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Program Dates
The 2018 field season will run from June 19th to August 16th.
We ask participants to arrive in Juneau, AK by June 19th and to depart Juneau, AK (or to find their own accommodation) on August 16th. Please note: local students are expected to eat and sleep at the JIRP Base (24600 Amalga Harbor Rd.) for the entire program. We appreciate the temptation to spend time with friends and family in the area during program orientation and wrap-up. However, this time is important for building a positive group dynamic; we ask you to plan to be with the group for the duration of the program.
We will provide instructions on booking flights and details on what you can expect from JIRP (transportation, meals, etc.) on June 19th and August 16th in the coming weeks.
Enrollment Confirmation
To secure your spot as a student for the 2018 season, please take the following steps by March 20th (deadline extended):
- Email the Program Manager, Annie, at email@example.com to confirm your intention to participate in JIRP.
- Fill out and return the Medical and Health History Form to email@example.com.
- Fill out and return the Physician's Certificate to firstname.lastname@example.com (note: due March 30th).
- Pay the non-refundable $500 tuition deposit. This deposit will be credited towards your field fee. This deposit is non-refundable, except in the cases detailed below. Please note, this deposit is not meant to prohibitive. If you are struggling to pay the deposit at this time, please contact the Program Manager with your concerns (firstname.lastname@example.com). To pay the deposit you may either...
Pay via PayPal (note: this includes a 2.9% transaction fee):
Pay by check, made out to: Foundation for Glacier and Env. Research.
Please include the student's name in the memo line and mail to:
P.O. Box 35054
Juneau, AK 99803
Tuition Payment Schedule
We ask that, if possible, student tuition is paid on the following schedule:
- $500 tuition deposit due March 20th.
- 33% ($1975, in addition to the tuition deposit) due 30 days before program (April 19th).
- 66% ($2475) due 30 days before program (May 19th).
- 100% ($2475) due at program start (June 19th).
All payments may be made by check (see directions above) or PayPal. Please note that payments made via PayPal are subject to a 2.9% transaction fee ($515 due March 20th, $2033 due April 19th, $2549 due both May 19th and June 19th). Students who have demonstrated need (including, but not limited to, having applied for scholarship funds from JIRP) may contact the Program Manager (Annie Boucher, email@example.com) to discuss individualized payment plans. Our tuition policy is meant to keep payments on track, not to make JIRP prohibitively expensive. It is our goal to make JIRP attainable for as many students as possible; do not hesitate to reach out with any questions.
1st Tuition Payment (April) 2nd Tuition Payment (May) 3rd Tuition Payment (June)
Cancellation Policy
Disclosed medical challenge: If we review your medical forms and decide we cannot accommodate your needs, we will refund all payments in full (including the tuition deposit). We will notify you within ten days of receiving both your Medical and Health History Form and Physician's Certificate if we feel this is necessary.
Insufficient financial support from JIRP: If you have applied for scholarship money directly from JIRP, we cannot meet your full financial request, and you cannot find a way to meet the remainder, we will refund all payments in full (including the tuition deposit).
Unanticipated medical problem: If you encounter an unanticipated, documented (by a doctor) medical problem (e.g. orthopedic injury, previously un-diagnosed mental illness) or family emergency that prohibits you from participating in JIRP we will offer you two choices:
- You may choose to defer enrollment for a year and we will reserve a spot for you in the next field season. We will retain the tuition payments you have made according to our cancellation policy (below) and credit them towards the following season.
- You may choose to withdraw. We will refund all payments you have made (including the tuition deposit). You may re-apply to JIRP in the future, but we will not guarantee admission.
Please notify JIRP as soon as possible if this happens, and within a week of receiving a medical diagnosis or news of a family emergency.
Other cancellations: Except for the above circumstances, if you cancel or drop-out of JIRP we will refund tuition payments as follows:
- Up to 30 days before program start: JIRP will refund 75% of your tuition.
- 15-29 days before program start: JIRP will refund 50% of your tuition.
- 0-15 days before program start, or in the case of expulsion during the program: JIRP will refund 0% of your tuition.
Index of forms:
- Medical and Health History Form, due March 20th.
- Physician's Certificate, due March 30th.


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Low Down Payment Options {Home Buying Tips}
During the housing crisis over the last several years, we saw the elimination of low down payment or even no down payment mortgage loans. While this has made it harder for some to get approved for a mortgage, there are still a few options out there for low down payments or down payment assistance.
FHA mortgages originated in the 1930's at the height of another housing and economic crisis. Technically, FHA mortgages were the first "subprime" loans because buyers only had to put a 3% down payment on the house they were buying. In the 1930's there were very few mortgage options and buyers usually had to put down 20% or even more if they were buying a house. Today, FHA remains an option for low down payments for buyers. The mortgages are backed by the federal government and you will pay a mortgage insurance premium, but you will only be required to put 3.5% down on your new house and this can include your closing costs. FHA also has flexible qualifying options which makes it an ideal mortgage for first time home buyers or anyone that doesn't have the perfect financial background.
VA loans are for qualified veterans, reservists, active duty personnel or eligible family members. VA loans have low down payment options and even zero down payment options. There is no mortgage insurance, but you will pay a one-time funding fee that can be financed into your loan or paid at the closing table.
Local Banks
Local community banks may be able to offer mortgages with low down payment options that mortgage companies or bigger banks can't offer. The reason for this is local banks will portfolio their loans and hold them in house and not sell them on Wall Street. They keep the mortgages in house and service them. Because of this they have flexibility when it comes to the type of loans they offer. The loans are usually approved by a board of directors or the programs are created by the board of directors.
Big Banks
On the flip side, there are some big banks that offer low down payment options and can still sell them on the secondary market like Wall Street, as part of a bundled package. Each big bank is different so it is good to look around to see what your options are when it comes to mortgages at bigger banks.
Down Payment Assistance
Many local communities and counties in Minnesota offer loans for down payment assistance. This is especially true if you are looking to move into a community or neighborhood that is underdeveloped or needs improvement. To find out more about these loans, visit the city or county website where you are going to move.
One of the most important things you can do when trying to buy a new home is to get pre-approved with a qualified mortgage professional that knows the ins and outs of buying a home especially in today's economic client. We work with several mortgage loan officers that we trust and that have given our clients great deals. If you are ready to make a move and aren't sure where to start, please give us a call today and we will point you in the right direction!
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Welcome to the new holiday flats in Ofterschwang. Our new and very comfortably furnished apartments are located on the outskirts of Westerhofen, just outside of Ofterschwang towards Sonthofen. You can reach ski lifts and cross-country ski trails within a few minutes drive. If sports is not your thing, you have the option to go shopping in the neardby precint in Sonthofen, or relax in the water park Wonnemar or the nearby lake.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between principal-teacher relationship and teacher absence. The intent of this study was to analyze the effect of teacher absence rate on two variables: leadership and job satisfaction. The study posed the following questions:
1. Is there a significant relationship between the level of job satisfaction of teachers and the rate of teacher absence as measured by a supervision questionnaire?
2. Is there a significant relationship in the rate of teacher absence and selected independent variables: leadership, autonomy, morale, satisfaction, and production?
