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Nursing Schools In Louisiana
Louisiana has 25 accredited nursing schools where nursing faculty who teach nursing classes can find employment. The trends in Louisiana's nursing academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below. Academia in nursing includes nursing training at the following levels:
Baton Rouge General Medical Center School of Nursing
3616 North Blvd, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806
N/A U.S. News National University Ranking
615 City Park Ave, New Orleans, Louisiana 70119
2601 Gentilly Blvd, New Orleans, Louisiana 70122
403 Main Street, Grambling, Louisiana 71245
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at New Orleans
433 Bolivar St, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112-2223
8100 Hwy 71 South, Alexandria, Louisiana 71302-9121
Louisiana State University Eunice
2048 Johnson Hwy, Eunice, Louisiana 70535
1140 College Dr, Pineville, Louisiana 71359
305 Wisteria, Ruston, Louisiana 71272
194 U.S. News National University Ranking
6363 Saint Charles Ave, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118-6143
4205 Ryan St, Lake Charles, Louisiana 70605
University Station La Hwy 1, Thibodaux, Louisiana 70310
University of Louisiana Monroe
700 University Avenue, Monroe, Louisiana 71209-0000
College Ave, Natchitoches, Louisiana 71497-0002
Our Lady of Holy Cross College
4123 Woodland Drive, New Orleans, Louisiana 70131-7399
Our Lady of the Lake College
7434 Perkins Rd, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808-4380
L E Fletcher Technical Community College
310 St Charles St, Houma, Louisiana 70360-2863
548 Western Ave., Hammond, Louisiana 70402
Southern Branch Post Office, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813
3050 Martin Luther King Dr, Shreveport, Louisiana 71107
104 University Circle, Lafayette, Louisiana 70503
One Galleria Blvd. Suite 725, Metairie, Louisiana 70001-2082
Baton Rouge Community College
201 Community College Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806
Louisiana Delta Community College
7500 Millhaven Road, Monroe, Louisiana 71203-9006
A & W Healthcare Educators
2067 Caton St, New Orleans, Louisiana 70122
Nursing Schools in New Orleans, LA6 Schools
Nursing Schools in Baton Rouge, LA4 Schools
Nursing Schools in Monroe, LA2 Schools
Nursing Schools in Thibodaux, LA1 Schools
Nursing Schools in Houma, LA1 Schools
Nursing Schools in Hammond, LA1 Schools
Nursing Schools in Lafayette, LA1 Schools
Nursing Schools in Eunice, LA1 Schools
Nursing Schools in Lake Charles, LA1 Schools
Nursing Schools in Shreveport, LA1 Schools
Nursing Schools in Grambling, LA1 Schools
Nursing Schools in Ruston, LA1 Schools
Nursing Schools in Alexandria, LA1 Schools
Nursing Schools in Pineville, LA1 Schools
Nursing Schools in Natchitoches, LA1 Schools
Nursing Schools in Metairie, LA1 Schools
Louisiana Vs. National Nursing Employment
Louisiana 90,630
National 5,150,780
Approximately 2% of the country's nursing professionals work in Louisiana state.
Employment Growth for Nursing professionals In Louisiana
Yellow: Actual Values
In Louisiana, nursing is a growing field. In Louisiana, 6,040 more nursing professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. This represents a 7% growth in the field. This growth is slower than the national trend for nursing professionals which shows a 7% increase in the number of nursing professionals working around the nation.
Nursing VS. All Professions salaries in Louisiana
Light Blue: Nursing
Dark Yellow: All Professions
In Louisiana, as the number of nursing professionals is growing, the salaries earned by nursing professionals are decreasing. Nursing professionals earned a yearly mean salary of $51,760 in 2006. They earned a yearly mean salary of $40,260 in 2010.
Salary percentiles for Nursing professionals in Louisiana
This represents a decline in salaries of 29%. This decline is quite different from state trends for all professionals. Within the field of nursing, there is a huge variation in pay, with the highest paid nursing professionals earning 106% more money than those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket in Louisiana state.
Average Salaries for Nursing professionals and related professions in Louisiana
BSN $62,060
Forensic Nursing $40,600
Gerontology $52,502
Nursing $40,260
RN to BSN $62,060
Nursing professionals in Louisiana earn, on average, less than their counterparts in related professions.
Nursing programs available for each degree type for all schools in Louisiana
associate 13
master 21
As the number of nursing professionals is increasing in Louisiana state, the number of students graduating from the 25 accredited nursing schools in Louisiana state is also increasing. In Louisiana, there were 174 graduates in 2006. And there were 6,849 graduates from nursing courses in 2010.
There was an increase in the number of nursing school degree or certificate graduates in Louisiana by 3836%. Most of these graduates, or 46%, earned a undergraduate certificate in nursing.
Nursing Faculty Salaries in Louisiana
We are now in the process of collecting data for the number of nursing faculty in Louisiana, growth in the field of nursing academia and nursing faculty salaries in Louisiana. If you are involved in teaching nursing courses to students at the certificate in nursing, associates degree in nursing, bachelors degree in nursing, masters degree in nursing, and doctoral degree in nursing levels, please take a moment to anonymously submit your information to help us build a valuable database resource for the benefit of current and future faculty in the field of nursing in Louisiana. A summary of what your peers have told us up until now will be available once you submit your information.
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I'm going all in...It'll be all summer, all the time. Bring on the triple digits.
i'm loving all summer all the time. bring it.
Oh, that pool. That house!!
Girl I have already spent some time in the river. To me anytime it his 90 or above is swim weather. I'm not sure where in Texas your are but I am smack between the ATX and San Antonio and the rivers are full. I say jump in already - oh and eat one of those gorgeous popsicles.
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so I wish you that the summer start now. I also hate heat, I like temperature about 23-25 degrees (Celsius) - this is the optimum. More is tiring.
Love the attitude! I needed this pep talk before the triple digits hit!!
Love the house and the pool which looks like the perfect decision to avoid heat and sweating.
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that pool is really something and boy do i miss cookie magazine.
That pool is killer gorgeous. I am with you... a total heat hater (I'm taking that term with me). But that pool will def make all the diff and you will have the lovliest low key summer ever. So excited for you!


