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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 5, 2008) – A second-place finish at the US$600,000 Moscow 2008 Grand Slam was good enough to send the U.S. beach volleyball team of Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs to the Olympic Games in Beijing.
With a 21-17, 21-14 semifinal win in 37 minutes over fourth-seeded Brazilians Talita Antunes and Renata Ribeiro, Branagh (Orinda, Calif.) and Youngs (El Toro, Calif.) added another 160 points to their Olympic qualifying total for their best eight finishes on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour since May 2007. The win eliminated compatriots Jen Boss (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) and April Ross (Costa Mesa, Calif.) from Beijing consideration.
Branagh and Youngs have 4,540 qualifying points and Boss and Ross, who placed ninth in Moscow, could not overtake them with a gold-medal finish at the final qualifying event in Marseille, France (July 15-20).
"What a relief," said Branagh. "It has been a grueling process with four American teams competing for two Olympic berths. I had a knot in my stomach throughout the second set with Talita and Renata. I am going to enjoy the next few hours before playing the Chinese. This is a very special moment and one that I will remember forever."
In the final, top-seeded Branagh and Youngs fell to China's sixth-seeded Chen Xue and Xi Zhang, 8-21, 18-21 in 42 minutes. China's second-seeded Jia Tian and Jie Wang defeated Atunes and Ribeiro for the bronze medal, 21-16, 23-21.
With two podium finishes in Moscow, China will have two of the top six seeded teams when Olympic pool play opens in Beijing on Aug. 9, led by projected No. 1-seeded Tian Jia and Wang. Although Misty May-Treanor (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Kerri Walsh (Santa Clara, Calif.) lead all teams in Olympic qualifying points, the FIVB has determined that if a team from the host country finishes among the top six teams in the Olympic rankings, the team will assume the No. 1 seed. May-Treanor and Walsh are projected to be ranked second.
In the men's bracket, the U.S. team of Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.) and Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.), ranked No. 1, has advanced to Sunday's semifinal round and has also put itself in position to be the top-seeded men's team in Beijing.
Dalhausser and Rogers got two wins Saturday over teams from Brazil and Russia to gain the top-spot on the Summer Games' provisional list over Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos of Brazil, the Athens 2004 gold medal winners.
With the third-seeded Emanuel and Ricardo finishing fifth in Moscow, Dalhausser and Rogers netted an additional 80 points by advancing to Sunday's first semifinal match against third-seeded Julius Brink and Christoph Dieckmann of Germany. The Americans have 5,540 for their eight best SWATCH FIVB World Tour finishes since May 2007 with Emanuel and Ricardo totaling 5,500 points.
The 2007 SWATCH FIVB World Champions, Dalhausser and Rogers opened play Saturday morning with a 21-18, 21-15 victory in 48 minutes over 2005 world champions and 14th-seeded Marcio Araujo and Fabio Magalhaes of Brazil. It was only the second win for the U.S. team over Marcio Araujo and Fabio in seven SWATCH FIVB World Tour matches.
Dalhausser and Rogers ended Saturday with a 21-16, 21-14 win in 41 minutes over ninth-seeded Igor Kolodinsky and Dmitri Barsouk of Russia, the same team it defeated to win the 2007 world championship.
Dalhausser and Rogers will be seeking to extend their SWATCH FIVB World Tour winning streak to 20-straight matches. The Americans last defeat was in the Berlin final to Emanuel and Ricardo as Dalhausser and Rogers won the next two stops in Paris and Norway.
The winner of Sunday's first semifinal will face the victor of Sunday's second semifinal match between fifth-seeded David Klemperer and Eric Koreng of Germany and fourth-seeded Penggen Wu and Linyin Xu of China.
The U.S. men's team of Matt Fuerbringer (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Casey Jennings (Las Vegas, Nev.) were eliminated in the second round on Saturday by Emanuel and Ricardo, 21-19, 21-23, 10-15.
Complete results, photos and more information are available on the FIVB beach Web site at www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/index.asp.


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Do you recall the last time you went to a concert? It could have been a choir concert, a band concert, or a piano performance. During the performance, did you notice other people whispering, getting up to leave, or participating in some kind of distracting behavior during the performance? Were you participating in some kind of disrupting behavior?
As a musician, and on behalf of the many other musicians, I would like to acquaint you with some suggestions and reasons for appropriate behavior.
Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser with the National Association for Music Education said that "with the evolution of technology such as cell phones, hand held computers, etc., it shifts the way the audience reacts to the performance. These distractions can "contaminate" the concert and as a result, program coordinators, performers, and even audience members become frustrated."
These distractions are becoming more prevalent and consequently the MENC came up with a list of behavioral suggestions that one is recommended to follow. Some of these suggestions are to refrain from talking, turn off all cell phones and pagers, applaud at appropriate times, and only leave in between performances. Now these are suggestions rather than rules that have been made to allow everyone to have a pleasurable experience. There are times where these suggestions will not coincide with your present situation.
You may have a screaming child or you may be waiting for an urgent phone call, and in such cases you will need to leave in the middle of a performance. However, all that is asked of you, as an audience member, is to be considerate of the performers and other audience members.
There seems to be an unwritten rule for behaviors at different types of functions. For example, at a basketball game you would see others yelling and cheering for their team. This type of behavior is generally expected and has been known to actually help the athletes perform better. On the other hand, at a concert, you would observe a more calm and quiet atmosphere.
Elizabeth Lasko, also with MENC, said the main reason for this different atmosphere is that "the value of the concert rests upon people being able to hear the performance. If there is talking, cheering, or moving about, the music can't be heard." One goal of a musician is to entertain and allow the audience to have a memorable experience.
This can only be done with the cooperation of audience members. So, the next time you attend a function, try to remember these four suggestions so that you, the performers, and all others around you can have an unforgettable experience.
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USA TODAY Sports' college basketball staff breaks down the day's biggest showdown.
HOW MEMPHIS WON: As expected, the second Memphis-Oklahoma State matchup in 12 days was far more competitive than the first meeting, a 21-point Cowboys rout in Stillwater, Okla. Memphis players Joe Jackson and Chris Crawford vowed that, if they got another chance against the Cowboys in the Old Spice Classic title game, they would compete a lot harder than they had in the first meeting.
BOX SCORE: Memphis 73, Oklahoma State 68
That energy and effort was apparent from the game's start Sunday night for the No. 19 Tigers. The other difference was with national player-of-the-year candidate Marcus Smart, who had erupted for a career-high 39 points, including 26 in the first half, in the first meeting. In the rematch, Smart struggled from the field throughout, and especially struggled shooting the three-pointer as accurately as he did in the first game against the Tigers. Overall, Smart at times appeared to be overly aggressive and tried to do too much on his own. And with 11.9 seconds remaining and Memphis leading by a point, Smart lost the ball as he attempted to drive toward the basket. And the Tigers won 73-68.
STAR WATCH: Memphis' four senior guards shot 8-for-34 in the previous to Oklahoma State. Those guards --- Jackson, Crawford, Michael Dixon Jr. and Geron Johnson --- all played large Sunday in Orlando.
Jackson scored all of his points in the second half. Crawford scored critical baskets late. Dixon Jr. was effective from three-point range. And Johnson made all three of his field goal attempts.
"They did not perform well on the road," ESPN analyst Fran Fraschilla said during the television broadcast. "Tonight they have been sensational."
WHAT THIS MEANS IN A NUTSHELL: The entire city of Memphis had been waiting for fifth-year coach Josh Pastner to finally get over the hump and beat a nationally ranked team. Pastner had been 0-13 against teams ranked in the top 25 of the Associated Press poll before beating Oklahoma State, which is No. 8 in the USA TODAY coaches' poll and No. 5 in the AP poll. Under Pastner, Memphis is 2-14 against teams ranked in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll. The other win came against No. 25 Saint Mary's during the 2013 NCAA tournament.
