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Cartridges - The cartridge is the component that is placed versus your lips. It effectively holds the nicotine e-liquid, and when the fluid is utilized up you either need to fill up the cartridge or buy a brand-new one. They are not expensive (particularly when compared with tobacco cigarettes) yet because you can not simply run out to the shop to purchase a new one, you need to plan ahead. If you want to refill with e-liquid, having 5 cartridges must be plenty for awhile. I mean they may obtain clogged or unclean at some point. Hubby favors the indented kind that look and feel like a cigarette owner to the round suggestioned kind that resemble the orange filter of a filter cigarette. At TrueVapor a 5 pack of empty cartridges is $3.50.
Atomizers - this is the part of the e-cigarette that warms the nicotine into a puff of vapor. One or two of these may be all you require initially. They do stress out eventually though (3 - 4 months is determined). At TrueVapor an atomizer is $11.
Why is the federal government against e-cigarettes? Everything you listen to current regarding them is negative. Federal government firms, such as the FDA, say they are dangerous and want to ban them or a minimum of strictly manage them. They have claimed that electronic cigarettes could be much more risky than typical cigarettes-- yet they fail to show any real evidence to support their claims. Why is that? It's not that studies have not been performed, they have. Nonetheless, the researches that are out there are never ever stated in the media. It is understandable given that these researches do not associate with their claims that e-cigarettes are unsafe.
As consistently, the choice to switch to e-cigarettes ought to be an ENLIGHTENED choice made by an adult, with the assessment of his/her medical professional, particularly when other wellness elements are entailed.
Rate - I've seen significant distinctions in rate! The Vapor Cig that my little girl saw at her shopping mall in The golden state was about $300. I see in the online forum there are some for as little as $45. The ePuffer we ordered was $110, we obtained the discount rate by utilizing the code EP4LESS, however the shipping & handling was $12. The starter kit at TrueVapor is $68 however given that he offers cost-free delivery at $99, you could also purchase an additional atomizer and some e-liquid to round out the order. Therefore both pertained to regarding $115 for us the initial time.
The reason for ICE COLD is often because of cigarette smoking over a lengthy period. However various other kinds of smoke can likewise where can i buy vapor cigarettes be an irritant such as stogie smoke, secondhand smoke, water pipes smoke, air pollution and particular kinds of chemical fumes. Heartburn condition (GED) may likewise intensify CPD and might also create it in some individuals.
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Baby puffins, called pufflings, can lose their way when artificial lights make it difficult to navigate. This group saves them from harm and sends them back in the right direction.
Baby puffins, called pufflings, can lose their way when artificial lights make it difficult to navigate. This group saves them from harm and sends them back in the right direction.
Earl Grey is a cat who means business and he is campaigning for better animal rights all over Canada. His platform statment says it all:
Earl Grey, leader of the Tuxedo Party of Canada, asks the question, "Who stands on guard for me?"
Animals in Canada are currently NOT afforded adequate protection under the law. Due to loopholes, outdated wording (from 1892), and inadequate laws, convictions of animal cruelty are unlikely. Action is needed to change the laws and protect animals; without legal protection they are defenceless against mistreatment.
Good luck on the campaign trail, Earl Grey.
This happy reunion is the product of good police work. Lola the pug went missing and her owner Kate was devastated. Local police found Lola with people they suspect stole her. The full story is in the video description included below:
Police have arrested three people and charged one as part of their investigations into a series of burglaries and other thefts in the Harlow area. Officers executed a search warrant at a location in Fern Hill Lane, in Harlow, yesterday morning. Two men, aged 34 and 22, and a 23-year-old woman, all from Harlow, were arrested on conspiracy to burgle. The woman was also arrested on suspicion of theft after a pug was recovered during the searches. They were all taken to Harlow Police Station for questioning before being released on police bail pending further enquiries. The woman was released without charge in relation to the theft of the pug as there was insufficient evidence to proceed. The dog was later reunited with his owner at Harlow Police Station. Owner Kate Witham said: "I had been so worried about Lola since she went missing so when I got the call from the police I was over the moon. As soon as I saw her, her little tail went into overdrive and I instantly knew it was her. I am just so happy to have her back."
Detective Inspector Alison Hooper said: "We have been working hard to tackle a recent spike in burglaries and car crime in the Harlow area and these arrests are just part of our response. We have also recently charged another man with conspiracy to steal and two others with burglary and they are currently before the courts. If anyone has information which could assist our enquiries then I would urge them to call Harlow CID on 101. Alternatively they can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, it offers rewards of up to £1,000 for information leading to the arrest and or conviction of offenders."
A brave volunteer went headfirst into a drain pipe filled with rushing water to rescue a kitten in danger. Safety precautions were taken to protect the volunteer, a makeshift dam was used to slow the amount of water in the storm drain and she was tied to a rope so that she could be saved if the rescue didn't go as planned. Luckily for the kitten, who has been named Stormy, everything went well. A firefighter helped Stormy recover by giving her a little oxygen mask that helped her breathe. She's now doing well in foster care and someday she'll be able to be adopted by a loving, permanent home. She looks like she's recovering quickly.
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Re: [scrumdevelopment] Good article on "Product Champions"
Thanks, Mike!
I should have a pdf for my website in a couple of months.
I'll let everyone know when it's posted.
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In case you haven't seen the new issue of STQE (www.stqemagazine.com) there's a good article called "The Product Champion" in it by Linda Rising. Linda's also written about Scrum in the past (IEEE Software, July 2000, at http://members.cox.net/risingl1/articles/IEEEScrum.pdf) and has other agile-related articles reachable via www.agilealliance.com/articles.
The new article is good because it focuses on what the product champion (perhaps "Product Owner" in Scrum but a little ScrumMaster mixed in as well) is responsible. Especially valuable is that the article offers advice for what to do when no Product Champion is available.
I'm not aware of the article being online anywhere yet but STQE is worth subscribing to so you can get it that way.
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With the support of the Universitätsbund Göttingen e. V.
