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Dublin City Pub Crawl, Dublin City
Oh Dublin! Lacking in grand, elegant monuments, Dublin expresses its living history with her pubs – the lifeblood of an evolving city. Up and down every city street, whether cobbled or paved, the Dublin City Pub Crawl will expose the true Dublin pub scene, sharing with you the authentic soul of this magnificent capital.
With passion for Dublin in one hand and a pint of Guinness in the other, experienced tour leaders will enthusiastically share with you their intimate knowledge of Dublin. With a tour of some of Ireland's best pubs, the excitement of Dublin is brought to life, encapsulating both the traditional and the contemporary. You will experience the perennial social charm of Dublin while meeting new friends from all over the world.
The pub crawl lasts for approximately three hours, features live Irish music, pint of Irish-brewed beer and pub grub included and culminates by dancing the night way in a top Dublin nightclub. You must be eighteen or older to participate on the Dublin City Pub Crawl, so please bring official identification
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Women In Politics, An Initiative by WIN-Belize
Even though there have been small steps, the odds are against women who want to become involved in the front lines of politics. One organization that wants to reverse these statistics is WIN-Belize. Earlier today, about seventy aspiring female politicians were honored after completing training on how to position themselves to be successful in politics. The program covered a wide range of relevant topics on the political system. Duane Moody reports from Old Belize.
Duane Moody, Reporting
The Women Issues Network in Belize, better known as WIN-Belize, today held a graduation ceremony at the Old Belize Pavilion. A total of seventy-one aspiring women politicians from across the country gathered to receive certificates after completing weeks of training. The group of women is essentially aspiring for political office at the village and town council levels. Executive Director of WIN-Belize, Carolyn Reynolds, explains how the training prepares the women to be leaders.
Carolyn Reynolds, Executive Director, WIN-Belize
"Each of these women had to complete at least forty-nine hours of training sessions and they did. I also need to mention that some trainees who completed the program are not able to be here due to illness, work schedules and being out of the country. The purpose of this training program is to strengthen women's political participation in leadership capacities including those from rural and indigenous backgrounds to prepare for and to contest local and national elections. The areas covered were the concept of gender, how the political system works, advancing within the political parties, strategic positioning, campaign financing, dealing with political rallies and dealing with the media."
Three groups were set up to accommodate the many women from the north and the south, Belize City and Belmopan who took part in the training sessions. The women include teachers, community leaders, village and town councilors, as well as public officers, employees of private institutions and students. Graduates also spoke about the experience and how it has prepared them for the political field.
Shanine Campbell, Graduate
"I am grateful to be amongst present politicians, consulates, village women, aspiring politicians and political advisors…all in all future women leaders for a country that is desperately in need of the warmth of a woman's heart."
Jacklyn Burns, Graduate
"Today I am honored to speak on behalf of the women in cohort two, women in leadership. I shared eight memorable weeks with women built of palladium that unbreakable glass that stands attacks and responds with upstart resilience. Training with these intelligent, hardworking, innovative and creative sisters have been nothing short of profound. To summarize, I highlight the three most important lessons that training to be leaders has planted in me. As women, we are individually responsible to lend support to each other regardless of political affiliation or any other dividing factor. We must become each other's ladders, safety nets and pulleys. It is only after we have climbed this proverbial mountain that we will truly see the magnitude of Belizean women leaders."
Nayomi Lara, Graduate
"We believe in change for women, family, community and Belize. my walk through this course made me realize the need for more women to meaningfully participate in Belizean politics where change could be effected to improve our families, community, our country."
Also giving remarks at the ceremony today was UNDP Officer in Charge of Democratic Governance, Elishah St. Luce. She says that cultural and traditional norms are but few of the challenges facing women wanting to be in politics.
Elishah St. Luce, UNDP Officer in Charge, Democratic Governance Portfolio
"The commitment embedded in the MDG-three, is that by 2015, Belize would have made consistent and continuous improvements in the relative capacity of women to access opportunities to serve as representatives. In order for this to happen, some of the root causes of women's absence from political leadership roles need to be addressed. It is evident that women at the national level are not only less likely to be voted into office, but are also less likely to enter into public life. And in interviews with women suggest that cultural norms and traditional perception of the roles of women predominate and as such women continue to work behind the scenes."
The training was held under the theme, "Strengthening Women's Representation in National Leadership in Belize." Duane Moody for News Five.


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The COLI Hotel Shenzhen
- Free WiFi and free parking
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What's around The COLI Hotel Shenzhen
- Shenzhen Longgang Universiade Center - 27 min walk
- Longgang Vanke Plaza - 2.8 mi / 4.5 km
- Dafen Oil-Painting Village - 11.2 mi / 18 km
- Wutong Mountain - 12.3 mi / 19.8 km
- Hongfa Temple - 18.4 mi / 29.6 km
- Dameisha Beach - 19.2 mi / 31 km
- OCT East - 19.6 mi / 31.6 km
Getting around
- Shenzhen (SZX-Shenzhen Intl.) - 52 min drive
- Hong Kong Sheung Shui Station - 25 min drive
- Hong Kong Lok Ma Chau Station - 26 min drive
- Hong Kong Fanling Station - 27 min drive
- Ailian Station - 28 min walk
- Free area shuttle
At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 418 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 26 floors
- 24-hour check-in
- Check-out time is noon
- Express check-in/out
Required at check-in
- Credit card or cash deposit required for incidental charges
- Government-issued photo ID required
Travelling with others
- Pets not allowed
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in public areas
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms
- Free self parking
- Free area shuttle within 5 km
Payment types at the property
- Cash
Other information
- Smoke-free property
In the hotel
- Buffet breakfast daily (surcharge)
- 2 restaurants
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee shop/café
- 24-hour room service
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- Outdoor pool
- Children's pool
- Fitness facilities
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Business center
- Number of meeting rooms - 8
- Conference space
- Conference space size (meters) - 2530
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Year Built - 2011
- Elevator
- ATM/banking
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Garden
- Chinese
- English
In the room
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Bathrobes
- Slippers
- Iron/ironing board
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Soundproofed rooms
- Turndown service
- Premium bedding
- Pillowtop mattress
- Individually decorated
- Private bathroom
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Rainfall showerhead
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- 37-inch LCD TV
- Digital TV channels
- Desk
- Free newspaper
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
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Special features
DiningCOLI Café - Overlooking the garden, this buffet restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Reservations are required.
The Orchard - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant specializes in Chinese cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Reservations are required. Open daily.
Flamenco Lounge - Onsite lobby lounge. Open daily.
