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HollywoodPoker.com Gives Away $1,825 in Celebrity Bounties
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Hollywood, CA December 21, 2006 — HollywoodPoker’s embracing the season of giving by dealing out $1,825 this week in Celebrity Bounties to 27 players. The top paid Celebrity Bounty of $500 went to Mukuk_ who knocked out Ronny Cox (Deliverance), Robin Weigert (Deadwood) and Tony Denison (The Closer) in the December 16th Michael Woods Celebrity Invitational.
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HollywoodPoker.com Gives Away $1,825 in Celebrity Bounties
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Author: Simpson
Wedding updos are a great choice for a blushing bride for several reasons. First of all, wedding updos are long lasting when created properly. Let?s face it, a wedding day is a long day filled with hustle and bustle. The last thing a bride wants to worry about is keeping her hair out of her face or keeping it combed and brushed. In addition, hair that is left out and natural has a tendency to lose its style quickly. Wedding updos, on the other hand can last the entire day and evening without a problem.
Creating Bun-Style Wedding Updos
When styling bun-style wedding updos, it is best to allow your hair to go 8-24 hours since its last washing. This allows the natural oils of the hair to build up a bit, which will help make it easier for the bun to hold. This will result in a tighter and longer lasting style. For the bride who insists on washing her hair before styling, it is necessary to dress the hair thoroughly with gels, hairsprays, or other products to prevent the strands of hair from being too slippery or soft.
The first step in creating bun-style wedding updos is to brush the hair thoroughly and remove all tangles and knots. To create smooth and sleek bun-style wedding updos, it is best to next create sections of hair about 1-2? thick and smooth them with a flat iron. The hair should be allowed to cool before moving to the next step.
After the hair has cooled, it should be brushed once again. All of the hair needs to be brushed from the hairline into a high ponytail in the middle of the crown. The ponytail should be secured with a band that is the same color as the bride?s hair.
Next, the ponytail needs to be lifted high into the air and the hair needs to be smoothed while keeping the ponytail tight at the base. It might be necessary to add some light gel or setting lotion on fine hair or on hair that is slippery or otherwise doesn?t hold well. This way, it will be better anchored. In addition, the hair will need to be sprayed down or gelled before adding accessories to style.
Nest, the ponytail needs to be smoothed back down and the top section should be twisted clockwise into a small bun. The hair around the ponytail will have to be carefully fanned out as a small, round bun is formed. Once the bun is in the desired shape and size, it will need to be pinned securely to the scalp. It is important to work from one side of the hair fan and to pin the strands in order to form a soft and floppy bun with these types of wedding updos. The hairpins should also be only ? to ? inch long and the same color as the hair.
At this point, soft tendrils can be created by pulling random strands from along the hairline and from the nape of the neck. Loose strands should be curled with a large curling iron at least 1? big. Once the bun of these wedding updos is in place, it needs to be pinned in place once more and sprayed down with holding spray. A bit of glitter gel on the back and sides of the hair can add a little extra character to the style.
Once completed, bun-style wedding updos are easy to attach tiaras are soft circular headbands to. These should be pinned against the scalp to prevent them from falling off or slipping.
-2006 Ben Anton
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Author: Simpson
Ski tans are in and skiing is big business. Last year, just the State of Colorado enjoyed a record 12.53 million skiing days and took in some 2.5 billion dollars, and they are expecting even more this skiing season. That is big and still growing.
This winter there will be millions of healthy, athletic, beautiful people sporting ski tans during the winter skiing season. The rich and famous spend small fortunes to ski at exotic locations such as Aspen. And, when they return home they show off those magnificent ski tans to the envious pale people.
Wouldn’t you like to belong to the upper class and show off your personal Aspen ski tan to your friends this winter?
Just where did this tanned skin envy come from?
Less than a century ago – pale skin was upheld as the mark of the upper class. Pale skin then separated the elite from dark tanned farm workers and outdoor laborers. After all, one needed to be rich in order not to have to be employed working in the sun. Then in the post war 50’s, wealthier families began vacationing in the sun belt and returning home with beautiful tans. This changed the acceptance from pale to bronzed skin. Now wealthy means having enough money and leisure time to relax on a beach sun tanning while the pale folks labor away indoors as retail, manufacturing and office workers.