Pastner, who has won 75 percent of his games in his first head coaching job, has faced criticism because he has recruited superbly but has just that one NCAA tournament win to show for it. This win demonstrated the strength of the Tigers' backcourt, one of the best in the nation, and their potential to advance deeper in the NCAA tournament.
TWEET THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES: One of the key problems for the Cowboys Sunday, the play of Smart. From ??@GaryParrishCBS: "My love for Marcus Smart is documented. But he's been really bad tonight. Completely out of sorts on both ends of the court"
AND-1: With a little more than six minutes left in the first half, Smart was on the floor near the scorer's table waiting to check into the game. That's when he motioned to the bench for something to drink and began showing signs of discomfort. Moments later, Smart hustled behind his team's bench and appeared to vomit. Whether Smart's discomfort affected his play was not immediately clear. He continued to play the rest of the game but struggled offensively.
Eric Prisbell, a national college basketball reporter for USA TODAY Sports, is on Twitter @EricPrisbell.


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As we advance deeper into the 21st century, emerging countries are seeking to leverage their economic strengths as foundations for political and diplomatic leadership across the world. At the same time, from challenges facing the eurozone to those in the post-Arab Spring regions of the Middle East and North Africa, global markets and economic forces are driving an ever-larger share of our foreign policy realities.
The best way for America to remain central to the world's diplomatic leadership is to put a premium on advancing our economic statecraft, so that our foreign policy reflects the growing power of economic forces, and contributes to growth abroad and here at home.
As Secretary Clinton has said, our global challenges see no divisions between global economics and international diplomacy. Neither should our solutions. That's why the Department of State is using 21st century economic public diplomacy tools to address strategic challenges; encourage innovation; promote open, free, transparent, and fair economic systems worldwide; and promote economic renewal at home. With these and other initiatives, we can create better markets for our goods and services.
In order to achieve these goals, we are working closely with our Foreign Service officers and locally-employed staff at embassies overseas to generate and implement innovative economic diplomacy.
For years, our public diplomacy programs have worked to build a base of knowledge among foreign publics about the U.S. economic and financial systems and the benefits of open, free, and transparent market-based economies. We do this in a variety of ways, from the U.S. Fulbright scholars who teach in economics departments abroad, to the curriculums that integrate information about entrepreneurship into English lessons.
As part of the Secretary's Economic Statecraft agenda, we are redoubling these efforts. We are encouraging our diplomats to use 21st century economic public diplomacy tools -- not only to address important foreign policy issues, but also to support our own economic renewal at home.
One such example of retooling current programs to focus on economic statecraft is our Innovation Fund for Public Diplomacy. Over recent years, it has funded more than 150 public diplomacy projects in embassies around the world. So we created a "Special Edition" of the Innovation Fund, which encourages our men and women in missions abroad to submit proposals for creative projects that would enhance the economic objectives of U.S. foreign policy.
The response has been overwhelming. U.S. Embassies and consulates on every continent sent us 96 innovative proposals -- and the winning ones answered our challenge. They included empowering young entrepreneurs -- men and women -- from El Salvador to Ethiopia, engaging editorial cartoonists and budding artists to tackle corruption in Bosnia; and familiarizing business leaders in Zimbabwe with corporate social responsibility.
We are deploying these economic and public diplomacy tools to address even our most recent strategic challenges. In Libya, for example, we approved funding for a plan to place 15 Libyan economics and business administration students in summer internships at American and Libyan corporations in Libya. They will also create business plans for their own start ups.
Nurturing entrepreneurs to build their own societies is only part of the economic statecraft agenda. In China, where film piracy threatens the movie industries in both our countries, Consulate General Shanghai will invite young filmmakers to participate in a short film competition. The theme of this competition -- the adverse economic effects of piracy -- will foster awareness about intellectual property rights, particularly among youth.
What we like about these projects: They seek to leverage the aspiring talents and assets in communities across the world. By doing so, they can empower young people to fulfill their potential, strengthen their economies, and join the global community as problem solvers. With these public diplomacy efforts to strengthen U.S. foreign policy and the global economy, we can build a rising tide that can lift all boats while reinforcing our economic strength at home.
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Economic has to be strong by innovating new ideas to lead the global business.
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International Diplomacy can be hugely succesful if is synchronised with global economy. Now global economy has many constituents in large number of nations, which are in different stages of development and therefore thir needs and priorities are different. One seriously doubts if US diplomats stationed in different countries understand this.
Take India as an example. Not withstanding the fact that India has advanced in a few sectors, she remains one of the most backward countries in the world, which is well reflected in her poverty and many different parameters of human development index. One wonders if US diplomats in India have ever effectively placed before administration India's priorities and needs in the field of specific areas food production and security, criticality of food processing industry, delivery of basic health care and education, water management, education with emphasis on skill ddvelopment relevent to India, popularisation of birth control - list is endless- and all of these offer opportunities for selling products and services. Instead of availing those opportunities US diplomacy operates in a manner which is not quite in synch with political realities of coalition politics of India.
Given these realities, insistence on opening up retail, banking, insurance, avaiation - to take a few sectors - is misplaced. Instead of this US economic diplomacy in India should design an entry strategy through cooperation and collaboration with Indian Public sector companies of state and central governments. It is difficult to understand what Walmarts collaboration with say Food Corporation of India, Indian Postal Department and Indian Railways with their nationwide networks of godown and selling outlets in the last village of India cannot achieve which is sought to be achived through collaboration with bharti Group. Similarly, why can't US big, mid sized and small contractors and developers can't come and participate in infrastructure development activities like roads, ports, airports, house building of all kinds by collaborating with state sector firms like National Highway Authority of India, Indian Railways, Airport Authority of India, Port trusts, State housing boards, State electricity boards instead of seeking ewntry through Indian private sector companies and thus inviting political opposition.
US diplomats in India and any other underdeveloped must be able put things in proper perspective so that US business can avail the business opportunities and help US overcome it's economic difficulties in a manner which is acceptable to India. When one thinks of what possibly US diplomats have been able to achieve in terms of growth in economic relationship between India and compare that with the opportunities, which they may not even be aware of, one cannot help thinking they are a grossly iefficient lot and lack of vision somewhere else in the administrative hierarchy. This applies for Indian diplomats in US too.
Mari in the U.S.A. writes:
After building the most spectacularly successful economy in world history between the 1930s and the 1960s, the US abandoned every policy that had been proven to work, and instead reverted toward a British-style economy based on speculative finance. Since that sort of economy is inherently parasitical, the US joins the British now in preaching to the rest of the world about "open, free, market-based economies," which in practice means we intend to pursue an imperial looting policy, and don't you dare think about defending yourselves.
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Issue Brief #3752 on United Nations
October 10, 2012
October 10, 2012 | Issue Brief on United Nations
Personnel costs, including salaries, comprise nearly three-quarters of the U.N. regular budget, and increases in U.N. salaries have significant budgetary implications for the member states. Over the past few years, the U.N.'s International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) has recommended salary increases despite the fact that some member states, including the U.S., have been forced to freeze their government salaries in response to significant fiscal crises. As a result, U.N. compensation—already more generous than that paid by the member states to their own civil servants—has grown even more lavish.
Surprisingly, the ICSC recommended a temporary freeze in U.N. salaries in July. However, unless the General Assembly (GA) decides otherwise, a salary increase will go into effect in January 2013 and will apply retroactively to August 2012. The U.S. should oppose the proposed increase in U.N. salaries and urge the GA to update its 1985 instructions to the ICSC and demand a salary freeze until U.N. net remuneration falls to match that of the U.S. federal civil service.
