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A Tu-95 Bear bomber. [Source: Unknown]The Russian Air Force begins a major training exercise over the North Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans that is scheduled to last all week, ending on September 14, and which is being monitored by US fighter aircraft. The exercise is set to include the participation of strategic Tu-160 Blackjack, Tu-95 Bear, and Tu-22 bombers, along with IL-78 tanker aircraft. It will involve the strategic bombers staging a mock attack against NATO planes that are supposedly planning an assault on Russia, and is set to include practice missile attacks. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has sent fighter jets to Alaska and Northern Canada to monitor the Russian exercise (see September 9, 2001). [BBC, 2001, pp. 161; North American Aerospace Defense Command, 9/9/2001; Washington Times, 9/11/2001] NORAD is conducting its own exercise this week called Vigilant Guardian, which, according to the 9/11 Commission Report, "postulated a bomber attack from the former Soviet Union" (see September 10, 2001, (6:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001, and (8:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001). [9/11 Commission, 2004; 9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 458] Major General Rick Findley, NORAD's director of operations, will later comment that when the Russians hold an exercise, "NORAD gets involved in an exercise, just to make sure that they understand we know that they're moving around and that they're exercising." [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 9/11/2002] But NORAD has stated, "[I]t is highly unlikely that Russian aircraft [participating in the exercise] would purposely violate Canadian or American airspace." [North American Aerospace Defense Command, 9/9/2001] The Russians will promptly cancel their exercise on September 11, in response to the terrorist attacks in the United States (see (After 10:03 a.m.) September11, 2001). [Toronto Star, 12/9/2001; Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System, 9/8/2011]
Entity Tags: Eric A. "Rick" Findley, Russian Air Force, North American Aerospace Defense Command
Timeline Tags: Complete 911 Timeline, 9/11 Timeline
Michael Jellinek. [Source: Tom Kimmell]The NORAD operations center in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, receives a call notifying it that the FAA has requested military assistance with a hijacking, and senior officers there agree with the decision that has been made to launch fighter jets in response to the hijacking, and say they will call the Pentagon to get the necessary clearance for this. [Filson, 2003, pp. 56; 9/11 Commission, 3/1/2004 ; Spencer, 2008, pp. 39] Major General Larry Arnold, the commander of the Continental United States NORAD Region, has just talked over the phone with Colonel Robert Marr at NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS), and Marr suggested to him that fighters be scrambled in response to the hijacked Flight 11. Arnold told Marr to go ahead with the scramble and said he would sort out getting authorization for it (see (8:42 a.m.) September 11, 2001). Arnold therefore now calls the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center (CMOC). The call is answered by Captain Michael Jellinek, the command director on duty there. [Aviation Week and Space Technology, 6/3/2002; Spencer, 2008, pp. 38-39] Arnold says the FAA has requested assistance for an ongoing hijacking. [9/11 Commission, 3/1/2004 ] NORAD Director Approves Decision to Launch Fighters - Jellinek passes on the details of the request to Major General Rick Findley, NORAD's director of operations, who has just finished the night shift and is returning to the CMOC battle cab from breakfast. Jellinek will later recall: "I pick up the other phone because I know [Findley is] there. One button and I'm talking to him. It's faster to do that than walk around the window, say the same thing." [Calgary Herald, 10/1/2001; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 11/27/2001; Toronto Star, 12/9/2001] Findley "concurs with Arnold's assessment and decision to scramble the fighters," according to author Lynn Spencer, and quickly approves the fighters' launch. [Aviation Week and Space Technology, 6/3/2002; Spencer, 2008, pp. 39] He "immediately gives the thumbs up" through the window, according to Jellinek. [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 11/27/2001] Arnold will say he is told (presumably by Jellinek): "Yeah, we'll work this with the National Military Command Center [at the Pentagon]. Go ahead and scramble the aircraft." [Filson, 2002; Filson, 2003, pp. 56] According to Findley: "At that point, all we thought was we've got an airplane hijacked and we were going to provide an escort as requested [by the FAA]. We certainly didn't know it was going to play out as it did." [Ottawa Citizen, 9/11/2002] NORAD Personnel Request Permission for Scramble - Findley will say that after the CMOC receives the call from Arnold, he "knew what to do, and so did everybody else on the battle staff." He tells the members of the battle staff to "open up our checklist" and "follow our NORAD instruction," which includes having "to ask in either Ottawa or Washington, 'Is it okay if we use NORAD fighters to escort a potential hijacked aircraft?'" [CNN, 9/11/2006] Findley and the others in the CMOC will subsequently see the coverage on CNN, reporting that a plane has hit the World Trade Center, but do not initially realize the plane involved was the hijacked aircraft they have been called about (see (8:48 a.m.) September 11, 2001). [Calgary Herald, 10/1/2001; Ottawa Citizen, 9/11/2002; Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System, 9/8/2011]
Entity Tags: Larry Arnold, Michael H. Jellinek, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Eric A. "Rick" Findley
Major General Rick Findley. [Source: NORAD]Personnel in the NORAD operations center in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, learn of the first plane hitting the World Trade Center from television coverage of the attack, but do not realize the crash involved the hijacked aircraft they have just been notified of. [Calgary Herald, 10/1/2001; Ottawa Citizen, 9/11/2002; Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System, 9/8/2011] Jeff Ford, an Air Force lieutenant colonel working in the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center (CMOC), will later recall, "[W]e started seeing the TV inputs from CNN on the aircraft, the first aircraft that had hit the Twin Towers." [Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System, 9/8/2011] Major General Rick Findley, NORAD's director of operations, has just learned that the FAA has requested NORAD assistance with a hijacking (see (8.46 a.m.) September 11, 2001). [9/11 Commission, 3/1/2004 ; Spencer, 2008, pp. 38-39] He now enters the battle cab at the operations center. Someone there tells him, "Sir, you might want to look at that." Findley will later recall: "I looked up and there was the CNN image of the World Trade Center. There was a hole in the side of one of the buildings." CMOC Personnel Think Small Plane Hit WTC - Findley asks, "What's that from?" and is told, "Well, they're saying it's a commuter aircraft." Findley says, "That's too big a hole for a commuter aircraft." He asks if the crash was caused by the hijacked aircraft he has been informed of. "I was scratching my head, wondering if it was another aircraft altogether," he will recall. [Calgary Herald, 10/1/2001; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 9/11/2002] Others in the CMOC are unaware that the crash was the result of a terrorist attack and involved a large commercial aircraft. Lieutenant Colonel Steven Armstrong, NORAD's chief of plans and forces, will recall, "[W]e didn't really know that it was anything other than perhaps a general aviation aircraft because those were the first indications that we had was it was just… reported like a small, maybe a general aviation aircraft that had hit one of the buildings." [North American Aerospace Defense Command, 9/9/2011] According to Lieutenant Colonel William Glover, the commander of NORAD's Air Warning Center: "[W]e weren't sure whether it was a mistake… was this intentional? Was there a problem? The weather was good, you know, that type of thing. So we really didn't know what the reason was that this aircraft struck the tower." [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 9/8/2011] Ford will recall: "[W]e knew something was wrong because there really wasn't any reason for any navigational problems for that aircraft. There might have been a malfunction or something on the aircraft that had taken place, but we really didn't have any indications of what was going on yet." [Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System, 9/8/2011] CMOC Personnel Unaware that Crash Was Deliberate - The CMOC is "the nerve centre of North America's air defense," according to the BBC. [BBC, 9/1/2002] Its role, according to the Toronto Star, is "to fuse every critical piece of information NORAD has into a concise and crystalline snapshot." [Toronto Star, 12/9/2001] But it is only after personnel there see the television coverage of the second plane hitting the WTC at 9:03 a.m. that they realize "we had something much more sinister than just an accident, a really coordinated and deliberate action," according to Findley. [Ottawa Citizen, 9/11/2002] Armstrong will recall: "[W]hen we saw the video [of the second crash], we said: 'Wait a second. Those are commercial-size airplanes. Those aren't general aviation aircraft.' That obviously changed the situation significantly." [North American Aerospace Defense Command, 9/9/2011] According to Glover, after the second crash, "We knew then that the first one was not a mistake and we knew that this was intentional." [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 9/8/2011]