In the late seventies, tanning beds came to America and the indoor tanning business exploded into a multi-billion dollar business. Tanning Salons are now seemingly outnumbered in locations only by fast food venues and convenience stores. There is no question that people enjoy getting their tans in the relaxing and much safer tanning beds of the new millennium. To drive this viewpoint home, scantily clad, full body tanned advertising models can be seen in all the media.
Full body tans are wonderful for those who have the time and expendable resources to go to and enjoy their favorite tanning salon or spa.
Others want to belong and want to look just as beautiful as anyone around them. But, they have to go to work to earn their income. When all the world sees them in their fully clothed working mode, their beautiful ski tan serves them just as well as a covered up full body tan. Their peers are still as jealous and full of envy as if the ski tan were a full bodied tan.
When others ask about their Apen ski tan, they just tell them “Thank You.” And then they explain that Aspen is nestled high in the Elk Mountains branch of the Rockies and for good reason – has long been known as the playpen of the rich and famous. Aspen and its sister town of Snowmass Village service four major ski areas (Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands, Snowmass, and Buttermilk.) The average snowfall for the area is 200 inches.
Aspen Mountain rises above the town of Aspen, with a top elevation of 11,215 feet; a vertical drop of 3,267 feet; 673 acres of skiable area, with 76 runs and 8 lifts including one cable car line. Aspen Mountain is the premiere ski resort in the Aspen area, catering to advanced skiers with difficult runs. (Terrain:: No beginner trails; intermediate, 48 percent; expert, 52 percent.)
Aspen Highlands has 790 acres of skiable area with a vertical drop of 3,635 feet. There are 131 runs and 5 lifts. (Terrain: beginners, 18 percent; intermediate, 30 percent; expert 52 percent.)
Buttermilk is a small resort in the Aspen-Snowmass resort complex. Buttermilk Ski Resort has 420 acres of skiable area with a vertical drop of 2,030 feet, 41 runs and 7 lifts. Buttermilk caters heavily to snowboarders Buttermilk as the world’s longest terrain park with two full miles of features including a super pipe, more than 30 rails, and a beginner sections.
Also, Buttermilk heavily caters to beginner skiers with slopes that are friendly to newcomers to the sport, and is home to a world-renowned ski school. (Terrain: beginners, 35 percent; intermediate 39 percent; expert 26 percent.)
Snowmass ranks among the top 10 resorts in America in size, and it’s the second-largest in Colorado (after Vail). It covers more than 3,100 acres of skiable area with a vertical drop of 4,406 feet the longest vertical drop in the United States, 84 runs and 20 lifts.
Snowmass also offers Cross-country skiing, the first run of the day tours, naturalist-guided ski/snowboard tours, powder tours and naturalist-guided snowshoe tours.
For those into extreme skiing there is the Grand Traverse beginning in Crested Butte, Colorado.
There one can ski over the mountains to Aspen on a perilous 12-hour journey risking avalanches and total exhaustion.
The Aspen ski area is located about 220 miles West from Denver on Interstate 70 and is among the most popular ski destinations in the entire West becoming celebrity central in winter . The surrounding peaks are some of Colorado’s most breath taking and picturesque.
Christmas in Aspen is especially wonderful! There are plenty of shopping opportunities to pick up that last minute gift Plus there are many retail outlets and Ashcroft Ghost Town, Silver Circle Ice Skating Rink and even Sun Dog Athletics snowshoeing.
While Aspen has much to offer skiers, as well as those who enjoy the night life in a ski town, they should expect lots of crowds and lift lines on the slopes. This is the playpen of the rich and
famous, and many people choose this ski vacation spot simply for that reason as well as for the great runs, nightlife and beautiful ski tans.
With over 100 restaurants and many outdoor decks, one can obtain a beautiful ski tan while enjoying a fine meal outdoors.
The best news of all, you do not even have to go to Aspen to get your Aspen ski tan. For less than the round trip airfare, you may well be able to purchase your own sun lamp and use it as a facial tanner in the comfort, safety and security of your own home to obtain your beautiful ski tan.
And, not for just a weekend – for many years.
Think of your new beautiful Aspen ski tan just like you do your hair coloring, only your beautician needs to know.
Happy Ski Tanning!!!
