively lead and manage change and align priorities, goals and deliverables towards the accomplishment of the university mission and strategic plan.
Dr. Burkgren designs, facilitates and delivers leadership and management development programs. Her passion is working with individuals, leaders, teams and organizations to continuously develop with the overall goal being to create strategically aligned sustainable leadership. Her OE and OD work is built on 14 years of work in the areas of marketing, communications and administration, which includes six years working with the Cornell University Building & Properties Board of Trustee Committee.
Kathy holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University in educational psychology and organizational behavior. She practices at Cornell and in for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. In July 2010 she was asked to serve president for the National Consortium of Continuous Improvement (NCCI) in Higher Education.
Kathy earned her undergraduate degree at Iowa State University in Education and Journalism, and holds certifications in Low Ropes, PI (Predictive Index), Power and Systems: The Organization Workshop, the Haygroup's ECI (Emotional Competency Indicator), Arbinger Institute: Leadership and Self Deception, and Myers-Briggs Type Indicate (MBTI). In July 2011 she was voted to serve a two-year team president of the National Consortium for Continuous Improvement (NCCI) in Higher Education, a group that focuses on continuous improvement, change and innovation. She is an executive coach for the Executive MBA and MBA Cornell University Johnson Graduate School of Management Education Programs, National Grocers Association, and National Association of Convenience Stores through the Food and Industry Management System.
Edward J. Lawler is the Martin P. Catherwood Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations, Professor of Organizational Behavior and Sociology at Cornell University. Before joining the faculty of Cornell in 1994, he was a member of the sociology faculty at the University of Iowa for 22 years, where he became the Duane C. Spristersbach Professor of Liberal Arts in 1990.
Lawler has authored or co-authored three books and over 60 articles, and edited or co-edited over 20 volumes of the annual series, Advances in Group Processes. Most recently, his book, Social Commitments in a Depersonalized World (2009) won the 2010 James Coleman Best Book Award from the Rationality and Society Section of the American Sociological Association.
He served as Dean of Cornell University's ILR School from 1997-2005, chaired the University of Iowa's Department of Sociology (1983-89) and was President of Research Committee (42) on Social Psychology of the International Sociological Association (1998-2002).
Dr. Lawler earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in sociology from California State University, Long Beach and Los Angeles, respectively, and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Andrew Doyle is a Senior Vice President and Head of Compensation, Benefits, and Technology for OppenheimerFunds, Inc, where he is responsible for the strategy, design and administration of the firm's various rewards plans. Prior to joining OppenheimerFunds, he was most recently Head of Rewards and Information Services for the Global Wealth Management Group at Merrill Lynch. During his career at Merrill Lynch, Andy had extensive overseas experience, including being Head of HR for the Pacific Rim Region, based in Tokyo, Japan. Prior to his 10 years with Merrill Lynch, Andy was employed with the Toshiba Corporation, based in Tokyo, where he helped in their efforts to set up an HR infrastructure for their overseas affiliates. Andy is active in the Japanese community in Bergen County and is a volunteer youth soccer coach in Glen Rock, NJ, where he resides with his wife and two children.
Jack Goncalo joined the School of Industrial and Labor Relations as an Assistant Professor in August 2004. He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration in 2004, an M.S. in Organizational Behavior in 2001 and a B.A. in Psychology in 1999, all from the University of California at Berkeley.
He conducts research on group processes and performance, particularly group creativity and the quality of group decision making. Although most research in Organizational Behavior emphasizes the value of being a "team player" his research suggests that in order to spark creativity, organizations should emphasize individualistic norms and individual achievement. He co-edited the book Research on Managing Groups and Teams: Creativity in Groups (vol. 12). His research has been published in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Management Science, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin and the European Journal of Social Psychology. It has also been featured on CNN, Businessweek, The Wall Street Journal, US News & World Report, Fast Company and Fortune.
Stacia Murphy is interim director of the Alcoholism Council of New York, an affiliate of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD). Ms. Murphy has formerly served as president of NCADD. Ms. Murphy has experience in management training and program development in the criminal justice system, private industry and academia.
She has worked extensively in the United States and abroad in programs and systems related to youth, adolescent and community development, community organizing and public policy. Ms. Murphy taught management and organizational development at The New School University for nineteen years.
Diane Rosen is a graduate of Cornell University, Georgetown University Law Center and New York University Stern School of Business. Formerly of Weil Gotshal & Manges and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, she is currently a partner in Alter & Rosen LLP, a boutique law firm specializing in music copyright.
Ms. Rosen is a trained commercial mediator and conflict coach. She is the author of The Grownup's Guide: Living with Kids in Manhattan, and The Grownup's Guide: Visiting New York City with Kids and is a principal of Grownup's Guide Publishing LLC. She is the Vice President of Girls Learn International, a non-profit organization that works to combat the global crisis in girl's education by educating a new generation of American students to become strong leaders and advocates for positive social change and developing and advocating for sustainable social change in countries where girls have traditionally been denied access to education. She serves on the boards of WLIW (Channel 21), the East Midtown Partnership BID, the Cornell University Council, the School of Industrial and Labor Relations Advisory Council, the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, the President's Council of Cornell Women and the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center. She has served on the Board of Trustees of the Trinity School in Manhattan where she also served as President of the Parents Association. Ms. Rosen is the mother of two children.
