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The American Study Program was established as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in 2015 to bring impoverished students the education opportunities of its sister company, the Academy of International Youth Education (AIYE).
For more than 20 years, AIYE has brought support and resources to thousands of students across five countries and worked with hundreds of host families. The goal of AIYE and ASP's global community is to continue to build lasting legacy for many generations of gifted students, regardless of their background.
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Peerless Battle Spirit - Chapter 617
Chapter 617 - Everyone Made Mistakes When They Were Young
A cold grin appeared on Qin Nan's face .
It was obvious why the Trading Alliance was helping the Skyhowl White Tiger—they were aiming to retrieve the map from him . However, after knowing that the Blood-Winged Vermilion Bird and the Kingdom Protector Black Tortoise had resurrected, the outcome of the battle was decided . They had no hope of winning it, thus they immediately withdrew from it .
Never take part in any infighting?
What an absolute joke!
The Trading Alliance had always been shameless and unrighteous .
As the Trading Alliance suddenly withdrew themselves from the battle, the White Tiger Platoon was currently under incredible pressure, and was on the verge of being eliminated by the experts of the two platoons .
"People of the White Tiger Platoon, listen up! If you surrender now, I will not punish you, and not blame you either! I swear to Heavens in the name of the emperor!"
The Sky-Scorching Emperor's figure emitted a blinding golden glow as he spoke in an imperious tone .
The experts of the White Tiger Platoon showed fear and hesitation on their faces .
Judging from the current circumstances, they would surely lose in the end! Besides, the emperor promised not to put the blame on them!
"I surrender!"
"I choose to surrender!"
"I don't want to fight anymore!"
The experts of the White Tiger Platoon immediately lost their will to fight when the first person surrendered .
The Skyhowl White Tiger became furious seeing this, and almost spat out fresh blood from its mouth . Such weaklings!
"White Tiger! Why don't you give up? We will let you go if you stop right now!"
The Blood-Winged Vermilion Bird and the Kingdom Protector Black Tortoise spoke . Their voices were as loud as the chime of bells .
"Give up? I've prepared for this day for many years, just to alter my destiny! Do you really think I'm going to give up when you tell me to?"
The Skyhowl White Tiger wore a mocking look as it swung its hand .
Among the crowd, Di Fengyun's eyes widened as he lost control of his body, which flew toward the Skyhowl White Tiger at a great speed .
In the blink of an eye, Di Fengyun had arrived before the Skyhowl White Tiger . It clenched his throat tightly, causing his face to redden as he began to lose his breath .
The Blood-Winged Vermilion Bird and the Kingdom Protector Black Tortoise frowned . What was this White Tiger trying to do?
"Zhou Bihua! See this? Tell Duan Qing to hand over the Spirit of the Deceased Emperor! Otherwise, I'll kill him!" The Skyhowl White Tiger snapped coldly while tightening its grip, leaving trails of blood on Di Fengyun's neck .
"Save . . . save me…"
Di Fengyun was absolutely terrified . He would not doubt that the Skyhowl White Tiger would actually kill him .
The godly beasts and the crowd stared coldly at them with no sign of being moved .
Everyone knew that Di Fengyun had betrayed Zhou Bihua to join the White Tiger Platoon .
No one would pity such an ungrateful person, even if he were killed right before them!
Di them!
Di Fengyun's eyes glanced at the familiar faces before him and saw the iciness in their eyes . For some reason, he could sense a greater darkness than death itself, the feeling that the entire world had abandoned him .
"Skyhowl White Tiger, are you trying to threaten me with his life?" Zhou Bihua waved his hand, gesturing for the crowd to move and slowly surrounded the Skyhowl White Tiger .
Not a single noise was made, as if everyone was waiting for something .
"HAHAHA, you're right . This useless prick has betrayed you, I guess you no longer have any feelings for him! I'll kill him now!"
The Skyhowl White Tiger burst out laughing and proceeded to tighten its grip further .
It had invested a lot in Di Fengyun, but in the end, he still could not defeat Duan Qing . Only by killing him would it be able to release its anger .
"Wait!" Zhou Bihua suddenly spoke .
"What is it?" The Skyhowl White Tiger stopped its actions while wearing a disdainful look .
The crowd was startled . Was Zhou Bihua really going to save Di Fengyun with the Spirit of the Deceased Emperor? At that moment, many among them began to gather their strength . If Zhou Bihua was not willing to do it, they were more than willing to lend him a hand .
The Blood-Winged Vermilion Bird and the Kingdom Protector Black Tortoise in the sky shook their heads slightly . The experts immediately changed their minds .
"Senior, if you need it, I'll give it to you . " Qin Nan Qin Nan spoke calmly .
Zhou Bihua had helped him a lot, thus if he really wanted to save Di Fengyun, he would help him as best as he could .
"Duan Qing, thank you, but I will deal with this myself…"
Zhou Bihua shook his head and glanced at Di Fengyun, as if he was recollecting the past, before he exclaimed with a hoarse voice, "Who would not make any mistake when they were young? Even though you did betray me, which made me very disappointed, I still see you as my disciple . It's all up to you now whether you are going to survive or not . Your Master has done his best . "
An illusionary flame burst out from Zhou Bihua's body as his hands swiftly made a seal .
"This——" The eyes of the Blood-Winged Vermilion Bird widened .
Following this, the piercing cry of a phoenix tore across the sky .
Zhou Bihua's figure transformed into a fiery phoenix, accompanied by a terrifying aura .
The phoenix opened its mouth and spat out drops of blood, one after another until the seventh drop, landing before Di Fengyun like seven footsteps . Each drop of blood emitted a tremendous glow before entering Di Fengyun's body .
"How bold!" The Skyhowl White Tiger became infuriated and clenched tightly .
A terrifying phoenix flame emerged from Di Fengyun's body .
The Seven Steps of Sorrow formed with the Blood of the Vermilion Bird had awakened the force of the Vermilion Bird within Di Fengyun's body . At that instant, the Primordial Spirit that the Skyhowl White Tiger had planted inside his body was his body was shattered, allowing him to regain control of his body!
Golden rays were emitted from Di Fengyun's back as his Martial Spirit was summoned, unleashing its greatest power to break him free from the Skyhowl White Tiger . He dashed straight in Zhou Bihua's direction .
A cry of agony echoed in the sky .
The crowd could only see Zhou Bihua falling to the ground while his black hair became thoroughly white . His face was filled with wrinkles . He had instantly turned into a dying old man from a peerless Martial Sacred realm expert .
The Seven Steps of Sorrow formed with the Blood of the Vermilion Bird was capable of awakening one's spirit—the forbidden technique of the Vermilion Bird!
Once executed, it could awaken the force of any Martial Arts related to the Vermilion Bird within a cultivator!
Zhou Bihua had used it to trigger the force of Vermilion Bird inside Di Fengyun's body, and in return, he had suffered a great side-effect .
The crowd fell silent after witnessing this .
Di Fengyun ran to Zhou Bihua and held him tightly in his arms . His face turned pale as his eyes reddened, filled with deep regrets!
Why? Why had he betrayed Zhou Bihua!
Was Zhou Bihua being unfair to him?
Was Zhou Bihua doubtful of his talents?
When he was abandoned by the whole world, he was the only one willing to use a forbidden technique to save his life from the Grim Reaper .
Zhou Bihua had been reluctant to teach him the Art of the Immortal Vermilion Bird, as it was better for him that way .
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Making a statement on the fibre net project in the state assembly here, the chief minister said the fibre grid will cover about 22,500 km. The government will spend Rs 333 crore on the project. "AP will see a sea change in the internet facility with launch of this project. We will provide 10 mbps speed for Rs 149 a month," he said. So far, 9,778 km cable has been laid in the state. Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, and Vizianagaram districts have already been covered under the project.
However, leader of opposition YS Jaganmohan Reddy alleged that the project will benefit only a few people close to the chief minister's family. "Those executing the project are associated with the company owned by Naidu's family. Naidu wants control over TV channels through the project," he alleged.
Earlier, during the question hour too, Jaganmohan Reddy accused the AP government of not giving resettlement and rehabilitation (R and R) package to the Polavaram evacuees. He demanded that a committee should be formed to finalise the resettlement and rehabilitation package. Irrigation minister Devineni Umamaheswar Rao refuted Jagan's remarks saying people of Chegondapalli village had vacated voluntarily.