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Author: Simpson
What is it about beautiful celebrities that everyone loves? Well, they have radiant skin, they glow when they smile and they always look great. They also tend to look as though they are healthy and full of energy. This does not come natural and they have to work at it just like the rest of us. Every celebrity has a routine that they follow on a daily basis. This routine keeps them looking fresh and beautiful every day. Many of them buy products, while others make their own completely natural products at home. Here are a few tips for daily celebrity style skin care:
? Cleanse and moisturize twice a day. Use triple fruit acid cleaners as they work great to exfoliate the skin. In the morning, cleanse and rub pure vitamin C on your face. Lastly, apply moisturizer. Use a light moisturizer in the summer and a heavier cream in the winter. – Halle Berry?s Morning Regime
? Use baby wipes to cleanse, remove makeup and moisturize. – Star Jones
? Use a facial wash and apply petroleum jelly to your face every morning and night to moisturize and soften skin. ? Teri Woods
? Drink lots of water and cleanse with an astringent and moisturizer. ? Mo?Nique
? Get monthly facials and treat your body to a steam sauna to cleanse the pores. ? Victoria Rowell
? Use cocoa butter twice a day after showering. Cocoa butter keeps your skin soft and smooth and also aids in removing scars. ? Lisa Leslie
? Live nutritionally, spiritually and emotionally. Don?t get weighed down by negative or past energy and try to live as stress free as possible. Indulge in massages, seaweed body wraps, manicures and pedicures. Exercise regularly and don?t consume carbohydrates after 7pm and drink plenty of water. ? Jody Watley
? Alleviate pregnancy related stress marks by applying cocoa butter as soon as you begin to show. Consult your doctor for a proper exercise regime and do it. ? Cindy Braggs
? For dry skin, exfoliate once a week and get a monthly facial. Apply a moisturizer to the face on a daily basis. Use makeup remover and treat yourself to twice-monthly manicures and pedicures. Work out at least twice a week. ? Dee Dee McGuire
Adapt any of these daily celebrity beauty secrets to your life and you will be on your way to a more celebrity-like beauty.
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Kim Fletcher, creator of Bath and Body Secrets offers beauty secrets, exposes celebrities who have received plastic surgery and offers resources where the stars get pampered. I hope you visit and enjoy the site. Celebrity Bath and Body Secrets Exposed
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It’s all a miracle, when you come to think of it.
All of it.
Billions of years ago, out of nothing, a universe evolved from a sound. The vibration of this “big bang” still continues to expand.
A planet evolved out of the masses of dead planets that would support life. As far as we currently know, no other planet in our galaxy supports life. There are rumors of space visitors but few of us have ever seen them, or their magnificent ships. It’s all hearsay, and since pictures can be doctored and governments tend to suppress things in a reflexive way, the more we think about it, the more confused we get.
Millions of creatures on this planet; some of them in the deepest recesses of the ocean; some alive in the depths of the soil; some flying in the air; some leaping across the tree tops; some slithering down the rocks; and then, of course, there’s us, living in concrete jungles, a species so intelligent that our closest biological parallel, the monkey, has the intelligence similar to that of a three-year-old human being.
We not only have an awareness of what is going on in our neighborhood but we have some pretty good ideas of what the rest of the galaxy looks like, as well as the universe as a whole. We have also developed enough mathematics and instruments to show us the smallest of things, a subatomic particle. To our surprise, we have found that it isn’t a thing at all, but a cloud of energy, a probability pattern that appears to dance in and out of existence and may even travel back and forth in time.
Where did all these creatures, so many, so spectacular, and so astonishing at times, come from, and why are they here anyway? What, for example, is the destiny of a rat? an earthworm? a culture of bacteria? Do they have a higher purpose, too, or are they just here to breed, consume, excrete, and die?
But it gets stranger still.
Biologically, you had a high probability of not being here in the first place.
Out of millions of sperms that completely happened to miss the egg, you happened to be the one who made that biochemical “handshake.” This, in turn, created a massive replication of very specialized cells that formed itself into a completely organized biological system of some trillions of cells. For the most part these trillions of cells appear to get along together and effortlessly run on autopilot for decades, maybe even three-quarters of a century.
And while all of this has happened and is still happening, you aren’t, as far as you can tell, taking an active role in running the show. Your liver, without a thought from you, seems to know exactly what to do to keep you around despite that extra shot of Vodka you took to cheer yourself up yesterday.