Professor Shirley Zaragoza, B.S., M.A., C.A.S. has eight years of experience in the small business and corporate sector, including working with companies such as Kemper Insurance, U.S. Trust Co. and The Bank of Tokyo. Since leaving Wall Street, she has spent twenty-five years teaching finance and business management courses at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York.
Before joining the faculty of BMCC, she taught as an adjunct professor at Indiana University, Hudson Valley Community College and Jersey City State College. She currently teaches classes in Business Organization and Management, Critical Thinking, Advertising, Consumer Behavior, Money and Banking, Introduction to Finance, and Financial Management.
In 2006, Professor Zaragoza wrote a book that focuses on fundamental management issues called Navigating the Playground, a 12-Step Litmus Test for Parenting, Personal and Business Management, (Thomson-Southwestern) Her most recent article (fall, 2010) was titled "The "Chi" of a Management Professor," which focused on the fusion of her martial arts background (a black belt in Kyokushin Karate) with her college teaching.
Shirley Zaragoza is a graduate of Babson College, where she received her Bachelor of Science in Business Management, Indiana University, where she received her Master of Arts in Spanish Literature and New York University (Steinhardt School of Education) where she received her professional postgraduate degree (CAS) in business education.
Susan F. Alevas, Esq is an engaging management/training consultant and a principled private attorney licensed to practice law in the states of New York and Florida.
Ms. Alevas specializes in the areas of employee/labor relations, budgeting, contract negotiations, conflict resolution, adjudication of employee grievances, recruitment and staffing, workplace ethics, HRIS operations (including the design, testing and implementation of a customized company-wide system), performance management, staff development, succession planning and benefits administration.
As an adjunct instructor at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Ms. Alevas teaches a variety of in-person and online courses in human resources, law and management‑development topics and programs. She also teaches legal and human resources graduate courses at New York University and post-graduate education law for the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Through the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Ms. Alevas is a trained mediator for disputes involving employment-discrimination claims, and she has published articles pertaining to sexual harassment, workplace ethics and employee relations.
Dana Vashdi is a lecturer at the Department of Public Administration and Policy at The University of Haifa, Israel. Dana's research and teaching focuses on teamwork and team management as well as employee well-being, organizational climate and healthcare policy. Her expertise includes enhancing learning in different types of teams.
Dr. Vashdi has published articles in a wide variety of academic journals including the Academy of Management Journal, Human Resource Management Journal and the British Medical Journal. Dana has worked in numerous organizational settings (armed forces, hospital/medical, high-tech) helping teams improve their effectiveness.
Dana earned a B.A. in Psychology and Statistics, from Tel Aviv University, a M.A. (Cum Laude) and a Ph.D. in Industrial Psychology form the Technion – the Israel Institute of Technology. Dana has also done postdoctoral work at Cornell's ILR School.
Phyllis Rosen has been providing training and executive and career coaching services for over 15 years to the corporate, non-profit and entrepreneurial sectors, as well as to individuals. She delivers training to all levels of an organization in skills from communications to retention strategies to relationship building. In addition to standup and design ability, she has launched 2 separate training functions - at Met Council and at PaineWebber (now UBS). At PaineWebber, Phyllis was a Corporate Vice-President and Senior Training Manager, delivering training programs and coaching to the top-tier brokers and managers to enrich their business. At Met Council, she co-created a training program and served as its Director of Career Counseling Services.
As a coach, Phyllis is professionally certified, having earned the PCC (Professional Certified Coach) designation from the International Coach Federation, ICF (the largest coaching organization in the world) and received her training from The Coaches Training Institute (CTI.) Phyllis' passion and unique gift is to help others find their own unique gift and authentic voice. As a career coach, Phyllis specializes in helping clients develop healthy relationships with their work and to aspire to roles that provide fulfillment and success. As an executive coach, Phyllis helps executives enhance their leadership presence based on their authentic self.
Ms. Dresdner is a versatile Creative Director and Designer who melds art with commerce, providing creative visual solutions that advance clients' business needs. She has worked with clients in diverse sectors such as financial/corporate, non-profit and arts organizations, PR firms and publishing. As a design and marketing consultant, she helps clients define their message and create a compelling experience for their target audience.
As the Creative Director for BLG, Ms. Dresdner has developed the BLG branding system and applied it across all print and digital media. She continues to help in the development and design of training materials, manuals and various publications.
Ms. Dresdner has done work for UBS, Prudential Financial, Kennedy Center, Georgetown University, International Securities Exchange, McGraw Hill, Friends of Yad Sarah, Music Festival of India, Economic Analysis Group, The History Factory and Studio 208, among others. She holds a B.A. in Visual Communications from George Washington University.
Dan Shuta currently resides in Austin, TX as a freelance artist and multimedia developer. Dan's experience includes a position as an adjunct Senior-level Flash instructor at Syracuse University (Dan's Alma mater), as an animator for Richard Linklater's A Scanner Darkly, and as a support specialist for Apple's professional creative software suite. Dan has also worked for nearly a decade as an illustrator, animator and developer for Samuel Bacharach, Cornell University and eCornell.
