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5 How Do I Communicate With My Students?
In order to deliver a great English language learning experience, knowing what kind of English curriculum and lesson to plan is crucial. First, you need to determine what type of student group will you be focusing on?
ESL students – you will likely be taking care of the students new to the country, ones are interested in attending school or obtaining a job in English speaking countries, or simply want to enhance their English skill. You might want to take a lesson or certificate like TEFL to teach students English as their foreign language.
College entrance exam preparation – exam preparation is the best area to engage. Students have a clear goal to achieve, relatively long term engagement, and the last but not the least, highest pay rate among others. However, the bar for the teacher also high compare to other student categories. You might need to show them your SAT, GRE, or GMAT English score if you're teaching them that particular subject.
There are many resources that help teachers create their own lesson plans, curriculum, and plans for their students. See the Marketplace to find the hidden gems. There are also sites out there that have everything done for you in a turnkey manner.
Best Teacher – it offers many different written exercises and ideas for teachers to use. Even if you decide to not use something directly from these websites, they may inspire ideas to help you create your own written exercises.
ESL Gold – The strong point with ESL Gold is that it is automatically translated into nearly 70 languages to help your students. You can use the lessons when teaching one on one or in group lessons. Leverage the power of their site by sending your students to their lessons when you are not online with them.
If you need some ideas for your videos and other presentations, take a look at Prezi. This resource allows you to make high-quality presentations for your classes. Think of it as PowerPoint on steroids.
SpeechPeek allows you to show individual attention to each student. With this tool, you can record your assignments as a video. Your students then use the software to record their answers with audio. You can then send them feedback about their audio files. This is a great tool if you have students that require extra attention.
WizIQ has continued to grow in popularity since it is a full platform for teachers who create courses or simply want to teach one-on-one. They continue to add features on a monthly basis and from what most teachers tell me it is a must-have if you do not have a technical background but want to have your own platform. They do not provide lessons or courses, but they get rid of the headaches when it comes to building them out, a place for hosting, and selling them to potential students.
Paypal – By far the largest of online payment providers and currently available in 203 countries. The majority of your students most likely already have a Paypal account.
Payoneer – An alternative to PayPal that is being used by many students in developing countries where PayPal is not accepted.
Bank Wiring – Bank wiring can be expensive if the transactional amount if not significant enough due to the typical flat $15 international wiring fee.
ACH and transfer – the free alternative of money transfer by the bank, but only work within domestic money transfer.
Gumroad – This is an excellent and easy-to-use system that allows you to accept payments through credit cards or Paypal. They pay you through PayPal as well. One other function that Gumroad has which most others do not is the ability to collect taxes from people who are located in the EU.
Stripe – this is a popular platform that can be used by most payment plugins on WordPress and other online systems. It is harder to get approved than with PayPal or Gumroad but you will incur lower fees in the long run.
SamCart – this has become a fairly popular system to use but can get a little pricey if you are not pulling in a large number of students. There are a large number of functions that can help you to promote your lessons and courses as well and provides strong tracking software.
You will have a lot to remember and to keep track of. To help you with this, you should use a calendar to efficiently plan your lessons. Here are three of the most popular. I highly suggest that you use Google Calendar or iCal. The reason why is that if you plan on having your own website or will be freelancing then either of these will probably sync up with whatever online booking system you are working with or plug-in that is being used as a booking system.
Acuity Scheduling – one of the main things about this calendar is that it will adjust to the time zone of your student. Your students can view your real-time availability, select the date and time for a lesson, and then pay with Stripe, Paypal or Authorize.net.
Appointy – with this scheduling system you have a lot of social sharing functions and have the ability to integrate with Reserve on Google.
SimplyBook.me – this looks like another solid solution for teachers since it offers a booking web page, a Facebook button for instant booking, full-blown statistics tracking system, and a booking button to help you integrate into your existing website.
Bookly – this plugin integrates with Google Calendar and WooCommerce for streamlined user experience for you and your students. If you do not have WooCommerce you can still receive payments by using PayPal, Authorize.Net, and Stripe.
PinPoint – another scheduling plugin that integrates with WooCommerce to ensure you get paid. Alternatively, you can use their PayPal option which allows for credit cards as well. You can promote your lessons through coupons and discounts as well.
WPBooking Calendar – if age is a sign of quality, then this plugin should be the top on your list since it is one of the oldest booking plugins. The main quality of this plugin is that it is extremely easy to use for you and the student. It is well-documented and allows you to customize your functionality by adding custom fields.
Birch Press – this is another plugin that is proven and allows you to add a professional booking management system without too much in terms of configuration. Your students can easily book appointments and pay for them using PayPal account or Credit Card.
Tracking Time – this is what I use all of the time. It can be used with multiple people as well by simply adding them to your tasks. It helps me to understand where I am putting my effort without making much effort to set up projects and tasks.
Asana – highly popular tool and good for when working with teams. It is extremely fast and responsive to use. The downside is that it can get rather costly once you add on a large number of team members.
Due Time Tracking – Has a great free and paid for versions. This is a good choice for those who are also billing for freelance work.
Rescue Time – Another great free application with a feature-rich paid for version at a reasonable cost.
There are many, many, many different tools you can use to help you communicate with your students. Many of the schools also have their own proprietary communication platforms, but you might not consider getting into that router due to the complexity and cost of building a proprietary platform.
Zoom: Zoom is a very powerful conference tool with a comprehensive feature set, including conference video chat, screen sharing, session recording, reliable performance, and more. Many smaller companies also use Zoom if they don't have their own in house teaching tools.
Skype: Skype is an extremely popular app for video conferencing and instant messaging. It's free unless you're using its group conference feature.
Appear.in: this is a newer app, but is very reliable and does not require any downloading of software if used on a computer browser. It doesn't even require you to create a login account.
There are so many other options if you wish to look into them, but we would recommend you to try the ones above before you decide to move into others because common ones tend to be more reliable and greater familiarity for students as well, likely they already Skype installed on their computer and phones. You want to use a communication tool that feels natural and easy to use. The easier, the better.
Ideal Internet speed for video calling or screen sharing is 10+ MB/s for both uploading and downloading from a reliable source. Anything lower you're risking the bad video and audio quality during the lesson, especially you're not the only person consuming that Internet bandwidth. However, if that cannot be achieved, then a minimal 5 MB/s is a must, otherwise, you're now risking losing business or a job if you're working for a company.
What are reliable sources? Direct cable connection is certainly the most reliable one. However, nowadays Wifi is the most likely method you're connecting to the Internet, just make sure you're not too far in distance from the Wifi router and no major obstruction, concrete wall for instance, between the router and your Internet device. Wifi shared and tethered from your cellular phone is not a reliable source for delivering video calling.
If you are working as a freelancer, you have to find students on your own. You will need to make your own website, market yourself, process payment and legal matters, and promote your courses. This is doable but it takes time and takes a lot of dedication. Furthermore, there is no getting around the fact that it helps if you are technically savvy or willing to make the effort to become that way. However, whether you have made the decision of building your own online English teaching business or not. While you developing your business, you can continue to teach online for some established companies, here is a complete list of online English teaching jobs.
If you are teaching on your own you really should have a contract that your students are aware of. At the very least, it is recommended that you take the time to create an FAQ-style document to send to new students. They will probably have questions when they first sign up for your course, and if you send them a prewritten document, you could ease their concerns. This will help them trust you, and when you are providing services online, trust is everything.
Pay rate – ex. a fixed rate like $30 per hour for one-on-one and $20 for an additional student. Discount for multiple sessions if pay at once?
Payment period – ex. prepaid for 10 classes or pay afterward?
Lesson package – provide a comprehensive curriculum consist of perhaps 10 lessons and pay at once will increase your class schedule and income stability. You will able to focus on the teaching instead of worrying about recruiting students at the same time.
It is incredibly frustrating if the student does not show up in the allocated class slot or cancel/make a rearrangement at the last minute.
ex. Minimal class rearrangement within 24 hours notice. Half or no refund if they cancel just a few hours before the class started?
ex. Emergency policy if the student needs to cancel the class for the unexpected event.
This is a bit harder to do and I will explain this in more detail in other posts. The main thing that you need to know about going this route is that you will have to be good at creating your own lessons and content. Another important item to consider is that you will either need to become tech-savvy when dealing with building your own site, creating a sales funnel, setting up e-commerce, and other functions, or be willing to hire someone to do these things for you. There is a lot more to it than you think!