Lavish Salaries and Benefits
In order to attract and retain qualified staff, the U.N. has long operated under the Noblemaire principle, which states that professional staff salaries should be determined by comparison to those of the civil service of the member state with the highest civil service pay levels. Ever since the U.N. was founded, this has been the U.S.
U.N. professional categories, however, do not line up neatly with U.S. civil service grades. To address this, the ICSC calculates equivalencies between the two as a basis for determining compensation. According to the ICSC, U.N. compensation significantly exceeds that of the U.S. equivalent.[1] Specifically:
In addition to these lavish salaries, U.N. employees enjoy generous benefits and allowances, including a rental subsidy of up to 80 percent above a specified threshold; education grants for staff serving outside their home country amounting to 75 percent of tuition (up to $32,255 per annum), payable through the fourth year of college up to the age of 25; and annual vacation of 30 days, 10 official holidays, 16 weeks of paid maternity leave, and four to eight weeks of paid paternity leave.[3]
Time for Revision and Restraint
The ICSC operates under an instruction from resolution 40/244 adopted by the GA in 1985 to maintain U.N. net remuneration between 110 percent and 120 percent higher than the U.S. equivalent. The ICSC asserts that the pay discrepancy is "necessary to compensate for specific elements relating to expatriate service."[4] Considering that many of the U.N.'s generous benefits are specifically intended to address these challenges, the salary premium above U.S. civil service salaries—the highest of any member state—is not justified.
Moreover, the U.S. instituted a pay freeze for federal workers in 2011 and 2012, but the GA approved a salary increase of nearly 3 percent in 2011. Ambassador Joseph Torsella, U.S. Representative to the United Nations on Management and Reform, sharply criticized the 2011 decision, announcing that the U.S. "calls for a freeze on pay for United Nations staff while the comparator salaries, those of the United States federal civil service, are frozen. We also repeat our call for repealing the nearly 3 percent raise given to New York based employees through the cost of living adjustment in August, and we urge the General Assembly to act on this matter."[5]
The GA did not rescind the pay increase, but it did instruct the ICSC in resolution 66/235 to "explore the feasibility and suitability" of reflecting the pay freeze for the U.S. civil service in U.N. salaries, to determine whether the ICSC has the authority to implement such measures, and to "exercise such authority, as appropriate."
In its July report to the GA, the ICSC determined that various factors should lead the GA to approve an average cost-of-living post adjustment increase of over 2.2 percent for U.N. professional and higher categories in New York. The ICSC decided to temporarily "defer" implementation of the adjustment "in view of the financial situation of the United Nations as described by the Secretary-General." Unless the GA acts otherwise, however, the salary increase will "be promulgated on 1 January 2013 with a retroactive effect as of 1 August 2012."[6]
The Need to Rein in U.N. Compensation
As stated by Torsella, the U.S. should urge the GA to prevent this retroactive salary increase:
The ICSC's recognition of the need to control staffing costs in a time of global financial crisis is a first step in the right direction. And it is hardly a radical step, especially compared with the actual job losses and salary cuts—not just freezes, but cuts—borne by the citizens and civil servants of many member states. It is now up to all of us to rise to the occasion, to match the ICSC in responsible governance, and to adopt this sensible—and modest—recommendation.[7]
But additional steps are necessary to bring U.N. salaries into line with U.S. civil servants. The U.S. should urge the GA to:
Surprisingly, the ICSC recommended a temporary freeze in U.N. salaries in July. However, unless the General Assembly (GA) decides otherwise, a salary increase will go into effect in January 2013 and will apply retroactively to August 2012. The U.S. should oppose the proposed increase in U.N. salaries and urge the GA to update its 1985 instructions to the ICSC and demand a salary freeze until U.N. net remuneration falls to match that of the U.S. federal civil service. Personnel Management locality pay adjustment for New York rather than its own cost-of-living calculations, which are significantly higher; and
Hold the Line on U.N. Budgetary Constraint
Governments around the world have to implement austerity measures to meet budgetary necessity, including salary freezes. As a composite of the world's nations, the U.N. should not be insulated from this reality.
—Brett D. Schaefer is Jay Kingham Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs in the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, a division of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, at The Heritage Foundation and editor of ConUNdrum: The Limits of the United Nations and the Search for Alternatives (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009).
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[1]United Nations, Report of the International Civil Service Commission for the Year 2012, Annex VI, p. 88, http://icsc.un.org/resources/pdfs/ar/2012AR_ADVANCE.pdf (accessed October 10, 2012).
[2]The ICSC changed its presentation of data from 2011 to 2012, removing the column illustrating the differential based on Washington, D.C. To derive the Washington, D.C., differential, the 111.6 percent cost-of-living differential determined by the ICSC must be used. See ibid. and United Nations, Report of the International Civil Service Commission for the Year 2011, Annex VI, p. 75.
[3]For a more complete listing, see Brett D. Schaefer, "U.S. Should Rein in Lavish U.N. Salaries," Heritage Foundation Issue Brief No. 3668, July 16, 2012, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/07/us-should-rein-in-lavish-un-salaries#_ftnref4; and International Civil Service Commission, "United Nations Common System of Salaries, Allowances, and Benefits," August 2012, http://icsc.un.org/resources/pdfs/sal/sabeng12.pdf (accessed October 10, 2012).
[4]ICSC, "United Nations Common System of Salaries, Allowances, and Benefits," p. 2.
[5]Ambassador Joseph M. Torsella, "Remarks on the Proposed UN Program Budget for 2012–13, before the Fifth (Administrative and Budgetary) Committee of the UN General Assembly," U.S. Mission to the United Nations, October 27, 2011, http://usun.state.gov/briefing/statements/2011/176325.htm (accessed October 10, 2012).
[6]U.N., Report of the International Civil Service Commission for the Year 2012.
[7]Ambassador Joseph M Torsella, U.S. Representative for U.N. Management and Reform, "Remarks by Ambassador Joseph M. Torsella, U.S. Ambassador for United Nations Management and Reform, at the Fifth Committee Opening Session," October 4, 2012, http://usun.state.gov/briefing/statements/198664.htm (accessed October 10, 2012).


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Scott Jaime grinding it out during his FKT on the nearly 500-mile Colorado Trail. Photo by Matt Trappe
Limitless: Scot Jaime and the Colorado Trail
In 2009, Scott Jaime ran and hiked the 486-mile Colorado Trail (CT). The 44-year-old who works in pharmaceutical sales and lives outside of Denver was plagued by shin splints and a logistical learning curve as steep as sections of the CT. Jaime finished in about 11-and-a-half days but knew he could go faster. It was only a matter of time until training and stars would align for him to give the CT supported FKT another go.
The time was right in August 2013—in 8 days 7 hours 40 minutes 17 seconds, Jaime successfully reset the supported FKT, which was previously held by Paul Pomeroy at 8 days 12 hours 14 minutes. Jaime traveled an average of 58 miles a day and slept for a few hours each night in an RV. He used the assistance of a crew, which included his wife, Nicole Jaime, his father-in-law, Rick Robinson, his parents, Alverna and Julian Jaime, and photographer/videographer Matt Trappe. A passel of ultrarunning friends alternated as pacers.
Jaime says the most volatile moment came on day five. Just before dark, he arrived at a crew point that was 43 miles in but still 17 miles from the day's end point. There, his father-in-law pulled the plug on the day—he worried that Jaime's traveling so long into the night would compromise the attempt. Jaime worried that stopping early would put him behind record pace.
