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Method of Payment
Acceptable methods of payment are by personal check mailed to P.O. Box 1063, Holly Springs, GA 30142, or by credit card here on our website. A $45 fee will be charged for checks returned for insufficient funds.
Trip Prices
Because foreign currency exchanges can fluctuate, the trip price in U.S. dollars can increase before our trip date. If nominal, we can absorb these increases for you. However, if the increase is substantial, additional charges may apply. We will advise you if this occurs.
We also reserve the right to increase our per person prices if a minimum number of travelers is not met for a specific tour.
Final Payment
Your final payment to 3rd Rock Adventures is due no later than 90 days prior to departure (unless a trip requires another timeframe for payment). If we do not receive your final payment by the due date, we will consider this a cancellation, and any advance deposits will be forfeited.
Late Payments
Please contact us immediately regarding late payments, as they can result in a non-refundable cancellation of some or all services booked.
Change Fees
We charge $50.00 for any personal change made to your itinerary that affects your travel.
Cancellation Policy and Fees
All cancellations must be received in writing (via email or mailed letter). Cancellation fees will be imposed according to the schedule below.
Days Prior to Trip:
3 days after booking to 150 days prior to departure: $150.00 administration fee
150 days to 90 days prior to departure: 40% of tour cost + $150.00 administration fee
89 days to 60 days prior to departure: 60% of tour cost + $150 administration fee
60 days or less: 100% of tour cost
If you cancel within 3 days of booking, as long as the tour is more than 100 days out, we will give you a refund minus a $50.00 administrative fee.
Where plane tickets have been purchased the cost of the plane ticket will be deducted from any refundable amount.
We may be able to work with you on reducing your cancellation fees if you find a replacement, provided we approve the substitution. All related correspondence to this effect must be in writing (via email or mailed letter).
If you had planned to share a room, the cost of a single supplement will be charged as well, in addition to the above-noted cancellation fees.
Passports and Visas
The responsibility is yours alone to make sure you have the proper travel documents for your trip, though we will do our best to inform you of all visa requirements and needs. A passport is required for all international travel, and the expiration date must be at least six months from the return travel date. In addition, you must have two blank pages in your passport for our trips. We will give no refunds or credits to travelers denied boarding due to improper documentation.
No Cancellation/ Non Refundable Prices
You are receiving a sizable discount for paying early with and making your purchase No Cancellation/ Non Refundable. The agreement time period is from 48 hours after date of your purchase through 61 days prior to departure. ( Within 60 days of Departure all Payments are 100% non refundable per the cancellation policy). This does mean that from 48 hours after your purchase to 61 days prior to our trip, 3rd Rock adventures will not refund your cancellation request for any personal reasons on the purchasers part. 3rd Rock Adventures will gladly refund your payments should your trip be Cancelled by 3rd Rock Adventures, the Itinerary Significantly changed, or the Dates of your trip changed by more than 48 hours. In all of our years in the travel business we have never cancelled, altered trip dates or significantly altered a trip itinerary. You realize that by choosing the lesser price and by accepting our terms and conditions that your payment becomes Non Refundable/No Cancellation 48 hours after received.
Trip Information and Documents
Most trip documents can be sent via email, but if hard copies are required, we will send them ten days before your trip. Overnight service can be requested for a $35.00 fee.
Privacy Policy
3rd Rock Adventures values its visitors' privacy. This privacy policy summarizes what information we might collect from a registered user or other visitor, and what we will and will not do with it.
Please note that this privacy policy does not govern the collection and use of information by companies that 3rd Rock Adventures does not control, nor by individuals not employed or managed by 3rd Rock Adventures. If you visit a Web site that we mention or link to, be sure to review its privacy policy before providing the site with information. This Policy went into effect July 3, 2014. Click here to view the full Privacy Policy . Full Privacy Policy
Air Transportation
Airlines change their schedules often, and we urge you to re-check all times and flight details with your airline prior to departure. 3rd Rock Adventures cannot be held responsible for such changes and their impact to our trip plans, but we will do our best to adjust when needed.
Please check with your airline to confirm all current baggage allowances and restrictions, including those for size, weight, and quantity.
For trip transfers and transportation, we include the handling of one piece of standard luggage and one carry-on item. Additional bags will incur a one-time cost of $50.00 payable to your tour director during the trip.
Most of the hotels that we partner with are first-class. The sleeping rooms have twin beds with a private bathroom. Please note that all hotels are subject to change, and if such a change is required, we will work to find equivalent lodgings. When traveling internationally, note that hotels abroad can be equipped differently than hotels in the United States.
Travel Insurance
3rd Rock Adventures strongly encourages you to consider travel insurance when booking a trip with us – to protect your expenses and for your health. Click here for more information and our recommendations: Travel Insurance.
Medical Issues
Our travelers must be in good health to join our trips. If you have any disability or pre-existing condition (physical or mental) that could affect your participation, we must be made aware at the time of your booking. No exceptions. 3rd Rock Adventures reserves the right to decline your reservation, or require you to travel with a companion who can accommodate your needs, if your conditions preclude your ability to safely enjoy the trip. Safety is a priority for us.
We also strongly encourage you to complete the Medical information form prior to travel. This form will ask for a great deal of medical information that you would want a doctor to know if any health situation or medical emergency were to unfortunately arise during your trip. We suggest you fill this form out entirely with this thought in mind: "What would a doctor need to know if I could not speak for myself?" We consider this information as personally sensitive as your passport number or credit card number. Your tour director will have a copy of this in an individually sealed envelope that will only be opened should an emergency happen. It will only be used if absolutely necessary.
Weight Restrictions
Some activities, like horseback riding or zip lining, may have weight restrictions. Participation is often at the discretion of local guides. Please call us if you have any concerns.
3rd Rock Adventures operates solely as an agent for the various independent suppliers that provide such services as transportation, accommodations, sightseeing, or other services connected with your tour. We issue tickets and travel documents as an agent for the companies that provide these services and they are subject to term and conditions of the respective suppliers. 3rd Rock Adventures and their respective employees, agents, representatives and assigns accept no liability whatsoever for any injury, damage, loss, accident, delay, or any other incident which may be caused by negligence, defect, default or any company or person in performing these services.Responsibility is not accepted for losses, injury, damages or expenses of any kind due to sickness, weather, strikes, hostilities, wars , terrorist acts, acts of nature, local laws or other such causes 3rd Rock and its suppliers will make every effort to operate tours as disclosed. However, circumstances beyond our control may arise requiring an adjustment to the tour or amend the itinerary. We will do all possible to avoid any changes and to offer substitutions, but we reserve the right to make such modifications if deemed necessary. If the services set forth cannot be supplied, we will supply comparable services and accommodation. Additional expenses, if any, shall be on the participant. 3rd Rock Adventures is not responsible for loss or damage to property, baggage, accident, illness, injury or death to persons resulting from any act of suppliers or caused by strike, war, weather, delays, and government regulations. And cause beyond reasonable control. Services are subject to laws of the country where service is rendered. Although we investigate each destination thoroughly, we have no special knowledge of changes in foreign entry requirements or health hazards in regions we travel. Participants are responsible for verifying any health conditions that could exist at a trip destination. You may visit the State Dept. or CDC websites for details. We reserve the right to remove you from a trip if you not been forthright with your physical limitations up until the day of departure. Any suits in connection with this Agreement shall be litigated, if at all, in the courts of Cherokee County, Georgia, to the exclusion of other courts in other states.
Final Notes
- Motor coaches are all non-smoking.
- 3rd Rock Adventures (including our tour directors or agents) may, at our sole discretion, dismiss any traveler from a trip or activity and/or refuse service for disruptive behavior.
- 3rd Rock Adventures reserves the right to cancel, or reschedule, any tour prior to departure for any reason.
- When traveling internationally, you gain valuable cultural experience and insight. But don't forget that you may encounter situations and events different than you would at home. Keep in mind this can be part of the fun!


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A completely new model. The Corpus Stretch pant with Primaloft® Silver® insulation is ideal for resort, all-terrain and freeride skiing.
Its minimalist style is influenced by the functionality of military gear; this pant made from stretchy material combines a highly elegant silhouette with an extremely comfortable freedom of movement. The minimalist outer look is a perfect contrast to the warm silky inner lining with its repeat chevron pattern. Enough to turn heads.
Primarily designed for all-mountain skiing and made from very resistant material, the stretchy fabric of the Corpus Stretch provides a feeling of comfort and flexibility. As for its all-over psychedelic chevron printed interior, it is not for the faint-hearted. Camille Jaccoux
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technical details
- 320 polyamide/spandex oxford stretch with waterproof and breathable membrane 20k/20k.
- Primaloft® Silver®.
- adjustable waist band with belt loops.
- two zipped hand pockets.
- two large cargo pockets.
- leg lift system.
- inside leg zipped ventilation.
- internal snow gaiters with silicone gripper elastic.
- reinforcement kick patches.
- RECCO® reflector.
how does it fit?
Our model Robin is 1m80 high.
On this picture Robin is wearing both the jacket and pant in a Large size, as he liked to wear it loose. For a more classic look he could wear a Medium size.
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Money mule spam is sent by fraudsters to users exposed after the security breach at RecruitIreland.com.
Another weekend, another attack on Twitter users. On the same day word surfaced that 17-year-old Mikeyy Mooney had been offered a job on the back of the Twitter worms he had written, a new version of his Twitter worm was unleashed.
Read more in my article on the Dark Reading website.


