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Genre: Horror
Where I got it: Mid Manhattan Library (ebook)
Read it in: 2 days
At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting-- he's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his backyard is different. It's ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth. From the final idea of award-winning author Siobhan Dowd-- whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself-- Patrick Ness has spun a haunting and darkly funny novel of mischief, loss, and monsters both real and imagined.(Taken from Amazon)
I've been trying to find the words to describe this incredible tale. I think I've finally got a few:
Stunning: There are pictures in this book, oh yes. I normally hate it when authors do that. It never gives me the opportunity to imagine, but these illustrations are perfect and spare. The are strategically placed and haunting.
Breathtaking: I don't quite understand the MC Conor. I don't get why he is the way he nor do I know anyone like him - but Patrick Ness makes the character unapologetically authentic and original. I'm astonished by the things that happen to Conor and what he says and does. And I'm most taken aback by his secret...
Otherworldly: The language "The Monster" uses ("That's why I came walking"), the tales he weaves into Conor's life, the twists and turns make me feel like this story transcends its genre.
Unforgettable: Will I ever forget this story? Doubt it. We read so many books in a year that we sometimes don't take time to savor the outstanding ones. I think it's safe to say that this tale will linger with me for a long time.
When it comes down to it, A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness is truly a winner. If you're into books that have a slight creepiness (okay probably more than slight) factor and an overall foreboding nature, do yourself a favor and pick this up.


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ISRAELI Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat held an 11th-hour meeting in Cairo last night to try to break the impasse over security in the occupied territories on the scheduled eve of Palestinian self-rule.
But in the squalid refugee camps of Gaza Strip, where Israeli soldiers were supposed to begin their redeployment and withdrawal today, apathy and resignation have replaced the euphoria that greeted the signing three months ago of the accord giving Palestinians early self-rule in Gaza and the West Bank city of Jericho.
Spiraling violence between Palestinians and Israeli troops and stalled progress on plans to implement the accord have fueled despair among residents here.
``I think the Israelis will pull out a few troops here, a few there,'' says one resident of Refah refugee camp, along Gaza's border with Egypt, ``but I don't think it will make a real difference in our lives.''
Prime Minister Rabin and Mr. Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), began their meeting at press time amid optimistic signals that they would at least agree on the framework of an agreement, if not sign all the details.
``The Cairo meeting would not have been held if success had not been guaranteed beforehand,'' Israeli Environment Minister Yossi Sarid said after the Israeli Cabinet meeting yesterday.
Rabin told the Cabinet that he would not cede control of border crossings to Jordan and Egypt from the autonomous Palestinian zones, as the Palestinians have demanded, but that he would be flexible on the size of the area around Jericho that would be brought under Palestinian authority, Cabinet sources said.
Israel is also expected to announce the release of more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners to mark the scheduled beginning of the autonomy deal. No immediate gains
Ever since the Sept. 13 signing in Washington, Gaza's Arab population has been anticipating major improvements in living conditions. But both supporters and opponents of the deal say that, although symbolic concessions have been made by the Israelis, the harsh conditions of military occupation have not eased.
``Since September, we've been able to raise our flag, we've had a few prisoners released, but nothing concrete has been changed,'' says Raji Sourani, a leading human rights activist in Gaza City.
``There are still shootings and arrests, and we still have to obey the nightly curfew. The progress has been very slight.''
At least 50 Palestinians and Israelis have died in violent clashes in Israel and the territories since the accord was signed, and hundreds have been injured. Violence between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers has become so routine that a burst of gunfire near Gaza City's main square recently went virtually unnoticed by hordes of pedestrians.
Israeli officials began last month to dampen expectations that the troop withdrawal would begin on time. Rabin argued that postponing the deadline might produce a better agreement with the Palestinians on troop withdrawal. US Secretary of State Warren Christopher, who toured the region last week, concurred.
In Gaza, Palestinian leaders who earlier insisted that postponing the pullout would send an ominous signal about the fate of the accord have lately begun preparing the population for a delay.
``Unless you have an agreement [on withdrawal], I don't see that the Dec. 13 date is all that important,'' said Haider Abdel-Shafi, a former member of the Palestinian negotiating team. Security for settlers
Palestinian and Israeli delegates have tried for weeks to conclude a deal on an Israeli withdrawal. The main stumbling blocks, the negotiators say, are the extent of the Israeli withdrawal, the fate of Israeli settlements in Gaza and the West Bank, and control of border posts linking the autonomy zones with Egypt and Jordan.
Israel has insisted it will redeploy - rather than completely withdraw - most of its troops based in Gaza in order to protect the estimated 4,000 Israeli settlers living there. The Palestinians, who are training a police force to take over when the Israelis leave, insist that the Israelis submit a plan for total withdrawal and a transfer of power.
Palestinians in Gaza are also worried that they may never see much of the aid money pledged by foreign donors. International lenders and aid agencies promised more than $2 billion in assistance to Gaza and Jericho, to help build essential infrastructure and encourage private investment. But many Western donors and lenders are concerned that the Palestinians lack the institutions to absorb the aid. The need for banks
``You cannot build or run a state the way you ran the revolution,'' says a leading Palestinian economist, echoing concerns that Arafat's mainstream Fatah organization will seek to control the funds. ``We need a better institutional infrastructure to make the best use of this money.''
Palestinians also worry that once international attention has shifted away from Gaza, capital infusions will stop.
``The money will come, but for how long?'' asks Ibrahim al-Ghazouri, a founder of the militant Islamic group Hamas, which opposes the peace accord. ``There will not be enough for us to build our society. The people expect that they will be able to go out and buy a car, that they will get a raise at work. But I know this will not happen. This creates a very dangerous situation.''
Simmering tension between Hamas and Fatah also threatens to upset the delicate process of implementing the accord. The two sides have declared a truce for the time being, but tensions could flare at any time, analysts say. Palestinians repeatedly say that free and fair elections are the only way to settle political conflict among the factions.
``Everybody here wants elections,'' says one United Nations official in Gaza, ``because they know that violence is not a vote-getter, it's a vote-loser.''

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Jan Grimm
assistant attending and assistant professor
Memorial Hospital and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Cornell University
Dr. Jan Grimm is an assistant attending at Memorial Hospital, an assistant professor at the Gerstner Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Cornell University. He is also an assistant member in the Molecular Pharmacology & Chemistry Program, where his Lab, the Oncologic Molecular Imaging Lab, is housed. The lab focuses on the development of novel and innovative imaging approaches for cancer diagnostics and strives to develop completely novel concepts on how to image biological events, while simultaneously keeping clinical translatability of the projects within sight. In an effort to fuse his clinical experience with the research interest of his lab, Dr. Grimm is particularly interested in novel activatable probe concepts and multimodality imaging approaches geared toward the translation of molecular imaging into the clinical arena. Dr.Grimm received his medical degree from the University of Hamburg and his PhD from the University of Schleswig-Holstein, both located in Germany. Dr. Grimm has authored numerous articles, reviews and book chapters. He has been speaker at countless seminars, lectures and symposia. Dr. Grimm is a member of the Radiological Society of North America, the Society for Molecular Imaging, and the German X-Ray Society. He is also an associate editor of the Journal Molecular Imaging. He has been a member of the European Congress of Radiology, the Deutsche Röntgengesellschaft (DRG), the Society of Molecular Imaging (SMI), the Society of Nuclear Medicine and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Dr. Grimm's clinical focus is on imaging of the liver, the pancreas, and more recently, the prostate. He is board certified in Radiology (German certification) and Nuclear Medicine (in the US)


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A White Paper on the Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation (SALC) Program
September 2015
Initiated in Fiscal Year 2014-15, the State of California's Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program (SALC) is an important step toward reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by farmland conversion to urban and suburban uses. At the same time SALC can potentially help catalyze implementation of Sustainable Communities Strategies (SCSs) and improved local land use planning and practice in California. This white paper explores approaches to strengthen SALC in 2016 and future years to meet both sets of goals.