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Q: Is there a method that can allow us to know how to prove theorems (number theory)? I am stuck on proving a lot of the theorems that are discussed in number theory. Most of the theorems that I've seen in number theory so far are the ones I've already been shown how to prove, but I don't get the general approach for finding out how to prove them.
Let's say, for instance, we want to prove that there are infinitely many prime numbers. I know the basic methods of proving statements like direct proofs, proof by contradiction etc., so we could suppose that there are finitely many primes $p_1, p_2, \cdots,p_k$ with $p_1 < p_2 <\cdots < p_k$ by contradiction. Then in the next step of the proof, a new integer n is defined as $n = p_1\cdot p_2\cdot\space\cdots\space\cdot p_k + 1$, and because it is greater than $p_k$, it is composite since we assumed that there are finitely many primes. But the thing I don't get though is how $n = p_1\cdot p_2\cdot\space\cdots\space\cdot p_k + 1$ just came up so randomly.
I understand that continuing the proof eventually leads to the contradiction that 1 is composite, but the trouble is I don't know where to start just in general.
For example, if I wanted to prove that there are infinitely many primes of the form $6\cdot k + 5$ for some integer k, where would I start? I've tried doing something like defining $n = (6k_1 + 5)(6k_2 + 5)\cdots +(6k_r+5) + 5$ for $r$ primes of the form since  I'm assuming that n could be a new prime of the form maybe (not too sure), but from there, nothing seems to be working out and I cannot get a contradiction in any way.  And even if I did want to get a contradiction, how would I know what will end up being the contradiction in the end?
Is anybody able to help me with this? Thank you in advance.

A: Proving almost anything in math can often involve dead ends. If you get to a certain level on this site, you will be allowed to see deleted answers.
In those deleted answers, you will see professionals and amateurs alike get close to the right answer and then realize that one little detail invalidates their whole argument.
Of course that wasn't an option for Andrew Wiles for his first attempt at a proof of the Fermat conjecture, and I certainly don't recommend you try to prove that one.
The theorem about infinitely many primes of the form $6k + 5$ (or $6k - 1$, if you prefer) seems a bit more manageable than the Fermat conjecture, now the Wiles theorem.
I would start by multiplying some arbitrary numbers of the form $6k + 5$ and then add 6. But the first difficulty I run into is that if I choose an even amount (what you call $r$) of numbers of the form $6k + 5$, their product is actually of the form $6k + 1$, e.g., $5 \times 11 = 55 = 6 \times 9 + 1$.
Next I would try either stipulating that $r$ has to be odd, or I would try multiplying that product by 6 and subtracting 1 from that, e.g., $6 \times 55 - 1 = 329 = 7 \times 47$. Hmm... this could actually work.
Even if it doesn't work, it helps me make the point that it is often very helpful to plug specific numbers into your equations, it can help you see things more quickly.
Maybe it would be better for you to try to prove even simpler things. Here's one for starters: given a prime $p$, prove that $p + 2$ or $p + 4$ may also be prime... but not both, with only one exception. The answer is on this site, but only look at that once you come up with the proof on your own.

A: The problem is, proving isn't necessarily easy. It's historically, required inventing or reusing different parts of mathematics. There's not a general way to prove an unproven statement. There are general inference rules, but not a general proving method that work for all statements.
You could try proving, there's no natural number n above which all natural numbers are of form (6k+1)j-k with k,j greater than 0. But this method, is part of a restatement of the twin prime conjecture. This would prove infinitely many primes of form 6n+5 though, however impractically.
Simpler statements, and practicing with different principles, may help your proving ability.

A: First, the contradiction in the proof of infinitely many prime numbers is that this number $n=p_1p_2\dots p_k+1$ should be a multiple of a prime (fundamental theorem of artithmetic tells you that any number can be expressed as a product of primes), but by this construction, you can see that $n$ is not a multiple of any of these prime numbers (because when you divide $n$ by any of these prime numbers $p_i$ it gives you the residue $1$) which leads a contradiction. So, it is not random, the $n$ was constructed so that $n$ is not divisible by any of these prime numbers.
Now, about primes of the form 6k+5 there may be methods similar to the above, but you may check Dirichlet's theorem of prime numbers in arithmetic progressions which is way more general https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirichlet%27s_theorem_on_arithmetic_progressions The techniques to prove this are not elementary, instead it uses analytic properties of the L -functions associated to characters.
PS: So, for the case 6m+5: Note that besides 2,3 the primes are of the form 6m+1 or 6m+5. Assume by contradiction that $p_1,p_2,\dots, p_k$ are all the primes of the form 6m+5. Then, define $n=(2)(3)(p_1p_2\dots p_k)-1=6p_1\dots p_k-1$. The idea is that  the primes $2,3,p_1,\dots,p_k$ do not divide $n$. Hence, the only primes that divide $n$ should be of the form $6m+1$, but if this were the case, then $n=(6m_1+1)(6m_2+1)\dots(6m_r+1)=6M+1$, so $n\equiv 1\mod (6)$, but this is a contradiction since by construction $n=6p_1\dots p_k-1\equiv -1\mod (6)$

A: I think that there is no proper method although you can point out some necessary but not sufficient rules to solve a mathematical problem (prove a theorem is one of these). First, you have to fully understand the statement of the problem. Second, we must take into account the mathematical knowledge that could help find the solution (the more you have, the better). You need to be lucid to perceive the best possible way for which there are usually several, for example, the famous theorem of quadratic reciprocity (which is a difficult problem!) has several different proofs.

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Amicalola Falls State Park
This article is about the state park. For the waterfall, see Amicalola Falls.
Amicalola Falls State Park & Lodge
Amicalola Falls
Location of Amicalola Falls State Park & Lodge in Georgia
Dawson County, Georgia, USA
Dawsonville, Georgia
34°33′58″N 84°14′31″W / 34.566°N 84.242°W / 34.566; -84.242Coordinates: 34°33′58″N 84°14′31″W / 34.566°N 84.242°W / 34.566; -84.242
829 acres (3.35 km2; 1.30 sq mi)
Georgia State Park
Amicalola Falls State Park & Lodge is an 829-acre (3.35 km2) Georgia state park located between Ellijay and Dahlonega in Dawsonville, Georgia. The park's name is derived from a Cherokee language word meaning "tumbling waters".[1] The park is home to Amicalola Falls, a 729-foot (222 m) waterfall that is the highest in Georgia.[2] However, an analysis conducted by the World Waterfall Data base suggests that the main part of the falls is 429 ft (131 m) in height, followed by a prolonged gently sloping run in which the flow drops another 279 ft (85 m).[3] It is considered to be one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia. An 8-mile (13 km) trail that winds past Amicalola Falls and leads to Springer Mountain, famous as the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, begins in the park. Amicalola Falls State Park also offers many hiking trails, a guest lodge, restaurant, cabins, a shelter for long-distance Appalachian Trail hikers, a campground, and access to the eco-friendly Len Foote Hike Inn.
View from the Amicalola Falls State Park Lodge
Little was known by European Americans about the falls before the 19th century. Until 1832, the Cherokee, an Iroquoian-speaking tribe believed to have migrated in ancient times from the Great Lakes region, controlled a large territory that included this area of the state park. That year they signed the Treaty of New Echota with the United States, which forced the Cherokee to remove into the Ozarks in Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River. They called their mass removal and overland journey the Trail of Tears, during which many people died of the thousands traveling. Nearby settlers knew a Cherokee woman who lived in the area until the 1850s; she refused to leave when her tribe was removed.[4]
The first written account of the falls was by William Williamson, who was exploring the area seeking land to claim in the Sixth Georgia Land Lottery. Williamson wrote:
In the course of my route in the Mountains I discovered a Water Fall perhaps the greatest in the World the most majestic Scene that I have ever witnessed or heard of the Creek passes over the mountain & the fall I think can't be less than Six hundred Yards. The Mountain is at least three fourths of a mile high. I made great exertions to get on the summit but the ascent was so great that I was completely exhausted by the time I reached half way. My position was such that I had a perfect view of the entire Fall The Steam is Called Um-ma-eolola from the Fall (Tumbling Waters).[5]
An unknown settler was given this land after the lottery. He decided not to live on it because the terrain proved to be too rugged.[4] The state purchased the falls in 1911. Amicalola Falls State Park was not developed at all until the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club decided in 1958 that they would move the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail from Mount Oglethorpe to the nearby Springer Mountain. An 8.5-mile-long (13.7 km) trail was blazed from the base of Amicalola Falls to the top of Springer Mountain, so that Appalachian Trail hikers would be able to access the trail from a major highway.