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Languages Yiddish
Yiddish Revival
Once considered the language of an older generation, Yiddish is now being embraced by hip twenty- and thirty-somethings.
By Aviya Kushner
How to Learn Yiddish
Five Yiddish Films You Can Stream Right Now for Free
History is full of bizarre twists and turns, and the fate of a language can be as unpredictable as the fate of a people. In 1945, the future of Yiddish looked bleak. Millions of its speakers had been murdered, and the audience for Yiddish literature was practically wiped out. Many survivors focused on learning Hebrew or English–the languages they needed to build new lives. Meanwhile, Yiddish fell by the wayside, becoming the language parents and grandparents spoke when they wanted to hide things from their children.
Klezmer is Suddenly Cool
But nearly 60 years later, klezmer music is suddenly cool. The melodies our grandparents laughed and cried to are played in places where twenty-somethings gather, from New Orleans jazz clubs to Montreal cafés. Meanwhile, recent American Jewish literature–like Nathan Englander's For the Relief of Unbearable Urges–pays constant homage to Yiddish fiction masters like Sholom Aleichem, Y.L. Peretz, and I.B. Singer. For young writers like Englander, Yiddish humor amid tragedy is an inspiration. Many of these Yiddish stories, like Sholom Aleichem's Tevye the Dairyman, are readily available in English, and sometimes, North American readers decide they want to check out the fiction in its original language.
The majority of current Yiddish speakers, of course, are from Hasidic and Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) families who raise their children with Yiddish as their mother tongue. These large families have led some scholars to believe there may be a million Yiddish speakers again. But the more surprising story is the slow but seemingly steady increase in Yiddish lovers in the non-Hasidic world.
"In the Jewish 'mainstream', interest in Yiddish may be growing," says Neil Zagorin, bibliographer at The National Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Mass. "It will probably not again be the vernacular or cultural language of the Jewish 'masses' the way it was before the Holocaust. Most 'mainstream' Jews will not be fluent or literate in Yiddish."
"What is significant is that a growing number of young Jews are reconsidering–or considering for the first time–the meaning of the Ashkenazic Jewish heritage as an important part of contemporary Jewish identity, alongside Jewish religion, ancient Jewish history, modern Israeli history, and so on," Zagorin says.
Literature, Music, Art
This interest in Yiddish is evident at places like Makor, a cultural gathering place dedicated to New Yorkers in their 20s and 30s. Makor offers a range of Yiddish classes, along with the usual Hebrew and Judaism fare that's at most JCCs.
Looking into Yiddish can mean much more than just language classes, says Zagorin. "It can mean young Jews who take courses in modern Jewish social history along with other coursework in Jewish studies. It can also mean interest in the literature written in Yiddish, whether they read it in Yiddish or translation." Studying Yiddish can lead to an interest in the music, theater, and folk arts of Ashkenazic Jewry, Zagorin says.
There are signs of this interest all over the place. A small ad in New York's Jewish Week this month promised cash stipends to people trying to live near other Yiddish speakers. Each summer, a slew of Yiddish festivals pop up in Canada and the U.S. And a growing number of universities offer academic credit or degrees in Yiddish. Well-known intensive language programs include those from The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York and the University of Vilnius. In addition, the Oxford Center for Yiddish Studies, the University of Paris, and Bar-Ilan University have run intensive Yiddish programs.
A few dedicated American organizations–including YIVO, Workmen's Circle, and The National Yiddish Book Center–host conferences, fund internships, and put out publications that help keep Yiddish alive in the English-speaking world. These events usually involve less of a time commitment, and attract people in their 20s and 30s.
Yiddish on the Web
The web is also helping to connect lovers of Yiddish with each other; the website www.derbay.org lists events around the world, including classes, conferences, and concerts. It has links to the Yiddish pen-pal organization, which has 300 members divided according to ability.
Meanwhile, Yugntruf – Yugnt far Yidish, the site of Youth for Yiddish, is aimed at people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s who are into Yiddish. The calendar listing includes groups like the Yiddish Writers Circle. YIVO just started a summer program alumni newsletter, available online, which should help connect its 1,200 alumni.
For those enrolled in university, cool Yiddish-related internships abound. The National Yiddish Book Center offers graduate students a chance to work on preserving Jewish books while taking Yiddish classes. Each year, the Center receives about 40 applications for an average of 8 slots, depending on funding. "The students learn Yiddish half the day and help shelve books the other half a day," says the center's director of education Rabbi Phil Graubart.
In the summer, the Center also hosts a College Creativity Workshop that brings students interested in creative writing and film together. This year, there will be a four-day workshop with prominent Jewish writers including Alicia Ostriker and Irena Klepfisz, along with agents and publishers.
This kind of innovative programming is helping to keep Yiddish and institutions concerned with Yiddish on the map. Yiddish is becoming a part of a new generation's cultural life, affecting its music, its literature, and even its tastes in humor. Yiddish may never regain its foothold in Europe, but it may have found a loving, remodeled home in North America.
Reprinted with permission from The Avi Chai Bookshelf, where Birthright Israel alumni can order free books and magazines.
Hasidic
Pronounced: khah-SID-ik, Origin: Hebrew, a stream within ultra-Orthodox Judaism that grew out of an 18th-century mystical revival movement.
The History of Yiddish
Yiddish originated in Germany, but was eventually spoken by Jews all over Europe.
Sholem Aleichem
One of the most beloved writers of Yiddish literature, his work inspired the hit musical "Fiddler on the Roof."
The 22 Best Yiddish Words to Know
A brief glossary of important and commonly used Yiddish words and phrases.