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Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
Optional extras
Rollaway beds are available for CNY 200.00 per night
Buffet breakfast is offered for an extra charge of CNY 126 per person (approximately)
We have included all charges provided to us by this property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the unit you book.
Recent reviews
Very Good 8.4 From 33 reviews
The hotel is great. Clean and modern, very good service, buffet breakfast is good. The only thing is the location - there's nothing much around it, not much choice for food in the area. And it is hard to call a taxi. But the hotel itself is great. I am on a business trip and my work is ten minutes walk from it so it's fine with me. The room is big and comfortable with a great view.
Location was perfect for purpose but staff could not speak or understand English so it was quite difficult to even order food.
The hotel facility is great, but the font desk was little confused upon my arrival, stated my name wasn't in there system.
The staff (other than managers) struggled with english. It took 2 people to check me in. When checking in, I asked how much the buffet breakfast was and I was told 1022 Yuan. I thought that is pretty expensive so I opted for room service "American breakfast" at 108 Yuan. Ordering breakfast took about 5 minutes, again due to language barrier. Breakfast was cold when it arrived. When breakfast was delivered, the girl gave me the bill. I asked to charge it to my room since I had put a 1000 Yuan deposit down when I checked in the night before. She used her translate app on her phone to say the Front desk said no deposit so must pay cash. Not thinking, I paid her cash and she left. I went to the front desk about 90 minutes later and asked if I had any changes on my account and was told, breakfast. I explained that I paid cash. He kinda smirked at me and said he would discuss with the kitchen and sort it out. At checkout I was told that there were no breakfast charges but mini bar charges. I didn't have a mini bar. I said there shouldn't be any charges. I had asked for a taxi to the airport and the other clerk tried to rush me to the taxi before my checkout was complete. She said everything was clear and my deposit would be refunded and I was rushed out without getting an invoice. FYI, I found out after that the morning buffet was the same price as my room service breakfast. Poor wifi.
Nice clean modern hotel with excellent breakfast and lovely large rooms and bathrooms
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I just won a grant for grant from my university to re-develop the music theory curriculum. In our grant proposal, we emphasized two major developments: a more thorough integration between theory and performance, and a modular design that gives students flexibility and choice.
Disclaimer: this blog post might be riddled with errors and weird punctuation. I'm trying for the first time to use dictation to write this post instead of the keyboard. I have bad injury in my wrists, currently diagnosed as tendinitis, and I'm trying to avoid typing as much as possible.
Modular design
The part of this whole plan that I'm the most invested in is getting popular music into a central part of the theory curriculum. I believe that popular music needs to be taught on its own, within its own context, in order to really elevate it to the same level that we put classical music on. Most commonly, incorporation of popular music into the theory curriculum looks like dropping in a few relevant pop music examples into the curriculum that's entirely designed around learning classical music. This continues to subordinate the importance of popular music to the importance of classical music. For example, if your focus is on teaching students the grammar of a classical phrase and the progression from tonic to subdominant to dominant, any examples from popular music that you pull is kind of tokenizing popular music—because in general, popular music does not abide by this grammar. There's a lot more that I could say about that, but I'll refrain for now. Suffice it to say I believe that pop music needs to be taught in its own class.
If we're ever going to be able to change the content of the theory curriculum, we have to let some things go that we wish we could otherwise include. In brainstorming about these topics, I noticed a resemblance between the topics I would teach in a pop music class and the topics I already teach in Theory 3, our course focused on chromatic harmony. A course focused on pop music and jazz music would easily accommodate the topics of applied chords and modal mixture. The one chromatic chord that I don't know how to accommodate in this repertoire is augmented sixth chords, but honestly I'm not even too bothered by that —that topic is actually one of my pet peeves, because students get very hung up on the types of augmented sixth chords, and honestly I don't think understanding that chord is that important in real life. I usually teach sonata form in Theory 3, and that's not going to work with pop and jazz, but I can still talk about form in a general way, and forms specific to pop and jazz.
I was discussing this idea with a close friend and colleague of mine, Andrew Gades, who is also implementing an innovative theory curriculum at his university, the College of Idaho. (Hopefully he'll be publishing an article about this soon.) Andrew wants to de-sequence the theory curriculum at his school, and he pointed out that if Theory 3 were a pop and jazz theory course, then the curriculum at my school could also be de-sequenced. It's possible then to design Theory 3 to not even require Theory 2.
Essentially I want to make it so that Theory 1 is really an Introduction to Theory course. After taking intro, a student could proceed to one of three repertoire-based courses: a course on 18th-century music, a course on pop and jazz music, or a course on 20th Century art music. There's no reason why these courses would need to be taken in historical order. After discussing with my colleagues, we decided it would also be beneficial to add a third-level course, which would be a course on classical forms. This third level course would require 18th-century music as a prerequisite.
With all of these options, we would allow more flexibility for students to choose their own path through the theory curriculum in order to accommodate their diverse interests. Our music technology program has 75 students in it, last I heard. These students usually only have to take two semesters of music theory. If the curriculum is sequenced, then that means they take essentially music fundamentals and a course on chorale harmonization. Replacing the course on chorale harmonization with the course on pop and jazz music theory would clearly benefit these students. (But even students in education or performance are sometimes more interested in and pop and jazz.) Conversely, a student who is completely focused on classical music can take the classical forms class instead of taking a course in pop and jazz.
Real life music theory
If I had a nickel for every time someone said that music theory isn't applicable in real life! Another major part of our effort this redesign is to explicitly incorporate performance into music theory classroom. For each course, one of our main learning objectives is something that has to do with performance. The Director of Strings is one of our team members, and while to my knowledge she doesn't have experience teaching music theory courses, she has reliably provided perspective on the difficulties a single line instrumentalist has in the theory classroom—something a lot of theory professors need to hear about.
One example of this that excites me the most is the addition of playing practicum quizzes in Theory 1, alongside typical fundamentals timed quizzes meant to build fluency in notation. So for example, students will have to notate intervals, interpret intervals from the notation, and also play intervals on their instrument (these would be three separate quizzes).
The Director of Strings is also coordinating performances in a casual recital series with activities in the theory classroom. This might take the form of performing student compositions, or alternatively, performing pieces that students have analyzed in theory class, and discussing how their knowledge of music theory informed their performance decisions.
Recruitment and retention
There are plenty of music schools in the Washington DC area. We are hoping that we can make our school stand out through our innovative theory curriculum. And recruitment, we can tell students that our theory program is extremely hands-on. We can also tell students that they will have a level of choice and agency that they probably don't have in theory curriculums of comparable schools.
