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Publishers in India and the world over are spoiled for choices. The number of people writing and wanting to get published is ever increasing. With their limited resources of manpower and handling capacity there is only so much the publishers can do or want to do.
Therefore spending time on manuscripts from first time authors, without any recommendations is a difficult call to make. Literary agents fill the gap between the authors and the publishers by filtering good content from the not so good. Moreover the literary agents are aware of the current trends in the publishing industry as well as have contacts within the industry. Therefore they can help you to find the right publisher for your work. In India, there are very few independent literary agents, all the major literary agencies in India are offshoots of publishing houses and you can imagine which publisher gets the first look for your manuscript.
The process of publishing itself is very slow. Imagine having to wait for six months to get a rejection slip and that too, in these days of super fast communications with Internet, Faxes et al.
Less than five percent of manuscripts received by publishing houses get published. So your chances are 1/20 and that too over an unlimited time period. For an author the question is, how long are you going to wait. The answer to this is simple, as we see it. If one book is all you are ever going to write, then go on, hone it to the best of your skill and do not settle for anything less than the biggest publishing house paying you the biggest royalty for your manuscript. But if you are going to continue to write, then your aim should be to get published as soon as possible, simply because the market value of a published author goes up considerably.
If you want to be published, we can help you by critically reviewing your manuscript and give recommendations so as to improve your manuscript and enhance your chances of grabbing the eye of the commissioning editors at the publishing houses. The details are available on Manuscript Review page. We can also help you with editing/proof reading your manuscript, pitching it to various publishers on your behalf and getting the best deal with the right publisher.
With the advancing technologies now it is easier and faster to not only communicate but also to get published. Print on Demand and E-Book technologies are assured means of getting published and are in the process of changing the publishing industry. They are the surest and the fastest way to get published while retaining the vision of your writing efforts. Even though the traditional publishing industry will not agree, the POD books and e-books are making increasingly better sales in the market. In some cases POD authors have been approached by traditional publishers for sale of rights of their books. If you so desire, we can assist you with publishing your work as POD or as an E-Book. Read more on the Publishing page.


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February 17, 2017
Shortly after arriving at Blinn College in 2006, Long Le was advised to choose a course of study.
With no future plans in mind, the Houston native examined the list of offerings one by one, hoping a program would pique his interest. It was Blinn's Criminal Justice Program that caught his eye.
Still unsure of his choice, Le enrolled with an open mind and was not disappointed. Within the first semester, Le made the decision to pursue a career in law enforcement.
"There are a lot of people who have grand stories about why they became police officers," he said. "I truly just went with what interested me. I was looking for an exciting career – something that was different every day and gave me a sense of service. I am a first-generation American and became the first police officer in my entire family thanks to Blinn's Criminal Justice Program."
Throughout his time in the program, Le said he most enjoyed interacting with dedicated, professional faculty and guest lecturers. Blinn's Criminal Justice faculty average more than 20 years of field experience in all major areas, using their decades of hands-on experience to inform students about a variety of local, state, and federal careers.
"It's a strength of the Criminal Justice Program to have such a tremendous amount of experience among our faculty," said Robert Stanberry, Program Coordinator. "There are many different options in Criminal Justice for those seeking to serve their community."
With tracks designed for the traditional classroom or online, Blinn offers Associate of Arts, Associate of Applied Science, and Law Enforcement Technology degrees in criminal justice, as well as a Criminal Justice Corrections certificate. Students who complete the program are eligible for a variety of local, state, and federal careers, including law enforcement, investigation, corrections operation, corrections counseling, a variety of court positions, government administration, and probation. Similar careers also are available through private companies.
With plans to become a police officer, Le took advantage of yet another element of the Criminal Justice Program – Blinn's Police Academy, a unique partnership between Blinn and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) Central Texas Police Academy. Attending and successfully completing the 18-week police academy allowed Le to not only receive his Basic Peace Officer Academy Certificate, but also earn 20 college credit hours to be applied to his associate degree in the Criminal Justice Program.
Upon graduation, Le put his education to work as a police officer for the College Station Police Department (CSPD), the same agency where he served as an intern during his final semester in the program. The College Station Police Department maintains a strong relationship with Blinn College and other surrounding institutions, and offers several internship opportunities for students seeking academic credit. The semester-long internships provide a hands-on learning experience in a particular field of interest, and facilitate opportunities for students to receive training outside the classroom.
"Everything Long underwent is what makes our program successful," Criminal Justice Professor Janet McNutt said. "He pursued a criminal justice degree, gained valuable experience during his internship, and earned college credit and a Basic Peace Officer Academy Certificate by completing the TEEX Central Texas Police Academy. He participated in everything that the program offers."
After eight years on the police force, Le was promoted last year to recruiting coordinator for the CSPD, where he is in charge of bringing in new officers to the department. The new position, he said, allows him to actively participate in the community – which includes visits to Blinn's criminal justice classes – in an effort to attract professional, capable employees.
"I feel like I truly can make a difference," he said. "This is a fast-growing area, and we are always in need of good police officers to join us. I am responsible for every new officer that comes through our doors."
CSPD currently is accepting applications for the entry level and certified police officer positions. For more information, visit the City of College Station Human Resources webpage.
For more information on Blinn's Criminal Justice Program, visit www.blinn.edu/twe/crimjustice.

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Hmmm...what a month...
...at least the music was good?
For this year, I've decided to keep these monthly summaries fairly brief, with the introduction of rolling playlists that I'll (hopefully) update with every passing month.
I'll let the music speak for itself...
Thundercat - Show You The Way
SZA - Drew Barrymore
Syd - Body
Mac DeMarco - This Old Man
Goldfrapp - Anymore
The xx - Lips
Lydia Ainsworth - The Road
Snny - Young Boy
London Grammar - Rooting For You
MarcLo - SWNGN
Julie Byrne - Natural Blue
Kelly Lee Owens - Anxi (feat. Jenny Hval)
The xx - I See You
Austra - Future Politics
Ty Segall - Ty Segall
Rose Elinor Dougall - Stellular
Loyle Carner - Yesterday's Gone
Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness
Menace Beach - Lemon Memory
Allison Crutchfield - Tourist In This Town
Priests - Nothing Feels Natural


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Incoming Broadway tuner "Motown: The Musical" has booked the Lunt-Fontanne Theater for its spring opening, tapping thesps Brandon Victor Dixon and Valisia LeKae to star as Berry Gordy and Diana Ross.
Dixon's credits include the Broadway staging of "The Color Purple" and the Off Broadway preem of "The Scottsboro Boys." He also was previously attached to play another music-world giant, Ray Charles, in a Charles bio-tuner that was announced but never got off the ground. LeKae, meanwhile, has appeared on the Rialto in titles including "The Book of Mormon" and "Ragtime," among others.
Storyline of "Motown" follows the life and career of Gordy as he founds the Motown record label and develops its signature musical acts. Score is drawn from the catalog of Motown names including Ross, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and Smokey Robinson.