Entity Tags: Jeff Ford, William Glover, Eric A. "Rick" Findley, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Steven Armstrong
In the NORAD operations center in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, workers see the second aircraft crashing into the World Trade Center live on television. [Gazette (Colorado Springs), 10/7/2001] Major General Rick Findley, NORAD's director of operations, later says that he now realizes "it was not an accident but a coordinated attack." Then, he recalls, "At about that moment in time, every phone in this cab, and every phone over in the command center, and every phone in all the centers in this building were ringing off the hook." Master Corporal Daniel Milne, the emergency action controller in the operations center, will similarly recall, "The feeling was total disbelief. Then the phones started ringing like crazy." [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 9/11/2002; Legion Magazine, 11/2004] It is unclear what causes all the phones to simultaneously ring. According to Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine, after the second tower is hit, "Calls from fighter units… started pouring into NORAD and sector operations centers, asking, 'What can we do to help?'" (see (After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001) [Aviation Week and Space Technology, 6/3/2002] So this could be one factor. Also, a 1996 article in Airman magazine had quoted Stacey Knott, a technician in the NORAD operations center. She'd said, "Things can be pretty quiet in here." However, "One of the busiest times is during exercises. This room fills up.… The phones are ringing off the hook, and I've got phones in each hand." [Airman, 1/1996] On this morning, those in Cheyenne Mountain are in fact participating in a major exercise called Vigilant Guardian. [Aviation Week and Space Technology, 6/3/2002; CNN, 9/11/2006] This is reportedly only canceled "shortly after" the second attack (see (Shortly After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001) [Airman, 3/2002; Filson, 2003, pp. 59] So it is plausible that this is also a factor in causing all the phones to suddenly ring. A similar thing appears to occur in the National Military Command Center (NMCC) at the Pentagon. According to a news article based on the recollections of two officers who are there, after the second plane hits the WTC, "Phones in the center began ringing off the hook." [American Forces Press Service, 9/7/2006] Rick Findley later suggests that all the ringing phones are not a hindrance for NORAD, claiming, "The good news is we had lots of people here and we already had an operational architecture. We already had the command and control, the network, the phones, the data links. Everything was already in place that enabled us to react to the situation." [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 9/11/2002]
Entity Tags: Daniel Milne, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Eric A. "Rick" Findley, Vigilant Guardian
A NORAD training exercise that is taking place this morning, presumably Vigilant Guardian (see (6:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001), is reportedly canceled shortly after 9:03, when the second World Trade Center tower is hit. [Airman, 3/2002] NORAD Commander Larry Arnold later says that after Flight 175 hits the South Tower, "I thought it might be prudent to pull out of the exercise, which we did." [Filson, 2003, pp. 59] According to author Lynn Spencer: "The phone calls start flying between the various NORAD command centers. General Arnold calls Maj. Gen. Rick Findley" at NORAD's operations center in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, "to give him the latest information and have him withdraw all forces from the simulated exercise." [Spencer, 2008, pp. 86] Arnold will recall, "As we pulled out of the exercise we were getting calls about United Flight 93 and we were worried about that." [Filson, 2003, pp. 59] Some early accounts say the military receives notification of the possible hijacking of Flight 93 at around 9:16 a.m. (see 9:16 a.m. September 11, 2001). [CNN, 9/17/2001; 9/11 Commission, 5/23/2003] However, the 9/11 Commission will later claim that NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) first receives a call about Flight 93 at 10:07 a.m. (see 10:05 a.m.-10:08 a.m. September 11, 2001). [9/11 Commission, 6/17/2004] Arnold will add, "Then we had another call from Boston Center about a possible hijacking, but that turned out to be the airplane that had already hit the South Tower but we didn't know that at the time." [Filson, 2003, pp. 59]
Entity Tags: Larry Arnold, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Vigilant Guardian, Eric A. "Rick" Findley
Amraam missiles being loaded onto a 119th Fighter Wing jet at an unknown time on the day of 9/11. The 119th is based at Langley Air Force Base, Virgnina. [Source: William Quinn]Shortly after the second World Trade Center crash, calls from fighter units begin "pouring into NORAD and sector operations centers, asking, 'What can we do to help?'" From Syracuse, New York, a commander of the 174th Fighter Wing of the New York Air National Guard calls and tells Colonel Robert Marr, the battle commander at NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS): "Give me 10 [minutes] and I can give you hot guns. Give me 30 [minutes] and I'll have heat-seeker [missiles]. Give me an hour and I can give you slammers [Amraams]." Marr replies, "I want it all." [Aviation Week and Space Technology, 6/3/2002; News 10 Now, 9/12/2006] Reportedly, Marr says: "Get to the phones. Call every Air National Guard unit in the land. Prepare to put jets in the air. The nation is under attack." [Newhouse News Service, 1/25/2002] Canadian Major General Rick Findley, based in Colorado and in charge of NORAD on this day, reportedly has his staff immediately order as many fighters in the air as possible. [Ottawa Citizen, 9/11/2002] However, according to another account, NEADS does not accept the offers until about an hour later. The Toledo Blade will report, "By 10:01 a.m., the command center began calling several bases across the country for help." [Toledo Blade, 12/9/2001] The 9/11 Commission will conclude that an order for other bases to prepare fighters to scramble is not given until 9:49 a.m. In fact, it appears the first fighters from other bases to take off are those from Syracuse at 10:42 a.m. (see 10:42 a.m. September 11, 2001). This is over an hour and a half after Syracuse's initial offer to help, and not long after a general ban on all flights, including military ones, is lifted at 10:31 a.m. (see 10:31 a.m. September 11, 2001). These are apparently the fourth set of fighters scrambled from the ground. Previously, three fighters from Langley Air Force Base, two from Otis Air National Guard Base, and two from Toledo, Ohio, were scrambled at 10:01 a.m. (see 10:01 a.m. September 11, 2001), but did not launch until 15 minutes later. [Toledo Blade, 12/9/2001]
Entity Tags: Robert Marr, Eric A. "Rick" Findley, 174th Fighter Wing, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Northeast Air Defense Sector