Today[edit]
View from the top of the falls
Amicalola Falls State Park & Lodge has four groups of trails within it, including the trail leading up to the top of the waterfall. The park has a full-time staff of park rangers, and has a lodge that serves as a starting point of Appalachian Trail hikers. The park also owns a nearby facility called the Len Foote Hike Inn, a backcountry eco-friendly inn that is one mile (1.6 km) from the Appalachian Approach trail and 4.4 miles (7.1 km) from Springer Mountain.
In 2012, Amicalola Falls State Park was privatized and its operations transferred to Coral Hospitality, a Florida-based hotel and resort management company.[6]
Lower cascades
Amicalola Falls State Park Lodge
View looking downward showing the stairs of the trail alongside of the waterfall
Series of stairs to an observation overlook
An observation bridge spans across the waterfall
^ "The Names Stayed". Calhoun Times and Gordon County News. August 29, 1990. p. 64. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
^ Boyd (2001), p. 82
^ "Amicalola Falls, Georgia, United States - World Waterfall Database". www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
^ a b Amicalola Falls, Gateway to the Appalachian Trail, retrieved on 2007-03-20
^ Amicalola Falls State Park, retrieved 2007-03-20
^ "Some Georgia parks moves to private management". OnlineAthens.com. Associated Press. May 27, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
Boyd, Brian (2001). Waterfalls of the Southern Appalachians & Great Smoky Mountains. Clayton, GA: Fern Creek Press. ISBN 978-1-893651-08-1.
Protected areas of Georgia
National Historical Parks,
historic sites and military parks
Andersonville NHS
Jimmy Carter NHS
Martin Luther King Jr. NHP
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Ocmulgee Mounds NHP
Fort Frederica
Fort Pulaski
Blackbeard Island
Bond Swamp
Harris Neck
Wassaw
Wolf Island
Big Frog Wilderness
Blood Mountain Wilderness
Brasstown Wilderness
Cohutta Wilderness
Cumberland Island National Seashore
Ellicott Rock Wilderness
Mark Trail Wilderness
Okefenokee Wilderness
Raven Cliffs Wilderness
Rich Mountain Wilderness
Southern Nantahala Wilderness
Tray Mountain Wilderness
Pinhoti National Recreation Trail
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary
Buck Shoals
Chattahoochee Bend
Don Carter
Elijah Clark
F.D. Roosevelt
Florence Marina
Fort Mountain
Fort Yargo
General Coffee
George L. Smith
George T. Bagby
Georgia Veterans
Gordonia-Alatamaha
Hard Labor Creek
James H. "Sloppy" Floyd
John Tanner
Laura S. Walker
Little Ocmulgee
Moccasin Creek
Panola Mountain
Red Top Mountain
Reed Bingham
Richard B. Russell
Skidaway Island
Smithgall Woods
Sprewell Bluff
Standing Boy Creek
Sweetwater Creek
Tallulah Gorge
Tugaloo
Victoria Bryant
Watson Mill Bridge
Historic parks
A.H. Stephens
Chief Vann House
Dahlonega Gold Museum
Etowah Indian Mounds
Fort McAllister
Fort King George
Fort Morris
Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation
Jarrell Plantation
Jefferson Davis Memorial
Kolomoki Mounds
Lapham-Patterson House
New Echota
Pickett's Mill Battlefield
Robert Toombs House
Wormsloe
Broxton Rocks
Dixon Memorial
Spirit Creek
Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center
Len Foote Hike Inn
Chehaw Park
Cobb County Parks
McIntosh Reserve
Murphey Candler Park
Okefenokee Swamp Park
Robert G. Hunter Memorial Park
Roswell Recreation and Parks
Seaborn Jones Memorial Park
Shaking Rock Park
Forests and
Autrey Mill Nature Preserve & Heritage Center
Fernbank Forest
Marshall Forest
Morningside Nature Preserve
Phinizy Swamp Nature Park
Reynolds Nature Preserve
Nature and environmental
Birdsong Nature Center
Cochran Mill Nature Center
Dauset Trails Nature Center
Dunwoody Nature Center
Elachee Nature Science Center
Georgia Nature Center
Grand Bay Wetland Education Center
Melvin L. Newman Wetlands Center
Oxbow Meadows Environmental Learning Center
Panola Mountain State Park Nature Center
Sandy Creek Nature Center
Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum & Nature Center
Tidelands Nature Center
Tybee Island Marine Science Center
West Atlanta Watershed Alliance Outdoor Activity Center
Georgia Forestry Commission (web)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amicalola_Falls_State_Park&oldid=934285990"
Protected areas of Dawson County, Georgia
State parks of Georgia (U.S. state)
State parks of the Appalachians
Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia (U.S. state)

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Springtime for Garter Snakes
On 29 Apr 2018
In Reptiles & Amphibians
It's not spring until the garter snakes come out of hibernation. And after a winter that seemed longer and more brutal than usual, we finally got spring last week.
Last Tuesday, some of Jennifer's students pointed her to a site near the school where Eastern Garter Snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis) were emerging from hibernation. And when I say pointed her to, I mean told her about it by handing her a bunch of wriggling snakes, because the kids know her. The kids released the snakes where they found them, but she told me about it and we made a note to check the site out after classes were done.
The location the kids told her about was at the edge of some seriously snakey habitat: lots of ground cover, and next to a wetland that was already echoing with the calls of Wood Frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) and Spring Peepers (Pseudacris crucifer). Which is to say, snake food. A good spot, in other words. But in our initial search we only found one snake, which musked all over Jennifer. It took us a while to find the entrance to the hibernaculum, the precise location of which I will not reveal here to ensure the snakes' safety and privacy, but once we did we found the area fairly crawling with snakes. I had brought my Nikon D7100 with me and took some pictures.
As far as we could tell they were all males, which made sense. In Canadian climates, male garter snakes come out of hibernation before females do; the males wait for the females to emerge and then pounce on them, because mating season occurs immediately after hibernation.
All things considered, they were fairly good natured. None of them bit us, though a couple did musk, as I mentioned above. About what we were expecting.
But they were tamer still when we came back on Thursday to check on how they were doing. There were still snakes hanging around the vicinity of the hibernaculum, but this time the males kept moving back and forth between the entrance and the nearby bushes. They were also much more tame. I'd thought they were relatively good natured on Tuesday: that was in comparison with some seriously grouchy garter snakes I'd encountered at the height of summer. This time, not a single one of them musked when picked up. I don't think they even noticed that we were picking them up. You could stroke them as they slithered by without them even reacting.
These were the same snakes we had encountered on Tuesday. (At least one we could recognize on sight: he had a kink in his neck.)
We could see one or two female snakes hiding just inside the hibernaculum entrance. (We could tell they were probably females, because female garter snakes are much larger and heftier than males: females put their energy into growth, because a larger snake can have more offspring; males put their energy into chasing females, and stay small and skinny.) I had a hunch that we should stick around in case one of those females emerged.
I was right. The males had been pacing around the entrance, and ignoring our presence, for a reason: they were blitzed out on the garter snake equivalent of testosterone. When one female snake, covered in dust and dirt, finally came out of the hole, she was promptly pounced upon by seven male garter snakes. A small mating ball was the result.
In these photos you'll see examples of garter snake courtship behaviour: small male snakes rubbing their chins along the female's back. Male garter snakes are devoted courters: this is the thamnophine equivalent of wining and dining. With my original male captive Red-sided Garter Snake (T. s. parietalis) I've seen it take weeks, but in the wild, in a mating ball, there's rather more urgency, because the lucky male who copulates first leaves behind a plug in the female's cloaca that makes it difficult for subsequent males to mate.
Isn't science interesting?
Let me tell you, though, being able to interact with and photograph multiple wild garter snakes a short walk from our home was a fantastic experience for us. Made our day, it did—twice.
