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Her face bears a long scar, one that almost splits the cheek and runs laterally across her jaw and almost to her ear. Among the Taurs she is known as Scars-Flown-Proudly, and is one of the militant followers of Scars-of-Glory. It is an honor and perhaps a novelty to this grim yet noble race that they allow me to come among them and learn of them. She has told me the stories of her scars, and of her pride, her one and only son who has since gone to the High Pastures with Horn-of-Plenty and the other traditionalists. I asked her to tell me of the old tales, and thankfully she obliged me.
In the days of the Old World the minotaurs were among the leaders of Falhath. The Prelate of the Satrap, assistant to the Dynast Regents was always one of the Horned Ones. They stood for what as seen as the heart of Falhath, strength, honor, tradition, and courage. During this time the minotaurs, or the taurics as they were more commonly known not only embraced civilization, but we among its brightest. It is now forgotten that many of the scrolls of philosophy and contemplation were penned by the heavy hands of the Taurs. It was only in the realm of sorcery that the Taurs were unable to compete with humans. The arcane powers of sorcery simply seemed to be incompatible with their physiology and even today most Taurs retain a degree of magic resistance.
Yet when the end came crashing down, the minotaurs were among those who suffered the worse, perhaps only the Grae'ae suffered worse, each having been destroyed by their own power. When the horrors of the Nightmare War came knocking they found the vanguard of the Taurs ready, and much of Falhath's preservation from the devastation is directly linked to the heroic acts of the Taurs. According to records the deity Izkander, consort to Ixia, the Silver Forge was actually a minotaur warrior god and was among those powers that were snuffed out by the Nightmare War.
The Great Khuugrad
Not an individual, but a ceremony sacred to the Taurs, the survivors build a massive bonfire, mostly out of the ruins that surrounded their former homes. As the rosewood and lacquered bamboo was consumed by the fires, the gathered lords and horned nobles discussed what their plans and options were. Their long time allies, the sorcerous and serpentine Grae'ae were no more, and it seemed that all of the ills that had occurred could be laid at the feet of an ignorant and ambitious humanity. Disgusted with what had happened those gathered elders, under the dying light of a bonfire of vanity decided to forever forsake the path of civilization.
The Minotaurs that survived the Fall, as they came to call it, retreated to the hinterlands, the impenetrable pine barrens, hidden alpine meadows, and most of all the intimidating mountains of Thorondrim. They eschewed the societies of men, bitter and betrayed, and chose to live in solitude above the sodden and long since destroyed home of their ancestral and long since extinct Centaurum rivals.
The Waning Years
The Minotaurs grew more proud and haughty than ever despite their situation. They looked inward and to past glories in order to give their race the semblance of greatness which they all still feel in their hearts and souls. Now several generations later, they have grown much less fecund and much more morose, a dying race holding out valiantly but hopelessly, against the forces of the inevitable. Birth rates have begun to drop and no reason has been discovered for this drop off in fertility. Some expect the Horned Ones to birth the final generation within the next decade or so.
As years went by, their relative solitude and new natural environment has greatly influenced their ways and their culture has changed in many bizarre ways. The society of Minotaurs is really two groups in one now. The first group lives in the stony meadows and alpine valleys at the foothills of the Thorondrim. They dwell in huge tent-like pavilions, hunting the forests, and even growing certain crops. They are the slightly less grim and somber of the two tribes. They are known as the Low Ones by the other clan, but in every basic way are the same as the High Ones.
This second group, much smaller in size, dwells high in the Thorondrims proper, perched in stony structures carved into the very rock of the mountains. This group truly loathes the lands and ways of men, and have retreated even further from civilization than their cousins, who dwell below the gray peaks. They include the Shaman-Prelate, Horn-Of-Plenty, spiritual leader of both tribes, a title that combines the old nomenclature from Falhath with the culture of The New Way. Ironically the New Way is really the Old Way, as the Minotaurs have rekindled the traditions of their ancient ancestral brethren. Here as well dwells the War-Caller, Scars-of-Glory, a nearly berserk female Minotaur who somewhat predictably preaches the hopeless Last War, a final assault on humankind, and the rekindled might of her race.
Lifestyle of the Grim and the Noble
The Minotaurs subsist mainly by gathering the grasses and grains native to the hinterlands. The Lowland septs supplement their diets with tubers, and fruits, while the highland minotaurs tend towards more Spartan fare enriched by the blubber of pog-choy worms. The pace of life is slow, with much time given to deep thought and reflection. During the spring, the males engage in trials of manhood to determine who has the right to breed with the cows. Despite the increasing competition, fewer and fewer minotaurs are being born to the females. While the cause is unknown to the Taurs, it is a factor of their environment. The fescue grain that they harvest has a fertility suppressing agent in it that is related the bitter grass that prostitutes brew into contraceptive maidenhead tea.
Another common contest of manhood is now held in early spring when the snows and ice melt and fill the mountain streams. Young minotaurs will emerge themselves neck deep in these freezing streams and simply stand. They try to stand in the water longer than the other contestants. Their hearty constitution prevents them from dying of hyperthermia, but it is still a good indication of which young bull can stand the freezing water longer.
The minotaurs also have a strange barely controllable predilection for concentric circle labyrinths. This strange habit of circle-walking stems from their ancient history of eons ago. Horn-Of-Plenty sometimes walks these circles in meditation while 'high' inside the Great Smoke Hall. This like the Khuugrads itself allows him to 'see things'. He has been known to walk these circles in a daze for several days at a time, chanting and murmuring! Every minotaur has a small (10 foot radius) concentric walk-way in their home, for personal use. It is important to note that a maze and a labyrinth are not the same thing. There is only one path through a labyrinth and though it is circuitous and long, the center is always reached and there are no dead ends or wrong paths.
Yodeling or more properly Lowing, is another weird tradition among the mountain clans. Scaling the highest peaks and 'singing songs of race and glory', the minotaurs try to outdo one another with their baritone voices. It is worth noting that only the bulls of the Taurs will engage in this yodeling, leaving the cows behind to listen in on the competition. To the human ear, these sound more like echoing, thunderous, throaty bellows, and create many legends of the eerie Thorondrims.
The Mountain clan often hunts Pog-Chuy Worms. These are thick, revolting cave-moray like remnants of some past true wyrms approximately 7-10 feet long. While aggressive, they also tend to be languid, and are therefore are no match for the minotaurs and their axes and long spears. The thick grotesque rubbery undersides of these worms, are filled with whale like blubber, which allows the worms to survive on fat deposits, in between rare occasional meals of mountain goats and occasional climbers. The minotaurs use this blubber to create giant candles for use in the Khuugrad. This substance while burning, gives off a sickly smell, but also aids the hallucinations with its strange chemical properties
The Mountain tribes hold the Khuugrad with every New Moon. All the minotaurs attend, the Low Ones ascending the Thorondrims to join their cousins. A combination of mountain plants, herbs, moss, and Lowland peat, along with other bizarre ingredients are used by the Shaman-Prelate Horn-of-Plenty and his assistants to stoke huge bonfires. The fires burn with thick, greenish, hallucinogenic smoke which is then funneled into the Great Smoke Hall, filling the huge pavilion entirely. Horn-of-Plenty then begins his chants, while throwing more strange ingredients into the flames, and lighting giant candles, as the minotaurs take their place in a great circle. It is due to the strange plants used, and the sing-song hypnotic chanting that allows the Minotaurs to see the past and sometimes future. While most of these windows are actually LSD-like induced phantasms, the minotaurs believe these to be actual past and future visions.
The truth behind the vision quests is blurry. Many times the quests are simple drug induced states of euphoria, but as of late there has been a new vitality following Scars-of-Glory and her profound experience at a Khuugrad. She saw the future of the race was bound to an outward expansion, to leave the high meadows and bring war against the humans who have been steadily growing in number and regaining their lost sorcerous might and glory. Scars-of-Glory is opposed by Horn-of-Plenty, the wily and old orator of the tribe who holds to the old path and preaches isolationism and meditation. They both have sizeable followings and the outcome of the power struggle is far from clear.
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Freelance - Some younger Taurs have tired of the tribal existence and wander into human lands and sell their services as bodyguards. Having an eight foot horned warrior at your side tends to deter many assailants. The PCs could encounter one of these Bull-Errants as either a guard for a rival or enemy, or even gain one in their employ. Some are simply seeking a new life while others could be advance scouts for Scars-of-Glory plans of expansion.
The New Settlement - As humans drive further and further into the mountains they coming into closer contact with the Taurs on their home turf. Tensions mount and hostilities erupt between the war-hawks of the Taurs and the colonist militia. Can the PCs defuse the situation? Can they find and reason with the Taurs or due they earn the spite of the tribe by launching a new war against the Taurs?
Houses of the Holy - Driven by a vision, a prophet/oracle/seer decides that they must attend the next Khuugrad. It is up to the PCs to escort the frail/elderly/naive seer to the mountains and gain for them access to the Great Smoke Hall.
The Unmentionable One
One way to earn the hostility of the minotaurs is to mention the "Unmentionable One". Years ago a minotaur named Korokai Maaz went "crazy" from all his hallucinations. Suffering through a deranged and failed vision quest, he was convinced that the glory of the race could be salvaged by breeding with the wild bovine and human-tamed cows of the alpine valleys. It is said he rushed down to these herds, alone, in a mad rage and began to mate with them all. His vision quest and excessive exposure to the hallucinogenic compounds left him to believe that not only would this restore the fecundity of the race, but it would create a new strain of superior minotaur.
Some humans had seen this lunatic behavior and comedic, raunchy tales, awful to the ears of the minotaurs, began to circulate among the people of the area. The minotaurs slew this disgrace Korokai and dubbed him the Unmentionable One. If by any chance he is mentioned whilst another minotaur is nearby the speaker would be censured and ostracized on the spot! Do not speak of Korokai Maaz!
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KANSAS CITY, Mo - Arnissa Galloway of Southern Poly (Ga.) has been named the NAIA National Division I Women's Basketball Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Galloway was selected based on her performances from Jan. 21 - Jan. 27 and was chosen out of a pool of conference/unaffiliated group winners.
Galloway, a native of Columbia, Miss., averaged 24.5 points and 11.5 rebounds in Southern Poly's wins over Southern Wesleyan (S.C.) and No. 6 Lee (Tenn.) last week. The 6-1 junior center shot 66.7 percent (20-of-30) from the floor and 81.8 percent (9-of-11) from the free throw line. Galloway recorded her eighth double-double with 23 points and a game-high 13 rebounds in the Hornets' 70-69 victory over sixth-ranked Lee on Jan. 26. Additionally, she connected on the game-winner with six seconds remaining to snap the Lady Flames then-NAIA-best 14-game win streak. Galloway opened the week with a game-high 26 points and 10 rebounds at Southern Wesleyan.
Galloway ranks third on the team in points per game at 11.9, while resting second in rebounds with 156 (8.7 rebounds per game).
For a complete list of all the national statistical leaders, click here.
The next Player of the Week announcement will be on Feb. 5. For the complete Player of the Week calendar, click here.
Nominees: Sabrina Scott, Southern-New Orleans (La.); Nicole Ballestero, Vanguard (Calif.); Kourtney Tyra, Georgetown (Ky.); Becca Smithson, Martin Methodist (Tenn.); Brianna Beridon, Park (Mo.); Treshenia Solomon, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas); Justice Payne, Benedictine (Kan.); Katie Hall, Oklahoma City; Torrie Cahill, Carroll (Mont.).
2012-13 Division I Women's Basketball Players of the Week
Week 1 (Jan. 8): Amber Arceneaux-Francis, St. Thomas (Texas)
Week 2 (Jan. 15): Kourtney Tyra, Georgetown (Ky.)
Week 3 (Jan. 22): Tugce Canitez, Westmont (Calif.)
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Warren Buffett Betrays America
It must have been a bitter moment for President Barack Obama when he got the news that his favorite economic guru not only doesn't like paying taxes but hates America.
Warren Buffett, whose eponymous rule was a staple of Obama's 2012 reelection campaign, is underwriting Burger King's proposed move to Canada that the left is denouncing as practically the most dastardly plot since the Rosenbergs helped the Soviets get the atomic bomb.
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Burger King is acquiring the Canadian coffee and doughnuts chain Tim Hortons in what is called a "corporate inversion." At least that's the technical term for it. Obama and the left prefer to call it by names usually reserved for spies and AWOL soldiers before they get a last cigarette and a blindfold.
The practice of corporate inversion, or relocating overseas to avoid the burden of U.S. taxes, offends the president's sense of "economic patriotism," as he put it in a speech a few weeks ago. He referred to firms that make this move as "corporate deserters" taking advantage of an "unpatriotic tax loophole."
Sen. Bernie Sanders, the socialist from Vermont, says companies like Burger King are betraying America's veterans, and "have absolutely no loyalty to the people of the United States and our government." Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat from Ohio, has called for a boycott. Online petitions are targeting the chain for its rank abandonment of the United States.
This outpouring of patriotic fervor is something to behold, especially from the same sort of people who used to think expecting a politician to wear a flag lapel pin was a crudely nationalistic imposition.
The left almost universally scorns the idea that a closely held family business might have religious motivations — and was outraged by the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision for this reason — yet believes that enormous globe-bestriding corporations should have patriotic feelings.
Burger King is owned, by the way, by a Brazilian private equity firm. Its Brazilian patriotism should be in doubt, too, since it showed no sign of sinking into a months-long funk after Germany crushed Brazil in the World Cup semifinal.
In most other contexts, Obama is a proud "citizen of the world."
Except when it come to taxing businesses. Then, he is transformed into the Giuseppe Garibaldi of American progressivism. For him, patriotism is the last refuge of the taxman.
It should give him and his allies pause that Canada — boring, socialistic Canada — is a tax haven compared to the United States. How did that happen?
We now have a corporate tax system that combines the highest nominal rate in the developed world, at 35 percent, with loopholes that benefit special interests and the politically connected. Two Obama-appointed commissions have suggested major reform. On top of this, the U.S. — in a rarity for the developed world — imposes its tax rate on overseas earnings.