The main recommendations address the following:
- Opportunities for Improving Project-Level Evaluation of GHG Reductions
- Opportunities for Optimizing Program Design and Impact
- Opportunities for Achieving Complementary Goals of Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) and SALC
Overall, SALC should be viewed as a long-term investment in more sustainable local land use planning and practice in California, one that can be augmented and improved over time.
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Crystal Lozowchuk, 43
The portfolio
Baytex Energy, Canadian National Railway, Cenovus Energy, Enbridge, Keyera Corp., Pembina Pipeline, RioCan REIT, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Tim Hortons, Colgate-Palmolive, General Mills, Johnson & Johnson, McDonald's, PepsiCo, and Exxon Mobil.
The investor
After investing in mutual funds for years, Crystal Lozowchuk opened an online brokerage account in 2008 and began buying individual stocks. "Stocks are my passion," she now says.
How she invests
Ms. Lozowchuk takes a conservative, income-focused approach to investing. She invests in mid- to large-capitalization companies with "a history of paying regular dividends that increase over time." Of these, she singles out companies with relatively low dividend-payout ratios, manageable debt and good earnings growth. Dividends are reinvested.
The crash of 2008 brought on an attitude change. "I began to focus more on patient long-term growth and short-term dividend income and ignore the volatility of the market," she explains.
There is a twist to her dividend investing. To boost income, she'll sell put options on stocks she wants to accumulate. The proceeds from the sales augment her dividend income, and if the market price of the shares dips to the option strike price, she'll pick up some bargain-priced shares that were on her buy list.
She also sells call options against her overvalued stocks. The sales bring in extra income and if the share price rises to the strike price, she'll unload some stocks on her sell list.
Best move
"My best investment move was to create my own unique investment style rather than following generic advice provided by people in the financial industry."
Worst move
"My worst investment move was to invest in products that I did not understand. ... I was unaware that many so called 'experts' serve their own best interests at the expense of their clients."
"Prior to investing, I would advise a person to spend a large amount of time on research. If you are too busy or do not enjoy doing your own research, just buy the index, as there is a greater degree of risk in owning individual stocks."
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(This is the first of three blogs about innovative developments in economics and business which, it seems to me, may have a big effect on many campaigns)
To my mind one of the most interesting new campaigns of recent years is Positive Money (PM), set up in 2010. Yes it's about economics but if you think it's not really relevant to your campaigns, you are probably wrong. I suggest checking it out.
If you've not heard of Positive Money it's probably because for a 'campaign' it is incredibly (to use an Anglicism) pointy-headed. It is full of really brainy people who mostly have little track record in the darker arts of campaigning (media, politics, advertising, marketing, state power, psychology, religion etc) but who know loads about economics. Such cleverness can be both a strength and a weakness, as campaigns need to be put in very simple terms if they are to gain public leverage.
Pincer Movement Potential
So far Positive Money hasn't come up with campaigns that capture the public or hence media or indeed mainstream political attention but I think it may well do, only rather than bottom-up, it's working its way down from the top. In some ways it's what the 1%/99% 'bottom-up' movement always needed to meet coming down, in order to create a pincer-movement with potential for systematic real change in real time.
A possible deficit of street-fighting tacticians aside, Positive Money has a basic problem in that it is selling, indeed inspired by, what for most of us is a very unexpected insight. This insight is that almost all of what we think of as 'money' is now not so much 'currency' (coins, bank notes) but electronic money, such as debt. Indeed it is the issuing of debt by banks (such as mortgages for houses and other lending by commercial banks), which creates most of the money in a modern economy. 97% of the money in the UK, says Positive Money (and it cites lots of evidence such as from Bank of England economists) is this non-currency money. Like many ideas which could have a revolutionary effect, it's counter-intuitive and so people don't immediately spring to act on it.
The Grip of Death Moment
By his own account Ben Dyson the founder of Positive Money, was set on the campaign trail by a theory in the book he read called The Grip of Death. This explained 'why most economic theories failed, and why governments were usually unsuccessful in manipulating the economy', because 'almost all money is now created by commercial (high-street) banks, as debt, when they issue loans'. Lots of bad stuff followed such as financial crashes when 'expert' economists who themselves did not understand this, tried to deploy 'conventional' policy measures to which might old style economies running on real money might have responded but to which modern economies full of electronic debt did not respond.
I found this fascinating but anyone who knew much about campaigns would see the pitfall: Positive Money was then drawn into an educational campaign, which is largely incompatible with instrumental campaigning. It's been on a bit of a mission-to-explain. The two things can hardly ever be done at the same time.
Positive Money's central proposition which can get rather lost in a forest of stuff about why-it's-a-good-idea to reform aspects of the banking and finance system, is to:
'remove the ability of banks to create money, in the form of bank deposits, when they make loans … [and] transfer the ability to create new money exclusively to the state, creating what we have termed a 'sovereign money' system'.
This is what they mean by 'Positive Money', and although 'Democratic Money' might possibly get you there quicker, the central idea is highly political and quite understandable: that creation of money should be under democratic control, and that means it should be controlled by elected, accountable politicians because control of the creation of money – how much, when and what for – is of crucial public interest. Left to itself, with each cycle the 'market' operation of the system just ratchets up the difference between rich and poor, making the disparity greater and greater.
Put simply, the proposition is to ask who should be in charge of our national currency, the nation or the banks ? A case maybe of "give us back our money" which for most people would be awfully similar to "give us back our money". What other metaphors might one use ? 'Robbery' perhaps, springs to mind.
QE or Public Money ?
This summer, Positive Money got a bit of a gift when a side effect of the UK EU Referendum vote for Brexit was a political crisis, which led to a fall in the value of the Pound Sterling and in turn a new Conservative Government, which promptly jettisoned previous Chancellor George Osborne's policies of austerity and 'balancing the books'. So in August to try and boost growth, the Bank of England set out on a new round of QE or Quantitative Easing, often called 'printing money'.
outside the Bank of England with a message
This gave Positive Money a chance to campaign about a real choice by calling on new Chancellor Philip Hammond to convert this newly created 'money' into real money and not just the electronic value of stocks and shares. Such stocks and shares are mainly held by the wealthy as investments. Positive Money point out that the previous UK round of QE increased the wealth of each of the richest 5% of households by an average of £128,000, thereby also increasing inequality, which the government is supposedly against.
Instead, Positive Money argues, and an increasing number of economists agree with them, that the Bank should create money and put it into the real economy, in ways that mean it gets spent and creates work here and now. Either as 'helicopter money' whereby individuals get cash (which in the case of poorer people they are likely to spend), or, by investment in infrastructure projects, which also create real world economic activity including jobs, also leading to cash in circulation.
