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Held in January, the Producers Guild Awards is a must-attend event for the industry, and represents a unique chance for PGA members to support their Guild and pay tribute to the best of their profession. The 27th Annual Producers Guild Awards were held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel January 23, 2016. The 2016 Producers Guild nominated projects are listed below by category, accompanied with producers' names. Winners are in bold. Photos and additional media will be posted shortly.
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:
Producers: Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt, Kristie Macosko Krieger
Producers: Finola Dwyer & Amanda Posey
Producers: Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich
Producers: Doug Mitchell & George Miller
Producers: Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer, Mark Huffam
Producers: Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon
Producers: Basil Iwanyk, Edward L. McDonnell, Molly Smith
Producers: Michael Sugar & Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, Blye Pagon Faust
Producers: Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez, F. Gary Gray, Dr. Dre, Scott Bernstein
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:
Producers: Rosa Tran, Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman
Producer: Denise Ream
Producer: Jonas Rivera
Producers: Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy
Producers: Craig Schulz, Michael J. Travers
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures:
Producer: James Gay-Rees
Producer: Amy Ziering
Producer: Signe Byrge Sørensen
Producers: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
Producers: Sigrid Dyekjær, Hanna Polak
The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television:
*The Long-Form Television category encompasses both movies of the week and mini-series.
Producers: John
Ridley, Michael McDonald, Julie Hébert, Stacy Littlejohn, Diana Son, Keith
Huff, Lori-Etta Taub
Producers: Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy, Brad Buecker, Tim Minear, Jennifer Salt, James Wong, Alexis Martin Woodall, Robert M. Williams Jr.
Producers: Noah Hawley, John Cameron, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Warren Littlefield, Kim Todd
Producers: Nic Pizzolatto, Scott Stephens, Steve Golin, Aida Rodgers
Producers: Sofia Coppola, Roman Coppola, Mitch Glazer,
Tony Hernandez, Bill Murray, Michael Zakin
The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama:
Producers: Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Melissa Bernstein, Mark Johnson, Stewart A. Lyons, Thomas Schnauz, Gennifer Hutchison, Nina Jack, Diane Mercer, Bob Odenkirk
Producers: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Bernadette Caulfield, Frank Doelger, Carolyn Strauss, Bryan Cogman, Lisa McAtackney, Chris Newman, Greg Spence
Producers: Alex Gansa, Alexander Cary, Lesli Linka Glatter, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Meredith Stiehm, Patrick Harbinson, Michael Klick, Claire Danes, Lauren White
Producers: Beau Willimon, Dana Brunetti, John David Coles, Josh Donen, David Fincher, Eric Roth, Kevin Spacey, John Mankiewicz, Robert Zotnowski, Karen Moore
Producers: Matthew Weiner, Scott Hornbacher, Janet Leahy, Semi Chellas, Erin Levy, Jon Hamm, Blake McCormick, Tom Smuts
The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy:
Producers: Amy Schumer, Daniel Powell, Jessi Klein, Steven Ast,
Tony Hernandez, Kim Caramele, Ryan Cunningham, Kevin Kane, Ayesha Rokadia
Producers: Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Jeff Morton, Jeffrey Richman, Brad Walsh, Danny Zuker, Vali Chandrasekaran, Megan Ganz, Elaine Ko, Kenny Schwartz, Chuck Tatham, Rick Wiener, Chris Smirnoff, Sally Young
Producers: Mike Judge, Alec Berg, Jim Kleverweis, Clay Tarver, Dan O'Keefe, Michael Rotenberg, Tom Lassally
Producers: Jill Soloway, Andrea Sperling, Victor Hsu, Nisha Ganatra, Rick Rosenthal, Bridget Bedard
Producers: Armando Iannucci, Chris Addison, Simon Blackwell, Christopher Godsick, Stephanie Laing, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Frank Rich, Tony Roche, Kevin Cecil, Roger Drew, Sean Gray, Ian Martin, Georgia Pritchett, David Quantick, Andy Riley, Will Smith, Bill Hill
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television:
Producers: Connor Schell, John Dahl, Bill Simmons, Erin Leyden, Andrew Billman, Marquis Daisy, Libby Geist
Producers: Anthony Bourdain, Christopher Collins, Lydia Tenaglia, Sandra Zweig
Producers: Marc Smerling, Andrew Jarecki, Jason Blum
Producers: Mark Burnett, Clay Newbill, Yun Lingner, Max Swedlow, Jim Roush, Brandon Wallace, Becky Blitz, Laura Roush, Shaun Polakow, Phil Gurin
Producers: BJ Levin, Bill Maher, Eddy Moretti, Shane Smith, Jonah Kaplan, Tim Clancy, Ben Anderson, Shawn Killebrew
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Competition Television:
Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri, Mark Vertullo
Producers: Rob Wade, Ashley Edens-Shaffer, Joe Sungkur
Producers: Jonathan Murray, Sara Rea, Desiree Gruber, Jane Cha, Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn, Teri Weideman
Producers: Daniel Cutforth, Tom Colicchio, Chaz Gray, Casey Kriley, Padma Lakshmi, Jane Lipsitz, Doneen Arquines, Erica Ross
Producers: Audrey Morrissey, Mark Burnett, John de Mol, Marc Jansen, Lee Metzger, Chad Hines, Jim Roush, Kyra Thompson, Mike Yurchuk, Amanda Zucker, Carson Daly
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television:
Producers: Stephen T. Colbert, Tom Purcell, Jon Stewart, Meredith Bennett, Barry Julien, Emily Lazar, Tanya Michnevich Bracco, Paul Dinello, Matt Lappin
Jay Martel, Ian
Roberts, Keegan Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Joel Zadak, Peter Principato, Peter
Atencio, Linda Morel
Producers: Tim Carvell, John Oliver, Liz Stanton
Producers: Bill Maher, Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Marc Gurvitz, Billy Martin, Dean E. Johnsen, Matt Wood
Producers: Lorne Michaels, Jamie Granet Bederman, Katie Hockmeyer, Jim Juvonen, Brian McDonald, Josh Lieb, Gavin Purcell
The Award for Outstanding Sports Program:
The Award for Outstanding Digital Series:
The Award for Outstanding Children's Program:
The Milestone Award: Jim Gianopulos
The David O. Selznick Achievement Award: David Heyman
The Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television: Shonda Rhimes
The Stanley Kramer Award: The Hunting Ground
The Visionary Vanguard Award: Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)
About the Producers Guild of America (PGA)
The Producers Guild of America is the non-profit trade group that represents, protects and promotes the interests of all members of the producing team in film, television and new media. The Producers Guild has more than 7,000 members who work together to protect and improve their careers, the industry and community by providing members with employment opportunities, seeking to expand health benefits,promoting fair and impartial standards for the awarding of producing credits, as well as other education and advocacy efforts such as encouraging sustainable production practices. For more information and the latest updates, please visit Producers Guild of America websites and follow on social media:
Websites: www.producersguild.org, www.pgagreen.org, www.pgadiversity.org
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I can't tell you how many women I know love this time of year, myself included. I love when fall hits. The air is crisp. The leaves begin turning beautiful shades of orange. It's the season for apple picking and sweaters. Many of my friends swap their wardrobes when the season changes…bringing out their sweaters and putting away the sandals. Well…in my household there's no rushing putting those flippy flops away. My flops stay accessible all year long 🙂 So while this may realistically be the last order of flip flops this year, they will never be far from my heart!