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The nature of the Internet is that old things are always new.
For instance, recently a patron stumbled upon some cool videos made by Rensselaer Middle School students about the history of the town, apparently for a school contest.
Even though these videos are three years old, they are still new to us, and just as neat now as if they had just been made.
The video that got brought to our attention was the winning video, titled "My Town," made by Avery Randle and Jacob Buczek. (Watch it on youtube.) These teens put a lot of historical research into their video, and creatively set it to the tune of the song by the same name by Montgomery Gentry.
Another video from the top five posted by the same person -- made by Conner Jackson and Cole Hickman (Watch it on youtube) -- captured our heart by using photos of the old library as well as the new one.
You might not be aware, but there are a lot of videos about Jasper County and its residents online. The video suggestions youtube provides on either of these videos are sure to have you off and running looking at other videos of the fair, local weather and events.
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Free From Food Awards 2012
Here we are again – this year has really flown past!
The shortlist is out for the Free From Food Awards and I am delighted to say that we have been shortlisted for the second year running, although last year, we were delighted to have won our category!
The Free From Food Awards are run by the very wonderful Michelle and Cressida who run Foods Matter, an excellent online resource; a collection of websites which contain a wealth of information on all manner of information on allergies, intolerances and health.
I was thrilled to have been asked to be a judge this year, too. I spent a fascinating day at Foods Matter HQ trying all sorts of exciting free from foods. As we know from experience (Tony my boyfriend has numerous food intolerances) great freefrom foods provide a lifeline to so many people and this is a market which is rapidly expanding. Winning a Free From Food Award 2011 for our chocolate brownies was a very proud moment, and we got a lot of business on the back of winning the award, so it was very interesting for me to be part of the awards from the other side this year. Following an early start, I travelled up to London from Dorset for the day to the Foods Matter HQ in Hampstead. One of the highlights of the day was meeting the other judges, some of whom I knew already and some I had been tweeting for a while. As is the case for many of these events, you often end up introducing yourself as @gofreecakes! Some of my fellow judges for the day were: Caleigh @Glutenfreek, Alex Gazzola @healthjourno, Siân @glutenfreemrsd, Christine Bailey, Rosemary Moon, Sue Cane and Lucy FreeFrom.charl
It was most fascinating sampling the products entered into the awards as many of them are only available online, it is a great opportunity to try foods I haven't tried before. It really did serve as a fantastic reminder for me, as to how far freefrom foods have come in recent years.
Here is a link to the Free From Food Awards 2012 Shortlist with information on all the suppliers. As you will see, there are plenty of new names entering this year.
And, because we are so proud of our win last year for our chocolate brownies at Go Free Foods, here are the judge's comments from last year, and a photo of me proudly collecting our certificate from AWT!
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Hodna Nuernberg, Editor-at-Large, reporting from Morocco
Some seven hundred exhibitors from Morocco and around the world descended on Casablanca for the Salon international de l'edition et du livre, which took place from February 9-18. Half open-air souk (rumor had it that one of the ambulatory vendors went so far as to offer women's panties for sale!), half oasis of high culture, the book fair counted over 125,000 titles from forty-five different countries. Egypt, this year's guest of honor, accounted for nearly fifteen percent of the titles on offer alone, and managed to ruffle more than a few feathers when an Egyptian publisher was allegedly caught displaying a book (A Brief History of Africa) whose cover featured a map of the continent depicting a "mutilated" Morocco—the disputed territory of the Western Sahara appearing as an independent nation under the Polisario flag. The presence of the book was firmly denied by the Ministry of Culture.


