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I came back to PA with my girlfriend to attend school up here then she ended up leaving me. Now I was offered a good job in Naples and a friend of mine has offered me a place to stay for 300 a month. I reserved a moving truck for 11/5/10. I want to do it, but Im just really stressed and i dont know why. I havent really told all of my friends and family that im gonna be leaving so soon. I know its the right thing to go but part of me is afraid of failure all alone in florida. One day im so ready to go and then the next im like stressing it. I dont know what to do someone please give me advice thanks


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NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (April 27, 2012) - As a proud advocate for the arts in education in Arkansas, the Thea Foundation is passionate about communicating the importance of the arts' role in a student's life.
This charge, along with the support of many in the Argenta community and the state, has led the Foundation to start Thea Art Festival.
"The mission of this first Thea Arts Festival is to raise awareness throughout the arts, education and business communities of the Mid-South region about the Thea Foundation and its initiatives to encourage creativity among Arkansas students through this celebration of the arts in the Argenta Arts District," says Paul Leopolous, executive director of the Thea Foundation.
Twenty-eight Arkansas artists, representing a plethora of mediums, will display and sell their works along Argenta's Main Street today, April 28, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the first annual Thea Arts Festival.
There will also be live music, art demonstrations, dance performances, do-it-yourself chalk art, a vegetable garden workshop and much more.
Festivalgoers can enjoy outdoor dining and specials from Starving Artists Cafe, Cregeen's Irish Pub, Reno's Argenta Cafe, the Argenta Market and the Corner Store.
While the Festival itself is open and free to the public, money raised through sponsorship of the festival will help support the arts in schools across Arkansas.
You can find a complete list of events with times and locations here.
Main Street will be blocked to vehicular traffic from Broadway to Sixth Street, but the trolley will continue to operate. Local businesses will be open, and many will have street-side displays and offer specials.
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Philadelphia, PA –The Leonore Annenberg Scholarship and School Funds, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, announces the award of nearly $2.7 million to a combined total of 25 elementary schools, artists, and high school students.
The funds will support an artist's craft, a school's needs for its students, and will pay the total cost of college for five deserving high school students.
Structured in three separate program funds – The Leonore Annenberg Fellowship Fund in the Performing and Visual Arts, the Leonore Annenberg College Scholarship Fund, and the Leonore Annenberg School Fund for Children – the grants target those poised to become the cultural and community leaders of the next generation and also support elementary school students in need of essential educational resources such as library books, computers and software, arts programming, and playground equipment. The grants are named in honor of the late Leonore Annenberg, Chief of Protocol in the administration of President Ronald Reagan and wife of the late Ambassador Walter H. Annenberg. Mrs. Annenberg established the grants to support her lifelong commitment to public service, education, and the arts.
The grants have been described by recipients as life-changing. Consider:
· At age 13 and standing only five-feet, two-inches tall, Misty Copeland (2008 performing arts fund recipient) was considered too old and the wrong size for a career in ballet. Today she is a soloist for the American Ballet Theatre.
· Saddled with a difficult home situation and fighting cancer, the future for Karina Melendez (2010 scholarship recipient) looked bleak. Today she is healthy and a student at Columbia University.
· Music programs at elementary schools are seemingly always in danger of budget cuts, but music education thrives at Bruce Elementary School in Houston (2008 school fund recipient) and have even grown into a summer music arts program.
"I hope to live up to the ideals that Mrs. Annenberg stood for, and one day to be in a position to help others who are trying to achieve the American Dream," said Camilla Diaz, a 2009 recipient of the scholarship fund, now a student at Wellesley College.
"Not only will I continue to reap the benefits of this wonderful period in my life for years to come, but I will also do my absolute best to inspire other people who are coming behind me," said actor André Holland, a 2008 recipient of the performing arts fellowship fund.
Recipients of this year's Leonore Annenberg Fellowships in the Performing and Visual Arts, whose combined grants total nearly $1 million, include:
· Tenor Paul Appleby, sponsored by the Metropolitan Opera (Lindemann Young Artist Development Program).
· Actor Eric Berryman, sponsored by the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama.
· Actor Austin Durant, sponsored by Lincoln Center Theater.
· Vocalist Devon Guthrie, sponsored by The Julliard School.
· Pianist Sullivan Fortner, Jr., sponsored by the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
· Baritone Alex Lawrence, sponsored by Glimmerglass Opera (Cooperstown, NY).
· Ballet dancer Jeraldine May Mendoza, sponsored by the Joffrey Ballet.
· Actor Bryce Pinkham, sponsored by the Yale School of Drama.
· Violinist Michelle Ross, sponsored by the Perlman Music Program.
· Ballet dancer Eric Tamm, sponsored by the American Ballet Theatre.
Recipients of the four-year college scholarships, valued at approximately $250,000 per scholar, are:
· Natalie Antunez, a junior at Hialeah Senior High School in Hialeah, Fla.
· Johana Barxha, a junior at J.R. Masterman High School in Philadelphia.
· Spencer Dunleavy, a junior at J.R. Masterman High School in Philadelphia.
· Chelsea Jerome, a junior at Hazen Union High School in Hardwick, Vt.
· Ambar Peralta, a junior at the Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics, in New York.
Recipients of the Leonore Annenberg School Fund for Children grants, totaling over $700,000, include:
· Collins Elementary School in Houston to purchase books and literacy focused technology.
· Harris Academy in Houston to purchase books and technology for a literacy intervention lab project.
· PS 111M: The Adolph S. Ochs School in New YorkCity to implement an instructional theater program for students and professional development project for faculty.
· Leila B. Yancy Elementary School in Henderson, N.C. to purchase computers for classrooms and playground equipment for a fitness program.
· Pinkston Street School in Henderson, N.C. to significantly enlarge and upgrade the school playground.
