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Todd Finklestone is helping orphaned African children get an education and find homes, applying the lessons learned at Suffolk University to his professional work environment.
Finklestone, co-founder of the non-profit CameroonOne, shared the story of his career of service with other young alumni who were recognized for their career accomplishments at a"10 Under 10" reception held recently at the Nine Zero Hotel near campus.
All those honored earned their Suffolk University degrees within the past decade.
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"This event proves that, armed with their Suffolk degrees, our alumni often find themselves on the fast track to success," said Elizabeth Conley, who works with young alumni through the Office of Advancement. "Our goal was to highlight and take pride in their achievements to inspire our students and alumni."
Those honored not only enjoy professional success, but also make an important difference in communities here and abroad.
Finklestone received a BS in 2007 and an MS in Ethics and Public Policy in 2010. He and his CameroonOne team sponsor the education of orphaned children in the Republic of Cameroon. They recently embarked on a project designed to take parentless children out of orphanages and place them with surviving relatives who would otherwise not be able to afford to add to their households.
"If it weren't for the education I received at Suffolk, I wouldn't be where I am right now," said Finklestone.
Encouraged by faculty
Julia Frost (BSBA '08) is the business manager for CHIVE, a boutique catering company that produces zero-waste events throughout New England, working closely with local farmers, artisans, and small businesses.
Recalling her days at the University, Frost applauded the efforts of several faculty members who "encouraged me to find my passion and incorporate it my professional career."
Joining Frost and Finklestone as "10 Under 10" alumni honorees were:
- Marissa Borst (BFA '06), interior architectural designer with Architecture + Design Associates, Inc. in Fairfax, Virginia
- Michael Chapman (BS '02), author and associate professor of history at Peking University in Beijing
- Huguette Diakabana (BSBA '09), regional programs manager of The Albert Baker Fund, which offers educational grants to active Christian Scientists living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Nick Dutter, veteran outreach coordinator, Red Sox Foundation and the Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program
- Rebecca Frechette (BSBA '06), a professional in the marketing industry, ran seven marathons on seven continents in seven months in 2011
- Eric Heins (BFA '09), owner and designer of Corter Leather, who created bracelets to raise funds when the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan last year
- Clinton Lassiter (BSBA '07), CEO and director of Boston Showstoppers, an athletic enrichment program that develops elite female student athletes who are committed to academic excellence and community engagement
- Daniel Vidal (BSBA '09), co-founder and CEO of ArtVenue, which has created a network of new art spaces by connecting local businesses with artists
The "10 Under 10" event was hosted by the Suffolk University Alumni Association and the Young Alumni Advisory Group.


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The second season of Face Off airs January 11th and boasts 13 talents, artists with skills in make-up, and according to Syfy it will include a wide range of skill sets including prosthetics, 3-D design, sculpting, eye enhancers, casting and molding. Each episode involves incredible reveals of the competitors' finished work, and the drama (ahhh the drama, ya know you wath for the drama as well as the cool FX outcomes). And of course of one contestant each show is sent home by the panel of expert and celebrity judges.
Frankly, if you can handle the drama the judges alone make being a participant worth it.Syfy has three-time Academy Award winner Ve Neill (Pirates of the Caribbean, Edward Scissorhands) and Hollywood veterans Glenn Hetrick (Heroes, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The X-Files) and Patrick Tatopoulos (Underworld, Independence Day, Resident Evil: Extinction) as Face Off's judges. And that no small potatoes folks!
So who did handle the heat. Two friends, body artists Nix Herrea and Athena Zhe. Both are young talented artists, both are full of character and neither is too hard on the eyes. It's true these two are just too darn attractive! Go to the Syfy channel and read their bios.
I will tell you about Nix and then blog about Athena in a day or two.
The first time I met Nix I was co-prodcuing the US Body Painting Festival and He was heading to Japan. I wanted in to make a stop at our event. I had at midnight let a well known, highly talented, face painter, who after having tipped a few, paint my face. I can not name her here as she and I both know any photos I am saving to blackmail her with and then retire on those funds! Just our little joke. I had on face paint that looked like I was a drunken, drag queen involved in a hit and run. I was talking about with Nix and he is there just as sweet as he really is and a real pro - staightfaced. Suddenly I realize! Oh my face I not and Nix just bust out laughing. We have been friends ever since. I tryuely love this man. I have loved seeing him grow and cultivate his skills to produce some of the most stunning body painting images on the planet.
Here are a few of his older works I really love.
This was the first thing I ever saw of Nix work live and in person. He called me in to the photography studio at Face And Body Art International Convention where we first met, He had painted, with the amazing Kurt Drake of Wolfe FX, in UV makeup, And here Nix had these 3-D glasses. So here we are a large handful of us in this not so big hotel meeting space standing in the darkened room, UV lights glowing and we are all ahhhhhhhing over what we saw. Trust me when I say the picture here, while very fine, was nothing like seeing this artwork in that room. Even more awe (and for me) inspiring it Nix's noting this was his first UV body art.
Body Art By Nix, assisted by Kurt Drake and Brian Wolfe (master painters by there own rights) Photography by Rich Johnson and model here is Kelly White .
The first time I saw this -wow, I was so taken. Still am.
Body Art by Nix, Face Paint by Jillian H, Model by Defenz Mechanizm and Photography by Warren Products / Warren Bradford Whitmore.
OK one more I really love. Saw this as I too was dabbling in gold. Lovely.
This was painted at another Face And Body Art Convention.
Body Art by Nix, Photography by Shay, I do not know the model, but I check on this,
Wow right! See more of Nix work at http://www.modelmayhem.com/701794.
Nix Body Art is for hire.
Nix seen here on Syfy also has a signature airbrush makeup and stencil line, See those at The Painted Navel Extreme Makeup FX.
Ok next post is about Athena Zhe.