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Earth Day is an annual event, held since 1970, and recognized around the world. It's a day of giving back to the planet, and honoring Mother Earth. For environmental organizations and those involved in green community work, it's a day to spread awareness and education, and to participate in activities which make us—and the planet—healthier.Read More


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LG Mach is a smartphone with a side sliding QWERTY. Like the physical keyboard on some newer phones such as the Motorola PHOTON Q 4G LTE and the Motorola DROID 4, this QWERTY offers a dedicated numbers row. The LG Mach has a 4 inch WVGA display for your viewing pleasure and a dual-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor is under the hood with 1GB of RAM aboard. A 1700mAh battery keeps the lights while the 5MP camera on back records video in 1080p. The VGA front facing camera is good for taking self-portraits and engaging in video chat. 8GB of native storage can be expanded using the mictoSD slot on board and the LG Optimus UI runs on top of Android 4.0. At .48 inch thick, the LG Mach is thinner than the Motorola PHOTON Q 4G LTE.


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Glaxo Wins Battle Over Asthma Drug
Drugmaker Fighting To Prevent Sales Of Advair Being Lost To Generic Competitors
LONDON—GlaxoSmithKline PLC has scored a minor victory in the battle to keep sales of its $9 billion-a-year asthma treatment Advair from being lost to generic competitors.
The company has obtained a preliminary injunction to prevent Sandoz—the generic-drug division of Novartis AG—from selling its rival inhaler AirFluSal Forspiro in Germany, because of its color. The Cologne regional court made the ruling.


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Australian Natural Gold Nugget Weighs 3.47 Grams
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Before she married Monaco's Prince Rainier in 1956 and became real-life royalty, Grace Kelly was living a different kind of fairy tale: that of a talented young movie star who was, for all intents and purposes, a Hollywood princess.
In the fall of 1953 — after charming Gary Cooper in High Noon, and just before appearing in two hugely entertaining Hitchcock classics, Dial M for Murder and Rear Window — the cool blonde actress sat for LIFE photographer Loomis Dean for a series of stunning portraits that, for reasons lost to time, never made it into print.
Dean caught up with Kelly again in February 1954. The year was shaping up to be a busy one for the young star: In the span of a few months, she would add five films to her short but impressive resume, including the previously mentioned Hitchcock films and the movie for which she won the Oscar for Best Actress, The Country Girl.
Kelly seemed destined for a long career as a movie star. But in April 1955, she met Prince Rainier at the Cannes Film Festival, and her life took a dramatically different path. Accepting his proposal of marriage, she became princess of the principality of Monaco in 1956, retiring from Hollywood at just 26 years old. (That's not a misprint; she retired from the movies at the absolute height of her career and of her popularity as an actress and star.)
Before she hit it big in films, Kelly was a player on the small screen. "Her TV plays have ranged from Berkeley Square to F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Rich Boy" LIFE noted in 1952. "In one hectic 13-day period she played three roles: a college girl on Tuesday, a rich girl on Sunday and, eight days later, a country schoolteacher. Usually cast as a wholesome ingénue, she was happily surprised a few weeks ago to find herself on [the mystery-thriller series] Lights Out playing a provocative music hall singer in short skirts and black mesh stockings."
"The basis for her success," LIFE instructed its readers, "is her combination of freshness, ladylike virtue and underlying sex appeal that has led two of her directors to compare her with the early Ingrid Bergman."
High praise — and for once, amid the incessant grind of Hollywood's star-making machinery, wholly deserved (if perhaps just the slightest bit patronizing). Here, on the 30th anniversary of Grace Kelly's death at the far-too-young age of 52, LIFE.com presents a series of photos — none of which originally ran in LIFE magazine — from her sessions with Loomis Dean.
Her good friend and Rear Window co-star Jimmy Stewart eulogized Kelly as "just about the nicest lady I ever met. Grace brought into my life ... a soft, warm light every time I saw her, and every time I saw her was a holiday of its own." These revealing pictures from the mid-1950s capture that soft, warm light — as well as Kelly's famed, singular beauty — as completely as any portraits ever made of the beloved, short-lived star.
Liz Ronk, who edited this gallery, is the Photo Editor for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter @lizabethronk.


