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Press releases for 9/8/2012
Taylor Mali: What teachers make
Adobe - September 08, 2012
It's off topic for this blog, but this three-minute celebration of teachers is too good not to share:
New AFDKO Version Is Available!
Adobe - September 08, 2012
The Adobe Type Team's very own Read Roberts has been hard at work preparing a new version of AFDKO (Adobe Font Development Kit for OpenType), and posted the release earlier this month. It is Build 58732, dated September 4th, 2012, and is ready for public consumption. Be sure to read the detailed Release Notes for this new version. In particular, this release includes several important bug fixes for font developers who use AFDKO tools to build OpenType/TTF fonts, or fonts that include mark...
Comment on The story behind Africa by mauri
TJX Companies - September 08, 2012
Surprised and delighted to see this line of artisan accent pieces -- Fair Trade-- at my local store. Purchased a South African beaded wire basket and a kuba cloth pillow; could not be more pleased because I have priced similar items at much higher price. Great quality at an affordable price -- that's why I enjoy shopping at HomeGoods.
Comment on Designer Room VS HomeGoods Room by Jennifer
TJX Companies - September 08, 2012
Great post! I actually prefer some of your HomeGoods choices to the ones in the high-end room.
Comment on Halloween – Here as Fast as Witches Fly by Heidi Mortensen
TJX Companies - September 08, 2012
How much are the treat bags? I'd LOVE to get them for my Kindergarten students!!!
How to Draw Lines on the Screen
Oracle - September 08, 2012
I've seen occasional questions on mailing lists about how to use the NetBeans Visual Library to draw lines, e.g., to make graphs or diagrams of various kinds by drawing on the screen. So, rather than drag/drop causing widgets to be added, you'd want widgets to be added on mouse clicks, and you'd want to be able to connect those widgets together somehow. Via the code below, you'll be able to click on the screen, which causes a dot to appear. When you have multiple dots, you can hold down the Ctrl key...
Guardtime Names Jeffrey Pearce Director of Intellectual Property
MediaPR.net Inc - September 08, 2012 by flashnewsrelease
Guardtime today announced it has appointed Jeffrey Pearce as Director of Intellectual Property, effective immediately. Palo Alto, CA (USA), September 06, 2012 -- Guardtime ( http://www.guardtime.com ), inventors of Keyless Signature Infrastructure (KSI), the web-scale digital signature system for electronic data, today announced it has appointed Jeffrey Pearce as Director of Intellectual Property, effective immediately. "Intellectual Property is critical to our success and we are thrilled to...
eGestalt Names James Watts Executive Vice President of Sales
MediaPR.net Inc - September 08, 2012 by flashnewsrelease
eGestalt Technologies, today announced it has named James Watts as its Executive Vice President of Sales, responsible for managing and growing the company's sales and channel partner alliances. Santa Clara, CA, September 06, 2012 -- eGestalt Technologies ( http://www.eGestalt.com ), a provider of Cloud based IT security monitoring and compliance management for SMBs and enterprises, today announced it has named James Watts as its Executive Vice President of Sales, responsible for managing and...
Shankly Track Jacket Up For Grabs in New-Look Kop Magazine
Love Follow Conquer - September 08, 2012 by Ian Maloney
Love Follow Conquer has teamed up with the new-look Kop Magazine to give away a Shankly Track Jacket from their Autumn/Winter 2012 collection. The clothing label, which draws its inspiration from Liverpool FC culture, will feature in the September edition of the Kop Magazine which is sporting a makeover for the new season packed with more content, humour, analysis and give-aways to strengthen its reputation as a leading unofficial Liverpool FC magazine. The Shankly Track Jacket is based on the...
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Luxury Thailand Holiday on Sales for Christmas and New Year
Luxury travel group ltd - September 08, 2012 by John Paul
Luxury Travel Ltd Promotes 10 day Essentials Highlights of Thailand for luxury travelers to experience the wonders of Thailand: Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket or Koh Samui. Hanoi, Vietnam, Septemeber 08, 2012 - Luxury Travel Ltd (www.luxurytravelvietnam.com) Promotes 10 day Essentials Highlights of Thailand for luxury travelers to experience the wonders of Thailand: Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket or Koh Samui. This tour features the best of Thailand's cities, rural countryside, and beautiful...
2012 Market Research Report on China AC Blowing Agent Industry
Qyresearch - September 08, 2012 by zhangdong
Pages: 152 Tables and Figures: 93 Published Date : Sep, 2012 Publisher: QYResearch AC Blowing Agent Research Center Contact: Mr. Zhang Dong 86-10-82945717; 86-13811796901, firstname.lastname@example.com Summary <2012 Market Research Report on China AC Blowing Agent Industry> was professional and depth research report on China AC Blowing Agent industry. The report firstly introduced AC Blowing Agent basic information included AC Blowing Agent definition classification application industry...
60% discount and author-signed copy on pre-order at Infibeam on Upendra Namburi's 31
Infibeam.com - September 08, 2012 by Kislay Prajapati
Ahmedabad, India; September 8, 2012: Infibeam is pleased to announce 60% discount and author-signed copy of Upendra Namburi's 31, slated for release on 15 September 2012.
The best Cake Toppers and Cake Serving Set For your Design
Cnr unique - September 08, 2012 by John Petersons
8th September 2012 - The ceremonial sweet is a extremely important area of the wedding party and also the cake toppers as well as serving set is going to be observed by everybody. It's a wise decision to select sensibly which kind of toppers you choose. Possibly yours is really a style wedding, perhaps a story book wedding. There are plenty of various kinds of toppers to select from such as the little princess kissing the frog, or even a couple of love birds is much more for your preference. Whenever...
Internet Millionaire Teaches Creating Freedom in Business – Jeff Usner Launches New Video to Help Internet Marketers
Work From Home - September 08, 2012 by Andrew Nimus
A new video from internet millionaire Jeff Usner has been released on his website with golden insights on how to create freedom in business and get more benefits from a successful internet business apart from money. Learn the keys and top tricks on the new video from the pro. Creating freedom in business is a concept promoted by internet millionaire Jeff Usner. It is very common for people to think of endless hours and long nights as requirements for building a successful internet business, but the...
Premium Portable Volleyball Set Provides Competition Quality Experience
First Team, Inc. - September 08, 2012 by Jhon Sinclaire
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Serenity Agreement, Earth quake Wrecks Temple Install & Vatican, Pope Techniques for you to Jerusalem, Hundreds of thousands Destitute
Oakley - September 08, 2012 by herbert
"Like missing out on part games via Left Guiding, these kinds of statements seem like misinformation, most of these may be accurate before the pope results in Jerusalem,Inches says Dr. Rich Ruhling, upon the market publisher along with Scriptures prophecy researcher.?Does the Holy bible help a real terrible image? Here are these one-by-one. 1. A new tranquility agreement could be the missing out on compound in the Middle Eastern side and yes it may well comprise precisely what it takes to fulfill...
Lady Gaga Tickets - Tricky to uncover Live performance tickets for Lady Gaga Concerts might be Booked Effortlessly Online
Wring lish - September 08, 2012 by Linda R. Roverson
Born as Stefani Germanotta in March 1986, Lady Gaga is thought at this time as among the list of best artists. Lady Gaga attended university in New Yorks Convent in the Sacred Coronary heart. She to begin with commenced writing tracks as being a teenager and he or she performed about the open up mic evenings in various golf equipment at Manhattan. She conducted in lots of musicals and performs even though in highschool. Stefani joined the Tisch College of Arts in Ny College on the age of seventeen...
Loans for the Unemployed - Loan Calculator - Payday Loans
RK WEB Services MBNR - September 08, 2012 by Petra Denisses
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Computer Deal Of The Week: HP DC5750, Hard Drive: 80gb, For 101.99$ With 90 Days Warranty
Refurbees.com - September 08, 2012 by Steve Garelick
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York – Sep 08, 2012: Refurbees.com offers deal of the week starting on 09/07/2012 is a HP DC5750, 1.0 GHz desktop computer for $101.99- The basic purpose to design the HP DC5750 is to fulfill the requirements of a wide variety of computer users. The cost effective and customizable HP DC5750 is supported by a full range of quality features which can easily scale to match your business. It will help you make your operations easier and enhance your...
