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- How long will a recruit have to sign up for?
- What if they want to try the Royal Navy out before committing?
- What about joining the Royal Marines?
- Why are women not allowed to serve in the Royal Marines?
- Can women join the Royal Navy?
- How much leave do recruits get?
- How long is the training?
- Can they buy themselves out?
- How long are they away for?
- If there is an emergency, how can I get in touch with my child?
- What's your policy on bullying?
- What about harrassment?
- What is your policy on drug taking?
How long will a recruit have to sign up for?
The length of service will depend on the role your son or daughter is doing and which part of the Royal Navy or Royal Marines they are working in, but they always have the option to request to leave. They will then need to work their notice period of 12 months. They are normally required to serve for around two and a half years after training.
If your son or daughter has serious concerns that the Royal Navy or Royal
Marines isn't the right career for them, in certain circumstances we'll allow
them time off to give them the space to review what they want to do.
What if they want to try the Royal Navy out before committing?
That's fine. The Royal Navy runs a four-day Acquaint course in Scotland every week that gives prospective candidates a taste of what life will be like during initial training and on a ship or submarine. It also gives your son or daughter a chance to ask questions and find out more about the different options available to them.
It's free to attend and the Royal Navy pays for their travel costs. For more details, speak to a Royal Navy Careers Advisor, or Visit the Royal Naval Acquaint Course website
What about joining the Royal Marines?
Your son can go on The Potential Royal Marines Course (PRMC). It is three days long and is held at the Commando Training Centre (CTC), Lympstone.
It is a chance for the Royal Marines to assess whether your son is ready, physically and mentally, to enter training, and for him to find out about the Royal Marines and life at CTC. He will learn about Commando training and meet some recruits and talk to them. If he is not successful in passing the PRMC, the selection staff can give him further support.
Find out more about the PRMC Course
Why are women not allowed to serve in the Royal Marines?
It is Government policy that females cannot serve in a front-line unit, such as the Royal Marines. But we do have women who serve in the Royal Marines Band Service, and there has been a female who passed the All Arms Commando Course. This allows her to serve in support of 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines.
Can women join the Royal Navy?
Women can join the Royal Navy and serve in all branches except Mine Clearance Diver Branch, as a member of the Submarine Service or as a Royal Marines Commando. These exclusions are for medical reasons. Discrimination on the grounds of gender is not tolerated.
How much leave do recruits get?
Depending on when they do their training, they will get two weeks at Easter and Christmas and three weeks in the summer. All weekends that are non-working will also be given as time off.
How long is the training?
It varies, depending on the branch being entered. For a Royal Naval Rating, initial training takes eight weeks, and professional training can take between five weeks and four years. Training for Officers varies according to specialisation.
Initial training for Royal Marines Commandos is 32 weeks long, and for Royal Marines Officers is 54 weeks.
Can they buy themselves out?
Generally, no, though if they leave before serving their minimum service time for any sponsorship money, they may be asked to pay some or all of it back.
How long are they away for?
Most deployments are about six months in length, though this can vary.
Ships generally only deploy once every two or three years. though. Between deployments they will have some periods alongside (in port) and some time doing trials and training, when they are often at sea for just 1-2 weeks at a time.
If there is an emergency, how can I get in touch with my son or daughter?
Ships at sea and units ashore, both in the UK and abroad, have satellite phones, which can be used in an emergency. Everyone who is deployed abroad is also given 20 minutes' worth of free satellite calls a week. Email is the most popular way of staying in touch and all ships have email access. Mobile phones are also allowed on ships – though there may be some restrictions about when they can be used. You can also write letters or send a telegram to a ship.
What's your policy on bullying?
Complaints about bullying and mistreatment are not seen as a weakness. Bullying in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines is not tolerated. All complaints are thoroughly investigated, and anyone found guilty of bullying will be dealt with accordingly.
What about harassment?
It is Ministry of Defence policy that all military or civilian personnel, regardless of rank, grade or status, have a right to protection from harassment. The MoD is responsible for ensuring that their working environment is comfortable and non-threatening, and that their dignity is respected.
What is the policy on drug taking?
Drugs in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines are not tolerated. Those found guilty of drug usage are usually discharged from the Service.


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In his final State of the State address, Gov. Jim Douglas emphasized three familiar themes: promote job growth, cut taxes and reduce school spending. He's been saying much the same thing for the previous few years to little success — a fact that he has too willingly blamed on his opponents.
In retrospect, he might have wondered if a more progressive agenda could have yielded better results.
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Report: Lindsay Lohan Faked 'Walking Pneumonia' to Avoid Shooting Film Scene
It doesn't seem as though Lindsay Lohan would be very picky about film roles these days, given her rapid descent down the alphabet of Hollywood's caste system, but apparently you can take the girl off the A-list with less effort than it takes to do the opposite.
Hollywood sources who spoke with Page Six say Lohan has been giving the crew of Scary Movie 5 her special brand of Hell, skipping rehearsals, missing script reads and wardrobe meetings, and even faking an illness to get out of coming to the set.
Despite the fact that her scene is only a few minutes long, Lohan has reportedly been hijacking the production timetable, forcing crew members to work to her schedule.
According to the gossip column's insiders, Lohan has been making life difficult for the producers because she is unhappy with her scene, which reportedly pokes fun as her recent misadventures. "She'd been freaking out about it for weeks," said the source, noting that script calls for Lohan to kiss similarly troubled actor Charlie Sheen.
Things came to a head over the weekend after Lohan told the producers she's come down with "walking pneumonia." It wasn't until LiLo was threatened with a lawsuit and provided with a private jet to escort her to the set that she finally relented.
Apparently, things are so bad that even even Charlie Sheen is "worried she might not be able to do the scene."
For her part, Lohan denied the claims through a rep, saying the stories were "untrue" and all obligations were fulfilled "willingly."


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KNOXVILLE � Tennessee and Alabama put on a quite a show in a nationally-televised matchup on Saturday as the Lady Vols rallied from a three-run deficit to punch their sixth ticket the Women's College World Series with a 5-3 triumph over the Crimson Tide in front of a sold-out crowd.
KNOXVILLE � Tennessee and Alabama put on a quite a show in a nationally-televised matchup on Saturday as the Lady Vols rallied from a three-run deficit to punch their sixth ticket the Women�s College World Series with a 5-3 triumph over the Crimson Tide in front of a sold-out crowd.
�First of all, I�m extremely happy and extremely proud to coach the Tennessee Lady Vols,� Tennessee co-head coach Ralph Weekly said. �For the seniors, to go to the World Series three out of four years they were here is a fantastic achievement. I�m just really proud of our kids. It�s all about them. Coaches, they don�t play. They don�t throw balls. They don�t hit balls. They don�t run. They just coach. These kids did all of it and all of the credit goes to them.
The Lady Vols (49-10) combined for three sacrifice flies in a gritty game where five different players stepped up with key RBI knocks. Melissa Brown went 3-for-4 with one RBI and one run scored. Tory Lewis went 2-for-2 with one walk and one run.
Ivy Renfroe (21-4) earned the win after striking out four over four frames and allowed three runs. Cheyanne Tarango, pitching in a game for the first time since April 20 at Ole Miss, tossed a scoreless fifth in relief. Ellen Renfroe rang up three strikeouts over two scoreless relief frames to earn the save.
Jackie Traina (19-8) tossed 5.1 innings with four runs allowed and one strikeout. Leslie Jury threw 1.2 relief frames with one earned run allowed.
The game didn�t start out very cleanly as both teams combined for four errors. Alabama, which was the designated home team, jumped ahead, 2-0, in the bottom of the first. Kayla Braud had a leadoff single down the left field line and advanced to second on a throwing error from left field and then to third on a wild pitch in the next at-bat. Haylie McCleney reached on an infield single and stole second base, giving the Crimson Tide two runners in scoring position with no outs. Two batters later, Molly Fichtner knocked a two-run single and advanced on the throw to give Alabama the lead.
In the bottom of the second, Alabama struck again. With the bases loaded and one out, McCleney reached on a fielder�s choice as Tory Lewis lost and dropped a fly ball in the sun, but got the force out at second base. Danae Hays scored on the play and Alabama�s lead grew to 3-0.
Tennessee, which had left one runner one base in the first and one on base in the second, came to life in the top of the third. Lewis knocked a leadoff single down the left field line and Raven Chavanne reached on an sac bunt and fielding error at third. Lauren Gibson followed with a single to center to load the bases. Madison Shipman came up big with a sacrifice fly to center field that plated Lewis.
