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Los Naranjos Golf Club is located in the Nueva Andalucia Golf Valley close to Puerto Banus and Marbella and is a Robert Trent Jones designed 18-hole, par 72 course. Ranked 19th in the Top 100 Golf Courses for Southern Spain, this course is popular due to the wide fairways, with strategically placed obstacles, greens which are always in top condition and lovely views.
They have a lovely restaurant with a spectacular terrace overlooking the 18th hole which is popular for both golfers and non-golfers due to the wonderful setting and the fine food. In the Club House there is also a changing room, golf shop, hairdresser and wellness studio.
Their green fees are 105€ to play 18 holes in the high season and 150€ for 2 green fees and a buggy in the low season.
This year Los Naranjos celebrated their 40th anniversary with a summer tournament and plans for improvements to the course. There are a number of exciting developments taking place at the club, with improvements being made to the driving range to add eight artificial turf targets and a new halfway house integrated into the course layout.
What you need to know about Los Naranjos
- 18 hole par 72 course
- Designed by Robert Trent Jones
- Welcomes non members
- Address – Los Naranjos Golf Club, Apdo. 64, 29660 Nueva Andalucia, Marbella
- Web – losnaranjos.com
- Telephone – 0034 952 81 52 06
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Where to stay?
If you want to play at Los Naranjos we have a number of excellent vacation rentals in Nueva Andalucia's golf valley which give excellent access to this course, Las Brisas, La Quinta, Aloha and more.
As well as being close to all these courses, a Nueva Andalucia location is very convenient as the area itself has a small shopping centre, supermarkets, banks and restaurants. It's also just a short cab ride to all the action in Puerto Banus, with the designer shops, superyachts and legendary nightlife, as well as being close to the lovely town of Marbella.
You can book your tee times and accommodation on our website with discounted green fees making it excellent value for money. We have live tee times, the best rates and constantly updated property listings, making browsing and booking accommodation and finding great value tee times a breeze. Book now to play on the best golf courses and find the best accommodation


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Named after the Magnolia tree it overlooks (which actually blooms pink!), this twin room is a cute bedroom popular with families and travellers alike – especially Pilgrim walkers we've noticed. In the Spring, guests are blessed with the scent of the gorgeous flowers opening.
The twin room features two comfortable cottage-style cream beds, original wood flooring, a dressing table and a large, original, built-in wardrobe for storage.
This room also has an ensuite with a luxury waterfall shower.
Full size cottage-style twin beds
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Ensuite with luxury shower
€50 – 1 Person
Views over the pretty garden and magnolia tree
Tea and coffee
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Henry Murphy, Campus planning of Ginling College, 1921. Wesleyan University, Meng Collection.
Responsibly using Archival Materials
Course Guide for Religion in the Archives
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Copyright Basics | Copyright for Archival Collections | Fair Use | Citing Archival Materials | Creative Commons
Copyright is a form of federal legal protection for authors of original works, including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works. Copyright law applies to a wide range of creative and intellectual works, including but not limited to poetry, novels, articles, reports, movies, songs, choreographed works, computer software, and architecture.
Who owns the copyright of a work?
As a general rule, the initial owner of the copyright is the person who did the creative work—the "author". However, copyright can be transferred—the author can give or sell their rights to others. In addition, rights can be transferred temporarily by contract. These contracts are often called licensing agreements.
What rights do copyright owners have?
Current federal copyright law generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to do the following, as well as the right to authorize others to do the following:
- reproduce the work
- prepare derivative works based upon the work
- distribute copies of the work
- perform the work publicly
- display the work publicly
Copyright owners may also have rights to prevent anyone from circumventing technological protection systems that control access to the works.
What works are protected by copyright?
Copyright law applies to almost all types of creative and intellectual work, including the following:
- literary works
- musical works
- dramatic works
- choreographic works
- pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works
- motion pictures and other audiovisual works
- sound recordings
- architectural works
Copyright protectable works receive instant and automatic copyright protection at the time that they are created. Works do not need to be published or registered to be protected by copyright, but they do need to be expressed and/or recorded in a fixed format.
Copyright does expire. Current copyright law states that protection generally lasts as long as the author's life plus an additional 70 years. When a work's copyright expires, the work enters the public domain. For works made for hire (works made for a corporation or institution), the copyright term is either 95 years from the date of publication, or 120 years from the date of creation, whichever is shorter.
What is the public domain?
A work is in the public domain if its copyright has expired or if it never met the requirements for copyright protection. Works in the public domain may be used freely without the permission of the former copyright owner.
How can I tell if something is in the public domain?
As a general rule, works registered or published in the U.S. before 1923 are in the public domain. U.S. government documents are in the public domain. For all other works, some research is required to determine whether it is in the public domain. A good place to start is Copyright Term and the Public Domain.
Video: Elsa Loftis, "Copyright and Fair Use" from Lynda.com
Works cited for this section:
- Columbia University, Copyright Advisory Office, "Copyright Quick Guide"
- April Hathcock, Scholarly Communications Librarian at New York University, Copyright Guide: "Copyright Basics"
- Peter B. Hirtle, Cornell University, Copyright Information Center, "Copyright Terms and the Public Domain"
- United States Copyright Office
Copyright Basics for Archival Collections
When thinking about copyright and archival collections, it is necessary to separate the rights of the creator from the rights of the archive or library (repository) that has obtained the collection. In most cases the transfer of archival material to a repository does not also include a complete transfer of copyright to that repository. Because archival collections often contain a mixture of materials, with a variety of creator/rights holders represented, each item's copyright must be considered on its own merits.
The repository that maintains the archival collection may have its own requirements to consider when you request to use an archival work for scholarly or commercial purposes. They may charge a fee for use (often tied to a high resolution scan of the document), or ask that you cite the repository in a specific way when publishing. These requirements are no indication of the repository's ownership of copyright of the materials.
There are some additional issues to consider when thinking about copyright and archival collections.
Copyright and international material:
While there is no international copyright law, the Berne Convention, administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has set a minimum standard for copyright protection for those countries who have signed on to the agreement.