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As a journalist, when you report facts that companies prefer to keep hidden, they usually call you to tell you how you got something wrong. Sometimes, they tell other reporters how you got something wrong. Every once in a while, If they can't find anything wrong, they resort to personal attacks.
Here's an example from a Google lobbyist.
Naturally, he was also a fellow at the Berkman Center.


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I post a lot on FB threads that comment about relationships and the nature of men and women. "Steve Harvey TV" posted, "Never let a man tell you twice that he doesn't want you." The gist of what I responded with was, "It doesn't really matter what men want. Men don't really know what they want in relationships or even for dinner. Women are better at that. Women tend to be the ones that pick because she's the one that bears the weight of reproduction. She knows what her body needs in the event that she does get pregnant. It's nature. Men are very good at other things but not at picking a woman. So, it doesn't matter what a man wants."
Now, there are men that are exceptions to that. For instance, my boyfriend disagrees with me. But he is an exceptional manly man with a big heart and big mind and he's straight, not Bi. I found a good one. And, why would I be mated with a man who agrees with me all the time. That's no fun.
I'm not about insulting men. My goal is to help bring some balance between the genders and especially female empowerment. For the record, I know there are some very daft women out there who misuse their personal power, are tetched or abusive, or just have a mountain of work to do on themselves before they could ever pick the right man. My point is, as nature goes, women are the leaders. Women are the "pickers" in relationships. Women need to steer how the relationship is going to go. Women have evolved these social skills and we need to get better at asserting ourselves and getting better organized when it comes to picking a man.
Know yourself. Know your body. Take care of yourself. Feel your sexual nature and enjoy it. Then make a list. Make a bulleted list of what your instincts and senses tell you need in a mate…if you're straight that is. Women that wait for a man to "want them" and then are left in the dust over and over start to blame men for being dogs when….yeah…straight men kind of are because for most men, that's the level they've evolved to. Again, not all, but most. Do you want them to be gay? Great communicators, love to talk and decorate, but no sex? I guess I'm assuming bonding, but these days, a lot of people don't even want that. It's bad for your health over time.
Straight men have other great qualities and I suggest straight women start to observe and notice them. For the record, I am absolutely cool with LGBT. But there are a lot of straight men and women out there struggling too.
Strong men are looking for strong women. Shallow men are looking for shallow women. Like attracts like. So work on yourself and be clear about what you want women; you embody Love and nothing is more attractive to a man than a woman whose heart really adores and loves him. And in return, if he even half way likes who he is, he will adore you in return.


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Social Tools Summit is the first social media industry conference focused on tools and best practices in utilizing them to scale ROI. As a co-founder of the summit, I've had the pleasure to meet numerous social media tools vendors. So, I've created a comprehensive list of leading social media tools that will help you decide which ones to implement in order for your company, regardless of your size, to help scale processes, efficiency, and social media ROI.
Note: This list highlights those vendors who sponsored the Social Tools Summit as well as those tools that I personally use and recommend.
Employee Advocacy
Employee advocacy platforms are becoming mainstream in large corporations as, when executed successfully, can help exponentially leverage the voice of your biggest fans: your employees. Engage your employees to amplify your content and branding with these tools:
- GaggleAMP – Read my review here and listen to my podcast interview here.
- Sociabble – Listen to my podcast interview here.
- PostBeyond – Listen to my podcast interview here.
- SocialChorus
- SocXo
- rFactr
- Dynamic Signal
- Lithium
- Everyone Social
- MZinga
- Xmplifi
- Expion
- Social Horsepower
- Zuberance
Influencer Marketing
Influencer marketing continues to be more than just a passing trend as more and more brands realize that it is a powerful way to tap into communities and extend the reach through the help of those with powerful social media presences. The following tools can help as part of the process of identifying, engaging, recruiting, and analyzing the ROI of your influencer marketing program.
- Traackr
- Aha Amplifier
- Grytics
- Influitive
- Instabrand
- SocXo
- TapInfluence
- GroupHigh
- FameBit
- Buzzsumo
- Insightpool
- Terakeet
- Inkybee
- Onalytica
- Zoomph
- Izea
- Influential
Content Marketing
Every social media program relies on content in order to engage with social media users, but how do you source, curate, organize, publish, repurpose, analyze, and measure your content marketing efforts? Good thing there are tools you can use to ensure you spend less time and publish higher quality and engaging content for your brand.
- Likeable Local – Read my review here and listen to my podcast interview here.
- Blappsta – Listen to my podcast interview here.
- Curata – Read my review here and listen to my podcast interview here.
- PostBeyond – Listen to my podcast interview here.
- BuzzSumo
- Edgar
- Traackr
- Outbrain
- Spundge
- Contently
- PublishThis
- WayWire Enterprise
- Kapost
- ClearVoice
- Taboola
- NewsCred
- Triblio
- SkyWord
- Scoop.it
Visual Social
The growth of purely visual social networks such as Instagram, Snapchat, and Pinterest proves that the next generation of social media is visual social media marketing. Not many companies are leveraging the immense potential that visual marketing have for them because traditional social media dashboards offer you little help. Fortunately, the following new generation of social tools purely focused on visual marketing have emerged that can help generate ROI:
- PostCreator
- Tailwind – Read my review here.
- Visme – Read my review here.
- Onlypult – Read my review here.
- Tint
- Piqora
- PicMonkey
- Curalate
- Canva
- MavSocial
Engagement Marketing
Don't miss out on opportunities to grow your brand. Maximize the use of social media contests to engage your communities and expand your following. Social media contests apps have come a long way over the last few years and now offer multi-platform support, CRM functionality, and more. Here are some of these tools:
- Aha Amplifier
- Cision
- Tint
- PromoSimple – Read my review here.
- EasyPromos – Read my review here.
- Tabsite – Listen to my podcast here.
- Heyo
- Socedo
- SnapApp
- TradableBits
- ShortStack
- OfferPop
- SocialToaster
- Votigo
- PageModo
- Strutta
- Wishpond
- Rafflecopter
- Tabfoundry
- Woobox
Gain deeper insights into your social media presence, your customers, your competition, your content, and ultimately your ROI with social media analytics and intelligence tools. These tools help you measure the success of your social media marketing efforts:
- talkwalker
- Brandwatch
- SimplyMeasured – Listen to my podcast interview here.
- Komfo – Read my review here.
- SocialReport
- Synthesio
- LocoWise
- CrowdBooster
- IconoSquare
- DigiMind
- Grytics
- SumAll
- Nuvi
- TrackMaven
- UberVu
- RivalIQ
- MeltWater
- Moz
- SocialBakers
- Unmetric
- SocialBro
- Zoomph
Early versions of social media tools are only focused on monitoring, but these tools have vastly evolved to transform your listening and monitoring efforts into providing its users an invaluable source of analytics and business data. Some examples of these tools are the following:
Social Media Dashboard
Social media dashboards provide a one-stop platform for all of your social media needs, from monitoring and posting to analytics and in some cases compliance. However, no two dashboards are created equally, and optimizing workflows around the various social media dashboards can lead to a significant increase in your social media marketing efficiency.
- AgoraPulse – Read my review here and listen to my podcast interview here.
- Oktopost – Listen to my podcast interview here.
- Postplanner – Read my review here.
- Hootsuite – Read my review here
- Tailwind –
- Sendible
- Spredfast
- LikeableLocal –
- Sprinklr
- Falcon Social
- Buffer
- Simply Measured – Listen to my podcast interview here.
- SproutSocial
- eClincher
- Rignite
- Tracx
Social Selling
Are you not using social media as part of your sales process yet? You are missing a lot. Multiple data points already suggest that sales people that use social media as part of their sales process outperform those that don't. These social selling tools will help maximize the use of your sales team's time and make it easy for them to incorporate social selling into their sales toolbox:
- rFactr
- Socedo
- Tradablebits
- Peoplelinx
- SocialChorus
- Nimble
- InsideView
- Edgar
- GaggleAMP – Read my review here and listen to my podcast interview here.
- Linkedin Sales Navigator
- Contactually
- Reachable
- Kitedesk
- Hubspot
- Relevante
Social Media for Customer Service
Your customers they spend their time in social media. So, servicing them in this platform is a must. Social tools developed specifically for social media customer service can bring a variety of benefits to your support team.
- AgoraPulse – Read my review here and listen to my podcast interview here.
- Cision
- LiveOps
- Moxie
- Conversocial
- Sentrimetrics
- HelpSocial
- SparkCentral
Tools are an integral part of every social media organization, so make sure you invest in the right tools that best fit the unique needs of your business and social media strategy. If you don't see a tool here that you think should be added, or if your tool is in the wrong category, comment below. I plan on updating this resource regularly. You can download the guide by clicking here. I'm also embedding the SlideShare version of the guide below so that you can visually learn more about many of these tools.
Were your favorite social media tools listed here?


