For several years now I've sat down to write my reflections on the closing year and assess whether or not I met my goals laid out at the beginning of the year. I really enjoy this process and look forward to thinking about what I want to do or change in the coming year.
2014 was a year of transition, mainly for me out of academia and into a non-profit job. It has also been amazing to watch our daughter grow. A year ago I still had a baby, and now I have a toddler who loves cats, can feed herself, speaks in short phrases, and is clearly developing a sense of humor. Much to my dismay, she has been remarkably uninterested in communicating with sign language. Oh well! You can't win them all!
Submit two manuscripts for publication.
Just one-- I submitted and re-submitted the one that should have (and could have, theoretically) been submitted before my daughter was born.
I'd like to go to a conference, too, but that will depend very much on my job and our financial situation.
I didn't go to ESA, but I did go to and present at a totally different conference, and I even had support from a professional development fund. I had my own room! In a hotel! Interestingly, I ran into someone who was a suite mate of mine at an REU program more than 10 years ago. Small world.
Complete the exercise program I started at Thanksgiving and then continue to do the exercises (or similar) at least 5x/week.
I was doing really well until about August when I got very busy with work, and I really haven't gotten back on the band wagon. I at least do some walking every day as part of my commute to and from work and do some simple stretching, but nothing very impressive.
Go to 2 dance workshops and go dancing at least 10 times.
Not even close. I didn't go dancing once. Boo.
Get to the point where I can run and dance again without pain.
Well, I didn't try the dancing, but I think I'd be ok. I haven't done much running at all this year, but when I have, it hasn't hurt my pelvis. I never wrote in depth about my postpartum recovery (though I still might), but at about 10 months I felt like I could lift and move things again (including my daughter) without having to think much before I did it. I've made some very intentional changes in my footwear (no more elevated heels-- minimalist-style only) and paid more attention to how I feel when I walk or stand differently. This woman's writing has influenced me tremendously, and fits well with my worldview that I am capable of making changes to how I move (or not!) in order to diminish pain and improve function, rather than accepting these postpartum difficulties as inevitable.
Complete 4 photo books of Adele.
No, but I did two! I'm thinking of trying to start a monthly photo booking club so that I make time to do it regularly and I like the idea of hanging out with other people while I work on it.
Give birthday gifts & cards on time!
Some of them? This is a dumb goal. It shouldn't be that hard.
Go to Quaker meeting at least 12 times this year.
I went only once, and something just didn't ring in me to want to go back right away. I guess the spirit didn't move me?
Schedule time for blogging each week.
Refer to this list when setting weekly goals.
I only set weekly goals for about half of the year, and I did not refer to this list when I did it.
Add to and revise this list as necessary.
I've been thinking about my goals for 2015 and will share those soon.
Thank you all for your support! Happy New Year!
In the last week, I submitted the never-ending project, got rejected by the editor without review, and re-submitted it to a different journal. I'm going to count this as a success for the time being. I'd better write this post quickly before the status changes!
It took me 18 months from the time I was "nearly ready to submit" to actual submission. Could I actually have gotten it submitted if my daughter had been born on her due date instead of 2 weeks early? How much time did I truly spend on it over those 18 months?
It turns out that I have the data to answer both of those questions.
Yes; I spent approximately 40-50 hours on it over the last 18 months.
It's kind of depressing that it was that difficult for me to find a week's worth of working time for it, but considering everything that happened in 2013 and earlier this year, I'm not surprised. I need large chunks of time that are hard to find. Here's hoping that I don't have to do too much more to it, because between work, home, child, and friends, I just don't have much time to spend on it.
Please, patron saint of academic publications, let it stick here.
I'm in a serious funk right now about the manuscript that has been "on the verge" of submission since my daughter's birth 16 months ago. I made good progress on it in July and August by taking advantage of a little extra free time from work. My goal was to submit it in late August on the last day I had earmarked for this task. There are four coauthors on this paper: Me, Theo, Dr. K, and Sam. Theo and I had been corresponding about it all summer. Sam and Dr. K hadn't commented on it in over a year, which I didn't realize until I asked them if they could give feedback in a week so that I could submit. I felt like I had some momentum, it was getting close, and I just wanted it done. The perfect is the enemy of the good for this project, and we're way past the point of diminishing returns on time spent word-smithing. Sam replied that he needed at least two weeks. Totally understandable, but very unfortunate for my timing. I completely lost steam.
September has been a very busy month at work in which I worked a lot of evenings in order to prevent myself from being the rate-limiting step. Now it's six weeks later, and I finally forced myself to look at the comments from Sam and Dr. K. Nothing huge, but it feels so overwhelming. I'm trying to force myself to do a little bit of work on it each night, and tonight all I'm doing is skimming the comments, writing this blog post, and generally being cranky about it. I've got to get this damn thing published, archive the data, and archive the data for its sister project that is realistically never going to be published as a manuscript. There are just so many things I'd rather be doing.
My actual job is going great. They don't care at all whether or not I ever publish this manuscript, which doesn't help me get them done. It doesn't count as work there (and I've got more than enough to keep me busy anyways), so I've got to carve out time at home on evenings and weekends.
While I'm on the topic of never-ending projects, there are some loose ends of a project from FIVE YEARS AGO that I tried to help tie up before we left Big City, but it didn't come together. Now I've got an eager colleague who wants to finish it (she's ISO tenure!), but we're hung up by the unreliable colleague who is now the only one left in Big City who can complete the crucial step.
This project *will* end. This project *will* end. This project WILL END!
For the first time in several years, I am not attending the big ecology meeting. I love going to ESA, so it's a bummer, but I've had several months to mentally prepare for not going.
September: Failed for the second year in a row to coordinate with colleague from a different institution about organizing a session on a topic of mutual interest. We both just had too much going on and not a clear enough vision. Oh well.
November: Still didn't have a job lined up, so prospects weren't looking good for getting funds to go. Also, the price goes way up when you aren't a student anymore!
December: Moved further away from meeting location.
January: Still no job so no new projects, nothing really worth presenting on from my dissertation.
February: Deadline came and went, and I decided I definitely wasn't going.
May: Late-breaking deadline, but still no real project to present on and no funds to help cover the cost, plus prospect of exciting job.
Then yesterday out of the blue, my boss mentions that everyone gets $1500 to spend each year on professional development, which could include attending a conference. WOO HOO!!!
But I'm still not going to ESA… this year. Next year I definitely plan to go, and I've got an idea for a workshop I want to organize.
Apparently I have to spend this money by the end of the year, so I'll probably attend a new conference that I've never been to before. This job is the best.
I've been at my new job an entire month now, and I'm definitely not in academia anymore.
Week 1- I work in an office. I am not in academia anymore!
Week 2- How many different people am I working with?!
Week 3- I can't believe they hired me! I work here!
Week 4- I am getting the hang of this, but I need nicer shoes.
Research (i.e. publishing papers) is not an explicit part of my job description (I have a job description!). My first few weeks were overwhelming with hours and hours of meetings to get me up to speed. It overall feels much less isolating. I thanked dozens of people in my dissertation, but those were more people helping me out; very few people were actually invested in my research. In my new job, many more people have a stake in what I'm working on. It's fascinating to me.
The work culture is pretty 9-5 or 6ish. Dress is officially "casual", but I'm taking my cues from my colleagues, and my academic attire of 1 or 2 pairs of jeans with 20 different t-shirts isn't going to cut it. The upside is that I'm wearing more cute dresses and skirts that never get enough sunshine. The downside is that I have to shave my legs and wear makeup all the time. I am ok with this tradeoff.
So far so good. I can't believe my luck!
It's official- I have a job!
Exactly one year after my daughter was born, I was offered a job. This is after a year and a half of actively searching for and applying to jobs while finishing a dissertation, having a baby, and moving. As regular readers know, I was pretty damn discouraged for about 4 months this winter. I applied for several different competitive fellowships, advertised postdocs, and some positions for which I was probably overqualified. I've been feeling like a bit of a science loser for not even being able to land a postdoc in my field. I mean, I know tenure-track jobs are scarce, but it seems like almost everyone who wants one finds a damn postdoc! (That said, I did land in an unplanned postdoc, but it feels different because it was so hasty and I didn't apply for it). I figured I'd eventually find something for 1-2 years and then be on the search again. My unimplemented academic escape plan ("post-ac" career) was to network the heck out of some programming meet ups and see if I could land a much better paying job with benefits that way.
I applied to this job 2 months ago, and wasn't so sure about it. After learning more about it at an informal meeting, I was much more excited. After my half-day interview, I felt like I nailed it. I walked out of there feeling that the odds were good they would offer me the job. However, I didn't let my job fantasies run wild. We've been trying to keep enthusiasm in check and not jinx anything during a week and a half of positive indications.
This job search has a happier ending than I dared hope for. This is a real, permanent job with benefits. Excellent benefits. Every benefit I've ever heard of except onsite childcare. It's a 35 minute transit commute from our new home-- just 4 miles away. Their location isn't moving. Neither are we. And the salary? It is much more than a typical postdoc salary in biology-- honestly closer to an assistant professor salary. It's more than I would have dared to ask for. I didn't counter offer. I'm excited about working with my boss. This is a place I can stay for a many years and hopefully make a career. It positions me well in the non-profit world. It combines my interests and experience in a way I hadn't imagined possible. I get to do lots of networking, which I love. I'll start in June!
Thank you all for your encouragement and advice along the way. I am excited to start this next phase of my career!
My interview went very well. I met with several different people involved in the project and got a good vibe from everyone. I went back today to meet with the people I'd be supervising. I filled out more paperwork for HR, and I should hear more by the end of the week.
I'm trying to remain calm and detached during this waiting period. Jon keeps reminding me that it will be ok if I don't get this job, and there will be more. But my goodness, this is a damn good job for me.
As someone who is still kind of drifting as an under-employed (but not unemployed!) PhD, I really, really miss having an office. There are two distinct but related problems to not having an office in my circumstances. Problem 1: working. Problem 2: pumping.
I am the kind of person who enjoys working away from home because it helps keep me focused on work. There are too many distractions at home-- even before Adele was born! I did write quite a bit of my dissertation in our guest bed in the final stretch last year, but even that was mostly on the evenings and weekends, or when I really needed to avoid people at the office. I still spent most weekdays at the office. In the fall I spent less time at my office because I was trying to work more at home because of Adele. It was easier to work with her around when she was less mobile. Even when Jon is watching her, it's hard for me to not be distracted by her if I work at home.
I've never been much of a coffee shop worker myself, but I have to say that I've started to appreciate the appeal now as a parent. Somewhere I can go for a time out of the house is great! But I need more than just a couple of hours here and there to focus on the big stuff.
So why don't I just hole up somewhere for the entire day? This brings me to the pumping. Last time I checked, Starbucks didn't have a lactation room. If I'm gone more than a few hours, I have to pump. I need an outlet somewhere private that isn't a bathroom. Ideally I need access to a sink, too. I have to bring the pump with me while I'm working, and without an office, I need to bring my computer with me while I pump. It's all very cumbersome and annoying.
In order to be out of the house all day and work, I have been researching the lactation rooms at local institutions (thank you for putting info about your lactation rooms online!) and strategizing where I can sit and work in that same building in between pumping. This hasn't been very easy. The places I've found to work aren't very quiet. Or I can't get online as a guest at the institution.
As a graduate student, I was really lucky and mostly had an office to myself. I technically shared it, but with people who never really used it. This meant that I could almost always pump there uninterrupted. It was wonderfully convenient! I just left my pump there and carried a little cooler back and forth with the milk.
Today I went to a seminar at a place I might as well call Hometown U. HU has designated lactation rooms which I've used before, but they are not in or near the seminar building. I decided I wouldn't bother trying to work there and leave the pump at home because of the hassle.
While at the seminar, I remembered that a postdoc had mentioned when I was there last week that she had a baby. Today, I asked how old her baby was (1 month younger than Adele!). I asked if she was pumping. (yes!). I asked where. She took me straight across the hall to an unused lab space of a new faculty member who was letting her pump there. She had her pump all set up. Then she took me to the kind and understanding faculty member whose lab space it was, and he promptly gave me a key to the room. All I had to do was ask the right person! Now I have a space where I can work and pump on days when I'm at HU.
A desk in a secure room and a private place to pump might just help bridge this gap and keep me in science.
Over the last 15 months, I've applied for 21 different jobs, postdocs, fellowships, internships, or consultancies. I spent considerable time on each application, and was highly selective about what I applied for so I, for the most part, only applied for things I thought I had a good chance at. I had an interview in April, an interview in July, and it's been nothing but crickets and rejections for the last 6 months. To say that is discouraging hardly does it justice. All week I have been thinking to myself, I need a win. I need something positive in this job search, and I need it soon before I spiral downwards in a self-fulfilling prophesy of failure.
I got it. In the past day, I received the exciting news that I will be interviewed for two different positions! Furthermore, one of these is something I thought I had a snowball's chance in hell of getting. They are going to interview me! This application was due at the same time as another, in which I invested much more time. This application was mostly an afterthought, and I was very close to not applying at all. If it hadn't required letters from Herb and Sam that were already sent, I would not have bothered. Boy am I glad I did! I am practically in tears with relief.
Even if I don't get offer from these, the good news could not have come at a better time.
Recently I became friends on Facebook with another woman I know from science. She did fieldwork in Nyota too, but before I was there. She's a postdoc a few years ahead of me in her career with several publications and she had a child since I last saw her. While catching up over Facebook, she said, "we have a very nice life here, low cost of living etc. Good luck on the job search, I never went, so my career is over. My husband has a good job here, so I guess that is it." She did interview for a tenure-track position, but she was pregnant at the time and said it didn't go well.
I am all for supporting women in their career decisions, but it is discouraging when those decisions are more like resignations.
As I sit here trying to write emails to people I want to network with while my daughter cries because she isn't going down easy for this nap, my husband is away for 2 weeks because we really need his income, and I just got another rejection letter, I need to hear some good things. I really, really, really need to hear some success stories instead of more news about how hard it is for women in science.
Please, tell me stories about people who have been unemployed after graduation and then found a satisfying job (academic or not). Tell me about someone who bounced back after a major health setback. Tell me about a new parent who took some time off at a transition point in their career and went on to do great things. Please tell me about the person who graduated without a job and didn't end up as a perpetual adjunct. Tell me how you made it work.
I need to hear encouraging stories, and I doubt I'm the only one. Please share!
After considering joining Twitter for many months, I finally signed up. AspiringEcologist was too long of a username, so I'm anEcologist instead. Besides, I have a P-H-effing-D, so I think I can call myself An Ecologist instead of just an aspiring one now.
Right now, I am title-less and institution-less. I'm unemployed, but hoping to bag a research postdoc. I have several questions that I would love for you, dear readers, to weigh in on.
1. How important is it for me to have an institutional affiliation, even if it's just an unpaid title? Will being institution-less hurt my job prospects? Will it make me look like some kind of academic leper?
2. Where should I try to affiliate? I'm sure I could get a courtesy title at my graduate institution, but we no longer live there. Would it be better to be at an institution here?
3. What types of titles do people in this position (i.e. unemployed/volunteer postdoc) usually have? Of the possibilities, which are better?
Finally, if anyone has been in this position, I'd love to hear encouraging stories of how you made it work and landed somewhere with a paycheck.
A good friend of mine from grad school was recently interviewed for a fabulous job. It was in a place she wanted to be doing what she wanted to do. However, when she got there for the interview, they told her that she wasn't meeting the head honcho because he couldn't be on the search committee due to a conflict of interest. His wife was also a candidate for the position. So, my friend went through the rest of the day-long interview feeling a bit bummed, but it also took some of the pressure off. Her odds of getting the position were low, so she might as well swing for the fences and really tell them her vision.
They offered her the job. I am so excited for her! I love having such awesome friends! I can't wait to see what she does in this position.
I think 2014 will be the year of transition. We just moved, and we'll move again in a couple of months. Hopefully I'll find a job before long. Jon will probably be transitioning into a new career, too. And Adele is continually learning and doing new things.
With so much unknown about my future employment, it feels a little difficult to set goals related to my career, but I do have some.
Get a job. This is a carryover from last year! A fellowship counts too. Something that will pay me on a regular basis, preferably research-related. I have research ambitions that I'm not ready to give up on, and I feel like I would be if I took a job that removed my from research completely.
Submit two manuscripts for publication. I think I can submit one before the end of January. Beyond that, I'm not sure which one I'd go for next. I've got to get my head back in research!
I'd like to go to a conference, too, but that will depend very much on my job and our financial situation. The rates go up now that I'm no longer a student, and if I can't get any financial assistance then it might not be possible. We'll see.
Complete the exercise program I started at Thanksgiving and then continue to do the exercises (or similar) at least 5x/week. It is gentle and doesn't take very much time. It's a matter of making the small amount of time to do it.
Get to the point where I can run and dance again without pain. This means that I need to continue to heal from birth by being mindful of how I move, and doing the exercises I mentioned above.
Go to 2 dance workshops and go dancing at least 10 times. I am hoping that this will be a way for me to make new friends, too.
Complete 4 photo books of Adele. There are two that I wanted to do before Christmas, but that didn't happen!
Give birthday gifts & cards on time! This year we were pretty bad about being on time with birthday gifts for nieces and nephews.
Go to Quaker meeting at least 12 times this year. This will also be a good way to meet new people. I went sporadically in Big City but it never fit well into my routine with all of my traveling and other weekend events. I would like to make space for it in my life again.
Schedule time for blogging each week. This is one that I didn't meet last year, but I think I should give it another shot this year. In the process, I should also think about whether or not to move to a new setting. I'm no longer an aspiring ecologist, I am an ecologist! Should this blog grow with me? Or have I outgrown it?
Refer to this list when setting weekly goals. I did a great job of setting weekly goals in 2013, and I'd like to continue. However, I did not refer to this list! I can do that, and it won't even be hard.
Add to and revise this list as necessary. I didn't make any changes last year, but this year could warrant some when I get a job.
This list of goals is scattered, but these are all things I'd like to make more room for in my life this year. Cheers to a new year in a new city!
I hope all of my readers find a way to make the world a better place in 2014!