New Version 9.3 Of Lotus Notes NSF Converter Hit The Online Market
Systools software - September 08, 2012 by Mark Taylor
Gothenburg, Sweden, September 08, 2012- Company informs the users about the new version 9.3 of Lotus Notes NSF Converter software that has hit the online market to provide more quality and excellence in Lotus Notes to Outlook database migration process. Before as well, the software was an astonishing tool to Convert Lotus Notes to Outlook PST format and now after upgrading, the tool has become an...
TitleSEO's Premier Article Submission Services Helps Clients Gain High Page Ranks And Online Success
Titleseo.com - September 08, 2012 by Alinn Casie
Austin, Texas – TitleSEO offers high quality article submission services through which client websites gain good page ranks and site popularity which enhances their online business. The process of article submission is done manually so that it is authentic and the results are recognized by search engine spiders. This automatically gains the site high visibility on the internet. The company offer both article writing and article submission services. The process of writing...
SmartSupport.com setting a new class of computer support services
Buck Scientific - September 08, 2012 by derek boggs
Boca Raton, Florida, 8st September, 2012- http://www.smartsupport.com/ is the forthcoming technology that accelerates the operations of your computer through the assurance of hassle-free functionality of your computer. The idea of complete computer support was conceived by the company director at the time when the large organizations started recruiting special task force to keep the system live in order to avoid losing dollars because of problems that keep on popping up every now and then...
Dashing Designer Jewellery Trends for both men and women
Jewellery shores ltd - September 08, 2012 by LizaPR
8th September 2012 - The city saw an exquisite collection of Designer jewellery recently. The collection changed the entire fashion and trend in the segment of contemporary jewellery. We all stood only impressed by the change in the flow and supreme creativity which was very well brought to the customers. The creations were very pretty and had a huge variety which could please every heart to the core. We were happy to be the audience of a trend changing designer jewellery exhibit. The first...
11.1v 8700mAh T54F3 battery For DELL Latitude E6430 - battery-shop.org
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Where to Farming Blackened Dragonscale
Pasiaboat Networking - September 08, 2012 by mistspanda90
Where is the best place to farm Blackened Dragonscale? This guide will show the best places where I could farm the most Blackened Dragonscale. Pandaria gold 90 gold,Blackened Dragonscale is used by Leatherworkers to make dozens of level 80-85 items. WoW Lowbie Gold Making Guide It's skinned off of specific mobs around Azeroth. It's worth anywhere from 8 to 30 gold depending on which realm you are playing on and how many other people are farming it. You can make a lot of...
Teddy Bear shaped bread launches into ASDA stores
I3media - September 08, 2012 by Hazel Cottrell
The Healthy Bears are pleased to announce the launch of a bread shaped like a teddy bear specially baked for children. Healthy eating can now be fun and affordable with this new bread. The bread is made using healthy ingredients such as wholemeal flour, no additives, low saturated fat, low sugar and medium levels of salt. The teddy bear shaped bread was developed in order to provide families with a fun, healthy alternative to a traditional shaped loaf of bread. The Healthy Bears product retail's...
Best for Bride Launches Sophia Tolli Collection
Best for Bride - September 08, 2012 by Craig Simpson
Canada - Best for Bride, a renowned bridal gown store offering the widest collection of wedding and evening gowns for sale and for rent, launched Sophia Tolli bridal gown collection designed by Sophia Apostolides. The store is proud to offer the said collection as it embodies perfection, elegance, and a touch of romanticism and drama, which only Apostolides can create. The wedding dresses and wedding gowns feature slimming draping, fit and construction, which portray the designer's signature...
Shirt Design Application-Be at Par with Trend
CSSChopper - September 08, 2012 by Sam Anderson
(8-Sep-12, Noida, UP):-Being a part of the fashion conscious world, we want to wear shirts as per the recent trend let it be a formal or casual shirt. For the sake of maintaining your style in the contemporary fashion industry, No-Refresh offers the advanced Shirt Design Application so that you can get your shirt designed on the basis of your exact specifications. There is a vast collection of designs available online for users to select that seem to them the most appropriate. Moreover, with the...
Crop Edit Print Photos in 7 Media Center
Codingvilla - September 08, 2012 by james
Crop Edit Print Photos in 7 Media Center Now for crop the photo you will select crop option.After selecting the crop option you will see cropping area displaying on the picture.Now you will use buttons below the pictures for setting the size, location and orientation of the picture for cropping.When you will get your desired area then just click on save.When you will click on the save button then you will see the dialog box which will ask you whether you want to change in the picture or...
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Wring lish - September 08, 2012 by Mary W. Inniss
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Cancun Vista: Changing travel experiences with Elite Tour Plans
Cancun Vista - September 08, 2012 by Jhon Ford
Cancun Vista, a prominent company that provides elite travel recommendations for tourists visiting Cancun, rank amid the top performers in the tourism industry. Given the many years of experience; we are the best source to get expert guidance, when planning to explore the island. We present various tours in the day, night, including wet and dry tours, as well. We are all about offering customers the best Cancun tour services worldwide. We now reside in Cancun, extending professional...
Stylish Oxford Shirts Available At Best Buy Uniforms & Promos At Wholesale Prices
Best buy uniforms - September 08, 2012 by suleman
In order for a company to be seen as a "professional" one by their clients and prospective customers, their employees would have to dress the part. If, in the past, choosing office uniforms tend to be quite a challenge, that has changed in today's market, especially with the presence of Best Buy Uniforms & Promos. As one of the market leaders when it comes to professional office uniforms, Best Buy Uniforms & Promos is once again making waves by introducing their...
Linge Shoes Announce Ballet Flats as the Next Barefoot Shoe
Seo5 consulting - September 08, 2012 by Seo5 Consulting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September, 08, 2012 - Linge Shoes has just announced that they are offering ballet flats that are the next barefoot shoe. The fitness community is familiar with running shoes that are created to embody the feel of being barefoot for running and activity. Some of the benefits of a barefoot shoe include a more natural foot position, comfort and a reduced risk of injury. Going barefoot will ultimately wear down and dirty the feet but a minimalist shoe offers the feel of being...
Seosandwitch.com talks about Seo Secrets
Seo Sandwitch - September 08, 2012 by Mikejari
Seosandwitch.com, the popular Seo blog in India recently published a post entitled "Seo Secrets- How to rank in Google, 7 Secrets". This post says it all and discusses the secret strategies that a search engine optimizer applies to rank their websites high on Google. The 7 secrets discussed on this blog are worth reading for anyone interesting in knowing about the concept of search engine optimization and how search engines work. It says domain authority has emerged as the number one...
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belucia.eu - September 08, 2012 by Alvin Ward
Designer handbags are generally expensive and you think twice before buying them. What if almost similar looking and equally stylish handbags come at lower prices? Sounds impossible? This dream come true at any ongoing handbags sale. Such popular sales sell replicas of branded handbags. Such replicas are almost similar in texture and looks like original ones. These sales are of great benefits if you want to utilize your restricted budget to the fullest. So need to hold back go ahead and...
Omics group - September 08, 2012 by OMICS Group
Blogging has of late become a regular past-time among various professionals and the world of Management personals is no exception. Management Blog is written with keeping in considerations the audience that strictly belongs to the class of people who handle the Management of the corporate community and world economy. The Management community keeps itself updated through various electronic media and the internet has become the ultimate source of information on various management techniques and processes...
Health and Safety Top Concern in San Diego Water Damage Situations
Gold Coast Flood Restorations - September 08, 2012 by Rodger Eakins
Health and safety concerning green antimicrobial products used in San Diego water damage, flood and mold removal remediation companies should be of top priority in homes where pets, children and the elderly live, says Gold Coast Flood Restorations certified mold remediation specialist, Joe Colombo. According to Joe, antimicrobials play an important and ongoing role in public health and safety. To ensure these products continue to be effective against pathogens after registration, he says...
What Are The Best Farming Ways in Wow MOP 5.0
PBT Service - September 08, 2012 by Annie Tan
In the current patch 4.3, there are many ways to make money fast, but at the bottom of September, MOP 5.0 will be launched, the money making ways in 4.3 is longer suit for the new patch, so what are the best farming ways in Wow Mists of Pandaria? By professions The first worthy recommendation way should be professions. Making gold by professions should be one of the most common ways used to make gold, no matter in any expansions. For players want that at start, it's recommended to...
Surgical Instruments Manufacturers – Best Friends of a Surgeon
Medicare products inc. - September 08, 2012 by Dheeraj Ranna
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Comprehending Deductibles In Your Health Insurance Policy
A Bad Credit Score Dwelling Fairness Personal Loan Enterprises - September 08, 2012 by Shawn Donohue
We Bet Horse Betting Types Are All Covered Here!!!