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What's Your Selfie Technique?
Oh, don't pretend like you don't have one!
Halloween is HUGE in New Orleans. People get excessively excited. Having spent the vast majority of my life in the boring suburbs of Chicago, though, Halloween never stirred up in me the gusto to cover literally my entire lawn with skeletons like they do here.
Being the creative genius that I am, I went as a witch for Halloween for at least five years as a kid. And it wasn't even like I was reusing a badass costume; it was just a wizard robe. This year I need to actually step things up a notch. When in Rome, eh?
Seeing as American Horror Story: Coven was filmed right here in NOLA, I thought that the generically undead look on Madison Montgomery—you know the scene when she's smoking on the stairs?—was the perfect no-frills costume for this Halloween newbie. Plus, this makeup could easily translate into any undead costume of your choosing.
First, bring on the deadly pallor.
Use a super-matte foundation a shade or two too pale for your skin. Feel free to powder as needed, any shine will make the skin appear more alive, which is not what we want. Also cover your lips to take the color down a notch.
The majority of this look is focused on making the eyes look deadly. First thing to do on the eyes is to lay down a sepia toned base.
I used the Maybelline Eye Studio Color Tattoo Leather cream shadow in Creamy Beige. I really roughly applied the color all over the lid, all the way up to just above the crease, and also haphazardly under the lower lash line.
To deepen the color, use a slightly darker powder like the NYX Blush in Taupe, and sweep over the base.
Take the powder down your inner-eye corner and onto your eye bags. Follow the shape of your eye bags, and if you don't have any (lucky you) just follow the shape of your eye socket.
For a more bruised look, add a green-tinged gray color to the inner corner and up to the crease of the eye. I'm using Shiro Cosmetics' Sherlock-inspired sculpting shade in Do Your Research.
Now we're going to contour using the same Shiro shade.
Instead of making your face into an impossibly perfect alien, we're going for more of a gaunt look. Start just under your cheekbone, where you would normally for contour. Continue down and stop about an inch or so away from your mouth, then blend down to pull down the shape of your face. I also added a touch of contour to my hairline, temple and under my jaw.
To liven up the lips just a smidge, add a little lipstick in a shade similar to your lips just to the inner edges, leaving the outer edges flesh-toned.
Mascara is optional for this look; I chose to add it to more closely follow the makeup from the show.
To finish the look, throw on an all black ensemble (complete with neck-gash-covering ribbon), smoke a (candy) cigarette, and act like you can't feel anything but you're still better than everyone else.


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For equality to become reality, I believe we must re-think our education system.
We have to move away from the mechanistic 'teaching to the test' approach,
And towards one where soft skills are embedded in every learning experience.
Soft skills are:
The traits and abilities
of attitude and behaviour,
rather than knowledge
or technical aptitude.
These skills – such as communication, leadership, confidence, motivation, self-awareness, creativity, and teamwork – are increasingly recognised as key to enterprise, entrepreneurship, and leadership.
Soft skills are an asset that neither employers nor employees can ignore.
James Caan CBE 2015
Many believe soft skills are critical determinants of survival in the face of current challenges…
They're the skills we need to adapt successfully to a globalised, rapidly changing, unpredictable environment.
However, there's a massive soft skills gap, particularly affecting young people:
By 2020, more than half a million workers will be held back by a lack of soft skills.
Development Economics 2015
While these skills are essential to workplace success, as well as personal wellbeing, their value extends even further.
Soft skills are the secret to self-empowerment and equality
If we truly want an education system that develops the individual,
That encourages questioning, reflection, and a curious mind,
That creates a lust for lifelong learning,
And that brings about social mobility and equality,
Then soft skills must be prioritised.
Soft skills open our eyes to reality…
They give us the strength to change things for the better…
And they provide us with the resilience that making change demands.
There is evidence that this new kind of education would have dramatic benefits,
Not only for the young people concerned, but also for society as a whole.
Graham Allen's report, Early Intervention: The Next Steps, detailed "the immense penalties to society and to the individual of failing to provide a strong foundation of social and emotional capabilities early in life."
There is also a great deal of evidence that girls in particular will benefit from soft skills development.
In the recently published Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing, England, 2014, young women have emerged as a "high risk" group, with more than 25% aged 16 to 24 suffering from common mental health problems.
Girls are now three times more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety than boys.
Social Trends in Adolescent Mental Health, Nuffield Foundation 2013
Girls are under intense pressure.
We should all be concerned.
Without the tools that soft skills provide, girls have inadequate support mechanisms with which to combat these pressures.
And rather than using their energy to reach their potential and move towards positions of leadership on an equal basis, they'll struggle for years to come, to understand and deal with this damage.
If we care about equality we must support all young people – and girls in particular – by putting soft skills at the heart of education.
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The town of Bankura , West Bengal, India is famous for an ancient temple dedicated to Lord Shiva , worshiped here as Ekteswar or Ekpadeswar.... good place for tourist to visit Ekteshwar Shiva Temple in picnic as well as in holidays.
Taxi: visit Ekteshwar Shiva Temple tourist place from Bankura by bus or car.
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The town is famous for the ... JPG Terracotta work on Jor Bangla temple, Bishnupur 3.JPG .. place for picnic and holidays to visit Jor Mandir by tourist.
Taxi: visit Jor Mandir tourist place from Bankura by bus or car.


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Sometimes the Support engineers at Wowza Media Systems™ need you to provide a Java heap dump file for troubleshooting purposes. This article describes the various methods available for getting a "dump" of the Java heap on your Wowza media server.
Create a Java heap dump using the Wowza Streaming Engine REST API
Create a Java heap dump using JConsole
Create a Java heap dump using jHat
Create a Java heap dump automatically when an OutOfMemory error is thrown
More resources
Create a Java heap dump using the Wowza Streaming Engine REST API
Note: Wowza Streaming Engine™ software version 4.5.0.01 or later is required to use this method.
curl -X PUT --header 'Accept:application/json; charset=utf-8' --header 'Content-type:application/json; charset=utf-8' http://127.0.0.1:8087/v2/servers/{serverName}/actions/heapDump
You can change where the heap dump is written to by including the filename query parameter in the request. For example, to write the heap dump to C:\Temp, you would use the following request:
curl -X PUT --header 'Accept:application/json; charset=utf-8' --header 'Content-type:application/json; charset=utf-8' http://127.0.0.1:8087/v2/servers/{serverName}/actions/heapDump?filename="C:\Temp\WowzaStreamingEngine_HeapDump_${epoch}.hprof"
Create a Java heap dump using JConsole
Note: Wowza Streaming Engine™ software or Wowza Media Server™ software is required to use this method. If you're running Wowza Streaming Engine software version 4.5.0.01 (or later), we recommend the easier REST API method.
- Use JConsole/JMX to connect to the running Wowza media server.
- On the MBeans tab, in the com.sun.management/HotSpotDiagnostics object, select the Operation section.
- In dumpHeap parameters, enter the following information:
p0: [heap-output-path] p1: true - do a garbage collection before dump heap
p0: c:/dump.dmp p1: true
- Click the dumpHeap button.
Create a Java heap dump using jHat
Note: Your Wowza media server must be running the Java JDK to use this method. The Java JDK includes the Java Heap Analysis Tool (jHat) tool.
- Open a command prompt and "change directory" to the bin folder of the JDK installation.
- Use operating system tools such as ps (ps -ef on Linux or the Task Manager on Windows) to find the process ID of the Java process that's running the Wowza server software.
- Execute the following command:
jmap -dump:format=b,file=c:\Temp\mymemorydump.hprof [pid]
Create a Java heap dump automatically when an OutOfMemory error is thrown
You can configure Java to create a heap dump whenever an "OutOfMemory" error occurs.
Wowza Streaming Engine softwareOpen the [install-dir]/conf/Tune.xml file in a text editor, and then uncomment the following line:
<VMOption>-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:HeapDumpPath="${com.wowza.wms.AppHome}/logs"</VMOption>
Wowza Media Server softwareOpen the [install-dir]/bin/setenv.sh file (Linux) or [install-dir]/bin/setenv.bat file (Windows) in a text editor, and then add the following to the JAVA_OPTS:
-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:HeapDumpPath=[path-to-heapdump]
For more information about using this method, see Using HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError parameter for heap dump for JBoss.
Note: To force a garbage collection cycle before creating a heap dump, run the following command:
jcmd [pid] GC.run
More resources
How to create a Java stack trace
Originally Published: 02-25-2010.
Updated: For Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0.01 on 08-18-2016.
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Family Entertainment in Frankenmuth, MI
The Bavarian Inn in Frankenmuth, MI has tons of activities for the whole family when they visit. From water slides to shopping and dining, there is so much to see and do that you will need to stay multiple nights! Visitors love the full-service experience the Bavarian Inn provides.
Top 15 Things To Do On Your Visit
- Eat a world-famous, family-style chicken dinner at the Bavarian Inn Restaurant
- Play in the Bavarian Inn Lodge Family Fun Center
- Build a doll or bear
- Roll your own pretzel (and other unique experience packages)
- Splish splash in four indoor pools & two water slides!
- Shop until you can't shop anymore
- Come to a special event at the Bavarian Inn Restaurant
- Host your birthday party
- Dance….dance….dance
- Come visit one of our great festivals or events
- "Putt your stuff" at our Bavarian-themed mini golf course
- Fun on the water
- Romance and fun for over 21
- Explore Frankenmuth's history
- Stretch your $$ with inexpensive family fun
Plan Your Trip Today
Enjoy seven acres of fun at the Bavarian Inn Lodge! With plenty of wide open spaces to just chill out, it's no wonder we're known as the primary playground for families, couples, and friends in Frankenmuth.
Book your room now or call us at (844) 264-9023 to plan your stay today!
Download our Free REUNITE GUIDE to assist you in planning your visit to Frankenmuth and the Bavarian Inn Lodge and Restaurant!


