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Many research conducted about the relationship between OCB and other factors, such as motivation and work satisfaction. It is not too naïve to say that work satisfaction should be a determinant factor to deal with citizen's obedience (OCB).
This study is aimed at finding out whether there is influence of OCB types: willingness to help other employees, citizen obedience and sportiveness simultaneously to the employees' work satisfaction in PT Amico Art and Curio Semarang; and Seeking out the most dominant dimension regarding employees' work satisfaction in PT Amico Art and Curio Semarang.
There are two techniques of data analysis applied in this study. They are descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The former is required to describe the gathered data regarding to the employment. The latter deals with the utilization of double linear regression.
Based on the analyses as displayed in the previous chapters, some conclusions are presented as follows. There are influence of OCB types: willingness to help other employees (X1), citizen obedience (X2) and sportsmanship (X3) simultaneously to the employees' work satisfaction in PT Amico Art and Curio Semarang. The influence can be seen from the value of F observed (Fo) compared to the value of F table (Ft). Theoretically, when the value of F observed is higher than F table, it means that there is influence from independent variables to dependent variables. In this case the influence is significant in 0.05 degree. This shows that the research hypothesis is accepted.
Among the independent variables, the sportsmanship variable (X3) is the most dominant to determine employees' work satisfaction (Y). With employment of t test, the value of t observed (3.778), which is higher than t table (1.980) shows the highest compared to the other independent variables.
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I am delighted to announce the results of the joint University Libraries/Society for Creative Anachronism Toys for Tots campaign! We had a fantastic day Saturday, despite the ominous Friday storms. It was clear and beautiful, and the ice sparkled on the trees. It was really magical, and I truly believed in Santa Claus again, thanks to this amazing output of generosity.
At the University Libraries (Main, Education, Music and Dance) we collected US$78.62 in money, and 105 toys between November 14-30! That was added to the US$50 cash and 187 toys collected from 68 adults and 13 children at the first Toys for Tots in Three Hills tournament on December 2, for a grand total of US$128.62 and 292 toys!
Congratulations everybody! We did a fantastic job. The toy boxes were literally coming apart at the seams. We looked like a toy store! A couple of those Marines had 'that gleam' in their eyes observing the fighting, and I was so happy that the SCA people kept the Marines talking and interacting all day long. Santa Claus made an appearance in Court, Baron Garth and Baroness Kassia summoned the children to come forward, and they played at their feet as Santa announced the toy results. It was utterly charming, and the baroness (and others too) was moved to tears as she spoke on the worthiness of the cause.
It was also great fun to watch the mundane folk walk in and puzzle to themselves, "Gee, Martha, this doesn't quite look like the gun and knife show." The mature ladies at the greens sale were cautiously polite and inquisitive; they must have decided we were basically harmless. One finally asked if we were in a Christmas pageant. They did make quite a few sales to us; the goods were beautiful and the whole hall smelled wonderful.
Thank you, thank you to all of you who gave from the heart. We are going to make a lot of children very happy this year. In light of the recent theft of US$2000 worth of toys for this cause from a storage locker, the need is even greater this year. (I personally feel there's a special place in Hell for those thieves.) The link to the news story is below.
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I had a fabulous Saturday morning walking with my 2 1/2-year-old daughter on Sandy Beach. The skies were blue and clear and the scenery was gorgeous. A great morning until I realized that I had just stepped in one of the many piles of dog feces that had proliferated on the beach. I had just begun to pick the doo-doo out of my boot with a stick when my daughter disappeared under a heap of wet black lab. The dog was playful and meant no harm, but he did manage to knock her into the sand and leave her with wet dog slime all over her clothes.
Now I like dogs and know that they need to get out and do what dogs do - run and jump and splash around in the water. But it's become impossible to walk on Sandy Beach without worrying about stepping in a nasty brown land mine or being maurauded by an untrained giant. So come on, dog owners. Show some common decency and clean up after your pets. And if your dog just can't resist the urge to jump on strangers, put him on a leash until he's properly trained.
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For most of the year until the gears clicked again in Canada, Andy Murray has shared his pain: a mix of disillusion, anxiety and some rubbish tennis.
Press conferences began to sound like an old episode of In The Psychiatrist's Chair. He gulped at his words in mid‑sentence, the tousled head dropped and, in that engaging monotone that always seems like a Scottish parody of Tim Henman, he would try to explain why his game resembled a madwoman's breakfast.
At his nadir, he said he had fallen out of love with tennis, which some took as a reflection of his faltering relationship with Kim Sears. Theories flew like baseline rallies.
In short, the guy just had a slump, albeit a tough and long one. On Wednesday in New York, as he embarks on the final grand slam of the summer still in pursuit of his first major, Andy is back in love with tennis. And back with Kim.
He has sold the flash Ferrari, which he was too embarrassed to drive, said goodbye to his coach of two-and-a-half years, Miles Maclagan, and, with his mother, Judy, beaming down her support from the stands, probably Britain's best player since Fred Perry is banging them in again with pleasing regularity.
Murray has an easy start against the world No72, Lukas Lacko, whom the Scot has known since they were 13 but has never played. Lying deeper in the draw are Tomas Berdych and Rafael Nadal. The favourite, Roger Federer, who denied Murray glory in the final here two years ago and in Melbourne in January, is on the other side of the draw.
The turning point in Murray's season, clearly, was beating Nadal and Federer back-to-back on the way to his first win of the season, the Rogers Cup in Toronto two weeks ago. He then did fairly well in Cincinnati, until the heat got to him in the quarter-finals, where he went out in three tough sets to the rejuvenated Mardy Fish. Those tournaments, however, are essentially tune-ups for the big ones. As he said earlier in the year when explaining his priorities about the Davis Cup: "What do most people want me to win? I think it would be one of the grand slams."
That quest has proved too much for a string of fine British players – most notably his good friend Henman – reaching all the way back to 1936 but it genuinely does not seem to concern Murray.
And he is doing it by himself. What other teenager would break free from the cocoon of the Lawn Tennis Association's cloying embrace to live alone in Spain and learn tennis in a wholly different way? As for the "sacking" of his coaches – from Leon Smith to Maclagan – that, surely, is affirmation of his independence, rather than petulance.
Murray knows well where his game is. When he declared that his tennis at the Cincinnati Masters was "OK" rather than a repeat of his brilliance the week before in Toronto, he got it about right.
The truth is he has not wholly rediscovered his best form. There is still doubt and concern about his strategy and he remains unconvinced by calls from knowledgeable observers to abandon his safety-first tennis in favour of all-out domination of the net. Day to day, Murray looks after his own game, with texted tips from his mother and the help this week of his part‑time European coach, Alex Corretja.
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Well...when my daughter didn't want onions in her food when she was 4, I might've given her the idea that onions and certain other less- favored veggies would make her hair shinier. Suddenly, they tasted great and she'd have seconds.I'm not proud of that.
No I don't think I ever have. I don't like lying.