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Man's Media Miseries
Whenever a full-spread cover advertisement appears in his favourite newspapers, an online friend of mine posts a picture of it on his Facebook wall and laments the squalor and commercial motive of mainstream newspapers. But most readers of the conventional dailies including him do not consider unsubscribing such dailies though they are terribly annoyed at it.
Indeed I had stopped reading the said daily nearly ten years ago for some pertinent reasons including its high density of advertisements. So I took courage to frankly suggest him to unsubscribe the daily on his Facebook timeline. My comment precipitated an online discussion with several opinions supporting and opposing me. A couple of comments toned: 'read only what interests you; ignore others including the ads; do not brag!' In a similar discussion a year ago, another friend went verbose about the benefits of advertisements. He said ads are informative and it makes the media attractive!!
Media Literacy
We live in a period where a significant number of people overtly think that our democracy is apparently supported by the fourth pillar – the press. Nonetheless, they are unaware or unconcerned about the dynamics of news and ads work in tandem in an extremely profit-driven media world. Those who simply trash the daily after reading "what interested" them, are often oblivious about what they have consumed is the faeces of a deal between the media house and their commercial supporters.
Many are not mindful of these advertisers who control society's behaviour through specially designed ads which apparently have significant influence on the news contents. More tragic is what we have learned from the greatest democracy of the world – America – that they can sway the mind of the electorate through surveys and other media strategies in deciding whom they should vote to power. It is alarming to learn that we are sitting on a ticking bomb that is conveniently manoeuvred by corporates and media.
Such corporate invasions and attacks should be resisted by viewers/readers' collectives. As isolated resistance may not yield much productive results, groups and communities have to come together protesting over the density of ads and news bias in media. Citizens and groups should exercise their ideological stamina to fight undesirable contents by resisting or rejecting particular media houses and their products for which they pay every day.
Power of People
Developed countries have made great advances in this regard as a number of media watchdogs as well as whistle blower groups operate for people's welfare. They keep an eye on media biases – religious, racial, gender, social and cultural – and document them properly. In the past their advocacy has compelled many multinational companies to revoke their ad for the biases.
Hundreds of cases have been reported every year where the ads are withdrawn from being circulated or the authors have made an apology because of popular resentment. One infamous case is Pepsi's #BlackLivesMatter ad in 2017. The commercial thrived on an ongoing protest against the violence and systemic racism toward black people, but was trivialised by Pepsi in their attempt to make it a commercial opportunity to sell their drink. Pepsi fell flat on its face at the widespread uproar in social media which accused it of appropriating a serious political movement in order to sell a fizzy drink. Pepsi had to revoke the commercial. A number of other brands such as Nivea, Sony, Starbucks, Amazon.com, Coopers (beverage) had withdrawn their ads for hurting public sentiments in the past.
Indians have not shown such passionate resistance to media content except for occasional sexual obscenity or hurting religious sentiments often exasperated by groups with political agenda. Many of these ads do contain stereotypes but the Indian audience either is unable to pick the subtexts or is complacent with these images. Ad campaigns explicitly belittling certain gender, castes, and human rights do not often gain much public concern in India because of its patriarchal and casteist mindset. Popular indifference has catalysed campaigner's imaginations go wild enough to encroach our ideological and existential space.
Bigotry For Sale
Corporates who support media with commercials also play an important role disturbing the social balance. Much alarming was a recent conversation between a client and Airtel, the telecommunication giant. It all started when Pooja Singh tweeted Airtel DTH Customer Care requesting to replace a man namely Shohaib with a Hindu customer service officer just because she did not want the service from a Muslim. Airtel immediately scheduled another staffer named Gaganjot for the woman. Surprising, isn't it? But the vigilant Twitterati woke up to it and accused Airtel for "pandering to bigotry." Smelling foul, the company issued another response to the woman, saying they "do not differentiate between customers, employees and partners on the basis of caste or religion" and urged her to do the same.
The conversation should caution us primarily because it reveals that our neighbours are prejudiced about you and me for our religious, gender or other identities and they refuse to avail a service from you and me for the same reason. This is a great social index we should be proud of! Secondly many of our corporate service providers are ready to take a communal role or secular position depending on what their clients want. They even go to the extent of calling you a 'bigot' (as was in the case of Pooja Singh) if the company senses a threat to its larger clientele. The corporates are equipped to instantly change their customer prejudices, you know, just for a deal.
Ultimately we realise that in their desperate race to make profit corporates are ready to compromise any human values for communal or other prejudices. People's aversions and prejudices are encouraged and reinforced by the corporates as much as they get paid for their service. What we think news is the rubbish of the deals between media houses and corporates. Imagining that media promotes the democratic process is only a hallucination. But for the readers and viewers that is a predicament worth fighting for.
This article is published in INDIAN CURRENTS 25th June 2018, Volume XXX, Issue 26)


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St. Pete Beach, Florida
St. Pete Beach, Florida
The Sunset Capital of Florida
Location in Pinellas County and the state of Florida
|Coordinates: 27°43′29″N 82°44′31″W / 27.72472°N 82.74194°WCoordinates: 27°43′29″N 82°44′31″W / 27.72472°N 82.74194°W
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|19.77 sq mi (51.20 km2)
|• Land
|2.13 sq mi (5.51 km2)
|• Water
|17.64 sq mi (45.68 km2)
|6 ft (2 m)
|• Total
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|• Density
|4,542.51/sq mi (1,753.59/km2)
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St. Pete Beach is a coastal city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States, famous for its status as a tourist destination. St. Pete Beach was formed from the towns of Pass-a-Grille, Belle Vista, St. Petersburg Beach and unincorporated Pinellas County. At the time of its incorporation in 1957, its name was St. Petersburg Beach. On March 9, 1994, locals voted to officially change the name to the shorter version of St. Pete Beach, to distinguish it from the city of St. Petersburg a few miles to the east. The population was 9,346 at the 2010 census.[5]
St. Pete Beach's downtown is centered on Corey Avenue. This district contains many bars, restaurants and shopping popular with both tourists and locals.[6][7][8] The Pass-a-Grille Historic District and the historic Don CeSar beach resort are located at the southern end of the beach.
St. Pete Beach is located at 27°43′29″N 82°44′31″W / 27.72472°N 82.74194°W (27.724587, -82.741850).[9]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 19.9 square miles (52 km2), of which 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2) is land and 17.6 square miles (46 km2) (88.68%) is water.
St. Pete Beach occupies the entire space of Long Key, a barrier island at the east central edge of the Gulf of Mexico. Three bridges lead into the city, connecting it to Treasure Island, South Pasadena and the Bayway Isles area of St. Petersburg. St. Pete Beach is located about 20 miles south of Clearwater Beach.[10]
|Historical population
|Est. 2018
|U.S. Decennial Census[11]
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 9,929 people, 5,294 households, and 2,726 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,417.8 inhabitants per square mile (1,703.8/km²). There were 7,817 housing units at an average density of 3,478.1 per square mile (1,341.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.61% White, 0.66% African American, 0.55% Asian, 0.22% Native American, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.34% from other races, and 0.57% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.51% of the population. St. Pete Beach has the largest proportion of residents who are Lithuanian-American in Florida (3.3 percent).[12]
There were 5,294 households out of which 10.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.2% were married couples living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 48.5% were non-families. 40.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.82 and the average family size was 2.40.
In the city, the population was spread out with 9.7% under the age of 18, 3.3% from 18 to 24, 22.6% from 25 to 44, 31.3% from 45 to 64, and 33.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 54 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.9 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $47,574, and the median income for a family was $61,434. Males had a median income of $40,938 versus $30,532 for females. The per capita income for the city was $35,514. About 3.7% of families and 7.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.5% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.
Residents are zoned to Pinellas County Schools, the specific school they are zoned for include Azalea Elementary School,[13] Madeira Beach Middle School,[14] and Boca Ciega High School.[15]
In 1915 Sunshine Elementary School opened in Pass-a-Grille. Gulf Beaches Elementary opened in 1950. The Tampa Bay Times said that Gulf Beaches "quickly absorbed most of the kids from Sunshine".[16] Sunshine Elementary School closed on June 6, 1975.[17] The Gulf Beaches School absorbed the traditions of the Sunshine school, including the fish broil fundraiser.[16]
On January 14, 2009, the Pinellas County school board voted 7-0 to close several schools, including Gulf Beaches Elementary School. When the school was in operation, it had annual fish broils. Linda Chaney, the commissioner of St. Pete Beach, and Mary Maloof, the mayor of Treasure Island, had asked the school board not to close Gulf Beaches.[18] The Gulf Beaches campus, which is located on 4.7-acre (1.9 ha) of land in St. Pete Beach, had been closed after the school board faced budget cuts.[19] In addition the year-round population of children had decreased.[20] In 2014, the Pinellas County School Board announced Gulf Beaches would be reopened for the 2014-2015 school year as a technology magnet school.
- ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Jul 7, 2017.
- ^ a b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved August 16, 2019.
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): St. Pete Beach city, Florida". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
- ^ "New Deli Opens on Corey Avenue in St. Pete Beach".
- ^ "St. Pete Beach: Heaven For Tourists".
- ^ "TampaBay.com Things To Do: Corey Avenue Area".
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ "City of St Pete Beach - Official Government Website". www.stpetebeach.org. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ Epodunk ancestry information
- ^ "Elementary Zones for 2012-13." Pinellas County Schools. Retrieved on April 9, 2012.
- ^ "2008-2009 Student Assignment Plan (Middle School)." Pinellas County Schools. Retrieved on April 9, 2012.
- ^ "2008-2009 Student Assignment Plan (High School)." Pinellas County Schools. Retrieved on April 9, 2012.
- ^ a b "Gulf Beaches Elementary closes chapter for St. Pete Beach community." Tampa Bay Times. Tuesday June 2, 2009. Retrieved on April 28, 2013.
- ^ Cabana, Susi. "School Closing Evokes Memories." The St. Petersburg Independent. Saturday June 7, 1975. 1B. Retrieved from Google News (6 of 35) on April 8, 2012.
- ^ Caldwell, Alexandra. "School board votes to close schools." TBN Weekly (Tampa Bay Newspapers). Wednesday January 14, 2009. Retrieved on April 8, 2012.
- ^ Matus, Ron. "Some calling for selloff of Pinellas schools' land holdings." Tampa Bay Times. Monday May 23, 2011. Retrieved on April 8, 2012.
- ^ Dawson, Anastasia (2013-11-12). "Montessori charter school OK'd in St. Pete Beach". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
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|Wikimedia Commons has media related to St. Pete Beach, Florida.
- St. Pete Beach travel guide from Wikivoyage
- City of St. Pete Beach official website
- "Gulf Beaches Elementary School".


