While Boulder isn't exactly known for water, look just beyond the city's boundaries, and a world of adventure reveals itself. And there's no better way to take advantage of the last blast of summer to explore the region's hills and plains by stand-up paddleboard. Even if you've scurried around these parts for years, you might not have checked out your familiar haunts from the perspective of a SUP. Open your eyes and mind, and you'll delight in the sheer diversity of paddling options—from sleepy neighborhood reservoirs to stunning alpine lakes.
Here, some of the best places to SUP around Boulder, all beckoning for exploration as the sun sets on summer.
In the morning, Boulder Reservoir is so smooth you can see every ripple.
If you don't have your own board, you can rent on on-site. Rocky Mountain Paddleboard sets up a tent in the morning and afternoon on the shore at Hobie Haven, right by the crew boats. (After Labor Day, they're there all day until mid-October.) Just past Hobie Haven, the reservoir boathouse rents paddleboards throughout the day until Labor Day. Boathouse rentals have to stay in the no-wake zone; Rocky Mountain Paddleboard lets you go farther afield.
To get to the reservoir from Boulder, take the Diagonal Highway (CO 119) east to Jay Road. Turn left on Jay, then immediately right onto 51st Street. The entrance to the reservoir will be on your right after 2.3 miles. Once you pass the entrance gate, continue along the road past the swim beach and concession building to get to Hobie Haven and the boathouse.
The entry fee to the reservoir is $6.25 per vehicle from Memorial Day to Labor Day; after that, it's free (no dogs allowed). If you bring your own paddleboard, you'll need a boat permit (boards are actually considered boats), which is available on-site and costs $40 annually. A quick inspection is required each time you come to the reservoir with your board.
Insider Tip: Hit the res first thing in the morning for silky smooth waters and solitude. The wind sometimes picks up in the afternoon.
Gross Reservoir's 11 miles of shoreline are a joy to explore.
Mention Gross Reservoir to a longtime local and the response might be, "I didn't know you could SUP there." Well, you can—and it's a dream. At 440 acres, Gross is less than two-thirds the size of Boulder Reservoir, yet feels huge thanks to 11 miles of shoreline, with long skinny fingers begging to be explored. Rocky outcroppings tumble down to the water's edge, creating scenery so stunning, you'll want to paddle along every nook and cranny of the shore. Northwest of the dam, look for high-peak views.
To get to Gross, follow Flagstaff Road for 8 miles until it turns into Gross Dam Road. Turn left to get to the reservoir and follow signs for the Osprey Point boat launch on the south side (another 6 miles). Once afloat, you can paddle up a few fingers to the left. For a longer jaunt, head right toward the dam, then left up a long variegated shore. Boating season runs until September 30. Note: SUPs must be labeled with the owner's name, address, and phone, and paddlers must carry a wearable type 3 life jacket and a whistle or horn-sounding device. No swimming is allowed.
Insider Tip: This is an alpine lake, so weather can change fast. Avoid thunderstorms, which can kick up wicked winds. Before lightning strikes, head to shore.
The rugged Indian Peaks form a stunning backdrop for Brainard Lake.
To have the place to yourself, nab a campsite at Pawnee Campground and get up in the wee hours. Hit the lake at dawn and watch the early light creep up the mountains' flanks while the sun sets the eastern sky afire.
Brainard Lake is magical in dawn's early light.
Get to Brainard Lake from Highway 72 near Ward. The boat put-in is at the east end of the lake. You can stash your car in the short-term parking near the day use area to unload your boat, then park in the main lot. There is a $10 per vehicle fee to enter. The road to Brainard stays open until mid-October or when the snow flies.
Insider Tip: If you go on a weekend, reserve a campsite ahead of time. If you're more of a spontaneous type, head up on a weeknight and grab one of the first-come first-served spots. The campground is open until September 13; a site costs $19.
McIntosh Lake is a serene spot tucked in a sleepy neighborhood.
McIntosh Lake is an unexpected escape: a 256-acre lake tucked in a sleepy Longmont neighborhood, with stunning views of Mount Meeker and Longs Peak. This is the place to go for a serene paddle away from crowds. Cattails and wildlife habitat rim the shore, attracting an abundance of birds, including great blue herons, cormorants, ducks, red-tailed hawks, and the occasional bald eagle (no swimming allowed, however: If you fall off your board, you're supposed to get right back on).
Launch from one of the two boat ramps, one in Flanders Park on N. Shore Drive. To get there from Boulder, take the Diagonal Highway (CO 119) east to Airport Road and turn left. Turn right on 17th Avenue, left on Harvard Street, and then left on N. Shore Drive. Follow this for a half mile and park in the small parking lot on the left. From here, it's a short walk down a path to the shore.
The other boat ramp is in Dawson Park on Lakeshore Drive. Take the Diagonal Highway (CO 119) east to Airport Road and turn left. Turn left on Lakeshore Drive. Follow this for a half mile, park on the street at Dawson Park, and walk the path to the boat launch.
Insider Tip: Dawn and dusk are the best times to spot birds. Keep your eyes peeled along the shore, but avoid the northwest corner, which is buoyed off for wildlife.
If you need to rent a paddleboard to drive to one of these SUP stashes, visit Whitewater Tube Co. at 3600 Arapahoe. Full day rentals start when the shop opens at 10 am and are due back at 6 pm (or you can pick up your board between 5-6 pm the day before). Half-day rentals start at 11 and are due back at 5 Hint: If you're going somewhere farther afield (like Gross or Brainard), go for the full-day rental so you aren't rushed. Rocky Mountain Paddleboard can also set you up with a board and gear.


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Iceland: public expenditure on education 2003-2011
This statistic shows the total public expenditure on education in Iceland from 2003 to 2011. Such spending peaked for this period in 2008 when it reached 743.4 million PPP (Purchasing Power Standard).
Total public expenditure on education in Iceland from 2003 to 2011 (in million PPS)*
Expenditure in million PPS
2003 578.6
* PPS = Purchasing Power Standard. This is the name given by Eurostat to the artificial currency unit in which the Purchasing Power Parities (PPP) and real final expenditures for the EU 25 are expressed.
Information from the source: "Generally, the public sector funds education either by bearing directly the current and capital expenses of educational institutions (direct expenditure for educational institutions) or by supporting students and their families with scholarships and public loans as well as by transferring public subsidies for educational activities to private firms or non-profit organisations (transfers to private households and firms); both types of transactions together are reported as total public expenditure on education."
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Whilst most UK Googlers don't yet see much of a difference, in the US Google has made a few minor alterations to it's interface. Most of the time when you go to http://www.google.com whilst in the UK, you will be automatically redirected to http://www.google.co.uk – however you can get to the .com version using browser search boxes (most modern browsers now have an inbuilt tool at the top right allowing you to search from a selection of search engines). Here's a very brief comparison of the look'n'feel of the two main pages.
Optimising (or optimizing) images is one of the quickest and easiest ways to get the size of your web pages down. Not optimising images remains to be one of the most significant problems on the internet. Reducing image file size benefits all users, as well as for the increased popularity in mobile devices, making your site small in filesize will make it appear faster and more user-friendly: a better user experience after all.
Jakob Nielsen is a highly regarded usability expert. His recent Alertbox article (I'm sure he wouldn't want to call it a blog post) entitled Stop Password Masking, is certainly going to cause a stir in the web community. He proposes that masked passwords (when you type in a password field on the web it only shows bullets or asterisks), are essentially not user-friendly. I for one do not see the web community suddenly abandoning masked password fields. There's a familiarity with them, they're like PIN numbers on ATM cash machines.
Starting a website redesign project before establishing clear goals and objectives, is a bit like driving a 1987 Ford Fiesta through a mountain range with iffy brakes and no steering wheel. The road will be bumpy and before long you'll have a sore head and be rusting in the forecourt of a Little Chef. If you can't confidently answer 'Why bother?' then a web redesign is probably only the tip of your problems my friend.
Posted on 23rd June 2009 Categories Usability and designTags planning, project management, web design, webdesignLeave a comment on Web redesign: Why bother?
The latest article by Jakob Nielsen, the living legend of usability who publishes regularly on a web developers' treasure trove and graphic designers' nightmare of a website, declares the BBC News website as the epitome of great web writing. This is true, and a well established fact, that the headline writers at the BBC succinctly encapsulate a story in such clarity in the space of four words that viewing their RSS feed you never need to read a newspaper again (sort of). What I found more interesting though was the off hand reference to Ceefax as the historical evidence that the BBC has always been good at writing effectively and efficiently.