For the complete set of photos from our garter snake encounters, see my Flickr album.
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Springfield Georgia Area Home Supply Charts
This page looks at a variety of Springfield Georgia housing market data taken from the most recent 2020 American Community Survey census data. Housing units are structures such as a single family home, apartment community, mobile home park, public housing, etc. where a person or family live and live separately from other residents of the building. Figure 1 shows the total number of housing units for each city. Springfield shows it has a Housing Units of 1,429 which is in the mid range of other places in the area.
Figure 2 illustrates the housing density in the Springfield housing market as measured by housing units per square land mile (includes single family homes, apartments, etc.) Springfield shows it has a Housing Density of 520.0 which is the largest of all places in the greater Springfield region. Comparing housing density to the United States average of 38.9, Springfield is markedly bigger. Also, versus the state of Georgia, housing density of 74.5, Springfield is considerably bigger.
In Figure 4, Springfield area change in the number of housing units and is a forward gauge (along with population change) for any potential housing shortage. Springfield depicts it has a Housing Unit Change of 55.3% which is the third most housing units of all other places in the greater Springfield region. The city with the highest change in the housing units in the area is Hardeeville which shows a housing units of 126.0% (approximately 2.3 times bigger). Comparing change in the housing units to the United States average of 5.7%, Springfield is considerably bigger. Also, versus the state of Georgia, change in the housing units of 4.8%, Springfield is very much bigger.
Figure 5 shows the percentage of rental property based on that they are occupied by renters as a percent of the total number of households in the community (including homes, apartments, etc.) Springfield depicts it has a Renter Percent of 45.4% which is the second most of all the places in the metropolitan area. Figure 6 illustrates the total number of housing units that are occupied by owners. it has a Owner Percent of 54.6% which is the second smallest as measured by owner percent of all the other places in the local area.
Springfield Georgia Home Cost Charts
Looking at the housing data provided in Figure 7, the average Springfield home price is illustrated for this community and a useful analysis of affordable housing. Springfield depicts it has a Median Home Value of $115,800 which is the second smallest in order of median home price of all the other places in the local area. The city with the highest median home price in the area is Hardeeville which depicts a home price of $336,000 (approximately 2.9 times bigger). Figure 8 provides aggregate comparative data for the Springfield Georgia metro area in terms of the median housing rental rate, apartment rent, etc. Springfield depicts it has a Median Gross Rent of $964 which is less than most other places in the local area. The city with the highest rental rates in the area is Port Wentworth which shows a rental rates of $1,310 (35.9% larger). Comparing rental rates to the United States average of $1,062, Springfield is about 10.2% smaller. Also, measured against the state of Georgia, rental rates of $1,006, Springfield is only about 4.4% smaller.
Figure 9 provides the frequency distribution of home prices for the area and is useful for understanding affordable housing fund. Springfield has one of the largest proportions of home price worth less than $50,000 at 30% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Oliver with 37%. Second, it has in the mid range of other places in the metro area in terms of home price worth between $50,000 to $100,000 at 54% of the total. Third, it has the largest proportion of home price worth between $750,000 to $1,000,000 at 1% of the total and is ranked #1. Also, it has the largest proportion of home price worth between $1,000,000 to $1,500,000 at 1% of the total and is ranked #1. In addition, it has the largest proportion of home price worth between $1,500,000 to $2,000,000 at 1% of the total and is ranked #1.
Median owner costs for the real estate market are shown in Figure 10 and include the costs associated with any mortgage, utility expenses, insurance, and other miscellaneous costs. Springfield depicts it has a Median Owner Cost of $821 which is the second smallest when sorted by median ownership cost of all the other places in the metro area. Figure 11 shows the median amount of cost as a percent of total household income for people who own homes in the Springfield metro area. it has a Owner Cost as % of HH Income of 18% which is the third most of all other places in the metropolitan area. The next chart, Figure 12, provides a comparison chart of the median home cost as a percent of a median worker take home earnings and is thus a valuable measure of affordable housing. Springfield shows it has a Median Home Value as Percent of Median Earnings of 322% which is the third most of all other places in the metro area.
Figure 14 depicts the median cost of housing for owners with also have a mortgages (versus those who do not have a mortgage because mortgage cost is included.) Springfield shows it has a Median Owner Costs-With Mortgage of $1,084 which is the second smallest when sorted by median housing cost of all the other places in the greater region. Figure 15 is a chart that shows the median housing costs for owners who do not have mortgages (and therefore the cost of home ownership does not include mortgage cost.) it has a Median Owner Costs-Without Mortgage of $378 which is the second smallest in terms of median housing cost of all the other places in the local area.
Figure 16 shows the distribution in total housing cost for owners of property (so not renters.) This cost includes mortgages, lines of credit interest, utilities, taxes, insurance, etc. Springfield has one of the largest proportions of owner cost less than $300 at 29% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Bloomingdale with 34%. Second, it has the second smallest in terms of owner cost less than $300 of all the other places in the local area in order of owner cost between $300 and $500 at 4% of the total. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of owner cost between $500 and $700 at 22% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Oliver with 29%. Also, it has the smallest proportion of owner cost between $1,000 and $1,500 at 3% of the total.
Next shown in Figure 17 is the housing cost as a percent of household income for people who own their homes and have a mortgages (thus the cost of financing the home is included.) Springfield shows it has a % of Income Owner Costs-With Mortgage of 20% which is less than most other places in the metro area. The city with the highest cost as a percent of household income in the area is Oliver which depicts a cost as a percent of household income of 23% (16.8% larger). Housing cost as a percent of household income for owners who do not have a mortgage is shown in Figure 18. This analysis can be useful for understanding the affordable housing for home ownership excluding any financing cost in the area shown. Springfield depicts it has a % of Income Owner Costs-No Mortgage of 14% which is the second most of all the places in the metro area. The city with the highest cost as a percent of household income in the area is Guyton which depicts a cost as a percent of household income of 14% (only about 5.1% larger).
Figure 19 looks at the cost of rent for rental property using the percent of total household income which is a valuable measure of financial health for the area. (The higher the proportion of rent payments to total household income is a sign of greater financial stress. Also, rent can be covered by rent assistance and rent assistance programs in the form of rent assistance.) Springfield has the percentage of rent as a percent of income is less than 10 pct in the middle range of other places in the metropolitan area at 19% of the total.
Figure 20 shows the total housing cost for both home owners and apartment community renters in the area. Springfield has the smallest proportion of housing cost between $1,000 and $1,500 at 2% of the total.
Figure 21 shows median amount of real estate taxes paid for home owners in the region. it has a Median Real Estate Taxes Paid of $1,299 which is less than most other places in the area. The city with the highest median real estate taxes paid in the area is Hardeeville which depicts a taxes paid of $2,875 (approximately 2.2 times bigger). Comparing median real estate taxes paid to the United States average of $2,471, Springfield is approximately half the size. Also, in contrast to the state of Georgia, median real estate taxes paid of $1,623, Springfield is about 24.9% smaller.
Figure 22 shows the percentage of renters who pay for utilities in Springfield Georgia. This is calculated as the percent of renters who pay separately for utilities versus the people who have utilities included as part of amenities. Springfield has the largest proportion of pay extra for utilities at 11% of the total and is ranked #1.
Figure 23 shows the rental rate distribution for this area. Springfield Georgia has the percentage of rent between 300 and 500 dollars the second smallest when sorted by rent less than 300 dollars of all the other places in the metro area at 6% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of rent between 500 and 750 dollars at 31% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Oliver with 31%. Third, it has the second smallest as measured by rent less than 300 dollars of all the other places in the local area when ranked by rent between 750 and 1000 dollars at 34% of the total.
Springfield Georgia Home Financing Charts
Springfield Georgia Home Characteristics Charts
Figure 28 shows the household size for families living in the area and it has a Family size of 3.3 which is less than most other places in the metro area. The city with the highest family members per housing unit in the area is Oliver which shows a family members per housing unit of 4.0 (20.4% larger). Comparing family members per housing unit to the United States average of 3.3, Springfield is about the same size. Also, benchmarked against the state of Georgia, family members per housing unit of 3.4, Springfield is only about 2.4% smaller.
