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If you're a member of NCSE (and if you're not, why not? You can join our mission here), you recently found in your mailbox the entirely redesigned Reports of the National Center for Science Education (affectionately known as RNCSE). I thought you might like to know the history of this major revamp.
When I took over the editorial helm of RNCSE, I had basically no idea what I was getting myself into. Over the decades he was in charge, Anj Petto had successfully shepherded RNCSE through numerous changes in format. For the last several years, RNCSE had two parts—full-length features and book reviews were published online and abbreviated features and book reviews ran in a members-only newsletter that was rounded out by things like staff news, member news, and updates.
It was not the simplest system in the world. Have you ever tried to edit down a 20-page minutely detailed technical explication of the problems with creationist claims about genetics to 700 words? I have. It is painful. But this bifurcated RNCSE, despite being a little clumsy around the edges, seemed to get the job done.
So I was initially apprehensive, then full on panicked, when Ann Reid tasked me with completely revamping RNCSE from cover to cover. What she envisioned was a single publication that would serve two primary functions: 1) communicate to our membership what their support was enabling us to do, and 2) serve as a one-stop "here you go" source of information for anyone who doesn't know who we are and what we do. On the surface, these two requirements seem at odds. But the more we thought about it, the clearer it became that the needs were entirely congruent.
Yes, presumably our members know what we do at a high level—you know, keep bad science out of science classrooms, and good science in—but they might not, we realized, know what we did day-to-day. Unless they visit our site regularly, they wouldn't know about our new Booster Club pilot program or the new NCSEteach network, for example. They wouldn't know the kinds of calls we field or the legislation we track. They wouldn't know, in short, exactly what their financial support supported!
As for non-members, well, based on the near universal response we hear once we tell someone about NCSE—"wait, that's still a problem?"—they needed to know not only what we do, but why we do it. Because yes, the influence of science denial on public education is still very much a problem—a huge problem. A giant-sized enormous problem.
To serve both audiences, we produced 16-pages of content that would inform any reader of what we're doing and why it's important. The "new" RNCSE, as we've taken to calling it, will not have much original scholarship, but we felt that was an acceptable tradeoff. There are now other outlets available for scholarship related to our work. The excellent open-access Evolution: Education & Outreach, for example, disseminates all kinds of research related to evolution. As for matters related to climate change acceptance and education, they are (wonderfully) frequent topics in science and education journals as well as the popular press. NCSE's shift away from an academic-style publication mirrors the shift in our organization. Upon its original founding, NCSE functioned more like a think-tank than anything. But as the court battles have been won, we've had to refocus our efforts to be less "behind the scenes" and more on outreach and activism. So it makes sense that our primary publication change focus, too.
We are all enormously proud of "new" RNCSE. And would love your thoughts. If you are a member, and you've received it in the mail by now—what do you think? If you aren't a member, we have just posted the newsletter PDF online here. Once you finish reading it, we hope you'll feel inspired to not only provide some feedback, but to become a member, too!
The next issue comes out in the spring. If there is something you want to see in the issue, let us know. A question you want to ask, ask it. An idea for a feature, propose it. We're all ears and eager to make each issue even better than the last.
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text: Mr. Bussey's Physical Science classes began launching the rockets that they designed today (11-7). Utilizing one sheet of paper, leftover poster-board, and pieces of plastic Easter eggs, the students designed rockets that flew as far as 800ft. in the air. Mr. Bussey uses the lesson to teach Newton's Laws of Motion. It was a beautiful November day for this activity!

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Burwell, NE – April 29, 2019 – Loup Basin Resource Conservation and Development Council announced today that it will receive $46,862 from the Nebraska Environmental Trust for the "Cedar River Corridor Project III" project. The Trust Board announced funding for the project at its meeting on April 4, 2019 in Lincoln. The project is one of the 117 projects receiving $19,501,444 in grant awards from the Nebraska Environmental Trust this year. Of these, 85 were new applications and 32 are carry-over projects. The Cedar River Corridor Project III is a regional project covering more than 100 miles along Cedar River that runs through five counties and six communities. This project addresses the Environmental Trust's priorities: Habitat and Surface and Groundwater. This is a follow up to the Cedar River Corridor Projects I and II that stabilized 32 streambanks from 2002-2005 The streambanks were stabilized to reduce surface water degradation and sedimentation loading of the river system, improve the aquatic habitat through riparian buffers and increased vegetation, decrease the amount of sediment and chemicals entering the river and reverse the loss of prime cropland and rangeland. Very little post monitoring has been conducted to determine the success of the two previous projects. An extreme flow event occurred following the 2010 failure of Lake Ericson Dam, potentially causing many of the stabilized streambanks to fail. A study to evaluate the various treatment alternatives implemented, their success and function, and their cost-effectiveness would be important for future similar efforts, and could save thousands of dollars on future stabilization projects, in the Cedar and other Nebraska Rivers. This proposed project will evaluate the effectiveness of the 32 stabilized streambanks, installed in 2002-2005 on Cedar River, that were partially funded by the Environmental Trust. The primary goals are to: 1) quantify the stream bank erosion rates with and without stabilization prior to and after dam failure; 2) assess the current stability of streambanks with and without stabilization; and 3) quantify the cost effectiveness of the various practices used for streambank stabilization. This project will be a collaboration, between the Loup Basin RC&D (Outreach), University of Nebraska-Lincoln (technical assistance), Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (monetary assistance) and landowners in the watershed (transportation and accessibility to study sites). Funding from the NET and NDEQ will provide funds for field data collection and graduate student support. The Nebraska Legislature created the Nebraska Environmental Trust in 1992. Using revenue from the Nebraska Lottery, the Trust has provided over $305 million in grants to over 2,200 projects across the state. Anyone – citizens, organizations, communities, farmers and businesses – can apply for funding to protect habitat, improve water quality and establish recycling programs in Nebraska. The Nebraska Environmental Trust works to preserve, protect and restore our natural resources for future generations.Continue reading
March 1, 2019 – Alma Beland, Director, Emergency Manager, Region 26 Council Emergency Management & Communications Center invites everyone to the third annual Weather Symposium and discusses the details with Janet Sanders.
Amos Lange, General Manager, North Loup River Public Power and Irrigation District working with Tony Randone, District Sales Manager, RoadBuilders Machinery and Supply Co., Inc. to install underground pipe for water conservation and ease of distribution of water to Farmers and Ranchers along the North Loup River Corridor.
Amos Lange, General Manager discusses water conservation improvements in the North Loup River Public Power & Irrigation District.
January 23, 2019 – Chuck Fuhrer, Manager, Loup Valleys Rural Public Power District discusses the first Renewable Energy project in the Loup Valleys Rural Public Power District with Janet Sanders.
