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I've been a fan of The Sims since the very beginning; Will Wright's idea of letting you control virtual people in their everyday lives taps that desire that we all have to be ruler of the world and tell everyone else where to stuff it. The Sims is the closest that many of us will ever get to Ed Harris' character in The Truman Show; that's the movie where he plays the director who gets to "cue the sun" and manipulate events around the unsuspecting Truman Burbank, played by Jim Carrey. The thing is, Truman doesn't realize that the quaint, coastal town that he lives in is in fact a carefully staged set and that his every move is caught on camera and beamed to the outside world. The Truman Show is an apt description for The Sims 3, because it too takes place in a quaint, coastal town that your sims can go out and explore. Yet wherever they go, you'll be carefully watching.
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As you've probably heard, the big change in The Sims 3 is the fact that it no longer revolves around a single household lot at a time. Your sims can go anywhere in town at any time without pause. This is a very welcome change, because the gameplay doesn't feel claustrophobic anymore; you're no longer spending 95-percent of your time looking at the same house and then having to sit through lengthy loading screens for those moments when you send your sims out into the world. This freedom is pretty liberating; I spent quite a bit of time at first just switching between my characters just to watch the camera pull back on the town and then zoom in on the location of the next character. It doesn't take too long before you get used to the change, and it's hard to imagine how we played The Sims before. Now it seems totally natural to send one sim to the park, while another goes shopping downtown, while another stays at home; you can switch between all three effortlessly and almost instantly. Lives feel more naturally lived this way. You don't even need to worry much if you neglect your sims because they default with a high level of free will; leave them alone and they'll take care of themselves and keep themselves amused. It can be fun just to let go of the mouse, sit back, and watch what they do on their own.
Collector's Edition ContentThe Sims 3 Collector's Edition carries a hefty $20 premium over the regular edition, but is it worth it? Not really. If you're a casual fan or a newcomer to the series, the regular edition of the game will suit you just fine. The fancy Collector's Edition packaging highlights the key extra, which is a 2GB USB drive shaped as a green plumbob, the distinctive jewel that hovers over whichever sim that you're controlling. It comes with a matching green carabiner so that you can carry it around easier. While 2GB is a decent amount of storage, you can easily purchase higher capacity USB drives for less than $20. The other physical extra in the box is relatively quaint; it's a hints and tips guide that beginners may find useful. Then there's a virtual extra of a European-style sports car in the Collector's Edition so that your sims can commute in style. It's neat, but not necessary, especially considering that EA has set up an online store where all sorts of new content will be made available. Already, every owner of The Sims 3 can download a free car from the store (a third-generation Toyota Prius, showing off some of the potential marketing possibilities in this chapter of the series). Basically, the Collector's Edition is aimed directly at the many diehard fans of The Sims who want to show off their love by having a Sims-style USB drive.
There's also a much greater sense of a living, breathing world. You see other sims going about their daily lives; sims still age and die, and after a while new sims show up, giving a sense that people are coming and going. The sims themselves are now powered by much more sophisticated psychological systems than found in earlier games; they might be party animals or childish, flirty or brave, neurotic or clumsy, and more. You might see maids who are secretly kleptomaniacs (never a good combination) or health nuts constantly working out. I like watching the neighborhood at night and seeing the cat burglars skulk around the houses and night owls going about their thing.
Life on the home front is also much improved. Your sims no longer have to constantly run to the bathroom like in the old games; now you can send them about once per day, and there are ways to reduce that even more. That gives you more time to play with, and at its heart The Sims is very much a time management game where you juggle daily and lifelong goals. There's the short-term need to keep them fed, social, and happy, but then there are long-term needs that require them to improve their skills in order to gain a promotion, work out to get into shape, read a cookbook learn a new recipe, tend to an elaborate garden, or maintain friendships before they fray. There's never enough time in the day, so you must learn to set and prioritize goals.
This all translates into a more elegant gameplay experience, one that doesn't feel as constrained or confined as before. Yet if there's one complaint, it's that The Sims 3 doesn't really explore what all this freedom can offer. In many ways, you're still doing the same tasks as before. For example, when your sims race off for work you now have the luxury of being able to follow them all the way to their workplace before they disappear for hours at a time. Imagine if EA could make everyday work as interesting as everyday life in The Sims? You could experience challenges trying to earn a paycheck. Or perhaps the designers could embed adventures and mysteries within the world for you to uncover? Maybe there could be some MMO-style quests that NPCs could grant? The potential is here to create a much grander and richer experience, and it'll be interesting to see what route EA takes with the expansions going forward.
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On many days, we may feel immortal — although never, of course, on Monday mornings. But the unpleasant reality is that all of us will die someday.
Purchasing life insurance is among the best ways to provide for our families after we are gone.
Knowing why you want to purchase life insurance can help you determine how best to do so, says Lisa Gardner, resident expert on insurance and associate professor of statistics at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
Life insurance is a product that sometimes confuses and intimidates people. In a nutshell, who needs this insurance, and who does not?
All life insurance policies provide a death benefit, which is simply a sum of money paid to the insured's designated beneficiaries (those you chose to receive the money) when the insured person dies. If you are the insured, you can determine who gets the money, with very, very few restrictions. Reasons why your beneficiary might need money when you die include the following.
- They need to pay for your funeral and burial costs.
- They need money to pay for your estate and inheritance taxes.
- They depended on your income to make ends meet. Now that you are gone, they need another source of money to help pay the bills.
- They depended on your ability to generate income for their business.
- They were a creditor to whom you owed some money.
Another reason for buying life insurance protection is simply because you want to give someone money when you die.
Policyholder dividends constitute another, but less significant, benefit associated with some life insurance contracts. Policyholder dividends, which represent refunds of excess premium payments, cannot be guaranteed by insurance companies, and typically they won't be paid until the policy has been in place for a few years. Depending on the policy, these can range from a few dollars to more than a few hundred dollars each year.
Some life insurance policies include savings elements called "cash surrender values," which should build over time. The interest income earned on savings while the policy is in force accrues federal-income-tax-free in the U.S.
Life insurance basically can be divided into two types: temporary, or 'term,' and permanent. Do you have some tips for determining which product is right for you?