Casino4gamble - September 08, 2012 by moore smith
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DNA Sequencing Market - Global Industry Analysis, Market Size, Market Share And Forecasts, 2012 - 2018
Transparency Market Research - September 08, 2012 by Researchmoz Global Pvt. Ltd.
The global DNA sequencing market is forecast to grow to $6.6 billion over the year 2016 at the compounded annual growth rate of 17.5% as a result of emerging technologies in this field and its use in a number of applications. DNA sequencing industry is segmented into instruments and consumables, services, and workflow products. Instruments and consumables segment are the rapidly emerging segments accounting for about $2.2 billion by the year 2016. Services segment is expected to grow...
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How Can We Make WoW Gold in the First Month of Mists of Pandaria
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The Eagles on Tour
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Featuring: Heartache Tonight / Desperado / Hotel California. Arranged by Patrick Roszell. Full Orchestra; Part(s); Score. Pop Concert Full Orchestra. Form: Medley. Rock. 232 pages. Published by Alfred Music (AP.40504).
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The Eagles, an iconic '70s rock band, make an exciting return in this arrangement that features three of their biggest hits, including the bluesy "Heartache Tonight," the beautiful "Desperado," and the mysteriously haunting "Hotel California." (7:45).

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Friday, March 16, 2012
Castles In The Air
Before the weekend starts I have to deal with a few tax returns and people trying to deduct some weird things:
A while back we talked mantyhouse. Today it is pantihose.
Comment Away and then go out and have a great Friday!
6 comments:
- Pat said...
Some amazing castles there!
Why not deduct the pigeons if that's your means of communication? In fact, I'd allow a lot of these, but that's just me. I suppose the IRS would disagree. Not sure about the pole dancing one, though. Or Spanx or Evian. But worth a shot, I guess.
Freezing your pantyhose? Interesting, and if I still wore the darned things, I'd try it.
- March 16, 2012 at 11:49 AM
- Lady DR said...
Lots of neat castles, one or two I might like as residences, if I had a few million and a large staff (wry s).
Geez, looking at the crazy deductions (and the ones that passed), maybe I shouldn't be so nervous about the ones I take (BG)
Pantyhose? People still wear these, right? Well, of course politicians and high-clout business women, who wear skirts, I suppose. Thank the gods, I no longer own a pair of them, far as I know.
- March 16, 2012 at 4:37 PM
- Mary said...
I have thought for a long time that tax pros should be able to deduct caffeine and alcohol as business-related expenses!
- March 16, 2012 at 9:07 PM
- William J. said...
Hi Pat
Would't it be fun to live in one of those castles, even if just for a week?
There is a famous court case where an exotic dancer was allowed to deduct breast implants because it increase her income.
I had read another article about putting things inside of the pantyhose and then put them in the fridge and it will keep the items fresh they were food items.
- March 17, 2012 at 6:13 AM
- William J. said...
Hi DR
Remember a long time ago when section 16 was talking about forming a commune? One of those castles would be a perfect place to start one!
You shouldn't be nervous at all doing your tax return. First, the tax return should be your first often in a series of negotiations. Second, the worst than can happen is free health care, color TV, and conjugal visits.
I don't own a pair of pantyhose either.
- March 17, 2012 at 6:18 AM
- William J. said...
Of course I agree with you. And if we kill a client, it should automatically be considered justifiable homicide.
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So after long thought and after finding a good breeder we are going to look at a Chessie on Sunday-any advise from anyone who have been around the breed? Thanks!
So after long thought and after finding a good breeder we are going to look at a Chessie on Sunday-any advise from anyone who have been around the breed? Thanks!
Id rather be hated for who I am than loved for who Im not
We've had a Chessie and 2 Labs (and my husband grew up with up to 5 retrievers in the house at once as a kid). A couple of words of advise. 1. before any other consideration, with the exception of gender, the single most important thing is to get the most submissive/docile pup in the litter. The one that's oh so cute as its jumping up and grawing on you at 6 lbs is no where nearly as cute doing it at 60 lbs. The breeder will be able to guide you, but the standard way to check submissive/dominant is to pick up the puppy and hold it on it's back, like it's a human infant waiting for it's bottle. If it lays there and laughs up at you it's submissive. If it struggles hard and wont stay that way, it's dominant. 2. Get a large dog crate. The puppy is going to be in there until it's at least two, so as to not thrash your house. 3. These dogs are the greatest n the world after they are 2-3 years old. From 6 months to 2 years, is the reason shelters are full. 4. Any retriever as a hunting dog is proogrammed by mother nature to want to have a job in life. You will have to commit a couple of blocks of time every day to redirect whatever energy that could morph into a bored/naughty impulse. Is your property fenced in? Are you getting a boy or girl?
That is a good idea about checking if the dog will be submissive-we have seen one from the litter and checked that with that one (a female) and she was very mellow and did sit there and was relaxed when Hubby did that-she was alert and playful but also seemed to know when the owner was trying to instruct her-she was about 12 weeks old I think...we do not know the gender yet-we have a time set up for Sunday to go see a breeder-we live on a lot of land in the middle of the country, no fence, but we live high up on a hill away from the road, and we have considered invisible fencing-but we were told that may not work with a dog that is head strong-they usually learn to run through it...we already knew that a crate was going to be a thing we had to get no questions asked...we live a really active lifestyle so walks/jogs/hikes are a thing we do everyday-and will take pup around with us-also to socialize him/her-another must...
Id rather be hated for who I am than loved for who Im not
I found this information which might help you:
Source: Chesapeake Bay Retrievers: What's Good About 'Em? What's Bad About 'Em?Chesapeake Bay Retrievers
What's good about 'em
What's bad about 'em
If you want a dog who...
A Chesapeake Bay Retriever may be right for you.
- Is the most rugged and powerful of the six retriever breeds
- Has a short harsh "kinky" coat that comes in natural earthtone shades
- Loves the great outdoors and thrives on vigorous athletic activities
- Is steady-tempered and dependable
- Is more serious and more discriminating with strangers than the happy-go-lucky Golden or Labrador Retriever
If you don't want to deal with...
A Chesapeake Bay Retriever may not be right for you.
- Vigorous exercise requirements
- Rowdiness and exuberant jumping, especially when young
- Destructiveness when bored or not exercised enough
- Aggression or shyness toward people, when not socialized enough
- Strong-willed mind of his own, requiring a confident owner who can take charge
- Territorial aggression toward dogs and cats he doesn't know
- Mouthiness -- carrying and chewing objects, mouthing your hands
- Shedding
- Health problems
If I were considering a Chesapeake Bay Retriever...
My major concerns would be:
- Providing enough exercise and mental stimulation. Chesapeake Bay Retrievers MUST have regular opportunities to vent their energy and do interesting things. Otherwise they will become rambunctious and bored -- which they usually express by barking and destructive chewing. Bored Chesapeakes can make a shambles of your house and yard.
If you simply want a pet for your family, and don't have the time or inclination to take your dog running or hiking or biking or swimming, or to get involved in hunting, or agility (obstacle course), or advanced obedience, or tracking, or a similar canine activity, I do not recommend this breed. Trying to suppress their "hardwired" drive to run and work, without providing alternate outlets for their energy, can be difficult.
- Bounciness. Young Chesapeake Bay Retrievers (up to about three years old) romp and jump with great vigor, and things can go flying, including people.
If you have small children, or if you or anyone who lives with you is elderly or infirm, I do not recommend Chesapeake Bay Retriever puppies. The temptation to play roughly is simply too great with many young Chessies.
- Providing enough socialization. Though not guard dogs, many Chesapeake Bay Retrievers have protective instincts toward strangers. They need extensive exposure to friendly people so they learn to recognize the normal behaviors of "good guys." Then they can recognize the difference when someone acts abnormally. Without careful socialization, they may be suspicious of everyone, which could lead to aggression. Some Chesapeakes go in the opposite direction -- without enough socialization, they become fearful of strangers, which can lead to defensive biting.
- The strong temperament. It bears repeating that Chesapeake Bay Retrievers are not Golden Retrievers. The best Chesapeakes are versatile working dogs, capable of learning a great deal, but they have an independent mind of their own and are not pushovers to raise and train. Some Chesapeakes are willful, obstinate, and dominant (they want to be the boss) and will make you prove that you can make them do things. You must show them, through absolute consistency, that you mean what you say.