So why doesn't QE normally do this ? Even at Positive Money's own website you have to drill down to get the details but as I understand it, essentially it's because the government gives the money to financial institutions and banks not to people to spend, or to itself to spend. Under QE the Bank of England creates a new 'reserve' account for itself and uses it to buy up 'government bonds' from pension funds or insurance companies. 'Money' then appears in the bank account of a Pension fund, such as in RBS. Only if this then gets spent will it benefit the real economy. Seeing as the wealthier shareholders in Pension Funds don't need to spend it like the poor do, they mostly don't: as a result, £375bn of QE produced only about £25bn economic activity in the real economy.
Positive Money says the Bank of England should give the money straight to people, especially poorer ones, or to the government, which should then spend it on infrastructure.
Relevance to Campaigns
If your campaign issue has anything to do with trying to or needing to reduce inequality, it is self-evident that taking control of the creation and direction of money into public hands, could play a huge role in shaping outcomes.
This has also to be one of the best ways of seriously using money to resolve critical practical problems for instance in the environment, and there is coincidence of interests between those wanting to achieve outcomes that rely on new investment (such as energy or transport infrastructure, or buying and managing forests), and those who want to stimulate flagging economies, such as politicians.
Tackling climate change is perhaps the most obvious example. If for instance we had a global decade or so of green investing to replace the old fossil based economy with a renewable-powered economic base, we'd be a long way down the track to implementing what governments promised in Paris. (The necessary investment cost has been put at $270bn out of $6trillion spent globally on new infrastructure a year, or just 4.5%).
Positive Money can be contacted at www.positivemoney.org


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Come Share in the Glorious Cause of Liberty!
Old Christmas: Militia Muster at Fort Watauga
Saturday, January 6
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday, January 7
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Christmas isn't over yet! European migrants brought Old World holiday traditions to America, from the Dutch Sinterklaas to the Twelve Days of Christmas. Discover the English, German, Scottish and Irish roots of our modern holiday celebrations. Contact the park for detailed schedule.
Overmountain Weavers Guild Fibers Show and Sale
Saturday, March 17
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Don't miss this great opportunity to visit with some of the best fiber artists of our region! If you love fibers, this is the place for you! Demonstrations include weaving, spinning, knitting, natural dyeing, and more. A variety of handmade items will be offered for sale.
Carter Mansion Celebration & Militia Muster
Saturday, April 7
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday, April 8
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Join us for two days of history, traditional arts and family fun as we celebrate the oldest frame house in Tennessee, and the historically prominent Carter family. Travel back to the 1780's and tour the Carter Mansion. Witness living history reenactors demonstrating aspects of 18th century life, and see local craftsmen showcasing traditional skills.
Landscape Seminar & Plant Auction
Saturday, April 14
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
An exciting array of unusual ornamental & native perennials, trees and shrubs will be auctioned during this event. A great opportunity to add new species to your landscape! Sponsored by The UT Extension Service, E.Tenn. Nursery Assoc., and the Eliz/Carter Co. Chamber of Commerce.
Community Plant Exchange
Saturday, April 28
9:00 am – 10:00 am
The front parking lot will be bustling this morning! Bring cuttings and potted outdoor and indoor plants, to exchange for species you don't have—a fun way to meet other gardeners and increase your collection.
Bird Walk with the Lee & Lois Herndon TOS Chapter
Saturday, May 12
8:00 am
Meet other birders and naturalists at Sycamore Shoals for a morning of birding during the migratory season.
24th Annual Siege at Fort Watauga
Saturday & Sunday, May 19 & May 20
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
It is the summer of 1776 and the Watauga settlement is at war. Join us as 200 colonial and Native reenactors present this dramatic retelling of the Cherokee attack brought on the settlers of the Watauga valley. Visit the living history camps, shop with period vendors, and witness battle re-enactments both days. Hear the rattle of muskets, smell the campfire smoke and see history come to life at the Siege of Fort Watauga. Contact the park for a detailed schedule.
28th Year in 2018! Sycamore Shoals Native American Festival
Saturday & Sunday, June 2 and 3
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
A two-day celebration of our Native American heritage! Award-winning dancers, storytellers, artists, and scholars gather at the circle to share knowledge and demonstrate their skills. Come and discover Native American arts, music, and legends, with an emphasis on the Cherokee culture. Admission Charge.
Summer Art Show at Sycamore Shoals
Art show and sale, June 30 – July 29
Meet-the-Artist Awards Reception: Sunday, July 1
1:30 – 4:00 pm
This multi-media exhibit is two art shows in one: "15th Annual Judged show" and the "23rd Annual Watauga Valley Art League Member show". Public is invited to the July 1st Reception and to enjoy the art exhibit all month.
Independence on the Frontier: Militia Muster at Fort Watauga
Saturday, June 30
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday, July 1
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Experience the 4th of July, 18th century-style! What did colonists think about a new nation? Be a guest in Fort Watauga as news of Independence arrives to the colonial frontier. Walk among historical characters and hear their varied reactions to the Declaration, from fear of war to the hope of a brighter future. The Celebration will take place on Saturday; the muster will continue until 3 pm on Sunday.
Liberty: The Saga of Sycamore Shoals – Our 40th Year!
Thursday – Saturday, July 12 – 14, 19 – 21 & 26 – 28
7:30 pm
Tennessee's official outdoor drama, presented by local performers against the backdrop of Fort Watauga. See the Revolution as told by the Overmountain Men: colonists who defied British law and settled on Cherokee lands. These settlers formed an independent government, made treaties with the Cherokee, defended their homes, and fought a British army at the epic battle of King's Mountain. Bleacher seating is available in the Amphitheater. Sponsored by Friends of Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area. Admission Charge.
15th Annual Elizabethton Butterfly Count
Saturday, August 4
9:00 am
Meet naturalist Don Holt at Sycamore Shoals for this day-long winged adventure across town. Come for all or part of the day. Sponsored by the North American Butterfly Association & Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park. (Rain Date to be announced).
Miniature Paintings – Art Show
Opening Reception: Sunday, August 5th – Thursday, August 30th
Fun exhibit of miniature masterpieces by local artists presented by the Watauga Valley Art League
National Garden Club Standard Flower Show
Friday, September 7
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Saturday, September 8
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Join us for the Shady Oaks Garden Club fall show, state winners of several top flower show awards in recent years. This year's event will include artistic flower designs, horticulture specimens, educational exhibits, and botanical art creations.
The Gathering at Sycamore Shoals
Saturday, September 15
10:00 am
On Saturday the 15th of September 2018, the Tennessee Society Sons of the American Revolution will celebrate the 237th "Gathering at Sycamore Shoals". This is a celebration of the Overmountain Men coming together to march to King's Mountain and defeat Loyalist forces under Col. Patrick Ferguson. We will have a Memorial Service and a wreath laying service. The public is invited to attend and to participate in the wreath laying. For more information please contact Ronnie Lail at 423-914-8677 firstname.lastname@example.com .
21th Annual Fort Watauga Knap-In
Saturday & Sunday, September 15 & 16
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Knapping—with a "K"—has nothing to do with sleep! Knapping is the art of making stone tools, and the Knap-In at Fort Watauga is our celebration of Tennessee Archaeology Week. Watch primitive skills craftsmen make arrowheads, spear points and other survival tools. There will be demonstrations of primitive tools such as the bow, arrow and atlatl throughout the day.