As well as a couple of simple steps to take to improve readability of sites (below), this is just a short post to flag up an article I found recently by Gail Diggs at GCD Marketing: When "Bad Writing" is Good. Essentially, the old rules of copy writing are "thrown out the window" because of the way that users read text on screen in short, scanning ways and are often impatient to find the next web page to read. This compared to the paper-based format of 'leisure reading'.
Jakob Nielsen is proclaimed as the guru of web usability, analysing and writing about usability and SEO methods any web designer, developer or author can apply to their site. He is both adored and panned by the web community for his insightful and informative, but hideously designed website*. Ranked very highly in the community, his work (when you ignore the shameless promotion of his pricey conferences, reports and books) quite often presents a particular argument followed by a very short counter-argument.
Web designers need to be more aware of the popularity of netbooks as cheap, low-tech, laptop notebooks. This popularity has suggested that a significant proportion of web users are quite happy with low-power processing (hence longer battery life) in order they can check their email and favourite websites on the move. This has spelt an end, or if not an end then a fork, in the ever increasing screensize theory.
Fixed width or full width websites?
I recently read an article on A List Apart called Fluid Grids. This got me thinking on how many websites use fixed width columns and how many used full window width to display content. Certainly when the web was young, the design of many websites (quite often personal web pages) were full width, expecially with the typical resolutions being 640×480 or 800×600 if you were lucky. The lack of screen space meant that to have any area dedicated to 'airy' white space would result in lines of text comprising three words. Since then, we've had more screen space to play with and then the dilemma of to fix or not to fix lurks around every corner.
Posted on 8th March 2009 Categories Usability and designTags fixed, fluid, web designLeave a comment on Fixed width or full width websites?


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Fast forward to 1994. Stephen Helper, Jack Viertel and Otis Sallid create a musical revue to celebrate Leiber and Stoller's work and open it in Los Angeles. The next year it moves to Broadway, where it lasts for 2,036 performances. Why? I'm not sure.
While the music is amazing, that's all there is to the show. There's no story, no plot – and there's not much characterization to build from or work with. So if watching a handful of talented performers sing and dance and shuffle quickly from one number to the next isn't your thing, this show isn't for you.
Luckily, director and choreographer Barbara F. Cullen brought together seven of the best and brightest performers from past Encore shows (plus one newbie) to tackle the project, and the result is a slick and enjoyable romp through the early rock 'n' roll years of the 1950s.
Fans of the show will likely notice Cullen's production is down one performer from what's called for in the "script." However, the show doesn't suffer in the least because of it. Instead, her version pairs the four men with the four women quite effectively – actually, any combination thereof works rather well – which often helps Cullen and her cast create some semblance of characters or storylines to work with.
Most notable is Brian E. Buckner, who seems to have the most fun. Usually working behind the scenes as The Encore's music director, Buckner's onstage energy is infectious. His skill as a performer is particularly outstanding in "D.W. Washburn," in which he portrays a down-on-his-luck drunk who refuses help from well-meaning charity workers. And to be honest, he steels focus away from Thalia Schramm who sings "Pearl's a Singer" while he plucks away at the piano keys with great animation.
Sebastian Gerstner, always a joy to watch on stage, shows off his dance skills in "Teach Me How to Shimmy," while the gospel-inspired "Saved" is knocked out of the park by Amy Smidebush, whose exceptional vocal range is put to good use in a handful of numbers. And if the toe-tapping all around me was an indication, her "Fools Fall in Love" ranks in the top two or three numbers of the night.
Each of the other performers – Fatima Poggi, Tony D. Owens Jr., Steve DeBruyne and Cara Manor – has a moment or two to shine as well.
Music accompaniment under the direction of Cheryl Van Duzen is flawless. So too are the many, many costumes by Sharon Larkey Urik.
And while the curvy and moveable staircases designed by Leo Babcock add a cool ambience to the stage, the faint music symbols sketched on them (and the back wall) look incomplete and smudgy, serving as more of a distraction than anything else.
So as entertaining as the musical numbers are, I left the first Saturday performance thinking something was missing from the production – and it's a feeling I've experienced with this show a handful of times before. Did the performers lack passion for this project, perhaps? Were they experiencing those infamous second-night blues? Or were the performers – many of whom are popular with regular patrons because of their abilities to create memorable characters on The Encore stage – simply constrained by the lack of meat the authors gave them to dig their acting chops into? Having observed and enjoyed much of their work since The Encore opened its doors a handful of years ago, I suspect the latter.
It's now 24 hours later, and I can't get Buckner's "Love Potion #9" out of my head. That, I'd say, is what every successful musical endeavors to do.


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PAINESVILLE, Ohio – The Lake Erie College women's basketball team will be in action tomorrow (January 30th) as they host Ohio Dominican at 1 P.M.
Storm Report: The Storm is on a hot streak as they have won their previous two games. The Storm has shot over 43% from behind the on arc on their winning streak, and most recently defeated Tiffin University.
Series History: The Storm have faced the Panthers 12 times in the past six years, and have a 6-6 record in the series.
Opposition Position: The Panthers are 14-5 overall and 9-4 in conference play, and they are coming off of a loss to Ashland.
Forecast: Lake Erie will be back in action Monday (Febuary 1st) when they host #3 ranked Ashland at 5:30 P.M.


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Events at the National Maritime Museum
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by Samuel McLean
The NMM's Curatorial and Research Department will be hosting the following conferences and events from April to July 2017:
The Society for Nautical Research Anderson Medal Award and Reception
The Society for Nautical Research awards the Anderson medal every year to the author who has written the best book on maritime history published during the previous year. This year it will be the Society's great pleasure to award the medal to James Goldrick, for his book Before Jutland: The Naval War in Northern European Waters, August 1914-February 1915.
The event will take place in the Lecture Theatre at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London SE10 9NF Arrival and refreshments from 16.30; presentation of the award and lecture at 18.00 followed by a reception. If you would like to attend please RSVP to ldejager@rmg.co.uk
Thursday, 20 April to Saturday, 22 April
Queen's House Conference: European Court Culture and Greenwich Palace, 1500-1750
Royal Museums Greenwich and the Society for Court Studies are pleased to announce a major international conference to mark the 400th anniversary year of the Queen's House, Greenwich. Designed by Inigo Jones in 1616 and completed in 1639, this royal villa is an acknowledged masterpiece of British architecture and the only remaining building of the 16th and 17th-century palace complex. Today the Queen's House lies at the centre of the World Heritage Site of Maritime Greenwich.
The site as a whole is often celebrated as quintessentially 'British' – historically, culturally and artistically. Yet the sequence of queens associated with the Queen's House and Greenwich more generally reflect a wider orientation towards Europe – from Anne of Denmark, who commissioned the House, to Henrietta Maria of France, Catherine of Braganza and Mary of Modena – in addition to Greenwich's transformation under the patronage of Tudor and Stuart monarchs. Located on the River Thames at the gateway to London and to England, royal residences at Greenwich served an important function in the early modern period as a cultural link with the continent, and in particular, with England's nearest neighbours in the Low Countries and France.
Conference themes include: Royal portraiture; 'Princely magnificence' and the design of royal spaces (such as the division between a King's and Queen's sides); dynastic links between the houses of Stuart, Orange, Bourbon, Wittelsbach (Palatinate), and Portugal; the history of Greenwich Palace as a royal residence and centre of power and culture; other areas patronized by the court, such as maritime exploration, scientific advances, prints, as represented by the Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Keynote lectures by Dr Susan Foister, National Gallery and Dr Simon Thurley, Institute of Historical Research
Booking form and programme: http://www.rmg.co.uk/see-do/exhibitions-events/queens-house-conference-2017
Hitler's Island
Jan Rüger talks about his new book Heligoland: Britain, Germany and the Struggle for the North Sea.
On 18 April 1947, British forces set off the largest non-nuclear explosion in history. The target was a small island in the North Sea, fifty miles off the German coast, which for generations had stood as a symbol of Anglo-German conflict: Heligoland. Drawing on a wide range of material, Jan Rüger explores how the two nations have collided and collaborated in this North Sea enclave. For much of the nineteenth century, this was Britain's smallest colony, an inconvenient and notoriously discontented outpost at the edge of Europe. Situated at the fault line between imperial and national histories, the island became a metaphor for Anglo-German rivalry once Germany had acquired it in 1890. Turned into a naval stronghold under the Kaiser and again under Hitler, it was fought over in both world wars. Heavy bombardment by the Allies reduced it to ruins, until the Royal Navy re-took it in May 1945. Returned to West Germany in 1952, it became a showpiece of reconciliation, but one that continues to wear the scars of the twentieth century.
