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"I don't know James that well, but I know he's got speed and is a reliable player" said Noel. "It's not really a testimate to Kyle who I thought was good in last night's game, it's just that you play heavy games and he looked tired and now against Washington we want to utilize a little more speed".
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Double drabble written for OSA "Long Story Short" challenge.
All was lost, until one man picked up the king's sword. Swinging mightily at the charging Sauron, Isildur swung, removing the evil one's fingers.
Picking up the ring, he ran to the pit, urged on by Elrond.
"Throw it in, Isildur!" Elrond shouted.
"I can use this for the betterment of Arda!" he replied.
Moving suddenly, Elrond tackled Isildur, knocking him into the pit.
The sun came out and birds sang. Thus was all of Arda saved. And, there was no need for two more books.

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A brief history of the Chicago Cubs baseball jersey
Moment of full disclosure: I am a jersey affectionato. I realize how much of a loser it makes me, but I would wear a baseball jersey every day of the week if I could. I don't care if it's January of July, if the Cubs are first or last, I like wearing these shirts. I'm wearing one right now - my Kerry Wood blue alternate.
Baseball jerseys are my smack. My h-train is a j-train. If I see a cool jersey, my pupils dilate, my pulse quickens, and endorphins are released into my brain. Actually, the same is the case when it comes to hats.
I own the pinstripe home uniform - #8 Andre Dawson - the road grey, two blue alternates (a Sosa that I stopped wearing seven years ago and Wood), a Cooperstown Ernie Banks jersey that is literally falling apart, a Mark Prior jersey that looks like it belongs to a softball team, and a Dominican Republic jersey from the Caribbean Series. And I. Want. More.
I like the Cubs uniforms. They're nice. Classic. Practically unchangeable. Except I think it would be awesome if the Cubs did just that - changed things up a little bit. Considering how marketing savvy those guys are, I just can't believe nobody has touched up the uniforms at all. Besides, the blue pinstripes have only been around since the late 50's. There are plenty of traditional, classic looks that the Cubs have in their repertoire.
Rather than give you the detailed history of these uniforms, I'm going to highlight some of the most interesting.
(All credit goes to the Baseball Hall of Fame)
1908 - the Cubs C with a bear appears for the first time. Not without coincidence, this team kicked ass.
1916 - For the first time in the team's history, the big C is red. Note the "walking bear."
1918 - A one-year experiment with pinstripes. There are several old newspapers which report that the road Cubs - in their atrocious reds - were repeatedly chased out of town by indignant mobs who were angry that their sensibilities had been so greatly offended.
1929 - Steak Sauce. I'd love to see this uniform sold in the stores around Wrigleyville. It's all the colors and the basic look of what we've come to love today minus the pinstripes. (Actually these uniforms first came into use a few years earlier, but this is the first year of a darker road grey with an arm patch.)
1932 - Check these ones out. The Cubs experiment with 4 different choices, including red pinstripes and, for the road uniform, a red hat. Note that both road uniforms include a arm sleeve Cubs logo.
1933 - More steak sauce. This is perhaps my favorite home jersey in Cubs history. Again, why the hell can't they sell this in the team store? There are idiots like me flailing about with cash-in-hand wanting to buy these jerseys.
Behold the innovation of the 1941 Cubs. Actually in this era the Cubs were responsible for a lot of uniform firsts. They were the first team to use zippers instead of buttons in 1937 - something that would be common for decades to follow - they were the first team to go sleeveless in 1940, and here they are the first team with the powder blue road uniforms. The powder blues would last two seasons before the angry mobs crushed the team's will to wear them. This is also the first time the Cubs logo has most-resembled today's version.
1957 - the first year that the pinstripes became common. This was also the only year in which the Cubs road jersey said "Cubs" in it. When I was a kid I had the blue hat with white stripes. Upon reflection, it was pretty ugly. Incidentally, in 1962 the Cubbie bear patch is added to the home and road uniforms.
1978 - Why Cubs, why? Blame the Montreal Expos for the return popularity of the powder blues - I guess the Cubs were just three decades ahead of their time - but in 1978 the Cubs became the first and only team to have white stripes on their blue road jerseys. Look up ugly in the dictionary ... well, you know. And yet they sell this jersey but not the other, older, cooler ones.
1982 - The coolest ever. I grew up watching the Cubs when they had the blue road uniforms, which is perhaps entirely why I like the modern alternates so much. I realize that older Cub fans will scorn me for that, but you guys grew up admiring the powder blues, so you've got nothin' on me.
1990 - And with a few bumps and modifications, this has been the basic Cubs jersey template of the past 19 years. It amazes me to realize that we've got readers who have known nothing but the uniforms of the last two decades. But, unbelievably, it's true.
I think the Cubs are long overdue for a jersey overhaul. There are plenty of designs they can incorporate which would not fly in the face of the team's traditional look. It just seems to me that, with so many cool designs in the team's storied history, it's limiting to pretend that the current look is "old school" and is irreplacable by anything else.
And perhaps as early as tomorrow, I will present to you design options for ... the jersey of the future!
When you post an article to bury one of mine, you REALLY post large!!!
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Home - #22 Prior & #12 Soriano, Away - #31 Maddux, Blue - #38 Zambrano, and Winter Classic - #88 Kane
I am insanely attracted to
I am insanely attracted to the 1970's Braves home and road jersey - if I bought one, I think I'd have to make it a Hank Aaron or perhaps Dale Murphy - but if I get another jersey anytime soon I think it will be an Expos Dawson #10 jersey with the classic Expos cap.
Tomorrow will be the Jersey of the Future, Wednesday might be Jerseys that I Covet. Nothing quite like content that practically writes itself.
Expos always had the cool unis
Although there was a time in the 90s when their uniform was pretty much ours with different patches.
Yeah, screw that. Their
Yeah, screw that. Their unis got real boring in the 90's.
I never used to care one way or the other for the uniform style that became popular in the 70's. I'm a little surprised with myself by the sudden man-love I'm feeling for them. Am I crazy about how cool many of them look? I'd even characterize the home jersey of the 70's Padres as being cool. (Their road jersey was thugly, though)
It is your right as a man to love old uni's
Some of my faves, off the top of my head:
- early 60's Reds vests
- early 60's Milwaukee Braves
- I also like the mid-80's Expos
- Tigers homers - classic
They need to go back to the
They need to go back to the high pants using all of the different sock variations. It would be awesome if they wore throwback jerseys more often; maybe once every week or two on Thursday games or something.
I like the way the Blue Jays
I like the way the Blue Jays do it ... every Friday home game is throwback night.
That's an awesome idea.
That's an awesome idea. Just lineup as many throwback jerseys as they've got and wear a new one each week, or keep wearing the same one until the team loses a game wearing those jerseys and then move onto the next jersey.
The current home uniform is
The current home uniform is money. No changes needed there.
The roads though, that's a different story. The Cubs should go for something more traditional looking like the 1929 road uni.
Take the numbers off the front and do a simply script font in either red or blue (maybe a white outline for some contrast).