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TelePresence is a real-time interactive experience joining a single class together from multiple campuses. High definition video and high quality presentation viewing make the connection between multiple classrooms almost seamless. As a student in a TelePresence course, you may show up in your classroom and the session will begin approximately 4 minutes prior to the course start time.
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Pasta will never cease to amaze us, due to its incredible versatility and ability to morph into hundredshundreds!of different mealsthis ravioli (or tortellini) is the perfect balance of nutty, earthiness, and it's not at all hard to make. For a way to spruce up your week or even an easy entertaining idea, try this recipe; it'll deliver and you'll love it!
Mushroom Walnut Ravioli
Serves 6
- 1 pound mushroom or cheese ravioli
- 10 oz. mushrooms, sliced
- 1 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup parmesan cheese, grated
- 1/3 cup walnuts, roughly chopped
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
- Bring a large pot of salted water to boil and cook pasta according to packaging directions. Drain and set aside.
- In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat and add mushroom and walnuts.
- Saute for 5-6 minutes, or until mushrooms are golden and softened.
- Pour in heavy cream and cook until reduced and thickened. About 5 minutes.
Note: don't let mixture boil once you've poured in the cream.
- Reduce heat to low, stir in parmesan and season with salt and pepper. Taste and adjust seasoning, if necessary.
- Add pasta to sauce and cook for 2 minutes, or until thoroughly coated and warmed through.
- Garnish with more parmesan and serve immediately.
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This is enough to put you off McDonald's for life.
A ten-year-old girl bit into her Big Flavour sweet chilli chicken wrap to find a dead frog.
Dave Buckley, 42, and his daughter Cordellia stopped at a Drive-Thru on October 31st to get some food. But as the young girl bit into her meal she discovered something tough and chewy.
Pulling it out of her mouth Cordellia quickly realised that it wasn't a particularly grisly bit of chicken, but in fact, was a dead frog.
Her dad, from Moreton, Merseyside, said:
She only had a little bit before she felt something funny in her mouth. She spat it into her hand and said 'Ew, this is horrible. What is is?' Then she said, 'It's a frog! It's a frog!'
I was driving down the motorway and she was freaking out. She was going to be sick. I told her not to be silly and to put it into the bag. Then we stopped and it was pretty obvious what it was. I phoned McDonald's. I was disgusted.
Dave says he spoke to the McDonald's customer services, and they told him he'd need to send them the frog in a sample bag, but apparently they 'didn't say sorry'.
He thought it might have been put in there as a 'Halloween prank', adding:
It's not a natural thing, like finding a slug in your lettuce. It was quite obvious that someone had put it in there.
Someone is making these wraps up. A frog doesn't just turn up in a wrap. I don't think it was a mistake, but if it was then it's crazy that someone didn't notice it.
Unsurprisingly, Dave says the incident has put him and his daughter off McDonald's for life.
Common frogs are widespread in the UK and contain salmonella bacteria, which lives in their intestines and can be passed on through contact with people, particularly young children.
McDonald's have been contacted for comment.


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PHS Graduate, teacher/author shares The Lucky Clover, just released novel
Living in the Badlands of western South Dakota and forced into crime after one wrong decision is the basis of the new fiction novel, "The Lucky Clover". Author Nick Heeb's first novel was released Friday, January 18th. Nick, as most of Haakon County remembers him, graduated from Philip High School in 2006, then went on to receive his Bachelor's Degree in History from Black Hills State University, Spearfish, S.D. in 2012. In 2018 he received a Masters Degree in Fine Arts (MFA) from Bowling Green State University in Ohio.
Nick, the son of Ed and Becky Heeb of rural Midland, SD, grew up ranching and farming in Haakon County, where work ethic is very strong and family values are on the top shelf of life.
After graduating from Black Hills State University, Heeb moved to New Mexico to give fiction writing a try. He then received the chance to further his education. "After my time in New Mexico, I was accepted into the MFA program at Bowling Green State University, where I studied under Wendell Mayo," said Heeb. During his time in the program he taught English, Composition, and Creative Writing. Heeb's final two semesters at BGSU were spent fine-tuning the manuscript of his novel while also going to school full-time and teaching at the university. Upon graduation, he moved to Spearfish, S.D. and is currently teaching English at Black Hills State University.
Heeb names one book that drew him to the idea of writing a novel. "After reading Cormac McCarthy's "Child of God" and experiencing the effect it had on me, I decided I wanted to someday do that for others, to write a book a person could read, and say. . . . .I've felt that way, too. I'm not alone," said Heeb.
When asked to explain his passion for writing and sharing literature with others Heeb stated: "Literature is a record of history, a record of one's viewpoint, a way to bridge generations, to reach across social and cultural barriers and make a connection with someone you've never met, someone who may live long after you're gone, someone with an entirely different upbringing and set of ideas from your own. This is the connection that matters. One's language, race, religion doesn't matter where literature is concerned. Literature exists to open the mind, to share ideas, to spread knowledge. I believe in these things. That is why I write."
Nick does give credit to two high school teachers who helped influence his passion for writing. "I have a couple Lauras to thank: Laura Jacobs and Laura O'Connor, both of whom were my English teachers," said Heeb. "Laura Jacobs had us read John Steinbeck, who ultimately became an influence on me as a writer, while I discovered a passion for literature and the techniques of creative writing, an understanding of authorial choices, through Laura O'Connor's in-class discussions."
The effort and hard work finally paid off for Heeb. "My novel was accepted by Shotgun Honey in the fall of 2017, after I'd shopped it around for about six months to agents and other independent presses" stated Heeb. "I'm at work on my next novel; that is to say I'm at work on three separate novels simultaneously."
Heeb said "The Lucky Clover", very simply put is, "A novel about a man living in the Badlands of western South Dakota who is forced into crime after he makes one wrong decision. The entire novel takes place in the Badlands, in a fictional town called Paradise, and it follows the descent of a man as he falls into a life of violence after trying—and failing—to live an honest existence. The novel explores the themes of greed, loyalty, and fate."
The novel is available now, where most books are sold. "A Kindle version is also available," said Heeb. A book launch for the novel is scheduled for Tuesday, February 5th, in Spearfish, S.D. It will be held at 7:30 pm at the Black Box Theater in Woodburn Hall on Black Hills State University's campus.