· Calvin Donaldson Environmental Science Academy in Chattanooga, Tenn., to improve the school playground, and construct a science lab.
· Clifton Hills Elementary School in Chattanooga, Tenn. to purchase classroom and library technology.
· Arcola Lake Elementary in Miami to support reading projects.
· Dr. Robert B. Ingram Elementary School in Opa-Locka, Fla. to implement a school-wide program focused on science and math literacy.
· Nathan B. Young Elementary in Opa-Locka, Fla. to support interactive science and math programs.
"We are delighted to support these students, artists, and schools," said Gail Levin, Ph.D., Director of the Leonore Annenberg Scholarship and School Funds. "These grants help young scholars go out and change the world, help talented young artists launch successful and enduring careers, and enable underserved students in elementary schools experience the joys of learning."
The three Leonore Annenberg Funds collaborate with educational and arts organizations to identify potential award recipients. The Funds do not accept unsolicited requests for support. Visit www.leonoreannenbergscholarships.org for more information.


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How to Buy a Rat Rod For Sale For Pennies on the Dollar
By D Luttrull
For those of you looking to get into the rat rod scene here are a few solid suggestions that will help you not overspend while still finding the perfect project or already build car or truck to purchase. The first mistake many make when looking to buy a rat car or truck is actually searching for specific keywords or hot niche names. What you should be doing is locating the make, model and year of the car or truck you are looking into FIRST without having the hot rod or classic car in your search at all.
A simple example of how this will help you understand why NOT including the actual term rat rod and other "hot niche" keywords while searching is as follows. Someone selling a rust bucket odds are knows that within the rat scene itself they can sell it for a markup because it is exactly what a person looking for a car in that scene would want BUT if you search for an exact model and year you can locate a rust bucket that is sitting on someone's property who is not in the rodder scene but simply wants it off his or her property and at many times for pennies on the dollar.
You can even come across plenty of people who have rat rods or what we would consider a barn find just sitting around for years and would GIVE you the rat car or rat truck just to get it off their property. What you need to do now especially now that you know the best way to save a ton is to locate the make and model that you are wanting to buy and see what pops up whether in an online auction, online forum or local. Instead of the scene markup you can get the same vehicle for much less.
To someone in the rat rod scene a rust bucket is a goldmine but to someone outside the scene it is an eyesore and something they would like to unload on someone else. That is what I like to call a win win for everyone in the deal. You can then use all of that saved money towards all the rat parts you want to further make your custom rat vehicle more of your own style.
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Create knit or crochet eye pillows for a spa-like experience. Designed by Kim Hamlin.
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shell (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in indicated ch or chain-space
KNIT PILLOW Leaving a 12 in. (30.5 cm) yarn tail, cast on 40 sts. Divide sts onto 4 needles. Place marker for beg of rnd. Join by working the first st on left hand needle with the working yarn from the right hand needle, being careful not to twist sts. Rnds 1 and 2: Knit. Rnd 3: K2, (yo, p1, p3tog, p1, yo, k2) 3 times, k to end of rnd. Rnd 4: Knit. Rep Rnds 1-4 until piece measures about 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm) from beg.Bind off, leaving a 12 in. (30.5) tail.
CROCHET PILLOW Leaving a 12 in. (30.5 cm) yarn tail, ch 26. Join with a sl st in first ch to form a ring, being careful not to twist ch. Place marker for beg of rnd, move marker up as each rnd is completed. Rnd 1: Ch 2, (sk 3 ch, shell in next ch) 3 times, sk 3 ch, dc in each ch to end of rnd; join with sl st in first st. Rnd 2: Ch 2, (shell in next shell) 3 times, dc in each st to end of rnd; join with sl st in first st. Rep Rnd 2 until piece measures 6 1/2 In. (16.5 cm) from beg.Fasten off, leaving a 12 in. (30.5) tail.
FINISHING (BOTH VERSIONS)Dampen knit or crochet piece, then pin out to 7 in. (18 cm) in length. Allow to dry.
Fabric Insert Fold fabric in half with RS together to make a 4 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (11.5 x 19 cm) rectangle.By hand or machine, and using a 1/2 in. (1.3 cm) seam allowance, seam long side and one end of fabric.
Turn insert RS out through open end. Insert a funnel or paper cone into opening, then fill insert with flax and lavender.Sew opening closed.
FINISHING Place filled insert inside Pillow and adjust so that stitch pattern fits neatly on one side. Use yarn tails to sew Pillow closed. Weave in ends.


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Just one day of 85-degree temperatures and 100 percent humidity is all it takes to send most of us straight to the nearest ice cream parlor, with visions of Popsicles, frappés, and iced mochas dancing in our heads. But while those treats may sound good, for tempering the effects of all that heat and humidity, they're overrated.
According to Ayurvedic principles, it's not a food's temperature that makes it cooling, but rather its innate qualities. Each and every food is classified according to whether its energies promote heating or cooling. Sour, salty, or pungent foods boost heat; sweet, bitter, or astringent foods cool you down. To keep your inner thermostat in check, you need to choose the right foods—and avoid the wrong ones. Ayurveda also identifies certain fragrant essential oils as having cooling properties. Here's what you need to know.
Bag the Ice
It may sound counterintuitive, but loading up on chilled or frozen foods and drinks (even ice water) can be harmful. All that cold dampens your digestive fire, which means you won't absorb nutrients as you should, says Ed Danaher, an Ayurvedic consultant.
Fortunately, there are plenty of equally tasty alternatives to the standard frosty delights. The liquid from young coconuts—these are green, not brown—makes a fabulous cooling drink, says Michele Khalef, yoga therapist and Ayurvedic cooking instructor. It's wonderfully refreshing even at room temperature. It also makes a great smoothie: Mix it with coconut flakes or chunks and toss in some cilantro.