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Garamendi Joins More than Twenty House Democrats in Congressional Twitter Town Hall on the GOP "So Be It" Budget
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, over twenty House Democrats joined together in a Twitter Town Hall hosted by Rep. John Larson (D-CT), chair of the House Democratic Caucus, Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA), co-chair of the New Media Working Group, and Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA), to field questions live via Twitter about the budget and the "So Be It" Republican spending bill. During the hour of the event, #AskDems – the hashtag to follow the Town Hall – was the 3rd most discussed topic nationally (and the 1st was a paid for campaign).
"Members of Congress need to go where We the People are, and that increasingly means social media platforms like Twitter," said Rep. John Garamendi (CA-10). "The Internet is tearing down the gates that used to divide representatives from the public. Community-wide open conversations are now possible online. Public research helped create the Internet; it's about time public servants utilized it to its fullest potential. With my fellow House Democrats, it's an honor to join the conversation."
"Democrats in Congress are hearing nonstop from our constituents about their concerns with the irresponsible GOP spending bill. This Twitter town hall is a chance for us to directly respond to those concerns," said Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01), the Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus. "I want to thank Congressman Honda and Congressman Garamendi for their great work putting this together, and all the Members and the American public for their overwhelming response."
"Using new technologies, Democrats continue to push the envelope in connecting with the American public," added Rep. Mike Honda (CA-15), co-Chair of the House Democratic Caucus New Media Working Group. "In organizing this national town hall, House Democrats are reaching out to an America that is enraged with the Republican attack on working families, seniors, women, children, students and our economy. The tweeting voices are drawing a line in the sand, saying enough is enough – all in 140 characters or less."
In addition to Larson (@RepJohnLarson), Honda (@RepMikeHonda), and Garamendi (@RepGaramendi), Members participating in today's Town Hall included: House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (@WhipHoyer), and Reps. Karen Bass (D-CA) (@RepKarenBass), John Conyers (D-MI) (@repjohnconyers), Joe Courtney (D-CT) (@connecticutjoe), Diana DeGette (D-CO) (@RepDianaDeGette), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) (@mauricehinchey), Mazie Hirono (D-HI) (@maziehirono), Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) (@RepEBJ), Hank Johnson (D-GA) (@RepHankJohnson), Ron Kind (D-WI) (@RepRonKind), Doris Matsui (D-CA) (@DorisMatsui), Brad Miller (D-NC) (@RepBradMiller), Jim McDermott (D-WA) (@RepJimMcDermott), Jim McGovern (D-MA) (@RepMcGovern), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) (@RepPerlmutter), Charlie Rangel (D-NY) (@cbrangel), Tim Ryan (D-OH) (@timryan), and Paul Tonko (D-NY) (@paultonko).
The House Democratic Caucus New Media Working Group establishes and shares new media best practices with Members of the House Democratic Caucus to promote broader and more effective engagement with their constituents. Over the last year, the Working Group has held briefings with industry leaders like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Google while fostering partnerships with these companies to develop substantive tools for constituents to better connect with their representatives.


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eBook The Grandfamily Guidebook
Wisdom and Support for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Ready or not, you're a parent again. If you're wondering how exactly you're going to raise your grandchildren, you're not alone. The Grandfamily Guidebook offers advice on everything from engaging with birth parents, to legal and financial issues, school and social life, and your own self-care.
Item: EB3620
200 pp.
eBook Growing Up Again Second Edition
Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children
As time-tested as it is timely, the expert advice in Growing Up Again Second Edition has helped thousands of readers improve on their parenting practices. Now, substantially revised and expanded, Growing Up Again offers further guidance on providing children with the structure and nurturing that are so critical to their healthy development -- and to our own.
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eBook Earn It
What to Do When Your Kid Needs an Entitlement Intervention
Entitlement is often confused with the word affluenza, a term used to describe the spoiledness of the very rich. But entitlement occurs across all income groups. It's a state of mind, the concept that "I deserve, even without putting in an effort." This attitude begins at home, but often our society helps reinforce it. Think of the so-called participant trophies given to all kids…
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Finding Your Joy in Compassionate Caregiving
In Take Good Care, author Cynthia Orange brings together compelling testimonies from a wide range of caregivers, advice from leading experts in the field, and her own hard-won wisdom to capture the subtle differences between caretaking and caregiving
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Growing Up with Addiction as Youngsters, Adolescents, Adults
Buy your Kindle eBook from Amazon Buy your kobo eBook Buy your eBook formats from Barnes and Noble Buy your iBook at iTunesIt Will Never Happen to Me identifies common issues faced by children who grew up in alcoholic families -- shame, neglect, unreasonable role expectations, physical abuse -- and helps them find a healthier, happier way to live.
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Any Graduate Fresher's required for the position Team Member in HDFC Bank Limited at Mumbai, Chennai. Interested and eligible candidates who have strong skill sets on desired profile can apply online for the requirement with the link given below. Find the job description, eligibility criteria, exact venue and interview details for more information. HDFC Bank Limited Hiring Any Graduate freshers 2015 for Team Member-Email Management at Mumbai, Chennai. Candidates who have completed Any Graduate can apply for this job from HDFC Bank Limited.
Job Details:
Company Name: HDFC Bank Limited
Qualification: Any Graduate
Job Post Name: Team Member-Email Management
Experience: 0 – 5 yrs
Job Location: Mumbai, Chennai
Salary: NA
Total No of Vacancy: NA
Website: http://www.hdfcbank.com/
Job Description:
1. To action all the incoming mails received from resident and nonresident customers
2. To ensure quality parameters are met and TAT to respond to the customer is maintained
3. Log CRM against other units wherever internal resolution is not possible and coordination for quick resolution
4. To escalate all CRMs that have not been closed within TAT or have been closed inadequately
5. To ensure that all mails are responded as per the set quality parameters
Business Generation/Sales:-
* Connect with customers over call and generate leads for various bank products.
* Full time graduation mandatory
* Good communication Skills
Selection/Interview process:
1. Aptitude Test
2. Technical and HR Interview
Document Required (Original and Photocopies):
1. SSC Marksheet
2. HSC/Diploma Marksheet
3. Graduation & Post Graduation all years' mark sheets
4. Photo ID proof (Pan Card/ Passport / Driving License / College ID)
5. 2 photographs
6. Resume
Company Profile:
HDFC Bank Ltd was promoted in the year 1994 by the premier housing finance company of the country, HDFC Ltd. The Bank commenced operations as a Scheduled Commercial Bank in January 1995. Today the Bank has a nationwide network of over 2000 branches and 5624 ATMs spread over 996 towns and cities across India The Banks American Depository Shares (ADS) are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) are listed on Luxembourg Stock Exchange. The Bank has been bestowed with numerous awards and accolades from top national and international agencies & magazines. HDFC Bank comprises of a dynamic and enthusiastic team determined to accomplish the vision of becoming a World-class Indian bank. Our business philosophy is based on our four core values – Customer Focus, Operational Excellence, Product Leadership and People.
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History & Staff
We have years of experience caring for families, from all walks of life. Each family comes to us because they know we are leaders in our profession, dedicated to excellence in service, and have the highest integrity.
Our History
Hooper Funeral Homes has been serving Citrus County since 1946. Originally started as Conrad-Morris and then Porter Funeral Home, Lowell Hooper moved to Inverness in 1970 and began serving his community through 4 decades of service. With a passion to better serve the entire county, two branch locations where added in Beverly Hills and Homosassa in the 1970's. All of the properties have been remodeled through the years including the addition of a crematory on the Inverness property in 1980 and the new Homosassa Chapel construction in 1990. Mr. Hooper passed away in 2009 and our daily operations are now overseen by the second generation, Dwight Hooper. We take great pride in being the "Best of the Best" as voted by the readers of the Citrus County Chronicle for many years and invite you to stop by to answer any of your questions or simply to take a tour of our crematory or other facilities.
Our Valued Staff
Mr. Dwight L. Hooper, CFSP, President
Dwight is a native Floridian and moved to Inverness in 1970 when his parents bought the funeral home. He is proud to be the 2nd generation of Hoopers to provide quality funeral care to Citrus County. Dwight received his diploma from Citrus High School in 1987, a Bachelors of Science from Stetson University and his Mortuary Science degree from Gupton-Jones College of Morturary Science in 1992. He and his wife, Paige, have two children and live in Hernando. Dwight's current activities usually revolve around his kids but he spends his free time on his motorcycle or at First Baptist Church, Inverness. With a lifetime of memories in Citrus County and over 20 years of funeral service he brings a wealth of history and experience to funeral service to our County.
Mr. Matt Watley, CFSP, Vice-president
Mr. Thomas R. Edwards, CFSP, Funeral director
Thomas (Tommy) was born in Mineola, NY and moved to Citrus County from Setauket, New York in 1971. He graduated from Citrus High School in 1980, received his Associates in Funeral Service from St. Petersburg College in 2005 and received his designation as a Certified Funeral Service Practitioner (CFSP) in 2013. Tommy has been with the firm since 2002. He is a Past Master and current secretary of Citrus Masonic Lodge #118 F&AM and First Baptist Church of Inverness where he plays percussion on the Praise Band. Tommy enjoys reading, listening and playing music and spending time with his wife, Angie and their 2 children.
Mrs. Helga Forbes, Receptionist
Helga was born in Germany and came to the United States with her husband in 1963. Together they had one son. She is a member of the German-American Club of West Central Florida for over 20 years. Helga became an employee of the funeral home in 1992.
Mr. Larry Brooks, Advanced Planning and Family Care Specialist
Larry was born in Huntsville, Alabama and brought to Pinellas County as an infant. His family settle in Pinellas Park and Largo and eventually the family moved to Citrus County in the 1950's. Larry is proud to have grown up between the two counties. He has a 28 year background in the banking and mortgage industry of West Central Florida with a Banking & Finance Degree from St. Pete College, a Banking School Certificate from Florida Bankers Association/University of Florida School of Banking. Larry also holds two diplomas from the American Institute of Banking. He is a United State Air Force Veteran serving in Texas, Mississippi, Turkey and the Philippines.
Larry has been active in the Inverness Kiwanis Club and Chamber of Commerce in the past and currently serves as a Director for the 4H Foundation of Citrus County and Co-Chairman for the annual Citrus Stampede Rodeo that raises funds for 4H programs and scholarships. He also serves as a volunteer at the Citrus County Fair as a bid taker for the 4H & FFA Steer & Swine auctions for 15 years.
Larry and his wife, Lynn, live on their farm in Hernando and take care of their 3 American Quarter Horses. They can also be found attending local car shows and cruise-ins with their antique street rod truck.
Mrs. Jan Lambert, Administative Assistant
Jan was born in New Jersey and moved to Citrus County in 1985. She currently holds an Associates Degree in Commercial Art. In her free time she enjoys cooking, crafts, and spending time with family and friends. She has been an employee since 2010 and is pursuing a degree in Funeral Service from St. Pete College. She is married with 2 children.