Friday Nite Business Ventures
We welcome a variety of vendors each week. Please call the Loup Basin RC&D Council office to reserve your vendor booth – 308.346.3393
Friday Nite Business Ventures – Vendor registration form
Friday Nite Business Ventures on Facebook and Twitter. #FridayNiteBusinessVentures
"Friday Nite Business Ventures held in Burwell" by Lawrence Johnson, Editor, The Burwell Tribune
March 9, 2018 The first Friday Nite Business Ventures was held at the Loup Basin RC&D/Loup Rivers Scenic Byway Interpretive Center, located along Highway 11 in Burwell.
Entrepreneurs and businesses were invited to display products and services from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the one-room school house site.
Shelly Albrecht of rural Brewster displayed her homemade soaps and lotions all produced from her own goat herd.
Karp and Krow were selling raffle tickets for their 10 guns giveaway or Ord or Burwell Chamber bucks. The money raised goes toward the 4-H conference shooting costs.
Sarah Jeffres displayed her Premier Jewelry items.
Simply Sunflower of North Loup grows and then makes their own organic sunflower oil and distributes it throughout the area and surrounding states.
Amy Hughes had her all natural skin care and makeup products by Alcone available for sampling and purchasing.
Jason Vore and Sean Jeffres had their display of homemade knives as well as some duck calls.
Friday Night Business Ventures will be held again on March 16th and 23rd from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. with new vendors sharing their products.
Thank you Lawrence and Cindy Johnson for your coverage of Friday Night Business Ventures in March 14, 2018 issue of The Burwell Tribune
Lincoln, NE – April 5, 2018 – Loup Basin RCD announced today that it will receive $45,987 from the Nebraska Environmental Trust for the "Cedar River Corridor Project III". The Trust Board announced funding for the project at its meeting on April 5, 2018 in Lincoln. This is the first year of award with a potential for 2nd year funding totaling $46,862. The project is one of the 105 projects receiving $18,301,819 in grant awards from the Nebraska Environmental Trust this year. Of these, 66 were new applications and 39 are carry-over projects.
The Cedar River Corridor Project III is a regional project covering more than 100 miles along Cedar River that runs through five counties and six communities (Figure 1). This project addresses the Environmental Trust's priorities: Habitat and Surface and Groundwater. This is a follow up to the Cedar River Corridor Projects I and II that stabilized 32 streambanks from 2002- 2005 The streambanks were stabilized to reduce surface water degradation and sedimentation loading Continue reading
Pictured (l-r) Doug Reiter, Dean Miller, Glenn Tetschner, farmer Curtis Weber, Janet Sanders Loup Basin RC&D, Paul Nordhues and Bob Nichols.
Farmers Make a Difference in Rural Communities by Directing Donations from Monsanto Fund's America's Farmers Grow Communities Program to Local Nonprofit Organizations.
- The America's Farmers Grow Communities program will provide more than $3 million in financial support to nonprofits across the US in 2017
- Since 2010, the America's Farmers Grow Communities program has given more than $26 million to more than 8,000 nonprofits across rural America..
Bartlett, Nebraska, December 14, 2017 – Wheeler County farmer Curtis Weber has won the opportunity to direct a $2,500 dollar donation from the America's Farmers Grow Communities program, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund, to the Loup Basin Resource Conservation and Development Council.
Loup Basin Resource Conservation and Development Council will use the funds to help build a Veterans Memorial Wall in honor of all the men and women of Wheeler County who served in the U. S. Armed Forces. The memorial wall will be placed on the Wheeler County Courthouse lawn in Bartlett. "We would like to express appreciation to Curtis Weber for directing the Monsanto Funds to the Loup Basin Resource Conservation and Development Council to help fund the Veteran's Memorial Wall. This gift is a big help toward the establishment of the Veteran's Memorial," said, Doug Reiter.
The Grow Communities program's purpose is to make a positive impact in farm communities by partnering with farmers to support the causes that are important to them in their communities. Each year, farmers enter for a chance to win a $2,500 donation that they direct to a local nonprofit.
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2017 Waste Reduction and Recycling Incentive Grant
The Lower Loup Natural Resources District has been awarded a 2017 Waste Reduction and Recycling Incentive Grant – Scrap Tire Cleanup from the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality. The grant will fund a tire collection coordinated by the Loup Basin RC&D.
A Scrap Tire Collection will be held Friday, June 23rd, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. only at the Loup Rivers Scenic Byway, 330 South Highway 11 in Burwell – south of Longhorn Lanes, across the highway east of the Burwell Jr. Sr. High School. Tires on rims and tires for which a disposal fee has been received will not be accepted at the collection. Tires of all sizes: tractor, combine, pivot, truck and auto tires will be accepted. Local veterans will be taking the following information from those bringing in tires: name, address, phone number, number of tires and from where the tires came. The Scrap Tire Collection is for the residents of Blaine, Boone, Custer, Garfield, Greeley, Holt, Howard, Loup, Rock, Sherman, Valley and Wheeler Counties in Nebraska. The Burwell FFA Chapter, Advisor Philip Simpson; Loup County FFA Chapter, Advisor Tanner Dunbar and Wheeler Central FFA Chapter, Advisor Kelly Guggenmos will be helping with the unloading of the tires and a free will donation will be given to the chapters.
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An open house has been scheduled for Sunday, June 25, 2017 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Spalding Fire Hall, 101 West Memorial Drive, Spalding, Nebraska to provide area residents information on the October 2016 completion of the installation of the Spalding Fish Passage Project on the Cedar River. A Denil style fish passage system at the dam is now allowing fish to navigate the river around the dam and hydropower station. Previous studies have shown that upstream passage was exceptionally difficult for channel catfish, a popular sportfish in the Cedar River. JEO Engineering of Lincoln, and B-D Construction of Columbus teamed up to design and construct a fish passage system that focuses on channel catfish, but will be available to all fish species native to the river, including the shorthead redhorse, sauger, northern pike and flathead chub.
Installation of the fish passage detection system is also complete and electronic tagging of nearly 600 fish of multiple species is being used to monitor movements. While the Nebraska Environmental Trust funded the majority of the construction, the project involved many other sponsors including the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Village of Spalding, and the Loup Basin RC&D Council.
Please attend the open house on Sunday, June 25, 2017 from 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. at the Spalding Fire Hall. Continue reading
The Loup Basin RC&D Council accepted donations to assist Kansas ranchers that were devastated by fire in the spring and summer months of 2017. After receiving the donations, we then worked with Brad Spelts, owner of Spelts Lumber Company to deliver 800 6 1/2′ GRN/WH 1.33 steel posts, 50 lbs. 1 3/4″ GALV Double Barbed Staples Class III and 4,000 T-post clips to Ashland Feed & Seed at Ashland, Kansas.
Pictured is Brad Spelts owner of Spelts Lumber Co in Burwell and Janet Sanders, Executive Director of the Loup Basin RC&D Council. Photo credit: McBride Photography.