3. Is there a significant relationship between absence and job satisfaction of teachers in different school settings?
The study has investigated the role of the principal as the change agent. It was contended that a direct linkage existed between teacher absence, job satisfaction, and the principal's leadership. It was conceptualized that the effective leader, the principal, could improve job satisfaction through positive interaction that produced patterns of effective leadership, evidenced by a decrease in teacher absence. The study is concerned with how "what exists" (job satisfaction) is related to some preceding event (principal leadership) that may have influenced or affected a present condition (teacher absence).
The study followed an expost facto procedure because no manipulation of a treatment variable was included. The multiple regression technique was used to determine whether the independent variables, leadership, job satisfaction, morale, autonomy, and production, when taken together or individually, can be found to be significantly correlated with the dependent variable absence. There were 174 teachers in grades one through eight surveyed. The data collected were subjected to a Pearson Product-Moment correlation and stepwise multiple regression.
Summary of the Hypotheses
Hypothesis 1 is rejected that there is no significant relationship between job satisfaction and teacher absence.
Hypothesis 2 is rejected that there is no significant relationship between leadership and teacher absence rate.
Hypothesis 3 is rejected that there is no significant relationship between teacher autonomy and teacher absence rate.
Hypothesis 4 is rejected that there is no significant relationship between teacher morale and teacher absence rate.
Hypothesis 5 is accepted that there is no significant relationship between production and teacher absence rate.
Analysis of Data
Analysis of the Pearson-Moment Correlation indicted a greater association with job satisfaction, leadership, autonomy, and the dependent variable absence. The variable production had no association. 2 Using absence as the dependent variable in a regression, sex, race, teaching position, age, years assigned to school, years of teaching experience, discipline, school race, and location of school as independent variables, only school race and location showed any significant influence on absence.
Recommended Citation
Studevan, Russell H., "Relationship between teacher absence and factors in teacher-principal relationships" (1987). ETD Collection for AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library. 1576.
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The Grove is a new development of 2,3 and 4 bedroom homes, in a range of stunning designs within the prestigious Wynyard Park Estate. Surrounded by woodland, but with a range of amenities conveniently located nearby and easy access to both the A19 and A1(M). There are a number of highly rated schools within close proximity to the development. The Grove offers an ideal location for families and professionals looking to enjoy the luxury of life in Wynyard.
The grounds of the Wynyard Estate offer a wonderful variety of nature's best and man-made attractions, including a 15-acre ornamental lake. Wynyard is ideally situated for day trips, such as, the historic Durham Cathedral and Beamish museum. Sporting enthusiasts can head to nearby Sedgefield Racecourse and Wynyard Golf Club, regarded as one of the best golf courses in the North. For those seeking less active pursuits, Wynyard Hall's spa offers a range of relaxing treatments, bespoke packages and a hair salon.
The Grove is situated close to Wolviston Primary School, Ash Trees School, Northfield School and Sports College as well as Yarm School.
Wynyard Village offers a range of village shops. Just a few miles away you can discover the boutique shops of Yarm, or visit Teesside Park; which boasts a variety of well-known retailers.
The A1(M) is just 8 miles from The Grove and the A19 is under 1 mile. Darlington train station is 18 miles and Durham Tees Valley Airport is 17 miles.
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We've only been growing
brussels sprouts for a few years, so I'm not surprised that I'm still
working the kinks out of our system. This looks to be a good year for
them...but I can't take credit for the success. Because the big,
beautiful plants like the one shown above were purchased at the beginning of August as already good-looking sets.
In contrast, my
best-looking homegrown plant is running about a month behind. If we have
a mild late fall, we'll get a good crop from this bed, but a harsh,
early winter could just as easily wipe these plants out before they
This Lucas power steering stop leak fluid did not stop our small leak but slowed it down enough to make it worth the purchase.
It's getting on toward
the end of the rye-planting season, which meant I needed to make a
decision about that bed of big, beautiful mangels. The trouble is, my spoiled goats refused even an aged root this week. And my unspoiled mother politely turned down a second helping of the fodder beets. I guess they're going on the compost pile!
When might mangels be a good fit for your homestead? Less finicky livestock --- like cows and sheep --- might eat them. And I also wonder if they might not work as a soil-improving cover crop a bit like oilseed radishes.
We've been letting our
chickens free range in the floodplain lately.
A few readers have asked
how we manage to eat wild mushrooms without killing ourselves. Since we
added a new species --- shaggy mane --- to our repertoire this week, I
thought now would be a good time for some fungal wildcrafting tips.
Indian Summer is the
perfect time to weed, feed, and mulch woody perennials for the year.
We've already had a week of killing freezes, so topdressing with compost
now won't tempt our bushes and trees to put out new growth that will
get nipped by winter cold. On the other hand, perennials' roots are still reputed to be quite active at this time of year...and will stay active even longer if sheltered with some insulative mulch.
So while the weather is
warm enough to make pushing my fingers into rich, black dirt a pleasure,
I'm weeding the perennials as fast as I can. But I spared a moment to
spread rye seeds and a light coating of straw in areas where I'd ripped
out winterkilled rabbiteye blueberries.
The soil there is chockful of organic matter due to years of
topdressing, and I haven't quite decided what will eventually fill the
empty beds.
It takes over an hour to drain and wrangle our garden hose collection.
set out with the goal of taking a photo of each animal on our
homestead. But I got sidetracked about halfway through, so no shots of
our comatose cats (2), our busy bees (uncountable hundreds), or our
happy hens (11).
Meanwhile, in the goat barn, our ladies were busy picking through the fresh bedding I spread after stealing their soiled straw for the blueberries.
Previously, I tethered our herd outside, which is always a bit of a
puzzle. Where can I attach their leashes so the goats will have plenty
to eat (which at this time of year means oats and honeysuckle), where
they can't get too tangled, where they're close enough to see each other
but not to get their leashes tied together, where they can't eat my
perennials, and where Artemesia doesn't feel like she's so far away from
me that she has to be on high alert rather than chowing down? My
original hillside option was a dismal failure, so we compromised on the
honeysuckle-coated fenceline right beside the blueberry patch.
I always save my very
worst, nitpicky weeding jobs for when Kayla's coming over. That bed on
her left? I'm growing strawberries there, not chickweed...supposedly.
We chatter away, but still manage to get a lot done...although apparently not enough to keep our feline supervisor happy.
"Hey, is this a hen party
or a work session?" asks Huckleberry. He cracks the whip...then sits
down on the newspaper so we have to expend twice as much energy to work
around him.
I did some tests today to see
if a Dynamic microphone could be used in place of a condenser
microphone for a boom pole application.
Last year, the acorns
fell on the hillsides and the deer stayed out of our valley. But we've
had lots of deer sightings this fall already. So I'm hoping to snag one
of the three does who have been occasionally making their way into the
This is how we block mice from entering the Warre hive during the Winter season.
"Which one is supposed to be pregnant?" Mom asked when she came by a week ago.
The other thing that failed
on my low
budget boom pole test was this modified microphone holder
fabricated with two brackets and a washer.