My Mother In Law's bestie LOVES flip flops (I'm guessing as much as I do!!) and when she asked me to create some flip flops for her friend I did flips 🙂 hehe "OF COURSE!!"
Here's the color palette I used for inspiration:
And the beautiful flops for our beautiful Nancy 🙂

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Face off: Missouri tornado spawned scary fungus
Faces define people the most (well, unless you're Representative Anthony Weiner). Makeup can completely transform a person. Tabloids always flash pictures of celebrities without make-up to shock the public. If you're like me, the number of skin care products in your bathroom equals your age, because our faces are probably the most crucial aspect of our being.
So can you imagine losing your face?
Mucormycosis is a destructive fungal infection that can cause a person to lose his or her face or other body parts. The June 10, 2011, LA Times had a story about some deaths from mucormycosis. This rare fungal disease is thought to have been spawned by the tornado that devastated Joplin, Missouri, in May.
Mucormycosis is very rare– so rare, in fact, that the LA Times article misspelled it twice as "murcomycosis." (Sorry, it happens to the best of us.) In 2008, I saw a news report about "the man without a face"– he had mucormycosis. Other than that, most major medical centers only ever see one to two cases of this horrible infection.
So it's very odd that as of June 12, 2011, there have been eight reported cases of mucormycosis in Joplin, with growing concern there will be more. Mucormycosis is part of a group of fungi that live in the dirt or on decaying vegetation. They grow rapidly, and their spores are released into the air.
The mucormycosis in Joplin are cutaneous (i.e. skin) infections; the fungi were probably driven into the skin by the 200mph winds of the twister. Another portal of entry might be wounds. Symptoms start five to ten days after exposure: red, hot, swollen skin. The docs in Joplin noticed a fluffy white mold growing on the surface of the infected skin, which is how they made the diagnosis.
The fungi cause the skin and underlying tissue to die quickly. In a sense it's like the "flesh-eating bacteria," and so immediate surgery is necessary to remove the dead tissue and the fungi. Thus an arm, a leg, a huge chunk of the chest, or any body section might be lost. See why it's so scary?
Also known as zygomycosis, the fungi more often infect the face via the nose. Because the spores are inhaled, they can proliferate in all the sinuses to cause fever, nasal congestion, runny nose, and facial pain. These nasty critters then wipe out the internal structure of the nose, cause Marcia Brady-esque nose swelling, and result in bruises and redness. When they spread to the mouth, they destroy the palate and form hard black scars. If the spores spread to the eye sockets, they can cause eye swelling and blindness. They rarely go to the brain, but if they do, it's usually fatal.
Because mucormycosis is so devastating, I don't normally prescribe nasal steroids to folks at risk of the disease. Immunocompromised people (due to steroids, cancer, chemotherapy, HIV, stem cell transplants, or solid organ transplants like a kidney, lung, or liver) are at higher risk of mucormycosis. Diabetics, especially those in diabetic ketoacidosis (a.k.a DKA), are particularly at risk.
In addition to surgery, antifungal medications can treat the problem. Often, though, the damage has already been done.
Interestingly, on June 12, 2011, the woman mauled by a chimpanzee got a new face— the third-ever face transplant in the US. I hope none of the tornado survivors will need that. Losing face in Asia is one thing, but contracting mucormycosis is something no one should have to face.
Dr. Hook cracks a joke or two, but he's a respected physician with an interesting website, drjohnhong.com.


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Paganistan: Notes from the Secret Commonwealth
In Which One Midwest Man-in-Black Confers, Converses & Otherwise Hob-Nobs with his Fellow Hob-Men (& -Women) Concerning the Sundry Ways of the Famed but Ill-Starred Tribe of Witches.
Leave It to Dever
A few weeks back I took archaeologist William Dever to task for his unwillingness to extend to contemporary Goddess-worship the same sympathy that he clearly feels for ancient Goddess-worship in his 2005 book Did God Have a Wife?: Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel. http://witchesandpagans.com/Pagan-Culture-Blogs/an-open-letter-to-william-g-dever.html I'd now like to return to this topic with greater attention to specifics.
Dever describes himself as a "former Christian now turned secular humanist" (46). He distinguishes between "mainstream"—i.e. secularist—feminists and "doctrinaire" feminists, for whom ideology trumps scholarship (xiii). These latter are the "more radical secular feminists" (309) who "style themselves [sic] 'Neopagans' or 'Wiccans' (witches)" (310). This "'Goddess movement'" (a phrase which he consistently delivers in quotes) preaches "without any evidence" a monolithic primal Great Mother who prevailed until dethroned by male deities in early historic times, evidence of whom was later suppressed. The prophet of these "various New Age Goddess cults and 'Neopagan' religions that selectively resuscitate the beliefs, images, deities, and practices of ancient religions" is Marija Gimbutas, whose "pseudo-scholarship" he dismisses without discussion (307). This movement, while it may have "comforted some women superficially, has left them still in need of the truth, not a naïve Utopia where all is women's supposedly unique 'strength, beauty, fertility, love, harmony, and peace'" (308-9).
This is pretty virulent stuff, coming as it does from someone who has worked hard for years to convince his colleagues in academia 1) that ancient Hebrew religion took many forms, some of them overtly polytheist, 2) that the Goddess Ashera was widely worshiped in ancient Israel, and 3) that what remains of her cultus offers a posthumous voice to the silenced women of ancient Israel.
Clearly Dever has little sympathy for "religionists" of any sort. That said, he does have a soft spot in his heart for the Goddess herself (although exactly what he means by this is unclear, to this reader at any rate). He titles chapter 9 of his book, "What Does the Goddess Do to Help?" Apparently the answer is that She gives voice to those heretofore-voiceless ancient Israelite women and "redresses the balance" in androcentric Biblical religion (311). "Appreciation of the Goddess in the history of religions should bring warmth, caring, and healing to religion, as well as joy in the sexual union ordained and celebrated by the gods," he writes (309). Actual worship, however, apparently goes beyond the pale.
Dever's treatment of ancient Israelite religion is not unproblematic. While it is true that traditional societies, and traditional Middle Eastern societies in particular, often equate the public sphere with men and the domestic sphere with women, Dever's attribution of "folk religion" (and hence "Goddess religion") to women and "official" religion to men seems to me to press the evidence beyond what it will bear. Was it really only women who made use of the "family shrines" (with their female figurines) that stipple ancient Israelite settlements? Did men never pray or offer there at all? The assumption that in a polytheist culture women (and only women) worship goddesses and men (and only men) worship gods is demonstrably wrong. In addition, his insistence on speaking of a (unitary) Goddess of Israel flies in the face of evidence for multiple goddesses (Anat, Shemesh, and Ashteret, in addition to Ashera) in the old Hebrew pantheon. All in all, this center simply will not hold.