text:
Q: Rating-stars component vuejs2 I have an integral number from one to five and I should be able to print the number of stars (using FontAwersome) based on that number.
What can I do?
I have to use VueJS 2

A: You can do something like that :

    // full star

    // empty star

where getStarRatingValue is a function that return your rating from 0 to 5

A: One simple way:

new Vue({
  el: '#demo',
  data() {
    return {
      stars: new Array(10)
          .fill('', 0, 5)
          .fill('', 5, 10),
      nr: 3
    }
  },
  methods: {
    rating() {
      return this.stars.slice(5 - this.nr, 10 - this.nr).join("")
    }
  }
})
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.1.1/css/all.min.css" integrity="sha512-KfkfwYDsLkIlwQp6LFnl8zNdLGxu9YAA1QvwINks4PhcElQSvqcyVLLD9aMhXd13uQjoXtEKNosOWaZqXgel0g==" crossorigin="anonymous" referrerpolicy="no-referrer" />

  <input type="number" v-model="nr" min="0" max="5" />

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
A Guide to International Tales Found in Classical Literature
William Hansen
View the book on cornellpress.cornell.edu
From Cinderella to The Boy Who Cried Wolf to The Dragon Slayer to the Judgment of Solomon, certain legends, myths, and folktales are part of the oral tradition in countries around the world. In addition to their pervasiveness, these stories show an astonishing longevity; many such tales are found in classical antiquity. Ariadne's Thread is an encyclopedia of more than a hundred such international oral tales, all present in the literature of ancient Greece and Rome.
It takes into account writings, including early Jewish and Christian literature, recorded in or translated into Greek or Latin by writers of any nationality. As a result, it will be invaluable not only to classicists and folklorists but also to a wide range of other readers who are interested in stories and storytelling. William Hansen presents the familiar form of each tale and discusses the similar ancient story or stories, examining how each corresponds with and differs from that form. He then gives principal sources and, where appropriate, comments on the cultural factors affecting the shape and content of the ancient story, the context of transmission, and issues raised in the secondary literature.
Finally, he provides a bibliography of scholarly studies and the pertinent reference in the standard folk-narrative index, The Types of the Folktale by Antti Aarne and Stith Thompson. Again and again, Hansen demonstrates how ancient narratives are often best understood in the context of the larger tradition. He forces us to rethink the nature of Greek mythology by encouraging an appreciation of the extent to which Greek myths and legends parallel international stories. By virtue of their durability, he says, these orally transmitted stories rank among the world's most successful artistic creations.
Ariadne's Thread: A Guide to International Tales Found in Classical Literature. (Cornell University Press, 2002).