The minimum duration of protection offered by the Berne Convention is life of the creator plus 50 years. For anonymous works the duration is 50 years after the date the work was first made public. Art and photographic works are protected 25 years after creation.
There are two major principles to the Berne Convention to consider:
National treatment: copyright protection must be granted to foreign nationals who have signed on to the Berne Convention in the same way it is granted to domestic signers of the Berne Convention. For example, if a work created by a Chinese author, but is now being used in the United States, that artist must be granted the same copyright protections as a US citizen.
Automatic protection: a creative work is automatically protected by copyright once it is fixed in a tangible medium ( ex: paper, digital file formats, film and audio tape, etc.).
Copyright and unpublished material:
Many archival collections contain unpublished works. Under US copyright law these works are afforded protections like any other creative works, and in certain instances, the courts afford copyright holders of unpublished works more protections than works that have been published (since authors of unpublished material have the right of first sale). As with copyright for published works, the duration of copyright is life of the author plus 70 years. If the death of the author is unknown, or the author is a corporate body, then the term is 120 years from the date of creation.
Copyright and visual materials:
Visual materials (photographs, illustrations, artwork, and in some cases performances, etc.) are treated somewhat differently from text-based works. The reason for this is that when using copyrighted visual materials in one's own work, you often have to use the majority of the image to illustrate your point. Because the limits of fair use include the amount or extent of the use, in many cases using visual materials is doubly prohibited.
Best practices for using visual materials are as follows:
- Use only those images, or portions of images, that illustrate your point
- The use of the image should be secondary to the point it intends to illustrate
- The size and resolution of the image should be only as large as is required to illustrate your point
- Extra consideration should be taken when using reproductions of born-digital works in a online environment
- One should strive toward the most accurate representations of the original work
- One should provide attribution of the original work, and the location where the reproduction was acquired
Works cited for this section:
- WIPO: Summary of the Berne Collection for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1886)
- Society of American Archivists: Copyright and Unpublished Material
- Barnard guide for copyright and fair use for visual materials: Intellectual Property Guide for Visual Resources
Fair use is a provision of US copyright law that allows exceptions to an author's exclusive rights to their creative work. The Provision, Section 107 of the US Copyright Act, allows for the use of copyrighted material "for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship and research." Other countries have their own version of copyright law, which is important to keep in mind when the copyright holder is outside the United States.
In the United States, using copyrighted material for educational purposes does not automatically mean the use is fair. The fairness of use is determined by weighing four factors. They are:
- Purpose and character of the use: Is the use of copyrighted material intended for scholarship, research, teaching, criticism, comment, or news reporting? The use of copyrighted material for educational purposes is generally favored over commercial use. Is the use "transformative" (has it been changed in a way that is meaningful and not simply derivative)? Significant changes to the original work are often considered fair use.
- Nature of the copyrighted work: Is the copyrighted work creative or instructive? A copyrighted work that is highly creative (art, music, fiction, poetry, etc.) may be protected more strongly than an instructive work. Is the copyrighted work unpublished? Unpublished works are protected more strongly because the courts generally protect an author's right of "first publication."
- The amount or substantiality of the use: Will only a small portion of the copyrighted work be used? Is that portion "the heart" of the copyrighted work? A quotation or detail of an image may be weighted as fair use. However, a short snippet of a song, if embodying the character of the whole, might be weighed as unfair use.
- Effect of the use on market value: Will the use of copyrighted material infringe upon the original author or authors ability to benefit from their creation? Will this affect the market value of the original work?
To determine fair use you need to weigh all of the four factors, and not all factors are weighted in the same way for each use. Generally speaking, the use of copyrighted material can be considered fair when a majority of the factors meet the threshold of fair use.
Use the Fair Use Checklist, created by Columbia University Copyright Advisory Office, to help determine if your use of copyrighted material is fair.
Works cited for this section:
- Columbia University, Copyright Advisory Office, Fair Use Guide
- April Hathcock, Scholarly Communications Librarian at New York University, Copyright Guide: Applying Fair Use
- Copyright Advisory Network, Public Domain Slider
- Barnard general copyright guide: Copyright, Fair Use, Permissions and Citation
Properly citing archival materials involves being aware of the preferences of multiple stakeholders. The preference of the archive where the collection is maintained, the citation style required by your professor, and sometimes stipulations made by the donor can impact how citations are conveyed.
The goal of any citation is to include as much detail as is necessary for readers of your work to easily locate the material you are citing, and be able to identify the kind of resource you are referring to. Not all citations need to contain the same information.
Elements to include when citing archival collections
Item description: who created the document, when was it created, what kind of document is it
Name of the archival collection: the official title of the collection listed on the finding aid
Series, box, and folder numbers: where the document is located within the larger collection
Repository: The name of the archive, library, or other cultural institution that cares for the collection
The preferred citation style of the Burke Library:
Item Description, MRL 6: Matilda Calder Thurston Papers 1902-1958, series #, box #, folder #, The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.
Add the preferred citation style of Burke Library to the end of your item description (filling in the series, box and folder numbers), followed by a semicolon. Item descriptions can be informed by information found on the folder the item came from.
When adding information not found on the document itself, place the explanation in [brackets].
Resources for creating citations for archival collections
- Chicago Manual of Style Online
- National Archives and Records Administration. Citing Records in the National Archives of the United States. 2010. (this resources gives examples for citing archival collections specifically in the National Archives collections, but can be used as a model for formulating your item descriptions for your own citations..
Creative Commons is a licensing tool that helps creators make decisions about how they'd like to protect and/or share the copyright of their creative work. Some creators want their creative output to be more readily shared, believing that this enables greater access to information, and a more fertile creative community.
The video below gives a good overview of why folks choose to license through Creative Commons.
A Shared Culture by Jesse Dylan is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA) license.
This guide is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.


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Contact Details
Contact InfoMount Ridley P- 12 College
2-30 Hampton Street
- Telephone: (03) 8338 3600
- Fax: (03) 8338 3699
- email@example.com
Communication Directory
Please find the 2019 communication directory for the College.
Mount Ridley College is conveniently accessed by bus, train or car.
- Bus Routes 529 and 533 service the Craigieburn North corridor and provide easy access to the College with bus stops located on Grand Boulevard and Highlands Shopping Centre.