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We Are Your ONE • STOP • AUTO • SHOP
New Arrivals
Welcome to John L. Smith Used Cars
At John L Smith Inc, we are more than your typical used car dealership. Our facility specializes in low mileage CERTIFIED vehicles! We offer the following services:
• Auto Sales
• Auto Service
• Auto Rentals
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More Esperanto
Posted on Monday, January 12, 2009
Wow, the Esperantists found that post really quickly, and I appreciate their input and supportive comments. So, being on a roll, I think I will give another brief sermon from my Esperanto soapbox.
Let me tell you a little story. When I was in junior high school, I took a year of Spanish. Although I didn't take any foreign language courses in high school, I decided to pursue a bachelor of arts degree in college. Essentially, it was the same thing as a bachelor of science degree, only with an additional two-year foreign language requirement. Having a shallow familiarity with Spanish (based on my hazy junior high memories), I decided to take first and second year Spanish in college.
Flash forward (mumble-number-mumble) years. We now find Kristy employed by the King County Library System, one of the largest circulating libraries in the country. Many of our patrons were non-native, non-English speakers. For the first time in my life, I found those two years of college level Spanish being put to occasional good use. Even after two years of study, I hadn't learned all the verb tenses that exist in Spanish, so I wasn't entirely comfortable risking making a fool of myself in another person's native language. Nevertheless, more often than not, I took that risk and was largely able to communicate, as awkward as those conversations often were. And I felt very proud of myself for stepping out of my comfort zone and doing what I could to help those patrons use our services.
Then, a few minutes later, another recent immigrant would step up to my desk. Although I didn't speak Russian, I recognized it as the language that this person was using. And I couldn't help her. I'd have to get a translator on the phone from our central branch or resort to an online program such as Babblefish in order to attempt to communicate. This encounter didn't leave me feeling nearly as warm and fuzzy.
Then, within the hour, another patron would step up and attempt to communicate in yet another language--one that I might or might not have even been able to recognize.
The diversity of our local population was further reflected in the foreign language collections at each library branch. In mine, we had books and movies in more than a dozen languages. Spanish, yes. Russian. Hindi. Tagalog. Chinese and Vietnamese. A few French titles. Swahili and more. And people, those titles circulated. There was a far greater demand than I would have ever imagined before working in this setting.
The same year that I was working at the library, my daughter entered middle school for the first time. I was all the more committed to the idea of language study after my experiences at the library. True, there was no way that any one person could learn all the languages spoken regularly in our local community, but any small bit we could do to foster an understanding of other cultures is clearly even more essential for kids growing up today. I remembered Spanish, German, and French as being the only choices when I entered middle school. I wondered what sort of additional languages might be available to my daughter.
What I soon found out was that she had zero choices. Zip. NO foreign languages were even offered at the middle school level. In the heart of King County, alive with so many different languages, our children are losing their best opportunity of ever becoming fluent in another language by being denied the opportunity to study one when their brains are young and malleable enough to eventually achieve such a goal.
Today, my daughter is in high school. It's a bit late as far as I'm concerned, but she's finally being offered foreign language electives. Her choices? Spanish, French, German. And Japanese--the same choices I had all those years ago with the single addition of Japanese. While this is a start, thinking back to my experiences both at the library and as a sometimes-tutor of ELL students, I realize that no one ever approached me with an attempt to speak French. Or German. Or Japanese. Spanish, yes. But otherwise, people from these countries either aren't here or had access to enough English education before their arrival that communication is not an issue for them.
What I observe is that here in America (or at least in King County), there is a HUGE disconnect in languages we deem worthy of study by our children (mostly those spoken by white Europeans), and those that surround us everyday (those spoken by nearly everybody else). Is this racist? Or merely a reflection of the frustration I myself felt in never being able to learn such a stew of complicated and sometimes obscure languages? I hope that it's the latter. But then the question becomes, what can we do to address this issue of multiple languages being employed in the same setting? How will we ever learn to communicate when it is impossible for any one person to learn them all? Do we stomp our feet and stubbornly insist that "If you plan to come to America, you'd better damn well learn the English language!" (as difficult and irrational as English can be)? How's that working out so far? Consider southern California before you answer.
This is exactly the reason why an easily learned, mutual second language (such as Esperanto) is so desirable. Yet I can understand why so many people haven't thought about it in these terms. I grew up in Oregon, where the only foreign language we ever heard in the streets was Spanish. If you wanted to communicate with people of other cultures in your neighborhood, you studied Spanish; problem solved. Now, however, both here in Washington and on my visits home to Oregon, there are people among us from dozens of other countries. And if it's happening here, it's happening across the country as a whole. So, is Esperanto a quaint novelty that will never catch on? Or is it a possible solution whose time may have finally come?