Again, out of billions of people, it only took the probability of two to meet to bring you here. In fact, those two people may not even have gotten along very well with each other; but still, you’re here, despite all the arguments they’ve had and may still be having with each other. Somehow you snuck in when they were in a good mood.
Spiritually, too, there was not much of a chance that you would show up here, either.
Assuming there is a spiritual dimension, there is probably a long waiting list to get a human body. The odds of getting one must be as astonishing as winning the lottery. After all, if there are billions here already, and all souls never die, then there must be an astronomical number in the other dimension. Since space-time is infinite, assuming they even have space-time there, the number of souls may rival the number of stars in the universe.
Out of all possible experiences, you had a select number that have shaped your personality to be the way it is. And out of the 60,000 or more thoughts you have had every day of your life, there are only a select few that you acted on to make your day the way it is today.
It’s all so strange and mysterious that there is a group of us, called scientists, dedicated to looking into it, and this group has become so specialized because there is so much information that now very few of us even know what they are talking about.
Another group has formed as well, called philosophers, who try to piece all the disciplines together to create a big picture, but even this group has become overwhelmed and broken up into splinter units, and we will never ever again have the grand schemes of a Plato, a Kant, or a Spencer. The idea of a grand unified theory of life has all but been abandoned. Of course, there are still a few renegades, like Ken Wilber, who still like to write a brief history of everything, but even these attempts are more about creating huge sweeping classifications, then really explaining anything. It’s not anybody’s fault really, there is just too much to consider and still too much to discover to allow a neat, overall pattern to be envisioned.
Then there are other groups, called politicians, who work hard on writing the rule books based on the prevailing ideas of world domination. And, they are followed quite closely, by people whom we will politely call industrialists, who are trying to do the same thing, except that they use a different kind of paper to determine the rules on how the rest of the species should live.
But, of course, the quest for power, does not stop there. There are also the armed forces, the environmentalists, the activists, the musicians, the theologians, and every other imaginable social cluster that is trying to weave a coherent pattern out of their own particular world-view.
The main difficulty everyone is having is not getting a clear idea of what is going on.
In the days of ancient Greece, a sapient homo sapient, like Aristotle, could embrace a complete world view. He impressed everyone for centuries as appearing to know something about everything.
But today, we know, for sure, that he didn’t really know that much. Ironically, the awe that centuries of scholars had held him in was mainly due to the fact that very few people were willing to look into anything deeply at all. In fact, those who did ended up getting crucified or burned at the stake or some other gruesome finish.
Fortunately, along came epochs like the Renaissance and the Age of Reason where human curiosity finally broke the bonds of collective stupidity and original inquiry became acceptable again.
This, in itself, took on a massive momentum. After centuries of intellectual suppression, in this century, we ended up figuring out and inventing more than in the entire history of the human race. Today, the rate of knowledge is expanding at such a rapid rate each day that no one can keep up with it anymore.
A multi-talented individual, a “universal man” like Leonardo Da Vinci or Isaac Newton will never be known again. Unfortunately, this has happened not only because of the rate of expansion of knowledge but because toleration for genius has also faded. For example, someone like William Sidis, who in 1910, at age 11, lectured Harvard Mathematical club on “Four-Dimensional Bodies,” spent most of his adult life hiding from the vituperation of the popular press.
Albert Einstein did not have a great start either. However, after being scorned by the university system and being forced to take the menial job of a patent office clerk, he managed to break free of the prejudice against intelligence by coming up with such startling ideas that the dozen or so people who understood what he was talking about embraced it and he became the first really smart celebrity.
But even Albert Einstein, after his few shocking revelations, spent most of his life in bewilderment. He constantly argued with Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, and the ever growing army of the exponents of Quantum Physics. In this battle of wits, he never really gained any ground because the mathematical and experimental evidence kept on showing the world of the very small to be constantly more bizarre than anyone had ever previously imagined.
Albert Einstein argued that “God does not play dice.” He believed that a grand, logical, aesthetic design should explain everything, but the evidence kept on piling up to show that God was indeed playing dice all day long.
Speaking of dice, even your own life, when you come to think of it, has been filled with many improbable interventions that rescued you from certain disasters, gave you insight when you needed it most, and created an entire pattern when you look back at it. No doubt, at the current moment, you’re witnessing another role of the dice, and despite how rational and sensible you’re trying to be things are working out in a most unusual way.