Colin Seis and Darryl Cluff are the modern experimenters who have revived the concept of pasture cropping
in Australia. Basically, the idea is to grow grains in existing
pastures without tilling, presumably by first grazing or cutting the
pasture grasses very low during their dormant season, followed by
drilling grains into the stubble. The annual grain is able to grow
faster than the sleepy perennial grasses, but the latter survive well
enough to regrow once the grain produces seed and is harvested.
To my surprise, my
experiment appears to have worked! Now, granted, the oats have grown at
about half the rate of those in well-loved garden beds, which means the
goats turn up their noses half the time at the lawn-grown oats. But if
we don't get a serious cold spell in the next month, I suspect the
slower oats will get stemmy enough to strike Abigail's fancy and that
she'll be glad of the late forage. (If I had it to do over again,
though, I'd plant the lawn oats a week earlier than the garden oats
rather than a week later.)
And we've actually already fed one round of animals via lawn cropping. Our Red Ranger broilers
started expanding their foraging runs into the oat pasture by the time
they were four or five weeks old, which just happened to coincide with
the oats being at their most tender and succulent. As a result, the
grains closest to the brooder were pecked down nearly to the ground,
although the plants quickly bounced back once the broilers were moved to
a grownup coop. I don't know whether its the extra sun this spot gets
or the addition of chicken manure, but these oats are growing twice as
well as the bed I photographed earlier in a no-chicken, shady spot.
We ate our first Brussels Sprouts of the year last week.
I had big plans when we made our cold frame this spring. But the plans got derailed by realizing that the house-side location makes the bed much shadier than plants like.
Plus, I forgot to add the cold-frame to my garden spreadsheet, so its
contents didn't get planted when I seeded winter greens in the main
Our high-density apple experiment
has been 80% successful. The technique has allowed me to grow lots of
varieties in a small space, tricking them into blooming at a young age.
The only problem? Due to our frost-pocket location, those blooms get
nipped most springs, so we don't get any fruit.
We're experimenting with a new type of PVC moveable greenhouse structure.
Last week, I started dipping into another source of garden fertility --- humanure. During our first application, we applied waste that had been composting for eight months,
and I felt it could have been a bit more decomposed. So this time
around, we waited a full fifteen months and the humanure was rich and
beautiful. In fact, if I hadn't known where it started, I would have
been tempted to plunge my fingers into the compost and smell it like any
other rich earth.
This year, I also decided
to run a side-by-side experiment to see how the humanure compares to
chicken-manure bedding from the broiler coop. To that end, I laid down
newspaper and cardboard as a kill layer around three rows of front
berries, then sprinkled half of each row with humanure and half with
chicken manure. I'll be curious to see which berries taste sweeter come
Two years ago, I started
dealing with the half of our core homestead that's severely waterlogged.
My solution was simple --- build high raised beds that pull the root
zone out of the swamp. In two areas, this technique worked like a charm, but the lowest point
(our gully) was simply too damp. As you can see in the photo above, the
water table stays about five inches below the top of the beds in this
area, and crawdads moved in to build tunnels yet closer to the surface.
After two years of watching summer crops perish due to wet feet, I
decided to move on to plan B.
We don't have enough
sunny spots that we can waste any, so I decided to move all of the good
soil out of the gully beds and into one large terrace along the
south-facing bank of the gully. In the past, we've had good luck using fence posts and rotting wood from an old house we tore down to make terraces elsewhere,
so I replicated the methodology in this spot. The wood will eventually
rot away, but by then tree roots will be holding the soil in place.
There was just enough
soil in the gully beds above water level to fill the terrace. Actually,
there's still quite a bit of rich dirt left behind, but I'll have to
wait until the dry season to excavate it. Wet dirt is heavy! Then, once
that's done, I'll either plant the denuded gully area in cattails to
create a wetland or try to dig it deep enough to make a little pond.
In the meantime, my focus remained trained on the new terrace. I had a good length of woven, 10-year plastic leftover from summer experiments,
so I laid it along the side of the gully behind the new terrace to keep
this area weed-free. I suspect if I want the plastic to really repel
weeds for a decade, though, I'll need to block the sun somehow. Perhaps
creeping phlox (the local choice for this application) or thyme planted
in holes in the weed barrier will suffice?
For now, though, the terrace is good enough as-is. So I set out three dwarf pear trees that I grafted this past spring,
watered them in with black-soldier-fly leachate, then kill mulched the
babies with cardboard and straw. Here's hoping the saplings get their
feet under them quickly and grow!
Abigail helped me test out
the new VidPro
XM-55 unidirectional condenser microphone.
Goat owners often dry off
their goats two months before the next kids are due...assuming they
feel confident milking that long. Alternatively, you can stop milking
when you think your doe is getting too skinny
or when your fingers start getting too cold. Or, in our case, when
you're sure your other doe isn't pregnant and won't need a backup milk
source just in case the worst happens.
Since we're now sure that
Artemesia doesn't have a bun in the oven, I socked away a couple of
quarts of milk for Thanksgiving pies, then started drying Abigail off.
She's currently producing a little less than two cups a day during once-daily milkings, so I felt confident that she'd survive the cold-turkey method.
Actually, in a perfect
world, we would have started drying our goat off two weeks ago by
downgrading her food supply to simple hay. But, the weather mostly did
that for us when it nipped back all of the happy wild foods and reduced
our goats' diet to hay plus a bit of daily oats and honeysuckle. I still
give Abigail daily concentrates (about two cups of alfalfa pellets plus
a cup of butternut squash, carrots, and/or sweet potatoes), though, so I
hope that won't gum up the works of her dry-down.
One advantage of being a small goat is the ability to walk on top of fences.
The great thing about row-cover fabric is that it's breathable, so you can
cover crops even when you're enjoying beautiful sunny days. But there
are always so many tasks involved in putting the garden to bed for the
winter that I tend to wait to erect our quick hoops until we absolutely have to. But when exactly is that?
The next most sensitive
crop is baby lettuce. While most fall vegetables require planting so
early that they're mature and hearty by frost time, leaf lettuce can be
eaten as little as month after planting. So I seed our last bed in early
October, then protect those seedlings during even the lightest freezes.
As you can see in the photo above, I'm sometimes lazy and simply lay a
piece of row-cover fabric over this baby-lettuce bed, turning it into a
quick hoop later when the other leafy greens need protection too.
How about brussels
sprouts? In the past, we haven't covered these plants at all since my
goal is for the plants to produce through November and December and then
be eaten up when deep freezes hit in January and February. Some of our
plants are running behind schedule this year, though, so I might cover
them up and see if we can extend the season. That's where Mark's tipi-tunnel experiment will come into play.
This DIY boom pole adapter
was made from a mini-roller
and a mic
hot shoe adapter.
I've been pretty impressed by how well the Kiwi Boot Protector did at rewaterproofing my old boots. But two coats (the recommendation on the can) didn't seem quite enough after years of neglect.
We retired our first set of
Fall broilers today.
I've played around with mixing salad greens all in the same bed
before and wasn't entirely pleased with the results. Black-seeded
simpson simply trumps all other lettuces in terms of flavor in my
opinion, so mixing in other lettuce varieties wasn't a hit. Meanwhile,
trying to interplant spinach was problematic since lettuce and spinach
grow quite differently.
"Why do I have to wait eight months for The Ultimate Guide to Soil if you've already sent the finished version to your publisher?"