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Gold ETFs Can Continue Diversifying a Traditional Investment Portfolio
As we look to the underlying fundamentals of gold, investors can consider exchange traded funds to gain exposure to the asset and access the counter-correlated movements in the yellow metal.
In the recent webcast, Hedge or Diversifier? The Modern Take on Gold, George Milling–Stanley, Chief Gold Strategist, State Street Global Advisors, and Juan Carlos Artigas, Director, Investment Research, World Gold Council, will review investment allocations to gold as a way to help mitigate volatility in times of crisis. In the first half of the year, Gold has helped hedge against the uncertainty during the pandemic and growing concerns about inflation, and it was one of the best-performing assets of 2020.
Gold-backed ETFs attracted large inflows over the first quarter. The large inflows came at the expense of a sharp decline in gold jewelry demand over the first three months of the year. Central banks continued to buy gold, albeit at a slower pace. Additionally, gains in a developed market bar and coin demand helped offset weakness in Asia.
The strategists highlighted four key trends in the 2020 outlook. First off, financial and geopolitical uncertainty combined with low interest rates may continue supporting gold investment demand. Secondly, net gold purchases by central banks may remain robust even if they are lower than the record highs seen in recent quarters. Momentum and speculative positioning may keep gold price volatility high. Lastly, gold price volatility and expectations of weaker economic growth may result in softer consumer demand near-term.
As more central banks cut back on interest rates and even implement negative rates to help stimulate growth, gold could continue to shine. Gold returns during periods of negative real rates have been double their historical averages. The precious metal has also exhibited a high correlation to the increase in the amount of global negative-yielding debt.
If inflation is to spike as a direct result of these aggressive loose monetary policies, gold can also benefit as a way to help investors safeguard their purchasing power. Looking at average annualized returns during various inflationary periods, gold showed an annualized return of 8.4% when inflation was below 2% and an annualized return of 16.2% when inflation was above 5%.
Monetary policy and interest rates are only part of the overall picture. For example, periods of growth historically have been supportive of jewelry, which accounts for around 50% of yearly demand. Market downturns historically have boosted the price of gold. The price of competing assets such as bonds, currencies, and other assets, may influence investor attitudes towards gold. Additionally, capital flows, positioning, and price trends may support or dampen gold's performance.
In the current market environment, the coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic has also affected the global gold supply chain from areas like mining, processing, refining, recycling, and delivery. The disruption has also caused COMEX gold futures positioning to uncouple from gold's recent performance due to increased costs associated with the disruptions. In early April, the differential between gold futures and spot prices substantially increased.
Consequently, more are turning to the easy-to-use and cheap gold ETFs as a more efficient tool to access the gold markets. Specifically, something like the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEArca: GLD), the most liquid and largest physically backed gold-related ETF on the market, has been the go-to ETF option for gold investments. The SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust (NYSEArca: GLDM) is also a low-cost gold ETF that has quickly attracted attention from buy-and-hold investors who are interested in the long-term benefits of incorporating a cheap gold investment in a diversified portfolio.
For more market trends, visit ETF Trends.
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First Look: Mystic Selwood
As fate would have it, I've begun work on a sequel to "West of the Warlock," the Fantasy Western which will be released later this summer by Hall Brothers Entertainment. The second book will pick up where the first one leaves off, and is tentatively entitled "Mystic Selwood;" mystic, because of the magical aspects, and Selwood for the name of the town where most of the story takes place.
I have other stories to write, as well, though this one has asked me to write it. Yes, the story itself jumped up out of the shadows, back-handed me across both cheeks, and said, "Get me down on paper!" Seriously, though, I had considered a sequel to this story (as I do with pretty much anything I write), and the other night I had a peculiar dream that played out the opening sequences to the tale. As I "watched" the dream unfold, the entire plot came to mind, so now I have a pretty good idea of what will be happening in this second installment of "The West The Way It Wasn't."
An 1873 Winchester
Musket will feature
prominently in
"Mystic Selwood."
It may be a little early to release information about a sequel-in-progress (even before the first volume hits the market) but here's a quick promo anyway:
A hideous monster lurks in the southern Nevada desert. It has slaughtered a trainload of passengers, and kidnapped the fiancée of the Mayor of Selwood's son. Many mysteries surround the strange abduction, and it is up to warlock sheriff James Doliber and his dwarven deputy, Ron Grimes, to solve the case and save the day. But as incriminating answers begin to surface about the local powers that be, can these eclectic law men hope to maintain order without condemning an innocent woman to death?
Now that's something to look forward to. I can't say when this sequel will be finished, or when it'll be released, but it shouldn't be too long if "West of the Warlock" is a big success. Spread the word, and stay tuned for more information about both Fantasy Western stories. It's time for magic on the wild frontier!
Posted by Martin T. Ingham at 4:48 AM 1 comment:
Labels: Fantasy Western, writing
A Starscaper's Tale (Minstrel Mondays)
About the time I wrote the poem "Patented DNA," I threw together this other little freestyle piece, about the more distant future. Again, it tells a tale of science fictional proportions, but it's not quite as eloquent as some of my other stuff. Have a look, and see what you think... Can you see the story in your mind's eye?
A Starscaper flew on
Ten millennia from now,
The last starship built back home.
The Earth had long since fallen
To many cosmic conquests.
Yet ten centuries past tomorrow,
American souls soldiered on.
Reaching a fertile orb
Sixty-seven light years away,
The children of men who refused to be slaves
Went out to found a new nation.
They'd journeyed so long.
Ten centuries ago,
They'd barely known the touch
Of their home planet's moon.
Now they'd gone beyond
A thousand worlds like their own.
So many alien lands
Of frightful creations, deadly aliens,
And bacteria that ate through ships' hulls.
Captain Richard E. Sloan,
Aboard Starscapers born and raised,
Led a charge to chart a new home.
Old when he first touched the surface
Of the only planet he'd ever know.
He sought to found a colony
His folks could call their own,
But they were not alone.
Another race, so strange, yet alike,
Muscular as horses, yet smooth like silk,
Skins glittered in prismatic colors,
Still their eyes were akin to ours.
Alien hearts grew warm when men came around
Who shared superior technology.
Ambitious dreams and schemes
Even the aliens could conceive
To build a space fleet,
To fight enemies unseen.
The Prismatons were eager to help
When it promised to benefit their children so.
Good tidings held strong for twenty long years
Until enemies came from the sky.
The Bizahn cruisers covered the horizon,
Seeking the blood of mankind's survivors.
The lizard-like things,
Bones protruding through their skins,
Leapt out of their landing craft
With a hiss designed to frighten
Seasoned soldiers who'd survived
Many a deadly fight.
The poison of fangs killed fast,
Yet the humans with their alien hosts
Stood side by side to die.
The worst blow came
Captain Sloan was maimed,
With a single Bizahn bite he was slain.
And a million stars cried
When the old Captain died,
For his fate foretold a future so bare.
No man could survive here
Where Bizahn hunted planet-side
The order was given to flee
Back to the stars.
Somewhere else man would try
To once more thrive.
Before the last boarding call,
The aliens bid them farewell
And thanked them for their technology.
In a thousand years, they might
Join mankind in the firefight
To raise civilized beings back
To their proper place.
On the galactic scene
It was only an instant away.
With a sparkle of light,
The Starscaper flew into eternal night,
Leaving another world poisoned with knowledge.
I could be properly said
They'd been scientifically dead,
Until man's touch brought their minds to life.
Creative insight:
Humanity's gift to star-children
Forever fighting against the night.
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Labels: poem, sci-fi
Dining Etiquette at the Counts Farm
James Wilson Counts was my great-great grandfather, born November 14, 1856, the son of Sylvester Tobias Counts and Mary Ann Wilson. He grew up in more formal times in Ohio, and later moved to Kansas where he owned a 160 acre farm near Baldwin City and raised his 6 children, one of which was my semi-famous great-grandfather, George Sylvester Counts.
James Wilson Counts
From what I've learned, James was a strict man, who adhered to a polite code of conduct. He expected human beings to behave in a certain manner, and it was uncouth or even sinful to deviate from these patterns. George S. Counts had an interesting story he liked to share concerning his father, and he used it as something of an object lesson.
Harvest time, circa 1900: The Counts farm hired a few field hands to help bring in the crops. They purportedly paid well, despite the low income of the farm, so there was no shortage of volunteers. These seasonal hands ate with the family as honored guests, and were expected to behave as any guest would in those times.
During lunch one day, one of the farm hands wanted to get a roll from a basket that was just out of reach. James asked that one of the other people seated at the table kindly pass the rolls, but the impertinent farm hand claimed "I can get it," took out his knife, and stabbed a roll with the extra length of the blade making up the distance. A dead silence fell over the table, and the stabber was fired on the spot. He was banned forever from the Counts farm for his brash behavior.
This is one of many stories my father heard as a child, one he failed to take to heart. Unlike James, my father was never so puritanical, and would be more the sort to stab the roll than fire an employee for helping himself. Strict behavior seems to be something society in general has abandoned these days.
This was something George S. Counts used as a cautionary tale, advocating his descendants toward order, so I can't say if it's 100% accurate. It does seem like the sort of attitude that God-fearing Methodist farmers would've had during the turn of the last century, so I wouldn't doubt if it actually happened more or less the way it was told.
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Labels: Counts, family, personal
Our Lucky Winner
Okay, it's been long enough. The winner of my "Not for Resale" promotional giveaway was drawn on June 4th, and after a few late emails on both sides I've finally gotten everything together and sent the prize to Chris Anderson. His name was the one drawn from the hat, and I hope he enjoys this book a great deal. It's being shipped all the way to Australia, which is something I've done before, though rarely. It's nice to win fans in far flung places.
As promised, the book has been marked "Not for Resale" in several places, as well as being signed. Also, on the back of the front cover I wrote the following, to help prevent anyone from cashing in on my charity:
This book has been given away for free by the author. It is not to be sold for profit. It may be given away to others who wish to read it, if the owner so desires.
Anyone who seeks to make money by selling this copy of Virtual Wiles shall be cursed. Their eyes shall go blind, and their fortune shall be blown to the wind. These are the least of the thousand curses which will be visited upon them! Profiteers are hereby warned!
I sincerely hope you enjoy reading this fantasy adventure. –Martin.
So, if that doesn't stop them, nothing will. Of course, having a personal inscription like this from the author might just increase the book's desirability someday, and spur a bidding war. Well, if I'm ever famous enough, that one of my books will be worth significantly more because of my personal warnings, I will publicly rescind the curse.
Remember, anyone who buys a book can do anything they want with it afterwards with my blessing... well, almost anything. So, buy my books. You'd spend more for lunch at some fast food joint, and isn't hours of reading worth more than some greasy sludge that'll clog your arteries? Read, don't die!
Labels: giveaway, promotion, Virtual Wiles
My Kind of Message
A lot of songs don't really mean much of anything. Sure, most of them say something, though it's often "I love you," or "I want you," or "Life sucks, pass the bottle" (that seems to be the common theme of much poetry, as well). Yet, among the myriad array of musical morass, there are those songs which send my kind of message. Sometimes, there just comes a song that speaks to me on a unique level, and makes me feel a sort of kinship with the lyricist.
