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CLIP ART 2017-2018 is "In Touch with Tomorrow"
CONVENTION HOSTESSES - ATTN: Any city holding a convention in 2017, please check the list on the Website to see if your convention is listed. If it isn't, it's because we don't have your information. In order for it to be listed we need at least the date, and location, we really need the information sheet so we can give information to members who call us for contacts. The convention information sheet is on our downloads page, you can download it, fill it in and mail, fax or scan and email it to us that way you'll get coverage available at any time on our website. We do not post contact information to protect your privacy but any member can call or email us and we can give it to them if we have it! The invitations committee meets in late January, early February to make the guest decisions for that year, if we don't have your request, you have less chance of getting your choice of guest. We can only send guests to conventions of 200 or more but we do have a drawing for the smaller conventions and the winner will receive a guest. Please help us out to have your information ready for the sisters to look up! Thanks. Laura (Posted - 10/03/2016)
INTERNATIONAL DUES INCREASE As of January 1, 2017 fees will be increased by $2. Annual fees will now be $45.00, the membership fee will increase to $69.00 and the Reinstatement fee will go up to $47.00. (Posted: November 7, 2016)
DISASTER RELIEF FUND Consider having your chapter donate to the International Disaster Relief Fund as Funds have been depleted due to Hurricanes and Floods. https://bspinternational.org/member_home.php
If you are interested in purchasing any of the left over merchandise from our 2016 International Convention
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Glass Bell Jar - 35.00
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Amazon - Book of Ritual (for Kindle)
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(Do not call International's Gift Department to order these).
The large print edition of Invitation to Life is now available! You can order it directly here:
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The large print Book of Beta Sigma Phi is now available! You can order it directly here:
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Think - Family, Sisters, Extending Friendship, Building Chapters Online and in Land Chapters! See the Friendship and Share the Connection using YouTube
RECORDING SECRETARIES - There will be no more MONTHLY REPORTS to submit, now you will use an annual form and submit attendance to the International Office at the end of your sorority year beginning with the 2015-2016 year. This Began - AUG., 2015. Here is a link to an Excel form to help you keep track on your computer.
Submit the chapter/council MINUTES online on the International website Beta Sigma Phi
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If you are wanting to dress up or finish your old or new yearbook/scrapbooks, then the past themes on line may be of help to you. Also included are links to Diotima Artwork, charms, and themes from 1952-2006.
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Tania G – Obsessed
Released: October 15, 2014
Tania G walks to her car in a crowded parking lot, opens the door, and takes a seat behind the wheel. She is agitated, distressed. But before the viewer has a chance to wonder why, she wrestles up the hem of her tight mini-skirt and begins to masturbate. The agitation visible on her face only seconds before is instantly replaced by arousal. This brief scene perfectly encapsulates the theme of Alis Locanta's "Obsessed." Tania G is a woman possessed by her own unquenchable sexual desire. She's a prisoner of her imagination, a slave to her impulses, and her performance in the title role is subtly wrought and utterly convincing. She sits in a red leather chair, pawing and groping her shapely body. Once more she begins to masturbate. She approaches her task with single-minded focus, but as she pleasures herself her mind wanders. Does she imagine herself with a lover? Does she ponder some passionate fantasy scenario? No. She imagines herself masturbating in another place, at another time. And so it goes. "Obsessed" shifts between the here and now and the then and there, and with every shift Tania G's pleasure-hungry mania grows more and more inflamed. Her fingers blur as she strums and worries her clitoris. She penetrates her slit feverishly. And when her fingers prove inadequate, she slips a crystal probe deep inside her hungry pussy. And even when it's over, as she catches her breath and her body glows with orgasm, her mind is racing — racing to the next opportunity, the next fantasy, the next climax. Perfectly conceived, titled, executed and performed, "Obsessed" is a powerful and intensely erotic depiction of sexual compulsion.

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Monday, August 21, 2017. 2017-18 Back to School Information Now Available! > click title to visit website for information
The third- through eighth-grade STAAR (reading, writing, mathematics, science and social studies) results from the May 2017 administration will be available in June. > click title for more details regarding results
School Supply order forms will go home this week.
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Found a thread in the forum on similar issue that links to http://cwiki.apache.org/ACTIVEMQ/my-producer-blocks.html. We tried, and do not observe the blocking issue so far. However, the performance dropped, with the average response time now at about 600ms. We set the usageManager limit to 128MB and tried 512MB as well. Are there some other configs that we can tune further? Thanks! hwl wrote: > > Our application previously ran on activemq 4.1.2 and was able to achieve < > 500ms response time in average. However, some locking issue was observed > (WAITING on edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.locks.CondVar) > and we upgraded the activemq component to 5.3.0. The locking issue does > not occur so far, but the performance drops to >2 second on average > response time which breaches the performance critieria. > > Any idea what could introduce such significant overhead and any way to > tune it? > > Our messaging service is non-persistent and activemq has been configured > accordingly. > > thanks! > > - Wanling > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/activemq-5.3-slower-than-4.1.2--tp27486527p27509403.html Sent from the ActiveMQ - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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November 2015, F&I and Showroom - Feature
by Kevin Lannon
I recently went online to hunt for articles that could aid my dealers in the sale of paint and fabric protection products. After 30 minutes of reading comments such as "Don't buy the snake oil," "It's a glorified wax job" and "Just buy a $10 can of Scotchgard and do it yourself," I realized I was wasting my time.
So why all the negative comments, especially when it's clear consumers and consumer advocates understand the value of these protections? In fact, a recent Top 10-style article I found on MSN Auto lists "Wax on, wax off" as the No.1 way to maintain a vehicle's value. Other entries included "Watch where you park" (to reduce sun exposure) and "It's not a restaurant, don't treat it as such." In other words, be aware of the avoidable factors that ruin both the appearance and smell of your car.