But the real reason was that we didn't want our children's final memories of their beloved Grandpa to be that of him lying in a bed with siderails and not having a clue who they were. We preferred them to remember the really fun Grandpa who loved them to death and was willing to play with them any way they wanted to play, from endlessly pitching a ball to sitting down at a tiny table with itsy bitsy dishes for 'tea'.
Quote from: SiotehCat on May 29, 2013, 08:15:29 PMNo I don't think I ever have. I don't like lying.I don't like lying either, but I think the little things like angelic mailmen and onions=shiny hair are harmless because one is comforting to a hurting little girl and the other one is one the kid will laugh about when they are older over the silliness of it . And I entertained thoughts of replacing a hamster but the one we had had very interesting markings (had to get the pretty one!) and I knew I couldn't pull it off.
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I've never had the experience of a stranger asking for my phone number, and then meeting him at a restaurant for dinner and drinks. No attractive man has ever organized a flash mob to ask me out for coffee.
In fact, in my mid-20s, I have never been on a date.
I know other women who can say the same. They had a "boyfriend" in high school. Then a college boyfriend or two. Now, they've broken up and she's ready to have some fun. At least, it looks fun in the rom-coms, but I'm sure if me and Mr. Tall Dark and Handsome were sitting across from each other at a candlelit table right now, I'd have no idea what to say!
Every notable relationship I've had began as a "situation." You know how you think you're friends, and then it just kind of eases over into something more? The texts went from, "What was the homework in chem class?" to "What you got on?" And for some reason … you answered.
Sooner or later everyone starts to ask, "What's up with you and homeboy?" You say nothing, though you know it was up last night and the night before. And that's fine until you watch "Think Like A Man," and wonder why no one has ever embarked on an epic pursuit of your goodies. I want someone to string a million Christmas lights up on a rooftop and cook a gourmet dinner for me!
I can admit, watching those exaggerated depictions of what romance should look like has caused me to view my relationships as inferior. It frustrated me that my boos never planned anything special for me. But then I had to ask myself if that made his feelings for me any less real. And I had to check myself for setting such a low standard in the first place.
Going forward, I plan to not hold my date to an unreasonable expectation. I know I wouldn't ask anything I would be unwilling to do. Then again, without some sort of dating precedent, how do I really know whats reasonable or not?
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Mary Smith, President of the Hershey Harrisburg Regional Visitors Bureau (HHRVB) today addressed the Dauphin County Commissioners with urgency for a resolution to the ongoing standoff between Harrisburg's Mayor Eric Papenfuse and The National Civil War Museum over museum funding.
"This ongoing issue is now prohibiting our organization from fulfilling one of our primary missions – Destination Marketing," said Smith.
According to Smith, the Mayor has prohibited her organization from fulfilling its legal obligation under a Pennsylvania Statute to annually invest a portion of the funds it receives from the Dauphin County hotel tax into the appropriate and reasonable marketing and promotion of tourism in the City of Harrisburg.
In July 2014, the Mayor officially disengaged two City representatives from the Marketing Committee that was established between the City and the bureau in accordance with a Tourism Promotion Agreement, according to Smith. Prior to the Mayor's disengagement, the Marketing Committee successfully developed the "Summer in the City" campaign launched in June 2014 to rebrand Harrisburg as a tourist destination.
"Beyond putting our organization in an unwarranted position as it relates to our obligations under the ordinance, this disengagement on the part of the City has served only in hurting the businesses located in the City who benefit the most from our city-specific advertising and promotional efforts," said Smith.
Smith explained that without the committee in place the HHRVB has in effect been prohibited from any further planning of campaigns that would promote the City of Harrisburg. Smith noted critical missed opportunities for the City including a Holiday Campaign, promotions around New Year's Eve, and the 99th Annual PA Farm Show which had record attendance this year. She also noted the enormous missed opportunity to drive business into the City for dining, shopping, and entertainment during the 2nd Annual Great American Outdoor Show starting this weekend with an anticipated 200,000 attendees over nine days.
Smith reported that the unutilized funds to date have accumulated to approximately $170,000 and by the end of the bureau's fiscal year on June 30, 2015 the City could potentially lose an estimated $250,000 - $350,000 in funding to market and promote itself.
The Mayor's decision to withdraw from the Marketing Committee coincided with his request to Dauphin County Commissioners on July 30, 2014 to freeze a portion of hotel tax that goes to the museum until a new agreement was negotiated. Smith said that she believes the Mayor withdrawing from the committee was a tactic to apply additional pressure on the museum and the bureau to renegotiate the terms of the 2008 Funding Agreement between the City and those two entities which provides funding for the museum until 2023.
Smith was hopeful that the Commissioners would be receptive to the proposed compromises outlined in the plan that was being presented today by HHRVB and The National Civil War Museum. Smith said that if a resolution was reached soon and the Mayor reengaged the committee in a timely fashion that a designated Harrisburg Campaign could still be developed in time for Spring 2015.


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What does dahl mean?
Definitions for dahldɑl
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word dahl.
Princeton's WordNet
pigeon pea, pigeon-pea plant, cajan pea, catjang pea, red gram, dhal, dahl, Cajanus cajan(noun)
tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics
cajan pea, pigeon pea, dahl(noun)
small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant
Any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils
A dish made from lentils, cooked with spices, tomatoes and onions etc
A tropical herb with yellow flowers; the pigeon pea
Dahl is a village in the commune of Goesdorf, in north-western Luxembourg. As of 2001, the village has a population of 233.
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a Norwegian landscape-painter, born at Bergen; died professor of Painting at Dresden (1788-1857).
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dahl in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
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The numerical value of dahl in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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Attilio Tesser explains why he is back on the Novara bench just a month after being sacked. "I believe Novara can achieve safety."
This Coach took them to promotions from Serie C to their first top flight campaign in 55 years, but was replaced by Emiliano Mondonico on January 30. [12]
"It is a pleasure to return," he told RadioCalciomercato after today's shock turnaround.
"Now we just have to get to work and recharge our batteries for an important end to the season. I do feel at home in this club, as I had two and a half very intense years and have an excellent rapport with both club and city."
Mondonico was not the only person sacked by Novara today, as the club also axed director of sport Mauro Pederzoli.
"I don't know anything about what happened there, as I've been out of the club for a month."
Novara are in dire straits and already 12 points adrift of the safety zone, but Tesser has faith.
"I believe Novara can achieve safety, otherwise it would be pointless for me to return here. I know it's difficult, but it is our duty to keep believing and taking it one game at a time."
It has been a strange time for Tesser, who while unemployed was given the Panchina d'Argento, the award for Serie B Coach of the Year.
"Obviously in moments of difficulty it is pleasing to receive compliments from your peers. For us Coaches the moment of dismissal is not easy and this made me look to the future with greater confidence."
He also spoke to TMW and revealed how the call back to the bench was a complete surprise.
"I really didn't expect this, as I was only in Novara to complete my house move. The mood wasn't good when I left a month ago and I expect the team will be doubly unhappy now, but we've got to believe and hope other results go our way too."
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Worst seat in the house
Parked 20 yards off the parade route, the bed of Doug Newton's pickup was a poor St. Patrick's Day perch.