Fight the Fire With Fruits and Veggies
Reluctant to cook on a hot summer night? Throw together a salad or just lightly steam a few vegetables instead. Plenty of hot-season crops—including collard greens, chard, spinach, salad greens, celery, summer squash, and cucumbers—are classified as cooling according to Ayurveda (try this recipe for the Warm Spinach and Squash Salad pictured above). And most of them, when examined by modern scientists, turn out to have a high water content as well.
From the standpoint of Ayurveda, though, their cooling effect is due to more than a high water content: they're considered bitter and astringent, qualities that reduce the fiery pitta element in your constitution, or dosha. (To find out more about your dosha, take the quiz: What's Your Dosha?)
Fruits that can cool you down include dates, figs, pomegranates, raisins, and prunes. And next time you have a hankering for lemonade, go for limeade instead; limes are more cooling.
Be Spice Wise
Cuisines from hot countries around the world are full of hot-cold blends that are perfect for summer meals. "The cooling herbs keep the pungent herbs' heat in check," Danaher says. A classic heating-cooling combination is a blend of spicy peppers with refreshing cilantro. Lime juice, mint, or coconut can also help cool a hot meal.
Another good blend, says Khalef, is chai. Its spices have heating properties, but adding milk, which is cooling, can temper them. Your choice of sweetener also has an influence: Honey is heating, while date sugar, barley malt, maple syrup, Sucanat, and turbinado sugar tend toward cooling. And, of course, drinking chai at room temperature will also diminish its warming effect.
Eat Early and Often
Whatever foods you choose, Mother Maya (formerly Maya Tiwari), founder of the Wise Earth School of Ayurveda in Candler, North Carolina, advises eating several light meals a day, rather than two or three larger ones, for easier digestion.
Attend to the Essentials
Still feeling uncomfortably hot? Add essential oils to your summer routine. Use them as perfume, suggests Pratima Raichur, aesthetician, chemist, and botanist. "Rose, jasmine, sandalwood, vanilla, and vetiver are all cooling and smell beautiful," she says.
Applying an essential oil to the skin works even faster than inhaling its aroma, says Raichur, because the active components are absorbed into the bloodstream. (You shouldn't use synthetic oils this way, as they lack some of the natural oils' healing properties.) Sandalwood oil is especially effective, she adds, when you apply it to your temples or the "third eye" in the center of your forehead. Be sure to mix the essential oil with a base oil such as sunflower or coconut, so it doesn't irritate your skin.
A cooling blend Raichur especially likes is five drops each of sandalwood and vetiver oil in a base of one ounce of sunflower, coconut, or pure jojoba oil. For a heat rash remedy, Raichur mixes brahmi oil with neem and a drop of camphor.
Tapping into the wisdom of the Ayurvedic ancients—who undoubtedly knew a thing or two about coping with hot weather—will help you sail through the summer feeling serene and fresh. After all, the season should be a pleasurable, playful time of celebration—or in Mother Maya's words, "light, fragrant, sweet, and innocent"—not a time to be undone by the sun.


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Monday, March 31, 2008
The Advanced Academy of Georgia at the University of West Georgia is sponsoring an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Saturday, April 12, from 1 – 6 p.m. at the Honors College on Maple Street. The event is free and the community is invited to participate in this life saving opportunity.
The Academy has promised at least 55 participants and coordinators of event ask that donors register in advance.
Qualifications for donors include being at least 17 years old, weighing at least 110 pounds and having not donated blood in the last eight weeks or donated double red cells in the last 16 weeks. Minors must have parental permission and the form can be obtained through the Academy's office.
Since its founding in 1881, the American Red Cross has been the nation's premier emergency response organization. The organization specializes not only in collection, processing and distribution of blood, but also in international relief and development programs, educational programs for health and safety and community services that help the needy.
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Target and stock drop?.?
Hammer, doji reversal.
Patience pays off. I got SSYS on that huge pullback.
Look at SSYS I mentioned yesterday. When it comes back, it can move up as fast. Buy good stocks low, sell high.
VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW): After it attended VMware's analyst day, Oppenheimer vies the company as being in a position to benefit from trends in virtualization within the next two to three years. The firm believes that the company continues to see healthy demand, and Oppenheimer maintains an Outperform rating and a $125 target on the stock.
this stock is so ied to market moving up or down..unlike priceline, goog apple.. I say stay away from this until mkr settels down.. I do not see it even moving to 96 or 97..Technicals are point for further pull back..


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Watch This Kitty Hover: ASPCA Video Goes ViralDanielle Sullivan
In case you haven't heard, June is "Adopt A Shelter Cat" month and if you pass up on this opportunity to bring a furry feline into your home, you just don't know what you might miss.
Just ask ABC Nightline's Dan Harris.
Harris adopted a cat with a kind of amazing talent. The kitty can hover.
Yep, George the cat, AKA Hovercat, can do all sorts of fascinating tricks when left to his own devices. In fact, Harris captured them all on video.
While trying to bring awareness to "Adopt A Shelter Cat" month, Harris says he is attempting to make this amusing video go viral, so help him out and watch, and then pass it along. Bet you won't stop laughing at this cat's shenanigans.
In all seriousness, there are millions of other animals waiting to be adopted, and Harris challenges all of us to adopt one (and make our own viral videos, of course!).
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A copy of the agenda is available by writing the Nebraska Corn Board, PO Box 95107, Lincoln, NE 68509, or calling either 402/471-2676 or 800-NECORN1.