- Bus Route 541 runs from Broadmeadows Station to Aitken Boulevard (please see PDF below for route)
Broadmeadows Bus Service Pty. Ltd. Can be contacted on 03 9338 1844.
- Craigieburn Train Station has trains coming from the City with connections to both the 529 and the 533 bus route.
For train and bus information call Metlink on 1800 800 007 8:30am-6pm or visit ptv.vic.gov.au
Ample off street parking is available along Hampton Street, Essex Way, Windrock Avenue and Aitken Boulevard.
Please download the PDF map of the transport routes here: Transport maps 2019
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Rome restaurant week is upon us once again and prix fixe lunches and dinners will be served at select restaurants starting at €25. While around 80 venues are participating, not all are worth your hard earned dough. Some of the best, like Pipero al Rex, have been booked for weeks. Ditto for Michelin star holders like Oliver Glowig. But you can still score a stellar meal at a handful of other establishments. My top recommendations are Metamorfosi, L'Arcangelo Colline Emiliane, and La Sibilla (worth a dedicated trip to Tivoli). There are actually quite a few stinkers on the list. Too numerous to mention, actually. So your best bet is to stick to the aforementioned four. Book online on the DiningCity site.
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i have never ever had any luck with restaurant week. It makes me feel like a chump who can't even get a date if i paid for one.
I am also unlucky with restaurant week. I guess it is a good way to get people to try new places or get a chance to got ot places that one normally can't afford but I have found it is never the best food from those places. I still think it is a good idea. WE have it in San Diego and it is really fun.
You were completely right about the hit and miss. Thought we were being smart by looking up each one in the Gambero Rosso 2012, but still got a stinker – the OS Club. It was just so blah. Luckily, had a lovely meal at Chinappi the day after, so it saved Restaurant Week for me. Otherwise, I was ready to cross it off for 2013.


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Local councils have hit back at criticisms that some use bailiffs too easily.
A broadside was launched by the Money Advice Trust which said that there are massive variations between authorities on bailiff use and that those that use them most "seem to be assuming that anyone not paying debts is a 'won't pay', rather than a 'can't pay'."
Wigan Council has previously been named as one of the country's most prolific bailiff users, with debt collectors employed 20,822 times during the 2014-15 financial year.
But responding to the trust claims, LGA resources board chair Coun Claire Kober, said: "No council wants to ask people on the lowest incomes to pay more, but councils have a duty to their residents to collect taxes – these fund crucial services, such as caring for the elderly, protecting vulnerable children, keeping roads maintained and collecting bins. With councils facing a £5.8bn funding shortfall by 2020, it's essential that these funds are collected so these vital services can be protected.
"Before councils use bailiffs, which are only ever used as a last resort, people will have been encouraged to apply for monetary support and efforts will have been made to either attach the debt to a salary or arrange new payment plans."


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Celebrating Church School
by Terri Wong
"Dear all the Sunday school teachers,
Thank you for teaching me even though you still have a couple more weeks to teach me. I just really appreciate the work you do for me. See you next week!"
This note was left one recent Sunday morning on the classroom table. I was blessed as I read this sweet note from one of our 4th grade Church School (CS) students. It reminded me of my call to serve God as a CS teacher many years ago and why I love this ministry!
Why Church School?
Over 80% of the people in churches today decided to follow Jesus before the age of 18. There is a season in a person's life when they are most open to learning about Jesus. In Ecclesiastes 3:1, God said there is a time for everything and that season when people are forming their understanding of the world and of God is sometime between the ages of 4-14. Many people call this the "4-14 Window." Therefore, what we do as parents and as CS teachers during this 4-14 window, or the ages of 4-14, is critical! Teaching our children about Jesus and to trust in Him is the most important thing we can do.
Why celebrate Church School?
God is so good to the CS ministry and His faithfulness continues through all generations. Children faithfully come eager to learn from God's Word – what a blessing! We are privileged to have wonderful CS teachers who love God and love teaching from His Word. They serve with enthusiasm and joy every Sunday! It is always good to praise and thank God for His goodness!
When is the Celebration?
At the end of the CS year, we get to celebrate with either a picnic, games or a swim party. During the past two years, we have had a celebration at the El Monte Aquatic Center. Back again for this year, the Church School Celebration will be on Saturday, August 13 from 4:30-7:30pm at the Aquatic Center. Check out the details on the church's website! Please join us as we celebrate the Church School year! You do not have to swim – just come and fellowship with other Evergreen families.
While the note I shared above was intended for the 4th grade CS teachers, I want to say thank you to ALL those serving in Church School. "I just really appreciate the work you do for me" and for the Lord. I celebrate the blessing of serving God alongside you.


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For many people who live in the city the local pub is a place you can go and feel at home. Lots of local pubs are within walking distance which makes for a safe place to have a few drinks without having to worry about how you're getting home. If you're a regular the staff probably know what you order and may even know you by name.
The most interesting thing about local pubs, to me, is how willing to forgive and forget we are when you receive poor service or when the food isn't great. My local pub has all the things I talked about that make it a personal comfort zone for me. The funny thing is that the food really isn't great yet I continue to go there on a regular basis. As someone who writes about food and can be very critical at times it seems strange that I would let this slide.
Last summer I spent a day in Whistler with my parents and my Aunt and Uncle from Edmonton. We had lunch on a patio in the Village and it was pretty good, as the food tends to be in most of Whistler. On the way home my uncle convinced me that we should go to a pub for some food and drinks that night as they were going home the next day. My local pub was chosen and I met them there later that evening. When the food we had ordered arrived it certainly didn't win any awards, in fact my dad sent his french onion soup back 3 times because it was cold. Personally I don't know if french onion soup is something I would order at a pub, it's always good to stick to the standards, chicken wings, nachos, clubhouse sandwich, the triple crown of pub food. Stray too for from that and you're in dangerous waters, unless you know that a particular pub has a good menu and/or chef. I know that chicken wings area safe bet at my pub and strongly urged the rest of the group to try them, while at the same time trying to steer them away from other menu items that I knew were risky. I was not successful.