Dan has shown paintings and audio/visual work at vetted gallery shows and performances in Austin and New York, placed in several festivals for music videos and short animation, and has contributed a unique introduction to physical computing in Douglas Easterly's Best Practice: The Pros on Adobe Flash. He has assisted as artist/animator, writer, post production and crew for multiple short film and animation projects in Austin, as well as lead live videographer for Austin's TXRD roller-derby league. Dan also enjoys experimenting with musical software and gadgetry, DIY electronics, and photography.
Dan works within the Bacharach Learning Group as web and application developer. He works closely with Samuel Bacharach and BLG, crafting illustrations and concept visualization for printed and digital materials.


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We're sorry, but we can't help ourselves when it comes to doggy gadgets.
While the PEZ Dog Treat Dispenser should hardly be defined as tech, it's one nifty play on the decades old candy dispenser. Just like the original this one dispenses treats, though doggy oriented, when the head is tilted back. Course, you can't just shove any dog treat in there, so you'll have to buy the probably not so cheap refills, which are made from 100% corn starch.
PetSmart has it for just $8.

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Music Program - "Soli Deo Gloria" Scholarships - 2011–12 - Scholarships - Financial Aid - Cedarville University
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Music Program - "Soli Deo Gloria" Scholarships
Note: This information is valid for new students entering Cedarville in 2011–12.
Music scholarships for 2011-12 have increased, and awards of up to $8,000 per year are now available to students majoring in music! You can combine your music scholarship with Cedarville University's other generous academic and need-based awards for renewable awards totaling as much as $18,000 per year.
Determined as part of your audition to Cedarville's excellent music programs, the "Soli Deo Gloria" Music Scholarships celebrate your musical achievements and make your Cedarville experience affordable.
Completed audition with music faculty (students must be accepted for admission to the University prior to scheduling their music audition)
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Up to $8,000 per year
- Full-time enrollment (minimum 12 credit hours per semester at Cedarville)
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Worship scholarships are available to students majoring in Worship.
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One of the highlights of the 2011 Kendal Mountain Festival is the appearance of Lynn Hill.
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© Lynn Hill collection Lynn Hill is perhaps the world's most accomplished female rock climber. She was born in Detroit in 1961, and spent her childhood in California where she she started climbing at the age of 14 with her older brother and sister.
Her initial forays on to rock in 1975 were extended when Hill got her own car:
"I would sometimes venture out to more distant places like the Needles or Mount Woodson, and during my last years of high school, I spent my summers climbing in Yosemite for as long as my limited savings would allow." she commented on the Patagonia Website.
It was Yosemite where Hill was really to make her name, with one of the most coveted climbing feats in the world: the first free ascent of the Nose on El Capitan, in 1993.
The magnitude of this feat is hard to conceive, but Hill suceeded where all others, including the world's top male climbers, had tried and failed.
The following year Lynn went on to climb all of the pitches of the Nose free in a single day.
Hill also participated in the early international climbing competitions where she won the Arco Rock Master 5 times, the World Cup in 1989 and several other international competitions, but it is for her big-wall exploits that she is most widely known.
However it hasn't all been plain sailing for Hill. An avoidable accident at the famous limestone sport cliff of Buoux in southern France nearly put an end to her career before it had begun. Hill took a ground fall from the top of the Styx wall due to not tying in to the rope correctly. The fall of over 25m was partially broken by a tree and Lynn remarkably came away with just a broken ankle, a dislocated arm and cuts and bruises.Hill's autobiography, Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World, was published in 2002.
VIDEO: Lynn Hill Interview with Jim Clash
Climbing Achievements (from the Patagonia Website)
(FFA = first free ascent)
FFA of Ophir Broke (5.12d) in Telluride, CO, '79
The Kendal Mountain Festival 2011
The dates are 17 to 20 November and tickets are available now. Book online - www.mountainfest.co.uk - or by phone 01539 725133 - news as it happens at www.mountainfest.co.uk
Easily accessible from the M6 and by train and there are plenty of accommodation options in and around the town but you need to be on your toes as they fill up very quickly over the Mountain Festival weekend.
For all your questions, accommodation and travel needs go to www.golakes.co.uk here you will find all the information you should need for your visit to Cumbria, alternatively call the accommodation booking line on 0845 450 1199.
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I saw this Someecard and it made me laugh:
Even though it's not Summer Fridays any more – at least, in this hemisphere – I know exactly how that feels.
And, I suspect, so do you.
I just got back from Des Moines, Iowa (lovely people!), and next week I'm off on business trip to Joizee. And even better, I'll be traveling 0n Halloween.
I know it's not a regular holiday as such, but shouldn't such things be banned on Halloween?
I'm recovering (I hope, I have to go back to the doc in a couple of weeks) from what was apparently an infection of the submandibular gland (yes, there is such a word and thing outside of sci-fi movies), which may or may not also have to do with being stressed.
It felt like having a golf ball in my throat, and one of my friends helpfully asked if he should sympathize or instead yell, "FORE!"
(Which did make me grin.)
And normally I'd be getting rid of (at least some of) my stress by working out, but I've felt like crap, so that's been off the table as well.
So I'm a little cranky.
Yes, I know these are "first world problems," but you know what… they're what I'm dealing with right now.
And Someecards made a crappy day a little better.
So happy Friday and have a laugh on me. And have a fun and safe Halloween!
Hope you are feeling better.