An accompanying article stated: "Your car has many enemies — some visible, some not. Emissions from industrial plants are released into the environment, where they are transformed into nitric or sulfuric acid. When deposited onto your car, in either a wet or dry state, these contaminants can eat paint and, in extreme cases, metal. When ignored, acid from dead bugs, bird droppings, tree sap and even fallen leaves can do the same."
Heck, even the review site Angie's List states that paint and clear coat damage can costs anywhere from $300 to $1,000 to repair. So, again, if everyone agrees your vehicle is a target for the environment, why can't I find any press on the importance of buying appearance protection products in the F&I office? Now, many experts do recommend waxing your vehicle. That's a good start, but it's sort of like your doctor recommending you take medicine for your high cholesterol and then dropping your health insurance.
Personally, I believe the problem stems from us selling the wrong benefits. See, instead of selling the benefits of the product, we should be selling the benefits of the associated warranty.
Salespeople and finance managers often talk about the benefits of the "protective coatings," all of which are true, if not fairly intangible. What would be more compelling to a customer, however, is if you explained that the product's associated warranty will cover the repainting of the hood damaged by tree sap or bird droppings. And that's how you can differentiate the coating you sell and the wax a customer can purchase on his or her own. Because waxing your car is all well and good, but you can't go back to the store and ask them to repaint your hood if a bird uses it as a bathroom and penetrates your wax, clear coat, paint and primer.
The same goes for fabric protection. We all know it won't prevent a lit cigar from burning a hole in a vehicle's passenger seat. But with the right coverage, the warranty covering the protection would pay for the repair.
So the next time you pitch paint and fabric protections to a customer, try focusing on the benefits of the associated warranties. Everyone agrees there are a number of harmful enemies that affect both the interior and exterior of a customer's vehicle. So let's protect them with great chemicals and, more importantly, a fully insured warranty that backs the protection!
Kevin Lannon is an income development specialist for Great Lakes Co. in Kalamazoo, Mich. Email him at [email protected]
I couldn't agree more. We train that you should educate the consumer on what they have and don't have from the factory when it comes to warranty coverage on the paint and interior. Then using the warranty coverage to show where Simoniz steps in and covers.
Any idea which paint vendors offer the type of warranty discussed? I haven't seen any. I've only seen coverages that are consistent with the consumer critics. If there are reputable companies with warranties that actually provide value, I would be interested. It would change my mind and be a real benefit for the consumer.
Larry,I have products that are backed by great warranties. Contact me and I will be happy to tell you about them.
Larry,My email address is [email protected]
Larry, For more than a decade I've worked with a company that provides the best warranty coverage for paint, fabric and leather vinyl in the industry. Additionally the product is VOC Compliant which is a fantastic selling tool. What is your contact information? I'd be happy to discuss this further.
I would like the company name and product that offers a warranty that covers the items that are described in this article.Thanks.
Larry and any others that may be interested - My company imports a paint/fabric/leather/alloy and chrome wheel product that is guaranteed for life. Our product has been sold throughout Europe, Asia, Russia and the Middle East for over 20 years. We carry the only product strong enough to cover any damage that may be caused by sandstorms in the Middle East. Our product has proven itself in the worlds harshest environments and in now being introduced to the Unites States and Canada.Ours is the only rock mineral petroleum product made. Others are either water or silicone based and therefore will wear off as time goes on. Was insured with Lloyds of London with no claims for 15 years. Now being reinsured over seas. All stateside policies will be backed by a top rated provider.Please email me at [email protected]
sorry - first cup of coffeeemail is [email protected]
As a car buyer, there is one reason why I, and almost all of my friends and relatives, never buy an F&I product. That reason is not we do not see value in some of the products. It is the value of each product comes with a cost we are willing to pay. In all cases, that value is far less than the value the F&I manager attaches to the product.Take etch for example. We may consider a cost of $50 or so an acceptable cost for the minimal value we perceive from that product. The last time I encountered etch the dealer tried to get me to pay $299.Antoher time the F&I manager tried to get me to pay $500 for tire and wheel insurance, on an $18,000 vehicle. I may have considered $150 or so, but $500 was not commensurate with the value of that product, certainly not for a low cost vehicle.Some of the tips shown seem to suggest the only reason buyers do not buy is because the F&I manager has not educated the buyer as to the value of the products being sold. Seriously, how much education can the F&I manager provide in a period of a few minutes which would result in a reasonably sophisticated buyer changing from a no to a yes?
I find it impossible to believe that a dealership has some kind of exterior sealant that will last 5 years. No war, or sealant will last that long on one application....NONE!
Instead of offering "overpriced wax jobs" with confusing warranties, why not offer something that can actually benefit the customer? Clear bras are becoming more and more popular and offer serious protection from scratches and rock chips. There are lots of independent shops that install the film so you would need to price accordingly and actually train the employees on how to install the film properly. I am a die hard car guy and I have never bought anything from the financing department but I can assure you that if a dealership offered 3M paint protection film at a decent price and guarantee, it might be the first product I actually purchase.
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The Esquires
- Overview
- Biography
- Songs
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Formed in Milwaukee, USA, in 1957 with a line-up featuring Gilbert Moorer, Alvis Moorer and Betty Moorer. Originally conceived as a doo-wop group, the Esquires were briefly augmented by Harvey Scales before Sam Pace joined in 1961. In 1965 Betty Moorer was replaced by Shawn Taylor. The group then moved to Chicago where they signed to the Bunky label. An original song, Get On Up, was recorded with the help of Millard Edwards, who sang its distinctive bass line. Edwards became a permanent member when this infectious single was an R&B hit in 1967. Shawn Taylor left before a similar-sounding follow-up, And Get Away, was issued, but rejoined in 1971. That same year, Girls In The City, featuring Taylor as lead, was a Top 20 US R&B hit. The opportunistic Get Up 76 was the Esquires most recent hit; by the early 80s only Gilbert and Alvis Moorer remained from the groups heyday.