The Red Sox are doing something like this in 2009. Their home jerseys are going to remain the same but they have a more simple road set now. Check it out and try not to make a mess in your pants if classic design is your thang...
really i'm not trolling
I know that these comments may seem blasphemous but here goes anyways:
A) I like the powder blue unis (with the exception of the Cubs white pinstripes). The Cards looked particularly sharp. Between them and the Royals, Missouri sure rocked powder blue in the day.
B) I think it's high time for the Cubs to ditch the pinstriped home uniforms. Count me as one who thinks they are very classic uniforms, but since the Cubs adopted the home pinstripes, how many World Series have featured the Cubs? I'd like to see the team try an updated version of the 1937 jersey (kind of like the 1941 main home jersey, just with sleeves).
Ban him
Kurt, bring down the hammer
Naah. Powder blues minus
Naah. Powder blues minus the hideous white stripes aren't the ugliest uniforms in the world. I mean, they definitely had their time and place - the 1970's - but everybody has their tastes.


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Wonder What Will Happen Today?Posted on May 29th, 2007 – 4:15 PM
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Just talked to Ramon Ortiz, and he's taking his demotion to the bullpen in stride. He's willing to help the team out in any way and thinks he may be able to get back whatever he lost while working out of the pen.
He has a little bit of experience as a reliever, going 1-2 with a 2.76 ERA in 20 appearances.
After Monday's game, WGN in Chicago showed a highlight reel of Torii Hunter's catches through the years against the White Sox. It's obvious that the feeling there is that Torii has been a pain in their side. It could also serve as a recruiting video, because I wouldn't be shocked to see the White Sox in line with other teams to bid on Hunter if he hits free agency.
White Sox (24-22): 1. Erstad, CF. 2. Cintron, 2B. 3. Thome, DH. 4. Dye, RF. 4. Konerko, 1B. 5. Pierzynski, C. 6. Crede, 3B. 7. Mackowiak, LF. 8. Uribe, SS. Pitching: John Danks.
Twins (25-25): 1. Castillo, 2B. 2. Punto, 3B. 3. Cuddyer, RF. 4. Morneau, 1B. 5. Hunter, CF. 6. Redmond, C. 7. Cirillo, DH. 8. Kubel, LF. 9. Bartlett, SS. Pitching: Bonser.
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Luke Riding Tauntaun Costume Blows the Mind
Yeah, Halloween may be long and over but I only just saw this costume today and it is one of the most impressive ones I have ever seen. This gentleman decided that it was a good idea to invest four months of his life into creating a giant tauntaun and dressing up as Luke Skywalker riding on his back. Granted, this is basically the best costume ever, but still, you can only wear it once. Next year, when everyone sees this guy walking down the street in the suit, it will be soooo last year and nobody will be impressed. I figured that he could sell it to some star wars nut and recoup probably all of the cost of it and maybe some of the labour. Still man, four months is some serious dedication to something like that.
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Hmmmm... How did Epcot's Norway Travelogue not make it in this round? ;)
Mr. Disney's story gets my vote.
I doubt I'd ever go back and watch that film again if at Epcot.....even if I had plenty of free time..... and that is one of the only things I have ever done at a Disney Park that I left having no intentions of ever sitting through again.
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On April 11, 2014, Coldwater Creek Inc. and its affiliated Debtors (collectively, the "Debtors") each filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The Debtors' cases are pending before the Honorable Brendan L. Shannon and are jointly administered under Case No. 14-10867.
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Bar Date for filing Proofs of Claim
The Bankruptcy Court has set the following deadlines for filing proofs of claim (including claims pursuant to section 503(b)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code) against the Debtors:
- General Bar Date (all creditors other than Governmental Units): June 13, 2014
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Plan of Liquidation and Disclosure Statement
On April 11, 2014, the Debtors filed their Joint Plan of Liquidation and the Disclosure Statement related thereto. On August 8, 2014, the Bankruptcy Court entered an amended order approving the Disclosure Statement. On September 17, 2014, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order confirming the Plan.
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Asset Sale
On April 11, 2014, the Debtors filed a motion for approval of bidding procedures in connection with the sale of substantially all of their assets, including sale guidelines in connection with their chain-wide store closing sales.
On April 29, 2014, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order approving the Bidding Procedures. On May 7, 2014, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order approving 1) the sale of substantially all of the Debtors' assets and 2) sale guidelines in connection with the Debtors' chain-wide store closing sales.
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I notice that my wife enjoys using Facebook a lot more than she likes using Twitter. Why? Because the news and information is brought to her by people she actually cares about and has a personal connection with and now that Facebook has subscriptions she knows she can follow celebrities and news brands that she cares about too. Take that further. Will the next billion people sign up to get a river of stuff from Twitter? Maybe, but my guess is that Facebook and Google+ will get to a large percentage of those users first. Facebook, because the social graph is stronger, as Gurley states, and Google+, because the interest graph is stronger (after all, if you want something, or are interested in something, do you go to Google or Twitter first? Most people will head to Google.)
What Gurley should really worry about is noise. If those newer "non-tweeting" members follow too many brands and people they will quickly learn that what fills their screen is mostly crap (I can prove this because I actually use the product and watch how others use it) and until Twitter solves that it will be compared to Facebook and it will compare poorly, because Facebook removes noise.
That said, Twitter has something really strong going for it: it's the signaler to the world and it's one that everyone in my world (the tech world) is on. It's just that, for the first time in its history, Twitter is seeing real competition and the extra users that were gifted to it by Apple's choice may prove as unsatisfying or relevant as the followers that Twitter gifts certain accounts when added to the suggested user list."—https://plus.google.com/111091089527727420853/posts/SpzTigiNt9u
Insight: for several reasons sending pictures by WhatsApp is much better than by iMessage.
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Super Bowl prostitution? Unfortunately it's an ugly fact and way of life. When big events like the Super Bowl occur millions of people descend on one area for days or even a weeks – and so does the ugly business of human trafficking.
According to a MSN report on Jan. 7, the state of New Jersey is bracing for it and are ready to do their best to combat this world wide problem.
"New Jersey has a huge trafficking problem," said U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., who is co-chairman of the House anti-human trafficking caucus. "One Super Bowl after another after another has shown itself to be one of the largest events in the world where the cruelty of human trafficking goes on for several weeks."
Danielle Douglas, a speaker and advocate who identifies herself as a sex-trafficking survivor, said any major sporting event attracts sex traffickers looking to make money.
"The Super Bowl is a huge, huge arena for sex trafficking," Douglas said. Some visitors "are coming to the Super Bowl not even to watch football — they are coming to the Super Bowl to have sex with women, and/or men or children."
The Super Bowl is not just one of the biggest sporting events of the year, it is one of the biggest events in America on a yearly basis.
With events held in the host city for two straight weeks before the game, over a million people are expected to flock into town just to get a glimpse of things – making the Super Bowl a perfect event for prostitution to take place.
New Jersey has been bracing for this issue since the announcement came that they would be hosting the 2014 Super Bowl. Hopefully they crack down on this problem.