Press Release – March 28, 2017
The Loup Basin Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Council announces today that the nine county organization in central Nebraska is accepting donations to assist the Kansas ranchers recently devastated by fire. The immediate need for the Kansas ranchers is fencing supplies including: creosote posts; 3 ½ inch x 8 feet, T posts; 6 1/2 feet, Red Brand 80 Ruthless 4 Pt Barbed Wire 12 1/2 Gauge, staples; 1 3/4 inch, T post clips, nine penny nails, number nine wire for tie-downs and fence corners, Goldenrod wire stretchers, post hole diggers, hammers, fencing pliers, and leather fencing gloves.
Donations to assist the Kansas Ranchers can be made payable to the Loup Basin RC&D Council a 501(c)(3) Mark in the for area: Donation – Kansas Ranchers Fence Supplies. Mail donations to P.O. Box 400, Burwell, Nebraska 68823 or drop by the office at 330 South Highway 11, Burwell. If you have questions, contact Dale Melia, President of the Loup Basin RC&D Council at (308) 728-7275 or Janet Sanders Executive Director of the Loup Basin RC&D Council at (308) 346-3393.
Cover Crop & No-till Conference featuring Gabe Brown
On Monday, December 5, 2016 the Loup Basin RC&D in Burwell and the NRCS office in Ord are hosting the Gabe Brown Conference.
Gabe Brown is from North Dakota and will highlight his 5,000 acre farm/ranch, discussing his no-till operation utilizing cover crops and grazing them. Promoting soil health and explaining how he now uses zero synthetic fertilizers, fungicides and pesticides in his operation and also out yields his neighbors. He successfully has less inputs and much more profit.
Brown's information will be valuable to area producers, with Gabe answering questions during and after the program.
The conference will be held at the
Trotter Event Center, 127 Trotter Avenue, Ord, Nebraska
The program will be from 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m
Registration fee – $10.00 includes conference and lunch catered by Whitefoot Catering.
Complete registration – by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 21, 2016.
Make check payable to: Loup Basin RC&D Council.
Contact: Janet Sanders
Please click for flier: Gabe Brown – Cover Crop & No-till Conference December 5, 2016
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Workshop Summaries
27th March 2018 - Why does Cumbria have so many different rock types?
Led by Audrey Brown
Audrey Brown began this workshop by giving us each a simplified version of a BGS map of Cumbria. She then described how hot, radioactive rocks solidify as they cool, & other rocks rise to the surface. Tectonic plates can be moving apart which enables new material to move to the surface & form ridges, or moving together, in which case one plate is forced down beneath the other - a process known as subduction. Subduction is associated with mountain building, earthquakes & volcanism. The oldest rocks in Cumbria are from the Ordovician period (480 million years ago), when what is now England was situated in the southern hemisphere on the edge of the Iapetus Ocean. Material washing over us from the Gondwana land mass formed the Skiddaw slates & mudstone. As we moved north, there was volcanic activity creating the Borrowdale Volcanic Group & Eycott Hill, with differing mineral combinations depending on the eruption, & whether ash fell on land or in water, & with melting due to hydration from the subducting slab. Eventually the Iapetus Ocean disappeared (was subducted), & erosion was followed by sea water coming in again, & new sedimentary deposits. Audrey took us through the Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, & Permian & Triassic periods, describing processes & location (which we then coloured in on our maps). Her final slide, a prediction of how the land masses might look in the future, showed the continents forming a single land mass, with the British Isles to the north of it in (blissful?) isolation. - Chris Anderson & Brian Kettle
27th February 2018 - Rocks of the lake District
Led by Clive Boulter
The second workshop of 2018 on 'Rocks of the Lake District', started with Clive Boulter explaining the differences between hand lenses (& how to use one), & why he always carries a pen-knife to check rock hardness (which we all had a go at doing). We then worked in small groups on some Shap granite, discussing what we observed & trying to identify what was in it. Clive told us how to estimate percentages of the different constituents of the rock, & when we were happy with this, we had a go at plotting it on an identification 'pyramid'. We then examined various other rocks in our sample boxes, e.g. pumice which Clive had collected from the Cumbrian coast & probably came from the Caribbean. At the end, Clive let us look at part of his personal collection, which included some wonderful specimens. - Chris Anderson
23rd January 2018 - Igneous Rocks
Led by Audrey Brown
Audrey brought along different rock samples & after our first attempt at identifying the igneous examples, she helped us sort them into igneous, metamorphic & sedimentary. We then looked at the range of igneous rock samples & tried to describe their characteristics – crystals, mineral characteristics, colour. The Igneous rocks had no layers. The proportions of different minerals could be roughly gauged. Audrey then gave an overview of the different mineral compositions & Mafic & Felsic minerals/rocks, also an overview on extrusive & intrusive. We completed the volume:elements chart for granite to start with, comparing Shap Granite to a Granite from Peterhead & then wrote in the names of the other minerals & rocks, while looking at the rock samples. At the end we looked at some Peridotite. - Anne Thompson


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This beautiful, move-in ready basement entry home is located in Fairfield Island, just a short walk away from Strathcona elementary school. Large private back yard that is fully fenced w/ mature landscaping, an upper patio off the kitchen & large custom built lower deck for your enjoyment. W/ 3-bdrms +flex room, & 3-full bathrooms there's plenty of room for your family. There is nothing that needs to be done in this home except move in & enjoy. Just to name a few of the upgrades: commercial grade laminate flooring in the den, the stairs & most of the main floor, insulated sub floor in basement to help keep it warmer, high-end spray foam added to the ceiling to keep above bedrooms warmer, new paint. Custom kitchen w/ quartz counters, new appliances, newer H.W.tank & A/C. Also R.V. parking.
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Server switch the reason behind Hot Pursuit's limited time demo
The Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 360/PS3 demo was only available for two weeks and was pulled last Monday, over a week before the game's launch in North America tomorrow and Friday in Europe. Ever wonder why?
According to Criterion creative man Craig Sullivan, it's all about offering a good and proper service to those who actually buy the racer this week.
"The reason is that we switched the servers over to now support the main game," Sullivan explained on the latest Major Nelson podcast (via). "We wanted to put it out there and see what people liked and what people didn't like."
"It's the case that we believe that when we ship a game and people buy it, we have to provide a service, and party of that service is making sure that whenever you're playing online, or whenever you're playing with the cable in the back of the machine and you're connected through Autolog, that everything works really well.
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Staff Excellence in Safety
Congratulations to everyone who was nominated for the UNSW Excellence in Work Health and Safety award.
Dr Justin Nash, Laboratory Manager Prince of Wales Clinical School, UNSW Medicine, for one-off exceptional performance for his contribution toward the implementation and roll-out of SciQuest ERM, hazardous material and dangerous goods management program.