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Jon Kristofer Cormany
What drives Jon in helping injured workers is a competitive and compassionate nature. This, combined with a thorough knowledge of workplace machinery and industrial processes, has contributed to his successful practice as an attorney.
Born and raised in West Virginia, Jon graduated from Nitro High School in 1986. During his school years, he gained a competitive spirit by participating in baseball, basketball, football, cross country running, swimming, and soccer competitions.
Jon earned a bachelor's degree from Ohio University in 1991. The following three years, he worked in the human services field while completing accounting coursework at West Virginia University. In 1994, he began law school in Michigan, graduating in 1997. Within days after law school graduation, Jon returned to his roots in southern West Virginia where he has continually represented victims of industrial accidents.
Jon and wife, Karen, have two children, Mason and Marissa. When he is not working, Jon spends time with family, serving on his church board, and running, hiking and fishing.
Areas of Practice
- Personal Injury
Bar Admissions
- West Virginia, 1998
- U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia, 1998
- U.S. District Court Northern District of West Virginia, 1999
- Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan
- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
- Major: English
- Nitro High School - 1986
- West Virginia University
- Accounting Coursework
Honors and Awards
- BV Rated by Martindale Hubbell
- Judge John A. Field, Jr., American Inn of Court.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Kanawha County Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- West Virginia State Bar
- West Virginia Association for Justice
- American Association for Justice
Past Employment Positions
- Bucci Bailey & Javins L.C., Partner, 1997 - 2007
Pro Bono Activities
- Elder, Bream Presbyterian Church
- Soccer Coach, Charleston West Side League
- Trout Unlimited Member
- Board of Directors, Bream Preschool
- Volunteer, St. Agnes Catholic School


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My only job is to love myself.
To be there in a way no one else can.
Hand over heart.
My job is not to be there for the world.
To spray compliments and encouragements to you
without ever giving them to myself.
My job is to shine -
My beauty. My worth.
My excellence. My edges.
I will not dull myself to
bring you Happiness.
My job is to cultivate my own
Not yours.
I will shine.
I will hydrate myself.
I will lay out the mat for yoga.
I will curl up in my favorite blanket
and sweatpants and
pour the coffee.
I will
Say Yes,
I will allow myself everything
I want.
This is my only job.
To say yes to myself, and
no to you,
if I must.
I will love myself, and
let you depart,
if I must.
Hand over heart.
This is my only job.


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In this post, from Marvel Comics: Young Avengers #12 and from Vertigo: Fables #135 and The Wake #5. Basically some hysterical and terrifying hipster stuff plus Fables. Not featured: Sex Criminals #3 which was too strange and hilarious to review properly.
Marvel Comics
Young Avengers #12 by Kieron Gillen, illustrated by Jamie McKelvie, cover by Jamie McKelvie
Genre: Fiction, superheroes, action, humor
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Young Avengers will be ending with issue #15 and that makes me so sad on multiple levels. On the one hand, I get why they're doing it, Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie only intended the series to be a one-season story so it wouldn't lose the magic, but on the other I'm just not ready to say goodbye, especially when it's so consistently good. The story, the artwork, the arrival of sexy twenty-something Loki! I don't want it to go! I want to continue living in a hilarious world in which adult superheroes have been brain controlled by an evil parasite from another dimension! ::recreates the entire regeneration of Ten::
Making it even harder to say goodbye was this issue (yet another fabulous one of course) in which the storytelling and the humor were top notch. As usual we get a recap from fake Tumblr (Yamblr), the dialogue is spot on hilarious and the fun is in the details. From the ship renamed to the Panic Station Wagon to Kate Bishop's rallying: "Avengers assemble, I guess" to comments like "the book was better" and the invasion of earth being compared to "a knockoff Converse sneaker stomping on the human face, forever" it's going to be so hard to read the last issue of this super original Marvel series.
Fables #135 by Bill Willingham, illustrated by Mark Buckingham, cover by Greg Ruth
Genre: Fiction, fractured fairy-tale, fantasy, drama
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
As author Bill Willingham recently announced, he will be ending Fables with issue #150, which makes me wonder just where this Camelot-centered arc is going. In this issue, Rose Red continues to try and make her new order of the Knights of the Round Table, complete with giant table, a big-ass castle that she wants built on the farm and a whole slew of wanna-be knights who have traveled into our universe to take part in this new world order.
Meanwhile, Red's sister Snow is dealing with her own problems, including her lack of contact with Rose Red, the fact that her daughter has become a grown-up seemingly overnight and Ozma and the other witches attempts to try and put Bigby Wolf back together again. It's all very complicated and I haven't known where it's been leading for several issues now. But that doesn't stop me from wanting to find out. Both Fables and Fairest will be stopping in early 2015 so start getting caught up now. Despite my waffling, there are some delightful arcs since Willingham ended his plot with the dreaded Adversary.
The Wake #5 by Scott Snyder, illustrated by Sean Murphy, cover by Sean Murphy
Genre: Fiction, horror, mermaids, science fiction
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Scott Snyder's terrifying apocalyptic science fiction horror mini-series is halfway over and it looks like we're finally moving from the underwater world of evil monkey mermaids to the terrible destruction that they have wrought on humanity. In the last issue, Snyder gave us the Grand Daddy Mermaid (or Mama Mermaid, I'm not up on how to tell the gender differences between mermaid monkey monsters) and this issue we see how the crew deals with this threat and the ramifications it could have on the world at large. Also the next five issues in the series.
Lee finally tells us all about her near-death experience that brought her face to face with the very creatures that are hunting her, all gloriously illustrated by Sean Murphy. The man brings a startling combination of beauty and horror with him to this entire series and I wouldn't want another team working on this. It's all very touching and prophetic and symbolic and you will just have to read it to get all the hallucinogenic feels. Add in some mythology and queries about the collective conscious and you have me sold. Bring on the end of the world.


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Here is just a few possible use cases for CATIA Composer showing some nice examples in Sales and Marketing, Quality Assessment, Customer Support and Services, Manuals and Technical Documentation, and Engineering and Manufacturing using imported PMI from CATIA.
BTW, We are still looking for customer demo videos, possible tips or any other Composer skills you would like to highlight. One Customer has just submitted one and I'll be posting it soon.
Come on, lets see what you got, show off your skills impress your co-workers.
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I have a million and one things to do. There are literally 18 days left that I actually have classes on. There are of course more if you count non class days, but seriously. There's no time left. And I can't even think about it for longer than five seconds because I may end up institutionalized before I can even get through the week if I extend that train of thought.
But I have this really awesome/horrible defense mechanism when I'm stressed out. And I literally turn into a crazy person. I begin frantically feeding my soul with things that make my heart happy in spastic, spur of the moment ways that probably just really make everything worse because ultimately... I'm procrastinating.
OH, you want to have a dance party in the car on the back roads?? LET'S GO!
Drive forty-five minutes to sit by a pond and breathe in air that feels less stuffy? YOU BET.
Get hyped up on espresso and brainstorm million dollar ideas that have nothing to do with anything on your to do list?!? RIGHT NOW!
I'm not quite sure if it saves me or lets me caress rock bottom in a happy deluded state. But I think I like it better than alternatives. So. Moving right along.
I just wanted to share something making my heart happy right now. Some friends and I stopped at IKEA last week and it was my first time. It literally made me want to throw out everything I own and start all over again. I was in physical pain. So clean. So organized. So affordable. So FREAKING AWESOME.
Alas. I still have all my belongings. And only indulged in a candle. FROM HEAVEN. For real, people.
When I picked it up and smelled it, I literally yelled, "OH MY GOD THIS SMELLS LIKE... JESUS!" I don't even really know what that means. But there were witnesses. It just popped out. Without consulting my filter. But if you have the opportunity. Buy yourself one.


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At 1:30am Sunday morning my dad passed away. Yesterday was a great big party at my house and today was the memorial.
The memorial was the hardest thing I have ever been through. This whole thing has been the hardest thing I have ever been through. I have been through some dark moments in my life. I have had moments of depression where I was just sad for no reason and all I want to do now is just throw a brick at my younger me and tell her that things could be a million times worse. And I know even this, the death of my father, is not the worst that has happened to people, but it is the worst that has happened to me and I can't stand it.
Half the time I stare at the wall like I am going to make some sense of what has happened. The other half of the time I am crying or trying to tell myself this isn't real. How could this be real? How is it possible that everything my daddy has been through, this is what does him in? And how is it possible that the man I thought was invincible is gone and will never come back. I will never hear him laugh again. I will never fuss at him for bothering me. I will never again tell him something that happened. He will never hug me again and tell me that my speeding ticket was not my fault and that the cops were just out to get me.
I just moved into a brand new house with my family. We haven't even made the first payment. The house is in my daddy's name and now we have no idea what is going to happen. There is a possibility that we will lose the home. But I feel it in my heart that this is home and no one will take that away from my family and me. This is where my dad wanted us and this is where he plans for us to stay.
I feel so broken. And for some reason I am trying to fill my dads shoes, trying to take care of the family myself when I know that we all have to come together and take care of one another.
My dad was my hero. He had been through so much in his life. He was hit by a car, survived the abuse of his parents, broke his neck, and fought his way through life. He loved his knives, guns, and guitars. But most of all, he loved his family. Someone told me that my dad told them just the other week that my mom, brother, and me were his world. We were his everything, and I love that he told someone that, someone that would tell us.
I don't know how people get through this kind of stuff. Maybe it's just having others that need you that helps you keep going. I thought when something this bad happened to me I would just sleep through it. I can't even sleep. I fall asleep and wake up in a panic. I have decided to go back to work tomorrow, but I don't know if I can actually do it. I don't know if I am ready.
Right now I just want a time machine to go back to before everything happened. Before the old house was torn down and we had to live in the rental for 6 weeks. Back to a time when my daddy was alive and well. Back when my family was still whole.