East Asia and the Power of Sacred Sounds
A public lecture series presented by the Centre for Modern East Asian Studies (CeMEAS) and the Department of Musicology in cooperation with the Center of Modern Humanities (Zentrum für Theorie und Methodik der Kulturwissenschaften) of the University of Göttingen
Planned for: Summer term 2015 (April - July)
Conveners: Prof. Dr. Katja Triplett (Department for East Asian Studies, CeMEAS)
Prof. Dr. Birgit Abels (Department of Musicology, ZTMK)
From Tibetan Buddhist chanting, to Peking opera and Japanese Nô theater: This lecture series explores the diverse and sometimes subtle relations between the negotiation of power and performing arts in religious rituals and ceremonies. The focus is on the meaning-making and community building nature of both music and ritual. The musical traditions of China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam all share common instruments, music theory, music aesthetics, and performance practices. Widely different musical forms, however, have developed in these areas of East Asia deriving from culturally and religiously specific ideas of sound. Sound is a very particular medium for the invocation of deities, initiating meditative vision quests, and shamanic trance. At the same time, the transfer of religious music is always a part of negotiations for power, status, and knowledge and as such highly political. For instance, traditional Tibetan music has since the occupation of Tibet obtained the political function of deepening identity consciousness and of demonstrating cultural independence from China. The Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts of Tibetans in exile organizes, in this context, concert tours of Tibetan music such as the Lhamo opera with the aim to campaign for a free Tibet.
The theme of the lecture series will be approached from various angles. Approaches from political science will be considered as well as those of musicology and the study of religions. A special focus is the audible engagement with concrete examples of East Asian sounds and the presentation of musical instruments of the University Collection of Musical Instruments by scholars during some of the lectures.
The lecture series wants to highlight facets of East Asian culture that have received very little attention so far. The series also seeks to support innovative research and to inspire new research projects. Information about East Asian Studies in general and the activities of the Center for Modern East Asian Studies, the Musicology Department, and the Collection of Musical Instruments in particular will be made available to a wider audience.
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The Patriots first game of the season had very few highlights to it. They pretty much sucked! So I had to look elsewhere for some football inspiration.
The Patriots first game of the season had very few highlights to it. They pretty much sucked! So I had to look elsewhere for some football inspiration.
Who knew when the New England Patriots led 20-10 at halftime that they would never score another point and would lose to Miami 33-20. And so it was on NFL opening day.
The Red Sox "tragic number" to be eliminated from the playoffs is now down to just one. Toronto's 3-1 Sunday afternoon win at Fenway kept the Sox from sweeping the series.
Friday night's Red Sox game showed us that chivalry is indeed not dead when this 12 year old boy handed a foul ball to a little girl sitting behind him.
Brian McCann nearly outhit the entire Red Sox lineup in helping the Yankees beat Boston 5-1 Wednesday night.
More bad news for Wes Welker, the Denver Broncos wide receiver.
Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts became the first pair of Red Sox rookies to hit home runs in the same game at Yankee Stadium since 1952. The Sox beat up on the Yanks Tuesday night 9-4.
Denver Broncos wide receiver Wes Welker will miss the first four games of the season after drawing a suspension from the NFL for a positive PED test.
Just before practice on Monday, Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski pronounced himself ready to go for the season opener on Sunday against the Miami Dolphins. One wonders what coach Bill Belichick thinks of Gronk giving a public injury report.
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This is a collection of poetry that expresses many different views towards religion. Within the pages of this book many aspects of religion are challenged and questioned.
The poems in this book are thought provoking and sometimes even twisted while strangly still making sense.
This is a must have for anybody with a skeptical outlook towards religion.
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NEW Private Dbl Room A & City WifiCanadaBritish ColumbiaVancouver
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Private room in this new, clean, & modern home located at the intersection of 6 major bus routes and 2 skytrain stations for easy access anywhere in Greater Vancouver. 15 minutes away from downtown, Metrotown, Richmond & more. Plenty of parking too!
Space where guests can cook their own meals
Towels, bed sheets, soap, and toilet paper
The Space
BOOKING LAST MINUTE? NO PROBLEM. We can usually approve your request and grant access within a couple hours.
Make your home-base here with us in our brand new home just outside downtown Vancouver – away from the bustle but close to the action! I'm a fellow traveller when the budget allows it, so I understand what its like to be living on the road. We hope to make your stay as easy and enjoyable as possible.
This is a large private room with a double bed suitable for one or two travellers. Perfect for homestay students! Clean bedding, pillows and towels are provided. The room includes a dresser, a small desk and chair, and access to a closet. Password protected high-speed wireless internet (50Mbps) is included in the home and we also provide access to city-wide wifi during your stay as well. We have a passcode-enabled lock on the front door so you can come and go as you like (no curfew, restricted access, or keys to lose). This room is also equipped with a small soundmasking unit to help provide a more restful sleep (controlled by guest).
Other amenities include:
✓ Self-checkin – no key exchange, arrive whenever convenient
✓ Keyless entry – no keys to lose!
✓ Includes city-wide internet wifi access for 1 device!
✓ Central location (10 minutes to downtown, Metrotown, Richmond)
✓ Convenient transit (5 main bus routes, 2 skytrain stations)
✓ Safe neighbourhood
✓ Free (Super) High Speed Internet (up to 50Mbs)
✓ Free local outgoing phone calls
✓ Ample free street parking
✓ Shared living room with TV & HD channels
✓ Radiant in-floor heating
✓ Shared bathroom with tub/shower
✓ Use of full kitchen permitted
✓ Access to microwave, stove, oven, dishwasher, and fridge
✓ Access to Miele washing machine and dryer
We are located a short distance from downtown Vancouver in the much quieter Cedar Cottage community (about 10 minutes by car). There is plenty of free street parking around the house.
The area around the house is one of the cheapest parts of the city to eat out in. If you love asian foods, like pho, sushi, or chinese, you will be in nirvana. There are also some excellent Mexican, Central American, and even Portugese restaurants close by.
There is a new modern drug store located 1/2 a block away that sells almost anything you may need from packaged food items, to toiletries, magazines, medicine, and electronics.