Here are a few songs with messages that have touched me in some way or another. See if any of them have an impact on your psyche.
8: Old Time Rock & Roll –Bob Seger
In this era of cRap music, whiny divas, and lousy beats, I often find myself feeling just like this song. Most of the stuff I like to listen to was made years ago, and modern music generally leaves me shaking my head.
"I like that old time Rock and Roll!"
7: Bad Attitude –Meat Loaf
A song of rebellion and non-conformity, which cuts both ways. It reflects a lot of my feelings about this 9 to 5 world, and the cookie-cutter mentality of society in general. And it gives an often overlooked truth: The most famous people in the world are those who busted out of the mold and did it their way.
"Every hero was once, every villain was once, just a boy with a bad attitude."
6: The Story in Your Eyes –The Moody Blues
This song has always held a bit of truth for me, and it reflects some of the way the world seems to be more often than not.
"Listen to the tide slowly turning, wash all our heartaches away. We're part of the fire that is burning, and from the ashes we can live another day."
Buy @ Amazon: The Story In Your Eyes
5: Dancing in The Dark –Bruce Springsteen
Sometimes, I can really relate to the theme of this song, of being stuck in a rut and wishing to bust out of it. Standing still and waiting for "action" can really be a strain.
"You sit around getting older. There's a joke here somewhere and it's on me."
Buy @ Amazon: Dancing In The Dark
4: I'll Be There –Starship
This last song of their final album is a hidden gem. A hardcore song of love and devotion, which can be applied to so many situations. This serves as the unofficial theme song for The Rogue Investigations.
"I'll be there for you when hope seems thin and your chances are few."
Buy @ Amazon: I'll Be There
3: There's A Place –The Beatles
One of their earliest and shorter songs. In the grand scheme of things, it is somewhat weak compared to many other Beatles classics, but the underlying message of the song earns it a special place with me. A lot of different bands have done covers of this one, though there's no beating the fab four's original!
"There is a place where I can go when I feel low, when I feel blue, and it's my mind, and there's no time when I'm alone."
2: Getting to The Point –Electric Light Orchestra
Written to reflect Jeff Lynne's feelings about his band dissolving, this song also has a deeper meaning about the world at large. I often look out at this chaotic world, and feel exactly like this song.
"It's getting to the point where nobody can stop it now. It's getting to the point of no return, and all that I can do is stand and watch it now. Watch it burn, burn, burn."
Buy @ Amazon: Getting To The Point
1: Don't Wait for Heroes –Dennis DeYoung
A lot of people know him as the pianist singer/songwriter for Styx, though Dennis DeYoung's solo career has produced a few message gems, as well. This first song from his Desert Moon album speaks to those of us who still cling to creative dreams, of fame and fortune in our selective fields.
"Winners are losers who got up and gave it just one more try."
Buy @ Amazon: Don't Wait For Heroes
That about sums it up; eight songs that send a message that has touched my heart. I've put links to those that I could find available on Amazon. They don't have any Beatles or Seger for sale as individual MP3 songs, and Meat Loaf's "Bad Attitude" is probably too obscure (the Bad Attitude album has been out of production for years, which is a real shame, since it's one of his best). Enjoy these songs wherever you may find them.
So, what are some songs that have impacted your life?
Labels: music, personal
Sneak Preview: West of The Warlock
As the official release of "West of The Warlock" draws closer, I'm going to throw out more information about this exciting story, so readers can glean greater insight into the Fantasy Western concept. It never hurts for people to know what they're going to get; at least, not when what they're going to get is action-packed adventure!
Here's the first Author's Promo, which I threw together for fans and prospective reviewers:
Nevada 1882: Ron Grimes never wanted to be a law officer. This middle-aged dwarf came to the arid trading hub of Selwood to avenge his brother's murder, but ended up in the service of the county sheriff, who also happens to be a certified warlock. Tricked into Sheriff Doliber's service, Deputy Grimes finds himself pitted against one adversary after another, from pretentious elves to supernatural bandits, and a dark sorcerer whose abilities rival sanity. Throughout it all, Ron will learn what it means to protect and serve on the wild frontier, where guns and magic coexist and race relations take on a whole new meaning.
I hope that's enough to whet your appetite for the main event. Keep following this blog for more great hints and previews, and for the official release date at Hall Brothers Entertainment!
Labels: Fantasy Western, promotion
The Walking Dead (Season 1) -Review
I've been a bit under the weather since Saturday with a particularly nasty cold virus, so I'm throwing this together at the last minute. I have a few pre-written posts in reserve, but none that fit the Wednesday Reviews feature, so this one is fresh and raw—kinda like my throat!
I had the chance to see the first season of "The Walking Dead" a while back. I'm not usually big on zombies, or horror in general, though this series has a lot more to offer than your average gore-fest. It's not so much a horror story, as a post-apocalyptic tale of survival, and there is serious character development present throughout. Yes, there is still plenty of bloody violence, and zombies get shot in every episode, so those who like the more traditional form of zombentertainment will no doubt enjoy this, as well.
Another thing to appreciate is the attempt to explain the zombie apocalypse through scientific means. Though the first season doesn't get too in-depth, and there are still a lot of unanswered questions, it is clear there is a sci-fi explanation behind the walking dead. They didn't just crawl out of the grave to eat people, and there isn't magic afoot. I expect the plausible cause will continue to evolve as the series goes forward.
The series started out as a comic book, though I haven't read it... What? Right, sorry, they're "graphic novels." Hey, the industry started calling them that when I was a kid, trying to make them sound grown up or classy, but they're all still comic books! There's nothing wrong with that. Anyway, I haven't read the original story, and therefore get to watch the suspenseful surprises of this intriguing series without any foreknowledge of what's to come.
My only major complaint regards the length of the season. It's so short, you can hardly call it a "season." I really hope that AMC can find the money to make the next season a little longer. Hey, they could give us at least ten episodes a year, right?
I'll rate the first season 4 out of 5 stars. It's very well done, the acting is spot-on, and the stories are very engaging. Let's see more shows like this!
Labels: dvd, review, television
North Street Blues
It's on a theme akin to Lennon/McCartney's "In My Life" or "A Day in The Life," where the song paints a picture of a particular time and place from the author's perspective. In this case, it details life on the route I take to and from work on most days. We see little bits of landscape, and the people along the way. We also have some personal reflections, and just a touch of misery and hope commingling. Take a moment to peer over the wheel of my old Ford pickup and see the normalcy of North Street!
Purple pants walking down the road
All dressed up from head to toe
They said he's a man
But nobody really knows
In the 21st century
It doesn't pay to care
Skeletal man with stubble on his face
Sucking down a cigarette
His life's a disgrace
He has four children by as many wives
Was he ever really married?
The lawyers never seem to mind
Turn the corner onto North Street
See the postman walking his beat
See the sausage man cooking his meat
But not the meat he exposes
Down on South Street
The cops turn the other cheek
Watch the tellers at the bank
Fork over cash every day of the week
Yet none of it their own
It's an honest living they seek
Contrasted with the risky drivers
Every morning getting high
They cut you off in traffic
And they're paid by the mile!
Potholes galore whipping 'round the bend
Skip both ends of Boardman Street
To find the world's worst traffic circle
An architectural wet dream
You wonder when some poor driver
Will meet his bitter end
Then the causeway through a pristine swamp
Sends Eagles into flight
They love to eat the neighbor's cats
Your muffler falls off
You roll to a stop
As the Mercedes' drive by
You have to stop and wonder
How the armchairs do it
A new trade-in every year
While you'll be driving the same jalopy
Until the end of time
The complex cost of upkeep alone
Costs you every thin dime
This struggle that we're part of
You always want more
But you've got everything that you need
So long as you're a simple man
Seeking nothing greater
Than the clothes on your back
And three square meals a day
For those of you with larger brains
It sucks to be us
Get used to it
You turn in every night
Tired, but all right
Safe in the knowledge that
You've got an honest life
Opportunities abound
For the crooks and the clowns
But you'll win the fair fight
Or at least break even
In search of the light
Labels: personal, philosophy, poem
What Will Be Remembered?
"Normal is what everyone else is, and you are not."
I often find myself reflecting on the limits of life in general, and it is not something that pleases me. Allow me to depress you for a moment with my philosophical musings.
Pick up any phonebook in America or across the globe. Ask yourself, what does almost every person in that book have in common, other than the fact that they are human beings of one sort or another. I'll tell you. The cold hard truth of the matter is, the only thing they have in common is that they will be forgotten. In 100 years, nobody will care to remember who they were or what they did, least of all what they did for a living. Nobody will care that they laid bricks, or hauled cargo. Nobody will remember the nails they used to build a house, or the tireless hours they worked at the shipyard to feed their families. No one will recall the hours they stocked shelves at Walmart, or the days they spent shining shoes. Nobody will care they even existed, except for a handful of oddball descendants who might look back with limited fondness, not really knowing anything about their ancestor's life. It is a cold, unforgiving fact of this mortal existence.
It is a curse to feel the mediocrity of life, and to look at what we do as a society in general. I find myself asking, what do most of us really accomplish? What are we doing these days, other than existing? Humanity has stagnated in so many ways, and the vast majority of people don't do anything but consume and perpetuate this meaningless state of entropy. We have come to merely exist, enjoying a few thrills here and there, and feeding off the innovations of a handful, rather than seeking a grandeur purpose. The spirit of life has become stale in our own complacency and decadence.
This is one motivation for my career in writing. I have come to rage against the candle's spark, seeking to carve myself into the memory of time with the written word. I don't want to be another name in somebody's family bible a hundred years from now. I don't want to be "great-grandpa Martin" who did such and such for a living his entire life, serving other people who themselves did nothing to advance the boundaries of human consciousness. I wish to do something more.
If there is to be any purpose to this human life, it must be for the advancement of knowledge. To expand our understanding of the universe is something worthy of God's creation.
I find myself limited in my ability to learn only by my finances and societal situation. That is my great tragedy. I was young and foolish not very long ago, and did nothing to set myself in a position that would give me the opportunity to professionally perpetuate my mental condition. Even so, I remain reluctant to accept my current station, and that is why I am not as prosperous as I likely could be. I cannot be content to labor constantly in obscurity, and as such I do not fit myself into a common role among men. I don't pursue my career with the vim and vigor required for monetary prosperity. Instead, I do what I must to survive, and continue to fight to make my mark through the only venue offered to me: my works of literature.
I expect a good many people might think me vain, as they do not see the world in such a way, and they're content in the way of things. They can live happily in their commonplace life, providing for their families and partaking of the simple pleasures around them. They can find it peaceful to be locked into a specialized task, doing the same thing day in and day out, so long as it pays the bills. But that sort of life is alien to me, and ever shall be. I understand and respect that sort of existence, but it's one I can never enjoy in my own heart and soul. I'm just not built that way.