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Functional Outcome in Postpartum Depression in Women Treated With Desvenlafaxine
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Are you an alumni of Penn Hills High School—or do you remembering being on a visiting team that played at the school?
An open house to celebrate the history and future of Penn Hills High School will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. this Friday, Dec. 28, at the high school, 12200 Garland Dr., Penn Hills.
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Forecasting the Probability of Receiving and Use of Grants by Farmers through Logistical Statistical Models
AbstractExamined are the changes that will occur in the probability of use of possible grants after direct payments for a unit of area in agriculture are available. Related to this is examined the dependence between the sought possibility and the economic size of farms trough logistical statistical modeling. On the ground of the created logistical models are drawn up plans on the expected use of grants generally to secure of means of circulation and main means of production as well as only to use them in long-term investment. Some important conclusions are made about the future behavior of farmers from the point of view of their investment activity. The more favorable structure of farms after receiving of the payments for a unit of area is the main reason for the expected bigger size of the examined possibility.
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Written for undergraduate students and practicing engineers, this book provides an introduction to MATLAB and Simulink. Topics covered include programming in MATLAB, mathematic functions, MATLAB graphics, creating Simulink blocks and models, and simulation in Simulink.
MATLAB and Simulink are introduced and used to solve numerous examples throughout the book. In addition, the Symbolic Math Toobox is also briefly introduced and used in a chapter on symbolic mathematics.
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My daughter has dyslexia and adhd with testing anxiety. In the year it took to have her treated and diagnosed, everyone of her teachers went the extra mile to help her succeed. They watched her take tests to get insight into her testing issues, they orally tested her, they retested her. This was all without a diagnoses, no 504 or IEP in place. This was simply extraordinary teachers going the extra mile. I simply can't say enough guys about Gladstone, the teachers and administrative staff.
this school district is ran like a "old Boys Club" The athletic director and baseball coach have harrased and bullied my top athlete son out of his senior year and then started false allagations. my son wants nothing to do with a school and coaches he has loved since 5th grade.. what kind of coaches are these? who ruins great kids., while superintendant does nothing. Good luck as a single female parent in this town. They are a disgrace to teachers who care about kids , not jealouse of them. shame on you Gladstone. Anyone else have these same problems?
My childs counselor was Jamie Breeze and she was just horrible... More interested in her coaching position than in helping the students assigned to her. .. The counselor at Kraxberger was the best my child did well with her and she should be sent into Gladstone to train Jaime because it is important for the school counselors to know what they are doing...
I am proud that Gladstone High School has so many loving and helpful teachers. students really can discover so much about themselves if they are encouraged properly and have a program/class that they feel they belong in. however, I wish that they had a little more money so that they can bring in more classes or programs and help students find themselves and pave their way into the future!
i go this school and i think its great! having a smaller school in a small town is perfect and i like it a lot!
Gladestone school is a good school if your in regular education, but if a child has a learning disibility, not so much. My youngest son went their and he has a specific math learning disability and they still put him in Alergbra, he succeeded in all his classes with Bs or better, except Algerbra. He took the class two years in a row and he failed it two years in a row. He always asked for help, but they didn't want to put him in the special education class. So in his Junior year I changed the school he went too, and he got the help he needed.
I love the fact that it is small and the community is very active. Besides [a] FEW teachers, there are other 'great' teachers in the program. The sports program in continuously improving. Academics are very good with the teachers that keep their students interested. I love the small community feeling and the schools, just which they would be choosier about some of the long time hired help.
Gladstone high school is probably the best education one can get without going to a private school.
Gladstone is pretty cool. There are a lot of cool teachers and coaches.
This is a small high school with lots of attention given to the students. You must read the Oregon School Report Card to get a grasp of the quality of educators at this school. This school really support the kids.
Gladstone is awesome! Small, but awesome.
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01] We worked with custom painter Pete Santini to turn our dull Bell into a metalflake masterpiece. To start, unscrew the vents and visor. Use plastic bags or tape to keep small gaskets and screws together. Gently pry off the rubber molding at the base. If you tear this, Bell offers replacement kits.
02] Tape off the interior and threads. Wipe the entire helmet surface with a grease and wax remover.
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04] Degrease again and spray with a plastic primer (an adhesive basecoat).
05] Mix the base color. This should be your metallic, and in our case, the lightest of our paint shades, a sort of silver blue. Apply two good coats, and once dry, gently damp-sand with 1,000-grit to knock down any hard edges.
06] Tape off your design. Santini used pinstriping tape to lay out a center stripe and two side panels. Take your time here and make sure that the tape is firmly pressed to the surface. Wrinkles will allow paint seepage under the tape.
07] One trick to keeping even spacing between lines is to use thicker tape as a spacer or reference line, outline it in your pinstripe tape, and then remove the thick tape to check the design.
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09] The second color is the mid-coat, or main helmet color. We chose a bright candy-blue. When spraying candies, go easy on the pigment. Let the layers build up the color, which protects against splotchiness. Santini says he sprays candies in a varying figure-eight pattern, rather than the standard right-to-left overlap.
10] After the mid-coat is dry, unmask the panels, being careful not to pull up the pinstripe tape.
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About the Host School
RDFZ was established in 1950 and has 5,000 students on roll from 12 to 18 years of age. The ethos of the school is: 'To value individuality, discover personal potential, enhance student growth, boost national prosperity and to promote the progress of humanity'. This is achieved via all round development of students, with value placed on distinctive skills, innovative spirit and moral excellence.
The school's leafy campus is located in the heart of Beijing's education precinct. It has over 130 teaching rooms (all with audio-visual facilities), a large library, well-equipped science laboratories, a telescope, a 50m indoor swimming pool, numerous badminton and basketball courts, a small gym and table-tennis area, a 400m athletics track, 5 lecture theatres, an 800-seat auditorium and a rehearsal room for the school's full-size orchestra. RDFZ also has several other rapidly developing branch schools.
RDFZ is consistently placed at the top, or near the top, of the middle-school rankings. RDFZ has the highest number of graduates admitted to Beijing University and Tsinghua University (considered the top universities in China) of any middle school in China.
Awards for students are extensive: 2 gold medals and 1 silver medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad successively, the first award in the 7th Rado Watch Award for Chinese Adolescent Elites in Science, Gold and Silver Sail Awards, the Gold Roc Award, as well as winners of Beijing's Ten Best Middle School Students Award, the first place for scientific papers in The National Adolescent Innovation Competition, more than 100 prizes for innovation at a municipal level, a total of 9 international gold and silver awards, 7 national gold awards and 5 patents authorised by the State Patent Bureau (among which 3 have been developed by factories and put into production).
About the A Level & IB Centre
The International Curriculum Centre in the High School Affiliated to Renmin University currents offers both A-Level and IB curriculum.
RDFZ A-Level is currently in its sixth year of operation and has approximately 400 students this year and will aim to have an ongoing student population of 450 from next year. We have 19 Chinese teaching staff and 29 foreign teaching staff (from the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Kenya, Sri Lanka, India, Canada and the USA).