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Angels' Josh Hamilton undergoes thumb surgery; out 6-to-8 weeks
The Angels on Friday announced Josh Hamilton underwent successful surgery on his left thumb and will be sidelined 6-8 weeks while he recovers from a complete tear of his ulnar collateral ligament.
Hamilton, who was batting .444 with two home runs, six RBI and two doubles in eight games this season, was injured on a headfirst slide into first base Tuesday night against the Mariners.
Friday's surgery was performed by hand and wrist specialist Dr. Steven Shin.
"Anytime you play and you're playing hard and you're having fun, the last thing you want to do is do something that's going to cost you to miss time and maybe hurts your team in the long run," Hamilton told MLB.com before Wednesday's game against the Mariners.
Hamilton update: Scioscia confirms @thejoshhamilton underwent thumb surgery today. We wish you well and a speedy recovery Josh!
— Los Angeles Angels (@Angels) April 11, 2014
"If I could see a future, obviously I wouldn't do it. But in the moment, when my mind and my body tells me to do something and react some way, I've always done it. That's what I do. You can't change that."


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Serves as the Contractor's Quality Manager for Public Works projects in the New York City area. Client Agencies include MTA, Port Authority, and NYC/NYS agencies.
Quality Managers at MLJ are responsible to manage all quality-related functions on the projects to which they are assigned. He or she will manage all quality-related matters for the Project, and has the authority to act on all quality matters for the contractor. In general the agency contract will include additional specific language describing the position requirements and responsibilities, but typical responsibilities include:
Prior experience in Quality Related functions for Heavy Civil Projects is desirable.
CQE and/or ISO Lead Auditor certification is desirable, but MLJ is willing to support qualified candidates to prepare for these exams.


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It is just a matter of common sense that truck drivers should pay attention to bus stops and other areas where pedestrians might be. Failing to do so while they are driving can lead to catastrophic accidents. The family of a young girl who was killed by a semi-truck while waiting for her bus can finally put one aspect of the incident behind them.
The parents of the girl who was killed were awarded $6.71 million from the trucking company and driver last year. While that might help them to deal with her final expenses and other related expenses, it was only one part of their new journey without her.
The driver responsible for the horrible semi truck accident that killed an 11-year-old girl has recently been sentenced to four years in prison for negligent homicide in connection with the accident. The truck driver, who said he didn't see her standing on the curb, ran over her while she was waiting for the bus on Sept. 24, 2012. This event might finally let the family of this sixth grader have a little bit of peace since they are done with the legal proceeding associated with the case now.
As much as families who lose loved ones in trucking accidents might want to just put the horrible memories behind them, taking action as this family did to seek compensation for their loss might help them to cope with the financial impact of the loss. Knowing how to seek compensation in Texas courts might help to make the process easier.
Source: KHOU.com, "Texas City man found guilty in death of girl at bus stop sentenced to prison," June 25, 2014


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To celebrate our island's natural wonders, sights, and colorful culture, EyeTour has compiled the 'Great Places for Photography in Puerto Rico' post series. Throughout the series we will feature some of the most amazing spots for photography lovers, hidden places, and suggested photo routes found throughout the different regions of the island. Join us for our first look into Puerto Rico's Western Region!
If you're looking for the best sunsets at the beach, west is the way to go. If that isn't enough, world famous surfing spots, inspiring architecture from the Spanish Colonial era, historical lighthouses, and much more awaits you in this spectacular region of Puerto Rico. This part of the island provides a wide variety of photo opportunities throughout its municipalities, so plan your trip ahead (perhaps by checking out our own collection of EyeTour videos).
Rincón is famous for its beaches, the surf and breathtaking sunsets. If you are looking to take pictures of the people surfing in most of the beaches in Rincón the point break of the surf is far from the shore so the use of a Tele Lens and a tripod is recommended.
El Faro de Punta Higüero has a vantage point looking towards the Isla desecheo and Domes Surfing Beach. Since the Lighthouse premises are located on a high grounds and inwards the sea you might be able to take some amazing action shots of the surfers with a good tele-lens (200mm lens or higher).
Cabo Rojo
Los Morillos Lighthouse is one spectacle to behold. This inspiring Lighthouse located on the westernmost corner of Cabo Rojo provides photographer the opportunity to capture a great sunset in a great panoramic scenario.
The Cabo Rojo Salt Flats has on its premises hiking trails, an observation post and the outstanding salt flats, giving the visitor an excellent opportunity for nature photography. You can take a bird watching tour or simply hike through the bio diversity of this reserve.
Crash Boat is located in the municipality of Aguadilla and is one of the most photographed beaches of Puerto Rico. Just before getting to Crash Boat's entrance there is an observation deck that is the perfect spot for a panoramic shot of the beach. The other big thing to look for on this beach are the painteresque fishing boats parked in the sand at the eastern side of the shore.
San German
One of the oldest Christian structures in the western hemisphere the Iglesia Porta Coelie stands in the center of the municipality of San German. This church is a great example of the spanish colonial architecture and is a great starting point for taking pictures in the historical town of San German.
From the top of the Porta Coelie's stairs a good wide view of the plaza can be photographed. Also you can try walking around the plaza and encounter first hand the streets and historical facades of the antique houses around town.
We hope you enjoyed our selection of EyeTour photographs and remember you can share your favorite places using the comments section below!