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Stalking the big donors
CHICAGO — At a private meeting of wealthy liberals here last week, a handful of young conservatives stalked the lobby of the Ritz-Carlton hoping to catch Democrats in potentially damaging moments.
Except, candidates weren't the only ones being hunted.
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They were also after big donors, including Jonathan Soros and Tom Steyer, whose photos were among those they studied before arriving at the annual spring meeting of the Democracy Alliance, a club of rich liberals.
( Also on POLITICO: The left's secret club)
As big money has transformed American politics, making top donors arguably more powerful than the political parties, both parties are investing in turning their opponent's sugar daddies into bogeymen.
The Democrats have spent much of this year attacking Charles and David Koch and other top Republican money men, thus far with uneven results. Conservatives — typically more inclined to celebrate financial success — have criticized those efforts as attempts to fan class warfare and intimidate donors. But with Democrats increasingly embracing the big-money culture, the right is jumping at the chance to return the favor.
"The left has been demonizing our donors for years, but their own people are really exposed on this, so we're doing the same thing," said Michael Goldfarb, a consultant to major conservative donors and chairman of the conservative Center for American Freedom nonprofit. It runs the Washington Free Beacon news website, which has dedicated significant resources to scrutinizing the big-money left, sending two reporters to the Democracy Alliance's meeting at the Ritz, where they were avoided and mocked.
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"Have you found the conspiracy?" Michael Vachon, an aide to billionaire financier George Soros, said he asked Free Beacon reporters Lachlan Markay and Alana Goodman after approaching their table at the hotel lobby bar.
The Beacon may have gotten the last laugh, though, publishing a story Monday based on a document Markay wrote that he found "on the floor of a publicly accessible area of the conference," listing new members of the secretive group including real estate heiress Amy Goldman and Philip Munger, son of a top Berkshire Hathaway executive.
Goldman, who donated nearly $4 million to liberal super PACs in 2012, seemed unfazed by the outing, saying, "publicizing my support for the work of the Democracy Alliance does not make me apprehensive about my political donations. I am proud to support the organizations I believe in and I'm very happy to be associated with advancing progressive causes."
The story prompted Democracy Alliance staff to reach out to the named donors, some of whom were "not wild about it," according to the group's president, Gara LaMarche. He said the donors are "determined not to be distracted by sideshows," and explained they "knew the Free Beacon was sniffing around at our conference, and they are under no illusions about what kind of 'journalism' they practice. It's annoying, but unfortunately that's the world we live in."
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In the past week alone, one Republican Party committee launched the first salvo in what's expected to be a recurring barrage of attacks focused on Democratic megadonors, while another worked to brand various Democratic senators as " beholden" to the San Francisco billionaire Steyer. The Republican National Committee on Monday tried to use campy online memes to stigmatize Steyer in a sponsored piece on BuzzFeed featuring an image of the billionaire's head photo-shopped onto an oil-slathered hypermuscled body. Democratic hypocrisy on big money "isn't just blatant, it's fueled by Steyeroids," quipped the caption.
The GOP-aligned opposition research group America Rising joined the Free Beacon in staking out the Ritz-Carlton last week. It has been quietly gathering dirt on major liberal donors for months, and intends to start using it publicly as the general election approaches, according to its president, Joe Pounder.
"In the coming weeks, America Rising will be dedicating more resources to spotlighting these donors and the Democrats who sell out for campaign cash," said Pounder, whose group sent two trackers to the Ritz with instructions to film anyone who appeared from a list of donors, candidates and officials, including Steyer (who did not attend) and Jonathan Soros (George's son), as well as New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, top White House aide Valerie Jarrett and Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes.
( Also on POLITICO: Tom Steyer: I'm not the Koch brothers)
On the opening night of the three-day conference, one of the trackers — a lanky, bespectacled 20-something wearing dark-framed hipster glasses — slipped past Democracy Alliance staff and hotel security and down a promenade where the club was holding its meetings.
"I was looking for the vacation expo," said the tracker, blushing and offering a suspect cover story when POLITICO asked who he was with. The tracker, who identified himself only as "Alex," was joined later by a second America Rising staffer assigned solely to track Grimes, and both young men snapped to action when they spotted the Kentucky secretary of state exiting the promenade and walking through the lobby after a session with major donors.
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The Grimes tracker walked briskly alongside the candidate and an aide, silently and skillfully filmed their every step as they navigated around a fountain and headed toward the elevators. As Markay of the Free Beacon hustled to catch up, "Alex" manned his couch lookout, camera raised. They kept filming as Grimes and her aide stepped into an elevator, leaving tracker No. 2 and Markay frantically waiting for the next elevator, which they rode down to the street level in an effort to continue their pursuit, only to find that Grimes had already gotten into a waiting car and departed.
The resulting video footage was posted shortly thereafter on America Rising's website above a tongue-clucking item asserting "Alison Lundergan Grimes did her best to avoid the media in Chicago this week as she attended the Democracy Alliance meeting — a closed-door gathering that features bigwig liberal donors like Tom Steyer and Jonathan Soros. However, she couldn't avoid the cameras altogether."


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Defenceman Chris Tanev became the latest Vancouver Canuck to sign a new contract when he agreed Saturday to a one-year deal for $2 million.
Tanev, a restricted free agent with salary arbitration rights, opted to take the one-year pact from GM Jim Benning although he did admit he was initially seeking a longer term. He made $1.5 million last season.
"I would have liked a longer term deal but, with a new GM this year and a new coach, they didn't know me too well," Tanev, 24, explained from his off-season home in Toronto. "So the team elected to offer us a one-year deal and we went from there. We went over our arbitration case and we thought that potentially we might be able to get a little bit more but we also might get a little bit less.
"Arbitration is something you want to avoid as much as possible so we decided this was a good number at the one year they offered," Tanev added. "Obviously I'm going to have to go out and show that I can play like I did last year."
The deadline for filing for salary arbitration was 2 p.m. Saturday. Tanev is represented by Vancouver-based agent Ross Gurney, who called the new deal a "prove-it contract." Tanev was also on a "prove-it contract" last season and proved to be the Canucks' most consistent defenceman. He had 17 points and a plus-12 rating in 64 games. He also twice broke bones in hand blocking shots.
"Ultimately every player is looking for term and, with term, comes security," stated Gurney. "But you can't do a term deal that doesn't make sense financially. One year made the most sense for Chris based on the feeling of his case had we gone to arbitration. The key stats in arbitration are games played, minutes played, points and things like that but Chris is all about hockey intelligence and you and I don't have a stat for that.
"First pass, puck retrieval, puck distribution, instincts… those are Chris's skill set and it kept coming back to the fact that maybe Jim Benning doesn't know what he has in this player yet. When we realized it was a one-year deal, we attempted to get to the ceiling of what our arbitration case would have been without going through the arb."
Last summer, Tanev didn't sign until late August and he was happy to avoid that situation again. He is training in Toronto under former NHL star Gary Roberts.
"I'm excited to get this over with and start working even harder this summer," said Tanev, who will again be a restricted free agent with arbitration rights next July 1. "Obviously there are some guys gone from last year's team and there are some new pieces coming in and I think we are definitely going to be competitive next year. That is something everybody is excited about."
The Canucks also announced Saturday the signing of minor-league defenceman Peter Andersson, who received a two-way deal that will see him make $600,000 at the NHL level and $80,000 in the minors. Andersson spent last season in the American League


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Ovechkin gets 50th goal, Capitals top Blues 4-1
ST. LOUIS — Alex Ovechkin became the 11th player in NHL history to score 50 or more goals in a season five times, and the Washington Capitals kept their slim playoff hopes alive by beating the slumping St. Louis Blues 4-1 on Tuesday night.
Ovechkin, who added two assists, beat Ryan Miller with a one-timer from the left circle at 17:54 of the first period for his 50th goal overall and 23rd on the power play, both league highs. It is Ovechkin's first 50-goal campaign since 2009-10, when he scored 50. His single-season high is 65 in the 2007-08 season.
Nicklas Backstrom scored twice and Mikhail Grabovski added another goal for the Capitals, who have 85 points and are still on the outside of the Eastern Conference playoff picture looking in with three games remaining.
Maxim Lapierre had the only goal for St. Louis, which has lost a season-high three straight.
Braden Holtby made 28 saves for the Capitals. He started over Jaroslav Halak, who played 40 games and recorded 24 wins for the Blues this season. Holtby also beat the Blues 4-1 on Nov. 17.
The Blues have been outscored 12-3 during the losing streak. St. Louis has scored two or fewer goals in nine of its last 11 games.
After Lapierre tied the game at 2:39 of the second period, Grabovski gave the Capitals the lead for good when he beat Miller with a slap shot from the left circle at 8:52 of the period.
Ovechkin then gave Washington some insurance when he broke in down the right wing and fed Backstrom in the slot. Backstrom put it past Miller with 1:10 left in the second period to make it 3-1.
Washington began the third period on a power play and Backstrom put the game out of reach when he scored 16 seconds into the period.
NOTES: Ovechkin is tied with Pavel Bure, Phil Esposito, Bobby Hull, Brett Hull and Steve Yzerman with five seasons of 50 or more goals. Mike Bossy and Wayne Gretzky accomplished that nine times, and Marcel Dionne, Guy Lafleur and Mario Lemieux had six such seasons. … Alexander Steen returned to the Blues' lineup after missing the last three games. … Tuesday marked the first time the Capitals have been in St. Louis since Dec. 1, 2010, when they also beat the Blues 4-1.