Overmountain Victory Trail Celebration
Saturday, September 22
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday, September 23
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Join us for an encampment by the Overmountain militia before the Battle of King's Mountain in 1780. Live some of the most crucial days of the American Revolution!
Overmountain Victory Trail March
Tuesday, September 25
2:00 pm (approximate time)
Members of the Overmountain Victory Trail Association have recreated the historic march to King's Mountain since 1975. On September 25, marchers will cross the Watauga River at Sycamore Shoals, just as the Overmountain militia crossed 238 years ago.
Bird Walks with the Lee & Lois Herndon TOS Chapter
Saturdays, October 6, 13, 20, & 27
8:00 am
Meet other birders and naturalists at Sycamore Shoals for a morning of birding during the migratory season.
23rd Annual Sycamore Shoals Quilt Show
Friday & Saturday, October 5, and 6th
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday, October 7
1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
This three-day exhibition, sponsored by the Sycamore Shoals Stitchers, features a show and demonstrations by local quilters. Bed quilts, wall hangings, holiday and baby quilts, miniatures and antique quilts will be on display.
Scary Stories at Fort Watauga
Thursday, October 25
7:30 pm
Strange things happen around All Hallows Eve, especially at an old fort by the river. Bring the family and join us for tales of woe and terror, the weird and macabre, with a touch of wit thrown in for good measure. Don't be afraid, Fort Watauga at Sycamore Shoals isn't haunted… we think!
Autumn Heritage Celebration
Saturday and Sunday, November 10 and 11
This year may be drawing to a close, but we aren't going to let it pass without one more festive weekend at Fort Watauga! Events for the two days include……
Colonial Harvest Celebration
Saturday, November 10
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday, November 11
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Join the festivities at Fort Watauga as the Washington County Militia gather to celebrate recent victories in the War for Independence and give thanks for a bountiful harvest. Enjoy demonstrations of 18th century life and living history presentations.
Fall Fibers Show
Saturday, November 10
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday, November 11
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Fall is the time we plan our winter projects and our handmade holiday gifts! Spend a day visiting our regions' finest fiber producers and artists! The day will include workshops, vendors with handmade items for sale, raw fibers, and demonstrations of spinning, weaving, and more!
Winterfest Art Show
November 18th until January 6, 2019
Opening Reception: Sunday, November 18th
1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Kick off the holidays at Sycamore Shoals! The Watauga Valley Art League exhibition and sale begins with a reception on November 18th with great opportunities for holiday shopping! Artwork from the Watauga Valley Art League will remain on display during regular park hours throughout the month of December until January 6th, 2019.
Lamplight Christmas Wreath Exhibit
November 18th until January 6, 2019
Tuesday – Saturday
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday 1
:00 pm – 4:30 pm
A visit to the park Visitors Center is sure to inspire as the rooms will be graced with wreaths of all designs and colors hung from old time lampposts. Please contact the park to request a place
Christmas at the Carter Mansion
Friday, November 30 & Saturday, December 1
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Spend a candlelit evening in the oldest frame house in Tennessee, decorated with bright greenery for the holidays. Enjoy music, refreshments and historic interpreters acting out scenes from an 18th century Christmas. This Christmas celebration is by reservation only and space is limited. Contact the park at regular operating hours for more information.
Throughout the Year
Traditional Arts Workshops
January – December
Dates and times vary.
Catch this unique opportunity to learn traditional art forms from expert instructors. Pre-registration is required in addition to an instructor and materials fee. Ask for our separate listing!
Watauga Valley Fife & Drum Corps
10:00 am – 12 pm
The Fife & Drum Corps performs at historical events, dedications, and parades. This group is open to anyone ages 13 & up. Musical experience is welcome but not necessary; just come with a willingness to learn. Meet our volunteer coordinator John Large at the Sycamore Shoals Visitors Center. Lessons are free of charge, just call and let us know you're coming!
Gardening Series with Ben Hunter
Sponsored by the Northeast Tennessee Master Gardeners
Each session – 9:00 am – noon
Saturday, February 3, 2018 – Raised Bed Gardening
Saturday, March 3, 2018 – Vegetable Gardening Saturday, August 4, 2018 – Fall Gardening
Saturday, October 20, 2018 – Get Ready for Spring: Winterizing Your Beds
Ben Hunter, will be joining us to share his experiences & techniques for growing the garden of your dreams! His successful techniques have inspired gardeners throughout the Tri-Cities and beyond. Each program meets in the park Community Room.
The Liberty Spinners
2nd Tuesday of the Month, April to November
9:30 am – 11:30 am
This gathering of spinners and fiber artists is open to anyone interested in the art of spinning. All are welcome!
Old Time Music Jam – Led by Art Lang
4th Sunday of each Month
1:30 pm – 4 pm
Enjoy the rich musical traditions of our region each month. Old time musicians of all levels are welcome. Don't play an instrument? Come on over, kick back and enjoy the tunes!
Friends of Sycamore Shoals Meetings
January – December
The Friends of Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park sponsors many of our special events. If you would like to be a part of what goes on behind the scenes, join us for our meetings! They are open to members, non-members and prospective members alike. Call the park for meeting times and programs.
History at Home
May – August
A creative mix of historical & natural programs presented throughout the summer by our seasonal interpretive staff. Please call for weekly schedules.
Visitors Center Hours:
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Tuesday through Saturday
1:00 PM – 4:30 PM Sunday Closed Mondays
Our Visitors Center is closed on most State holidays.
Park grounds are open from sunrise to sunset.
For more information contact:
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park
1651 West Elk Avenue Elizabethton, TN 37643 (423) 543-5808


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It was June 2006, and Australia was football mad as the Socceroos took their place at the World Cup in Germany – AND STRUCK A BLOW!
Few of us will ever forget that sense of excitement and how, in the 84th and 89th minute of the Socceroos opening match against Japan, Tim Cahill sparked a wild party – and infected us with a long-lasting dose of 'football fever' - along with John Aloisi's injury time goal, his two brilliant goals secured Australia's first victory at a World Cup tournament.
The Socceroos had us in the palms of their hands during a few brilliant weeks, and in the process they inspired millions of young kids to dream of one day becoming a Socceroo.
Cricket bats and oval balls were neglected as the kids learned to dribble and nail the ball like Cahill or Kewell.
We were stunned.
Apart from defeating Japan, Australia also drew 2-2 with powerhouse Croatia in front of 52,000 people in Stuttgart Stadium as tens of millions watched their heroics on television screens around the world.
You might remember that was the game Harry Kewell levelled in the 79th minute.
It was an epic moment because the Socceroos were on the cusp of qualifying for the World Cup's final 16.
It set up a game against the tournament's eventual champions, Italy.
Post game the Stadium's speakers were pumping out Men at Work's, Land Down Under and the level of pride and excitement the entire country felt . . . through football . . . was something I will never forget.
After that game I received a text message sent from the Australian team's dressing room.
It was from Mile Sterjovski #21 – who was having a terrific tournament – and the message read:
"There were inches everywhere tonight!"
Mile Sterjovski is one of the great stories of Australian Football.
I had the pleasure of working with him during the early stages of his professional career, and I knew intimately what he'd been through to make this team; a team that would change Australian football forever.
However, his text showed the calibre of person he is.
In the midst of what I imagine would've been a great celebration it showed appreciation and respect.