Our home is at the intersection of many transit options, so getting around is very convenient. There are two Skytrain stations within walking distance (less than a 10 minute walk). Or jump on one of several nearby buses that connect with the Skytrain or take them directly to downtown, Stanley Park, UBC, Metrotown, Richmond, YVR Airport, or North Vancouver. Even Grouse Mountain and the Capilano Suspension Bridge are easily accessible by transit. Commercial Drive and Main Street (~5-10 mins away) are both close by and full of trendy shops, restaurants and hipster hangouts.
My partner and I live here along with her curious and friendly son (6 years old). We really enjoy meeting new people and hearing about their travels, so don't be shy. There is usually one or two other guests in the house as well, which can be a great source of information if you compare stories. We will mostly provide you with privacy but if you have any questions or need assistance there is almost always someone around, please don't hesitate to ask.
If the dates you want are available, book immediately to avoid losing your priority! You don't need to ask if the dates are available – we'll let you know if there is any conflict. If the dates you want show up as not available, please check with us as there are often cancellations and other options that the calendar does not show.
Thank–you for your interest, and Happy Travels!
Please be respectful, this is our home. We want you to enjoy your stay, so please treat our home as if it were your own – or better ;) – and I'm sure we'll all get along just fine. A few other minor points to highlight:
No smoking in the house (smoking is permitted outside)
Please be tidy (dirty dishes in the dishwasher, if you spill something - clean it up, etc.)
No pets
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Enjoy your stay!
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About the Host, Brad
I've traveled a fair amount, but I'm always happy to return home to beautiful Vancouver. Some of my favorite places so far include; Barcelona, Berlin, Copenhagen, Costa Rica, Turkey, and Japan. I have many more yet to get to, and many more favorites to discover.
I'm pretty easy going and like meeting new people and hearing about their travels. I've already added several destinations to my "bucket list" based on our guests. I also enjoy some of the best things in life; such as football, snowboarding, a good movie (which is unfortunately rare), I hate television (but admit that Breaking Bad is awesome), and love a few video games. I think we are living through the most fabulous period of human existence and really think we should all just lighten up a bit.
As a host, I will pretty much let you decide what kind of experience you want. If you want to hang out and talk, I'm all for it but if you prefer to do your own thing and hang out in your room, that's cool too. I've lived in Vancouver my entire life, so I should be able to answer any question or make some suggestions for you, no matter what your looking for.
As a traveller, I usually don't have much of a plan. I prefer to meander and find the places that the locals enjoy. I often have no idea what I'm looking for until I'm standing right in the middle of it. I'd love any suggestions you may have!
Life motto? Really? Well, Steve Jobs adopted the best motto from the last issue of The Whole Earth Catalog, and I like to keep good company, so I'll say what he would say:
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Hotel Blake, An Ascend Hotel Collection Member
Hotel Blake, An Ascend Hotel Collection Member
Hotel Guest Rating: 8.5/10
500 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60605
Welcome to the Hotel Blake, An Ascend Hotel Collection Member
Accommodations with iPod docks and rainfall showers, plus in-room spa services, are reasons Priceline guests gravitate to Hotel Blake, An Ascend Hotel Collection Member, conveniently located in the heart of the downtown action.
Hotel Features
This 162-room, modern boutique hotel is housed in the 19th-century Morton and Duplicator building on historic Printers Row in the South Loop. The 12-floor property features accommodations with dark wood furnishings, 12-foot ceilings and baths with oversize rainfall showers. In-room spa services — including massages, facials and nail care — can be booked for an additional fee. Valet parking is available for a fee.
Hotel Location
The property is two blocks from the El train and four blocks from famous Grant Park. The Lake Michigan waterfront, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Shedd Aquarium are all within a 20-minute walk, as is the Art Institute of Chicago, boasting the world's largest collection of Monets. The hotel is 18 miles from O'Hare International Airport and 12 miles from Midway International Airport.
Guest Favorites
Priceline guests in Chicago find "spacious" and "quiet" rooms and a "super-friendly" staff "eager to personalize the trip experience" at Hotel Blake, An Ascend Hotel Collection Member.
Hotel Blake, An Ascend Hotel Collection Member Amenities
- Alarm clock
- Banquet facilities
- Bell staff/porter
- Brailed elevators
- Business center
- Cable television
- Cocktail lounge
- Coffee/Tea maker
- Direct dial telephone
- Elevators
- Exercise gym
- Hairdryer
- Handicap rooms
- Ice machine
- Laundry/Valet service
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Non-smoking
- Pets allowed
- Ramp access
- Safe deposit box
- Security
- Valet parking
- Vending machines
Hotel Information
You must show a valid photo ID and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all special requests cannot be guaranteed and are subject to availability upon check-in. Additional charges may apply. Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
Hotel Guest Reviews of the Hotel Blake, An Ascend Hotel Collection MemberOur hotel ratings and reviews are from real hotel guests. Priceline.com ensures that its reviews are guests-only by proactively sending hotel surveys to customers after they've completed their hotel stays. In the post-stay surveys, priceline.com hotel customers are asked a number of questions about their stay and the hotel. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, the survey asks guests to rate their overall experience and specifically rate the hotel's cleanliness, staff and location. Priceline.com does not allow site visitors to post unsolicited hotel reviews.
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Kenny from Fort Wayne, IN
September 9, 2015
September 9, 2015
the staff were great and the hotel was nice
Verified Hotel Guest from Milton, Canada
September 9, 2015
September 9, 2015
Great service!
Verified Hotel Guest from Austin, TX
September 5, 2015
Business Traveler
September 5, 2015
Business Traveler
The room was large, clean and bright. The staff friendly and helpful. We liked the attached restaurant.
No shower cap. Small bathroom, but great shower.
Devon from Doylestown, PA
September 2, 2015
September 2, 2015
Wonderful hotel with excellent service. Had an amazing restaurant attached and free wifi. Great location with walking distance to all attractions in the city.
Verified Hotel Guest from Pearl River, NY
August 27, 2015
Solo Traveler
August 27, 2015
Solo Traveler
The location was perfect. Although close to many of Chicago's attractions, it was not located in an extremely busy area. The location of the hotel had a neighborhood feel.
Robert from Garden City, MI
August 26, 2015
August 26, 2015
Hotel employees,
Bathroom didn't have a tub, Inside room was very loud. Not sure what it was.