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The Leesville Daily Leader, a GateHouse Media Publication located in Leesville, LA, is looking for a Multimedia Sales Executive to leverage our extensive portfolio of services and audience insights to create and recommend personalized multimedia marketing campaigns for our business customers, connecting them to prime prospects and maximizing their ROI. Experience preferred, but come in motivated with a winning attitude and our training and development team will support you and pave the way for success!
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- Work as a partner to help clients reach their goals, owning entire sales process from start to finish
- Develop and demonstrate knowledge of GateHouse Media sales and marketing portfolio, including newspaper products, digital marketing services and non-traditional offerings (events, promotions, etc.)
- Effectively create and recommend products and services that meet the customer's needs, using data and portfolio knowledge to support recommendation
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Seattle, Washington – Swedish Cancer Institute (SCI) and the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), both in Seattle, Washington, are jointly recruiting an accomplished physician investigator to lead their combined early phase clinical trials program. The role includes medical directorship of the Robert and Jean Reid Family Innovative Therapeutics and Research Unit based at SCI, and an academic appointment at ISB. This is a full-time position, requiring board certification in hematology and/or medical oncology. The program leader will be responsible for the integration of novel clinical trials, specifically early-phase clinical trials, focusing on targeted therapies, to include immune system directed therapies, within the framework of SCI's personalized medicine platform. The ideal candidate will have expertise in the design and conduct of early phase therapeutic trials as well as in translational research and molecular oncology, being recognized as a national/international leader, or emerging leader in modern cancer therapeutic development, to include immuno-oncology, along with a record of successful grant and/or contract support for clinical research. This position, while translational, is anticipated to be clinically based, with pre-clinical collaborations through the ISB. A wet lab effort at the ISB that supports the translational program can be part of the candidate's role. A disease site focus is encouraged. Additionally, the successful candidate will have a strong record of superb patient care, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and high emotional intelligence.
Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and an outstanding quality of life are just a few of the defining features of this opportunity. The ISB is a premier biology and biomedical research institute, located in the South Lake Union district of Seattle. The ISB was founded in 1999 by Leroy Hood, and has pioneered the development and application of high throughput biology and computational tools for addressing challenging problems in cancer and other diseases. The ISB and SCI are partnered through a joint relationship with Providence St. Joseph's Health.
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Being nice may be in your genes, according to study
(CBS News) Being a nice person isn't just because of how your mother raised you: It might be coded into your genes.
A new study, out in the April issue of Psychological Science, shows that people who have certain types of oxytocin and vasopressin receptor genes were more likely to be generous when coupled with that person's outlook on the world.
Past research has shown that oxytocin and vasopressin promote more charitable behavior. Oxytocin has even been called the "love drug" or the "cuddle chemical" and has been known to create mothering behavior, according to Dr. Michel Poulin, professor of psychology at the University of Buffalo, who led the study. The study also pointed out that oxytocin can influence generosity in economic ways, as well as increase empathy and improve interactions with close people. Vasopressin has also been tied to making people more economically generous and make men more likely to bond with another person.
For the study, Poulin's team administered an online survey about an individual's attitude toward civic duty, other people, charitable activities, and the world at large. Then saliva samples were taken from 711 subjects to see what version of the oxytocin and vasopressin receptor genes they had.
The study revealed that the genes - coupled with how positive the person viewed the world - tended to relate to nice behavior in participants. Poulin said the "nicer" gene might help people overcome their fears of the world, making them more likely to help others in spite of those fears. Interestingly enough, those that thought the world was a cruel place but had the right receptor genes to be kind tended to still be generous.
"For people with the "nicer" versions of the genes we identified (i.e., the versions linked to more prosocial behavior in past research), there was no effect of having a positive worldview," Poulin told HealthPop by email. "In other words, individuals with the so-called "nicer" versions of these genes were equally generous no matter what they believed about the goodness of other people."
But, the study doesn't mean that we can swab saliva from our dates to tell if they are a genuinely nice person - yet. Poulin cautions that they haven't found the niceness gene, just something that contributes to making a person benevolent. He told HealthPop that overall, your view of the world was the bigger factor that your genes, but there was a clear influence depending on your receptors.
"All other things being equal, we're more likely to give to others when we think others are good and trustworthy than when we think others are mean and selfish," he told HealthPop by email.
In the future, Poulin told HealthPop he wants to find out if these "nice" genes have any affect on health and what other behaviors the genes may predict.


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Riesling Report: Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben Ürziger Würzgarten Riesling Spätlese, 2010
July is riesling month! We're drinking it all month long...and maybe longer. Got a favorite riesling? Recommend it in the comments!
This Mosel wine is confounding. It begins with tart fruit, spice, and stone: apple peels, apple cider, and a mountain on ground cinnamon rest on a skeleton of minerality. I was reminded of lemons with cloves stuck in the peel, fragrant, spicy, but this lightly sweet, vibrant wine has a lot of savory in it; the baking spices are balanced with something earthy—miso, a bit of sweat, and, as importer Terry Theise notes, a hint of caraway. What is sourdough rye doing in this wine? Each sip seems to change, showing another thread, lively bits of orange zest, pressed rose petals, fennel seed.
This wine is miraculous with smoked salmon (add a squeeze of lemon, a little avocado, and pile it on toast.) The smoke latches into the savory notes in the wine, making something greater than the sum of its parts. Smoked trout would work, too, and it's also lovely with a lightly aged goat gouda.
Around $23, sample provided for review.
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Tuesday, December 4, 2007
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One of the stranger stories we've seen in a long time emerged Tuesday, when Deadspin released a taped recording of a phone conversation between Tampa Bay Buccaneers general manager Mark Dominik and Buffalo Bills general manager Buddy Nix.
The conversation was fascinating, but the legality of how the tape was obtained seemed questionable at best, so it was not posted on Around The League. The Bills released a statement on the matter to the Buffalo News.
"We are aware of the report on Deadspin involving a phone conversation with Bills GM Buddy Nix," the Bills said. "We have made the league aware of the report and are reviewing it with legal counsel."
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello added: "NFL Security and our attorneys are looking into it."
That sounds ominous for the men who made the recording.
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The 2nd feature presentation from Sexually Broken is just as hot as the first. Lyla Storm and Wenona are going to get some classic bondage and rough sex. Lyla is 2 days from her wedding and she has one last job to do. It sounds easy, it pays well, and what more does she need to know? Maybe later she will regret not asking a few more questions, but then again, maybe she will enjoy it....
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Home Depot (HD - Free Home Depot Stock Report) shares had a fine 2013, climbing around 35%, to a record high in the low $80s. In fact, the Dow component seemed to have the wind at its back throughout the year, thanks to information technology and supply chain upgrades, good expense leverage, market-share gains, and the early stages of what promises to be a lengthy housing recovery. These factors likely supported same-store sales growth in the 7% area, modest margin expansion, and an impressive share-net advance of about 20%. (Note that the company's fiscal year ends on the Sunday closest to January 31st.) But what should investors do now? Will the good times continue to roll for this giant specialty retailer and its shareholders? Or are investors best advised to seek out greener pastures at this point, with the stock's valuation haven gotten a bit too rich? In this article, we will attempt to address these questions by taking a brief look at Home Depot's business and performing an easy-to-follow SWOT analysis of the company, evaluating its Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.
The Business
Home Depot, founded in 1978 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is the world's largest home improvement retailer, with over 300,000 employees and annual sales of nearly $80 billion. Serving both the do-it-yourself and professional contractor markets, the company maintains a network of roughly 2,260 big-box stores in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico that sell a wide assortment of building materials, home improvement products, and lawn and garden products. It also provides numerous services to do-it-for-me customers, installing everything from carpeting, flooring, and cabinets to roofing, windows, and central air systems.
Excellent Execution: This prevented Home Depot from falling off a cliff during financial crisis and recession. Notably, even during the worst of times, annual earnings never dipped below the $1.66-a-share mark (recorded in fiscal 2009), and the company was able to maintain its healthy dividend payout. Execution is apt to remain first-rate, too, which should lend support to margins and allow the retailer to wrest further market share from rivals, the principal one being Lowe's Companies (LOW).
Product Innovation: Home Depot has been the fastest growing retailer in U.S. corporate history, a feat largely achieved because of its strategic product alliances with industry-leading manufacturers. Indeed, these alliances have enabled the company to deliver exclusive, innovative assortments to do-it-yourselfers and professional contractors alike, with a combination of national brands and propriety products, such as Ryobi tools, RIDGID tools, BEHR paint, LG appliances, and Toro and Cub Cadet lawn equipment.
Professional Clientele: A lot of Home Depot's business comes from professional contractors that place sizable orders. In fact, professional sales currently account for around 35% of the top line. And we expect them to become an even greater part of the mix going forward, as the company rolls out new services, from e-receipts to a new mobile app and loyalty program, catering to the fastidious professional crowd.
Shareholder Friendly: The company generates ample free cash flow, a good portion of which it typically returns to shareholders in the form of dividends (the yield has been hovering near 2%) and stock buybacks. Impressively, over the past decade, approximately 40% of the outstanding shares have been retired. And CEO Frank Blake, who took his seat in the corner office in early 2007, remains committed to repurchases as a way to bolster share earnings and enhance shareholder value.
Relatively Small Online Presence: This makes Home Depot vulnerable to large Internet-based retailers, such as Amazon (AMZN), that may be able to undercut it on price in some cases and even guarantee quicker home delivery. Still, the company is stepping up its ecommerce efforts, endeavoring to provide its customers with an interconnected retail experience. And it is extending its distribution network, which ought to enable it to catch up with online rivals on the order fulfillment and direct delivery fronts.
Housing Recovery: Conditions have improved a lot since the 2007-2009 recession, with affordability now rather high and housing formation finally starting to turn the corner. Home values also continue to appreciate across the country in what will likely be a lengthy, multiyear upcycle. This is leading to greater home investment, and it will likely keep the same-store sales (and earnings) momentum going for some time to come. In fiscal 2014, we see the top line rising at a strong 5% clip, with share net apt to climb in the 15%-20% range, to $4.40 or so.
Heightened Maintenance Demand: This has resulted from an aging of housing inventories across the country. And it, along with cheap financing options, is contributing to a favorable uptick in renovation activity.
Unit Expansion: There are eight new stores planned for 2014, down from the recent pace of closer to 12 per year. Yet, development opportunities remain plentiful, particularly as Home Depot looks to make inroads overseas, in China and elsewhere, with smaller specialty outlets, including ones focused solely on home decorations and paint and flooring.
Productivity Initiatives: As 2014 gets under way, the company has numerous productivity initiatives in place that should keep a lid on SG&A expenses and support double-digit share-net growth. Among these are measures to improve merchandise execution, order management, and space optimization, along with efforts to drive more inventory and supply chain efficiencies.
Rising Interest/Mortgage Rates: This could have a chilling effect on consumer spending and the overall housing recovery. That said, we expect borrowing costs to stay historically low even as the economy strengthens and the Federal Reserve winds down its accommodative bond-buying program. And home buying should remain an attractive option for many consumers, particularly with rental prices soaring in many American cities.
Bad Weather: In any given year, cold and stormy weather can wreak havoc on customer counts and depress key same-store sales trends. The January interim, usually the company's weakest quarter from a revenue standpoint, is the one most likely to be hampered by weather-related headwinds.
In sum, we believe that Home Depot's strengths and opportunities, highlighted by ongoing productivity enhancements and a further rebound in the national housing market, now far outweigh its weaknesses and threats. And while this quality Dow issue appears fully valued at the recent quotation (it is trading at a forward P/E multiple of about 20), we still think that it's a good choice for conservative investors seeking exposure to the resurgent housing sector. We would be especially bullish on the stock in the event of a material price pullback, which could well happen if the broader equity benchmarks enter a correction phase.
At the time of this article's writing, the author did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.