Determining whether to buy term versus permanent insurance comes back to deciding for what purpose you are buying insurance. While cost is important, don't let it be the only thing you consider when choosing between the two types of insurance.
Temporary, or "term," insurance is fundamentally a "you die, we pay" product. You buy this to provide money to pay for funeral and burial costs, estate and inheritance taxes, debts, or (provide cash to) businesses that rely upon you to generate income for them. You also buy it to ensure that those you leave behind have adequate income to maintain the standard of living that they had before you, an income earner, died. Or, you buy it to leave money to the people or organizations you care about.
These are the same reasons why you buy permanent life insurance, which includes a savings element called a "cash surrender value." Unlike term insurance, permanent insurance has a tax-protected savings element, and thus, also serve(s) as a savings/investment vehicle with favorable income tax treatment.
How can people best determine the amount of coverage they need?
The amount of coverage that you need depends on why you are buying life insurance. If the purpose is to provide cash to pay for your burial expenses, then you won't need as much as if the purpose is to replace, say, a $50,000 annual income, or pay off many mortgages.
Once you determine why you want to buy coverage, then it's easier to determine how much you need. If you are good in math, you can do some present value/future value calculations to determine how much coverage to buy.
Or, you can simply ask someone who is very knowledgeable about life insurance income replacement needs to help you. Talk to a licensed financial planner, preferably someone who has passed professional exams beyond what is required by your state. These exams include Chartered Life Underwriter, Chartered Financial Consultant, Certified Financial Planner and Chartered Financial Analyst, to name a few. Most university professors of risk management and insurance can help with this task, too.
Do single people need life insurance?
Absolutely. The reasons that I mentioned in response to your first question don't just apply to those who are married or partnered.
Once the children have flown the nest, does it make sense to drop life insurance? What are the benefits and risks of doing so?
Again, you need to know why you want to have life insurance in place. If the only purpose is to pay for the costs of raising your children in the unlikely event that you die before they are grown, then yes, you should drop it once they have left the household.
You will save some money in dropping your life insurance. That's an upside to quitting or, in insurance-speak, "surrendering" your policy. If the contract has a savings element, you will be taxed on the policy's investment gain when you cash it in after the kids are grown. That's a downside to policy surrendering.
But there are many other uses for life insurance as I mentioned earlier. Be clear about what life insurance can and cannot do for you before buying a policy, and before surrendering one, too.
We would like to thank Lisa Gardner, resident expert on insurance and associate professor of statistics at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, for her insights.


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The Day the Beatles Changed the World
On Feb. 9, 1964, the world of rock music — and American culture in general — was turned upside down by the Beatles' debut performance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
That seeds planted by this event would soon grow out of control, and for all intents and purposes, the world would never be the same again. As it's been described by more than one ecstatic soul — before John, Paul, George and Ringo, the world was in black and white, and after them it was in technicolor.
The Beatles arrived in the U.S. on Feb. 7, and within 48 hours or so, a new era in youth culture would begin. They first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9 for what would be the first of three consecutive weekly appearances. Watched by over 73 million viewers, it has long been mentioned as one of those "Where were you when … ?" moments in history, and with "I Want to Hold Your Hand" sitting on top of the U.S. charts, "Beatlemania" had officially begun!
The band performed five songs: "All My Loving," "Till There Was You," "She Loves You," "I Saw Her Standing There" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand." All except "She Loves You" would appear on their first album for Capitol Records, Meet the Beatles, released a couple weeks after this appearance. Oh and just for the record, it was live, not lip synced!
The Beatles would transcend mere 'pop culture' in ways never dreamed of before. They inspired countless kids to pick up instruments and start bands, leading to the rock and roll revolution that was the '60's and '70's. The impact of this simple event is still felt to this day. Need proof? Tom Petty, Billy Joel, Kiss and Aerosmith are just a few of the artists who recall how much this day meant to them. And in the below video, Styx, Foreigner and Don Felder trade stories about the Fab Four's arrival and its impact.
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In a couple days I'll be 30wks pregnant. Where in the world has this pregnancy gone? Ellie will be 20months on the 4th, so close to turning 2yrs old. I feel like I should be pregnant with her, not her turning 2 soon. She's growing up too. She has so many words and is clearly learning a lot. She was sitting on my bed watching Max and Ruby this morning when I took my shower. I could hear her talking to the TV and saying football which sounds like botball. I didn't think much of it until I got out of the shower and noticed that Max and Ruby were throwing a football around. When she hears a dog bark she knows it's a "dogga." She has many other words that honestly I have lost count and track of. Oh, maybe the hardest word of all she is saying is Christmas. When she sees Christmas lights she'll say Cicmas. We got her a big girl bed. It's actually just a longer twin mattress and box spring. It works for now, but soon I want her to have an actual bed. She sleeps well in it when I let her. She has fallen out a couple times, I really need to dig the railing out of storage, but I'm hoping I can get Simon to do that. But it seems it's a lot easier for me to just put her in bed with me. I kinda like the company in the bed, even if it means a foot in my side or I get way less than half the bed. She insist on sleeping sideways in the bed or she'll turn upside down. The pregnancy is going GREAT. Exact opposite of what was going on when I was pregnant with Ellie. I'm still able to wear my rings with very minimum swelling. I do have heartburn, but who cares about a little heartburn. All in all I'm doing great and cherishing every little movement. I'm not too thrilled with the constant peeing with a toddler in tote. Oh and the worse of it all is my underwear are falling to my knees, don't ask me how the croch stays up but the rest fall down. Time for new undies. But it's all good though. Oh something else about Ellie, she pees and poops in the toilet. SCORE!!! She still wont tell me so I have to put her on quite often, which I'm not consistent with. But when I do, she generally goes. My mom told me to put her on after meals and before and after nap, and when she wakes up and before going to bed. That seems reasonable, hopefully soon she'll start communicating her need. Some days she will hold her poop in until I sit her on the toilet then immediately she goes. I am so blessed to have such an awesome daughter. I hope this boy is just as great as his sister.
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There are some products, where the name really does matter. For me, Ile de France cheese is one of them.