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The new office/guestroom space is humming along and it's about time to consider how we'll organize this somewhat looong and narrow space. Since I hope to have it fulfill two very different functions (that of an organized and well-designed office as well as a comfy space for our guests to hang their hats) the narrow-ness (is that a word?) of the room might be a bonus in disguise.
But just to lay a little context to the gray & white diagrams below… here's the spa-like color palette I'm mulling over at the moment:
We love dark, warm furniture (as you can tell from the rest of the house) but we're playing with the idea of keeping everything white in this room… maybe.
Here's the layout that has been floating around the back of my mind since day 1:
The day bed end of the room would be the bedroom and the desk end the office space. The off center french doors actually line up with the doors to our kitchen and the island, but it looks a bit odd in the diagram.
Of course a day bed isn't exactly the comfiest option for couples spending the night – and we regularly have more than one guest (such as our parents, grandparents, friends with children) so here are two potential designs that would include a full bed.
The office space portion might change as we hunt down thrift store and Craigslist finds to fit the area, but this at least gives us a list to start exploring. Ideally we could track down a set of bookshelves and even create a 'built-in' look with molding for around the new desk.
The thought of creating a more natural partition between the two spaces has crossed my mind as well – perhaps an open bookshelf or fabric screen divider will find its way into the space, as long as it doesn't compromise the little room we're working with!
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10 Creative Mirror Frame Ideas – DIY
Refashion the mirror into original and creative display piece. Mirrors and photos are usually on display somewhere in the home; upgrade your plain mirrors with the unmistakable appearance of beautiful and elegant frames. These refreshing DIY ideas will give a new look and feel to your mirror and to your room.


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[dropcap]B[/dropcap]ungee tags are pretty neat. They started out as a crowdfunding campaign (that was successful) and now they have a website, a real product, and you can order it. What makes this idea really neat is two things. 1) It's about as simple as simple gets. 2) It relies on humans to be honest and that in an of itself is likely to be pretty surprising and fun (most of the time).
So you get this card in the mail, it has 1 lost wallet card, 1 lost keys tag, 3 small stick-on tags, 5 regular sized stick on tags, and 1 lost sunglasses tag.
You get 1 year of coverage for 10 bucks, lifetime for 25 and family lifetime for 75 (US).
Once you get the card you turn it over and on the back follow the instructions. The process is you text your code (that is on each tag) and your email address to a phone number. The information is processed and your cards are all activated. Now you just put your sticker on the item you want to protect.
If someone finds the item (after you lost it) they just need to see the tag and text the code to the phone number on the tag. You will instantly be notified and can make arrangements with the person to retrieve your property. Now most of us are thinking… wow that will never happen where I live. However, the Bungee team have video of them in places like Chicago and New York having iPods returned so you never know… for $25 you can protect 11 items for life. It's not a bad idea and wow wouldn't it be great to trust in the human spirit a little more often?
I'll give them 4 out of 5 stars for originality, and the concept of believing in your fellow man. The Bungee Virtual Lost and Found is an excellent idea for our 2013 Father's Day Gift List.


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I'm trying to tame the symptoms of my Seasonal Identity Crisis, which are getting pretty intense, especially with the publication of the Fashion Week calendar (eeek!). This Topshop skirt might help me indulge my fall longings without contributing to death by heatstroke.
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By Fin on Tuesday, May 28, 2019We drove over 2000 miles in four states Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. We drove mountains roads, on flat roads and also cities. Great vehicle for driving on paved mountain roads, goes up and down great, at 40 mpg or more ! Hybrid will hold just about any speed up and down . I drove up Vale Pass east of Vale, Colorado (at 70 to 75 mph, gas motor got loader but didn't slow at all). I was even more impressed coming down I didn't have to use any brakes ( held speed exact ) , The Hybrid electric motors/generators held vehicle at correct speed. I was on very steep paved mountain road in Arizona held at 50 mph on very steep grade (the noise of electric motors/ generators made did get louder, 3 times on very steep areas ) I was also on steep paved Interstate 70 in Colorado held 70 to 80 mph without braking, only had to brake around five different times in 280 miles through Colorado when other vehicles going slow got into fast lane. I did drive through light snow in New Mexico and Arizona, no problem of gripping the road. Very Happy !
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By Dylan on Friday, May 03, 2019We could not be happier with our xse. The blueprint color is awesome, and the interior materials have a real luxury feel. The only onow I have is entune 3.0. The connection to a Galaxy S10 phone is extremely slow, and full of glitches. If you have an iPhone and want to plug it in for CarPlay, that's a much better experience. The acceleration is great, and performs much better than the standard rav4, which we had for a week waiting for our hybrid to arrive. One note though, it makes a quite loud noise when reversing under battery power, though we are given to understand this is designed to stop after 5000 miles. Perhaps a safety warning noise for people around you?
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By JohnnyD on Saturday, May 25, 2019While I would have enjoyed one of the higher trim models, Toyotas come at a premium price, so the LE is what I could afford. That's not to say the LE is a stripped vehicle. It comes with plenty of standard features to keep you happy, certainly everything you need to travel comfortably and safely down the highway. It's just that the interior looks a little spartan at this trim level. It's like the fabrics and textures chosen, blend a bit too well. Nothing pulls your focus or excites your senses. It is a comfortable place to spend even long hours of travel however. Where the Rav4 shines in my opinion, is when you step on the gas. It delivers very impressive acceleration at any speed, while maintaining impressive fuel economy. I enjoy the solid feel and good handling, especially on curvy wet roads. The ride is very smooth but never floaty or loose. The AWD does it's job without a hiccup. Even though I drive the base model, people really notice this car. Several have actually asked to take a look inside and spent some time walking around it. If my base model LE, albeit bland, gets this kind of attention, I can only imagine the looks the high end models get. All in all the Rav4 offers good looks, excellent performance and handling, bullet proof reliability and value that's tough to beat.