The probability of anything happening the way it has happened is so unlikely that about the only statement one can make about living on earth is that it is all a miracle.
At best, we only have a vague idea of what is really going on, and we have a way of muddling up our facts and inventing our own versions to explain the gaps, which only adds to the confusion. And we are not alone in this quest to keep things as befuddled as possible. Despite the astonishing discoveries of neuroscience, all educational systems throughout the world still operate on roughly the same educational paradigms invented a century or two earlier. And some even fail to rival that of the 17th Century.
Ironically, despite the beauty of this entire scheme of life on Earth, our internal agitation, both as individuals and as a culture, appear to have taken over for the most part. It appears that we are all simultaneously wrecking as much havoc as possible while crying for help. This is not a cynical comment. Evidence for it is as close as the nearest newspaper or Television or Radio News Channel.
Perhaps the greatest miracle is yet to come. At the current rate of overpopulation, pollution, nuclear arms escalation, genocidal outbreaks, archaic educational systems, rampant militarism, the machinations of multinational corporations, religious dogma, social unrest, economic spirals, environmental disasters, and the disappearance of entire species of flora and fauna, it’s going to take another miracle to keep the Earth itself from total collapse. Again, there are rumors of this as having happened before, and there are talks of civilizations like Atlantis and Lemuria which appear to have disappeared without much of a trace, apart from archeological artifacts, which could also be explained in any other number of ways. Like the notion of life on other planets, we have, at present, no clear idea if a flourishing civilization once existed before we showed up. (And, if we assume the idea of reincarnation, we may be the very same rascals who messed things up in the first place.)
In conclusion, then, whatever we make of the prevailing ideas of the earth, its confused inhabitants, and its possible future, one thing is rather clear: everything that exists has happened out of a huge improbability of it ever occurring in the first place.
What will it take for us, then, as a species, to appreciate the miracle of life and have more of it, not only for ourselves and other life-forms, but for generations of sentient life yet to come?
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So you want to show your appreciation to your wedding guests and make your wedding an almost instant celebrity style wedding. What better way than with wedding favors. Wedding favors are small keepsakes of your wedding and are available in many shapes, sizes, colors and themes. Below I have put together a list of the many benefits of choosing wedding favors for your wedding.
Instant wow factor
When wedding favors are presented nicely on your reception tables your wedding guests will be in awe over them. Doing this it will almost always be an instant ice breaker for your wedding guests. They will point out all of the little fine details of the favors you have chosen for them and they will wonder how you pulled it off.
Personalize your favors for an extra touch
Personalilzing your favors are simple. You can purchase little favor tags that come in many shapes, styles, and colors to give your favors the personal touch that you are looking for. When you personalize your favors it shows your wedding guests that you have went the extra mile for them and that you appreciate everything that they have done for you.
Great memories and keepsakes of your wedding
Wedding favors provide long lasting memories of your wedding. Your guests will always remember your wedding day every time that they use or look at the favors that you have given them.
Great talking piece
When a friend or family member notices the favors that your guests have received they will ask a lot of questions about your wedding. Your guests will tell them how nice they felt when they received these favors and your wedding will almost always be the talk of all your friends and family members for a long time to come.
Great additions to any decor
When you pick the perfect favor and present them correctly they can give your wedding decor instant celebrity status.
Themed and seasonal favors
There’s so many different wedding favors out today you can surely find some that will fit right in with your theme. So if you are having a beach themed wedding you can choose from various favors such as starfish gift boxed soap, beach flip flop place card holders, adirondack chair place card holders and many more. Also if you are having a fall or spring wedding you can choose from many various favors that will represent any season.
Summary of the benefits of wedding favors
Choosing wedding favors are nice keepsakes for your wedding guests and will add the perfect final touch to your wedding. Wedding favors will bring your decor up a notch. Your guests will always remember your wedding and the favors will be instant ice breakers at your reception. Your guests will know that you have went the extra mile to make your day special for everyone.
A final note
Just remember when choosing your wedding favors you should have a good idea of how many guests that you are buying for and set a budget for that number. If you are choosing more expensive favors you should give one per couple. You should also consider favors that are for both genders so no one feels left out. So no matter what you choose just make them special and memorable for everyone involved and have a great time choosing them.