To teach your Chesapeake to listen to you, "Respect Training" is mandatory. My Chesapeake Bay Retriever Training Page discusses the program you need.
- Animal aggression. Because of their strong temperament, some Chesapeake Bay Retrievers, particularly males, may not be tolerant of other male dogs. Some Chesapeakes do not get along with cats.
- Shedding. Chesapeake Bay Retrievers shed quite a bit. Their hairs come off on your hands when you pet them, stick tenaciously to your clothing, upholstery, and carpeting, and hide under the furniture. Be prepared for vacuuming.
- Serious health problems. All retriever breeds are susceptible to joint and bone problems, and eye diseases.
To keep this breed healthy, I strongly recommend following all of the advice on my Chesapeake Bay Retriever Health Page.
Not all Chesapeake Bay Retrievers are alike!
If you acquire a Chesapeake Bay Retriever puppy, you can't know for sure what he or she will grow up to be like. Because a good number of purebred puppies do NOT grow up to conform to the "norm."
- There are energetic Chesapeakes, and placid Chesapeakes.
- Hard-headed Chesapeakes, and sweet-natured Chesapeakes.
- Serious Chesapeakes, and good-natured goofballs.
- Introverted Chesapeakes, and Chesapeakes who love everyone.
If you're considering an adult Chesapeake Bay Retriever...
There are plenty of adult Chesapeake Bay Retrievers who have already proven themselves NOT to have negative characteristics. If you find such an adult, don't let "typical breed negatives" worry you.
When you acquire a puppy, you're acquiring potential -- what he one day will be. So "typical breed characteristics" are very important. But when you acquire an adult, you're acquiring what he already IS.
Great info-we have thought about all of this already-long story short the breed would be a good fit-we own a lot of land, are very active-and have no problems being stern with a dog to dicipline it (hubby is 13 years in the Army) so that is no problem! We are really active-we live outdoors mostly, and are involved in many activites like hiking, biking, hubby runs/jogs daily for his Army training, we usually hike 7 miles 2 days a week around the country roads together as well-keeping the dog active isn't a problem-being stern or proper care of it isn't a problem, I really don't see any problems, my biggest worry is if the puppy will chew things in the house when young-and probally will so I feel like I will have to watch that a lot, and the house breaking-those are my only real worries, but again, we are capable of training a dog and are very consistant so that isn't really a big deal either...
Id rather be hated for who I am than loved for who Im not
You sound like ideal dog owners! I hope you enjoy your dog - they are a beautiful breed.
Thank you! BTW is your avatar a picture of a litlle Tibetan Spaniel? It looks a lot like one!
Id rather be hated for who I am than loved for who Im not
Yes - well spotted, it's a Tibetan. We are in contact with a breeder and are thinking of getting two later this year, and we're also keeping an eye out for shelters to see if they get some Tibetans. We've done different breed selector tests, and Tibbies keep coming up very high on compatibility tests.
The socialization is key. Take her everywhere with you for the first year. And I do mean everywhere. My babies went to the dentist, the dry cleaner, the kid's games. Especially when they are little, no one minds.
My friend had one when we were growing up and boy did that dog love water! Mud puddles, rain, pools, drainage ditches! LOL. WOW.
That's what I plan to do when we get our Tibetan puppies later this year. How did you physically carry your babies? Were they in a crate or a bag??The socialization is key. Take her everywhere with you for the first year. And I do mean everywhere. My babies went to the dentist, the dry cleaner, the kid's games. Especially when they are little, no one minds.
I already went out and priced the crate-almost 200 dollars, but it will need to be big enough for pup to grow into-and socializing it will be no issue either-that dog will be out and about with us everywhere!
Id rather be hated for who I am than loved for who Im not
Another question-I have been told by a few people that the oil on their coat can make them smell a bit-is that true? The info I have read says don't bathe them a lot because it strips that oil-but if this pup is just going to be a family pet-do I really have to keep it oily if it won't harm the coat to wash pup every now and then? I don't really want a smelly dog or oil residue all over my house...so the question is-how oily is the coat?
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Kim Kardashian was reportedly held at gunpoint in her Paris hotel room Sunday.
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Updated: Monday, October 3, 2016, 5:11 AM
Five gunmen tied up and robbed Kim Kardashian in her Paris hotel room early Monday, stealing jewelry worth more than $ 10 million dollars, police said.
Kardashian was overseas for Paris Fashion Week and attended the Givenchy show with her mother, Kris Jenner, and a dinner organized by Tunisian-born couturier Azzedine Alaia, according to RTL France.
The robbers handcuffed a concierge during a early morning heist at a private residence near the Madeleine church. He was forced, also at gunpoint, to lead the suspects to Kardashian's room, according to police officials who were not authorized to speak on the record.
The suspects then tied up the fashionista and locked her in the bathroom before pilfering her room. The five men escaped on bikes and are at large, the officials said.
LeBron, Cavs teammates dance in mosh pit at Kanye West's concert
A jewelry box containing valuables worth about $ 6.7 million and a ring worth about $ 4.4 million were taken from Kardashian's room.
Her children, North and Saint, were not on the scene during the brazen robbery around 3 a.m. and nobody was hurt, a source told the Daily News.
"She is badly shaken but physically unharmed," the source said.
Kardashian was in Paris with momager Kris Jenner for Fashion Week, and attended the Givenchy show earlier on Sunday.
(Swan Gallet/WWD/REX/Shutterstock)
The source initially said two assailants disguised as cops were behind the holdup.
Paris cops did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Kardashian blew kisses to future sister-in-law Blac Chyna in a Snapchat video posted about an hour before the robbery.
"Hate when I post a video & accidentally mute the sound! I was wishing Rob & Chyna a happy baby shower from Paris," Kardashian said in her last Snapchat dispatch.
Upon hearing news of the robbery, her rapper husband, Kanye West, bolted from a sold-out concert he was headlining in Queens citing a "family emergency."
Witnesses said the "Famous" artist was abruptly pulled aside by an assistant while performing his 2008 hit "Heartless." He then stopped the music, dropped the microphone and ran off stage during the Meadows Festival.
Police stand outside where Kim Kardashian was robbed early Monday in Paris.
(Neil Warner / Splash News)
Police stand outside where Kim Kardashian was robbed early Monday in Paris.
(Neil Warner / Splash News)
"I'm sorry. Family emergency. I have to stop the show," West said.
The disappointed fans, who dropped anywhere from $ 140 to $ 260 to attend the Meadows Festival, were then forced to leave early.
"Dude just ran on stage and grabbed Kanye and he said, 'Sorry guys, family emergency I have to leave the show' and just ran off the stage," Twitter user Joe Berg said.
"It was wild, too, because Kanye ignored the dude at first like on some 'I can't leave' and dude wouldn't leave without Kanye leaving with him."
Some concertgoers expressed suspicion, though, that the drama was another publicity stunt.
Meadows Festival officials tweeted that West had to end his performance early, also citing a family emergency, and told concertgoers to "please get home safely."
Kanye West performs on stage at the Meadows festival in Queens before abruptly leaving.
(Chase Gaewski/for New York Daily News)
"Kanye West was forced to end his performance towards the end of his set," a Meadows statement read. "We appreciate the great show he put on for fans to close out the inaugural Meadows Festival. Our thoughts are with West and his family."
Days earlier, serial pest Vitalii Sediuk made a daring, caught-on-video attempt to kiss the reality TV star's backside outside a Paris Fashion Week event.
Kardashian was walking into L'Avenue when Sediuk attempted to buss her famous butt. Kardashian's bodyguard tackled the man mid-pucker.
Kanye was in the middle of his hit song "Heartless" when he stopped the concert due to the "family emergency."
(Chris Pizzello/AP)
Sediuk has made a name for himself accosting celebrities.
His other targets have included Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Smith and America Ferrera.
He ambushed Kardashian outside the Paris fashion week in 2014. She was not hurt in the bizarre encounter.