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Abstract: While examining the macroeconomic effects of government tax and punishment policies, this paper develops a three-sector general equilibrium model featuring matching frictions and worker-firm wage bargaining. Workers are assumed to differ in ability, and the choice of education is determined endogenously. Job opportunities in an informal sector are available only to workers who choose not to acquire higher education. We find that increased punishment of informal activities increases the number of educated workers and reduces the number of unemployed workers. Considering welfare, we show it is optimal to choose punishment rates so to more than fully counteract the distortion created by the government's inability to tax the informal sector. JEL-codes: H26, I21, J64 Keywords: Tax evasion, underground economy, education, matching, unemployment. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7558
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Abstract: While examining the macroeconomic effects of increased government control of the informal sector, this paper develops a two-sector general equilibrium model featuring matching frictions and worker- firm wage bargaining. Workers search for jobs in both the formal and the informal sector. We analyse the impact of higher punishment rates and a higher audit rate on labour market performance. We find that a higher punishment rate reduces the size of the informal sector and reduces unemployment. A higher audit rate has an ambiguous impact on unemployment, and may actually increase the size of the underground economy. JEL-codes: H26 Keywords: Tax evasion, underground economy, matching, bargaining, unemployment. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7487
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Players of the Week - No. 4
Hoskins, a 6-3, 205-pound, junior quarterback from Middlesboro, Ky., racked up 481 yards through the air and tied his own school record with six touchdown passes in Pikeville's 51-34 triumph over Faulkner (Ala.) on Sept. 24. He completed 36 of 51 attempts and became the school's all-time leading passer with 4,168 career yards in 14 games. Hoskins tossed touchdown passes of nine, seven, 13, 13, 18 and 11 yards. He leads the NAIA with 1,362 passing yards this season.
Travis, a 5-9, 175-pound, sophomore defensive back from Hazard, Ky., thwarted several Faulkner (Ala.) drives by intercepting a school record-tying three passes in Pikeville's victory. All three interceptions occurred in Pikeville territory, including one at the 5-yard-line as Faulkner tried to cut into the lead in the second half. Travis also had seven solo tackles. He is tied for second in the NAIA with four picks on the season.
Fambrough, a 6-2, 200-pound, senior specialist from Tyler, Texas, enjoyed a busy day in Bethany's 25-0 win over Kansas Wesleyan on Sept. 24. He drilled six of seven field goal attempts, including one from 48 yards out, connected on his only extra point try and punted six times with a long of 45 for an average of 32.8 yards per punt. Fambrough also totaled 406 yards on his eight kickoffs. His nine field goals in 2011 are tied for the most in the NAIA.
Offensive Nominees: E.J. White, St. Francis (Ill.); Tevin Lake, Marian (Ind.); Mike Keese, Saint Mary (Kan.); Derick Perkins, Southern Nazarene (Okla.); Lance Johansen, Jamestown (N.D.); Geoff Akpom, Benedictine (Kan.); Stephen Silva, Montana State-Northern; Robert Adan, Menlo (Calif.); Aj Pfeifer, Valley City State (N.D.); Torrance Moise, Webber International (Fla.); Torrance Moise, Webber International (Fla.); Davis Bloemendaal, Northwestern (Iowa); Dipo Kolawole, Ave Maria (Fla.).
Defensive Nominees: Damon Harrison, William Penn (Iowa); Reece Green, Marian (Ind.); Michael Hicks, Southern Nazarene (Okla.); Bryan Plenge, Central Methodist (Mo.); Zak Tazkargy, Southwestern (Kan.); Shawn Winters, Menlo (Calif.); Spencer Danielson, Azusa Pacific (Calif.); Cody Kilthau, Valley City State (N.D.); Colby Henderson, Morningside (Iowa); Watson Togialua, Eastern Oregon; Nate Keller, Webber International (Fla.); Gage Hayes, Ave Maria (Fla.).
Special Teams Nominees: Mitchell Mascaro, Cumberlands (Ky.); Jason Johnson, William Penn (Iowa); Austin Coleman, Saint Francis (Ind.); Cody Morrow, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.); Kevin Kurtz, Menlo (Calif.); Zach Maxey, Morningside (Iowa); Chris Jones, Northwestern Oklahoma State; Adam Riley, Webber International (Fla.); Eric Buer, Rocky Mountain (Mont.); Ryan Halter, Ave Maria (Fla.).
2011 Football Players of the Week (Offense; Defense; Special Teams)
Week 1: Brandon Smith, Northwestern (Iowa); Reece Green, Marian (Ind.); Marcus Bratton, UVa-Wise (Va.)
Week 2: Chris Ware, Eastern Oregon; Vincent Aguilar, Trinity International (Ill.); Levi Cockle, Peru State (Neb.)
Week 3: Josh Hollingsworth, Faulkner (Ala.); Ross Bauman, Saint Francis (Ind.); Terry Stecker, Kansas Wesleyan
Week 4: Trevor Hoskins, Pikeville (Ky.); Demitri Travis, Pikeville (Ky.); Alex Fambrough, Bethany (Kan.)


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Aggravated robbery in Port Arthur
Port Arthur police are investigating an aggravated robbery that took place in the early morning hours of Sept. 6. Police received a call from the Southeast Texas Medical Center than a 36-year-old Port Arthur resident was at the facility seeking medical help for a gunshot wound to his back left shoulder.
According to a news release from PAPD, the preliminary investigation revealed that the victim and his girlfriend were at the park at 200 Amy St. in the Montrose Addition in Port Arthur. An unknown male approached the couple, and there was an "interaction," police reported. An altercation ensued, and the unknown male suspect fired shots at the victim, striking him in the shoulder. According to police, what started the altercation is unclear but said it appeared to be a robbery or attempted robbery and is being investigated as an aggravated robbery. Investigators are looking into the incident.


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Check out our full review of the HTC Droid DNA smart phone.
HTC and Verizon have unveiled the Droid DNA at a special event in New York, marking the first foray into the tablet/smartphone hybrid market for the Android device manufacturer.
The Droid DNA has been leaked under several names over the past few months, including the HTC DLX, and has long been suspected of being a re-branded version of the Japan-only HTC J Butterfly.
Sure enough, the Droid DNA shares the same spec as the Butterfly, which is very exciting indeed, as its headline feature is a 5-inch, Super-LCD 3 touchscreen with a 1080p resolution and an amazing 440ppi. This makes it the first smartphone announced in the U.S. with such a high pixel count, and is currently unique in the market.
The screen is covered in Gorilla Glass 2 for protection, and it has a slight curve to it too, plus HTC say it's 50-percent brighter than the Samsung Galaxy S3's screen and has a vastly superior 80-degree viewing angle too.
HTC's President, Jason Mackenzie, said both he and all the teams involved were "super excited" about the new phone, adding that "this is Droid as only HTC can do: Ultimate power." It's hard to disagree too, as the rest of the specification is equally tantalizing.
The processor is a 1.5GHz, quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro and is ably assisted by 2GB of RAM. It's Qualcomm's integrated LTE chip, so it should offer improved battery life too. The operating system is Google Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, with the HTC Sense 4+ user interface, and the device has an 8-megapixel camera with an f2.0 stop aperture, 1080p video recording and an HDR feature.
There's also a 2.1-megapixel forward facing camera lens with an 88-degree viewing angle, two amplifiers — one for the speaker and one for the headphones — plus NFC, dual-microphones, 16GB of internal memory, Bluetooth 4.0 and Beats Audio too. The battery is rated at 2,020mAh, and the Droid DNA supports wireless charging.
Verizon will put the Droid DNA up for pre-order today, and it has been priced at $199 with a two-year contract. It'll be released on November 21 and will, of course, connect to its 4G LTE network.
Samsung's Galaxy Note and Note 2 are the kings of the tablet/smartphone hybrid sector, with only a half-hearted attempt from LG with its Vu/Intuition for competition. Now the Droid DNA is on the scene, that could all change.
Update: Be sure to check out our spec comparisons.
Editors' Recommendations
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WELCOME to Dunsmuir Lodge, located in the quiet, beautiful mountains of the Upper Sacramento River Canyon, with renovated cottage-style rooms and off-street parking. Our motel is the perfect place to stay while you enjoy the natural beauty of the Mt. Shasta area.
We have comfortable and immaculately clean rooms to greet you. All of our rooms are smoke-free and we invite you to bring your pet with you for your stay. We have a lovely meadow and outdoor areas for you to enjoy. Our rooms are reasonable in price and we know that you will be glad you stayed with us. We will make you feel welcome and very comfortable while you are here at Dunsmuir Lodge.
Our motto is: Once a guest, always a friend. If you're looking for lodging in south Siskiyou County, explore the web site and make your reservations soon! Whether you're here for business or just passing through, fly fishing on the Upper Sacramento River, or skiing and snowboarding at Mt. Shasta Ski Park, we look forward to seeing you. We are easy to find and have just what you need.