I have been buying their products for years now and have never been disappointed, which is why I enthusiastically accepted their offer to review their Camembert cheese. Ile de France's Camembert is a soft-ripened cheese with a luxuriously creamy texture and mild, nutty flavor. It's ideal for cheese platters when paired with olives, fruit, crackers, and toasts.
Today's recipe for Camembert and Kumquat Chutney Toasts contrasts the pleasantly mild cheese with a tart, tangy fruit and spice chutney. I have served this appetizer for dinner parties twice now to rave reviews. To save time, both the chutney and the toasts can be made ahead of time. Then just before your guests arrive, assemble the toasts with the cheese, and you're good to go. Serve them with some chilled Riesling, and trust me, they won't be disappointed.
Camembert and Kumquat Chutney Toasts
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1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
1/2 teaspoon aniseed
1 1/2 cups of sliced, de-seeded kumquats (about 8 ounces)
1 cup sugar, plus 2 tablespoons
1 1/4 cups freshly squeezed navel orange juice (prepared juice may be substituted)
1/2 cup dried tart cherries
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 loaf of bread such as sourdough, country white, or multi-grain
1 wheel of Ile de France Camberbert cheese
In a small, dry skillet over medium heat, toast mustard seeds and aniseed. Gently shake the pan in a back-and-forth motion until seeds are aromatic and lightly toasted, about 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer to a heavy, small saucepan with remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil, stirring often. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until the chutney thickens and the kumquats become translucent, about 10 to 15 minutes.
Transfer chutney to a bowl and let cool before serving. Chutney can be stored in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for up to two weeks. Bring to room temperature or reheat on the stove top before serving.
Note: To de-seed kumquats, slice the fruit into rounds with a sharp paring knife. Using the tip of the knife, gently pluck the tiny seeds from the slices.
Using a round cookie cutter or the top of a glass, cut as many circles of bread as you need. Place on a large baking sheet, and broil for 2-3 minutes, or until crisp and golden. (These can be made several hours ahead and left uncovered on the counter top.) Top each bread round with two thin slices of Camembert and a spoonful of chutney. Place on a serving platter. Serve immediately.
You might also like these appetizers:
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The ikat pattern that adorns our wool rug was first discovered in a 6th-century fresco on the walls of an ancient Buddhist monastery carved into a cliffside in India. Its intricate detail requires a high knot count and exceptional skill on the part of the artisan, who works each of those tiny knots by hand. A muted palette of tonal grays calms the pattern's exuberance, making this rug as versatile as it is striking.
- Hand knotted from yarn-dyed wool for softness and enduring color.
- Sheared to a dense, medium pile.
- Finished with fringe on two ends.
- We recommend our Heavyweight Rug Pad with this style; our latex-backed pad (sold separately) can be trimmed to fit exact rug dimensions.
- Due to the handmade nature of our rugs, all sizes and colors may vary.
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- Vacuum regularly to prevent dust and crumbs from settling into roots of the fibers.
- Avoid direct and continuous exposure to sunlight.
- Do not pull loose ends. Clip them with scissors.
- Turn carpet around occasionally to equalize wear.
- Remove spills immediately; if liquid, blot with clean, undyed cloth by pressing firmly around the spill to absorb as much as possible.
- For hard-to-remove stains, professional rug cleaning is recommended.
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Social media has grown up. News that breaks on Twitter is now news that moves the markets, sometimes even when it's not news.
( Read More: False Rumor of Explosion at White House Causes Stocks to Briefly Plunge )
Earlier this week, the AP's Twitter account was hacked and a fake tweet was posted about President Obama being injured in an explosion. The Dow dropped 143 points and $136.5 billion in value was shaved off the S&P for a brief period. While the market quickly rebounded, it was a wake up call for investors.
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The Peabody Museum Membership program is now the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture (HMSC) Membership Program.
Members of the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture enjoy benefits to
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Here's a passenger on a San Antonio bus taking a swing at another woman riding with her newborn child. The assailant might have done better if she hadn't had her own newborn strapped to her chest.
The video of the 2009 fight and several other were uncovered by San Antonio TV station WOAI. San Antonio officials say a major reason more residents won't ride the buses is "fear," and after this video, we'd call that a reasonable assumption. The new tool for fighting the fighting: A riders' code of conduct.


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wgentile necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 64 diseños de 21 diseñadores freelance.
We are a large real estate investment firm. We have just awarded a prize for a new logo and are looking for someone to design a website for us.
Sovereign Partners
We are looking to completly revamp our image. For company information please go to http://www.sovpartners.com/. Please use our winning logo as a start for the webpage. We are interested in utilzing large buildings for our design. We are not a residential developer, so please only include commerical properties in the design. Please stick to the same color scheme as in our winning logo i.e. the same blue and white/grey used in the winning logo design. We need a webpage style and then each of the pages designed. I am assuming once we have our design we can either have someone else code it or work that out with the winner. I will activly provide feedback for the websites I like.
Our logo. The use of blue as the main color. Something that is creative and asthetically pleasing. Something that looks extrmely professional and well put together. Buttons: "about," "investment strategy," "aquistion criteria," "leadership team," and "home" Crystal clear images. Easy contact with my designer is vital once I have chosen a winner. I am not to expierienced and will need guidance as to the steps I will need to take to activate the site. GOOD LUCK!!! and please feel free to come to me with questions.
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Congratulations to Hope Solo, the U.S. Women's goalkeeper and the entire U.S. Women's team. I didn't get to watch the match today, but I hear it was pretty incredible. They beat Brazil to move on to the Women's World Cup Semifinals. It came down to Hope making some great saves including one in a penalty shootout. Here is a video recap with all of the action.
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I remember an odd thing a woman told me the day I was diagnosed with breast cancer: "Losing your hair is the worst part!" Wow, I muttered to myself, she must not be in touch with reality. Dying seemed to me to be the worst part!
But after I realized I wasn't going to die, at least right then, a funny thing happened. My vanity took over. I have always had long hair, and I never realized how tightly my sexuality was linked to how I looked. I was not sporting new blond curly locks and I didn't dye my hair red, I just wanted my long brown hair back.