I think the reason I don't mind the average food at my local pub is that my connection is deeper than just food and drink. There's a feeling of belonging somewhere and that goes a long way towards making up for its other shortcomings.
Support your local pub because someday you may need them to support you, not that I advocate drinking as a cure to all your troubles. Sometimes it just feels good to belong.


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General News of Sunday, 4 November 2018
Source: citinewsroom.com
Private Legal Practitioner, Yaw Oppong, has chided the Director General of the Ghana Maritime Authority, Kwame Owusu, for the manner in which he defended the GHc 1 million spent on the renovation of his 'colonial-style' two-bedroom official residence.
Mr. Owusu was on the offensive at a press conference on Saturday where he insisted the renovation was relatively modest and in the best interest of the state.
In his submissions, he appeared to be antagonizing some media personnel as he insisted the GHc 1 million spent was justified because of the savings the state would benefit from, because it will no longer spend on rent.
"It was abysmal. In a matter like this, if you are not very sure about how your disposition will carry you, you don't get into the arena," Mr. Oppong remarked on The Big Issue.
"The Director-General's disposition, his demeanour, his outlook at the press conference is not anything anyone will expect of him."
Though Mr. Oppong expressed some understanding of why Mr. Owusu would go on the offensive, he maintained that the Maritime Authority boss went overboard.
"Of course, when you are accused of a wrongdoing, there is a tendency that your emotions may carry you away, but I think he was quite overzealous in his attempt to explain these matters."
He further suggested that the governing body should have also cleared the air on the matter since it has oversight over the Authority's expenditure.
"By now, I would have expected that they would also come out to explain the circumstance leading to this whole affair or affairs," the lawyer stated.
Following the controversial renovation, the former wooden residence now has "four bedrooms on the main structure, a living room, a dining room, kitchen, a family room, a library and a basement."
It also had a guest house added with one bedroom, a dining room, a living room and a porch.
Conflict of interest
Mr. Owusu also has personal ties with the one who got the contract for the renovation, and he sees nothing wrong with that.
He said due process was followed in awarding his "friend" the contract, at a press conference on Tuesday.
"Tender process went through administration. The bill of quantities was done… so the Director-General could not have influenced the outcome and given it to my friend and said increase the money so that when they do it, I can have your so-called chop chop."
He defiantly told the reporter asking questions on the matter that suggestions of conflict of interest were "below the belt".
He added that even if his wife could be awarded a contract with the authority if she was qualified for it.
Other claims
Mr. Owusu also confirmed claims that the Authority was to have paid an amount of GHc135,000 to Luxe Suites Hotel, which he owns, for an end-of-year party for the staff of the Maritime Authority.
He, however, said the amount was to cover food for 500 people and not 100 as being speculated.
"We will like to also respond to the issue of the Authority having GHc135,000 for end of year party. It is true; there was a GHc115, 000 of the cost of the food for 500 people. It is in management records. Some people have gone out of their way to state that there was less than 100 people. I want to bring to your attention that we have 200 workers."
He however rejected claims that the Authority blew an amount of GHc 10,000 on lunch for only eight people.
Mr. Owusu said such reports were mischievous and a calculated attempt to smear his reputation.
He said the amount was spent on 17 management members for multiple meetings and not on a single meeting.
Transport Minister orders probe
Meanwhile, the Minister of Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has directed the board of the Ghana Maritime Authority to investigate the alleged misappropriations.
The Transport Minister in a statement said the board is expected to make its findings available to him for an appropriate decision to be made.
However, there are concerns about whether the board will do a fair job, considering their links to the Director-General.


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OneLogin Mobile 3.1.0 for the iOS platform includes the following updates:
- Users must provide their company's OneLogin domain to use the app (one time)
- The menu (left navigation bar) has been updated
- Fixed issues when using some apps
On your phone, go to the App Store.
- Select Updates from the menu.
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When it comes to helping new hires learn a company's culture the goal is twofold. First, you want them to learn the company culture, not learn about the company culture. Second, you want them to learn more quickly than they would if they were learning the culture just through osmosis. Unfortunately these two goals are in tension. The best way to learn a culture rather than just learn about a culture is through the natural osmosis process by which we each learned our own native cultures. And if this process is sped up too much it can quickly degenerate into just learning about the culture where facts are know, but the culture isn't internalized.
In order to strike the proper balance between these two goals, any eLearning course which is designed to help new hires learn a company's culture should take advantage of indirect learning. Indirect learning is the learning that happens when we pay attention to something else. When concerned parents worry about the messages their kids are picking up from video games and tv, it's indirect learning they're concerned about. Remember that scene in the Karate Kid where Daniel-san has to paint fences and "wax on, wax off"? Same idea. The premise of indirect learning is that while we actively focus on one aspect, like a movie's story or solving a problem in a video-game, we're indirectly learning information, skills, and habits without our attention being drawn to it.
Indirect learning is a great method for learning a company culture because indirect learning is how we naturally learn culture in the first place. We never set out to learn our own culture. Instead we just live our lives, focusing on getting from point A to point B and along the way we learn what we're "supposed to" eat for breakfast, watch on tv, and say to our friends. In an eLearning context, indirect learning works in exactly the same way, but the timeline is compressed so that the basics of a company culture can be learned in a matter of minutes rather than in a matter of years.
The key idea is that the eLearning course new hires complete appears to teach them the company culture only incidentally. Let's take the example of a mandatory cybersecurity course all new hires need to complete in order to make sure that the company's data is safe. The explicit purpose of the training is to make sure that all new employees have strong passwords and good digital security habits. And of course these goals are accomplished. But while the new employee is focused on learning the cyber material, they're also absorbing everything else that the eLearning course is offering them.
Everything from the examples in the course to the settings can help a new employee learn your company culture. Is the course set in a realistic office setting, an abstract studio, or perhaps someplace fanciful? Is there a framing device or a story throughout the training, or is it more straightforward? What about the characters? Are they real people, do they work in your company, or are they actors? What's the tone of the course? Do characters address each other informally? Do they make jokes? How are they dressed, and how do they present themselves?