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I recently joined the Epsom store and now I wish I hadn't. They had a great deal on that for £11.99 a month ( £30 one off first payment that covers your first 3 months too) you can rent 2 movies at once and rent as many as you like a month. Unfortunatly you are still bound by the rental period, so if you return them late (1 day for new films, 2 days for everything else) then you are fined. This however is not what's annoyed me. 10 days after signing up the shops closed completly. No advanced notice, no sign in the window, just an empty shop. On calling Filmnight they claimed they had nothing to do with it, they were simply a franchise. Well, personally, I don't want to by dealing with a company that has such loose management over it's stores that they don't know atleast 10 days in advance that it's having financial issues.
So, my advice to you, DO NOT USE FILMNIGHT. I'd also extend this to any companies that they work with, Apollo (which was the company owning my local that closed) and VidBiz.
I've recently joined screenselect instead, and I'm more then happy with the service.
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Starting with Rankin's arresting cover image of Daisy Lowe in vintage air stewardess uniform, the issue looks back to some of the famous contributions that have made High Life what it is today, from Sir David Attenborough on diving to Alain de Botton on the new 'generation curious'. The '73 opening of the Bosphorus Bridge, Elvis plays Hawaii, the Rocky Horror Picture Show...High Life was born into a very different world.
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5 week old that is very fussy only happy when eating or being held???
I have a 5 week old that is very fussy the only time she is happy is if i'm feeding her or holding her. If she is fuusy and I pick her up she will stop fussing anyone experiencing this???
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Hey there, mom to two children who were both fussy - remember something about babies - they are tiny little beings that are completley helpless and must depend on us for everything - they have a hard time communicating and depend on you to have their best interest at heart - your child might actually have some pain and is comforted by eating (especially refluxy babies - milk is a natural antacid) and holding the baby is the best comfort for any pain/distress - there is always a reason that your dhild needs you - they are not manipulating you - they are tiny humans that can't even wipe their own butts. There are things to help remedy reflux/colic - talk to your doc, see if maybe her formula/something you are eating is a problem - consult a lactation counselor - listen to your gut - your baby needs you to do what you think is best for her - what you feel is right for her. My son - now 3 months, is on Prevadcid and Gripe Water (colic-ease) for his reflux - helps a great deal.posted 12/23/2007 by seatrout
My baby has reflux with similar symptoms. When you lay her down, make sure she is elevated (30 degrees is best). Keep her at the 30 degree angle at least 20-30 min. after she eats. If you see an improvement, that may be the problem!posted 05/03/2008 by a BabyCenter Member
I have the exact same problem. I finally called the doc. and she said that baby is using me as a pacifier and that I absolutely cannot let her eat more than every two hours and that I need to train her to take a pacifier. I've been trying it for two days now and she still won't take a pacifier and is usually hysterical by the time I can finally feed her. I don't know if I can keep up the "feeding training" much longer.posted 11/16/2007 by JulieGSK
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Penn State Schuylkill will be hosting its annual scholarship dinner on March 26, 2013. Donors are recognized at this event for their giving to Penn State Schuylkill. In addition, scholarship recipients have the opportunity to meet the donor who made their scholarship possible. Theresa Carter, president of OMNOVA Solutions Foundation will be the evening's guest speaker.
Theresa provides leadership and strategic direction in managing the operation of OMNOVA Solution's $23 million Foundation. She is accountable for community relations through charitable giving in each of OMNOVA's company site locations worldwide.
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Theresa's most recent honors include her induction into the Zeta Phi Beta Mu Rho Zeta Chapter's Council of Elders, for demonstrating dedication, commitment, and compassion in service; as well as a recipient of the Akron Urban League's 2011 Woman of Power: The Magnificent Seven award. Theresa was honored as a recipient of the H. Peter Burg Leadership Award through the American Red Cross of Summit County for her leadership in the community, passion for people and dedication to the Red Cross. She also received the Elizabeth A. Dalton Community Service Award presented by Greenleaf Family Center. In 2007, Theresa was the Athena recipient, recognized for helping women reach leadership potential; and improving the quality of life for others in the community. Other recognitions throughout her career include the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Service to Youth Award; H. Peter Burg Volunteer of the Year Award and Helen E. Arnold Humanitarian Award from the Akron Public School System; Community Health Center President's Award for outstanding commitment and service; Peter Bommarito Community Award for volunteerism and service to the Akron area presented by the AFL/CIO and Summit County United Way; Harold K. Stubbs Humanitarian Award in Business; YWCA Woman of Achievement and Black Women of Excellence Awards; the YMCA Minority Achiever Award; IJN-1 Foundation Literacy and the Arts Visionary Award; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Akron Alumnae Chapter, Community Service Award, and the Jobs for America's Graduates, Inc., Above and Beyond Award for her commitment to the school-to-work movement and the leadership provided the Tri-County JOG ( Jobs for Ohio's Graduates now know as JOG Our Way) board of directors.
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The Real Housewives Of DC: The Salahi's Accuse Mary Amons' Daughter of Theft Of Their Car!
September 09, 2010 07:21 PM by Jennifer
Just when you think the Salahi's behavior can't get any crazier, they cross the line again on tonight's The Real Housewives of DC on Bravo when they accuse Mary Amons' daughter of stealing their car! Keep reading to hear what happened!
Tareq looked like he had something important to say at dinner at his winery, and he decides that in front of all of their friends it is time to blurt out that Mary's daughter put a post up on Facebook bragging about how she and her friends had a great joy ride in a car that was stolen from America's Polo Cup with a photo of her wearing Tareq's and other players Polo Team gear. He also said the FBI has been monitoring all phone calls and emails. I can't help it but Michaele's husband reminds me of that heavy friend Francis from the Pee Wee's Playhouse movie. He is like a little kid. He said he cared about what happened to the Polo gear, when everyone was trying to figure out what Mary could do to get her daughter's name gets cleared. For a couple who seems to have problems paying for things and trying to appear like they have more than they do, they sure seemed focused on the fact that they thought people were condoning stealing. Then he said everyone involved is going to jail. He just seems to take pleasure in saying that there was a grave wrong done to him ,and that people are going to jail for it. Of course this spoiled the whole dinner they were having, and on the way home from the dinner, Stacie and her husband discuss it with Mary, who is clearly embarrassed and appalled that Tareq accused her daughter Lolly of committing such a crime.