Newton, his wife, Karen, his sister, Lindsay, Lindsay's boyfriend, Zack Sprentz and Doug and Karen's 4-year-old son, Brooks Gaskins, enjoyed the parade nonetheless.
"You don't have people tripping all over you or have to worry about anything disappearing back here," Doug Newton said.
The trade-off was the quintet saw more of the back of parade watchers' heads than the parade marchers themselves.
Parked along Hull Street, with two-story buildings framing the intersection with Abercorn, they had "about a 30-second window" to see the parade entries.
But they could hear the bands, and with Karen Brooks due to give birth in April, they were pleased with the spot.
"I wanted to get one spot closer," said Sprentz, who parked the truck on Hull around 4:30 a.m. "You take what you can get."
Merit badge
By about halfway through the parade, Boy Scout Zach Tate sported two prominent lipstick kisses on his left cheek. It was the Troop 8 scout's third time marching and, unlike other scouts, he didn't wipe off the marks.
Were they like merit badges?
"Yeah, for St. Patrick's Day," he said.
The guy responsible for vuvuzelas
It's a good thing Brandon Boyd is a people person. He's met all kinds on his travels the past three years working a souvenirs cart for East Coast Concessions.
"I've been to Georgia, Florida, basically all of the East Coast," said Boyd, 22, of Montgomery, Ala. "I like dealing with people."
Boyd was busy Saturday selling bubble guns for $10 (includes batteries and bubbles); bead necklaces for $5 and $8; and those annoying vuvuzelas for $8.
"(The price) depends on what kind of shape they're in," Boyd said of the merchandise. "I cut them some slack."
Wearing a "squid hat" with googly eyes, Boyd was friendly and patient as customers lined up to ask the usual questions like, "Do you have handcuffs?"
He did. He also allowed a little girl to exchange that St. Patrick's Day staple, an inflatable Dora the Explorer, for a horn. Kids love vuvuzelas. Parents, not so much.
'Normal handcuffs hurt'
Some friends are figuratively joined at the hip. Georgia Southern University students Jordane Driskell and Cindy Pollack planned to literally be joined at the wrist - by those "toy" handcuffs.
"So we don't lose each other, because it'll be crazy (later)," explained Driskell, 21, a junior art history major.
"We came here together; we want to leave together," said Pollack, a junior business major.
The metal handcuffs, with violet-colored "fur," apparently would function as their link in the congested areas of downtown. The cuffs even came with a key.
"Normal handcuffs hurt," said Driskell, claiming no personal experience. "These don't."
Natural leprechaun
Mike Lennon's hair and full beard needed only a little help from Miss Clairol to transform him into the spitting image of a leprechaun. Lennon started marching with the Daughters of Ireland about six years ago wearing a green T-shirt and shorts.
Those slacker days are over. Now he dyes his hair and strawberry-blond beard and wears a full green tuxedo with a shamrock vest and a green bow tie.
Even his sunglasses were green.
"It's progressed to this," he said.
Parade on radio
Local sports talk radio personality Seth Harp broadcast the parade on his station, Sports Radio 102.1 FM, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. He has been told it is the first time in the 189-year history of the St. Patrick's Day celebration the parade has been covered on radio.
"And there's probably a good reason for that," Harp said. "It's hard enough to do it on TV."
Harp called the parade from the balcony of an office located at the corner of East Broad and Congress streets. He mixed in anecdotes, interviews with revelers and special guests with his description of the parade entries.
He admitted the show was a challenge, even for someone who talks sports on the radio three hours a day.
"I can analyze games and hot-stove stuff and easily fill up the hours," he said. "Trying to squeeze 10 minutes out of a high school band as it passes by is tougher."
Ball toss
Keeping children interested in anything for an extended period of time is a challenge - hence the pickup football games that break out on the periphery of every Friday night high school football game.
A half-dozen youngsters put their own St. Patrick's Day twist on the pickup game two hours into Saturday's parade.
They broke out their lacrosse sticks, a pair of small goals and set up their field off the edge of Colonial Park Cemetery.
Pedicabbie's prediction
Doug Newton rides a pedicab for Royal Bike Taxi and worked the late-night shift Friday, getting off at 4 a.m.
The Friday night party crowd was tamer than he expected.
He predicted a more eventful Saturday night, though.
"Given that it was quieter last night, tonight is going to be like a bomb ready to explode," Newton said. "And that's OK - I have the night off."
Tow to go
Towing warnings were enforced heartily in the parade staging area off Huntington Street.
About 8 a.m., a fleet of tow trucks hooked up as many as 20 cars and pulled them away two at a time.
"No Parking" signs had been posted for hours along the street and many cars had parked next to them. An officer on the street took the paperwork and waved them off quickly as parade floats filled the newly empty spaces.
The officer said he'd tried to call car owners by tracing their license tags, made public address announcements and asked people walking up the street.
Keep calm and chive on
Ryan Cornelius and his son, Braydon, 2, wore identical outfits in the parade, right down to their green Chuck Taylors and T-shirts that proclaimed, "Keep Calm and Chive On."
Just as Cornelius was explaining that it referred to a website called the Chive of funny and weird news - "It's nothing bad" - a parade goer called out to him "K-C-C-O!" That's short for Keep Calm and Chive On.
"There's chivers right there. Awesome," Cornelius said.
Excellent party time
Joseph Martin and Tiffany Haygood were still standing about 10:30 a.m. after taking a "party bus" from Atlanta with 50 other revelers at 4 a.m.
Haygood said the atmosphere on the bus was crazy, with dancing and drinking throughout.
"As soon as we got on the bus, they gave us shots," Haygood said.
The saints in the parade
Dennis Free, Pat Beaman and Elaine Mitchell gave out free water and green lemonade.
They were also giving out cards for people to call if they need someone to pray for them.
"We're doing this in Jesus' name," Free said.
Shaping up for shirts
Curtis Ramey and his mother, Cis Ramey, came from Atlanta to sell T-shirts downtown Saturday. Cis Ramey said she was pushing their cart around for about 16 hours last year.
"You have to be in shape," she said.
Merry St. Patrick's?
Mixing his holidays, Mike Williams wore a green Santa suit and a white Santa beard as he walked with the Rappe clan. It was a little inexplicable, and Williams didn't even hazard an explanation.
"I'm just having fun in Savannah," he said.
Word on the street
Street preacher Evan Johnston comes from Tampa, Fla., each year to preach the Gospel to St. Patrick's Day revelers. He says he doesn't shower them with fire, brimstone and warnings about fornication.
"I just tell them that God loves them because the Gospel message is good news."
Party promoting
Just outside the doors of the Broughton Street night club he was promoting, Malcolm Love Randall spun in circles and pumped his arms in the air.
"Hey ladies, best party in town," Randall exclaimed as a group of green-clad young ladies walked by him. "The best folks around - I promise you won't be let down, come check it out."
Although the ladies continued on their way down Broughton, offering Randall only a slight raise of their green to-go cups, it didn't dampen the club promoter's spirits.