How each of these questions and innumerable others are answered represents a little pieces of your company's culture, and anyone taking the course will learn them even as they focus on learning the explicit material the course is "teaching". And this is the main reason it's so important to make sure that every piece of eLearning your company uses communicates the company culture you want it to. Because if you don't intentionally communicate your company culture, you will be communicating a culture to the people taking the course, even if it's not the one you want to be communicating.
When it comes to helping someone learn your company's culture eLearning is an incredibly powerful option. It provides a specific environment where a new employee is actively primed to learn as much as they can as quickly as they can, and can use all of the tools available to eLearning in order to keep the experience informative and engaging.


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�We knew what we had to do,� Ellender Memorial coach Scott Gauthreaux said. �We came out against our cross-town rival and played well.�
The Gators got off to an early 6-4 lead in the first quarter, but once the Patriots got ahead, they took control.
�We played hard, but we got in a lot of early foul trouble,� South Terrebonne coach Greg Cook said. �We couldn�t have been as aggressive early on because if that. When you�re a top-notch program like Ellender things usually goes your way.�
Ellender�s Chris Duthu completed a 3-point play to spark a 9-0 run. Sterling Jones scored scored 10 of his 28 points in the opening quarter.
Ellender (5-0) led at the start of the second quarter, 30-19.
Ellender�s Wardell Jones and South Terrebonne�s Rondale Livas exchanged baskets in the opening minute.
Ellender then went on a 12-0 run.
Jamal Nixon had six points, three rebounds, and an assist during the run.
After a couple of Gators baskets, Jones scored six straight points to give the Patriots a 56-34 halftime lead.
�I wasn�t pleased with our defensive rotation, but I was very pleased with the fact that we played very unselfish with the ball,� Gauthreaux said.
�We made good passes and passed up good shots for better shots.�
Ellender led after the third quarter, 85-45. Livas had nine points for the Gators in the quarter.
�I was pleased with the turnovers that created easy opportunities for us,� Gauthreaux said. "Our defense is an extension of our offense because they create easy opportunities for us.�
Jones led all scorers with 28 points, Duthu had 19, and Nixon had 15. Nixon, Duthu, and Jones all had six rebounds each.
Que Austin and Livas led South Terrebonne with 14 points each, and Elre Evans had seven points and eight rebounds, though he fouled out in the beginning of the fourth quarter.
At Baton Rouge, the Lady Patriots were outscored 22-6 in the fourth quarter in the nondistrict loss.
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Johnson & Johnson joins Big Pharma's job-cutting parade
The New Brunswick, N.J.-based company said the cuts, mostly achieved through reducing layers of management, will affect some 7,000 to 8,000 worldwide. But today is Election Day in the company's base state, and one cannot help but wonder if the timing of such an announcement from one of the largest private employers in New Jersey isn't politically motivated in support of the challengers in the three-way race for governor, or at least against the Democratic incumbent, Jon Corzine.
J&J said the job cuts are just one of the restructuring measures it was taking and that together they'll generate annualized, pretax cost savings of $800 million to $900 million in 2010, and $1.4 billion to $1.7 billion when fully implemented in 2011.
The company said it will take a pretax charge in the range of $1.1 billion to $1.3 billion in the fourth quarter of 2009, treated as a special item. J&J also confirmed its earnings guidance for full-year 2009 of $4.54 to $4.59 per share, which excludes the impact of special items such as restructuring charges.
Creating a Stronger Future?
J&J has long been touted as being one of the best-managed companies in the S&P 500. It's no surprise then that Chairman and CEO William C. Weldon is trying to maintain that image. "Johnson & Johnson has long adhered to a broad-based operating model and set of sound management principles that have driven our success," Weldon said. "Today, we are announcing a series of actions and plans designed to ensure that our company remains well-positioned and appropriately structured for sustainable, long-term growth in the health care industry."
But no matter what kind of PR speak J&J uses to spin this announcement, two things are certain. Thousands of jobs are being lost, sending more Americans -- possibly well-paid Americans given that the lost jobs are mostly in management -- to the unemployment line. And the company could not find in all its "broad-based" arsenal anything other than more job cuts to combat the pressures on its bottom line.
That creates even greater questions about its pharmaceutical rivals, many of which have been slashing jobs for several years now in preparation for the "patent cliff" as blockbusters drugs lose their patent protection, generic competition increases and the new-drug pipeline isn't promising enough to replace the lost revenue.
In September, Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) announced it was cutting 5,500 jobs. Pfizer Inc. (PFE) announced large job cuts due to its merger with Wyeth. Merck (MRK) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) also announced sweeping job cuts, as have British drugmakers GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and AstraZeneca (AZN).
Big Tumble for Branded Drugs
J&J is more diversified than some of its rivals, and as Weldon said, the company sees this model as appropriate to long-term growth. In the recently reported third quarter, J&J's worldwide pharmaceutical sales, which accounted for 35 percent of its revenue, tumbled 14.1 percent, and consumer products, which brought in 26 percent of revenue, fell 2.7 percent. Generic competition to J&J's epilepsy drug Topamax and schizophrenia drug Risperdal was largely responsible for the fall.
J&J has been cutting R&D costs, although it said it is incrementally increasing its pipeline budget. Still, given the clear need for new drugs, one can only wonder who'll be left to develop, test and market them if J&J and the rest of Big Pharma can't think of any other answer to their problems than slashing jobs.


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Technology is Transparent in the Day of the Life of this Student
Technology, when implemented correctly, can create immersive, next-generation learning environments. For students like Kajsa, technology is like the air she breathes, from the time she wakes up in the morning until she closes out her day. She makes no distinction between joining a class from her dorm room, the library, or a classroom.
The leadership at the University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO), has embraced this philosophy. They have used technology to remove barriers from teaching and learning. What's most exciting is that UNO is training our future teachers and educational leaders. We often hear that Schools of Education aren't changing fast enough – this one is.
Professors in the UNO School of Education move seamlessly between a range of technology mediums: using recorded lectures, including guest lecturers in the classroom, ensuring that students receive feedback over video or in person, and in holding virtual tutoring sessions.