Tim from Madison, WI
August 5, 2015
August 5, 2015
Clean and easy. Fun and attentive staff.
Yolanda from Millville, NJ
August 3, 2015
August 3, 2015
The staff was especially helpful in recommending activities and restaurants. They were attentive and professional.
Robert from Bargersville, IN
August 1, 2015
August 1, 2015
Everything was great
Michael from Jenks, OK
July 30, 2015
July 30, 2015
Shower doesn't have a door so water goes all over the floor.
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F**king Quantum Magnets, How Do They Work?Posted by Greg at 01:52, 18 Oct 2011
Witch, witch, burn him!!! Tel-Aviv University demonstrates quantum superconductors locked and levitating in a magnetic field.
I just want to know when I can have one to play with.
Set the Controls for the Heart of the SunPosted by Greg at 01:01, 04 Oct 2011
There's an interesting story over at Universe Today, asking if a recent comet hit caused an explosion on the Sun:
This amazing video from the SOHO mission (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) shows a sun-diving comet hitting the solar surface on October 1, 2011 and unexpectedly a huge explosion occurs shortly after. Are the two events related? Probably not, but solar scientists don't know for sure. The region where the CME originated was on the opposite side of the Sun from the comet hit, so that is very great distance. Scientists say there is no known mechanism for comets to trigger a CME.
Seeing this video I was immediately reminded of a blog entry that Jameske posted many years ago here at TDG, titled "Comet Vomit", in which he linked to a number of videos showing possible interaction between comets and the Sun:
According to Fred Whipple, from whom the dirty snowball comet theory originated, comets are composed of a nucleus usually around 5 to 10 Km in diameter, irregular in shape, and made of a loose agglomeration of ice, rock and hydrocarbons. The nucleus is surrounded by a diffuse atmosphere of material called a coma that can expand to up to 250000 km in diameter on close approach to the sun to form little more than vacuum, and they have highly elliptical orbits.
...Given the above it follows that there is absolutely no connection whatsoever between this comet and the sun, and this comet and the sun, and this comet and the sun, and this comet and the sun, and this comet and the sun, and this comet and the sun.
Finding patterns in coincidences, or is this some genuine, as yet unknown interaction between comets and our star? I look forward to seeing future scientific research into this fascinating little mystery...
Update: Some critical comments about the possibility of a connection from Phil 'Bad Astronomy' Plait and at the Sungrazing Comets website. Also this video from the Bad Astronomer:
Shaking Up Earthquake SciencePosted by Greg at 03:05, 27 Sep 2011
Back in May I posted a story about the discovery of changes in the Earth's ionosphere leading up to the catastrophic Japanese earthquake (and subsequent tsunami) of March 2011. A research team led by Dimitar Ouzounov of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre found that...
...before the M9 earthquake, the total electron content of the ionosphere increased dramatically over the epicentre, reaching a maximum three days before the quake struck.
At the same time, satellite observations showed a big increase in infrared emissions from above the epicentre, which peaked in the hours before the quake. In other words, the atmosphere was heating up.
Last week an independent paper offered support for this 'warning signal' for massive earthquakes. According to the American Geophysical Union blog, geophysicist Kosuke Heki of Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan, has reported the same suggestive buildups of electrons in a new scientific paper:
"The claim that earthquakes are inherently unpredictable might not be true, at least for M9 [magnitude 9] class earthquakes," Heki writes in an article accepted for publication in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union.
The study suggests that the total electron content, or TEC, in the ionosphere starts increasing as much as eight percent above background levels prior to massive earthquakes, with the biggest effect above the rupturing fault. The electron buildup before the Japan earthquake started 40 minutes before disaster struck.
...Days after the devastating magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake struck Japan, Heki downloaded data from satellites that are part of the GPS Earth Observation Network. He was interested in oscillations of the TEC when acoustic waves echo from the epicenter into the ionosphere.
"I thought I'd see a very strong signal after this earthquake," Heki says. "And in the course of working on that, I found something strange happened." The TEC was higher before the expected oscillations occurred than it was after the oscillations, so he took another look at the raw data from the GPS satellites.
...But changes in total electron content aren't rare, Heki says. Solar flares and other ionospheric disturbances can cause fluctuations. So he looked at TEC prior to other major earthquakes, including the 2010 Chile earthquake.
"I saw almost the same signature as the Tohoku earthquake," Heki says. And although there were fewer GPS stations operational during the 2004 Sumatra quake, those showed a similar TEC anomaly. Smaller quakes, around magnitude 8.0 and below, don't appear to have the same TEC increases.
You can download Heki's paper from his website (PDF download).
There appears to be some difference between the two papers regarding the maximum TEC in the ionosphere, with Heki's saying it started 40 minutes before the earthquake, while Ouzounov et al's paper put the timeframe in days. Neither paper references each other though, so perhaps Heki did not analyse the days in advance of the quake, but only the immediate hours surrounding it? In any case, fascinating insights into the invisible earth changes that take place when a major geological event occurs.
And as I mentioned in my previous post, could these changes be responsible for (oft-ridiculed) reports of 'earthquake lights'? Coincidentally, on the same day I came across the above news, I also stumbled across this podcast interview with David Brumbaugh, director of the Arizona Earthquake Information Center, discussing all the suggestions for a mechanism behind the anomalous phenomenon:
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Zoo Animals Sense Earthquake in AdvancePosted by Greg at 02:55, 25 Aug 2011
There's a long-held belief that animals sense earthquakes in advance, although the evidence is largely 'anecdotal' and thus many scientists remain skeptical. Well, here's some more anecdotes to add to the list: the Smithsonian Zoo in Washington, D.C. has released a post-earthquake update in which it describes some of the unusual animal behaviour in the lead up to yesterday's 5.9 quake:
The red ruffed lemurs sounded an alarm call about 15 minutes before the quake and then again just after it occurred.
...About five to ten seconds before the quake, many of the apes, including Kyle (an orangutan) and Kojo (a Western lowland gorilla), abandoned their food and climbed to the top of the tree-like structure in the exhibit.
About three seconds before the quake, Mandara (a gorilla) let out a shriek and collected her baby, Kibibi, and moved to the top of the tree structure as well.