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Miami students may have noticed posters hanging around campus advertising the arrival of "The Latest Show," a talk show stopping in Oxford as part of its College Tour. Those who attended the showings, however, realized that this was not an actual filming of a real talk show, but a play made to appear like one.
"The Latest Show" was the final production of the Independent Artist Series, a series of performances compiled and directed by theatre graduate students at Miami. While the play was written by the ensemble, David DeVita, a second-year masters student at Miami, directed and starred. The plot centered on the filming of a late night talk show on a cross-country college tour. Its unstable and belligerent host, Scott Thompson (DeVita), is unceremoniously fired from his position and replaced by the charismatic keyboard player in the late show band in a dramatic and humorous series of events.
The play ran from April 5-9 in the TV production studio in Williams Hall. This location allowed for the audience to feel truly immersed in the setting and believe that they were a part of the live audience at a real show.
"The idea was for people to come in expecting to see a live taping of a talk show," said Nate Bissinger, a theatre student who played the head writer of the show.
DeVita and his team supported the show's feeling of authenticity through a number of creative promotional choices. None of the advertisements, online or print, mention that "The Latest Show" is a play. Rather, they present a professional portrait of DeVita as Scott Thompson with information on showtimes and tickets, creating the illusion that this was a legitimate late-night production.
DeVita and his team also used social media to promote the play as a talk show. Those interested by the posters could use the tag #thelatestwithscott to access regularly updated Instagram and Twitter accounts, as well as a Youtube channel. They could follow the show's page or even watch old guest interviews, produced by a media and culture class in collaboration with the ensemble.
DeVita also held a promotional event in the week leading up to the performance dubbed "The Latest Show takes O'Pub" in which the ensemble stayed in character while leading a game night and had the band play at O'Pub to publicize the show.
DeVita also reached outside the theatre department to help create his show. The Department of Media, Journalism and Film played an integral role by providing their TV production studio for the set as well as a large portion of the labor and knowledge necessary for the production of a professional-looking talk show. The music department also provided the musicians necessary for the band.
Freshman theatre major, Rian Sondag, who played one of the guest celebrities on the show, agreed that assistance from other departments was essential to the success of the show.


There's a brand new episode of Two Fit Chicks and a Microphone in which Carla and I chat to some of our male listeners and get their perspectives on fitness, health and blogging.
The episode was rather late due to disorganisation from the Scottish branch of Two Fit Chicks Inc. and only this morning I discovered I'd left out one of the blokes' recordings. I am really bloody glad it's Friday, I tells ya.
Proper update next week, fer sure! What's new and shaking with you guys? Any sugar comas over Easter?
This entry was posted in Podcast by shauna. Bookmark the permalink.
Sugar Coma for sure! Trying to come back down, but it is tough.
I am commenting mostly because I saw your comment on Miz Fit about your blogging and wondering why you do it some days. You have such an impact with your words and you do such a great job of blogging. Sometimes I come and read your blog and see you are soldiering on even feeling like crap and I think "if she can do that so can I". THANKS for that. You bloggers do not get enough thanks and recognition for your work- but do know – it is appreciated more than you will know!
Really loved this episode. Great topics (and I liked how you avoided essentializing bloggers by gender), great flow, really fun guests.
just about to listen while I do my weights!
I am savouring this ep for my walk up the hill – looking so forward to it!
Shauna, thanks for the invitation to partipate, it was a real honour. Keep up the good work, you are an inspiration. I just love the TFC podcasts, you two are so bright and positive!
Thanks for the fun podcast. I really liked this episode. It was nice to heard mens point of wiev to dieting. I have this male friend and we are both trieng to loose some weight, well quite a lott actually. And difference between us is that he talks about it to everyone. Even if he is talking to people he barely knows he tells he is on a diet. He doesn't really seem to be a shamed at all. I find that odd. I myself feel that my weight is very personal matter and I don't usually want to talk about it. I am like an ostrich who hides it's head to sand and imagines nobody sees it. If I never mention my weight people don't notice it. How silly of me. I think there is something what women could really learn from men.And it is men don't seem to let their wheigt limit them like I do. They still go to pubs and conserts and travelling and all.
Hi. I have been listening to you guys while doing my work out, and it's been great. It makes it so much more interesting. I'm looking forward to this episode.
I personally did not have even 1 single jellybean this year, not even a licorice one, which I am very proud about. The reason is that I was too busy to get an Easter Basket together for my son, who, at 15, is getting a little old for this, I think. I am really proud of myself, though, just the same.
That's one less set of bunny ears I'll have to remove from my stomach!
I'm a big fan. Have read your book, Shauna, literally seven times. And love catching up with the blog and the pod. I just wanted to share here (sorry for hijacking!) that as of this morning I am no longer obese! Yay just hit BMI 29. This is not the sort of thing I feel happy about sharing with many people but it's taken a long time and I wanted celebrate somewhere. Thanks for making it seem possible!


Check out our VIP Prediction for Lugo vs Alcorcon!
Lugo and Alcorcon will be face to face this Saturday in Adelante at 17:00 so try not to miss it.
Lugo is ranked on the 9th place in the standings with 55 points, 48 goals scored and 51 goals received in the last 42 leagueevents. They have failed to win 15 of their last 42 matches in Adelante.In their last match they lost against Alcorcon. Lugo lost 2 of their last 5 matches before this game with Alcorcon.
Alcorcon are ranked on the 17th place in the standings with 50 points, 32 goals scored and 43 goals received this season in Adelante.In their last match they won against Lugo. Alcorcon lost only one match from the previous 5 played before this match with Lugo.
The attacking skills of Alcorcon are ordinary, they won 3games from the last 5 played.
On this page you can find our predictions & bettings tips for the match between Lugo and Alcorcon. Our predictions for Lugo vs Alcorcon are based on a large number of factors such as direct meetings, Lugo last matches, Alcorcon last matches, Lugo lineup, Alcorcon lineup, standings, insider informations and so on. By visiting our website daily you will increase your winning chances. All the predictions posted here have a huge rate of success!


Stockholm – October 21, 2014 – Cad-Q Europe AB, a leading provider of IT solutions to Northern Europe, has entered into an exclusive partnership with Eagle Point Software, developer of the Pinnacle Series for Autodesk Solutions. By offering Eagle Point solutions to the clients, Cad-Q is providing a localized combination of content and services that connect customers to answers.
Cad-Q is the leading supplier of model and drawing-related IT and work with the implementation of software, training and support of CAD systems for the construction, real estate and industrial sectors. Cad-Q was founded in 1989 and has approximately 250 employees in 20 offices in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark. Symetri in England is also part of Cad-Q. Cad-Q is part of Addnode Group, which is listed on the OMX Nordic List, Small Cap. For more information, visit www.cad-q.com.


The Super Hero Mystery – Boom! Ka-Pow! Splat!
The Mystery Cafe in Boston is America's original murder mystery dinner theater featuring an original comedy play accompanied by a three-course dinner! We even offer add-on packages for special occasions!
Home to the Mystery Cafe, Haunted Dinner Theater, Meeting Escapes, Dining in the Dark, Boston Chocolate School, Game Show Nation, Scaventures and the wildly popular Mansion Mysteries, Head First Events has been providing unique and exciting entertainment experiences to local audiences for over 30 years!
The Super Hero Mystery – Boom! Ka-Pow! Splat!


PRP has a long history of being used in orthopedic medicine, dentistry, and reconstructive surgery. Now, its benefits are being applied to other fields of medicine such as dermatology, skin wound healing, and cosmetic facial rejuvenation. Scientific studies dating back 30 years have documented that PRP grows new collagen when injected into the skin while newer studies show that PRP can also soften sun damage and age-related skin issues.
Regeneris Medical's PRP Cellu-Lift is one of the most advanced and effective anti-aging procedures available today. The Cellu-Lift is a Platelet Rich Plasma therapy designed to focus on skin tissue regeneration. Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy involves drawing a patient's own blood and processing it so only the enriched cells (platelet-rich plasma) remain. Injected into specific areas of the skin, it acts as a matrix that promotes collagen growth, regenerates tissue, and acts as to naturally smooth and tighten the skin.
The natural production of collagen leads to a total facial rejuvenation rather than just individual wrinkle improvement. PRP is used for volatizing faces that are beginning to look drawn to plump out cheek indentations, soften under eye hollows, improve the skin tone, tightness, and texture, and fill in areas where hyaluronic acid fillers cannot reach or are not safe to use.
The entire procedure takes approximately two hours and results begin to show around 3-4 weeks after the treatment session. These results will continue to improve over time.