Tracing this rich history of contact and conflict from the Napoleonic Wars to the Cold War, Heligoland brings to life a fascinating microcosm of the Anglo-German relationship. For generations this cliff-bound island expressed a German will to bully Britain; and it mirrored a British determination to prevent Germany from establishing hegemony on the Continent. Caught in between were the Heligolanders and those involved with them: spies and smugglers, poets and painters, sailors and soldiers.
Heligoland is the compelling story of a relationship which has defined modern Europe.
Arrival and refreshments from 18.30; talk at 19.00 followed by a reception. If you would like to attend please RSVP to: research@rmg.co.uk
http://www.rmg.co.uk/see-do/exhibitions-events/hitlers-island
Friday and Saturday, 21-22 July 2017
Conference: Mapping the past, exploiting the future: cartographies and understandings of the Arctic
Royal Museums Greenwich will host an interdisciplinary conference which aims to interrogate the processes and products of mapping the Arctic, to coincide with the opening of a major new exhibition, Death in the Ice: the shocking story of Franklin's final expedition, about John Franklin's voyage to look for a North-West Passage, and the searches for those involved which followed. At a moment when the story of Franklin's 1845 expedition is being exploited by various commercial and political interests, we seek to broaden and deepen our understanding of voyages of exploration, surveying and mapping practices, and their subsequent narration.
Keynote lecture by Professor Adriana Craciun, University of California, Riverside.
For more information and a draft programme contact research@rmg.co.uk
Dr Samuel McLean is the Social Media Editor for GMH. He completed his PhD at King's College London in 2017, and is an active member of the Canadian Nautical Research Society.
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OCP: The Guarantor of global food security, enters a new era of green investment under Royal guidance
By Asmae Tayane On Dec 3, 2022
HM King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Mostafa Terrab, Chairman and CEO of the OCP
The Cherifian Phosphates Office (OCP) has entered a new era with the presentation of the new Green Investment Program (2023-2027) and the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government and the Office regarding this program.
We are not dealing with a short-term work program, but rather with an integrated strategic program that supplements the work completed in the previous phase. Based on royal directives issued in 2012, the program allowed the group to establish a strong position in the fertilizer market, where fertilizer production capacities tripled, transforming the group into one of the world's largest producers and exporters of phosphate fertilizers.
The group relied on Polytechnic University Mohammed VI's (UM6P) research and development capacity to capitalize on the opportunities presented by new industrial and digital technologies, as well as to develop expertise in innovative techniques of sensible fertilization capable of meeting the challenges of sustainable agriculture and food security.
Following the success of the previous program, the new program is based on increasing fertilizer production capacities, with a commitment to carbon neutrality by 2040, relying on the unique potential of renewable energy and the Kingdom's achievements in this field, thanks to the wise leadership and vision of His Majesty the King, May God Assist Him.
The group hopes to provide green energy to all of its industrial facilities by 2027 by investing in solar and wind.
This carbon-free capacity will allow the supply of new sea water desalination facilities to meet the needs of the Community, as well as the supply of drinking and irrigation water to the areas surrounding the Cherifian Phosphates Office sites.
In the long run, these investments will allow the Group, which is the world's leading ammonia importer, to reduce its reliance on these imports by investing in the renewable energy chain, green hydrogen-ammoniac, which will permit it to enter the green fertilizer market with a vigor and composting solution tailored to the unique needs of different types of soil and agriculture.
This ambition will be reinforced through programs to support SMEs, as well as active enterprises in the energy and agriculture sectors, which will contribute to the emergence of an innovative national ecosystem, the creation of new jobs, and the professional integration of young people.
This new program, which aims to establish the OCP Group's global position, involved a total investment of 130 billion dirhams over the period 2023-2027 and aims to achieve up to 70% local integration, as well as support 600 Moroccan industrial enterprises and create 25,000 direct and indirect jobs.
The Cherifian Phosphates Office (OCP) has evolved into a national institution with international influence and power, concerned with global food security rather than just the African continent. Morocco succeeded in renting a real phosphate industry thanks to the Foundation's investment effort in the coming years, and most countries around the world are waiting for Moroccan fertilizers and phosphate derivatives to develop their agriculture, "It is simply a question of food security".
Despite its international success and development, this institution has maintained its "Moroccan" spirit in achieving African solidarity, as demonstrated by the millions of tons of fertilizer distributed to African countries as direct assistance to help meet the food shortage challenge faced by a number of countries.
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The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of gendered information (masculine and feminine) on sensory, hedonic, and familiarity ratings by Japanese female undergraduate students. Japanese green tea, Chinese sweet tea, and Chinese bitter tea were used. After listening to gendered information, participants tasted samples and scored them. The results showed that participants scored the samples of Japanese green tea as more aromatic, sweet, pleasant, and familiar when they were subjected to feminine rather than masculine information. Gendered information may influence on sensory, hedonic, and familiarity ratings.


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Make the 1 starfish by heating a Mod Melt stick in a mini high temp glue gun. Squeeze the hot melt into the mold and fill to the top. It will self level. Wait 7 min. and when cool pop out. Trim around the melt if you have any rough edges.
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Top 10 Best Selling Book Series
May 9, 2013 by Wendy
There is nothing better than curling up with a good book to read and even better if it is a book series so if you enjoyed the first there is plenty more to look forward to. The definition of a book series is: a sequence of books having certain characteristics in common that are formally identified together as a group. I compiled this list of the Top 10 Best Selling Book Series which is based on the approximate number of copies sold rather than the amount printed.
#10 The Baby-sitters Club – Ann M. Martin 170million
The Baby-sitters Club is a series of novels written by Ann M. Martin and published by Scholastic between 1986 and 2000, that sold 170 milllon copies. Many of the novels were ghostwritten, including 43 by Peter Lerangis. However, Ann M. Martin wrote the first 35 novels. The series is about a group of middle school students living in the fictional town of Stoneybrook, Connecticut. They run a business called the Baby-sitters Club that helps parents find babysitters from the club who are available for jobs by calling during their club meetings. As of December 31, 2009, the Baby-sitters Club series was out of print. However, in April 2010 the series was re-released with updated versions of certain volumes of the original series, as well as a newly written prequel.
#9 Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends – Rev. w. Awdry and Christopher Awdry 200million
The Railway Series is a set of story books about a railway system located on the fictional Island of Sodor. There are 42 books in the series, the first being published in 1945. Twenty-six were written by the Rev. W. (Wilbert) Awdry, up to 1972. A further 16 were written by his son, Christopher Awdry; 14 between 1983 and 1996 and a further book in 2007. Another book was released in 2011. Characters and stories from the books formed the basis of the children's television series Thomas and Friends.
#8 Nancy Drew – various authors as Carolyn Keene 200 million
Nancy Drew is a fictional character in a mystery fiction series created by publisher Edward Stratemeyer. The character first appeared in 1930; the books have been ghostwritten by a number of authors and are published under the collective pseudonym Carolyn Keene. Over the decades the character has evolved in response to changes in US culture and tastes. Nancy Drew books have been translated into over 45 languages. Nancy Drew has featured in five films, two television shows, and a number of popular computer games; she also appears in a variety of merchandise sold over the world.
#7 Noddy – Enid Blyton 200 million
Noddy is a book series written by British author Enid Blyton (1897-1968). Enid Blyton wrote numerous successful children's books, selling over 600 million worldwide. Noddy was her most wide know character. Early Noddy books have become collectibles, along with other Blytons. Noddy is a little wooden boy who lives in his own little House-for-One in Toyland. Sales of Noddy books are large, with an estimated 600,000 annual sales in France alone, and growing popularity in India, a large market for Blyton books. The Noddy character is owned by Chorion. Television shows based on the character have run on British television since 1955 and continue to appear to this day. Enid Blyton would make #1 on my list of best children authors.
#6 Sweet Valley High – Francine Pascal and ghostwriters 250 million
Sweet Valley High are a series of novels that chronicle the lives of identical twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield who live in Sweet Valley. The series was created by Francine Pascal, who presided over a team of ghostwriters for the duration of the series. The series began in 1983 and ceased publication twenty years later with over 152 books to its name. A TV series based on Sweet Valley High ran for 88 episodes between 1994 and 1997.