Music theory classes have a reputation for being weeder classes. When students fail a music theory class, they can become quite demotivated. But if the theory curriculum is modular, failing a course doesn't set them behind an entire year––they can still go on to take the course they had planned to the following semester. This student can go back to that failed course another time, or maybe choose a new path through the curriculum that doesn't need that course.
Students might also feel a greater sense of ownership and commitment to music theory classes if they feel that they are 1) relevant to their careers and 2) something they are choosing to do.
It still remains to be seen how all of this is going to really work out. I know my colleague Andrew, who I mentioned above, has already been doing this for a year or so, and can hopefully publish the results of his experiment soon. One particular difficulty we anticipate is syncing up this new curriculum with keyboard skills and ear training (or not, as the case maybe). But when it comes to making strides in progress and the music theory curriculum, we have to start somewhere, and I'm very excited about our starting place.


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You are going to develop a handheld device which has an Atom processor. You are thinking of using Android embedded OS for running telecom applications on this device. Android is good for wireless applications. But your device do not need any wireless application. You will need only data (ping, traceroute…), IPTV and VoIP applications to run on this device. So is it advisable to use Android for your device?
In my opinion the biggest benefit you get from running a OS like Android as opposed to a tailored Linux distribution are:
- An application ecosystem, that integrates well
- A UI environment suitable for small screens
- An Application SDK that makes developing new apps pretty straightforward
Drawbacks of using Android IMHO:
- No standard libc. That means you will have to do some porting, to get mplayer or something similar to play your media content
- Way less libraries than you have, when you use a "regular" Linux distribution
- You can only create apps with UIs using Java (well there are other possibilities but you probably wouldn't do it)
It comes down to choosing what hurts less. My estimate if you have powerful hardware and a big screen (the combination of Atom and IPTV sounds like that) than using a LFS (Linux From Scratch), Ubuntu or something similar and create a flashy UI on top of that (using QT, OpenGL, GTK, Swing, …) is less pain than porting your libs & apps to Android.
Of course you loose the sexy Android label which decreases probability of making it to Engadget .


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Marrakech City Tour
What you will do
If you are staying in the old medina, your guide will come and pick you up from your hotel at 09.30. If not, he will wait for you next to Café de France on the Jemaa el-Fna square. Your guide will take you to the Bahia Palace, the Saadian Tombs, and the old Jewish neighborhood or mellah. Experience the bustling Jemaa el-Fna square and grand Koutoubia mosque. In the meantime, your guide will tell you all about the rich history and cultural life of Marrakech and Morocco.
You will have a lunch break of about 1,5 hours around 12.30 PM. You will then walk through the busy little streets of the Marrakech medina as your guide takes you to into the souks, to the Ben Youssef Quranic school school (optional) or leather tanneries (optional). Be amazed by the beautiful tile work and mosaics of the Quranic school, and the small arts and crafts inside of the medina.
Please feel free to discuss with your guide what you would like to visit in the old medina upon departure in the morning, so he can see with you what the possibilities are and how he can fit this in the day. Optional visit of the Jardin Majorelle garden in Gueliz possible on the full-day tour, incl. entrance and transfer (extra costs involved, only upon request).
– Certified English- / French- / Spanish-speaking city guide
– Entrance to Bahia palace and the Saadian Tombs
– Entrance to Ben Youssef Medrasa (Quranic school) (only on the full-day tour)
– Walking city tour of 5 hours (full-day) through Marrakech's old city centre (medina)
– Lunch
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– Transfer to and from the hotel if your hotel is outside the medina (possible to be booked for extra fee)
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Why do women not prefer nice guys?
Male Responses:
- What I find interesting about a majority of these answers, is the general belief that men are the ones most commonly at fault for being "too nice." I for one, consider myself to be a very nice guy, who also is hardly a pushover. I think a big misconception of the "nice guy" argument, is the general ideology that men who are "boring" should learn to become more of a challenge or less predictable. I for one have been in many stable relationships where being "boring" was not considered a problem.
- If a man, or woman, doesn't have the same characteristics they are looking for in a partner, is it fair to put the blame on the opposite sex? If you are looking for excitement and unpredictability, more than likely, your partner will be looking for the same traits in you. Nobody can sustain a serious relationship, that is always exciting or unpredictable. This can happen on occasion, but a majority of life is not exciting and unpredictable, which is why that notion is controversial in itself.
- Relationships are built on trust and common interests. If you are male or female and are emotionally secure with who you are, you would not need a person to challenge you or bring all the excitement into your life. The notion that it is a man's job to be exciting, unpredictable, and fantastic in bed, at best is very shallow and egocentric.
- I am not attracted to women who expect me to do all the leading in a relationship, or challenge them. I do agree that most healthy women do like a man who is decisive, emotionally attentive, and good humored. However, most people, who are stable and emotionally mature will not want a needy person who is looking for someone else to change an aspect or shortcoming in their life. If what you are looking for is someone to "make your life exciting," you may need a shrink, more than you do a boyfriend. Relationships are about sharing responsibilities. No healthy person, male or female, would stay with a person who is doing all the leading or work to maintain it.
- I have been a nice guy always trying to be courteous to others and treat them kindly. I acted like that because I was shy and lacked confidence with girls. I would haphazardly jump into any crazy situation. I think I did come off as being to needy, I was so accepting to anything they did and was pretty laid back. I should have spoken up more especially if i had a problem with the situation. You don't want to seem desperate. You can't always be nice, the guy has to make the girl work and show she cares about him also. If your a nice guy don't be afraid to do something new, for example do something completely unexpected and crazy, people will be startled and amazed that they haven't noticed you before.
- Wow! As a guy, I used to laugh every time I heard one of my female friends ask "Why can't I find a nice guy?" My response was always, "That's proof that you've never had one, and if you did you'd get rid of him." I think the real problem is that men and women have a different meaning of what nice is. Some may view nice as boring, or safe, or needy, or whatever. The thing is that those are all right, because it is subjective. What one person thinks is boring another person may think is exciting. What men and women both need to keep in mind is trust and respect. Whether they are a 'bad boy' or 'nice guy' if they aren't trustworthy or respectful, then they are losers. I have the same issue. I cannot seem to find a nice girl. I always seem to attract the crazy ones that want a responsible or successful man. Someone to take care of them. Well, to you I say if you cannot take care of yourself, I am not interested. I am nice, but come on I am not a meal ticket. People should focus on finding another half of themselves that compliments them, and shares in their success and failures. The real trick is to figure out how to keep her interested after you let her know you care.