In the top of the fourth, Tennessee knotted the game at 3-3. Kat Dotson hit a leadoff single up the middle and Brown followed with a single to left. Rainey Gaffin stepped up with a sac fly to center field to bring UT to within 3-2. Hannah Akamine drew a walk on a full count and Jennifer Burroughs pinch ran. A passed ball put two Lady Vols in scoring position. Lewis drew a walk on a 3-1 pitch to load the bases. Chavanne followed with an RBI single to center field to even the game.
In the top of the fifth, the Lady Vols pulled ahead. Shipman hit a leadoff double to left field. Two batters later, Kat Dotson scored Shipman from third base with a sac fly to center field.
Tarango replaced Ivy Renfroe in the bottom of the fifth after Braud drew a leadoff walk. Tarango issued a five-pitch walk to McCleney, but with two runners on, the sophomore hurler was fantastic. Using a variety of pitches, Tarango induced a flyout to center, an infield fly to first and a lineup to short to escape unscathed.
Jury replaced Traina in the top of the sixth with one on and one out. Lewis used her speed to leg out a single back to the pitcher. Jury left two UT runners stranded with a strikeout and a lineout to short to end the inning.
Ellen Renfroe relieved Tarango to start the bottom of the sixth. Danielle Richard was hit by a pitched and advanced to second on a sac bunt, but Ellen Renfroe prevented the tying run from getting any closer with a strikeout and a flyout to center.
UT added one more run to give it a two-run advantage in the top of the seventh. With one out, Tarango drew a walk on eight pitches. Whitney Hammond pinch ran for Tarango and stole second base in her final game in Lee Stadium. Fellow senior Brown followed with an RBI double up the middle to plate Hammond and push Tennessee�s lead to 5-3.


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Overall, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer will chalk up her Q1 2014 earnings call as a victory, albeit a small one.
She recorded a beat on the top and bottom lines, and the stock shot up 9% immediately after the close.
- Earnings per share: $0.38 (analysts expected $0.37). That's a beat.
- Revenue: $1.13 billion with ex-TAC revenue of $1.09 billion (analysts expected $1.08 billion ex-TAC). That's a beat.
Mostly flat, but not completely flat: Search was one bright spot. Search revenue ex-traffic acquisition costs was $444 million, up 9%.
The rest of Yahoo continues to move sideways, however. This was, notably, yet another call on which Mayer trumpeted her editorial and mobile app moves while moving swiftly past the elephants in the room: The fact that topline GAAP revenues actually declined 1%, and the fact that the company still can't announce any revenue from Tumblr, the social media platform it bought for $1 billion a year ago. In the earnings release there is — again — no mention of revenue from Tumblr. At some point it would be nice to see a financial logic for that deal to appear in Yahoo's numbers.
CFO Ken Goldman admitted to investors that the company needed to be more transparent on Tumblr metrics going forward — so hopefully we'll see Tumblr numbers next quarter. Mayer said there was user growth on Tumblr. But there is no clarity on whether advertisers give a damn.
While ex-TAC revenues are more important to Yahoo in terms of the company's finances, GAAP revenue is an interesting indicator of the size of Yahoo's entire business — and if it isn't going up then that's a problem for Yahoo. It means that Yahoo in a post-Alibaba environment would be a dismal beast indeed.
Yahoo's earnings in equity was up 39% to $301 million. Mostly that's Yahoo's big stake in Alibaba, which will soon file for an IPO. Its stake in Yahoo Japan actually declined.
The top and bottom lines are small but healthy beats for Yahoo — and that will be welcome news inside the purple palace.
The pre-call revenue estimates were almost exactly flat from the year before. That's the main issue with Yahoo — where is the growth?
Here are the main points from the investor slides:
- Revenue ex-TAC of $1,087 million increased 1% in the quarter on a YOY basis.
- Display revenue ex-TAC of $409 million increased 2% in the quarter on a YOY basis.
- Search revenue ex-TAC of $444 million increased 9% in the quarter on a YOY basis.
- We repurchased 12 million shares of stock at an average price of $37.65 for $450 million in the first quarter.
But here's the big picture — Mayer's biggest problem. The company is basically going sideways:
And now some numbers.
Note that the growth is after traffic acquisition costs — the overall billings are still slightly in decline:
You can also see in there the Alibaba numbers — a big leap to $301 million.
Here's something positive from the underlying ad business: Search is up in both price and volume — it's hard to make both those metrics go up at once, and that's a sign of relatively strong demand.
There was also increased demand (but not prices) on the display side:
Here is the guidance:
Highlights from the Q&A with Wall Street analysts:
Mayer: A modest success this quarter.
She produces this odd graphic showing where she thinks the company is:
It's a business-school type strategy slide. The unspoken argument here is that Yahoo's growth is still below market growth — meaning that a dollar invested in Yahoo instead of the general market actually destroys value, rather than creates it.
Here's the growth in search:
Mayer underlines all the editorial talent she has brought to Yahoo's online magazines.
Here's a look at Yahoo Gemini, its new ad placement interface. It's available thru Yahoo Ad Manager:
Here's how Yahoo's acquisitions fit into the company:
Here are Yahoo's most recent buys:
Toward the end, Mayer says Yahoo hired 300+ engineers in Q1 2014. So if you want a job, go to Yahoo.
CFO Ken Goldman just admitted the company needs to provide more transparency around numbers from Tumblr. Yahoo is working on it, he says. But he doesn't provide any actual numbers.
Mayer comes back on. She has this to say about Tumblr: 122% growth in Tumblr mobile engagement. Q1 advertising started web in-stream, and mobile in-stream. "150 top brands have a presence on Tumblr." But she doesn't give any hard dollar numbers. A "presence" on Tumblr is not the same as being a paying Tumblr client. Here's the Tumblr slide. It refers to daily active users on Tumblr:
Mayer is asked when we'll see growth:
She declines to give a date, and talks about her investment in mobile, video and new products. "We really think this offers great opportunities for users and advertisers in the future and we think our Q1 results are indicative of some of the early signs of growth we can see."
As the camera pans out at the end of the call, it reveals a bucket-sized coffee cup on Mayer's side of the desk. She had a gigantic coffee cup on her Q2 2013 call, too.
There are general worries about the long term health of both the search and display ad businesses that are at the core of Yahoo.
On the upside, Mayer has made several moves in mobile apps and online magazine and news content. So any sign of those paying off will be a big boost.
Lastly, Alibaba will file for an IPO in the U.S. Yahoo owns a 24% stake in the company. The offering could raise $15 billion, and Yahoo would see a chunk of that.
Get the latest Yahoo stock price here.


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To match the challenge theme, I have created a step card using Magnolia "Snowy Hug" stamp from Merry Little Christmas 2010 collection. I wanted the winter scene on the step side so I added snowy pine trees behind Tilda and snowman. I used EK Success punch and Doohickey die to cut out those trees. Then, I applied snow paste on the bottom of the card to create snow texture on the ground.
I decorated the snowy ground with snowflake confetti and some sequins.
On the left hand side, I added a sentiment from LOTV stamp and heat embossed the text with white embossing powder. Then, I decorated with die cuts from Doohickey Vol 12 (Snowman), Vol 7 (Icicle), and snowflake.
I colored the stamped image with distress ink. I also added Wink of Stella Clear Glitter pen to created frosty effect on snowman.
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Yahoo appeared to reach a high point in its comeback bid last summer when the company claimed the crown as the most visited desktop Web property in the U.S., beating longtime champ, Google.
It was the first time in two years that Yahoo had outpaced its bitter rival, and that triumph was touted as a sign that Chief Executive Marissa Mayer's strategy was working.
"Mayer's magic touch," read a New York Post headline, while the New York Daily News declared, "Yahoo's your daddy."
Well, the magic may have been short-lived.
Google has just reclaimed the title as the top U.S. Web property in February, as Yahoo slipped back to No. 2, according to the latest data from comScore. The data was based on desktop traffic.
Google recorded 187,009,000 unique visitors last month, compared to Yahoo's 183,123,000 visitors. Microsoft was at No. 3 with 162,803,000 followed by Facebook with 133,565,000.
Yahoo had been touting its user growth as a sign that the Silicon Valley giant was making a comeback in a market where it has fallen behind the likes of Google and Facebook.
It's worth noting that Mayer said earlier this year that nearly half of the users on its overall network are on mobile devices, and the company has been focused on developing its mobile properties. It has also been focusing more on boosting its content, launching new online magazines and hiring Katie Couric to be its global news anchor. Last week, the company unveiled a new platform aimed at game developers.
Some analysts note that, while Yahoo's traffic is important, the company's core businesses, led by display ads, continues to struggle.
Yahoo shares are down 12% since the beginning of the year.
-- Ben Pimentel
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You can also hire a guide paid on an hourly basis who will prepare a special trip suiting your individual requirements. Just tell us your plans so your guide can plan an accessible route.