#5 Choose Your Own Adventure – Various Authors 250 million
Choose Your Own Adventure, as published by Bantam Books, was one of the most popular children's series during the 1980s and 1990s, selling more than 250 million copies between 1979 and 1998. Originally created for 10 to 14 year olds, the books are written in the second person. The stories are formatted so that, after a couple of pages of reading, the protagonist faces two or three options, each of which leads to more options, and then to one of many endings. The series was highly successful after it began printing with Bantam Books. It prompted the creation of three other series by different authors with Bantam Books that worked with the same format.
#4 Berenstain Bears – Stan and Jan Berenstain 260 million
The Berenstain Bears is a series of Childrens books that were created by American writers and illustrators Stan(1923-2005) and Jan (1923 – 2012)Berenstain. Since the 1962 debut of the first Berenstain Bears book, The Big Honey Hunt, the series has grown to over 300 titles, which have sold approximately 260 million copies in 23 languages. The books feature a family of anthropomorphic bears who generally learn a moral or safety-related lesson in the course of each story. The Berenstain Bears franchise has also expanded well beyond the books, encompassing two television series and a wide variety of other products and licenses.
#3 Perry Mason – Erle Stanley Gardner 300 million
Perry mason are a series of detective novels that are written by American lawyer and author Erle Stanley Gardner. Perry Mason is a fictional character in all the novels; he is the main character in all the novels and is a defense attorney. Perry Mason was featured in 82 novels. Author Erle Stanley Gardner died in 1970. The character of Perry Mason was portrayed each weekday on a long-running radio series,followed by well-known depictions on film and television, including "television's most successful and longest-running lawyer series"from 1957 to 1966 starring Raymond Burr. There were also 30 made-for-TV movies filmed from 1985 to 1993.
#2 Goosebumps – R.L. Stine 300 million
Goosebumps is a series of children's horror fiction novels written by American author R.L. Stine. There were 62 books published in the original series. Since then there have been spin off series written by Stine. The series has spawned a television series and numerous merchandise. The book series was a best seller in many countries and has been translated into 35 languages.
# 1 Harry Potter – J.K. Rowling 450 million
Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels written by British author J.K. Rowlings. There are seven books in the series. The first book in the series was released in 1997 in the UK and 1998 in the US. The seventh book "Deathly Hallows' was released in 2007 and broke sales records as the fastest-selling book ever, a record it still holds today. The book series has been translated into 67 languages, placing Rowlings as the most translated author in history. The books have also been made into movies distributed by Warner Bros. and consist of eight fantasy films. It is the highest grossing film series of all time. The word Muggle has spread beyond its Harry Potter origins, becoming one of few pop culture words to land in the Oxford English Dictionary.
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4 thoughts on "Top 10 Best Selling Book Series"
#1kid on May 10, 2013 at 8:29 am said:
I honestly have never read ANY of those. Nope. Not even Harry Potter.
Wendy on May 10, 2013 at 9:37 am said:
Thanks for the comment #1kid, I too have not read Harry Potter. As a kid I loved Noddy and now my own kids love Berenstain Bears and Thomas so that is how I have read those.
Bill Jones on November 24, 2013 at 5:47 pm said:
You missed out on goose bumps!
50 shades of grey free on January 3, 2014 at 5:31 am said:
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Authors: Lou M, Chen X, Wang K, Xue Y, Cui D, Xue F.
OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the relationship among intracranial pressure (ICP), the development of acute lung injury (ALI) and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) following a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).
METHODS: Post-traumatic ICP was continuously monitored for the first week following injury in a series of consecutive patients with isolated severe TBI. The initial ICP and the duration of intracranial hypertension (ICH) were calculated. The risk factors associated with the development of ALI and SIRS were evaluated.
RESULTS: Of the 86 patients enrolled, 22 patients developed ALI and 52 patients developed SIRS during the observation period. The patients with ALI presented with a significantly higher initial ICP (31.3±7.8mmHg vs. 23.0±8.8mmHg, p<0.001) and a longer duration of ICH (16.8±6.5h vs. 11.9±6.0h, p=0.002) than those without ALI. The incidence of both ALI and SIRS increased with increasing initial ICP, and the presence of SIRS was associated with a fourfold increase in the risk of developing ALI (odds ratio , 4.0; 95% confidence interval , 1.2-13.0).
CONCLUSIONS: Increased ICP is associated with increased risks of developing ALI and SIRS following severe TBI. Future studies designed to verify the causative relationship between increased ICP and the systemic responses are warranted.
Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2012 Sep 22. pii: S0303-8467(12)00479-9. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.09.001.


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Just 85 players remain after day 5 of the WSOP Main Event.
By RP, July 16, 2017
Day 5 of the World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas kicked off mid-morning Saturday on a schedule that called for five-and-a-half levels.
Argentinian pro Damian Salas held the overnight chip and managed to stay with the big stacks for most of Day 5, finally bagging 8.4 million chips to claim fifth position in the top chip counts going into Day 6.
When play ended on level 26 there were 85 players still in contention with the average chip stack around 4.24 million and the next pay level $72,514; Robin Hegele from Bavaria in Germany bagged the most chips for the day on 9.9 million and leads the pack going into Day 6 action on Sunday.
Chasing him as his closest rival is Joshua Horton on 9.36 million, but there is no shortage of large stacks and formidable talent still in the quest for the final table and a crack at the main prize of over $8 million. Among them is Antoine Saout (8,260,9000),
Day 5 casualties included Charlie Carrel, Tom Cannuli, Isaac Haxton, Chino Rheem, Max Pescatori, Greg Mueller, Vitaly Lunkin, Dominik Nitsche, Kathy Liebert and Davidi Kitai, along with the talk of the Rio this week, party animal Mickey Craft, who started the day with a respectable stack despite some reportedly heavy celebrating the night before, but did not make it through Day 5.
Characteristically, his day was a roller coaster of deep dips and astonishing double ups, but in the end 2016 November Niner Michael Ruane saw him off.
Defined by several top players as a "crazy, fun dude" Craft certainly lived up to his pronouncements that he just wanted to inject a little fun into poker.
Creating a little additional excitement is the prospect that two players still standing – Michael Ruane (3,450,000) and Kenny Hallaert (4,370,000) – could be about to duplicate Mark Newhouse's feat of achieving back-to-back inclusion on the final table. InfoPowa readers may recall that Newhouse achieved this remarkable feat by finishing ninth on the 2013 and 2014 final tables of the main event.
Last year Ruane finished 4th for $2,576,003, and Hallaert 6th for $1,464,258.
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Day 6 action starts Sunday mid-morning Vegas time, with a tentative plan to play down to 27 survivors.
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Who was the smartest, dumbest, luckiest, and most emotional on this week's 'Game of Thrones'
Carrie Wittmer
Bran has been throwing fans off as the new Three-Eyed Raven.
Warning: Spoilers for "Game of Thrones" season seven, episode four, "The Spoils of War." If you aren't caught up on the series, read at your own risk.
When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.
Now that we're getting closer and closer to the end of the series, that powerful quote from Cersei back in season one is proving to be true.
Any week, anyone can go, and anyone can lose or gain a lot of power.
In "The Spoils of War," there are significant power shifts, as Daenerys wins a major battle after a major loss last week, and Cersei's wins come back to haunt her. This week many characters made good and bad decisions, and they all had some consequences.
Every week, we'll round up which character was the smartest, the dumbest, the luckiest, and more in our power rankings.
Here's the "Game of Thrones" power rankings based on season seven episode four, "The Spoils of War" in order of who won and who lost.
The smartest: Bronn
Bronn's skills in battle and incredible instincts come together in the end when he saves Jaime Lannister from dying via Drogon breath. He also chooses not to reach for his bag of gold, which he drops during the battle, saving himself from likely destruction.
The dumbest: Jaime Lannister
Tyrion was right in calling Jaime an idiot as he heads toward Daenerys and Drogon. He is clearly blinded by his love for Cersei. When will it end?
The luckiest: Jaime Lannister, Cersei Lannister
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Jaime is lucky Bronn saves him from turning into Drogon ash.
And Cersei is lucky that the money meant to pay the crown's debt to the Iron Bank makes it to King's Landing before Daenerys, Drogon, and the Dothraki attack the Lannister army. She's also lucky her beloved brother/lover didn't die defending her.
The unluckiest: Horses
This week, horses are roasted by the breath of Drogon. Or they lose their legs to Dothraki. They had a terrible week, and often do in the "Game of Thrones" universe.
The most dangerous: Daenerys Targaryen, Drogon
This week, Daenerys proves that she has potential to lose her heart and love for the people, and go full Mad King Aerys to win the Iron Throne. She let Drogon roast the Lannister army and doesn't seem to care how many lives she destroys. By the end of the battle, we kind of feel bad for the Lannisters.