A virtual person who lives in your computer! The Virtual Intelligence Matrix is a machine intelligence in the form of a 3D character who lives in a beautiful world by the ocean. The Virtual Intelligence (VI) explores the world, collecting seeds, which are then planted in an area that the VI is attracted to. The VI's garden grows, changing the state of the world, which in turn, changes the VI. Fascinating to watch, the VIM is driven by a model of human brain function, and will develop different behaviors with time. The program runs as a screensaver or as a stand-alone program for Windows.


text:
WATCH LIVE: Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf To Announce Funding For Gun Violence PreventionA press conference is expected to be held at 2:30 p.m. and will be streamed on CBSN Philly.
BREAKING: Body Found During Search For Missing South Jersey Woman
By Kim Glovas September 10, 2013 at 4:45 pm
Filed Under:Kim Glovas, KYW Newsradio 1060, Miller Drive, Renee Sheppard, Richard Leonard, Sweden, Washington Township NJ
(Renee Sheppard. Family photo provided)
By Kim Glovas
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS) –Police in Washington Township, Gloucester County, say a body has been found during a search for a missing Sewell, NJ woman.
READ MORE: WATCH LIVE: Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf To Announce Funding For Gun Violence Prevention
According to Washington Township police, a body of a woman was located within the past half hour, however the identity has not been released.
Authorities are awaiting autopsy results to determine the cause of death.
Police resumed their search for clues to the whereabouts of Renee Sheppard, 39, who disappeared last Thursday. She was last seen leaving her home on Miller Drive, headed for a walk along a creek in a nearby woods. She was carrying a book and a cell phone.
She never returned home.
Police captain Richard Leonard says authorities want to make sure they didn't miss anything in the area which was first searched last week.
Sheppard is described as white, 5′ 4″ tall and about 110 pounds, with reddish brown hair and hazel eyes.
She was last seen wearing dark pants, a black shirt, and a tan jacket.
Anyone with information on her whereabouts is urged to call police at 856-256-1212.
MORE NEWS: WATCH LIVE: Governor Tom Wolf To Highlight Pennsylvania's Fiscal Strength And Bright Future


text:
Q: Using HttpClient in new WebApi project I have created a new Webapi2 project and I am trying to call an external web service using this code:
WebServiceAuthResult authResult = new WebServiceAuthResult();
using (var httpClient = new HttpClient())
{
    httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", credentials);
    try
    {
        var response = await httpClient.PostAsync(url, null);

        var responseContent = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
        authResult = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<WebServiceAuthResult>(responseContent);
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
    }
}

I am getting this error:

Unable to read data from the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.

I have used the exact same code in a UWP project and it works perfectly - So I am guessing there's something wrong in my project set up.
I've looked at Google and other StackOverflow questions about this but they all suggest an issue with the web service - but I know this is working as I can test using my UWP project.
Can anyone suggest anything for me to try?

A: As is usually the case with these questions the answer is a one liner but has taken 4 hours to resolve!
By adding this line of code the connection to the web service is successful:
System.Net.ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Tls12 | SecurityProtocolType.Tls11 | SecurityProtocolType.Tls;

I've added the code in the using statement but I think it's only required once so if anyone can tell me where is the best place to add this code and why I need it in my WebApi project and not my UWP project?


Pocket Express Travel edition for the iPhone is a suite of free travel services including OAG flight schedules. iPhone and iTouch customers now have free, unlimited access to the most accurate airline schedules and flight status, detailed hotel information and books from Hotels.com, dozens of click-to-call travel numbers (airlines, rental car agencies, etc.), 24/7 round-the-clock travel reservations service, automatic conversions for 164 global currencies, exclusive travel commentaries and more.
The award-winning news and information service found on millions of Treo, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and other smartphones, is now available for your iPhone centric with this version of Pocket Express.
AppSafari review of Pocket Express was written by Joe Seifi on January 15th, 2008 and categorized under Travel, Webapps. Page viewed 4216 times, 1 so far today. Need help on using these apps? Please read the Help Page.


Come to Borumba Dam Camping Rounds for easy creek-side camping, great swimming and fishing holes. This grassy camp ground is on the Yabba Creek offers opportunities for bird and wildlife watching and interaction.
Borumba Dam Camping Grounds is equipped hot and cold showers, amenity blocks, firewood and ice are also for sale at the onsite kiosk – no domestic animals allowed.
Regular e-newsletters, filled with ideas, deals & events.


text:
Fired Newspaper Editor Shows How To Save America
By Matt McDonald | January 15, 2018, 22:07 EDT
Printed from: https://newbostonpost.com/2018/01/15/fired-newspaper-editor-shows-how-to-save-america/
If America is to be healed of its ills it's going to take people challenging leftist absurdities in public, even if they suffer for doing so.
Denis Finley, recently the executive editor of The Burlington Free Press in Vermont, did just that. He got fired for it last week by Gannett Company, the national corporation that owns the newspaper.
How'd it happen?
Earlier this month Finley came upon a tweet praising a proposal in Vermont to create a "third gender" for Vermont driver's licenses as "awesome."
Three tweets later, he was out of a job. Here they are:
"Awesome! That makes us one step closer to the apocalypse."
One "third gender" supporter said he likes the driver's license idea because it provides "recognition."
Finley responded:
"All recognition? Any recognition, Tim? What if someone said it's awesome they are going to recognize pedophiliacs on licenses? I'm not being snarky, I'm just asking. Not all recognition is awesome."
Then someone asked if Finley thinks the world is coming to an end, since he used the word "apocalypse."
"The world isn't coming to an end yet. I think it's just falling apart, piece by piece."
To be fair, Finley's "pedophiliacs" tweet is inelegant, because it leads predictably to an equivalence claim. (Transgender people = pedophiliacs.) But that's not what Finley was saying. His point was that "recognition" alone is a hollow argument: it matters what is being recognized. And you get from his drift that he doesn't agree recognizing a "third gender" is a good idea.
There are two ways you can go with this one. The first is to say Finley is a martyr for free expression. He expressed views that many outspoken people in Vermont didn't like, and that the company that owns the paper found inconvenient, and therefore he got fired.
That's the tenor of his interview Thursday night with Tucker Carlson on Fox News Channel.
Carlson asked Finley why what he said about a "third gender" is "out of bounds."
"I'd say it's out of bounds because I didn't agree with it," Finley said. "… And really, I believe that if I had said, 'That is great and courageous. Awesome. That's great,' I don't think we'd be having this conversation here today, Tucker."
He described a situation where the chorus of his enemies got too loud for the corporate drones at Gannett to deal with. Whether the suits at Gannett believe in any principles or policy objectives, they fervently believe in don't-rock-the-boat-ism.
"I don't think that they're objective. I don't believe that they want debate. I think they want us to conform," Finley told Carlson. "And conform to the prevailing ideology that's out there, and the prevailing ideology that's out there is leftist. And when the leftists take you on, they're big in number, and people are afraid to say anything against them, so they often win."
So yet another American worker expressed disagreement with the left-wing orthodoxy at his large corporation and lost his job for it.
But there's another way to go with this story.
You could call Finley a martyr to truth.
Because the point he was driving at is true.
There are two sexes: male and female. There are gender characteristics associated with each: masculine for male and feminine for female.
The claims that biological sex is a construct, that gender is a construct, and that gender identity confusion is a neutral or even good thing are false.
More than that, though: These claims are hurtful.
When you tell people who are experience gender confusion that there's nothing wrong with them that acceptance and accommodation won't fix, you're telling them a lie – and a lie that hurts them.
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore pioneered sex change operations in 1966. But in 1979 the hospital stopped performing them. Why? A study had shown, according to the hospital's chief of psychiatry at the time, that sex change operations weren't curing the mental and emotional problems the patients had when they first sought treatment. Instead, Dr. Paul R. McHugh found, the hospital's program "was fundamentally cooperating with mental illness. We psychiatrists, I thought, would do better to concentrate on trying to fix their minds and not their genitalia."
In October 2016, the hospital announced it would start doing sex change operations ("gender-affirming surgery") again, 37 years after McHugh ended them. The hospital's letter refers obliquely to the role of McHugh (now retired) in opposing such surgeries, and defends academic freedom, but it makes no argument whatsoever to justify sex change operations. It is purely a paean to what it calls "the LGBT community." (As in: "Johns Hopkins Medicine's commitment to the LGBT community is strong and unambiguous.")
And that's the point for the Left: Keep repeating the lies over and over until no justification is needed.
McHugh is a practicing Catholic. To some feverish leftists, that's equivalent to being irrational, bigoted, and cruel. But facts are stubborn things. It doesn't matter who's saying them. It matters whether they are true.
In 2004, The Guardian, a left-leaning English newspaper with no noticeable interest in religion, asked expert researchers to review more than 100 medical studies on what the article called "post-operative transsexuals." The conclusion: "There is no conclusive evidence that sex change operations improve the lives of transsexuals, with many people remaining severely distressed and even suicidal after the operation …"
What has changed between 2004 and now? It's not the science. It's the politics.
What can change it back? People standing up and telling the truth in the face of lies.
People like Denis Finley.
And people like you.
Matt McDonald is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of New Boston Post. See other articles by him here.
NYT Stock Outperforms Amazon, Facebook, Apple Amid…
Sexual Harassment Is Hardly The Boston Globe's Only Problem
How High Is Too High? Diehl, Lindstrom Hit…


Japanese Pokemon Model Kit Figure. This is a Bandai is part of the Bandai Plastic Model Collection of Snap toether Model kits. This is one of the most beloved Pokemon, Pikachu. This is a very easy to put together model kit suitable for almost any skill level. When completed this kit amkes a Pikachu figure that's about 3inches tall which has some poseable parts, when you turn Pikachu's head it flicks it's ear, it's very cute. This kit is still new and sealed with the original plastic band on it, the completed pikachu is one we built from our own kit and is just included to show what a completed model looks like, you will just receive the unopened model kit in box. A really great looking model and a the perfect piece for any Pikachu Collection.