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The Rail Trail
Part of the 94km Murray to the Mountains Rail Trail (cycle way) runs through Bright and jumping on your bike is one of the best ways to explore the countryside in and around town. The bitumen sealed track links the townships of Wangaratta, Beechworth, Myrtleford, Porepunkah and Bright. From Bright I recommend the 6km track to Porepunkah for lunch at the Rail Trail Cafe (some of the best Mexican food in Australia). Or go a little further to Feathertop Winery (10km one way trip from Bright.)
Bright Brewery
If you're like me and enjoy a craft beer or two, then don't miss the Bright Brewery for a pint, my fave being the Blowhard Pale Ale. They also brew possibly the nicest cider in Australia. Got kids? You and they will appreciate their beer garden overlooking the main kids playground in town keeping them happy whilst you enjoy a few bevvy's. Oh, and for a bite to eat check out their delicious pizzas!
Swim in the Ovens River
Bright gets HOT in the summer and everyone heads to the Ovens River to cool off. It's dammed up in the main part of town to create a deep swimming hole complete with springboards, slides, and a water slide making it a fun place to hang out during those hot alpine summer days. Grab a picnic and set up on the grass.
The Make. Bake. Grow Markets
Every 3rd Saturday of the month alongside the Ovens River the Make. Bake. Grow Markets are held. Besides the typical market fare, if you're a foodie or wine buff you'll enjoy these markets. And your kids will love the array of activities including face painting, craft activities, balloon animals or even the egg and spoon race.
Eat your way through Bright
I love the cafe and restaurant scene in Bright. For a small town there's an array of choices and luckily for us many of them family friendly. Start with this list:
• Blackbird Café – Great food & coffee. Comfy couches. Children's play section. Free wi-fi.
• Food Wine Friends - Lovely small cafe and providore. Food is fresh and made from local produce and the coffee excellent.
• Riverdeck Café - Pleasant spot to sit with a cuppa in the sun overlooking the Ovens River and playground.
• Coral Lee – Vegetarian & vegan. Quirky and cozy cafe. Some of the best coffee in Bright.
• Ginger Baker - Lovely outside eating area, overlooking the Ovens River.
Feathertop Winery
Who said wineries aren't for kids? Not only does Feathertop Winery have impressive food and wine, a lovely outdoor seating area with killer views, but also a playground for kids. Located 10km from Bright, just past Porepunkah, you can either cycle there via the Rail Trail or bring a designated driver.
Mt Buffalo
A short 40 minute drive from Bright is Mt Buffalo. Head to the top for 360 degree views of the plateau and Australian Alps. Perfect in the summer time as it's usually cooler than down in the valley. Go kayaking at Lake Catani, enjoy a picnic at The Horn (highest point of Mt Buffalo) and stop at Ladies Baths for a dip in the refreshingly clear waters.
Beechworth is another great little town just a 45 minute drive from Bright, famous for its Ned Kelly history and the legendary Beechworth Bakery (be prepared to line up out the door for their pies). But my favourite place in Beechworth is the Bridge Road Brewery – great range of craft beers and to die for pizzas!
Banner Image Credit: Roberto Seba
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The Kids Are All Right
The Kids Are All Right is a film about an unconventional family dealing with the struggles of marriage and raising children that any family can relate to. For better or worse the storyline is straightforward and safe, making it relatable but ultimately very predictable. The cast and screenwriting make it interesting enough to watch even though at times it feels like more could have been done.
Life is neither perfect nor easy but more specifically neither is marriage. That is the message The Kids Are All Right delivers. Nic (Annette Bening) and Jules (Julianne Moore) are a happily married lesbian couple who both have teenage children, Joni and Laser, from the same anonymous sperm donor. Nic is a doctor and Jules is currently trying to start up her own landscape design business.
Joni recently turned 18 years old and is spending her final summer at home before leaving for college. Joni and Laser are aware that they are half-siblings from the same father but different mothers and now that Joni is of age to request to get in touch with their biological father, she does so.
Their father is an easy-going hippie named Paul (Mark Ruffalo) who is in charge of an organic restaurant and garden. He receives a call out of the blue informing him that his two children would like to meet up with him. Even caught off-guard with this news he, as he normally does, has a nonchalant cool-guy attitude about the situation and eagerly accepts the children's request.
Paul meets up and eventually bonds with the two children. Joni seemed to drawn closer to him than Laser did but I think it would be pretty typical for a 15 year old boy to be hesitant to open up to his father after just meeting him. Nic and Jules soon learn about the children bonding with Paul and are accepting of it although perhaps feel a little uneasy.
After meeting with the whole family, Paul learns that Jules is looking for landscape design work and hires her to do some work. Because Nic is territorial she becomes concerned that Paul is intruding her life. It turns out her instincts were not wrong when she finds out that Paul and Jules have moved on from just hanging out in the garden to hanging out in the bedroom.
The acting performances were solid and earned nominations at the Oscars and Independent Spirit Awards for both Annette Bening and Mark Ruffalo. While I understand Ruffalo's nomination as he does a good job of playing the cool-guy father figure while giving some comedic relief, I do not understand Bening getting nominated for Best Female Lead over Julianne Moore. Moore deserves just as much recognition as Bening if not more for her roles as the heart and soul of the relationship who has her faults.
Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right is a very realistic and honest film, but I felt there could have been more done with the plot. I respect a film that contains as much honesty as this did and I do enjoy loose endings to a film but the emotional connection needs to be strong and deep to really be effective, which is where the film faltered a bit for me.


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Small growth in the meetings industry has been predicted by Meeting Professionals International, which release its bi-monthly Business Barometer recently.
Reported by meetingsnet.com, around 47 per cent of the barometer's respondents – a select group of senior-level meeting professionals – predict meetings budgets will remain flat in 2013. This represents a significant improvement on figures from 2009, where 70 per cent of respondents reported tiny budgets.
As a result, a rising number of event venues could play host to meetings in the future – albeit by a small increase.
Meeting industry employment, on the other hand, will perform well in 2013. Around 35 per cent of meeting professionals predict a positive trend in the amount of full-time jobs coming available, compared to 22 per cent this time last year.
Another bright spot includes concern over the European economy, which 'appears to have subsided among meeting pros for now'.
Overall, the number of meetings in the Canada rose by 3.3 per cent in 2012, followed by a 3.2 rise from Europe. The United States also experienced a rise in the number of meetings with a 2.8 per cent increase.
However, there may not be a rise in the United States next year if planned tax increases and spending cuts as per the Budget Control Act goes into effect on January 1st 2013, cites workshoplouisville.wordpress.com.


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Bother Heather and I have decided to do this years Border ride. I have booked the accommodation and registered for the ride
We're repeating our 2015 effort as far as ride plan goes:-
Leave home Midday Friday 4th August and spend the first of two nights at Ceduna in a caravan park; 597 km for the day.
We stay here because it's cheap @ $70 a night we get a motel style unit http://www.cedunaholidayaccommodation.com.au/
The next morning we're up bright and early so we can make the SA/WA border by midday on Saturday 5th; 481 km
We're doing this as another FarRide (http://farriders.com.au/index.php ) which for us will be at least 1000km or more within 24 hours and the distance we'll do is 1078 km.
Border Ride History http://bordervillageroadhouse.com.au/bo ... n-history/
At around 3 pm we'll ride back to Ceduna for the night which gives us a 962 km total distance for the day and head back home on the Sunday morning.
Some of the guys in our club that live in Western Australia also will be attending so we double it up and make it an Ozstoc meet as well though the ride is actually organised by the BMW club which I just found out.


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I want to draw out a few threads from all this discussion. As someone who's involved with birth at a personal, local level (I've had three NHS home births in the last six years, and work with mothers postnatally as a volunteer breastfeeding peer supporter, often debriefing birth and breastfeeding experiences) and at a wider level as a publisher of birth and breastfeeding books, interacting with our authors and readers, it's fascinating to see how the 'big picture' and real women's lives intersect.
What I hear from the women I meet and talk to about their experiences of birth and breastfeeding is that, although it may seem as though we have choices about our maternity care in this country, the reality is that those choices are constrained. Almost every woman I've ever spoken to has said that at their first antenatal appointment, or 'booking-in', they were asked 'which hospital will you have the baby at?'. Right from the outset there's a presumption that women will birth in hospital, which shuts down further discussion and information-sharing. Just consider how differently that conversation might go if the midwife instead asked 'have you had any thoughts about where you might give birth? If you want to explore some options you could go along to this group that meets monthly, or look through these booklets, then come back to me with any questions'. (Similarly, women might feel differently about discussions of infant feeding at antenatal appointments if instead of being asked 'are you planning to breast or bottle-feed?' they were asked 'have you given any thought to feeding? If you'd like to explore some options you could go along to this group where you'll get plenty of information to help you make a decision.')
Inviting women to share what they already know, and directing them to accessible sources of accurate information and support that can increase their knowledge and help them make their own decisions, is surely at the heart of woman-centred care. This is where Positive Birth and other antenatal groups, both free and paid-for, can really come into their own - by meeting with other mothers, and sharing information and experiences, women can become aware that they do have choices - not just about where to give birth, but about everything to do with their pregnancy, birth and early parenting experiences. It's this same idea that underpins Lonely Scribe's publishing philosophy and our 'stories to inspire and inform' series, which already includes Home Births and Breastfeeding, is expanding next year to include Twin Births and Water Birth.
"Birth isn't something we suffer, but something we actively do and exult in." Sheila Kitzinger, Freedom for Birth.
The question of how you empower ordinary women to own their experiences of birth, feeding and parenting when the prevailing culture is one of deference to a medical model of childbirth and formula feeding is at the heart of all this. I've recently heard a midwife describe how readily women submit to interventions and examinations that may not benefit either them or their babies simply because they are suggested by an authority figure (midwife, doctor, consultant), even when no reasons for the procedure are given. (This was in specific reference to repeated vaginal examinations during labour.) Do women know that they can refuse vaginal examinations if they want to? If they don't know that they can refuse, can they give informed consent?
Another common complaint I hear is about risk and how it is presented. It's not something that is easy to communicate and health professionals struggle along with the rest of us in making sense of the facts and figures of scientific research. However, unless our doctors and midwives are to make our decisions for us - disempowering us in the process - they must learn to talk about risk in a different way. It is not ethical or accurate to tell a mother keen to avoid an induction at 41 weeks that she will end up with a dead baby unless she consents to the induction. Similarly, breastfeeding mothers are routinely misled about the risks of co-sleeping. Many health visitors condemn the practice outright - instead of acknowledging the beneficial effect on breastfeeding - and shut down the debate, leaving mothers unsupported and uninformed (see the UNICEF research on the topic here.)
Home birth is a topic close to my own heart and one that throws up many more ways in which choice can be constrained. I've met and talked to many women who've planned home births, whether they eventually gave birth at home or not. They almost all have stories to tell of how their choice was belittled or overridden and how they had to fight just to be 'allowed' to book the home birth they wanted. And that's within a system that theoretically supports women's choices! I regularly hear of women open to the idea of home birth being discouraged by midwives who say 'well, there might not be a midwife available on the day. If you ring and no one can come out to you, you'll have to go to hospital anyway.' The implication is that it isn't worth booking a home birth because you might not get one! Women understandably don't like the idea of being all set for a home birth only to find that no midwife is available, so they book for a hospital delivery 'just in case'. I find this situation unacceptable. A home birth service needs to be fit for purpose. It's a woman's right to choose to give birth at home and the NHS has a duty to support that. I heard recently of a case where a woman chose a home delivery of a breech baby. The hospital could not provide a midwife with the necessary experience, and in the end paid for an independent midwife to attend the delivery. That's great, and I'd like to hear that sort of story more often, particularly as independent midwifery is under threat (another way in which choice may soon be limited).
Another example that I have direct experience of is to do with access to water birth. I visited the new delivery suite at Derby Royal hospital before the birth of my second child (I went with a pregnant friend, I'd already booked my home birth!). We saw the huge, well-equipped pool room. I admired the filling system that fills the pool from a ceiling tank in minutes. Someone asked what happened if you wanted a water birth and the room was occupied? Our tour guide simply shrugged. I've since met many women who've had water births in Derby Royal, and many who could not, because the room was occupied. You do not really have a choice about whether you use water for pain relief or to give birth in - it's a lottery. And this at a newly-refurbished, flagship baby-friendly hospital.
I blogged recently about the Infant Feeding Survey and what it showed about the influence of place of birth on breastfeeding rates. Women who had home births had the highest rates of breastfeeding, both initially and in the early weeks (women who used birth pools and TENS machines also had higher rates than average of breastfeeding). I've been thinking about why this is. The report's authors suggest that it may be explained by the 'profile of mothers' that fall into these groups and to an extent I agree with this and understand what they mean: not all women have the means or the opportunity to arm themselves with the information and confidence they need to choose home birth, or water birth, or breastfeeding in today's society, and those that do tend to be in certain social groups. However, what really interests me is whether through activism - groups, blogs, discussions, information, support - we can empower more women, across society, to become active participants in their own care during pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.
There are those who will say that it is all very well engaging in this discussion, but the NHS is under strain and there's no way we can justify changes to maternity care. I bring up again a point I made in my blog about the UNICEF report that showed that programmes of breastfeeding support were cost-effective and showed a quick return on investment: a time of financial difficulty is a great time to be examining what the NHS does and where it could improve services, improve health outcomes, and save money. We've seen the report about breastfeeding. I'd love to see what would happen with a modest increase in home birth nationwide, both in terms of cost-effectiveness and longer-term health outcomes (tied in with the increased rates of breastfeeding associated with home birth). This study does some of it, but was published before the UNICEF report. I wonder whether, in time, research will show that Positive Birth groups, the Freedom for Birth movement and other grassroots initiatives will improve the lives of mothers and babies. I think they will.