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Captain's Report
The Fountain 38 CC is obviously going to be a fast boat. After all this is the boat that set a world record on the Hatteras to NY run some years ago. A mere 410 miles in 6hrs 10 min 08 seconds. That's an average of 65 miles an hour while burning .9 mpg. Not setting any records for economy, but in all other aspects, it's a notable trip to be sure -- and in a stock boat.
Something's Fishy
But first and foremost, this is a fishing machine. A "get-you-to-the-fishing-grounds-first" fishing machine, but fishing nonetheless. Her features start out with no less than seven in deck fishboxes, all macerated with overboard drains, having a total capacity of 1400 qts.(1325 L). The transom holds a 50 gallon (189.3 L) livewell. Six rod holders are mounted in the gunwales, storage for four rods is under the gunwales, and six more store under the deck. Nine more rods can reside in the T-top rocket launchers. And there's additional storage under the forward V-berths as well as the back of the leaning post. But the question we want answered is: Is all of this fishy stuff just lipstick on a race boat, or is it really a fishing machine?
The Helm Is White
The helm is laid out for performance and is a testimony to white, so wear your sunglasses. Personally, we'd like to see a slightly less glare inducing color, but otherwise, it's a very orderly office. One item of note is the aft facing bolster. Obviously a very handy feature at high speed, when bracing yourself is a concern. When we test this boat, we're going to find out how secure that exposed center console helm is in high speed turns.
Recommended power is triple Mercury 300 Verado's. 900 horsepower? Does it really need that much? And another question, why not put triple 350-hp Mercs on this baby?
Bottom Design
Below the waterline is where the real heart and soul of a Fountain lies. Fountain calls it a "Super Ventilated Positive Lift running surface". Multiple lifting strakes combined with dual, full-beam hull steps to inject aerated water under the hull to break the bond between the water surface and the hull. Combined with the notched transom, Fountain claims its hulls achieve "10-20% faster" ride with better handling than the competition. Another item to add to the "we'll see" list. (We'll have some competitive boat test numbers with us as a benchmark. When we test.)
Squirrelly in Turns?
We're also curious to see if the dual steps have a downside, which we've seen before in stepped hulls. With their inherent ability to inject aerated water under the hull, some stepped-hulled boats also become squirrelly in the turns, lacking the ability to cling to the water. This is another question we need to put to rest on test day.
Other Questions
With all of these lifting strakes and steps it will interesting to discover if the boat now pounds, instead of giving a soft entry in chop that BoatTEST.com captain's noted years ago. In other words, has Reggie given up riding comfort in the name of "speed"? As with all hulls there will likely be a sweet spot where the soft meets the hard, but where exactly will that be? There's also the matter of fit and finish. How well designed and finished is the interior (an area where Fountains didn't shine five years ago)? Does the eye-catching gel coat work stop at your line of vision, or is it carefully executed all over the boat? Are the opposite sides of the hatches and doors back-gelled or is that attention to detail lacking in obscure areas? These are just some of the questions we're aiming to answer. Chances are you have your own questions, and we welcome them in the comments section below.
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2013 Billboard Music Awards Open With a 'Treasure' in Bruno Mars' Performance [Video]
The 2013 Billboard Music Awards kicked off with a bang in the form of Bruno Mars.
Mars and his Smeezington buddies were clad in red pants, red jackets and black shirts. He let his curls run free, not topping his outfit with his usual fedora. There were horns, guitars, drums and, of course, that voice!
Mars and company performed his new single, 'Treasure.' The track is a nod to throwback Michael Jackson tunes, so it makes sense that the performance was reminiscent of classic Jackson 5 stage shows, from the matching ensembles to the simple, in-line choreography that Mars and his band employed.
The audience seemed thrilled by Mars' performance, as every single celeb and civilian caught on camera was singing and dancing along to the 'Unorthodox Jukebox' track.