A to C pass rates at A2 level for 2009 were extremely high. Students in the Centre range from 14 to 18 years of age and although the majority are from Beijing, we have students from many different provinces in China.
In the year 2011/12 the Internationa Curriculum Centre gained authorisation from the International Baccalaureate Organisation to deliver the IB Diploma.
In terms of centre facilities, we have 4 staff offices and a comfortable staff lounge; 15 teaching rooms (all with audio-visual and wireless internet); dedicated labs for Physics (including interactive whiteboard), Chemistry (including interactive whiteboard), Biology and ICT. We also have access to several lecture theatres and study rooms for each year level.
Students of the centre put on a school play last year and we are organising a 'spelling bee' competition this year. A range of other activities are available within the main school. A number of visitors from overseas universities also hold information sessions for our students on a regular basis.
We keep administrative requirements as minimal as possible so that teachers can concentrate on delivering great lessons to our students. Our students are bright, committed and well behaved. We have a large number of high-achieving students and our teachers generally find it very rewarding and fulfilling to be stretched and challenged in their subject area of expertise. Teaching in English to non-native speakers requires some adjustment to teaching techniques but most people make the transition easily.
A new on-campus accommodation block for teachers has just been opened this year and there are 1, 2 and 3-bedroom fully-furnished apartments. In later years of service, some teachers choose to move to their own outside accommodation. A reasonable apartment in the school district costs around RMB 4500/month.
The campus is based in the heart of the Haidian district with a major subway interchange a few minutes walk from the school front gate. Beijing is the cultural and political centre of China and is making great strides in promoting itself as a world-class city. It offers a vibrant and diverse nightlife, a burgeoning arts community, a myriad of restaurants and a terrain made for bike riding. All this (and more) make Beijing an exciting place to live.
The cultural and historical sites of Beijing are numerous with The Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Summer Palace and many more. Beijing is also a rail and air transportation hub for the rest of China and with a single flight you can be in most Asian cities by sunset.
RDFZ A-Level Centre prides itself on low staff-turnover – many teachers are on to their fourth, fifth or even sixth contract!
Teacher Case Study
David Wheeler, Physics
I began my teaching career in 2003 after graduating with a Medical Physics degree from the University of Wales. My first teaching post was in Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr, a Secondary Welsh comprehensive school in Swansea, Wales. After my first year, I was successful in attaining the Head of Physics role at the school and remained in that position for 7 year's before applying for an International position at RDFZ in 2010.
My role at RDFZ is teaching AS and A2 level Physics. I am also the International Award co-ordinator, which is a self-development programme where students are required to develop their communication, problem solving and team work skills. (The Duke of Edinburgh Award)
I enjoy working with motivated students who truly have the desire to continue their academic pursuit in a western country. I love to push students to realize their full potential, and I feel I have the atmosphere in which to do just that here. In addition, I find living in Beijing very comfortable. There are so many things to see and do, and since the subway and taxi services are excellent it is so easy to get around.
A word of advice- Learning Mandarin is essential. I thoroughly enjoy studying it in my spare time. Once you get a grasp of the language and are able to communicate with other people, your life in China becomes even more enjoyable.
Student Case Study
When did you start at the A Level Centre and how would you describe your experience there?
I joined the A level programme at RDFZ in 2005. The first year is called pre-A level, which is specifically designed for us as international students to get better prepared for the next two years of study. During the first year, half of the lessons are taught by foreign teachers, mainly aiming at providing us with a good English foundation and the other half are taught by Chinese teachers. I personally think that my English level was hugely improved during the first year.
After sitting the internal exams, we pass through to the second year. In the second year, I studied A level Mathematics, AS level Economics, Physics and Business Studies and got A in all these courses in the AS exams. In the mean time, we also had ongoing English lessons which was a great help when taking the IELTS exam.
In the final year, I studied A2 level Economics, Business Studies and Further Mathematics and got A in all these courses. I dropped Physics at this level because I needed more time to finish the two year Further Mathematics syllabus in one year, which is quite demanding.
Overall, I truly enjoyed my experience studying at RDFZ. My A level results and an 8.5 in IELTS demonstrate the excellence of the school, the teachers and the programme.
Thanks to the program, I am now enjoying my university life at Imperial College London.
What were the benefits to you personally in studying A levels?
For me, I have always been interested in Economics and Business Studies. The Chinese system does not have these courses so this is a clear benefit for me to choose A level. Additionally, I wanted to go the top universities in the world although we have very good ones in Beijing. This is partly because I want to improve my English and partly because the courses here in the UK are more practical.
However, I did find that taking some Chinese courses in high school very beneficial because it gave me a very good grounding. I think the course structure in this A level programme is very good, in which English and Chinese courses are combined.
What were the challenges?
Well, for me, I think the biggest challenge was that we have to approach study using a lot of our own initiative. We need to read lots of extra material and do a huge amount of exercises voluntarily to ensure satisfactory exam results. No one would tell you what to do and when to do it, it all depends on you. You are taught to "own your own learning".
What grades did you obtain?
A in Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Business Studies and Economics. 8.5 in IELTS
What are you doing now?
I just began my second year studying Mathematics with Statistics for Finance in Imperial College, London.


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The text of this Norton Critical Edition is that of the 1818 first edition, published in three volumes by Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, and Jones, in which only obvious typographical errors have been corrected. This text represents what Frankenstein's first readers encountered and is the text favored by scholars. A special critical section, Composition and Revision, includes essays by M. K. Joseph and Anne Mellor that address the issues surrounding teachers' choice of text. Contemporary perspectives of the text are provided in two sections: Contexts helps place the novel in relation to the mind of its creator through writings by Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, and John William Polidori; Nineteenth-Century Responses collects six reactions to the book from the years 1818 to 1886. Criticism brings together twelve seminal essays. The emphasis is on range—both critical (psychoanalytic, mythic, new historicist, and feminist essays are included) and chronological (essays span the last thirty years). Christopher Small, George Lebine, Ellen Moers, Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar, Barbara Johnson, Mary Poovey, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, William Veeder, Anne K. Mellor, Susan Winnett, Marilyn Butler, and Lawrence Lipking provide diverse perspectives. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.
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Although much of the focus during this mayoral campaign was on three hopefuls – Mayor Fred B. Allyn Jr., Republican John Rodolico and Democrat Tony Saccone – there has been a fourth candiate, Rob Lawrence.
Lawrence is the Green party member who entered the race as a petitioning candidate – the steam-fitter, husband and father of three who ran such a distant fourth that he was all but forgotten by voters.
What was his campaign all about?
According to Lawrence, who lives on Village Drive, it was about nothing less than becoming Ledyard's next mayor. And even on Tuesday he still was insisting he was in it to win. "I think I'm going to do great," he said.
He finished with only 56 votes.
Still, Lawrence said the race gave him an opportunity to raise a couple of pet issues, which he happily reiterated in the final hours before the polls closed.
"I've been able to express my opinion on how we should deal with our electrical situation here, because I think we should become a public utility and start generating some of our own electricity," he said.
And sewers.