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We couldn't be more thrilled to serve and support the Greater Orlando area in providing a community for those working and enthusiastic about leveraging technology to enhance and widen the capacity of our local nonprofits and movements.
Tech4Good Orlando is a collaboration by the global and nationally recognized epicenters for nonprofit technology, TechSoup Global and Nonprofit Technology Network. Both organizations, in their own special way, are bringing a wealth of expertise and resources and given local communities around the world a platform to learn and grow from each other.
Our mission here in Orlando is to close the information gap and provide the insight and skills needed to guide our organizations forward in today's tech-centric world. Throughout the year, Tech4Good Orlando will host monthly events, practical webinars, first-hand case studies and other insightful nuggets. We intend to serve as your
Nonprofit Technology Resource Hub.
Local Community Partners
Canvs was designed to be the front door to the technology community. Like us, they believe Orlando has the potential to be a nationally-recognized center for technology, and we're working to help make that happen.
Founded in 2008, Cathexis Partners helps nonprofit organizations implement and use technology to raise funds and spread the word about their mission more effectively and more efficiently. Our services include:
- CRM, CMS, and peer-to-peer fundraising software implementation and ongoing support
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- online fundraising campaign strategy and execution
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Only as strong as the weakest link in a chain.
There is no shortcuts to resolving the issues and challenges we face as a society. United we can make the difference.
If you are a part of a non-profit organization that makes this family stronger and in need of a technology partner. We salute you, and looking to hear from you to see how we can play our part.
- White Label IT Departments
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Schmoozin' With Shoshi
I have been producing and hosting my own talk show in Manhattan for well over 2 1/2 years now called Schoomzin' with Shoshi that has been about women's news, celebrity gossip, and events. My live shows begin again Monday, 29th..after the upcoming show I will be changing my show format to focus it on food and lifestyle! I am looking to have guests on to dish about food, wine, food products, etc. I will give you more details when the time gets nearer...It should be a fun & delicious time.
On another note, if you are in the New York City area (or Jersey City/Hoboken area) and would like to host on of my upcoming culinary speakeasies in your home, drop me a line. Basically, I come cook a 3 to 4 course meal, invite peeps who pay a small fee (your meal is fee), then I clean it all up..It's a fun filled soiree, people leave full, happy, and schmoozed out...
Till next time,
~Shoshi, The Kosher Soul Gourmet


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Speaking to Windpower Monthly, Repower VP of offshore development Norbert Giese said that with UK offshore wind a key market, the country would also become a major manufacturing base.
Repower currently has a large manufacturing facility at Bremerhaven in northern Germany.
"The UK has excellent knowledge of working in offshore energy, which we don't really have in Germany," said Giese. "In Germany we have good mechanical and engineering skills. Putting the two together at a UK-based offshore manufacturing hub is a good combination."
The location of the site will be dependent on which Round 3 project Repower thinks it is likely to secure. The company is talking to developers at all Round 3 sites with the exception of Hornsea, which is being co-developed by Siemens.
The new facility could take the form of a 20,000-square-metre site employing hundreds of people and would take 15-18 months to set up.
Other manufacturers GE, Vestas, Mitsubishi and Siemens have all said they are looking at establishing manufacturing bases in the UK to serve the offshore-wind market.
For more see News Analysis in the upcoming September issue


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Rock Climbing Photos : Sport : David over the muddy Verdon
David over the muddy Verdon
Le Galetas is the first climbing area on the North Rim coming from the west. The Verdon was extremely muddy due to 48 hours of rain. The pedalos can be rent 200 yds downstream on the lake shore.
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Fresh, gourmet cheesecakes and wraps.
Shannon's Gourmet Cheesecakes
Fresh, gourmet cheesecakes and wraps.
The cutting edge of what a true "brewpub" experience should be.
Breakfast and lunch restaurant known for great food and "The Fastest Service in the West".
From tacos to chile rellenos, they have something for everyone.
Variety of sure to please build-your-own or specialty burgers including Angus beef, chicken or vegie.
A fine selection of seafood, prime rib, steak.
Old world Italian cuisine served in a comfortable old country atmosphere.
The oldest frontier saloon in Arizona.
Old-time diner serving traditional American breakfast and lunch.
Family run restaurant sharing love and passion for life through great service and great Italian food.
Old-time Western restaurant serving generous breakfast, lunch and dinner.
A casual, yet sophisticated place to meet friends for Sangria or Margaritas while enjoying an extensive Tapas Menu.
Iron Springs Cafe provides great casual dining in a beautiful historic building built in 1894.
Delicious homemade pizza pies.


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Here are some leadership posts that you should go and check out.
- 3 Reasons Why Ministry Leaders Choose to Be Isolated – Eric Geiger
- How to Become a World-Class Christian (Pt. 1) – Rick Warren
- 10 Essential Ingredients for Running an Effective Small Church Internship – Karl Vaters
- 10 Good Leadership Questions To Ask Yourself – Brad Lomenick
- Inside The Strange Head Of A Leader: 5 Mood Swings Any Leader Can Relate To – Carey Nieuhof


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Line up of, from left to right, Semipalmated Plover, Snowy Plover, Piping Plover
Piping Plover
Snowy Plover
Lesser Black-backed Gulls, from left, near adult, 3rd year and adult.
Large numbers of Royal Terns, and many Sanderlings.
Sanibel Beach, yesterday had so many birds on low tide. The best part was seeing the three plover species lined up.
The Piping Plover, was the more rare plover to find on the Sanibel, FL beach. Populations of Piping Plovers are considered Endangered or Threatened mostly due to disturbance from people and habitat loss. Even though Piping Plovers can be found in nearby Ft. Myers on Bunche Beach, they rarely come over to Sanibel. They winter on the southern Atlantic and Gulf coasts and breed on the Atlantic coast, northern Great Plains and along the Great Lakes. Snowy Plovers nest on Sanibel and their numbers are small but holding up. We have seen as many as 12 on one area of the each at the eastern end of the island. Lesser Back-backed Gulls are are considered an uncommon gull but a number winter here and elsewhere in FL. We saw 8 near the plovers. Such a treat to see so many wonderful beach birds together!


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Dyskusja dt. pasma radiowego 700 MHz
Na dzisiejszym posiedzeniu komisji ITRE wymiana poglądów dt. pasma radiowego 700 MHz. Z ramienia komisji jestem sprawozdawcą… i złożyłem poprawki do raportu.
Moje wystąpienie:
General remarks within tabled Amendments
– KEY: we need the fast work, decisions on 700 MHz, and as more harmonization as it is possible and practically – useful.
– It is important for future 5 G development.
– But the possibility for the Member States to exercise the option of 2-year derogation (to postpone the change of band's usage from 2020 to 2022) should be possible under some conditions.
- There is a need to take into account the circumstances of countries such as Poland which is bordering the countries, which are not the members of the EU.
- It causes more difficult conditions for cross-border coordination. And the investments can be much more expensive for fulfilling all technical requirements of separation of the usage of the frequency.
- In order to change the usage of radio band, the international coordination with third countries, adjusted to the rules specified by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) or under bilateral agreements, is required.
- It would be important to support those Polish and some countries – expectations at the ITU conference – by all EU countries.
- It is the sufficient reason to have 2-year derogation provides an adequate flexibility.
– In addition : the key is : ensuring predictability for TV broadcasters and preserving for them a relevant part of the radio spectrum for 2030.
– also : removing the provisions on specific parameters to achieve the service run in the 700 MHz band – eg. 30 mb / s inside and outside buildings. However, the indication of specific data transmission speeds for users residing inside the buildings and outside of them is important – due to the lack of a uniform methodology to measure this type of parameter : is questionable.