"The shortened day five was the first time Scott had to dig into the cushion he had built into his schedule," explains Denver-based Trappe, 32. "He was still beyond half way and well ahead of record pace. He hadn't been sleeping well so he was due for a shortened day and some extended sleep. I knew the extra rest would keep him on track."
But Jaime's ability to go on would have to come from within, not from others' confidence. "I went into the RV, lay down and promised myself I would continue," remembers Jaime. "I thought about my years at the Hardrock 100. Every year I struggle, and am on the edge of DNFing at some point. But when the race ends, I've put down a good time." At 3:45 a.m. the next morning, Jaime pressed on, catching up each day on those lost miles and setting a new record.
"This was about finding my personal limit," says Jaime. "No one knows their limits unless they seek them out."
Former Zion Traverse FKT holder Krissy Moehl and Jared Campbell on a run in Zion National Park. Photo by Fred Marmsater
Simple Escape: Bethany Lewis and the Zion Traverse
Bethany Lewis holds the women's FKTs for both the Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim and the Zion Traverse, an almost-50-mile, point-to-point route across Zion National Park. Lewis set the women's Zion Traverse record on April 21, 2013, at 8 hours 32 minutes, bettering Krissy Moehl's previous record of 9 hours 9 minutes.
Mike Foote, the 30-year-old co-men's FKT holder for the Zion Traverse (with Justin Yates) who works as a race director in Missoula, Montana, says, "The traverse is dynamic and inspiring with steep climbs, technical descents, deep sand, hot temperatures and, in places, herds of tourists."
Why does Lewis, a 35-year-old academic dermatologist from Salt Lake City, Utah, run FKT efforts? "I like to run fast with my husband, Ben. It's easier to get a babysitter for my daughter if we're going for an FKT. People get behind that kind of effort." She laughs and continues, "I don't look at numbers or read about FKTs on the Internet. I rarely wear a GPS." Lewis runs by how she feels and lets her fitness—and husband—take care of the records. "Ben keeps tabs on the numbers and tells me what records he thinks I can break. It's really that simple."
For the Zion Traverse, she started on the route's east side at 7 a.m. sharp. "Because I always accidentally shut off watches," she says she needed a simple starting time of day as a backup. "I ran the first 11 miles or so, from the East Rim Trailhead to Zion Canyon alone." There she met Ben, and together they climbed out of Zion Canyon and onto the western half of the route. The hardest part for her was a stretch of several sandy miles in Hop Valley, which they hit with about 10 miles to go. "Oh, how the sand swallows your momentum!" she says. "I'm sure some people run the last hill, but I had to hike. My legs were done."
"My record is soft," says the modest Lewis. "There are so many people doing far more amazing things."


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Mid-County Habitat for Humanity received a Christmas gift from the Mission & Outreach Committee of the Westfield First Presbyterian Church – a check for $300 to be used for its next project. The Presbyterian committee has and continues to support local projects, as well national needs. Mid-County recently dedicated a brand new home in Mayville, which is now inhabited by Michael Webb and his four children. This was Mid-County's second undertaking built by many volunteers in the area. Accepting the gift is Mike Ricketts, third from left. Mission/Outreach Committee members are from left, Mary Ann Buettner, Hank Lynn, Mission chair; Marilynne Northrop, Marjory Fritz and Connie Barton.


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The chief scientist of Nvidia Corp., the world's largest supplier of standalone graphics processors for personal computers, said in an interview that ATI, graphics product group of Advanced Micro Devices and the arch-rival of Nvidia, did not have competitive products and that AMD did not have money to deliver on its promises.
"AMD has been declining because it hasn't built a competitive graphics architecture for almost two years now - ever since the AMD/ATI merger. They've been pulling engineers [from the GPU teams] to Fusion, which integrates GPU technology onto the CPU. They have to do four things to survive, but I don't think they have enough money to do one thing," said David Kirk, the chief scientist at Nvidia, in an interview with Bit-tech web-site.
Even though the management team at Advanced Micro Devices has achieved the lowest market share in more than half of the decade for ATI in just about 1.5 years, there is a number of achievements that ATI's engineers managed to concquer in the recent quarters, including introduction of the world's first DirectX 10.1 graphics processor, a breed of graphics chips with built-in audio controllers as well as some other things. Still, Mr. Kirk believes that graphics cards like ATI Radeon HD 3870 and 3870 X2 are not competitive, for which there is a reason: Nvidia's discrete GPU business grew 80% year-over-year in Q4 2007, well ahead of market trends.
But there are more problems at AMD than just graphics processing units (GPUs), the chief scientist of Nvidia reminds: AMD has to develop numerous products and fabrication technologies to stay competitive against Intel, Nvidia as well as other companies.
"The first thing they have to do to compete with Intel is the process technology – they have to build the new fabs. The second thing is the next-generation CPU technology. The third one is the next generation GPU technology - we're going to invest one billion dollars in here this year and they need to invest on the same level to keep up with us. And then the fourth thing is they say the future is going to be this integrated CPU/GPU thing called Fusion, which there's no evidence to suggest this is true but they just said it. They believe it and they're now doing it," Mr. Kirk said.
AMD has been developing process technologies together with Chartered and IBM for several years and it did not have to build a fab for this reason. Morever, code-named Fusion processors integrate already available CPU and GPU technology, which does not require any research and development, but implementation work. Nevertheless, it is true that AMD has to compete against two strong players: Intel Corp. and Nvidia, which is not an easy task considering that both are very strong at the moment.
Even though AMD has not been profitable in many quarters, the company is working to improve its present stance. Unfortunately, in doing so AMD does not spend a lot of time talking about its achievements and future potential, but leaves this for third parties, who claim, based on market share figures, that AMD's market shares are shrinking across the board.


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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Mocha Brownie
When Radhika of Tickling Palates told me about this Bake Along, I was over joyed...I had another reason to bake:-)And when I wrote to Joyce asking her if I could join...she readily agreed and said anyone could. So if any of you would like to bake along please do!!!. I had bookmarked this Brownie for a very long time and finally had a chance to bake this
The original Recipe is here
All purpose flour 1/2 cup
Cocoa Powder 1 1/2 tbsp
Brown sugar 3/4 cup
Butter 4 tbsp
Baking Powder 1/4 tsp
Vanilla 1/2 tsp
Instant coffee powder 2 tsp
Eggs 2
Chocolate 1 cup
Salt 1/4 tsp
Preheat oven to 180 C
Grease a square pan and line with butter paper. Let the paper over hang a little on all sides. This makes it easier to remove it from pan when baked
Mix flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder in a bowl and keep it aside.
Place a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Place butter in the bowl and let it melt.
Now switch off the heat.Remove the bowl from the simmering water and stir in the coffee powder and chopped chocolate and stir till chocolate melts completely.
Add eggs to this and beat well. Now add the vanilla and the sugar and whisk again. Mix well.
Mix in the flour mixture using a wooden spoon. Mix well Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake in preheated oven for 35-40 minutes .
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Another officer resigns
SILVER CREEK – At a recent Silver Creek Village Board meeting it was announced the village police force would be short another officer very soon.
Sgt. Stephen Romanik submitted his letter of resignation along with his two week notice in order to accept a position with the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office. Romanik's last day will be Jan. 23.
"I want to thank (Police Chief Timothy Roche) for the opportunity to work with you for so many years in the Silver Creek Police Depart-ment. I appreciate all the knowledge you have passed on to me and the many learning opportunities you have provided me. The decision to transfer to the Chautauqua County Sheriff's office was a very difficult one to make," Romanik's resignation letter read.
Romanik's resignation was approved, with his wife, Trustee Amy Romanik, abstaining. Board members thanked Romanik for his service to the village.