Mile knew I'd love his "inches" message because it shared what he knew was something I valued and always emphasised in training. That 'every split second counts.'
On this particular night Mile and his teammates fought for every split second on offer and they fought for every inch.
The reality is Mile had fought for every inch to reach his heights as a professional player.
Some of those 'inches' started with his parents making the same sacrifices many other parents do for their kids to pursue their dreams.
Some of those inches came from backyard football with his brothers; from junior coaches; the mentors he had along the way; the team mates who pushed him; the many sacrifices he made; a wife who supported him.
Some came from those times he spent visualising that one day he'd be a World Cup player.
Those inches that were won on this night were so well deserved.
Another great moment from that World Cup was seeing him in the tunnel and lining up ready to face Brazil.
He told me after the game that moment was extremely special because he was lined up against them with good friend and teammate, Jason Culina.
Mile revealed when the two of them were 17-years-old they played in a team that trained three nights per week, on the other days Mile and Jason would go to a park for extra training together.
What pushed them was the dream of playing in a World Cup and playing against Brazil, something they would often visualise and talk about in practise.
While their careers took them in different directions – and to different clubs around the world – destiny ensured they were together again, lining up about to walk out to a packed stadium at a World Cup to play Brazil, a team stacked with the likes of Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Roberto Carlos.
Seconds before they made their way from the tunnel and into the light Jason tapped Mile on the shoulder and said "Remember what we used to say to each other in the park as kids."
Mile was such a professional in everything he did.
His work ethic was second to none; his ability to aim high and believe in himself was a belief that was forged from years of hard work.
I could write volumes about the qualities Mile possessed to reach the heights he did, but my aim is to write a column that is a must read for any junior footballer, any coach or trainer of junior footballers and any parent of junior footballers.
To achieve that I've decided to chat with Mile himself, to tell the story of a junior footballer who aimed high and dreamed big.
He is now coaching and developing junior footballers at his academy and he does it with genuine care.
I kicked off by asking Mile to name the team of the best players he's played against.
The point of this is to remind us of the work and sacrifice that allowed him to share the pitch with the world's best.
Can you name the best 11 you have ever played against plus four players on the bench and also name a coach for us?
1. Gianluigi Buffon
2. Javier Zanetti
3. Fabio Cannavaro
4. Gabriel Heinze
5. Patrice Evra
6. Marcel Desailly
7. Cristiano Ronaldo
8. Paul Scholes
9. Ronaldo
10. Ronaldinho
11. Carlos Tevez
12. Roberto Carlos
13. Pablo Aimar
14. Juan Roman Riquelme
15. George Weah
COACH - Sir Alex Ferguson
You dreamed very big in your late teens. Can you remember at what age you decided to commit to becoming a top class player?
I think I was always committed to becoming a top class player.
I was doing sessions very early in the morning before school when I was 13 and 14 but I think making the AIS team when I was 16 gave me the boost to push forward with my commitment.
When do you feel you started really practising at an elite level that was crucial in shaping your career?
Definitely at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). The AIS gave me the platform to improve my game.
Everything I needed from coaching to nutritional advice to physiotherapy and massage was provided.
Also beneficial was being able to learn to live on my own away from family.
What are your best memories from this age?
Being able to train every single day and living with my team mates.
What are your best memories of the junior coaches who guided you?
Larry Gaffney (Wollongong Wolves Youth Team coach) was one of my favourites. He really believed in me and helped me get to the AIS. We would do extra one on one session away from the team to improve my game and weaknesses.
As a professional what do you feel your best asset was to your teams you played with?
My speed; my ability to score goals and linking up with players.
Later on in my career it was mentoring the younger players in the team.
You've given us a list of the best players you have played against, can you give us just a few of who you rate as the best Australian players you played with?
Mark Viduka, Josip Skoko, Harry Kewell, Brett Emerton, Mark Schwarzer, Tim Cahill, Mark Bresciano, Stan Lazaridis.
Is there any player who had the most influence on you as a mentor?
Two players that helped me settle into the Socceroos were Josip Skoko and Stan Lazaridis. They mentored me in my early days with the Socceroos and to this day I still contact them for advice on anything.
As a coach now developing young talent what are the best parts of this job?
Seeing kids improve and doing something I have taught them!
What type of players do you enjoy working with the most?
The ones who are enthusiastic and good listeners!
How often do you feel kids need to practise at different age groups?
I think kids should practise at least five times a week - three organised sessions (with a coach or team/academy) and two sessions on their own, kicking the ball around/shooting or dribbling at home (nothing specific just fun).
What is the most important thing in training for kids?
For kids under-12 it is to work on developing good football habits and skills but most of all do it in a fun environment.
Kids 12-16- learning game play while continuing to work on skill etc.
16 + should start working on strength to be able to compete with older players including men..
As a parent how are you guiding your own children who no doubt have it in their blood to follow in your footsteps?
I do not put any pressure on them to become footballers . . . I want them to enjoy what they do. However, I do want them to put in 100% in whatever they do and have a great attitude in whatever they do because I believe that's an important attribute to have for anything they take part in in the future.
Are there lessons you have learned throughout your junior career that you will be aware of to avoid for your own kids?
One thing that comes to mind is training when injured (or not 100%) is not beneficial. I would rather a player have a couple of weeks out than train when injured. Bad habits start to creep into their game and if you can't train at your best then I believe you can't play at your best.
What opportunities are you looking to provide and what environment will you try to provide for the youngsters you coach to allow their game to grow?
At MSFC I teach good football habits that are essential in games and I also try to mentor the kids and teach them about having a good attitude because I am a big believer that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard!
What advice do you have for parents?
Teach your kids respect in every aspect of the word.
Respect themselves - prepare well for training games, eat correctly.
Respect their parents - Be appreciative that your parents are your taxi driver, your chef, your mentor.
Respect their coach - be enthusiastic, a good listener, coachable.
Respect their team mates - encourage, help communicate with them and be supportive.
Respect their sport.
What I have learnt is if you give respect you will - in return - receive respect tenfold.
- Hayden Knowles & Mile Sterjovski, exclusively for Sportsta.


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A & E Tours
We are a family owned transportation and tour company.
Our company is a mix of young and not so young people striving to bring a new outlook and energy to the tourism industry in Grenada.
Our tours are streamlined to cater for different people with varied personalities.
We cater for the nature lover, adventure seeker, history lover and that guest who just wants to relax and enjoy our beautiful island. Our new thrust caters to the need of the entire family on all our tours, always working with the guest's request and needs. Punctuality, courtesy, respect, and great service are our watchwords.
We have had some great reviews from our guests over the years which we cherish and try to build on.
A & E - committed to continued service with excellence and a marked difference from the others.
- Bus / Van
- One day trip
- Shuttle & Transfer
- Car
- Jeep / 4x4
- Motorbike
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- Phone: (473) 435 1444
- Mobile: (473) 407 0766
- Fax: (473) 435 1444
- Go to Website
Products, Services, Prices
GRENADA Tour# 4 - "Fun Lovers Beach Tour" -- Special Tour for Cruise ship passenger:
COST: Adults US$60.00 - Children US$30.00 /
AGES: All ages DURATION: 7 - 7/12 hours Lunch included
GRENADA Tour# 5 - "Coast to Coast Island Tour":
COST: US$75 - adults US$40 - children AGES: All ages DURATION: 7 - 7/12 hours
GRENADA Tour# 3 - "History Lovers' Tour":
Cost: Adults US$25.00 - Children US$15.00
GRENADA Tour# 2 - "Best of Nature Tour":
The cost of the tour is US$35.00 per person. - US$18 for children 13 and under.