William Glover. [Source: Thomas Doscher / US Air Force]The NORAD operations center in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, receives numerous reports from the FAA of additional hijacked aircraft, but most of these reports turn out to be incorrect. Lieutenant Colonel William Glover, the commander of NORAD's Air Warning Center, will later recall that after 9:03 a.m., when the second plane hits the World Trade Center, those in the operations center are "starting to receive reports… that we have these hijackings coming in." He will say, "We had all these other reports coming in now, we were receiving from FAA, that there's other issues on there." [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 9/8/2011] According to Glover, the FAA says to NORAD, "Hey, this may be a possible hijack, or this aircraft may be a possible hijack." As a result, those in the operations center "did not know how many more there were. Were there five, six, seven, or eight?" [BBC, 9/1/2002] Major General Rick Findley, NORAD's director of operations, will similarly recall: "Lots of other reports were starting to come in. And now you're not too sure. If they're that clever to coordinate that kind of attack, what else is taking place across North America?" [Toronto Star, 12/9/2001] According to Glover, the uncertainty about how many additional hijacked planes there are will lead NORAD to implement a limited version of a plan called SCATANA, which clears the skies and gives the military control of US airspace (see (11:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001). [Aviation Week and Space Technology, 6/3/2002; 9/11 Commission, 6/17/2004] However, most of the additional hijackings that the FAA is reporting to NORAD turn out to be false alarms. Glover will say that most of the reports "were not true." [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 9/8/2011] According to the 9/11 Commission Report, there are "multiple erroneous reports of hijacked aircraft" during the morning (see (9:09 a.m. and After) September 11, 2001). [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 28]
Entity Tags: Eric A. "Rick" Findley, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Federal Aviation Administration, William Glover
Steven Armstrong. [Source: Thomas Doscher / US Air Force]Personnel in the NORAD operations center in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, are in what one officer there will call an "information void," and are learning about ongoing events mostly from television reports. [Denver Post, 8/28/2011; North American Aerospace Defense Command, 9/9/2011] Major General Rick Findley, NORAD's director of operations, will tell the 9/11 Commission that those in the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center (CMOC) gain their "first awareness of a second impact at the World Trade Center… from the media simulcast of the event." Findley only then realizes there is an "ongoing coordinated attack" taking place. But, he will tell the 9/11 Commission, he "did not know the exact facts of what caused both explosions." [9/11 Commission, 3/1/2004 ] According to Lieutenant Colonel Steven Armstrong, NORAD's chief of plans and forces, after the second crash, "[W]e were just kind of watching it unfold on CNN, and then we started making the phone calls and we tried to start building a bigger picture." [North American Aerospace Defense Command, 9/9/2011] Armstrong will later recall, "We're reaching out to everybody and their brother, trying to get as much information as we can to figure out what's going on with the national airspace." However, he will say, "[T]he majority of the information we're getting at the time is literally off the TV." [Denver Post, 8/28/2011] The CMOC reaches out to NORAD's regional air defense sectors to try and get information. But, according to Armstrong, "they were pretty busy trying to run fighters and do intercepts and figure out where the bad guys were." Therefore, Armstrong will say, "we were out there in an information void, just looking for anything that we could find." [North American Aerospace Defense Command, 9/9/2011] Lieutenant Colonel William Glover, the commander of NORAD's Air Warning Center, will recall that this morning is his "first time, you know, thinking about the fog of war, because we didn't know what was going on." [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 9/8/2011] Findley will reflect, "I wouldn't call it flat-footed, but we were a little bit behind the power curve most of that morning as we were trying to figure out exactly what transpired." [Canadian Press, 9/10/2006]
Entity Tags: North American Aerospace Defense Command, Steven Armstrong, Eric A. "Rick" Findley, William Glover
The North Portal entrance to the Cheyenne Mountain Complex in Colorado. [Source: NORAD]The message goes out within NORAD that the military's defense readiness condition has been raised to Defcon 3. [9/11 Commission, 6/17/2003; 9/11 Commission, 2004] Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld directed that the defense readiness condition be raised from Defcon 5—the lowest level—to Defcon 3 at around 10:45 a.m. (see (10:43 a.m.-10:52 a.m.) September 11, 2001). [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 326, 554; Goldberg et al., 2007, pp. 131] At 10:52 a.m., an emergency action message about the increased defense readiness condition was issued. [US Department of Defense, 9/11/2001 ; 9/11 Commission, 2004] NORAD Personnel Learn of Defcon Change - Word of the change is then communicated within NORAD. At 11:03 a.m., NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) is ordered to Defcon 3. Four minutes later, at 11:07 a.m., Lieutenant Colonel Steve Usher, the director of combat operations at the headquarters of the Continental United States NORAD Region (CONR) in Florida, announces that Defcon 3 has been ordered. [9/11 Commission, 6/17/2003] And a military log will state that "NORAD has directed Defcon change" at 11:12 a.m. [9/11 Commission, 2004] Staff Sergeant Brent Lanier, an emergency action controller in NORAD's Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center (CMOC) in Colorado, is tasked with sending out a message about the change to the defense readiness condition. He will later recall: "I'd sent out false Defcon messages during exercises, but I never thought I'd have to send out an actual Defcon change message—but I did. It was frightening." [Airman, 3/2002] NORAD Officers Discuss Defcon Change - Major General Larry Arnold, the CONR commander, will tell the 9/11 Commission that he hears of the change to the defense readiness condition either from Major General Rick Findley, the director of operations at the CMOC, or from one of NORAD's computer chat logs. [9/11 Commission, 2/3/2004 ] Usher will tell the 9/11 Commission that the instruction to raise the defense readiness condition comes either from the CONR Regional Air Operations Center or from Arnold. He will add that there is an emergency action message confirming the transition. [9/11 Commission, 2/4/2004 ] Arnold will recall that, at some unspecified time, he calls General Ralph Eberhart, the commander of NORAD, about the change to the defense readiness condition, with the intention of informing Eberhart "of what was ongoing." [9/11 Commission, 2/3/2004 ] Change in Defcon Affects Who Can Declare a Target Hostile - Steve Hedrick, an air weapons officer at NEADS, will tell the 9/11 Commission that "any change in Defcon is authenticated immediately" with the fighter jets under NORAD control. He will also say that "the main change when a Defcon level changes is in who has the authority to declare a target hostile." Hedrick will note that the order from Vice President Dick Cheney, that NORAD fighters were "cleared… to intercept tracks of interest and shoot them down if they do not respond" (see 10:31 a.m. September 11, 2001), is "distinct and different from the transition in Defcon levels." [9/11 Commission, 10/27/2003 ; 9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 42]
Entity Tags: Continental US NORAD Region, Steve Usher, Steve Hedrick, Eric A. "Rick" Findley, Northeast Air Defense Sector, Larry Arnold, Ralph Eberhart, Brent Lanier, North American Aerospace Defense Command
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park will celebrate the 21st Annual National Trails Day on Saturday, June 1st with a volunteer opportunity to participate in an Appalachian Trail Work Day. The Park will once again work with the Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Regional Office of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, and the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club to host this large volunteer event.
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The Lee County Charter Review Commission will hold their third public meeting located in District 3.
June 25, 2015 – 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Estero High School Auditorium
21900 River Ranch Road
Estero, FL, 33928
Purpose: To review the Home Rule Charter & propose any amendments or revisions that may be advisable for placement on the general election ballot.
The Commission is seeking input from the public regarding any proposed amendments to the County Charter.
"We want to ensure citizens have access to the Commission, and we want input from across the county," said Ed Volz, who was elected commission chair at its inaugural meeting March 11.
Members: Lee County Charter Review Commission comprises 15 members appointed by Lee County Commissioners. They serve for 18 months with the purpose of reviewing the Home Rule Charter and proposing any amendments or revisions, which may be placed on the general election ballot.
Previous charter items discussed:
- Single Member Districts
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- Election of County Manager
- Expanding Board to 7 members (2 at large, 5 single member districts)
Future meetings will be held in Cape Coral and Lehigh Acres.