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-Score: Western New England University 17, Clark University 10
-Records: Clark (1-1), Western New England (1-0)
-Location: Worcester, Mass. (Granger Field)
-The Lead: The Clark University men's lacrosse team faced a setback to the Golden Bears of Western New England University in a non-conference home-opener on Saturday afternoon.
-The Cougars got on the board just seconds into the first quarter when junior Bobby Philbin (Ridgefield, Conn.) won the first face-off and found the back of the net for the 1-0 lead. Sophomore Jacob Brandes (Chappaqua, N.Y.) added a goal just five minutes later to give the hosts a 2-0 advantage at the 9:42 mark. Western New England was able to put two on the board in the first quarter but the Cougars held onto a 3-2 lead after the first 15 minutes.
-The Golden Bears tied the game just under two minutes into the second period on a tally from sophomore Kevin Fautich (Seymour, Conn.). The visitors did not give up another goal before the half and added four more to take a 7-3 lead into the break. First year Mike Bannon (Edmond, Okla.) led Western New England at the half with two goals while Matt Greer added a goal and two assists.
-The visitors added four more goals before Clark was able to get on the board again at the 8:21 mark in the third quarter on another tally from Philbin (11-4). Senior Brandon King (Eastham, Mass.) posted two goals with less than two minutes on the clock to bring the Cougars within eight. Junior Nick Gamba (East Islip, N.Y.) put up three goals in third to help lift the Golden Bears to a 14-6 lead heading into the final stanza.
-Clark edged Western New England in scoring in the fourth, 4-3, but the Golden Bears were able to hold on for the final 17-10 victory. King added two more goals and an assist for Clark in the fourth while Gamba fired in his fifth and final goal of the game.
-Gamba led the Golden Bears with a game-high five goals while sophomore Matt Greer (South Windsor, Conn.) finished with four assists. Senior Hunter Cocks (Walden, N.Y.) finished the day with a team-high seven groundballs and won 10 of 21 face-offs.
-King led the Cougars with four goals and an assist and senior Jack Pierce (Westborough, Mass.) finished the day with a team-high two assists.
-Senior Nathan Maselek (Marblehead, Mass.) made an impressive 15 saves in net for Clark as he falls to 1-1 on the season. First year Ryan Mickelson (Mattawan, Mich.) checked into the game for the final quarter and made four saves for the Cougars.
-Junior Sean McCusker (Northport, N.Y.) grabbed 11 saves in Western New England's season opener as they improve to 1-0.
-Clark collected a total of 31 groundballs while the Golden Bears finished with 28.
-The Cougars won 18-of-31 face-offs.
-Clark travels to Skidmore College on Wednesday, February 27th for a 6:00 p.m. contest.
-Western New England hosts Keene State on Tuesday, February 26th at 4:00 p.m.


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Dan Carroll recently visited Bray Bowl in Wicklow and was met by Fintan Quinn, who is the owner and after a very positive and constructive meeting, Bray Bowl are very interested in getting the Snooker side of the business back on track. Stars Academy Ireland are delighted to have Bray Bowl on board and we want to thank Fintan and staff for their great support. Boz Quinn is the Director and very enthusiastic about running events over the coming months ahead.
Bray Bowl had a week long promotion through the local Schools, where they very kindly invited all the students from 5 local Schools to an open day, providing free bowling and vouchers to each School to come back again to be entertained once again. Bray Bowl has a 16 lane bowling area along with 3 pool tables and gaming. Another room boosts eight 8×4 Pool tables. On the first floor, Quasar is the area allocated and a Snooker Room with 6 full size and 4 half size tables, all in prestine condition.
Stars Academy Ireland along with the Republic of Ireland Ladies Snooker Association will be holding events at Bray Bowl in 2015, but in the meantime, World Professional Snooker Coach, Dan Carroll will be holding a coaching session on Saturday 1st November from 11.30am to 3.30pm.
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You've been a consistent source of support, no matter what situation I've found myself in. You show love in big ways, but also with the understated and thoughtful things you do.
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text: Took off this morning again looking for a place to catch a fish. I hit 4 fresh water spots "after seeing ocean water temp was on high 30's " with no success,headed inland a little more and found a place I had not been to in several years but it used to produce in winter. Well it still produces as I finally found my first 2 fish of 2019.. I was able to hooked into 2- Chain Pickerel ,one 13″ and second one was little over 17″ …Both caught on fish bites in cold water ..


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text: Best Catfish Fishing of the Seasons Dan Anderson - May 24, 2016 Make all the jokes you want about the foul, disgusting smells, but the late winter and early-spring bites associated with winterkilled shad after ice-out up North, and beneath cormorant roosts in the South, can be the hottest catfish patterns of the year. The concepts are inelegant but simple. In the North, channel catfish feed voraciously on winterkilled baitfish for several weeks after ice-out. In the South, schools of channels and blue catfish cluster beneath the night roosts of cormorants and feed on their baitfish-rich droppings. Anglers who know how and when to take advantage of these seasonal concentrations of catfish often enjoy fish-on-every-cast success for hours on end.Winterkilled ShadJust how attractive to channel catfish are winterkilled shad after ice-out? A Missouri Department of Conservation study conducted by Steven Fisher, Stephen Elder, and Elvessa Aragon at Missouri's Pony Express Lake indicates the annual ice-out feeding frenzy may attract the majority of a lake's catfish population and concentrate them in a relatively small area. "In our study, all eight of the channel cats we had implanted with radiotelemetry tags at various locations around the lake were in the same bay of the lake, on the same day, feeding on dead shad," Elder says. "Statistically, that's about as close to 100 percent of a representative sample as you can get. That tells me there can be amazing concentrations of channel cats in certain spots on lakes when they're feeding on winterkilled shad." Farther north, Iowa DNR fishery biologist Lannie Miller monitors Lake Black Hawk outside his office window and grabs a special set of rods and reels as soon as the ice goes off. "I've caught catfish as fast as I could bait up and cast, the same day the ice went out," Miller says. "There were still shards of ice tinkling along the shoreline. Iowa's daily limit is 8, and the quickest I've limited-out on one of those ice-out trips is 24 minutes, using two rods. I kept fishing, catch-and-release, and lost count after 20 or 30 in an hour or two." The biology underlying the potential of ice-out catfishing is simple. In the winter, shad become cold-stressed and a substantial number die, with many floaters becoming locked in ice. When the ice goes off, a winter's worth of dead baitfish is released all at once. The carcasses drift into shallow water and become a smorgasbord for catfish. Even in more southerly waters that don't experience ice cover, spells of frigid temperatures can cold-stress and kill shad.While ice-out feeding conditions are good for catfish, they're tough on anglers. "It can be cold, nasty fishing," Miller says. "Temperatures are generally