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The U.S. Air Force plans to send its most advanced jet fighter, the F-22 Raptor, abroad for the first time when it deploys 12 of the planes to Kadena AFB on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa this month.
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Gen. Paul V. Hester, Pacific Air Forces commander, said the planes will train with Japan's air force, U.S. F-15s, and the U.S. Navy while deployed in Japan.
The planes, based at Langley Air Force Base, are expected to stay in Okinawa for a few months. More than 250 personnel will accompany them.
The U.S. military presence in the region will thus also get a serious boost and will definitely grab the attention of North Korea, which lies less than 1,000 miles from the island.
Originally posted by WestPoint23
Personally I find this to be quite interesting, sending the F-22 abroad so soon to train with a foreign nation. Not to mention the North Korea situation (they may test a second nuke), I feel this and the F-117 deployment can't be a coincidence. Both are aimed at being a show of force and reassurance for our Allies.
Another thing to keep in mind is the reaction, or lack thereof, of China. They know what the F-22 brings to the table but we're trying to show that we can rapidly deploy in theater and sustain such operations.
It also highlights our close and mutual relationship with Japan, in time of war I have no doubt that all of its facilities and support systems would be availabe to the US.
And while we're on the topic of the F-22 Raptor, I cannot pass up this opportunity to post a highly informative article from Aviation Week regarding the F-22 at Operation Northern Edge (Alaska). It's a follow up to the previous article I posted about this exercise. Read it, you will be surprised and in awe...
Originally posted by Daedalus3
Also it could possibly serve the dual purpose of marketing th F-22 the JASDF(I remember them being potential customers if Congress allowed it..)
Originally posted by Daedalus3
On a different note if you remember, this is EXACTLY what I was trying to explain to Chinawhite in one heated thread(I think Westpoint interjected once there).
Originally posted by Daedalus3
1)In all WVR kills (I'm sure it obviously implies the same for the BVR realm) the F-22 was never 'seen' until it executed the kill. So stealth is the key here.. I mean its definitely more pivotal than the WVR manueverability offered by the Raptor.
Originally posted by Daedalus3
Maybe they already did this at Northen Edge.. who knows!
Originally posted by Daedalus3
Maybe the USAF should try some Red Flag Exs where the Raptor has an intentional location transmitter so that it is aggressively engaged by 3rd/4th gen red forces and a proper furrball dogfight ensues. Here you will get what the Raptor can do in terms of manueverability when its foe has parity in terms of situational awareness.
Originally posted by WestPoint23
Now, correct me if I'm wrong but you're suggesting that they somehow eliminate their stealth signature altogether; so that legacy A/C can track and target them the same as any other AC hence reaching a "similar" level of SA?
Another point to keep in mind is the sophistication and numbers of the simulated OPFOR. They always outnumbers the Raptors (at least four to one) and always outnumbered the Blue Force, at lest two to one.
The only thing I guess they didn't have (though it's not definite that they never gave the OPFOR such a capability) were AWACS.
Originally posted by Figher Master FIN
To me 12 sounds pretty little? or is it just me. I would have thought they would have sent m ore fighters.
Originally posted by Daedalus3
I wonder how good the F-22s are themselves at picking up other F-22s with the famed AN/APG-77?
Originally posted by WestPoint23
From what I've heard Raptors have no problem "seeing" each other, I cannot confirm this. However If true then there must be a way in which they can identify each other without relying on just radar returns .


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After getting increasingly smaller payments from the Treasure Chest Casino riverboat in recent years, The Kenner City Council Thursday asked the administration to double check that attendance is correct, possibly by using an electronic counter rather than uniformed guards.
"We're just looking out for our interests," said Council President Jeannie Black, who sponsored the resolution the council considered Thursday. "I just know there's more money for our city out there."
For example, Black said, each councilmanic district received $241,000 in the 1997-98 fiscal year, but in 2010-11 only received $148,000.
Treasure Chest pays Kenner $2.50 per passenger on the boat and 2 percent of net gaming revenues. Revenues are split among the Police Department, city infrastructure and city debt reduction.
Kenner has an up-to $30,000-a-year contract with Merchant Security Services for uniformed guards who count people entering the casino. The guards show up unannounced and count two days a week.
The city's counts are close to the Treasure Chest numbers, said Duke McConnell, Kenner Finance Director.
However, Black said she has seen the counters at Treasure Chest get distracted and let people go in without being counted.
"I'm not saying the Treasure Chest has been deceptive," she said, adding that the boat has been a "very good neighbor." Miscounts, she said, "can be human error. There's things that distract them (the counters)."
She suggested the city install a turnstile or an automated counter.
Other council members applauded the legislation.
Councilman Joe Stagni said he has questioned that attendance figures have decreased when revenues haven't decreased a commensurate amount. "Time after time the Treasure Chest was gaining revenue yet they kept saying, 'our attendance is down,'" Stagni said.
Councilwoman Maria DeFrancesch agreed, saying she has had the same question.
"This council is concerned to make sure we get every penny possible," she said.
McConnell told council members that Treasure Chest officials approached the city a few years ago about the possibility of changing the payment formula. "Any discussions we want to have with them I'm sure they'd be willing to have," he said.
Ultimately, the council adopted the resolution unanimously asking the administration to check into the monitoring method.
Councilman Kent Denapolis said he prefers that administration look at some kind of electronic device. "That would be probably the most accurate count that we could get," he said.
Mayor Mike Yenni said Public Works Director Kenny Melvin told him that there is an electronic counter used to count vehicles that might be able to be used at Treasure Chest.


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Despite reports suggesting that teens have been deserting Facebook in their thousands, a new study into global social media usage shows that the network is still in good health.
While the level of active usage fell by 3% in the second half of 2013, Facebook is still hugely popular among all demographics and has actually increased the audience size for its apps.
The GWI Social report shows that Facebook remains the most popular social network in terms of global account ownership (83%), active usage (49%) and visit frequency (56% of users log in more than once a day).
In terms of account numbers Facebook is followed by YouTube (59%), Google+ (58%) and Twitter (51%), all three of which saw increasing membership during 2013. Facebook still remains someway ahead of this pack, but the gap has been narrowing.
Active users
The data shows that Instagram achieved the biggest increase in active users (up 23%) in the second half of 2013. Facebook bought Instagram in 2012 and clearly the deal hasn't had any undue impact on the photo-sharing app's appeal.
Reddit saw the second-biggest increase in the second half of 2013, with active user numbers up by 13%. This highlights the fact that the social networking landscape is becoming increasingly diversified, which causes something of a headache for marketers.
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Frequency of visits
A new addition to the research was a question about how frequently users visit each of the social networks.
More than half of Facebook's active users (56%) visit the site more than once a day, while 95% visit the site on a weekly basis.
In comparison, around 30% of active users on Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and Google+ visit on a daily basis. Personally I find this G+ stat to be quite dubious, as I don't know anyone who visits the network on a daily basis (other than our head of social).
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Socially mobile
According to the report the overall size of the social audience that logs on via mobile still lags behind desktop, however mobile users are among the most frequent and active users.
It also shows that networking and messaging apps experienced huge growth between Q2 and Q4. The estimated audience size for WeChat rose by 379%, with significant increases also seen for Vine (+105%), SnapChat (+54%) and WhatsApp (+35%).
To find out more about the SnapChat craze, read our blog posts looking at seven brands that have jumped on the Snapchat bandwagon and discussing whether or not it's right for your brand.
The GWI Social report is based on 170,000 interviews in 32 countries. The full version can be downloaded here.
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"... a new study into global social media usage shows that the network is still in rude health."
Is "Rude Health" a British term?
I expected to read "Good Health".
Otherwise great article.
Facebook is not dying yet, not for now..