"I would like to recognize Sgt. Romanik and wish him much success in his continued career with County Sheriff's Office. Steve has been a multi-talented officer as an instructor and School Resource Officer, DARE officer, assistant disaster coordinator and a fingerprint expert on the county investigation team. He will be greatly missed," Mayor Kurt Lindstrom said.
Trustees Thomas Harmon and Nick Piccolo also wished Romanik luck.
Romanik is one of several officers to leave in the past six months, the most recent two to resign being Timothy Christian and Robert Lazarczyk, both of whom went to the Erie County Sheriff's Office.
The Silver Creek Police Department consists of five full-time officers. Prior to Romanik's resignation the department was looking to hire a full-time officer.
Roche said no one has been selected for the sergeant position in Romanik's place. He refused to comment on the resignation.
The next village board meeting will be held Jan. 22 in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.


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Urban residents are left to wonder whether more 'airpocalypses' will define China in the 21st century.middle class — are fed up with government inaction on environmental issues. Last January, citizen outrage over Beijing's hazardous air quality forced the central government to act, and since then it has taken steps to shutter coal plants in major cities and reduce the number of new cars allowed to be registered in Beijing and other metropolitan areas.
Can the leadership balance economic growth with the need to heal the country's battered environment?
Solving China's problems 'requires an approach that integrates ecological and social planning,' according to one expert.and municipal bonds that will provide increased fiscal support to local governments to help wean them off profits gained from paving over arable land.
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Hello there,
In my Ibanez Artcore I have an LR Baggs T Bridge, running into an LR Baggs Gig Pro preamp. I have a 1/4" jack for the acoustic side, and another separate one for the existing humbuckers. I want to keep the systems completely separate.
However, I want to use a Strat style 5 way switch(which is really a 3 way, 2 pole) to switch between the humbuckers and the T bridge. The humbuckers are on one side of the switch, and the T bridge is on the other. I simply have the two wires from the T Bridge volume control interrupted on their way to the 1/4" jack, and attached to the last two pins of the switch.
When the T bridge is closed-in operation-it sounds fantastic, with no noise, or hum at all. But When the switch for the T bridge is OPEN, it makes a horrendous, distorted, buzzing sound that is so hot it pins the meters all the way. It's certainly not like any 60 cycle hum I've ever heard. I have tried it on 2 different systems and the results are identical. What am I doing wrong and how can I correct this?
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The benefits of wilderness and other public lands for modern-day flora and fauna are well-known, but conservation of wild places helps preserve traces of bygone life too,
A new free app, NPS Yellowstone Geysers, allows Yellowstone National Park visitors to track eruptions and also watch them remotely via live stream.
New research and maps released Nov. 19 outline with new clarity the exact routes that big-game species use to migrate to winter and summer ranges.
As we continue to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Wilderness Act, Congress still isn't living up to its duty to consider and conserve America&rsqu
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Yellowstone National Park's Old Faithful geyser can now be viewed online via a high-definition (HD) streaming webcam.
There are over 450 animal species listed as endangered and over 170 listed as threatened, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Thirty years ago, 259,000 splendid acres in southwestern Montana neighboring Yellowstone National Park was protected.
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For spring break this year I wanted to take a trip but our vacation budget prohibited anything involving airfare or theme parks. Washington, D.C. was the perfect solution. The drive was relatively short – four hours – and considering that nearly all the museums have free admission, all we'd be paying for was our hotel and meals. In budgeting our trip, however, I forgot to add one important line item: shopping.
Yes, the museums are free, but the museum shops are not. The first day or two I gleefully followed my 5- and 8-year-old kids around as they hunted for souvenirs. By day two my daughter had amassed a drawing notebook, a bag of colorful rocks, a wool beret and a Cherry Blossom T-shirt. My son had only one purchase: the White House pencil case he had been longing for.
I noticed a trend: My kids kept saying "Can I get?" and I kept saying "Sure!" My husband was a co-conspirator, joining them in their puppy-dog stares when my hesitation had them fearing I'd say no. "We're on vacation," he said. "Let them enjoy it."
But all of this souvenir hunting was adding up. After spending $127 at the National Gallery of Art Shop , mostly on things for the kids, I realized this had to come to an end or this vacation would make me regret we hadn't just booked a flight somewhere. The solution? I put the power of the purse in their hands.
"You each have $30 to spend on whatever you want; but, once you spend it, that's it. You're done," I said. Suddenly, their shopping habits changed. My daughter's price point on items fell significantly and her shock over the cost of items rose significantly. ("Astronaut ice cream? Why would someone even pay for that?" she said. "It looks gross.") My son, on the other hand, was suddenly much more interested in shopping. Everywhere we went he looked for prices and kept repeating, "If I buy this, how much do I have left?" A natural-born miser, he had a hard time parting with his money and likely bought less than if we hadn't given him a budget. My daughter, a natural-born shopper, enjoyed the financial independence her own money gave her.
I asked some friends how they handle budgeting their kids' vacation spending. One encourages her sons to save up the money they get for allowances and their birthday for use when they travel. This way, none of the child's spending comes out of mom's or dad's pocket. Another has a "one purchase a day" rule, and that can be either souvenir or snack. Once they pick their purchase, they can't ask for anything more.
While at Walt Disney World, Chrissie Lograno-Weinstein gives her kids a vacation allowance that is used to purchase Disney Dollars, a kind of traveler's check just for use at Disney. "Many parents are now purchasing them to teach kids the value of money on their Disney vacation," says Lograno-Weinstein, who runs the Disney travel agency Pirates and Pixie Dust Vacations. "Once they realize that spending their Disney Dollars on souvenirs means that they are going to be limited in their purchases, they'll control their buying."
Whatever the method, I realized that giving your child the power of her own purse won't only save you money, it will teach her a valuable lesson: money is not an infinite resource.
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Does someone really have to step in and be the voice of reason? This guy is just taunting you all. He isn't any more sincere now than all the times he insulted the team. Once again, just ignore him because otherwise you're just doing what he wants.
Elbow, this is the 2nd time I have had to point out this fact about you. You are the man!


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FD council to ponder pay raise Monday
Fort Dodge City Council members will consider starting the process of raising the pay of future members of the governing body when they meet Monday.
A proposal before the council would raise the annual council salary by 27 percent to $6,100, which is a $1,300 increase from the current $4,800. If approved, that raise would go into effect Jan. 1, 2014.
The Fort Dodge City Council will begin its work Monday with workshops on sidewalk related issues.
Those workshops will begin at 5 p.m. in the Municipal Building, 819 First Ave. S.
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The regular business meeting will start at 6 p.m. in the Municipal Building.
During that session, the elected officials will act on the first reading of a measure that would institute the pay raise. That raise was recommended Feb. 11 by the city's Salary Advisory Review Board.
The council must approve the raise three times in order for it to go into effect.
The Salary Advisory Review Board did not recommend a raise for the mayor, who currently earns $15,000 a year.
In addition to the proposed raise, the major agenda items include borrowing $130,000 to pay for new police vehicles and computers and acting on applications for tax abatements.
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About the Author: Emily Spencer is the Education Program Officer with the Office of UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs.
Last week, the world marked the International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Students and teachers from four continents engaged via the UN Cyberschoolbus to discuss the theme: "Expressing our Freedom through Culture." United Nations Headquarters in New York organized the event which gathered approximately 500 students in the audience and linked via video conference to students in Cuba, Ghana, The Gambia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and the United Kingdom.