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Letter times reduced by using BigHand14th December 2011
Waiting times for letters has been dramatically reduced by the Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust following the introduction of digital dictation.
The wait time between letters being dictated and being sent to a doctor has fallen from six weeks to one week since the change to digital just over a year ago.
The results were presented to the BigHand Healthcare user conference by the trust's medical directorate manager Adam Carson and ICT programme manager Gunther Empl.
Previously, trust staff who operated in the community would return to their office base to type and dictate before returning out again to see patients but they can now record dictations on BlackBerry smartphones, Olympus digital dictation devices and mobile phones.
The BigHand system also removes geographical barriers to work sharing for secretaries, so they can better manage their work flow, the conference was told.
Since October 2010, 126,000 dictations have gone through the system and a key reason for the reduction in time-lag between letters is the ability of medical secretaries to share their work.
Empl said: "Previously it hardly ever happened; if a secretary was on holiday, nothing happened until she was back to work."
Another benefit has been the complete elimination of patient information being lost because analogue tapes went missing while security had increased because the small mobile devices were more discreet.
Clinicians have also expressed satisfaction with the sound quality, the security of the voice files and the fact they no longer had to hand in tapes.
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Fables Part1 (with search) for iPhone
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The first part of The Best Collection of Aesop's Fables with illustrations and search!Aesop (also spelled Esop) (ca. 620-564 BC), known for the genre of fables ascribed to him, was by tradition born a slave and was a contemporary of Croesus and Solon in the mid-sixth century BC in ancient Greece.Aesop's Fables or Aesopica refers to a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BC. Aesop's Fables have become a blanket term for collections of brief fables, especially beast fables involving anthropomorphic animals. His fables are some of the most well known in the world. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today. Many stories included in Aesop's Fables, such as The Fox and the Grapes (from which the idiom "sour grapes" was derived), The Tortoise and the Hare, The North Wind and the Sun, The Boy Who Cried Wolf and The Ant and the Grasshopper are well-known throughout the world.To simplify the Fables of Aesop the application supports full text search within all included texts. This is very useful when you need to find a quote or information on a particular subject but don't know where you should looking for.APPLICATION FEATURES:- Searchable concordance, search the complete works easily;- Text resizer with a choice of 12 sizes;- Automatically remembers last page viewed for each work;- Option to double-tap page down or scroll;- Landscape mode hides menu bar for maximum reading area.


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Intro: D G D G D G D A7 D
There's a place out on the edge of town, sir,
Risin' above the factories and the fields
Now, ever since I was a child, I can remember
That mansion on the hill
In the day you can see the children playing
On the road that leads to those gates of hardened steel
Steel gates that completely surround, sir,
The mansion on the hill
At night my daddy'd take me and we'd ride
Through the streets of a town so silent and still
Park on a back road along the highway side
Look up at that mansion on the hill
In the summer all the lights would shine
There'd be music playin', people laughin' all the time
Me and my sister, we'd hide out in the tall cornfields
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Tonight down here in Linden Town
I watch the cars rushin' by, home from the mill
There's a beautiful full moon rising
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Pensacola Beach occupies land bound by a 1947 deed from the United States Department of Interior that it be administered in the public interest by the county or leased, but never "disposed"; its businesses and residents are thus long-term leaseholders and not property owners.Pensacola Beach is part of the Pensacola–Ferry Pass–Brent Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Escambia County and Santa Rosa counties.
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Not quite like Jack Nicholson in The Shining, but here I am! After more than a year's absence, due to health reasons, I find myself able to do nothing much more than work from an office desk. And what do I know better while sitting at a desk is that work I love most...genealogy research.
Unfortunately for our family, we have lost our eldest living siblings in the family.
On August 16th we lost Margaret Beane Loper.
And just last evening we lost William McHarvey Beane.
Our newsletter will be out again in just a couple of days! If you haven't subscribed to our digital email, please feel free to send me an email, and I will make sure you receive the very next newsletter.
Have a great evening!
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Stopper had been a good gobwin. He mined for Gobwin Knob over many turns, digging tunnels through the rock, and found many gems. Overlord Stanley had been so pleased, he'd even given some of the gems to the gobwin tribe so they could pop more gobwins!
Eventually the gems were mostly gone, and Stopper stopped mining, but he stayed in the tunnels to guard them. Good thing too, because one day a mean side attacked the city. The mean side was called Jetstone and they sent bad marbits into the tunnels. Into gobwin tunnels!
Until then his Duty had been breaking rocks and finding gems. Dirty Duty, not brave Duty. Stopper had never fought before, but he wasn't afraid to fight. He would do his Duty.
And he did! Stopper fought marbits! He even got to stab one with his sword and the marbit croaked. Stopper didn't level, but he felt proud anyway for helping stop the bad marbits.
Finally, Dirtamancer Sizemore made his golems fight and they croaked the rest of the mean Jetstone invaders. Then the croaked Jetstone soldiers and marbits all stood up as uncroaked Gobwin Knob units and left to do important fighting elsewhere in the city. Gobwins had won the battle!
But then there was another battle. More mean Jetstone soldiers came and invaded the dungeon zone. Lord Hamster ordered the gobwins to protect the portal room, to keep the casters safe. Stopper tried to croak more enemies, but a Unaroyal knight chopped him down right away, croaked him with one blow.
Stopper had expected to wake up in the afterlife, but instead he woke up still in Gobwin Knob. He was alive again. He was something called decrypted. He was still a gobwin, but he had no tribe anymore. No chieftain. Instead he had a Mistress Wanda, and his new Duty was to serve her.
Mistress Wanda wanted him to obey Overlord Stanley, and Overlord Stanley still wanted gems. So Stopper went back to mining.
Dirtamancer Sizemore had found more gems under the city, and did big volcano magic which destroyed all the tunnels but filled them with gems again. Their side was rich! It was strange being on a side, and not just allied with one, but Stopper was happy doing his Duty.
Then, many turns of mining later, Stopper croaked again. Not bravely, not in battle, but in the mines. A rock fell on his head. He was wearing a helmet, but it was a big rock, and it incapacitated him. Nobody would ever waste healing magic on a gobwin, so he was doomed to dust at the start of next turn. Instead of natural healomancy, he would get natural croakamancy.
The other decrypted gobwins laid him in a clean rocky alcove on a comfortable blanket, and visited him throughout the night. Stopper couldn't move, but he could speak and he could listen. The gobwins said nice words like "You were good miner" and "You killed a marbit" to make Stopper feel better, and Stopper did feel better.
Then dawn came and Stopper left.
This time he woke up in the afterlife. Stopper hadn't known what to expect, but what he saw was a flat green field beneath a pale blue sky. The only terrain that wasn't flat was a small grassy mound that Stopper was standing on. He could see nothing interesting, nothing beyond grass and the horizon.
In his hand was a spear, and he held it ready though he could see no foe. He glanced behind him and saw the letters "ERFWORLD.COM" written on the ground in lighter green grass, but Stopper could not read so the message was a mystery to him.
Then he felt orders. During his first life he got orders from his tribe's chief, then when decrypted directly from Stanley, and they always felt important, but these afterlife orders felt even bigger and more important than any orders he had ever gotten before. They were Titanic orders. The Titans were his chief now, and they were giving the commands.
Orders are not words, so the Titans didn't speak to Stopper. But the orders came with knowledge, knowledge that might have sounded like this had it been spoken aloud:
Stopper was a good gobwin, so he obeyed the order. He stood motionless and smiled, staring out at the green nothing. Stopper would never question an order, however odd it might be, but he couldn't help but wonder why the Titans wanted him to pose in the middle of nowhere.
It was pretty boring Duty to be honest, but mining had been boring too. Most of Stopper's life had boring, so why should his afterlife be any different? If the Titans wanted him to stand on a hill forever, he would stand on a hill forever. It was Stopper's Duty, and Stopper was a good gobwin.
(NOTE: User was awarded 25 shmuckers for this post.)
Everlasting thanks to forgottenfables, without whose help Stopper would have never popped!
While that would be a form of personal hellabad for me, at least he does not have to make sexy poses for the Titans like the molls in Transylvito.
Way to go Stopper, Titans blessed afterlife!
Excellent submission Omni. Cute and funny.
this is super cute. nicely written to. if i had a short story like this to submit how would i do that?
Stopper is a Sweet Boy and I love him.
This was adorable. :)
We need a sequel where he joins Mine4Erf. ;)
What a bitter-sweet story. Good job! :-)
Sweet story -- have some shmuckers for the sly reference to Willy Wonka's Everlasting Gobstoppers!