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Remember how the Cairo speech was credited for the results of the Lebanon election?
There were many domestic reasons voters handed an American-backed coalition a victory in Lebanese parliamentary elections on Sunday — but political analysts also attribute it in part to President Obama's campaign of outreach to the Arab and Muslim world.Remember how the Cairo speech was credited for the protests in Iran?
Obama's approach to Iran, including his assertion that the unrest there represents a debate among Iranians unrelated to the United States, is an acknowledgment that a U.S. president's words have a limited ability to alter foreign events in real time and could do more harm than good. But privately Obama advisers are crediting his Cairo speech for inspiring the protesters, especially the young ones, who are now posing the most direct challenge to the republic's Islamic authority in its 30-year history.Now there is research that indicates that the Muslim world was not all that moved by Obama's speech:
President Barack Obama's much-heralded speech last month in Egypt did little to change America's image in the Muslim world, a survey released Thursday shows.Apparently, Israel expected long time friends to remain loyal while Palestinian Arabs expected Obama to hand them their own state on a silver platter.
Muslim people were not so easily moved by Obama's speech June 4, according to interviews conducted by the Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project.
"This analysis suggests that the speech had little measurable impact on views of the U.S. or Obama himself," the Pew researchers said.
...Only 14 percent of Turks have a favorable view of America; 15 percent of Palestinians; and 16 percent of Pakistanis.
...It may be too early to precisely judge the impact of Obama's highly-anticipated speech at Egypt's Cairo University last month, but the Pew poll said that the president's remarks resulted in lowering Israeli opinions of the United States more than it uplifted Palestinians.
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- All individuals have important contributions to make toward the overall success of the university's mission.
- UNM's mission is best carried out in an atmosphere where individuals at all levels and in all units value each other and treat each other with respect.
- Individuals in positions of authority serve as role models in the promotion of a respectful campus. Promoting courtesy, civility, and respectful communication is consistent with the responsibility of leadership.
- Individuals at all levels are allowed to discuss issues of concern in an open and honest manner, without fear of reprisal or retaliation from individuals above or below them in the university's hierarchy. At the same time, the right to address issues of concern does not grant individuals license to make untrue allegations, unduly inflammatory statements or unduly personal attacks, or to harass others, to violate confidentiality requirements, or engage in other conduct that violates the law or University policy.
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We say we offer clients and prospects satisfying engagements, but far too often we fail to realize that potential. How can we manage these promising opportunities better so that they lead more frequently to interesting, income-producing projects? SPIN® Selling is the world-renowned sales methodology that focuses on investigating, identifying, and clarifying one's value in any sales situation.
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Many conversations that we as consultants have with clients and prospects offer potential for satisfying engagements, but far too often we fail to realize that potential. How can we manage these promising opportunities better so that they lead more frequently to interesting, income-producing projects?
SPIN® Selling is the world-renowned sales methodology that focuses on investigating, identifying, and clarifying one's value in any sales situation. The "spin" in "SPIN" Selling has nothing to do with the common usage of the word in Washington, D.C. Rather, it references a questioning approach we may use to learn more from, and make deeper connections with, our clients and prospects. The benefit to us as consultants is a better understanding of the needs and problems that our clients and prospects are most likely to take action to change.
"Average sellers tend to provide a solution when they hear a problem. Excellent sellers continue to investigate with questions that make the problem broader and deeper, and turn it into a need so the prospect is ready to take action. They create demand!" – Dr. Pat Mustico
In this program, we will demonstrate how we may engage our clients and prospects in a purposeful and elegant way to improve our insight into their needs, and to better position us to propose our services in a way that commands top dollar. His session will address:
Participants will leave this session with an overview of a proven business development approach that can be practiced and put to immediate use, and with a framework that consultants may rely upon to function both comfortably and intentionally in any business development situation.
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Pat's experience ranges from the largest companies in the world to small businesses, manufacturing to services, and highly regulated slow growth industries to explosive growth products and services. He has worked with companies in the banking, insurance, medical, telecommunications, manufacturing, and high technology industries, as well as the management consulting industry and related professional services.
Pat holds a PhD in Organization & Management from Capella University, an MPA from Troy University, and a BS from George Mason University.
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As reported by Bloomberg referring to a representative of the White House, president of the United States Donald Trump signed a bill on sanctions against Russia.
The report notes that Trump signed the document, but added a statement saying the administration will carry out the law but with reservations about its impact and the constitutionality of some provisions.
Trump has concerns about the bill, as it invades the president's sphere of responsibility and can interfere with U.S. interaction with their partners.
The bill, adopted by the Congress last week, introduces sanctions against Russia, Iran and the North Korea.
This is the largest, and the toughest package of sanctions since early 2014. The document, in particular, includes a clause obliging the president to coordinate any mitigation or cancellation of sanctions with the lawmakers in advance.
In turn, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson noted that Trump is "not delighted" with the new law.
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So in my life I've gone through various phases in regards to my relationship with writing and publishing. At one point, I just wrote stories and had no reason other than compulsion and joy. And then I wrote because I wanted to be a Writer. And then I thought I would never be a Writer because I wasn't good enough. Then I realized I was a writer, no matter what. But I still wanted to be a Writer, and even though I didn't admit it, I believed there was a difference. A Writer was Published. I wasn't, not really. So I was just a writer. (Following me?)
Then, a few months ago, I said DAMN IT I am a writer, and there is no such THING as a Writer. And I believed it, mostly. And I said I was going to self-publish The Poppet and the Lune. And I even went so far as to commision artwork for the cover (see the background of this blog?). But something was still off- that part of me that didn't want to budge about the difference between a writer, and a Writer. A Writer wasn't just Published, but it was validated by Official Writer Validators, who decide if your book is Good Enough to Publish.
Then, what I really, really realized is that… those "official" people who decide these things about your book? They have no power. Not really. They decide what they can sell, not what's good. (*ahem*Twilight*ahem*)
Those are very different things. That's like Hallmark deciding what's a "good" sentiment to have on an occasion. It's not real- their decisions hold no real weight.
I write, still, because I am compelled to. I write because I have stories to tell, that sing through me until I have fleshed them out completely on the page. Do I want to make a living from doing the things that I love? Of course. But do I write to create something that will sell? No.
Will my books sell if I write the best story I can, truest to my heart, and take the best care I can to edit, format, and design the book, and then publish it myself?
I believe so.
To emphasize my commitment to this understanding (deep in my bones and screaming through my blood): unless I'm offered an AMAZING contract and an agent I think is one of my plutonic soul mates here on earth, as soon as I get a confirmed pass or whatever on the networking happening on my behalf at the moment in NYC I'm going to get going on self publishing The Poppet and the Lune. Because putting it out into the world under my own terms is better than waiting for someone else to decide that they can use it for their own success, and waiting for other people to tell me when I can begin my career as a Published author… when really the only difference between a *Published author and a published author is that the former has a lot more hoops to jump through. And frankly I've never been able to hula hoop, let alone jump through hoops. (joke? eh? haha?)
And then, I'm going to fix up The Hierophant and put that out there too. You see where I'm going with this?
Basically, I'm taking back my power. In the immortal words of Sarah to David Bowie/Jareth: "You have no power over me." And boy oh boy, is that refreshing.
*disclaimer: I have nothing against traditionally published authors. More power to them. But if I've written books that "just aren't a match" for the agents who read them, even though they love them… then I'm not waiting for them. I'm going straight to the public.