At the end of the lunar month, though, Dever's disdain for the modern people of the Goddess, objectionable and unnuanced as it may be (and even in 2005, his caricature of the Goddess movement's excesses was already laughably outdated), is really only an afterthought to what is otherwise a well-reasoned and well-researched book.
And the answer to the title of said book is still a resounding "Yes."
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
Mr. Posch,
I suppose that in the world of academia, where the purse strings are controlled by people often deeply hostile to Pagan beliefs of any kind, it's a wise career move to trash our faiths.
The only thing that Muslim-friendly Leftists, Christian-friendly Rightists, and atheists can agree upon is that our religions do not deserve real respect, and that the Goddesses and Gods we honor are false.
We may buy their books, but we are not the ones who are giving them tenure.
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
I'm not sure, Posch, if the world of academia is still deeply hostile to Pagan beliefs. For example I would point to the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA), a Regional branch of the Modern Language Association (MLA). MLA and their regional branches are the premier academic organizations and annual scholarly conferences for those who study English, Literature, and other languages. They are Professors, Graduate Students, etc. PAMLA in particular focuses on scholars from the Pacific Rim nations. This year the 112th annual conference of PAMLA has a theme "Familiar Spirits" Their conferenced announcement says, "We invite participants to consider papers and sessions on magic, conjuring, spirits, hauntings, Spiritualism, and manifestations as well as presentations that treat the familiar, familial, and the commonplace in relation to the paranormal, strange, and uncanny." - See more at: http://www.pamla.org/2014#sthash.WT9dgrms.dpuf Among the topics listed in their Call for Papers is "Magic and Witchcraft." This isn't the first year that PAMLA (and other similar organizations) have welcomed scholarship on Magic and Witchcraft, but its the first time that the whole conference theme is focused on it.
I'm sure that there are some academics who are still hostile to Pagan beliefs but that is far from universal these days. Some very respected academics are welcoming, including, and even focusing on the study of Pagan beliefs.
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
My impression is that this change in attitude is a relatively recent phenomenon, but it's a sea-change that one can only welcome. I need to keep reminding myself that "academia" is no more a single, monolithic entity than anything else in this Wonderful World of the many is.
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Steven, thanks for this. It is amazing to me that "academics" continue to caricature the Goddess movement and to disparage the work of Marija Gimbutas. This continues to be done by feminist scholars as well in the fields of both Religious Studies and Archaeology. Of course there have been unscholarly statements made about the Goddess and Goddesses in the ancient world by modern day devotees, but not nearly as many unscholarly statements as have been made by adherents of patriarchal religions.
Gimbutas was no wild-eyed romantic. Her painstaking research into the symbolism of Old Europe continues to be caricatured rather than engaged.
I think the "lesson" to be drawn from this is that God can have a wife only so long as this knowledge does not upset the patriarchal apple-cart or status quo. The idea that there could have been any cultures that might be considered "better" than our own (in relation to women or peace, for example), simply cannot be tolerated
If you have not done so already, please send your blogs to Mr. Dever and ask him to respond.
Thursday, 27 March 2014
I should add that he cites your anthology Womanspirit Rising as an example of a "much more radical" "'school' of feminists" who "espouse a sort of 'generic' religion which sometimes appeals to a Goddess mystique to inspire female spirituality."
Condescension: the new condemnation.
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Several years ago the Museum of Russian Art here in Minneapolis hosted a breathtaking exhibit of recently-found Trypillian (Ukrainian Copper Age) ceramics, which caused me to rethink my critique of Gimbutas' work. Although I remain skeptical of many of her overarching theories, I found that her interpretation of "Old European" glyptic art again and again produced cogent and internally-consistent readings.
My position continues to be that regardless of whether or not her interpretations of symbolism are ones that the ancestors would have recognized, her work provides us the new pagans with a grammar and vocabulary of symbolism that we can use to articulate our own experience of this Many-Colored World: a "Language of the Goddess" indeed.
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Yogis, brain scientists and metaphysicists all agree that if you can do anything for 40 days you can change your life, transforming self-sabotaging patterns, behaviors and beliefs into new habits that are actually good for you—ones that actually create more love. Your brain changes, you open up to love, release fear, guilt and shame about love, and you can find new insights and trust new ways of being. So over the course of these 40-days, you will REWIRE PATTERNS… LET GO OF OLD HABITS… TRANSFORM LOVE-REPELLING BELIEFS… CLEANSE YOUR CELLS FROM ANYTHING THAT ISN'T LOVE… and you will emerge from this 40-day container more open to love than you might have ever expected. We have led and experienced 40-day containers just like this one with people around the world (and used them to shift ourselves). Time and time again, using the power of 40-days, the power of a group of people with a common focus, inviting in new perspectives, SHIFT HAPPENS! You can't do it alone. None of us can.
Give up the Settling, Confusion & Frustration
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Here's how the 40 days will roll…
Uncover Your Current Love Story & Love Strategy
- Take a trip through time to see how your past is informing your present story and experience in love and relationships – find the wisdom from your history so you can stop recreating the same self-sabotaging patterns.
- Identify your unique "Love Blocks" – beliefs hanging out in your mind (some you may know, most you won't) – and get the scoop on how to rewire and release them.
- See where you're going awry in your attempts to get love and create the relationships you want – discover the love strategies that aren't working and why
- Learn the biggest myths about love – the ones that most people believe –and gain access to the truth about love – the wisdom that few know, but that everyone should.
Find your Love Cracks, Seal Your Love Leaks & Increase Your Love Quotient
- Discover your personal "Brand of Protection" that you created to keep you and your heart safe and now gets in your way to having the intimacy, love and connection you crave.
- Learn why it's hard to leave relationships, even when they aren't good for you and don't make you happy… and what you can do to only choose relationships that help and support you.
- Measure your "Love Quotient" – your capacity for receiving love – and identify the most common ways you block love from coming into your life.
- Identify your co-dependent, emotional-hole stuffing patterns – Love Leaks – that keep you from making the best choices in your relationships. And learn how to pour love in to seal them up for good.
Where You Are Wealthy in Love? And Where are You Lacking in Love?
- Gain a full understanding of the different types of relationships and levels of intimacy so that you can get clear on what you really want to create.
- Use the power of "Love Rings" to see what type of relationship you are really having with the people in your life – current and past.
- Learn how to assess how vulnerable and intimate you can be with the different people in your life. And identify how your misaligned expectations are creating undue suffering and heartache and how you can easily and without drama shift your relationships to create so much more happiness.
- Find where your 'love holes' are – where you need to call more love and healthier relationships. Learn how to feel and be wealthy in love.
- Take a full Relationship Inventory of your current and past relationships – and empower yourself to transform, release, or grow these relationships based on what truly makes you happy.
Where do you love yourself? And do you need more self-love?
- Take a "Self-Love Pulse Check" to determine the ways in which you are doing a great job loving yourself, and the ways in which you really need to improve your relationship with yourself. (using a proprietary assessment created by The Christine's.)