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In an aptly named research article, Why Susie Sells Seashells by the Seashore: Implicit Egotism and Major Life Decisions, Brett Pelham and colleagues (2002) tested the hypothesis that Susie is unconsciously drawn to activities and locations starting with the letter S. The authors refer to this tendency as implicit egotism, the idea that people have positive associations with anything that is associated with themselves - in this case, their names. When this article was published, previous research had already established that people prefer their initials to other letters, but no one knew whether this preference had real-world implications. Drawing on broad-sweeping census data, the researchers found that people were more likely to move to locations that sounded like their first or last name - for example, more Georgia's moved to Georgia, and Louise's to Louisiana, than to other states. They also found that people seemed to choose professions in the same way - for example, Dennis's seemed especially drawn to the dental profession: in their sample the names Dennis, Walter, and Jerry were roughly equal in frequency, but 482 dentists were named Dennis compared to only 257 named Walter and 270 named Jerry.
The researchers concluded that our decisions are far less rational than we like to believe - even our own names can unconsciously prime us. Of course, these results do not suggest that all Dennis's are destined to become dentists (some surnames did once correspond to occupation and geographical region, but for the most part that is no longer the case). There are clearly many other important factors that influence our decisions, both conscious and unconscious. Furthermore, the strength of the name-preference effect may also depend on people's level of self-esteem - it is possible (though as yet untested) that people who dislike themselves show a reverse pattern of behavior. Though one set of studies found that names do not seem to influence food, animal, and leisure activity preferences, other studies show that name-based preferences can also influence social judgments and consumer decisions, though the effect may depend on the presence of certain situational factors, such as a moderate level of need (e.g., thirst when choosing a beverage). Implicit egotism also appears to be stronger for people with rare names. For more on this area of research, see this review article.
Parents often choose names for their children in hopes that their children will live up to these names, but names can sometimes set up expectations that are hard to live up to, as in the famous story of Winner and Loser Lane - poor Winner became a criminal while Loser grew up to be a successful policeman. In other cases, however, a successful-sounding name can serve a people well. What about names that signal ethnic background? Disturbingly, some research shows that equal quality resumes with traditional white sounding names, as opposed to minority or immigrant names, are more likely to lead to job interviews. Other research has found little evidence that names themselves do not influence life opportunities, but rather that early life circumstances shape both names and later life outcomes. However, employment discrimination in controlled studies such as the one referenced above cannot be explained by early life circumstances, since the resume names were randomly given an ethnicity. Perhaps some employers infer applicants' life circumstances from their names and discriminate based on those judgments, but that would make life circumstances more of a consequence than a cause.
Another source of influence lies in the personal and cultural meaning of a name. People may feel pressure to live up to their familial, literary, celebrity, or biblical name-sakes. They may also choose to change their name if it doesn't feel fitting. Would it be better if we could all choose our own names when we reached a certain age, so that we could have more say in our name-shaped destinies? My friends and I have discussed the names we think we could have given ourselves as children, and there were some strange ones - so maybe it's a good thing we stuck to just naming our dolls and stuffed animals.
There is so much more to say about names - the origins of nicknames (and their perseverance against all odds), the sometimes awkward transition to the "adult" form of one's name, the kinship of meeting someone with the same name (one example: the new co-authored novel Will Grayson, Will Grayson), the influence of having a typically male name as a female, or vice versa, and the complicated process of baby-naming. I will try to cover some of these topics in a future post, so please let me know what else you want to know about.
I realize that my fascination with names is probably in part due to my own weird name, whose origin is as confusing as its pronunciation (it's pronounced You-Lee, spelled Juli). I'm not sure if having a weird name has helped or hurt me - at certain times I liked being different (and it's always a good conversation starter), but it's not fun having to correct people's pronunciation. As for whether implicit egotism has led me to seek out locations that remind me of myself: I chose to go to college in Ann Arbor (and my full name is Juliana - not sure if that counts). Then I chose to go to grad school in Berkeley (and my last name starts with a B). My field of study, psychology, doesn't seem to resemble my name, except that my last name has some "brain"-likeness (that would work better if I were a neuroscientist). Although it's strange to think that my name alone could have altered my life, it seems to have led me to good places.
Pelham BW, Mirenberg MC, & Jones JT (2002). Why Susie sells seashells by the seashore: implicit egotism and major life decisions. Journal of personality and social psychology, 82 (4), 469-87 PMID: 11999918


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Why they don't make bigger tubes.
I've been using Fixodent plus for 20 years, don't last more than 10 hours
are out there any bigger tubes on sale ?
I've been using Fixodent plus for 20 years, don't last more than 10 hours
are out there any bigger tubes on sale ?
Give Secure a try - worked a lot better for me and I didnt use nearly as much
If it only lasts 10 hours I would suggest another product. I use poligrip stripes. It says to use 3 to make a triangle but they are so good that I use 2 and leave off the 3rd 1 going across. Sometimes i use a small circle of fixodent with the 2 strips. But holy cow those strips work really good. I fell asleep the other day with them in and i didnt need to do anything the next day still working like a charm.
Does the Ultra contain Zinc?
Yes it does contain zinc. Adhesive that are zinc free don't work well for me, and I have to add more before meals. I am looking into buying DenSure fit.
Try SECURE they make 2 types and they will send u a free tube
There are other brands then denture fit that is overpriced. Secure does work nice but that burn. Comfort lining is a way better option in my opinion and cheaper too than the other liner for the paste one definitely secure or regular Fixodent.
I believe secure has no zinc. The Comfort grip contains no zinc no like all liners just cheaper
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I have found two products that work well for me and stay for days on my dentures! The cheapest and easiest to get is EZO. They have packages for uppers and for lowers. I believe Walmart carries them. The better one is DinaBase 7, which is something a lot like the Cushion Grip that we all loved. It can be found online....I bought it when I was visiting Germany. Somebody smart should be importing it here, but I have only found it online.
How is dibabase? I very never had cushion grip but I believe the product that I used for my liner was supposed to be like tgat
That website has a lot of different denture adhesive, including a liner. Can you tell me where to find dinabase7. Sry. My phones typos
If you will google it, you should find it online....might have to be shipped from Germany, etc. It is a gel adhesive. It is a small tube, but a little goes a long way. I wish I had bought a truckload when I was in Europe. I could be selling it here in the states for less than it costs with shipping from there. I see online that a lot of places are out of it....Amazon, EBay and so on. I do hope you can find some to try.
I'm the U.K. there is no bigger tube's
I look online they are all the same size.
Thank you
I look online they are all the same size.
Thank you
I see it is available in the U.K. online...Ebay, etc. Not all will ship to the U.S., though, and the shipping cost is probably expensive.
Todd, where are you located?
I'm in England
I think it's a usage issue. If it were bigger, harder to use. Dry out. Encourage your usage...i use a ppwder before work and the poligrip zinc free at noght, swapping dentures esch time. Unless they are in so well by morning that they are left it. Then i brush and go.
I went through all of the adhesives , including self at home soft reline. The one that is most effective is Super Poly Grip. I avoid any minty kind, they irritate my gums. I may have to reapply once if that. Good luck. They may need readjusted , after 10 years, your gums have to be relined.
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Hello Paranormal Unbounders! I have a special treat for you for Black Friday. Take a little shopping break and enjoy this interview with the fabulous Mina Vaughn! Mina returns to our blog to chat about all things paranormal and more. Then wander over to her first visit with us to read an excerpt from her … Continue reading
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Of all the paranormal beasties out there, zombies are my least favorite. (Sorry, zombies.) I've never been much of a horror fan, and after a while, the story of grim survival and inevitable death against the specter of mindless ravening beasts gets… wearing. But what I do like is smartly written fantasy that explores the … Continue reading
The Death of Paranormal–Again
Romance Writers of America recently held its annual meeting, and judging by the chatter on several of the writerly email loops to which I belong, the death of paranormal—specifically, urban fantasy and paranormal romance—was high on the list of topics. Agents don't want it because editors don't want it. Paranormal is dead. Authors have … Continue reading
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- All of the sissy sisters are different, but it just dawned on me that i'm the only one who's in chastity. i've never asked them how many orgasms they've each had this month. i'll bet it's more than my one.