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- 100%Brenton Wood
- 56%Gene Chandler
- 50%Major Lance
- 46%Archie Bell & The Drells
- 45%The Capitols
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This budget hotel has 42 spacious, comfy and well-equipped rooms with several services for enjoying a truly pleasant stay. In addition to a lobby area with 24-hour reception and check-out services and lift access to the upper floors, it features a range of amenities, including a fine bar-restaurant, WLAN Internet access (fees apply) and garage parking.
The hotel is under 1.5 km from Shakespeare's birthplace and is ideally located for visiting the Holy Trinity Church, only 1.6 km from the hotel. The Stratford-on-Avon Golf Club is located 1.7 km from the establishment and the railway station is just under 2 km away.
In addition to a private bathroom with a bathtub and shower, standard in-room amenities include a satellite/cable TV, Internet access, tea and coffee making facilities, an iron and ironing board and individually regulated heating units.
This hotel accepts American Express, MasterCard and VISA payments.
From the M40, leave at Junction 15 and follow the A46/Stratford Road for approximately 8 km. At the park and ride roundabout, take the 1st exit onto A3400/Birmingham Road for 1 km. The hotel is then on the right-hand side off Hamlet Way, opposite the supermarket.
Room Facilities:
Satellite cable TV
Internet access
Tea Coffee
Iron and board
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Fogo de Chão Map
645 Hennepin Ave. (Seventh St.)
612-338-1344 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
Need directions to Fogo de Chão? This map will help you find the best route to and from the restaurant so you can enjoy your meal. Clicking on the green arrow can help you get the best route to and from this restaurant if you don't see the "Get directions" pop-up.
Find out which restaurants and chefs top the list of GAYOT's 2016 Annual Restaurant Awards.


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The Hole's rocker has accidentally posted her private phone number as she includes the digits in a Facebook message to talent agency's founder, Jason Weinberg.
Courtney Love has given away her private cell phone number after reportedly posting her digits online. The Hole's rocker is said to have accidentally made her personal phone number public by including it in a Facebook message to Jason Weinberg, founder of talent agency Untitled Entertainment, according to the New York Post.
Love, who has been attending the South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival in Austin, Texas, is said to have written, "I'm in Austin and I'm the queen of it (Google me). Call me. I hope to God you're in NYC tomorrow (posts her number). Love you and see you on set."
Courtney Love recently made her first American return by performing with Hole's new line up at the South by Southwest festival in Texas. They opened their gig with new single "Skinny Little B**ch". During the show, Love told the crowd, "This is the way it's going to be for a long f**king time, get used to it. We're Hole whether you like it or not."


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Kettlebell Workout: Cycle 4, Week 9, Day 1
Kettlebell Workout
Welcome to the Kettlebell workout from coach Dini Leopoldo. Two new workouts are posted each week - on Tuesday and Thursday - and can be done on any day you have available. Make sure you warm up adequately before starting any of these workouts!
Kettlebell Workout - Day 1
Joint mobility/Primal Move
2x5 Bottom Get Up per side, no kettlebell
3x8 Push Ups
3x8 per side Underneath Lunges
3x10 Swings
3x6 Single Arm Row
3x5 Rack Squats per side
3x10 Swings
3x20 Side Crunches
3x20 sec Planks
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IVR Software for Windows TAPI
There are many competing IVR software products at or above the price
range of Active Call Center. We have found none that incorporate
enterprise-class implementations of high-end features similar to Active
Call Center.
Consider for example the ability to customize your
IVR with VBScript. Several popular packages offer this feature. Some
will run a separate executable or Windows Script Host to execute the
script code. Others will use Microsoft's Script Control OCX, which at
our last check had performance issues. True "enterprise class"
implementations of scripting capability, such as that found in Active
Call Center, require proper integration with the application and
operating system: this allows customized script code to execute safely
as part of the application. The efficient implementation of scripting
technology gives Active Call Center significantly more scalability than
competing products, as well as much better fault tolerance under heavy
call loads.
The same applies for speech technology. Active Call
Center was built specifically to use speech technology. Many other
applications added speech technology as an after-thought. The
resulting difference is that the integration of speech technology in
Active Call Center is much tighter than it is with competitors. As
before, this robust design translates to much higher reliability.


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Control Mechanisms
Outlines biological, chemical, and mechanical control methods for invasive microbial species. See Manager's Tool Kit - Control Mechanisms for general resources and other species.
Mosquito Control
Environmental Protection Agency.
Pacific Northwest Plant Disease Management Handbook
Oregon State University. Extension Service.
This handbook is intended as a ready reference guide to the control and management tactics for the more important plant diseases in the Pacific Northwest. The specific cultural, biological, and chemical recommendations are intended to manage a specific plant disease but may not always be appropriate under all production circumstances. The synthesis of a specific management recommendation should be done by a qualified individual. For this reason, this book should be used by—and has been expressly written for—county Extension agents, consultants, field and nursery people, and chemical industry representatives. Information in this publication is in a state of constant change. New information is added and existing information is updated.
Plant Disease Management Reports
Plant Management Network.
The 2008 version of Plant Disease Management Reports (vol. 2) is now available. The report contains over 500 searchable entries concerning the use and effectiveness of fungicides and nematicides, resistant (plant) varieties, and other methods that defend against row and horticultural crop disease.