Yolanda is the owner of yolandasweddingfavors.com. She sells many different types of wedding favors such as two peas in a pod favor, calla lily gel candle favors, beach wedding favors and many many more. She also sells a great line of bridesmaid gifts such as personalized tote bags, compact mirror sets, bridesmaid relief kits and more. She also has a good friend who sells groomsmen gifts such as engraved beer mugs, personalized cuff links, personalized coaster sets and many more. So check out yolandasweddingfavors.com and mybridalfavor.com for all of your wedding needs.
Author: Simpson
I was exchanging correspondence with a fellow writer when he mentioned his interest in morphing from being an article contributor into becoming an e-book author and publisher.
I want to share my take on this with you, as well as what I told him regarding conventional book publishing.
What I’d like to know is:
(1) Who is making real money in e-books?
(2) What are their topics?
(3) What is their pricing?
(4) How are they promoting them?
(5) Are there commercial lists available for rent or purchase of recent e-book buyers?
Conventional book publishing seems to get harder all the time with industry mergers offering fewer buyers to the author, but more significant is the fundamental flaw in how books are acquired by book retailers:
It’s by consignment.
So, let’s say Barnes & Noble orders 10,000 copies of my latest book, but sells only 5,000.
The unsold copies are either discounted-in-place by publishers, meaning B & N gets to cut the invoice price, or they are sent back to the publisher. And there is no time limit for returning them. A book could be out of print for years and returns trickle in and credits are paid out.
Anyway, retailing of books has become a “fashion” business, driven by fad, celebrity titles, and the like, so it’s too bad for most authors.
Plus, and this is wild, most books being retailed are bought by women, so I was informed by a woman senior editor at a medium sized publishing house. This mirrors the fact that most book editors are women, as are book agents.
Last night at a faculty dinner at UCLA, I met a publisher of about 1,000 books, mostly geared to the real estate market.
As if he were reciting a script, he said most of his authors don’t make any money through book sales but by collateral business that book sales bring to them. I call it after-market, and I count on it, too, however, I said to this guy, “Every deal must stand on its own so I expect hefty advances.”
He laughed, knowing I know his game, and he knows mine.
His take on it is to offer NOTHING to the author but the illusion of fame and importance, so back we are, giving away our information.
At some point these efforts MUST be cashed in, as I see it.
Best-selling author of 12 books and more than 1,000 articles, Dr. Gary S. Goodman is considered “The Gold Standard” in sales development, customer service, and telephone effectiveness. Top-rated as a speaker, seminar leader, and consultant, his clients extend across the globe and the organizational spectrum, from the Fortune 1000 to small businesses. He can be reached at: gary@customersatisfaction.com.
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The Ottawa International Hockey Festival announced Friday that the eighth annual Bell Capital Cup, to be held Dec. 28, 2006, to Jan. 1, 2007, will set a Guinness World Record for the world’s largest tournament with an anticipated 509 teams.
The National Capital Region will welcome close to 25,000 players and their families for the annual tournament, with a community impact that has seen the festival directly raise more than $950,000 for minor hockey and local charities over the last six years. The Bell Capital Cup generated $11.1 million in economic activity within the region and province last year alone.
Serving as honorary co-chairs of this year’s event are Ottawa Senators defenceman Anton Volchenkov and forward Patrick Eaves. Volchenkov returns as part of the tournament for the second straight year. “It’s an honour to be asked to participate in the world’s largest minor hockey tournament again, especially one that involves so many international teams and ones from my native Russia,” said Volchenkov.
“Being able to give back to the Ottawa community and participate in a tournament of this quality and size is very special,” added Eaves. “These kids play for the love of the game, and that’s what this tournament is about.”
As the Bell Capital Cup launches its theme for 2007 – Skating Into History – it will play host to 509 teams vying for the Allen J. MacDonald Memorial Trophy. Returning countries include the United States with 90 teams, Czech Republic, China, Finland, France and Russia. With the assistance of the Ottawa Celebrity Sports Dinner, a team from Italy will represent the newest country to participate.
This year also marks the inclusion of the peewee house A division for the first time, along with divisions in Quebec (atome BB and peewee BB).
The 21 divisions, including two girls divisions, will play more than 900 games on 35 ice surfaces across Ottawa, from Stittsville to Cumberland. Each division’s championship game will be played at Scotiabank Place over the course of three days on Saturday, Dec. 30, Sunday, Dec. 31 and Monday, Jan. 1.