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Cleartrip Mumbai Walkin Interview-8/9/10 Nov 2010-Call Center OpeningsNovember 6th, 2010 Posted by VFreshers
Job Position: Customer Service Executives
No of Openings : 8
Name of the Organization : Cleartrip
Experience: 1 – 2 Years
Job location : Mumbai, Mumbai Suburbs
Salary :
Rupees 1,25,000 – 1,50,000
Required :
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- Excellent Communication skills
- Should be able to communicate in ENGLISH FLUENTLY
Job Responsibilities:
- Handle inbound calls
- Solve travel related queries of customers
- Shift Timings: 7am to 9:30pm (7 hrs rotational shift)
- No Night Shifts
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Cleartrip Travel Services Pvt Ltd is a leading online travel agency (OTA), providing customers with one stop shopping for the full range of domestic and international travel products and services – air tickets, hotel rooms, holidays and tours, rail tickets and more. All Cleatrip products are sold and serviced through our web site and our contact centre.
Cleartrip's mission is to be the largest and most profitable online travel company in India by creating the most efficient travel market for buyers and sellers. Cleartrip has captured a 25% share of the online travel agency market within two years of launch.
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How Kikwete clinched the CCM nomination
Monday May 16 2005
By STANLEY KAMANA
Special Correspondent
An abrupt change of mind by President Benjamin Mkapa and an alleged serious infringement of the Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) constitution are two of the main factors that cleared the path for Foreign Minister Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete's nomination as the ruling party's presidential candidate in the October 30 general election.
Sources privy to the party's inner circle, said last week that had President Mkapa not shelved confidential reports on each of the candidates compiled by the party's security and ethics unit, by declaring that none of them was beyond reproach, the fight for the nomination would have been a lot tougher.
Similarly, sources say that if the party constitution had been followed to the letter, allowing the one-man-three-votes election rule that has been in use since 1995, Kikwete might not have won. Under the rule, each member of the National Executive Council is expected to nominate three people whose names will then be forwarded to the general congress of the party, where a winner is to elected.
But due to pressure from the public and media, who questioned the one-man-three-votes rule on the grounds that a weak candidate could sneak through, Mkapa dropped the requirement in favour of each NEC member nominating only one candidate, without having the decision endorsed by the party's General Assembly. It also took Mkapa's personal intervention to keep his Foreign Minister's nomination on course, by turning age and experience in the party into campaign issues.
Although the party had a number of youthful leaders, only Mr Kikwete had risen through its ranks. It was also claimed that even after the National Executive Committee had chosen three finalists – Kikwete, Dr Salim Ahmed Salim and Prof Mark Mwandosya – a top party official spent the day before the nominations campaigning for one of the candidates.
But what actually hap-pened at the Chimwaga Hall on May 5? Despite the happy faces of party followers soon after Kikwete was announced winner, signs that the party was hurting were difficult to conceal.
The apparent overnight transformation of Mkapa from a virulently anti-corruption campaigner who had vowed to give Tanzania a successor who has not been tainted by corruption allegations, but who chose to ignore confidential information on the aspirants must have jolted even the most faithful of party supporters.
Mkapa made six major speeches during the party congress that began on April 29, to the party's Central Committee (CC), National Executive Committee (NEC), National Congress (NG) and the three introduction rallies at Dodoma's Jamhuri Stadium, Diamond Jubilee Hall in Dar es Salaam and Amani Stadium in Zanzibar.
There was not a single mention of corruption in all those speeches, a senior member of the NEC who attended all the meetings told The EastAfrican. "Indeed, at times, the party chairman even sounded a bit apologetic, especially when he declared that since none of the aspirants could be regarded as 'Mr Clean,' then the party should settle for the least corrupt of the 11 aspirants."
"This was a great departure from the chairman we know," he said, adding, "This was an abrupt departure from what we thought we were agreed upon. But none of us suffered as much as CCM secretary-general Philip Mangula, whose office had worked so hard to compile the dossiers. He was left crestfallen and devastated," he added.
As it turned out, with corruption ruled out as a ground for disqualification, the first axe fell on John Shibuda, Patrick Chokala, Ali Karume, Iddi Simba, Dr William Shija and CCM vice chairman John Malecela. The reasons given were lack of required academic qualifications, little party exposure and failure to meet the 13-point criteria laid down by the party among others.
On the other hand, Kikwete and Malecela were singled out for excessive use of money in their campaigns. Luckily for Kikwete, he had former Prime Minister and party stalwart Rashidi Mfaume Kawawa to intervene on his behalf, arguing that the country would erupt into chaos if he was sidelined at that stage, apparently because he was popular with the citizenry, said the source.
Kawawa, a former Prime Minister and CCM's first secretary-general and vice chairman, was a long-time trusted assistant to the late Mwalimu Julius Nyerere. A life member of the party's Central Committee and of the NEC, He still carries a lot of weight even in his retirement. Unfortunately for Malecela, pointed criticisms by CCM heavyweight Kingunge Ngombale-Mwiru and Zakia Meghji, the Minister for Natural Resource and Tourism, saw his bid unravel.
To our great surprise, Mkapa did not intervene to stop the diatribe against his principal assistant," said the source.
The NEC's meeting on May 3 began by dissuading former Zanzibar Chief Minister Dr Mohamed Gharib Bilal, from contesting and thus endorsing incumbent Amani Karume as CCM's flag bearer in the Zanzibar presidential race. Another source, a long-time and highly respected NEC member said, "The second item on the agenda was Malecela's appeal, which was predictably thrown out immediately on the grounds of non-electability."
Although Mr Mkapa had underscored the importance of adhering to the 13-point criteria set by the party, he added five more of his own as the day progressed. He said he wanted a successor who was not only young but who had been come up through the party ranks.
Among Dr Salim, Dr Kigoda, Prof Mwandosya, and Frederick Sumaye, only Kikwete met the criteria, having joined the party as young man fresh from college. The five were asked to leave the hall so that they could be discussed.
"It was at this juncture that somehow the discussion veered towards aspirant Dr Salim," said our source.
"Ali Ameir Mohamed, a former CCM deputy secretary-general for Zanzibar and Minister for Home Affairs took to the floor and all but demolished him." With the discussions turning highly personal against some candidates, Kigoma NEC member, Prof Joseph Mbwiliza pointed at the fact that it was unprocedural to do so since either Dr Salim or any of the other candidates were not present to defend themselves.
Mr Mkapa then called upon the delegates to vote as per his decision of one-man one-vote. Ironically, the ballot papers used were the ones meant for one-man three-votes. Kikwete led the pack with 78 votes, followed by Dr Salim with 45 and Prof Mwandosya with 33.
Prime Minister Sumaye had 30 and Dr Kigoda 21. This seems to have worried Mr Mkapa. On the third day at the General Congress, Kikwete emerged a winner when he garnered 1,072 votes, Dr Salim 476 and Prof Mwandosya 122.
But analysts said the rift caused by the process at Chimwaga might not be bridged soon.


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Police said a man was arrested Friday evening after getting into a fight with employees while attempting to shoplift at Fiesta Foods.
Employees restrained the 26-year-old at the store, located at 1012 E. 10th Ave., until officers and detectives arrived, Sgt. Jeff Hooten said.
No injuries were reported in the incident, he said, and no weapons were found.
Witnesses told police they saw the man stuffing cans and other items into his clothing, and Hooten said a manager tried to stop the alleged thief before he left the store. Hooten said the suspected shoplifter and employees got into a fight in the parking lot just outside the front of the store.
The man will be charged with robbery because he fought with employees, Hooten said.


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SF-Fant Verse! was a poemzine edited and published by Daniel L. Watson from Champaign, Illinois, U.S.A.
The first issue appeared in January 1978 and contained poetry by Brad Cahoon, David L. Cuatt, J.W. Dancer, Elliot Downs, Fred Drew III, Don Fioto, Frederick J. Mayer, Clifford Meth, Ben Miller, Randy Moore, and Daniel L. Watson. It also included nonfiction by Fioto, Wayne Hooks, Mayer, Moore, and Watson. Front cover art was by Louis Kim Hurlbut. Interior illustrations were by Brad Cahoon, Cynthia Case, Bruce Conklin, John Cosgriff, Earl Geier, Frederick J. Mayer, Randy Moore, and John Yee.


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For Christmas we bought each of Lidya's teachers (she has 4) a pack of the EOR note cards. She gave them out this morning and the teachers were so thrilled, they actually got teary eyed when they read all the bios and searched through the stack for Lidya's card. One said that she was going to frame Lidya's.
It is so nice to be able to share what I do with EOR with others – and have it be so well received. So in one swift move of buying and giving EOR note cards, I was able to support EOR's projects and make the day of four lovely ladies who do so much to care for my child.