Hi guys. Lately I've been trying to come up with ways to earn a little side money that wouldn't involve driving Uber or donating bodily fluids. I'm currently Consultant level at a T2 firm on the west coast.
My current idea is to tutor aspiring consultants from target schools in my area (case prep, resume, interview skills, etc.). I think I'd be great at this because I came from a non traditional degree, no intern experience, and meh grades to really excelling in my field.


text:
Giovanni Antonucci
The Search for Modern Tragedy
Author(s): Mary Ann Frese Witt
Categories: Literary Criticism
Publisher: Cornell University Press
The attempt to apply an aesthetic or literary approach to fascism remains controversial. In The Search for Modern Tragedy, Mary Ann Frese Witt explores the work of a group of European writers and artists who came to fascism by way of aesthetics. In Italy and France, she maintains, an ideological aesthetic of "Mediterranean" fascism developed to a large extent independently of German Nazism. Witt's study of the relationship between fascism and modern tragedy encompasses theoretical writing on tragedy and tragedies by key authors, including Luigi Pirandello, Henry de Montherlant, and Jean Anouilh. She looks at these tragedies in the context of their reception under fascism in Italy and in Vichy France. Fascism, in the minds of many of its supporters, was an aesthetic or spiritual movement, although its aesthetic and political elements were often intertwined. The Search for Modern Tragedy is not concerned primarily with drama written as a means of conveying fascist propaganda. Rather, Witt is concerned with the influence of aesthetic fascism on the theory and practice of modern tragedy.
The Other Futurism
Author(s): Willard Bohn
Categories: Social Science
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Their provocative manifestos and outrageous performances earned the Italian Futurists international fame but, surprisingly, very little recognition outside of Italy for their actual achievements. The few English and American critics who have studied the movement in any depth have focused on the first phase, which spanned the years 1909-15 and was centred in Milan, Rome, and Florence. By contrast, the second phase covered a much longer period and represented a pan-Italian phenomenon. Despite the wealth of material available about this later part of the movement, there has been little attempt to survey Futurist activity outside of the major geographical centres in any detail or to relate it to...
Italian Futurism and the First World War
Author(s): Selena Daly
Roma Futurista and Il Montello -- The End of the War -- Epilogue -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Creating Communities
Author(s): Nourit Melcer-Padon
Publisher: transcript Verlag
How does historical reality interrelate with fiction? And how much are readers themselves involved in the workings of fictional literature? With innovative interpretations of various well-known texts, Nourit Melcer-Padon introduces the use of literary masks and illustrates literature's engagement of its readers' ethical judgement. She promotes a new perception of literary theory and of connections between thinkers such as Iser, Castoriadis, Sartre, Jung and Neumann. The book offers a unique view on the role of the community in post-existentialist modern cultural reality by emphasizing the importance of ritual practices in literature as a cultural manifestation.
Author(s): Günter Berghaus
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
The International Yearbook of Futurism Studies was founded in 2009, the centenary year of Italian Futurism, in order to foster intellectual cooperation between Futurism scholars across countries and academic disciplines. The Yearbook does not focus exclusively on Italian Futurism, but on the relations between Italian Futurism and other Futurisms worldwide, on artistic movements inspired by Futurism, and on artists operating in the international sphere with close contacts to Italian or Russian Futurism. Volume 4 (2014) is an open issue that addresses reactions to Italian Futurism in 16 countries (Argentina, Armenia, Brazil, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Japan, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, USA), and in the artistic media of photography, theatre and visual poetry.
The Great Black Spider on Its Knock-kneed Tripod
Author(s): Michael Syrimis
The emergence of cinema as a predominant form of mass entertainment in the 1910s inspired intellectuals to rethink their definitions of art. The Great Black Spider on Its Knock-Kneed Tripod traces the encounter of Italy's writers with cinema, and in doing so offers vibrant new perspectives on the country's early twentieth-century culture. This comparative study focuses on the immediate responses to this cultural phenomenon of three highly influential intellectuals, each with a competing aesthetic vision – Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, founder of Futurism; Gabriele D'Annunzio, leader of Italian Decadentism; and Luigi Pirandello, a father of modern European theatre and theorist of humour. Along with demonstrating how the popularization of the feature-length narrative influenced each author's outlook and theories, Michael Syrimis unravels the extent to which cinema enforced or neutralized the ideological and aesthetic differences between them.
Living Masks
Author(s): Umberto Mariani
Umberto Mariani presents a clear and comprehensive introduction of Pirandello's major plays for general readers, students, and scholars new to Pirandello.
The History of Futurism
Author(s): Geert Buelens, Ph.D, Harald Hendrix, Ph.D, Monica Jansen, Ph.D
Publisher: Lexington Books
The History of Futurism: The Precursors, Protagonists, and Legacies addresses the history and legacy of what is generally seen as the founding avante-garde movement of the twentieth century. Geert Buelens, Harald Hendrix, and Monica Jansen have brought together scholarship from an international team of specialists to explore the Futurism movement as a multidisciplinary movement mixing aesthetics, politics, and science with a particular focus on the literature of the movement.
Author(s): Ernest Ialongo
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: The Artist and His Politics explores the politics of the leader of the Futurist art movement. Emerging in Italy in 1909, Futurism sought to propel Italy into the modern world, and is famously known for outlandish claims to want to destroy museums and libraries in order to speed this transition. Futurism, however, also had a much darker political side. It glorified war as the solution to many of Italy's ills, and was closely tied to the Fascist Regime. In this book, Ialongo focuses on Marinetti as the chief determinant of Futurist politics and explores how a seemingly revolutionary art movement, at one point having some support among revolutionary left-wing moveme...
Italian Playwrights from the Twentieth Century
Author(s): Michael Vena
Categories: Drama
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Italian theater brings early on stage some of the most signifi cant productions of the 20th century, with major playwrights holding a pivotal role in the renewal of the European stage: Gabriele DAnnunzio, Eduardo De Filippo, Dario Fo, Luigi Chiarelli, Luigi Antonelli, Rosso di San Secondo, Enrico Cavacchioli, Massimo Bontempelli, Dacia Maraini, Ugo Betti, Diego Fabbri, thanks to such innovative movements from the early century called grotteschi and futuristi. If the early Pirandellian plays are added, we will have a comprehensive view of twentieth century theater, and the weight it will carry upon the coming generations.
Business Partner B2
Pimsleur Korean Level


Medellin, the corrupt, yet beautiful city famous for the biggest drug lord of them all.
Here's a little taste of our short visit in Colombia's second largest city.
Oh Colombia, it wouldn't be a proper trip to your country without a random side of the road search for drugs in the city once known as the most dangerous place on earth. I wonder if Pablo Escobar is smiling down at his city proud that the police are still corrupt and the drogas are as popular as ever with the gringos.
Ryan and I arrived in Medellin sometime between 2am and dawn, the odd hours that you don't want to pay for a bed for the night before, yet can't check in until after midday, and found ourselves cuddled up in the tv room in the hostel that was full of inebriated backpackers trying to watch a movie with one eye open. This hostel, known for a bit of a party scene, was one of the only we could find cheap beds in, but in all honestly it had a massive kitchen, great patio with a pool and dorms with fans and ensuite bathroom. We mingled with fellow travelers and made plans to watch the championship of the Copa América fùtbol match in el Poblado neighborhood. We all sat in the square of Parque Lleras drinking beers and cheering on the jumbo screen. Often we heard other backpackers speak of the infamous white powder and quickly learned the guys walking around selling lollies [suckers for those Americans reading] were selling more than just a fix for your sweet-tooth. One of my favorite pastimes whilst traveling is people watching and it was the perfect day for it. I found it fascinating how easy and cheap the drug moved through the crowds and when I'd start to question it, I quickly reminded myself this is Colombia. This is the norm.
The next day, we headed for El Centro to check out el Jardín Botánico, a massive park where families host picnics and pathways lead you through jungle-like terrain. After some wandering we decided to walk to Plaza Botero that is home to a collection of art by Colombia's most loved sculptor, Fernando Botero. The walk took only 30mins, but we did not expect such a change in neighborhoods. We went from the university village full of life, laughter, and museums to rundown auto shops where drug addicts roamed looking for their next fix. It was hard to look away only because I had to keep my guard up and as much as I wanted to snap photos of the despair with the luscious, green mountains in the backdrop I knew better. Luckily we made it through with only a few ugly stares and wound up in Plaza Botero admiring the round, robust sculptures of Botero.
Unfortunately we didn't have enough time to explore the mock pueblo of Pueblito Paisa or to take the teleferico for a birds' eye views of the city and the hillside comunas [slums]. For an exorbitant price, we could have taken a Pablo Escobar tour complete with a view of one of his many homes and the chance to shake hands with his brother and snag an autograph. Yes, his brother who did the accounting for Pablo is now making money as a tourist amusement attraction. A bit odd to wrap your head around, but as I said before this is Colombia. This is the norm.
That night, Ryan and I loitered around el Poblado, the area known for bars and clubs and shared cheap beers with the last bit of money in our pockets. As the disastrous duo does, I left my debit card in an ATM somewhere in Bolivia and we we're waiting for cash to transfer on to Ryan's travel card, which left us hanging in the streets for our last night in Medellin. Chatting away, a police moto with two cops drove past. In Colombia it is a law that two officers always drive together, clearly for safety assurance. Then they braked. And backed their two-wheeler up to us. "SEARCH SEARCH SEARCH," one yelled as I started speaking in Spanish asking what for, they made Ryan stand and empty out his pockets. The officer meticulously looked between every page of his passport in hopes of finding drugs. The other barely searched me and after a few minutes the two corrupt pigs drove off most likely annoyed they weren't going home with some gringo's cash. Sadly, I heard this story over and over from other backpackers. I was warned to always watch them because they will plant drugs in your backpack when you're not looking. If they do find drugs, which happened to many they demanded money. They'll drive you to an ATM to force you to withdraw as much as possible threatening they'll bring you to jail if you disobey. Those who don't haggle with them lose a lot of cash, but most of the time you can plead with a bargain that won't have a detrimental affect on your trip. I knew the cops would leave with nothing when they first approached, but I couldn't help myself from thinking, "What if they planted some on us?" We had no money in our wallets, not a dollar to take out of the ATM, would they chuck us in some horrible prison or let us go? My mind wouldn't stop spinning possible outcomes and after that unfriendly incident we took ourselves home.
In a few countries I've traveled through, corrupt cops is the norm. Thailand, they'll exploit you for every dollar when crossing the border to Cambodia. In India if you are caught with hash, they demand rupees. But in South America, especially Colombia I found myself in fear of the police. Knowing they purposefully plant drugs on broke backpackers and will demand unlawful searches whenever they please is an unnerving feeling. If I found myself in a dangerous situation would they help? If it benefitted them maybe, but it's quite scary that as a foreigner in their country I would not feel safe approaching them if need be.
But don't ever bribe a cop in Chile. In Chile this is a serious offense and you may see yourself behind bars.
The learning curve among backpackers is always growing, although these experiences can weigh heavy on you, you personally cannot change the entire country. Be smart, be aware, and don't break the law in foreign countries otherwise you may just find yourself on an episode of Banged Up Abroad.
My intention in this post was to share an experience. Don't let this post scare you from Colombia, it is an absolute gorgeous country full of the friendliest locals that I intend to visit again. My next post will be a bit more uplifting about our last week spent on Colombia's Caribbean waters.