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Heures Européennes
European Hours in the European School of Strasbourg
What is European Hours ?
The European Hours are sessions during which pupils from Primary 3, 4 and 5 from the English, French and German sections come together in mixed groups of 20 - 26 pupils. It is a time for cultural and artistic activities and cooperative games in a multilingual context.
Guiding principles
"Educated side by side, untroubled from infancy by divisive prejudices, acquainted with all that is great and good in the different cultures, it will be borne in upon them as they mature that they belong together. Without ceasing to look to their own lands with love and pride, they will become in mind Europeans, schooled and ready to complete and consolidate the work of their fathers before them, to bring into being a united and thriving Europe." — Jean Monet, Founding text of European Schools 1953.
The objectives for European Hours are set out in the document 2001-D-453 (see 'attached documents')
The philosophy of European Hours can be summarised in three key phrases :
To be together, to live together, to create together. Through collective creations and productions, the pupils from different language sections get to know each other and enjoy working together.
The capacity to communicate and problem solve together is highlighted and the pupils are encouraged to use as many of their known languages as possible to communicate with their classmates. Initiative, autonomy and solidarity are encouraged through collaborative techniques.
Activities are organised which intrinsically encourage the pupils to cooperate and communicate in a multicultural group whilst promoting acceptance of others and their differences in a European context.
The emphasis is on group productions as opposed to individual work. The process is more important than the end product. The work can be presented in the form of displays, presentation to other groups, exhibition, photos or performance for other classes in the school. The goal is to break down the barriers of the language sections by ensuring that the working groups contain a mix of different language sections as well as gender mix. Promoting a spirit of initiative, autonomy and solidarity among the students is also important.
In long term planning, projects are selected which provide pupils with a wide variety of experiences, in terms of artistic, musical, theatrical and multi-media experiences throughout the year .
How is it organised ?
The European Hours sessions take place on three afternoons per week, Monday, Tuesday and Friday.
The groups consist of mixed language sections and mixed age groups.
The Themes and Projects
Three main themes are decided upon for the academic year. Each theme runs for approximately one term.
Examples of themes for 2013-2014
In the first term the activities are based on the history of cinema and moving images. Pupils discover shadow theatre and 19th century inventions for making moving pictures such as the flip book, thaumatrope, phenakistoscope and they recreate these inventions and art forms . This work is followed up by Stop Motion animation in the following term.
The follow-on theme in Term 2 works on traditional tales of Europe and the world and the pupils rework traditional tales in a fun and modern interpretation. The pupils will work on a scenario and produce either film or a theatre piece as an end product. Each group will work on a production working in a way which will evolve according to pupil strengths and ideas. Script, sound effects, scenery, costumes will be worked upon in European Hours sessions.
The final theme is fun and games. Making board games or playground games and discovering indoor and outdoor games from European countries and other countries of the world.
The Choir
The European School of Strasbourg has set up a choir, trained during European Hours sessions by a professional singer. They have several fixtures throughout the academic year including a Christmas concert, graduation concerts and other school events.
Other ongoing themes and activities :
- Cooking sessions
- Cooperative and teambuilding games
- Painting and drawing and arts and crafts
- Music
- Drama
Pupils are assessed in the School Reports on three points.
The pupil :
- participates in activities in a multicultural group
- is receptive to communicate in different languages
- is actively involved in group projects
At the end of a project or activity, the pupils complete a self-evaluation form where they also judge themselves on the above criteria and where we also emphasise the personal benefits that EH can bring, such as making new friends and challenging oneself to go beyond one's usual cultural limits. Children are encouraged to think about how they would like to work for the next project.


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You're in a dark room. The faint smell of cigarette smoke wafts into your nose. You hear a guitar, and a chorus of strings. The guitar ascends then descends. As it repeats itself, a spotlight appears at the front of the room. You squint but no one seems to be playing. Maybe it's a sample, you think, until a figure leans into the light and begins to pull at the strings of his imposing upright bass. Your eyes widen and you think you're getting an idea of what's going on. A trumpeter emerges, and you lean forward in your chair. Finally, a drummer introduces himself with a slow tap tap tap on the high hat, and without realizing it you've been swept away into something… alive.
Over the next 45 minutes, you realize how good an idea it was to come see this band – "What's their name again?" you ask your friend. "Black Chamber," he (or she) says.
That's how I felt when I heard the opening track "Other Days" on their eponymous album (the only one I can find). They're an Oregon-based trio which plays groovy jams interspersed with complementary samples to produce a sound so cool you might even call it archetypal.
They're almost minimalist, with only three bros and three instruments (or so). The upright bass, commanded by Chris Gustafson, has the power to move not only your head but your whole body. David Binnig can carry you out of your mind with a soaring note from his trumpet. And let's not forget Brian McCauley, whose handling of the drums will bring you back to earth and take you for a walk around your favorite part of town. Taken together, they'll put a smile on your face and make you think you might actually be cool just for hearing them.
For the rest of the album, I could get specific and tell you all about the awesome interplay on "Sidewinder", how the bass steals the show until the trumpet jumps in, and before you get much further, the high hat taps you on the shoulder and says, "I hope you're ready"; or how "Difference Engine" will rev you up, take you to a climax, leave you wanting more when it ends, then actually give you more – the second half of the song, which is no less enjoyable than the first; or how "Teleology" conveys the distinct impression that something important is happening when the bass and drums thump, paving the way for the trumpet which shouts its deepest, darkest secret in a language you barely comprehend; or how they close the album with the sickest rendition of The Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" since Spineshank covered it. But I won't. I'll simply tell you they're an extraordinarily well-balanced jazzy trip-hop act that won't disappoint.
Black Chamber – "Other Days"
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Black Chamber Official Site, Facebook