When the other ladies find out exactly what Tariq had said on this all new episode of  The Real Housewives of DC on Bravo, they are shocked. Stacie Turner was with Lynda Erkiletian and Cat Ommanney, and Lynda called Tareq a whack job and that they just make things up. Even Cat agreed that there is something wrong with that couple. They always need to be the center of attention. Mary went home and told her daughter Lolly what he had said, and although she says her daughter did put a post on Facebook about something, in no way should she be associated with an FBI investigation. Mary's husband is clearly pissed that the Salahi's brought this up. But everyone is on the same page, that the Salahi's are attention whores. Mary's husband made a few calls, and he wasn't able to find anything about any kind of investigation or charges, so they come to the conclusion that the Salahi's have made the whole story up to take the attention away from any wrong doing they are doing.
At the same time, Cat goes to lunch with Edwina Rodgers, a Republican lobbyist, and Cat starts talking to her about health care reform when Edwina tries to keep changing the subject. Cat seems to be going at her, and Edwina invites her to a party that she is having about health care reform. Cat also invites Stacie Turner and her husband to the dinner, and Stacie realizes that this is the first time they will see Michaele and Tareq Salahi since they accused Mary's daughter of theft. When they see them at the party, they all act like nothing ever happened. But then Cat arrived, completely dressed like Sara Palin! She even had a tag that said Alaska on it! She said that she totally wanted to dress out of the ordinary for this party hoping to be kicked out. She made every one's mouth drop! But another shocker was when Edwina Rodgers, the host of the party, unexpectedly leaves, and they show a woman leaving in an ambulance. But no worries for Cat to have someone to argue with, because she ran into Michaele's assistant, the one who called her a bitch at the vineyard. But Cat walked away when Michaele got involved in the conversation. Michaele seems to bring trouble wherever she goes!
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The official site for Grand Theft Auto 4 has been released by Rockstar Games at http://rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto4/
Thankfully it shows for PS3 as well as XBox 360, and won't be a one console game and both will be launching at the same time, apparently
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[UPDATE] At its pre-E3 press conference, Microsoft confirmed that the next Grand Theft Auto is coming to the Xbox 360 in October of next year. In an official announcement, Rockstar Games confirmed simultaneous launch on PS3.
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I don't think you could be more wrong! Since when have Rockstar really cared aqbout what people think of the time zones? And 60's music is great! I really don;t think it'll be set in the USA again, but most likely Europe.
Oh I'm wrong am I? Think about it, its simple logic.
On average, do you think the majority of 18-30 year olds listen to the Beatles, the Rolling Stones etc. ? watch Bewitched, Green Acres, The Partridge family etc. ? No, so why would you bother setting a game marketed towards the younger generation in a period in which the younger generation isnt interested in? I for one would not buy the game, no matter how much better it is than San Andreas.
It's like if EA Sports decided to to a 'Madden: Flashback' game set in the 1954 season, do you think the game will sell? No, because kids arnt interested in that.
If Rockstar is smart, GTA4 won't be set in London. Why? 2 words, The Getaway. As GTA fans, one thing we've come to expect from Rockstar is that they like to be unique, original, and although they did come up with the London idea first (GTA: London 1969 or what ever it was on PS1), the next gen version of 'GTA: London' has been done (The Getaway).
Which brings me to my next point, if they were to follow the GTA pattern (Liberty City, Vice City, San Andreas, London), they would have called this new game "GTA: London" or what ever, instead of just "GTA4".
I think we can expect to see the game stay based on America, but maybe not based on a certain real life part exactly.
I think it would be a good idea to set the city as this 'Carser City'. we've all heard about this place in previous GTA's. This way they can just cut sick on what ever they want, they dont have to model the city on any specific real life place, they can just make what ever gangs, kind of people, the places they want and not worry about sticking to the script so to speak.
Your statement about gta abd the getaway is comlpete bollocks tbh...
The getaway is nothing like gta, in sense of gameplay, atmosphere and story.
If gta4 is to be set in london, it will be a completly new feeling and will not feel like the getaway if they stick to they're gta style themes, music and and feeelign of gameplay.
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Glee's Alex Newell Reacts to Bill O'Reilly's "Dopey" Transgender Comment
Remember last year when Fox News personality Bill O'Reilly said that Glee could cause "dopey" kids to experiment with their gender identity? Well, Glee star Alex Newell (Unique) hasn't forgotten either.
As you may recall, Bill spoke about Glee back in April 2012, saying that showing transgender characters sets a bad example. "If you make it glamorous in a program like Glee, which is undeniably a good program… a lot of these dopey kids are confused about who they are," Bill said. "They're confused." Okay, then.
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"This is what they feel on the inside — there's nothing dopey about it," Alex adds.
Alex also says that he feels it's a compliment when people wonder if he is transgender, as Unique is. "Some people don't understand that I do play a character," he said. "I must be doing it well if they really think that I'm living my character's life."
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There was a time when on most days, anyone looking for Matthew Floresca could find him at the local skate park.
Just look for the long hair and tight moves.
Nowadays, Floresca has traded in the skateboard and long hair for the disciplines of wrestling. It's his business of the day, every day now.
Floresca, once offered a professional skating contract by Zumiez, XS Energy and other companies who sponsor skateboarding, decided at age 14 he was done with the fun ride and got serious about his craft. So that meant all his moves would now come on the wrestling mat.