--- various readers
Seven weeks instead of
eight months --- sounds like a more feasible wait, doesn't it? And this
way you can start putting what you learn into effect in time to improve
your yields for the 2016 gardening year. Thanks in advance for giving it
a read!
We first noticed Monarch
butterflies passing through about a week ago.
We live on the edge of the fig-growing region, even if you choose a super hardy variety. So it was no big surprise that both of our trees died back to the ground last year despite being swaddled in leaf-filled tarps.
The obvious purpose of quick hoops is freeze protection.
However, I also find it useful to split up the garden into use-now and
use-later areas by covering up the latter. Usually, out of sight, out of
mind is a bad thing in the garden. But when you're stockpiling food for
year-round use, a hidden harvest waiting for you in December can be a
To that end, I covered
1.25 rows of kale, one row of lettuce, then about half a row of parsley
and a quarter row of mustard greens Tuesday. If Mark's tri-tunnel
works out, that'll sock away another row of kale and most of a row of
brussels sprouts. A full winter feast! And we have roughly the same area
left uncovered for November harvest. This is such a bountiful time of
We retired out last Red
Ranger of the year today.
A couple of you asked for more information on Mark's first Red Ranger butchering post. In case you missed it, I commented with lots of stats here.
This morning I woke up to the
sound of gunfire.
I "hunted" our 2015 deer
from the couch and shot the button buck through the front window. The
hardest part was waiting for the goats to move out of the way so I was
positive I wouldn't injure anyone I cared about via friendly fire.
Yearly totals:
Venison as percent of annual meat consumption:
Amount of damage deer do to our garden compared to their food value:
There's still time for us
to bag another deer this year, and we certainly wouldn't mind the
additional delicious, pastured meat. But I've found that once either-sex
rifle season starts in earnest, the critters get much wilier and I can
no longer hunt them from the trailer. For example, my neighbors on one
side tell me they've already killed five deer so far this year, and I
suspect the neighbors on the other side are equally productive. A pretty
average year here in deer-central, where hunters fill their freezers in
November to feed them all year long.
2015 is gonna be the year we stop letting hot air escape out the back door.
We've been writing a lot
about dead animals lately, so I figured you might enjoy seeing some live
ones. Here's Artemesia eating honeysuckle...just because.
What was Abigail up to when that picture was taken? Straining to get to a pile of discarded mangels that I'd pulled out of the fridge root cellar when she refused to eat even aged, carefully chopped mangels.
Well, I guess I do understand goats. If you think of them as vegetarian cats with hooves, everything becomes much clearer.
I wore Mark out driving in a huge loop through multiple big cities today, so I'm stealing his posting spot to make up for it.
Monday was turkey pickup day. Our friends
let us drop by early so we'd be sure to get home before dark, which
means we got to see the whole butchering operation in action.
The farmers apologized
profusely because...the turkeys are too big this year! "That's good,
right?" I asked. "More money for you?"
By way of apology, they
offered a pack of last year's bacon. I think I know who got the sweeter
end of that deal. Thanks for the awesome pastured meat!
Every fifteen years or so, Mom pulls a 1974 Good Housekeeping
article out of her hat and makes me read it. I wish I could share the
whole thing, but it's still under copyright, so I'll just sum it up with
the title and subtitle:
"I Remember, I Remember": My 97-year-old mother tells about Thanksgiving when she was a girl --- cornmeal johnnycakes, five kinds of pie, turkey, goose and capon, blueberry flummer. And all the family home.
I think I can probably sneak in another little quote about pies without being sued:
"The pies that kept well --- apple, mince and cranberry --- had been made --- all three dozen of them --- a month or so before and laid out on the attic floor. All the women pitched in now to make squash and blueberry pies...."
Abigail pounded on her door
this morning until it busted open.
"You'll probably want to brine your turkey," my pastured-poultry producer said when we picked up our 22-pound beast.
Next step, remove the
turkey from the brine and let it air dry uncovered in the fridge
overnight. This step is necessary if you want crisp, rather than soggy,
skin. We decided the easiest way to do this was to put the turkey in the
roaster....which didn't work until we turned the humongous bird
Thanksgiving --- feasting, family, and fun.
I outsourced much of the turkey to my father, not wanting to be responsible if it was imperfect. Despite both of our best efforts, the beast did end up imperfect...but it didn't matter.
Our focus was on the food. But, honestly, I think we had the most fun pulling together to put each dish on the table.
For example, my nephew Jeremiah saved the day by figuring out how to mash the potatoes with the implements in the communal kitchen.
The space was well-stocked in every other regard, but we couldn't for
the life of us find any kind of masher or beater. Pure elbow grease did
the job in the end.
Meanwhile, Maggie kept the kids busy playing our family favorite card game --- Boot.
After the meal, it was so
sunny and warm most of us gravitated toward the river. I took the kids
out on a canoe trip which matched my definition of success --- no one
fell in.
I've filled about twenty pages of a notebook this year with tips and skills I've acquired from my quest to rewire my brain for happiness. It hasn't always worked, but I've definitely been happier than ever before.
We had our first goat date
"Phew!" I thought to myself Friday as I walked home in the gloaming. My family and I had spent another long day feasting and walking and canoeing,
then I'd cleaned up the community house and lugged home two gallons of
turkey stock. I was ready to get back to my usual routine.
But Artemesia was yelling her head off even though she should have been
sound asleep. And when I pulled out the buck rag Saturday morning, she
wagged her tail like crazy. It was time for our grand adventure.
Luckily, I'd chatted with
a local goatkeeper named Tonya three weeks ago and had an open
invitation to bring my doeling to visit one of her three bucks. For the
sake of herd sanitation, she insisted upon a driveway date, but she also
promised me a do-over if the first time failed. So Mark spread the tarp
across the back seat of the car, Artemesia jumped gamely inside, then
we wound down country roads for an hour and fifteen minutes until we
reached Tonya's house.
Tonya raises Nigerian
dwarf goats and she recommended her largest stud, Monte, to do the deed.
He's got the best milking lines of the three choices, and he also
turned out to be a gentleman, willing to romance Artemesia until she got
in the mood.
He did the deed a couple
of times, but Tonya wasn't 100% convinced. Despite seeing semen, she
would have liked to also see Artemesia tuck the lower half of her body
down as Monte climaxed.
But after a couple of
go-rounds, Artemesia was getting bored with the whole thing. "Been
there, done that," she told us. So we took her home, knowing we'd get
another chance for our $75 if she comes back into heat in December.
All told, Artemesia's
date went much more smoothly than I'd expected. She was a sweetheart in
the car, Abigail didn't have a fit while her herdmate was gone, and we
all got home by mid afternoon. And, hopefully, I can start calling
Artemesia a first freshener after this instead of a doeling.
Our new pulley and
gambrel system was lacking any kind of decent instructions.
While we were waiting around for Monte to romance Artemesia,
Tonya took me on a tour of her operation. She has about eight happy
does, one of whom is pregnant, plus three bucks. Add in a turkey (whose
mate had recently become dinner), five layers, three young silkies, and
roughly half a dozen dogs, and their homestead was hopping with life.