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Excuse me. There is only one real holiday each year. And that is Halloween. Every other holiday is some corruption of pagan worship or created by Hallmark or something boring like Independence day! 8)
Have a Rock & Roll Tuesday!! @danielnewmanUV @shonali
@iggypintado @shonali , Ready for Monday...NOT - http://t.co/9xK9f2Vj
I wish I had read this on Friday! Feel better soon, Shonali. Sleep in this weekend.
Who is thankful it's Friday? Our friends @shonali & @seanmcginnis are, & we are too! #ims12 was FABULOUS but tiring! http://t.co/Z1060HIG
Be sure to take time to sleep, and you're allowed to vent all you want :) It makes me believe you are part human along with your super social powers! I just returned from IMS12 & am feeling a major conference hangover. It was completely worth it but all the fabulous ideas, people, & lack of sleep is tough! I was only gone 3 days, so Im really a wimp compared to you :)
Hope you are all better & rested up soon!
Travel on Halloween should be banned. And marathons that happen right after Halloween that make it impossible to enjoy because you can't go out drinking. Not that I know anything about that.
@HowieG Yea yea yea. Are you going to tell everyone your big news or not? At least tell the WUL team, for heaven's sake!
@barrettrossie SO! I slept a bit but mostly it was Sandy prep - and fortunately we missed getting hit too hard. How are you doing?
@Lisa Larranaga I don't feel like I have super social powers any more. :( But that was such a sweet comment - thank you!
@hungryhealthyMJ So, thanks to #sandy the travel was rescheduled. Is the marathon next weekend? I mean, this weekend?
@shonali If it happens--yes. Sunday. Fingers crossed!
@hungryhealthyMJ They are SO crossed!


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Home to one of the world's unique ecosystems, the Okavango Delta is a wetland within a desert, being surrounded by the sands of the Kalahari Desert. Each summer the rains in Angola flood the Okavango Delta forming an immense wetland that supports and sustains a huge diversity of wildlife. At the heart of the Okavango is the Moremi Game Reserve, which is known for its excellent game and bird viewing.
Located 100 km from Victoria Falls, Chobe National park has the highest concentration of elephants in Africa as well as large herds of zebras, buffalo and lions.
This area is very different from the Okavango and should be included in every Botswana itinerary so that travellers have a varied and balanced experience of the country.
Botswana's Makgadikgadi and Naxi Pans are two of the largest saltpans in the world and they transform from white dust-dry basins to a breathtaking sight of pelicans, waders and flamingos in their thousands when the rains come.
The annual floods into the Okavango Delta begin between January and March and the waters take several months to reach their southern extremity. The region is at its best from April through to September, though main channels remain fairly full through the year.
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Miso Soup with Udon Noodle and Tofu
Miso Soup with Udon Noodle and Tofu
I made this soup yesterday for breakfast. I just arrived home in Berkeley, CA to visit friends and family, and there are two vegetarians in the house right now, so the fridge is full of vegetables and "vegetarian ingredients." This miso soup is simpler than I thought it would be - that is, once I had the right kind of miso paste in hand. I used Cold Mountain red miso paste, which has the right kind of strong, savory and salty flavors I needed for this soup. I don't know what makes this miso paste "red" or what the differences are between red and the other "colors." To me, it seems like how some Thai curries are named by their colors, but Thai red and green curry taste very similar, while the Thai yellow curry is just something else.
This soup was quick and easy to make, and was a great light breakfast. It would also make a great appetizer or snack. I used one cup of water for each tablespoon of miso paste. I also added about half a tablespoon of dark soy sauce to each cup of water. I added some celery, scallions, and baby carrots based on what I found in the fridge. You can also add baby corns, spinach, peas, bok choy, mushrooms, or sprouts for a more balanced meal. Poached eggs or thin slices of ham would be a great substitute for tofu or red meat.
Makes 1 Serving
Takes 10 Minutes
1 (3.5oz) package pre-made Udon noodles
2 cups water
2 tablespoons red miso paste
1/3 cup tofu, diced
1 stalk scallions, finely chopped
1 stalk celery, diced
4 baby carrots, diced
2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
a small pinch of (coarse sea) salt, if needed
a pinch of pepper flakes
In a small pot, combine water, celery, baby carrot, and a very small pinch of salt and bring the water to a boil. Lower the heat and let it simmer; then dissolve the miso paste for about 1 minute. Add the Udon noodle and tofu. Bring them to boil one more time; the Udon noodle should be softened and the tofu should be fully cooked by this time — take an extra minute if you need to. Turn off the heat immediately after it boils. Pour the soup into a bowl. Add the remaining seasonings including scallions, soy sauce, and pepper flakes. Taste and fix the flavor to your liking.
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Arctic Blog's Animal of the Day: 'The Beluga Whale'
These bizarre and amazing animals are known as 'sea canaries' for their high pitched twitter.
It has an unmistakable white colouring and a very bulbous head. They are highly sociable animals and travel in groups.
They inhabit a 'circumpolar' area in the sub-Arctic and Arctic seas, also being found along the coasts of Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Russia.
The world population of Belugas currently stands at 100,000. This sounds high but is quite low compared to pre-hunting days.
Arctic Blog's Animal of the Day: 'The Narwhal'
These fascinating creatures, known as the 'unicorns of the sea' are thought to have started the myth of unicorns on land, due to their horns getting washed up on beaches!
Nobody knows quite what narwhals use their horns for. It has been suggested that they possibly are used to spear food, fight other males or for defence.