in the 30°F or 40°F range, and I want a stiff wind in my face. I fish from shallow, windward shorelines where I can see dead shad along the water's edge. The catfish are all along that shoreline, in as little as 1 or 2 feet of water. The best spot I've found is where the wind is blowing perpendicular to a shallow point. The wave action creates a current that swirls in behind that point. Sometimes you can actually see an oily slick on the downwind side of the point if there are lots of dead shad. If I see that slick, I pretty much plan on catching a catfish on every cast."Miller fishes solely from shore when targeting ice-out cats. "The days I've done best have been in the middle of the afternoon, with 35 mph winds crashing 3-foot waves at my feet. You couldn't hold a boat under those conditions, but I hammered 2- to 5-pound channel cats till I got tired of reeling them in." Near Wichita, Kansas, catfish guide Mike Cook crosses his fingers every winter and hopes for a cold spell. "We're far enough south that we don't always get serious ice," Cook says. "But if we get a good layer of ice on the lakes, I get all excited because I know we're in for fantastic fishing starting the day the ice goes off."Cook uses bald eagles as fish locators. "Eagles know where the dead shad are piling up along the shore," he says. "If I see bald eagles in trees along a windward shoreline, that's the place I want to fish that day."Miller and Cook agree that gizzard shad are the best baits for ice-out catfishing but disagree on the need for "flavor." Miller favors shad guts, with crappie guts (saved and frozen from crappie catches the previous summer) a close second, and soured shad sides a distant third. "I've used shad guts on one rod and soured shad sides on the other, and the guts outfished the sides 2 to 1," Miller says. "The guts don't have to be soured — they're nasty by themselves, fresh out of the fish. If you don't want to pay $8 a pint for shad guts at a baitshop, you can pick up winterkilled shad along the shoreline and use them. I wear disposable rubber gloves and keep a couple of cheapie rods and reels set aside just for that sort of fishing. That smell doesn't wash off your hands, and you're definitely going to want to keep those rods and reels out in the garage." Cook prefers cubes of fresh shad. "I don't like to get my gear and boat all stunk up," he says, "and I can't really see any difference in my catch rates whether I use fresh or sour shad." He delivers his baits on a 2/0 or 3/0 size hook. Cook also has good success using white dipbait worms. "The catfish are used to feeding on light-colored shad," he says. Cook dunks his dipworms in Cat Tracker Wicked Sticky dipbait. He thins his dipbait with canned milk if cold temperatures make the dipbait unmalleable. "Cat Tracker says to use cooking oil for thinning, but if you use too much oil the bait won't milk off the worm and chum the water. Canned milk thins it nice, the bait still milks off good, and canned milk won't go sour like regular milk," he says.Some catfish aficionados maintain that ice-out catfishing produces smaller catfish. As a fishery biologist, Miller has surveyed lakes in his area and is confident that anglers fishing the ice-out bite are exposed to catfish of all sizes. "If there are 10- or 15-pound channel cats in a lake, they're feeding with all the 1- and 5-pounders," he says. "There just won't be as many of the big ones, because there are more small fish than big fish."Miller also assures anglers that the ice-out bite isn't limited to lakes with gizzard shad. "The ice-out bite's more evident in shad lakes, but it's going to occur in any lake where baitfish die under the ice. It's the darndest thing you'll ever experience."Plop-FishingWhether you call it "plop-fishing" or "splat-fishing," targeting channel and blue catfish beneath cormorant roosts on reservoirs is a cold-weather sure thing in southern states. Bobby Kubin guides clients to the annual catfish bonanza on Lake Lewisville in Texas. "The cormorants migrate south in the fall and that bite starts to develop in November and runs through late March or early April," he says. "I scout for big trees back in the creek arms that look like they've been painted white with cormorant poop. The trick is to get out there early, before sunrise, and stay a long cast away from the trees so you don't spook the catfish. If you've got a good tree with 10 or more cormorants roosting in it, you can sit there and catch 20 or 30 catfish."Chad Ferguson also guides for catfish on Lewisville, as well as on Ray Roberts and Cedar Creek reservoirs. He emphasizes silence, fast action, and preparation. "The ideal day is dead calm at sunrise," he says. "It's critical that I don't bump the boat into trees when I'm getting it into position, and that we don't bump around a lot in the boat — the catfish are spooky in the shallow water under those trees. You've got to work fast, because the wind usually starts to come up and the bite is usually done by 10:00 or 10:30 a.m."I use 81â"2-foot Berkley steelhead rods with Abu Garcia 6500 baitcasting reels loaded with 50-pound-test PowerPro line, prerigged with either a 3/0 Mustad Kahle hook or a #4 or #6 treble hook and a weighted cork. I put shad heads on the 3/0 hooks early in the morning and switch to the treble hooks loaded with Benny Roberts' Sure Shot Catfish Punch Bait as the morning progresses. At sunrise, the catfish are sight-feeding on anything white that hits the water, so the shad heads work well. Later in the day, as they get a little pickier, the Sure Shot has the flavor to keep them biting."Kubin finds that presentation is important when plop-fishing. "The catfish are keying on the plop of the cormorant droppings hitting the water. You want to lob your casts so that the baits really make noise when they hit the water. Most of the time I use Danny King's Catfish Punch Bait, with just a 1/8-ounce split-shot above a #2 treble hook," he says. Kubin keeps a tight line and watches his 15- to 20-pound-test Trilene Big Game bright green mono for twitches. "I'm pretty much watching for a hit, rather than waiting to feel it. They usually smack it within a few seconds. If it settles to the bottom, you might as well bring it in and plop it again."Ferguson says shallow is generally better when roosting catfish. "I fish trees standing in water as deep as 30 feet, but what I really like is 3 to 4 feet of water at the base of the trees. If I have to trim up my big motor and have trouble with my trolling motor dragging bottom, I know I'm in good water."Good water is the key to good catfishing any time of year. In the North after ice-out, good water has the stomach-churning stench of shad decomposing along a windward shoreline or point. In the South, prime water is identified by the plops and splats of cormorant droppings. Inelegant tactics for finding fish, but when the results are a catfish-per-cast, who cares if the fishing stinks?Dan Anderson, Bouton, Iowa, is a frequent contributor to In-Fisherman publications. Catfish BaitGuide Contacts: Mike Cook, 316/655-1541; Bobby Kubin, bobby-catfishing.com, 817/455-2894; Chad Ferguson, txcatfishguide.com; 817/306-0055. Get Your Fish On. Plan your next fishing and boating adventure here.


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Ride around Eagle lake, Jordan Pond and past Bubble Pond, fairly easy grades and beautiful views. Drive to Cadillac Mountain, super views.Overall we had a fantastic experience. If ever I need a break this would be the place i would go to. Serene and peaceful.
North Maple Ave
While walking down North Maple Ave to take some pictures, I noticed this tree (second photo) holding on to a few leaves and that set me thinking ….
Holding on to dear life-What does it mean ???