After three types of chemo, plus surgery and radiation, my formerly shiny, straight hair had begun to grow in black and curly. I was terrified. It was no more than one inch long, but rolled up in such a tightly curled ball that you couldn't unwind it. I started shopping in the section of the store that carried hair-care products for women of color, but none of them worked well for me. I hated looking in the mirror. For anyone who remembers "Saturday Night Live" in the late 80s or early 90s, I looked exactly like the androgynous character Pat.
So after my last radiation treatment, I marched myself directly to a salon that specialized in hair extensions. I guess the amazing workers there miscalculated the amount of fine curly hair I had. It took two or three girls a full two days of work to attach countless extensions. A normally VERY expensive process, the owner of the salon heard my story and offered to do my extensions at cost, which was more than $1,000 in savings. I cried the whole time, happy to be finished, overwhelmed at the kindness of these young girls.
People were sweet enough not to laugh at me. My hair was wild and long and I went from "Androgynous Pat" to "Kitty the Stripper" in one fell swoop. When I look at the pictures now, I chuckle.
To avoid the pitfalls I made, there is a wonderful organization called Look Good…Feel Better. Administered nationally by the American Cancer Society, this free public service program offers both in-person and online virtual workshops staffed by volunteers, who teach make-up application for cancer patients, offer tips for skincare and grooming during this unusual time, and give great wig advice. For more information, visit their website or call their toll-free number at 1-800-395-LOOK (5665).
I will leave you with a few of my own tips, but do whatever feels good for you.
- Do not pass go, do not collect $200, but go immediately to your wig stylist before you lose your hair. Once it starts happening, you will be too depressed to do anything about it and suffer the entire time you are bald.
- Shave your head! With friends, with a big glass of red wine if you drink, with photos (I swear you will want evidence of your courage later!). I did it in two steps: First, I got a great short haircut which I hated anyway, but thought would be fun to try. And then, before I succumbed to the straggly mane, which was falling out in pieces, I invited very special friends over and shaved my head. Everyone wore one of my new wigs and together we resembled the Beatles. ( I recently attended an awesome "Surrender Your Hair to the Earth Party" with 60 women chanting, eating, drinking, and holding my close friend who is going through chemotherapy). My point is, make it your own.
- Change the tiniest thing about your look. I don't care how good or expensive the wig is, it will never look exactly like you. Alter something slightly about your look. Just enough of a color change to make it a touch different — for example, add bangs or layers so that when people say you look great, they think it's something new.
- Don't be surprised if you like your wig better than your hair! I didn't, but I know plenty of women who did.


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Social determinants of health and well-being among young people. Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study: international report from the 2009/2010 survey
By Candace Currie, Cara Zanotti, Antony Morgan, Dorothy Currie, Margaretha de Looze, Chris Roberts, Oddrun Samdal, Otto R.F. Smith and Vivian Barnekow
Health Policy for Children and Adolescents, No. 6
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Statement by Stephen E. Straus, M.D., Director, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, DHHS, Education and Related Agencies
Thursday, March 2, 2000
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee:
I am pleased to present the President's non-AIDS budget request for the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine for FY 2001, a sum of $71,362,000, which reflects an increase of $3,381,000 over the comparable Fiscal Year 2000 appropriation. Including the estimated allocation for AIDS, total support requested for the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine is $72,392,000, an increase of $3,381,000 over the Fiscal Year 2000 appropriation. Funds for the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine efforts in AIDS research are included within the Office of AIDS Research budget request.
The NIH budget request includes the performance information required by the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Prominent in the performance data is NIH's first performance report that compares our FY 1999 results to the goals in our FY 1999 performance plan. As our performance measures mature and performance trends emerge, the GPRA data will serve as indicators to support the identification of strategies and objectives to continuously improve programs across the NIH and the Department.
At the outset, I should note that NCCAM's work reflects the growing public interest in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and the belief that various CAM therapies may play a role in improved public health. Approximately 42 percent of U.S. healthcare consumers spent $27 billion on CAM therapies in 1997. CAM enjoys particular popularity among baby boomers. A number of practices, once considered unorthodox, have proven safe and effective and been assimilated seamlessly into current medical practice. Diet and exercise are today commonly used to prevent and control disease. Acupuncture is routinely applied to manage chronic pain and nausea associated with chemotherapy. Some of our most important drugs—digitalis, vincristine, and taxol—are of botanical origin.
Additional CAM practices have the potential to prevent and treat chronic disease, to improve understanding of how healing works, and to be integrated into the routine practice of medicine. Absent definitive evidence of effectiveness, however, alternative practices may impart untoward consequences for large numbers of people.
As the NCCAM's first permanent director, I am excited by the challenge afforded me to help provide the American public the guidance it deserves. As CAM use by the American people has steadily increased, many have asked whether reports of success with these treatments are valid. It is critical that untested but widely used CAM treatments be rigorously evaluated for safety and efficacy. It is similarly important to identify promising new approaches worthy of more intensive study. The promising areas for future investments are numerous.
In order to best seize these opportunities, the NCCAM's strategy must differ from that used by other NIH Institutes and Centers. Others' projects are usually driven by basic science discoveries. In contrast, the NCCAM must focus first on definitive clinical trials of widely utilized modalities that, from evidence-based reviews, appear to be the most promising. Credible, not anecdotal, data must be provided to the public, and we must educate conventional medical practitioners about the panoply of effective CAM practices, so they can be integrated into patient care. In recognition of these needs, Congress responded in 1998 by elevating the NIH Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM), expanding its mandate, creating the NCCAM, and affording it administrative authority to design and manage its own research portfolio. The Congress continued to reflect the growing interest in CAM by further increasing funding for the Center in FY 2000 to $68.4 million. We are indeed appreciative of this support. The Congress vested the NCCAM with a broad statutory mandate to conduct and support CAM research, support research training, and disseminate information on validated CAM therapies. Accordingly, the NCCAM is currently developing a strategic plan to ensure that our continued growth, development, and research directions are consistent with these responsibilities. Five strategic areas have been identified: investing in research; training CAM investigators; expanding outreach; facilitating integration; and practicing responsible stewardship.
In seeking to fulfill its mandate, the NCCAM has undertaken a number of initiatives, established critical contacts with CAM practitioners, and begun to fashion the scientific underpinning that will enable future research discoveries.