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Author: Simpson
Today most of us lead stress filled lives. We are constantly running from one task to another and have no time to rest even for a while and catch our breath. We are simultaneously juggling between high-pressure careers and demanding personal lives. You always have twenty things on your mind and not a minute to spare. At this point, you need to take a break occasionally and refresh yourself. You need to stop taking life so seriously and develop a sense of humor. Medical researchers say that we need a ray of humor in our dull lives to improve longevity. Humor brightens up your day and de-stresses your life.
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Author: Simpson
I was sharing the regional Toastmaster?s International podium with a fine, enthusiastic speaker.
He was fun, his stories were crisp, and the audience loved him.
So, when one of my clients asked if I knew a speaker they could hire for an annual sales meeting in Palm Springs, I mentioned this guy. But as I did, I felt just a little uneasy about recommending him, so I decided to perform a little due diligence by researching his credentials.
What really stood out for me was the fact that he called himself ?Doctor.? In itself, this is no big deal, as my trade name is Dr. Gary S. Goodman, so who am I to take issue with this?
If you have a Ph.D. or an M.D. or other ?doctoral? credentials, you?ve earned the right to use them, especially in professional settings. Dr. Robert Schuller, for example, earned his degree in ministerial studies, so he is entitled to use it, and of course, he does.
But I felt the speaker I was recommending wasn?t the real deal. So, I called him and asked where, when and in what subject area he earned his doctorate, and he mentioned a place I had never heard of before.
I contacted the research librarian at USC, where I earned my Ph.D. from the Annenberg School for Communication, and I asked him to look into this obscure school. After a few hours, he phoned back and said, flatly: ?It?s a degree mill!?
In effect, you buy your degree for so many thousands of dollars, possibly attend a class for a few days here and there, and then write a thesis or dissertation that is rubber stamped and filed away, or conveniently misfiled, as the case may be.
So, this speaker was a phony, at least from an educational vantage point. But what were the clues that made me suspect this? There were at least five:
(1) He seldom quoted respected authorities in his ?field.? If you have studied in a rigorous academic program, you are steeped in a tradition and you ?stand on the shoulders? of others who came before you. I refer, for example, to Peter F. Drucker on many occasions in speeches and in print because I studied directly with the management guru for two and a half years, emerging with an MBA for my efforts. Moreover, I was his informal chauffeur on Saturdays when I used to shuttle him from class back to his house, about a mile from the Claremont University campus, which named their Management school in his honor.
(2) When he mentioned research, he was sloppy and over-generalized the scope of its findings. Give a hammer to a phony Ph.D. and he?ll treat everything he sees as if it is a nail. Trained minds don?t do this.
(3) His grammar and syntax were far from flawless. Clear expression is one of the marks of a scholar, and someone who makes obvious grammatical errors, that the trained academic ear will detect, will either be corrected or never reach doctoral status.
(4) His biography should have shown about three years invested in a Ph.D. program, but his was silent with regard to where and how long he studied. Most doctors are proud of the institutions that spawned them. Remember, I had to ask him where he went.
(5) If someone?s ideas seem totally unoriginal, reflecting mere borrowings from others, this person has probably never been required to think deeply for himself and to create new insights and techniques. The mark of a true Ph.D. is originality in thinking. It is someone who was compelled under intense academic scrutiny to come up with something new, fresh, and significant, and then to defend the significance of that contribution.
So, what did I do?
I contacted my client, who had reviewed the speaker?s demonstration audio, and wanted to hire him. I said, ?This guy is a good presenter, but he isn?t what most people would consider a genuine Ph.D.?Does this bother you??
?No, I?m okay with it,? the sales manager replied.
The meeting came off without a hitch, the speaker was a hit, and everybody was happy.
I suggested to this guy that he eliminate his doctoral references, that some day they would probably embarrass him, and that his career didn?t require them.
Soon after that, he stopped using ?Doctor.?
And then he went on to become a best-selling author and a celebrity, demonstrating that he really didn?t need this extra credential.
Best-selling author of 12 books and more than 1,000 articles, Dr. Gary S. Goodman is considered “The Gold Standard” in sales development, customer service, and telephone effectiveness. Top-rated as a speaker, seminar leader, and consultant, his clients extend across the globe and the organizational spectrum, from the Fortune 1000 to small businesses. He can be reached at: gary@customersatisfaction.com.
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