- Identify the areas of self-love (the branches of self-love) that you want to grow this year, and make a self-love promise to yourself that you will keep all year long.
- Forgive the ways in which you haven't acted as your own best friend, especially when it comes to relationships, releasing the shame, judgement and regret and replacing it with self-compassion and self-acceptance.
- Learn what self-love is, what it isn't, and the practical and spiritual realities of loving yourself. Get super fun and daring self-love practices you can use to increase your self-love mojo.
- Get real tools to use during times you face hard choices to make sure you can act as your own best friend – always choosing ME before WE, receiving love for yourself over needing it from another.
Make and Take the Promise to Love & Honor Yourself First
- Take the five most important vows of your life – the ones that you must make with yourself before you can ever have healthy, happy relationships full of unconditional love and respect
- Map out your "Multiple Streams of Love" – so that you don't over-rely on any on relationship, and instead of many avenues to get the love you need
- Create a "24/7 Downline to Love" – so that you have access to the love you need no matter what is going on in your life or relationships with others.
- Get crystal clear on what you really want from your life, and make an undeniable promise to yourself to create a life that brings that and only attracts relationships that support that.
Write Your New Love Story & Make Your Powerful Love Strategy
- Committed now to yourself and your happiness, map out your strategy for love – from an empowered, self-loving and wealthy in love place!
- Claim your true love story – create a manifesta for the friendships, romantic relationships, and family relationships you CHOOSE to create, attracting to you what you really want.
- Put solid love strategies in place to deal with relationship difficulties and "loneliness flare ups."
- Identify and commit to easy, fun, and daring self-love practices that increase your ability to connect to love 24/7 and that ensure you stay on the path to loving yourself & opening to receive even more love.
We don't always take time to celebrate our accomplishments but on this day, we will! And we will celebrate BIG! And be there to celebrate with you, lock in the learnings and send you off in style – with a PLAN FOR YOUR LOVE WEALTH and RELATIONSHIP HAPPINESS!
What would be possible if every relationship in your life added to your happiness?
If your relationships lifted you up and provided you with unconditional love and support?
ANYTHING would be possible. That's what…
All those dreams, talents, visions, and desires you've got locked away for safe keeping tomorrow, would start becoming realities today!
We've hand-picked these Love Makers —empowered, internationally-known superstars who will share their secrets with you. They've busted through fear and limitation in their own lives to create the relationships and lives their hearts and souls desired. They've literally taken the steps to be wealthy in love! They have created massively abundant love lives, using super powered tools they will share with you!
Carol Allen
Why Love Doesn't Always Work The Way You Want – and what you can really do about it
Vedic Astrologer Relationship and 'star' expert shares all about what the stars & divine timing have to say about your love life and relationships, what you have control over and what you don't.
Debi Berndt
Let Down the Walls & Let Love In
Bestselling Author of Let Love In Hypnotherapist and master at how to stop settling for mediocre relationships and attract true Love, teaching and guiding people to take down the subconscious walls and blocks keeping them from the love they want.
Shasta Nelson
Increase Your Love Wealth By Amping Up Your Non-Romantic Relationships
Founder of GirlfriendCircles.com and author of Friendships Don't Just Happen! Non-romantic relationship strategist, spiritual teacher, and founder of a friendship matching site 35 cities, shares how to consciously create fabulous friendships and stop love starvation forever.
Iyanla Vanzant
Let go and create extraordinary Love
Best-Selling Author, Spiritual Technician and Master Teacher on Oprah's LifeClass Get at a much deeper level why people come into your life, how to let go, deal with loneliness or wanting a relationship you don't have and absolutely loving yourself, unconditionally.
Mat Boggs
Breakthrough Love
Best-selling Author and creator of Cracking the Man Code Understand the hearts and minds of men, create major breakthroughs in love, and attract the relationship you want.
Orna and Matthew Walters
Love is No Accident, It Happens on Purpose
Relationship Coaches & Founders of the Love On Purpose Revolution Master guides for Singles who want Love, and myth busters that love is supposed to happen by accident. Sundays will be Love Making Sundays. You will tune into an intimate and truth-telling conversation with Christine, Christine & a divinely powerful Love Maker. During each liberating conversation, you learn how they became wealthy and happy in love, and now teach others how to do the same. You'll get their secrets and tools for how they create the relationships they want. And if Sunday mornings don't work for you, you can download recordings to listen to whenever you want, and you'll have them as part of you Love Library forever.
Get your place in the Love Bubble Today!
Maybe you're asking yourself: is this 40-Day Adventure for me?
This is a must-do-course for you if you are ready to . . .
- Give up having to work hard at love or play games to get it.
- Give up suffering over being single or hanging onto relationships that don't give you what you need.
- Stop comparing your relationship, or lack thereof, to others.
- Stop feeling alone and lonely, or afraid to reach out and make the deeper connections your heart craves.
- Stop believing that there is something you have to do or be in order to earn or find love.
- Start having the kind of relationships you really want, and stop settling for relationships that are less than you want.
- Believe you can be really, truly happy even before you find your 'one' or your relationship becomes 'perfect'.
- Embrace that there's nothing wrong with YOU, and believe that you can find what you're looking for.
- Feel fulfilled, complete and IN LOVE no matter who is or who isn't sleeping next to you.
- Have every relationship in your life be one that makes you happy and helps you be a better YOU!
- Love yourself, for real!
We'd love to be your guides to open your life to more relationships you love and that love you back!
Why We Created the 40-Day Choosing ME before WE Experience
We were called to offer this 40-day adventure into love and happiness in all of your relationships because we know how much relationships can take you away from your purpose and happiness … and also what is possible when you take a stand for only having loving, respectful relationships in your life. At some point during your self love journey, you must be willing to stand so fiercely for your own happiness that you say NO to settling for less than you heart and soul desire. NO to relationships that don't support you to reach your dreams or help you become a better person. And YES to surrounding yourself with so much love, support, friendship, companionship, intimacy, and connection that you can hardly believe you are so wealthy in LOVE! We believe that suffering over love and settling in love is optional, and something that you no longer have to choose. We believe that our culture's definition of love is so skewed and confined that most people have no idea what love really is or how to find it – even though we all need and want it. The truth is… You were born knowing how to love yourself, how to find love whenever you need. You were born knowing you are loved, and that it is your divine right to only have relationships full of unconditional love and respect. On this journey, you will return to the truth of love. You will take back your Love Power and learn to have the best relationships of your life! In devotion to love, Christine & Christine
Register Now for the 40-Day Choosing ME Before WE Self-Love Adventure!
Register now and you'll Receive this 40-day transformational course, including…
- 6 Wednesday "Love Activation" Transformation Sessions with Christine and Christine — Two women who have checked every romantic relationship box, who have transformed every relationship in their life, have been on a spiritual and self-love path for 10 years and who have REAL answers and processes that work. Every Wednesday for 6 weeks, you'll receive a 75-minute audio recording including our best teachings, interactive exercises, and powerful "lovework," including special "ME MOMENTS" we've recorded at the end of each session to take you deeper into your relationship with yourself.