Pesticides Used to Control West Nile Virus
National Library of Medicine. Environmental Health & Toxicology.
Foliar Fungicides to Manage Soybean Rust
Ohio State University; Land Grant Universities.
NPIC - West
Nile Virus
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Supply Chain Managers
Also called: Global Supply Chain Director, Supply Chain Director, Supply Chain Manager, Supply Chain Vice President
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In our increasingly globalized society, the importance of supply chain managers is reaching new heights. You can thank these managers for speedy delivery times on orders, lower shipping costs, and keeping a steady flow of your favorite products available. Supply chain managers oversee every stage of the process that gets products to your door from raw materials to finished product. Accurate planning and forecasting helps them ensure an appropriate supply of materials to keep the production process running smoothly. These managers must stay on top of any changes that could affect the supply chain from the availability of ingredients to shipping interruptions… facility closings… or raw material shortages. Whatever the situation, they're responsible for minimizing delays, and keeping costs down without affecting product quality. Maintaining positive relationships helps them integrate their work with other departments, like sales, marketing, and finance. While some supply chain managers are very hands-on, traveling to manage day-to-day tasks in warehouses and terminals, others stay close to the office to formulate demand forecasts, and troubleshoot customer issues. Regardless of focus, most work 40 hours per week or more. To enter the field, a bachelor's degree in business administration, management, or a related field is typically required, along with five or more years of experience.
What they do:Direct or coordinate production, purchasing, warehousing, distribution, or financial forecasting services or activities to limit costs and improve accuracy, customer service, or safety. Examine existing procedures or opportunities for streamlining activities to meet product distribution needs. Direct the movement, storage, or processing of inventory.
On the job, you would:
- Confer with supply chain planners to forecast demand or create supply plans that ensure availability of materials or products.
- Monitor forecasts and quotas to identify changes or to determine their effect on supply chain activities.
- Define performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of supply chain factors, such as product cost or quality.
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
Arts and Humanities
Basic Skills
Problem Solving
People and Technology Systems
Ideas and Logic
People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
You might like a career in one of these industries:
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What is wrong with my eyes/why are they so different? (photos)
I never used to pay much attention to my eyes, but recently in photos, one eye stands out to me so much more than the other. One eye seems more closed off and smaller than the other and it looks so different it throws my whole face off. What is this? Can it be corrected? FYI I like the eye that shows more lid better (the left one in the picture)
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You have early upper eyelid ptosis.
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The right upper eyelid is slightly heavier with more platform show than on the left side. This also causes a compensatory elevation in the eyebrow. I address this type of issue with a procedure I call Strunctured Microblepharoplasty. Typically this procedure involves removal of a small amount of upper eyelid skin with formation of a hard crease using a procedure called anchor blepharoplasty. The tendon in the eyelid can be strengthened at the same time to help support the upper eyelid margin. It all starts with a very detailed consultation.
Learn more: http://www.lidlift.com/contact-plastic-surgeon-beverly-hills/download-ebook/
Different looking eyes
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It is difficult to tell from the 2D photo submitted. It may be that one is more bulging (or sunken) than the other. Or something else could be the problem. See an oculoplastic specialist for evaluation.
Learn more: http://tabanmd.com/
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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VOICES Ideas and Insight From Explorers
Tag archives for crowds
1833 Meteor Storm Started Citizen Science
Crowdsourcing astronomy discoveries goes back a ways, to 1833, and a truly remarkable meteor shower.
Kumbh Mela 2013: Form an Orderly Queue
It's 4am on January 27, an auspicious date for bathing called Paush Purnima. The full moon hangs big and sharp above the shroud of smoke that covers the Kumbh. It's still dark, and people are moving quietly and calmly from all directions towards the sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers. The temporary…
Kumbh Mela 2013: Lost and Found
There is a stubborn rumour here at the Kumbh Mela that some people come to abandon elderly female relatives and children in the crowd. There are two lost and found camps on site, one of which is run by 86-year-old Raja Ram Tiwari, who took the initiative after seeing an old woman weeping uncontrollably at…


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My Active Life: Amanda Bisk
Posted on 28 October 2013
Guest Post: Amanda Bisk
Born and raised in beautiful Perth, West Australia after both of her parents emigrated from Poland, Amanda Bisk lives and breathes une vie active! Still living in Perth, Amanda works as a Pole Vault coach at the Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS). We chat with this amazing athlete about what inspires her and how she lives an active and healthy life!
I was a very hyperactive kid and to keep his sanity my dad took me to a local gymnastics club at 3 years old. Ever since then I have immersed myself in sport and fitness and cant live without it now. I did competitive gymnastics until I was 18 but also participated in every sport I could at school. In my last year of high school I was selected for high jump at the Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS) and competed for WA for two years.
My best performance was second at nationals. In 2004 I was selected for the WAIS pole vault program and found the perfect combination of gymnastic and athletics. My personal best jump came in 2010 when I cleared 4.40m at a local comp. This lead to my selection for the Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010. I was injured leading up to the competition and didn't have the best preparation but managed to clear 4.20m to come 6th (4.20 was the third highest height but I was 6th on count back). It was an incredible experience and I have never had so much pride for my country than the day I put my Australian uniform on. After the games, I came home and continued to train, trying to qualify for the London Olympics. Unfortunately I was diagnosed with chronic fatigue in 2011 and decided to stop pole vault to allow my body and mind to recover. I was devastated. But the amazing thing is, is that it lead me to where I am today. Still involved in pole vault as a coach at WAIS, which I absolutely love. But also feeling healthy again and able to immerse myself in all sorts of physical activity.