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In 612 B.C. Nineveh, capital of Assyria, was captured by the Chaldean Nabopolassar. After the siege the ramparts were destroyed and the king burned to death in his palace.
The fall of Nineveh marked the end of Assyrian political and military domination and a new era in Mesopotamian civilisation was inaugurated by the Chaldeans.
Their greatest king was Nabu-Chodonossar, who reigned for forty years (605-562 B.C.), and most famous for his building achievements, particularly in his capital, Babel, which was continually being enlarged and beautified during his reign.
One of the seven wonders of the world, the hanging gardens, were created here. In the magnificent palace built for his wife Amanis, daughter of Atyakis, whose homeland was in the mountains, the king wanted her to have the type of scenery with which she was familiar.
Accordingly, he had gardens planted, complete with trees, and an ingenious irrigation system on each of the seven stories of the palace.
The gateway of Ishtar is another of his magnificent achievements. It is made of gaily coloured glazed bricks with carvings in relief of a lion, a bull, and the mythical animal called Mushakhshu, one of the forms of their god Marduk. The gateway is now in the Berlin Museum. It is 50 meters high, including the towers, and 8 meters wide, leading to the Processional Way, as wide as the towers and one hundred meters long.
Major construction and irrigation works were carried out over the whole country. He was also a religious reformer and propagated Babylonian culture through-out the whole of the Middle East.
His successors, after his death in 562 B.C., were weak monarchs. They added little that was new, failing even to preserve the heritage passed on to them.
In 539 B.C., Kursh, king of Persia, took Babel and annexed Iraq, and for the next two centuries the country was under Persian rule.
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Not content to simply ease into retirement after breaking the single-season NFL sack record and being the most dominant defensive end of his era, former New York Giant Michael Strahan has been keeping plenty busy. On the weekends, he co-hosts "Fox NFL Sunday," working as an analyst alongside fellow players-turned-commentators Terry Bradshaw and Howie Long. In addition, he's starring in and producing a new sitcom called "Brothers," in which he plays Mike Trainor, an ex-NFL pro who moves back home with his parents (CCH Pounder and Carl Weathers) and estranged brother (Daryl "Chill" Mitchell) after retirement. The show is the only series on broadcast TV to feature an all-black starring cast. Somehow, Strahan managed to find a few minutes to answer a couple of our questions, coming clean on his new career and his old one alike.
MSN TV: It would seem like doing the FOX football stuff every week would be enough to keep you busy. So why the motivation to have even one more project?
Michael Strahan: First off, it's a challenge. And it's fun. This is stuff that I've never done so it piqued my interest, but it definitely hasn't been as crazy as you'd imagine. The football show is only on Sunday and the sitcom is Monday through Friday so I still have a lot of time to spend at home with family.
Does that mean that every free second you have during the week you're back in your trailer watching tapes for the upcoming football games?
For the "Fox NFL Sunday" show -- maybe because I've been so connected to the game -- I don't have to sit and watch hours and hours of tape. When I'm at work on the sitcom I'm focused singularly on that. And then when I do FOX football stuff I'm focused just on that. I just know how to turn it on or turn it off depending on which set I'm on.
You came to football kind of late for a guy who eventually went pro, but how much of being a professional athlete is pure talent vs. hard work?
I can't say that hard work is going to get you everywhere because I've seen guys work extremely hard who just aren't talented have a hard time. You probably could have more talent than hard work and make it, but the thing is, you won't have any longevity. If you want longevity, you have to have talent and be able to work hard. And hopefully whatever you don't have in talent you can learn and develop it.
Is the same true with learning comedic timing and acting?
This is hard! There's nothing natural about it. You have to study it and you have to learn from the people you're working with. And I'm fortunate to be working with CC and Carl and Daryl to the point where I'm picking up their cues and learning how to make something work, learning when to press, when not to press. Watching them and seeing the way they do things has really helped me. I swear I used to watch movies and TV shows and think, "Oh, I can do that." And now to have the opportunity to do it, you realize it's tough. It's no joke.
Did you do the same thing when you were studying football? Would you watch other players to try to learn their moves on the line?
You steal whatever you can if it works for you. And it's not that you're stealing, you're actually honoring that person's talent. In football, I was looking at guys who were successful and that knew what they were doing at my position. So I would study every one of them and see what made them successful and then say, "Hey, could that work or could I incorporate that into my game to make me successful?"
When you're on the line waiting for the snap, is all that posturing and trash talk a form of acting?
All of that is acting. It's acting when they introduce you and you come out of the tunnel. You've been in there warming up and doing curls and push-ups to make your arms look more threatening. And then you line up on the line against this guy who outweighs you by 100 pounds, you have to convince yourself that you're better than he is, stronger than he is. There's so much acting, so much posturing, so much deception about being something that you're not. After you become successful at it there's a great carryover into acting.
Does the NFL give players media training or did you have to figure out how to act in front of a camera on your own?
They show videotape about how not to stick your foot in your mouth, but other than that you really need to learn on your own. That was the great thing about being in New York for all those years. For me, it was hands-on training to have that camera in your face. At the same time, it got me prepared for commentating and doing a sitcom.
Do you remember your first on-camera experience?