Before describing these activities, I want to share with the Subcommittee my vision of where I expect complementary and alternative medicine to be in the years to come. As a result of rigorous scientific investigation, several therapeutic and preventative modalities currently deemed elements of CAM will prove effective. Therefore, in future years, these interventions will be integrated into conventional medical education and practice, and the term "complementary and alternative medicine" will be superseded by the concept of "integrative medicine." The field of integrative medicine will be seen as providing novel insights and tools for human health, and not as a source of tension that insinuates itself between and among practitioners of the healing arts and their patients. Advances in neurobiology will reveal more about ancient practices such as acupuncture and meditation, as well as the phenomenon of "the placebo effect" as we tap the healing power of the mind. The medical basis for effectiveness of selected herbal and nutritional supplements will be clarified, leading to their standardization and routine use. Other modalities will be found unsafe or ineffective, and an informed public will reject them.
My vision is an optimistic one. However, I am confident that, as it is realized, the NCCAM will have not simply expanded in those ways required to meet its research mission. Rather, owing to a tradition of superb science and consumer service, the NCCAM will become the leader—and recognized as such—within a vibrant, and global CAM research community.
Already, I have begun to recruit key experts to join me in developing our programs in intramural research, clinical research, international and traditional health studies, and traditional medicine and indigenous systems. We will continue to grow our intellectual capital and research capacity. Setting these cornerstones in place will enable us, together with our partners in CAM research, to provide definitive answers regarding CAM treatments.
Current Research Studies
In its first year, NCCAM has developed a diverse research portfolio in partnership with the other NIH Institutes and Centers. I am pleased to highlight for you our support of some of the largest, and certainly the most definitive Phase III clinical trials ever undertaken for a range of CAM therapies.
For centuries, extracts from the leaves of the Ginkgo biloba tree have been used as Chinese herbal medicine to treat a variety of medical conditions, including age-related decline in memory. A new NCCAM study, in collaboration with the National Institute on Aging (NIA), may help resolve these questions. This study includes four clinical centers and will enroll almost 3,000 participants who will receive either Ginkgo biloba or a placebo.
Arthritis is a major public health problem for older Americans. Accordingly, in collaboration with NIAMS, NCCAM has mounted two critical clinical trials for the treatment of osteoarthritis. One is the first U.S. multi-center study to investigate the dietary supplements glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate—two natural substances found in and around joint cartilage. The other study is an evaluation of acupuncture for the treatment of pain associated with osteoarthritis.
I am pleased to report that our study of St. John's wort for depression is nearing completion. This study, sponsored by the NCCAM, NIMH, and the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), represents the largest and most rigorous assessment of the effectiveness and safety of St. John's wort. Investigations of St. John's wort illustrate the complex challenges afforded by some CAM modalities. A recent study reported in The British Medical Journal showed that St. John's wort is more effective than placebo in treatment of depression, and perhaps as effective as an older generation anti-depressant drug, imipramine. NCCAM's study, which is considerably larger than the European trial, compares St. John's wort with placebo and with Zoloft, currently one of the most commonly used anti-depressants. However, the therapeutic promise of St. John's wort and of botanical products like it, is accompanied by risks that the public has largely ignored. An NIH study published February 12th in the Lancet found that St. John's wort, when taken together with the important HIV protease-inhibiting drug, indinavir, increased the rate at which indinavir was eliminated from the bloodstream, to the extent that blood levels fell below the acceptable level for effective AIDS treatment.
NCCAM continues support for four Specialized Research Centers (cardiovascular disease, substance abuse, pediatrics, and chiropractic) funded originally by the Office of Alternative Medicine. By the end of FY 1999, NCCAM made five additional Specialty Research Center awards. The nine Center grants total approximately $63 million. Each focuses on one of several areas, including pediatrics, addiction, cardiovascular disease (CVD), minority aging and CVD, aging, neurological disorders, craniofacial health, arthritis, and chiropractic medicine. In addition to these nine Centers, NCCAM and ODS jointly established two Dietary Supplements Research Centers to advance the science of botanicals, including issues of their composition, safety, and biological action. Another request for Center grant applications focusing on asthma and cancer recently was released for FY 2000. This, coupled with our anticipated solicitation of one more botanical center in FY 2000, will likely bring our total number of NCCAM-supported centers to as many as 15.
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate, is the most common benign tumor found in men. Anecdotal reports suggested that the botanical product saw palmetto decreases prostate swelling. To determine the validity of these observations, NCCAM, in collaboration with National Institute on Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), is supporting the first rigorously designed, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the effect of saw palmetto extract on symptoms and quality of life in men.
Future Scientific Plans and Projects
Because of the dearth of credible scientific evidence on CAM practices, there is unprecedented opportunity for determining the efficacy and safety of CAM modalities. We have developed the following initiatives to address them:
NCCAM has planned a collaboration on the treatment of liver disease with the NIDDK and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The project will examine the efficacy of milk thistle extract–Silybum marianum–when used to treat hepatitis C and other hepatic diseases.
NCCAM has already begun a number of activities that will serve to facilitate the integration of validated CAM therapies into conventional medical practice. The NCCAM plans to make awards to foster incorporation of CAM information into the curricula of medical and allied health schools and continuing medical education programs. Also, the NCCAM must educate eager medical students about CAM so that they may knowledgeably guide an avid patient base toward safe and effective CAM applications. We must also work to overcome the reluctance of conventional physicians to consider validated CAM therapies and to assimilate proven ones into their practice. The Center has established a Clinical Research Curriculum Award (CRCA) to attract talented individuals to CAM research and to provide them with the critical skills that are needed.