"We need sewers up here if we're going to have economic development," he said repeating a campaign theme that failed to get much traction, but certainly made for a more interesting candidates' debate.
"It's been a learning experience for me," he said. And in a very real way, he added, it helped restore his faith in both the political process and in his town.
"Every time I ever sniffed around politics it always smelled like rotten fish," he said. "And this (campaign) didn't. I think the civility and respectfulness went up a notch, and I liked that."
But was he really expecting to win?
"Oh, absolutely," he said. "I'm passionate about it."
And his grin grew just a bit wider.
"I even made three signs. Didn't you see them?" he asked.
After all, you can't win if you don't play.
"No matter what, it's been great," he said. "I've had friends call and congratulate me for running, and wish me good luck. It's just been a wonderful experience."


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When you were younger, do you remember hearing countless people advise you to "build your credit"? Those same voices were buzzing around in my head until I got a clue in 2007! "You've got to build your credit" they'd say, and the reason is usually based on the myth that says in order to be financially responsible you must build your score. I despise this myth most of all because from what I see, it has ruined more lives than it has helped. Think about it. 18 year old after 18 year old has inserted themselves into the murky waters […] Read more »
If You're in Debt, STOP Fueling the Fire…and Win Some Money Too!
I know it seems extreme to cut up your credit cards for the greater good, but what you have been doing so far has got you where you are. Try something different. In any case, you can always go back to your old ways and rack up some more credit card debt -- though I wouldn't recommend it. You have nothing to lose except for your debt, high stress, living paycheck to paycheck, money fights, extreme frustration, bondage, depression, and poor finanial habits to name a few -- and that's right off the top of my head. There are plenty more! Read more »
It's True, I Get Paid to Write for American Express
American Express? Yep, You Read That Correctly I was recently contacted by someone who wanted to know if I would be interested in getting paid to write articles geared towards helping young people become more financially responsible. I responded with interest and wanted to know more. When I found out that the new site called CURRENCY, was being developed by American Express and Federated Media, I chuckled at the irony, but the timing couldn't have been better. Currency Launched on Tuesday. Here are two of my published articles: Looking for a Job? Get Creative Going Back to School? Don't Ruin […] Read more »
A Contrarian View of Credit Reports and Credit Scores
Photo Credit: Adam_T4 Credit reports and credit scores are useful tools for those interested in estimating the credit worthiness of others. Many of us have worked hard to establish credit and keep our scores in the upper range so we're viewed favorably. This indicates to others that we're a good credit risk. It's an important accomplishment because we know that having an undesirable credit rating can: adversely affect our ability to get a loan; result in being declined an offer of employment in certain job sectors; prevent us from qualifying as a tenant; and, interfere with being issued a security […] Read more »
Enemy of Debt the Super Hero?
PURE AWESOMENESS! Yesterday, Enemy of Debt was introduced to the comic strip world for the first time! Back in February, I sent the creator of the Personal Finance comics an email, suggesting an Enemy of Debt character. Every comic has a villain and since he writes for a credit card site, I thought Enemy of Debt would play the part nicely. He liked the idea, and even took it one step further by asking me to write up a storyline. Having never written anything like that before I was a bit nervous, but I jumped right on it. I submitted […] Read more »
Your Financial Mindset Determines Your Ability To Handle Credit Cards
Have you ever taken a position on credit cards one way or the other? I have, and to only say I was passionate about my position, would be an understatement. Just ask J. Money! I must start out by saying that some of you are going to feel as if I have lost my mind, and the rest of you are just going to be shocked completely about what I am about to say. Not because it doesn't make sense, but because it is coming from ME. I am no longer the sworn enemy of credit cards. Yes, you read […] Read more »
Book Review: Living Well With Bad Credit
Back in December, I was asked if I would participate in a book review online tour. The book is Living Well With Bad Credit by Chris Balish and Geoff Williams. Now before I get started I must point out that this book has some things I ultimately disagree with, but with that said, it also has some helpful tidbits to help exterminate the notion that bad credit is the end of life as you know it. One of the very first things that stood out to me was one simple phrase. It's a phrase that sounded so familiar, but it […] Read more »
The Day I Killed My Credit Card
This article is dedicated to the blogger at Cash Only Living. She said she loved my site and invited me to check out one of her posts. I read it and liked it, but another article she wrote called "I Did It! No More Credit Cards!!" grabbed my attention even more. It inspired me to write something about how I felt when we paid off our last credit card. I decided to make it fun by turning it into a story. This has never been done here so I hope I don't let you down. Read about when she finally […] Read more »
Hope Is The Dream Of A Soul Awake
"When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better." As some of my most loyal readers know, I eat, sleep, bath, and drink personal finance. It's sometimes all I talk about, definitely all I think about, and I seriously love blogging about it! I absolutely NEVER EVER pass up an opportunity to discuss with someone the benefits of debt freedom. My co-workers and friends, even the ones that aren't completely on board, seem to know deep […] Read more »
A Destructive Mindset: Is This What You Believe Too?
Becoming Debt Free Is Priceless Indeed I was reading an article yesterday titled, Debt-Free: Priceless, and the one and only comment on this article blew me away! Seriously, the comment brought me to my knees, like kryptonite did Superman! Back to the ice cave! The article talked about what a Federal Bankruptcy Judge was doing to combat the destructive nature of credit card abuse, that possibly led people to his courtroom to declare themselves bankrupt. "John C. Ninfo II, a federal bankruptcy judge, has founded the Credit Abuse Resistance Education (CARE) Program, www.careprogram.us, a national initiative to teach high school […] Read more »
Got Credit Cards? Here's Another Reason To Say Goodbye!
There are some that are so adamant about the fact that credit card companies are NOT bad, and do NOT take advantage of consumers. I disagree, and I think that an article I came across from dailyfinance.com proves otherwise. For the minority that have the discipline to not carry a balance, you will be okay, but for the rest of you who use credit cards to subsidize your income, you might want to consider cutting the cord! The article states that, "credit card companies are insisting upon exercising their right to abuse their customers in the name of higher […] Read more »
As Seen On CNN.com
An Unusual Day In The Life Of A Part Time Blogger Well let me start by saying, WOW!!! Today was an extraordinary day for me. Two weeks ago I was contacted through my website by Jim Kavanagh, a writer for CNN.com. When I woke up this morning I had no idea what I was in for. Kavanagh wrote a terrific story called, Walking Away From Credit Cards, which highlighted the fact that some people have chosen to say NO to credit cards. I was quoted as saying, "Credit card debt is our biggest hindrance in being able to take care […] Read more »


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1) Baekhyun took care of Tao very well during the training period
2) Baekhyun and Tao would often hold hands in private
3) Tao still calls Baekhyun "beef" till this day.
4) Baekhyun has a habit of ruffling Tao's head
5) Tao would bring Chinese snacks to Baekhyun.
6) Baekhyun bought his grey cap with Tao.
7) TaoBaek are not that good with games.
8) Tao promised Baekhyun to bring him to his Qingdao his hometown
9) During Thailand promotions, fans often spotted them buying stuff together.