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At this time, sessions are limited to babies born at less than 30 weeks gestational age.
NICU sessions will last up to 30 minutes and will be a lifestyle type session. I don't bring anything with me except my camera. I want to capture your baby in the NICU environment that he or she lives in every day, and that includes feeding tubes, wires, and monitors.
I will not be handling your baby, but I may reposition a hand or foot. Moving the baby is up to the parents and nurses.
Images from NICU sessions will be edited after my regular clients' images are completed. My NICU sessions are donations so paying clients come first.
Your photos will be uploaded to a private, password-protected online gallery for you to view, share, and download images. I do not provide CDs or DVDs.
Parents must sign a release to have NICU images taken. This is to protect you, me, and baby! This release will be provided to you electronically to sign before the session.
I may publish a blog post with images of your baby. Only the baby's first name will be used and the blog posts are meant for sharing with other parents so that they can see what these sessions are all about. Feel free to share the blog posts on social media or with your NICU friends.
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Track List
1 - Streetlights (24:50)
2 - A Diary Of A Morphinist (17:53)
3 - 30 Seconds Of My Past Life (8:03)
Ana Never - Ana Never
Ana Never is a post-rock band from Subotica (Serbia) which exists since spring 2002. Shaped in a spirit of friendship and sensibility, it emerged out of exploration and experience of music and life of its three members, Srdjan Terzin (guitar), Dejan Topic (guitar) and Goran Grubisic (drums), who were friends since they were children. Mogwai, GY!BE, Silver Mt. Zion, Set fire To Flames, Labradford are some of the many bands inspired them.
The EP contains 3 long tracks (the opening one is 24 minutes and 50 seconds). The songs are not new, they are the tracks the band is playing in their live shows since 2005. The band members say "The music is about detaching and healing everyday life of lost generations from post war transitional and turbulent Serbia when the songs were written. The music that is driven with some living urge, unpretentious strong will and idea to do something sane and affirmative and first of all to try to found the source of it inside of us."
CALEIDOSCOOP / Jan Willem Broek
After Portugal, Russia, and England, the sublime label Fluttery arrived in Serbia. Hardly recovered from previous releases, the next trip starts already. Since 2002, the three gentlemen Srdjan Terzin (guitar), Dejan Topic (guitar) and Goran Grubisic (drums) form the group Ana Never, and since then Ivana Primorac (bass) and third guitar player Ivan Ckonjevic joined. Like two previous label mates, they now have released a self titled EP. The label EP is as in case of the related Godspeed You! Black Emperor debatable, because the 3 tracks together last almost 51 minutes. Anyway, the three gentlemen create quite an impressive and epic sound. Like the aforementioned band, they calmly build up their soundscapes in which they put their shared fears born from post-war Serbia, emotions, and ideas, in an intimate and very melancholic way to music. An astoundingly emotional and breathtaking trip.
The album opens with more than 24-minute long Streetlights, which fully justified might give the impression that musicians from Serbia re-created the products of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Listen yourself.
BABYBLAUE / Siggy Zielinski
Music as a chronicle of a difficult life. Members of Serb Ana Never live in a town called Subotica and understand their language provided with scattered scraps of moody post-rock as a mirror of their soul, as a way to process their miserable fate. "Street Lights" could be understood as a diary page, whose moods travel among depression, hope and happiness. The arrangements for electric guitars, bass and drums are out of spartan, but can Ana Never create atmospheric soundscapes, post-rock with a suggestive psychedelic list.
If instrumental bands are your thing, then prepare yourself for the next few paragraphs. Today, I bring you Ana Never a band who comes from Serbia, and brings with them a mix of tunes that are quite interesting to listen to, and can also make you wonder, "What the heck?" Personally, this music makes me feel like I'm on a voyage through space. When I close my eyes and listen to "The Diary of a Morphinist" I can picture myself in a rocket ship soaring through the atmosphere. This is awesome if you're trying to take an imaginative journey through space, but for everyday listeners it can be a bit too much.
Release Date: February 25, 2011
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Our experiences hiring high school and young adult workers chime in with the frustration of other business owners and heads of corporations: the quality of worker coming out of the high schools is not up to standard. Workers need to show up on time and be ready to work. They need to be able to get along and work well with others. There is often an air of entitlement with younger employees. They think that their mere presence is a gift to the business without hard work. So we took the requests for a stronger worker to the classroom to see if WUCA! would make a difference. Coaching in the Classroom (CIC) was created and began as a pilot project in 2009, focusing on 7th – 12th-graders in a rural Iowa school district and a metro alternative school, capitalizing on our more than 28 years' expertise in rural business and economic development. CIC identifies student's passions, and uses positive self-talk and goal-setting utilized by championship athletes to develop championship students in the classroom.
CIC morphed after its first year in the rural district into a process that addresses students' behaviors that put them "at-risk" of not graduating on time with their class, as defined by the Iowa Department of Education.
The Four Criteria
- Not being proficient in numeracy and literacy on Iowa Assessments;
- Failing at least one class;
- Not participating in any school activity; and
- Poor attendance and/or habitual tardiness.
If a student has a "check" in two of the four categories, they are considered "at-risk." This designation doesn't mean the child has substance abuse problems, any mental deficiencies, or other issues that could label them "at-risk." It simply means that these behaviors are red flags – indicators that a student is developing habits that aren't good for their academic and personal success in life.
Recognizing that these students will likely remain in their communities as employees and business owners after graduation, CIC connects these "at-risk" criteria to the behaviors employers require in employees that impact a workforce: show up on time. Be a lifelong learner and remember your lessons. Participate with others. Do "A"-quality work and turn it in on time.
The reality of our classrooms today is that our students are being taught core fundamentals, but our educational system, government mandates, and lack of solid parenting don't allow time or staff to help them bridge the gap between school learning and applicability to the workforce once they leave school.
Coaching in the Classroom believes that all students will succeed when their passions, purpose, and goals align with their personal and occupational visions. CIC seeks to be the bridge that keeps all students in school through graduation and encourages self-motivation and drive for success in today's global workforce.
CIC Goals
- Improve scores of standardized assessments and other examinations.
- Instill entrepreneurial spirit and skills to help students see the possibility of being local business owners and leaders.
- Strengthen the local workforce by reinforcing the relevance of classroom instruction material to their futures.
- Improve self-esteem of students when they achieve personal success raising scores and feel more hopeful about their future options.
- Experience positive movement from students on youth surveys that measure students' sense of security, belonging, and other less tangible but extremely important indicators for success.
- Improve behavior of students in the community.
- Improve relationships between students, staff, and faculty in school.
- Improve relationships between the school, students, and the community.
Due to many factors, rural communities are being forced to look for new ways to sustain their towns and school districts. In this ever-evolving environment, the area workforce is changing from a blend of white- and blue-collar workers to a more dominant blue collar workforce, often resulting in more college-educated children choosing to look in metropolitan areas for work. The students who remain in their home area are more likely students for whom school was a more challenging and less satisfying experience.
These are the fine, bright people who, sooner or later, will likely become mayors and run the communities, city councils, school boards, churches, and civic organizations, owning businesses within the community.
In addition to in-class presentations, discussions, and field trips, CIC can specifically link students with businesses of interest to their identified passions. Communities, especially those in rural areas, need to aggressively integrate these students to pursue business succession and workforce improvement strategies in the area to increase population and school enrollment.
CIC includes real-life stories about roles and expectations as employees compared to how their employers view them. For example, students learn that tattoos, piercings, and texting on the job they feel are personal expressions and rights can affect their hirability and longevity at a business.
We set in place individual academic, extracurricular, and work-related steps to identify how to make life vision become reality. Sometimes this includes self-reflection and that is really, really tough for this population of students. Heck, most people don't reflect because we often don't like what we see, but it's necessary for growth. It's a valuable tool. So we include exercises that require them to glimpse into themselves and what they want. We encourage that they deserve what they dream. And that often requires changing their behaviors.
Involvement of the local businesses to strengthen the workforce can take place through relevant speakers to the classes, identifying gaps in businesses needed by the community, how students can look to fill the gaps, and understand how their high school learning will impact their future goals. It also takes the community to want to reach out to the students to welcome, engage, and recognize the talents they have to offer. Plus, community members need enthusiasm and patience to teach students the skills they need to learn.
In addition to all the activities and exercises included in CIC, we have encouraged students by
- Telling them the criteria by which they have been measured since kindergarten. The mere knowledge of this "list" has been a revelation.
- Telling them how to get off "the list" and that the ability to do so is completely within their power.
- Helping them understand that their school attendance, classroom performance, attitude, and how they apply themselves at school matters to their ability to graduate and to future employment.
- Ending every single class, and calling often through the halls, the single most important message from Coaching in the Classroom: make good choices. It hasn't made us popular, but we're known for it!
- Within months of CIC's inception, students sent to the principal's office for misbehavior was down more than 50 percent.
- Students recognize that classroom work in core areas has direct impact on their future either in further education, enlisting in the military, or by remaining in or near their hometown and joining the workforce.
- Student population considered "at-risk" has decreased from 41 to 12.3 percent.
- The 2009 Freshman class set a goal for 100% of them to graduate on time and together. In 2013, they achieved the goal.
By identifying passions and aspirations with all students early in their school careers and helping them determine the steps to make their goals reality, students are more focused, better-behaved, and satisfied in high school, and better prepared whether they pursue a military career, go to college, or join the workforce upon graduation.