A majority of the CAM modalities practiced in this country have arisen from the traditional healing practices of other nations. Some of the practices have "evolved" or been adapted to work within the context of our society, and often in parallel with conventional medical practices. Moreover, most of these practices are not well documented within the context of their native cultures or understood within the context of our own. Unraveling these issues will provide some important insights into how these CAM modalities are practiced and impact upon the health of U.S. minority populations—new immigrants like Hmong (from southeast Asia) and established groups like the Navajo. Likewise, the development of culturally sensitive studies will enable NCCAM to establish methodological feasibility and strengthen the scientific rationale for proceeding to full-scale, randomized, clinical trials on the application of traditional, indigenous systems. The ability to validate some of these therapies will also expand healthcare options for those who are primarily consumers of conventional medicine. The international character of CAM necessitates that the NCCAM develop a broad-based international research program that reaches out to CAM practitioners across the world. Therefore, in collaboration with several other ICs, NCCAM is committed to support locally based, traditional, indigenous research projects in countries where the opportunities for promising CAM research are greatest. That process will ensue with the forthcoming appointment of a Director for International and Traditional Medicine Studies, who will develop a long-range plan for the pursuit of studies on a global scale. Foreshadowing this appointment, I have already authorized NCCAM support, in collaboration with the NICHD, for international studies of traditional medical approaches to the health of women and children.
The NCCAM will establish an Intramural Research Program that will develop a critical mass of CAM research to stimulate collaboration in the NIH Clinical Center with other Institutes and Centers, our Federal research partners, and others. The intramural program will serve as a focus for training future CAM researchers. Last month I formed a search committee to identify the Director of this program.
Information Dissemination
Specific statutory authority enables the NCCAM to disseminate information regarding the safety and effectiveness of CAM therapies to healthcare providers and the public. A focal point for information about NCCAM programs and research findings, the NCCAM Information Clearinghouse develops and disseminates fact sheets, information packages, and publications to enhance public understanding about CAM research supported by the NIH. Its quarterly newsletter, Complementary & Alternative Medicine at the NIH is distributed to 6,000 subscribers. The NCCAM's award winning World Wide Web site, first established two years ago, reflects the NCCAM's growth in size and stature. Averaging more than 460,000 hits per month, the site includes links to NCCAM program areas, news and events, research grants, funding opportunities, and resources. Assembled by NCCAM from the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) MEDLINE database, the CAM Citation Index (CCI) affords the public access to approximately 175,000 bibliographic citations searchable by CAM system, disease, or method. Also, in February 1999, NCCAM joined the federally supported Combined Health Information Database (CHID), which includes a variety of health information materials not available in other government databases, including nearly 1,000 CAM citations not available elsewhere.
To facilitate our outreach to the general public, I have initiated a series of town meetings; the first will be held on March 15 in Boston, in conjunction with the Center for Alternative Medicine and Education of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
I am now happy to take your questions about these or any other of NCCAM's activities and plans.


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Miami Sizzles for GLBT Travelers
During the cold snap a couple of weeks ago, I found myself at 3 a.m. waiting for a SamTrans bus at the temporary Transbay Terminal in San Francisco, wishing I had dressed warmer. A long-sleeved shirt, sweater, jacket, and scarf were not enough. But relief would come soon. I was heading to San Francisco International Airport to catch an early flight to Miami.
In a reversal of fortunes, the next bus stop at which I found myself was outside the Miami airport. I found myself stripping off layers of clothes as I searched for a shady place to wait in 85-degree weather.
Ultimately, the year-round warm weather is what lures most people to Miami, but there are plenty of things to see and do there even if you are not much of a beach person. The greater Miami area is home to a rich cultural history and natural attractions that keep visitors returning every year.
Miami Attractions
While most visitors think of it all as Miami, the greater Miami area is made up of the city of Miami and its suburbs on the mainland and the oceanfront city of Miami Beach and several other tourist-centric cities on the barrier islands across Biscayne Bay from Miami.
Miami Beach is world-famous for the largest collection of Art Deco buildings in the world. It wouldn't have happened had it not been for the devastating hurricane of 1926 that flattened the city. The hurricane coincided with the advent of the Art Deco architectural period, so builders rode the wave of popularity and remade the oceanfront hotels in the Deco style.
Gays were a big part of the renaissance of South Beach in the 1970s when it had gone out of fashion in favor of the larger resort hotels farther north. The resurgence of South Beach continues today with more high-end retailers moving in and hotels skewing even more to the upscale.
Gay Miami Beach has a beautiful 2,500 square foot LGBT Visitor Center in the old Miami Beach City Hall building on Washington Avenue near 12th Street. It is open every day and hosts a Friday night cocktail mixer. You can get information there on the latest LGBT happenings in Miami. It also has lounge with free Wi-Fi and computers if you want to stop by and check your email. Check the center's website at www.GoGayMiami.com.
While many places have an unofficial gay beach, Miami Beach makes it official. Miami's gay beach is the 12th Street Beach, the section of Miami Beach across from where 12th Street intersects with Ocean Drive. The city requires the company that runs the concession stands to put up rainbow flags every day.
The gay-popular, clothing optional Haulover Beach is about a 25-minute drive or 45-minute bus ride from South Beach. The clothing-optional section is on the north end of the beach, north of the yellow lighthouse.
The best way to see the top attractions of Miami and Miami Beach without getting lost is to take an organized tour. The Big Bus runs every half hour on loops through the beach area and the city of Miami. You can hop off at any of the attractions the catch your attention.
The strip of Art Deco hotels along Ocean Drive is one of the biggest attractions for tourists to Miami Beach. The strip is packed with restaurants and shops that occupy the first floors of the hotels. If you've seen the movie The Birdcage, the Carlyle Hotel on Ocean Drive was the setting for the Birdcage nightclub. One of the few buildings on Ocean Drive not Art Deco is the Versace Mansion (now called Casa Casuarina). The mansion marks a shocking and sad chapter in LGBT history as the place where serial killer Andrew Cunanan gunned down designer Gianni Versace on the steps of the mansion in 1997. Jordache Enterprises, makers of Jordache jeans, bought the property in September and plan to keep operating it as a hotel.
One of Miami Beach's newer landmarks, the Holocaust Memorial, opened in South Beach in 1990. It is a very touching and important tribute to the victims of one of history's darkest hours. The memorial is centered around a sculpture of an arm with an extended hand reaching to the sky with naked figures clinging to it.
San Francisco's own Michael Tilson Thomas is the artistic director at another modern landmark, the New World Symphony building in South Beach, which celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. The big white wall of the building is the screen for the free movie night every Wednesday at 8 p.m.