I have completed a Bachelor in Sport Science and a Graduate Diploma of Exercise Rehabilitation and along with coaching polevault I occasionally do personal training, yoga and group exercise classes and gymnastics coaching. My dream is to use my knowledge and love of fitness to teach others while also learning and exploring the world of health, nutrition, fitness and healthy living from all the amazing people out there.
What's your favourite way to stay fit? I love to mix it up. I get bored easily so I try to do something different everyday. Whether it be running (flat and hill sprints because I am horrible at distance!), long power walks with my friends, circuit training, skateboarding, swimming, a gymnastics or ballet class, a boxing class anything! I love morning exercise and I always try to wake up early and fit in 15-30 minutes of bodyweight exercises and stretching.
What's your style like when you're working out and hanging out? Bright colours and patterns are my fav when I work out. Perth gets pretty hot so my go to work out gear is usually a croptop, singlet and shorts. If I'm just hanging out you will usually see me with an item of sport clothing, sneakers, skinny jeans or denim shorts. I'm very casual, a bit of a tomboy.
What's your style like when you're going out? I love to get dressed up when there is an opportunity. I can be a girly girl so dresses and skirts are essential and heels! I do like new trends and fashion so my style does vary a lot.
What does living an active life mean to you? I believe living an active life is crucial for a happy, healthy and balanced existence. We were born to move. Exercise has so many benefits for not only your body but also your mind. We need to remember that it doesn't have to be torture. Fun, relaxed and varied exercise everyday really makes you feel wonderful and unstoppable!
What are your makeup must-haves? I don't really wear make up, I think with a healthy diet and exercise our natural beauty shines through. I do use sunscreen on my face and and a natural lipgloss and if I feel I need a little something a good mascara.
The book on your bedside table right now: Arnold Schwarzenegger: Total Recall. He is so hard working and full of self belief, a huge inspiration.
What or who is your biggest inspiration? My parents. They are polar opposites but both have traits I hope to have. My mum is so loving and nurturing and really the sweetest soul and my dad is hard working, bold and powerful personality who strives for the best all the time.
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they told him that he had to file a will probate is this correct and if so how long and how much would this cost us
The bank is correct. The money in the bank is a probate estate asset. If your father had a will, it must be filed in the court and the terms of the will control how the money (and other assets) are distributed - after the payment of creditors. If your father had no will, the estate will be called an intestate estate and, after the payment of creditors and costs of administration, the assets will be distributed to heirs at law - I assume under the State of New York law, since that is where your question comes from. The law that governs is where your father lived at the time of his death or where the property is located. You should consult an estate administration / probate attorney and provide all of the details you know re your father's assets for the appropriate procedure to follow and the costs involved.Ask a similar question
Once the proper Petition is presented to the Surrogate's Court, it shouldn't take long at all to have letters issued appointing someone as Fiduciary of your Father's estate. The first question is what is the value of the estate. If it doesn't exceed $30,000 then an affidavit can be filed for a small estate administration. If the estate is over $30,000 or contains real property, the if your Dad had a Will the nominated Executor would file a Petition for Probate. Without a Will, you'd be filing an Administration Petition. There is a fair amount of paperwork and specific procedure to follow, so you might want to consider consulting with an attorney. The court costs depend on the size of the estate, and attorney's fees usually depend on how much work is involved. Most attorneys, including myself, offer a free consultation.
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If your brother had power of attorney that just means that your brother can use your father's money for YOUR FATHERS benefit during his LIFE. Now that he has passed if the account was just in your father's name alone it is a probate asset - which means that where the assets go is determined by his will (if he had one), or by law (called the law of intestacy) which normally provides some amount to spouse/children depending on the family situation. How long it will take and how much it will cost depends on many factors such as the overall size of the estate, debt, family harmony, etc. You would be wise to visit with an estate administration attorney in your area.
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I am sorry for your loss. The power of attorney terminated at death. You, or your attorney, will have to go to Surrogates Court in the county where your father was domiciled to file a petition. I would advise you to contact an estate attorney to help you deal with the process.
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It looks like there was no proper beneficiary designation on the account. The power of attorney dies with the account holder.
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In my youth every Saint Patty's day the networks would show the movie The Quiet Man, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara.
It was about an American prize fighter seeking to retire to the land of his ancestors and leave his fighting background behind. In the process he meets and falls in love with a woman and they marry. The union is opposed by the woman's brother, who happens to be the leading figure in town both in size and prosperity. The brother detests Wayne for taking away his sister/cook/housekeeper, and long story short, they end up fighting in a spectacular, Hollywood country fist fight over her dowery.
The movie does not reveal who won this fight, but it does depict them post-fight, arm in arm, staggering drunk together to Wayne's cottage, now best buddies. As a kid this always confused me; weren't they worst enemies? Them bloodying each other up led them to like each other? How could this be?
On AOM, "iron sharpens iron" Brett says. I see guys go after each other, this time bloodlessly, with verbal punches. I'd like to know of the guys (and gals) who do a lot of debating here: have you grown to respect and actually like those who oppose you on a regular basis? And on a site where to "agree to disagree" is seen as a cop out, where does that leave you if your opponent does not back down? (actually any conflict experience you've had with another man would be helpful, not just on this site) Would you return to your home, drunk together, arm in arm, best buddies?
Or is that only in the movies?
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Refuses to give up.
No respect is earned quite like that earned by an honored adversary. I respect a guy that can take the best I can give and remain standing on the ground he covered. Unapologetically not-backing-down is almost a prerequisite, though. Difficult to respect a guy that gives up too easily.
Actually, it happens in law practice more often than you'd think.
Over the years I have come to hold some men in high esteem because we fought even though I might have begrudged them the oxygen they were wasting before then. Even the ones that I can't really call "friends" are very easy to be civil with.
Back in my military days I was surprised how easily Soviets and their East Block allies were to get along with when we met even compared to some of out NATO allies. Mutual respect is a good way to begin a friendship.