Within 3 hours you will visit the most important Czech monument and its main attractions, such St. Vitus Cathedral, romanesque St. George's Basilica, picturesque Golden Lane, beautiful Vladislav Hall in the Old Royal Palace, and many more.
We can also pick you up from your hotel and take you back after the tour in our adapted car (1 wheelchair user plus 2 walkers).
Price: 1800 CZK per group (excludes transfers and tickets).
Disability card holders incl. 1 accompanying person have free entrances.
During this 3-hour tour you will visit all of the "must see" places in this area, such the Old Town Square and famous astronomical clock, the Jewish Quarter, Ungelt, the Municipal House, and many more.
Price: 1800 CZK per group
During the 2-hour cruise through the historical heart of Prague, you will have fantastic and unusual view of monuments such as the Rudolfinum, Charles Bridge, Hradcany with Prague Castle, National Theatre, Vysehrad Castle. Buffet lunch is served on board and the trip also includes live music entertainment.
The boat is wheelchair accessible but please mind there is no disabled toilet on board.
This Night cruise offers a fantastic view of the Vltava river and the beautifully illuminated sights of Prague. Whilst enjoying live music and dinner served in the form of a buffet, you will be passing the Charles Bridge, romantic Lesser Town, majestic Prague Castle, Dancing House, the National Theatre, Vyšehrad Castle and many other monuments. A truly exceptional experience.
Price: 1500 CZK (per car per hour, up to 5 people, less if wheelchair taken on board) Available from April to October. Night rides in the summer time!


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Explode Your Mailing List with a Blog Contest
Everyone knows blog contests and promotions are one of the best ways to bring attention to your blog and bring in new signups. However, not everyone knows how to properly setup their own contests or even get some viral traffic flowing.
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Now it's easier than ever to setup your own blog contests through the use of a new wordpress plugin called Contest Domination. The concept of the plugin is simple. Make contest and promotions as easy as possible to setup, while also making it extremely easy for people to enter your promotions while also getting them spread throughout the major social networks.
Quickly Create Contests that Link Right into Your Current Mailing Provider
When it comes to creating WordPress driven contests and promotions, it doesn't get much easier than using Contest Domination. The forms are already setup for you and you just need to plug in the necessary information and prizes for your contest. Best of all the plugin syncs right up with your current mailing list providers such as Aweber.
You can see a preview of the plugin in action below. Once the plugin is installed on your WordPress, you can play around with all of the functions and settings. The goal with the Contest Domination plugin is to make it so people can enter your contest and earn more entries by sending out the content to their friends and contacts through Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn… thus bringing more people to your site and building a viral wave of incoming entries and traffic.
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Who Do You Surround Yourself with in Your Blogger Network?
Some bloggers cannot see the forest for the trees, like the beautiful, lush, thriving national park I visited in New Jersey recently.
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The masses tend to be caught up in fear, pain and struggle because they cannot see the big picture.
Birds of a feather flock together.
You have heard that one, right?
I circle the globe and change time zones like most folks breathe. Would I be wise to surround myself with people who tremble at leaving their home town or home neighborhood? Nope. Such people would teach me the world makes for a scary, dangerous place. I would get advice like play it safe, be comfortable, get a job, buy a home and take it easy, from such folks. Such folks also live a bland life because if you rarely or never leave your comfort zone, you cannot:
- grow
- thrive
- face your fears
- serve humanity
- be a bright light for people to follow
- live your deepest, wildest dreams
Obviously, I chose to surround myself with bloggers who happily circled the globe as successful bloggers. I also surrounded myself with happy, successful, home body bloggers too; to learn the basics of building a rocking blog effectively. I learned how to succeed from my blogger friend network, sponging up their knowledge, inspiration and insight.
Meanwhile, if you surround yourself with new, struggling or failing bloggers you will get advice on how to struggle, fail, or flounder through your blogging day.
Do bloggers around you complain about losing $50 on blogging? Lose these zero's immediately and surround yourself with bloggers who invest thousands of dollars on their blogs. High rollers teach you to succeed. Broke jokes teach you how to fail.
Do bloggers around you see making $25 as being a huge amount of money? You better lose the low-aiming crowd to surround yourself with bloggers who see $1000 and $10,000 and more as making coin.
Do bloggers around you circle the globe as swash buckling travelers? Check out this photo from my trip to Vietnam. Kong: Skull Island was filmed here.
Time to ditch the comfort zone crowd to hang with adventurous types.
Don't get me wrong; I celebrate every cent I make online. But if you think I'm placing a sponsored post for less than $1000, you are insane. Like a famous super model who said she didn't get out of bed for anything less than $10,000 a day, you need to develop a prosperity consciousness that demands big money and ignores appearance of poverty, lack, limitation and fear.
Who Do You Hang With?
Who do you count as blogging buddies? Happy, highly successful, prospering bloggers? You better, to increase your success.
For example, observe my blogging paperback on profiting. The aftermarket price is $45 USD. If most or all bloggers in your network would feel uncomfortable receiving $45 in royalties for a paperback, you better lose that network and surround yourself with bloggers who believe in abundance. I know John Chow feels comfortable receiving $45 for anything he offers online. Who cares? It is just money. It is only money.
Surround yourself only with bloggers who:
- have posture
- have authority
- charge top dollar
- profit freely
- prosper freely
- exude confidence
- have a highly developed prosperity consciousness
You learn from the best, gain inspiration from the best and become the best by surrounding yourself with the best bloggers on earth.
But you need to be honest in who you choose to hang with in your blogging circles. Be clear. Be truthful with yourself. Maybe you feel comfortable trading comments with struggling bloggers you befriended 10 years ago but nothing spectacular happens for you if you surround yourself with struggling bloggers, being firmly fixed in your comfort zone.
Release all bloggers who are not happy and prospering.
Fill your blogger friend network with empowered, inspired, happy, successful, prospering bloggers.
Nothing personal.
Just your blogging success at stake.
Are You Chasing the Flavor of the Month?
My first fundamental of successful blogging focuses you on being present.
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All of our power resides in the moment.
None of our power resides in the future or past because neither exists.
Time is illusion.
Only Now is real.
Look at that brilliant featured image. I snapped it from the front porch during our trip to Fiji. Sweet things happen when you are in the moment, focusing all power on the present.
This marks my 796th blog post on Blogging Tips. I feel grateful to Zac for the opportunity to serve you. Plus I feel grateful for all success that flowed to me through these guest posts.
How in the heck did I write and publish nearly 800 guest posts on one blog?
I am in the moment, mostly. I am present. Plus I never, never, ever chase the flavor of the month.
Bruce Lee and Blogging
Alonzo Pichardo and I often chatted about being patient, persistent and present during the Online Success Chats Podcast.
Being patient, persistent and present helps you tap into immense powers, including the power of being creative *and* prolific. See my 800 blog posts on Blogging Tips as evidence of such power. Toss in my 2,008 articles (between posts and pages) on Blogging From Paradise and you understand: focusing on one core task, or core purpose, in the present, leads to amazing things.
Bruce Lee spoke of fearing not the man who practiced 10,000 kicks once, but he did fear the man who practiced one kick 10,000 times. He embodied this mindset in his genius, Renaissance Man type ways.
Lee's wisdom and physical prowess are both timeless because he understood and lived this great truth: do 1 thing so frequently, with a focused energy, being in the moment, that you do it incredibly well. He understood the truth of how I live my life: where your attention and energy goes, grows.
The Flavor of the Month
Most bloggers struggle because they practice 10,000 kicks once, chasing hot niches, running after trends, and choosing to blog today, and podcast tomorrow, because everybody runs a podcast these days. Wait a second; live video reigns supreme? Time to become a live video expert. Meanwhile, as you jump from niche to niche, and from blogging to podcasting to live videos, I just wrote and published 800 posts on Blogging Tips alone. Plus I wrote and published 1,000 more guest posts on other blogs.
While most bloggers chase hot trends, profitable niches and the latest game changing opportunity, guys like Alonzo and I thrive by doing one thing alone so we do it incredibly well.
Success is yours, but success is not an overnight or week-long endeavor.
Stop chasing hot niches. Visualize your dreams in detail. Focus on your blogging wins. Invest in coaching and courses from top bloggers. Surround yourself with positive vibes and positive people.
Write, publish and connect with top bloggers by helping top bloggers.
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I took a nap this afternoon. A calm, peaceful breeze kisses my face right now as I write and enjoy the day.
Imagine if you could work from home every day? Visualize that fun and freedom.
Sweet, right?
Specialists are the only folks who work from home full time. People who do 1 thing persistently, practicing this skill, so they become super skilled in a single, specialized niche.