GRENADA Tour# 1 - "Spicy Scenes Tour":
Cost: Adults US$28.00 - Children US$14.00
Waterfall / Hiking Tour:
MARQUIS WATERFALLS, - Level: Easy to Moderate Cost: US$50 Adults US$25 Children
SEVEN SISTERS WATERFALLS - Level: Moderate to Difficult Cost: US$30 Adults US$15 Children
CONCORD WATERFALLS - Level: Moderate to Difficult Cost: US$50 Adults US$25 Children
Vehicle Rentals (Jeeps, Cars, Bikes)
You are required to have a valid driver's license from your country of nationality and a temporary license obtainable from the Government's Inland Revenue Department
(Cost US$12 or EC$30)
Taxi Service 24-hr. Taxi Service available
- City:
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The people involved:
Fabian Dahms, Eva-Maria Brüning, Achintya Kundu, Benjamin Fingerhut, Erik T. J. Nibbering, Thomas Elsaesser
Former team members:
Lukasz Szyc, Ming Yang, Christian Greve,
Rene Costard, Tobias Tyborgski, Yingliang Liu, Henk Fidder, Benjamin Koeppe, Ismael A. Heisler, Biswajit Guchait, Torsten Siebert
National and international collaboration: Ehud
Pines ,†
†: Department of Chemistry, Ben Gurion University
of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105 Israel
Hydrogen bonding of hydrated biomolecular and biomimetic systems
is investigated with ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy. Hydration
of biomolecules is addressed on the femto- to picosecond time scale
by probing vibrational marker modes sensitive to molecular motions,
energy exchange, and structural fluctuations of the hydration shell.
Using artificial DNA oligomers as a model system and implementing
a technique which allows for femtosecond measurements at a controlled
variable hydration level, femtosecond 2D infrared and pump-probe
spectroscopy is applied to provide new insight into hydration processes.
Experiments on DNA oligomers and base pairs in solution addresses
vibrational dynamics within the complementary hydrogen bonding structural
motifs of base pairing, giving detailed information on the coupling
and relaxation behaviour of the N-H stretching oscillators in these
base pairs. The vibrational dynamics of phosphate groups in the
DNA backbone and their energy exchange with the water shell have
been determined for the first time, demonstrating that the surrounding
water layers represent the preferential heat sink for excess energy
released in DNA relaxation processes. These findings are complemented
and confirmed by measurements on water pools nano-confined in reverse
micelle structures with phosphate head groups.
Our research activities on the ultrafast hydrogen bond dynamics,
initiated in 1998 within the collaborative research centre SFB 450
"Analysis and control of ultrafast photoinduced reactions"
can be categorized into five time periods. The first three periods
have been funded through the SFB450-B2 project (1998-2010). Since
2010 third party funding comes through an ERC Advanced Grant.
Here below we show the results of phase 5. For phases 1, 2, 3 and
4, please follow the links to the separate pages.
We continue our research on vibrational dynamics in hydrated DNA. Dynamics and couplings of phopshate and sugar backbone modes of Watson-Crick double helix DNA films (consisting of 23
oligomer adenine-thymine base pairs) have been explored with ultrafast IR pump-probe and 2D-IR spectroscopy.
We investigate the
vibrational dynamics of aqueous phosphate ions in a combined experimental and theoretical approach. The interaction of water
molecules with ionic phosphate groups is of particular interest
as phosphate groups are primary hydration sites in membranes and
in biomolecules such as DNA and RNA.
7. Pump-probe data of phosphate stretching modes of H2PO4- in aqueous solution showing vibrational lifetimes <500 fs.
8. 2D-IR photon echo spectra for H2PO4- in aqueous solution, with which vibrational couplings and spectral diffusion dynamics of the phosphate stretching modes can be grasped.
9. Frequency fluctuations of H2PO4- stretching modes due to librational motions of hydration-shell water derived from a Kubo analysis of 2D lineshapes and hybrid quantum-classical simulations.
10. (a and c) Electric field-frequency correlation of the asymmetric (PO2)- stretch vibration of dimethylphosphate (DMP)
calculated on the VCI2 level of theory; (b and d) Correlation of ab initio calculated electric field EQM and the Effective Fragment Potential model EEFP.
11. The time averaged electric field (middle) converges within the first 2-3 solvation shells with notable contributions from induction (cf. radial distribution function g(r), top).
12.(left) normalized field fluctuation correlation function C(t) characterized by sub-100 fs and 2-3 ps fluctuation timescales;
(right) power spectral density C(ω) of the normalized field fluctuation correlation function C(t).
13. Experimental and simulated absorption spectrum of DMP in aqueous solution, dotted and dashed dotted lines denote the contribution of conformers gt and gg, respectively.
We investigate the
vibrational dynamics of aqueous phosphate ions in a combined experimental and theoretical approach. The interaction of water
molecules with ionic phosphate groups is of particular interest
as phosphate groups are primary hydration sites in membranes and
in biomolecules such as DNA and RNA.
14. The Zundel cation H5O2+, prepared in acetonitrile solution, exhibits O-H stretching and O-H bending transitions, and the broadband Zundel continuum.
15. Two-colour IR pump-probe measurements on the O-H stretching and O-H bending transitions of the Zundel cation H5O2+, prepared in acetonitrile solution.
16. Ultrafast electric field fluctuations modulate the IR transition energies of the Zundel cation H5O2+: main mechanism behind the broadband Zundel continuum.
Hydrogen bond dynamics in hydrated biomimetic and biomolecular
Coherent vibrational response in hydrogen bonds (1998-2010)
Project SFB450-B2
"Analysis and control of ultrafast photoinduced reactions")


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OIR computing resources are mostly distributed on users'
desktops, some Linux, some Windows.
There are no longer any tape drives at the CF:
Consult the CF page:
Through OIR, the TDC makes available a computer for the
reduction of ground-based telescope data of all types. This
machine is named tdc2 and is a Dell PowerEdge 900
with 8 3 GHz cpus, 128 GB of memory, and a Gigabit
Ethernet connection.
The tdc2 computer is open for use by
anyone with a CF-domain account, and that has telescope
data to reduce. For more information, see the Web page:
Note that much of the data obtained at the MMT or Magellan is
reduced by the TDC staff. Contact tdchelp at cfa.harvard.edu for
The CF runs the publicly-available computers neptune,
jupiter, cfa0, and mars.
Each has slightly different combinations of number of cpus, cpu
speeds and memory.
Note that neptune and jupiter are
located at CDP, so I/O from the
60 Garden St. complex is over a single shared Gigabit link.
Much non-CF-supported software is available via the
tdc2 computer. For many of these programs,
it is necessary to include /data/oiropt/bin
and /data/oir/bin in your
PATH environment variable.
Note that the /data/oiropt directory is an
architecture-dependent mountpoint, such that a Linux system gets
Linux-appropriate binaries,
and a Solaris system gets SunOS-appropriate biaries.