So, where does that leave me? Some would rightly say that makes me a weirdo or just plain insane. Well, so be it. Call me crazy for wanting to be remembered as more than just a name, and call me a lunatic for daring to challenge my fate. I will not chain myself to a shallow life of working nine to five until I die. I work as I must, but never shall I relish it, nor will I conform as most others do to become a piece of human machinery in the commune of a stagnant society.
Never let them say I was a forgettable man.
Labels: personal, philosophy
Stargate Universe (Season 2 DVD) -Review
I received the Stargate Universe Season 2 DVD set last week (Amazon Pre-Order), and have had the chance to watch all twenty episodes, and most of the bonus material. After watching season 1, I wasn't sure how this next installment would fare, but I'm pleased to see it surpassed my greatest expectations.
The first season was a little drab compared to the other Stargate series. Though it had some high points with episodes like "Space," and "Time," there were duds like "Life." It wasn't as exciting as SG-1 and Atlantis were from the start, and the characters took longer to develop. Other than that, there were times where I couldn't empathize with the lead characters. Colonel Young wasn't a very good leader in the beginning, and Lieutenant Scott was too much of a horn dog to respect. Chloe didn't have much of a purpose to begin with, and Rush was easy to hate until the revelations of "Human" gave him an understandable back story. Yet, by the end of Season 1, the characters were fleshed out enough, and they were enjoyable to watch for the most part.
Where the first season may have come up short, the second season sought to make up for it, and I think they did a great job. Though there were still a few slow episodes, most of them were stimulating, both from a cerebral viewpoint and a raw action/adventure stance. The last 10 episodes were exceptional, bringing the show up to the same entertainment standards of SG-1 & Atlantis (or perhaps even higher).
I hate that Universe has been cancelled, and I really wish it would come back someday. The way the second season ended, there is great potential for that to happen if anyone ever dares to try, though in these financially uncertain times I don't know if that will ever come to pass. Who knows, in 3 years, maybe someone will revive the series and pick up where they left off. I would do it if there was any possible way. Hey, MGM, I can make you money, try me! If given the chance, any number of creative people could save Stargate Universe, but will they ever be given that chance?
Overall, season 2 of SGU gets 4 out of 5 stars. The back ten get a full five stars, but there were still a few weak points in the first half; nothing horrible, though there were other seasons of Stargate that I liked a little more.
Labels: dvd, review, sci-fi, Stargate, television
Law Dwarf (Minstrel Mondays)
As we move closer to unveiling my much anticipated Fantasy Western serial, I'll be working up some interesting promotional material for your perusal. The first such item is this little ditty I threw together, sort of a theme song for the upcoming saga.
Steel may be swift
But lead is deadlier
When the deputy comes to town
Boron Grimes, four foot zero
Sharpest eye in the West
His friends call him Ron
But his enemies call him nothing
After he's done them in
When challenged by scum
You know he's going to get him some blood
The elves may laugh at
The diminutive fellow
But not after tasting his aim
And all the ladies cry
Over the hairy little man
Who puts an end to their games
Their best clients lie dead in the cold, cold ground
For you know how the outlaw types
All like to streetwalking gals
Shoot 'em dead
As soon as they draw
But never without just cause
And when magic's involved
Grimes makes the call
To his boss, the warlock sheriff
James Doliber pinned the star
On the dwarf with the lethal revolver
He knows his own limitations
The antique Remington
Is the dwarf's weapon
A cap and ball design
Nobody laughs
that he hasn't updated
When he can part hairs at a thousand paces
Respected by the righteous
Feared by the rest
The notorious dwarf at high noon
You'd best take your leave
Of the criminal scene
Or the undertaker will be meeting you soon
The preferred handgun of Ron Grimes:
1858 Remington Army .44 Caliber
Labels: Fantasy Western, poem
Saturday Shenanigans: We Be Taggin'
Fellow Science Fiction writer Ellie Garratt was kind enough to tag me on Friday, so I now get to answer some frivolous questions and spread the wealth by tagging more bloggers who will no doubt thank me for the opportunity to do the same!
Okay, here we go:
1. Do you think you're hot?
My wife does, and that's all that really matters.
2. Upload a picture or wallpaper you're using at the moment.
This is the picture I'm currently using as my desktop wallpaper. It's a shelf I stained & varnished last winter, and it sits at the bottom of a set of brick stairs in my home.
3. When was the last time you ate chicken meat?
Thursday. I pan-fried some boneless breast fillets (lightly breaded) on Tuesday, and took pieces for lunch on-the-job.
4. The song you listened to recently.
Right now, as I'm writing this, my Windows Media Player is on random, and came up with "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," by U2. I have a bunch of different music in my system (all from genuinely licensed CDs, no illegal downloads for me!).
5. What were you thinking when you were doing this?
I was thinking "How am I going to finish the latest short story I started a few days ago," "What am I going to eat for breakfast?" "Maybe I should brag about how I don't download illegal music," "My back hurts," "I wish Stargate Universe hadn't been cancelled," and "Perhaps I should clear the junk off my desk one of these days." Phew! That was just one particular moment. My brain multitasks!
6. Do you have nicknames? What are they?
I really don't have any contemporary nicknames, though the nastier kids in grade school used to call me "groundhog" and various other insults (since my father built our house half-underground). Sometimes I use "Martinus" as name on internet forums.
7. Tag eight bloggers.
A whole eight? Nah, I think I'll knock the number down a little (I dare to rebel). So, I'm going to do six, and see how that works. If I happen to tag anyone who has already been tagged, oh well. Also, if for whatever reason you six don't feel like playing along with this exercise, feel free to skip it (not all of us can be wild and wacky with these things).
Matt Nord
Gerald Costlow
Alva J. Roberts
D. Nathan Hilliard
8. A few questions about your tagged friends...
Who's listed as number one?
Matt Nord, horror writer extraordinaire. We met over at the Pill Hill Press forum last year.
Say something about number five.
Mike Wood's another writer (notice a trend here) who I encountered during the ABNA contest. He's quite a character when he wants to be.
How did you get to know number three?
"Sailor" Kenshin and I both moderated a discussion forum years ago, and we've been online friends ever since. Besides being into pens and knitting, she's a talented writer, and also does some nice artwork. One of her paintings serves as the cover for the Amazon.com edition of "The Rogue Investigations."
How about number four?
Alva's another fine writer I met through Pill Hill Press. His wife Jessy runs the place, and did a great job editing The Guns of Mars. Alva designed the cover for it.
Leave a message for number six.
Hey, Nathan, how's the sequel to The Ways of Khrem coming along (or is it)?
Leave a lovey-dovey message for number two.
Who am I, Anthony Weiner? Forget it!
Do numbers seven and eight have any similarities?
Yeah, they don't exist (he he).
That's enough fun for one Saturday morning. Have a great weekend, everyone!
Labels: frivolous, personal
When School Boards Attack
On June 1st, my little town of Robbinston had an important school board meeting. Word was, they were going to close our grade school, which currently educates our K-8 kids. Thankfully, that potential tragedy was averted, but it took 3 hours of debate and citizen outrage before the decision was finally made to keep the school running and begin budgeting.
After the meeting, I wrote the following letter that was published by local papers:
The latest Robbinston School Board meeting was certainly spirited. Though, that's bound to happen when the school is threatened with closure. I'm glad to say we avoided that unsightly circumstance, and that our little school will continue to give our kids a quality education in the coming year.
The harsh reality is, Robbinston property taxes will be going up, but this is not because our School Board decided to keep the school open. In fact, it would actually cost several thousand dollars more in tuition to send our kids to another school, not to mention the cost of either maintaining or bulldozing the existing school building after we closed it. The State mandated us to raise more money for the school this year (courtesy of School District Consolidation). So, we're looking at a 7 mill property tax increase, no matter what.
The big question many of you may have is, if it'll cost less to keep the school open, why was the School Board proposing that we close it? Well, they technically weren't. They wanted to put it out to referendum, and let the voters decide, though that was a very risky thing considering the common perception that closing the school would somehow save money. It wouldn't, and we'd be throwing away our local control if we ever did abolish our school.
We elected our School Board to make tough decisions, and that is what they did. While they came into the meeting poised to send the closure referendum out to the voters, they heard the cry of the people in attendance, saw reason, and did their jobs. The board eventually voted 2-1 to keep the school running and begin the next year's budget.
When it comes down to it, the School Board had no desire to close our school. Rather, they decided to use the threat of closure as a terror tactic, to get people's attention. The board wanted to educate the voters about the ultimate costs involved with educating our children, and let them know they'll be paying either way.
Putting school closure on the ballot would have been a risky gamble, and I'm glad they recanted from it. The Robbinston Grade School really is the core of our community, one of the last remaining pieces of infrastructure our town has. To discard it would be foolhardy and devastating to the future of our community.
Labels: education, Robbinston, school board
Martin T. Ingham
Martin T. Ingham is a writer of Science Fiction & Fantasy living in the wilds of rural Maine. He is also the Senior Editor for the small press, Martinus Publishing, and his work has appeared in numerous print anthologies. Be sure to visit http://www.martiningham.com to learn more about his writing exploits.
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Ford Halts Its Plan To Sell Vehicle Made In China On US Market Amid Trade War
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Ford announced it will halt its plan to sell Chinese-made vehicles on the U.S. market because of the tariffs on Chinese products. The company's logo is pictured on Nov. 2, 2009 in Richmond, California. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
By Andrew N. White, International Business Times
Ford Motor Company said it has defaulted on its initial plan to sell vehicles made in China on the U.S. market because of the possibility that tariffs on Chinse products could increase.
The American automaker announced Friday that it has reneged on its strategy to offer its Chinse-made car known as the Focus Active to American consumers because of the ongoing trade spat between China and the U.S. The Trump administration raised duties on Chinese-made vehicles up to 25 percent in July. The president could hand down another round of tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods in September when the public comment period ends.
"Given the negative financial impact of the new tariffs, we've decided to not import this vehicle from China," said Kumar Galhotra, president of Ford North America, during a conference call Friday morning.
Ford had long planned to phase out its Focus sedan model and replace it with its Focus Active, a crossover-sized four-door hatchback. The car was scheduled to start selling to U.S. customers late 2019. However, according to Ford officials, the Trump administration's duties on Chinese products and the possibility of additional tariffs changed their plans.
"Basically, this boils down to how we deploy our resources. Any program that we're working on requires resources — engineering resources, capital resources," Galhotra said. "Our resources could be better deployed at this stage."
Still, the company looks to push forward production and sales of the Focus Active in Europe and China, Galhotra said.
Ford's decision on Friday comes after a previous announcement earlier this year stating that it would slow its sales of cars in the U.S. in favor of SUVs and trucks.
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Q: Can I install SQL Server 2005 Express on a Windows Sharepoint Services 3 webserver? I have a Windows Server 2003 machine that is dedicated to running Sharepoint Services 3.  I need to host a new internal web application on this machine which requires SQL Server.  I have already confirmed with the application developer that SQL Server 2005 Express is suitable for his application.
Is there any harm in installing SQL Server 2005 on a Sharepoint Services 3 box?  Does Sharepoint use SQL Server?  I don't see that it is explicitly installed on this machine already.  Is there anything I should know before doing this?