I don't remember my first interview, but I remember the one thing that really got me thinking I was in over my head is when I was a rookie, I was asked to go to this Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition party. And I was like, "Sure, OK, why not?" Then I got there and they handed me a microphone and said interview the girls. And I was so nervous and I was a horrible interviewer. But at the same time, they put me on the spot. And I found out that being put on the spot kind of takes you out of your comfort level, but I enjoyed it and I wanted to work on it.
Will we see any NFL stars showing up on "Brothers" this season?
Right now we don't have anybody lined up, but they're in the middle of the season. Hopefully if we get picked up for the back nine, I wouldn't have any trouble convincing anybody to come on. I have the guys from the pregame show (Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Jimmy Johnson) interested in coming on. But we've had Mike Tyson and Kim Kardashian. We're filming with Snoop Dogg this week. T-Pain, the wrestler Kevin Nash -- so we've had some great cameos so far and I'm sure when the season's over I'll get some great players to come on.
Have your old teammates all been supportive of this?
They've all been great. The players have all been receptive because I think in their heads they're thinking, "Heck, if he can do it I can do it." You don't have to let people define you to one career. They can look and say, "Hey, there's something I can do afterwards."
At least with this you're not sore the day after.
That's true. I feel great on Monday morning.
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The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association or FLEOA said Congress must consider the consequences of severe cuts to federal employees who protect the country's security.
The warning comes a week after the failed negotiations by the deficit reduction supercommittee. Without a deal, automatic across-the-board cuts of $1.2 trillion are set to begin in January 2013.
"If they [Congress] do in fact implement these severe cuts, they need to understand that the bad guys — the terrorists, the cartels — do not simultaneously take pause to accommodate that negative impact," said Jon Adler, executive director of FLEOA, in an interview with Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris.
"Swinging a stick at a piñata is not the right way to go about the deficit," Adler said.
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FLEOA represents 26,000 federal employees from 65 agencies. Law enforcement costs the federal government less than 2 percent, said Adler. Yet these employees "bring in millions through seizures and forfeitures," he added.
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What it means to be an Introvert in American Churches
The extroverted Christian
Plays guitar or sings at worship The first to greet newcomers Last to leave after coffee hour [1]
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Unceasing activity Extroverted evangelism Extroverted evangelism is often off-putting for introverts.
So where does the introverted Christian come in??…
Introversion is different from shyness. Whereas shyness involves a social phobia many times, Introversion simply involves different ways of solving problems and a lower ability to
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Introverts [6] 30% of populace Extroverts[6] 30% of populace Preference for privacy Preference for hunches, visionary ability Preference for hard facts over feelings Preference for open-endedness, casual approach to life Preference for groups, companionship Preference for concrete data when making decisions Reliance on feelings in decision making Preference for closure, focus on clear objectives With a whole range in between. 30% of populace Many American Protestant churches support a culture of the most noticeable Christian as the model Christian. A model Christian should not equal the most noticeable Christian.
Spiritual strengths of introverts:
One on one of small group mentors Servant-hood, Helping one person at a time Creating deep and lasting bonds with a small group Greater chance of deep introspection about their faith Humility: Introverts see flaws in what they say, and carefully craft their words, leading to humble speakers and thinkers. Introvert behavior is not pathological. Introversion is a naturally occurring neurological configuration with its own strengths and weaknesses. [2]
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Ways to make introverts feel at home
With 30% of people being potentially turned off by the extroverted Church, Churches are turning their backs on 105 million folks, in the US alone! Develop programs in small groups. Allow people to slip into the sanctuary anonymously. Introverts have a lower threshold for stimuli. Make room for predictable acts. A large "greeting committee" can send introverts running Leave room for silent prayers. Moments of reflection. Liturgy Ritual Contemplation Quiet Non-theatrical sermons Avoid turbulence and background "white noise" as in chants, alter calls, etc. Avoid singling out an introvert in the crowd Or as they approach the alter. Asking for a spontaneous prayer out loud "The evangelical culture ties together faithfulness with extroversion… The emphasis is on community, on participating in more and more programs and events, on meeting more and more people. It's a constant tension for many introverts that their not living that out. And in a religious world, there's more at stake when you feel that tension. It doesn't feel like 'I'm not doing as well as I'd like.' It feels like 'God isn't pleased with me."—Susan Cain, author of Quiet [citations] [1]
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New England Patriots No. 1 wide receiver Danny Amendola is clearly back to full strength, but it still remains to be seen whether or not the Patriots will actually play him in Week 4. Amendola would have unquestionably played in Week 3 against the Detroit Lions if this were the regular season, as his foot or ankle injury was definitely minor. However, it made little sense to play Amendola against the Lions, and it might also make little sense for the Patriots to suit him up tonight against the New York Giants. Although he is clearly healthy enough to play, the Patriots are still best served to give as many snaps as possible to the rookie receivers, especially in game situations. Kenbrell Thompkins looks plenty polished, but Aaron Dobson and Josh Boyce still have a whole lot of developing to do.
According to ESPN Boston's Mike Reiss, is in "tip-top shape", which is great news for everybody and more confirmation that Danny Amendola is in essentially perfect health right now. That description seems to point in the favor of Amendola getting a very brief cameo appearance tonight at Gillette, but whether or not the Pats decide to play him in the Giants is still an open question. I remain steadfast in my belief that we clearly know that the Patriots have a great, experienced player on their hands in Amendola, while we still need Boyce and Dobson to develop. The most important thing about Reiss's description of Amendola? As he stated earlier, it's the fact that a player who keeps himself as well-conditioned as Amendola can usually help prevent injuries (we'll see how that goes).