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I agree 100%, in the limitless opportunities that technology offers us every day, in different situations daily face, fast communication, availability of adequate bandwidth, applications, security, ability to analyze data in real time, scalability, growth, availability, collaboration, technical support, especially in the area of education allows that there are no borders, that the learning process can be novel for students and teachers. This is demonstrated by the different histories of growth and renewal of the education system around the world, and we still have a lot to see in the future, this is only the beginning…Great Post and video, thanks for sharing both.


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By Gokhan Ergocun
ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkey's benchmark stock index dropped by 1.22 percent to close at 92,827.29 points on Thursday.
Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index started the day at 93,506.84 points and lost 1,142.87 points from Wednesday's close of 93,970.16 points.
During the fourth transaction day of the week, the BIST 100 peaked at 93,866.56 points, while its daily low was 92,375.25 points.
With a trade volume of 5.26 billion Turkish lira ($979.4 million), the BIST 100's total market value was around 605.7 billion liras ($112.7 billion) as of daily close.
Turkish conglomerate Koc Holding ($7.14 billion), private lender Garanti Bankasi ($6.1 billion), and energy company Tupras ($5.85 billion) were the most valued listed companies.
Garanti Bankasi, national flag carrier Turkish Airlines, and private lender Akbank posted the highest trade volumes on Thursday.
Compared to Wednesday's close, 28 stocks on the BIST 100 rose, 65 declined, and seven were flat.
Shares of furniture manufacturer Dogtas Kelebek Mobilya were the top gainers, up 7.08 percent, and shares of casting producer Cemas Dokum were the worst, losing 19.50 percent.
The U.S. dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate reached 5.3690 at close, up from Wednesday's close of 5.3120.
The euro/lira rate also increased at close; 6.1130 versus 6.0360 at the previous close.
One British pound was traded for 6.8620 Turkish liras, while the GBP/TRY rate was 6.7970 at close on Wednesday.
In Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets, the price of one ounce of gold was around $1,236.75 by market close, down from $1,238.20 a day ago.
Brent crude oil price was $60.02 per barrel as of 6 p.m. (1500GMT) Thursday, versus $62.39 at previous close.


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D'ya Love the Three Stripes?
Adidas, one of Ireland's favourite brands, showcases their SS18 and it is very colourful.
2017 already seen a whole lot of color but its looking like Adidas is going to keep that trend going with a collection that has been revamped and was debuted back in the 70's but rereleased with updated materials & Logo placements.
The Collection includes Hoodies, Crewnecks, Track Jackets & Pants, Tees & Shorts, to handle all of your warm weather attire preferences,
"Fairway Green", "Bluebird", "Sun Yellow" and "Scarlett Red" are the key colors and it also comes in a massive range of other colors, you're bound to find your favourite color piece in this drop.
The Collection is set to hit Retailers on the 18th of january & If you own any of the Adidas x Pharrell Supercolor Superstars summer 2018 is the perfect time to rock the whole look.
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11-year-old star pays tribute to Tottenham soul-singer in YouTube clip
Willow Smith has covered Adele's James Bond theme 'Skyfall' – scroll down to the bottom of the page and click to watch.
Smith, who shot to fame in 2010 as a nine-year-old following the popularity of her single 'Whip My Hair', posted the clip of her singing the Tottenham soul-singer's track on YouTube. The singer, who is now 11, also appears to be playing the piano in the video.
Since releasing 'Whip My Hair', Smith has put out a slew of other singles including '21st Century Girl' and 'I Am Me', and also collaborated with rapper Nicki Minaj on the track 'Fireball'. She was scheduled to release her debut album, 'Knees And Elbows', in April of this year but the LP's release was subsequently put back.
Earlier this week, meanwhile, Adele's record label, XL Recordings stated that they do not expect she will release another album "for some years". Their comments came shortly after the news that they had made £41m in profit in 2011 off the back of her '21' album, which features the hit singles 'Someone Like You' and 'Rolling In The Deep', and has sold over 10million copies in the UK.
However, despite Adele's 'Skyfall' track shifting a staggering 48,000 copies in the first 48 hours after its release, the song failed to top the Official UK Singles Chart – it was surprisingly beaten to the Number One spot by Swedish House Mafia.


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text: JUST SOME PUNK SONGS I'm Mick Fletcher, I've been a fan of punk music ever since discovering the new excting genre whilst at school back in 1977. I'd always loved making mixtapes for friends but noticed a decreasing number of them realised great punk music was still being released. It seemed everyone I knew thought punk had gone away decades ago. One Christmas, mainly out of boredom, I started the Just Some Punk Songs blog (http://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/). I thought it would last the length of the holiday season and go unnoticed and initially it pretty much did go unnoticed. But I enjoyed adding a different song every day so I persisted and people started visiting (553,189 viewers and counting). It concentrates on new music and hopefully gets bands a bit of much needed exposure. A couple of years ago I was asked if I wanted to host a show on the new Global Punk Radio and though it was something I'd never considered I said yes and I'm still broadcasting an hour of new punk music every week. It's rough around the edges but hopefully my love of music shines through. I'm based in Chorley, England and more than happy to be playing my modern day "mixtapes" to a worldwide audience. If you like what you hear on the shows, check out the bands. Tell the World and Share: tags: EnglandPunk MusicRenagade Radio


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Bright Invention in SoLow Fest: Interviews with The Artists/
Next in our series of SoLow Fest interviews is Daniel Student-- Bright Invention ensemble member, storyteller, porn star.
What's your show called?
The Daniel Student Gay Porn Viewing Party
Ok, now that we've got that answered, I know everyone wants to know what exactly that means…..
I'm sure they do, but that would really spoil all the fun. OK, OK... its a show about searching for your identity through watching gay porn. I mean, isn't that already implied by the title?
Here's some important details, I guess, that give some further insight. I have never met anyone before with my exact first and last name. I have never met anyone else who can claim to be the only straight person in their immediate family, as I can (though I am sure that streak will end sometime soon because that can't be THAT rare.) I've also never met anyone else who is a third generation vegetarian, as I am, though that's just an interesting fact, it actually has nothing to do with my show.
Oh, and there will be gummy penises.
Why this piece now?