- 6 Thursday Powerful "LOVEWORK" adventures — Get ready to blow out the old beliefs hanging out in your mind with a love building exercise each week based on our 6 most powerful tools. Insightful adventures you get to take with and for yourself.
- 6 Friday Self-Love Dare Videos that Build Your Self-Love Mojo and Love Smarts — Your biggest ally against settling in love and relationships requires a series of simple, small acts every day. Each week, you'll receive a daring act of love via video that takes you out of your comfort zone and tests out your love zone!
- 6 Sunday's with the Love Makers – Sunday morning you'll be able to tune into a whole lot of inspiration with one of our Love Maker conversations. And if you can't listen live, you'll have full access to the recording.
- 6 Monday Miracle Messages — Inspirational love from us delivered to you so you can start your week from love.
- 6 Tuesday ME Moments – a powerful reflection question at the end of each of the 7 day segments to reflect on what you've learned before you move into the new material.
- A complete set of written transcripts of the six Love Activation sessions – so you can study and take in the information visually as well as listening to the calls.
- Daily Practices to Build Your Love Power — One of the simplest acts you can take (yet one that few people actually do) is a short morning practice based in love. We call it a "Love Boost." In less than 3 minutes you can shift your entire day by starting with with Love. We'll show you how.
- Daily emails that deliver everything you need and keep you focused, on track and having fun – we will arrive in your inbox everyday at the same time, with that day's recording, video or lovework or inspiration – so you can keep on the 40 day adventure no matter where you are in the world as long as you have access to email. It's all set up, all you have to do is open the email and love yourself!
- An one-stop website that includes every audio, video and more that you'll need broken down by week in an easy to use format. Participants have told us that our websites are some of the best they've ever used in this types of programs.
- Access to the 40-Day program forever, so you can take it as many times as you want! After the program completes, you'll get access to a link that allows you to start and take the course anytime you want!
Don't wait any longer.
Happy relationships and a rocking love life are just around the corner.
Make this the time to become Wealthy & Happy in Love
Every relationship starts with the one with yourself –
Love yourself well today and get on this Love train!
INVESTMENT: Register today
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Yes! Sign me up now for $97 and deliver my e-course today
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have the full Choosing Me Before We Kit – mailed to your home.
(includes a complete set of CDs for your Love Library of all course recordings and love maker interviews and a printed copy of the welcome booklet PLUS printed love work instructions and worksheets – allow 4 weeks for delivery, but you can start your program as soon as you like.)
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deliver my e-course today!
You'll love it too, we guarantee it, or your money back.
If you're not 100% satisfied, we don't expect, or even desire, to keep your money. Do the course, and if it doesn't create results for you, we'll give you your money back, no questions asked. You just email us within 30 days of your initial purchase date.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Can I participate even if I can't listen to the sessions on Wednesdays? YES. All the sessions are available online, so you can download and listen to them whenever you have time. We recommend making a 90 minute date with yourself on Wednesdays, or whatever day you decide to listen to the audio sessions – call it "Sacred ME time" – and keep those dates no matter what. And if you have to break the date, reschedule ASAP. Self love is a practice.
- What if I start and can't finish the 40 days? As a paid registrant of the 40-Day Choosing ME before WE adventure, you'll have 24/7 lifetime access to all the materials. You can repeat the 40 days as many times as you want on your own.
- What if I go on vacation or have to travel during this time? This 40-Day Self-Love Adventure goes wherever you go! You can participate from anywhere in the world, as long as you can access your email. And even if you can't, you can tap in when you plug back into the grid. Or you can download the live calls and listen to them on the plane (or the beach!).
- What if I have a busy schedule? Then you definitely want to sign up! The 40-Day Choosing ME before WE Adventure will show you how to put wisdom and tools into action and transform your life right now—you can have a happy love life and happy relationships even with a busy schedule. The 40 days have been built to fit into your life, not to become another to-do.
You're ready for MORE LOVE & HAPPIER RELATIONSHIPS.
You're ready to BELIEVE that you CAN have the most awesome, loving relationships EVER!
You're ready to BE FREE of the fear, hurt, doubt and anger that's been holding you back from having the relationships you know you deserve.
We've got an ocean full of love
just waiting for you!
Christine Arylo: Queen of Self-Love, Inspirational Catalyst
Christine Arylo is an internationally recognized inspirational catalyst and spiritual coach and the self-love author of Choosing ME before WE, Everywoman's Guide to Life and Love and the best-selling book Madly in Love with ME, the Daring Adventure to Becoming Your Own Best Friend. Christine has been dubbed the 'Queen of Self-Love' for her daring and groundbreaking work to make self-love a tangible reality for people around the world, including founding the international day of self-love on February 13th, often referred to as Madly in Love with ME™ Day. Christine's opinions have aired on E! Entertainment, CBS, FOX and ABC and over radio shows across the country, as well as in the Huffington Post, San Francisco Chronicle and Daily Om. A self-admitted, but recovering achievement junkie, Kellogg m.b.a. and a former marketing executive for companies like Gap, Visa and Frito-Lay, Christine is also the co-founder of Inner Mean Girl Reform School, a school dedicated to transforming people's inner critics into their inner superheroines. When not out in the world speaking, teaching and leading transformational experiences, Christine can be found hanging out with her soul tribe of spectacular, heart-centered, down-to-earth people in beautiful places enjoying good food, great wine and meaningful (and laughter-filled) conversation.
About Christine Hassler, MA, Life Coach – Author – Speaker
Christine Hassler (www.christinehassler.com) supports individuals in discovering the answers to the questions: "Who Am I, What do I want, and How do I get it?" She is a Life Coach with a counseling emphasis specializing in relationships, career, money, personal development and spiritual growth. Her expertise is helping people overcome "Expectation Hangovers®" – a phenomenon she identified and trademarked – and teaching how to use them for personal transformation. After leaving her successful job as a Hollywood agent at 25 and triumphing over her own quarterlife crisis, Christine was inspired to write her first book Twenty-Something, Twenty-Everything: A Quarter-life Woman's Guide to Balance and Direction. Her second book The Twenty-Something Manifesto was written for men and women, and her most recent book Expectation Hangover is helping people everywhere triumph over disappointment. As a professional speaker, Christine leads seminars and workshops to audiences around the country. She has spoken to over 10,000 college students as well as to conferences and corporations about generational diversity. Christine has appeared and been featured as an expert in media outlets such as: The Today Show, CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX, E!, Style, WGN, PBS, Glamour, Self, Women's Health, The Wall Street Journal, Cosmo, US News and World Report, The Laura Ingram Show, and The New York Times as well as various local television and radio shows. Her expertise on the life issues facing Gen Y and as a life coach has made her a popular columnist on the Huffington Post since 2006. Christine is a spokesperson for American Express and the key resource for their women's and millennial advocacy programs. From her passion about education and student development, Christine created a life balance curriculum for the Leadership Institute. She is member of Northwestern University's Council of 100, The Young Entrepreneur Council and is a faculty member at the University of Santa Monica teaching programs in Spiritual Psychology. Christine grew up in Dallas, graduated cum laude from Northwestern University and received her Masters Degree in Psychology from the University of Santa Monica. Christine is active in volunteerism and loves living a healthy lifestyle. She currently resides in Los Angeles and loves spending time with her family and friends in Austin, Texas.