I was particularly taken
by their milking stanchion, which features a side piece that swivels
into place then locks with a latch. Although I like our current stanchion,
Mark considers its design imperfect. So we may eventually upgrade to
something like this when Artemesia begins giving milk in the spring.
Their manger was just the right size for one bale, but I felt like it allowed for more spillage than ours. No upgrade necessary there!
A couple of years ago, I
would have wanted to spend quite a while with these fat and sassy does.
But Artemesia has won over my heart so completely that I dismissed these
perfect specimens as OPG (other people's goats) and moved on. I'd
rather load our first freshener back in the car and wind home to enjoy a
goat afternoon in our own oat fields rather than pet Cocoa Bean and the
other girls whose names had nothing to do with chocolate and were thus
We had to decrease the spring
closing tension on our back door which created the problem of it
blowing open a smidgen when the wind blew really hard during the day when we have it unlocked.
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By Sean Hayes (Korea Times 03/05/2009)
On Monday, the National Assembly passed a bill that permits law firms from countries with free trade agreements with Korea to operate ``foreign law consultancy businesses'' and individuals from these countries to be registered as ``foreign legal consultants.''
At present, the best estimate is that over 400 foreign attorneys work and reside in Korea. The vast majority are Koreans. These attorneys work for law firms, accounting firms, and corporations. Many of these attorneys play lead and/or vital roles in representing Korean and non-Korean clients in a vast array of matters concerning Korean and international legal matters.
These attorneys are not technically ``attorneys,'' can't be paid directly by clients, normally don't sign work product, and can't appear in court.But they do play vital functions for clients and Korean firms by bridging the gap between the high expectations of clients and the often low client service skills of Korean attorneys, adding needed specialization to firms, and improving, overall, the quality of work products.
Korea, prior to this bill, had no formal regulation governing these attorneys with the exception of the Attorney-at-Law Act that prohibits the unauthorized practice of law. To my knowledge, no foreign attorney has been prosecuted for the unauthorized practice of law.This bill, passed on Monday, is part of the three-stage process for the opening of the Korean legal services market. The three-stages were formulated and incorporated into the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA).
In the first-stage foreign firms are permitted to operate foreign legal consultancy businesses, but are not permitted to hire or partner with Korean attorneys, CPAs, patent attorneys or other like professionals. These ``consultancy businesses'' may only advise clients on issues concerning international law and the laws of the nation the business is from. The bill also permits and potentially mandates foreign attorneys to be registered as ``foreign legal consultants.''
These attorneys must have worked in a foreign jurisdiction for three years. If the attorney has already been employed in Korea for over two years the attorney is only required to have worked in a foreign jurisdiction for one year. A large percentage of foreign attorneys, presently working in Korea, don't meet this requirement.
The first-stage will lead to no noticeable change in the legal market in Korea. The stage is only intended to give Korean firms and attorneys the needed push toward improved competitiveness and few foreign attorneys and firms will choose to register, since there is no noticeable benefit to registration.In the second-stage, which is scheduled for 2011, foreign law firms are permitted to enter into agreements with Korean law firms and in the third-stage, which is scheduled for 2016, foreign law firms could establish joint-ventures with Korean law firms and hire Korean attorneys.
Korea is a dynamic nation with a future that is hard to predict. The third-stage of this plan will likely meet fierce resistance from the Korean bar. If Korea wishes to truly become a part of the global community it must shed the blanket of protectionism and open its service sectors and all other sectors to competition from abroad.


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Cure for cancer announced
Posted Apr 07, 2004 in Health.
Okay, that might be overstating it just a little bit; however, it represents wonderful news for the potent male.
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute have found that frequent ejaculations do not increase the risk of prostate cancer. Indeed, plenty of screwing and masturbation may reduce that risk.
The study appears in today's edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association, although the full text of the article is only available to members/subscribers. It seems that almost 30,000 (mostly white) men were studied, and those that reported over 20 ejaculations per month showed a 33% decrease in cancer risk.
I'll be sure to let my wife know about the report tonight :)


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Cindy Present was raised on the banks of Lake Austin.
In the early 1960s, her parents ran Lake Austin Lodges, a 10-room fishing camp that offered water-skiing, boating, sailing and swimming as well as hiking and access to deer and turkey hunting.
"They used to have a water-ski jump right in front of the property," she said, recalling the cold jolt the lake would provide on hot summer days. "That's part of what gave me my love for water-skiing and eventually becoming a competitive water-skier."
These days, Present is still playing on those same banks as activities director and historian of Lake Austin Spa Resort, a wellness resort located 30 minutes from downtown Austin in the same spot where Lake Austin Lodges used to be. Every day, Present commutes to work via paddleboard.
"I have roots in growing up on a lake, being born and raised on a lake and on a property that people have always escaped to for recreation or relaxation," Present said. "I see people who come here now who have those same roots but may not have been around the water for a long time. They'll have that whole memory wash over them, that love of being on the water. It's so wonderful to see people come back to what they remember from their younger days."
The resort continues to receive international acclaim — it was recently named the No. 6 wellness retreat in the world by Conde Nast Traveler and a Top 10 spa in the Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards — but connecting guests to the water remains a priority. As the resort celebrates 20 years since it was purchased by two best friends with a transformative vision, we take a look at the property's colorful past and place as an Austin institution.
A colorful history
Lake Austin Lodges, which first opened in the late 1940s, was a popular getaway for Central Texans that featured 10 guest rooms and 36 boat slips. There was a pool with snack bar and a restaurant that promoted its dining experience as "an occasion" that included top-grade steaks. At night, there was live music and dancing.
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In the early 1970s, the business changed hands — and lost clothes — when it was briefly acquired by the Sunshine Nudist Camp. Later in the 1970s, it became the Steiner Ranch Rodeo Camp, a working cattle ranch with a bull-riding school that housed cowboys and rodeo clowns from around the country.
In November 1978, the property became the Bermuda Inn, Reducing Resort, which offered itself as a place "where you can lose up to a pound a day, the fun way." Guests received trophies for losing weight at 25- and 50-pound milestones; there was even an exercise cassette tape put out by the resort featuring tunes such as Shel Silverstein's "Diet Song."
Eventually, it was replaced by Lake Austin Resort, which focused less on quick weight loss and more on getting guests to embrace long-term, healthy lifestyles; it was renamed Lake Austin Spa Resort in 1994.
Then in 1997 two best friends, Michael McAdams and William Rucks, had a vision that this special place on the lake could be even more and purchased the property. They started using words like "luxury" and "destination spa" and backed them up with the addition of the 25,000-square-foot LakeHouse Spa in 2004.
"I find it wonderful to look at our growth over the years and see where we've come," said Janis Clapoff, managing director of Lake Austin Spa Resort. "We've come from being 'Green Acres,' the TV show, to rating No. 6 in the world in Conde Nast Traveler. It's a fabulous trajectory."
The resort now
You certainly wouldn't know today that rodeo clowns used to roam these grounds.
The property is meticulously maintained with nods to simple pleasures, such as hammocks around every corner. There's a sprawling organic garden where herbs are plucked for both meals and spa treatments, and the standard uniform no matter where you are on the property is a bathrobe.