Honest answer? I've done two story-telling shows with the AMAZING Bright Invention Artistic Director Jennifer MacMillan and the BRILLIANT Philadelphia playwright, host, and storyteller R. Eric Thomas, and they have been eye-opening experiences. Who knew that my propensity for spilling all my intimate details to people I've just met in day to day conversation could be translated to spilling all my intimate details to people I've just met on stage?!?
In this show, I am trying to see what my own voice, alone, sounds like, and perhaps build a core piece that is something I could tour with. You know, to cities where "gay porn viewing party" in the title doesn't scare people off. So, New York and San Francisco.
Are there any other Bright Invention SoLow shows you're particularly interested to see come to life?
Truthfully, no. But not because I'm not interested in them. I'm just really buying in, hook, line, and sinker, into this idea that its ten independent minds all speaking their truths onstage. And what makes it a powerful artistic statement is not the individual pieces, but the collective speaking individually.
Boom. Suck on that truth.
I believe there is a day I am performing last, after like seven shows in a row before me, and I plan to sit through all of them. And then I will be so exhausted, I won't remember my lines. Which is why I am not bothering to memorize them.
For more information on Daniel's show and tickets, check out his page here.
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TOP 10 PRODUCER MISTAKES (I know, I've done them all!)
I notice things about producers… things that people do over and over again that I notice. I notice them because I used to do them, or struggle with these things myself. I thought I'd compile a list of some of these things. Here we go… my top 10 producer mistakes… (in no real order)
#1) Caring more for creating cool, technical band arrangements at the expense of the song and lead vocal.
** Guys, c'mon… it's about the song! it's about the vocal!
#2) Leaving bad edits in your song, not cross-fading and checking things before they head off to mix.
** I notice this because some producers do this to me! They leave bad edits, don't cross-fade those edits and general leave things "unfinished." This stuff could make it to the final mix! Don't chance it. Your mixer is not your editor.
#3) Picking the wrong tempo for a song.
** I'm aware that this is preference but I hear a lot of songs that are simply to slow or too fast for the style. If it makes the song sound awkward, then it's the wrong tempo.
#4) Not being patient enough to get good vocals!
** It can take a lot of effort to get a good vocal take. It takes a lot of psychology to coach an inexperienced or nervous vocalist. What is worse is hearing a poor vocal performance but a killer guitar solo.. THE VOCAL IS KING! Be patient and get the vocal! Nothing else matters.
#5) Over-tuning or not being careful when tuning vocals.
** This takes time, but listen carefully and make sure you can't hear the auto-tune working. You might have to dig into manual mode and get picky but it' worth it. I like hearing out of tune vocals more than I like the sound of auto-tune! YUCK!
#6) Double tracking everything!
** To many guys, double tracking is the key to everything. It makes things bigger, covers mistakes, and gets you excited about guitars! Double tracking everything can also make for a boring mix! Double what is necessary. Leaving some stuff un-doubled (does that work to say?) makes the stuff you did double sound bigger in contrast!
#7) Putting high-pass filters on everything.
** I know some people that put HPF's on everything including kick and bass guitar. Now, this can be necessary but it sound be determined by YOUR EARS not what you think you should do. Use HPF's on when you have instruments competing for low-end real estate. Your mixes will sound thin otherwise.
NOTE: check stuff on small speakers. If you blow one up, you have too much LOW END :)
#8) Phasing issues with Overhead mics and guitars!
** There's one thing that my poor hearing has done has made me listen in mono more. What you'll notice is phasing issues. It is very easy for guitars to be out of phase because of the complexity the wave form (particularly distorted guitars). If you check your work in mono and the gain is decreased and everything falls apart you know you have phasing issues (I say "the mix folds into itself! that's what I think phasing sounds like.) Search google for ways to avoid phasing.
#9) Using synth pads all the time!
** Sometimes you need space in a mix. I much enjoy it! Pads can make things muddy and ACTUALLY they can make stuff sound dated and lame! Sometimes it is actually the right thing to do, sometimes it's not.
#10) Not using me as your mixer!
** I'm affordable and good looking. I'm sure to do a good job on your next record :) ha!!
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In his hard-hitting book Crush It! Gary Vaynerchuk describes passion as "the one thing that interests you most in the world." It's whatever fulfills and motivates you, Passion dominates your thinking, your work, your talk and even the way you relax. It's doing what you love more than anything else. If you never find your passion, life can be boring and unfulfilling. If you think you know your passion here is Vaynerchuk's test for you to be "absolutely certain:" List at least fifty blog topics that you could write concerning the passion that invigorates you most.
I have been thinking about Vaynerchuk's book ever since I introduced it in an earlier newsletter (#380). The author stimulates readers to think about their own passions and, indirectly, what God has called each of us to do. For years I thought that my passion was people helping. In 1976 I even wrote a still-in-print book titled How to Be a People Helper. But Vaynerchuk's book nudged me into thinking that while people helping is still of great interest, I'm more passionate about people building. I would guess that most readers of this newsletter are committed to people building as well. Isn't that the essence of counseling, coaching, leadership, teaching, ministry and the other passions that most of us and many of our clients embrace?
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As a heads up… I'm going to be sporadic in my posting for the next little while. Blogging is starting to become a chore/an obligation rather than something that's helping me/something I enjoy… and before it gets all the way to that point, I'm going to cut back and just blog when I feel like I have something to talk about. It may be the fact that I'm in a bad mood or burnt out or crankified to the max and back. I can't tell… it also may be the fact that I've been feeling extremely tired and draggy and achy and weak lately. Finally solved that riddle when I had blood taken on Friday and found out my triple trifecta of lameness has returned… anemic (low iron), extremely low B12, and extremely low vitamin D. I'm waiting for the muscle spasms from the lowness to begin before I do anything about it. I kid… iron infusions (aka money grubbers anonymous aka hang out with old people in the infusion room at the hospital) will start soonish. Since I don't absorb iron in food or oral pills, infusions are the bomb diggity doo dah!
To sum it up… there may still be weeks I blog 5 days a week… there may be times I only blog 2 days a week. Hopefully I can get my butt back to the place where it's enjoyable rather than something I dread having to do. Lazy is in my bones, yo!