THANK YOU KIM for all the hard work you did to make these cards a reality. And for those of you who haven't bought cards yet, contact Kim. They are so beautiful and make a wonderful, meaningful gift.


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A BELATED POSTING... Stop by Urban Revival, 606 Castle Street, this Friday night from 6-9PM. I am happy to be the featured artist this month. Other WAA members also exhibit there.
Please come to Barbara Salisbury's Opening at Sweet Nectars Florist and Gallery on August 1, 2014. Barbara's work is in Pastels and Oil. There will be refreshments served and you can enjoy the company of the many others that will seeing Barbara's newest work for the first time and the visit with friends. See you there. Any questions please call Barbara Tuzzeo 910- 616- 0628.
Betty Brown's studio classes begin September 8 and are open for registration. There will be ten sessions beginning after Labor Day and ending before Thanksgiving. The classes are small, enabling lots of individual attention and all levels are welcome. She will teach an oil class on Monday mornings from 9:30 – noon and watercolor from 1:00 to 3:30 PM. You can call or email Betty for details, materials information, and registration at 763-9459 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Marfa Public Radio wins Murrow Awards
May 4th, 2017 under Arts
MARFA – Marfa Public Radio has won five Regional Murrow Awards.The categories and subject matter, are Excellence in Innovation, Excellence in Writing, Hard News, News Series, and best website, marfapublicradio.org.
"We are committed to bringing you excellence in journalism, " said station manager Elise Pepple. "This year, we have a team of young reporters contributing to our station. They are Carlos Morales, Sally Beauvais, Diana Nguyen, Ian Lewis, Bayla Metzger, and Lana Straub."
They have produced stories that have been picked up by Texas Standard, a statewide radio news magazine. Morales produced a feature about the Hobby-Eberly Telescope. Metzger produced a feature about Border Patrol collaborating with Trans Pecos Pipeline workers, and Beauvais produced a feature with Inside Energy about Two Rivers Camp.
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FireWire is Apple's trademarked version of the standard called ieee 1394. It's a high-performance "bus" (system of software, hardware, and wires) for connecting up to 63 devices through one port on your Mac. FireWire is only built into the newest iMacs and desktop Macs, like the 1999 blue-and-white G3s and up.
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Via Pitchfork Media: "Bjork has revealed the title and release date for her sixth full-length proper and follow-up to 2004's a cappella experiment Medúlla. Volta was written and produced entirely by Björk, according to her website. The ever-inventive songstress debuts the new record at a bunch of festivals this spring and summer, including Coachella, Sasquatch!, and Glastonbury. Volta includes 10 new songs and graces the earth May 7 via One Little Indian/Atlantic."
Thanks Pitchfork. Interesting news, and I have to admit, I am more than a little curious to hear this new album, as Medulla, while interesting, did not really grab me like I had hoped it would. I may need to revisit it. In the meantime, listen to "Human Behaviour," the poly-rhythmic first single off Bjork's, post Sugarcubes, album Debut. Be sure to relive the 1993 video too…one the best of it's era.
Video: Bjork :: Human Behaviour
Amazon: Bjork – Debut
www.bjork.com ++ www.myspace.com/bjork
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Our Lindblad/National Geographic Explorer trip of a lifetime to the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and Antarctica took place in November, 2013. As friends who had been there told us, one can only fully appreciate the beauty of the birds, seals and icebergs unless you have been there. In the absence of that, I will try to pass on to those who have not been there (and those who have) the wonder of these fabulous places.
Itinerary: Antarctic Lindblad-National Geographic Expedition
Nov 9th to 29th 2013.
For dates November 6 to 9th including the birds of the Buenos Aires Zoo, Reserva Natural Otamendi and Tierra del Fuego see www.ComingsBirds.com/Argentina.
Nov 10th At Sea to the Falkland Islands
Nov 11th Falklands
AM: New Island (red marker on left of above map) This was a wet landing on the precipitous western coast with gigantic colonies of Rockhopper penguins, Imperial or Blue-eyed Cormorant, and Black-browed Albatross and a large rookery of southern fur seals.
PM: Carcass Island (red marker at left top of map) A hike along the shoreline with Megallanic and Blackish Oystercatchers, the rare Coob's Wren, the beautiful red-breasted Long-tailed Meadowlark, Blackish Cinclodes or Tussock Bird, White-browed Ground Tyrant, Magallanic Penguin, and Upland Geese. Later in the afternoon we were welcomed with refreshments by the Island owner Rob McGill and his family. The Striated Caracara was prancing around on the front lawn.
Now 12th Falklands
AM: Stanley (at right red marker above map) A tour included the Stanley museum giving the history of the 1982 Conflict.
PM: Long Island Farm. A private farm one hour drive north from Stanley (near Green Patch) showing the extent of open fields on the Falklands. There was a demonstration of cutting peat for warming houses, shearing sheep, and care of the horses. Obtained nice photos of the Austral Thrush.
Nov 13th Scotia Sea to South Georgia
This allowed great photos of the Cape Petrels, Black-browed Albatross and Southern Giant Petrels flying around the stern of the boat.
Nov 14th South Georgia territorial waters.
Again more sea birds including Fairy and Antarctica Prions, Black-browed Albatross and Imperial or Blue-eyed Cormorants on Shag rock.
South Georgia
Nov 15th. Elsehul and Right Whale Bay, South Georgia
AM: Elsehul Bay (to the right of Bird Island above) is on the north coast of South Georgia. It contains one of the largest Antarctic fur seal colonies in the world and home to many birds including the Macaroni Penguin and Grey-headed Albatross.
PM: Right Whale Bay (below Cape North above) named for the large number of Right Whales that used to be here. The Right Whale is so named because it was the, "right whale to kill." It had a lot of blubber thus a lot of whale oil and floated when killed so they could be towed to the rendering stations. It is also home to thousands of King Penguins, fur seals and elephant seals, all set to a backdrop of a cascading waterfall.
Nov 16th Salisbury Plain and Prion Island
AM: Salisbury Plain (At the Bay of Isles above) The Salisbury Plain is in the wildlife rich area of the Bay of Isles on the northern coast of South Georgia. The plain and the tussock slope behind is home to one of the largest King Penguin rookeries in South Georgia with 70-100,000 pairs. Also present were many Brown Skuas and Southern Giant Petrels.
PM: Prion island (north west of Prince Olav Harbor above) is a rat free island allowing for the survival of the South Georgia Pipit. The tussock slopes are made easier to climb by the presence of a wooden walk and staircase. This staircase also protects the tussock from the human. Wandering Albatross nest at the top of the hill. Several pairs of South Georgia Pintail were also on the island.
Nov 17th Fortuna Bay, Stromness Harbor, and Grytviken
After a night at Fortuna Bay (see upper left on map above) some were dropped off for a hike reproducing the last stretch of Shackleton's trek across South Georgia down to the whaling village of Stromness, in 1915.
AM: Stromness Stromness (in red on map above) is now an abandoned whaling station. It was the here that Shackelton ended his 36 hour trek across South Georgia in his successful effort to rescue his men left at Elephant Island. The abandoned and decaying building are off limits but the surrounding area is rich in wildlife. It was here that I obtained many photos of the South Georgia Pintail.
PM: Grytviken. Grytviken (in red on map above) was established as a whaling station by the Norwegean Sea Captain Carl Anton Larson. It was last active in 1965 and the area now serves as a museum and scientific station at King Edward point. It is the burial place of Sir Ernest Shackleton (the "Boss") and Wild. We paid respects and a Irish Whisky toast to Shackelton at the cemetery.
Nov 18th St. Andrews Bay and Gold Harbor
AM: St. Andrews Bay (lower right map above) For those so inclined, there was 5:30 AM dawn landing at St. Andrews Bay to get photos of the King Penguins and Elephant seals by early morning light. I was only on the shore 15 minutes before the crew concluded additional landings were too dangerous because of the high surf and we all retired back to the boat.
PM: Gold Harbor (at Iris Bay on map above) For me this was to most productive of all the landings in that I was able to apply all I had learned about still and video photography of penguins and seals and we were able to stay for hours. We even had the baby elephant seals, called weaners, approach us and even climb on us (See MOVIES). They are called wieners because the mothers have fed them to fat tubes and abandoned them to return to the sea and mate.
At Cooper Bay across from Cooper Island (see map above) we took a Zodiac excursion and photographed Chinstrap Penguins and Antarctic Terns
The last site we visited in South Georgia was the beautiful Drygalski Fjord (see map above) with a glacier at the end.