Speaking of Josh Boyce, Reiss also wrote in his mailbag that Boyce is below Aaron Dobson on the wide receiver depth chart, and that is absolutely no surprise. Dobson has looked better than Boyce, has more talent than Boyce (draft slot is one indication), and he has received more snaps and been more productive in the preseason than Boyce. But Boyce is still a pretty good rookie wideout in his own right, and I found it incredibly interesting that Reiss stated that Boyce is only "a notch below" Aaron Dobson. I don't know if Reiss is just being conservative with his word choice, but that stood out to me. One thing that I think most people can agree on is that Dobson has the most upside of any wideout on the Patriots, because he has the upside to be a big-time playmaker in this league. However, he doesn't look anywhere close to realizing that potential right now, but he can be that good in time and if all falls into place.


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Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2014 will be announced Monday 13 October, 1:00 PM CET (at the earliest), and will be broadcast live here at kva.se
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbanks Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2013 toEugene F. Fama, University of Chicago, IL, USA,Lars Peter Hansen,University of Chicago, IL, USA, andRobert J. Shiller, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA "for their empirical analysis of asset prices"
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In connection with the awarding ceremonies in December each year, the laureates hold their prize lectures. Since 1999 the lectures are available on the Internet at Nobelprize.org.
The nomination and selection of the Prize in Economic Sciences Laureates is to a large extent handled by the Prize Committee at the Academy. Each year the committee send invitations to thousands of scientists, members of academies and university professors in numerous countries, asking them to nominate candidates for the Prize in Economic Sciences for the coming year. Members of the Academy and former laureates are also authorised to nominate candidates.
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The Deerstalker: Where Sherlock Holmes' Popular Image Came From, via Smithsonian Magazine.
An interesting read, and a similar theme to an upcoming exhibition at NYPL, which will focus on how Dickens' characters have been portrayed visually over the years.
** Edited to add: We see there's been some confusion about this post. We know that Dickens didn't write the Sherlock Holmes books — what we meant to say was that our exhibition, like this article, focuses on how illustrators have portrayed fictional characters over the years. The article refers to Sherlock Holmes, while our exhibition will focus on the characters of Dickens. Hope that clears things up!
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text: "I continue to urge the legislature to move forward on pension reform now, get the bill out of committee bring it back up and let the people of PA see who's for them and who's for the special interest," Corbett said Wednesday evening."The taxpayers have sent all of us here, the General Assembly and myself, to get a job done," he added. "Doing nothing fails them and fails our families." The governor has 10 days from the time the budget is passed to either sign or veto it, and if he does neither, it will automatically become official after those 10 days.


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J.C. Penney is opening its doors on Thanksgiving evening to kick off the holiday shopping season, as the beleaguered retailer hopes to get back in the game for the crucial selling period.
The Plano, Texas-based chain will open most of its 1,100 stores at 8 p.m. on the holiday, the same as rival Macy's, and will be open 25 hours straight, closing at 9 p.m. the next day.
The Thanksgiving evening opening is much earlier than last year, when Penney didn't open until 6 a.m. Friday.
Penney is also bringing back a tradition it ditched last year: It will give away nearly 2 million holiday snow globes starting at 4 a.m. on the Friday after the turkey feast.
Tony Bartlett, Penney's executive vice president of stores, promised that Penney's deals will be at least as good as two years ago and will be much better than last year.
Penney is hiring at least 35,000 seasonal workers for the holidays, nearly 50 percent more than a year ago.
Stores are ushering the holiday season earlier every year, creeping into Thanksgiving.
Last year, Target Corp. opened its doors at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving, three hours earlier than the previous year.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, began the early-bird specials at 8 p.m. on the holiday, two hours earlier than in 2011.
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Vix Futures Set Another New Single-Day Volume Record Today: 221,323 Contracts
CHICAGO, IL - January 2, 2013 - The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE®) announced today that CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX® index) futures set a new single-day volume record of 221,323 contracts (estimated), the second consecutive daily VIX futures record this week.
Today's daily record eclipsed the previous VIX futures single-day record of 212,800 contracts traded on Monday, December 31.
CFE today also reported record annual volume in 2012, led by VIX futures with 23.8 million contracts -- a 98-percent increase from 2011. Average daily volume (ADV) for VIX futures in 2012 was over 95,000 contracts, nearly double of 2011 ADV of 47,730 contracts.
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CFE, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE), offers an all-electronic, open-access market model, with traders providing liquidity and making markets. CFE is regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and all trades are cleared by the OCC.
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Here they feed,reproduce,and then they die. When Sprirochetes die the cell they have lived in also dies. The cell is filled with toxic wastes accumulated from the pathogen having lived in it.The Die Off
When the pathogen dies naturally or from an eradicating agent their toxic waste, including the dead cell they lived in creates debris known as die-off. This waste falls into the interstitial fluid and is drawn into the lymphatic pathways to be filtered through the nodes and toxins continue on through pathways into the detoxification systems."Jarisch-Herxheimer response" is also
known as "Herxheimer response, reaction or effect." Nicknamed "Herx". Also known as "The detox reaction," "the healing crisis" or "the die-off syndrome".