In the meantime… Christmas is in 1 week… ONE! Who is just starting their Christmas shopping? (PS – could y'all pick up some presents for folks on my list… :P) It's amazing how fast the season goes by when you're not even paying attention. I spent the first half of the month oblivious in la-la land, working and studying. Time to enjoy the last week with Christmas songs and stories and movies… and memories. Remember that one time I got my tongue stuck to a flag pole? What's that you say? That wasn't me? Cork it and pretend it was… it's a good story for the young'uns!
Question of the Day: What's one thing you haven't done yet this Holiday season that you want to do?


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With the Canada Day long weekend upon us, we needed something to do, and decided to do a little road trip - pack up the truck, pick a rough destination and see where adventure would take us. With Justine's sprained ankle we were a little hampered by the activities we could do (no biking for example), but we figured we'd be able to find something of interest. We decided to head north, and see how far three days would get us.
Our first mini stop ended up being at one of the scenic lookouts on the way to Whistler. I've driven by this one in particular every time, so this time I decided to stop. The view point offers a great view out over the river valley and to some of the mountains beyond.
After working our way through Whistler (no stop this time), we continued north, and decided to pull into Nairn Falls Provincial Park, to do the short hike down to the water falls. I'd been there before, but Justine had not. As we pulled into the day use parking lot, Justine noticed something fall out of the sky, and there were a bunch of cars parked in odd places, and some debris across the parking lot. Not thinking a lot of it, we grabbed our stuff to start the hike. While Justine was getting ready, I wandered over to the far edge of the parking lot to see what some of the other people were looking at. It looked like there was a wing of a plane in the tree. At that point, a series of emergency vehicles and police cars pulled into the parking lot, and we started to hear people talking about a plane crash. There was a lot of misinformation - it was a plane, it was a helicopter, it was a logging helicopter - that we didn't really know what to make of it. We decided to stay out of everyone's way, and just do our quick hike down to the falls and be on our way. As we were hiking in, a small crowd had gathered and were looking off across the river, directing some first responders to where the crash might have happened.
We spent a few minutes checking out the waterfalls and surrounding area, before starting to head back. A helicopter showed up at that point, doing low sweeps over the surrounding area, looking for the crash we presumed. About half way back we were met by police who asked us to try to get our vehicle out of the parking lot, so they could land the helicopter. There was even a boat that came up the river, and dropped off a series of search and rescue people on the far bank. They headed off into the woods, looking for the crash.
As we returned to my truck, the helicopter landed in the mostly empty parking lot. There was almost no one around at that point, and it took a while to find out if they wanted us to move, or needed us to just leave the truck where it was. In the end, we were able to get out of everyone's way, and let them deal with the very tragic situation.
A few days later, we ended up discovering that it had been a small plane that collided with a glider, and that a number of people on board were killed. It was such a tragic accident, and you just have to feel for everyone that was involved. We were more than happy to just clear out and let the emergency response people deal with the situation, as best they could.
I also learned something about the way the mainstream media is dealing with social media. As we were trying to sort out how to leave, I made a short post to Twitter about the crash. After leaving (I was driving and we quickly moved out of cell coverage) I was contacted by a half dozen people from the mainstream press, looking for comment. I didn't find out about this until late that night, so avoided really getting involved much, which was right as we didn't really see much, other than to have been there as it happened.
After leaving Nairn Falls, it was a quick drive up and into Pemberton. We had lunch at one of the local restaurants, before continuing north on Highway 99. The scenery became more and more spectacular as we headed north, and required a couple of stops along the way to take some pictures, despite it being the middle of the day.
The next place we stopped for any real length of time was at Duffey Lake, a well know spot along Highway 99. It's a pretty spectacular spot, with this beautiful lake tucked in amongst the mountains.
After spending a bit of time at Duffey Lake, we continued our journey north. The road is pretty crazy, as it winds its way through the mountains. we stopped in a number of place to check out some great viewpoints, and enjoy the spectacular day.
A little while later, we stopped at Seton Lake, just outside of Lillooet. BC Hydro has built a hydro dam at this spot and created a brilliant conservation area as a result. There's a great little beach, and the water is almost turquoise in the right light. We checked out the beach and the viewpoint, and were lucky enough to have a train come through as we were sitting and watching.
We made a short stop in Lillooet itself, before continuing our trip. We did stop into Fort Berens winery, the only winery in the area for some wine tasting. The wine was really nice, and we bought a couple of bottles to take with us for our trip.
Not long after leaving Lillooet, we took out first deviation from the highway, and headed off the highway, and onto some logging roads. A number of years ago I had purchased an off-road map book that I have used successfully on a number of occasions. As we later discovered, you need to replace these boks every once in a while, but for this section of the trip it worked out well.
The rough road took us up onto the escarpment (I'm not sure it was truly a mountain). providing spectacular views of the surrounding area. The road took us through some back country that was mostly ranch land, and we saw way more cows than anything else as we drove for the better part of an hour.
For all of this trip, I was really hoping to see a lot of wildlife, and be able to take some pictures. Sadly it seems that ranches and wildlife do not coexist well, as we saw nothing the whole time we were up there. After a while, the rough roads gave way to paved main roads, and our off-road detour led us back to the highway and into the town of Clinton. We became very familiar with Clinton over the course of our little trip, but more about that later.
As out plan was to generally head north, but to explore off the beaten path, we headed out of Clinton after stopping to get gas. A few minutes out of town we say a sign for Chasm Provincial Park, which sounded interesting, so we headed that way. Not so much a Provincial Park as a pull-out along the highway, it was still pretty spectacular.
Justine noted that there was a logging road that intersected our current road, that looked like it would lead us back the way we came. Sadly, it seems that the roads had changed a fair bit, and before long we were deep into the back country, and out map book and the roads we were on didn't seem to agree with each other. As a result, we spent quite a few hours driving around, until the road got to the point where it was a bit risky to continue. So we ended up having to back track the way we had come, and eventually ended up quite a long way south of Clinton, back the direction we had come. It wasn't the best way to end the day, and as a result it was getting late into the evening (and well after dark) when we ended up back in Clinton, where we found a place to crash for the night.