The most confident: Cersei, the Dothraki
After a huge wins in Highgarden and King's Landing last week, Cersei goes into "The Spoils of War" confident. Too confident, actually. Maybe it's all the wine. With a few wins against Daenerys, the Iron Bank's support, and the woman who murdered her daughter rotting in a dungeon, Cersei is blinded by her victories and forgets the fact that Daenerys has dragons and could attack any time.
The Dothraki go into their first fight in Westeros confident, and they win easily. Drogon definitely helps, but their brutal way of combat helps them defeat the Lannister forces.
The most emotional: Tyrion Lannister
Tyrion watches the epic battle from afar, and appears visibly shaken at the sight of a violent battle against his brother's army. Tyrion doesn't love his sister, but he loves his brother.
The most creative: Jon Snow, Davos Seaworth
Despite the amazing Twitter jokes, Jon and Davos didn't actually make the drawings in the dragonglass cave.
But it was a clever move. Jon and Davos clearly see those drawings that prove an unlikely alliance could defeat the White Walkers, and use them to convince Daenerys to become their ally in the war with the dead.
The happiest: Missandei, the Stark children
Missandei is off in her own little world. She's in love and misses Grey Worm, and sort of tells Daenerys about it. She can't stop grinning.
And neither can Arya Stark, who finally makes it to her home of Winterfell for the first time in years. There's she's reunited with Sansa and Bran. She also shows off her sword skills to Brienne, Podrick, Littlefinger, and Sansa. By the end of her training session with Brienne, she's pretty confident in herself, and seems to love showing it off — especially to Littlefinger.
The most hated: Theon Greyjoy
In addition to admitting that he abandoned his sister Yara during Euron's attack in "Stormborn," Theon faces Jon Snow. Theon's lucky Jon doesn't kill him. Though Theon helped Sansa escape Winterfell, he took Winterfell in season two and tried to murder Bran and Rickon.
The most heartbroken: Meera Reed
After a dead brother, a dead Hodor, a dead direwolf, and miles of dragging Bran Stark on a sled through the snow, Meera leaves Winterfell with nothing but a emotionally deaf "thank you" from Bran. Her line, "you died in that cave" was a heartbreaking line, and definitely heartbreaking for her to realize considering everything she's done for the new Three-Eyed Raven.
The most ignorant: Littlefinger
Littlefinger gives Bran Stark the Valyrian steel dagger that was used in an attempt on Bran's life in season one. It looks like Littlefinger does this in an attempt to save himself from Bran's knowledge of his treachery against the Starks, but it doesn't seem to work. Bran immediately gives the dagger to Arya, who could kill Littlefinger with it easily.
The creepiest: Brandon Stark
Bran continues to be creepy, somehow even creepier than Littlefinger. He leaves Meera on a bad note. But he completely throws off Littlefinger at the end of their conversation by saying, "Chaos is a ladder," an exact quote from a conversation between Littlefinger and Varys in season three. Bran obviously wasn't there, but now Littlefinger knows that Bran knows literally everything, and is a huge threat to is safety and position in Winterfell.
Bran also throws some shade Littlefinger's way when he gives the dagger to Arya.
SEE ALSO: 5 most talked-about moments from this week's 'Game of Thrones'
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The New York Public Library and Brooklyn Public Library joined forces to take on Washington state's King County Public Library for the fourth annual Book Sorting Competition Wednesday morning. The combined NYPL/BPL's "BookOps" defeated returning champion Washington, with 12,570 items sorted to King County's 11,868. The win evens the standings to two wins apiece.
The systems competed to see who can sort the most books in one hour. New York Public Library and Brooklyn Public Library share a state-of-the-art, automated book sorter (as well as all book delivery operations), so they formed a single team. The defeated returning champion King County in Washington State has its own sorter, and had been leading the annual contest with two wins to New York's one.
Before the competition began, it was announced that this year's winner gets the "Lyngsoe Sorting Cup" (named after the vendor that built NYPL's sorter), bragging rights, and the spoils of an annual bet: New York being the winner, it receives Seattle's Best Coffee and salmon (if King County had won, it would have received Junior's cheesecake and Ferrara's pastries).
NYC's #bookops (@bklynlibrary and @nypl) won the 2014 book sorting contest against @KCLS! Our team sorted 12,570 books in just one hour!
The competition began locally at 10 a.m. Wedensday at the Library Services Center, home of the New York sorter, at 31-11 Thomson Avenue in Long Island City and concluded just after 2:30 in the afternoon.
The New York sorter is a high-tech machine that scans barcodes on materials returned from New York and Brooklyn Public Library branches so those materials can be processed, arranged, and delivered back to patrons within 24 hours. It is 238 feet long, runs at 3.5 miles per hour, 4.9 feet per second, or 294 feet per minute. At normal speed, 8,000-8500 items are sorted per hour (or 133-142 per minute). The New York Public Library started using the sorter in 2010. Brooklyn Public Library began using it in 2013 after the formation of BookOps, a fully consolidated, shared library technical services organization that serves both systems.
The current sorting record is 12,818 items per hour (or 214 items per minute), and the error rate is less than one percent.


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Yesterday I posted a picture of my son Joey, shooting Bruce the Glock 17. Today, I present my daughter, doing the same.
When you look at pictures of my kids shooting, you may notice something. My daughter shoots right handed, but my son shoots left handed. Ah, that it were that simple.
My daughter was born left handed, and she does everything left handed, except she shoots handguns right handed, because that's what she saw me doing. My son is right handed. He writes and throws right handed. The only thing he does left handed is shoot handguns. But the reason is different.
Now, almost all of us have one eye that we use more than the other, and being right eye dominant or left eye dominant is as normal as being right handed or left handed. For most people their dominant eye is the one on the side they write with. Being right handed but left eye dominant (or vice versa) is called cross dominance. It's certainly no big thing for a pistol shooter, but for shooting a long gun it can be problematic.
When I started plinking aluminum cans in the back yard with my son, I could tell he shot with his head sort of canted way down over the stock. I tried to show him the way to get what I thought was the right cheek weld, but in a few shots, he was back to the over wrap.
After a while I figured out he was left eye dominant. But even before we started shooting together, he had figured it out, since he already shot his Nerf pistols left handed, using his left dominant eye.
Once I realized he was cross dominant, I did some research, and it turns out a lot of really good shooters are cross dominant, people like Brian Enos and Dave Sevigny. So I asked them how I should teach Joey, they told me the same thing – if he's figured it out on his own, let him shoot pistols left handed But they advised that I switch Joey to shooting rifles left handed, since he won't be able to use a telescopic sight effectively with his head so far down on the stock.
So, now I'm up against trying to convince him to learn to shoot his rifles left handed. As one writer pointed out, if he will just shoulder a rifle left handed a couple of thousand times, muscle memory will take over and he'll be fine. I'll report as I go.
As for my daughter, it turns out she's not cross dominant, she shoots pistols right handed because she copied Daddy when she was learning. Fortunately she was also smart enough to figure out to shoot rifles left handed to get a good sight picture.
I'm right-handed and left eye dominant. I shoot pistols right-handed and long guns left-handed, So far this has worked well, but I am having some difficulty finding a bolt-action rifle that suits my tastes.


Past year at Build, Microsoft officials talked up the edge-computing piece of the company's evolving "intelligent cloud/intelligent edge" strategy.
Microsoft did not say when it will update Microsoft Launcher with Timeline. Sets will allow you to open multiple instances of your apps in tabs, just like you would use your browser. Microsoft is also expanding its Sets experience to third-party apps, allowing users to group apps together in a tabbed interface.
Microsoft 365 is a comprehensive development platform - with pen, ink, mobile, devices, cloud and developer tools - all with infused intelligence, bringing simplicity to customers and streamlining development. With the newly released preview of Office 2019, Microsoft might also give some details regarding a few important features of the software at its Build Conference.
Microsoft Remote Assist will enable users to communicate remotely via hands-free video calling, image sharing and mixed-reality annotations. This majorly included MR headsets from HP, Acer, Asus, Lenovo and others.
That's one of the takeaways from Nadella's opening talk on Monday from Microsoft's annual Build conference for developers in Seattle, Wash. A new Speech Devices SDK will provide improved audio processing for higher accuracy in speech recognition, while updates to Azure Cognitive Services will bring enhanced speech recognition and text-to-speech, as well.
Microsoft today announced that it will be bringing Windows Timeline to its iOS Edge Browser later this year. He bragged about Microsoft's specialized chips when compared to Google's own custom chips (TPUs), saying that they were faster at some tasks, a claim the search giant would likely differ on.