Female Responses:
- When I'm with a guy who is very easy to please, I don't feel a need to take the relationship any further. I don't have an interest in getting dressed up because he's happy regardless, or even do little things for him. Women want somebody they can look up to, someone they have to go out of their way to please. It's intriguing, it's fun, it pushes us to be better. Challenge our ideas every once in a while, you don't have to be mean, but if you're so easy to get along with then a woman might feel that you're desperate, and that she can be easily replaced by any girl. If a woman can land a guy with high standards, it's like winning the lottery. You're proud to be with the person you're with; you know you fought for them. And you know they must truly look up to you if "love" wasn't a word that was in their vocabulary before they met you, and now it is.
- Women like nice guys, but they aren't attracted to them. Nice guys often don't show the confidence or strength that women are attracted to.
- Don't be quiet and timid. Around her or in public. Just ask her out. Don't pour your heart into it. Don't act like you care about rejection.
- Don't be needy. Don't call her all the time. If you don't call, she'll call you anyway.
- Don't be a pushover. Don't do everything she wants, even if you want to do it. Tell her it has to be at 8:00 pm instead of 7:00 pm or Friday instead of Saturday.
- Don't give her money or gifts too often. Limit it to holidays, anniversaries, and about 6 random days during the year when she doesn't expect it.
- Don't show your feelings too often even though half the questions on this wiki are about women complaining about that. They want you to show them, but they want to work for it.
- Don't be clingy. You don't love her until you've dated her for at least a month or two. Don't act like it; don't say it.
- To sum it up, don't be too nice or too attached until the relationship is well established. Don't listen to anyone who tells you differently. Especially women.
- Most women do want a nice guy, they just do not want a wimp or a push over. Only women that are emotionally or mentally unstable chose guys that aren't nice.
- We love nice guys! The problem is that many men think they are 'nice guys' when, in fact, they aren't -- or they are and have many OTHER issues! I once dated a guy who insisted that he had been dumped many times simply because he was a 'nice guy.' The truth is that he was a nice guy; but he also didn't shower often enough, was too emotionally disconnected, and had horrendous manners! All the 'niceness' in the world couldn't fix some of his other flaws, and asking him to shower (as nicely as possible), offended him. If you are a guy who believes women don't date you because you are a nice guy, then odds are, there are other issues. Using the old "nice guys finish last" line is often a cop-out and a way to avoid looking at what the real problem is. Is there an aspect of your personality that women have consistently complained about? Do you hear over and over that you don't talk enough, or you aren't social enough, or etc. Listen to the common complaint and focus on that instead of the "Nice Guy" thing. I'll bet that not one woman has said she wouldn't date you because you were too nice!
- Bad boys do have some appeal; however, I don't think that most women really want a truly bad person. The person has to be a pretty good guy underneath it all. The only reason I can think of that a woman would want a truly awful human being is that she herself has very low self-esteem. I tend to prefer nice guys myself, being as I'm a nice girl
- I think a woman gets turned on by how you are in bed, how confident you are, how open and attentive a man is in the bedroom, can he take charge at times and not at others. He could be a total nerd Geek with a pocket protector and thick dork glasses but if he's confident and loving in the bedroom, that's what a woman will like and prefer.
- I think that women do not prefer "nice guys" is because they think that if a guy is some type of bad boy that makes him a real man or that they can try to change him. I think that being a nice guy is the only way a real woman would actually respect you. I think women sometimes don't know what they want, or that they have to many expectations of what they want a man to be to them. Nice guys may finish last, but they'll be the first one a woman calls when they're having problems with their bad boy significant other.
- I think a nice guy makes it too easy, and he may be too accepting. It seems that a relationship should feel like a struggle and without the struggle, it might not seem worth holding on to or even getting involved in. I've been on both ends a number of times and it rings true to me.
- It's all in the definition of "nice guy". I think most guys use that phrase to hide the fact that they're needy, looking for a mother, clingy, not confident, neurotic, confused, desperate and generally horrible at life! The 'nice guy' syndrome is usually about some guy trying to find a woman to save him from himself or his mundane existence! Who'd want that?
- Women love nice guys. But women also like a man with guts, and the ability to stand his ground when necessary. It's a protection thing. Women want to feel safe with a guy and know that he is not going to back down from a situation. Don't confuse this with a gangster. Bad boys present themselves to be fearless and often times can back it up. Women like a fearless, sensitive man! Men these days seem to lack backbone. Men, quit your whining and be a man; you're not women.
- I love nice guys. In fact, we prefer nice guys over bad boys. The only problem with most nice guys is that they become boring. Somehow it seems like the two traits are connected. However there are nice guys out there who aren't boring and those are the ones with girlfriends. So for guys who think that they lost a girl because they were too nice, well that's not the case. If you assumed that the reason was because you were too nice, then you're really not looking hard enough at the relationship and you do not see what you really need to work on. Or if she told you that it's not working out because you're too nice, then she's lying to you to spare your feelings. In other words, if a guy is nice but also has a lot of other bad qualities, the niceness is not enough to hold the relationship together. You would be wrong to blame the break up on the niceness. I know it's a defense mechanism and we all do it to spare our self esteem but if you want to avoid the same problem in the future, try to figure out if there are things in your personality that you need to work on. Remember there's a difference between being nice and being needy, make sure you're not the latter. And if she really does not like nice guy, then she's trouble and you probably don't want to date her anyway.
- Some women do buy into the whole "bad boy" dating experience. Basically those kinds of guys provide short term excitement but turn out to be selfish, arrogant and only concerned about their own needs. (But there are men who want "bad girls" as well for the same silly reasons). And there are the clingy, doormat or harasser types that call themselves "nice" but aren't at all. It's easier to blame problems on being too nice/too good looking/too intimidating instead of looking at the way you treat people. Genuine good guys treat people the way they'd want to be treated. Some of these guys tend to be more introverted and less aggressive with women than the Mr. Showoffs so they may get overlooked initially, especially by females who wouldn't dream of making the first move and asking a guy out. But these are the guys that are worth the trouble of dating, and often end up being taken by women who appreciate them.
- This should not be a general question. Different woman have different tastes. So this question is not about 'nice' guys or 'bad' boys but about attraction. If there is attraction and chemistry between two people than 'nice' or 'bad' will not matter. Acting as a 'nice' guy or a 'bad' boy will not get you women. As a matter of fact it won't get you anything. Being yourself however, will get you the person you're looking for.
- The more confident guy gets the girl because he will try to show her how much he cares about her. Stay true to yourself in the process.
- It all depends on everything like culture and interests. Generally there is a lot of misconception about what is a nice guy. Definitely in Japan, for example, nice guys are viewed more favorably instead because a nice guy will respect the woman's parents and will be more emotionally stable. In the western world though, women have expectations of adventure and generally have a carefree attitude, which is reflected in their choices of a date. It is these factors, and obviously the girls state of mind, which makes her attracted to one male.