- And yesterday, i discovered a really bad omission on my part when it comes to my blog. Somehow, i never added my sissy sister Candi's tumblr blog to my "Sensual and Sexy Tumblr Blogs" listing. Well, it's finally there so please make sure to check out Randi Candi soon. Here's a taste of what you'll find there....
- A recent anonymous comment on a post about my chastity commitment was quite interesting. It read: " I've grown to like Paul.... And his little subtle Dominant comments which surprises Me considering how I felt in the beginning. :)" The comment brought back memories about the initial reaction from some readers to one of my first meetings with Paul. It was definitely a mixed reaction and i was a bit uneasy myself. Thankfully, i trusted Diane throughout.
- And speaking of Paul, he sent me another intriguing note late yesterday afternoon that made reference to my hardly-used Victoria's Secret gift card. "Are you ready for another shopping assignment?" was all the email said. i submissively responded "Yes Sir, i am." i haven't heard back yet but this time, i hope i get to buy something for myself.
- Yesterday Diane pointed out an article She found on Yahoo: I'm a Submissive Christian Wife and My Marriage is Smoking Hot! Wanna guess what Her retort was? You're right, She could definitely top it from the Domme's perspective!
- Another thing about shopping. It's been a long time since Diane and i have gone shopping together specifically for lingerie or any other feminine item. i really miss it.
- Time for a sissy photo don't you think? See...i have this fantasy about me and my sissy sisters where.....
- i want to thank everyone who leaves comments here. i don't blog to get comments, but receiving feedback is always welcome and i enjoy it very much. i hope you don't mind my requiring approval of comments before they're published. i only did it because of one person who left some very bigoted and comments once that i had to remove. They were aimed at one specific individual who had left a comment. Other than that, i've posted everything you've left. So again, thanks very much.
- Diane also brought up the comments the other day. A long time ago, She made it a requirement that i answer each one. Somehow, i stopped and She didn't say anything about it. So a few days ago She said "Whatever happened that made you decide not to follow my rule?" OUCH! She hinted that a spanking might be in order and that maybe the rule should be put back in place..."Not that it was ever removed!"
- Finally, i hope everybody's NCAA bracket is still in relatively good shape. For us, the tournament is always kind of fun to watch. i just wish they showed the cheerleaders a little more!
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Every wolf's and lion's howl
Raises from hell a human soul
—William Blake
If it ever took a life, it is unaccounted for.
Stone tumbler. Giant's breath. White death.
A growl ripped in a gurgle. Throat's cavern
jerking air down dark eroded instruments
of granite. I'd like to tell you that voice exists
before the sound of words, and somewhere underground
in embryonic dark learns to attach itself to the drive
of creeks. Elsewhere, it's said, men fear the lion
for its roar. Paralyzing, it possesses something
in the human ear, interlocking gadgetry of bones
fusing in a finished puzzle. Gorgon's petrifaction.
Above the cataract, through willow branches,
faces of deer rise to the surface of vision
like half-waterlogged heads. A stag among them,
antlers craned like a basket tipping silence.
Hymnal static of it. In this slick abbey
hugged by cottonwoods they are monks
who have forsaken language, their terrible
lessons on the precedents of speech:
amnesiac as infants, Latin for unable to speak,
seasonal engine of water in its endless Babel.
Published online July 28 2018.
Jordan Mounteer's poems have appeared in numerous Canadian and American publications, and his work has won or been shortlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize, the Montreal International Poetry Prize, PRISM international's Poetry Contest, and The Malahat Review's Open Season Award. He splits his time between travelling and his home in the Slocan Valley, where he works as a freelance writer and editor.
This piece was published in 'The Winter Issue,' the Winter 2018 issue of CV2.
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Emerging Markets Set to Take Over As Favourite Tourist Destinations
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Spring Blog Hop over at
As you can see from my pictures I decided to create my first Easter card and gift set. I chose to use Tilda with egg from the
Little Easter Collection 2013.
I found these little chocolate discs at Aldi's and knew immediately (as you do. lol)!!! exactly what I wanted to do with some of them, add sweet Tilda's face to them. There should have been 10 but 1 of them got occidentally eaten (by me) it's okay!! I've got another two bags to into the sweet Popcorn box.
My covered popcorn box was made using the Sweet treat embossing board from Crafters Companion. My papers are from Prima's 12x12 Sweet Fairy range 2012.
The flowers are also Prima, the sentiment is from Graphic45 as is the tiny tag. I will pop a list of ingredients at the bottom of my post for you with links where possible.
Challenges Entered:
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Trump to ease rules on coal plants
WASHINGTON (AP) —The Trump administration is set to roll back the centerpiece of President Barack Obama's efforts to slow global warming, the Clean Power Plan that restricts greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants.
A plan to be announced in coming days would give states broad authority to determine how to restrict carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming, according to a summary of the plan and several people familiar with the full proposal who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorised to discuss the plan publicly.
The plan by the Environmental Protection Agency also would let states relax pollution rules for power plants that need upgrades.
That would reverse an Obama-era push to shift away from coal and toward less-polluting energy sources such as natural gas, wind, and solar power.
Combined with a planned rollback of car-mileage standards, the plan represents a significant retreat from Obama-era efforts to fight climate change.
President Donald Trump has already vowed to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement as he pushes to revive the coal industry.
Trump also has directed Energy Secretary Rick Perry to take steps to bolster struggling coal-fired and nuclear power plants to keep them open, warning that impending retirements of "fuel-secure" power plants that rely on coal and nuclear power are harming the nation's power grid and reducing its resilience.
The White House had no immediate comment on the plan, and the EPA did not respond to requests for comment Monday.
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Siesta Sister - Umineko no Naku Koro ni
A Siesta Sister? Awesommmmmmmme. Good luck making it and stuff, I'm sure it'll look great! You're much braver than me to wear something like that too, otherwise I'd be Leviathan for sure XD
haha i may wear shorts, don't think i'm brave to do the underwear -.- but thank you! :3
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Android manufacturers may start following Amazon's lead
Though Android fans like to downplay the problem, platform fragmentation remains a huge problem that manifests itself in a myriad of ways. Whether it means that your brand new Android device isn't up to snuff to play the latest game or take advantage of the latest Android update, or that the user experience varies wildly from device to device, the continued success of Android has the simultaneous affect of increasing the fragmentation woes faced by users.
To this end, the MIT Technology Review is reporting that a number of hardware manufacturers are taking a closer look at what Amazon did with Android, namely fork it and come up with their own concoction, thereby negating their blind allegiance to Google's requirements.
Ted Morgan, CEO of Skyhook Wireless, has a unique window onto this phenomenon, because his company provides geolocation services for these yet-to-be-announced devices.
"I'm spending a lot of time with companies forking Android," says Morgan. "Nobody wants to just be a manufacturer for Google. You see that with what Amazon has done, where they made it their own, and you also see a whole host of manufacturers taking Android down their own path."
Meanwhile, Google CEO Larry Page recently noted that total Android activations are up to about 865,000 a day. Not too shabby, but it's quite telling that less than 3% of current Android handsets are currently running Ice Cream Sandwich.
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RainCheck Appoints Global Vice President Of Strategy and Business Development
RainCheck has announced the appointment of Gaurav Patni as vice president of global strategy and business development.