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Joe Dawg,
What's up man. I'm in a bit of a quandry here. I'm studying overseas right now and during the first week met a few cute local girls. Being your typical college dude, I hooked up with the first one that jumped in my lap. Problem is that her friend's is much hotter, and I want a piece of that, but the other girl kinda thinks we're dating already. So Joe College, lend me some wisdom on how I can score her friend while keeping the other girl around the block as well.
In need of a game plan
In need of a game plan dawg,
I find it hard to believe that you're being completely honest with me. Your email came from an NYU address. Local GIRLS, huh? I know better. Talk to me, In Need of a Game Plan Dawg. I won't judge you.
But you do pose a good question, and I will answer it for the benefit of all of my readers actually interested in girls. The friend switch is tough but do not be discouraged because it IS possible. Right now, you are off limits for her friend. And if there's one thing we know about girls is that they like guys who are off limits. If there are two things, the other is that they will gladly ruin a friendship to get a guy. They'll repair the friendship and ditch the guy a few weeks later, but you're leaving the country, so what do you care?
You being off limits, you can safely flirt with girl #2 because you're "taken." In the meantime, let things fizzle with girl #1. Don't be a dick just be boring. She can't hate you for being boring, and if girl #2 finds you interesting, girl #1 will say, "I don't know why you want him, but you can have him." Though she'll probably say it in some foreign language. And then one day all three of you will get drunk and it's go time.
Dear Joe College,
My friend and I have been having a debate and I was wondering if you, in all your wise wisdom, could settle it for us. He insists that a straight male cannot have an attractive female friend and not want to bang her. I insist that well, really I don't insist anything because what the hell do I know about how guys think? I kind of hope that he's right, as I have a guy friend who I'd quite enjoy hooking up with.
Dear Cara,
Wow, your friend's theory is brilliant. It sums up everything guys have ever been thinking, except no one has put it to words before. Except in When Harry Met Sally, when it was the central theme and the characters talked about it half a dozen times. But aside from that, your friend is brilliant and super original. That aside, it sounds like you guys are having a crappy debate.
Him: "a straight male cannot have an attractive female friend and not want to bang her."
You: "okay"
Sounds scintillating.
But it is true. Guys like hot girls. But remember hotness also depends, albeit slightly, on personality. If a guy has a hot friend who is a vapid bitch, he still wants to bang her. But only once, because you gotta draw the line somewhere.
In conclusion, yes he does want to bang you. How do I know? Well, if you think he's smart for stealing a theory from a movie, you're probably not that quick yourself. And if you're not that quick, you had to get through life somehow, so you're probably hot. At least you better be. Otherwise I'd put on that McDonalds nametag and get to work.
Thanks for writing. This was Joe College saying, "I'd like to supersize that."
Got a question about an aspect of college life? Want to be made fun of? Then this is the place for you! Send all your college-related questions to joecollege AT observationalhumor DOT com.
A few things.
1) Meg has a new issue of Suite Confessions out today called "One foot in the real world, one foot in happy hour" which you can get here.
2) New Observational Humor column out today called "To Write A Wrong" So check out that too.
3) Keep watching the Fuse network's IMX show all this week live from 6-7pm ET. Our friend Chris is hosting and we've got our own segment on it called "Douchebag of the Day." And then, do us a huge favor and e-mail them at this address- email@example.com and tell them that you like Chris as the new IMX host this week. Gracias, friends.
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What Financiers Want Now/
Producer-turned-financier Dan Cogan and I worked together years ago on the classic geriatric swinger doc THE LIFESTYLE. Since the, Dan has built a truly unique financing entity IMPACT PARTNERS, who provide a diverse group of investors committed to social change filmmaking with both regular deal flow and creative and logistic oversight. Impact Partners has consistently placed films in the Sundance Festival, but more importantly is committed to having they both reach an audience and to facilitate change. Their success speaks of Dan's knowledge, and now he's sharing it with you right here. Listen up!
It strikes me that this is a particularly important moment in the indie film calendar for the Truly Free Film movement. Films are being quietly notified about acceptances to Sundance. It's a moment of excitement for filmmakers and financiers alike.
And so right now it's especially important to remember that the great fairy tale sale is only going to happen to a few films. The rest will have to take the great boost of Sundance and turn it into something for themselves.
There has never been a better moment for filmmakers to do this, especially doc filmmakers who do social-issue films, which is mostly what we finance. But they have to know what they're doing, and they have to be passionate and devoted to outreach as much as to filmmaking. When we finance a film, here are some of the things we look for:
1) Once we like a project, we want to know, Does the filmmaker have a plan for outreach to get to the film's natural audience? In the age of DVD, streaming, download-to-own, etc., outreach around social issues related to your film has become deeply intertwined with distribution. Most docs, even great docs, may not be theatrical, but they can have huge potential for direct sales over the web to audiences who are part of a political or social community that the film addresses.
2) Don't worry about preaching to the choir. Yes, it's always nice to reach new audiences. But if Barack Obama's campaign proved anything, it's how powerful you can be if you really inspire your base. If you can turn people who care about an issue into people who will take the time to knock on doors, make calls, donate money, and ACT on their values, you can have a huge impact. The irony is, of course, that this preaching-to-the-choir passion you create can spill over from your core audience to infect completely new communities.
3) Indie filmmakers have to hustle as much after the film is done as they do to get it made. Directors have to get out on the road and do speaking tours, organize screenings in alternative theatrical venues, develop audiences and drive them to the theater or to their web sites, etc. The work is just beginning when the film is done. And you're the one who has to do -- not a distributor.
4) Actually, the work begins while you're still making the film. The more you can work on outreach while you're in production, the better. The goal should be to build partnerships with those in the community you're making a film about during the filmmaking process, so that as soon as the film is done, you have devoted partisans who are invested in your film and want to help make it a success. You are building your audience as you make your film. I've learned a lot about outreach from Diana Barrett at The Fledgling Fund. Check out their site: www.thefledglingfund.org/
5) Make it easy for interested groups to run and publicize their own screenings of the film, and even let them make money off them, or at least break even. The best plan I've seen for this is Robert Bahar's screening kit for MADE IN L.A. Check it our here: http://www.madeinla.com/get/host
6) In the old world, P&A made all the difference. Today, it's about knowledge. Who are the bloggers who can get word out about your film? Where does your audience gather online? Etc. Today, knowledge is more valuable than money.
In this new world, the opportunities for success are in the filmmakers' own hands. But filmmakers have to be willing to take on these challenges and not expect someone else to do the work for them.


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Biden: America's 'Not Bluffing' on Iran
(WASHINGTON) -- Tough talk from Vice President Joe Biden Monday, warning that the U.S. is determined to keep Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
"Big nations can't bluff," said Biden at a meeting of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a group that lobbies in favor of Israel. "Presidents of the United States cannot bluff. And President Barack Obama is not bluffing."
Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanhayu, has repeatedly called for the international community, and the United States, to keep Iran from crossing the "red line," enriching enough uranium to make a nuclear weapon.
The Obama administration has employed a "dual track" strategy on Iran, continuing diplomatic negotiations while imposing harsh sanctions on the regime of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Biden told AIPAC that Iran has a limited time for negotiations.
"We're not looking for war. We're looking to and ready to negotiate peacefully, but all options, including military options, are on the table," he said to a cheering crowd.
In his 40-minute speech he also said the Obama administration's support of Israel is the strongest in the country's history. Biden spoke of how the United States supports the Jewish state militarily, citing the success of the Iron Dome program used in last year's conflict with Gaza, and other missile defense and radar projects currently in progress.
Biden also said America stands up for Israel diplomatically across the globe. He told the crowd that President Obama makes it clear to all other allies that U.S. support for Israel is, and always will be, unwavering.
"There is only one nation, only one nation in the world that has unequivocally, without hesitation and consistently confronted the efforts to delegitimize Israel. At every point in our administration, at every juncture, we've stood up on the legitimacy -- on behalf of legitimacy of the state of Israel," said Biden.
Wherever Obama goes in the world, said Biden, "he makes clear that although we want better relations with Muslim-majority countries, Israel's legitimacy and our support for it is not a matter of debate…It's simple, and he means it. Do not raise it with us. It is not negotiable."
Biden joked about his envy at President Obama's trip to Israel later this month.
"I'm a little jealous that he gets to be the one to say 'this year in Jerusalem,' said Biden, drawing laughter and cheers. "But I'm the vice president. I'm not the president," he shrugged, smiling.
"So when I told him that. I'm not sure he thought I was serious or not."
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Share the Bike Love with Denmark - and Win a Trip to Copenhagen
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Rain or shine, in high heels or flats, more than 50 percent of all Copenhageners bike to work or school every day. In Denmark, that's how they roll. There's a big, soft spot in most Danish hearts for the bicycle. For the Danes, life is simply better on two wheels.
Now, you're invited to share the bike love, too! Find one of VisitDenmark's dedicated street teams in New York City and come show off your set of wheels.
During Bike Month and in various locations though out the city, you can have your photo taken with your bike and your favorite 'share the bike love' sign.
VisitDenmark will upload the photos they snap on VisitDenmark's Facebook page for public voting, with chances to win great prizes, including a trip for two to Copenhagen - the bike capital of the world!
This is how it looks like when VisitDenmark shares the Copenhagen bike love in the streets of New York: http://www.youtube.com/embed/PkLp6GS1KKs
Not in New York? Or just simply want to tell your own bike story? Strike a pose with your wheels (and feel free to get creative; the photo should simply be a declaration of your bike love) and upload it to the Share the Bike Love tab on www.facebook.com/denmark.
The photo with the most votes will win a trip to Copenhagen, including airfare on SAS Scandinavian Airlines (departing from New York, Washington, DC or Chicago), a free bike rental when you land, plus accommodations for three nights provided by the Scandinavian hotel chain, Scandic.
The competition is now open for photo entries.
On June 26, 2012, submissions will close and voting period is from June 27-August 10.
Contestants can share their love of bikes with their friends on Facebook and call out to cast their votes for best picture.
Check out the VisitDenmark Bike Love video here:
VisitDenmark Bike Love video
For more information on signing up for the competition and for rules and regulations, please see https://www.facebook.com/denmark?sk=app_342655279121294
For more information on biking in Copenhagen, visit: http://www.visitcopenhagen.com/media/mediakit/green-copenhagen/bike-city