I gave all of my professional energy to being a blogger for the past 10 years. I became really skilled at blogging because I never chased the flavor of the month.
Avoid program hopping, niche hopping and all forms of flavor-chasing.
Do one thing. Do it well.
What Is the Incredibly Easiest Way to Drive Blog Traffic?
Drive traffic to other blogs.
Related blog posts and resources:
Give what you want.
Help people get what they want and people help you get what you want.
I have found this to be the easiest way to drive traffic to my blog because friends I made through cross-promotion promote me around the clock, 24-7, 365. Easy peasy.
I checked my Twitter a few moments ago. During the past 3 hours I noticed 11 mentions, engagements and retweets collectively. 3 hours, 11 engagements, more blog traffic.
I drive a heavy amount of traffic to my blog by driving a heavy amount of traffic to fellow bloggers who drive a heavy amount of traffic to Blogging From Paradise every day, all day long.
The more you give, the more you get.
The hardest way to drive blog traffic is to try to do it solo. Imagine publishing one post and hitting social share buttons. Even if I do a fine job writing the post, gaining traction solo is tough because successful bloggers know: 1000 is better than 1. 1000 blogging buddies promoting you 24-7, 365 beats you promoting yourself or you trying to write and publish 5 to 10 or more posts daily.
I used to publish 60 posts daily between 2 blogs. Short videos and short posts created the bulk of the content. I had a difficult time succeeding because you can only do so much solo. I published 60 posts in a cyber cave. Nobody listened to me because I did not listen to anybody. But making friends by driving traffic to other blogs made blogging easier and easier for me.
My blogging buddies – who appreciate me promoting them – freely:
- link to me on their blogs
- retweet my posts
- share my posts on Facebook
- share my posts on LinkedIn
- send my blog posts to their email list
That my friends is a lot of traffic flowing to my blog easily, freely and exponentially.
Every time a blogging buddy promotes you to their tribe you gain exposure to one more large, targeted audience. Imagine when you gain exposure in front of 10, 50, 100 and 1,000 or more audiences daily? This is serious traffic! Plus it is easy traffic because your prime duties of reading posts and tapping social share buttons, or, linking to fellow bloggers on your blog, are quite easy.
How to Drive Traffic to other Blogs
I spent a fair chunk of today driving traffic to other blogs.
I promoted some of my blog posts linking to my blogging buddies. I also retweeted and Facebook shared posts from other bloggers.
Each share lays the foundation for new blogging friendships and fortifies old blogging friendships. Every time I promote Donna Merrill or Alonzo Pichardo, we bond more deeply. Easy way to keep friendships strong and to grow your blog traffic exponentially.
You Will Run out of Time Solo But You Never Run out of Friends
Eventually, I ran out of time each day trying to do it all by myself. No human is super human. No human can be in a billion places at once, by their own steam.
But you never run out of friends if you are generous. During a reasonable lifetime, no blogger will befriend all 7 billion humans. You will however keep meeting friends every day if you drive traffic to other blogs every day.
As more folks befriend you, more folks promote you. What an easy way to increase traffic to your blog. Your ever expanding friend network does much of the legwork for you and also drives traffic to your blog:
- when you sleep
- when you travel
- when you spend time offline with family and friends
Sounds sweet, right?
Give freely.
Drive traffic to your blog easily.
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Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae
These images showcase the ancient globular cluster 47 Tucanae, a dense swarm of up to a million stars.
The image at left shows the entire cluster, which measures about 120 light-years across. Located in the southern constellation Tucana, the cluster is about 16,700 light-years away. The image is part of the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) and was taken by the UK Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory in New South Wales, Australia. The white rectangular box outlines the view taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
That image, shown at right, captures close-up views of thousands of cluster stars. The large, bright stars in the image are red giants. These stars have puffed up to several times their normal size because they have exhausted their nuclear fuel and are near the end of their lives. The image was taken by Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys.
Astronomers used these Hubble observations, along with archival Hubble data, of 47 Tucanae to accurately measure changes in positions of more than 30,000 cluster stars. Based on those measurements, the astronomers pieced together the stars' histories, finding two populations of stars that have different chemical composition and that have different motions. Understanding the dynamics of the 47 Tucanae stars can yield insights into how this cluster formed its stars.
The Hubble image was taken between January and October 2010. The Schmidt telescope image was taken Oct. 12, 1977, and Sept. 9, 1989.
NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey (DSS; STScI/AURA/UKSTU/AAO), H. Richer and J. Heyl (University of British Columbia), and J. Anderson and J. Kalirai (STScI)


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ESU offers concussions course; Physician of the Year contest kicks off; Cancer society offers free beauty program; Radio program will focus on hospitals; Polk Twp. Fire Co. hosts blood drive; Time to get your eyes checked
East Stroudsburg University will host a course on concussions from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Warren E. and Sandra Hoeffner Science and Technology Center's Niedbala Auditorium.
The free course will provide information and a better understanding of concussions and their severity; recognizing concussion signs and symptoms; testing for concussion; treatment, including steps for returning to activity; and how to develop or revise concussion management and prevention policies.
The course is sponsored by the ESU Department of Athletic Training, the Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers' Society, and meets the Safety in Youth Sports Act requirements for concussion education for coaches. Attendees will receive a course completion certificate and can be used for one Continuing Education Unit for athletic trainers, as well.
Registration is available online at tinyurl.com/Concussion-ED-11-1.
For information, call 570-422-3065 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians is seeking the public's help to crown the 2013 Family Physician of the Year — the best doctor in the commonwealth.
To nominate a doctor, visit pafp.com/topdoc, read the complete list of rules and fill out the form.
The nominee must be a practicing member of the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians (most Pennsylvania physicians are members). The deadline for nominations is March 11.
The American Cancer Society's "Look Good, Feel Better" session will be held 1 p.m. Monday at Hughes Cancer Center, Brown Conference Room, first floor, E. Brown Street, East Stroudsburg.
This free program teaches beauty techniques to female cancer patients in active treatment to help them combat the appearance-related side effects of cancer treatment. Participants will receive a complimentary make-up kit.
Call 1-800-227-2345 to register.
"Health: The World of Health Care" radio program will be broadcast 6 to 7 p.m. Monday on WESS-FM 90.3.
This month's segment is "Hospitals — The Financial Angle" with guest Michael Wilk, chief financial officer of Pocono Medical Center.
Host of the show is Dr. Laurence Rosenberg.
For information, email email@example.com or visit theworldofhealthcare.com.
Polk Township Volunteer Fire Co. will host a blood drive 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday at its facility, Route 209, Kresgeville.
The blood drive is being held in conjunction with Miller-Keystone Blood Center, the blood provider to 25 regional hospitals, including the Lehigh Valley Health Network, St. Luke's University Health Network, Easton Hospital, the Blue Mountain Health System and the Greater Hazleton Health Alliance.
In order to donate, individuals must be 17 years or older, weigh a minimum of 110 pounds and be feeling healthy; they must not have donated in the past eight weeks. All donors also must provide valid identification; ID must have the donor's name printed on it, as well as a photo and/or signature.
While appointments are encouraged, walk-ins are welcome. For information or to preregister, call 570-620-6065.
February is Save Your Vision Month, and The Pennsylvania Academy of Ophthalmology reminds Pennsylvanians that a baseline eye disease screening at age 40 is critical to preserving healthy vision.
It is estimated that by 2020, 43 million Americans will face significant vision loss or blindness from age-related eye diseases, such as cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration.
To detect eye diseases early, before vision is lost, the American Academy of Ophthalmology offers the following sight-saving recommendations:
Get a comprehensive eye exam if you experience symptoms or have risk factors for eye disease, such as diabetes or a family history of eye disease. Get a baseline eye exam by age 40, even if your vision seems perfect. Schedule an eye exam every one to two years if you are age 65 or older.
Based on the results of an initial screening, an ophthalmologist — an eye physician and surgeon — will determine the necessary intervals for follow-up exams.
For information about eye disease risk factors or to find an ophthalmologist, visit geteyesmart.org. To find an eye doctor in your area, visit paeyemds.org.


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This article describes how to use queries to filter data retrieved from your backend data store. Queries allow you to work with only the data you need, making your app more efficient and manageable by reducing the number of entities returned or acted on by the API.
A query can be sent with any
PUT or
request. For example, you might query the API to retrieve only the
user entities
with the property
status:'active' to get a list of your users that have active
For information on more advanced query usage and syntax, see Query parameters & clauses.
Request construction
Queries are sent to the Apigee API as part of the request URL, and are made up of two parts:
- The path to the collection you want to query
- The query language statement containing your query
These two statements are separated by
?ql= to indicate where the query language
statement starts.