Students from schools participating in the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Associated Schools Project Network (ASPNet) each prepared presentations including songs, dances, poems and readings to address this year's "Expressing Our Freedom Through Culture." ASPnet is a network of over 8,500 educational institutions around the globe committed to promoting the mission of UNESCO. These schools work on programs related to human rights, sustainable development, intercultural dialogue, and other flagship programs. The ASPnet has a flagship program called, "Breaking the Silence: the Transatlantic Slave Trade Education Project."
These students shared an energetic, thoughtful and creative discussion moderated by Dr. Sheila Walker, a cultural anthropologist and Executive Director of Afrodiaspora, Inc. Kiyo Akasaka, Under-Secretary General for Communication, welcomed all of the students, while Dr. Walker opened the discussion and stressed the importance of looking at the history of Africa to understand the history of America.
At the UN Headquarters, it was really quite amazing to see schools from different countries, linked together for a couple hours to share presentations by and for students to ask questions of one another and seek different perspectives on the transatlantic slave trade. Two large video screens provided the New York-based participants with a close view of the other school students. Students were provided with a study guide for the event so they came prepared and teachers held discussions with their classes in the context of their regular school schedule. In addition to the schools participating via teleconference, other schools were able to follow the event on a live webcast and submit questions in real time.
There are over 35 schools in the U.S. that participate in the UNESCO ASPNet. This year, over 75 students and teachers traveled to UN Headquarters to participate in this event. If your school might be interested in becoming part of this network, please visit us at the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO webpage.
Lydia K.W. in Texas writes:
Inspiring piece. I concur that all United States citizens, as well as non-Americans who perpetuated the slave trade should be required to study slavery and its affects on current society. Yet, I also fervently believe that victims of slavery and their descendants must ultimately forgive, but NEVER forget, in order to put the past behind them and strive for opportunities in the present. It bears repeating that forgiveness is for ur own benefit, not the wrongdoer, and that having the courage to do so, in no way condones or minimizes their culpability for their bad acts.
OSHA writes:
No doubt slavery should be condemned at all cost!!!
Flavius in Virginia writes:
Slavery isn't dead yet, but the funeral might well be in sight. Let's inter the body soon.
And would economists and human resource departments please stop referring to me as "human capital?" The only kind of capital that's human is a slave, and slavery is pretty much illegal everywhere. Last I checked, anyway.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Dilbert would be proud of you Flavius, that was nicely put.
Looking forward to that "pink slip" I see...(chuckle)
Economic slavery is an absence of economic mobility and opportunity.
Human potential will not be denied, and knows no chains that will succesfully bind it in perpetuity.
Flavius in Virginia writes:
Thank you, Eric.
I wonder if this all means that I only count as 2/3rds of a person for representational purposes?
A lot of people read Orwell in school, but it is obvious very few were paying attention.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Flavius,
RE; "I wonder if this all means that I only count as 2/3rds of a person for representational purposes?"
Only if you've forgotten what a pound of your flesh is worth sir.
Today in Iran and other places a woman is worth half that of a man in court.
Orwell pales in comparison.
Flavius in Virginia writes:
No matter which direction some people go, they always end up in the same place.
Enjoy the view.
Flavius in Virginia writes:
The author wishes to correct one of his posts. I shortchanged the slave holding states of the early republic when I said that "I" would only count as two-thirds of a person. The actual fraction, as clearly enumerated in our glorious constitution (before amendment) is as follows:
"Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons."
I apologize for the error.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
That depends on if societies grow up or not and grow out of smallmindedness, Flavius.
Some would say we've come a long way to attain the view we share today.
What was the "norm" for thousands of years no longer is.
Flavius in Virginia writes:
When I was discussing "direction." it wasn't societies that I had in mind.
"Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose."


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Here's how RW members rated this race (117 votes).
In short: Great race nice weather and well organisedIn full: Good day out could have another water station in the middle. Where was the 8 mile marker? Overall very enjoyable despite the hill at the end. We ended up with a PB by 2 mins! Thanks to the friendly marshalls. Date of review: June 14, 2009
In short: Well organised & pleasant race. Bearing in mind the heat more water stations would have been beneficial.Date of review: June 14, 2009
In short: 6th time running, well done Hampton Tennis Club !Date of review: June 14, 2009
In short: Pleasant run through country lanes and around the lakeIn full: Good local race with nice route through country lanes and around Barston Lake. Not completely traffic free but roads quiet enough and well marshalled. A few water stops which was needed with the heat today. Medal and chocolate at the finish with the option of some hot food if wanted. Nice area to wait around in for family friends with licensed bar. One minute out from my time last yearDate of review: June 14, 2009
In short: An enjoyable race on the wholeIn full: My first time at this one. I thought it was well organised and went well to be honest. Nice course to run. The marshalls were great..thanks to them.Not too challenging apart from the fact it was a hot one and a cheeky climb towards the end.I'll be back next year me thinks.Date of review: June 14, 2009
In full: Areally nice run that is a bit challenging. Well orginised and very friendly. Only slight complaint this year is for the 'head misstress/maitron' like woman telling people that its a race and people should not walk...Very nice considering temperatures were in the 70s!!! I also have to mention the runner who persisted in coughing up phlem for the entire race! Maybe you shoul lay off the fags mate!!!! I am sure he brought up his liver at the 4 mile mark!!!! I cant be the only one who was totally discusted by this????Date of review: June 14, 2009
In full: Great race,well organised,nice marshalls, beautiful area, very hot!Horrible hill at the end, but would still do it again.Date of review: June 14, 2009
In short: Friendly, well organised, excellent marshalls, low key atmosphere and nice rural courseIn full: It was very hot this year but four water stations were welcome. Only criticism - next year why not bring people up the hill to the start rather than have lots of slower runners fighting their way from the start line back to the rear. Otherwise, a really well organised, friendly race through some great countryside. Date of review: June 14, 2009
In short: Good eventIn full: A well organised event with plenty of marshalls and those well needed water stations, last couple were a bit close together but I needed them both!! Good warm weather today made the course testing but not too bad, I enjoyed it and will be back next year.Date of review: June 14, 2009
In short: Well organised picturesque race.In full: Very well organised race through pretty country roads. Start a bit congested but otherwise no bad marks. Water stations where needed. Bargain in comparison to many. Well done to the organisers, I'll be back next year.Date of review: June 14, 2009
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South Korea, Poland, and Turkey: Three Emerging Market Success Stories Look to Sustain Their Growth
Emerging economies have boomed over the past decade, but many have recently seen their currencies come under pressure. With a potential currency crisis looming, CFR's Steven A. Cook, Marcus Noland of the Petersen Institute for International Economics, and Mitchell Orenstein of Northeastern University take an in-depth look at three emerging market success stories in a conversation with Foreign Affairs editor Gideon Rose.
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Hi Bellas,
Here is part 2 of my Halloween weekend. I was a little pooped from the night before, but we still wanted to do it big for the actual night of Halloween. My girls and I always love to do a group costume, and this year we knew we wanted something animalistic...we decided to be the Cheetah Girls. For those of you who don't know, the Cheetah Girls are a Disney girl pop group...but we jazzed it up by actually wearing Cheetah Spots and Leopard/Cheetah clothing.
It took about 4 hours for everyone to get changed, made up, and hair done. Yowzers!
Here is the final product. Don't we look like a girl group? Our costumes are a collage of all the leopard/cheetah print and funky pieces we could find from all the girly stores like Forever 21...Charlotte Russe...etc.
The boyfriends also joined in on the fun. Here we have a Goblin, Michael Jackson a la Thriller days, and a zombie. I did the makeup for the boyfriend and his MJ look. I used MAC face and body to darken him about 3 shades (this was when Michael Jackson was a little more chocolate) and made him shave off all his facial hair so I could do some real contouring and highlighting. For Jon (zombie on the right), I pretty much recreated the zombie look I did on the BF the night before.