Iris (an orangutan) began "belch vocalizing" — an unhappy/upset noise normally reserved for extreme irritation — before the quake and continued this vocalization following the quake.
...The Zoo has a flock of 64 flamingos. Just before the quake, the birds rushed about and grouped themselves together. They remained huddled during the quake.
Dr. Don Moore, the zoo's associate director for animal care sciences, theorized that the animals were picking up on sounds or vibrations below the level of human perception. "I think given that they're sensing it beforehand, they must be sensing the pre-rumbles that create some kind of vibration in the ground," Moore said, "or hearing something we can't hear."
However, one interesting facet of the report is the revelation that the zoo's pandas "did not appear to respond to the earthquake" - previous reports from earthquakes in China have suggested that the iconic bear species may have some 'pre-quake perception'. Another fascinating behavioural insight from the report: the ducks and beavers jumped in the water at the onset of the earthquake and stayed in there until well after it was finished.
Dark MattersPosted by Greg at 12:55, 17 Aug 2011
Grailers might enjoy this upcoming series on The Science Channel, which looks at various fringe/heretical/abominable science topics: Dark Matters, hosted by Fringe star John Noble ('Dr Walter Bishop'):
Dark Matters premieres on August 31 - check your TV guide for times. According to Noble, the stories in the show "are as outlandish as a great sci-fi script or as disturbing as a classic horror tale — the only difference is that they're all true... The series offers a glimpse into the dark side of science, as well as human nature."
Read more at Entertainment Weekly.
Shaking StarsPosted by Greg at 10:38, 10 Aug 2011
This article is excerpted from Darklore Volume 3, which is available for sale from Amazon US and Amazon UK. The Darklore anthology series features the best writing and research on paranormal, Fortean and hidden history topics, by the most respected names in the field: Robert Bauval, Nick Redfern, Erik Davis, Loren Coleman, and Daniel Pinchbeck, to name just a few. Darklore's aim is to support quality researchers, so it makes sense to support Darklore.
You can read more sample articles from the Darklore series at the Darklore website.
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The Remarkable Guernsey Meteor and Earthquake of 1843
by Geoff Falla
Meteors or 'shooting stars' are not that uncommon, and most of us must have seen these at some time or another. Those of us who are interested in astronomy, and look at the night sky more often, will have seen meteors quite frequently. Usually seen as just a brief streak of light, lasting perhaps for a second or so, a meteor can be missed if we happen to be looking in just a slightly different direction at the time. Some meteors are much more spectacular, very bright and leaving a luminous trail in the sky, fading away after a short time. Even these occasional, much brighter meteors are not expected to be in view for more than perhaps five or ten seconds at most.
Meteors are not usually thought of as being related to earthquakes in any way. After all, meteors are a phenomenon of the sky, with only some of the larger ones continuing down to the ground as meteorites. Earthquakes are a result of movements in the Earth's crust, mostly happening near ocean margins and in areas of geological fault lines.
Earthquakes or earth tremors of any intensity are fortunately rare in the Channel Islands, but they do happen very occasionally. The most significant event of this kind was recorded in Guernsey in 1843, and was preceded by what was thought to be a large and very slow moving meteor. However, all meteors travel at great speed as they burn away in the atmosphere. There is occasionally a report of a large 'fireball' type of meteor which remains visible for longer than normal, because of its size and the time taken to burn away, but meteors of any kind are certainly not known for slow progress across the sky.
The luminous object seen over Guernsey in December 1843 was something really exceptional.
EdgeScience #8Posted by Greg at 06:33, 01 Aug 2011
Issue 8 of the free PDF magazine EdgeScience is now available to download from the website of the Society for Scientific Exploration (SSE). In the new issue:
- Paul Smith takes an inside look at the field of 'Remote Viewing'.
- Roger Nelson offers an update on the Global Consciousness Project.
- Ron Westrum examines the incidence of 'hidden events' via a case study of battered children.
- Robyn Lindley dives into the evolution debate and asks: was Lamarck also right?
More content as well as that listed above, plus all seven previous issues remain available to download from the website. Don't forget also: if you enjoy the mag, send a bit of love via the PayPal button to help ensure the future of this excellent free e-zine (or alternatively pick up a paper copy for $4.95). Note too that there is an app for viewing the PDF release on the iPad as well.
Numbers in NaturePosted by Greg at 09:53, 16 Jul 2011
The whole area of 'sacred geometry' is one that interests me greatly, and a sub/related branch of that field of study is how these numbers can be found at the heart of various aspects of nature. So I found this video, "Nature by Numbers" by Cristóbal Vila, to be both visually breathtaking and also strangely moving:
You can find out more about this short film - from the basics of the math, to how the film was created - at the website of Etérea Studios. Thanks to @grailseeker for the heads-up.
Thinking From a Different Point of ViewPosted by Greg at 03:23, 14 Jul 2011
We all live in our own reality tunnels, and become accustomed to thinking that the way we see things is how they are 'in reality'. So much so, that often it's disconcerting - sometimes even shocking - when we suddenly see things from a new perspective. Take for instance, how a hula hoop sees the world...
This commitment to thinking outside the box is one of the driving forces behind this website - asking ourselves 'what if' questions regarding our own beliefs, and the assumptions made in the current scientific and historical paradigm, and trying to inspire new ways of thinking about certain topics. Sometimes, that can take you down dead end streets, and other times it can bring wonderful insights. But at the end of the day, the important thing is that we don't isolate ourselves in our own reality tunnels, and definitely don't force others to live in there with us.
Here's the great physicist Richard Feynman (in the 1970s) on taking the world from a new point of view:
By 'getting outside' your normal point of view you are able to challenge, and perhaps overthrow if necessary, long in-grained beliefs. By getting outside your normal point of view you get new insights that may lead to new discoveries and ways of being. And perhaps most importantly, by getting outside your normal point of view you are able to see things from others' perspective, and thus treat them with the individual dignity and respect that each of them deserves (h/t's to Manjit Kumar's website and this NPR article).