Figure 29 show the median number of rooms in a typical home for each location in this area. it has a Median Number of Rooms of 5.5 which is the second smallest when ranked by average number of rooms in a house of all the other places in the local area. The city with the highest average number of rooms in a house in the area is Guyton which shows an average number of rooms in a house of 6.0 (9.1% larger). Figure 30 shows, for the average house in each location, the median year that a house was built. This can be useful for understanding the relative age of one neighborhood versus another for a real estate investor. it has a Median Year Built of 1983 which is the second smallest as measured by year built of all the other places in the metro area. The city with the highest year built in the area is Hardeeville which depicts a year built of 2011 ( only slightly larger).
Figure 31 looks at the distribution of housing units by the median age that the homes were built. has the percentage of homes built between 2010 to 2013 the second smallest as measured by homes built in 2014 or later of all the other places in the metro area at 14% of the total. Second, it has in the center range of other places in the metro area as measured by homes built between 2000 to 2009 at 22% of the total. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of homes built between 1990 to 1999 at 17% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Bloomingdale with 23%. Also, it has the largest proportion of homes built between 1980 to 1989 at 14% of the total and is ranked #1. In addition, it has one of the largest proportions of homes built between 1970 to 1979 at 15% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Oliver with 16%.
Figure 32 shows the difference in the number of housing units based on whether they are occupied by owners versus occupied by renters. has the percentage of owner housing units in the center range of other places in the area at 632 of the total.
Figure 33 shows the difference in the number of housing units based on whether they are occupied by owners or renters. it has the largest proportion of one unit attached at 5% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of 2 units at 7% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has the largest proportion of 10 to 19 units at 6% of the total and is ranked #1. Also, it has in the mid point range of other places in the local area in terms of 50 or more units at 7% of the total.
Figure 34 shows the median value of homes broken down by the median year that the homes were built. has the percentage of value of homes built 2010 to 2013 the second smallest in terms of value of homes built 2014 or later of all the other places in the local area at $115,600 of the total. Second, it has less than most other places in the local area in order of value of homes built 2000 to 2009 at $109,800 of the total. Third, it has the second smallest as measured by value of homes built 2014 or later of all the other places in the surrounding region when sorted by value of homes built 1990 to 1999 at $107,500 of the total. Also, it has one of the largest proportions of value of homes built 1980 to 1989 at $143,800 of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Bloomingdale ($150,000), and #1 Port Wentworth ($151,700) are larger. In addition, it has in the center range of other places in the local area in terms of value of homes built 1970 to 1979 at $118,500 of the total. Furthermore, it has one of the largest proportions of value of homes built 1960 to 1969 at $150,000 of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Hardeeville with $225,000.
Figure 35 compares the total number of occupied housing units to vacant housing units. This analysis can be used to understand any housing shortage in the community. has the smallest proportion of occupied housing units at 3% of the total.
The next two charts show both the average household size of homeowners versus the average household size of renters. Starting with Figure 36 we see the household size of homeowners for Springfield residents. it has a Owner-Household Size of 2.4 which is less than most other places in the greater region. The city with the highest homeowner household size in the area is Guyton which depicts a homeowner household size of 3.2 (33.9% larger).
Figure 37 shows the household size for renters. Springfield depicts it has a Renter-Household Size of 2.6 which is the third most renter household sizes of all other places in the greater Springfield region. The city with the highest renter household size in the area is Oliver which depicts a renter household sizes of 3.5 (37.6% larger). Figure 38 shows the year that people who own homes moved into this region. has the percentage of owners moved in 2015 to 2016 less than most other places in the metro area at 18% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of owners moved in 1990 to 1999 at 17% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Oliver (21%), and #1 Bloomingdale (24%) are larger. Figure 39 shows the year that people who rent moved into the area. Springfield has one of the largest proportions of renters moved in 2017 or later at 35% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Bloomingdale (36%), and #1 Oliver (39%) are larger. Second, it has the largest proportion of renters moved in 1990 to 1999 at 1% of the total and is ranked #1.
Figure 40 compares the median year that home owners moved into their home. it has a Owner Median Year Moved In of 2006 which is less than most other places in the area. Figure 41 compares the median year that renters moved into their home. Springfield shows it has a Renter Median Year Moved In of 2014 which is less than most other places in the metropolitan area.
Figure 42 shows the frequency distribution of various types of energy sources used for homes in the community. has the percentage of home using bottled, tank, or lp gas less than most other places in the greater region at 87% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of homes using coal or coke at 0% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has the largest proportion of homes using solar energy at 1% of the total and is ranked #1.
The next two charts show the number of people living in group quarters and includes temporary as well permanent housing which may be run by the Springfield housing department, Georgia department, or other housing authority or public housing agency. beginning with Figure 43 which shows the total number of people. Springfield depicts it has a Total In Group Quarters of 318 which is the most of all places in the greater Springfield region.
Figure 44 shows the percentage of people who are living in group quarters to the total population for Springfield residents (these may include colleges and jails but also community centers for homelessness or that require a housing choice voucher which are run by certain nonprofits or an affordable housing department.) Springfield has the largest proportion of number of people under 18 years of age and in group quarters at 100% of the total and is ranked #1.
Springfield, Georgia Housing Data
Figure 1: Springfield, GA Area Total Housing Units
Figure 2: Springfield, GA Housing Density (Houses per Sq. Mile)
Figure 5: Rental Homes in Springfield, GA
Figure 6: Owned Homes in Springfield, GA
Figure 7: Springfield, GA Median Home Prices
Figure 8: Springfield, GA Median Monthly Rent Amounts
Figure 9: Springfield, GA Home Price Distribution
Figure 10: Springfield, GA Median Monthly Owner Cost
Figure 14: Springfield, GA Median Monthly Owner Cost with Mortgage
Figure 15: Springfield, GA Median Monthly Owner Cost without Mortgage
Figure 16: Distribution of Monthly Owner Costs in Springfield, GA
Figure 19: Springfield, GA Rent as a percent of Household Income
Figure 20: Monthly Housing Cost for Owners or Renters in Springfield, GA
Figure 21: Springfield, GA Median Annual Real Estate Taxes Paid
Figure 22: Springfield, GA Utilities Included with amenities or Excluded in Rent
Figure 23: Springfield, GA Monthly Median Rent Rates
Figure 24: Springfield, GA Monthly Median Rent Rates by Size of Rental in Bedrooms
Figure 25: Springfield, GA Detailed Mortgage Status
Figure 26: Springfield, GA Houses With vs. Without a Mortgage
Figure 27: Average Household Size in Springfield, GA
Figure 28: Average Family Size in Springfield, GA
Figure 30: Springfield, GA Median Year House Built
Figure 31: Springfield, GA Year that House Built Distribution
Figure 32: Number of Owners vs. Renters in Springfield, GA and Area
Figure 33: Springfield, GA Area Housing Types
Figure 34: Springfield, GA Median Home Value By Year Structure Built
Figure 35: Occupied and Vacant Housing units in Springfield, GA
Figure 37: Springfield, GA Renter Household Size
Figure 42: Springfield, GA Fuel Used to Heat Home
Figure 44: Springfield, GA Population in Group Quarters
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There is a tendency when writing an introduction to write about past research in a list. I see it in undergraduate papers, master's theses, dissertations, manuscripts I review, and yes, published articles. It is not necessarily incorrect, nor is it terrible writing. However, it is another area where you can move to intentional writing, working harder as the author to make the reading easier for others. It is easier to write a list of past research, but it is easier to read a summary of past work that integrates across studies. Undergraduate students are more likely to have one paragraph or so per study, and writers with more experience tend to have a sentence or so per study. The sentences are often linked with phrases like "similarly," "in contrast," or "other work has also found." But nevertheless, the writer leaves the work of drawing connections to the reader. When a writer does the integrative work for the reader, the reader can quickly arrive at the big picture of past work, and see how it relates to the authors' own ideas.
College students are more likely to drink, and drink more heavily, on their 21st birthday compared to other days (Smith, Bogle, Talbott, Grant, & Castillo, 2006). Rutledge, Park, and Sher (2008), in a more representative study, found similar increases in drinking on 21st birthdays. Neal and Fromme (2007) found that alcohol use was elevated on holidays like New Year's Eve, as well as on football weekends. Similarly, Del Boca, Darkes, Greenbaum, and Goldman (2004) found that alcohol use increases on New Year's Eve and other holidays. Other researchers have also found elevated rates of drinking on Halloween and St. Patrick's Day (Glindemann, Wiegand, & Geller, 2007). Another event with higher rates of drinking is Spring Break (Patrick, Morgan, Maggs, & Lefkowitz, 2011). Grekin, Sher, and Krull (2007) found that increased drinking during Spring break occurred only when students were with friends.