Catching the beat blaring from inside the wall-to-wall packed club, Randall went right back about his dancing ways.
"My strategy is to have so much fun out here that everyone wants to see what's inside," he said.
It seemed to be working.
"The place is packed," Randall said. "No one was here when I first got here, and now the place is packed."
Chive on
All throughout the massive St. Patrick's Day crowds in City Market and River Street green shirts proclaiming "Keep Calm and Chive On" could be spotted.
But one young reveler, took the saying from a popular photo- and video-sharing website a little further with some spray paint and a full-body Storm Trooper costume. Chad, a Fort Stewart-based soldier, roamed through Ellis Square and City Market in the full gear with the saying written on front.
"I thought it would be awesome," Chad said.
His fellow soldiers partaking with him said Chad had some anterior motives. "He's trying to get girls," his buddy said.
Added another: "It's working; the green Storm Trooper is the best wing-man I've ever had. We've had girls coming up to get pictures with us all day."
Though Chad denied the full-body costume was just a ploy to meet women, he did assure his buddies of one thing. "It's hot in this thing," he said.
River Street wobble
It started with a small group along the Savannah River front as "The Wobble" came on; within moments dozens of revelers had joined in.
Even a few standing on River Street's famous cobblestone joined in, temporarily halting the crowd.
When the Cha Cha slide came on at the song's conclusion the chain of dancers continued to grow, stretching nearly a football field's length across the river front.
'Single right here'
Raising his hand in the air and jumping up and down at the corner of Broughton and Bull Streets, Travis Blaine wanted everyone to know one thing. "Single right here!" he exclaimed. "I'm single; I'm single."
A quick chuckle from a group of passing women was the only reaction the 24-year-old college student received.
"Sorry, bro, it didn't work," his buddy said, as they moved along.
The long line home
Not even half way through the curving line to the ferry across the Savannah River, Jason and Lauren Marcinkoski were rethinking their parking plans for next year's parade.
The Hardeeville couple, with their 2-year-old Sam, had spent more than 30 minutes in the line and assumed it would be a much longer wait until they were on their way back into South Carolina.
"Last year we parked downtown and got stuck after the parade," Jason said. "So we tried parking at the Westin this time, but it's the same situation - we can't leave."
The couple had no idea what the would try next year, but they were certain they'd be back.
"The parade is so wonderful I don't think it would ever deter us from coming back," Jason said. "Eventually, maybe, we'll figure out a good parking plan, but it's worth it."


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Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are back on the road—and car fanatics are rejoicing.
The "Holy Trinity," as they sarcastically refer to themselves, have reunited for another adventure on The Grand Tour, a revamped version of Top Gear that hits all the right notes of the original (supercars, absurd stunts, crotchety British men making fun of each other) with a few key upgrades (jaw-dropping 4K Ultra High Definition video, a studio that goes on the road with them).
The show's official description: "A show about adventure, excitement and friendship... as long as you accept that the people you call friends are also the ones you find extremely annoying. Sometimes it's even a show about cars."
This time, however, they've departed their longtime home at the BBC and found a new place to park themselves: Amazon Prime, the Everything Store's in-house production studio. As of its launch on November 18, The Grand Tour is only available to Prime subscribers in the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Japan—which led to some frustration from fans in the rest of the world—but it will be available worldwide in December, according to Amazon. As part of the show's release, Amazon also announced that it'll be offering discounted Prime subscriptions ($79, instead of the usual $99, for the first year) on Friday only.
And if the early reviews are any indication, The Grand Tour is poised to become one of Amazon's highest-regarded hits (and smartest investments) in years. "If The Grand Tour is basically Top Gear with a nitros boost of Amazon finances, the difference is immediately apparent—it's a stunningly beautiful show, shot in vibrant 4K that captures every swirl of dust and gleam of chrome," wrote Ben Travis in London's Evening Standard. The Guardian remarked that it "leaves the BBC in the dust." Hell, even the BBC mustered the emotion to publish a relatively positive review, with editor Will Gompertz writing that the "Mad Max meets Easy Rider" show seems almost too big for TV, even if "it feels uncomfortably hubristic." (Most English review ever, guys.)
It's also been an emotional homecoming for fans and the hosts. Clarkson, who departed bitterly from the beloved BBC original, tweeted that he was "relieved" and "grateful" that the show had been received so well. May echoed those sentiments:
Genuinely relieved and grateful today. Huge thanks to everyone who has sent messages.
— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) November 18, 2016
Thank you to everyone who's been kind about our new car drama. We're flattered. And relieved.
— James May (@MrJamesMay) November 18, 2016
One of their notable supporters? Comedian (and fellow Brit) Craig Ferguson:
I'm not too proud to admit that I cried at the opening sequence of @thegrandtour. They're back. A morsel of joy in these troubled times.
— Craig Ferguson (@CraigyFerg) November 18, 2016
He's not the only one. In one review on the Amazon Prime page that we found particularly illustrative, a viewer wrote: "Have you ever bought something like low-fat cheese, thinking 'yeah, this should still hit the spot,' only to be disappointed by a mouth full of sawdust and play-doh? That was basically BBC's new 'Top Gear.' Well, get ready for the full, melty, artery-clogging, took-four-cows-and-eight-years, extra sharp English cheddar of automotive television." (And for the record, lads, full-fat dairy is perfectly okay in moderation.)
So whether you're a car guy or a Monty Python superfan, a longtime Top Gear devotee or a complete newcomer, consider adding this one to your "watching" queue—just make sure you save it for when you're done with your gym routine, or you might never leave the couch.
The Grand Tour, debuting with November 18 in the U.S., airs Fridays on Amazon Prime. Here's the full trailer for the show:


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In this issue: Las Vegas Exotic Dancer Expo Week! Vast Valleys in Vegas, Flying Rabbits, Busty Babe Invasion, Miss Exotic US Pageant, Expo Pre-Party, Exotic Dancer Expo, ED Awards Show, and Back at Eyecandy Mandalay Bay.
Vast Valleys in Vegas
Las Vegas Exotic Dancer Expo Week - I'm talkin' cleavage, treasure trench, the Holy Grail of breast men everywhere: This year in Las Vegas there were several epic events for enormous earmuffs. There was ''The Flying Rabbits Las Vegas Big Boob Show'', ''The Busty XXX Babe Vegas Invasion'', and the Exotic Dancer Expo and Awards Show.
Flying Rabbits
Flying Rabbits Video's Big Boob Model Trade Show in Las Vegas was painfully small, but some die-hard fans came to see Chelsea Charms, Summer Cummings, Europe DiChan and a few others. I met the organizer, Martin Solo, there for the first time and from the looks of things he promises to deliver a bigger, better event next year. Flying Rabbits Video has a site at FlyingRabbits.TV and is located in Amsterdam. Martin shoots the best boobage in Europe.
Busty Babe Invasion
The Busty XXX Babe Vegas Invasion was hosted by Kayla Kleevage and Ms Deja. Bouncing boobs and lap dancing were on the menu that night with 15 to 20 guys in attendance and a half dozen very well endowed girls. Besides Kayla and Deja there were Summer LaShay, Lovely, and a few other girls I didn't catch names. I did, however, catch a glorious eyeful of boob meat! I observed the event and spoke to some of the fans as well as the girls.