- Simply put young women in their teens to even early 20's are impressionable and immature and some prefer the more dangerous type that she feels she is capable of loving or the 'brooding, troubled young man' that she can help overcome his short comings. Both female/male teens can either be shy and quiet, to wild and carefree depending on the individual.
- The young gals don't get it! What is wrong with a guy having a cry or two over something it's healthy and it's a myth that men shouldn't cry and to communicate their feelings. This does not make them weak, boring or a wimp! Either the guy expresses himself and it's normal to communicate or you can guess and feel insecure throughout your relationship. For the gal who said she was sick of hearing 'I love you' you don't even know how lucky you are! There are thousands of people that would love to hear those words from their mate even if it is several times a day. Some young women will spend hours in front of the mirror and obsess over the silliest things, but what they don't know about most guys is, they don't care if your hair is a little messy; you may have put on a couple of pounds or your nails are painted pink. They don't care! My husband told me that the very first time he realized he loved me was when he came over to visit me in my apartment which I was painting at the time. I had paint on my face, in my hair, a sloppy sweat top on and jeans. When I looked up and he saw that he said he melted and he found that more attractive than if I had been dressed to the nines. Nice guys don't finish last! The bad boy image gets boring!
If you feel you need to "change" someone, then they aren't the one for you. Never go into a relationship thinking you can, should, or will change someone. If they aren't who or what you want, then move on to someone who is. I don't know of any women who prefer men who aren't nice. The "bad" guys have no appeal to many women in any way.
Nice does not equal wimp, but just the opposite. A nice guy is a man who is confident and strong, but not arrogant. He is comfortable with his masculinity without feeling the need to "prove" himself to anyone. He is also comfortable in being himself and doesn't try to pretend he doesn't have emotions or feelings. The bad guys though, tend to be self-centered, selfish, inconsiderate, and are also more likely to be unfaithful. They also tend to be more insecure, which is why they feel they need to be "bad", as though they are trying to "prove" themselves to others. It takes a real man to be a nice guy.


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BAD SUNS signed Polaroid giveaway
By Caitlin Ferguson
Alt Philanthropy has just hit its one year anniversary and to celebrate we're giving away a signed Bad Suns polaroid!!! The winner will receive one exclusive polaroid autographed by the members of Bad Suns!
Contest Rules:
-Must live in the United States
-Follow Alt Philanthropy on both Instagram and Twitter.
-RT our giveaway tweet, or comment your favorite Bad Suns song under our giveaway post on Instagram and tag 3 friends!
Contest closes Friday May 5th at midnight, and winner will be notified later that day.
We are so proud of the achievements we have made this year, and wanted to thank everyone who has helped promote and raise awareness for Alt Philanthropy, as well as the amazing people who have helped us raise money and awareness for so many important organizations! Let's continue to help change the world one small step at a time!
Alt Philanthropy
Affinity Magazine interview
Ramisha Sattar
So recently, our friend Matthew from Affinity Magazine chatted with Caitlin and I about all things Alt Philanthropy! We talked about how ALTP began, what it's like being young women in the music business, and our future goals! If you wanna read the full interview, which I totally recommend, click here.
Record Store Day - What are Dallas record stores and Warner Music Group doing?
This years record store day is coming in hot after much anticipation for the friendly fun and mostly free event. It's time for music lovers and vinyl collectors to come out of their probably 90's-themed burrows to appreciate the many performances and limited edition pieces that are making appearances throughout the national event.
Dallas is home to some premium record stores located in our beloved uptown/downtown and even places with that certain small town charm like Mad World records located in the Denton Square. We've got several events going on including live performances open to the public for their viewing pleasure, all consisting of local bands eager for everyone to join in on their giddy excitement that comes hand in hand with performing for fellow music fans all day long.
Here is a list of those performances along with times and location below:
It's Alt Philanthropy's birthday!
I fell in love with the idea of being able to interview bands after I realized I had so many things I was curious about and lists of questions that I wanted to ask my favorite bands. But another thing that has always been very important to me is social activism and helping others! I had spoken out a bit about issues like islamophobia on Rookie Magazine, but I wanted to do more than that! I got to thinking and realized it would be so much more beneficial to tie what we were doing with the concept of raising money for different charities! Me and Caitlin had lunch that next week and both put together our different ideas and next thing we knew... Alt Philanthropy was born! Our very first piece was published on April 11th, 2016! Yay for being one year older, and for all of our goals that we were able to achieve over the past year! Here are some of our favorite highlights, handpicked by our staff!


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Stocks closed lower across the board as Wall Street continued to stay on edge as earnings season marched along and sellers looked for any reason to sell and buyers remained hard to convince.
But first: What's with all the deals? Well a few things, really, as I view much of the merger activity of recent as sector-specific verses some overarching trend in the world of M&A. Sprint (S) - Get Report and T-Mobile (TMUS) - Get Report continue to lose ground to larger rivals Verizon (VZ) - Get Report and AT&T (T) - Get Report as the two fight to build out critical 5G spectrum with less resources than their larger counterparts. Marathon's (MPC) - Get Report acquisition of fellow petroleum refiner Andeavor (ANDV) for $23.3 billion is about the target's failed efforts to increase its value and the buyer's need to grow to help spread costs in the pipeline industry. Walmart's (WMT) - Get Report sale of its U.K. business comes off as a move to raise capital and invest in other areas (i.e. e-commerce). Hello Flipkart. Timeshare companies Marriott Vacations (VAC) - Get Report and ILG (ILG) - Get Report are also merging, as the timeshare business continues to go through a lot of consolidation. These companies seek further scale and capital resources to build and improve their assets, much of which were built during the timeshare boom in the 90s and 2000s. To be sure, on the macro level, capital is still cheap and importantly private investors (hedge funds and PE) and corporates have been sitting on piles of cash for almost a decade. With the markets' current volatility and its previous run-up, targets are shaking out a little faster than they have in years past.
Back to the markets. Perhaps the biggest scare on Monday was the dismal earnings report from Arconic (ARNC) - Get Report . The lightweight metals manufacturer lowered its earnings outlook for the year as aluminum prices increase. "With the announcement of the aluminum tariffs and Russian sanctions, we are currently experiencing a steep increase [in aluminum pricing]," Ken Glacobbe, Arconic's chief financial officer, said during a conference call with analysts. "In fact, since the separation of Alcoa, aluminum prices have steadily increased by more than 40%." Due to the rising price of aluminum, the New York-based Arconic trimmed its full-year adjusted earnings outlook, though it raised its top line estimates.