Holding on for dear life is our reaction to when life is falling apart, and we desperately need something solid to grab while we weather the storm, so we don't fall apart too.
We all know that life is constantly changing and nothing is permanent. The phrase can be redefined to mean something else too. There are some things that mean a lot to us and are dear. They give us the comfort and confidence we need to weather any storm – friendship, family, faith, hope, trust, values, morals etc. But we should be ready to let go off the stuff that weighs us down like clutter, guilt, fear, insecurity and anger.
Most importantly, WE SHOULD hold on to each other. We have to hold on, lift each other up, comfort one another.
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Can you spot the star ?? My first try at macro photography. All excited.Could not stop myself from posting this picture 🙂


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My second grandson Marko (Isn't he cute?) will be four in a couple of months, is entering the great childhood phase of publicly fantasizing just about anything. Not that he is mine, but the he is a very, but very-very bright kid. He is lightning fast and loves making chaos to play a risky game of making-chaos-of the-house with me. My son and daughter-in-law, who are on a tour of duty in a foreign land, try their best to rear him up with proper manners. Failing, they jointly accuse me of inducing an absolutely awful and a very costly example at that. Marko appears to have become a menace and outright danger for theirs and other people's fine bone china and crystal.
But that is not the point of this post. His present inclination to fantasizing is.
Namely, with guests around, Marco had begun throwing innocent, loud questions like "Daddy, you remember how we dived in the backyard pool of our house in London?" or "It is boring here, when shall we go sailing on the yacht with grandpa?". If the guests would be Dortje and Mo from the Volkskrantblog, nobody would give a damn. Unfortunately, they are often very highly ranked civil servants, businessmen or diplomats who tend to take Marko literally. That is where troubles begin because silencing the kid adds oil on the fire while laughing up is tantamount to a public admission of the suggestion.
Thus, where does the money come for houses with an outdoor swimming-pool in Kensington or a yachts moored in Amsterdam? We know of the old adage that "Where there is smoke, there must be some fire". The troubles begin when people begin searching.
Take for instance this poor Patric Imbardelli, till a week ago the boss of InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) for all the Asia-Pacific region, member of the Board of directors of IHG, a chain employing 345,432 people and managing 558,000 hotel rooms - without mentioning their yachts and backyard swimming pools. The man resigned because he fantasized (in his long forgotten CV) that he not only attended (a fact) but also graduated (pure fantasy) from Victoria University, Sydney and Cornell University, USA. There is no point at all discussing his particular case (the CV was old, written with a job application for another firm) because none of this would affect you even if you have booked your holidays with Inter-Conti on Bora-Bora, in the Pacific. (This, of course, is my hypothesy only: will the chambermaids of the chain have new fancy ideas after the big boss was caught lying? Or would they be aware that there will not be a golden parachute opening for them upon leaving IHG?)
Let's concentrate on those who fantasize (cheat, lie, falsify, deceit) for acquiring something (position, other power, influence or plain money) through a position in the political or corporate structure. Then, googling brought me to the facts extended by the Risk Advisory Group (specialized in employee screening) which, actually, nailed Patric Imbardelli once he exposed himself at the top. These CV fantasy-busters claim that 50% of the people applying for a job lie in their Curriculum Vitae scripts by including one or more inaccuracies. They have checked, painstakingly, 3,700 CVs during the last year only and concluded that lying spreads and becomes ever more serious.
Thus, every second captain of the industry or a top bureaucrat is like my grandson Marko. The only difference is that he really fantasizes (he is not aware of the consequences) while they lie for gain, for profit and are, therefore, crooks. One out of five CV lies about collisions with the courts, present directorship positions or academic qualifications or a mix of all those. One out of five. 20% of the people who ever signed a CV are liars or, if you are sensitive to the word, they are "rather economical with the truth". People lie telling what were their previous salaries, what are their skills, their criminal records.
That is why I have a proposal:
Let us demand that Netherlands BV invite Risk Advisory Group to make a survey of all the CVs in storage with our national archives. Let us press Parliament invite the businesses that Risk Advisory Group will be authorized to check all the CV for comissarissen, CEOs and CFOs with Dutch enterprises. Period. Let us see where the hack are we in this jungle. Eventually, all CVs would have to carry a stamp "A public document. To be deposited with the Dutch Archives 25 years after being signed".
May be we shall be somewhat poorer for a number of colorful fantasists but will be merrier with so many liars out of our sight.
Friday, June 22, 2007
Global Warming, Bill Clinton and Al Gore
Seriously speaking, I think that this is more Bill Clinton's view of the effects of Global warming than Al Gore's. They are anyway less important than the fore-running Hillary Rodham Clinton. But one may safely guess that she would find this pun base...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007
French philandering and Segoleme
French top politicians cheat on their wifes -or husbands- routinely. This implies the family may soon be finished. But then, who will take care of the toddlers, of the children, the youth, the very old, the handicapped? Me or the State? If the family is obsolete, shall we incubate the new generations?
(This madame is sexy, and she had four deliveries. Then, why did Hollande cheat on this attractive woman? A mystery? Throw him out of work, Sego, teach the bastard a lesson.)
You probably feel somewhat neglected, because of my long abscence, don't you? So sorry. Telling you that you were almost day and night on my mind wont do the trick of making it up to you, would it?
The point is that I was crushed with obligations I simply could not postpone nor handle lightly, as I prepare breakfast for my grandchildren. But then, there were so many interesting experiences that I have harvested while out there, encounters with absolutely crazy ideas and attitudes that, once sorted out and presented for your consumption, you might, just, be tempted to excuse me.
Sorry once more.
One of the last posts here was my outburst of support for Sagoleme Royal. We all know how she failed in the bid for the French presidency. Pity. But then, two days ago, while reading how badly, how cowardly she was betrayed, stabbed in thee back by the father of her four kids, I was once again, stupid me, reminded of the growing amorality among our species. Only 30 days after the night she was defeated by this guy Sarkozy, my heroine Sagoleme disclosed that she was splitting with her partner, Hollande, that she had asked him to leave "their house" (why did she use that adjective there, as in "mine and my kids' house" or something along the line of "our old family castle") and go his philandering path away from her and the kids.
There was a hint that her partner's affair with another woman was not a yesterday's shocking piece of news, something that had just happed after the presidential election. Her statement and my googling point to the fact that her parter has been cheating on Sagoleme for some time, that his new relationship was a common knowledge in France, that the media had entertained the public with the fact.
This means that she had fought for the Presidency with this big burden on her shoulders, heart and mind. Deep down she must have known that millions of French were aware that she, if they vote for her, will be either moving to the Elysee alone or her relationship with Holland would have to be renegotiated. Is it possible that she judged the French so very emancipated as to send her, together with this lying partner to the pinnacle of power?