10) Baekhyun said that Tao's Chinese name is nice.
11) They translate for each other.
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Pleasant this weekend
The chilliest air of the season so far will settle over much of the Northeast Thursday into Friday and will bring frost to more areas than experienced frost early this week.
United States travel weather forecast
An invasion of chilly air sent temperatures plummeting this weekend in the East, but is this weather here to stay?
Normally dark skies were lit up with a vibrant display of colors on Friday night as the northern lights dipped south.
Extended Weather forecast overview for the Southeast United States
Marked as National Preparedness Month, September brings the reminder of how pivotal it is to be prepared for extreme weather in order to minimize the impact on families, communities and essential infrastructures.
Short-Range Weather forecast overview for the Southeast United States
On Sunday night, a fiery ball of light ignited across the darkened skies of the northeastern United States, illuminating the heavens in a momentary flash of eerie daylight.Read Story >
Residents and tourists capture photos of crashing waves, flooding and devastation from Odile in Baja California.Read Story >


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Posted by alexuk83 on Sep. 09, 2007
I think when he picked him up: he was fondling the frogs penis...thus causing it to scream.
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Customer reviews
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I am a working Mum with 2 young children and have very little time for housework. This duster is a must have, it clears away dust and cobwebs with little effort and very quickly. I couldn't recommend it enough.
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Purchased your telescopic duster after being recommended by a friend. Must admit what she said was true, it easily reaches all those horrible cobwebs and is great for delicate ornaments. Don't know how I managed before.
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by Paula
Sorry not impressed. Get little bits of feathers everywhere. I gave it time thinking it would get better but it hasnt. I seem to go around picking up feathers all day. Going to order one of the sheepskin ones.
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Recap of SXSW from the KCRW Team - via Twitter
Direct from SXSW. New sub-genre alert,…Grave Wave!— Jason Bentley (@jason_bentley) March 14, 2012
Breaking news! Hitman shares small plates at SXSW. instagr.am/p/IItOCKDT50/— anne litt (@anne_litt) March 14, 2012
Coolest chorus ever. "Rotating my tires / Rotating my tires / Rotating my tires!" #South #Rap— anthony valadez (@anthonyvaladez) March 15, 2012
Love that I pop in for hotdogs with an LA friend and there is Henry Clay People on stage playin what Zac calls "country Weezer"— Betsy Moyer (@BetsyKCRW) March 13, 2012
Gary Clark Jr. You ARE Austin right now.— Jason Bentley (@jason_bentley) March 16, 2012
Everyone is a venue… #SXSW— Valida(@Validaaa) March 15, 2012
Adam Durwitz or Adam Durwitz look-a-like spotting. This game is fun— Rachel Reynolds (@RachelRkcrw) March 15, 2012
I cannot believe I am backstage at Springsteen tonight!!! Thank you @garlandjeffreys!!! twitter.com/arianamKCRW/st…— ariana morgenstern (@arianamKCRW) March 16, 2012
There is no luck in waiting in a 4 hour line. #patience #grind RT@Shaedreams@anthonyvaladez so lucky you got to see Fiona!— anthony valadez (@anthonyvaladez) March 16, 2012
Wicked party happening at Seun Kuti show!!— ariana morgenstern (@arianamKCRW) March 16, 2012
I guarded precious seats at KCRW's SXSW showcase as if I was a security guard 3 times my actual size. I scared people off with my eyes— Rachel Reynolds (@RachelRkcrw) March 17, 2012
Yes, Hari Krishnas still exist. And they are serenading me right now. #awkward— Dan Wilcox (@thisisdanwilcox) March 17, 2012
Bout to start my set @ Silent Disco. holy chit, 1k folk inna forest w/ headphones. Aceyalone rockin w/ me for a while. #fuckYeah #letsGo— Jeremy Sole (@JeremySole) March 17, 2012
Every single guy in this bar has a moustache or a beard. Its a variety pack of facial hair.— Rachel Reynolds (@RachelRkcrw) March 17, 2012
Overheard in Austin; "yea some sh*t ya never heard uh befo,..electronica"— Jason Bentley (@jason_bentley) March 17, 2012
Thank you #sxsw2012 I'm leaving you with fond memories of many great bands and a strange and unreasonable urge to eat a bag of Doritos(c).— Dan Wilcox (@thisisdanwilcox) March 17, 2012
are my ears ringing or is that what silence sounds like? I can't remember— Rachel Reynolds (@RachelRkcrw) March 18, 2012


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I always look forward to Axis Gallery's National Juried Exhibition because it gives us a look at small works by artists from around the country, and it is invariably of high quality. This year's show, the eighth annual, is no exception.
Juror Glen Helfand selected 35 works by 32 artists, from a field of 423 images entered by 192 artists. Perhaps because Helfland is a Bay Area curator and writer, there is a greater-than-usual number of works by California artists, including two from Sacramento and one from Davis. Other California cities represented include Santa Rosa, Oakland, San Francisco, Berkeley, Piedmont, Grass Valley, South Lake Tahoe, Venice, Chico and San Diego. Justifying the "national" title are works by artists from Massachusetts, New Mexico, Michigan, Texas, New York, Florida, North Dakota and Missouri.
Gioia Fonda and Ianna Frisby, the Sacramentans, offer witty works that involve stitchery. Fonda gives us "The Flesh Wheel," a color wheel of flesh tones made out of fabric sewn together, while Frisby offers "Men's Shirt, Jacket and Pants Wardrobe," an advertising image she stitched over with needlepoint to give a three-dimensional effect. Arthur Culang, the Davis artist, is represented by a conceptual drawing critiquing the large amounts of money given to political candidates in 2011-12 U.S. Senate races.
But it was a New York artist who caught my eye first. David Samuel Stern of Brooklyn presented a surreal, disturbing and ultimately funny image of a man's face that had been disassembled and rewoven together with the features jumbled. I also liked Brooklynite Justin Amrhein's graphite-and-collage image of a mysterious apparatus.
Michael Koehle of Oakland entered two strong pieces: a fascinating small sculpture made of what look like iron filings that form a furry, rutted landscape, and a digital photo of a sink that is very sensual and painterly. I also liked a small sculpture of embracing ceramic figures bound with rubber bands, titled "Overly Attached," by Carmen Lang of Grass Valley, and a poignant sculpture of the disassembled limbs of a Superman action figure made of wood by Matthew Gottschalk of Oakland.
Danielle Lawrence of San Francisco got two pieces in, wall sculptures that mimic respectively a drapery of pure paint and a section of solidified fat titled "Lipo." And Bro Halff of San Diego has three brightly colored watercolors on view, two of Hawaii and one of North Dakota that have a punchy, slightly primitive edge.
Humor is the hallmark of Chico artist Trevor Earl Lalaguna's installation involving fabric-covered manacles and photos of the artist trying to perform everyday tasks while wearing them. William M. Tarnowski of Boston presents a visual conundrum in "Ambiguous Hemicylinder," an optical puzzle.