A: There shouldn't be any danger of breaking Sharepoint by installing SQL Express. However I would try and find out which SQL Server your Sharepoint is using. If you have a big iron SQL Server (with a compliant dba) you'd probably get better performance by putting your web app database on the existing SQL Server. Assuming the web app is sensibly written it should have no problem using a SQL database ona  different server.
You could find out what server Sharepoint is using by opening a command prompt on the Sharepoint server and typing
netstat | find ":1433"

SQL Server uses port 1433 for client connections so the output from netstat should show the connection to your SQL Server. If it doesn't show anything open the Sharepoint site and browse around it while rerunning the command.
JR

A: Sharepoint does use SQL, but will be pointed elsewhere. The only problem I see is that you'll take a performance hit.

A: Since Windows SharePoint Services requires a version of SQL Server to run you may be able to utilize this same instance. If you are using the bundled version that comes with WSS, I believe this only allows for WSS to use it. Otherwise any other version will let you share that same instance amongst multiple applications.

A: If you are running WSS on this box and do not see SQL Server Express already loaded, then you chose to do a Basic Install, which loaded up (and is running off of) Windows Internal Database.  Amongst the limitations of Windows Internal Database (aka SQL Server Embedded Edition) is no preloaded GUI database management tools.
To answer your question, loading up SQL Server Express for a different application will have absolutely no effect on WSS (other than whatever resources will be used by the other application/database).  In the future, when loading up WSS, do an advanced install and explicitly choose to install to SQL Server Express (on the off chance you want to actually do any database maintenance to the WSS content databases).
If you want to go completely buck-wild, the following article will walk you through migrating the existing WSS Content Databases from Windows Internal Database to SQL Server: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc287738.aspx

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Set in the 1790s, this novel essentially shows that cowboys were as much invented in Wales as in Wyoming.
Running through this Welsh Western, with its personalities, adventure, and incidents, the storyline has the strong cultural, emotional, and human elements that make Westerns so appealing – by exploring how people act in the drama of their own lives.
Written very much in the style of an old-fashioned Western, this tale of Welsh drovers taking a large herd of cattle from the "wild west" of North Wales to London stakes the claim that these interesting characters were the first cowboys. What happens in Westerns happened here to drovers on their cattle drive.
Engaging the reader with its authentic period feel and rich excitement, All Through the Night tells the rights-of-passage tale of a young man seeking to escape his background. Relations between the drovers and the good and bad people they encounter on their cattle drive make for a lively and emotional tale.
Combining romance and the romantic appeal of life in the saddle with the struggle to ensure that relationships and families survive against all the odds, this book has all the ingredients needed for a satisfying tale of strong individuals being tried and tested on life's journey.
At heart, it is about loss, which is, perhaps, the basic story arc of all our lives: losing people, losing cultural heritage, losing our innocence--all in the relentless unfolding of our life's experiences.