The World Erotic Art Museum in South Beach boasts the world's largest public collections of erotic art and includes gay and lesbian erotica. The tacky-looking entrance to the museum on Washington Street doesn't look like much, but don't let that throw you, the museum is first-rate and provides visitors a fascinating look into sexuality in various cultures and eras.
The Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Miami provides visitors with a good glimpse into the history of Florida. The estate's centerpiece is an Italian Renaissance-style mansion surrounded by 10 acres of gardens. James Deering, who made a fortune making tractors and farm equipment, built the property and wintered there between 1916-1925. Deering was a "life-long bachelor." He has been thought by many to be gay, but if he was, like so many other gay men of his era, he kept that part of his life hidden.
If you are in the mood to splurge, the city of Bal Harbour, north of Miami Beach, has Florida's version of Rodeo Drive set in an open-air mall called the Bal Harbour Shops.
More moderately priced shops can be found in the city of Miami. The Bayfront Park Bayside shopping area is the Pier 39 of Miami and is part of the rejuvenated previously rundown section of downtown next to the American Airlines Arena, which opened in 2000. The park is across the street from the Freedom Tower, one of the oldest attractions of the city. It was Miami's first skyscraper and once housed a newspaper office. It was dubbed the Freedom Tower when refugees from Cuba were processed through there following the Cuban revolution in 1959.
South Beach is home to five gay bars and nightclubs all within a short walk of one another. The newest gay bar, the Cabaret, opened just two weeks ago. As its name implies, it will feature live entertainment. It is also perfectly situated on 12th Street, two blocks from the gay 12th Street Beach.
A sixth gay bar, the Cock Miami, is scheduled to open on South Beach next month on the 600 block of Washington and will include a dance floor. It is owned by the same people who own the Cock in New York City.
The Twist nightclub is a couple of blocks from the beach on Washington Street. It is seven bars in one. It gets busiest late at night and stays open until 4 a.m.
The Score nightclub moved earlier this year from the pedestrian shopping mall on Lincoln Way to Washington Street, just up the street from Twist. The space is bigger and the hip vibe is the same.
The Palace Bar and restaurant is on Ocean Drive and its Saturday and Sunday brunch and drag shows literally stop traffic. The performers have been known to do splits in the middle of the street, lay on car hoods, or hop on passing tour buses to entertain tourists for a minute or two.
Mova is still in the Lincoln Way mall area. The upscale lounge tends to be more popular early in the evening. It used to have a lesbian night on Thursdays, but now only has a women's night on special event days.
Although most tourists stick to the nightlife in Miami Beach, if you prefer to get away from the visitors there is plenty of LGBT nightlife in the city of Miami. The Discoteckker in the city's largest gay space attracts over 1,000 people on weekend nights.
Club Boi at Sandals is a dance club in North Miami that markets itself to black and Latino men.
The Dugout is a mid-town Miami sports bar.
LGBT-Friendly Hotels
Right now there are no gay hotels in Miami but one is scheduled to open in Miami Beach early next year. It will be called the Gaythering. The boutique property is on Lincoln Road and will have 25 rooms and a spa. Three years ago, the Lords Hotel had marketed itself as a gay hotel, but earlier this year it went back to its original name of the Hotel Nash and is a mainstream hotel again.
Miami Beach's gay community leaders run a program called Pink Flamingo Hospitality. It includes 190 properties in the Miami-Dade County area that have gone through a certification program, with each hotel having to undergo an inspection to prove that it and its staff are truly gay-welcoming.
The trendy and modern upscale Z Ocean Hotel in South Beach is near the gay beach and actively promotes itself to the gay market. The hotel has a LGBT section on its website. The gay-owned Front Porch restaurant on the ocean side of the hotel is one of the more popular restaurants in South Beach.
If you want to get away from the crowds of South Beach, head north. The Canyon Ranch is a great example of an Art Deco building that has been completely refurbished with modern luxuries geared to health. The hotel is home to Florida's largest spa and home to a large gym complete with a climbing wall. The beachfront property has regular fitness boot camps and less strenuous exercise classes scheduled daily.
The Acqualina Resort is another upscale luxury property that has everything in one place. It is just north of Miami Beach in the city of Sunny Isles Beach. The hotel's grand spacious lobby will impress you as soon as you first walk in the door. It is about three miles to the gay popular Haulover Beach.
Getting There and Around
If you are staying in South Beach, you can get by very easily without a car. Depending on the time of year, parking and traffic can be a challenge.
Cab fare to South Beach from the Miami airport is about $40, but if you want to take public transit, the 150 express bus from the airport makes a number of stops in Miami Beach and the fare is just $2.35. To get to the bus, follow the signs to the transit center station.
Miami Beach began a bike sharing program three years ago called Deco Bikes. It works like San Francisco's bike sharing program. You enter your credit card information at the bike kiosk and pick your bike up at one station and return it to the other.
If you want to rent a car for a short time, the car sharing program known as Car2Go (www.car2go.com/en/miami/) is a good option but you have to sign up online first. The company will send you a card in the mail and you can rent a car for 38 cents an hour.


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Suburgatory's Jane Levy made an entrance tonight in an electric-blue Pamella Roland gown. The newcomer also knew how to style a high-wattage hue, keeping the rest relatively simple — save for a gorgeous necklace to complement the sweetheart neckline of her gown. The rest was all about the fit with cap sleeves and a bustier-style bodice that accentuated her waist. So, how did she do?
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Gamers Master is a news website about HD video games and PC: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC games (not Nintendo games).
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Our audience is predominantly young adults (between 15 and 30 years).
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Concerning the content creation, we must regain world of big licenses Xbox, Playstation and computer games, and make a mixture. I appeal to your imagination!
I expect either:
- Vector file
- Or, in high resolution PSD file with all layers and correspondents.
I do not want existing artworks, but only creation.
Thank you, and have fun!
To resume:
> I want a repeating graphic horizontally at the bottom
> Something designed related to Xbox, Playstation and PC games?
> A mixture of all kinds: take somes items of, for example : god of war, assassin's creed, halo, and some of the biggest licenses of Xbox, Playstation and PC. No characters. In fact, the work is to identify the main decorative elements of this licences and mix them together to make a report similar to what has been done to Nintendo-Master.com.