One company exploring the use of the Brainwave technology is electronics manufacturer Jabil. We might have seen a number of devices featuring AI; however, Microsoft has not been able to hold up its position when it comes to AI.
We expect we'll hear about Microsoft AI plans, and of course there will be plenty of focus on what Microsoft will be offering businesses. It is also expected that it would announce updates to it personal digital assistant Cortana, which has been getting a fresh push from the company in the past couple of months.
However, the infamous slip from Gerrard during the Reds' defeat to Chelsea all but handed Manchester City the title that season. Always, when you have someone with this passion for football , with people around with more experience, they can do well.
However, on April 23 , the day Bridenstine was sworn into office, the Resource Prospector mission was formally canceled by NASA . Known as the Resource Prospector (RP), this robotic rover was under development for over a decade, notes a report by PhysOrg.
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AJ adds that he knew he would retain the title but he didn't want the match to end like that, he wanted a 1-2-3 finish. Seth Rollins beat out Finn Balor, The Miz and Samoa Joe in ladder match to still be the Intercontinental Champion.
The visitors took the lead after 33 minutes when Austrian forward Marko Arnautovic set up Joao Mario. He will fancy his chances of closing the gap against the Premier League's bottom side.
Assuming this functionality comes back pretty soon, the cryptocurrency community has something to look forward to. That decision was not too popular, for obvious reasons, but the company chose to take this approach regardless.
The fans will get to see a lot of familiar characters on the show, as the war between the Old gods and the New gods starts. American Gods is the latest show to take 2018 off following Game of Thrones , Stranger Things , Rick & Morty and others.


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"Gen" means original, professional and "Bu" refers to martial arts. "Kai" means organization. The Genbu-Kai is an international organization that encompasses 32 countries and thousands of members. The name Genbu-Kai was given by Shihan Fumio Demura, who is the director and chief instructor. He continues to find more ways to introduce martial arts to people throughout the world, with the primary goal of helping people to be better human beings and have better, more successful lives. Shihan Fumio Demura's dojo is the Genbu-Kai headquarters which is located in Santa Anna CA., and one of the oldest karate schools in America.
Shihan Fumio Demura with Dawn Anderson.
Indiana Director & Head Instructor
Sensei Dawn Anderson is a Sandan (3rd degree) black belt in Genbu-Kai Shito-Ryu Karate-Do and a Nidan (2nd degree) black belt in Kobudo Rengo-Kai. She has been teaching karate to all levels of youth and adults since 2008, and serves as a Genbu-Kai karate judge for state and international level tournaments.
Sensei Anderson is a Professor of Exercise Science at Taylor University, with a Ph.D. In Human Bioenergetics from Ball State University. She is a co-author of Nutrition for Health, Fitness, and Sport (10th edition), a Certified Sports Nutritionist through the International Society of Sports Nutrition, and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength & Conditioning Association. She is a Senior Associate Editor for the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research and both Advisory Board Member and Scientific Advisor for the International Society of Sports Nutrition.
Shihan Fumio Demura - MAIA 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner!
MAIA 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award Video
Link to the trailer for the Real Miyagi
Shihan Fumio Demura, 9th Dan, introduced Shito-Ryu Karate to the USA in 1965. He also introduced Okinawa Kobudo: Sai, Nunchuku, Bo, Tonfa and Kama.
He started teaching in California and was introduced to the public by Black Belt Magazine making him well known in the martial arts arena.
He started Karate demonstrations at the Japanese Village and Deer Park in Buena Park, California in 1968. The show was such a success it became one of the top attractions in the park, making it the first professional Karate demonstration in the world. After seven years of demonstrations the show moved to the Las Vegas Hilton. There he presented a daily show for two consecutive years.
In 1974 he entered into the Hong Kong film industry and in 1975 he entered into the Hollywood film industry. In 1977 he appeared in his first movie, The Island of Dr. Moreau. Many films followed such as Karate Kid I, II, III, IV where he was the stunt double for Pat Morita's character 'Miyagi'.
He continued to be the stunt double for Pat Morita in the television series O'Hara and others for approximately 14 years. His movie credits also include Rising Sun, Mortal Kombat, Walker Texas Ranger and many others.
In addition to his acting career he travels throughout the world to present martial arts seminars, conduct demonstrations and give radio interviews.
Rather than emphasizing competition. Sensei Demura emphasizes personal growth and mental discipline in his training to help people become better human beings. Through his open mindedness he has been an example to others including: Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Steven Segal, Sho Kosugi, Mike Stone, Richard Norton.... and many other top world martial artists today.
Today Shihan Demura serves as director and Chief Instructor for the Shito-Ryu Genbu-Kai International. An organization encompassing thirty-two countries and thousands of members. He still teaches at his Santa Ana, California Dojo and most weekends are spent giving seminars or assisting at tournaments literally throughout the world. Each February, he hosts his annual Goodwill Championships in Costa Mesa, considered by many to be the foremost traditional tournament in southern California.
Shihan Demura is an authentic Karate Sensei. Combining the traditions of the past with modern approaches to training, he is regarded by his students with love, trust and admiration. In his personal life as well as within the walls of the Dojo, he is a living model of what all true martial artists strive to be!
Interview with Shihan Fumio Demura in September of 2014 in Poland on the meaning of Budo:
Link to the Interview with Shihan Fumio Demura
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USA National Karate Federation, Shito-Ryu Karate-Do
Genbu-Kai International
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Known best for its impeccable greens, Emerald Lake has set the standard for Public golf clubs in the area. Regardless of the season, you can count on the course to be in pristine condition.
Played his past week and found the course in good shape for this time of year. Greens were some what fast and fairways were fair to good. Enjoyed the round.
Course need a lot of work.
OK course but pace is always slow. Also, staff is not very friendly.
Great rolling greens, great bunkers and sand. Needs help on tees.


Each Organization has a setting named Leader Type located in the Organization's header. The purpose is to associate one person as the leader of the Organization. This is so that we can display that leader's name in various places, such as, but not limited to, roll sheets, and attendance reports. This is true for all Organizations, not just Main Fellowship orgs. On a person's Involvement tab, the Leader of the Organization will display along with the name of the Organization.
In order for this to work properly, only one person in the Organization should have a Member Type that matches the Leader Type for the Org.
Select the correct Leader Type from the drop down list, and Save Changes .
If you have not already, change the Member Type for the one individual who is the main leader, so that it matches the Leader Type for the org. This is done by clicking on their existing Member Type to open the Member Dialog.
For an org that is a Life Group, the Leader Type might be Teacher. Only one person would have that Member Type, Others in the class might also be leaders, but they would have a different Member Type, such as Co-Teacher, Leader, or Prayer Leader.
For ball teams, the Leader Type might be Coach, and only one member of the org would have the Member Type of Coach.
Remember, the person that is enrolled and has a Member Type that is the same as the Leader Type for the org, is the person that will be associated with the org on reports and other places.
Notice that the Leader Type in the screenshot below is Teacher and that Rik Andress' name displays under the name of the Organization. Also, notice in the other screenshot, that his Member Type is Teacher.
Any person enrolled in an Organization that has the user role OrgLeadersOnly and Access, and who has a Member Type that is a Leader Type of role can access the Organization. That means that multiple leaders can access the same org.
Your System Admin can change which Member Types are considered Leaders. Member Types are located in the Lookup Codes.


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Dani Pedrosa announces MotoGP retirement
Pedrosa has so far amassed 31 wins and 112 podiums in MotoGP.
Published On Jul 12, 2018 08:03:00 PM
By Autocar India News Desk
Honda MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa has announced that he will be retiring from MotoGP at the end of the ongoing 2018 season, bringing an end to an 18-year career in grand prix motorcycling. He broke the news in a special press conference at the Sachsenring, ahead of this weekend's German Grand Prix.
Pedrosa has been racing for the Honda factory team since 2006, but was left without a ride for next year, when the team signed Jorge Lorenzo as his replacement for 2019. He's helped Honda to win seven MotoGP manufacturers' championships and has contributed to six team titles for the Repsol-backed factory outfit.
After winning the 125cc title in 2003 and back-to-back 250cc titles in the two following seasons, Pedrosa has been an ever-present frontrunner in MotoGP despite frequent injuries, some of which had threatened to end his career early. He has so far amassed 31 wins and 112 podium finishes in the premier class, but has missed out on a MotoGP title, finishing runner-up on three occasions - to Ducati's Casey Stoner in 2007, and to Lorenzo in 2010.