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Microsoft Attacks Google Apps Via 'Googlighting' Video
One day after Microsoft accused Google of bypassing cookie-related security features in its Internet Explorer browser, a Redmond-backed video has surfaced that attacks Google Apps.
The video, dubbed "Googlighting," channels the 80s TV show Moonlighting and was uploaded to YouTube by Microsoft yesterday. It features an over-confident salesman clad in a white suit and a multi-colored tie reminiscent of the Google logo. He arrives late to a pitch meeting and makes a rather half-assed attempt to sell Google Apps.
"Wait, you want us to be your lab rats?" a female executive asks the Google pitchman after he proposes rolling out Google Apps across her entire company. "Pioneer," he interjects.
Her line of questioning then attacks features Microsoft considers to be lacking in Google Apps, from spell check and sufficient offline access to frequent software updates.
"I could come to work and the software could be different than the day before?" the female exec asks.
"Different, better, completely gone, who knows what the future holds for Google Apps?" the Google employee responds.
A singer then emerges from the corner to suggest that Google's recent house-cleaning efforts might ultimately result in the demise of Google Apps. The search giant killed off Gears, Wave, and Buzz - why not Google Apps? "If Google Apps meets its grave, your business is hosed," the singer croons.
"Beware the Googlighting Stranger," the ad ends.
This is not the first time Microsoft has attacked Google in video form. In July, the Microsoft Office 365 team created a spoof video for its sales conference that poked fun at Gmail. "Gmail Man" featured an unctuous, cloying mail carrier who looked through people's correspondence to identify "keywords" for advertising opportunities.
The ad comes as Google is moving in on Microsoft's business, offering businesses cloud-based services that are cheaper than Microsoft's suite of offerings - switch out Exchange for Gmail and Apps for Office, for example. Microsoft, however, has hit back on issues of security and reliability. Google, meanwhile, has also gone after Microsoft Windows with its Chromebook line of Web-based notebooks.
For more, see Why Choose Google Apps Over Office 365? Cost and Fun, Customer Says.
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All That Is By James Salter (Alfred A. Knopf)
James Salter is a brilliant writer. He's perhaps among the greatest American writers alive today. But 'All That Is,' his latest work and his first full-length novel since 1979, feels written more for writers than for readers. Its strength is the intensely beautiful way Salter combines words into sentences, sentences into paragraphs and paragraphs into this lean, spare 300-page novel.
'All That Is' tells the story of the life and loves of Philip Bowman, a World War II veteran who spends a career in publishing. But what happens to Bowman - whom he loves, whom he loses - feels less important than the wisdom Salter leaves behind.
On the blinding power of love: 'He loved her for not only what she was but what she might be, the idea that she might be otherwise did not occur to him or did not matter. Why would it occur? When you love you see a future according to your dreams.'
Or the simplicity of a much-loved home:
'Summer mornings, the light of the world pouring in and the silence. It was a barefoot life, the cool of the night on the floorboards, the green trees if you stepped outside, the first faint cries of the birds.'
In the end, what happens to Philip Bowman is of little consequence. Instead, what matters is the journey led by a true master of the written word.


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Havelock sophomore Emily Bess gained confidence in her swimming ability as the season progressed. It was something she thought was lacking at the start.
Havelock sophomore Emily Bess gained confidence in her swimming ability as the season progressed. It was something she thought was lacking at the start.
She�s swimming her best at the right time.
Bess placed third in the 100-yard freestyle and 200 individual medley, and was the anchor on the 200 free relay at Friday�s Coastal Conference meet at the Twin Rivers YMCA.
�Coach made me do things that I really hated and I ended up doing really well in them,� Bess said. �Now, I can do any event and I can qualify in them.�
Bess hasn�t yet automatically qualified for next week�s regionals. She is in consideration, but her time is close to the standard regional qualifying time.
All she can do now is wait to hear if she made it.
�It�s so stressful. I�m just waiting for someone to call me and say I made it,� she said. �I think it�s going to be OK because I am pretty close to the automatic time.�
Havelock�s girls finished fourth with 52 points. Swansboro won the event with 184 points, followed by West Carteret (110) and Jacksonville (59).
In the conference meet, the most rewarding goal, Bess said, is to qualify for regionals � next Friday in Cary.
Bess swam the 200 IM in 2:52.22 and the 100 free in 1:06.25.
�I�m hoping to get a scholarship when I go to college and I think regionals and states will look good,� Bess said. �I love swimming, it�s my life.
�I was kind of disappointed that I added a few seconds but I know that not every meet is going to be a good meet. I think I�ve done really well this season so I�m not going to let it get to me.�
Havelock�s boys� team took third with 91 points, behind West Carteret (138) and Swansboro (113).
Senior Kendall Smith had the best result with a third-place finish in the 100 freestyle (58.66).
�I knew we were going to have competition with West Carteret and Swansboro because they�ve been competing against us all season,� said Havelock coach Jeremiah Johnson. �I�d love to have a conference championship but I want to take more of my swimmers to regionals.�
Justin Kilgore, in the 50 freestyle, is the only Havelock swimmer currently qualified for the regional meet.
Havelock�s girls received solid performances from Savannah Buday (fifth in the 500 free), Alisa Smith (sixth in the 100 free and 200 free), Alayna Davis (third in the 50 free) and Molly Crum (sixth in the 50 free).
On the boys� side, Ethan Chirico (fourth in the 100 breaststroke), Michael Dearing (fourth in the 100 backstroke), Cameron Gumbel (fourth in the 500 free) and Colton Sloan (fourth in the 200 free) had good swims. Philip Buffa placed fifth in the 200 IM and 100 butterfly. Darius Herbert claimed sixth in the 100 breaststroke.
�I was proud of them all. They came and gave me their best,� Johnson said.
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Lt. Col. Chris "Otis" Raible, commanding officer of the jet squadron whose Harrier fleet was decimated last week at Camp Bastion, was among two Yuma Marines killed when insurgents infiltrated the main NATO strategic base in southwestern Afghanistan.
Raible, 40, died early Saturday during an unprecedented breach of the sprawling base in Helmand province that also resulted in the destruction of six AV-8B Harriers and significant damage to two more jets from the unit he commanded, Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 211.
Also killed was Sgt. Bradley W. Atwell, 27, of Kokomo, Ind. The electrical systems technician served with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing announced Monday.
Both units are part of the airwing headquartered in San Diego at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.
In addition to the two deaths, nine other coalition personnel were wounded in the brazen overnight assault on Camp Bastion, according to details released Saturday by NATO's International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. The injuries do not appear to be life-threatening.
Three refueling stations were also destroyed and six aircraft hangars damaged during the attack on both fixed wing and rotor craft, coalition officials said. With each of the six Harrier jets destroyed costing at least $24 million, damages in the attack total well over $144 million.
The death of such a high-ranking officer in Afghanistan is rare. Among more than 3,180 international troops killed in support of the war, Raible was the 13th lieutenant colonel felled by hostile fire, according to icasualties.org.
The deadly rampage on the Bastion flight line left the Marine Corps' relatively small and tight-knit aviation community reeeling with sadness and rage.
Some Marine aviators and relatives of the dead questioned whether the drawdown of more than half the Marine force in Helmand province over the last year had compromised the security of remaining personnel. The Marine force swelled to about 20,000 during the height of the "surge" into Afghanistan of extra troops, but has since dropped under presidential order close to 7,000.
Marine airwing commanders vowed to remain steadfast in their combat mission.
Maj. Gen. Gregg Sturdevant, the San Diegan serving as commanding general of the Marine air element in Afghanistan, said "Despite this tragedy, our Marines, sailors and civilians remain focused on the protection of our force and execution of our mission. I ask that you please keep the families of the fallen in your thoughts and prayers."
Brig. Gen. Steven Busby, commanding general of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, said: "The deaths of Lt. Col. Chris 'Otis' Raible and Sgt. Bradley Atwell are a stark reminder of the selfless service and extraordinary sacrifices made by our Marines and sailors and their families each and every day.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families, friends and loved ones of those brave Marines. We will honor their memories and continue to support our Marines and sailors still in the fight and their loved ones here at home," Busby said.
Raible's Arizona-based squadron, nicknamed "the Avengers," is the only Marine Harrier unit serving in Afghanistan. After deploying to Afghanistan in April, VMA-211 relocated its fleet of AV-8B Harrier jump jets from Kandahar Airfield to the British-run airfield at Camp Bastion this summer, because of the drawdown and consolidation of Marine forces.
Raible flew the first jet to the base in Helmand province on July 1.
Authorities believe that 15 insurgents dressed in U.S. Army uniforms penetrated the base's perimeter fence just after 10 p.m. Friday and assaulted the flight line with small arms fire, rocket-propelled grenades and suicide vests.
The insurgents, organized into three teams, appeared well-equipped, trained and rehearsed, ISAF officials said.
The sprawling base is normally considered relatively safe because of its remote location in the desert and clear sight lines. Other than air wing personnel, most U.S. Marines are located on the adjacent Camp Leatherneck side of the international base, which has housed upwards of 28,000 during the peak of the war campaign.
ISAF personnel fired on the attackers and killed all but one, who was wounded and is being held in a medical facility. Several hours after the assault began, the base was secured Saturday morning, military officials said.
Britain's Prince Harry, who had deployed to Camp Bastion recently for a tour as an Apache attack helicopter pilot, was unharmed. The Taliban had vowed to kill him soon after the prince's second deployment to Afghanistan was announced.
"Despite the damage, there will be no impact to ground or air operations from Camp Bastion," ISAF public affairs staff announced.
The Taliban issued a statement claiming responsibility for the assault, saying it was part of a "revenge campaign" for a video clip aired on YouTube that ridiculed the Prophet Muhammad. "Plans are in place for further retaliation throughout the country," the statement added.
An investigation into the deadly security breach is ongoing, ISAF said.
Raible, originally from Huntingdon, Pa., is survived by his wife and three children, the youngest a toddler. After studying civil engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and turning down a lucrative civilian job offer, he was commissioned as an officer on May 21, 1995.
The Harrier pilot had previously deployed in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in support of the initial invasion of Afghanistan and served multiple tours in Iraq, according to his official Marine bio.
Relatives described Raible as 100 percent Marine and 100 percent American, a perfectionist devoted to his profession who "lived it, breathed it and unfortunately died for it." He will be buried at a date to be determined at Arlington National Cemetery, according to his wishes.
Raible's personal awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Air Medal-Strike/Flight (numeral 10), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (second award), Air Medal-Individual Action, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, National Defense Service Medal (second award), and NATO Service Medal-International Security Assistance Force.
Atwell enlisted in the Marine Corps October 17, 2005. His personal awards include the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal (second award), Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, and NATO Service Medal-International Security Assistance Force.