Based in Sydney, Patni will be responsible for developing opportunities with retail go-to-market partners and seeking opportunity prospects with emerging technologies. He will also ensure that the company's product roadmap is aligned to the needs of RainCheck customers, thereby improving efficiency in technology development.
Patni has over 18 years' experience in retail and eCommerce industries during which time he has developed technology-focused innovation programs for global household retail name brand organisations.
He was previously global executive advisor – retail, consumers goods and digital innovation at Oracle where he was responsible for delivering strategic digital transformation programs for retailers across the Asia Pacific region. Prior to that, he worked at David Jones as technology integration leader with responsibility for helping drive digital innovation and competitive advantage through the integration of new technologies.
Patni also worked at Accenture USA as program manager and business architect – retail, consumer goods and digital innovation where he was responsible for program leadership and management of strategic initiatives in retail/eCommerce business transformation, process design and system integration.
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RainCheck CEO and co-founder Cameron Wall said, "We are delighted to have Gaurav as part of the team. He has long been recognised for his retail, consumer and digital innovation thought leadership and his considerable skills and expertise will now play an integral role in driving RainCheck's global business development strategy at a very exciting time in the industry."
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16 January 2017
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The song features amazing body of work, and Also serves as the latest stew from the HKN Music pot.
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"In a band it's all about relationships…that is the glue that pulls good music together"
GREG STEVENS—co-manager/consultant/national record promotions
At 14, Stevens began his first radio job playing Sunday morning tapes on AM radio. He worked at a variety of Rock, Pop and Country stations during his radio career. Some of his most notable stops included KNIX Phoenix, KRAK Sacramento and KRST Albuquerque.
He switched to the record business in the 90's. Stevens' music business journey started with BNA, and has included stints with Rising Tide, RCA, VFR , Nine North, Grassroots Promotions and Quarterback Records.
Greg has worked with developing many artists, including Kenny Chesney, Randy Travis, Lonestar, Thompson Square, Tracy Lawrence, Jack Ingram, Willie Nelson and many more.
Greg met Jael when she won alternate at the Texaco Country Showdown for Montana in 2011 and 2012, for which he was a judge. Since then he has been a constant source of inspiration, knowledge, wisdom and friendship.
Stevens is now Director of National Record Promotions for Grassroots Record label in Nashville, TN.
NELL JOHNSON–co-manager/bookings/local promotions
Nell grew up surrounded by music. With her husband Steve, she has raised three musicians (and one 'doc' in the Coast Guard). Nell wants to always be there to inspire and encourage the expression of music that speaks to the heart. She also stands guard over Jael and her musicians…friends call her the "momma bear".
Right now Nell is the one that deals with legal issues, promoters and bookings for shows, leaning heavily on the counsel and guidance of Greg and Britt.
Nell works with an international missionary training organization, which provides the flexibility for her to give attention to Jael's music schedule.
Her greatest desire is that God is glorified through anything her children are called to do, and right now for Jael, it is to write and sing her music.


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A NEW 'traffic light' system to tackle alcohol-related crime and violence at bars and nightclubs has been welcomed by an industry spokesman.The system, based on a model implemented succesfully in Cardiff, will see penalties and licence restrictions given to pubs and clubs that receive a red-light rating, whilst amber ratings will mean that the establishments are closely monitored.
The rating will be decided based on the number of points incurred for incidents at premises, with the size of the establishments taken into account.
The PSNI said that the model was instrumental in helping Cardiff City Council improve the management and safety of their night time economy.
Pubs of Ulster Chief executive, Colin Williams has said that South Belfast pubs will be happy to operate under the new PSNI rating system.
"If a pub or club is given an amber rating the licensee will be as concerned as the police. It is natural that some establishments are better at maintaining standards than others, but the bars in South Belfast are generally very good at dealing with trouble.
"Nobody is running a premise that wants trouble or to have a bad reputation."
He added that he hoped none of the pubs or clubs would reach a red rating.
"It will be about number crunching and approaching the pubs and clubs to let them know that they have slipped into an amber rating and allow the licensee to respond appropriately."
The Pubs of Ulster representative said he seen the new system as an efficient way of keeping authorities and licensees informed.
"Seventy per cent of the trouble relates to people who are already drunk when they come to the door. Establishments may not have realised that they had a problem because the majority of incidents happen outside their property. This will be a way of raising awareness and informing establishments and the PSNI.
"It is about making sure we are performing as best as we can to help reduce assaults and act as an early intervention."


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For the Children
Arctic Henge
Set in Raufarhöfn, one of the most remote and northernmost villages in Iceland where the Arctic Circle lies just off the coast, the Arctic Henge (Heimskautsgerðið) is under construction. Similar to its ancient predecessor, Stonehenge, the Arctic Henge is like a huge sundial, aiming to capture the sunrays, cast shadows in precise locations and capture the light between aligned gateways.
Heimskautsgerðið (The Arctic-Henge) has it s roots in the innovators Erlingur Thoroddsen's speculations about the possibility to use endless vistas, where nothing obstructs the horizon, and the midnight sun. The idea to use the dwarf names from the eddic poem Völuspá (Prophecy of the Seeress) and modernize some aspects of the old world of the Sagas, soon became a part of these speculations. The first version of the idea is from 1998 but in 2004 it was finalized, with allusions to mythology and folklore, designed to interact with the unique natural light.
No one has been able to explain the dwarfs in the Völuspá, apart from Austri (East), Vestri (West), Norðri (North) and Suðri (South), who carry the sky. By connecting the names of the dwarfs to the season, as for example Bjartur (Bright) Blíður (Sweet) and Svásuður (Gengle) to the summer, it is possible to fit the names of the dwarfs to a yearly circle of 72 weeks. The year-circle of the dwarfs becomes a kind of almanac, where each dwarf controls a five day period. All the dwarfs have been given a role and they have all have their own personalities. This means that the dwarfs can be connected to birthdays and people can connect to their personal dwarf.
Around this made up world rises the Heimskautsgerði (Arctic-Henge) on the Melrakkaás (Foxhill) in Raufarhöfn. The Heimskautsgerði is around 50 meters in diameter, with 6 meter high gates that face the main directions. Between the gates is a high wall with a small opening at the top. Inside the circle stands 10 meter high column on four pillars. The column will be topped with cut prism-glass that splits up the sunlight unto the primary colors. The opening between the pillar look towards the main directions, so example the midnight sun can be seen from the south gate through the middle column and the north gate. The play of light and shadow will follow the time of the day. The openings on the wall will let in the sunrays so when the building is completed a sundial can be set up.
Inside the circle are 68 dwarfs who stand around a circular dwarf trail. Inside the trail is the polar star pointer, and does exactly what its name says. There you can also find the throne of the sun that is meant to be a place where the traveler can sit down to have his picture taken. Also a hall of rays, which is a sort of sanctuary between high columns, with one seat, where the guest can empty his mind an renew his energy. An altar of fire and water, that reminds us of the power of the elements, where events can be performed, for examples weddings, oath taking and so forth
Getting There
It´s about 130 km from Húsavík, but good roads all the way, so allow 1.5 hrs.
Follow the road 85 northeast out of Húsavík, past Ásbyrgi, taking the 874 road junction east just before Kópasker. Once in Raufarhöfn, you can´t miss the stones, looming impressively on the hill above the town. There is a short track to drive up, or you can walk if you prefer. Here is the route.
Black sand beaches
There's nothing more fun than being a kid and playing on the beach. There you can quite often find many interesting stones, old bones, driftwood, and if you're lucky you might come across a message in a bottle.