We got about 18 inches of snow yesterday. The Forest looks like someone painted it with thick fondant icing. I drove through a white-out down to Syracuse (where they didn't get any of the storm at all, not even a flake) so I could talk about writing historical fiction to a group of teachers.
These weary warriors had worked all day, then came to the OCM BOCES for my talk, which is part of an ongoing series for history teachers. Thank you all for your kind attention and for the pickles.
Today is a spinning plate day. I have to go over the page proofs for Independent Dames with magnifying glasses and a fine-toothed comb, work on my WIP draft, send more content to Theo for the website update, deal with old email and sneak in a run.
Speaking of running (yeah, you knew that was coming, didn't you?)…. I am 81% of the way to reaching my fundraising goal for the the Team in Training Half Marathon. (The money goes to fund cancer research, which pretty much affects everyone, so share some love. Please.) I will send a copy of the TWISTED audio version to whomever puts me over the top!
And thank you, kmessner for the shout-out!
Last but not least, my daughter Stef sent along a link to an article about the increasing number of women facing sexual assault on college campuses after drinking alcohol. The article slams the researchers for their approach to the issue. Comments, anyone?
46 weeks left this year.


text:
The Hundred of Wallala is a cadastral unit of hundred in the County of Dufferin, South Australia.

The traditional custodians of the land were the Nawu people.

See also
 Lands administrative divisions of South Australia

References

Wallala

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Mulligans Band
Book the Mulligans
For more information or booking please contact:
Lincoln Cox
Band Manager
lmcox1@rocketmail.com
These are a few of our currently scheduled events for 2022. Check back often as we will be adding more performance dates soon as well as more details about these events.
January 22 – Saturday – Rock 'N Roll Dream Concert – Ft Walton Beach Municipal Auditorium – Music starts at 7pm.
Let The Mulligans Take You Back To The Greatest Legends and Songs in Rock 'N Roll History! Benefiting United Way Emerald Coast. Reserved seat tickets $40 each. Only 400 seats available. For tickets and additional information call 850-651-5604, 850-585-4988 or 850-585-1112.
March 12 – Saturday – Private Event – Austin, Texas
April 9 – Saturday – Crestview Rotary Roundup – Crestview Community Center – Doors open at 5pm, music starts at 6pm.
Watch our recent interview on Emerald Coast TV!
View the Interview >>
View the Complete Song List >>
MULLIGANS HISTORY – HOW IT ALL BEGAN
Most bands start in a garage; The Mulligans began in a living room with a guitar lesson. But it wasn't just any teacher nor was it just any student.
The teacher was Steve Spayde, one of the hottest players on the gulf coast, and the student was Edwin Watts, one of the most successful business men in the world. Over time more guys came to fill in the blanks and before long the jam session between a few friends grew into The Mulligans, an 8 piece band with guitars, drums, bass guitar, key boards, and great vocals. The band outgrew the living room and now play together in a studio affectionately known as 'The Clubhouse'.
A diverse group of musicians, the Mulligans have come together from various walks of life, and share a common passion – a love of music. From the Beatles to the Box Tops, Everly Brothers to Elvis, Bee Gees to America, The Mulligans can take an audience back to the days when all was right with the world. Take a trip down memory lane with a band of brothers who absolutely love making music together.
EDWIN WATTS – FOUNDER OF THE MULLIGANS
At age 14, while caddying his first time at the Eglin AFB Golf Course Edwin fell in love with the game of golf which lead him to pursue a career in the golf business. He worked as a caddy and in the club storage area. He held a high school job at the Ft Walton Beach Golf Course, and then became Head PGA Professional at FWB where Edwin Watts Golf Shops was founded in 1968. His passion, along with many great associates turned Edwin Watts Golf into the world's most successful golf retailer!
Edwin developed the same passion for music and even though he didn't have time during his business career to pursue music the way he wanted, he vowed to himself to one day have a great band that could play songs just like the original artists. Edwin was true to his passion when he founded the Mulligans.
The Mulligans are the most diverse group of guys to ever play together. From a CEO/Businessman to a Marine Corps fighter pilot and airline pilot, a professional musician to a Pastor, the Mulligans share a love of music and a passion for performing.
Learn more about the band >>
© Copyright - The Mulligans