While I know that you're incredibly eager to start using your new heat press machine, I want to advise you a few words of caution. You need to be very very careful when you're using a heat press machine. You need to always pay attention to what you're doing and make sure that your surroundings are safe. You can get very hurt if you aren't paying attention. Please be careful.
The first thing I want to remind you of is that I heat press uses a high amount of electricity. The last thing you're going to want to do is open up the panels on the heat press and expose the power supply. Unless you're an electrician, definitely do not open up your heat press.
The second thing is that heat presses will generally get hot very very quickly. Unlike the oven that you have a home, these things are built to help put out an immense amount of heat a short period of time.
Another reminder when it comes to temperature, is that the majority of heat press machines are going to be operating between the 400 and 450°F range. This would mean that if you were to touch it, you're probably going to get a third or 2nd° burn.
This should be obvious but please keep your heat press away from any kind of flammables. Not only is the immense amount heat that's being put out giving the flammable a chance to ignite, but also if there is a short in the machine then there's going to be sparks and that will ignite.
Probably the most important thing them in it's all yours that you definitely want to keep this machine away from children. I guess it's okay if you are doing some heat transferring as a family activity in your kid wants to pull the lever. But you definitely never gonna want to let them use the machine unsupervised. Children simply don't know better and will want to touch the surface.
Nearly every heat press on the market is going to remain very very hot for a very long period of time. On average it will take about an hour for the machine the cool down. That's why I want you to keep this machine in a safe place, even after usage.
Speaking of a safe place, you're gonna want to make sure that you have plenty of space to work with. You don't want to be using your heat press in a crowded area. When you're in a crowded area that gives you an increased chance of bumping into something or knocking something over onto the heat press. When you can't control what you're doing that's when accidents happen.


This folder contains the publications cited in the Chesapeake Bay Brook Trout Management Strategy (2015-2025).
This publication describes the distribution and status of Brook Trout across its historic eastern U. S. range.
This article analyzes extensive fine-scale occupancy data across the southern historic range of Brook Trout.
This documents summarizes an assessment of Brook Trout populations across the Appalachian range, documents opinions of fisheries managers on perturbations to Brook Trout in their respective jurisdictions, and briefly comments on future trends.
This report describes the results of modeling performed by Downstream Strategies.
This document describes a methodology for monitoring Brook Trout population trends.
This publication describes an approach determining habitat vulnerability to climate change based on measures of sensitivity and exposure.
This publication describes a model that was developed to predict Brook Trout population status within individual stream reaches throughout the species' native range in the eastern USA.
This research examined the influence of sampling strategy on estimates of effective population size.


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The Octopus: Honorary Vertebrate?
There's an honorary spine in there somewhere
Those of you who specialize in octopus law already know this, of course, but I just learned that at least in the European Union the octopus is treated as a vertebrate for certain legal purposes.
If knowing this doesn't seem important to you, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be doing something billable?
Anyway, this has to do with laws that set certain conditions to protect animals that may be used in scientific research. It appears that these laws traditionally have only applied to vertebrates, probably because vertebrates have more highly developed nervous systems and so a greater ability to feel pain, emotions, and so forth, but probably also because invertebrates are way creepier. But octopuses are recognized as an exception, not to the creepiness thing but to the general principle that invertebrates are less intelligent.
The extent of octopus intelligence is debated, at least among vertebrates, but there is evidence of pretty complex behavior, up to and including possible tool use. See, e.g., J.K. Finn, T. Tregenza, and M.D. Norman, "Defensive tool use in a coconut-carrying octopus," 19 Current Biology 1069 (2009). This evidence was enough to convince the UK to grant protection to the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) in 1993, thus ironically granting it a certain elite status.
That discrimination ended in 2010, however, when the EU enacted a broader directive that let the other octopuses and even squid into the club:
In addition to vertebrate animals including cyclostomes, cephalopods should also be included in the scope of this Directive, as there is scientific evidence of their ability to experience pain, suffering, distress and lasting harm. [Therefore, t]his Directive shall apply to the following animals: (a) live non-human vertebrate animals [and] (b) live cephalopods.
I know some of you are thinking, wait a minute—what's all this about cyclostomes? Well, I'm glad you asked.
According to Wikipedia, Cyclostomata is a group that includes the lamprey and the hagfish, which have round mouths instead of jaws. It looks like they got mentioned separately in the directive because there is a debate about whether the hagfish is really a "vertebrate" and whether the lamprey and hagfish belong in the same group. Although there is no debate about whether they are totally disgusting, which they absolutely are, the EU apparently decided to err on the side of protecting them anyway. I'd be willing to bet that if you wanted to take a hagfish out back and rough it up a little, this would not exactly make you Public Enemy No. 1 in the EU, if you know what I mean, but you didn't hear that from me.
Animals that are covered by the directive can still be the subject of experiments, it's just that there are restrictions on things like surgery without anesthesia, which I'd hope we can all agree is unnecessary and wrong, unless you are operating on a hagfish, in which case as your attorney I could not advise you to ignore the directive but otherwise I'm just sitting here quietly without expressing any sort of opinion on the matter.
I can't say I've fully researched whether cephalopods have similar protection under US law (I'd certainly be willing to if you paid me), but it looks like invertebrate discrimination is still a thing in many states. Missouri's animal-protection statutes, for example, apply only to "living vertebrates." In other states, though, the definition is broader (e.g., New York: "every living creature"). I advise you therefore to look into the matter (or pay someone to do so) before hassling an animal, even for research purposes.
Same for the hagfish, although I may or may not be sitting here making air quotes right now.
A Form You Hopefully Won't Need: Notice of Apology to Judge
German Lawyer Ends Brief With Punchy National Socialist Conclusion
I'll See Your Zoppitybop-Bop-Bop and Raise You One Peace Baba Aquarius
John McAfee: "I'm a Master at Sullying My Own Name"
Good Reason to Kill #48: Asked Wrong Question After State of the Union
Texas Candidate Says Former Life as Prostitute is Behind Him


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Todd Bowles Asked If Tom Brady's Divorce Impacted His Play
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TAMPA, FL - JUL 27: Defensive Coordinator Todd Bowles smiles as he listens to some of his players during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Training Camp on July 27, 2021 at the AdventHealth Training Center at One Buccaneer Place in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady struggled in last night's loss to the Baltimore Ravens, and his recently-announced divorce suggests that he hasn't been completely focused on the NFL this season.
So Bucs head coach Todd Bowles was asked on Friday if he thinks Brady's divorce has impacted his play this season. Bowles quickly made it clear that he has no such belief.
Speaking to the media, Bowles said that people go through "hard times" all the time. He said that it falls on everyone to navigate their hard times "as best you can and keep moving."
"This is not a new or a different type of deal for a lot of people in the world. It's life. You're going to have this, whether you're a billionaire or whether you're broke. You're going to have ups and downs, deaths in the family, hard times..." Bowles said. "That's just part of life. You have to navigate as best you can and keep moving."
That doesn't really answer the question though. We already know that everyone goes through tough times.
The issue is whether Brady's current problems are impacting him on the football field.
Unless Brady himself answers that question, we'll probably never get anything approaching a satisfactory answer.
The Bucs' playoff hopes are still alive thanks to a weak division, but with the team losing the way they have lately, that's still no guarantee.