A day out fishing is a good family activity, and the north of Iceland has countless lakes and rivers, e.g. Svínavatn, Ljósavatn and Ysta-Vík near Grenivík, where the children can sit on the banks with their fishing rods. Then, at the end of the day, they can look on with pride, as their catch is grilled for the family meal. But one need not go far from the town or village to do some fishing; sitting at the end of the pier can also be fun.
Hlidarfjall ski area
The ski area at Mt. Hlidarfjall lies at the bottom of one of the biggest fjords in Iceland surrounded by high mountains ranging from 1000 to 1538 meters over sea level. The ski area is 5 km above the town Akureyri. The area has 6 ski lifts, 23 alpine slopes and 15 km of cross country tracks, ski cafés, ski rental and a ski school. Snow production systems ensure a long season from end of November till beginning of May.
Hvítserkur is a 15 m-high sea stack just off shore on the eastern side of Vatnsnes. Good seal spotting place at the estuary of the Sigridarstadir lake, south from the stack.
Kjarnaskógur woods
South of Akureyri is Iceland´s most visited "forest" Kjarnaskogur woods. The area has 2km long athletic course, walking tracks, picnic tables and children´s playground. Campsite at nearby Hamrar.
Children are naturally inquisitive and visiting museums is, therefore, often an exciting project. The north of Iceland has an abundant flora of museums, housing a wide variety of topics and interests. It should, therefore be an easy matter to find something to suit all members of the family. Here are some of the museums which might appeal to the younger visitor:
Glaumbær in Skagafjörður, The Christmas Garden in Eyjafjörður, The Vehicle and Machinery Museum at Stóragerði, The Museum of Small Exhibits in Eyjafjörður, The Whale Museum in Húsavík, The Icelandic Seal Centre at Hvammstangi, The Bird Museum in the Mývatn District and the Aviation Museum in Akureyri.
Sauðárkrókur-Tindastóll Skiing Area
The ski area at Mt. Hlidarfjall lies at the bottom of one of the biggest fjords in Iceland surrounded by high mountains ranging from 1000 to 1538 meters over sea level. The ski area is 5 km above the town Akureyri. The area has 6 ski lifts, 23 alpine slopes and 15 km of cross country tracks, ski cafés, ski rental and a ski school. Snow production systems ensure a long season from end of November till beginning of May.
Sellátur is the Icelandic name given to an area by the sea which is the breeding ground for seals and these are to be found wherever seal colonies have settled. The breeding grounds are usually close to the tidemark and seals can be seen lying on the beach or splashing around in the sea at high tide. In each colony there can be as few as one or two animals or as many as several hundreds. Vatnsnes is the best place in the north to study these creatures.
Walking tracks
Walking is a great way to stay healthy as well as being a pleasant form of outdoor exercise - and is one which can be enjoyed by all the family. Although all children love being active, they may also demand to have some games woven into the activity menu. Therefore, it is important to make the walk as exciting and adventurous as possible, but remembering to gear the programme to suit the interests and ability of the youngest members of the group. This will guarantee their full participation and also make sure that they want to do it all again and again!


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March 5, 2011
08.22.10 [Old Pics] Rain & Lee Jung-jin Filming In Macau
January 25, 2011
01.25.11 [dramabeans] Lee Jung-jin in High Cut (…in bed)
For those of you having Do Soo withdrawals (like me!) , enjoy ~
Mrowr. This is an Lee-Jung-jin-looking-mighty-pretty post, so I may just run out of brainpower halfway through it. Something about this man just makes my brain shut off, leaving me with just enough energy to drool. Um, figuratively speaking.
So here we have a photo shoot for High Cut magazine, in which Lee Jung-jin is lounging around, cavorting on a bed, baring chest and belly and boxer shorts. Also looking mighty carefree and happy, which is like a cheap shot to get us to Awww over him given how tortured and hurty he was in his last drama, Runaway Plan B. There there, Mr. Hot Scruffy Cop, Rain will make it better.
(Seriously, their bromance is a thing of beauty, though altogether WAY too short-lived in the drama, and underdeveloped. The Runaway special was pretty hilarious, though, with the entire first fifteen minutes basically acting as Lee Jung-jin's love letter to Rain. It was awesome.)
These days, Lee Jung-jin can be seen in the KBS2 reality show Qualifications of a Man… which I'll have to get to watching right away. (Is it any good, variety watchers out there?)
And here my brain shuts off so I'll have to sign off and go stare some more
Via Sports Chosun
source: http://www.dramabeans.com/2011/01/lee-jung-jin-in-high-cut-in-bed/
December 20, 2010
12.20.10 [Info] "Fugitive" Cast Drama Links
Missing the "Fugitive" cast already? Catch some of their earlier drama's at Drama Fever!
- 9 End 2 Outs – Lee Jung Jin (Detective Do Soo)
- Get Karl! Oh Soo Jung – Sung Dong Il (Nakamura), Oh Ji Ho (Kevin)
- Ruler of Your Own World – Lee Na Young (Jin Yi)
- My Lovely Sam Soon – Daniel Henney (Kai)
- The Return of Iljimae – Yoon Jin Seo (Officer Yoon)
~you can also catch "Runaway: Plan B" (Fugitive) eps there as well >>
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12.17.10 [Clip] Rain & Director 'The Fugitive PlanB'Special
So funny~~~~~~~
Source : DC
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12.08.10 [Official Pictures] Recap of some good times….Rain, LJJ, LNY,making memories.
I enjoyed being a part of Fugitive625. Thank everyone for accepting me and making part of the Fugitive625 Family. K.I.T….xoxo 🙂
Credit : Adelaide Napitupulu and of course a Special shout out to Ratoka. 🙂 xoxo
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Allow to Shop early for the Best Selection:
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It is perhaps the second biggest thing that people shop online, after the great deals offered by online shopping deals. As long as you can intend to use the online coupons that you get, there shouldn't be any crisis. As long as they are used properly, there are several benefits to using online coupons.
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Bank robber may have struck in town again
New incident said nearly identical to one in town last week
Just hours after investigators on Thursday announced new revelations about last week's robbery of a Greenwich Avenue bank, police said the same bank robber may have struck in town again.
At 4:25 p.m. Thursday, a man entered the Chase Bank at 137 West Putnam Ave. and handed the teller a note saying he was armed and demanding cash, before escaping with several thousand dollars in hand, police said.
The robber's methods were nearly identical to those used in the Aug. 28 robbery of the People's United Bank at 410 Greenwich Ave. The subsequent police response then led to a shutdown of Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line as officers searched trains.
Coupled with surveillance footage from the Chase Bank showing the robber as a heavy-set Hispanic man, police say the similarities may be more than just coincidence.
"We're operating on the assumption that this is the same suspect," Lt. Kraig Gray said at the scene Thursday, reaffirming that belief later in the evening.
No one was hurt in the incident, and though a weapon was intimated, none was ever shown just as with the previous robbery.
The incident occurred only three hours after Greenwich police held a press conference detailing connections between the People's United robbery and similar holdup at a bank 50 miles away in Linden, N.J.
On Aug. 20, a man, described as being in his 20s, about 5 feet, 8 inches tall, with a medium build and a Spanish accent fled a Wells Fargo bank branch in Linden with an undetermined amount of cash after showing a teller a threatening note.
Following an email tip pointing out the visual similarities between the photos of the suspects for each case, New Jersey investigators reached out to Greenwich officers, Linden police said. Detectives from both municipalities are now working to locate the man, whose whereabouts remain unknown following Thursday's robbery.
"Our belief is that he is probably in the tri-state, New York area and we want to make sure we branched out our coverage of this a little bit further than just the local Greenwich area," Gray said at Thursday's press conference.