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Q: According to foreign media reports, a US senior official said the other day that China is using economic statecraft to pull the Latin American region into its orbit, undermining the economic development and jobs of the countries concerned and enabling Latin American countries to form a long-term dependence on China. What is China's response to this?
A: The relevant allegation from the US side is totally contrary to the facts and shows no respect for the vast number of Latin American countries.
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Great flight ! i love the pilot view camaras I'm always delated with your work and thank you for getting me home safe.
Good experience
Going was ok but I was never told that I have to pay for luggage $120.00 and on the way back as well $120.00which did put a dent on my trip then returning from Dubrovnik to Chadwick airport in London had to transfer to Heathrow airport which cost me another $100 (bus ride to Heathrow)for 2 people and one hour bus ride and my luggage was lost for almost 2 hours @ Chadwick airport and we almost missed a flight to New York! I am sorry but I won't use cheapo air ever again because it was an headache trip and very expensive too when you take all the money I had to pay. If you need to contact me I can be reached via e mail or my phone (347) 200-2200
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Our destination was Enumclaw Washington very beautiful place to visit lots of magnificent things to check out
I love Zambia! it reminds me of my language Swahili as we share alot of similarities with their local language. The weather is great, people are kind and the activities are countless! Preparing myself to take another trip to Victoria falls soon.
I love to go to Ecuador. People are friendly and all the places I went to were clean and safe.
We felt the holiday inn resort was a great choice. It wasnt on the beach but has beautiful outdoor area facing the bay which is perfect to watch the sunrise. Also kids eat free there so that was a big help considering food is expensive on the island. We loved the Cayman islands and would def return.
I really enjoy the city. There is always something to do! You can find just about any day or night activity that interests you.
Trip was awesome. Cheapoair support team is great! Real value for money!
I had so much fun. I love Jamaica
Great experience
There are so many things to do in Memphis. Who doesn't want to see Grace Land? How about that great Memphis barbeque? They have a great zoo. You must go to Beale Street. the "Home of the Blues" is a wonderland of the history of Musical Legends and famous gangsters. This is the place to paqrty and let your hair down.
Really it was nice trip
It was amazing
All was easy from departures both ways to arrivals. Nice for a change!
Warsaw was more than we expected.
Fantastic scenery, delicious food and all accessible.
Flight excellent arrived 1/2 hr early very comfortable flight
Wonderful time!
Nice city you can enjoy in Many place. The foods is very good
This Resort was excellent
Great city. Very easy to get around on Metro or bike/scooter rentals. There is an amazing number of things to see and most have no admission charges. White House and Capital tours need to be arranged online weeks before your visit.
Nice, safe and full services.transient time is very long 6 hours.
This trip was everything I wanted and so much more!
Everything was good. Thanks much
Very beautiful Country and Big .
I landed in Rio De Janeiro via Copa Airlines on Sunday at 6.30am, my flight felt lovely my tummy was feeling cozy from all the delicous drink and food i received on Copa Airlines.
As I landed I was being convenienced to change money at the airport . Don't do that just go pull out Reais from a bank once .
For 1.00us you can get up to 4.00 REAIS.
That's their money .
Off to my Airbnb in Lappa Rio which is conveniently near to The Arch , Christ the Redeemer also the Artisty steps . Plus tones of bars lounges and restruanants.
Plus near the metro station too.
Uber is your best way to get around Rio .
It's cheap safe and on time . Plus the people food and music is just uplifting . Also Ipanema and Copacabana beach was just 19mins away . Just learn some porteguesse if you can before you go..or have a friend who speaks the language. Or just have your Google translate with you at all times . Will go back ..Very charming place lots to do and see.
Most amazing country
I booked this trip approximately a week before my boarding and it went well and the price was perfect. I couldn't pass up on the low price. I enjoyed my trip and will be using CheapOair often to visit family in Michigan.
very nice, safety
The trip overall was planned out perfectly with 3 stops and each airline was there to connect to the next flight. However
The Airport was easy to get around. Liked the easy access to the Airport!
Had a great trip made my connection on time with the assistants of their courtesy golf cart reaching my gate on time.
So much to do and really enjoyed
Went to Japan for a week alone and I got a great flight to make travel quick and easy. Trip itself was very fun and everyday I was able to do something new and just go about on my own pace.
This was my first time to book a flight through Cheap O'air. I travel several times a year for work and have used different websites. This one made it quick and easy to book my flight to Denver. I will definitely use this website again.
The two flights I took were at a good price and a great experience. no complaints from me.
Great trip!
If you like lots of people and partying this is your town. people everywhere, lots of stores, bars, restaurants, bright lights, loud music and plenty of things to do. Most people were very friendly to foreigners. Bring VND cash a lot of places do not accept credit card until you get to the bigger stores or restaurants. Most people were honest and helpful but there were a few that would try to take advantage of you and overcharge. Know the cost of something before you purchase. If they don't want to tell you before they bring it to you be cautious. Leave the driving to the locals. Driving here is not for foreigners, beside taxis and very very cheap. Overall very fun town this was our favorite then Hoi An, then Hanoie out of the 3 towns we visited.
Great for any vacation. Lots to do! Beautiful and very clean streets, the views, activities, food... perfect! Specially Niagara Falls, CN Tower and Canada's Wonderland. Always received an email regarding flight changes etc. Good service
Our trip to Kansas was amazing. We went to visit family and we enjoyed everything we did. Every restaurant we visited treated us great. Had a great time at Topgolf must visit so relaxing. Pad Thai restaurant the service was excellent and the food was even better. The only thing was our trip back home took for ever because a storm going through and we couldn't land to our connection flight so there was a lot of waiting but overall we had a great time in Kansas.
Cairo is a great city that has a unique mix of historic rich culture and modern life. There are lots of exciting activities, places to visit and variety of food. I strongly recommend it to family and friends.
Perfect experience!
Great experinece
Just awesome service staff
Will definitely use cheapoair again!
I love buying from cheapAir! I was have the best experience
I love the Glendale area. The Americana on Brand is a must for shopping restaurants and bars. Porto Bakery is a must. The potato balls are amazing!
American airlines flights were great, on time and comfortable. Airports were good. Connection in Philadelphia went great and on way home connection in Charlotte was good also. Great cities and fantastic vacation!
Was really happy with my trip and booking experience
Very helpful staff and great service
I had a good trip thanks for your services.
You have made my trip wonderful, thanks for the services.
We are waiting to CheapOair to refund the airline and hotel from the 20th of December to the 22,I believe.
Thr trip to Okland, C via Las Vegas and back was great and the Wahington Inn terrifi!!