Tressa Pack of Oakland offers a moody and romantic inkjet print on silk of a landscape of tangled trees that contrasts nicely with Missouri artist Teresa J. Harris' spare drawing of a figure atop a column of tiny text and North Dakota artist Jennifer Nelson's tiny, precise rendering of a donkey pierced with arrows.
Helfand, who writes for ArtForum and other art publications, and teaches at three Bay Area art schools, did an admirably eclectic job of selecting works for this year's show. He awarded prizes to Culang for his political-money piece, Bill Shelley of Santa Rosa for a drawing of a draped figure, and Lalaguna for a watercolor of nude figures fighting.


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- Hotel Reservations
- Room-Share Information
- Early Bird Prizes
- Hotel Map
- Hotel Amenities Chart
- Why Book in the Official Housing Block?
- Special Note about Hotel Prices
- Avoid Housing Pirates
- Hotel Cancellation Policy
- Please Don't Be a ``No-Show``
- Unauthorized Use Policy
Hotel Reservations
The ASCB has contracted with specific hotels offering special rates during the 2014 ASCB/IFCB Meeting. Please visit onPeak to make your hotel reservation. Reservations are first-come, first-served, starting at $99.50 per night for ASCB student members, and $159 per night for all other attendees, plus 15.5% tax. Hotel reservations may be made online at onPeak or by contacting onPeak at 800-220-9540. International participants may book online at onPeak or call 1-312-527-7300.
Hotel Reservation Deadline is November 3, 2014.
Hotel Reservation Deadline is November 3, 2014
If you are contacted by housing agencies other than onPeak, please advise ASCB, because such agencies are not authorized by the ASCB and the hotels may not be reputable.
Room-Share Information
The Room-Share program is intended to help attendees save meeting costs by room-sharing. It is available to each registered meeting attendee who fills out the form to voluntarily enroll in the program, and accepts the terms of the legal disclaimer on the application form.
The ASCB assumes no responsibility with respect to these services and accepts no liabilities.
Early Bird Prizes Available
Early bird prizes are available for those who book their housing by October 1.
Reserve your hotel room through onPeak for the 2014 ASCB/IFCB Meeting by October 1, and be entered into a random drawing to win any one of the following prizes:
- One (1) night's room and tax at one of the hotels within the ASCB block (two of these certificates will be given). Winner does not have ability to choose hotel.
- One (1) complimentary abstract submission for the 2015 meeting in San Diego, December 12-15, 2015 (up to $125 value).
- One (1) $10 voucher to be used at any one of the concession stands in the Pennsylvania Convention Center (10 of these certificates will be given).
- One (1) $5 JAVA City voucher to be used at the Pennsylvania Convention Center (10 of these certificates will be given).
- Additional value adds to come, once available.
Reserve your hotel room at one of these hotels through onPeak to qualify for a drawing of additional hotel-specific prizes:
- Courtyard Philadelphia Downtown: Two night weekend stay including breakfast buffet for two each morning ($918 Approximate Value, for a future stay)
- DoubleTree by Hilton: Dinner for two in the DT restaurant; Standing O Bar/Bistro ($50 Value)
- Hampton Inn Center City Philadelphia: Complimentary room upgrade at the group rate ($300 Value) – 2 Winners
- Le Meridian, a Starwood Hotel: Upgrade at the group rate ($1,200 Approximate Value) – 4 Winners
- Loews Philadelphia: Breakfast for two at Bank & Bourbon ($60 Value)
- Marriott Philadelphia Downtown: Two night stay for two in a king guestroom ($1,058 Approximate Value, for a future stay)
- The Ritz Carlton Philadelphia: $125.00 food and beverage credit to be used in hotel restaurant, lounge, or in room dining ($125 Value)
Rules and Guidelines
- All 2014 ASCB/IFCB paying registrants who reserve a hotel room through onPeak within the ASCB hotel block by October 1 are eligible.
- There is only one prize per registrant.
- If a winner cancels his/her attendance and hotel room at the meeting, he/she forfeits the prize.
- Prize winners will be informed in mid-October.
- Prizes will be distributed to winners in Philadelphia. Prizes will not be mailed or distributed after the meeting. Registrants who fail to pick up their prize forfeit the prize.
- Official rules for hotel prizes through onPeak visit: http://onpeak.co/e/ascb/ASCB_2014_fineprint.html
Why Book in the Official Housing Block?
- Price: We've secured the lowest available hotel rates.
- Choice Hotels: Hotels have been hand-picked to meet your needs.
- Convenience: A one-stop travel shop is at your service.
- Support: We're your advocate before, during, and after your stay.
- Reputation: The housing block illustrates the ASCB's value to the city.
Special Note about Hotel Prices
Hotel prices can fluctuate widely, and ASCB is aware that attractive rates are available online. However, the ASCB and onPeak have negotiated special rates and added-value incentives with hotels that are fully competitive with online offerings. Moreover, reserving rooms in the ASCB Housing Block offers attendees important benefits. Please cooperate by booking your hotel room through onPeak by November 3. After that date, rooms are not guaranteed at the negotiated rate. If ASCB fills its Housing Block, the Society secures both competitive room rates and larger blocks of rooms for subsequent Annual Meetings. If you see online rates at any of the hotels in our block that are markedly lower than current ASCB offerings, please contact Trina Armstrong, ASCB Director of Meetings.
Avoid Housing Pirates
Only the official ASCB housing partner onPeak on behalf of the ASCB may contact you (either by email or phone) about booking hotels for the 2014 ASCB/IFCB Meeting in Philadelphia. All exhibitors and meeting attendees should book hotels through the official housing partner onPeak. If someone other than onPeak on behalf of the ASCB contacts you via email, phone, or fax, please do not provide your personal information, especially your credit card number. If you provide your credit card information to one of these companies (commonly referred to as "pirates" or "housing bandits"), your credit card may be charged and you might not have a hotel room when you arrive in Philadelphia. If you are contacted by anyone asking if you need a room at the upcoming ASCB/IFCB Meeting, or who represents himself or herself as the "ASCB housing partner," please get as much information as you can, such as the name of the company, person calling, and telephone number. Then contact Trina Armstrong, ASCB Director of Meetings or call 301-347-9325 and provide her the information.
Hotel Cancellation Policy
You may make changes to or cancel your hotel reservation online at onPeak or by clicking the link in your confirmation email until November 3, 2014. You may also call onPeak directly at 800-220-9540 within U.S./Canada. International participants may make changes online at onPeak or call 1-312-527-7300.
Beginning on November 4, individuals must contact hotels directly to change/cancel reservations. To avoid any penalties, please be sure to change or cancel your reservation at least 72 hours in advance of arrival.
Cancellation of a room or rooms in its entirety received less than 72 hours prior to arrival will result in a charge of one night's room and tax to the credit card provided and loss of reservation. Reservations guaranteed by check or wire transfer will forfeit the one-night deposit. Failure to check in on your confirmed arrival date will also result in a penalty of one night's room and tax and loss of reservation.