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You're the Magic… Shaili Magic Color Changing Ceramic Mug 315ml, 1 Pc
- Shaili - A Gift. A beautiful concept mug with personalised message " Shaili - You're the magic in my life"
- When Cold: The mug is black; When Hot: The black disappears and the entire design is seen. See the pictures / video for understanding the concept. Magical effect for the recipient. On pouring the hot drink in the mug, the mug design changes and reveals the personalized message for your loved one. When the temperature of the mug drops down to normal (room temperature), the mug turns black once again.
- Original and exclusive designs by Hot Muggs. Do away with the hassles of unpleasant designs related to personalized merchandise. A gift for You're the Magic… Shaili from you.
- FAQs - (Q): I can't find the name I want. Can you make a mug of that for me? (A): First, we recommend that you search for the name you want. Ex.: If you need a mug with name "Rahul" search for Rahul Mug. In case not found, contact us by the "Contact the Seller" link on the product page. (Q): Can I put a different design for the mug? (A): No. Currently, we are not able to take that request.
- Material: Ceramic, Color: Multicolor; Dimensions (cms.): 12x8.5x10, Capacity: 315ml. Contents: One (1) Mug. Not dishwasher safe. Not microwave safe.
- Only 1 (One) Mug. If you see more mugs in the picture, it is there to show different states of the mug (when hot and when cold).
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Official Welcome with representatives from the SF Mayor's Office
11:00 - 11:15 am.
Philippine Consulate General of San Francisco, Bookfest Committee Representative, Luis Herrera/City Librarian, Karen Strauss–Chief of the Main Library, Mitchell Yangson: Librarian–The Filipino American Center
Guest Authors Panel #1
11:15 - 12:15
Writing Our Way Home: Shaping Tradition, History and Culture.
Evelina Galang, Criselda Yabes, Alejandro Murguía, Moderator: TBA. Authors discuss topics relating to the festival's theme.
Kodakan Panel
12:30 - 1:30
Artists discuss Kodakan, a media project exploring changing expressions of the Filipino cultural identity over time through the juxtaposition of vintage images of the community with a series of new photographs and videos. Presented by Kularts.
Philippine Endangered Species Panel
1:45 - 2:45
A presentation by Jeepney Projects Worldwide with David Tomb about their inspiring trip to Mindanao to see the Great Philippine Eagle, its fragile future, and the incredibly rich bird life of the Philippines.
Guest Authors Panel #2
3:00 - 4:00
Writing Our Way Home: Shaping Tradition, History and Culture.
Luisa Igloria, Jon Pineda, TBA, Moderator: TBA Authors discuss topics relating to the festival's theme.
Carlos Bulosan Panel
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One might expect that an Ash Wednesday reading (2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2) would appear in the Lectionary for Penance. And so we have a bit of overlap (5:20-21) with the final five verses of 2 Corinthians 5. Curious that this relatively large New Testament book contributes only this reading to the Rite of Penance. But there you have it:
Brothers and sisters:
Whoever is in Christ is a new creation:
the old things have passed away;
behold, new things have come.
And all this is from God,
who has reconciled us to himself through Christ
and given us the ministry of reconciliation,
namely, God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ,
not counting their trespasses against them
and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
*So we are ambassadors for Christ,
as if God were appealing through us.
We implore you on behalf of Christ,
be reconciled to God.
For our sake he made him to be sin who did not know sin,
so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
Reconciliation is from God. Clear enough. But when Saint Paul writes, "God (has) given us the ministry of reconciliation," is he speaking of himself? Of the apostolic band? Or may we interpret reconciliation as the act of every believer?
The apostolate of the laity lies in the world, and it is there that Christ needs ambassadors. If we hold to that, then the Catholic laity certainly have a share in the ministry of reconciliation. How else are non-believers to know this aspect of Jesus Christ, but for our own example.
Every ambassador has credentials. Perhaps this reading challenges the believer to develop those credentials sacramentally. God affirms the believer as made new in the Son. Our own transgressions are discounted. What more affirming message can we then pass on to those who do not believe, those who are skeptics, or those who have allowed their faith to go inactive?
God forgave me: can we make a convincing case for this in the world? I think we might need to do so.


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Why do men shout at women in the street?
From whistling to catcalling, and even groping, street harassment is an everyday reality for many women around the world. But now a new wave of feminist groups are organising to stop it.
One dark evening in south London, a group of men slow their car behind a young woman walking alone.
They call out to her, propositioning her to get into their vehicle.
She keeps walking, heart rate quickening, ignoring their lewd comments. The men continue to follow her and their words get more aggressive.
Just before she reaches the nearest underground station, she's had enough. She strikes the men's car and flees down the station steps.
In a rage, the men leap out of their car, chase her, grab her by the neck and pin her to the wall.
This was an experience that drove Vicky Simister to take action and found Anti-Street Harassment UK.
It's one of a new wave of groups tackling an age-old problem. At the forefront of the movement is the international Hollaback! campaign group. Having started in the US, it will open another dozen chapters next week, everywhere from India to Croatia.
Hollaback! and Anti-Street Harassment UK offer forums in which women can share their experiences, share photos of their harassers and view maps of where previous incidents have occurred.
Most people would recognise that what happened to Simister was totally unacceptable. But what if the incident had not escalated into violence? What if Simister had not been followed? What if it was just suggestive remarks shouted across a street?
Day in and day out millions of women are whistled at or shouted at on public streets. It can be unpleasant, and for Hollaback! activists it's all part of the nasty business of street harassment.
They're in a long tradition - going back to the 1970s Reclaim the Night movement - of trying to make the streets safer and more pleasant for women. Much has been done, in the West at least, to deal with harassment in the workplace, but the streets remain a different proposition.
There's no suggestion that most men carry out harassment in the street, but occurrences are widespread.
In an online study by stopstreetharassment.com, 95% of respondents said they had been the victims of leering, honking or whistling and a large proportion have been groped or grabbed in public.
Emily May, the founder of Hollaback!, is on a mission to stop the harassment.
"It stems from a broader culture of gender based violence," says May. "To shift that culture it takes people standing up and saying street harassment is not OK because most people in our society don't want it to exist."
When a man shouts "hi gorgeous" or "come over here love", the recipient of the comments might be annoyed, but the remarks are often disregarded by bystanders, so the problem goes largely unaddressed.
"Women are advised to ignore it, and we don't speak up about it. Therefore, these men keep on doing it and push boundaries further and further," says Simister.
And it's dangerous because it's difficult to distinguish which men simply shout and which ones may use catcalls as a gateway to violence or sexual aggression.
"If a guy is checking out a woman it's annoying, but that's how sexual predators who are honing their craft test how far they can go," says activist and filmmaker Maggie Hadleigh-West.
And street harassment varies from country to country. In the UK and US, most women will experience only shouting, but in many parts of the world street harassment can escalate to groping and more frequent public sexual assaults.
In India it is euphemistically referred to as "eve teasing", in Japan groping on the subway has long been a problem, and the attack on Lara Logan in Egypt gained international attention.
But why do some men harass women in public?
Street harassment occurs because our society has always allowed it and dismissed the behaviour as "men being men", says Hadleigh-West.
"Culturally, men have been indoctrinated into it, and it's been a privilege for them to walk down the street fantasising about women. The culture hasn't checked the behaviour."
Because society has perpetuated this as a cultural norm, men tend to engage in street harassment as a way to prove their masculinity, says Northeastern University associate professor of sociology Kathrin Zippel.
"Often times it's not really about the women, it's just about the men performing masculine acts for each other and establishing a pecking order amongst themselves. What is really going on is the dynamic among men."
So can the leering, the catcalls and the grabs ever really be stopped?
"Some activists have targeted city planners and the public transport officers to make the case that women should not face harassment in the streets," says Zippel.
In response some countries such as India and Japan have created women-only subway cars.
But critics say this sort of measure is only a temporary fix.
"I find recreating segregation in public to be highly problematic. In the short term it might be a good solution, but they also notice that if women step onto mixed cars there are less women on them and the ones who are experience more harassment," explains Zippel.
To take the burden off women, the founder of stopstreetharassment.com Holly Kearl suggests that councils gather survey data on assaults and sexual harassment and then work out what kind of responses work.
On college campuses in the US officials addressed safety concerns by adding more lighting, installing safety phones and redesigning bus stops
Not all men impose unwanted attention upon women, and Kearl agrees that it's important for these men to join in the movement to stop street harassment.
"We have to engage men. In our society it is easy to sexually objectify women, so it is important to make men realise that every woman you harass is someone's mother, sister or daughter, and she is a person who deserves respect."
When men take accountability for the actions of themselves and their peers, it helps to create a cultural shift in attitude. If a man feels that catcalling won't be accepted by his peers, he is less likely to engage in the behaviour.
"When men are made aware of it, hopefully by women they love, they can listen, hear and see what is going on. It becomes an individual responsibility and men really do care when they get it," says Hadleigh-West. "I have seen enormous change happen in the consciousness of men."