Defeat is quite different from capitulation. In the example you gave, one man bloodied the nose of the other...he won. But, then their conflict was ended.
And, by standing up for himself, even the loser behaved honorably...in modern parlance, he earned cred'.
What's confusing about that?
If you watch the movie, no clear victor is depicted. They are shown as equally matched.
And to me, yes, confusing. And that's why I posted this; to get other men's input.
because you just don't feel like fighting right then. The last you need to be careful with though, as it will likely be seen by your opponent as disrespect.
Change don't feel to don't want. I now know I've disrespected quite a few fellows in my past that way. Or even worse, come off as a spineless dork.
Yes, I have come to respect many of those with whom I regularly debate topics, despite their inability to recognized that I am right. ;)
It is perfectly reasonable to accept that someone who disagrees with you has good reasons for doing so. They are not necessarily wrong, and you are not necessarily wrong - there are many things in life that are not easily reduced to so simple a solution. Even if one of you is, there may be good reasons for them to not agree with you. That doesn't necessarily impact my opinion of them.
Sometimes, agreeing to disagree is not a cop out, but a way to get on with being human, accept that not everything is going to go your way, and still have a beer with somebody without coming to blows. That's part of being in a society - managing the subtleties and contradictions in the world is what makes us human.
I don't know if I'd wander home drunk, best buddies with all of them, but there are more than a few men here (with whom I respectfully disagree on a wide range of topics) that I happily consider friends. I would hope they feel the same about me.
To the degree that I have come to respect some here... it wasn't the debate that did it. Debate, I think, is largely useless (though addictive). "Iron sharpens iron" refers to friendship, not the Argument Clinic. I came to respect them because of things they told me about themselves, or things I saw them doing or saying, that I thought admirable. And that does keep happening.
I'd like to know of the guys (and gals) who do a lot of debating here: have you grown to respect and actually like those who oppose you on a regular basis? And on a site where to "agree to disagree" is seen as a cop out, where does that leave you if your opponent does not back down?
I just realized that your question had a second half. Sorry for not answering it earlier.
Yes, I most definitely have come to respect and even like the people with whom I frequently disagree. Liam and Shieldes in particular, and even Scott H. We don't often see eye to eye, but I really kinda' like those guys.
Liking someone, respecting someone, and agreeing with someone. Those are three completely different things.
I tend to respect those people who stand up for what they believe...whether or not I agree with them. And, I tend to like people who are willing to stand up to me. Those people I call friends tend to challenge me on a regular basis, just as I challenge them.
I find it curious that you're asking these questions, Carl. So let me turn it around. How do *you* respond when someone "challenges" you?


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Lee Lee's Famous Barbecue Sauce for Ribs W/ Preserves
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This is the recipe my Mom concocted years ago for barbecued ribs. This is the only recipe we ever used! It is different in that you add preserves to the sauce to give it a sweet taste. Watch out! It can become habit forming! The amount of preserves used would be determined by the amount of sauce made. For the recipe listed I would use enough preserves to make the sauce thick, probably about 1/2 to 3/4 of a small jar. You can use apricot or peach, whichever you have on hand or prefer. One tip for grilling: The sugar in the preserves tends to burn on the grill quickly. To avoid a real clean-up mess, use the sauce at the end of the grilling. When using this recipe for Pulled Pork, omit preserves -- This will give you the perfect sauce for Pulled Pork!
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Thanks a bunch! Your moms bbq sauce is awsome stuff -- I made 2 batches, one with apricot and one with grape jelly. Both were fantastic with the grape being a bit sweeter -- (but not as much as I would have thought). I really liked the way the lemon gave it fresh taste without taking away from the sweetness. As you warned tho, all the sugar does make it char very fast so brush it on at the very end and keep your eye on it!
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- 3⁄4 cup ketchup
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- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- salt
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- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 dash Worcestershire sauce
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- 1 pinch garlic powder
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If you're looking for a hard-nosed, blue collar player then you won't find many that are any tougher than East Burke High standout Tyler Shatley. Known for his bruising style of play on Friday nights, Shatley has also earned a reputation for being a heck of a wrestler and that was never more evident than when he defeated Hoggard behemoth and UNC signee Jonathan Cooper in a 4A state semi-final matchup.
At 6-3, 250 pounds, Shatley is a load and he used that size and strength to bull his way to 1,209 yards and 18 touchdowns on 213 carries last year. To date he has earned scholarship offers from NC State, Clemson, Maryland and Clemson although that total is a little misleading since Shatley is only considering schools that offer engineering. Were that not the case, he would almost surely have exponentially more scholarship offers.
The first school to jump on board was Clemson and there's no mistaking that their early interest caught the eye of Shatley. He's made an unofficial visit to Death Valley and came away impressed with the Tiger's program.
"I like Clemson's tutoring and stuff and their academics," said Shatley. "They have one on one tutors for all the freshmen. I really connected with coach (Billy) Napier down there. I went for an unofficial visit and I just really connected with them. They were just a faith-based college and everything."
Right behind Clemson is NC State. The Pack was able to host Shatley this past weekend at junior day and they are hoping to chip away at Clemson's early lead.
"NC State is probably my second choice right now," he said. "I really like their engineering program and they have a good football team. I think they're going to turn it around in the next couple of years and get a lot better. Coach Horton is recruiting me. They're recruiting me as a H-back or tight end. Coach Horton, I've talked to him a couple of times, and I think they are really going to pick it up in a couple of years."Junior Day at State was a lot of fun. I met with the head coach and talked with him some, and I got to see around the campus. I also met one of the professors and he talked with me about their engineering program. It was pretty fun."