Anytime the body is overloaded with die off toxins and the detoxification systems cannot keep up with the demand, the body will become saturated with toxins. As the body tries to deal with the "toxic poison" these poisons will manifest flu-like symptoms. The person will feel uncomfortable,"out of sorts", "not well", feel ill, sometimes very ill,or so very ill as to require medical care to prevent organ failure.A severe Herxheimer reaction (lasting many days)is a sign:
It is a sign of poor elimination through the lymphatic and liver pathway's, poor organ support, or/and poor treatment of the body by its owner, or following poor advice from the health practitioner(s) or failing to control the amount of die off we are creating for the condition our body is in and able to handle and not allowing the body a break so it can do natural detoxification. When self-treating we are our own practitioner's and must be careful not to get ourselves in jeopardy or kill ourselves before we kill the the zoonotic infections!Symptoms of a Herxheimer reaction:
The immune system reacts to the poison. The body, in its quest to save its life, will try to rid itself of the poisons by any way it can. During a Herx we may experience mild symptoms or have some of the following:WARNING!


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Earlier this year, we heard the news of Facebook beating Google's Orkut in India. But Orkut still remains the most-widely used social network in Brazil, and apart from that Orkut still occupies a substantial market share in India.
So for those users, who are still using Orkut and probably Facebook as well, Facebook has decided to allow these users, to link & integrate their Facebook profiles with their Orkut profiles, so that they can stay connected with their Orkut friends, who have not joined Facebook yet.
Doing this, will allow users to keep their Orkut friends updated with their Facebook activities i.e. share status updates, links, photos, notes, events and groups with friends on Orkut, directly from Facebook!
Users can choose the things they want to share both on Facebook as well as Orkut. Apart from all this, it will also help users find their Orkut friends on Facebook.
Update 1: A lot of people also believe that the addition of this new option, might be the reason behind Facebook being down. Apart from this one, now it seems there are a few more remarkable changes Facebook has made in its user-interface.
Update 2: According to GigaOm, a Facebook spokeswoman said there was no connection to the Orkut integration and reports of problems on Facebook yesterday.Though, the spokeswoman did not have any comment on the cause of those issues.
"This could prove to be the beginning of the end of Orkut: by linking accounts, a user can now broadcast from Facebook and spend more time there while still staying connected to friends on Orkut. It's basically an invitation to jump ship.", says Ryan Kim of GigaOm.
Update 3: Facebook's Orkut profile linking feature is available to Brazilian and Indian users only, who have their privacy settings set to 'Everyone'.
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Trucker Darcy Linklater grew up around big rivers. When he leaves the road "in a few years," he and wife Verna will build a new life around their tackle shop in tiny Starbuck, Wash.
Darcy Linklater's passion for the great rivers of the southeastern corner of Washington state and the fighting fish in them took hold of him when he was a child. And it has never let go of him.
But the fields around his tiny hometown of Dixie, Wash., needed trucks to haul produce and local canneries needed cans hauled to them, so Linklater, 54, became a trucker back in the 1960s.
Linklater drives long. He recently left his current home in tiny Starbuck, Wash., ("Population about 250 if you count people, cows and horses," says his wife Verna Foley) just a handful of miles north of Dixie up State Highway 12, and was gone for a month and a day, rolling up 13,000 miles and averaging 500 miles a day.
When the chance arose, he'd daydream about the solitude of remote corners, backwaters and deep pools on familiar rivers like the Snake, Columbia, Walla Walla, Tucannon and Touchet. These days Linklater is using his time off the road to build a business – a store called Darver Tackle and a personal guide service for people who want to fish these majestic waterways.
"I grew up around [these rivers], fishing them with my dad. Now wherever I am in America my mind is pretty much back here on a river," says Linklater.
"I fished with my dad in all the rivers around here from the time I was a little kid. He showed me all kinds of places on the rivers and taught me how to fish them. I started fishing in local creeks with my dad, looking for trout, in the '50s. Then in the '60s we started fishing steelheads in the big rivers like the Snake. We'd catch really big sturgeon in the Snake. I used to fish here when this was a natural river, before the dams came. There was even a ferry we used, and now that's in a museum."
Linklater grew up near fertile fields and canneries. "I started my driving career by hauling peas out of the fields," he says. "Then I started hauling empty cans to the factory with a tractor and a flatbed. Then I hauled bulk snap beans on a flatbed with side racks.
Linklater started driving long-haul in 1965. He worked for UPS from 1972 through the mid-'80s and joined Marten four years ago, where he pulls a reefer.
Linklater hauls to all 48 mainland states, driving a 2001 Freightliner Century with a Series 60 Detroit Diesel and a 10-speed transmission.
"I call home four or five times a day, and Verna puts push pins into the map to mark where I'm calling from. It's a very crowded map."
Timing has been good to Linklater's dream of retiring from the road to work on the rivers of his youth. His wife of three years also has a long history and passion for the local rivers. She was a fish counter, working at dams on local rivers checking fish populations and species to provide vital information on the health and status of both the fish and the rivers to the Washington State Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Timing also helped when the couple began thinking about a tackle shop.
"I started talking about retiring from my job," says Verna. "At the same time he was developing lures and sinkers to fish local rivers and he'd guide his friends, and he loved doing that work. Then the place came open."
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