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d. Fees paid to immediate family members of those identified as highly paid.
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Lets try to better control the" good old boys " network and status quo. Capitalism can work without "GREED"


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I love learning new languages, but a lack of progress can be a bit demotivating. No worries, there are many ways to optimize your learning! I'm not an expert by any means, but all those years of (mandatory and voluntary) language courses and stressful exams have definitely helped me find a few life hacks to speed up my learning process. Here are 6 helpful tricks to learn languages faster.
This is my one golden piece of advice: Keep your vocabulary active. It may sound self-evident, but it is the fastest way to fluency. If you do not actually use your words, you will lose your grip on the language. Every time I finish a language course I completely drop my daily practice and neglect all of the precious progress I made during my studies. It will take you a lot of time to get back to your previous level, which can be hugely demotivating.
You have to change your mindset about learning languages: Do you want to study to get a nice score, or do you want to learn a language to use for the rest of your life? The absolute best trick to keep your vocabulary active is to practice conversation every day. If you are having trouble finding anyone to talk to (online or offline), your best alternative is to use free language learning apps like Duolingo. I previously wrote a post about my Top 3 Free Language Learning Tools, so have a look and explore your options. If you are trying to learn Spanish, you can also check out a post about my Top 3 Free Spanish Language Apps.
Another way to make quick progress is to focus on mnemonics and cognates. A mnemonic is an information learning technique that makes optimal use of human memory. In other words: you think of an easy trick to remember the meaning of a word. For example, 'el cuento' in Spanish ('the story') can be easily remembered by relating the word to an eloquent person, somebody who should be pretty good at telling stories. The Chinese character for cow looks like it has horns, so when you see the character, the horns will remind you of a cow.
Cognates, on the other hand, are words in two different languages that already share a similar meaning, spelling, and pronunciation. For example: the English word 'situation' translates into 'situation' (French), 'situación' (Spanish), and 'situatie' (Dutch). These words are already part of your native vocabulary and will be much easier to remember. Unfortunately, cognate methods do not work with every language. French and Spanish will share a lot of similar words, but Chinese and English will have virtually none. Still, mnemonics and cognates will truly help you learn languages faster, especially if you are a beginner.
A fun trick to immerse yourself in a new language and culture is to find some cool TV series and regularly watch films in your target language. The great thing about finding an addictive series is how you get to practice your language skills on a regular basis. You will effortlessly improve you skills without even noticing. Another great thing about watching series and films is the way in which they expose you to commonly used expressions and proverbs. You will learn new vocabulary that you probably won't find in your textbook.
Series and films will also teach you about cultural norms and quirks that may be different from your home country. Wishing someone a happy birthday or taking the subway can be totally different from one culture to another. If you struggle with finding a good series or film in your target language, you can always consider watching a dubbed version of your favorite Friends episode.
Another entertaining way to maximize your exposure to a new language is to find some really great songs in your target language. Try to find a few bands or artists you like and download their albums. Pick the songs you love and listen to them on a regular basis. Listening to music will significantly improve your auditory understanding of the language. Music will also help you to grasp the pronunciation on a phonetic level. Sure, you won't always know the actual meaning of the words you're singing along to, but it helps you get a grip on the general 'feeling' of a language much faster.
I know I haven't really mentioned the importance of using correct grammar, but the problem with grammar is that it simply takes time. Don't be mistaken, a sound understanding of grammar is absolutely vital to get to a respectable skill level, EVENTUALLY. But when only a beginner, you just need to get yourself out there and actually use the language.
Don't be embarrassed about using the wrong tenses, especially not when speaking. You are a student and you are allowed to make mistakes (which you definitely will). People are usually very supportive when you try to talk to them in their own language. In fact, ask native speakers to correct you during conversations; you will start to notice and correct your own errors and learn languages faster.
Finally, I genuinely advise you to lower your expectations. One of my biggest personal hurdles is the high standard I set for myself. I'm a classic perfectionist. I want to do everything right on the first try and I absolutely hate to be a beginner at something. The thing is; when you hold yourself to impossible standards, you are going to be disappointed and get really frustrated. This will make you want to quit.
In order to keep up your progress, you need encourage and motivate yourself. The moment you manage to hold a properly meaningless conversation about the awful weather, you will definitely feel accomplished. Even if you only learned one new word today, good on you! You are still keeping up and moving forward. Until we find a way to download a multilingual or universal language package into our brains, it's probably going to take anyone a long time to master a language. So be patient with yourself. Lowering your expectations will help you learn languages faster in the long run.
This is useful. I am trying for Mandarin and hopefully wil be able to learn French too this year.


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El término Muriel puede hacer referencia a:

Nombre
 Muriel, nombre propio.

Personajes
 Muriel Gustavo Becker (1987-), futbolista brasileño.
 Muriel Casals (1945-2016), economista y política española.
 Luis Muriel y Lopez pintor y escenógrafo español (1856-1919)
 Luis Muriel futbolista colombiano
 Andrés Muriel historiador catedrático
 Daniel Muriel actor español

Canadá
 Lago Muriel, Alberta.
 Lago Muriel, Isla de Vancouver.

España
 El Muriel (C.P. -), aldea de Villaviciosa, en el Principado de Asturias.
 Muriel (C.P. 19225), pedanía de Tamajón, en Guadalajara.
 Muriel Viejo (C.P. 42148), municipio de Soria.
 Muriel de la Fuente (C.P. 42193), municipio de Soria.
 Muriel de Zapardiel (C.P. 47219), municipio de Valladolid.
 Villamuriel de Campos (C.P. 47814), Valladolid.
 Villamuriel de Cerrato (C.P. 34190), municipio de Palencia.

Zimbabwe
 Muriel, Mashonalandia Occidental.

Miscelánea
 (2982) Muriel, asteroide - descubierto en 1981 por C. S. Shoemaker.

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Melted cheese, rice, black or pinto beans, veggies, creama and choice of salsa. Chicken $7.79, Pork $8.29, Pork $8.29, Steak $8.79, Shredded Beef $8.79, Pupusa $7.59. Add Guac for a buck.
Crisped rolled flour tortilla, melted cheese, onions, peppers, crema and choice of salsa. Chicken $7.49, Pork $7.99, Steak $8.40, Shredded Beef $8.49, Veggie $6.49. Add Guac for a buck.


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The Ingalls Family
The Historic Sites
The TV Show
The Mini-Series
The Documentary
Woman's Day Book of American Needlework
July 18, 2017 By Little House on the Prairie
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Our Recommended Reading for Children & Young Adults and Recommended Reading for Adults articles have been popular resources for readers interested in Laura Ingalls Wilder and Little House on the Prairie. Here is a brief overview of Woman's Day Book of American Needlework.
Author: Rose Wilder Lane
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC (July 14, 2012)
Rose Wilder Lane introduces the reader to this serene and satisfying avocation in glowing terms: American needlework is both a personal and cultural expression, which broke with older European forms and is independently creative and alive. It is also a folk art. Embroidery is the oldest form; needlework the youngest; and then there's crewel work, patchwork – uniquely American, applique and hooking, knitting and crocheting and candle-wicking. The history of each form is followed by precise instructions on materials to use, equipment, directions and designs, so that everyone, with an inclination, can take up some form of busy work.
About the Author: Rose Wilder Lane
Rose Wilder Lane (1886-1968), was a prolific fiction writer, biographer and political theorist, as well as the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House series of children's books. Lane's skillful editing and publishing connections assisted her mother in making the transition from rural Ozark journalist to world-renowned children's author. Lane had left her parent's impoverished Missouri farm at the age of 17 and soon began to make her mark on the world. After a stint as a Western Union telegrapher, she sold real estate in California and later began a successful career as a reporter for the San Francisco Bulletin. Her 1918 divorce from Gillette Lane, after several years of separation, officially ended a relationship that had never recovered from the death of an infant son around 1910. She never remarried. After her divorce, Lane continued to carve out a successful career as a writer of novels, short stories, biographies and tales of her extensive world travels. Her work as a war correspondent dated from post-WWI Europe to a tour of Vietnam in 1965 (when she was nearly 80 years old). She was a well-known literary figure of her day. Later in life, Lane's writing focused on her increasing political conservatism, her distaste of Communism, Socialism and any other form of government that denied the freedom of the individual. She is widely regarded as one of the leading figures behind what has grown into the American Libertarian Party. Among her many works are Free Land, Young Pioneers, Diverging Roads, and Give Me Liberty.
Pick up your own copy of Woman's Day Book of American Needlework here.
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