Jack Butala: Monday Deal Review 40 Acre WonderLand. Every Single month we give away a property for free. It's super simple to qualify. Two simple steps. Leave us your feedback for this podcast on iTunes and number two, get the free ebook at landacademy.com, you don't even have to read it. Thanks for listening.
Jack Butala:	Jack Butala with Jill DeWit.
Jack Butala:	Welcome to this show. Cash Flow from Land. In this episode Jill and I talk about, like every Monday, our Monday Deal Review. In this case it's a 40 acre wonderland. Great show today Jill. Let's take a question before we get into it. Posted by one of our members on successplant.com, our free online community.
I sent Joe a little note so he knows we're discussing it here. You know what's funny? I sent Joe a little note and he already wrote me back saying "Yay great I can't wait to hear it." Hi Joe. I know you're listening.
Jack Butala:	Awesome question Joe. The answer's yes. Today's topic is Monday Deal Review. Wouldn't that be funny? Wouldn't that be awesome if I could shut up and do the show properly?
Jill DeWit:	Has anyone ever done it? Yep. Sure have. Okay. Moving on. Poor Joe's like what, what, what? Wait.
Jack Butala:	Hey. Kudos man. You're thinking out of the box and that's what this whole program, our Cash Flow from Land program and this whole membership deal is all about teaching you how to think, leading you to the water, showing you how to drink, and then walking away so you can do it forever. Yes. The answer's yes.
Jill DeWit:	Drink forever. I drink heavily.
Jack Butala:	To directly answer your questions, you have to ask yourself which situation you're in. If you have $500 allocated for this whole business model, that's fine. Spend 500 bucks, double it, 1,000, double it, 2,000, 4,000, 8,000, 16,000. If you have a rich Uncle Skeleton, that's the name of a band when I was growing up. Rich Uncle Skeleton.
Jack Butala:	Like a rockabilly band. Anyway. If you have a rich Uncle Skeleton and he's allocating 17 million bucks for acquisitions, then your way's better. In fact I would even suggest that you move straight into something extremely large like ranches or apartment buildings. If you're like the rest of us who are somewhere in between, you do both.
It's all about, for me, putting a machine in place and then throwing a bunch of products in there that make a lot of money. We have a ton of members who, Seth Williams is like this, a ton of members who their whole goal is to do one deal a month and make 10,000 bucks. Frankly that's what Jill and I do with houses, not with land. At the end of the year, we do it a lot more often than once a month, but at the end of the year if you do one deal a month and you just got a regular job and you're working on the weekends doing this stuff, you're going to make 120,000 bucks on the side. Not working a lot of hours.
Yes it does make sense. It sounds like to me this makes sense to you so I would recommend it. We have a member who buys canal lots in Florida in a $3-400,000 retail value. Just for the lots, not anything built on it. He buys them for 200 and sells them for three. Makes $100,000 a deal. He sells medical devices, that's his real job. He's killing it.
He bought our program and his whole concept was this. I'm going to do this because- he wants a house there, he wanted a house there, and he did it. He sent a bunch of mail out, he bought three properties. His whole goal was to just use the proceeds from these lots so that he could have a lot free and clear to build his house on. Like any entrepreneur he just couldn't stop there. Who could?
Jack Butala:	200,000 bucks on a couple of land deals, you're going to stop there? Oh no that's enough money. I'm done. If you're that kind of person find a different podcast to listen to. We're packed full of inspiration and crazy money making stuff. All real estate based.
Jack Butala:	Does that answer the question Jill?
Jill DeWit:	Uh huh. Yeah. Thank you.
Jack Butala:	Do you have anything to add there?
Jack Butala:	What's your favorite kind?
Jack Butala:	You like to make 300 percent on a deal but only three grand?
Jill DeWit:	Here's my thoughts on this.
Jack Butala:	You like to make 20 grand at 10 percent.
Jill DeWit:	Here's my thoughts on this. I do like the little bit of both. I like the consistent cash coming in on the smaller deals and if I've got 25 small deals and something goes crazy on one, I don't know, something doesn't work out, who knows, it's not going to sink the ship. That's my thing. I like to have those going in the background all the time, like you said Jack, I have that system. Then/however Joe, these things come along. There's going to be deals that are bigger, maybe we don't agree on a price, something like I'm not going to dish out the cash for, but you know what? This could be something really good. I'm going to do it as an options deal and I'm going to roll it in my inventory and let's ride it out and see how it goes.
Jack Butala:	We have a staff and a full time job man. We got to keep it moving forward.
Jill DeWit:	Right. It's 90 days we're all just sitting here staring at each other waiting for this one deal. I'd rather have all these other ones going on at the same time so when the right buyer comes along for that deal then I'm like, okay great. Check. Let's do that again.
Jack Butala:	We have a member who I speak with on Skype frequently and his whole model is he only purchases properties that are more than 40 acres, but he prefers to buy 320 and 640s, like whole sections. He marks everything up more than $100,000 or he won't do the deal. He is killing it. The guy's probably going to make a million bucks this year.
Jack Butala:	Yes Joe. Kill it.
Jack Butala:	Today's topic, our Monday Deal Review. It's very- Jill, this question is very pertinent to our topic today. Monday Deal Review, 40 acre wonderland. That was a perfect lead. This is the meat of the show.
Yes. Exactly. 40 acre wonderland is exactly what Joe was talking about. Here's a typical 40 acre transaction for us cash. Then I'll give a terms example. We purchase a property out west, west of the Mississippi, for about $4,000 in a pretty rural location. We make sure it has good access, good attributes. Now's maybe a good time to bring up the four A's that we talk about a million times [until 00:07:02] Wednesday.
We buy properties that typically have some version of the four A's, hopefully all four. Access. Attribute, like is it close to the Grand Canyon, does it have mountain views, close to the ocean, anything that sets it out from the ordinary. Is it affordable? The cheaper the better. What's the fourth A?
Jill DeWit:	Wait access- how funny is this?
Jill DeWit:	Oh my gosh.
Jack Butala:	Wow. What generation am I?
Jill DeWit:	Hello. I'm embarrassed.
Jack Butala:	What's my last name?
Jill DeWit:	Access, affordability. Oh acreage.
Jack Butala:	Acreage. Large is better. Thank you. Wow.
Jill DeWit:	That's hilarious. That's a good one. That's the first time we've ever done that.
Jack Butala:	You and I need to go to a clinic together.
Jill DeWit:	Wow. We are clearly overworked today. I'm serious.
Jack Butala:	This is the 92nd show that we've recorded today. That's what's going on.
Yes. A typical 40 acre deal's got those four attributes, I mean those four A's. We buy for about 100 bucks an acre and we sell it for cash for between $8-10,000 total, which is 200 to, it doesn't matter, 200, 250 an acre. We make 4-6,000 bucks. We do this extremely often. The person that buys it from us kills it. They go and sell it for what it's worth. 30, 40,000 bucks. It takes them awhile.
Why the heck don't we just do that? Why don't we take awhile? Sometimes we do. Sometimes we hold onto them and we ask retail. In that case we usually sell it on terms, thus cash flow from land. We sell it $200 down. We front the four grand and we sell it $200 down, $200 a month forever, and collect the payments forever. That's the $10,000 a month for life kind of thing. It's a lot more than 10 grand because we've been doing this for 15 years.
That's what a typical deal looks like. For most people, again, they don't have the rich Uncle Skeleton, so those cash deals, that $4-6,000 profit margin fuels the term sales. You got to do both. I talk all about this in our education programs. Not just talk about it but show exactly how to do it. All the details. No stone left unturned.
Jill's painting her nails again.
Jill DeWit:	No I'm just listening.
Jack Butala:	What color is it today?
Jill DeWit:	No no I am not. That's so funny.
Jack Butala:	I can smell it.
Jill DeWit:	Jack. There's plenty of shows that you … No. This is good. I'm enjoying this.
Jack Butala:	It brings up what Joe was asking earlier in the show. Do you want to do these acreage deals in a machine like fashion and make 46,000 bucks all the time or do you want to horse around with smaller lots and make double, triple your money on a $500 investment?
What ends up happening in reality is you send a lot of mail out. You send a ton of offers out. They call back and let's say Jill answers and a guy says, "Heck yes. I have 10 40 acre properties and I will happily sell them for $100 an acre." Jill says, "That's great. Do you have any more real estate?" They say, "Oh my gosh yes. What kind do you like?" "We like all kinds." You're going to end up with small lots regardless of how you do it.
We just cut to the chase and send it all out. All of it. From a cash standpoint, not a profit margin standpoint, 40 acre properties rock. They've always been my favorite. From a margin standpoint, five acre properties rock. This is west of the Mississippi. East of the Mississippi this doesn't work. What works east of the Mississippi? Maybe that's a topic for another show. Maybe I'll tell you right now though.
We buy and sell what we call vacation lots. In northern Michigan, buy a property that's maybe close to some body of water. Even in Minnesota, anywhere where people vacation. People from Chicago and Detroit and those big cities in the Rust Belt, they all go up there in the summertime and have a blast. This Rust Belt thing kills Jill. Why's it so funny?
Jill DeWit:	Your accent is coming. The Minnesota. The "sota" and then the Rust Belt. I'm like oh my gosh, here he goes. Here it comes.
Jack Butala:	This is what I said to the kids the other day. I saw a Canadian license plate. I said, "Oh that car's from Saskatchewan, eh?" They all just laughed. They just started laughing. I can speak Canadian. We should have a Canadian show, eh?
Jack Butala:	Can you turn off your cell phone, eh?
Jack Butala:	Hey hoser. Turn your cell phone down, eh.
Jack Butala:	40 acres rocks. It's a sweet spot. The vacation properties you can make, same deal. You can buy a vacation property for 1,000 bucks or 2,000 doing the same thing. Sending out a massive amount of offers and then you can sell it for four to eight grand and then there's still a ton of room, especially in some of these hot vacation spots. There's a ton of room for the person who buys it from you to make some dough.
Jill DeWit:	Everybody's happy and then they keep coming back. Those are my favorites.
Jack Butala:	Me too. That's wholesaling by the way.
Jill DeWit:	Yep. That's it.
Jack Butala:	This is the Technical Two. Two minutes of property investment advice from our 15 year, 15,000 transaction experience. Establish your acquisition criteria, for us part of it is a 40 acre wonderland situation, and stick with it. If somebody sends us a hotel deal, which they do all the time, do I look at it? For about 30 seconds I do. Then I promptly say thanks very much, thanks for thinking of us, that's not our acquisition criteria, and we move on to our real bread and butter money making operation.
Jill DeWit:	It's hard not to get excited. It's funny too sometimes because you and I have had some great deals come to us. For a brief moment we go oh look what we could do. We could do this, this, this, and this. One of us catches us and goes uh oh.
Jack Butala:	Usually it's me.
Jill DeWit:	Right. You find yourself doing a driving for dollars. Did we just do that?
Jill DeWit:	Knock it off.
Jack Butala:	Jill and I just had a driving for dollars moment. All we ever do on this show is knock driving for dollars because it's silly and it's awful. She and I took a Sunday drive situation and we found a tiny little shack, falling down property, in an extremely nice neighborhood and we're like yeah that's going to be cheap.
Jack Butala:	Then we both looked at each other and started laughing. That's- tell everybody not to do that.
Jill DeWit:	Mm-hmm (affirmative) it's hard not to. You can't help it. It's okay. You catch yourself.
Jack Butala:	My point is, and this is the end of the Technical Two, establish your acquisition criteria. The one that you start with will probably not be the one that you end with. You could send a ton of offers out, a bunch of them are going to come back, you're going to do a few deals, and you're going to say wow, that's what I want to do. I want to do this vacation lot thing all the time. Forget about these forties over here. I want to do this Florida canal lot thing all the time. I don't want to horse around with the smaller acreage properties in Montana. Whatever it is it'll find you.
If you have a question or you want to be on the show or you want to know what color Jill just painted her nails, call 800-725-8816. It's my time to not talk. Jill inspire us.
Jill DeWit:	Do you have a routine that sets you up so you are ready for your day? It sounds silly sometimes, but consistency and having a routine and knowing how your- will set you up so you know how your morning's going to go. I was thinking to … Remember like babies. Wake them up at a certain time and you feed them and you dress them and you bathe them [dadadadada 00:14:48]. It's just a little comforting consistency and it applies to adults too.
I want to make sure, Jack and I do, there's a consistent morning coffee thing and there's a vitamin thing and it's kind of silly.
Jack Butala:	Oh my gosh. We do. I never thought about that.
Jill DeWit:	It's like shoot who's going to bring me my coffee.
Jack Butala:	How do you work this thing? How do you work this coffee machine?
Jack Butala:	Do you know how to work the coffee machine?
Jill DeWit:	I do. Six scoops. I didn't know for awhile. It's funny. It's comforting and it's a good thing.
Jack Butala:	I have no idea. No idea.
Jill DeWit:	I encourage everyone to have a morning routine and really try to stick with it.
Here's another one that I did in the past when I used to have to commute to work. I knew that if my morning routine was off in any way and I left the house five or ten minutes late, it made a huge difference on the traffic and that would totally mess me up and totally mess up my day. It was just like if I was stuck in traffic and I'm late for work, it's hard to recover sometimes from that.
I had to really work hard at sticking to the routine.
Jack Butala:	Yep. I know there's a lot of stuff that I think should be routine and then there's a lot of thinking out of the box. I think of the execution portion of anything and it should be a routine. Then there should be an isolated amount, in that structure, there should be an isolated time where there's free play.
Google does that. I read that they have a … they literally have experimented with having their employees take a 10 minute nap. One time a day they can go in for 10 or 15 minutes in this dark cool place and just chill out, not in front of screens or any of that stuff. I love those ideas. It's structured, but it's like now's your time to just not think.
Jack Butala:	There's something totally missing in the morning. I do not know how to make the bed by the way.
Jill DeWit:	What's funny is you talk about routine and not thinking or a little break in that thinking, when you get a good routine in place you don't think about it.
Jill DeWit:	It's just you just get up, you know where to go, everything's right where it's supposed to be. It's easy, and for me, calming.
Jack Butala:	Yeah. It fuels creativity I think too.
Jill DeWit:	You can think about other stuff if you want or think about nothing if you want. I catch myself sometimes when I'm getting ready, sometimes my head gets racing and I'm thinking about my day. I'm like [ugh 00:17:33]. For me that's not a good thing because it makes me start my day a little too early and then it's nutty. I need quiet time.
Jack Butala:	You know what I've been doing lately? Listening to extremely loud classic rock with headphones.
Jill DeWit:	Okay. Isn't that funny?
Jack Butala:	I feel like it's five minutes. While I'm working.
Jill DeWit:	That's calming to you and it's awful to me.
Jack Butala:	It's like Ritalin.
Jack Butala:	While you're doing your yoga I'm pounding it out with Led Zeppelin, man.
Jill DeWit:	When I've had new employees in there working with me and they're maybe in my office as we're getting stuff started and whatever, it's so darn quiet I wonder what they're thinking. I just need it quiet.
Jack Butala:	Some people in law offices and stuff they listen to a little clock radio. I don't understand that.
Jill DeWit:	Yeah. I know.
Jack Butala:	Makes me want to- never mind.
Jack Butala:	You know some people leave their cell phone on during a podcast?
Jill DeWit:	Yeah. That's so … yes I'm noticing that, thank you. Thank you.
Jack Butala:	Every time that sound goes off that you just heard on my cell phone, somebody bought something. That makes me so happy.
Jill DeWit:	Maybe it's a 40. It's probably a 40. Let's go check it.
Jack Butala:	Join us in another episode where Jack and Jill discuss how to use a coffee machine, that's me.
Jill DeWit:	And inspiration and everything else, that's me.
Jack Butala:	To get just about anything you want.
Jill DeWit:	We use it every day to buy property for half of what it's worth and sell it immediately.
Jack Butala:	You are not alone in your real estate ambition.
Jack Butala:	I love writing the check on the outbound and i love getting it on the inbound.
Jack Butala:	Tiny little lots for a few hundred bucks, a great way to start, get your feet wet, learn the whole thing, especially if you're buying them a thousand at a time, but forties just rock.
Jack Butala:	They sell fast, you buy them fast. What's your favorite?
Jill DeWit:	Fives. I like fives. You know what's interesting? I notice different customers buy different things.
Jack Butala:	I like fives too.
Jill DeWit:	Fives are good. I get a good mix of … My favorite is five acre ranch properties somewhere pretty where there's a view and stuff. Those people.
Jack Butala:	We did a deal recently where a guy called in. We sent some 40 acre mailers out and he called back and said yeah. I've got like 40 of these though. What do you want to do? No, okay.
Jack Butala:	You know how you can't jump up and down on the phone. You say, oh yeah, okay. That's cool. Then you hit the hang up button on the phone and you just do the … I do the happy dance.
Jack Butala:	I call it something else I can't say it on the air.
Jill DeWit:	Right. It's all good.
Jack Butala:	Information and inspiration. I just got the- you know how when your loved one does the thing like the cut off at the neck, that silent [kkk 00:20:26] cut it, zip it. I just got that.
Information and inspiration to buy- I just got it again. Inspiration to buy under valued property.
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to email me directly at steve@LandAcademy.com.