For example, a
GET request to the following URL would return all the entities in
users that contain the property
SQL-like syntax
The Apigee API supports a SQL-like query syntax that will be familiar to most users that have
experience working with relational databases, including operators such as
or, and
not. As with SQL queries, these operators can be used to form
complex queries that return a more refined result set.
For example, the following would query the Apigee API for the first 5
entities that contain the properties
status:'active' and
age less than
40, in ascending order by their
name property:
https://<baas_host_name>/your-org/your-app/users?limit=5&ql=status='active' and age lt 40 order by name asc
For a complete list of supported operators and data types, see Supported query operators & data types. For more on advanced query usage see Query parameters & clauses.
Writing efficient queries
API BaaS enables the fast retrieval of one of a large number of entities very quickly (random I/O). It does not perform well for retrieving an entire collection in excess of 1,000 entities.
On the backend API BaaS stores your data in a NoSQL (Cassandra) database. This makes your data store extremely flexible, but also requires a different approach to storing and retrieving data than users of a traditional RDBMS will be accustomed to.
For more information, see our API BaaS DBMS overview and Data store best practices.
As a best practice, you should include no more than 3 parameters in your queries. The API will not prevent you from submitting a query with more than 3 parameters; however, due to the nature of NoSQL, queries with many parameters can quickly become very inefficient.
Basic query usage
The following examples show how to query the Apigee API to return the first 5 entities in the
users collection that contain the property
Request Syntax
Note: Any values specified in the query statement should be enclosed in single-quotes.
https://<baas_host_name>/your-org/your-app/users?limit=5&ql=select * where status = 'active'
Alternatively, when you use a statement that starts
select * where you can
omit the first part of the statement and abbreviate it this way:
https://<baas_host_name>/your-org/your-app/users?limit=5&ql=status = 'active'
-(NSString*)queryEntities { //create an instance of AppDelegate //we recommend you call ApigeeClient from your AppDelegate. //for more information see the iOS SDK install guide: //http://apigee.com/docs/app-services/content/installing-apigee-sdk-ios AppDelegate *appDelegate = (AppDelegate *)[ [UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate]; //specify the entity collection to query NSString *endpoint = @"users"; //specify a valid query string NSString *query = @"status='active' &limit=5"; //call getEntities to initiate the API call ApigeeClientResponse *response = [appDelegate.dataClient getEntities:endpoint queryString:query]; @try { //success } @catch (NSException * e) { //fail } }
//Create client entity String ORGNAME = "your-org"; String APPNAME = "your-app"; ApigeeClient apigeeClient = new ApigeeClient(ORGNAME,APPNAME); ApigeeDataClient dataClient = apigeeClient.getDataClient(); //specify the entity collection to query String type = "users"; //specify a valid query string String query = "status = 'active' &limit=5"; //call getEntitiesAsync to initiate the asynchronous API call dataClient.getEntitiesAsync(type, query, new ApiResponseCallback() { //If getEntitiesAsync fails, catch the error @Override public void onException(Exception e) { // Error } //If getEntitiesAsync is successful, handle the response object @Override public void onResponse(ApiResponse response) { try { if (response != null) { // Success } } catch (Exception e) { //The API request returned an error // Fail } } });
JavaScript (HTML5)
var dataClient = new Apigee.Client({ orgName:'your-org', //your Apigee organization name appName:'your-app' }); var options = { endpoint:"users", //the collection to query qs:{ // the full query string ql: "status = 'active'", // insert the full query here limit:5 // the maximum number of records to retrieve } }; //Call request to initiate the API call dataClient.request(options, function (error, response) { if (error){ //error } else { //success } });
#Create a client object usergrid_api = 'https://<baas_host_name>' organization = 'your-org'//your Apigee organization name application = 'your-app' client = Usergrid::Application.new "#{usergrid_api}/#{organization}/#{application}" begin # Specify the name or uuid of the collection to query, and a query statement response = client['users'].query("status = 'active' &limit=5") rescue #fail end
var dataClient = new Usergrid.client({ orgName:'your-org', //your Apigee organization name appName:'your-app' }); var options = { endpoint:"users", //the collection to query qs:{ // the full query string ql: "status = 'active'", // insert the full query here limit:5 // the maximum number of records to retrieve } }; // Call request to initiate the API call dataClient.request(options, function (err, data) { if (err) { //error - GET failed } else { //data will contain raw results from API call //success - GET worked } });
Admin Portal
The easiest way to try out queries you're considering is to use the admin portal, which you can reach at https://apigee.com/appservices/#!/.
To try out queries in the portal, use the following steps:
- Go to the Data Explorer using the left navigation pane.
- Under Method, select the HTTP method you want to use, as follows:
- GET to retrieve data.
- POST to create data.
- PUT to update data.
- DELETE to delete data.
- In the Path box, enter the path to the collection you're querying.
- In the Query String box, enter your query string.
Note that you put the path and query string in separate fields, rather than appending the query string to the path in the Path box.
Querying sub-properties
You can also query the value of sub-properties by using dot-notation in your query.
For example, given this entity property:
{ "item": { "quantity": 2, "name": "potato chips" } }
You could query for the name like this:
/users?ql=item.name = 'potato chips'
Retrieving values for multiple properties
Your query can return multiple kinds of values -- such as the values of multiple properties -- by specifying the property names in your select statement as a comma-separated list.
For example, the following request returns the address and phone number of users whose name is Gladys Kravitz:
/users?ql=select address,phone_number where name = 'Gladys Kravitz'
Response syntax
When you query your data, the API response is formatted in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON). This is a common format used for parameter and return values in REST web services.
Data corresponding to the response is captured in the response's
array. The array will include one JSON-object for each entity returned for the query. Each
returned entity will include a number of default properties, including the UUID of the entity,
the entity type, and values for properties such as name, username, email, and so on. For a
complete list of default properties by entity type, see Default Data Entity Types.
For example, the following query for all entities of type
user where the
name property equals 'Gladys Kravitz':
/users?ql=select * where name = 'Gladys Kravitz'
will return the following response:
{ "action" : "get", "application" : "8272c9b0-d86a-11e2-92e2-cdf1ce04c1c0", "params" : { "ql" : [ "select * where name = 'Gladys Kravitz'" ] }, "path" : "/users", "uri" : "http://<baas_host_name>/myorg/myapp/users", "entities" : [ { "uuid" : "d0d7d0ba-e97b-11e2-8cef-411c466c4f2c", "type" : "user", "name" : "Gladys Kravitz", "created" : 1373472876859, "modified" : 1373472876859, "username" : "gladys", "email" : "email@example.com", "activated" : true, "picture" : "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/20c57d4f41cf51f2db44165eb058b3b2", "metadata" : { "path" : "/users/d0d7d0ba-e97b-11e2-8cef-411c466c4f2c", "sets" : { "rolenames" : "/users/d0d7d0ba-e97b-11e2-8cef-411c466c4f2c/rolenames", "permissions" : "/users/d0d7d0ba-e97b-11e2-8cef-411c466c4f2c/permissions" }, "connections" : { "firstname" : "/users/d0d7d0ba-e97b-11e2-8cef-411c466c4f2c/firstname", "lastname" : "/users/d0d7d0ba-e97b-11e2-8cef-411c466c4f2c/lastname" }, "collections" : { "activities" : "/users/d0d7d0ba-e97b-11e2-8cef-411c466c4f2c/activities", "users" : "/users/d0d7d0ba-e97b-11e2-8cef-411c466c4f2c/users", "feed" : "/users/d0d7d0ba-e97b-11e2-8cef-411c466c4f2c/feed", "groups" : "/users/d0d7d0ba-e97b-11e2-8cef-411c466c4f2c/groups", "roles" : "/users/d0d7d0ba-e97b-11e2-8cef-411c466c4f2c/roles", "following" : "/users/d0d7d0ba-e97b-11e2-8cef-411c466c4f2c/following", "followers" : "/users/d0d7d0ba-e97b-11e2-8cef-411c466c4f2c/followers" } } } ], "timestamp" : 1374694196061, "duration" : 48, "organization" : "myorg", "applicationName" : "myapp", "count" : 1 }
Compare the preceding example with the following for another kind of query. Imagine the following request string, where the query string is asking for only the values of two of the entity's properties (username and name):
/users?ql=select username,name where name='Gladys Kravitz'
In the response JSON from this query, the return value is specified as the property of the
list item -- here, an array containing only the values of the properties the query
asked for, in the order they were requested (username first, then name).