Uncovering the Secrets of The MayansPosted by red pill junkie at 23:39, 26 Jun 2011
Mexican archeologists keep making exciting discoveries. Last year members of INAH (the National Anthropology Institute) successfully managed to insert a small robot in a tunnel deep inside a pyramid in Teotihuacan. Now another group of researchers managed to capture images of a burial chamber in the mayan capital of Palenque, sealed for the last 1500 years, by using a tiny videocamera the size of a matchbox:
[BBC News]Inside, the camera revealed nine black figures painted on blood-red walls, along with jade and shell fragments, which are believed to be part of a funerary costume.
But unlike in other tombs in Palenque, no sarcophagus has been found. "It is very probable that the fragmented bones are lying directly on the stones of the floor," Inah said. Experts say the tomb probably dates to between AD431 and 550, and could belong to the first ruler of Palenque - K'uk Bahlam I.
Another theory is that it could even belong to Ix Yohl Ik'nal, the city's early female ruler. Archaeologist Martha Cuevas said the tomb's proximity to other burial sites suggested it may be part of a royal necropolis.
The city of Palenque, located in the southeast of Mexico, gathered international attention thanks to the tomb of another Mayan leader, lord Pakal, and Erick Von Däniken's theory that the monolithic burial slab that covered his tomb was evidence of extraterrestrial visitors in the ancient past. This new burial chamber would be even older, though.
Considering Mexican scientists operate on a shoestring budget compared to the rest of their colleagues, findings like these are real credit to them; and it also shows that what's been discovered so far is just the tip of the iceberg.
To learn more about this new discovery, check this video at the BBC website.
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President Obama and the mainstream U.S. press are blaming Russian President Putin for the breakdown in bilateral relations, but this simplistic view ignores the many U.S. government actions over the past two decades that have offended Moscow, as ex-CIA analyst Melvin A. Goodman describes.
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Though it's summer, Official Washington's factionalism never takes a vacation. The neocons are in workaholic mode, claiming the precautionary closure of some U.S. embassies proves al-Qaeda remains a major threat, despite the fact that no terror attack has actually happened, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar observes.
Pinning Argentine Bombing on Iran
"Defectors" are among the most unreliable intelligence sources since they have an obvious motive for discrediting their former governments, but still have been allowed outsized roles in whipping up hysteria against Iraq in 2003 and now against Iran, as Gareth Porter reports for Inter Press Service.
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From the Archive: For years, "defectors" from "enemy" states have supplied the U.S. government and media with propaganda that is eagerly repeated to justify economic, diplomatic or even military retaliation. That was the case with Iraq in 2003 and now with Iran, as Robert Parry reported in 2012.
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The cruel irony of how the United States has addressed post-9/11 war crimes, including President Bush's invasion of Iraq and his use of torture, is that no major government official has been held accountable, yet whistleblowers have faced harsh reprisals, most notably Pvt. Bradley Manning, as Marjorie Cohn explains.
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Tam's re-reading the Dragonriders of Pern series the first three books, anyway and her perspective has changed just slightly in the interim:
They're still fun, but the idea of having a giant telepathically-linked dragon that would be your friend forever and could fly you around and set stuff that annoyed you on fire was a lot more attractive when I was in middle school and grappling with teen angst. Not that I'd turn one down now, but as an adult, all you can think of are the damned vet bills, which must be ginormous. And it probably horks up hairballs the size of VW Beetles.
At least it's not a threadfall. Damned thing would dissolve your hand while you were trying to clean it up.
As usual, the May water bill came with the annual water report, which details the quality of said water, based on certain official standards. According to the cover letter, the, um, product gets tested every two hours, although some items on the list, such as radioactive particles, are checked less frequently, and by "less frequently" I mean 2006 was the last time they ran a full-fledged examination for alpha, beta, and radium-226 emissions. The numbers recorded at that time weren't anywhere near the maximum permitted levels, and I have no reason to think that they're any different now, but I suspect some of us would feel better with more up-to-date numbers.
And I'm perplexed by the chloramine numbers, which remain below the Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level (4.0 ppm) on a yearly-average basis, which is what's required for compliance, but it appears that individual samples at two of the three water plants spiked slightly above that for short periods. I'm guessing that these readings were taken right after a treatment cycle, and that they're required to report them regardless, but this does seem to conflict with the definition of "maximum" as I learned it back in the 20th century.
But, hey, at least it isn't radioactive.
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There were basically two questions going into this game. The first: "Is Perk okay?" (Answer: he played seventeen minutes, took a hit, took a detour to the locker room as a precautionary measure, and returned to the bench, though he didn't play further.) The second: "How will Metta World Douche be greeted?" (Answer: Seven or eight of the 18,203 in attendance did not boo him.) Otherwise, there was no question: the Thunder grabbed the lead late in the first quarter and didn't come close to giving it up the rest of the night, up 15 at the half, up 30 (!) after three, and the starters watched the reserves finish off the Lakers, 119-90, in spectacular fashion. And I do mean "spectacular": in the waning seconds, Derek Fisher sank a trey, and then Royal Ivey stole the inbound and dribbled it out. Had they given Mike Brown the finger, the message couldn't have been clearer.
And here's a brace of telltale statistics: at 39:26, the beginning of garbage time, OKC had committed three turnovers and the Lakers had zero fast-break points. Add to that this lovely bit of frustration: Devin Ebanks, who had subbed admirably for Metta World Elbow during the dark days of suspension, lasted a whole 4:15 before being thumbed from the premises.
Los Angeles still has no one who can handle Russell Westbrook, who rolled up 27 points on 10-15 shooting, not to mention seven rebounds and nine assists. Kevin Durant tacked on 25 more; James Harden led the bench with 17. And oh, the final turnover count was four.
The Lakers, meanwhile, coughed up the rock 15 times, and while they did enjoy a 43-41 advantage on the boards, they shot less than 44 percent, and Pau Gasol, minus 29 for the night, evidently phoned it in. Andrew Bynum did post a double-double, with 20 points and 14 rebounds, which still left him at minus 24. Kobe Bryant had an uneventful 20, and Metta World Smurf, hot in the first quarter, ended up with 12.
The hostilities resume Wednesday at the funky C Arena. I have no idea how Perk is, and there's really no reason for anyone to tell me.