"Is it time to 'sell in May and go away?'" we ask ourselves for yet another year as we flip the calendar and Action Alerts PLUS holding Apple (AAPL) - Get Report as well as Tesla (TSLA) - Get Report are both on tap to report later this week. According to Real Money columnist James Deporre, the summer months underperform especially when they are compared to the November - January period but, like most generalizations, there are glaring exceptions. He explains that while it's been eight years since the 'Sell in May' adage really worked, it may actually be time to take a serious look at the strategy this year. Based on the charts, the odds are higher than they have been in a while, Deporre said, adding that "there is a very high potential for a breach of support levels after earnings season is over if significantly higher than it has been in the past."
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Photo of the day: A long-anticipated merger
Sprint (S) - Get Report and T-Mobile (TMUS) - Get Report may finally get their wish and pair up with one another. At least, that's the hope. The two telecoms announced Sunday that they would merge in a deal valued at $26 billion. The deal comes after Sprint and T-Mobile attempted to merge back in 2014 but saw their merger scuttled by the Feds. T-Mobile, Sprint and all the telecoms in the U.S. today are a product of a litany of M&A deals. In 2011, for instance, AT&T (T) - Get Report , which is currently involved in a merger debacle of its own as it looks to buy Time Warner (TWX) , attempted to buy T-Mobile, only to watch that merger also scuttled by the folks in Washington. Perhaps there's better luck to be had for the telecoms under the new administration, or perhaps recent M&A efforts are exercises in futility. Read More
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I've made all my Christmas cards (and sent them) so .... what to make? I know, a thank you card - gonna need a few of those after Christmas!!!
|My card
|A closer view of my image
|My insert and envelope
- 15cm square white, 250gsm, card blank and matching sized envelope
- 13½cm square white card panels
- 14cm square black card panels
- Visible Image INKognito flower stem stamped twice using Hero Arts neon pink ink
- Paper Artsy splatter image stamped multiple times using Hero Arts neon orange ink
- Stamplorations "stained circle" image stamped multiple times using Hero Arts neon green and blue inks
- Stamplorations sentiment builder sentiment stamped using Versafine onyx black ink
I'll be entering this for the following challenges:-
- Crafty Gals Corner - challenge No. 50 - ANYTHING GOES
- Mod Squad Challenge - December 16th challenge - ANYTHING BUT CHRISTMAS
- The Paper Shelter - Christmas break challenge - ANYTHING GOES
- Penny's Challenges - December 16th challenge - ANYTHING GOES
- Through The Craft Room Door - December 15th challenge - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES
If you read my post earlier in the week, asking for opinions regarding paper trimmers vs guillotines ..... you'll be pleased to note that I made a decision and ordered a guillotine, from Amazon and it arrived the following day, so I had to crack the seal and start using it. The FIRST thing I noticed was that it would cut 3, 4 even 5 sheets of card whereas my paper trimmer would struggle with 3 - BONUS!!! I also found it pretty easy to use once I got used to the idea of having to hold the paper down whilst guillotining, but that's not difficult. I was able to quickly cut 12 x 13½cm white card squares and then 10 each of 14cm card square in black and kraft - so I was all set to craft with pre cut image panels and matting layers - YAY! I think I'm going to like it!
|Here's the guillotine I bought
With the Holidays upon us, I would like to share a personal experience with my friends about drinking and driving.


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Curtis W. Freeman
(Waco: Baylor University Press, 2017). 269pp, $29.95
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Onvia recently released its quarterly market snapshot report, the State, Local and Education (SLED) Procurement Snapshot for Q2 2017. Our analysis shows that the number of formal procurements (bids and RFPs) increased at a year-over-year rate of 5.4%, the second straight quarter to show strong growth.
While our market research team found that that the overall SLED procurement market saw major growth in government bids and RFPs in Q2, the growth was not uniformly spread across the country. Below is a copy of that infographic detailing which states saw high rates of growth, and which states saw flat or declining rates of government bids and RFPs.
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The Top Areas in Government Bidding Opportunities for Q2
Q2 of 2017 showed a very strong rate of overall growth rates in government bids and RFPs, continuing an ongoing trend. With a long-term year-over-year growth rate of 0.8%, the average quarter over the past 12 months has shown a 2.1% growth rate – more than twice the rate of the historical average. Continued growth at this pace might not be likely, but the recent strength of the market is still an encouraging sign for vendors involved in government contracting.
The state, local and education (SLED) marketplace is healthy and on a path of improvement that should bode well for vendor revenues and new opportunities.Paul Irby, Onvia Market Analyst
As the infographic illustrates, some geographic areas are seeing more of these new opportunities than others. Here are a few key points pulled from Onvia's research report:
- In total, 23 states saw high rates of growth in bids and RFPs, with rates of 10% or more
- The states with the biggest growth rates were largely clustered by region, with an overall surge of purchasing activity in the Northeast, Midwest and Rocky Mountain states
- Some states experienced a second straight quarter of high growth (10% or more) including Massachusetts, Maryland and Illinois
- Several large states that typically see high volumes of government bids and RFPs, like California, Virginia and Florida, experienced flat or downward growth rates – but due to their size, plenty of contracting opportunities still exist in those states
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Flexihire Gladstone is part of the Flexihire Group with branches throughout QLD and Northern NSW.
Located on Lord Street close to Memorial Park, Flexihire Gladstone serves the city of Gladstone and the greater Gladstone region. We are your local equipment hire specialists with an extensive equipment range that will meet the needs of major projects and building & construction works right through to weekend warrior DIY jobs.
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The Rundown: August 2017
Improved Login Security
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Speed Improvements
We know that many users are browsing your websites on a mobile device, and the 3G/4G network they're on is often slower than internet at home. So we've spent time making drastic improvements to the speed of the website for first time visitors, making it over 3x faster! As a result, we've been tracking an improvement to engagement from the members on your sites!
My Pages Improvements
You may have noticed a complete facelift of My Pages. We've rebuilt this drag and drop tool to be much faster and provide a better overall experience. We'll be making some more changes here in the future so be on the lookout!
The new My Pages has those on/off switches you might be used to from your iPhone.
One the Horizon…
Since we've launched the Announcement email and texting tool, we've had a chance to learn what people love about the tool, and where we can make improvements. Using this information, we're going to be doing some heavy lifting on both the Contacts and Announcement tools. The whole communications suite is going to be getting a complete rebuild which will include an easier way to send messages, the ability to easily search through your contacts, the ability for contacts to have tags so you can have more than one tag for a single contact, as well as many other features. We're excited to bring you this! Stay tuned!