Since Francois Hollande has been secretary-general of the French Socialist party, did the fact also imply a fundamental shift in family values and norms? Segoleme did not tackle in full the issue of the status of single mothers and their position in the society. Did she, did he, in their different political positions, imply that the private is to be individually defined, that the individual and not the family is the basis of the society.
Fine, who takes care of the toddlers, of the children, the youth, the very old, the handicapped? Me or the State? If the family is obsolete, shall we incubate the new generations? If we do, why not go into bio-engineering and produce super-kids, clean of ailments, self-supportive, self-destruct at the age of what, 90 or 110 or 75? Or different time-limits for different incubated offsprings. Then we may have the geniuses engaged in wanking their sperm all the time instead of producing genial solutions for the humankind.
That is the real topic for a French election. Forget new corporate taxes, french industry, salaries of the entrepreneurs, Airbus, TGV, NATO and the rest. Tell me about the family and my place in the society.
They did not dig into it. She did not. Hollande did not outline his party's position related to those questions. So why trust them with this affair growing as a malign tumor between them? Is it possible that all of France is well aware of such a problem and allows it to simply grow? And this Hungarian immigrant Sarcozy. His wife leaves him for a sex fling with somebody then comes back than says will not move to Elysee, will be "independent". How independent can be the official wife and the mother of a child of the President of France?
Then, totally by itself, the picture of Hillary Clinton, hours after the Monica Levinsky affair, surfaces in front of me. She stood by her husband. I think I understood her explanation. She did not do it for him as Bill. She did it for her her husband who was the President of the United States. She did it for those two institutions and, a little bit, for her ambition to run for president herself. Hollande behaved differently.
Personally, I like womanizing. I love women. Period. I think sex is the greatest thing around. Period. By I am not the secretary-general of the Socialist party of France, neither I am the partner of a woman who delivered me four children out of love through quarter of a century of sex. Dammit, you are a promiscuous pig, Francois.
And you deserve that Sagoleme kikcks your ass out of that office. And Sarcozy's too. Everything in its due time.
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In this upcoming year, my personal resolution is to not fight life. Instead, I'm teaming up with life and seeing where it takes me.
I know it's a weird resolution, but I have come to the conclusion that my eternal cycle of exhaustion and anxiety must be broken, and that this resolution is the way to do it.
No longer will I challenge the inevitable, or try to swim against the tide. Instead I will choose to trust that everything will work out as it should if I just do my best and then let it all go.
For the first seven years of my life, I grew up in an area pretty similar to Newbury Park, a close knit community, where I went to a K-8 school. I was going to graduate with the kids I had gone to kindergarten with. Well, at least that was the plan, but this was my first experience realizing that life does not always go as planned.
At the ripe old age of 7 years old, I discovered I was moving to Sydney, Australia, and although there was absolutely nothing I could do, I tried with all my heart to delay my family's move. However try as I might, life kept rolling on and despite my best efforts, that coming February, my room was packed, my goodbyes were said, and off I went Down Under.
Going into this experience, I was angry: How dare my life plans be ruined and I frequently asked the dramatic question "Why me?!?!" But as I continued, with my family by my side, I embarked on the greatest adventure of my life. I got the opportunity to be exposed to a whole new culture and explore a completely different hemisphere.
After spending four brilliant years in Australia, I left with not only an accent, but a whole new perspective on the world and a heart full of gratitude for the wonderful life we have here in the United States, full of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, free drink refills and a great school system. The move I had dreaded and fought against turned out to be one of the best experiences of my life.
That experience should have taught me the lesson that sometimes, life pushes us in what feels like the wrong direction for actually the right reasons, and things just might work out better than we could ever have imagined. Unfortunately, it didn't. Here I am over four years later, still battling against the world and what is in store for me. Still thinking I know just how my life is supposed to go and stomping my feet when it doesn't go my way.
Still trying to make a boy "relationship material" even though he obviously isn't, still giving all my effort to things that just don't pay off, just because that's the way I planned it so it MUST happen.
So often in today's society we find ourselves absorbed by insanely advanced planning. Five year plans… ten year plans… we all act like we know how our lives are going to be, myself in particular. I will always plan aheadーit's part of who I amーbut my resolution is meant to help me accept the fact that sometimes, life doesn't go according to our plans.
This New Year, my social media was littered with posts about how terrible 2016 was, but in reality, it's not the year that was terrible, it was our reaction to it. So in 2017 join me in a year full of going with the flow and taking what life hands out with a smile- because let's be real, we can't stop the world from throwing us curveballs, but we can learn to hit one and choose to embrace what we're given and make it a homerun.
Of course I'm still going to have my five year plan and my ten year plan and whatnot, but I'm also going to remind myself that my plans are tentative and easily subject to change because, well, that's life.


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Prices in Hanoi's overstocked apartment-for-sale market have dropped some more in early 2013, with mid-level products asking in the range of VND15-17 million ($700 to $800) per square metre.
The new prices continue a slide from the $1,000-$1,200 per sqm range in 2011, and the forecast is for the trend to continue. According to CBRE Vietnam, the price of apartment would be reduced by a further 10 per cent in 2013, after the reduction of around 15 per cent in 2012.
Market conditions have real estate experts suggesting that 2013 will provide a good opportunity for new buyers, especially at the lower-priced options. Nguyen Duc Ngoc, marketing director of The Costa Nha Trang, predicted that potential customers' attitudes would shift from "wait and see" to "choose and buy," especially products in mid-level and low-end sectors.
Nguyen Huu Cuong, chairman of the Hanoi Real Estate Club, predicted that many buyers would be hunting for the VND1 billion ($47,000) apartment this year. Dang Hung Vo, a real estate expert commented that 2013 would be a year for low price products, especially the price from VND7 to 11 million ($333 to $523).
Vo said even the current price had been downward it was still much higher than the real affordability of the end-users. "Therefore finding ways to reduce further price is a must for developers otherwise they cannot increase the liquidation," Vo said.
"Many developers are restructuring their projects in order to reduce the value of every unit, to make the product become affordable to customers," he added.
Mid-level products that adjusted prices include Rainbow Linh Dam with price of VND16.5 million ($785), Hattoco with VND15 million ($700), Unimax Hadong with VND13.5 million ($640) and Xuan Mai tower with 14 million ($666).
Hai Phat company just last week announced to sell the apartments in Phuc Thinh Tower, located in Hoai Duc district of Hanoi, with the price of only VND13 ($419) to 14 million ($666) per square metre.
Ngoc, marketing director of The Costa Nha Trang, said that 2013 would be the last chance for end-users and speculators to buy their products at low prices.
"I think that the market would become warmer because foreign investors are increasing their investment in real estate by merger and acquisition activities and the price would be changed much when deals are finished," Ngoc said.
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Ezeweb newsletter for March 2014
Hi! It has been a long time since I have written a newsletter for Ezeweb.