The BF and I at the club. It was freezing outside and so packed! There were 4,000 people that showed up and the whole night was pretty much like a mosh pit, lol. The BF's costume was a hit! So many people took pics with him because he really did look like MJ.
Me and the Girls. I don't think people really knew what we are, lol, but at least we looked cute! I forgot to draw on our noses and whiskers dots, lol. Someone thought we were dominatrixes!
He really got into character, lol.
Here I am at the end of the night - cold and tired, lol. In the end though, it was worth it. Can't wait for next year!
Atlanta Makeup Artist
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Halloween Pics Part 2: Cheetah Girls
Posted by MakeupByRenRen at 11:16 AM
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6 comments:
- Linda said...
You guys look great! Great Job Ren!
- November 5, 2009 at 12:07 PM
- Amina said...
great job!! you look amazing Ren!!
- November 5, 2009 at 12:20 PM
- Jamilla Camel said...
The Cheetah Girls!! I love it!
- November 5, 2009 at 2:37 PM
- jojoba (My Makeup Reviews) said...
you are one hot mama! you go cheetah girl! and i love that michael jackson look! he looked so real!
- November 5, 2009 at 5:21 PM
- mek-mek said...
YOu guys look great. Thanks for sharing:)
- November 5, 2009 at 5:54 PM
- alittlebitofevrything said...
you look gorgeous!! and great makeup on the guys :) your man really does looks like mj hahaha
- November 5, 2009 at 9:22 PM
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An assault that never stopped
By SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN
Published May 14, 2007
For longer than anyone can remember, Audrey Mulligan was a fixture at the 49er Flea Market, smoking her Mistys, checking her Lotto numbers and occasionally selling a knickknack from her tidy booth.
"Find your treasure at the 49er, " says the flea market sign, and for the Brooklyn native, the treasure was something precious beyond price.
With no husband or children, the 78-year-old Mulligan found a surrogate family in her fellow dealers. So when a rapist attacked Mulligan in her condo in March, they quickly stepped in to help.
One put up a composite of the suspect that led to a tip. Others took her flowers in the hospital. Her "boys" - the dealers in the adjoining booth - installed new locks on her doors so she would feel safer when she went home.
Except she didn't want to go home. "I'm sore, " she told friends. "I'm not able to get around yet."
They wondered if Mulligan was afraid of being alone.
Neither they nor Mulligan knew she was being attacked again. Only this time, by something she couldn't see.
The Redhead's boys
From a few tables set up yard-sale style in the '70s, the flea market on 49th Street N has grown into a close-knit community of dealers and customers. It has hosted birthday parties and weddings; the 49er's owner once had to pay a preacher $20 after the bride skipped out on the groom.
"This is character central, " says Ken Davis, who runs the snack bar.
Among the regulars were Ruthie Rossomando and her daughter, Audrey. They had moved from New York, where Audrey was once married to a cop and worked for IBM.
Every Sunday - the flea market's big day - Ruthie and Audrey prowled the rows of assorted junk as they hunted for antiques and fine collectibles. Steve McLean and partner Keith Rudloff met the women in 1988 when Ruthie scolded them for selling exquisite glassware too cheaply.
From then on, mother and daughter "kind of latched on to us, " says McLean, 50. Audrey began calling them her boys, and opened her own booth.
After Ruthie died at age 95, Audrey's friendship with the men deepened. They came for holiday dinners, did repairs around her house and watched her booth on the rare occasions she wasn't there. They called her the Redhead.
Mulligan grew close to other dealers, too. Tracy Boch, with the retro furniture. Nancy Gamble, whose mother was among the 49er's original dealers. John Cole, who brought Mulligan the Sunday paper with the lottery numbers.
"With Audrey and a lot of the others here, it's their outing, " McLean says. "If they make $10, they've had a good day. It's not about money, but socializing with other people."
A violent struggle
In 2001, Mulligan sold her house and bought a small condo in Paradise Shores, a modest but well-kept adults-only complex off 54th Avenue N. Her ground-floor unit was at the very back.
Early in the afternoon of March 12, a man knocked on Mulligan's back door and asked to use the phone. She assumed he was one of the roofers working at the complex, and let him in.
The man made a call and asked for something to drink. Then he grabbed her. Mulligan screamed and tried to knee him in the groin.
"She said she used cuss words she'd never used before, " John Cole recalls. "She had that Brooklyn fire."
As they struggled, they apparently tripped over some furniture, he landing heavily on top of her. Afraid of angering him, she stopped fighting.
"Will you forgive me?" he asked repeatedly. "Please forgive me. I'm sorry, I won't do it again."
"I will never forgive you!" she shouted as he ran out. "Go straight to hell!"
Mulligan called 911. She was remarkably calm. Ever the antiques dealer, at one point she admonished a Pinellas sheriff's deputy who was reaching for a bag in which to put evidence.
"Don't take that, " she ordered. "It's a Betty Boop bag - it's very collectible."
Other, older victims
With the attack on Mulligan, law enforcement authorities suspected a serial rapist was preying on older, single women.
The week before, a 58-year-old disabled woman had been raped in her apartment in far west St. Petersburg. And on March 2, an 85-year-old had been physically assaulted with what police called "sexual overtones" near Gateway Mall in north St. Petersburg.
Cole, who also has a small store on 54th Avenue N, printed out a composite of the suspect and put it up.
"I've seen him, " a customer said. "I've seen him on the bus."
Cole called authorities, who had already surmised the rapist was using public transportation since the victims lived far apart yet close to bus routes. Poring over surveillance tapes, sheriff's detectives found one that showed the victim in the second attack getting off a bus - followed by a man whose face was clearly visible.
At 11 a.m March 16, the videotape was released to the media. By 3 p.m., tipsters had identified the man - Virgil Eugene DeBose.
DeBose, 42, had spent most of his life in the Central Florida town of Sanford, where he had a lengthy criminal record including a 2005 arrest for sexual battery. He had recently moved to St. Petersburg, where he was staying at least part of the time at a recovery house for addicts and alcoholics.
The Sheriff's Office matched his fingerprints to those in Mulligan's condo. St. Petersburg police found DeBose in a car near Tropicana Field and linked him with DNA evidence to the second assault. The third and oldest victim would not cooperate.
Four days after Mulligan was attacked, DeBose was charged with two counts each of sexual assault and burglary.
"He would not talk to investigators so we were left with the big question, why was he in the area?" says police spokesman Bill Proffitt. "Or why he did what he did."
Pain wouldn't quit
Though the attack left Mulligan with a broken pelvis and badly bruised arms, she seemed to be in good humor and recovering well.
McLean and Rudloff joked that her unkempt hair made her look like a collectible Troll doll.
"She's such a strong woman, " said Cole, who visited her in the hospital. "She right away started telling me everything the attacker said. She was very open, very talkative."
Mulligan, though, complained of pain. She said she felt pressure to leave the hospital too soon because her insurance coverage was running out. On her own, she found a rehabilitation center a mile from the 49er.
Again, she seemed to do well at first. But she balked at going home. Cole asked if she thought the assault might be affecting her mentally.
"She told me, 'I don't feel that way. I want to put this behind me and get back to the market.' "
On subsequent visits, Cole noticed her color looked bad. At one point, she said she hadn't seen a doctor in five days.
By April 15, Mulligan had deteriorated so much she was back in the hospital. Doctors did emergency surgery, but there was no hope - infection and gangrene were ravaging her body.
Mulligan died early the next morning.
"For her all of a sudden to go and die, that really shocked us as much as the attack, " says Davis of the 49er snack bar. "Her mother lived so long, and there was no doubt in my mind she had another 10 or 15 years of healthy life."