"Next year I won't compete in the Championship, I'll finish my career in MotoGP this season. It's a decision I've thought about for a long time and it's a hard decision because this is the sport I love but despite having good opportunities to keep racing, I feel like I don't live racing with the same intensity as before and I now have different priorities in my life," said Pedrosa.
"I achieved way more than I expected and I'm very, very proud of what I've done in the sport. I've fulfilled my dream of becoming a racer and that's something that I didn't expect when I was a kid watching TV, watching riders in the World Championship."


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AOC: 'I thought I was going to die' during Capitol riot
By FOX 5 NY Staff
Published 5 days ago
AOC speaks out
In an IG Live session, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called President Trump a traitor. She said she feared for her safety during the riot at the U.S. Capitol.
NEW YORK - Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, said she had a "close encounter where I thought I was going to die" during the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Ocasio-Cortez spoke for more than an hour during an Instagram Live event just after midnight Wednesday. She said she couldn't go into full detail of what exactly happened to her due to "security reasons."
"I had a pretty traumatizing event happen to me. I had a very close encounter where I thought I was going to die," Ocasio-Cortez said. "I did not know if I was going to make it to the end of that day alive, and not just in a general sense but also in a very, very specific sense,"
In the live event, Ocasio-Cortez also called President Donald Trump a "traitor to the United States." She also slammed GOP Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley, who voted to object to the certification of Joe Biden's presidential victory even after pro-Trump rioters had pushed past cops, stormed the Capitol, infiltrated chambers, and ransacked congressional offices.
NJ congresswoman claims rioters went on 'reconnaissance' tours prior to attack
The second-term congresswoman, who represents parts of the Bronx and Queens, said she didn't know whom she could trust during the siege and the evacuation of chambers. Ocasio-Cortez said she worried that right-wing members of Congress, such as those who have publicly supported the QAnon conspiracy theory, would give away her location to the rioters.
"This is how democracy can burn. It is fragile. We must cherish it. And they didn't. And they don't. So they need to leave," AOC said. "Donald Trump needs to leave. Ted Cruz needs to leave. Josh Hawley needs to get out. They need to get out."
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Gotta Get Theroux This Reviews
Gotta Get Theroux This
My life and strange times in television
Category: Biography & Memoirs, Non-fiction, Cinema, Radio & TV
Imprint: Macmillan
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Publication date: 19 Sep 2019
A funny, insightful memoir by much-loved documentary maker Louis Theroux, who takes us on a weird and wonderful journey through his life and two decades of groundbreaking television.
Ben East
"Louis Theroux's memoir is exactly how you'd expect an account of his "life and strange times in television" to be; self-deprecating, eager to please and shot through with a sense of bewilderment"
Louis Theroux's memoir is exactly how you'd expect an account of his "life and strange times in television" to be; self-deprecating, eager to please and shot through with a sense of bewilderment. "I am a TV presenter who specialises in getting out of his depth," he writes and, indeed, this book's pleasures lie in behind-the-scenes tales of Theroux's offbeat documentaries, chief among them the Jimmy Savile encounter. Perhaps because it cast a shadow over his career (how could he have found himself so drawn to this monster?), Theroux spends a lot of time grappling with his feelings about the affair.
"His new memoir is, on one level, an investigation into how Theroux grew up to be The Guy Who Failed To Nail Savile"
Theroux is, understandably, still haunted by Savile. His new memoir is, on one level, an investigation into how Theroux grew up to be The Guy Who Failed To Nail Savile, and an exploration into how he learns to live with that...Theroux's meetings with Savile's victims make for necessarily difficult reading. He's compassionate, although there's an odd moment when one woman invites him to attend a counselling session with her so he can witness the emotional fallout. He doesn't go, and doesn't explain why.
Victoria Segal
"His ultimate home truth, though, is simply that "we are complicated" — and with this illuminating yet darkly shadowed memoir, he places himself firmly within that frame"
Theroux's book is, in part, his own map of the treacherous ethical terrain he often crosses. Equally on-brand is the engaging, funny memoir running alongside the darkness. You wonder if he should have quarantined his Savile material into another book, but as it is, it honours Theroux's belief in nuance and complexity, his warning against pretending abusers are from the "realm of Grand Guignol" rather than "real world" creatures... A redemptive personal arc matches the professional one, as Theroux discusses his first "marriage of convenience", once off-limits, and his second marriage to the producer Nancy Strang, with whom he has three sons. His writing on family is comically astute, his dissection of rows between knackered working parents a new field of domestic investigation. His ultimate home truth, though, is simply that "we are complicated" — and with this illuminating yet darkly shadowed memoir, he places himself firmly within that frame.
Anna Bonet
"Theroux's experiences in TV makes for a fascinating read."
Britain's favourite documentarian takes is on another journey into the unknown – this time, his own life. Honest and perceptive as ever, Theroux's experiences in TV makes for a fascinating read.


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Latest items for IRP-LAW-1
Croatia HR
Countries: Croatia
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"The law prohibits commercial sexual exploitation of children; the sale, offering, or procuring of a child for prostitution; and child pornography, and authorities enforced the law. Amendments to the Penal Code which entered into force in January provided stricter penalties for the sexual exploitation of children" (15).
Morocco HR
Jan. 8, 2022, 9:32 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
"The law prohibits commercial sexual exploitation, sale, offering or procuring for prostitution, and practices related to child pornography. Penalties for sexual exploitation of children under the criminal code range from two years' to life imprisonment and fines from 9,550 dirhams ($1,000) to 344,000 dirhams ($36,100)" (33).
"Prostiution is illegal in Somalia" (1).
Australia HR
"The law provides a maximum penalty of 25 years' imprisonment for commercial sexual exploitation of children and was effectively enforced" (13).
Russia HR 2019
"The law prohibits the commercial sexual exploitation, sale, offering, or procuring for prostitution, and practices related to child pornography" (57).
Singapore HR 2019
Countries: Singapore
"Authorities may detain (but generally do not prosecute) persons younger than 18 whom they believe to be engaged in prostitution. They prosecute those who organize or profit from prostitution, bring women or girls to the country for prostitution, or coerce or deceive women or girls into prostitution" (24).
Cuba HR
Countries: Cuba
"The law allows for 'preventive detention' for up to four years of individuals not charged with an actual crime, based on a subjective determination of 'precriminal dangerousness,' which is defined as the 'special proclivity of a person to commit crimes, demonstrated by conduct in manifest contradiction of socialist norms.' Mostly used as a tool to control 'antisocial' behaviors, such as substance abuse or prostitution" (6). "In trials where defendants are charged with "precriminal dangerousness" (see section 1.d.), the state must show only that the defendant has 'proclivity' for crime, so an actual criminal act need not have occurred. Penalties may be up to four years in prison. Authorities normally applied...more
Spain 2019 Human Rights Report
Countries: Spain
Variables: IRP-LAW-1, IRP-LAW-5
"The penalty for recruiting children or persons with disabilities into prostitution is imprisonment from one to five years. The penalty for subjecting children to prostitution is imprisonment from four to six years" (17).
Vietnam HR
"Sentences for those convicted [of child exploitation] range from three years' to life imprisonment, and fines range from five million to 50 million VND ($220 to $2,200). The law specifies prison sentences for conviction of acts related to the exploitation of children in prostitution, including harboring prostitution (12 to 20 years), brokering prostitution (seven to 15 years), and buying sex with minors (three to 15 years)" (32).
France 2019 HR
"There are laws against child abuse, including against... child prostitution, and child pornography. The government actively worked to combat child abuse. Penalties are generally severe" (22).
"...The country has a statutory rape law that defines 18 as the minimum age for consensual sex. The law, which was inconsistent with the legal minimum marriage age of 15 for girls, was not enforced. Sexual exploitation of children occurred. The Division for Protection of Children and Morals of the National Police conducted sweeps of brothels to assure that individuals in prostitution were of legal age and arrested brothel owners found to be holding underage girls. Between January and April, 60 percent of the more than 1,000 victims of gender-based violence (including rape, sexual assault, and physical and psychosocial violence) were girls" (26). Brothel owners were punished for holding underage...more
Czech Republic HR 2019
Sept. 25, 2021, 9:48 p.m.
Countries: Czech Republic
"The law prohibits commercial sexual exploitation of children" (17).