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"Nihon teien" is traditional Japanese garden. It was made in temples, famous large compounds, Japanese modern big house of politicians/businesspersons and hotels.
It is general to landscape the garden which enables you to appreciate all four seasons in Japan by harnessing a centered pond, undulating land, garden rock and vegetation.Originally, the way of enjoying "Nihon Teien" is freedom. That you appreciate and take a leisurely walk with feeling changes of visual, unevenness of terrain and garden path is enough to enjoy it.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education reported last week that colleges aren't providing enough hybrid courses, as shown in a recent survey of over 20,000 current and prospective students. Eduventures, the consulting firm that conducted the survey, discovered that although 33 percent of prospective students chose hybrid learning as their preferred format, only 19 percent of current students were actually enrolled in hybrid courses. The gap is attracting attention, and Eduventures believes the lack of hybrid courses offered by colleges is the cause of it.
Hybrid learning has been praised and supported by many in the education world. By increasing the number of hybrid courses offered, colleges could potentially increase student satisfaction while saving money. However, most colleges are still having problems with finding a stable halfway-point between traditional face-to-face and online learning.
Although the report itself isn't available for free online, the full Chronicle article can be found here.


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Despite placing himself in some shitty movies, Sam Worthington has made a pretty strong career for himself, if by doing nothing more than picking movies that make boatloads at the box office. The Australian native found himself starring in the highest grossing film of all time, Avatar back in 2009, and since he's on far more publicity tours for other films than James Cameron, he's the one constantly being asked about the film's proposed sequels.
At a recent press outing for his upcoming film, The Debt, Worthington was asked where the Avatar sequels stand and Collider has the answer.
Jim talked to me on my birthday. In regards to Avatar, he's writing the bible, at the moment, which is a precursor to Avatar 1 and the whole world, basically. I think it's just to get Jim's mind back into the characters and back into the world. He's told me where he wants to take Avatar 2 and 3, and it's monumental. It's just huge! But, you'd expect nothing less from him. He's not going to start it until he's 100%. I know they're setting up shop down in Manhattan Beach, and when he says jump, I jump.
Not surprisingly, Worthington is ready to jump back into the mocap gear and start working with the legendary director again. The bible will hopefully not take Cameron too long to finish, but we know from experience that for him to reach "100%" can sometimes take ten years.
Worthington's other blockbuster smash from recent years was Clash of the Titans, for which director Louis Letterier must have traded his soul for box office profits. The film is getting sequelized in the form of Wrath of the Titans from director Jonathan Liebesman, whose most recent outing Battle Los Angeles didn't fare too well. But Worthington has great things to say about the film and director-- not a surprise from an actor paid to say nice things about his movie, but still maybe reason to hope it'll be the Clash of the Titans film that we should have gotten in the first place.
With Jim [Cameron], it comes down to Jim. Titans made a lot of money. A lot of people went and saw it. We've just got to make it right. I've just finished that. I loved it! I loved that experience. Clash 2 is so different. It was a different experience for me because I'd learned a lot from Clash 1, and I'd learned a lot from other movies. I can't wait for that to come out. But, I'm not surprised at all.
I love that Worthington is careful to only say the film made a lot of money, not that people loved it. Because guess what, no one did.
Expect Worthington to continue getting pestered about the Avatar sequels right up until the films finally see the light of day, which may not be for quite some time. But with Wrath of the Titans due out in March 2012 and production just wrapping up, expect a lot more marketing to start coming our way very, very soon.


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Mali's war: Far from over
Across Mali
By Joe Penney
Since French troops first arrived in Mali on January 11, 2013, I have spent all but one week of 2013 covering the conflict there. The first three weeks were probably the most intense I have ever worked in my life, and at times, the most frustrating. French troops hit the ground at a pace which far outstripped most journalists' ability to cover events, and media restrictions forced journalists to focus on something other than fighting.
Many other journalists have lamented the stringent media restrictions, which at a certain point meant that when the French and Malian took control of Gao, most of the journalists were blocked at a Malian army checkpoint in Sevare, more than 600km (370 miles) southwest. But after the initial push resulting in the seizure of nearly all of Mali's territory, the jihadist groups opted for a more insurgent-like approach, targeting the Malian army with suicide bombs and surprise attacks in Gao, Timbuktu and Kidal.
It is clear that this war is not like many others. After a month of complaining that we were not given access to the frontline, on one of the first few days I arrived in Gao, the frontline came to us. We had heard lots of gunfire throughout the night and then in the morning, Malian and French forces engaged in a day-long street battle with jihadists who had taken control of several key administrative buildings downtown. The attack on Gao and other attacks, like Thursday's in Timbuktu, show that the danger in this war is that it can erupt at any time, in any place.
I've covered Mali since last year's coup d'etat, and have watched the country unravel from what Western observers had called "a stable democracy" to a country cut in half, occupied by jihadist rebels, to the French military intervention that has restored most of the landlocked nation's territory.
While I am grateful to have witnessed up close and in fine detail such an important time in Mali's history, my sentiments are tempered by a knowledge that the war is far from over. While French, Chadian and Malian forces have swiftly won back a vast territory, Mali's many political, military, economic and humanitarian problems will not go away tomorrow.
Mali fell apart because it was not able to stand on its own. It was threatened with losing more than half its territory, and only stayed as one country because of a French military intervention. Once the French leave the future is uncertain. Western and Malian politicians seem doomed to repeat mistakes made in the run-up to Mali's collapse. While Malian citizens are resolute and optimistic, they know the road ahead is not likely to be smooth.
I am reminded of this when I think about the girl walking along a ledge in Gao. She has made it half way to her destination on a ledge with limited room to maneuver, but seems unsure she can continue so she looks back over her shoulder in distress.
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Early Schedule Released
The J/i planning committee has released an early schedule, with two full days packed with panels, keynotes, research sessions, the J/i Teach-A-Thon and Saturday afternoon, hands-on skills training .
The tentative program can be found on the program page, above.
Some highlights:
- Reps from Circa, Quartz, Digital First Media and Now This News, on the news ecosystem
- Ten Lessons Learned in Teaching Mobile
- The Adventures and Misadventures of Student Reporting in and of the Real World
- A conversation with the folks behind the tablet eyetrack study
- Alberto Cairo and Derek Willis on data and design
- Skills Training: Adobe Premiere vs. Final Cut, Fact Checking Social Media, Mobile Tools and Mobile Reporting
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Kandersteg International Scout Centre (KISC) in Switzerland is a World Centre belonging to the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). Over 3,000 UK Scouts visit Kandersteg each year, taking part in adventurous activities, making international friends and experiencing the unique Kandersteg campfires.
Opened in 1923, Baden-Powell intended Kandersteg to be a place where Scouts could experience a 'permanent mini-Jamboree'. KISC combines a campsite and indoor accommodation with programme support and a volunteer staff team from all over the world.
Kandersteg International Scout Centre is situated at 1,200 metres above sea level approximately 40 miles south of Bern, the capital of Switzerland. The Centre is at the southern end of the small, traditional village of Kandersteg and is open both to groups and individuals, Scouts and non-Scouts, throughout the year.
Kandersteg is easy to travel to and provides an excellent base for sightseeing, exploring the Alps and meeting Scouts from around the world. In co-operation with KISC the Switzerland Travel Centre is offering exclusive rail tickets for Scout groups travelling to Kandersteg.


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On Friday nights in summer, Tauranga comes alive at the Gourmet Night Market at The Mount. There are food trucks galore and families and friends will spread out their picnic mats and chairs and hang out, eating while the sun sets.
It's a fantastic night out and we have been a couple of times this summer. This time we ended our dinner of wood fired pizza, mussel fritters and karaage chicken with a banana and dulce de leche empanada which was DELISH!


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Solomon Islands is a vast archipelago of 922 islands, 347 of them inhabited. It stretches from Papau New Guinea toward Fiji along the northeastern edge of Melanesia.
During World Two great battles were fought around what is now Honiara, the capital city on the island of Guadalcanal.
One of the last corners of the Pacific to be Christianized and ultimately colonized, Solomon Islands is still considered an arch of instability today. This reputation is undeserved as the bulk of the country is quite safe.
Munda and Gizo in the west are dive destinations, yet Solomon Islands caters best to the adventure traveler in search of the untouched South Seas.
Hotels are not plentiful, but a close examination of our Solomon Islands map reveals the many travel possibilities.
The war relics, lush rainforests, and virgin reefs are unsurpassed. Those capable of getting beyond the evening news will discover a fascinating South Pacific country.
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Jack turned two years old this weekend. Can you believe it?
We celebrated with a small party on Saturday and saved Sunday for just the three of us. We gave him a gift and had brunch at a place that has a live band. Jack loved it. They even put a giant sombrero on his head and sang to him. Yesterday afternoon I tried to snap some photos of him to document the milestone. He was way more interested in playing than posing but I still got a few good ones.
He regularly gets compliments on his eyes. They're definitely Nick's.
This kid is obsessed with apples–he could eat several a day. He also really enjoys milk, cheese, and anything sweet.
His favorite things are books, swimming, Elmo, and Let It Go, as well as playing outside, animals, music of all kinds, and cuddling. He impresses me every day. It's easy to fall into the trap of comparing him to other children, especially in this age of social media. I want to document the things he's doing for my own reminiscence, but I don't want to brag. So often when I see a friend post on Facebook about the cutest thing her toddler just said I catch myself wondering whether her child is more advanced than mine. It's ridiculous–they're two! So, with the caveat that each child develops at his or her own pace, here are a few things Jack has started doing that I'd like to remember: singing his ABC's (mostly just the same few letters over and over again to the tune of the song); counting, though often out of order; naming the colors yellow and blue; naming familiar people and pets; running, which is kind of a big deal seeing as he didn't walk until 19 months; testing limits and boundaries; naming body parts; and this isn't new, but he gives lots of huge and cuddles. He's a very sweet boy and we just love him to pieces.