{ "action" : "get", "application" : "8272c9b0-d86a-11e2-92e2-cdf1ce04c1c0", "params" : { "ql" : [ "select username,name where name='Gladys Kravitz'" ] }, "path" : "/users", "uri" : "http://<baas_host_name>/myorg/myapp/users", "list" : [ [ "gladys", "Gladys Kravitz" ] ], "timestamp" : 1374697463190, "duration" : 25, "organization" : "myorg", "applicationName" : "myapp", "count" : 1 }


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Going out Est for Eames
I recently got the chance to speak to students at Humber College all about what I do, as well as my thoughts on design, and, other than the fact that they must've thought I was bonkers, I did find time to beg them to please try their best to not buy knock-offs. I'd much rather see a vintage piece, or great affordable design (hello, Ikea, Habitat and West Elm!) in an interior, rather than a sad looking fake Barcelona Chair.
So this week I was super-duper happy to check out a brill new online mag from Australia called Est Magazine, which had a great feature comparing a fake to a real Eames DAW (that's Dining height Armchair Wooden base to you and me). Click here to look at the mag, and to read all about design integrity vs. a ripped-off copy, and have a boo below at the 4 looks Est stylist Amey Rosenthal put together, photographed by Toby Scott, of the real thing. Traditional, Family, Old & New, Corporate - Do you have a fave? And thanks too to Natalie Walton's great blog Daily Imprint for the intro to Est!


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Centre on map. Corrig Mountain Mountain An Charraig A name in Irish (Ir. An Charraig [OSI], 'rock') Dublin/ Wicklow County, in Arderin Beg, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists, Pale grey fine to coarse-grained granite Bedrock Height: 617.1m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 56 Grid Reference: O09038 19370 Place visited by 399 members. Recently by: conormcbandon, leonardt, briankelly, KowaiBaz, arderincorbett, WicklowHiker, bigmac63, jamesmforrest, tsheehy, hak493r, Liamob, ilenia, si.foley, deandarvill, wohfnow I have visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.) More detail Longitude: -6.368567, Latitude: 53.21383 , Easting: 309039, Northing: 219370 Prominence: 28.05m, Isolation: 1km ITM: 708964 719399, GPS IDs, 6 char: CrgMnt, 10 char: CrgMntnBedrock type: Pale grey fine to coarse-grained granite, (Type 2e equigranular) Nowadays there are actually no rocks on this boggy top. The name was reported as Corriganoura by Price's informant (PNCW). Corrig Mountain is the 257th highest place in Ireland. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/247/ Rate Gallery COMMENTS for Corrig Mountain 1 2 3 Next page >> Follow this place's comments Picture from group : Corrig Mountain from Seahan Picture: Corrig Mountain from Seahan A hill on the way to somewhere else Short Summary created by Peter Walker, wicklore, 16 Mar 2015 Corrig is one of the four hills in the so called 'Circuit of Kilbride'. Kilbride Rifle Range is an Army range on the Dublin/Wicklow border and it is nestled in a valley surrounded by Seahan, Corrig, Seefingan and Seefin. These four summits mark the boundary of the Rifle Range, and the little boundary blocks are present on Corrig. Corrig is unlikely to be climbed by itself, and is usually reached after climbing other hills first. A minor road leads from Bohernabreena in Dublin past the entrance to the Range. Corrig can be reached from this road at O073200 A. The road reaches about 480 metres altitude, taking much of the climb out of the walk. Corrig can then be reached by first climbing Seahan. Corrig can be described as the poor neighbour out of these four Kilbride hills. It is the only one without a megalithic tomb, and it is a really featureless summit. However there are also good views towards Dublin and across to Seefingan and Seefin. Corrig also towers above the valley of Glenasmole to the east, which was a favourite hunting ground of the Fianna. Fionn McCumhaill's Stone in Glenasmole was said to have been carried down from Corrig by Fionn himself. Because of the rather featureless nature of Corrig it could be easy to become disoriented in poor weather which could mean an unintended descent into the Kilbride Rifle Range. Also the bog includes some very wet and boggy parts. Adding to this, scramblers and quad bikes have churned up the bog in many places. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/247/comment/5007/ Picture from wicklore : A new route to Corrig Picture: A new route to Corrig Making bland Corrig the centre of attention by wicklore 1 Jan 2011 The Dublin/Wicklow Mountains will never come top of the list for those seeking exposure to airy ridges or rocky scrambles. While exciting scrambling and climbing opportunities do exist, overall the hills and mountains of the group could largely be summarized as round lumps of bog. Many summits are bleak and bare, and amongst the bleakest sits Corrig. But just as many of the summits offer fantastic walking, so too Corrig offers an opportunity for an interesting and remote route that avoids the usual Kilbride Circuit approach. Start at a gate at O10923 19923 B at a sharp bend in the road. There is parking for one or two cars. From the sharp bend walk back north along the road for a hundred metres to the minor junction at O10876 20041 C. Turn left up the steep road and come to a house after another hundred metres. There is a gate on the left just after the house with a track beyond. Ask at the house about permission to enter the track. Permission was readily given to us when we spoke to the farmer. Follow the track for about 400 metres until you come to another gate leading onto open hillside. Stretching in front of you is the wide Glenasmole Valley that sweeps up to the highest point of Dublin – Kippure, about 4 ½ kms distant. This valley is little visited and is home to several babbling brooks complete with myriad mini waterfalls, a herd of wild goats and lots of deer. The valley is also home to the infant River Dodder which has its origins high on the slopes of Kippure. Glenasmole is also noted for the variety of goings – on that occurred during Finn McCool's time about 1700 years ago. Stories of Dragons, Hairy Fellows and Greek Hags abound, as well as a mighty battle at De Dearga's Hostel which was said to be situated in the valley. Read my Kippure walk guide no.102 in the Walks section for the details of these fierce deeds! After entering the open hillside continue south for about 500 metres. At about O10820 19362 D turn right and head west for almost two kms climbing 340 metres up to Corrig's modest summit. You will need to cross Slade Brook at about O10240 19339 E, which will require care. Like other brooks in the valley, it is flowing swiftly downhill with narrow steep sided walls in places but safe crossing points can be found along its route. As you climb take in the emerging views as the wide bog sweeps east up to Glendoo Mountain and south to Kippure. Although the busy Military Road out of Dublin overlooks this valley, it is barely noticeable as it crosses high on Glendoo and won't impinge upon your feeling of isolation. From Corrig a nice ramble can be had up to Seefingan before dropping back into the valley starting at about O08989 17051 F for a 4km descent through the bog. Cross Cot Brook at O10799 18277 G and follow it north before aiming for the track at O11055 19568 H which will lead directly back to the car in 10 minutes. A very enjoyable and worthwhile 10km walk within view of Dublin City! Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/247/comment/6187/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average Picture from wicklore : Seefingan as viewed from near the summit of inoffensive Corrig Picture: Seefingan as viewed from near the summit of inoffensive Corrig wicklore on Corrig Mountain, 2009 by wicklore 22 Feb 2009 Poor old Corrig Mountain is a bit unfortunate in the popularity stakes. It is one of the four mountains that arc around the Kilbride army rifle range in west Wicklow. Sadly for Corrig it is the smallest of the four. Also going against it is that its three bigger neighbours all have fantastic megalithic tombs to interest the walker. Perhaps Corrig is most unfortunate in that it is a bare windswept summit which offers absolutely no protection from the weather. Walkers can enjoy various levels of shelter on the other surrounding summits ranging from simple wind protection next to a peat hag to actually climbing inside the tomb on Seefin. But Corrig offers nothing except a small boundary marker block, and a bare metal post. It is the type of summit that one might just spend long enough at to log it on gps, take a snap and check the map before moving on. Even MV members seem to shun poor Corrig-of the four summits in the Seefin-Seahan circuit, Corrig is logged as having been climbed the least! Even though it would be handy at times to skirt Corrig on my traipse across these hills I never do. I always take the extra minutes to trudge up the bog to its summit. At least on a clear day the views are fantastic. If it's not a clear day, and if the hail is driving into your face as the wind tries to knock you down-well I hope you get shelter somewhere! Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/247/comment/3600/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average Picture from Dessie1 : Beware the boghole! Picture: Beware the boghole! Corrig by Dessie1 12 Sep 2011 Climbed Corrig mountain from Seahan side with my nephew Conor.Parked at small car parking area O0713619601 I just off the L7462 road.Reached summit of Seahan O0905219366 J and proceeded roughly 1Km SE on well defined track to summit of corrig.Great views all around(Kilbride circuit).A round trip of about 1 hour taking it easy. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/247/comment/6511/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average eflanaga on Corrig Mountain, 2007 by eflanaga 12 Feb 2007 Climbed 10/02/07 as part of Seefingan Circuit (submitted by Djouce (see Walks Section). See Seefin & Seefingan for earlier stages of the walk. From the summit of Seefingan IO 08643 16966 K, I took a bearing of 16 degrees, necessary, as the mist enveloping the summits was getting ever heavier. The snow covering was also increasing and while, as was the case on my way to Seefingan, I was able to follow what appears to be a track (noticeable due to absence of any growth poking through the snow) I found it a bit of a slog at times, particularly, in the places where the snow reached knee height, mostly on the col. I also managed to find a couple of bog holes on this section of the walk but thankfully maintained enough balance on each occasion not to sink too deep into either. The ascent of Corrig's southern slope was not overly difficult despite the snow, however, I found that my bearing took me, not to the summit but to a metal pole stuck in the ground a short distance below and east of the summit proper IO 09050 19373 L which is marked by a small War Department marker (as seen in csd's picture below). There are also a couple of poles, one with a Military warning sign close by. From here I took the necessary bearing to get me to the final summit of the circuit at Seahan. (see for final stage of walk). Unfortunately, no pictures available as I forgot to bring my camera! Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/247/comment/2613/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average Picture from csd csd on Corrig Mountain, 2003 by csd 6 Oct 2003 Trudged up Corrig Mountain from Seefingan in the mist and rain with the sounds of the army doing firing practice in Kilbride to the left. There are a couple of sheep track type affairs from Seefingan to Corrig Mountain, so even in the mist navigation is fairly straightforward. Pic shows the War Department marker at the summit, marking the boundry of Kilbride rifle range. As you can see, the summit is a typical Wicklow Mountains job - round and boggy! Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/247/comment/695/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average COMMENTS for Corrig Mountain 1 2 3 Next page >> (End of comment section for Corrig Mountain.) Some mapping: Open Street Map (Various variations used.) British summit data courtesy: Database of British & Irish Hills (Creative Commons Licence) MountainViews.ie, a Hill-walking Website for the island of Ireland. 11 Million Visitors Per Year. 1300 Contributors.