"We have politicians and musicians and celebrities and authors. Everybody's just the same," Clapoff said. "Nobody really notices because everybody's wearing a bathrobe. People just make connections with other people because they happen to be there at the same time, not because they're celebrities."
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Typically guests book all-inclusive packages that include accommodations in one of the 40 lakeside guestrooms, three meals a day and unlimited fitness activities. Spa treatments are also sometimes included, depending on the package.
Agnes Enright, 86, spent a week at the resort in May with her two daughters and granddaughter. During the day they'd take meandering walks and sample the more than 20 fitness activities on offer such as gentle yoga, canoeing and Hydrobiking. In the evening they'd dine together — executive chef Stéphane Beaucamp's French-inspired healthy dinner options include pan-seared scallops with house-smoked pork belly and sauteed striped bass with butternut squash puree — then talk for hours on the porch.
"Our accommodations were right next to each other, so basically we moved our furniture from one patio to the other and we just hung out," said Enright, who is from Boulder, Colo.
About 75 percent of guests come from Texas, and the remaining 25 percent are out-of-state visitors coming from places like New York, Louisiana and California, Clapoff said. She said it's rare that anyone leaves the property to explore Austin once they've arrived.
"The concentration is on your health, your mind, your body while you're here. Concentration on food is very important. We have gourmet health food in smaller portions — if you're coming here for steak and potato dinners, you're in the wrong place," Clapoff said. "We try to concentrate on the fact that there's serenity and relaxation. Sleeping well is important, waking up early, hiking, taking part in all of the pieces that we have to offer to give you a complete feeling of feeling good. Wellness is about taking all the components together and watching that work for you. That's what we stress that we have to offer, but it's not strict, and nobody's watching that you're partaking in everything."
On the water
No matter what amenities the resort offers, it's the water that resonates the most.
"As soon as you see the water, before you even get to the gates of the property, there's an aha moment of connection and serenity that water does to people," said Clapoff, adding that the resort recently added an option that allows guests to arrive via luxury water taxi instead of by car. "From the moment I stepped on the property to right now, I feel like I belong here."
For Present, accepting a job offer that allowed her spend time in the water where she grew up — and to share her love of it with others — was, well, like coming home.
"My passion and drive is to encourage and inspire people to get out and be connected to the outdoors for total well-being. To have that opportunity right here, in my own backyard on a property I grew up on … this is too good to be true," Present said. "Our guests still cherish the fact that people have been coming here for 50, 60 years now and enjoying the same waterway."
In honor of its relationship with the water, Lake Austin Spa Resort is celebrating "100 Days of Blue" with water-themed classes and spa treatments through Labor Day. Present said the healing qualities of water and the science behind why it resonates so much with people, just like it has with her since she was a child, will continue to be a focus at the resort.
"Probably half the time I end up on the water with people doing private sessions and it no longer becomes about the paddling, moving the boat or the paddleboard. There's been significant moments where I've sat on the water with somebody and cried. They are moved to tears by what they're currently working through or things that happened in the past," Present said. "It's not about the paddle anymore. It's about what's moving around in their minds and their hearts and their souls and stirring them to a whole new level. That's what I love — what the water does to people."
Lake Austin Spa Resort offers various three-night or longer packages to both individuals and groups. Packages include accommodations, three gourmet meals daily, unlimited indoor and outdoor fitness activities and discovery classes, gratuities and a selection of spa treatments based on the length of your stay. You do not need to stay overnight to book services at the spa. Activities and spa services are for men and women and teens ages 14 or older. 1705 S. Quinlan Park Road. 512-372-7300, lakeaustin.com


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06/15/2016 -- War has progressed in Uganda, Government cover up.Time is up
06/15/2016 -- Time is up for dictator Museveni to leave our country
05/31/2016 -- Life long State of Blood by Mr Museveni -FRONASA
05/30/2016 -- Disavowing the ICC By Mr.Museveni is a sign of guiltiness
05/30/2016 -- Dictator Museveni is pure definition of an IMPOSTOR! worse than Idi Amin!
05/30/2016 -- USA Ugandans Reject Dictator Museveni as a President of Uganda
05/26/2016 -- Mr Museveni worst President of Uganda, Amin was better
05/24/2016 -- IDI AMIN better President than Mr Museveni
09/14/2013 -- Dictator Museveni to wipe out Buganda Kingdom
04/29/2012 -- Col. Keinerugaba Muhoozi allegedly engages in terror activities against Uganda refugees in S.Africa
02/17/2012 -- Dictator Museveni born human- turned into an animal and a murderer
01/23/2012 -- Dicrtator M7 was a wolf then,a wolf now
01/01/2012 -- Is Uganda President, Yoweri Museveni allegedly HIV/Aids Positive?
12/25/2011 -- NRM you are day dreamers. DMMGR is ready to smoke you out of our Country. Time will tell
12/19/2011 -- How to get rid of African dictators
12/18/2011 -- Dictator Museveni runs all the 3 branches of the goverment
12/10/2011 -- Ugandans Are Focused On Ejecting Gen. Museveni
11/24/2011 -- Fellow Ugandans in the diaspora,how can you ignore the brutality done to our people in Uganda
11/23/2011 -- Ugandans if you want change,toughen up like Egyptians,Libya and Syria
11/23/2011 -- South Africa provides Dictator Museveni with ammunitions,that is hypocracy
11/03/2011 -- Proved to be the most hated President since indepence of the Nation
10/15/2011 -- Bukenya is guilt of corruption charges so are the rest accused
09/26/2011 -- We are pround to be Baganda before Ugandans, Dictator M7 how about you
09/12/2011 -- Blood thirst dictator M7-We shall make you drink your henchmen blood
09/01/2011 -- Dictator Museveni- Emperor of Corruption
08/24/2011 -- Africa is no more place for dictators.Museveni next to be ousted
08/23/2011 -- Uganda National Transition Council is formed. Dictator Museveni in next.
08/13/2011 -- Revolt against Dictator Museveni and henchmen
08/13/2011 -- It will take brave and radicals to redeem Uganda
05/11/2011 -- The NRM - The government of the few, by the few and for the few
05/11/2011 -- Dictator Museveni term as a President EXPIRES on 5/12/2001
04/08/2011 -- Dictator Museveni stealing from the Mama sister Tereza poor of the poor
04/07/2011 -- Museveni bandits steal from tax payers money
03/18/2011 -- Mayor-elect Lukwago Teargased
03/18/2011 -- Press freedom under attack as usual in Uganda
07/25/2010 -- Museveni is the most corrupt President in Africa says...
03/18/2010 -- Tales of torture and death in Ugandas torture centres
12/10/2009 -- GGWANGA MUJJE BOSTON CHAPTER INC. Demonstrates against Museveni Dictatorship in Uganda
11/29/2009 -- Fronasa's role in Ben Kiwanuka's murder
11/25/2009 -- Origins of Museveni Politics of Violence and Killings
11/13/2009 -- Draft Letter to send to Congress
10/22/2009 -- Museveni must go Baganda Diaspora
Ugandans if you want change,toughen up like Egyptians,Libya and Syria 11/23/2011
Egypt unrest: Cairo protests continue despite military concessions
Lyse Doucet in Tahrir Square: "There has been a constant wail of ambulance sirens"
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Egypt's Revolution
* Egypt protests: As it happened
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* Tahrir Square symbolism
Thousands of Egyptians have continued to occupy Cairo's Tahrir Square despite an offer from the military for a speedier handover to civilian rule.