Please pay attention to my refund for unused tickets
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I booked my flight on CheapOAir after my significant other had already booked hers months before. I was able to find her same flights and get a very reasonable fare. We were even able to contact the airlines and get seats together even though they were separate records. We flew from Denver to Frankfurt via Detroit on Delta and we were both blown away by the amazing experience we had on all of our flights. First of all, the service was superlative. Delta has great training and they hire people that buy in to their philosophy. They were efficient, friendly, and very service oriented. We just felt so well taken care of. The planes were all in great shape, clean, and all of the flights took off on time and landed early. Neither of us could recall a more positive flying experience - even though we were in coach and have many times flown first class.
A had a good time. Thanks for your services.
I had a great time.
Keep up the good work.
You made this trip possbile fro me.
I must say this trip was great! Everyone walks and uses their amazing metro system in Budapest. Not to mention its unspoken and courteous when an elder gets on kids automatically get up ro offer their seat,, unlike NY. I didn't care fior LOT airlines flight attendants on way home rude and the tv entertainment system worked fior middle aisles only not my seat total boredom for 8.5 hrs to NY then layover and flight home to Orlando. On the way there my seat headphone jack had broken piece so I already had no TV on way to Budapest prior but on the way there the flight attendants were at least nice. Over all you get great value fior the dollar in Budapest and and the culture and lifestyle is terrific I'm already planning a trip back. I also took train r/t to Vienna only about $30 American dollars how great is that and stayed in an amazing place in Vienna.
It was worth everything
Trip to Jamaica
Good overall
Trip was wonderful. Enjoyed the Washington DC area very much.
Went to Dallas Texas for the football game the most amazing Stadium I've ever been to the greatest game the greatest
Cheapoair is is a reliable friend
Loved visiting the city and seeing the Manhattan night life!
We got good time And Were Happy ??????
Everything was amazing i wish to come back soon
My trip included changing from the domestic flight terminal to the international flight terminal at Munich. Only an hour between flights might have been too little time for an elderly traveler. I had presence of mind to book assistance, no charge, but a tip would be kind. The ride through the airport was a very successful adventure. Thanks to an aggressive woman who works for Lufthansa. She is fearless.
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Excelent experience . I would love to have better value
Excellent trip!
Austin has evolved from a typical "college town" to a metropolis with an active nightlife, excellent restaurants and a vibrant atmosphere all around. They have sports, music, theaters and a lively environment. Definitely is a place to visit.
I had an amazing time in Charleston. Downtown has everything you could want. From food/entertainmen and shopping to historic buildings and tours. Ready to move there now!
flights where perfect New York was great
It was a great trip from Manila to Lyon via Hong Kong (CX) and Paris (AF). Lyon is such a great city with plenty to visit. Museums, churches, Roman ruins ... and what a pleasure to walk the city.
Trip was great new yorkers are awesome they tell it like it is.
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Senate Panelists Debate Independence of Proposed Board to Sell Property
June 10, 2011
"You have dead-stopped every federal property movement in the past 13 years," Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., told advocate for the homeless Maria Foscarinis during a Senate hearing Thursday. "We have a bureaucracy that says we can't get rid of real property."
The charge, that Title 5 of the 1987 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is a roadblock to the growing bipartisan effort to unload surplus federal property, was rejected by Foscarinis, executive director of the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty. "Title 5 requires that the homeless be protected and it is not the cause of inefficiencies or delays" in disposing of underused property, she told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services and International Security. With the rate of homelessness having risen 9 percent in 2010, "protecting the rights of the homeless is not only morally the right thing, it is the most cost-effective," she argued.
An easing of Title 5 requirements — which give organizations that help the homeless first refusal rights when federal property is being disposed of — is part of the plan advanced by the Obama administration this spring to save an estimated $3 billion by accelerating the sale of 14,000 properties. It would do so primarily through creation of a politically powerful board resembling the Defense Department's Base Realignment and Closure Commission. The Office of Management and Budget plan cites "competing stakeholders" as one reason for the difficulty in selling federal properties.
A Republican version of the plan, sponsored by Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., cleared a House subcommittee last month. The GOP proposal would essentially bypass Title 5 and introduce a new set of procedures for factoring in the interests of the homeless, drawing opposition from Foscarinis. As the Senate begins consideration of the issue, conflicts also remain over whether the proposed civilian board should be overseen by OMB, or whether it should be a more independent commission.
The Obama proposal "holds promise, but needs examining." said Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., chairman of the subcommittee.
"Many citizens believe our decision-making culture is broken," Carper said in his opening statement, and "we must establish a culture of thrift." He noted that the federal buildings management program has been on the Government Accountability Office's high-risk list since 2003. He added that 45,000 properties, or 340 million square feet, are underutilized or wastefully leased. "But agencies should not be waiting for a civilian-style BRAC to begin better managing properties," he said.
Danny Werfel, OMB controller, said the process the agency hopes to manage would focus on two types of properties. Many of the 14,000 excess properties listed publicly in May could be disposed of by agencies, though not necessarily at a profit. Those proceeds would be "trumped," he said, by disposal of a select set of "high value" properties for which the federal presence is perhaps obsolete. "Thousands of agency field offices, one in every county in the country, may not be needed in this post-Internet Age" of electronically administered federal benefits, he said. In these cases, he said "inertia" has set in preventing stakeholders from leveraging valuable opportunities for commercial exploitation.
Former Sen. Alan Dixon, D-Ill., a past BRAC chairman, told the panel the civilian version "can be done fairly if the board is prepared to enforce transparency, and citizens are consulted."
Another BRAC specialist, David Baxa, chief executive officer of VISTA Technology Services, warned, "Don't view the current situation as a fire sale for short-term gain," and recommended instead that the civilian board be seen as an opportunity to make long-term changes in federal asset management.
Tim Ford, CEO of the Association of Defense Communities, said the Obama approach "risks making some mistakes BRAC made in the 1980s in not being transparent for communities." Use of an administration board rather than an independent commission "could impede the process and politicize it," he said. A commission could be a "positive way to maximize efficiency of the federal footprint" in communities and could look at properties beyond those currently on the list.
Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, said a BRAC approach was too grandiose, given the difference in scale between military installations and real estate properties. "Keep it simple," he said. "I'm in real estate, and every property has value and can sell." He recommended an independent board to distance the process from the government.
Baxa countered that a BRAC-type board "puts the emphasis on getting the job done, which is often politically difficult." A commission "has wider acceptance, is more bipartisan and more credible," he said. He also recommended the board set up a body similar to the Resolution Trust Corporation used during the savings and loan crisis of the late 1980s. "It allows you to bring in professional real estate developers for bundling of properties, even in different cities, to make them attractive to a business," he said.
James Sullivan, director of the Office of Asset Enterprise Management at the Veterans Affairs Department, described successes in repurposing agency properties to house homeless veterans in VA's enhanced use lease process. VA just announced 34 new sites, with 100 buildings for homeless veterans, that will bring total buildings in the program to 5,000, he said.
Robert Peck, commissioner of the Public Buildings Service for the General Services Administration, defended his agency's ongoing efforts to efficiently dispose of federal properties, noting that the vacancy rate is only 3 percent. "Since 2002, we have disposed of more than 200 GSA properties valued at $467 million and covering more than 9.5 million square feet," he said in prepared testimony. "These dispositions represent 5.3 percent of GSA's owned portfolio and eliminate almost $484 million in future anticipated repair needs."