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Floresca, a senior at Shorewood High School, has accomplished almost everything in wrestling, including state titles in the USA Wrestling leagues, except one thing: Win a state title at Mat Classic.
"Ever since freshman year, winning a state title has been on my list of goals," said Floresca, who began wrestling at age 5. "Coming so close [to a state title] and beating a lot of state champions in different weight classes growing up, has made me hungry.
"Especially coming so close last year, made me hungry."
Floresca was one win away from that goal last season in Mat Classic XXV and one win from a season of perfection, but the Thunderbirds' top gun was taken down and so was his 32-0 record by Kelso senior Josh Newberg.
It took a grinding, 3-0 decision in last year's 126-pound final in Class 3A from Newberg, who became a rare three-time state champion with the triumph. Tied 0-0 entering the third round, Newberg grabbed a tenuous 1-0 lead and then scored a two-point takedown with just under a minute left in the match.
"The hundreds of hours of hard work, you just see that flash through your head when you lose like that," said Floresca, who's back at 126. "You think about everything different you could've done during the match. Also, you think about how you could've prepared better or trained better.
"I think about whether I should've cut him and give up (an escape) point. I was frustrated at myself."
The loss left a hollow spot in Floresca's career and a strong hunger for his final high-school season. He's taking measures to be fresher at the end of his senior campaign.
"I wasn't really afraid going into it, but I was an underdog (against Newberg)," Floresca said. "It's about reaching your peak performance at the right time. Everyone has a certain level they can get to, and that's the best you can be at that moment.
"I think I hit that point midway through the season and was trying to maintain that level and then I got some injuries."
Floresca didn't train quite as hard last summer, taking a more casual two-week trip with a wrestling group, Down Under Sports, to New Zealand, Australia and Hawaii.
"We did some beach wrestling in Australia, and that was a lot different than what we do in school," Floresca said.
Shortly after Floresca traded half-pipes for half-nelsons full time, he began laying the groundwork of success and building a career high-school record of 96-8 (through Dec. 14).
"Given the two choices (of skateboarding or wrestling), I saw more of a future in wrestling, because of the scholarship opportunities," said Floresca, who has received offers from Arizona State, Oregon State, Stanford, Columbia, Southern Oregon and Southwestern Oregon Community College. "The sport is really big in my family. I also felt like I owed it to the team and the coaches to stick with it and give it my all.
"I had tons of offers for skateboarding."
Floresca enjoys the solo mentality of both sports.
"Skateboarding and wrestling, competition-wise you are both going out there by yourself," he said, noting he dislocated his elbow in seventh grade in skateboarding. "With both you're trying to go out there and prove you're the best. But they're definitely different. I had more friends in wrestling and it's more of a character-builder.
"Skateboarding was a hobby, something I did for fun and to relax. Wrestling has always been more of a job and a career to me."
Shorewood wrestling coach Derek Norton coached Floresca when he was at his competitive crossroads with wrestling and skateboarding. Norton is glad he chose the wrestling mat.
"There was a brief scare for the coaches," Norton said.
Norton knows Floresca is fearless and that likely is a big reason for his success in both sports.
"Matthew doesn't avoid people," said the Thunderbirds coach. "That's not his style. He'd rather wrestle the toughest kids in the country or in the state rather than avoid competition. He feels he can beat anybody."
Norton wants his charge to go out on top.
"A state title would just be that final piece to the puzzle we are looking for in Matthew's career," he said. "There's a lot of things that have to combine to get that title. To Matthew, this is the pinnacle and something he's been dreaming about since he was a little kid."
Floresca, 17, and Norton, are aiming at nothing less than a state championship for one of the school's all-time best wrestlers. Only Tim Hester has won an individual state title for Shorewood, taking down the 189-pound weight class in 2008.
"One thing we gained from the finals experience last year was maturity from Matthew," Norton said. "It was an interesting experience in the finals last year. I think we thought we had it wrapped up going into the third period. Losing the title kind of brought things back into perspective.
"I think he was kind of burned out last season. I think he rediscovered his love of wrestling. It's been a pleasant surprise to see him grow as a leader in our wrestling room."
The quest for that elusive state title in the loaded 126-pound weight class could be a grind for the top-ranked wrestler at 126 pounds in 3A as rated by www.washingtonwrestlingreport.net.
In addition to Floresca, the 126-pound state bracket is likely to include the likes of three other state runner-up finishers in 3A last season. Heading the list of challengers is University of Spokane sophomore Cam Sorenson, who was second at 113 in 3A as a freshman.
Also competing at 126 in 3A are Mount Spokane senior Kiegen Schauer, second at 120 in 3A as a junior, and Stanwood junior West Weinert, second at 106 in 3A as a sophomore. Giving depth to 126 are Lakes junior Andrew Ramirez, fifth at 120 in 3A as a sophomore, Mercer Island junior Luke Wilson, seventh at 120 in 3A as a sophomore, and Decatur senior Trysten Dawson, eighth at 113 in 3A as a junior.
"They are all competing for second. That's how I look at it," Floresca said.
There was a thought that Eastside Catholic's Matthew Iwicki, the state champion at 120 in 3A in 2013, would be at 126, but he's likely opting to go up to 132 and is ranked No. 1 at that weight by www.washingtonwrestlingreport.net.
Battling three-time state Newberg in last year's 126 final, though stinging, gave Floresca a shot of confidence.
"It shows me that I know I'm capable of being there and accomplishing my dream," he said.
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OUAGADOUGOU, 4 June 2008 (IRIN) - The Burkina Faso government has passed a new law that increases jail terms for traffickers from a maximum of five to 10 years, but child protection experts fear this will not stop child-trafficking, which the ministry of social welfare says is rising.