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Best Marvel Games for Android in 2020
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Marvel cinematic universe is very popular due to the superheroes such as Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, Guardians of the Galaxy and Hulk. There are many good Marvel games out there which allow you to play with these characters and we will tell you about these games. In this guide, we will share the best Marvel games for Android in 2020.
Marvel Battle Lines
Marvel Battle Lines is one of the best Marvel games out there. It is basically an RPG style game that also features the gacha elements. In the game, you will recruit your heroes from the roaster of over 300 characters from the Marvel universe and use them for combat. The game also comes with campaign mode as well as online PvP mode where you will be up against the best players around the world. It is free to play but it does come with the in-app purchase option.
Contest of Champions is one of the most popular Marvel games out there. In the game, you will collect the Marvel heroes and use them to battle with the bad guys. The game comes with an online multiplayer mode where you will fight against the other players around the world and the campaign mode. Moreover, the combat system in the game is not very great but it is decent and if you are a slow learner then it will suit you. You can download the game for free with in-app purchases.
Marvel Future Fight is one of the best Marvel games out there. It is basically an action RPG game where you will be collecting characters from the Marvel universe and battle them against the bad guys. The gameplay is fun and faster-paced mechanics in the gameplay is a nice touch. Overall, it is fun to play. You can play the game for free but it does come with in-app purchases.
Marvel Puzzle Quest
Marvel Puzzle Quest is another very popular Marvel games out there. In the game, you will have access to more than 185 heroes and villains from the Marvel universe and you will have to make a perfect strategy to win. The game comes with a variety of games including magic; the gathering, adventure time and Marvel. You will have to match the symbols in order to deal withthe combat magic. It also comes with weekly, daily and monthly events that you can use to earn extra rewards.
Marvel Strike Force
Marvel Strike Force is one of the better Marvel games out there. It is basically RPG game which comes with old gacha elements just like the other Marvel games out there. In the game, you will have access to characters from the Marvel cinematic universe and you will use them to battle the bad guys. The graphics of the game are also good. You can get the game for free but it comes with in-app purchases.
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From his first visit to later odysseys the Scottish Highlands truly inspires Ross. Through his descriptions of northern castles, lochs, hills and glens, is a unique view of the dramatic Highlands of Scotland, and the emotions it creates, and delivers a deep and thoughtful collection of scenic, personal and journeyman poetry.
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This poetry collection is fundamentally a poet's love letter to the Scottish Highlands, its beauty, geography, history and its people. In this book, which celebrates 25 years of travel and exploration of the Highland landscape, the poet has woven a wide ranging thesis, at its face at times a travel guide and memoir of moments, time and places, and at another level, as is the poet's calling, a more profound and deeper analysis of time, journeys and the evaluation of self.
It is a collection from a writer who understands the need to question himself and ponder the answers, as he believes the pathways to growth and personal understanding can be found there.
There is no denying the profound impact of the Scottish Highlands on the writer, from his early days and first visits right through to later odysseys through a landscape he has grown to love and has changed with him across the years. Through his descriptions of northern castles, lochs, hills and glens, the poet has found a unique view of the dramatic Highlands of Scotland, and the emotions it creates, and delivers a deep and thoughtful collection of scenic, personal and journeyman poetry. The book clearly highlights a true and enduring love for a people and place, the wonder of unparalleled locations, and a poet's roaming pilgrimages though a breath-taking land.
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Jeremie Bowles – 17th January 2020
A thoughtful and searching journey that has been over two decades in the making. Ross Lane shares his memories of the Highlands in his latest poetry work, capturing the imagery and timbre of the region like no other. A joy to read that takes you to the loch-shores and mountains of Caledonia.
Depesh Nathwani – 13th January 2020
Ross Lane is a great writer and has a way with words that bring it to life. Great read!!!
Raj Guliati – 13th January 2020
The writer (Ross Lane) easily navigates the path from the human soul to the consciousness. The words are thoughtful and thought inspiring.
Mark Jefferies – 13th January 2020
Ross Lane brings a lyrical intensity to the commonplaces of shared thought and language to crystallise the truth of things.
Peter Wortley – 13th January 2020
Ross Lane's work never fails to inspire deep thought.
As a heathen engineer, fairly new to the world of poetry, I am fascinated by the way Ross combines powerful imagery and beautiful language to capture the imagination of the reader and reveal his innermost feelings and thoughts.
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Ross Lane was born in the Cynon Valley in 1975. Educated at Aberdare Boy's Comprehensive School and later the University Of Glamorgan where he obtained a BA (Hons) in English Literature, History, Philosophy & Psychology. As an avid creative he has been involved in many performance types from orchestras, swing bands, rock ensembles, short film and movie production both from a writing and performance perspective.He now lives In Cardiff Bay.
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The Wing and Wang of Business continues
Sam's Club's opening last week in Fayetteville was indeed the biggest retail/business opening in the City of Seven Hills in quite some time. Some folks—the Chamber of Commerce and our Mayor – seemed well in character about the development.
Fayetteville's city coffers are down from the loss of sales tax revenue to what some attribute to the new Pinnacle retail centers in Benton County. Now Fayetteville city fathers are welcoming the boost that the new Sam's Club will bring in its move from Springdale.
Folks in the Hub of All Things Chicken, however, will be bemoaning the loss and blame some of it on their former state Senator "Jesus Jim" Holt, as many smugly call the fundamentalist Christian who works as a self-imposed regulator of all things sinful including Sam's Club desire to of sell bottled spirits in Chickendale. The new Sam's Club is being touted as a "greener" business in terms of energy savings. The Mayor of the City of 7 Hills was beside himself, even comparing the Sam's Club opening to the opening of the city's state of the art library. OK.
As Fayetteville business types were puffing out their
chests over the new Sam's Club's, Fuddrucker's, near the NWA Mall suddenly closed. Fuddrucker's and Chamber folks seemed quick to point out that traffic easements to reach the restaurant were difficult. Too bad that argument does not hold water since just less than a stone's throw from Fuddrucker's now empty building sits at least three of the top 10 performing restaurants in ALL of Fayetteville—Olive Garden, Noodle's and Logan's Roadhouse can easily be seen from Fuddrucker's parking lot. On the other hand, the folks at Restaurant on the Corner have got to be happy about having a new Sam's Club just down the block. That rambling one-story building has survived for decades now, serving as many different restaurants.
Well so much for excuses. The money should be rolling in in the next few weeks thanks to the back-to-back home football games with Kentucky and North Texas, and Bikes, Blues and BBQ all staring us right in the economic pocketbook. Ah, fall in Fayetteville. Don't you love it?
CELL FLAGPOLE
It's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's a cell flagpole. Well get ready, one of the new looks for those giant cell towers is to emulate a large flagpole. But will the flagpole cell tower have a flag? Why don't all cell towers just look like old water towers? Or a giant birdhouse? We've seen the looks-like-a pine/fir/evergreen tree concept for a cell
Tower, which looks, well, as fake as every other thing masquerading as a cell tower.
PICKIN' TIME
The Fayetteville Advertising and Promotion Commission is massing proposals for its next big contracts for promotion. The Sells Clark
firm, with office in Fayetteville and Little Rock, now have the deal and are making the pitch to continue. Local firms in the mix are The C3Group, The Butterfield Group, and Taylor Mack. Where are all the
bigger groups? Maybe the Fayetteville budget isn't that big after all?
BANKING ON BASEBALL
Daddy W. had to ponder the other day about Arvest playing ball with the
Springdale city folks and the new minor league baseball club, is ARVest the bank of baseball? What happened to all those new aggressive banks and bankers in Springdale? How did they get thrown out at homeplate by the Bentonville based bank? And does Arvest have the baseball club's banking? What about city hall? Is Arvest their bank of choice now?
I-MILLION
Yup, it didn't take long, but the new $600 I-phones have sales that reached that magical number – 1 million. And while the competition is scrambling to develop another nifty device to compete with the I-phone, more and more and more American's are plunking down the big bucks for this cute, little new gadget.