Nov 19th At sea towards the South Orkneys.
Because of approaching bad weather we left South Georgia a day early and headed to the South Orkneys, a destination almost NEVER visited by cruise ships.
Nov. 20th South Orkney Island
The South Orkney Islands make up a lonely and isolated archipelago located along the southern boundary of the Scotia Arc. The islands were named for the Orkney Islands in Scotland which are located at approximately the same latitude north as these islands are south (about 60 degrees latitude). They were discovered independently on the same day (December 6, 1821) by two sealers - George Powell (British) and Nathaniel Palmer (American). However, the islands were not properly surveyed until the Scottish explorer William Brice aboard the Scotia. Although both the British and Argentina claim the South Orkneys, the Antarctic Treaty has frozen all sovereignty issues and the islands are open to used by any signatory of the treaty.
On our Zodiac tour of Coronation island, the most striking features were the beautiful blue and white icebergs, the Leopard seal, and the many thousands of Chinstrap Penguins lining every visible ridge for miles and miles.
Nov 21st Elephant Island.
Elephant Island was made famous by Shackleton's 1914-1917 Endurance Expedition. After being beset in ice for 281 days and the sinking of the Endurance, the party of 28 men in three lifeboats drifted northward in the ice flows eventually hitting the inhospitable Elephant Island. While 22 crew camped under upturned boats on low-lying Point Wild, Shackelton and five others made his remarkable sea passage in a small lifeboat to South Georgia, 700 nautical miles away to seek help. The party camping on Elephant Island survived on penguins and blubber until their rescue 137 days later. We toured Point Wild in Zodiacs.
Nov 22nd Weddell Sea a great ice-filled sea which indents the continent of Antarctica between Antarctica Peninsula to Queen Maud Land. The sea was discovered in 1823 by James Weddell of he Royal Navy, who named it the George IV Sea. The name was changed later to honor Weddell in 1900.
AM: Freeze ice at Duze Bay (upper middle of map). Miles of freeze ice in an inlet. Freeze ice consists of frozen surface ice 3 feet thick. Using specially constructed metal bridges we walked from the Zodiacs onto the freeze ice and walked for about half a mile on the ice.
PM: Devil Island. (middle of the map in red) We toured around in Zodiacs hitting the growl ice and larger ice formations sightings of Weddell Seals and Adelie penguins.
Nov 23rd Half Moon and King George Islands, South Shetlands
AM: Half Moon Island (red spot in map above) is a small Antarctic island 1.35 km north of Burgas, Peninsula, Livingston Island. It has a sizable rookery of Chinstrap Penguins.
PM: King George Island (map above) is of great paleontological interest due to the outcrops of fossil remains of a wide range of organism including vertebrate and invertebrate icnites, and abundant flora from the late Cretaceous to Eocene. We visited two research stations the Frei (Chile) and Bellingshausen (Russia).
24th Orne Harbor and Port Lockaby
The Gerlache Strait is named for Adrien de Gerlache, who led the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897-99 on board the vessel Belgica. This expedition chartered much of the Antarctic Peninsula region, and ultimately was beset in the pack ice near Peter I Island, becoming the first exploring vessel to ever over-winter in the Antarctic. Her crew became the first people to ever over-winter south of the Antarctic Circle. Gerlache was joined by and international roster of notable popular personalities – his chief officer was a Norwegian named Amundsen, making his first trip to the Antarctic; the ships doctor was an American explorer and con-man named Frederic Cook, and the geologist and meteorologist of the expedition was a Polish scientist named Henryk Arctowski.
AM: Orne Harbor (map above). In the AM we sailed past the spectacular Gerlache Straight towards Orne Harbor, situated at the northern end of the Errera Channel. The landing site, Spigot Peak is located on the peninsula proper, and therefore a continental landing. Much of this area was explored and charted by the Belgian explorer, Adrien de Gerlache. He named the Errera Channel in honor of Leo Errera, a professor at the University of Brussels and a contributor to the expedition.
PM: Port Lockroy A British Antarctic Territory. With its gift shop and small museum it is one of the most popular tourist sites in Antarctica. It is located on the tiny Goudier Island in the bay (see map below). There is a Gentoo Penguin colony adjacent to the station.
Lemaire Channel (see map below) is a beautiful narrow channel – see photos.
25th Neko Harbor and Dallmann Bay
AM: Neko Harbor a boot shaped harbor (see map above) is named after the whale factory shop Neko which operated along the Antarctic Peninsula in 1911-12 and again in 1923-24. There is a glacier near the landing beach requiring caution when it calves. We toured the area in a Zodiac. The high winds and cold temperature made it one of the coldest Zodiac rides of the expedition.
The Melchior Islands are a group of low, ice covered island lying near the center of Dallmann Bay (see map below) in the Palmer Archipelago. First seen but left unnamed by a German expedition under Dallmann, 1873-74, the islands were re-sighted and roughly charted by the French Antarctic under Charcot, 1903-05. Charcot named what he believed to be the largest outermost island in the group "lle Melchior" after vice Admiral Melchior of the French Navy, but later surveys proved Charcot's "Ile Melchior to be two islands, now called Eta Island and Omega Island. The name Melchior Islands has since become established for the whole island group now described of which Eta Island and Omega Island form the eastern part.
26th to 27th Return to Ushuaia.
Because of a horrendous storm brewing in the Drake Passage over the 28th to the 30th, with winds of 50+ mph, the captain decided to leave the Antarctic Peninsula a day early and navigate the Drake Passage ahead of the storm.
A note on bird photography
I use a Sony alpha 77 camera with a 70 to 400mm telephoto lens. One of the reasons I like this camera is that it is a SLT (Single Lens Translucent). Since there is no mirror flopping up with each shot the bust speed is great and videos can be taken through the electronic viewfinder which is a big help when the sun is at your back, making an LED screen difficult to read.
One of the advantages of the Lindblad/National Geographic Explorer is that there were a number of professional photographers on board - Michael Nolan, Karen Copeland, Ralph Lee Hopkins, David Wright, and Cotton Colsen, to give photographic advice. One day I asked Michael Noland why so many of my photos were not in perfect focus – see for example the Brown and Yellow Marshbird in www.ComingsBirds.com/Argentina. He pointed out that even with image stabilization the photo speed should be at least equal to or greater than the mm of the lens. Thus, for a 400mm lens the speed should be 1/400 or greater. To be certain I set my speed at 1/2000th. The trouble with this is that now the f-stop was 4.5 giving poor depth of focus. However, all the photographers on board pointed out that for the modern high end SLR's and SLT's the sensors can accommodate high ISOs. Thus, I set the ISO to 2000 producing f ranges of f16 to f32 with great depth of field focus. I call this my 2000/2000 rule. It could also be a 1000/1000 rule. After that all of my photos were coming out with great focus, even the Wilson's Storm Petrels far out to sea. See, for example, the South Georgia Pintail photos compared to some of the earlier www.ComingsBirds.com/Argentina photos.
I thank Karen Copeland for reviewing the first draft of this web site for errors, of which there were many.
The items in small print are birds or seals, the items in CAPITALS are SLIDESHOWS, MOVIES or PLACES.
I acknowledge Wikipedia for species and family names, ranges and other bird and geographic data.
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My year started off flitting between waters as I always do. Orchid, Manor and Hardwick were all venues that I visited during spring. I never really make any plans for my angling. The fact that I mainly fish day ticket waters allows me to be very flexible and opens up a world of options.
There are so many cracking day ticket carp around, particularly in the Oxfordshire area. I have to say that Manor Farm on the Linear complex is my favourite of all of the lakes in the area. Most years I will do at least a couple of sessions on there in spring and over the past decade or more I have been fortunate to land many of the big fish from there. However, there was one that I really fancied catching and that was the awesome Kempie's Linear which is near on 50Lb.
My first session of the year was in April and the lake was fishing very slow. On that particular day I turned up, it was very quiet. Not a lot had been caught on Manor, but St.Johns was kicking right off. It was a mad rush for swims on St.Johns and I liked the idea of a bit of peace an quiet on Manor. Little did I know I was going to have very little peace and quiet.
I found a shallower spot at 90 yards range, a spot which was covered in around 2 inches of weed. I could get a drop and knew it was gravel under the weed. I fished three ronnie rigs over the top and fished a longer hooklength than I normally would to allow the hookbait to sit on top of the weed.