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Continuing with a small purge that began this summer, CBSSports.com on Wednesday laid off two of its national baseball writers. A source confirmed those writers were Scott Miller and Danny Knobler.
Our source attributed the layoffs to "some bottom-line stuff" made "at the behest of some people outside the building." CBSSports.com had made other job cuts over the summer for the same reason, the source added. NFL writer Clark Judge was let go back in August, not long after a few bloggers and some additional people on the site's freelance copy desk were given pink slips. "They may have waited till after baseball season with Knobler and Miller," our source said.
Both Miller's and Knobler's names have been removed from CBSSports.com's list of writers. Knobler's last byline for the site was timestamped early Wednesday morning; he last tweeted a few hours later. Miller most recently wrote for the site on Oct. 31; he hasn't tweeted since Tuesday.
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As the world enters a new phase of politically-charged climate talks, some scientists have focused on less-contentious projects like a famine early warning system that can help poor nations adapt to the planet's changes.
Negotiators from around the globe reached agreement today in Durban, South Africa on a way forward in the effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions. The deal extends the emissions targets set under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and calls for a new round of negotiations to hammer out a replacement treaty, one that would aim to legally bind the US and fast-developing nations like China and India to meet emission cuts pledges.
But the new round of talks could take several years, followed by years more of ratification efforts. In the meantime, vulnerable populations in Africa and elsewhere may benefit more immediately from strategies to adapt to climate change.
For centuries, the patterns of rainfall and of the seasons have defined where people live on the continent and the security of their food supply These age-old ways are changing rapidly, leading to drought and famine. The most recent example is the ongoing food shortage in Somalia which many observers have described as Africa's worst food security crisis in two decades.
Tens of thousands of people have lost their lives, and the situation remains serious. However, a project known as FEWS-NET, or the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, gave advance warning of the looming food crisis, and ensured that thousands of other lives were saved.
"We monitor food security and vulnerable populations," says scientist Jim Rowland at the US Geological Survey (USGS), which is part of FEWS-NET. "We started to create alerts about the present situation in Somalia in August 2010 after the upheaval in weather conditions following La Niña. We continued to send monthly updates until famine was declared in July 2011 based on much of our data."
As climate scientists and policymakers look ahead to the next round of climate treaty talks, there is a growing awareness of the need for new technologies to deal with the devastating environmental effects of climate change. And nowhere is this more true than in Africa, the continent where scientists say climate change has taken its greatest human toll.
Challiss McDonough of the World Food Programme confirms that technology systems like FEWS-NET are useful tools.
"FEWS-NET was among the first to predict that some areas of southern Somalia could slide into famine conditions, and that warning was instrumental in getting the attention of some donors before the crisis peaked," says McDonough.
While a worst-case scenario may have been avoided, international disagreement diminished the potential of the warning system. A regional conflict made it often difficult for aid workers to intervene successfully.
FEWS-NET was created initially by the United States after the 1984-85 famine in Ethiopia using satellite technology to help predict famines and to see how their effects might be minimized. FEWS-NET is sponsored by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and other major US agencies such as NASA, the USGS, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOOA) are key players.
FEWS-NET has evolved into a network that integrates information from a variety of sources, including remote satellite imaging and data gathered from local monitoring of conditions on the ground.
"We include, for example, information on market prices and other data, like rainfall figures," says Mr. Rowland. This use of multiple sources creates a more comprehensive picture of what is happening and how to alleviate problems.
FEWS-NET is also discovering plenty of evidence for ongoing, serious climate variability. "We're finding out that in East Africa there will be more drought," Rowland says. "There is a connection between El Niño and La Niña, which is warming the Indian Ocean and changing rainfall patterns. More rain is now falling on the Indian Ocean and less on East Africa."
FEWS-NET was begun long before climate change was a global issue, but it has taken on new importance with rising temperatures and increasingly unpredictable weather cycles.
Emma Archer, a climate studies scientist at South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), cautions that humans must choose to use the information wisely, unlike in Somalia recently where instability and slow donor reaction reduced the effectiveness of the aid effort.
"The best science and technology in the world can predict an appropriate response, but you need the political will to act," says Ms. Archer.
Still, the ultimate goal for FEWS-NET scientists is to create a base of long-term, consistent research. As Rowland says: "We are trying to see where will be the vulnerable areas 20, 30 years from now, based on present climate data."


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Anti-hazing activists cite a host of contributing factors, including the secretive nature of hazing, difficult-to-enforce laws and a general acceptance that it's part of campus life.
After the beating death a year ago of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion, Champion's parents did what other parents have done when faced with a similar loss.
They grieved. They sued. They started a non-profit foundation as a memorial to their son. Its mission: to "eradicate hazing nationwide."
They have their work cut out for them. Their son's death may have heightened the nation's awareness of the dangers and pervasiveness of college hazing, but it hasn't stopped risky behavior among students:
Police are investigating whether a Fresno (Calif.) State University student who died in August was participating in an alcohol-infused fraternity initiation.
At Chico State University, where a student died in a hazing incident seven years ago and a student was found dead last week after a night of drinking, the school has suspended Greek activities for the rest of the year, noting problems involving allegations of hazing, sexual assaults and drinking.
Ten members of Texas Southern University's renowned Ocean of Soul marching band were suspended this fall for paddling new members.
At the State University of New York-Geneseo, where the 2009 alcohol-related death of a student was attributed to hazing, freshmen on the women's volleyball team were handcuffed, blindfolded and forced to drink hard liquor, court documents allege. Campus officials suspended the women's volleyball team for the season and eight of 11 students charged with hazing and other misdemeanors accepted a plea agreement last week. A judge described the women's actions "premeditated, abusive, degrading and life-threatening."
Hazing is illegal in 44 states. College administrations don't condone it. And most student organizations have anti-hazing policies on the books. So why is it so persistent?
Anti-hazing activists cite a host of contributing factors, including the secretive nature of hazing, difficult-to-enforce state laws and an acceptance among many students that hazing is part of campus life.
"There's a new crop of students every four years who don't really remember the way things were," says Cornell University student Daniel Robbins. He helped organize a campus student newspaper-sponsored discussion held last week — the same day, as it happened, that the paper reported school officials were investigating allegations that two fraternity pledges who had been hospitalized were involved in hazing.
Hazing — and binge drinking, a related problem — has roiled the Ithaca, N.Y., campus since last year, when sophomore George Desdunes died in a fraternity hazing. Even before then, Cornell officials had prided themselves on their proactive approach to hazing, which included a website where hazing violations are posted publicly and students could report hazing incidents.
"Given our best efforts, we still had a death," says Travis Apgar, Cornell's associate dean of students.
Since then, a task force has developed recommendations, which have not yet been approved, to prevent hazing and enforce anti-hazing policies. For example, it calls for live-in advisers at more fraternity houses, incentives focused on academic excellence and random interviews with newly recruited students.