There are several places to store data:
Two ``permanent'' storage spaces for any in OIR once
you're added to the group oirgroup. Files are
never deleted and are backed up nightly by the CF. You
make your own dir in /data/oirperm{,2} and away you
go. Please do not use this space for ordinary data
There are PI disks, also permanent and usually
backed up. If you don't already know of such a disk,
the owner probably doesn't want you to use it.
Scratch disks are
intended for data reduction, not permanent storage.
Scratch disks are not backed up, and are purged after
90 days.
Anyone can make directories on /pool/tdc5 (i.e. no
group restrictions); /pool/tdc3 is limited to members of
group oirgroup, and /pool/megascr1 is
restricted to
members of megagrp.
In addition, /pool/tdc5 is
each week of files older than 155 days, /pool/tdc3 is purged
each week of files older than 90 days, and /pool/megascr1
is never purged.
Finally, these disks are not backed up, but
are protected by parity and hot-spare
disks in the RAID arrays, including limited snapshotting
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"Never Get So Busy Making a Living that You Forget to Make a Life" ― Dolly Parton
It certainly isn't easy to let go – be it a loved one or a day-to-day task that becomes a part of our lives. At the same time, being overloaded with work isn't right or healthy either. With stress being declared as the 'health epidemic of the 21st century' by the World Health Organization, it's time to give your life a wake-up call. While outsourcing – the art of delegating non-core tasks to an assistant, has been an erstwhile corporate practice, the concept is fast catching up in the personal space too. Everyone in business is acquainted with the benefits of outsourcing and most Fortune 500 companies leverage the concept to save time, cost, and boost productivity. Applied to our lives, personal outsourcing means getting our low-value day-to-day tasks done by someone else at a presumably lower cost. What do you buy back? Time - the scarcest of all resources today.
Personal outsourcing allows you to be present at multiple places at the same time. Well not literally, but quite so. While you catch a movie with your friends or family, a virtual personal assistant could be filing your taxes, paying your bills, hunting for that perfect gift for your partner, or maybe even writing a romantic poem on your behalf! The intent behind personal outsourcing is to offload your low-impact yet time consuming personal tasks. In the bargain you get the time and liberty to do all the things you've always wanted to do – if only you had a little more time at hand.
Striking work-life balance has never been straightforward – it is a thin line between professional success and personal satisfaction. Giving your 100% to everything remains an elusive goal for most people. Thanks to technology, we are better placed today to get our act right. From personal outsourcing services to hiring a virtual assistant to take over your non-revenue generating tasks at office – you get it all at one tap and at competitive rates. What's more – these outsourced assistants are often armed with expertise and time to make a thorough research, be it getting good rates for hotel/travel bookings, to securing a lucrative personal insurance deal.
With more than 56% of global workers reporting that they feel they can never get away from their work, it's high time we realize that the key to a happier life lies in flexibility, delegation, and prioritizing. However, delegating or outsourcing personal tasks is something that doesn't come naturally or easily to most of us. As you climb the ranks in your professional and personal lives, mastering the art of delegation becomes all that more important. When it comes to personal outsourcing, ask yourself these three critical questions to ensure you outsource your life the right way:
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There are thousand ways to tell a city. Especially one like Barcelona. City design, city poem, romance city, open and complex city. Diverse and inspiring city that brings together the fine arts, literature, theater, cinema, festivals and cuisine, where there are people from all around the world.
A thousand ways to create a story of the city and in Demano we have our own and hopeful one. The one told by banners ofi its official events inviting you to walk it, recreate it and set meeting points, later becoming a bag or accessory that will continue with you its journey through the world .
In 1999, we walked the streets of Barcelona, when by chance, found a discarded advertisement banner. We checked its strength, flexibility, impermeability and excellent design. Our hands touched other textures of the city. Demano was born and it's Collection of banners.


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For detailed information call Gary 419-467-5233 Yes, this is truly one of a kind. A 1966 Ford Mustang GT K Code with dealer installed Paxton Supercharger. All Documented over and over. All photos and papers included. This is definitely the Mustang for the collector or enthusiast who wants nothing but the best. This is one of the only 513 rare 1966 "K" Code Mustang GT listed in the Hi Po registry and it is the "only" one we can find with an original dealer installed Paxton supercharger on it. It is the original color -Vintage Burgundy (code X) and the car only has 87,277 original miles! It has the original real deal numbers matching "K" Code 289 v8, 271 horsepower High performance (Hi-Po) engine with factory 4 speed Top-loader transmission and 9? rear w/3.5:1 gears! It has been checked over to factory specifications. It has the original factory buck-tag, the original owners warranty and owner's manual, and 3 separate build sheets! Also included in sale are a few original photos of the car in its original state from back in the day! It has 90% original sheet metal, the motor compartment is detailed but we didn't want to lose its original "patina" and the exterior paint is excellent. This Mustang runs and drives as new! This fabulous and rare 1966 Ford Mustang "K" Code Mustang is turn-key ready to show and go! Features: When finding this rare vehicle, in 2013, a build sheet was located under the rear seat, in addition to the other two that were located under the dash previously, this car now has three build sheets to verify its authenticity! This car was purchased from the original owner's daughter and has been in the family since its original purchase in 1966. Because of the uniqueness of the �K" Code engine, careful consideration went into identifying and decoding the engine components. Included with sale are detailed photographs highlighting the authentic high performance components. A bit more about the engine, the intake cast is dated April 1966 and it was optioned from the original owner to take the $73 upgrade of an offenhauser intake with a 460 cfm auto lite carburetor when purchasing the Paxton super charger. It has the heavy duty timing chain and solid lifters; all in great condition due to the one owner vehicle and discovering the engine had not been rebuilt prior. The VIN Stamp is visible on engine block as well as the engine cast number; the cast number is dated April 1966. It has the factory "K" Code heads, heavy duty main bearings, screw in studs, heavy duty connecting rods, large harmonic balancer, forged aluminum pistons, original dual-point distributor and the factory original exhaust manifolds. Indeed, this is a very special engine and a very special car. When installing the new clutch a picture of the back of the block was taken showing the "factory" paint markings of "HP" for high performance. To obtain more information on this particular vehicle, call, email or stop by, and one of our sales associates will be happy to assist you. Questions or a short video, no problem! We take trades and can help arrange financing and shipping. You can buy with confidence, as we are one the industries leading 5 Star classic car dealers. Our founding principles remain the same today as they did in the beginning, "Honesty and Integrity". We believe we can make your classic car purchase an enjoyable experience. Our sales and office staff with handle all of the details as you sit back and await the arrival of your legendary motorcar. See our entire inventory at www.americanclassiccarsales.com. American Classic Car Sales 1683 Cattlemen Road Sarasota, FL 34232 941-928-2339 Showroom hours: Monday-Friday 8-5:30 Saturday 9-4 Sunday By Appointment Only
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A group of disabled fitness instructors have become the first to join a new scheme in Sheffield encouraging other people with disabilities to get active.
Sara Belshaw, Sancharie Sorefan and Scott Rotchell are part of the group who have started work placements with health and fitness charity, Sheffield City Trust, as part of the national InstructAbility course, which offers unemployed, disabled people the chance to train as gym instructors for free.
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Shares of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) climbed more than 2% to fresh all-time highs on Monday in the wake of the tech titan's sweeping legal victory over rival Samsung late last week.