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By Nature Iraq
Tablet House Publishing, 2017, ISBN 978-0-9886514-6-3
Hbk, 297pp; colour photos, illustrations and maps
£49.99 buy it from the BB Bookshop
Some books impress the reader more by their very existence than by their quality, and a few impress equally on both counts. This is one of those books. Most people will associate Iraq with its terrible recent history: the two Gulf Wars, the persecution of the Kurds, the toppling of Saddam Hussein and the rise and fall of the violent factions that filled the ensuing power vacuum. If people think about Iraq's biodiversity at all, they think of the draining of the Basra Marshes and the displacement of the Marsh Arabs (Maʻdān) and their unique culture. All these negative associations are immediately challenged by this remarkable book, which reminds us both of the spectacular biodiversity and extraordinary beauty of Iraq and of the indomitability of the human spirit. Between 2004 and 2012, Nature Iraq, an Affiliate of BirdLife International, and the Iraq Ministry of Health and Environment coordinated teams of fieldworkers to collect information from across the country to 'identify areas of outstanding global or regional importance for their biodiversity and to provide a foundation for developing a protected area network in Iraq'. In doing so, they used a novel approach based on the Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) concept. KBAs build upon the highly successful Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA) initiative, to provide a means of identifying important sites for all elements of biodiversity. At the time of the fieldwork, the new IUCN KBA Standard had still not been launched (it was first published in October 2016), so the team adopted a three-pronged approach, bringing together interim KBA criteria (to identify sites important for non-avian fauna), the IBA criteria and the Important Plant Areas (IPA) criteria. In doing so, they have produced the first national KBA book ever published, anywhere. That this could have been done at a time of such political unrest and insecurity almost beggars belief.
If the background to this book is extraordinary, so too is its quality. There are so many good things that it is hard to know where to start. The introductory chapters are excellent. This book is not simply a list of the sites identified, it is a full analysis of Iraq's biodiversity, from snow-capped mountains in the north through steppe, desert, river and marsh to the country's short (58 km) coastline, illustrated throughout with high-quality colour photos, maps and summary tables. Chapter 2 provides a succinct history of Iraq and description of its major biogeographical zones. Chapter 3 gives a detailed description of nature conservation in Iraq, from its legal basis to its commitments under international agreements and the government's approval of Iraq's first national park, in the Central Marshes. Chapter 4 gives an introduction to the methods used in the KBA assessment, including how threats were assessed and how data were validated. Chapter 5 gives an overview of the results of the inventory, summarising the distribution of sites and the threats they face. Of the 82 KBAs identified by the project, which between them cover 7% of Iraq's land area, 39 meet KBA criteria for non-avian fauna, 68 meet IBA criteria and 72 meet IPA criteria. All these introductory chapters are then brought together in a short but concise summary that provides a number of strategic actions to protect Iraq's wildlife for the future.
Chapter 7 then documents the 82 KBAs in turn, describing each site's major habitats, land use and soil types before moving on to its importance for biodiversity. A table shows the species and populations that qualify under each of the three sets of KBA criteria, and further sections describe the site's other important flora and fauna, conservation issues and recommendations ('mine clearance' occurs with depressing regularity). Helpfully, the map of the KBA's boundary is shown superimposed on a Landsat satellite map so the reader really gets a feel for the site. Threats to the site and their importance are shown in a neat graphic, which I predict will be much copied. The book concludes with a series of useful appendices and references. The quality of presentation throughout is exemplary, and the mouth-watering photographs of the sites will leave many adding Iraq to their 'must visit' list until such time as the country's current problems are resolved.
This truly extraordinary book sets the standard for what I hope will be a flood of national KBA inventories in the future. If Nature Iraq and their many colleagues and helpers can achieve this in the incredibly tough times they have had to live through, there's no excuse for anyone else not to rise to the challenge. Anyone wanting to learn more about this country's fantastic biodiversity, or who simply wishes to support and celebrate the achievements of a remarkably brave and dedicated group of conservationists, should buy a copy of this book.
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If you're adding a Porkbun-registered domain to Microsoft's Office 365 or Exchange Online, you'll want to update your domain's MX records to route mail to Microsoft's mail servers.
- Change the Type field to "MX - Mail exchange record".
- Leave the Host field blank.
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Rochelle Adonis is a pastry chef, restaurateur, and television presenter known for her role as a judge on The Great Canadian Baking Show.
Born and raised in French-speaking Canada, Rochelle was a talented pastry chef from a young age. She moved to Sydney at the age of ten, and trained in Australia before her passion for fine cakes and confections took her to Europe where she worked as a pastry chef, most notably for an exclusive wedding cake salon in London and the world-famous Hotel Sacher in Vienna.
Rochelle brought her diverse knowledge and experience back to restaurants in Australia. She landed the role of Pastry Sous Chef at Sydney's 41 with Dietmar Sawyere, and went on to become Head Pastry Chef at Matt Moran's Potts Point eatery. Rochelle flourished and it was the perfect stepping stone to her next role as Head Pastry Chef at Matt Moran's Aria when it opened in Circular Quay.
In 2008, after relocating to Perth and starting her family, Rochelle opened her eponymous salon and quickly gained notoriety for her magnificent cakes and handmade confections. Rochelle became known for her own take on the traditional ritual of 'High Tea'.
After making guest TV appearances on local and national programs in Australia, Rochelle tapped back into her Canadian heritage as the female judge on the first two seasons of CBC's The Great Canadian Baking Show. Rochelle appeared alongside acclaimed Pastry Chef Bruno Feldeisen and actors Daniel Levy (Schitt's Creek) and Julia Chan (Saving Hope).
Rochelle has appeared on Poh's Kitchen and Channel 9's 'Christmas in WA', and has featured in Australian Gourmet Traveller, Vogue Entertaining + Travel, Australian House and Garden, The Spirit of Australia [Qantas inflight magazine], Spice Magazine and Box Magazine.


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We were very pleased to see 122 residential and Independent Fostering Agency (IFA) providers at our event on 11th September 2019 to hear about the procurement process for a new SLCP framework for commissioning placements for children looked after (CLA). We had a number of excellent speakers covering areas such as the procurement timeline, tender … Continue reading 120+ Providers attend September SLCP Event for New CLA Framework
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Lesson Plan
Shiloh Discussion Questions
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These discussion questions for Shiloh use comprehension and recall, higher level thinking skills, literary elements, and personal response to examine students understanding of the novel. Scholastic also offers a discussion guide for Shiloh featuring guided student questions with answers provided for an instructor.