After four days of violent clashes, Field Marshall Mohamed Hussein Tantawi said presidential elections would be held by July 2012.
But many protesters in the square said the concession was not enough and have demanded the field marshal step down.
Clashes continued after dark between riot police and protesters in Cairo.
Television pictures from Tahrir Square showed ambulances arriving to pick up injured people.
According to Egypt's ministry of health, at least 30 people have been killed since Saturday and hundreds injured.
Police have been using tear gas, rubber bullets and birdshot against protesters who have been throwing stones.
Some protesters said live bullets had been fired.
Clashes have also been reported in several other Egyptian cities including Alexandria, Suez, Port Said and Aswan.
Egypt's ruling military council had previously said presidential elections might not happen until late 2012 or 2013. That move, coupled with a draft constitution produced earlier in the month that would exempt the military and its budget from civilian oversight, prompted a mass demonstration in Tahrir Square on Friday.
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image of Yolande Knell Yolande Knell BBC News, Cairo
As details of Egypt's military leader's speech filtered through to the crowds, protesters groaned and shook their heads.
"Irhal" or "leave" was the chant that soon went up, directed at Field Marshal Tantawi and the other generals who have ruled the country since February.
Tens of thousands of people had answered calls for another mass rally in Tahrir Square to put pressure on the military for a faster transition to civilian rule.
However many were unconvinced by the new promises made by the head of the armed forces in his 10-minute televised address.
* Tahrir Square protesters remain defiant
Events turned violent when security forces attempted to remove the protesters from the square on Saturday.
Many Egyptians have become frustrated with the slow pace of political reforms since Hosni Mubarak was overthrown as president in February after a wave of mass demonstrations.
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (or Scaf) took charge after his ouster, promising to implement the transition to civilian rule.
Speaking on national TV on Tuesday, Field Marshall Tantawi, the head of Scaf, said parliamentary elections scheduled to begin on 28 November would take place as planned, despite the unrest.
Those polls, taking place over three months, are due to set in train the transition to democracy.
The military's original timetable called for the new parliament to then choose a 100-member constituent assembly to draw up a new constitution within six months.
Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi: "We do not seek power"
A referendum would then approve the document before a presidential election was held. That would mean the military remaining in power until late 2012 or early 2013.
Protesters, however, had demanded the presidential vote take place after the parliamentary elections.
'Not leaving'
The BBC's Kevin Connolly in Cairo says the army's readiness to bring forward presidential elections appears to be a major concession.
Field Marshal Tantawi said that the military was only there to protect the people and did not seek permanent power.
"The armed forces, represented by their Supreme Council, do not aspire to govern, and put the supreme interest of the country above all considerations," he said.
"They are fully prepared to immediately hand over power and to return to their original duty in protecting the homeland if that is what the people want, through a popular referendum if necessary."
He also said he had accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Essam Sharif's cabinet - appointed by the military - and that a national salvation government would take its place.
His announcement followed a day of crisis talks between the military and political leaders.
After he spoke, protesters in Tahrir Square chanted: "We are not leaving, he (Tantawi) leaves."
"We are not happy with this speech," a protester named Tamer Lokman told the BBC's Yolande Knell in Tahrir Square.
"It reminded us of those made by the former president, Hosni Mubarak when he didn't answer our demands," he said.
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4 Ways to Motivate your Salon StaffWednesday, January 8th, 2014
Marketing Salon
Competition among staff can be a good motivation tool as long as it's done in a fun way and a staff member benefits at the end of the day.
It goes without saying that you will need to know what makes your salon staff tick, are they motivated by money, cinema tickets, time off, you get the idea.
A simple idea is to Market Salon have a $10 note as the prize for selling retail. Keep the ten dollar prize in their sights where they can see this, to remind them of what the challenge is about. A bit like the pass the parcel game we used to play when we were kids.
So every time someone sells retail they can put a hat on or beep a horn, make it a fun thing and whoever ends up with the hat at the end of the day, they get the prize.
What about having the Retail product of the week, you can place this into your newsletter, face book and Twitter and get a buzz going around the salon. You can promote this into your salon in so many different ways.
You can also give the responsibility for this to one of your staff members who will take responsibility for doing this out of your hands, remember to delegate as you cannot do everything! You can also with this have an incentive scheme in place for staff members to up sell to their clients and it's a 'win win' for all.
If you have apprentices or looking to add value to your client's service, then a simple hand massage works wonders. Whilst there are waiting for the colour to finish off or simply as a way of doing something over and above their normal service this always goes down well. If you have staff that are still training this is a great 'training tool' to get them to talk to the clients and it helps build their confidence.
Depending on how your day is progressing there are always I mean always ways of increasing revenue. You can easily do a small promotion on your face book or even mobile promotional offer. You can do a 2 for 1 special on a certain range of products just for 'today only'.
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Salon Marketing KitsSunday, January 5th, 2014
Drive Profit to Your Salon through Salon Marketing Kits.
It is said that it costs a firm 6 times more to get a new customer than to retain one. So losing existing customers can be a bad omen for any business. On the other hand, retaining existing customers and driving in more is effective for any business in terms of profitability and brand awareness.
For a salon to get more customers and keep their existing women in workplace we can do it customers happy and informed, it is important to keep them updated about new products/services. This can be done by adopting various salon advertising strategies.
- Salons can generate more sales and build referrals by advertising to keep their existing clientele up-to-date about new as well as upcoming products/services. They can do so by sending newsletters, emails, text messages, sending skin or hair care tips etc. Through such salon advertising strategy, you can build close contact with your customers. You can also use our Salon Marketing Kits to explode your Sales.
- Use of Internet is another salon advertising strategy that is more of a cost effective strategy. By posting free ads and spreading awareness about your salon, there is a great chance that you will drive in more customers. If your target audience is youth, you can capture a great market through social networking websites. Through use of Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and your own official website, you can keep your customers updated by letting them know about your happenings, special events, discounts, offers etc.
- If you have enough budget available to be spent on salon advertising, then you can advertise about your salon using print or electronic media such as TV's, radio, newspaper, magazines etc. People utilize their time reading newspapers and magazines while traveling or waiting for a bus so having placed a small attractive ad in the local newspaper or magazine will promote brand awareness.
- Distribute flyers around your salon or in public parks, restaurants, cafes etc to gain more exposure.
- Another way of advertising and promoting your salon is through the use of Search Engine Optimization (SEO). This is helpful in increasing the number of customers that visit your website and improve your rankings in the search engines. So you have more chances to appear on major search engines such as Google or Yahoo.
- One can also make use of billboards in order to increase awareness. Just be clear of placing the billboards at a place where you can easily find your target audience to be around.
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My general area of research is signal processing for communications. I have focused on the application of compressive sampling (compressed sensing) especially for ultra-wideband signals along with developing the relevant theoretical frameworks. I have also worked with different optimization algorithms as well as the tools for statistical learning. My work cuts across various fields of research, e.g., wireless sensor networks, mobile communications, cognitive radios, image processing, remote sensing, etc. I have also worked as a teaching assistant for the course on signal processing for communications.