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1200 Sycamore
Waxahachie, TX 75165
(972) 937-4639
(972) 923-8134 (fax)
Southwestern Assemblies of God University is a fully-accredited Christian school. SAGU prepares undergraduate and graduate students to fill ministerial and professional roles throughout the world.
Southwestern can be found just south of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex in Waxahachie, Texas. The smaller community provides a quiet, rural atmosphere while all the excitement of the big city awaits.


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When our daughter started attending preschool in September last year I intend on keeping all her school output. I have ample here already but I still have to organize it. I need to buy a big folder or better a scrapbook binder and try to put it all together. I told my family back in Philippines that I will also send them some artwork prints of our daughter since they don't have regular access to the internet.
I am so proud of our preschooler here that she is always trying to finish her arts when in school so she can show it to us. We also get excited every time our kids have accomplishments even how small it is. Good thing she loves school and always looking forward to be at school. Right now she always tell me she will go to doctor school one day.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
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Anti-"Social Network" Phenomena
When I heard about some sort of site that was set up to promote a service called the "Web 2.0 Suicide Machine," I just had to check it out:
From their website for Cyber-Suicide:
Tired of your Social Network?
Liberate your newbie friends with a Web2.0 suicide! This machine lets you delete all your energy sucking social-networking profiles, kill your fake virtual friends, and completely do away with your Web2.0 alterego…. Our service currently runs with Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and LinkedIn! Commit NOW!
I especially liked the illustration using a noose.
Yet another site, from Japan, titled Seppukoo promotes it's service with the following slogans:
Discover what's after your Facebook life. We assist your virtual identity suicide.
You are more than your virtual identity. Pass away and leave your ID behind.
Impress your friends, disconnect yourself. Join the world wide suicidal network
Interestingly enough, Facebook has pulled out the legal playbook and sent them both Cease & Desist nastygrams, claiming their services violate user privacy. The irony of that statement (almost) renders me speechless.
What a shame these services can't erase all the dumb things your teenager and friends have previously posted, which are out there forever. When he's applying for a job at age 30, they still will do an Internet Search and come up with the "Great pic of my new tats!" he posted 15 years ago when he belonged to a group called "tightpantstatts." (I'm giving you the abbreviated version of their name, but they DO exist. And no doubt will continue to.)
I can certainly see the appeal of "unfriending" every person you don't know (and some you wish you didn't, that somehow snuck in). I also like the idea of a program that can clean you out of social networks that exist, all at once. But no "service" appears to be set up to get all of the social networks at once. Yet.
Now that Facebook is trying to shut two down, others will be springing up like weeds.
Consider, however, that you must give these "services," your usernames and passwords for the social networks you belong to. You don't use that username or password anywhere else, right?


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Supermassive Games signs licensing agreement with IKinema
FARNHAM, UK, 20 June 2016 – We are thrilled to announce a partnership with BAFTA-winning independent British developer Supermassive Games to utilise IKinema RunTime, the leading full-body IK solving middleware, to power their latest games titles.
The licensing agreement will see the RunTime middleware enable developers at Supermassive Games to deliver highly accurate motion to real-time animated characters – as well as the ability to interact naturally with their environments, for greater realism during gameplay.
Based in Guildford in the UK, Supermassive Games are the developers of the critically acclaimed PS4 hit Until Dawn. They have also announced two exclusive PlayStation VR launch titles Until Dawn: Rush of Blood, and Tumble VR.
"We are delighted to partner with IKinema. Their exceptional software helps realise the very high fidelity digital actors we use in our games. These believable humans have complex behaviours and are built from many intertwined data types and real-time systems. Working with IKinema allows us to focus on what we actually want our characters to do on-screen and solves some complex issues for us."
Steve Goss | Director of Design | Supermassive Games
RunTime lets studios procedurally animate characters and multi-limbed creatures of differing proportions during gameplay. Characters respond naturally to their game-world resulting in 100% accuracy and believable movement. The technology also allows developers to use the same code for mobile and triple-A projects, and VR games, meaning they can apply universal animation standards to multi-platform titles with minimum effort and expense.