New charges filed
After Mulligan died, DeBose was charged with first-degree murder. According to the booking report, the medical examiner concluded Mulligan died of complications from the broken pelvis. Humana, her insurer, would not comment on her treatment, citing patient privacy concerns.
With Mulligan gone, Tracy Boch and Nancy Gamble are now dealing with the Sheriff's Office and the State Attorney's Office. "Her friends intend to be there, " Gamble says of upcoming court proceedings.
Davis taped a copy of Mulligan's obituary to the snack bar window, with this note: We'll miss you Audrey.
McLean and Rudloff say they may arrange a potluck at the flea market in Mulligan's memory. They plan to take over her booth and call it Audrey's Attic.
But John Cole can no longer bear to look in that direction. He still sees Mulligan poring over the Sunday paper, a cigarette pressed to her lips as she checks to see if maybe, just maybe, she's the big Lotto winner.
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June 29, 2007
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A bomb threat received by Bank of America on North Prince Street led to the bank being closed for over an hour Friday while police checked the premises.
No bomb was found.
It was the second such incident at the bank in just over two weeks.
Around 11 a.m., bank employees called 911 and reported a caller said a bomb would be brought to the bank sometime today, according to Clovis police Capt. Patrick Whitney.
Police searched the bank three times and found nothing, Whitney said.
He said bank officials made the decision not to call in bomb dogs or Explosive Ordnance Disposal from Cannon Air Force Base.
A patrol officer and detective were assigned to stay at the bank for the rest of the business day as a precaution, he said.
Because the bank is located on private property, it is the business officials' decision to reopen or to request explosive experts be called, Whitney said.
Bank officials reported the caller was female, asked if it was the same bank that had received a threat a couple of weeks ago and told them "well there's going to be a real bomb," Whitney said.
Police traced today's call to a convenience store pay phone at Eleventh and Mitchell Streets. Whitney said detectives were at the store Friday afternoon attempting to recover any video footage or witness statements that may lead them to the caller.
Police are investigating to determine if today's threat is connected to the one made over two weeks ago at the same bank.
Whitney said making bomb threats is a felony.
District Attorney Matt Chandler said such threats are taken very seriously.
A Clovis man made bomb threats against Clovis Community College in 2005 and was sentenced to 18 months in prison, he said.
In the June 11 Bank of America threat, a caller told bank personnel around 1 p.m. a bomb had been delivered to the bank. The call was placed from a pay phone at the same convenience store, according to police reports.
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Requirements for all adult volunteer programs:
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- Enjoy meeting new people and providing excellent customer service to Zoo guests
- Completed Adult Volunteer application
- Attend one volunteer open house
- Meet age requirements as defined for each opportunity
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- Complete any on-site training and specific requirements as needed
- All volunteers must agree to work four special event shifts and one of those shifts must occur in October
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Team Habitat volunteers assist with projects for all the departments at the Zoo. Projects range from light physical duty such as planting bulbs and painting doors, to more physically challenging projects such as moving deadfall, cleaning/reorganizing Zoo areas after big special events, pruning and clearing brush. This program requires:
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My favorite 4th of July event in Vermont has always been the Vermont Symphony Orchestra (VSO) concert. In Southeastern Vermont the concert is on July 3 this year at Grafton Ponds. It's an incredibly lovely, typically Vermont setting where you can stretch out with your finest picnic wares and enjoy wine, cheese and other favorite delicasies. For those in the northern part of the state, the VSO concert will be at Shelburne Farms on the 4th.
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MIAMI - He's Shaquille O'Neal, basketball star and undercover officer.
The 7-foot-1, 325-pound Miami Heat center, who has a fascination with law enforcement, was recently sworn in as a U.S. deputy marshal. He spent six hours on a Saturday afternoon with Miami Beach police investigators helping with cases.
O'Neal has joined a Department of Justice task force that tracks down sexual predators who target children on the Internet.
He is becoming familiar with the techniques and software that officers use to track down the predators, said Miami Beach Police Chief Don De Lucca. And he spends countless hours on his home computer, logging into the police network and learning the ropes.
"I put a lot into it, and when I am done playing, I plan on going undercover and then being the sheriff or chief of police somewhere, either Miami or Orlando, I don't know yet," O'Neal said recently.
After being traded from the Los Angeles Lakers to Miami, O'Neal contacted Miami Beach police about becoming a reserve officer. He drops by the department regularly for one-on-one instruction, speaks to De Lucca at least once a week, and is a few training hours shy of being certified to make arrests, conduct search warrants and carry a .40-caliber pistol.
"Everyone knows the love I have for the people who defend the streets and the people who defend our country, the armed forces, the Army, Navy, Marines. I want to do something like that, help the community," O'Neal said. "I want to really learn the business."
O'Neal has been interested in law enforcement since he was a teen. He was raised by a stepfather who was an Army sergeant. Two of his uncles worked in law enforcement.
While playing for the Lakers, he went through the police academy and became a reserve officer with the Los Angeles Port Police.
During the 2000 offseason, he rode along with the Orange County Sheriff's Office in Florida. They recovered three stolen cars and made a handful of arrests.
"Shaq's interest in police work is very real," De Lucca said. "He'd be a great undercover guy.
"Obviously, we're not going to send him out to buy dope, but he can do surveillance, he can do Internet crimes. He has an incredible thirst for information, he's street-smart, and he's a communicator and leader. I just hope it's not my job he comes after, or I'm in trouble."
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Posted 27 May 2005 - 12:42 PM
well i guess he is not very undercover now...smart move.
Posted 29 May 2005 - 12:51 AM
maybe on some other planet no wait how about michael jackson he could start there .
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The 'Bad News' for Pandora Is Not News At All
I'll make this quick because there's no need to spend a ton of time on it.
Guys like Richard Greenspare of BTIG Media will use this to push their vendettas against Pandora. They are no longer bear cases. It's become as disingenuous and dirty as politics. If you hate Obama, nothing he does is good. If you hated Bush, same thing. Along similar lines, no matter what Pandora does, bears will spin it to suit their case. It's become personal.
Richard Greenspare (or is it Greenfield?) has no credibility on Pandora. None. He refuses to do his homework and properly engage the company. You can't talk to everybody, but when you're as negative as he is on Pandora, you simply cannot hit and run a company, yet refuse to interact with its management, at least not if you want to be known as a Wall Street analyst with a shred of integrity.
I single out Greenspare because he'll undoubtedly be out with "a cautious note" on the news that Pandora will limit mobile listening to 40 hours per month . This is only news insofar as the company has a legal and customer-service related responsibility to disclose it.
Here are the details many members of the media want to ignore:
- This cap impacts less than 4% of Pandora's audience.
- The company did the same thing with desktop listening several years ago -- and later lifted it -- as desktop revenue was ramping, just as mobile revenue is now.
- You can listen unlimited on mobile if you hit the cap by paying 99 cents for the remainder of the month or buying a $36 annual Pandora One subscription.
That's it. Pandora is not lying. It's not being disingenuous. Most listeners never hit that 40 hour cap. A vast majority. Almost all.
This has nothing to do with the business model. Nothing to do with an inability to leverage mobile. Mobile revenue is up 112% year-over-year at $74 million in the most recent quarter. As Pandora continues to build out its sales infrastructure and the larger mobile industry-wide mobile transformation takes shape, it will continue to grow.
But, at day's end, Pandora needed to do this because it takes a little bit of the heat off vis-à-vis its inequitable music royalty cost structure . That's not a business model problem; it's a legislative, music industry-related one.
Investors should cheer this news. It will have minimal, if any, impact on the listener, yet improve the business as the company pushes for and ultimately scores a big win for musicians and Internet radio in Congress.