Summer Lashay, Deja, and Lovely were lapdancing at one point, Kayla in the other room doing the same. The TV was on a sports channel over near the media wall but with the titanic tits all around I really didn't pay much attention to the TV.
Europe DiChan stopped in for a drink on the way to work at Cheetahs and I got to speak with her too. She's still gorgeous and such a sweetheart! Then Deja puts her leg behind her head and did some good floor work, she has great legs as well as humongous hooters!
Kayla comes out of the back bedroom, talks to one of the guys and notices his package. She says ''Looks at this guy's dick! Wow!'' for the rest of the ladies to hear.
The Busty XXX Babe Party in Vegas was a nice casual event for big bust fans with enough girls to go around talking and grinding on the more than willing fans who respectfully waited for the attention of the ladies. Private dances were conducted in the two bedrooms of the suite and a bar was set up in the main room with chairs lining the walls. All in all it was a pleasant and cozy time for all.
Both Deja and Kayla mentioned they are planning another party during the AVN AEE week starting on January 9th. Look for the details coming up right here on Adult Industry News (AINews.com) and don't miss a great night of big-boob entertainment!
Miss Exotic US Pageant
Myles Shaffer and I cozied up to a room full of beautiful women at Little Darlings in Las Vegas this past August 23rd to observe the Miss Exotic U.S. Pageant run-offs. The event was hosted by ''The Naked Comedienne'' Jade Simone St. Claire. The contest was judged by Helen Bedd, Chanel, Nakita Kash, Aspen Reign and Mike Dickinson. Mike runs several clubs back east and the website FreeSpeechRevolution.com. It was a pleasure meeting Mike and I recommend everyone stop by his site and check it out.
The semi-finalists were Krystle Cummings, Sophie, Montrelle, Pasha Yanina, Destiny B. Wilde, Crystal Rayne, Tanya Towers, Serena Marie, Sondra Saxon, Lizzy Styles, Tali De'Mar, Stephanie Stalls, Madison Q, Asia, Tiffany West, and Roxanne.
The three winners of the semi-finals were not announced after the contest had ended, but were announced at Ricks Cabaret on Wednesday, August 25th, as part of the Expos Club Owner Appreciation Party. All contestants were in attendance for the event with the winners Asia in fourth place, Montrelle in second, first runner up Tiffany West, and Tali De'Mar taking the crown. Last years Miss Exotic USA, Robyn Foxx, passed the title to Tali. The only thing that could have been better about the entire pageant was the club could have adjusted Jade Simone St. Claire's muffled microphone better.
I've got to say that Tali De'Mar's set was awesome! Her routine was nostalgic and classic burlesque. From the feather fans to the tasseled pasties she had her act down! Beautiful costume, she even did a bit of the Charleston mixed in with her energetic dance set. And of course she is drop dead gorgeous with a killer body! If she is featuring as close as a neighboring state, I have two words for you: SEE HER!
Expo Pre-Party
The evening of the 24th was the Expo pre-party at Rok in the NY NY hotel. There were too many people I recognized to mention them all. Literally hundreds of people in both the feature dancing side and the filming side of the Adult Industry.
When we closed down Rok, Myles and I decided to move over to Eyecandy at Mandalay Bay where there was music and dancing, but also places where you could actually talk and be heard. People from the party at Rok trickled in for the rest of the night. About 3 a.m. we decided we had enough and were leaving, when in the parking garage we ran into Stephanie Stalls, Destiny B. Wilde, and Pasha Yanina who were just getting there.
Back at the bar I got to know all three of them a little bit better. Keep an eye out for Pasha, she is a pierced and tatted creature who will make your hair - and cock - stand on end. She is so stunning it's scary, and her ink enhances her beauty. Nice boobs. Wait until you see her show!
Exotic Dancer Expo
The expo ran Tuesday and Wednesday the 25th and 26th. The show was small, which wasn't surprising due to the economy, but those there were as enthusiastic as ever. All in all it was a great show and everyone seemed to get a lot of business done.
All the top booking agencies were there, each with a bevy of bodacious and busty babes signing at their booths. Represented were Continental Agency, Universal Entertainment, Lee Network, L.A. Direct Models and Lykens Entertainment.
Awards Show
Exotic Dancer Awards Show was the night of the 25th and this was the first show I've had the pleasure of seeing. I sat at the same table as Jaded Dawn for the show and jokingly took pictures of the back of her head as though that's all I was looking at.
Presenters and MCs were Markey Mark, jessica drake, Lisa Ann who lost her voice, Jade Simone St Claire, Carmen Hart, and Heidi Mayne as trophy girl. Featured dancers were Daisy Duxe, Schevelle, Robyn Foxx, Rachelle LaRee, and Susie Malone.
Daisy Duxe was on fire with her fireman set, then Schevelle did a mid-eastern dance up to the stage and some excellent floorwork!
jessica drake introduces Ron Jeremy who comes out playing a harmonica and presents awards to house mom of the year and GM of the year. Ronnie pointed out to the crowd that he did not crack one dick joke while presenting.
''The Crashers'' provided music throughout the awards and there was a halftime show performed by a slew of sexy cheerleaders.
Robyn Foxx danced next. For her set she wore black, a cape, a feather in her hat, and I love that nice tat on her butt. Rachelle Laree's set was circus-themed. She wore red tails, and is really acrobatic with flips and headstands. She actually spins around on the top of her head. Susie Malone's set was a pink panther-themed burlesque show, and WOW she can dance!
Carmen Hart, last year's winner, then presented Overall Entertainer of the Year to Rachelle Laree. Rachelle got flowers, trophy, title, the whole shebang. This is remarkable for her, because within the past year she has garnered two other titles making her the first ever to win the Penthouse Golden G-String Overall Winner, Exotic Dancer National Championship Grand Champion, and Exotic Dancers Entertainer of the Year, all in the same year.
For the list of winners and hall of fame inductees for 2009, go to the Exotic Dancer website at EDpublications.com [linked in the box to the right].
Back at Eyecandy, Mandalay Bay
After the awards show I stopped back at Mandalay Bay and ran into Jimmy and Dustin Flynt at Eyecandy. I had an interesting discussion with them about their business that I won't go into at this time. They seemed like a couple of guys happily enjoying life in the adult business.
We all had a great time there and I've got pictures of Diamond Foxxx and Pasha Yanina trying to put a condom over a guy's entire head at the bar to prove it. One of the best pictures snapped that night was when Pasha held my camera under her red vinyl dress and took a picture of her pussy for me.
A couple of the other girls who impressed me over the course of the expo were Jaded Dawn, Michelle McLaren, and Gia Nova. Jaded can't take a bad picture! Every shot is great and she is just as sweet and flirtatious off camera. Michelle McLaren is one of the coolest girls I've met in quite a while, with one of the hottest bodies in the business. I had to compliment her on having such a great airport there in Las Vegas (and she picked right up on the joke and played along. It's McCarran Airport for those of you who don' know). And I had the most interesting discussion with Gia Nova about raw meat, photography, and stripper shoes... more on that in a future column.