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LARRYABELT needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 87 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
Disability Insurance Group ( DIG)
Cutting Edge Insurance Group needs a Mascot-Logo! Need to get to 10 so I can guarantee! .
Drs. lawyers, accountants, dentists, professionals and business owners. Ages 21 to 35.
We are looking for a logo and Mascot for our new web site. Insurance is boring. Disability Insurance is boring, and Disability Insurance web sites are even more boring. If you go on any of these sites, you will never remember them the next day. We can be bland like everyone else or we can stand out. I chose to stand out.
My company is Disability Insurance Group. DIG, We need a logo and a mascot. The mascot needs to be a humanized Dog that looks like he has been in a crash. Something along the lines of Pluto the Disney character. I want to fun-up the whole concept. Similar to what Aflac has done with the Duck, Geico has done with the lizard, or Met LIfe has done with Snoopy.
The Mascot can be incorporated with the Logo, but they also need to be used as separate entities, similar to what Aflac does. Sometimes when we are making a presentation perhaps to a law firm, we may want to take on a more serious tone, so the Dog may have to step aside. Since DIG is our acronym, we thought a dog would be best. Perhaps he could be using a shovel as a crutch.
Files attached are for an earlier creation that was scrapped because we decided to use a Dog.
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Abuse does not worry Nasri
Manchester City's Samir Nasri insists he is not affected by "stupid" abuse from Arsenal fans - and has risked further stoking up the animosity by appearing to dismiss their title hopes.
The midfielder moved from north London to the north-west in 2011 and has been a target of the Emirates Stadium boo-boys whenever the sides have met since.
But having won two Barclays Premier League titles and a League Cup in that time, scoring in the final of the latter as City defeated Sunderland last season, he is comfortable the move was the best thing for his career.
"The abuse doesn't affect me on the pitch, I just think it's stupid," Nasri told several national newspapers. "I'm not an Arsenal fan, I am not from London. If we want to be honest, we are players who look at what is in the the best interests for us and our career.
"When Manchester City came, it was the best choice for me to come here. And today I have won trophies, I am really happy, I have everything and I have a better life."
Several former Arsenal colleagues have made the same move to City and Nasri continued: "If the fans can't move on then it's too bad. They love their club, maybe they saw it as treason or that I betrayed them. But it's not that. I just look at for what's best for me; and that's what Bacary Sagna did, Emmanuel Adebayor, Kolo Toure."
Nasri - who has all but confirmed his retirement from international football, having been left out of the World Cup squad by coach Didier Deschamps - does not appear concerned with building bridges with Arsenal fans either as he prepares to face them again in the Community Shield.
Assessing the new season's title race, he acknowledged the ability of Gunners signing Alexis Sanchez but feels the main threat to his side comes from elsewhere in London.
"I think Chelsea will be the biggest threat," he said. "For me, Arsenal still have a weakness in defensive mid(field) and at centre-back.
"Chelsea's signings have really caught my eye. Cesc Fabregas is a great replacement for Frank Lampard, I know that from playing with him at Arsenal. They had a weakness up front so they've signed Diego Costa who was great for Atletico Madrid last season. They lost Ashley Cole but bought in Filipe Luis.
"For Arsenal, Sanchez has the quality, but the Premier League is not La Liga. It is really, really hard. We saw that with Mesut Ozil last year. A t the start of the season he was brilliant but he found out when every other league has a break in December, you carry on playing in England. We had the same with Stevan Jovetic at City."
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NEW ORLEANS – After earning fifth-place finishes at the 2014 America East Championships, both of the UMBC track and field teams retained their spots in the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Mid-Atlantic Regional Poll, the organization announced on Tuesday.
The Retriever men remain at No. 13 in the poll while the women are ranked No. 15. Penn State holds the top spot in both the men's and women's polls.
This past weekend in the New York, both of the UMBC squads placed fifth at the conference championships at the Armory.
Junior Mercedes Jackson (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown) paced the Retriever effort by sweeping the 60m and 200m dash events for the second straight season. She has now accumulated five gold medals in three America East Indoor Championships. Jackson's top season 60m time of 7.41 currently ranks tied for 36th in the nation as she tries to advance to the NCAA Indoor Championships for the second year in a row.
In addition, junior Alisha Beeman (Bridgeport, Conn./Bunnell/Hartford) claimed the top spot in the high jump. Beeman broke her own school record in the event by clearing 1.74m (5'8.5") on Monday after resetting the school standard in the pentathlon with a career-best score of 3,324 points on Sunday.
For the men, senior Andrew Smith (Chadds Ford, Pa./Garnet Valley) successfully defended his conference title in the 800m run in a time of 1:51.17. His school record time of 1:49.15, which he set earlier in the season at the Penn State Nationals, ranks tied for 24th in the nation.


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Richard Heene, also known as the Balloon Boy's dad, has made it big. He's now an action figure.
It didn't take long for the Connecticut action figure designer who turned Sarah Palin into a naughty schoolgirl to create the doll. It went on sale Tuesday, just in time for the holidays!
Heene is Falcon Heene's dad - the 6-year-old boy who captivated the world earlier this month when we all thought he was floating over Colorado in a UFO-shaped balloon.
HeroBuilders, based in Oxford, Ct., created the doll, which is a jacked up version of the want-to-be-reality-TV-star dad. And what's best is what he's wearing -- a T-shirt that says "I'm With Stupid," and the arrow points right up at him.
Emil Vicale, owner of HeroBuilders, said he did not plan to make the doll right away. He has a daughter who's Falcon's age, so he was watching the saga from the perspective of a worried dad.
As he was glued to the television that Thursday, watching the news coverage, he was wondering what his daughter would be going through, then he was just angry. But a friend convinced him to make the doll.
"At first, I thought that this guy did not need any more notoriety," Vicale said.
The Heene family became a band of pseudo-celebrities when they appeared on ABC's "Wife Swap."
The Heene doll is grouped with political dolls now but will likely join the growing line of reality TV star dolls, including Jon and Kate Gosselin and the Real Housewives of New Jersey.
For $34.95, you can have your very own plastic version of the alleged mastermind of the Jiffy Pop balloon hoax.
This is the latest saga in this story. A Canadian entrepreneur recently came out with a Falcon-inspired Halloween costume.


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