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In response to a bit from this foul-mouthed TV clip that LeeAnn gleefully posted, Jeffro opined that "'The Perfectly Tanned Shitbirds' would make an excellent name for a rock group."
I left a response thereto, and I figure I may as well expand on it here.
April March was a layout artist for several episodes of The Ren & Stimpy Show in the early 1990s; she had been in a band called the Pussywillows, who cut this nifty version of Neil Diamond's "The Boat That I Row", and after they broke up, she founded a band called, yes, the Shitbirds. This may be the only video of them that exists, and it's impossible to judge their melanin levels; they cut a perfectly wonderful album called Famous Recording Artists, which as of this past weekend was still available on iTunes. If you ask me, the highlight therefrom was "I Want You."
As a solo singer, April March's biggest hit was "Chick Habit," an English translation of Serge Gainsbourg's "Laisse Tomber les Filles," which Quentin Tarantino saw fit to work into the soundtrack of Death Proof. Being something of a Francophile, March also recorded it in French.
The World's Youngest Blogger reports that in terms of sheer dash, he's way ahead of Kim Kardashian.
Being rather dashless myself so to speak I've had to import some from beyond the Everfree Forest:
This is of course obviously Photoshopped, because who in Equestria has ever seen a flag like this? (The real flag of Equestria, I am told, looks something like this.)
Wait, what? "Too involved," you say? Not a chance. Besides, I've already been warned by Twilight Sparkle:
(Rainbow Dash image courtesy of Timothy Newton, who is now blogging at Singular Spectrum.)
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College, shmollege. It's all trade schools these days:
Starting with the G.I. Bill, the notion that all high school graduates should attend college, specifically as preparation for their "future careers," has taken a ferocious grip on Americans' minds. Our colleges and universities have come to resemble trade schools in many ways, though the "trades" for which they purport to prepare us bear little resemblance to the ones BOCES alumni practice.
American grammar and high schools exhibit that orientation in their obsessive insistence upon preparing for college. Breathes there a "guidance counselor" anywhere in this land whose first question upon meeting a new student isn't some variation on "What would you like to do for a career?" Testing for "aptitudes" has completely displaced intelligence tests in our high schools. (This might be for the best, considering how many American teenagers possess the intelligence of an earthworm.) The whole edifice appears designed to get young Americans aimed toward an office occupation of some sort, such that non-office alternatives e.g., entrepreneurship; the clergy, the blue-collar trades; a military career are effaced from consideration.
As a person of a Certain Age, I have taken scads of aptitude tests, most of which suggested that I would be a paper-pusher par excellence. The Army duly slotted me for a personnel-management billet, and in my subsequent civilian years, I found myself doing largely administrative-type work, without actually obtaining any administrative-type titles. It happens that I am good at what I do, though nothing in my "educational" background would so indicate; there is literally no curriculum in any institution of learning which teaches my current skill set.
Nor is my collar entirely white: I spend a fair amount of time producing actual printed materials, which suggest a blue collar, and I have the ink stains (which are not blue) to prove it. Come to think of it, I usually wear a pocket T to work, and it doesn't have any collar at all.
And it's difficult for me to imagine how I'd be any better qualified for this position, which pays me on the high side of the administrative range, but on the low side of the technical, had I spent five figures (now probably six figures) chasing down degrees. You certainly won't see any guidance counselors pushing anyone toward this slot. Besides, my presence in that slot is largely accidental: the previous occupant departed without much notice, and I was one of only two or three people in the entire operation who had ever even seen an IBM midrange before. (I'd worked on some of the big iron, even.) Since they had better things to do, the position became mine by default. Fortunately, I learn quickly.
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The Guv says she's going to sign that open-carry bill:
Gov. Mary Fallin said Saturday she will sign a bill into law that will allow Oklahomans with concealed handgun permits to carry their weapons in the open.
"I'm going to be signing that bill," Fallin announced to 1,400 delegates at the Oklahoma Republican State Convention, drawing cheers and applause. "I've been waiting a long time."
The measure, Senate Bill 1733, passed the Senate 33-10 after an 85-3 romp through the House. It will take effect, typically for new Oklahoma laws, on the first of November. It's not, as the pundits say, "permissive": you must first obtain a concealed-carry permit, though Oklahoma is a shall-issue state and they have to give you a good reason to turn you down.
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If you saw last November's update, you've pretty much seen this one: they've tweaked the rules for rental-car reimbursement just slightly, but all the rates and coverages are exactly identical, which suits me just fine. They'll raise the rates eventually I'm thinking, based on prior experience, probably in the fall of 2013 but for now, I'm just happy with not having to shuffle budget items around.
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Out here, we call this particular rhetorical technique "Stream of Conoco":
Democrats can get excited about gas prices dropping.
Except gas prices dropped before the 2008 election also.
Dropped from record highs also.
Didn't help Republicans much.
Perhaps the pols have finally figured out that if you take credit for something improving, you get the blame for it when it deteriorates.
Naw. Couldn't be. And anyway, every 15-cent drop saves me around $4 a month, which is nice to have but which doesn't exactly stimulate the ol' wallet, if you know what I mean.
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Carroll Shelby, in his last year of Formula One competition, drove a race-prepped version of Aston Martin's DB4 for erstwhile AM owner David Brown. Astons at the time ran highly-tuned DOHC inline sixes, which apparently did not impress Shelby in the least.
When Shelby decided to get into construction in 1961, he wrote to AC Cars in Britain and asked them if they could modify their existing Ace roadster to accommodate a proper American-style V8. AC, which had been using Bristol's six, a prewar BMW design, was in the process of switching to an English Ford six, and they told Shelby they could. Shelby then hit up Chevrolet, who turned him down flat. Ford, however, would talk to him, and they offered an updated version of their Windsor V8, bored out to 260 cubic inches. Shelby ordered up a chassis, and the transatlantic assembly line was created: AC would do the bodywork, then ship the carcass to Shelby's West Coast facility, where the powertrain would be installed.
Seventy-five of these cars, christened "Cobra," were built, priced at $5995; Shelby then switched to the new Windsor 289. The Cobra proved to be a sturdy and successful racer, so naturally it had to be improved upon; the chassis was stretched and strengthened, and Shelby, now enthusiastically supported by Ford, received a supply of the FE V8, a monster with 427 cubes.