"The law [passed on 15 May] will do something," Naba Jérémie Wangré, project manager at the Burkina Faso Red Cross told IRIN, "but punishing the crime is not the whole answer ? to combat it you need to commit more resources to it, and that takes political will."
Since 2000 the police have intercepted 6,000 children thought to have been trafficked in Burkina Faso, according to the ministry of social welfare and national solidarity, which fears a sharp rise in activity. "All provinces of the country are now affected by trafficking," said Saidou Ouédraogo, director of child protection at the ministry.
Most recently, 32 children who were allegedly being sent to Mali to become Koranic students were intercepted in late May 2008 by the ministry and the Burkina Faso Red Cross at Ouahigouya in the north of the country.
Trafficking hubs
Trafficking origination hubs include Boucle du Mouhoun in the west of Burkina Faso, the Sahel in the north, from where many children are sent to Mali, often supposedly to attend Koranic schools, and Tapoa and Gnagnan provinces in the east, from where children are sent to Benin, according to the government.
Children are increasingly being smuggled into Cote d'Ivoire to work on plantations, partly because demand for labour has increased as the country stabilises after its civil conflict. "There is currently calm in Cote d'Ivoire, so some farmers are trying to rebuild the manpower they lost during the crisis when labour was so rare," Wangré told IRIN.
According to a ministry of welfare study, minors from Niger and Ghana often end up working as prostitutes in bars in the urban areas of Burkina Faso.
Tougher law but hard to enforce
"The new law criminalises child trafficking and increases the penalties for traffickers to the maximum, with ten years in prison," said Ouédraogo. It also expands the definition of exploitative labour, which is central to defining trafficking, to include children forced to become street beggars or work as domestic labourers.
Mathurin Bonzi, director of programmes at Save the Children Canada, an international non-governmental organisation (NGO), said the law would be difficult to enforce because traffickers were always developing new ways of evading attention. "Traffickers continually transform their approach by using less policed rural roads and new border crossing points, such as Ghana instead of Cote d'Ivoire," he commented.
Children were also increasingly being trafficked within Burkina Faso to work in the mining and cotton-producing zones in the west, which made it easier for traffickers to avoid being caught.
Ouédraogo noted that when it is necessary to cross borders, the eased restrictions on the movement of people and goods among the ECOWAS countries could also make the traffickers' lives easier.
Wangré pointed out that in the rare instances when a case went to trial, traffickers were unlikely to be prosecuted because judges often assumed that parents had freely entrusted their children to live with relatives abroad, in the hope that they would find work opportunities. ?'Do not ask these children to stay within their families if they cannot have a daily meal. In this situation they will go, whatever the dangers may be," he told IRIN.
Regional problem, regional approach
While toughening up anti-trafficking laws, country by country, is one answer, child protection experts say agencies need to develop better ways of working together to combat trafficking across borders.
Save the Children Canada is pushing to set up a regional inter-agency group to fight trafficking in Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana; the Burkina Faso Red Cross works with its fellow Red Cross branches across the region to intercept children who have been trafficked, and reunite them with their families.
Such models could work well with the ECOWAS working group on child trafficking, through which countries pool resources to monitor cross-border trafficking, but other groups think the problem will only diminish if all the parties involved ? parents, transporters, police forces and even children themselves ? change their mindset and realise how high the risks are.
This will not be easy. "Even when we reunite children," said Wangré, "many of them will voluntarily return to their trafficked destination when they realise they cannot find a better alternative."


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Bill (San Francisco): Why do most athletes do the same vault? Do you think the rules should encourage more skills diversity? Why not let the girls compete two vaults?
Valorie Kondos Field: While I absolutely agree that vault is not as exciting to watch as it could be, the reason why we have not devalued the Yurchenko full is to encourage parity. This is the same reason we decided to go from competing two vaults to one vault. If a strong vaulting team is allowed a second vault per athlete and one of the athletes has a fall on the first vault, they more than likely will perform a better vault on the second try. Going to one vault allows a weaker vault team to compete with a stronger team if the stronger team is having an off night.
Jennifer (Burlington): Val, you had a fan mention passing down Kim Hamilton's floor routine to someone, and you asked him who to put it on. Please give it to VANESSA!
Valorie Kondos Field: Hmmmm that might work. I'll play around with some of the choreography with her and see how it goes. Good suggestion. Thanks.
Jess (Irvine, CA): Ohhhhh, as long as we are talking about reviving routines, I put my vote in for Alison Stoner's 1999 freshman floor routine. If Mattie did that omg!
Valorie Kondos Field: I loved that routine, and Alison was such a brilliant performer and dancer. Mattie could do that really well, but so many people have used that music ("My Drag").
Andrea (Boston): What would you say is the hardest skill for you to teach?
Randy Lane: Every coach has their strengths and weaknesses, so I try to learn from people who are really good in an area that I feel I am not quite as proficient. I think that is why, as a coaching staff, Valorie, Chris, Amy and I work really well together. We lean on each other and complement one another in our strengths and weaknesses.
Some skills are easy to teach to some athletes and harder to teach to others. Finding the proper skill selection for an athlete is always key to their success. The hardest skill for me to master in teaching is a hop full (Monique De La Torre's skill on bars). It is one of those skills that I have tried to teach on several occasions to several athletes. I watch videos, quiz other coaches who teach the skill well, and ask my athletes to guide me through what they feel, see and think. I am determined to be able to teach the skill by the end of my coaching career, if not sooner! So, maybe start looking for that skill in future Bruin routines.
Paul (LA): Question for Randy: What are some of your favorite bars routines from the past--college or international? Do you bring anything you've seen in those to the Bruins routines?