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In the middle of a forum discussion about how to black out your WordPress.com site, a gentleman from the UK asked us, essentially, "is SOPA really so bad? Why all the worry? We have similar laws on the books here already, and they're almost never used." (I'm paraphrasing.) That question carries with it an implicit trust of authority that we just don't have in the US, born as it is out of a revolution that's still in relatively recent historical memory.
So much of the distrust of SOPA and it's Senate sibling, PIPA, is rooted in the simple fact that we don't really trust our government. When the U.S. government gets unilateral power, the U.S. Government uses that power. And laws that put unilateral power in the hands of Big Content corporations–SOPA and its ilk would do that–make us shudder.
In response, people are planning to black out their sites tomorrow, on Wednesday 18 January 2012. The home of snarky banter, Reddit, is planning to go dark. At last report, Wikipedia was still on the fence.
There's word that SOPA is dead, but that PIPA is not. Following the lead of many big sites that will continue as planned with the blackout, I'm going ahead with the blackout on the grounds the fight isn't nearly over; these terrible twins aren't the first such frightening bills that have been introduced to combat online piracy with a blunt instrument. Continuing to protest now may dissuade similar bills from being brought up in the future.
The purpose of this article isn't to explain what SOPA is and why it's bad for the internet and for free expression; that's been done elsewhere, very well. What I am going to do do is explain how I'm blacking out my site, and how you can do it yourself, in terms a non-techie can follow. Julie, who considers HTML to be "technical", has kindly offered to be the beta reader for this article, but if anything in this goes over your head, please do note it in the comments and I'll clarify as needed.
If the tone of this article seems a little condescending to you, then congratulations! You're a techie. I've organized everything so it's easy to skim over the stuff you already know.
The difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org
Maybe you did a little Googling on this, and you could ask:Wait a minute. I found that there's a plugin for WordPress that'll do all this automatically. Can't I just use that?
Unfortunately, no. Your site is hosted on WordPress.com, which is a service the WordPress people put up for those of us without access to a web server. WordPress.org isn't a blogging service like WordPress.com and Blogger, it's a software package you install on your web server.
(For those of you with an honest-to-God WordPress.org site, here's the plugin. Go wild!)
WordPress settings
I've spent a lot of time tweaking my site so it's just right, now I'm supposed to undo all that?
It'd be nice if people were willing to inconvenience themselves to join this protest, but the reality of the situation is that the easier it is to join the blackout, the more people will join in.
Sure, you could change your WordPress theme to something dark, hide all your posts, and so on. And on Thursday, you'll get to reverse all those changes.
But there's no need to do that; computers exist to make our lives easier. (I think.) So here are two easy options.
How to install the Stop SOPA ribbon
The ribbon will appear on the upper-right hand corner of your site. It'll stay there even when the user scrolls up or down. It's a slightly subtler way to do the blackout. (I'm using it right now, and will keep it there until I black the site out at 12:01am on Wednesday from 8am to 8pm EST on Wednesday, which is apparently the "official" blackout times.)
(If you know how to set up a text widget in your sidebar, you can scroll down until you see the HTML code snippet at the bottom of this section. You can also dig into the WordPress forum thread where I got the code from if you like, and see further tweaks.)
Log into WordPress.com with your username.
At the top right corner of your screen, you'll see your username. Hover your pointer over your username, then move your mouse to the name of the site where you want to install the ribbon. You'll see a submenu appear; on that menu, click on "Dashboard".
On the left side of the dashboard, there's a menu. Hover your over "Appearance", then "Widgets", then click.
You'll see an "Available Widgets" pane. Scroll down until you see a widget called "Text". Click and drag it upwards, holding the cursor over the grey bar at the top of the screen, and the screen will scroll upwards. (You may have to jiggle the cursor up and down a few times.)
While continuing to drag: When you're at the top of the screen, release the text widget into the "sidebar" tray. (If you miss, don't worry, you can do this over again.)
Click the downward-pointing triangle at the right side of the text widget to expand it if need be. (It may automatically expand when you drop it in the tray.)
Paste this code into the widget. Don't change the title.