Questions for Chapters 1-4
Comprehension and Recall
1. Why doesn't Marty ever shoot at anything moving?
He doesn't want to kill animals.
2. Why does Marty want to be a vet?
He likes animals, wants to help them and their owners.
3. Why doesn't Judd Travers like Marty?
Marty once caught Judd cheating Mr. Wallace.
4. Why doesn't Marty get paid for the work he does at home?
The family doesn't have extra money; everyone is expected to help out.
Higher Level Thinking Skills
5. Why does Marty leave the dinner table when they're having fried rabbit?
He says he doesn't want to bite on buckshot, but he is also responding to how it died.
6. Why do people in Tyler County keep to their own business?
People live apart in the hills and in small towns. They like their privacy and independence, but they also depend on one another and don't want to cause trouble.
7. Why is the mail delivery a big event for many people in Sisterville and Friendly?
People don't see one another often. It's a chance to communicate and connect with the rest of the world.
8. Why does Marty tell Judd that his dog's name is Shiloh?
He's angry at the way Judd treats his dogs; he wants Judd to know that he is looking out for the beagle.
Literary Elements
9. Using dialect: Why does the author use words such as "lookin'" instead of "looking" when the characters speak?
His dialogue shows how people in West Virginia really speak.
Personal Response
10. Do you think Marty should give up his desire to be a vet even though there's not enough money to educate him? Why or why not?
11. When Shiloh reappears at Marty's house, what do you think Marty should have done?
Questions for Chapters 5-10
Comprehension and Recall
1. Why is Marty's problem more than just lying to Judd?
He's deceiving his family as well; this makes him feel bad.
2. How does Marty keep Dara Lynn away from Shiloh's hiding place?
He tells her about a snake.
3. Why do people leave food for Mr. Preston in their mailboxes?
They think the family needs it; he'll find it there when he delivers the mail but won't have to talk to them about it.
4. How does Marty's mother know about Shiloh?
Marty's been saving food, even food that he doesn't like. He goes out every night.
Higher Level Thinking Skills
5. How can you lie by what you don't say?
If you omit information, people will assume you don't know it; you deliberately mislead them.
6. How might Judd's treatment of his dogs be related to his childhood?
He was beaten badly as a child and might think that's acceptable behavior.
7. Why does Mr. Wallace assume Marty wants food for his family?
He doesn't know about Shiloh. He probably does know that the family has little money. It's probably not uncommon for people in the area to fall on hard times.
8. Why does Ma tell Marty not to ever run away from a problem?
Problems don't go away You have to face them and try to work them out.
9. Why is Marty willing to give Shiloh away?
He thinks he can't keep him, but he'd rather give him to a stranger than to Judd who will mistreat him.
10. Why does Dad say to Marty: "You saying so don't make it true."?
Marty has already lied to him; he no longer trusts him.
Literary Elements
11. How does the author show that Marty has changed?
He stands up to his father and other adults. He doesn't accept statements that don't make sense. He is developing a sense of values.
Personal Response
12. Marty's father says, "I want you to do what's right." What do you think is the right thing for Marty to do? Why?
Questions for Chapters 11-15
Comprehension and Recall
1. Why does Doc Murphy bring Shiloh home so soon?
He doesn't want his patients to see the dog.
2. When Shiloh first comes home, why does it seem as if he "is there and he's not"?
Everyone pays attention to him, but Ma and Pa don't speak about him.
3. Why does Dad make Marty tell Judd what happened?
It's Marty's story. He's responsible for what happened.
Higher Level Thinking Skills
4. Why does Marty feel better after he tells David about Shiloh?
David helps him clean the pen; it's a relief not to have such a secret from his friend.
5. Why does Marty feel taller than he really is when he confronts Judd?
He feels empowered by his determination.
6. Why does Marty have Judd right where he wants him?
He can blackmail him about the deer.
7. Why does Marty think he's no better than Judd?
He's willing to look the other way — not tell about the deer — to get what he wants.
8. When they make their deal, why does Judd trust Marty?
He knows Marty wants Shiloh. He senses that Marty is honorable.
Literary Elements
9. Suspense: How does the author keep the story suspenseful right up until the very end?
It isn't clear if Judd will honor the bargain he made with Marty.
Personal Response
10. How do you feel about the deal Judd makes with Marty? Is it fair or not? Why?
11. Should Marty have told his father about the deer? Why or why not?


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I really enjoy completing ethics forms. Everyone I have told this to gives me a slightly bemused look and says "really?", and then quickly changes the subject. But I do. I find completing ethics forms satisfying and exciting. It means the beginning of a new project, which is always the fun bit. I like deciding what questions I want to ask and reading the literature to find the gaps. I like considering what methods would be best, whilst not having got to the headaches that sometimes come with the practicalities of carrying them out. I like considering ethical quandaries, and as someone who shouts about social justice a lot, I like thinking about how to make the work I do stand up to those principles. I enjoy all of the preparatory work of research, and for me the ethics submission is the culmination of it all.
Considering what issues might come up in research projects and how we can either avoid them or overcome them is the heart of considering ethics applications. How can we ensure research does no harm? By thinking about how others will be affected by what we say and do. I enjoy this kind of work because it is the application of the principles that I claim as a gold standard. I might not always be able to do it perfectly, but I enjoy the challenge and find it a good way of planning out what I want out of my research and what the best way to do it is.
At the moment I'm doing some planning for a research project that requires a third party to distribute questionnaires at specific events, collect them and then returns copies to the research team, alongside contact details for the participants. How to do this in a way that is secure, confidential, maintains anonymity, and ensures that nothing gets lost or missed is my current quandary. It's like a Professor Layton puzzle that counts as work! What's not to love? it also means that I have to figure out the logistics of the research now rather than later, and as I am both a worrier and a planner, this suits me down to the ground.
One of the specific ethical issues I always try to consider when planning research is accessibility. Can I create the research materials in different formats so that people with disability or different levels of ability can be involved? Do I need to consider language barriers in the work? A past project involved some work in Wales, and so all the materials had to be translated into Welsh. No one asked for them in Welsh, but we were prepared if they did. Ensuring that research can be accessed by as many people as possible is positive, as it means samples are more inclusive, and new perspectives may be uncovered. Additionally, as much of my work focuses on social work and mental health, ensuring that researcher considers accessibility is consistent with these areas and the values they embody.
A lot of my research work (and teaching work) is very paper oriented; questionnaires, consent forms, information sheets, all are usually printed or online. In future I'd like to find other formats for these types of research tools to greater improve accessibility. If any of you have come across strategies for this or have experience of it, please let me know!


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