CURE PRICES
Way back yonder, within the last year, Daddy W. predicted $80 oil. Some laughed. Well last week those who hold their conferences in Vienna to
escape the desert heat were laughing all the way to the bank while American's pay $3 a gallon for gas. Crude oil, once a stable of East Texas wealth at $25 a barrel, topped $80 a barrel. Corn growers unite,
something has to stop this meteoric ride toward $90 a barrel. Daddy says prices will reach that plateau within two years.
A notable vigil will be at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 7 on the steps of the Fayetteville Town Center. The vigil will draw attention to the lack of awareness about mental illness in our community. Come out and get informed on about this cause. You might be surprised to learn just how much these often treatable conditions are affecting the workplace and economic well being of NWA.
LAWSUIT LOOMING?
The proposal of a Tax Increment Financing District in Johnson has lawsuit written all over it. Which school district is going to be willing to let a TIF appear in Johnson – none – that's the answer. The Fayetteville School District has already been duped by the TIF on the EMPTY HOLE in downtown and Springdale Schools are facing a tax shortfall for the next few years. This Johnson TIF has to be a dead duck. Surely smarter heads will prevail.
Did anyone notice that out of the 148 National Merit Semifinalists in our state – many reside in NWA. Little Rock Central High had the most in the state at 17, just one more than Fayetteville High in the number two spot. Other NWA numbers: Har-Ber High, four; Bentonville, four; Rogers three; Farmington, two; and HAAS Hall, the Charter School, one.
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Oklahoma governor signs nation's strictest abortion ban. It starts immediately
Carmen Forman
Oklahoman
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma on Wednesday implemented the strictest anti-abortion law in the nation, giving the country a preview of a possible post-Roe future.
Gov. Kevin Stitt signed legislation to prohibit most abortions beginning at fertilization.
Stitt signed House Bill 4327 that allows private citizens to sue anyone who "aids or abets" a woman seeking an abortion at any point in her pregnancy. The woman pursuing the procedure could not be sued.
In a statement, Stitt said he was proud to sign the legislation.
"From the moment life begins at conception is when we have a responsibility as human beings to do everything we can to protect that baby's life and the life of the mother," Stitt said.
DOCTOR:Oklahomans, Texans now comprise majority of patients at Kansas abortion clinic
The law that took effect immediately and openly flouts longstanding abortion protections established by the U.S. Supreme Court has limited exceptions for medical emergencies, rape and incest.
Under the law from Rep. Wendi Stearman, R-Collinsville, Oklahoma will become the first state in the nation where nearly all abortions are prohibited. In 2021, 5,950 abortions were performed in the state.
Representatives from Oklahoma's four abortion clinics said they would stop, if they had not already, terminating pregnancies immediately upon HB 4327 taking effect.
"Today, for the first time in nearly 50 years, abortion is illegal - at every stage of pregnancy - in an American state," said Emily Wales, interim president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains. "People who can become pregnant now have fewer rights and fewer protections in Oklahoma than in any other state in the union.
"Legislators who, in overwhelming numbers, cannot become pregnant have just made lesser citizens of those who can."
WHAT WE KNOW:Oklahoma's new abortion ban is the strictest in the nation
Abortion rights groups plan to sue
Abortion providers and reproductive rights groups have vowed to challenge the law in court where they are suing over two other anti-abortion laws Stitt signed this year.
Center for Reproductive Rights Senior Legal Counsel Rabia Muqaddam said providers will ask the Oklahoma Supreme Court to issue a temporary injunction to halt enforcement of the "blatantly unconstitutional" law.
"We are facing a period of time where abortion will be inaccessible .. and it's just unspeakable that anyone would pass a law to circumvent constitutional rights," she said last week.
POLL:Most Oklahoma voters don't want total abortion ban Gov. Kevin Stitt signed
But Texas-style abortion bans have proved difficult to stop in the courts, namely because of the civil enforcement piece that makes the laws so unique.
With the U.S. Supreme Court indicating it is likely to overturn Roe v. Wade, providers are preparing for abortion access to become a patchwork of regulations across the nation with conservative states like Oklahoma mostly outlawing the procedure.
Oklahoma became a refuge for many Texans seeking an abortion after the Lone Star State implemented a six-week ban in September.
Now, many Oklahomans will have to travel out of state for the procedure and Texans may have to travel even farther, said Wales, of Planned Parenthood Great Plains.
For some, travel simply won't be possible, she said.
"Telling people now, 'can you get to Kansas City? Can you get to Denver?' That is going to be overwhelming to many of the people we serve, and the impact on their lives is indescribable because this care is time sensitive and critical for a reason," Wales said. "The impact will be real and felt immediately by the people we serve."
Oklahomans overwhelmingly support life, Gov. Kevin Stitt says
Before taking office, Stitt vowed to sign all anti-abortion bills that advanced to his desk — a promise he has kept.
"I represent all 4 million Oklahomans, and the majority overwhelmingly support life in our state." Stitt said in a recent interview.
December polling from an Oklahoma City firm shows less than one-third of Oklahomans want a total ban on abortion.
Stitt said anti-abortion bills pass with overwhelmingly support from the Oklahoma Legislature, where Republicans hold supermajorities in both chambers.
He also noted the state is investing in resources for pregnant women through the Oklahoma Health Department, nonprofits and churches.
"We want to be the No. 1 state in supporting crisis pregnancies" Stitt said. "We want to love the mother, we want to love the child, we want to have adoption services."
New Oklahoma abortion ban includes limited exceptions
The law makes an exception for abortions necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman experiencing a medical emergency.
However, some doctors have said that exception is vague and unclear.
Physicians will have to decide how sick a woman must get before they intervene, all with the threat of a possible lawsuit hanging over their heads, said Oklahoma City OB-GYN Dr. Dana Stone.
The law is unlikely to stop abortion, it will just force women to seek out unsafe abortions. It's "disturbing' to think about some of the risks women might take to end an unwanted pregnancy, she said.
Stone also expects the law will worsen Oklahoma's high maternal mortality rates.
"We have a high maternal mortality rate in the United States, higher than other developed countries by far," she said. "Oklahoma has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in our country, and I think this is just going to be very dangerous for women."
Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, who opposes abortion, dismissed concerns that the law creates uncertainty for physicians.
"Medical doctors are still empowered to make that decision on what constitutes a risk to the life of the mother," he said.
"All of our rights end when we do harm to someone else, and we believe strongly that that life of the unborn child is another life that deserves protection."
The law also includes an exception for victims of rape and incest if they report the crime to law enforcement.
Senate Minority Leader Kay Floyd, D-Oklahoma City, said it's not a legitimate exception because the majority of rape and sexual assault victims don't go to law enforcement for help.
"The odds of a sexual assault victim, a rape victim going straight to law enforcement is low," she said. "It's not realistic. That's not how it works out in the real world. Medical attention is often the first thing that they seek."
Oklahoma also has a "trigger" law on the books that would take effect if the nation's high court overturns longstanding abortion protections.
If the court's majority opinion changes from a draft opinion leaked this month, then state lawmakers might pass additional anti-abortion measures in an upcoming special session, Treat said.
The "trigger" law would take effect if the court overturns Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, but new anti-abortion legislation may be needed if the court doesn't go that far, he said.
"Depending on what that decision actually says, we may have to come in and act accordingly," Treat said. "If it's as (the opinion) was leaked, we're in extremely good shape."
The Legislature could add anti-abortion issues to the special session agenda if the idea gets support from two-thirds of lawmakers in both chambers.


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Geo Super will be the official broadcaster for the Pakistan Super League Season 4. The official media right holders for the PSL Season 4, Blitz Advertising & Techfront have entered into a rights agreement with GEO Super. The sub-licensing deal grants GEO Super exclusive PSL broadcast rights it the territory of Pakistan.
Ahsan Idris, GEO Super CEO, hailed the deal a "big day for us". He said that the company had an old association with the PCB and they had also purchased these rights in 2016.
Ahsan said the PSL has become the second big league of the world due to marketing and managing team of the Pakistan Cricket Board. He said their sharing and partnership with the Geo Sports will lead this league to the new destinations of successes.