Randy Lane: Paul, thanks for the question. First off ... Wow, I have many favorites from the past and the present. I would have to say that I probably can't pick one favorite over the years, but I will include a few names. Heidi Moneymaker was the first athlete that I helped coach to an NCAA Bar championship, so she would have to be included on the list. She was a great competitor and was constantly improving on a daily basis. She attacked the event with such passion and determination that there was never a doubt that it was going to be the best routine ever. She was a joy to coach and a joy to watch.
Other athletes that come to mind are:
Mohini Bhardwaj - such a toughness to her and made everything look so easy.
Yvonne Tousek - had such a beauty and style to her swing, similar to Aisha Gerber, that skills looked like they were performed effortlessly.
Those above mentioned were NCAA champions during my last time at UCLA, but there have been so many that I have coached who have made such an impact in this sport.
Doni Thompson was one of those athletes that I could give an idea to and she would try it. So incredibly talented and such a strong competitor on bars for UCLA. I actually taught her a skill that she competed in her junior year that was really nothing more than an easy transition that I had competed back in my competitive days on high bar - a full twist after her Tkatchev.
Lena Degteva was often overlooked on bars, but she worked so hard, and by her senior year finished in the top 3 at NCAA's.
As far as non-Bruins, I would have to say that Courtney Kupets (Georgia) was an amazing bars worker and won two NCAA titles on the event. She did so many releases in her bar routine her senior year that she made it look like she was simply playing.
Secondly, I am very thankful for the invention of YouTube. I love to watch anything and everything with regards to the sport of gymnastics. I have actually watched several videos from the 80's to try to bring back the "old school" skills. It would have been very fitting to be able to do that this season since it was a "throwback" year competing in the Wooden Center's Collins Court. I feel like I can never stop learning, reinventing or becoming a better coach with every athlete.


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All of the highly populated areas that already have great facilities get more. Those of us off the beaten path, with enough red neck traffic to ensure a true cycling hell never get any of the cycling perks.
Anyone care to tell your congressional delegates to send some cycling money out here to the armpit of the country? We would really appreciate it.
Even a multi-use path along a gas pipeline near the Susquehanna river that I hoped would be a wonderful place to ride is a deeply rutted mud pit and requires a mountain bike, or the more common 4 wheel ATV to navigate it. I about exploded when I saw a request on FreeCycle for a helmet for another F****ing brat in Plymouth to ride his ATV on the trail... I live on one of the better cycling routes in the area, and so far this year I have seen one cyclist, and well over 100 ATVs... Once I think there was an actual parade... 25+ at one time. I am pro-helmet, but I have become anti-helmet for ATV riders... I also think they should continue to randomly crank up to full throttle to be sure and irritate those of us who live across the street from the path. Hopefully they'll flip those noisy, pollution spewing brat-mobiles and find a new way to pollute the environment elsewhere.
It is a truly sad state of affairs when more kids ride ATVs than bicycles.
While I am spewing my venom... Does anyone know if they outlawed Share the Road signs? They must have because I haven't seen one in 3 years, and was thinking of putting one on my property... But, I wouldn't want to break the law.
I knew I was getting away from ideal cycling when I moved here, but little did I know.
Oh, and I should mention too... the state put rumble strips on my formerly favorite cycling road.
I have seen information on the East Coast greenway, and if I ever want to drive 2 hours to get to the closest point (Philadelphia area), it will be fun. I know I am only about 1.5 hours from some really good cycling territory, but for some reason, I think 3 hours of driving to ride a bike for a couple of hours is not the makings of a regular event.
Along one of the few marked bicycle routes (which I haven't had a chance to ride, but I have driven through a portion of it) there is an interesting arrangement. Signs marking the bike route, and other signs warning about the presence of intoxicated drivers... What a wonderful place to put a bike route, right through an area so full of drunken idiots that the state has had to post signs since they apparently can't arrest them fast enough.
The only bicycle routes I see in PA are those arranged by the state, and they all basically start and end at the borders. It is like we are telling cyclists that we can't disallow them, but we can sure show them the most direct way to get out of the state... and don't let the door hit you on the way out. It takes several hours to drive across PA, and there are like 6 or 7 bike routes... seems a bit low to me... and they ALL lead out of state... I should have better understood this warning before I moved here.
Oh well, maybe it will get warm enough to ride in the next couple of weeks, and I won't have so much time to complain.


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Here's Shake Shack's Mark Rosati, who's created some 300 unique frozen custard flavors for the hamburger chain during the last eight years. Of that number, around 70 are dispatched to Shake Shacks around the world annually, and approximately 10 of those flavors are all-new. By extension, this means scores of flavors are stuck in failure-to-launch mode. Of those, the culinary director says his raspberry-jalapeño concoction was perhaps most doomed. "That was a while back. I was trying to figure out what my voice was," he says. [Observer, Related]


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There are a variety of career assessment tests and tools available online. Many are free, others charge for all or some portions of the test. Before you start the career assessment and spend time doing it check it out to see what fees, if any, there are.
When you take a free career assessment test online, keep in mind that some of these tests aren't scientifically validated. However, they are quick and easy to take and can give you insight into what type of work you might want to do and what careers are a good match for you. We recommend that you take these assessments in conjunction with scheduling a visit at the CVCC Career Connections or Region 2000 Workforce Center. At these locations, CVCC counselors can help you review your assessment results and select your career path. Counselors may also recommend additional assessments to further help you develop your career plans.
One online assessment that is highly recommended is The Virginia Wizard. The Wizard is an online resource to assist job and career seekers assesses their interests, values and skills. The Wizard also can help with finding resources to pay for college; help you choose a career, get the information you need to pursue your career, find the college that is right for you, transfer from a community college to a university, and get answers to your questions about your future. Go to www.vawizard.org or contact us at 4348327620 for more information.
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