David Wise, director of physical infrastructure issues for the Government Accountability Office, said he we welcomed OMB's proposal as "somewhat responsive," but said it doesn't sufficiently address the government's overreliance on leasing.
Another outstanding issue is whether the proceeds from building sales are to go more to deficit reduction or to other agency-determined priorities. "Deficit reduction will shine through as a legitimate objective," Werfel said. "But other stakeholders such as the homeless and commercial interests will participate and the goal is that all voices are heard and considered." When the final decisions are made, "not everyone will be fully happy, but we will move forward for good or for bad," he said.


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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Anthony Collins had 17 points and 10 assists to lead South Florida past Georgia 64-53 on Friday night
The Bulls' sophomore point guard returned to the lineup after sitting out Monday night's 63-54 win at Stetson to rest a lingering calf injury.
Shaun Noriega scored 15 points and Toarlyn Fitzpatrick added 13 for South Florida (5-2).
Georgia (2-5) got 19 points from Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. The sophomore guard has been the Bulldogs' leading scorer in all seven games this season.
Collins made a jumper as part of a 3-point play to put the Bulls up 53-50 with 3:33 left. Jawanza Poland connected on a free throw and Victor Rudd hit a 3-pointer to make it 57-50 with just under two minutes to play.
Rudd finished with 12 points.
South Florida went ahead 50-46 with 7 1/2 minutes left when Noriega had a steal and layup.


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* A chance to be a batboy/girl for a spring training game in 2008 and four tickets to the same gamePhyllis Hanlon is writing an article for Road King Magazine on "Truck Day" and would like to talk with
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William Shatner is headed to Chicago.The former "Star Trek" star, Shakespearean, Priceline.com spokesman, and all-around iconoclast is to tour his upcoming Broadway solo show to several markets, it was announced Tuesday. He'll transport himself to Chicago's Auditorium Theatre on March 16. He'll be setting down for one night only.Shatner's show, modestly titled "It's Shatner's Word, We Just Live In It," is a solo turn that purports to take Shatner fans on a two-hour tour through the storied star's varied career.
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Makoto Azuma's work with plants are really extraordinary. Using plastic and real materials, he crafts furniture, installation, and sculpture with a particular natural, earthy aesthetic. Chairs made out of artificial turf, installations of leaves that seem to endlessly fold into themselves, and human/tree pseudo-mutations are just a few of the things he's done so far.
"AMKK is a company developing the experimental creation by Makoto Azuma, a flower artsit, whose subject is flowers and plants. The activities of AMKK aim to increase the existential value of plants by finding out the most mysterious figure only owned by flowers and plants and converting it to the artistic expression."


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Brigid Edwards has a new exhibition of her botanical art on vellum at Thomas Gibson Fine Art Gallery 39 St James Street, London Sw1A 1JD - until 16th December 2016.
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Cheaper rub: Why Tess was hospitalized
The Hartz Mountain Corporation bills itself as "Every Pet's Best Friend," but Joyce Hillstrom's tortoise-shell kitten, Tess, might quibble with that.
Hillstrom adopted Tess last May, and, over the summer, used Hartz Advanced Care Brand Once-a-Month Flea and Tick Drops on the cat twice with no problems.
Then, on September 2, she took Tess to be spayed by her veterinarian, Dr. Raymond Doss. The next day, she applied the drops and left for work. When she returned around 3pm, Tess appeared to be having convulsions. Hillstrom rushed her to Doss' office, where she was told that he was out of town and that Charlottesville Animal Hospital was taking his patients.
There, Dr. Cheryl Thorpe began treatment immediately, but explained that because the facility would be closing at 6pm, Tess would have to be transferred to the Veterinary Emergency Treatment Service (VETS) for overnight care. The situation was not life-threatening (although, Thorpe says, it could have been if Tess hadn't gotten to a vet), but still, Tess was very ill.
At VETS, Dr. Sara Salmon continued supportive treatment: IV muscle relaxers and lots of fluids to flush out the phenothrin, which is Advanced Care's active ingredient. By morning the cat had recovered and was discharged. Hillstrom was grateful and relieved, but– with all that treatment– $363 poorer.
Hillstrom claims she asked an employee at her regular vet's if it would be all right for her to give Tess her monthly flea treatment so soon after the spaying. She says she was told that it would be, and that the employee did not ask which product Hillstrom would be using. The product may matter.
Last November, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that because of "thousands of adverse-effects incidents" with two Hartz Advanced Care Flea and Tick products for cats and kittens– including the one in question here– the company would have to repackage and relabel its products. The new packaging must, the EPA says, include "stronger precautionary statements and use directions."
Now, instead of applying the product in a stripe down the cat's back, users are instructed to squeeze a single spot at the base of the head to lessen the likelihood the cat will ingest any of the pesticide. Dr. Thorpe said it was her impression that Tess had managed this feat.
If so, that was the first of two likely reasons for Tess' bad reaction to a compound that hadn't bothered her before. The other, of course, is that she'd been spayed two days earlier.
The label says not to use the product "on debilitated, aged, medicated, pregnant, or nursing animals"– but does that include a healthy cat that's just been spayed? Dr. Albert Ahn, Hartz corporate vice president and chief scientific officer– who is also a veterinarian– says that yes, recent spaying would rule out use of the product.
Ahn also pointed out that the instructions state that "animals should be observed after application for any sign of sensitivity." Hillstrom, however, assumed that because Tess had tolerated the product twice before, she would have no reaction this time.
Finally, Ahn stated that only Hartz flea and tick products protect against mosquitoes– an important consideration in these days of West Nile virus.
When I told Thorpe that the employee in Doss' office said it would be okay to treat Tess for fleas, she wondered whether the employee might not have assumed that Hillstrom would be using either Frontline or Advantage, which contain fipronil instead of phenothrin– and which, on healthy animals, can be applied even while the animal is still anesthetized.
Two suggestions: Consult your veterinarian before using any product for the first time or if conditions have changed since the last time you used it. And don't assume that a cheaper product (approximately $2 per dose for Advanced Care Once-a-Month vs. $10 for Frontline) is, in the end, going to be the wiser choice.
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The 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was announced on Monday. The prize was awarded to a British scientist for his role in developing human in vitro fertilization (IVF) therapy. IVF is a process by which egg cells are fertilized by sperm outside the body, in vitro.
Over the years, IVF has helped millions of infertile couples worldwide have children. Biologist and physiologist Robert G. Edwards, age 85, at the University of Cambridge, developed the technique with obstetrician and gynecologist Patrick Christopher Steptoe, who died in 1988. The prize is worth about $1.5 million and is the first awarded in the area of reproduction.


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**The prerequisites for GR 202 are GR 101, GR 102 and GR 201. Many students are able to bypass these courses because they have prior German language experience. See the Department of Languages, Literatures and International Studies placement policy.