Shatley says he's currently undecided on when he'll make a commitment but it appears unlikely that he'll drag the process out.
"I'm not sure when I'm going to make a commitment," he said. "It could be this summer or next football season but I don't want to do anything too soon. I want to make sure that's what I want to do."
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Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
I found this amazing chocolate chip cookie recipe in one of my favorite cookbooks, Baking Illustrated. This cookbook is like the bible for bakers. Small font, no pictures (just drawings), and amazing recipes! I love the fact they test every recipe again and again until it's perfect. And when I mean perfect, I literally mean perfect. I have never tried a recipe from Baking Illustrated/Cook's Illustrated that I have not absolutely loved.
These are huge cookies! I am not a fan of thin crispy cookies so if you are like me, you must make these immediately. The hardest part of this recipe was not eating the raw cookie dough (since I'm pregnant). That was tough. Very tough.
These are best enjoyed right out of the oven, but they do store well in an airtight container.
Thick & Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Makes about 18 large cookies
2 cups plus 2 tablespoons (10 5/8 oz) all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted and cooled until warm
1 cup (7 oz) brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup (3 1/2 oz) granulated sugar
1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 – 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
Adjust the oven racks to the upper- and lower- middle positions and heat the oven to 325 degrees. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper or spray them with nonstick cooking spray.
Whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt together in a medium bowl; set aside.
Either by hand or with an electric mixer, mix the butter and sugars until thoroughly blended. Beat in the egg, yolk, and vanilla until combined. Add the dry ingredients and beat at low speed just until combined. Stir in the chips to taste.
Roll a scant 1/4 cup of the dough into a ball. Hold the ball of dough with your fingertips of both hands and pull into 2 equal halves. Rotate the halves 90 degrees and, with jagged surfaces facing up, join the halves together at their base, again forming a single ball, being careful not to smooth the dough's uneven surface. Place the formed dough balls on the prepared baking sheets, jagged surface up, spacing them 2 1/2 inches apart.
Bake until the cookies are light golden brown and the outer edges start to harden yet the centers are soft and puffy, about 15-18 minutes (mine needed to bake longer), rotating the baking sheets front to back and top to bottom halfway through the baking time. Cool the cookies on the sheets. Remove the cooled cookies from the baking sheets with a wide metal spatula.
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Cute picture! Love the ribbon.
CI/BI always has wonderful recipes – like you, I've never had a bad one!
I am going to have to try these because chocolate chip cookies are my downfall! A tip you should know, if your cookies get hard, keep them in a ziplock bag with a piece of bread, they will soften up every time. This works for any type of cookie, give it a try!!
I love chewy cookies! Thanks for posting


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Charles Samuel Osborn, 83
Charles Samuel Osborn (The Old Man), 83, of Minneapolis, formerly of Bemidji, died on Tuesday, June 27, 2006, in Minneapolis.
He was born on May 13, 1922, in Bemidji. He served in World War II, went to college on the GI Bill at Bemidji State Teachers College in Bemidji and became a history and art teacher. He taught in Indus, MN, Walker and Cass Lake. Charles was also an artist, with an art showing at BSU, with paintings displayed in the area.
Charles boxed as a young man, competing in the Golden Gloves Tournament. He coached hockey and wresting teams. He has resided the last few years with his daughter, Sharon.
He is survived by his former wife, Onita (Desizlets) Osborn; daughter, Diana (Osborn) King and her children, Joseph Beaulieu, Misty Seeger, Martin Seeger and Darwin Seeger; son, Charles Samuel Osborn Jr. and his children, Charles Samuel Osborn III, Spencer Osborn, and Quincy Osborn; son, Joseph Osborn and his children, Jasmine Osborn and Jade Osborn; son, Todd Osborn and his wife, Jill (Beauchene) Osborn and their children, Hannah, Simone and Ira; son, Thomas Osborn and his child, Thomas Jr.; son, Ted Osborn and his wife, Vanessa (Lanning) Osborn and their children, Theodore, Savannah, Axel and Mattie Marie; daughter, Sharon Osborn and son-in-law, Bruce Bale; sister, Dorothy (Osborn) Olson of Kelso, WA; and several great-grandchildren.
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Am Montag, den 01.10.2007, 16:01 +0200 schrieb Marcel Reutegger: > Felix Meschberger wrote: > > Just another question: Could the spellchecker be instantiated and > > injected into a running Jackrabbit instance ? > > AFAIK jackrabbit is not that flexible. the configuration is rather fixed. but Yes, this is a long standing issue with Jackrabbit, actually ... > maybe we can come up with a list of components that can be configured or > deployed at runtime, while some of the components like persistence managers are > probably only configurable at startup. We could add some sort of Module API, which would allow to inject additional Jackrabbit functionality. Of course, the internal Jackrabbit API available to such modules must be well defined and not just be "all Jackrabbit-core packages", because this would prevent effective modularization. Regarding PersistenceManagers: As these are used to back workspaces, the question is, do we want to implement API to shutdown workspaces - not just stopping idle workspaces but a method to stop a workspace, which may include forcing sessions (which is allowed as per the Spec !). And I am very much in favor of such a flexible solution, where we may "inject" persistence managers by just creating the workspaces (actually creating a workspace in this respect would be starting a workspace) and removing them again by stopping the workspaces. This would very much enhance the modularity and extensibility of Jackrabbit. Again, this turns out to be a question of an internal API. Such an API is essential to modularize Jackrabbit as a whole. And to be sure, this is not the same as the Jackrabbit API, which is intended to be used by client applications. This is an API used solely to extend Jackrabbit instances itself. > what are the requirements to be able to inject such a bundle? do we have to > implement certain interfaces or is a setter method sufficient? There is no requirement other than the mentioned Jackrabbit extension API. Whatever Jackrabbit provides to extend it may be used by bundles to plug into Jackrabbit. Regards Felix
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We're celebrating the launch of the 52 Kickstarter with Q&A's from some of the project's key players. For this interview, Allday spoke with John Hildebrand, the oceanographer who will lead the search for the world's loneliest whale. John fills us in on his background and discusses the mission's risks and rewards.