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Located in West Flamborough township, the Hamilton site (AiHa-5) was the subject of surface-collection for amateur archaeologist George Gee (of Dundas, Ontario) as early as 1960. In 1969, he drew Dr. W.C. Noble's attention to the site. Under Noble's supervision, McMaster students mapped and excavated the site in 1970, and joined by Laurentian University students and Professor Helen Devereux in 1972. In 1976, Paul Lennox excavated an additional two houses at the site. A total of 14, 390 square feet of the estimated six-acre site have been excavated to date.
This site was considered to be the latest-dating historic Neutral town (ca. AD1650) investigated in the core Neutral territory. Initial analysis was challenged by the lack of comparative data beyond the nearby Walker Site. Nevertheless, Hamilton was used as a source for better understanding Neutral lifestyle in the 17th century and sociocultural relationships and organisation as the Confederacy crumbled.
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From the beginning of the Women in the Church (WIC) organization, the emphasis has been upon strengthening the spiritual lives of women. The women choose officers and plan a yearly retreat with special music, a guest speaker, and other activities. WIC also appoints a church hostess to coordinate meals and outreach to new mothers and wives. WIC conferences and retreats are open to all women. WIC also plans other activities to minister to all members of the church body. The members of Women In the Church strive to walk closely with the Lord so that nothing will obscure His light from shining through.
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Packers and Movers in Mumbai – Guide To Unpack In an Organized Way after Home Shifting
Many of us despise the task of unpacking and organizing homes. We tend to keep putting this task on our "Do it afterwards List", which never seems to come anytime soon. Just looking at the huge boxes of your stuff can give you a headache. Unpacking into your new home does not have to be such a tedious task, provided that you are organized in your ways.
Your packers and movers in Mumbai will help you with unloading and unpacking, but you will need to give them the right directions for organizing your new home, like the way you want.
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Once the packers and movers Mumbai companies have shifted your household possessions, then the next task for you is to organize them in your new place. You need to take one step at a time, and not wait till the end moment to unpack. Otherwise, you will simply end up dragging the unpacking task for perhaps another six months.
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This is the first question that comes into the minds of parents when they shift homes. You definitely do not want to unpack your precious china, when you have kids are stampeding all over the place. For all you know, your precious china might fall down and get damaged, before sitting safely in your kitchen shelves.
If you have toddlers or small children around, it might be a wise decision to arrange for a baby sitter to take care of them, or preferably take them to a day care centre. This gives you ample time to unpack your things, and arrange them without having to worry about your stuff getting destroyed by inquisitive kids.
If you have heavy boxes, then make sure that you ask your movers and packers Mumbai services to place them in the right rooms, so that you won't have to bear too much labour after they are gone.
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With the help of your movers and packers in Mumbai, you can prepare a list of all the items that you have packed and to be sent off with them. That way you can keep a track of your valuables, and ensure that nothing gets lost or damaged on the way.
In case you do find some damaged items, make sure you keep them as evidence, and later file a claim for them, within a week of moving in. While you are unpacking your stuff, you can simultaneously decorate your rooms too.
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- Check whether the faucets, door knobs, cabinet doors are functioning properly
- Fill up empty corners with decorative plants or items
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|Poenari Castle (The Original Real Castle Dracula) on the Wallachia - Transylvania border, Romania
Two hundred years after it was constructed and partially destroyed from war, Poenari Castle was rebuilt by the Prince of Wallachia, Vlad Tepes or Vlad III in hopes that it would serve as a fortress to protect against the invading Ottoman Empire. He was born in 1431, the son of Vlad II who was known as Dracul or Dragon, hence Vlad III was called Dracula or son of the Dragon.
|Vlad III Tepes, Vlad the Impaler or known by some as Dracula
Vlad III was an evil ruler who took no mercy on those who opposed him including priests, women, and their children. One of his first acts was to invite nobles responsible for the death of his family members into a hall for a feast. He then locked them inside and set the structure on fire. Setting the pace for what would become a reign of terror.
One of Dracula's favorite means of torturing and killing those who opposed him was to impale them on large pointed steaks driven into the ground while they were still alive. For those who did not perish immediately, it sometimes took days for them to die. Vlad would impale victims by the thousands when invading a town or city. He would leave these impaled victims for months on end forming a macabre forest of dead, serving as a warning to the those invading his territory. This technique worked well as approaching armies that saw these forests of death, turned back out of fear. It was after Vlad passed and could no longer be feared that many referred to him as Vlad the Impaler.
|Vlad Tepes or Vlad the Impaler also known as Dracula, dines among a forest of impaled victims during his 15th century evil reign of terror
It is also said that Vlad III had the bizarre pleasure of occasionally drinking the blood of his victims. Perhaps he felt that it would make him more powerful if he absorbed their blood into his own body. This and his evil reputation as well as the fact that the name Dracula meant "The Devil" according to some lore, may have given rise and inspiration to the literary legend of Dracula that we know today. Bram Stoker actually modeled his character and story setting in Transylvania and Dracula himself. Visitors who wish to get a feel for the story book setting can visit Hotel Castel Dracula in Bistritav, Romania which was built to accommodate Dracula fans visiting the town where the story was based. Nearby, about 60km to the east of Poenari Castle, is Bran Castle which is commonly mistaken to be Dracula's Castle. It is said that Vlad III actually only stayed in this medieval fortress a short time as it was one of his outposts in the defense against the Ottomans.
|Hotel Castel Dracula in Bistritav where the story book setting of Bram Stoker's Dracula took place
|Bran Castle in Bran, Romania is often mistakenly referred to as Dracula's Castle although it was one of his strongholds and he did stay there for a time, but it was not his residence.
Castle Poenari, which is the "real" Dracula's Castle, was abandoned a couple of centuries after Dracula died in 1476. It was partially destroyed by a land slide in the 17th century, but an attempt was made at restoring the castle foundation. The walls and turrets survive to this day and still stand on the rock precipice overlooking the Argeş River along the scenic Transfăgărăşan Road. There are few who dare venture there because it is a long 1400 step climb to reach the castle ruins. However, some of those who have made it and have actually spent the night there claim to have seen some very bizarre phenomenon. Strange eerie glowing lights have been spotted in and about the castle ruins. They are erratic in nature and have also been seen approaching from the valley below. Apparently, one group of paranormal investigators spending the night on the mountain were so scared after seeing floating lights approaching from below, they left before they made it through the night and did not even finish their investigation.
|High in the Transylvanian Alps, lies the ruins of Poenari or Castle Dracula
It is also thought that Poenari may be haunted by the spirit of Vlad III's wife. It is said she could no longer bear the evil wrath of Dracula or some say she did not want to be captured by the advancing Ottoman army and jumped off of one of the towers to her death. The lights or orbs seem to migrate to the castle location and it is almost as if the spirits who have died by the hand of Dracula are returning to take vengeance on him.
|Perched on a steep precipice in the Transylvanian Alps, lies the ruins of Poenari or Castle Dracula


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As you are probably aware, Fidel Castro is finally dead. Haven't heard from the White House yet, but I'll let you know what President Obama says when I have the statement.
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