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Opposition leader says he would halt Venezuela's oil shipments to Cuba if elected president
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles says he would stop trading oil to Cuba for services such as Cuban doctors providing medical care for Venezuela's poor.
Capriles says he opposes selling petroleum to Cuba under preferential terms because it doesn't benefit Venezuela.
Former President Hugo Chavez forged close ties with Fidel and Raul Castro in Cuba, and he provided the island with more than 100,000 barrels of oil a day on beneficial terms.
During a speech Monday, Capriles said that if he becomes president, in his words, "not another drop of oil will go toward financing the government of the Castros."
Capriles is campaigning against Chavez's chosen successor ahead of a crucial April 14 presidential election. A poll released Monday says government candidate Nicolas Maduro leads Capriles by 14 percentage points.


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by Kellie Lambert McGuire
Charlotte Rogan may have late blooming success for a writer, but her popularity was worth the wait.
More than 350 people came out March 20 to hear the writer talk about her debut novel, "The Lifeboat," during the 2013 Southington Reads event at The Aqua Turf in Plantsville.
Rogan said the Southington event may have been the biggest crowd to whom she has given a solo talk. She has done about 70 book events since "The Lifeboat" was released a year ago.
Sue Smayda said Rogan and her bestselling book are a perfect fit for the Southington Reads program, which began in 2008.
"It's a combination of people looking forward to this event every year, and it's such a great book," said Sue Smayda, director of the Southington Public Library. "There's just something about it that makes you want to talk about it."
Smayda said at least 10 book clubs turned out for the event at the Aqua Turf, which generously donated its banquet facility for the popular event. Readers snacked on a delicious buffet of sweet treats, coffee and tea while waiting for Rogan to begin her talk.
"I come every year," said Southington resident Mary Ann Ingriselli. "It's a tradition to come with my friend. We enjoy it. We have a wonderful library in town."
Rogan stepped up the podium shortly after 7 p.m. for a half-hour speech and slide show about how she became a writer. A mom of grown triplets, the Westport resident started writing novels in her then-hometown of Dallas, Texas, while her children were young. She said she treasured any moment during the day when she could put her imagination to work. She wrote page after page, producing manuscripts for several novels which will never likely be published.
"The plots are likely too weak," she said during her speech, a problem she was able to correct when rewriting "The Lifeboat."
After 25 years of writing without success, Rogan's fate changed. She passed "The Lifeboat" along to a journalist friend's literary agent, and shortly after her 57 birthday, she signed a book contract. Rogan's debut novel won early praise from both critics and book fans, landed on the New York Times bestsellers list, and the novel is now translated into several languages around the world.
The inspiration for the story of "The Lifeboat" was found in one of her lawyer husband's law text. Rogan spotted a story about a 19th-century case where starving castaways, stranded on a lifeboat for weeks with little food, decide to kill and eat a young passenger. They were rescued four days later and convicted of murder.
In her book, Rogan used the seed of that tale to tell the story of a 22-year-old newlywed-turned-widow named Grace Winter, who is on trial for an event that unfolded during 21 days on a lifeboat full of castaways after a luxury liner in the Atlantic Ocean sinks. Although she does not borrow the cannibalism story from historical case in her husband's law book, she does pose questions of survival, life and death.
Rogan said that addressing these themes within a fictional work can be telling.
"Writing fiction is an opportunity to talk about truth with a capital 'T,'" she told the audience. "We find inspiration in real life."
Smayda said that she and library staff is already hard at work at planning next year's Southington Reads.
Meanwhile, Rogan may see her book turned into a big-screen blockbuster.
"I've heard (actress) Anne Hathaway has read it," Rogan told the crowd last week, recounting a tidbit she had heard about the recent Academy Award-winning star of "Les Miserables." "And she liked it."


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Partnerships in Character Education Program
Vermont Department of Education Abstract
Contact: J. Douglas Dows
120 State Street
Montpelier, Vermont 05620
(802) 828-5109
Vermont Character Education Program: Safe, Orderly, Civil and Positive Learning Environments
Grant Number: R215V010001
Project Period: 9/1/018/31/06
FY 2001 Award: $211,979
FY 2002 Award: $209,182
FY 2003 Award: $187,823
FY 2004 Award: $192,423
FY 2005 Award: $198,593
The purpose of this project is to design and implement character education curriculum components that will help school communities construct knowledge of the qualities of caring, civic virtue, citizenship, justice, fairness, respect, responsibility, and trustworthiness. This will require the development and use of reasoning, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills that can contribute toward making Vermont schools safe, orderly, civil, and positive learning environments for all. The Vermont Commissioner of Education has invited each of the 60 local education agencies (LEAs) to join a partnership with the Vermont State Education Agency. The Department will establish a Character Education Clearinghouse for information dissemination and an accessible data?base focused on character education and related programs. A Curriculum Design Team, with members from Vermont institutions of higher education and LEA partners will identify, design, adapt and revise character education curriculum components that will be reviewed by the Project Partnership Advisory Council. Two LEAs will serve as model sites for field-testing the curriculum components. Local Advisory Groups will review the curriculum components and assist project staff in their implementation. After completing an intensive Summer Institute, teachers, special educators, and paraprofessionals in each model site will implement the curriculum. LEA Site Coordinators and a contracted consultant will provide on-site training and technical assistance. An annual statewide Character Education Conference will disseminate the project's results statewide. An evaluation team will identify and design appropriate instruments to fully evaluate all aspects of the project.
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Though once usually associated with the suburbs, the 7-Eleven chain is growing aggressively in Manhattan, and New Yorkers have been less than welcoming, reports Crain's.
The chain began growing its Manhattan numbers in 2011. Since then, the number of stores has grown from eight to thirty-seven. Five new stores have opened in the last six months.
To try to win over New Yorkers, 7-Eleven launched a set of automated key-making kiosks. It's also started to introduce healthier food options, and is even trying out craft beer sales.
Yet New Yorkers aren't quick to accept the new neighbots. A Lower East Side blog, No7Eleven, has staged rallies against the chain, and some landmarked buildings are particularly resistant. Neighbors are often worried that the introduction of a store will only welcome "noise and trash."
But ready or not, New York, here 7-Eleven comes.
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The 2019 tournament schedules are being finalized. The Michigan Open date is set for Saturday, October 19 2019.
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"Thank you Mr. Caique for making our experience at the 2010 South Bay Tournament such a memorable one. It's the best tournament my son has attended this year; better than the Kid's Pan Am & All American. You did a wonderful job hosting the tournament and allowed everyone to compete & have a great time. I hope and pray that you continue being a role model for us all. It's good to know that we have a great man of leadership who is carrying the true spirit and tradition of the art of Jiu Jitsu. God Bless you Mr. Caique."
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THURSDAY, Dec. 13, 2012 — Women who wait at least 15 years after their first menstrual period to give birth might reduce their risk of an aggressive form of breast cancer by as much as 60 percent, researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center report in the journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.
Triple-negative breast cancer is a particularly aggressive subtype of the disease that does not depend on the hormone estrogen to grow and spread, researchers explain. This type of cancer, which accounts for 10 to 20 percent of all breast cancers, does not respond to many breast cancer therapies, such as the hormone-blocking drug Tamoxifen.
The observational study involved more than 1,900 women between the ages of 20 and 44, including more than 1,000 with a history of breast cancer. Reproductive histories among the women were compared to determine how childbirth affected premenopausal breast cancer risk.
Researchers say their study is the first to look at how childbirth affects breast cancer risk among premenopausal women, who have a higher risk of more aggressive breast cancer subtypes. The study also confirmed that breast feeding also has a protective effect against triple-negative breast cancer. However, other studies have shown that having three or more children raisesa woman's risk of triple-negative breast cancer.
Childbirth and breast feeding also reduce the risk of the most common breast-cancer subtype, ER positive, previous studies have found.
Researchers say these new results could be particularly impactful for African-American women, who experience higher rates of triple-negative cancer and also face worse survival outcomes. Between 2001 and 2007, the five-year relative survival rate for white women with breast cancer was 90 percent, while for black women it was only 77 percent, due perhaps to a lack of screenings or access to health care.
Compared to older women, women under 40 with breast cancer generally face more aggressive forms of the disease, higher rates of recurrence, and lower survival rates. However, progress has been made recently in the fight to find effective treatments for aggressive breast cancer in young women.