I have thought of cancelling this website and forwarding the domain to www.kwikwaponline.co.za but maybe it is better to keep Ezeweb as is. Here I can communicate with Kwikwap Consultants and we can talk Kwikwap business.
What is new?
It has been a very busy February for me.
I wrote an EBook, created the website Kwikwaponline and the website www.seobook.co.za .
Our business as license holders is to help you build your web design businesses.
That means you need to be able to sell, design websites, do you own business admin. You need a lot of disciplines in one to do it well enough so that we get what we want.
We want a lot of happy clients using Kwikwap's software. That's the only way we can make decent money.
We will be changing a few things at Ezeweb. It has allready started happening at other License holders as well.
We will be recruiting Kwikwap Sales Representatives. People that focus on selling alone. We will be using only skilled graphic designers and CSS experts for the designing part. Kwikwap Consultants will remain the nr 1 tool / go between the client and Kwikwap.
You get paid to be the go between.
In February I presented group training in Cape Town and in Pretoria.
In Cape Town only Kwikwap license holders and consultants showed up. I like that. That is the way it is supposed to be.
In Pretoria we had 17 people arriving. To train 17 business people in 3 hours in a small boardroom is quite a daunting task. I hope I did it well enough for the clients and consultants to at least have a road map ahead of arriving at the destination somehow.
Louinne from www.butterbee.co.za did some amazing brochures, home page slideshows for my Buddy Web Design website.
You can ask her to brand it for your web design business.
I have a free Ebook which you may or may not use to use as a marketing tool. I will be ready by 1 April with a better printed version. I will be using it myself to give to prospective clients. Give or sell. There will be a printing cost involved. Maybe the sales people can buy it from me at cost and they can then sell it or give away if it means getting a deal.
There is a website for marketing that book. www.seobook.co.za .
I have always included SEO when doing Kwikwap training. Some clients and consultants come only for that.
In future we might separate the two altogether.
Kwikwaponline will be a useful tool to train clients. Check it out. Please let me know your thoughts. I will fix what is wrong. Some videos need to be redone. I did all of this in one month! If you want to contribute then please connect with me.
I will be sharing the benefits with Ezeweb Kwikwap consultants. You can list your business on that website. I reserve the right to ask someone to first sell a few more websites and have a decent portfolio before being listed. We have a lot of wanna be Kwikwap consultants. It is difficult as I have explained.
I hope our new approach will help us to get more work in quickly.
The sales people I recruit will have to do the online training program before they start.
They have to know what they will be selling. I don't have time to interview all the wanna be sales- and kwikwap consultants. The Online Training Program will show me who is serious and who is not, who grasps the concept and who does not.
Kwikwap consultants will get the deals from the sales representatives. They will pay the sales representatives once the client pays. Not anyone will become a Kwikwap consultant so easily at Ezeweb. Some sales representatives will become Kwikwap Consultants.
We might also have Kwikwap Tutors only or Kwikwap graphic designers only. There will be a combination of the different possible variations. You can choose when to work, how to work and how you get paid. We like it that way.
We will be discusing these new concepts when we start passing on new clients to you.
Tradionally it took days and days to train someone the Kwikwap system only to find out they can not sell 1 website.
You will see a whole lot more ideas coming from us.
The best ideas are yet to come. Be ready for a lot more clients. Less money per website but a lot more per day.
A website a day will give you 75 x 20 x 10 = 15,000 p.m. after 1 year. ( R75 = Level 3 , 20 working days per month, you only work 10 months of the year.)
That's the idea.
Please remember the abc of sales. Always be caring. Help your clients and they will refer business to you. Not only that. You will add value to someone elses life.
Let me know if you find a better way to make money and sleep sound at night.
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Valentine's Day is coming up! Each year on February 14th, many people exchange cards, candy, gifts or flowers with their special "valentine." In Russia and Ukraine Valentine's Day is a relatively new, but one of the most popular romantic holidays.
What Gifts are Popular in Russia and Ukraine on Valentine's Day?
Valentine's Day in Russia and Ukraine is all about expressing your love and care to your significant other. This means that you can get as creative as you like when it comes to gifts. Any gift that conveys romantic feelings will be very well received. For example, a little memorable souvenir, such as a framed picture of you both having fun, or a poem written for your significant other will make a perfect Valentine's Day gift.
Giving flowers is considered one of the most romantic gestures in Russia. Russian and Ukrainian women love flowers! A bunch of fresh roses, tulips, orchids or any other flowers will certainly bring a smile to her face. If your lady has a sweet tooth she will most definitely like a box of chocolates.
How Do Russians Celebrate Valentine's Day?
There are no specific Russian/Ukrainian traditions associated with this holiday. Just remember to let your imagination go and make your celebration as romantic and as memorable as you like. Russians love romance. These are just a few suggestions to warm up your imagination:
• Enjoy a homemade candle lit dinner with a glass of good wine
• Cuddle up watching an old romantic movie (preferably in Russian – so you can practice your Russian language skills )
• Go for a romantic walk in the park, or a beach holding hands and sharing your childhood stories
• Reserve a table at a fancy restaurant and surprise your sweetheart
• Write romantic letters to each other
Valentine's Day Was Banned in Belgorod
Unfortunately, not every city in Russia welcomes Valentine's Day. Belgorod, a small city in western Russia banned Valentine's Day a couple of years ago.
Grigory Bolotnov, a spokesman for the governor's office, stated that celebrating Valentine's Day is not a Russian tradition and it does not teach good moral values to Russian youth. Belgorod archbishop supported governor's decision to cancel the holiday.
How to Wish Happy Valentine's Day in Russian
It might be a great idea for you to wish a Happy Valentine's Day to your Russian or Ukrainian woman. Here is how to write it in Russian:
С Днём Святого Валентина! [s DNYOM svya-TO-va va-lyen-TEE-na] Happy Valentine's Day!
Have a Happy Valentine's Day – only with your loved ones!
Source: Fun Russian


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The APPLE model is built on the belief that all members of an athletics department must be enfranchised and empowered to help create an environment that promotes healthy lifestyles, including responsible use of alcohol for those of legal age and avoidance of illegal and performance-enhancing drugs. The formal components--policies, regulations, enforcement procedures and consequences of infractions -- are the necessary foundation on which to build prevention efforts. But these efforts can only be successful if the informal components -- recruitment messages, role models, and unwritten expectations -- reflect and extend the message that substance misuse prevention is a departmental priority and is everyone's concern.
There are seven distinct areas where athletics departments can address substance misuse. Discover how your athletics department can enhance alcohol, tobacco, and other drug misuse prevention efforts by examining the "slices" of the APPLE and assessing your department's strengths and weaknesses in substance misuse prevention.
The Gordie Center has matched strategies from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's Alcohol Intervention Matrix (CollegeAIM) resource to each of the APPLE Model "slices" in this PDF document.