It should look like this when you're done:
Click "Save" on the widget.
Go look at your site and you should see the ribbon.
Blacking out your entire site for the day
Follow the same instructions as above, but substitute the following code in the text widget:

Stop SOPA

It'll make your site look like this:
Users who click on the words "Stop SOPA" will be taken to an infographic that explains what SOPA is.
Reverting the changes
Just delete the text widget and your site will revert to normal. (Open the widget if it's closed, and click on "delete" at the bottom of the widget window.) If you had any posts scheduled to go up while the site is blacked out, you may need to republish them.
Hang in there, and we'll see you all on Thursday, for Sara's column, and Friday, when Ask Ceil returns! I'll continue to update this as the infographic is updated.
Update: WordPress has made this even easier.
Note: All this is now sorta superfluous, as WordPress has implemented an easy solution. From the WordPress forums:
When you log into your dashboard go to Settings, then select Protest SOPA/PIPA. Once there, you'll have three options:
- Full blackout and ribbon
- Ribbon only
- None
A full blackout will black out your blog until 8 pm and will play a ribbon on your blog after 8 pm until January 24th.
A ribbon only will leave your site "readable" but will place a ribbon in the top right hand portion of your blog until January 24th.
Added after the blackout:
This worked well, and the blackout page is prettier. However, it only worked from 8am until 8pm; I used the solution on this page from 8pm until midnight.
Neil Fein is a freelance editor who loves his work, and specializes in novels. If you've written a manuscript or are getting close to finishing, you can get in touch with him here.
On the side, he's the guitarist in the band Baroque & Hungry, he rides his bicycle as much as he can, and he paints when the mood strikes him.


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Skip to comments.Richard Chamberlain Has Been Married For Twenty Years (To a Guy)
Posted on 05/30/2003 7:58:18 PM PDT by dogbyte12
Richard Chamberlain sure knows how to keep a secret. He's a master at it. In the public eye for over 40 years, he has been defined almost entirely by his roles. On screen he was this devastatingly handsome heartthrob, the star of Dr. Kildare and the dreamy king of such exotic miniseries as Shogun and The Thorn Birds. Yet Chamberlain remained a distant figure whose private life was always off-limits. Until now.
In an interview with TV Guide, Chamberlain admits that he's gay and that almost 20 years ago he wed another man, Martin Rabbett, who is now his manager. They met in 1975 when Chamberlain, then 41, was starring in the Tennessee Williams play The Night of the Iguana. Rabbett was a production assistant 19 years his junior. On the eve of the publication of Shattered Love: A Memoir (ReganBooks), Chamberlain, now 69, talks about his fear that knowledge of his sexual orientation would ruin his career. It is the first time a romantic leading man of his stature has ever outed himself. But in doing so, Chamberlain says he is finally at peace.
When you were on Dr. Kildare, you were a romantic hero and hiding the fact that you were gay. Were you afraid people would find out?
Desperately afraid. I used to get chased by hot teenage girls. I got 12,000 fan letters a week. And all the fan magazines would ask me about my love life. And I felt somewhat besieged. But I was good at the game. I felt my career depended on a certain image.
Were you ever able to talk to your parents about it? Never once. Not in my whole life.
Anybody in Hollywood?
No. But it was assumed that I was gay. I remember going to see a comedian who worked on our show maybe he didn't know I was there and he made a joke about "Dr. Kildare, that blond faygeleh." Whoa. Was I shocked.
After Kildare went off the air, you went into a funk.
I realized I was just another out-of-work actor. So [the musical] Breakfast at Tiffany's came along. I had a great time until we were on Broadway. The audience just hated it. I had a line, "Oh, I'll never sing again." And voices came back, "Good. You can't sing, anyway." And then people would go up the aisles and leave the theater.
Luckily, you found the miniseries. Tell me about Shogun.
The network wanted me, but James Clavell [the author of the novel] didn't. He wanted Sean Connery. So I started taking voice lessons to get a lower tone and I put six T-shirts under my shirt because I wanted to look bulkier [for the first meeting with Clavell]. It was so hot I was sweating like a pig. But I got on with April, Clavell's wife, and Clavell relented and gave me the part.
In your book, you say the character you identify with a great deal is Father Ralph, the priest in The Thorn Birds.
My public image, my private life and then my spiritual concerns made me realize that we had something in common.
In fact, it was after a spiritual retreat that you met Martin.
The minute I saw him, I thought, "There is someone special." But it wasn't until Night of the Iguana played [on Broadway] that we got into a love relationship.
How many years have you been together?
Twenty-six. I can't imagine how Martin had the guts to live with me because my career was everything. There was no one I would have thrown my career over for. And he knew it.
What are you up to now?
I am doing a play this summer, The Stillborn Lover, which Martin is directing at the Berkshire Theatre Festival in Massachusetts.
Can you sum up your career?
I had looks, talent, ambition. And yet I was afraid of relying on myself Marlon Brando could rely on himself. I didn't want to be seen as even remotely gay. Remember, I grew up in the '30s, '40s and '50s, when being effeminate was verboten. I ingested all of this. I was as homophobic as anyone else.
When did you get over it?
I've only dropped the last vestiges of that, like, three months ago. And I'm practically stepping into my grave.
www.memorabletv.com/showsaz/ drkildare.htm
|Dr Kildare
USA / NBC/ x60m-e and x30m-e / 1961-66
First Episode: Thursday 28 September 1961 / 8.30pm
|Based on a long running and popular movie series of the 1940's Dr Kildare helped propel Richard Chamberlain to stardom. The show, a medical dram obviously, followed Dr James Kildare as he rose from a fresh faced intern to (by season three) a resident doctor at Blair General Hospital.
Dr Kildare had a mentor helping him along his way in the form of the often cantankerous Dr Leonard Gillespie. Popular with the female viewing public who found Kildare very "swoonsome" the show moved from hour long episodes to twice weekly half hour ones during the 1965-66 season giving the show more of a soapy feel as stories were often now carried over several episodes.
There was a brief syndicated revival in 1972 called Young Dr Kildare with Mark Jenkins as Kildare and Gary Merrill as Gillespie.
RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN as Dr James Kildare / RAYMOND MASSEY as Dr Leonard Gillespie / EDDIE RYDER as Dr Simon Agurski (1961-62) / JUD TAYLOR as Dr Thomas Gerson (1961-62) / JOAN PATRICK as Susan Deigh (1961-62) / LEE KURTY as Nurse Zoe Lawton (1965-66)
Ummm, paging Mr. Hudson, Rock Hudson?
I spent some time in one of those castles in Japan as a kid - my strongest memory of the movie is that the footage was reversed - they kept saying they were in the castle of X, when it was clearly the castle of his archenemy, Y.
Sorry, I forget the names. I just remember the confusion.
The one in the frumpy housecoat...
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B&N to shed publishing arm
American book chain Barnes & Noble is reportedly seeking bids for its publishing arm Sterling.
The bookseller acquired Sterling in 2003 for $115m but is now looking to shed its publishing business to concentrate on its technology and digital arms, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited its source as people familiar with the situation.
The American newspaper also said increasing pressure from Amazon had forced B&N to shed Sterling, which focuses on non-fiction, children's books, crafting, cooking and self-help imprints, among others.
Speaking at the Publishers Association's International Conference recently, Theresa Horner, vice-president for digital content for B&N, said the retailer's e-reading Nook device would be available in the UK in the "not too distant future".
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Proposal #6 – Change to the Imperial Exchequer Handbook.
Change section Disbursement of Funds
Remove section 3. a. Renumber as needed.
A budget request form should be submitted to the chronicler for publication for the next estates
meeting. Upon approval of the estates, the chronicler will give the budget request to the exchequer to
issue a check. (Attachment C)
Reasoning - There is currently no need that I know of for a submitted budget. The process for an
autocrat requesting monies and reporting expenditures are documented within the L.I. This is an unneeded


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Creations That Might Possibly Be Representations of Turkeys
But the jury's still out.
You know, Amanda S., I always wondered what Davy Jones would look like as a turkey. I'd say this has got to be spot on.
Kara S., please tell me this is a baby shower cake. (Orange pacifier? Woolly bonnet? It could work.)
Ashley J. has obviously found the "angry tree demigod" species of turkey. Forget Smokey the Bear: now HERE is a mascot that will make you put those campfires out.
And Melissa G. found a...a...hm. Right, you got me. What the heck is this?
Ah, the traditional "Snake in a Flamenco Dress" turkey - of course. But where are the castanets, Erin L.?
And lastly:
Sure, ok, he looks like a turtle whose shell is on fire - no problem. The thing I can't get past are those weird Aztec-looking symbols written on the left "pumpkin's" head. After a few moments squinting at them, I suddenly realized they are supposed to be words. Check it out; it's like one of those magic eye puzzles.
And don't look now, Lynz B., but I think those Twizzlers are supposed to be feet. Won't you join me in weeping for the future of cake art?


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