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- How can I leave my body to medical science?
Forms authorizing the donation of the body can be obtained by calling (858) 534-4536 or writing:
Body Donation Program
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, MC# 0627
San Diego, CA 92093-0627
- Who may serve as a witness to my donation?
Anyone 18 years or older, preferably someone expected to be a survivor, may act as a witness. Two witness signatures are required on our donation forms.
- Can I donate someone else's body, such as my wife's or my husband's?
An attorney in fact (person who has legally been given Power of Attorney) for the donor may be able to sign donation papers during the donors life. Alternately, a spouse, registered domestic partner, or next of kin can make a donation after death.
- Should the donor inform someone of the bequest? Is it necessary to include my body donation in my will?
Yes.Your survivor or designated responsible party should be informed of the arrangements you have made. You may also choose to inform your family, doctor and attorney of your wishes. You do not need to include the bequest in your will, as a will may not be read in time for delivery of the body to the university. It is more important to have these instructions readily available on a wallet donation card or donation form and have your survivors be aware of your intentions.
- What arrangement should I make if I am admitted into a hospital, move to a retirement community, a nursing home or any type of care facility prior to my death?
If you are admitted into a hospital, move to a retirement community, a nursing home or any type of care facility, it is recommended that a copy of the donation form be placed on your chart or care plan. When death occurs, the program should be notified immediately by calling (858) 534-4536. Arrangements will then be made to receive the body into our program.
- Will any payment be received for the body?
No payment may be made in connection with a body donation. This policy is in accordance with State laws, and all institutions accepting human remains must comply with it. However, by donating your body you avoid all funeral or burial costs.
- If a bequest is made, and the donor has a change of mind later, can the gift be rescinded?
Yes, if the request is made in writing by the donor.
- What is the procedure upon the death of the donor? What if I should die on a weekend or holiday?
The next of kin, executor, or hospital personnel should call the Body Donation Program office at (858) 534-4536. This same number should be called on nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Will your department accept my body if I die out-of-state?
We will accept donors from California, Southern Nevada and Arizona. Deaths that occur outside of California are accepted on a case by case basis. If death occurs outside of California we can provide the information of a body donation program that serves the state the death occurs within.
- What expenses are involved upon the death of the donor?
UCSD will assume all transportation costs to deliver a donor to UCSD. The only cost to the family or the estate is the cost of the Death Certificate.
- Is it possible for an ambulance service or even my family to deliver my body to the Medical School?
No,state law requires both a licensed funeral director and a burial transit permit to accompany the donor when delivery occurs at the Medical School. This service is provided by UCSD. All donors are transported in a professional, ethical manner in vehicles equipped with proper mortuary transportation systems.
- Are there any conditions which would invalidate my donation?
Extreme obesity, or a history of contagious diseases (Hepatitis B or C, HIV, Jacob-Kreutzfeld, untreated tuberculosis, etc.) are the major reasons we cannot accept a donor.
- Can a person be too old to donate his or her body?
No. Age is not a consideration in body donation. Only the conditions described above may make a donation unacceptable.
- Will my body be used for teaching or research?
Most bodies are used to teach medical and pharmacy students, and in physician continuing education programs. A small number of bodies are used to teach students in allied health fields such as nursing and physical therapy. Some bodies are used for research or by surgeons to study new operative techniques.
- What is meant on the donation form by "permanent preservation" of an organ or part for teaching purposes?
An organ or part from a body may be so unusual (such as an abnormally developed, or diseased organ or part), or so useful for teaching purposes that it is desirable to preserve it so that more than one group of students may study it. Such an organ can be "plastinated" so that it may be used over and over without deterioration.
- Will my family receive a report of your findings?
No.We do not conduct autopsies and no reports are prepared. Bodies are used anonymously in medical education and research and no record of pathological findings is kept by students.
- What about autopsies before donation?
Autopsied bodies are only accepted on a case by case basis because the value for anatomical study of an autopsied body is limited.
- What is the final disposition following study?
After studies are completed - generally a period of one to three years - the remains are cremated. Cremains are scattered at sea. Cremains are not returned for private disposition, and no notification of final disposition will be sent to the family.
- Is there a memorial service for the donors?
Yes. Medical Students at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine conduct an annual memorial service commemorating donors.
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2-String Kites work similar to Skyscrapers: One of the two ends of the strings must be true.
Left example: Candidate is 5. The first string is in column 7 (candidates r29c7), the other is in row 8 (candidates r8c49). The end points r9c7 and r8c9 are both in box 9. If r2c7 is not true, then r9c7 has to be true, r8c9 has to be false, and r8c4 has to be true. If r8c4 is not true, the same argument leads to r2c7 true. Either way r2c4, that sees both r2c7 and r8c4, cannot be true.
Right example: Candidate 9, strings r6c16 and r47c2, connected in box 4: r7c6 cannot be 9.
Sometimes the same two connecting candidates in the common box can be tied two four different strings, forming effectively two 2-String Kites, that eliminate two candidates. Those two 2-String Kites can be considered to be one move only and can be called Dual 2-String Kite. HoDoKu supports dual forms only as an option (they can always be replicated by the two kites that build the dual form).
Left example: The common candidates are r1c3 and r3c1 in box 1. The two kites that can be built with them are: r1c38/r36c1 (r6c8<>1) and r3c19/r14c3 (r4c9<>1).
Right example: Common candidates r7c2 and r9c1 in box 7. Kites: r29c1/r7c28 (r2c8<>4) and r17c2/r9c19 (r1c9<>4).
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Turbot Fishes have gone a bit out of style. One of the reasons is, that most of the principle turbot patterns have been described as seperate patterns with their own names: Skyscraper, 2-String Kite and Empty Rectangle (only two candidates in the empty rectangle itself).
The examples above show two of the possibilities: On the left is an Empty Rectangle, on the right a 2-String Kite.
The examples above: On the left a Skyscraper, on the right an Empty Rectangle again (the right example really contains a Dual Empty Rectangle)
Empty Rectangles have been used in lots of different forms in very advanced techniques. The pattern described here is a very basic variant.
Curious visitors who turn left off the Harvard Art Museums' elevators on the building's fourth floor are greeted by the Forbes Pigment Collection, a floor-to-ceiling wall of color compiled from about 1910 to 1944 by the former director of the Fogg Museum.
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' galleries is a rainbow of small glass jars on the building's fourth floor.
Curious visitors who turn left exiting the museums' elevators will see the Forbes Pigment Collection, a floor-to-ceiling wall of color compiled between about 1910 and 1944 by the director of the Fogg Art Museum.
"In thinking about the role of a university museum, he was the first to conceive of it as 'a laboratory for the fine arts,' " noted research curator Francesca Bewer in her book "A Laboratory for Art: Harvard's Fogg Museum and the Emergence of Conservation in America, 1900–1950."
Edward Forbes' fascination with a painting's colors and their binding medium — a close inspection of which could help to determine a work's authenticity — fueled his desire to use science to understand and study great works of art. He is often cited as the father of the field of art conservation in the United States.
By the 1920s, Forbes had amassed containers of deep blues, rich purples, vibrant yellows, and myriad other colors from his travels to Europe and the Far East. Through the years, word of mouth helped the collection to grow as other art lovers and experts donated their own pigments. The museums' collection, which is continually added to, now contains more than 2,500 samples and is renowned in the art community. For years, the pigments have helped art experts to research and authenticate paintings. Samples from the collection have been sent to the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Library of Congress, the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, and the National Research Laboratory for Conservation of New Delhi, India.
In Cambridge, Forbes' legacy thrives in the museums' Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, where experts preserve masterworks for future generations and decipher the chemical makeup of paint and pottery glaze. In addition to being their own artworks, Forbes' pigments are a window to the past, shedding light on the working methods and preferred materials of renowned artists. Studying the pigments also reveals the effort it took, in the days before synthetic pigments, to get colors just right.


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And it is already 3:43 here and internet is still unavailable. Smart must be having a technical problem since Liz tried to call them earlier to inquire about the situation and she was unable to connect to them. Hey, our internet service just got expired hell like that without us being able to maximize it yesterday past midnight up until earlier this afternoon. Smart would be unreasonable if they won't be able to at least compensate us for this inconvenience right? On the other hand, this gave me the time and opportunity to finish up what I started before New Year's Eve. Moving on with my story…
It was almost 9 in the evening when we met with my cousin and his girl. We had our dinner at Tokyo Café We headed back to the Mega Trade Hall area since my cousin wanted to take advantage of the impressive deals that was being offered there for shoes and clothing.
I know. I know. I know. This should have been finished or wrapped up for the past few I don't know how long it should have been. Oh well. Haha. Pretty preoccupied with a lot of things to be quite honest. Anyway, I remember when the toycon took place and some corrections; it was actually the second time that we met with my cousin and his girl. And it was two days before my birthday last year which would be June 18th. And we had our dinner at the Kebab Factory at that time before going back to the megatrade hall area since my cousin was interested in taking advantage of some good deals available there. Unfortunately, we did not have much luck since it was already closing time. On the brighter side of things my cousin was able to get past through and bought me and my girl an Angry Bird hat, the red one, and something for his girlfriend. We went to Trinoma afterwards and spent the remaining evening at Starbucks talking and joking around. Well, I was the one who was playing around most. You could read the details of the evening here.
It was around July when we started watching a variety of Kamen Rider series. We first watched Kamen Rider Den-O which we got from my friend Rei. He recommended that it was a good start. Then it was followed by the OVAS, Kamen Rider Kabuto, Kamen Rider Decade and Kamen Rider OOOs. I wouldn't say I am a fan of the series but I've always been interested in the Kamen Rider series. The only one that I was able to watch when I was a kid was Kamen Rider Black which was aired on Channel 13. Unfortunately, they were not able to finish the series on TV so it left me and probably a number of Kamen Rider Black fans hanging. And since we now have access to such series online, I decided to take the opportunity to watch these series to my heart's content. Great thing that Liz enjoys watching it too!


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Bone Adventure began its life in 1977 as a modest retail section in the reception area of our pet boarding facility in Orono, Minnesota. A place where our boarding clients could stock up on pet food and supplies when they picked up their pets from vacation.
As a charter member of the American Boarding Kennel Association we traveled to different parts of the country for pet related events and seminars, and we would often find products that we wanted to introduce to pet owners in the Twin Cities. So our inspiration grew…
In 1987 Bone Adventure found a home all its own when we opened our first stand-alone store in downtown Wayzata, bringing first-rate products and grooming to the beautiful lakeside community.
In 1991 we opened our second location in the vibrant shopping district of 50th & France in Edina.
In 2004 we brought Bone Adventure to Northeast Minneapolis at the beginning of a new era of revitalization for the neighborhood.
And in 2013 we were thrilled to join the other small, independent businesses at 48th & Chicago when we opened our newest shop there.
We love our neighborhoods and the communities of pets and their people that we have had the honor to serve through the years.
From the beginning our passion has been to create a place for people to find high quality pet care basics, the healthiest pet foods and treats, and distinctive objects that are fun, functional, and well designed. Somewhere that our customers can come to feel the quality of our materials, hear the squeak of our toys, fit their dogs in the perfect size of apparel, and even sample a treat or two.
Bone Adventure is a family business that was born out of the joy and love that our pets bring to our lives. We work every day to continue providing our communities with innovative items and personal service.
We look forward to seeing you in the store!