China Human Rights Report
"The maximum stay in compulsory drug rehabilitation centers is two years, including commonly a six-month stay in a detoxification center. The government maintained similar rehabilitation centers for those charged with prostitution and with soliciting prostitution" (11). "Persons who forced girls younger than 14 into prostitution could be sentenced to 10 years to life in prison in addition to a fine or confiscation of property. In especially serious cases, violators could receive a life sentence or death sentence, in addition to having their property confiscated. Those who visited girls forced into prostitution younger than 14 were subject to five years or more in prison in addition to paying a fine" (70-71)....more
Afghanistan 2019 Human Rights Report
Sept. 8, 2021, 4:30 p.m.
Variables: IRP-LAW-1, PRN-LAW-1
"The law criminalizes sexual exploitation of children. In addition to outlawing the practice of bacha bazi, the penal code provides that, '[i]f an adult male has intercourse with a person younger than the legal age, his act shall be considered rape and the victim's consent is invalid.' The penal code also treats nonstatutory rape of a child as an aggravated form of the offense, punishable if convicted by up to 20 years' imprisonment. The EVAW Law prescribes a penalty of 10 to 15 years' imprisonment for conviction of forcing an underage girl into prostitution. Taking possession of a child for sexual exploitation or production of pornographic films or images constitutes...more
Cambodia HR report
Countries: Cambodia
"As of July 2018, authorities at Prey Speu reported 585 persons remained in detention following the Phnom Penh city government's 2017 roundup of 1,727 homeless persons, beggars, persons with mental disabilities, and persons engaged in prostitution" (6). Even if prostitution is not specifically illegal, people can be arrested for being a prostitute (SFR- CODER COMMENT).
Niger Human Rights Report 2017
Countries: Niger
"Although the law criminalizes the procurement of a minor for the purpose of prostitution, child prostitution was a problem" (p 18).
MADAGASCAR 2017 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
Countries: Madagascar
"The recruitment and incitement to prostitution generally carries a penalty of two to five years' imprisonment and a fine of up to 10 million ariary ($3,100)" (p 23).
Israel-Becomes 8th Nordic Model country WUNRN
Countries: Canada, France, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Norway
"The Prohibition of Consumption of Prostitution Services Act will be enforced in Israel on 10 July 2020. The law imposes fines for consuming prostitution and attempting to pay for it. The aim is to reduce prostitution by prohibiting the purchase of sex as part of an integrated process that includes public education, and the expansion of services for the population in prostitution – including trauma-informed care and practical help to rebuild their lives, while recognizing the harmful nature of prostitution and the damage it causes. According to the law, a first-time offender will get an administrative fine of NIS 2,000. A repeated violation of the law will result in a...more
"The Prohibition of Consumption of Prostitution Services Act will be enforced in Israel on 10 July 2020. The law imposes fines for consuming prostitution and attempting to pay for it. The aim is to reduce prostitution by prohibiting the purchase of sex as part of an integrated process that includes public education, and the expansion of services for the population in prostitution – including trauma-informed care and practical help to rebuild their lives, while recognizing the harmful nature of prostitution and the damage it causes" (Para 1-2). "According to the law, a first-time offender will get an administrative fine of NIS 2,000. A repeated violation of the law will result...more
Prostitution legalized in New Zealand
July 14, 2021, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Australia, Denmark
"In other legalised regimes, such as Denmark and Australia, prostitution is available for men on the public health system" (para 8).
Countries: Netherlands
"In the Netherlands, which legalised its sex trade in 2000, it is perfectly legal for driving instructors to offer lessons in return for sex, as long as the learner drivers are over the age of 18" (para 7).
"[New Zealand's] sex trade was decriminalised in 2003, and has since been hailed by pro-prostitution campaigners as the gold standard model in regulating prostitution" (para 2).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-4, IRP-LAW-1, IRP-LAW-2
"Under legalisation in Germany, one government-funded NGO, described on its website as a 'counselling centre for sex workers', offers training for women to become 'sexual assistant surrogate partnerships' when they decide to leave prostitution. The training focuses on how 'sex workers' can help disabled people to explore their sexuality" (para 8).
"In the reporting period, prostitution was not a punishable act in Poland. Using the services of prostitutes was not punishable either. However, this concerned using the services of adults, upon mutual consent (of the client and the prostitute) and excluding the cases of sexual abuse. On the other hand, article 199, paragraph 1 of the Penal Code penalizes subjecting another person to sexual intercourse or making him/her submit to another sexual act or perform such an act by abusing a relationship of dependence or by taking advantage of his/her critical situation. Forcing to prostitution is also punishable (art. 203 of the Penal Code – whoever subjects another person to practise...more
"The law prohibits pimping, brothels, and similar commercial enterprises. In conformity with article 3 of Act No. 75 of February 20, 1958, being in force, the exploitation and the abetting of prostitution are to be considered as crimes" (43). "At the end of the year 2008, the Council of Ministers approved Bill (A.S. 1079) containing 'Measures against the prostitution'... The crime of prostitution in public places or in a place open to the public has been introduced; and the arrest from five to fifteen days with a fine from 200,00 to 3000, and 00 Euros is provided for whoever offers sexual performances or for whoever requests it....Whoever is prostituted, by...more
Bosnia and Herzegovina- The Gendered Dimensions of Sex Trafficking
Feb. 15, 2021, 10:02 p.m.
"Prostitution in Bosnia and Herzegovina was illegal and peacekeepers were explicitly told it was illegal. However, this did not prevent UN personnel from visiting the bars and brothels that sprang up all over Bosnia and Herzegovina. Internationals believed that frequenting the brothels was a natural part of 'being boys.' To participate was taken for granted" (para 5).
USA - House Passes Bills Aimed at Stemming Human Trafficking
"One measure addresses what many law enforcement experts say is among the most urgent problems in prosecuting sex trafficking — the arrest of victims of forced prostitution, rather than customers or pimps. The Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act would encourage states to offer victims social and protective services, rather than prosecution, and provide job opportunities through the federal Job Corps program" (3). It should be noted that it hasn't become a law yet (CAT - CODER COMMENT).
Italian Sex Workers During Covid
"In Italy, prostitution is not illegal, nor is it regulated as an official occupation, making the country's 70,000 sex workers largely ineligible to receive economic relief. Many have been forced to take their chances by returning to work in order to avoid poverty" (para. 7). "Last month, Antonio Guadagnini, a Conservative councilor in the Veneto region, said reopening brothels — illegal in Italy since 1958 — and regulating prostitution would protect society. In Sicily, Ruggero Razza, the top regional health official, said that authorities should reflect on how to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in high-risk, unregulated occupations such as sex work" (para. 17).
Madasgacar IRP LAW
Oct. 31, 2020, 8:55 a.m.
"Madagascar recently introduced laws targeting prostitution, which prohibits consorting with female prostitutes. Avoid engaging with any sex-workers in Madagascar. In addition, a campaign against sexual abuse of underage children (under 18 years) is strictly enforced" (para 15).
Know your rights: Sex work and the law in Malawi
"Sex work is not illegal in Malawi, however related criminal offences are often used as a reason to target, harass, abuse and arrest sex workers. It is therefore important to know your rights (...) t is also an offence to recruit someone to become a sex worker (procurement) or to keep a place that is used for sex work (brothel). It is a crime to force someone to become a sex worker or to keep someone in a brothel without their consent." (2)


The Devine resource pack is SidGames_YT first try at a resource pack, so it might be somewhat unpolished, but he did an excellent job. Now that we've got that out of the way, the Devine resource pack is a dedicated and well-designed PvP pack. The new and improved graphics in PvP mode makes the pack all the better. Playing PvP on Minecraft has to be one of the most difficult skills to master. Few mistakes go unpunished in PvP mode. A single misstep in PvP mode often results in a defeat. Most players know this and appreciate a resource pack that makes it easier to defeat an opponent. Few resource packs get this right. Most of them are so inundated with details, that even the simplest of tasks, such as tracking the opponent, becomes infinitely infuriating.
With the Devine resource pack, the graphics are clean, making it easy to lock on an opponent and crush them in battle. There are several features that make the Devine resource pack one of the best choices for PvP. For starters, the pack makes minimal use of the animation particles which makes animations smaller and less of a distraction. The custom rendered sky and the clear water are some of the stunning visual delights that make the resource pack stand a natural choice for PvP. These clear and minimalist graphics make a ton of difference in PvP. They make the environment clear leaving the opponent sticking out like a sore thumb. But that's not the best feature of the resource pack. By increasing Minecraft's native FPS, the game redraws images on the screen faster. That means in-game actions happen faster. In PvP mode, this is an added advantage because the game responds to your input almost immediately.
*Credit for creating and developing Devine goes to SidGamez_YT, Duststorm. It is designed and compatible with the following minecraft versions: 1.8, 1.7. Right now Devine has 373902 views.