Please Don't Be a "No-Show"
If you cancel your plans to attend the 2014 ASCB/IFCB Meeting, remember to cancel your meeting registration and hotel reservation as quickly as possible. The ASCB strives to obtain the largest number of hotel rooms near the Pennsylvania Convention Center at the lowest possible rate for attendees. Hotels are reluctant to commit large room blocks and offer lower rates if the ASCB has a high no-show rate (number of attendees with reservations who do not show up and do not cancel reservations). If a reservation is canceled properly, it will help you avoid charges and allows another ASCB attendee the chance to book the room.
Unauthorized Use
The hotel rooms being provided have been contracted by ASCB and the official housing partner, onPeak. Hotel reservations booked through onPeak are subject to approval by the ASCB and unauthorized use of the hotel room block will result in the hotel reservations being canceled. Unauthorized use includes the resale of rooms by third parties, travel agencies, event organizers, and tour groups without the express consent of the ASCB. Neither the ASCB nor onPeak bear any responsibility for any costs or damages incurred due to cancellation of rooms to any party that is in violation of these terms of use. onPeak reserves the right to require full pre-payment of rooms should onPeak determine that hotel reservations made via this website are being re-sold to a third party.


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Ashley Hebert: J.P. Rosenbaum is My Rock!by Free Britney at . Comments
J.P. Rosenbaum certainly gave Ashley Hebert - and TV audiences across the country - a happy ending last night when he nervously popped the question.
The 26-year-old dental student from Philadelphia accepted J.P.'s marriage proposal immediately. From a man she calls "my rock," was there ever a doubt?
"We complement each other so well," Hebert said today on Good Morning America, the couple's first, live TV appearance together as an engaged couple.
Ashley on JP: "He's exactly what I've been looking for."
The couple announced that Ashley Hebert and J.P. Rosenbaum will soon be living in the same city after she relocates to New York in the near future.
That said, they have no plans to rush down the aisle.
"She's going to move to New York City, finish up school," J.P. said. "We're going to find a place, she'll get a job, we'll get settled and then we're going to talk about a wedding ... Maybe fall of next year, or end of next year."
The Bachelorette season finale is in the books, but for Ashley, 26, and J.P., 34, they feel that only now can their lives can finally begin.While Rosenbaum delivered his proposal to Hebert months ago in Fiji, proclaiming to her, "You mean the world to me and I want to be with you forever," the duo were not able to publicly celebrate their engagement be.
"It was kind of fun at first, to keep the secret," Hebert said on GMA. "But then, towards the end, we were ready to kind of come out in the open."
Perhaps someone not ready for the couple to come out, however, was the man who was left standing in Fiji with an unclaimed engagement ring, 28-year-old winemaker Ben Flajnik, whose proposal Hebert rejected.
"She didn't have what we have with any other guy," Rosenbaum said of any worries he had that Hebert would choose Flajnik over him. "For the most part, I knew that she didn't have what we had with anyone else."
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Ashley, you and Jp were very sweet couple. I hope both of you get married soon!
I think ashley is a fucking bitch for jus pickin the wrong person a mean she cuddled with ben and kiss and all a dat nd she knew she that wasn't gonna pick ben I didn't even saw that comin but I hope jp and ashley has a g8 life 2gether
Ashley, I am so glad you picked JP - I think you two are perfect together and will have a wonderful future.
Ashley, you picked the right guy. I could see he was the right guy,the moment I saw you with him.
The sparks connected:)
May God Bless Ashley and P J! I wish you a long and happy married life together.
Good luck Ashley and J.P!!! Wishing you the Best
ashely: you suck!
Good choice Ashley!


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Ideas To Maintain Team Morale
Sometimes, as coaches, we under-focus on team morale. Morale can be a key contributor to a team's success in terms of wins and losses, as it's common for demoralized people to perform less than optimally- but the biggest reason why coaches should focus on building and maintaining high morale is the impact it has on the prognosis for our long-term relationships with the kids we coach. Based on that premise, here are some ideas to keep a team's morale in good shape.
Share Ownership
In coaching, winning matters. That's becoming unpopular to say, but it does happen to be true, particularly at the highest levels of sports. Given this reality, it isn't unreasonable for coaches to feel the need to control certain aspects of the team that directly impact winning. In fact, virtually every great coach who ever lived operated more in a dictatorship than a democracy. That having been said, though, it's important to understand the difference between limited control based on strategy and an attempt at complete control based on compulsion. In the latter case, perhaps nothing kills morale quite like a control freak who tries to micro-manage every aspect of people's lives.
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FIX: You cannot access information about messages in the MessageBox database or track messages in your archives in BizTalk Server 2004
Article ID: 838454 - View products that this article applies to.
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You may find that you want to access the tracked messages in the Microsoft BizTalk MessageBox database or in your archives. The ability to enumerate over the list of messages and to retrieve contextual and payload data about individual messages was not provided in Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004.
This hotfix adds the new MessageArchive object. The MessageArchive object exposes the ability to retrieve an enumeration over the tracked message bodies in the MessageBox database or in a custom archive database.
Note This hotfix is included in Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Service Pack 1.
Service pack informationTo resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888751/ )How to obtain the latest BizTalk Server 2004 service pack
Hotfix information
PrerequisitesNo prerequisites are required
Restart requirementYou do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix
Hotfix replacement informationThis hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes
File informationThe English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.
Note Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix that contains these files may also contain additional files.
Date Time Version Size File name -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 08-Jul-2004 22:15 3.0.5320.0 144,896 Btshttpreceive.dll 08-Jul-2004 22:15 3.0.5320.0 1,026,048 Btsmsgcore.dll 08-Jul-2004 22:53 3.0.5320.0 32,768 Microsoft.biztalk.cachingservice.dll 08-Jul-2004 22:50 3.0.5320.0 221,184 Microsoft.biztalk.flatfileextension.dll 08-Jul-2004 22:48 3.0.5320.0 729,088 Microsoft.biztalk.globalpropertyschemas.dll 08-Jul-2004 22:48 3.0.5320.0 69,632 Microsoft.biztalk.httptransport.dll 08-Jul-2004 22:42 3.0.5320.0 77,824 Microsoft.biztalk.messageboxom.dll 08-Jul-2004 22:50 3.0.5320.0 49,152 Microsoft.biztalk.messaging.dll 08-Jul-2004 22:53 3.0.5320.0 217,088 Microsoft.biztalk.pipeline.dll 08-Jul-2004 21:46 145,598 Msgboxlogic.sql 08-Jul-2004 21:46 12,158 Msgbox_tracking_schema.sql
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. This problem was corrected in BizTalk Server 2004 Service Pack 1.
How to archive message body dataYou can reference the Microsoft.BizTalk.MessageBoxOM.dll file to archive message body data in the Tracking_Spool1 and Tracking_Spool2 tables in the MessageBox database. To do this, follow these steps:
MessageArchive object interfacesThe MessageArchive object implements the following interfaces:
All three properties have type VT_DATE (or DateTime).
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824684/ )Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates
Article ID: 838454 - Last Review: December 29, 2006 - Revision: 4.0