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On the other hand, Samsung lost $12 billion in market capitalization in response to the ruling, which requires the South Korean electronics heavyweight to pay Apple $1.05 billion for infringing on six patents. Samsung could also have some of its products banned.
The victory not only gives cash-flush Apple an additional $1.05 billion, but could crimp the business prospects of rivals who now have more reason to fear Apple's patents when designing phones and tablets.
"While a ban would likely increase Apple's leading smartphone share in the U.S. market, we believe this verdict could lead to Samsung also delaying near-term product launches as it attempts to design around Apple's patents," analysts at Canaccord Genuity wrote in a note, Reuters reported.
Apple's shares were recently up 1.91% to $675.80 and earlier hit an intraday record at $680.87.
Thanks to the Apple rally, the PowerShares QQQ ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ), which tracks the Nasdaq 100, is on track to close at its highest levels since the bursting of the tech bubble in December 2000.
Meanwhile, shares of Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) retreated 2.28% to $663.12 on Monday in response to the Apple win, which could put pressure on devices powered by its Android operating system.
However, the news wasn't all bad for Apple foes as the markets were betting the legal victory could be a boon to rivals of Samsung, especially if an injunction is granted against some of its products.
That helps explain an 8% leap for Finnish phone maker Nokia (NYSE:NOK), which teamed up with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) on new Windows Phones.
"We think that the real winner hear will be Microsoft and the Windows Phone ecosystem," Nomura analysts said in a note, according to Reuters. "As Android and Apple tear each other apart, Microsoft has been waiting in the wings and is in a very good position to move in and entice users to switch from Android to Microsoft, as we have already seen that user loyalty is low."
Shares of Microsoft gained 0.61% to $30.74 in recent trading.
Likewise, shares of Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) climbed 2.31% to $7.11 amid hopes the Apple/Samsung legal battle could benefit the struggling BlackBerry maker, which has lost a huge amount of market share to Apple and Android.


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AdvisorShares Weekly Market Review – Week Ending 11/4/2016
Highlights of the Prior Week
Cubs Win! Equities Lose?
Domestic equities have declined for nine days in a row which is the longest such streak since 1980. 1980?! The streak looked to end at eight on Friday until the indexes turned down with about 30 minutes left in the trading day. For the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.49%, the S&P 500 gave up 1.93%, the NASDAQ dropped 2.77% and the Russell 2000 was down 1.97%. The selling was not panicked but there seems to be no catalyst right now especially considering the Presidential Election is now just a day away. Without expressing a political preference, we will look forward to the election being over and only needing to hear about one of the two candidates going forward.
The October jobs report contained a mix of meh and strength but nothing truly bad. There were 161,000 jobs created and the headline unemployment rate ticked down to 4.9%. The broader U6 unemployment number fell to 9.5% which is a new low going back to 2008. The workforce contracted though with the participation rate falling to 62.8%. The real strength was in wages which grew by 0.4% for a 2.8% year over year comparison and revisions added 44,000 jobs to the last two months. Although there is still one more jobs report before the December FOMC meeting, the current data appears to solidify the intention to hike rates.
The Brexit saga took a new turn last week when Britain's High Court ruled that Parliament will need to approve the commencement of Article 50 which is the starting point for actually separating from the European Union. The immediate reaction seemed to be more along the lines that this would cause a delay from the stated March, 2017 objective as opposed to abandoning the idea but some sort of watered down Brexit may be on the table.
South Korea has been embroiled in an odd scandal involving President Park Geun Hye and a friend of the president named Choi Soon-sil. It is alleged that Choi tried to unduly influence policy and politicians which led to Park needing to replace the prime minister and finance minister. The market reaction was not drastic but the KOSPI did fall about 1.5% on the news. South Korea has had a lot to deal with in terms of smartphone defects and shipping company failures.
Things may be heating up in Turkey. Time reported that Turkish police arrested 11 politicians from the Kurdish opposition on Friday and shortly thereafter a car bomb killed eight people in Diyarbakir which is the largest city in the Kurdish region of the country. There were also reports of social media platforms like Twitter being inaccessible. Time notes that this episode, following on from July's attempted coup might jeopardize the country's future as a democracy. The Turkish equity market fell about 2% on Friday and not quite 5% for the week.
West Texas Intermediate Crude fell dramatically last week with the latest development being hints from Saudi Arabia of possibly increasing output as the previously agreed to OPEC production cuts unravels. The Saudi's later denied threatening to increase production which contributed to some snap back but still, for the week, WTI fell 9%. Gold was well bid last week, adding 2% and taking back the $1300 level.
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FactSet reported $20 billion in October fund flows. Several large, broad based equity funds had inflows ranging from $1-$2 billion and the two largest high yield index funds had outflows that combined were $1.2 billion. While these outflows may have been tied to the general backup in yields that has occurred over the last month, the relative performance of high yield versus the aggregate index and intermediate and longer treasuries has been strong.
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Earlier this year there were two serious earthquakes in central Italy. The Guardian reports that Italy Faces More Earthquakes In Near Future, Scientists Warn;
Scientists now know that the region is prone to earthquakes because it is being stretched in a north-east/south-west direction at a rate of about 3mm a year. "That is roughly a tenth of the rate at which your fingernails grow," said Walters. Some of this geological stretching is due to the underground tectonic plates on which Italy sits and which are moving apart. In addition, it is thought that Earth's mantle under the crust is pushing upwards and this also leads to stretching.
The World Series was of course one for the ages, enjoyable for everyone save for about 400,000 people in Cleveland. The series and game 7 had just about everything which leads Rolling Stone to tell us How The Cubs Became America's Team With Epic World Series Win;
The Cubs, with Bill Murray and Eddie Vedder singing "Take Me out to the Ballgame" where Harry Caray used to do it; Rizzo, Baez and Schwarber becoming the little brothers everybody could want; Bryant's MVP season; manager Joe Maddon as a cross between a guru, a fun uncle and a baseball genius; Theo Epstein ending the droughts in both Boston and now Chicago; and just the way they did it. Yesterday, the Chicago Cubs were the team you knew were going to blow it. Today they're the team that did the opposite of just that. And for that, they've become the epitome of what makes sports – specifically the sport they play, America's pastime – so great.
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Robert Kennicutt
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University of Washington
Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics (2007)
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|H II regions as extragalactic distance indicators (1978)
Robert Charles Kennicutt, Jr. FRS is an American astronomer. He is the Plumian Professor of Astronomy at the Institute of Astronomy in the University of Cambridge. He was formerly Editor-in-Chief of the Astrophysical Journal (1999–2006). His research interests include the structure and evolution of galaxies and star formation in galaxies.[2]
He received his bachelor's degree in physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1973. He was a graduate student in astronomy at the University of Washington, where he received his master's degree in 1976 and his Ph.D. in 1978. He was awarded the Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics in 2007 by the American Astronomical Society. He shared the 2009 Gruber Prize in Cosmology with Wendy Freedman of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and Jeremy Mould of the University of Melbourne School of Physics, for their leadership in the definitive measurement of the value of the constant of proportionality in Hubble's Law. He was made a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001 and appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2011.
Kennicutt formulated a version of the Kennicutt–Schmidt law, which is an empirical relation between the gas density and star formation rate (SFR) in a given region.
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Kennicutt is the principal investigator for the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey (SINGS), a legacy project that performed a multiwavelength survey of 75 nearby galaxies with the Spitzer Space Telescope.[3]
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