How long have you been studying whales?
I've been at Scripps for thirty years now. I came here in 1983. My PhD is in Physics from Stanford. I came here because my expertise is in acoustics. When you work in the ocean, sound is the primary way that you sense things. Light doesn't propagate very far in the ocean, whereas sound can propagate a long way. When I first got here, it was the 80s, and there was a lot of support from the Navy. I was principally working on underwater noise, which is important for tracking submarines. In my data were always these marine organisms: fish, dolphins, and whales. At some point I got interested in using the technology that we had developed for tracking. My student Mark McDonald and I started applying that to the whales and what we learned was that there were some very intricate patterns in the way that the whales would interact with each other. They're swimming miles apart and they're migrating over a long distance and while they're doing this, they're interacting. It's like a round robin of communication and they would synchronize their behavior. They would all come up and breathe at the same time, using the sound as a queue to organize their behavior. Then, in the mid-late 90s, there were a series of incidents where the Navy was using sonar that produced some response from marine mammals. The one that really got peoples attention was an incident in the Bahamas in 2000 where deep diving animals - beaked whales - beached themselves in lock step with the use of the sonar. As the sonar passed along the coast of the Bahamas, through a channel, you could find animals standing sequentially.
Was it the first observation of noise pollution?
Yeah, exactly, but in an acute way, where the animals were clearly reacting in a way that they were injured. The ones that put themselves on the beach died. This meant that all of a sudden there was more scrutiny put on the whole topic of man made sound and the noise from ships, the noise from sonars, etc. But there were very few people that trained to work in that boundary between understanding underwater noise and understanding marine mammals and their acoustic behavior. The Navy came to me and they asked if I would start working on this more intensively and especially they wanted me to train graduate students so that there would be a community of researchers that could work on the issues related to marine mammals, marine mammal sound and underwater noise.
Is the idea for the navy, for example to use a frequency of sonar that would be safe for marine mammals?
That would be ideal, if we could understand the problem at that level.
How did you plan to go about the expedition? What kind of technology do you plan to use and how do you plan to triangulate the signal of the whale, and consequently what is it that you hope to find?
The signals that Watkins (the scientist who identified 52) described, no one knows at this point exactly the circumstance under which they are being made. They look very much like the kind of signals you would get from a blue whale or a fin whale; those are the two largest baleen whales. There are various hypotheses as to what this could be. One is that there's an individual unique animal that has this unique call for whatever reason and it may be a known species. It could be a blue whale but it's got a very unique call and that would be an interesting finding in itself. There also could be possibilities of hybrids between species. The cross between a blue whale with a fin whale - in fact I've seen these animals in the wild - they have the fin shape of a fin whale, which is very distinctive, but they have the body coloring of a blue whale. We know very little about those kinds of hybrids. We know they exist, we've seen it in the field but it's really not been well documented, if the sound is from a hybrid and it has this kind of intermediate sense, the 52Hz is intermediate between what you'd expect from a blue whale and what you'd expect from a fin whale. The other possibility is that there's a new species that no one has quite documented yet.
How do you envision your expedition?
First, we are going to scan through all the existing sound data that we have, because we do have recordings of the animal, and we'll try to document where it is, what time of year, what time of day does it call, is it found on shore or off shore. Once we've scanned through all the data we have, we'll design an expedition that puts us in the right place at the right time. We have tools for listening in the ocean; we'll use that in tracking in real time. Go out on a ship, listen for the calls, track it down to the location of the calls and then right down to where there's the animal that's making the sounds. We would like to get a biopsy (which is a skin and blubber sample), that would tell us about the genetics. Also we would try to attach a little recorder, a small recording tag so then we could actually document "yes this is the animal that made the call."
Give me some fun facts about scientific advancements that will come out of this expedition.
These are species that we think we know a lot about, I mean baleen whales, and there were hundreds of thousands of them that decades ago that were exploited as part of whaling, and yet we don't know that much about them. Here's this process of discovery, it could be either an unknown behavior of a known species; or it could be this mixture of species that's never been documented; or it could be a brand new species. All of those are exciting possibilities; almost any hypothesis you come up with is going to tell us something that we don't know. I think it's a great piece of science to do.
Will you be part of the expedition on the boat?
I assume so.
Who decides who's on board?
You need people with various skills. We need people who can track the animal with acoustics; we need people who can operate small boats and take the biopsies, take photo ID's, apply the tag, extract data from the tag. We'll have a team of people that includes some other researchers here at Scripps, maybe some graduate students and then my colleague John Calambokidis who's at the Cascadia Research Collective, so that's the plan right now and we're still in the early stage of working out exactly what we will do.
What are the chances of success from 1 to 10 to find the whale?
That's a good question. That's hard to say, I would be guessing. I've probably seen hybrids maybe in 10 years two or three times but I wasn't looking for them really hard so if it's that, we could focus on finding them. As for the the sound, we have good skills for listening and tracking things down. I think we have all the right tools but it's a really hard question, it's possible we'd go out and not find it. It's also possible that we go out within a couple of days we would find it so I don't know. I've never done a project that's quite so focused on a very small population, like maybe one animal.
So you'll be the one who'll tag the animal?
John Calambokidis, he's the master boat driver but if I'm lucky I'll be standing there with the tag. John C is the best person on the planet for understanding baleen whale psychology; he can predict what they will do next, which is amazing.


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