Overall, the PSL has secured a whopping 358% rise in their new broadcast deal. The new deal, which was announced earlier, was won by the combine of Blitz Advertising & Techfront for $36 Million for a four-year cycle from 2019 to 2022. The new contract includes both TV and digital streaming rights for the league.
Pakistan's national broadcaster PTV and Ten Sports were among the five bidders, Pakistan Cricket Board had confirmed in a media release earlier. Blitz Advertising & Techfront combine outbid the other rivals with a record $36 million commitment.
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Meanwhile, the Pakistan Super League will begin from 14 February. The reigning champions Islamabad United will lock horns with Lahore Qalandars in Dubai and would like to begin their title defence on a high. In 2019 edition, 26 PSL matches will be hosted by Dubai whereas as many as eight matches will be played in Pakistan. It is a great deal for the Pakistan Super League and it would certainly help the Pakistan Cricket.


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Basketball Development
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Men's Basketball / December 22, 2014
Fran McCaffery Post Game Transcript
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Q. You talked about the free throw line. Obviously you were outstanding there.
COACH McCAFFERY: You know, we try to be outstanding there every night in terms of getting there. You don't always go 26 for 28. We wanted to get there. We wanted to throw it inside, drive the ball. This is a tremendously talented team, incredibly well coached team. I really think they can win that league. I watched every game they've played. They don't go away. They just keep coming. They've got shot makers, they've got drivers, post players, a good player that didn't play. So they're going to be really good. So we felt like we had to grind it a little bit more, go inside, go off the dribble, get them in a little bit of foul trouble and make sure we were going to bonus late when they start fouling. You got the lead, you have to be able to step up there, got two shots.
Q. Josh got some threes. Can you discuss his defense the second half.
COACH McCAFFERY: His defense is usually really good. I've said that before. It was really good. When they start running all that ball screen stuff, they do a really good job with it, okay? Ball screen rollover plays, rescreen, flip screen, on the side, in the middle. It creates a lot of decisions that your other players have to make. We try to simplify it and say that, Okay, whoever is involved in the ball screen, those two guys are guarding that action, we're staying home on the other guys. In the first half we kept helping, which is normally what you do, if the guy turns the corner. He got going. The upsetting thing was he hit five last game, he hit five the game before that, then he hit six. Obviously, if he gets six more in the second half, we're going to have a hard time winning. They still made 12. Usually if you look at that number and say, His team made 12 threes, you ain't winning. We out rebounded them, we turned them 20 times, and we shared the ball. A lot of guys stepped up.
Q. Is it puzzling in any way your team shot 38%, but you made 26 of 28 free throws? It's all shooting. Does it compute in your mind how that happens?
COACH McCAFFERY: We got tentative in that one stretch I thought offensively. We start the second half, we got a stop, don't get a score. Get a really good look at it, doesn't go in. Made a couple shots, they get going a little bit. That was disappointing, because then we got tentative with our offense. We turned some shots down, then forced the ball. We had three or four just goofy turnovers. Gabe throws it out of bounds. Woody throws it to the other guy. The other one, I forget who threw it right at Pete's feet, goes out of bounds. You got to keep them down, come down on defense, get a shot. So I think it's a combination of things. But we got to do a better job. We've got to get stops at the start of the second half. We can't give, what did they shoot in the second half, 50 some percent, 52 percent. If you look at our four losses, it was I think 57 percent in the second half we gave up. If you take out the Syracuse game, I think it's 60, 62. That's hard to win. So it's something we're really trying to address. Like I said, there's ways to do it. You address what you do defensively and offensively. Run more sets, change personnel. Do you change the defense? Do you press more? Do you zone more, whatever? Those are all things we're trying to figure out. But when it's all said and done, those guys just have to compete and get stops and grind the offense. If we don't score, run back and grind it defensively so that they don't score, 'cause that's what the real good teams do.
Q. You got Peter in the starting lineup. How do you feel like he did?
COACH McCAFFERY: I thought he was great. He was aggressive. I thought he played within himself. I thought he was active defensively. I was really, really pleased with him. Clemmons obviously had a sprained ankle coming in. When he sprained his ankle, it was the other one, so now he's got two sprained ankles.
Q. Pretty impressive, five steals.
COACH McCAFFERY: His energy level I really thought was what was the difference in the game. He was all over the glass, he was all over the floor. What we kept doing on the bench was recognizing his energy level. We got to get him out, even if it's for a minute, get him out, put him back in, get him out, put him back in. What did he play? 32 minutes. I think Aaron White is a 30 to 34 minute player. When he does that, he's great. If I start playing him 36 to 38 minutes, I think that's too much.
Q. Coach was in here and actually gave sort of an analysis of what he thinks your team needs. He noticed in body language if your shooters miss shots they get down. What can you do about that to fix that? Do you think that's accurate?
COACH McCAFFERY: Well, yeah, it's accurate. He's a really good coach. He's been around. I've known him a long time. He's done a terrific job there. I guarantee, he's watched every one of our games probably twice. So he is qualified to make those remarks. But, I mean, so are you. You've seen it. I think in particular with guys that know they're really good shooters that aren't making shots, they tend to (hang head low). All I ask you to do is keep battling defensively, don't turn it over, and make sure you take good shots. I tell them to keep shooting. We set those guys up. So I keep coming to you. I don't take the green light off you. But don't start hunting shots, don't start driving into packs of people and turning it over, don't become something you're not. At some point you got to step up and make shots, like what Josh and Pete both did tonight.
Q. Gabe played seven and a half minutes straight in the second half. His stamina is good. Conversely, Adam got a little sideways for probably the second game in a row.
COACH McCAFFERY: Adam in the first half was a force defensively. Eight rebounds. He had impact on this game. He got a little tentative with the ball. What Adam is trying to do is make sure that he makes a good play. If he gets a tenacious offensive rebound, he doesn't see the weak side guy coming, make sure that guy doesn't get blocked, shot fake it, got to the free throw line early twice. Get some payback off of that energy and throw the ball out to our best shooter. That's what he was trying to do it when he turned it over. Gabe ran the floor, he rim protected. Woody, like I said, impacted the game. What he's going to do, he has to play with the swagger he usually plays with. Be an energy guy, rebounder, defender. Shoot your face up jumper. No dipsy doodle jump hooks from 12 feet. That's not his game. His game is power, impact with his energy and his toughness, and he'll be fine.
Q. Eight days till you open Big Ten play. What will the schedule be like?
COACH McCAFFERY: They're going home for a couple days. I think we get them back here on the 26th.
Q. How do you feel about your team right now done with non conference play?
COACH McCAFFERY: I feel good. I feel good about where we are health wise. I think we'll get Clemmons healthy. He'll be healthy. We're getting a lot of productivity from a lot of people. Our defense has been good. It's got to be better in the second half against good teams. Every team we play from here on is really good. So we got to address that. Does that mean we change defenses more, whatever, we'll think about that.
Q. It's a little early, but do you see yourself keeping Pete in the starting lineup at this point?
COACH McCAFFERY: Not sure yet. Not sure yet. I would feel comfortable doing it. I like having Clemmons coming in. He can play either spot.
Q. Regarding the Big Ten, it's been an interesting non conference season with a lot of unusual losses. You didn't suffer any of those. Can you give a big picture analysis of where your team fits in that picture?
COACH McCAFFERY: I think that's a very hard question to answer. I think what will unfold is what unfolds. I don't know if you want to overanalyze those scores. It's not typical, right? I would agree to that. We pride ourselves into really competing. We amped up our non conference schedule. There's no question about it. We were ready to go. I thought we'd have one or two more wins probably at least, but I have tremendous respect for the people who beat us, okay? They were really good. We had a signature road win. When you schedule Hampton, very good chance to win their league. When you schedule Pepperdine, very good chance they're going to win their league. When you schedule North Florida, very good chance they're going to win the Atlantic Sun. Their RPIs are all up. Hopefully that's going to help us and pay dividends down the road. As far as it relates to the conference, it's not like you look at somebody and say because they lost to a team they're not what we thought they were. Top to bottom, this league is going to be brutal. You look at Penn State, they're 12 1. Maryland, people don't really know what to make of them. They're beating people with Dez Wells out, their best player. That team, they're a top 15 team for a reason. That's what our league is. We got some new people. So sometimes you slip up. You lose in overtime. But won't change how we prepare, how we think.
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