Other colleges, including Yale and Dartmouth, have similarly vowed to toughen up their efforts, typically in response to a recent tragedy or high-profile incident. At Binghamton University in New York, officials last spring took the unusual step of shutting down fraternity and sorority recruitment after receiving what they called "an alarmingly high number of serious hazing complaints." E-mails obtained by the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin describe reports in which students were forced to vomit on each other, made to do push ups on broken glass or engage in dangerous drinking games.
While hazing is typically associated with fraternity pledging, Champion's death underscored a growing body of evidence showing that hazing hardly ends with the Greek system. Of more than 11,000 college students nationwide surveyed in a landmark 2008 study, 55% of those students involved in clubs, teams or other organizations had experienced hazing as part of an initiation, and 47% said they had been hazed in high school.
Researchers are now linking hazing to high school bullying, says University of Maine professor Elizabeth Allan, co-author of the 2008 study and co-founder of the National Collaborative for Hazing Research and Prevention.
Allan, who served on a Florida A&M University (FAMU) anti-hazing task force, is cautiously hopeful that students and campus officials are no longer dismissing hazing as mostly silly pranks that sometimes go too far.
"It used to be that people would bring in a speaker or have a workshop on hazing and then they'd move on to the next issue," Allan says. "There is a greater commitment than ever before and we just hope that it can be sustained."
FAMU interim President Larry Robinson agrees, adding that it will take time to change the culture. "We're preparing to fight the long battle," he says.
Changes this fall include a requirement that all students take an anti-hazing pledge, and a new website where students can report suspicious behavior. At least four student groups, including two dance groups, a fraternity for business majors and a sorority for health-care majors, have been investigated based on tips — a sign to Robinson that awareness is up.
All were eventually cleared. Some of the reported activities, such as being forced to stand in place for long periods of time, did not meet state statutory requirements for criminal behavior, police statements show. In one case, the police were unable to identify a suspect or victim.
Hank Nuwer, a professor at Franklin College in Indiana who has written several books on the topic, worries that crackdowns could drive criminal behavior underground. He wants colleges to be more forthcoming, but says many, wary of lawsuits, are reluctant to draw attention to problems on their campuses.
"If the parents do not press it, the school will be happy to have it go away," says Nuwer, who keeps a running tab of hazing deaths based on news accounts.
By his count, at least one student has died every year in a hazing-related incident since 1970, and about 80% of them involve alcohol.
Nobody knows exactly how prevalent hazing on campuses because nobody is required to keep track. A small but growing number of campuses are posting details but that's not enough, Nuwer and others say.
You can't start (fixing the problem) unless you start getting open disclosure about the problem around the country," says Washington lawyer Douglas Fierberg, who has represented numerous parents of children who died as a result of a hazing. "Everyone is left talking about an elusive problem without having access to the factual information."
Contributing: Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin and the Associated Press
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/11/19/hazing-college-campus-robert-champion/1714431/
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New Ironclad, a nicosulfuron plus rimsulfuron, is a water-soluble granular formulation that is applied as a postemergence herbicide to handle actively growing grasses and broadleaf weeds, including barnyardgrass, volunteer cereals, woolly cupgrass, foxtails, johnsongrass, morning glory and some pigweeds.
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"Ironclad and Adapt are suitable for use after reduced rates of preemergence herbicides," Downing adds. For more information, visit www.manainc.com.


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This ring, while truly an antique, has very little monetary value but it is invaluable to me. There are two diamond chips in the center of two opals. It is my great-grandmother's engagement ring dating back to 1893. It was passed to me as her namesake. My dad gave it to me when I was 15 or 16 and I wore it all the time until I damaged he band in the back. I looked into having it repaired but any repair might damage the inscription, so damaged it will remain. I still wear it occasionally.
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Recipe - Fresh From Florida
Citrus Glazed Gator Ribs
Recipe by Florida's state chef Justin Timineri
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1/3 cup key lime juice
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 5 cloves garlic, chopped fine
- 4 leaves fresh thyme, chopped
- 4 leaves fresh oregano, chopped
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 pounds alligator ribs
Citrus Glaze
- 1 cup orange juice
- 4 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 cup orange marmalade
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup sweet butter
Prepare a citrus marinade by combining all ingredients except alligator ribs in a glass bowl; blend thoroughly. Set aside 1/2 cup marinade for basting. Pour remaining marinade over ribs and thoroughly coat all pieces; refrigerate in covered bowl or sealed zipper-type bag for 1 to 3 hours.
Remove ribs from marinade and discard used marinade. Heat stove top grill or gas grill to medium heat. Grill ribs for 45 minutes or until tender, basting frequently with reserved 1/2 cup of marinade. Prepare Citrus Glaze while ribs are grilling by combining all glaze ingredients, except butter, and simmering for 15 minutes or until thickened. Add butter in small pieces; heat until butter is melted. Keep warm at low heat until ready to serve. Remove ribs from grill and baste with Citrus Glaze.
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Happy Halloween! Today is a busy day. We have Halloween parades, parties, pumpkins to carve, and trick or treating to get to. I am sure if you have kids, you are in the same boat. So here is a super quick side dish to make before you send them out tonight.
The more I look at these the more I think they look like sail boats, not witches hats, but go with me. Just don't look too hard. I used store bought crescent rolls for these, and just didn't roll them up all the way. Fold the tip over, and you have a hat! Great with a bowl of chili, or just about anything before they run around the neighborhood collecting candy.
My son thought they were super cute. He was very excited to have them with dinner. After awhile he did turn on me, and jumped on the sail boat side. Of course, I had to open my mouth and cast doubt, didn't I? Either way, they are cute and fun for the kids.
- 1 package Crescent Rolls
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Open crescent roll package, and break apart the triangles. Starting from the wide end, roll up twice. Slightly fold over the tip (for the point of the hat). Place on a baking sheet. Repeat for all 8 rolls. Bake for 9-10 minute until golden brown.
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And now, boys and girls, it's time for a love story. It may resemble one you yourself have encountered, except this one involves people prettier than you. It's a story we've all heard: boy meets girl, girl is a cheerleader, boy meets another cheerleader, girls lose jobs because of boy, boy wins back girl ... um, somehow.
The boy is Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley. The cheerleader — one of them, the important one — is former Redskins cheerleader Christy Oglevee. They're going to get married next May, despite a rendezvous two years ago with Cooley, Oglevee, and another Redskins cheerleader t hat resulted in the cheerleaders violating a policy of "fraternizing with players" (they use the unsexiest phrases, these corporate policies) and ultimately losing their jobs. The article does a poor job of delving into this get-together at Cooley's house, or how Cooley stopped dating one cheerleader and began dating the next. Perhaps a Seinfeldian "switch" was executed to perfection. Thankfully, love persevered — it really doesn't say how, so I'm just gonna safely assume "mind-blowing sex" — and now the happy, pretty people are an item.
If you think the bride-to-be's family doesn't approve of Cooley's wild lifestyle, you should ask Mr. Oglevee, who, for his daughter's 21st birthday party, partied with Cooley by each doing 21 shots of Jim Beam. I'm guessing whoever finished last had to wear the tight shorts.
Captain Chaos Finds His First Mate [Washington Post]


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Jesus went to the territory near the town of Caesarea Philippi, where he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?"
"Some say John the Baptist," they answered. "Others say Elijah, while others say Jeremiah or some other prophet."
"What about you?" he asked them. "Who do you say I am?"
Simon Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God."
"Good for you, Simon son of John!" answered Jesus. "For this truth did not come to you from any human being, but it was given to you directly by my Father in heaven. And so I tell you, Peter: you are a rock, and on this rock foundation I will build my church, and not even death will ever be able to overcome it. I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of heaven; what you prohibit on earth will be prohibited in heaven, and what you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven." (Matthew 16:13-19, GNB)
"I believe that God does wanna take us deeper and He wants us to be reminded of who He is. And its easy in an environment like this — you can be in bible college, you can be in church forever, and you know a lot about God and you know who God is for a lot of other people. I believe that you wouldn't be here if it weren't for some revelation of Jesus but I think [that] sometimes, we have to remind ourselves who is Jesus to us, who is Jesus to me personally. Because it's not enough to live your life around someone's faith because sooner or later, you're gonna find yourself denying Christ. You're gonna find yourself like Peter was, ready to be martyred for his faith. At that moment, it's not going to be somebody else's faith that's gonna keep you. It's going to be your own revelation of Jesus. I challenge every single person {here} to ask yourself that question, 'Jesus, who are you to me? Who do I say that you are?'"
– Joel Houston, from the video of Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) (Acoustic) – Live at Elevate
Be the blessing! It's cool being spiritual!


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