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There are several good Indian restaurants in Tuscan, but this one is not one of them. Horrible service, and arrogant management is enough to ruin your dining experience. We are vegetarian and ordered a vegetarian soup, but were instead served a chicken soup. When we noticed something fishy after eating a couple of spoons, we called manager who informed us that it was a chicken soup, But to our surprise and shock, rather than apologizing, he trivialized it as a minor mistake. To a vegetarian serving non-veg is certainly a big mistake, but this gentleman said such mistakes do happen and so what if this has happened to us. Instead of feeling sorry, he insisted that he had done a favor to us by admitting that it was a chicken soup. He went to the extent that he is running this restaurant for 20 years and he doesn't care about my experience or any adverse review I may write,
Avoid this place if you do not risk ruining your dining experience.
Went last night with my wife and the food was delicious!
My husband and I have been watching Kitchen Nightmares recently and I felt it was our responsibility to let the public know about this place.
He worked there for a few weeks a couple years ago. He quit because he said the place was filthy. He previously worked at Olive Garden for 3 years which has is immaculate I might add. He ended going back to Olive Garden.
When they were showing him around they went inside the walkin in cooler. On the floor was a bin...like a Sterilite bin. Inside this bin was their main sauce that they use. It was not covered at all, just sitting on the floor open to let stuff fly in it. They told him to step over so they could show him stuff. He lost balance while doing so (those things are pretty large) and his foot went in the sauce. He immediately apologized and they were like "Don't worry about it" and continued to use it. His nasty dirty shoe WENT IN THE SAUCE and they STILL USED IT!!!! EW. He also said the kitchen was disgusting. He actually took it upon himself and tried to clean it.
He and the other line cooks would smoke in the walk in cooler. The managers/owners did know about this because he said one time they walked in when they were smoking. The guy was like "Hurry up" He also said they would sometimes join.
Before I even met my husband and knew about this place, many of my friends had gotten food poisoning from this place as well.
I beg of you, please please do not go to this restaurant. I've never eaten there myself and now I never will.
Amazingly beautiful
I have eaten here a number of times now and enjoyed the food, service and ambiance more than any other Indian restaurant I've ever been to. I felt so confident in this restaurant that I finally talked my son-in-law from England into trying it!! After 12 years in the states he said he finally found a proper Indian restaurant! Being from England and being that Indian food is his favorite, I think that is a great compliment! Keep up the superb work Saffron!
I was not impressed. I felt the portions were small, way over priced, and mediocre at best. I would look elsewhere.
New management and maybe chefs. Not as good as in the past.
-sher-e-punjab is an amazing place, the service was wonderful it might not look big and fancy but once you order one of there dishes the appearence of the building doesnt matter the naan bread is unlike anything ive ever ate before the aroma of the dishes still remains in my noise til now,the tenduri chicken is very flavorfull try it!!,and i love how you can hear them play indian music softly in the background who ever says they dont appreciate the great dishes that this place brings seriously doesnt know what good food is and shoudnt even be critiking negative comments because they are not true !!,, sher-e-punjab the greatest restaraunt to have ever been open in the cityof tucson..
At best 2 stars. Have had their biryani, that was ok, and a chicken dish that was inedible. No thanks.
The service is always great!!!!! The owner is friendly and the food is excellent! We have been going to the Indian Oven for the last 13 years, and our boys just love this wonderful, tasty, well-prepared food. There is nothing like a whole-hearty meal with meat, rice, and vegetables! We highly recommend
it to your family.
I recently asked my dry cleaning lady, who is Indian, were to go for Indian food. She said try Sher-e-Punjab. She must have some sort of interest in that place because all I can say is that the buffet was awful. Diced potatoes with canned green beans in a greasy brown sauce, shredded cabbage in a similarly oil-ladened sauce, bland and watery paneer, all dark meat tandoori chicken, and rather dry basmati rice, Worst of all, everything tasted as if they reuse the leftovers all week long. As an aside. It was kinda comical watching a number of patron come, walk to back of the restaurant, look at the buffet food, and promptly walk out of the building.
Am I too hard of a reviewer? Not if you consider the fact that some of my friends and I have eaten all over the country. Look! Overall, Tucson is sorely lacking in good cuisine, period.
Been going to this restaurant for years. Excellent food. Great ambience. Lunch buffet is a
good value.
This is my favorite food ! My husband and I have been having lunch at the buffet every weekend for 10 years. Yummy.
Simply put: The buffet food is way too bland tasting.
Service was great, the server was a delightful and conversational woman. The buffet lunch was fantastic. I am a vegetarian so I stuck with the vegetarian items. Samosas were great, fluffy, and flavorful. The curries had a wonderful taste. I have never been to India Oven for dinner, but hope to in the future. I would recommend this place to anyone.
Pretentiousness at it's worst.
I was really looking forward to dining at Sher-e-Punjab.
It was not what I thought. Other east asian restaurants are better. Reading the other posts makes me wnder from whence they came...
I found Saffron's food excellent. Value for money as well as quality on par w/ my experiences back home in the UK and Mother India herself. My only suggestion is to skip the buffett and order from the menu.
Went for the lunch buffet. The price was right but most of the items were average/decent. In other words, bland. Do I recommend Indian Over? I'd say give it a try. Will I be back? Hmm? Not sure. Service was a little lacking.