I've known Peni Jo Renner for several years now (as the 17th-century was such a niche market for a while); so it is with pleasure that I welcome her to The Seventeenth Century Lady to discuss her latest 17th-century historical fiction book, Letters to Kezia!
After reading my first novel, Puritan Witch; The Redemption of Rebecca Eames, most of my readers wanted to know what happened to Rebecca's son, Daniel. Naturally, I considered writing from Daniel's POV, but a male perspective can be difficult for me, so I decided to make Mary Case the main character instead.
She's your typical Puritan minister's dutiful daughter, resigned to a predictable fate of marrying her father's assistant minister, although the pair obviously have no true interest in each other. And then she becomes smitten by none other than Daniel Eames as he stands locked in the pillory for thievery. While bringing him his meager rations as he sits in the small Hereford jail, he charms her further. Completely enamored, she helps him escape and sets into motion a chain of events that brings about the conception of her daughter Kezia.
The story is narrated at times by snippets of letters Mary writes to her daughter, who never knew her natural father. Characters from Puritan Witch make their return—not the least of which is Riff, the epitome of undying devotion.
The novel is populated by many real-life characters but also fortified by completely fictional ones, like the good-hearted Absalom Hart. His sorrow-filled past will be revealed in the third book of the series, tentatively titled Cocheco; Raid on Dover.
PENI JO RENNER is the author of the IPPY award-winning novel, Puritan Witch: the Redemption of Rebecca Eames.
Originally from North Dakota, Peni now lives with her husband in Maryland where she is currently researching for the third book in the Puritan Chronicles series.


text:
The Loan Report: December 29 – January 3
Posted By chelseayouth on January 3, 2016
Another quiet week on the Loan Report front owes much to those still on extended winter breaks so we lead with another goal from Mario Pašalić as well as news of some changes of scenery for a handful of young Chelsea prospects.
Monaco took on amateur outfit St Jean Beaulieu at home in the French Cup and, as expected, ran out handsome winners. Pašalić came on with twenty minutes left of the eventual 10-2 rout and scored in the closing stages for his team's ninth goal of the day and his sixth of the season.
In other news, the opening of the January transfer window represented the first opportunity for those players experiencing less-than-ideal loan moves to do something about it and Patrick Bamford was one who wasted no time in addressing his situation. He made the decision to cut short his stay at Crystal Palace this week, describing the half-season spell as "terrible" and he will now turn his attention to securing regular football for the remainder of the 2015-16 season.
Christian Atsu has also returned to Chelsea after playing just twice in the League Cup for Bournemouth. A stress fracture of the back contributed to his absence in the latter part of the calendar year but the Ghanaian has now spent eighteen months on loan at Premier League sides, including last season's time at Everton, without making so much as a single start. It almost goes without saying that things must improve with his next club.
In more positive news, John Swift's successful Brentford sojourn has now been extended until the end of the season, and he celebrated with another start on Saturday at Birmingham. He played well but was unfortunately unable to add a win to his week, the Bees going down 2-1.
Nathan Aké served the first of his three-match suspension this weekend and missed out on Watford's defeat at home to Manchester City, whilst Victor Moses remains out through injured for West Ham. Marco van Ginkel was an unused substitute for Stoke away to West Bromwich Albion.
Michael Hector was also suspended for Reading in Championship action and fellow Royals loanee Lucas Piazon remained on the bench for the duration of their 1-0 win over Bristol City. Tomas Kalas was also an unused substitute for Middlesbrough as they beat Derby County 2-0 to go four points clear at the top of the table, keeping an eight clean sheet in all competitions and ninth in a row at home in the process. The Czech international has contributed towards that outstanding run but not as a first choice and whilst it continued it'll be hard for him to convince manager Aitor Karanka to break up a successful back four.
Jordan Houghton's half-season move to Gillingham expired on Sunday and he, like Bamford and Atsu, will now return to Chelsea and assess his options for the second half of the campaign.
Islam Feruz was an unused substitute in Hibs' 1-0 win at home to Raith Rovers and may well be moving onto newer pastures this month.
Posted in Blog, The Loan Report, Youth & Reserves Tagged Loan Report, Youth & Reserves
← Chelsea Academy in 2015: Memorable Moments
Under-21s: Southampton 1-0 Chelsea →


text:
Pence Heads To Utah For Campaign As Trump Continues COVID-19 Treatment
By Alana Wise,
Published October 5, 2020 at 2:45 PM CDT
Vice President Pence, with his wife, Karen Pence, speaks to reporters Monday at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland en route to Utah.
Vice President Pence delivered brief remarks to reporters on Monday at Joint Base Andrews — less than an hour after President Trump announced he was leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center later in the day.
It was the first time Pence has spoken publicly since Thursday when Trump tested positive for the coronavirus. (Pence had traveled to Nebraska for campaign events on Thursday.)
"I spoke to the president a little while back, and he sounded great. And as the American people learned a little while ago, President Trump is going home tonight. So we're headed to Utah for the vice presidential debate," Pence said.
"When the president told me he was headed back to the White House, he told me to head to Utah. And we're looking very much forward to the vice presidential debate."
Pence will debate Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris at 9 p.m. ET Wednesday in Salt Lake City.
The Pence family all arrived off Marine Two wearing masks. Pence removed his to speak to the press but was at least 6 feet away.
Pence, who has tested negative for the virus, worked from home over the weekend rather than go into the White House complex.
So far, at least a dozen of Trump's close associates have tested positive for the coronavirus since a largely maskless, tightly packed event Sept. 26 at the White House Rose Garden. On Monday, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, who as recently as Sunday addressed reporters while not wearing a mask, tested positive for the virus.
Trump, who was admitted last week to Walter Reed after testing positive for the virus, remains in the hospital and tweeted Monday he would be discharged later in the day.
"Don't let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge," he said in a tweet. "I feel better than I did 20 years ago!"
Trump's doctors have downplayed the facts surrounding the president's diagnosis and have given vague and at time contradictory information about the severity of his symptoms. They have treated Trump with remdesivir therapy, an intravenous antiviral drug, and the steroid dexamethasone, which is typically used to treat coronavirus patients who are in need of oxygen.
Over the weekend, Trump briefly left the hospital to wave at supporters outside the medical center.
U.S.top news storiesNational News
Alana Wise joined WAMU in September 2018 as the 2018-2020 Audion Reporting Fellow for Guns & America. Selected as one of 10 recipients nationwide of the Audion Reporting Fellowship, Alana works in the WAMU newsroom as part of a national reporting project and is spending two years focusing on the impact of guns in the Washington region.
See stories by Alana Wise
Alana Wise is a politics reporter on the Washington desk at NPR.


CND describe Tango Passion as a purple that 'Will take you from day to night with a flirtatious shimmer in passionate purple'. It is bright, summery and very popular. Garnet Glamour is a dark and extremely dazzling red. Both are simply stunning on their own but layer Tango Passion & Garnet Glamour and you get a deep red glitter with a pinky / purple hue. It has been hugely popular so far this year.
Try Ruby Ritz over any of the purples for a brighter red glitter look. Garnet Glamour on it's own gives a powerful deep, dark sparkling red. What even more bling? Try using one of the beautiful red Lecente Glitters.