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So you're just starting off and want to get to know your kitchen a little better? What better way to start your kitchen than with a shining new chefs knife! In this post I'll go over some of the basics:
Different types of kitchen knives
Introduction to chefs knives and brands
Best ways to look after your personal set of knives
There are so many different types of knives that it might get rather confusing sometimes. This is a small guide to the most common knives. (Don't worry, if you're getting started there are only three knives you really need in your kitchen.)
The Big Four
Chef's Knife
Now I have to admit that I occasionally sin and call this one my "baby" (GF doesn't seem to like the idea). The chef knife is the cooks best friend, originally used to cut large chunks of beef it became a very practical tool to just about anything. Chef knives usually come in 6-14 inches in length and vary widely in weight. Personally I can only use the 8-9 inch knife but preference is very personal – my girlfriend only uses the 7 inch one. The chef knife is your "Go To" knife for so many things – from cutting vegetables and herbs, crushing garlic, slicing steak, carving watermelon to whacking coconuts! So its important to have one you like and can trust. A kitchen must by any standard!
Paring Knife
This tiny knife is proof that size matters! Plenty of tasks in the kitchen that only true experts manage to make with the chef knife alone – like paring (duh?!) . Paring knives really vary in size weight and structure but they all mean the same thing. If you're looking to carve fruit, carefully slice herbs or supreme citrus – this is the knife to use. By the way, once you start supreming citrus you can never stop! (you have been warned)
Serrated Utility Knife
Roughly – it's to a bread knife what a paring knife is to the chef knife. (did that come out too complicated?) basically this knife is usually 4-7 inches long and ha a sharp and serrated side – it cuts cleanly through fruits and vegetables but is mostly used to cut through bageles and such. Giving it the name "sandwich knife". I don't think this knife is a must – but have either this or a bread knife – you won't enjoy going to toe to toe with a large loaf of bread, only wielding an 8 inch chef knife.
Boning Knife
Or as we call call it "The Boner"! So the boning knife is essentially a thinner and somewhat flexible, meant to get into the tough spaces between the bone and meat. Boning knives come can be very flexible to fillet fish al the way to very strong ones for beef. I recommend starting with a mildly flexible one – mainly for chicken.
The "Large Knives"
Bread Knife
Not much to explain – the bread knife is long and it's serrated groves are usually rather large and are specifically designed to cleanly slice through the bread – not crush it.
Carving Knife
Between 8-15 inches, the carving knife looks like a "stretched out" chefs knife. This knife has an extremely sharp edge and usually used with meet – to either thinly slice it or reach in to deep areas.
A classic horror movie prop, the cleaver is a very large rectangular knife which does look frightening from afar. The cleaver is heavy to hold and is thick all the way to the bottom where it narrows down to a sharp edge. It is used for splitting or cleaving meat and bone. Definitely not your first knife, it's rarely used at home unless you decide to start cleaning your own meat – from full bodied to steaks.
The "Small Knives"
Fluting Knife
Short straight blade, it looks like a smaller, stronger and sharper version of the paring knife. Mostly used for careful peeling and decorating.
Mincing Knife
Used with both hands and is quite a lot of fun on the cutting board. Basically used to finely mince or chop vegetables and herbs.
Peeling knife
this too is closely related to the paring knife. The name says it all – mainly used for peeling and specifically to make the "tournè" cut – mainly with root vegetables.
Trimming Knife
Resembling a miniature boning knife, this too is used sometimes for removing meat from the bone, or for special and delicate decorations – such as radish rose.
Of course ther is plethora of other knives as well but i just wanted to give you a general overview. My reccomdation would be to start off with a good chef knife, a decent paring knife and a bread/serrated utility knife. That should get you started just fine!
If you're looking for a certain company – "Global" and "Wusthof" make some of the best knives in the world, but there really is a huge range of knives and companies. Decide what your budget is and go for it! Start cooking!
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William M. Dowd reports and comments on the world of wine. (From Dowd's Guides)
Portugese grape crops destroyed
Get ready to pay higher prices for authentic port wine from Portugal.
Severe storms this week destroyed more than 4,200 acres of grapes in northern Portugal, according to the country's Agriculture Ministry. That leaves about 11,500 acres of grape production. Hail also fell in June last year, causing damage to hundreds of acres.
Heavy rain hit the country from Tuesday, causing floods and damage from north to the south of the country and injuring 16 in the northern town of Famalicao.
Agriculture Minister Jaime Silva said hailstones "the size of quail eggs" fell on crops on Wednesday in Alijo, Sao Joao da Pesqueira, Tabuaco and Sabrosa, four of the most important port-producing regions.
Several local officials, however, have said that up to 80 percent of the port wine crops in their districts was lost in the storms.
Portugal sold 24.7 million gallons of port wine last year, according to the Port and Douro Wines Institute (PDWI).
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"Not Dead Yet" (Crown Archetype, $28)
Phil Collins is arching an eyebrow on the cover of his new memoir, as if to let you know he's in on the joke. The book is called "Not Dead Yet," a rather wry declaration from one of pop music's most buoyant hitmakers, who's not exactly wizened at 65.
"Well, my health seems to have been the subject of much speculation in certain parts of the press," Collins told the Times, alluding to his hearing loss and the chronic upper-body pain that has left him walking with a cane. "And it's sort of a Monty Python-esque kind of dark humor. Coughing up blood but not dead yet."
The new book coincides with, if we're being frank, yet another unlikely comeback for the pillar of 1980s soft rock and erstwhile drummer (and lead singer, post-Peter Gabriel) for Genesis. As a solo artist, his reign on the charts was unrivaled, loaded with anthems – "In the Air Tonight," "Against All Odds," "Another Day in Paradise," "Sussudio" -- that still pop up in elevators, grocery stores and at wedding receptions. (And, OK, probably on that scratched-up CD in your car, too.)
With refreshing candor, Collins dissects his life on and offstage, leaving little to the imagination. He remembers how he lost his virginity (spoiler alert: quickly), the wreckage of three failed marriages, the highs and lows of being a global pop star, the bumpy road to sobriety, and the career renaissance he never expected.
"If you want to tell a story, you tell it properly," he says. "This is an open, honest account of my life the way I remember it."
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Q: You mention in the prologue that once you retired from recording in 2010, you figured your career was over. Why was that?
A: I hung up my boots because I had two young children at the time. I tried to retire in 2004 and 2005. In 2000, when my hearing started to go a bit wonky, I thought, "Well, that's all over. Fine. I'll do something else." By 2004, my brain had adjusted and I thought I'd go out one more time and then be a stay-at-home dad for (my sons) Nic and Matt. I think Orianne, my wife, may have gotten a little scared at the sound of retirement. And I kind of got tired, fed up, with being me. I just felt that I had done a lot and here I was in a third marriage that wasn't working out. I think my self-esteem was a little low, so I just decided to stop and deal with what I had to deal with. The reason to come back now was because my youngest kids were prodding their old man to do something.
Q: By the end of the book, there's a gratifying sense that your work has translated to younger artists such as Adele. When did you start to notice that?
A: There's an album called "Urban Renewal" (a 2001 tribute record) where a whole bunch of hip-hop guys did different versions of my songs. A pivotal moment to me was when, by chance, I watched a documentary about Ice-T. (It revealed the rapper owned several albums by Collins.) At that point, I thought, wow, considering I did become a whipping boy for the '80s and '90s -- slightly more so in Europe -- this was to me vindication that what I was doing actually was OK. These (were) guys who were playing the modern-day equivalent of the Four Tops and the Temptations, and that was the R&B I grew up on. The fact that I was doing something that had touched them vindicated something that I had hoped for but didn't think I'd get.
Q: What sort of books do you like to read?
A: Stephen Fry is one of my favorite writers, and I've read all of his books. I find him very funny, and he writes beautifully. Also Peter O'Toole. He died before he wrote the third part of his memoirs, but I loved the first two, and they were wonderful to read. He (had) an old-style English eloquence. I love autobiographies.
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January 5, 2016
Plover, WI: One of the top challenges for the trucking industry in the coming year will be to deal with the capacity crunch. The goal is to attract and retain qualified professional drivers. One way to do this is to increase the percentage of women who currently comprise less than six percent of the driver population, despite a presence of over fifty percent of the workforce as a whole.
The Women In Trucking Association, Inc. (WIT) has partnered with many of the industry's top authorities to compile a guide on how to attract female professional drivers. This 23-page publication includes research on what women look for in a carrier and what attracts women into the industry.
Research conducted by graduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Stout show the top five job attributes cited by female drivers. The students also studied recruiting strategies and what works best for various age groups of the female respondents. They identified how certain words and graphics attract a women's attention to a recruiting ad.
In 2014, WIT held a recruiting ad contest with the winning ad chosen by female drivers. The comments were especially insightful and provided greater understanding of how potential female drivers perceive the ad's descriptions and graphics.
Information from industry sources include data from Staymetrics and Strategic Programs, Inc. that contributed data about driver pay and turnover relating to gender. The guide includes comparisons between female drivers and their male counterparts.
"This publication is the result of years of research and extensive data collection from our industry partners and the students at UW-Stout," said Ellen Voie, WIT's President and CEO. "Our mission at Women In Trucking incudes increasing the percentage of women employed in trucking, and drivers are an important part of this goal. This guide breaks down the recruiting aspect into why, how, and where to recruit female drivers."
The Women In Trucking recruiting guide itself was designed by Woolly is only available (free) to corporate members of WIT. Contact WIT ([email protected]) to request your copy. For information about the publication or to join the nonprofit association visit www.womenintrucking.org.
Women In Trucking Association, Inc. is a nonprofit association established to encourage the employment of women in the trucking industry, promote their accomplishments and minimize obstacles faced by women working in the trucking industry. Membership is not limited to women, as 16 percent of its members are men who support the mission. Women In Trucking is supported by its members and the generosity of Gold Level Partners: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, Daimler Trucks North America, BMO Transportation Finance, Great Dane Trailers, J.B. Hunt Transport, Ryder System, Inc., U.S. Xpress, and Walmart. Follow WIT on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn. For more information, visit http://www.womenintrucking.org or call 888-464-9482.