Initially, police had been following a lead based on the observations of an off-duty officer who was driving near the Greenwich Avenue robbery. Investigators said the officer saw a man matching the robber's description -- short, heavyset, and wearing a tie and fedora-style hat -- entering a small silver-colored sedan with New York license plates ending in ANX or some combination of those letters.
"The entire outfit really sparked [the off-duty officer's] interest," said Gray. "At the time he didn't realize that was actually a bank robbery suspect because he was off duty in his private car, but once he realized what was going on, the match of similarities, he had a strong sense of recall of that moment."
The bank robber Thursday, however, was seen leaving in a dingy, dark-colored four-door sedan that may have had Connecticut plates.
Security footage from Thursday showed the robber wearing a black, flat-brimmed hat, a thermal shirt, and dark pants, similar to the clothes worn during the Linden robbery. Though witnesses from the Greenwich Avenue case said the robber spoke to the teller in Spanish, police said English was spoken to the Chase Bank teller, albeit with a strong Spanish accent, in line with Linden police reports.
As of Thursday evening, a sign on the door of the Chase Bank direct customers to two of its other locations on West Putnam Avenue.
Anyone with information about any robbery is asked to contact Greenwich detectives at 203-622-3620, Linden detectives at 908-474-8 537, or their local FBI office.


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Teaching PD is a skill that is acquired over many years.
Ratios of nursing staff need to be adequate to allow one-on-one training where required, but in practice, this is not always possible.
Commonly accepted ratios for PD are 1:25. It's recognised that Indigenous and remote communities are factors that increase the need for lower patient ratios.
The Queensland renal clinical network in 2010 determined a ratio of 1:10 for Home HD and 1:15 for PD as desirable and for review in 2011. It is acknowledged that the skills of a PD trainer are augmented over a period of years.
PD education involves both practical skills and theoretical understanding. Information sheets, check learning aids, risk assessment and troubleshooting are some of the tools required.
The PD equipment providers have some excellent tools for teaching their specific systems. You can find links to their teaching tools here.
Patient training components
- Demonstration and practice
- Visual pictures detailing how to perform the required practical skills
- Written/multimedia information re all aspects
- Theory to support the rationale
- A component to check learning and competence
- Trouble-shooting
- A revision component
Training curriculums and tools
- A structured training curriculum to encompass all of the above
- Industry-specific product training information and handouts
- Training tools that are intellectually, culturally, and linguistically appropriate
- Strategies to identify and support patients who are not literate
Documentation of progress is essential, as multiple trainers are involved and this provides back up to demonstrate achievement of a skill if issues occur later.
Training can be considered completed when competence is achieved.
Training location
To maximise the learning opportunities for the individual, when selecting a training location the following should be considered.
The training unit should have clinic rooms, demonstration equipment and support for the trainer.
For the frail, elderly and those with transport difficulties or social dependence, there may be occasions when home training is more effective.
The disadvantage of home training are the travelling involved for the trainer and some environments that are not ideal for training. Flexibility is the key.
Getting to know the individual
Any fear has the potential to be a barrier to achieving success at training. When fear of dialysis is apparent, early identification, acknowledgment and strategies to overcome the fear will minimise the negative impact.
Social concerns, depression, denial and language barriers will all limit the effectiveness of training. The most effective home training nurses address these issues before training. Referral to a psychologist may help.
Referral to an occupational therapist may also be of benefit, to determine if special training needs are required, whether psychological or physical.
Care partners or support persons
Support is essential but dependence on another person often has negative consequences. Support partner unavailability or burnout are risk factors. Loss of earnings can be significant.
Care partners should be referred to social workers to ensure they gain all relevant financial support. Home dialysis patients often do not meet current Centrelink requirements, which means their carers may be ineligible for the carers' pension.
Care partners can learn about troubleshooting and how to provide support, but their most important role may be companionship.
Further information about support and carers, which may be useful to share with your patients, is available here.
Pre-dialysis assessment tool
A pre-dialysis functional assessment tool is under development by the Hunter New South Wales Health Service. You can see the model here.
If you'd like the development team's contact details, please email email@example.com
Documentation, procedures, and protocols
Electronic documentation is the gold standard. IT systems should be networked and secure, with the ability to link all members of the multidisciplinary team.
We are currently collating PD training tools and documentation from recommended sources. An example is the 'Peritoneal Dialysis Protocol Manual' produced by The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, which you can download here.
If you have any contributions or suggestions, please email them to email@example.com
Recommended weblinks
Procedures and protocols should meet the standards of relevant national guidelines, such as these:
- Caring for Australasians with Renal Impairment (CARI) Guidelines
- International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis Guidelines
References for this section of our website are all from 'The Report on Home Dialysis', which you can download here.
TEACH-PD Training Curriculum
A Targeted Education ApproaCH to improve Peritoneal Dialysis outcomes (TEACH-PD trial) aims to determine whether implementation of standardised training modules based on the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) guidelines, targeting both PD trainers and patients, results in a longer time to the composite end-point of exit site infections, tunnel infections, and peritonitis in incident PD patients compared with existing training practices.
The TEACH-PD training modules (IN PRESS) have been developed by a core group of renal nurses from the HOME Network in conjunction with senior medical clinicians from the Australasian Kidney Trials Network (AKTN), consumers, eLearning curriculum developers, and education experts, in line with the International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) guidelines, utilising modern adult learning principles and best practice eLearning techniques.
The TEACH-PD pilot study has demonstrated feasibility in a real clinical setting. The outcomes of this study have informed further refinement of the TEACH-PD program prior to rigorous evaluation of its efficacy and cost-effectiveness in a large-scale study.
Learn more about the TEACH-PD program here.
Further enquiries
If you have any queries about teaching PD, please phone us on freecall 1800 454 363 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I'm a decent person, ya'll. Like, I give to charities and there's this one guy that stands on the corner and everyday I make sure to bring him lunch if I'm going to be passing by him. I do nice things. I will literally give you the shirt off my back if you wanted me to. I buy groceries for the people in front of me, I pay for the car behind me. Someone compliments my earrings? Thanks! I made them myself, take them! If they had asked for it, I would have given it to them. I like giving things to people. I was homeless with an infant not all that long ago. Now that I'm not...well, spread the love. It makes them happy and it makes me feel good. Someone has to be really shitty to lose my goodwill. I am an optimist. I believe in the goodness of mankind. I believe we are better than we are worse.
Someone stole my handmade wreath off my goddamn front door. I didn't even get time to make a picture. I put it up, took a coffee break and went back and and GONE. This is a really safe neighborhood. There's like, no crime here. Me and all my neighbors leave grills and bikes and such completely unsecured because nobody takes them. This person walked past 3 unsecured bikes to get to my front door to take my wreath. There were things of real value they could have just taken. But they stole my wreath instead? What kind of sick soulless piece of shit does that?? I'm thinking of making another one and booby trapping it. Is that illegal? This is Florida and I'm pretty sure it's okay. This was between 2-3 am on a Sunday. So, I'm certain it wasn't kids. (At least not little kids.) Do you guys have any non-lethal ideas for booby trapping a wreath? So, you guys talk me down off the ledge before I booby trap this bad boy with mace and razor blades. Because I have no problem hurting people who piss me off. And I am pissed.
I think it was Capone who said "Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I'm kind to everyone. But if you are unkind to me, kindness isn't what you'll remember about me."
Seriously? Talk me down. Give me happy gifs. Also, ideas for maybe a funny, harmless but annoying way to booby trap my wreath. In my rage all I can come up with is salt coated razor blades.