Lee Iacocca, who had enlisted Shelby's assistance in producing a line of high-performance Mustangs, eventually landed at Chrysler, and he persuaded Shelby to follow him. By then, pretty much everything Mopar was either already or about to be front-wheel drive, but no matter. The Shelby-modified Dodge Omni GLH ("Goes Like Hell") offered 146 ponies to drag around a mere 2300 pounds, at a time when comparably-sized cars had maybe 90 or 100 at most. (A GLHS followed, with 175.)
Jack Baruth gave Shelby, who died Thursday, the following sendoff:
Although his final years were beset by scandal and an increasingly Byzantine series of lawsuits against everyone from "cloners" to his own fan club, the man's contributions to the art, science, and passion of hauling ass in affordable cars are undeniable.
Even if some of them aren't quite so affordable anymore.
Trini had never before seen one of the Symphony Show Houses, a deficiency I had vowed to remedy, and so today we set out for the 2012 edition, billed modestly as a "Jazz Age Manor," smack in the middle of Heritage Hills at 15th and Walker.
The 1925 Tudor Revival house, says the taxman, covers 8518 square feet, though it seems like more, what with six bedrooms, six full baths and three half-baths, and God knows how many stairs. (Yes, I climbed them all.) Each of the twenty-eight (I think) rooms has been done up by local design pros, and while obviously not everything on the inside is pure Roaring Twenties I'm pretty sure Jacuzzi wasn't doing hot tubs back then what we were looking for was some semblance of Gracious Living, which for the moment we define as "what we'd do after cashing the lotto tickets." I was most struck by some of the newly-applied wall finishes, some of which I wouldn't mind seeing in my own modest digs.
Here's their television spot:
The Symphony Show House will be open through the 20th of May. (Exterior photo courtesy of Leonard Sullivan; photography was not allowed inside the house.)


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The bidding program, which has drawn scathing criticism from more than 240 economists, including five Nobel laureates, patient advocacy groups, and companies that provide home medical equipment through Medicare, had been set to roll out to 91 additional areas across the country on July 1. It was piloted in nine areas beginning in early 2011.
Chief among the critics' complaints are that the program is anti-competitive and results in widespread job losses and company closings that impair Medicare patients' ability to receive and use medical equipment their doctors have told them they must have in order to stay safely in their own homes and out of nursing homes and hospitals.
"H.R. 1717 will ensure that Medicare achieves its goal of reimbursing for home medical equipment using a market-based price. At the same time, the legislation will create the framework for a well-structured auction program that avoids the significant failures of the current program," said Tyler J. Wilson , president of AAHomecare. "The Price proposal presents a better system for beneficiary access to quality care and it will create an improved business environment for companies that provide home medical equipment."
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Many times in these columns I've written about how I came to Grant County right before my 22nd birthday.
Now, I'm leaving about two months before I turn 25.
Over the course of those three years, I've learned a lot about this county and the people within.
During my first few months here, I learned the lay of the land and met a lot of people who helped me get acquainted with my new home.
While I was learning about Grant County, I was also learning about becoming a reporter with on the job training. When I came here, I had been a stringer for my local newspaper during summers, covering a couple games. But I didn't really learn how to be a news writer until I came up here. My editor, Jamie Baker-Nantz, took a chance on me and I hope that three years later, she can be proud of what I've learned.
I would learn to listen to the scanner and respond during fires, storms and breaking news, documenting the events with pictures.
I sat in fiscal court, school board and city council meetings, learning about what it takes to run the county, cities and schools.
At first, it was hard to find my voice when I was writing. I wanted to do people justice when telling their stories, but I also had to learn what it takes to write a story that is interesting while also getting in the important facts.
After a year, I became the sports writer, jumping into the fall season without much knowledge of what to expect. After a year of learning how to write, I had a new challenge ahead of me: learning how to cover sports.
For the past two years, I spent weeknights and weekends taking pictures and covering the important moments in Grant County's sports history. That's what I truly believe I was doing. I wasn't only writing stories to entertain for each issue, but I was also documenting the history of this county's athletic achievements.
Earlier this year, Grant County High School inaugurated the first class of their Athletic Hall of Fame and as I talked with the initiates, I would look through our archives (books of each issue bound together) and see faces look back at me from the past.
It struck me that one day, someone might be writing a story about an athlete that I covered and see what I wrote and the pictures that I took and understand just what those athletes accomplished.
While I was a staff writer and a sports writer, I also covered two schools at a time. For the first two years, they were Mason-Corinth Elementary and Grant County High School. This past year, I swapped GCHS for Crittenden-Mount Zion Elementary. But I was also in and out of all the schools in the county and that was an aspect of my job that I loved.For three years, I got to see students shine during the accomplishments.
The best part of my job was getting out and seeing some great games. I've stood in rain, strong wind, scorching sun and some flat out terrible weather because the athletes I was covering were doing the same thing. All I was doing was taking pictures and writing notes while they were out there giving their best effort to be successful. It's funny what you can learn from people.
These kids that are younger than me were re-teaching me a lesson that I had learned a long time ago. As long as they give everything they've got, they've got nothing to be ashamed of, win or lose. I took that mentality when covering sports. If I gave as much of myself to this job, I could leave this job knowing that I did everything I could to make the most of this opportunity.
I'm leaving to move to Tennessee as I try to transition into a new field, going back to school to get a Masters in Business Administration. Doing my best job meant giving up my weeknights and weekends, but I'm ready to have that time back.
The hardest part of leaving this job is saying goodbye to the people that I've come to know over the past three years. Over the past two weeks, I've said goodbye to a lot of people and I know I'll leave without saying goodbye to a lot of people who have helped me. But saying goodbye has helped me understand just how much my time in Grant County has meant to me.
I'd like to say thank you to everyone in this county and a special thanks to everyone at the paper for helping someone make a new home. I hope that I have made an impression on this county and the people in it, because I know the impression it has made on me.
Over the past three years, I have called Grant County home and I wouldn't have changed that for anything.
(Ryan Naus is the sports writer for the Grant County News. He can be reached at 824-3343 or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.)
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