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text: Following the teachings of Christ has lots of benefits – financial security, relational stability, moral margin. But at some point, being a Christian will cost you something. You'll feel a nudge to start, stop, get out of, or maybe go. In this message, Andy reframes the choices you have when following Christ begins to cost you something. Will it be worth it to give in to the nudge?


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It's been rumored for a while that Microsoft would eventually allow its partners to start building 7- and 8-inch tablets running Windows RT or Windows 8. After making a seemingly minor adjustment to the minimum Windows 8 hardware requirements, it appears as though Microsoft is now ready to open the floodgates.
The spec change allows for devices to be built with a minimum resolution of 1024×768 pixels. Previously, the lowest resolution that a device could offer and still receive Windows certification was 1366×768. Why change now? In Microsoft's March 2013 Windows Certification Newsletter, it said that "partners exploring designs for certain markets could find greater design flexibility helpful." Which certain markets? Why, the lower-priced and smaller tablet markets, of course. The popularity of these devices has skyrocketed in the past year, with tablets like the iPad mini, Nexus 7, Kindle Fire, and Galaxy Tab 2 all striking a chord with consumers.
There is one catch, however, if a manufacturer like Asus or Samsung decides it wants to build an iPad mini-sized Windows 8 tablet. There has to be clear disclaimer notifying shoppers that the device doesn't support snap. In case you're not familiar with it, that's Microsoft's name for the Windows 8 and RT feature that lets you run two Windows 8-style apps side-by-side.
It's hard to imagine "*snap not included" driving many consumers away from a device. Most don't know what it is and won't care, as long as these tablets sell for less than $300.
Yes, it would be nice to be able to utilize snap on a small Windows tablet if you wanted to, but with significantly less real estate (322 pixels is a lot of horizontal space to give up) the split-screen experience wouldn't be all that great. Ultimately, though, this move allows Microsoft and its partners to get to work on devices that the public clearly wants to buy. We'll just have to wait and see if anyone actually wants to buy them if they run Windows 8 or Windows RT.


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Snow Boots
A pair of shoes clicked in a bright day light entering through the door. The camera is set to Program and the picture is taken in my favorite Black & White mode. Photoshop has been used to brighten the white color and darken the black color in the picture.
Qlikd on: 26th January 2009
Qlikd with: Canon S5IS
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Been watching the garden carefully the last few days and was rewarded by a Sibe this am....a Yellow-browed Warbler...a sprite that has come all the way from Siberia.
We had one in 2015 prior to that one in 2009...we have been here 50 years.
They appear to be getting more common.


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Following last year's devastating tornado, Joplin native and documentary filmmaker Erica Tremblay returned to the town to visit her family and friends and to see how she could help rebuild her hometown.
After witnessing the destruction caused by the natural disaster, Tremblay's producing partner suggested that they get together a crew and document the stories of the people she knew.
The documentary "Heartland" is the end result, and Tremblay appears on "Early Start" this morning to discuss her work and to explain the back story behind the film.
Tremblay says that while the film began as a disaster documentary, it quickly turned into a story about the human spirit, and how it heals after tragedy.
While she says that working on the project helped her heal, Tremblay explains that it also kept her in the thick of the disaster every day, reminding her about just how much her neighbors had lost in the tragedy.


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With great strides being made on the Marshmallow updating front as far as both the One M8 and One M9 are concerned, and the One A9 running the newest Android iteration out the box, you might be wondering what's next for HTC.
The Taiwan-based hardware manufacturer never issued an official list of devices slated to move past Lollipop, nor did it confirm once rampant rumors of the One E8, M8s, Butterfly 2 and 3, Desire 820, 826 and Desire Eye following M8, M9 and A9's suit on the 6.0 bandwagon.
But now, we're hearing from a very reputable tipster that the 2014 HTC Desire Eye has finally been "confirmed" for an Android 6.0.1 + Sense 7.0 upgrade, which will go down at some point "later this year."
We're guessing the mid-range 5.2-incher isn't as much of a priority as, say, the newer One E9, E9+, M9+ or ME, but at the same time, based on its age and capabilities, it should really get its software promotion before the Desire 626, One E8 or Butterfly 2 do.
Bottom line, we're expecting the selfie expert to score the battery life, security and performance-centric goodie pack between April and June, which would be a more than decent turnaround time for a phone long gone from the spotlight.
It might be a good idea to purchase the HTC Desire Eye early, as Amazon sells it for $200 unlocked with US-specific connectivity, as well as a nice pair of 13MP cameras, quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB expandable storage, and Full HD display.


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Catherine, the first HD title to come from Atlus, has been a major success in Japan. It's even outselling Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, quite the accomplishment that goes to show that the Japanese truly love their trippy RPGs.
Fans of the Shin Megami Tensei series in the U.S. have been clamoring for this title, but Atlus hasn't made a peep about a North American release, leaving their loyal American followers to pray for a U.S. launch. Those prayers might be answered, if the rumors of tomorrow's announcement are true.
Apparently, the North American GameStop site had Catherine listed for a release date of July 26th, however this was quickly taken down but was cached by Google (yes, yet another GameStop early "accidental" release). This news also comes as a surprise since Atlus claimed that it wasn't planning to bring the title to the United States.
Other rumors are swirling around the internet that Atlus is planning an official announcement tomorrow regarding the localization of Catherine. Ever since this game was first announced, Persona fans have been squealing with glee in anticipation to play the first HD title from the developer. However, unlike past titles, this will not be an JRPG but an action-adventure game.
It's unknown how Persona fans will react to this, though we expect they'll love it since gamers who enjoyed one Atlus title tend to like them all. As seen in a previous trailer, Catherine is intended for adult audiences and is designed to startle but not scare the player. The game's focus on the bizarre is definitely drawing the attention of many gamers, including this one, who hasn't picked up a JRPG in a long time.
If these rumors are true, check back here tomorrow for the official announcement, and expect to see Catherine on the PS3 and Xbox 360 in July.
Are you excited to hear that Catherine might be coming to North America, or have you already imported a copy from Japan?
[Update: it's official. Catherine will be coming to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this Summer. GameStop and Amazon list the date as July 26,2011.]
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