A big thanks to Don Waitt and Dave Mannick from Exotic Dancer Magazine for a great show this year. We look forward to 2010! A special thanks goes out to Myles Shaffer who provided a room in his condo for me. Myles has been a faithful columnist on Adult Industry News (AINews.com) for over 5 years now and has written over 240 columns in that time.
Write me, Steve Nelson, and let me know if there are any girls you would like to see featured in ''The News Rack''. Write to me at firstname.lastname@example.com, subject: ''Gent Column'', or at www.MySpace.com/ReadAINews.
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calendar 2005
festival participations & events by ambientTV.NET members, and open access activities at ambient space
|25. - 27.Nov.05
|BEYONDTV International Video Festival
This festival in Swansea, Wales, shows video works by activist, documentary filmmakers and many others who are using media to bring about positive change...
|22. - 23.Nov.05
|[Roma] Virtual Borders screening at:
IV Edition of the International Seminar on An overlook on ethnic minorities of Inland South-east Asia is hosted by Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia. On 22nd of Nov, the screening of Virtual Borders is followed by Q&A with the filmmaker.
|TRANSMISSION (Russell Maliphant) World Premiere, Cannes
World premiere of Russell's new company work, TRANSMISSION, with music by Mukul, at the Festival de Danse, Cannes, on Sunday 20 November. Lighting is by regular collaborator Michael Hulls. The piece, a 35-minute female quintet, will tour around Europe over the next few months ahead of its London premiere at Sadler's Wells in April 2006.
|28. - 29.Oct.05
|Party in Kathmandu
Mukul will be playing at PartyNepal's PEACE PROJECT THAMEL festival on Saturday 29th October – a free street party in its 3rd year – and also at the club of the fabulous Yak and Yeti on Friday 28th. He will also be giving a workshop on music production. » read more
|28.Oct.05 - 13.Nov.05
|KISSS in Victoria, Australia
KISSS Kinship International Strategy on Surveillance and Suppression: ambient works are being included in this touring exhibition of products, process and residues from the meta performance project KISSS. Responding to political, social and personal issues around surveillance and suppression, KISSS incorporates the individual and collaborative practices of artists, writers and curators. » read more
|20. - 21.Oct.05
|Unknown White Male at The London Film Festival
UK Theatrical Premiere of a documentary by Rupert Murray, with soundtrack by Mukul. Doug Bruce was stricken with a rare form of amnesia that saw memories and experiences from the 37 years of his life wiped out in 2003. Film-maker and friend Rupert Murray spent over a year with him as he reconnected with his environment. Despite the trauma, Bruce finds some pleasures in his rebirth. First screened at Sundance 2005.
|The art of the VJ- innovative audio-visual works from across the globe.
watch works by manu at the Night of moving image celebrating the best of VJ culture, curated by Scott Radnor. free entrance. Corbetts Place, Truman Brewery, Bricklane, London. 8pm till late.
|Artist Talk and Orchestra of Anxiety demonstration
Recent works of artists Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel reflect upon the omnipresence of surveillance technology in our daily environment by making use of it in humorous, unanticipated ways. The artists will show examples of productions including the sound piece 'RENUMBER' that uses a Soviet spy dish as musical instrument, and the sci-fi thriller 'FACELESS', which is filmed entirely by CCTV cameras. Come early (or to one of the demo dates) to play a tune on their piece 'ORCHESTRA OF ANXIETY', currently on show at Watermans, 40 High Street, TW8 0DS, London.
|Octobre en Normandie: Afterparty for Akram Khan
Théâtre Charles-Dullin, Le Grand-Quevilly, Rouen, France. Akram Khan Dance Company will be performing at the Octobre en Normandie festival. On the last night, the post-show party includes performances by The Divana Ensemble (musicians from Rajasthan), the Bollywood Brass Band (from London), and Mukul.
|EVENT: contemporary dance
Saju Hari choreographs and dances a solo performance as part of Daredevas at the Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, London on 20 September. EVENT draws on Saju's training in contemporary dance and the South Indian martial art Kalaripayattu, and features music by the Kodo Drummers and Mukul.
|20. - 24.Sep.05
|A night (or two) in Tunisia
Celebrate the opening of the British Council's new building in Tunis with Mukul on the decks and Tunisia's first flush of video artists, working with YOUR MUM visuals. Thursday 22nd September. And if you're left wanting more bass, on Friday 23rd there's a party in the fantastic Carthage Acropolium.
|15.Sep.05 - 23.Oct.05
|ORCHESTRA OF ANXIETY at Watermans, London
For this new work to be first shown at Watermans Gallery, London-based artists Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel expand their ongoing explorations of the concept of security ... » read more
|01. - 06.Sep.05
|HINGES ON at Ars Electronica
during Manu+Mukul's workshop at Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, the students produced the installation piece HINGES ON, reflecting upon the cahnges Bangalore undergoes as "ICT capital INdias" and the role the grey economy plays...
06. - 06.Jul.05
Wednesday 6 July 18.15-20.15 Institute of Contemporary Art The Mall London SW1 » read more
|01. - 10.Jul.05
screening of this documentary film at ZIFF Festival of the Dhow Countries, Zanzibar
|02. - 24.Jun.05
|Mukul artist in residence at THE THING, NYC, NY
Tuesday, June 21, 9pm at 149 Ludlow Street (ground floor)
p h o n e m e (speak slowly after the tone) sound work by by mukul (ambientTV.NET) » read more
7.30 pm
|HINGES ON _ responsive media installation and comment space on economic grey zones of the ict sector in around bangalore
by thomas abraham, umang razdan bhattacharrya, priyanka dilip, ishan ghosh, ramyah gowrishankar, pratima kalmadi, nishita kavadia, siddharth muthyala, hidish singh, k.t. thomas and divya viswanathan developed and realized during the tactical media lab led by manu and mukul (ambientTV.NET) at srishti school of art, design and technology
5 pm
|ambient @ A.R.T. talks programme
Art, Resources and Teaching Presents: ambientTV.NET; venue: Centre for Education and Documentation (CED) No.7, 8th Main, 3rd Phase, Domlur 2nd Stage Bangalore 560 071
|Launch: CRISIS - Commissions and Residencies at ISIS
ISIS Arts is pleased to announce the launch of the CRISIS website, showcasing 6 new web and moving image works by laurie halsey brown, Rob Kennedy, Manu Luksch, Sophia New, Spencer Roberts & Anneke Pettican, and Miranda Whall. Also featuring documentation from recent artist/curator joint residencies with Sarah Cook & Saul Albert and Ange Taggart, Chris Graham & amino (Ben Ponton and Lee Callaghan).