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Okla. Governor Proposes Bonus-Pay Program for Teachers
Gov. Frank Keating of Oklahoma last week proposed a nearly $11 million bonus-pay program for teachers in the state's fastest-improving schools.
The $10.9 million incentive program would reward teachers in the 20 percent of schools that improved the most over two to three years, Gov. Keating said in his State of the State Address. Of Oklahoma's 1,800 elementary and secondary schools, teachers in about 360 would get bonuses ranging from $500 to $4,000.
The biggest bonuses, $2,000 and above, would go to teachers in the top 4 percent of schools. A teacher would receive the maximum bonus if she had more than 15 years of experience.
Details of the bonus plan have not yet been worked out, said Dan Mahoney, a spokesman for the governor. He said the state would use standardized-test scores and possibly other factors such as dropout rates to determine which schools were improving the most.
In his speech to a legislature controlled by Democrats, the Republican governor also said he wanted to see $101 million in new funding for K-12 education this year, $47.5 million of which would go toward improving per-pupil funding for growing school districts. Oklahoma budgets about $1.4 billion for K-12 education each year.
The increase in per-pupil money would go to the districts with growing student enrollments that have historically depended on so-called "midterm adjustment" payments to supplement state aid. No such payments were made last year because of a political battle between Mr. Keating and state legislators. (See Education Week, Aug. 2, 1995.)
The governor also proposed spending $40 million to shore up the state's teacher-retirement pension system.
Ridge Won't Promote Vouchers This Year
Gov. Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania pledged last week to commit $121 million over the next three years to link the state's classrooms to computer networks.
"If today's students are to be tomorrow's workers, they need a first-hand foundation in technology," Mr. Ridge argued in his annual speech on his spending priorities. He quoted an electronic-mail message he received from a Pennsylvania elementary school student praising the merits of technology in schools.
"We could see things that otherwise would be impossible to bring into our classroom," opined the student, Erin O'Brien, a 5th grader at Grace Park Elementary School in Delaware County.
Gov. Ridge said he was not asking lawmakers for more money for schools. Instead, he suggested that Pennsylvania could provide millions of extra dollars in education aid by eliminating unnecessary mandates, such as sabbaticals for teachers, a requirement that he said costs the state $225 million each year.
Mr. Ridge also conceded that he would not push a new version of his plan to give vouchers to children from poor families to help them attend private schools. Facing a split House in an election year for lawmakers, the first-term Republican decided not to push the touchy issue.
"For me, one of the most difficult decisions in the budget was to not include the line item for educational-opportunity grants," he said.
Earlier this year, the legislature rejected an 11th-hour bid to revive the $38.5 million pilot voucher program the governor proposed last spring. (See Education Week, Jan. 10, 1996)
But the governor suggested he had not completely abandoned hope on vouchers. "I will continue to make my case to Pennsylvanians," he said. "In other words, I'll be back."
--Meg Sommerfeld
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Sara Petitt, Fabric Styling Faculty
I always tell my students to take a camera with them when they walk about in the city because you never know what you're going to discover. Here's an example: I noticed kids on the subway wearing do-rags, and then I'm looking through a high-end bridal magazine, and there in the Paris collections are bridal gowns with beaded do-rags, instead of the traditional veils or tiaras.
What moves me as a teacher is when I can make a difference in a student's life. I had a student who was an investment banker and hated what he did. He told his associates he'd found this Fabric Styling program at FIT and they all told him he was crazy to give up investment banking. Of course, now they may be singing a different tune. He came into my program and now he's a trend forecaster for Cotton Incorporated. He made a complete career change and he's happy. He was one of those people who feel they have a creative impulse that's not being satisfied, but they can't draw or paint. Once they have the right computer skills, they can do whatever they want. Drawing and painting only take you so far; what clients want are great concepts, big thinking.


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A Safe Haven – Excellent Personal and Financial Security
If you are considering establishing a company in Switzerland obtaining personal residency may be a factor to consider in your short and longer term planning.
For those persons setting up a Company in Switzerland there are several routes to obtaining Swiss residency.
Essentially for those establishing a company or business in Switzerland and wishing to be employed by that Company and take up residency there is a requirement to obtain a Residency and Work permit which are issued by the Cantonal Migration Authorities in the relevant Canton.
For EU/EFTA Citizens…
The Agreement between Switzerland and EU now entitles citizens of other EU and EFTA Countries to enter, live and work in Switzerland on the same basis as Swiss Nationals. This applies to citizens of the original EU 25/EFTA member states. There remain in place some special provisions extending to relating to citizens of Bulgaria and Romania.
Depending on the profession or specialisation, persons with special technical training and several years of professional experience may also be authorised to work. The issuing of residence permits is based not only on professional qualifications, but also on integration criteria. A person's ability to adapt professionally and socially, their language skills and age should be such that there is a strong likelihood of long-term integration in the Swiss employment market and the society.
Salary and working conditions must be the same as for Swiss nationals.
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Alternatively many Cantons will accept residency applications from non EU citizens setting up a Company/Business and making and investment in Switzerland. Acceptance of this type of application will depend on the size of the investment being made, the number of Swiss persons to be employed, the nature of the business, and other factors set by the relevant Canton which can vary widely.
For employment the following forms of work permit are normally issued:
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For retired persons (aged 55 or over) and not taking up gainful employment in Switzerland with the means to support themselves in Switzerland may be able to secure residency through agreeing a "lump-sum" annual tax payment to the relevant Cantonal authorities. The tax is normally calculated as multiple of the retirees annual imputed house rental costs in Switzerland.
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1. First Inning 2. Nashville Score Board
3. Sweet Sister 4. Wonderful Boyfriend
J.L. and I wanted to go to a game with our friends Brandon and Stephanie, but I was feeling a little under the weather so we went a few days later to, what we found out was, the last game of the season and Jennifer got to come to this one!
Bye Summer Games!


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Click on the Overtime Rules tab.
Click the green Add Overtime Rule button at the top right corner.
Fill out the rule field to match your current overtime rules. Set how many hours in a day or week must be worked in order to put an employee into overtime. Click Save when complete.
You can add as many overtime rules as you need. Keep in mind that overtime rules are applied to all employees, no matter their employment type, role, seniority, etc. These rules can be edited or removed at any time.
When payroll is exported, overtime hours will be indicated and a manual calculation may be necessary.
Please read our article on Configuring Payroll Settings to learn more about setting up your payroll.


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I've written before about tool libraries, community-based lending centers where you can borrow power drills, nail guns, and other home improvement items large and small. But kitchen tool libraries? As noted by TreeHugger, Portland, Ore. — a green-minded metropolis where you can already borrow a tile saw in just about every section of the city (North Portland, Northeast Portland, Southeast Portland) — may soon get its own cookery-focused tool lending library in the form of the Southeast Portland Community Kitchen Tool Library. Just don't tell Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen.
You'd probably just assume that it would be easier to cut through any bureaucracy and opt to borrow a latte whip, rice steamer, or bread maker from a neighbor with a well-stocked kitchen. However, keep in mind that not everyone lives next door to Ina Garten (or Robin Shreeves) and besides, it seems to me that folks are a touch more protective over kitchen appliances than they are over rough n' tumble power tools. They're special.
Knock Knock. "Hey there, Janice. Long time, no see. I heard through the grapevine that you happen to have a pressure cooker and a deep fryer. Mind if I borrow them for a couple of days?"
"I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. I'm really sorry but I don't have either of those things. Have you tried Bed Bath & Beyond?" Hands begin to quiver and beads of perspiration begin to form on forehead. Shuts door.
As pointed out by TreeHugger, The SE Portland Community Kitchen Tool Library was inspired by an existing service, North Portland Preserve and Serve, which is a touch different from most tool libraries in that members pay a small fee to join, reserve gear online, and also leave a suggested donation to cover upkeep. And as its name suggests, North Portland Preserve and Serve is mostly canning-centric, "dedicated to fostering sustainability through the focus of home food preservation, waste reduction and reuse." From the sounds of it, the SE Portland Community Kitchen Tool Library will have appliances for all sorts of uses (popcorn poppers!) and not just canning accoutrement.
With the season of high cookery just around the corner, is joining the collaborative consumption movement by signing on at a kitchen tool library something that you'd ever consider? Anyone out there already belong to a home improvement tool lending library?


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Over the next few days SimplyScripts will be transitioning to SimplyJAVAScripts!
I see endless possibilities in this new direction the site is taking. The discussion board will be turned over to reviews and critiques of JavaScript code. JavaScript writers will be able to submit his/her work in a number of JavaScript genres like, "Great for Denial of Service Attacks" or "Great for Defending against Denial of Service Attacks".
I hope you all embrace this new direction with the same enthusiasm!
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Senator José Peralta voted against the property tax cap bill in Albany and we reproduce his speech where he explained the impact it has on middle and working families in New York.
We are here today voting on a lengthy, complex piece of legislation after being given the least amount of time possible to review it and consider its impact. My question is simply: Why? With a $10 billion budget gap to fill, why the emphasis on tax caps and tax cuts before even the first dime of savings has been identified?
A New York Times editorial last month, headlined The Tax Cap Illusion, noted that "history shows, painfully, that caps can do more harm than good. California's Proposition 13 led to the deterioration of universities, schools and other public facilities." The same editorial pointed out that Massachusetts imposed a cap in 1980 "and soon police officers and firefighters were laid off and senior centers were closed. By 1991, the State Board of Education warned of a crisis with too many classrooms simply 'warehousing' students." And as has been pointed out over and again by groups advocating for lower property taxes, this tax cap will not solve the problem of high property taxes or make property taxes any more affordable. And it certainly will not lower anyone's property tax bill.
So again, my question is why? Why on the eve of the release of the executive budget are we being asked to take this vote? Whatever the answer may be, my point is this: As Democrats we must ensure that the budget is not balanced on the backs of middle and working class families and school children. There must be shared sacrifice.
Senator José Peralta, Queens