Hookbait choice was a 12mm Northern Special pop-up in yellow. I spombed around 20 spombs of spod mix which consisted of freshly cooked hemp, 10mm Live System, frozen sweetcorn and Roasted Peanut chops (I also employ Roasted Nut Partiblend where I can). A mix which went on to serve me well over the following few sessions.
On this particular session, I ended up fish with an incredible haul of 33 carp of which 29 were over 20Lb and that included a couple of thirties. The key to the session was putting 20 spombs of bait out accurately and fishing three on a spot. I was having up to 5 or 6 bites before topping up. I had noticed every time I spodded the fish backed off and took a while to get back on the spot. So, I decided to not spod between fish and the bites came quicker and quicker. When the action tailed off, I re-spodded and in time they got back on it.
The following session I fished the far bank and although I employed exactly the same tactics, I only managed three twenties in two nights.
I returned the weekend after and dropped into the Car Park swim and fished it exactly the same as I did the previous month. This time, I had the added pressure of having to catch for the cameras. In all honesty, I could barely put a foot wrong, catching a thirty within moments of the camera man turning up and then an epic moment which I will never forget….
The sight of the incredible Kempy's Linear rolling over the net cord. She was as black as your hat and settled the needle on the 48Lb 4oz mark. All tactics were the same as I had employed during previous sessions. Ronnie rigs with 12mm yellow Northern Specials. With three of those little fellas over a tightly baited area, I really do not see how a carp feeding on the spot can get away without getting caught. Proof of the pudding is the fact that 55 carp had ended up in the bottom of my net from 8 nights angling on the venue this spring.
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I am the marketing intern at Nochex Ltd – the online payments people. Part of my brief is to increase the number of likes the Nochex Facebook page has to over 1,000. This is the story of how I did it. Hopefully, you can learn from my experience and avoid some of the traps along the way.
In February we set ourselves a goal to reach 1000 Facebook likes by the end of March. In order to reach this target I needed 863 new likes in 6 weeks. I wanted quality likes as well meaning no robots or spammers. I was aiming for real people who buy and sell on the internet; the sort of people who use Nochex every day.
Why don't you just buy some likes?
If you want more numbers on your page then there are people online who claim to sell Facebook likes. As well as being illegal in the eyes of Facebook this does not produce quality likes. Pay-for-like services will either provide fake robot accounts or trick people into liking your page without their knowledge. These aren't quality likes. We wanted real people who liked Nochex because they chose to – not because of some technical voodoo trickery.
Okay. What about paid Facebook advertising?
Facebook say the best way to get likes is to use their paid advertising service. A recent report by global cloud computing company Sales Force into the effectiveness of Facebook advertising found that UK businesses pay, on average, 87p per like. This would make the cost of my 863 new likes £750. This was way out of my budget (I was told to spend no more than £30!) so I explored other options hoping to find a more cost effective method of raising our profile.
If you don't want to buy likes, what can you do?
With Facebook advertising out of the question I needed a plan. I already use the page to publish and share useful content which is great but doesn't generate the results I desired. I wanted to bring in lots of likes and quickly. I sent posts out on other social media accounts including Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+ asking our social media friends to like our Facebook page but this returned only a limited response.
I needed to provide an added value to our Facebook page that would persuade lots of users to like our page and do it quickly. I had a eureka moment when a man in a van offered me a free slice of pizza. The van was covered in hashtags and twitter profiles, encouraging pizza eaters to tweet about their lovely free pizza. As a happy pizza recipient I got straight to Twitter and let the world know about this lovely giveaway. Looking at the featured hashtag told me there were tonnes of other satisfied pizza eaters doing the same. I thought if I could run a similar campaign with the Nochex Facebook page then I would get the likes I needed. By offering to give Facebook users a prize if they like by a certain date people would definitely start liking at speed.
A give-a-way, great! So what's the plan?
After deciding on the competition route, I set to working out how the competition would run and be promoted. The first step was choosing the prize. We love helping our merchants out so it was a no brainer to pick a prize provided by a Nochex merchant. At Nochex there are a thousands of sellers operating in a multitude of industries giving a wide variety of possible prizes.
The tip here is to give people what they want. Wine is always a nice prize idea but limits your possibilities by ruling out anyone who doesn't drink and leaves you in a bit of a legal kerfuffle when you've accidentally sent a bottle of wine to a thirteen year old. Clothes are good but throw in more obstacles as dimensions and tastes are subjective depending on who wins. The final choice seems obvious in hindsight: chocolate! Who doesn't like chocolate???
Nochex has many quality chocolate selling merchants so choosing which one was another task in itself. Whilst trying not to pick favourites (Nochex loves all merchants equally!) I ended up going for Cambridge based Chocolat Chocolat. They are well known for their delicious chocolate which is handmade in store by one of their fine chocolatiers. It is said that they are the finest chocolatiers to grace the planet since Willy Wonka closed his factory. After we informed them of the competition they were ecstatic to be involved. Their luxury bouquets (pictured below) made a perfect fit for the high quality image we wanted to project.
The Rules
Now it was time for the fun bit: the rules. Facebook have their own set of rules regarding promotions and it is important to follow these if you don't want your page to be shut down. A key factor is that you are not allowed to ask users to share, comment or tag their friends. Essentially, the only activity that can be used as the criteria for a competition is a like. Fortunately, Facebook likes are what I wanted so these rules were fine by me.
My competition rules were simple. To partake, all entrants needed to do was like the Nochex Facebook page and at the end of the six week period one of these lucky likers would get some chocolate.
With the prize in place and the rules set up all that was left to do was let the world know. In these situations social media and online mediums be extremely useful. The internet is great because it allows you to advertise to your target market for little to no cost from the comfort of your desk.
Facebook was my first port of call but considering the aim was to attract new likes I needed to do more than inform those who have already liked the page. Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, blogs and even buzzfeed were utilised to let people know about our fantastic competition. I combined this with the use of posters with QR codes on local notice boards for a great mix between offline and online marketing.
I discovered early on that the offer was popular with compers, people that enjoy entering online competitions. Compers are lovely individuals who will share the competition with their friends, post it on forums and leave lots of nice comments on your page. This is great because you aren't allowed to ask them to do this but they do it anyway!
The largest referrer for the Nochex competition turned out tobe financial advice website: Money Saving Expert. Money Saving Expert has a popular section of its discussion forum dedicated to sharing great competitions like ours. Once the Nochex competition was published here the likes came flooding in.
The Results
The end results of this competition were fantastic. I managed to go over and above my target of 1,000 total likes achieving well over 1,400 likes. The same feat would have cost an estimated £1,131 in Facebook advertising. Seeing as our chocolates were £15, our competition cost us less than 2% of the would-be advertising cost. This really demonstrates the lack of cost effectiveness in Facebook advertising.
4 Quick tips to take away
Here are a few things to learn from our Facebook give-a-way success:
1- Raise your profile online with a competition – Running a social media contest is an effective method of getting your desired results for minimum cost. We achieved 1,400 likes for less than 2% of the equivalent Facebook advertising cost demonstrating the efficiency of Facebook competitions.
2- Read the rules – Whether your competition is on Facebook, LinkedIn or any other social network there are rules to adhere to. To avoid having your page shut down make sure you read the rules beforehand and follow them carefully.
3- Utilise Online Forums – The internet is full of discussion forums for just about every niche interest imaginable. There will be some related to your industry, some related to your prize, and definitely plenty for online competitions. Share your give-a-way in these forums and you are guaranteed to get the numbers in.
4- Enjoy Yourself! Giving out stuff is fun! Studies have found that random acts of kindness can increase happiness and prolong life expectancy. A social media give-a-way may not quite be a 'random act of kindness' but none-the-less you can still find joy in knowing that someone has received a lovely prize.


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Get out the scissors; we're going to do some cutting, save you some money, boost that ROI, and increase your profits from your e-commerce marketing.
Ever wonder what the most wasteful parts of your e-commerce marketing may be? There are probably a lot more than 10, but we wanted to start with the top 10 useless things first.
- Those Social Networks No One Uses
- Your Unnecessary Website Redesign
- That Mobile App You're Developing
- Your Untargeted Paid Media Spend
- Pretty Much All of Your Press Releases
- All That Over Reporting
- Those Millions of Micro-sites
- Your Go-To Marketing Offer
- The Fire-hose Blast of Content
- The On-Page SEO Fixation