8 pm onwards
|Justy & Mukul take over the decks at i-bar
Park Hotel, Bangalore
|07. - 13.Apr.05
|VIRTUAL BORDERS at 5th Human Rights Nights Film Festival
which will take place in Bologna from 7th to 13th of April 2005. A section of the programme will also tour the cities of Forl�, Turin, Rome and Palermo.
|01.Apr.05 - 01.May.05
|Bangalore-Srishti School of Art Design and Technology
1 month course in media arts led by Manu and Mukul
|22. - 23.Mar.05
|b|b|b at apeejay media gallery, new delhi
bombay, badarpur border: group show featuring Shaina Anand, Mukul Patel, Ashok Sukumaran.
|Ways of Working 2, Appropriation and Collaboration in Contemporary Practice
A day symposium on appropriation and collaboration with the likes of CC-UK and Own-IT! in attendance:
1:30 - 4 pm
|The Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre (Bangkok) invites you
to the screening of 'Virtual Borders', a multi-facetted media project with and about the Akha people. Followed by a presentation by Manu Luksch and Q&A session. SAC, room 407, 4th floor, SAC building, 20 Pha Boromarachachonnani Rd. Bangkok 10170 Tel. 662-8809429
|Public Art In(ter)vention symposium, Thailand
Join workshop The Spy School Exercise #6 to discuss the relevance of these themes for Asia and the Asian public arts context.
7 pm- 10 pm
|FLY STORIES (to be continued...) launch event
The launch event of FLY STORIES (to be continued...), a road cinema festival showing films on MIGRATION in rural Northern Thailand, takes place at Suan-dok Temple, Chiang Mai. Film programme was curated by Manu Luksch on invitation by Fly With Me to Another World project.
|Harmony by Saju Hari
As part of Resolution! 2005 at The Place, London, Saju Hari will be presenting his new work, Harmony, on Saturday January 15th. Mukul made the sound work out of an interview conducted by Saju with a serial killer of insects. Tickets �7��15. We have some �2 off vouchers at ambientspace so if you're in the area and want one, swing by!


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I posted a thread previously detailing my experiences starting out as a CNA in a LTC facility and how I quit as a result of the harassment and bullying from fellow aides. I was 3 weeks in and very new and inexperienced, and therefore struggling to keep up with a heavy workload (although I was getting better) and the other aides gave me a hard time because of it. I was routinely given dirty looks, talked down to, badmouthed, even screamed at and cussed out a few times. I was doing my best to tough it out until one day, I was on my lunch break at my other job when I received a threatening phone call from another aide; she was yelling at me and threatening to call the cops on me for something I didn't even do. I was still in the orientation/probationary period and left without giving notice, which I realize now was the wrong thing to do but I was quite upset at the time and not thinking straight, and was being advised to just leave immediately by people concerned for my safety -- if it was that bad to the point where I was getting called up on the phone and threatened, who's to say I wouldn't get beaten up or something the next time I went there?
The DoN actually called me a few days later asking what happened and wanting me to come back, but unfortunately I'd already gone back to my original schedule at my old job working in fast food. She described me as having a "heart of gold" but needing to work on having a tougher exterior, and told me that apparently a nurse had put in a good word for me -- saying that she'd never seen two brand new aides work together as well as a friend and I did one night, which surprised me cause I honestly felt like I was pretty lousy. I did agree to go back as a PRN employee, but I am barely working there anymore and honestly I can't say I'd be surprised (or blame them) if they wind up laying me off entirely due to there not being work available for me.
My question is, if I decide to work elsewhere as a CNA, either in home health or at another LTC facility, will I even be able to? I'm worried that my bad history at this facility will follow me around and cause problems with me getting another job, that they'll contact them and find out I left without giving notice and not hire me as a result, in which case I realize it's no one's fault but my own. I just have a whole lot of regrets about this whole set of circumstances and wish I'd done things differently. I usually pride myself on being a good person and always trying to do the right thing, but unfortunately here is one situation where I didn't. I wish I'd stuck around and toughed it out, not let the bullies get to me and kept at it until I got better, but unfortunately that didn't happen. I'm working 5 days a week at my fast food job and while I don't mind it there and I'm treated very well by everyone, I'd rather not work in fast food forever. My original goal was to have a career taking care of the sick or elderly and one I'd still like to pursue one day if possible.Mar 7, '13There were also some things that happened which made me wonder if maybe I'm just not fit to be in nursing... Shortly after I first started, I had just given a resident a shower and was in the process of transferring him back to bed when he slipped out of his wheelchair and fell. Thankfully, he was OK and there were no injuries, but it still made me feel really bad. It made me think about how much worse things could've been -- if a resident had gotten hurt or suffered because of a mistake I made, I'd never get over it. It also bothered me how a lot of times, due to the understaffing and heavy workload, it was so difficult to provide proper care to these poor people -- a problem I've heard is almost universal in nursing homes, sadly.Mar 7, '13To me it sounds like you have a confidence issue. You need to realize that you can do this. You sound like a caring, empathetic, compassionate person. The right kind of person to be in this line of work. You have to realize that you are just what the residents need. Even if you're only giving a partiular resident 5 minutes of care, at least you're giving them the sense that someone cares. Afterall, isn't that why you chose to do this in the first place?Mar 8, '133 weeks isnt nearly enough time to find out how good a CNA you can be. Give it at least 3 months. Everyone sucks their first 3 weeks, some people are just better at hiding that fact. Like they say, fake it til you make it.
Sounds to me like you just had the coworkers from hell. I've never cussed out a new CNA or even raised my voice with one, and Ive worked with some that were pretty horrible at first. CNAs can be pretty nasty to each other though, a lot worse than RNs from what Ive seen. You just have to let things like that roll off you. If someone says something nasty, let it go in one ear and out the other. At the end of the day its the RNs and LPNs that call the shots in LTC, not the CNAs, so while you can try to get along, ultimately their opinions are not make or break.
Yes it helps to have tough skin, but that doesnt mean you have to change who you are. I've always been teased about being a boyscout my whole life, but I've never changed. Not even when I was in the military and was a squad leader in an infantry battalion. Just be who you are, do the best you can, and dont stop caring about your patients and residents.Mar 12, '13Don't give up on being an aide. It does sound as though you had bully co workers. NEVER loose your compassion and caring attitude, it is what will keep you going on the hard days, but NEVER let another CNA steamroll you like that again. I always was told in the beginning that I needed to get thick skin, toughen up, etc. I realized I didn't need to get a hard, unbreakable exterior as some were suggesting, I just needed to gain confidence and stand up for myself. I do a good job and I know I do, although constructive criticism is always welcome, if one berates me, accuses me w/o cause, or attempts to bully me I do not tolerate it for one moment. Now that I have this outlook I hardly ever run into issues anymore. I also no longer allow other people's negative outlook influence my energy. Sorry I got off on a bit of a tangent but you sound like the kind of CNA I was in the beginning and I do not want you to throw in the towel just yet! Try a new LTC, since the DON wanted you back its doubtful she would give you a poor reference
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OSCEOLA, IOWA — Presidential contender Mike Huckabee bagged a pheasant Wednesday, offering Iowa voters the image of an experienced outdoorsman on the hunt, shotgun blasting and dogs braying.
Just a campaign gambit? "Maybe it will show that I certainly understand the culture of being outdoors," Huckabee said. "It's not something we had to go out and get a primer in. It's very much ordinary to me."
The former Arkansas governor said back home he would be duck hunting on the day after Christmas, but pheasant hunting in Iowa — eight days before the state's leadoff nominating caucuses — was a good substitute. He also offered a lecture declaring that hunting is good for wildlife.
"The truth is, hunters are the ones who preserve the species," he said, explaining that hunters have an interest in preserving wildlife and their license fees pay for conservation efforts. "In many cases extinction comes from not having some level of hunting. It's the hunters who actually keep the wildlife alive. A lot of people think that when you hunt you're destroying the wildlife."
Huckabee led a motorcade of photographers along gravel roads in hilly rural Iowa, hopping out of a pickup to take to a snow-covered field wearing his bright orange vest along with Dude, an energetic hunting dog. Huckabee and three hunting companions tramped slowly across the field and their shotguns were blasting within minutes.
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Of four birds flushed by the party, three were felled. Huckabee claimed the third with his 12-gauge shotgun. He proudly displayed the birds and said jokingly, "See, that's what happens if you get in my way."
He also jested about Vice President Dick Cheney's hunting accident in which a fellow hunter was shot. Asked why Cheney hadn't been invited, Huckabee chuckled, "Because I want to survive all the way through this."
Huckabee said he began hunting at age 11.
"It's an opportunity to experience Iowa at its best," he said. "Hopefully we'll just shoot pheasants and not each other. We'll name the pheasant for the other candidates. It gives us a real incentive."


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Newcastle Jets escaped with a point against the Western Sydney Wanderers on Saturday, but they seem to have lost their ability to dominate midfield.
When taking over from Gary van Egmond, interim Jets boss Clayton Zane was adamant he was no "clone" of the 2008 championship winner. And whereas his fellow former assistants Kevin Muscat and Phil Moss have adhered closely to the systems they inherited at Melbourne Victory and Central Coast (at times slavishly), it's clear even after two games that Zane is his own man.
In contrast with the famed "tinkerman" van Egmond, Zane has called for the Jets to simplify how they play. Gone is the 4-3-3 (with brief flirtations with a 4-2-3-1) of van Egmond; in for the F3 derby in Zane's first game was a 4-4-2 experiment, with captain Ruben Zadkovich pushed wide.
There are plenty of potential excuses for the Jets' recent form slump: the call up of key players to the under-22 national side, the loss of Nathan Burns, the continuing lack of fitness for Emile Heskey, and injuries to Ben Kantarovski and Scott Neville.
But as noted in a previous column, the best form the Jets have shown all season was with the midfield troika of Zadkovich, Brilliante and Kantarovski operating in a "tenless" 4-3-3. And while Zane has already shown his preference to play according to the available personnel rather than sticking with a set system, an inability to win the midfield battle could cost the Jets a finals place, even if they get Heskey back fit and on the pitch.
Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney Wanderers
Zane confessed that his side had been "overloaded in midfield" against the Mariners the previous week. In response, the Jets focused in training on the second or deeper lying striker dropping to help out the midfield defensively.
With Heskey injured before the game, the personnel changed and accordingly the system modulated subtly. Attacking midfielder Nick Ward came in, with Taggart pushed higher up to lead the line. Instead of the 4-4-2, we saw a 4-2-3-1, with Ward asked to drop deeper and assist defensively, but also to act as a link with Taggart offensively.
It was a tremendous ask of Ward, still short of significant game time, and it's no coincidence that the Wanderers had their best period of the match in the 15 minutes leading up to Ward's substitution.
But even if the former A-League young player of the year had been fully match fit, the Jets would still have struggled to best the Wanderers, who dictated play through simple midfield superiority.
Tony Popovic – remarkably now the longest-serving of the current A-League coaches – has shown over his season and a half an unflinching adherence to the same tactical system – 4-2-3-1 with Shinji Ono dictating play in the attacking midfield role.Both Zadkovich and Zenon Caravella kept a close eye on Ono, nullifying him with some success, but that allowed Aaron Mooy to have his most dominant performance this season. Paired with the excellent Matthew Spiranovic, Western Sydney's two holding midfielders made 10 tackles and recovered the ball on 24 occasions, with Mooy making almost as many passes as Zadkovich and Caravella combined.
In spite of their territorial dominance the Wanderers failed to create any really meaningful chances from open play, in part due to a subdued performance from Youssouf Hersi. But credit should also go to Newcastle's defensive discipline, with Zane instructing the fullbacks not to push on, and Josh Brillante performing extemely well at right back. The key to the Jets' success earlier in the season was midfield rotation. Three essentially defensive midfielders would create numerical superiority in the middle of the pitch, with the deeper lying of the three then joining the attack to overload defences higher up the pitch. With the resigning of Joel Griffiths and the mooted return to fitness of Heskey, Zane has changed to a 4-4-2 – a system that better accommodates the attributes of out-and-out strikers. While this should bolster the attacking threat of the shot-shy Jets, it leaves them potentially short in a key zone of the pitch.
It takes a special player to fulfil the second striker role – effectively someone who can play several roles at once. You need the fitness and pace of a Besart Berisha, with the vision and creativity of Carlos Hernández or Alessandro del Piero to act as a link player during the transition from defence to attack.
In addition, you also need to know how to defend. It's not enough to just harry opposition ball carriers (No 6s) – you need to be able to break up attacks without conceding fouls.
It was a cheap free kick conceded by a retreating attacking player that led to Mooy's goal, and on six or seven occasions the Jets gifted the Wanderers set-piece opportunities with such tackles.
Most important of all, for this system to work, you need the retreating striker to be close to his No 9, so the man leading the line doesn't get isolated, but also close to his two midfielders, to create a 3v3 in midfield.
With Heskey fit, Zane would presumably ask Taggart to fulfil this key role. But late in the game the rookie coach hinted at another way to address his side's midfield shortcomings.
As Kate Cohen showed in previous columns, the midfield diamond has been experiencing a renaissance in the A-League.
Chasing the game, Zane threw caution to the winds, bringing on a striker (Michael Bridges) for a midfielder (Caravella) and switching to a 4-4-2 diamond.
What you lose in width, you gain in numerical superiority in midfield, with the four of Newcastle overloading the three of Western Sydney. And while it was far from an organised Jets in the last 10 minutes, the combination of attacking threats – Griffiths, Taggart and Bridges – was enough for Newcastle to snatch a point.
Zane should also be given credit for the Jets' defensive stability. The two banks of four showed discipline and a sound defensive structure, and they prevented the Wanderers creating a single chance from open play.
That said, the Jets created few chances of their own. If Zane does persist with the 4-4-2, he'll need Taggart to get through a mountain of work, and will need to ensure the midfield duo don't get dragged too deep as they did against the Wanderers.
With the visit of the in-form Wellington Phoenix up next, the Jets will need to put pressure on the base of Ernie Merrick's 4-3-3 and stop the increasingly influential Albert Riera from dictating play, if they are to edge out their finals rivals and relaunch their own floundering campaign.


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