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Anne's M.F.K. Fisher-Influenced San Francisco Kitchen
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Anne Zimmerman and her then fiance (and now brand new husband!) had been living in their San Francisco apartment for only a few months when I stopped by for a visit. And what a busy few months it had been: the release of Anne's book An Extravagant Hunger: The Passionate Years of M.F.K. Fisher, a marriage proposal and subsequent wedding plans, the setting up of a new home, and lots and lots of travel.
Yet Anne, like her kitchen, was calm and ordered and practical but not without humor and a touch of whimsy.
Anne's apartment is located in a Edwardian building on the base of Potrero Hill. The kitchen is large for an average San Francisco rental but Anne's little touches, such as a row of tiny ceramic animals on the windowsill and displays of spices, vinegars and chocolate, keep it simple and warm.
The most dominant and unusual object in the kitchen is a large built-in china hutch, painted white with glass doors. It's an impressive piece, anchoring the room and adding a touch of formality. It holds Anne's collection of family china and a few carefully curated vintage and Anthropologie pottery pieces. Also impressive is the classic cream colored O'Keefe and Merritt stove.
The palette is mostly tones of white and cream which helps to highlight the colorful drawing of M.F.K. Fisher by Ward Schumaker propped up on the butcher block table. The drawing is a testament to Fisher's influence over Anne's kitchen and indeed her entire life these past few years as she worked on and then published her recently released biography of Fisher's life.
"Reading M.F.K. Fisher changed my approach to cooking and eating," she said. "I became committed to making as good a meal as I could in the time I had available, be it 20 minutes or two or three hours. I liked the creative energy of cooking but when I sat down to eat, I was too wound up. So my goal became to pay attention to and enjoy my food."
10 Questions for Anne Zimmerman (and Her Kitchen)
1. What inspires your kitchen and your cooking?
I love vintage things paired with modern convenience and utility. Recently I was inspired by traveling in Europe and being with people who are passionate about the basics of cooking and method. It's not about tools or gear, it's not too precious or overly thought out or matchy-matchy. Just useful, well-equipped, beautiful kitchens.
I didn't unpack my favorite things when I was previously living in a sublet so its really nice, and inspiring, to have them here.
2. What was your childhood like from a culinary perspective?
I grew up in Utah. My mom cooked dinner every night and she was a good cook. I was kind of a picky eater as a kid and there wasn't as much variety as there is today so I ate a lot of iceberg lettuce with shredded carrots and ranch dressing. I had two southern grandmothers. One would feed you until you burst and the other was more austere. She had felt the Depression more strongly and had also lived in California so she gave us bran muffins and grapefruit and brown rice.
3. What's the most memorable meal you've ever cooked in this kitchen?
Valentine's Day — it got me engaged! We had roasted salmon, warm cabbage with feta and toasted walnuts, a salad and chocolate pudding.
4. The biggest challenge in your kitchen:
The laminate floor — it's hard to keep clean. Also, the storage is cavernous and so much of the shelving is open. And it's too big. I know that seems weird to say but it can be a challenge.
5. What's your favorite kitchen tool or element?
My grandmother's copper pots. They inspire me. I just made jam for the first time on my own and I really appreciated how the pot was big enough, deep enough. Also, the Staub set from my fiance's mother has transformed my cooking, especially braising meat. They appeal to my peasant cooking style.
6. Biggest indulgence or splurge in the kitchen:
Keeping a well-stocked pantry with nice ingredients — vinegars, chocolate, things to pull together a meal with little notice.
7. Is there anything you hope to add or improve in your kitchen?
No! I'm very happy with it. (Except maybe that floor.)
8. How would you describe your cooking style?
Very personal. Fresh and easy. Everyone assumes because of M.F.K. Fisher I cook fancy all the time but really I have a more peasant-style of cooking. I like to cook for leftovers and spin them into something else the next day. One of the reasons I like living in San Francisco is that you can justify having a pot of soup on the stove or a roast in the oven all year round. I just add some bread (Acme) and cheese and it's a meal.
9. Best cooking advice or tip you ever received:
Since I don't know how to cook instinctively, I would say that there's no shame in following a recipe. We have to be taught how to drive a car or how to swim and it's no different with cooking.
10. What is your favorite cookbook?
When I travel a lot, or get really busy and distracted with work, I forget how to cook, how to put a meal together. When that happens, my secret weapon is Savor the Memories by Marguerite Marceau Henderson. I love this book and its homey, reliable recipes.
11. What are you cooking these days?
One of my standards is a classic Breton cake, made with lots of walnuts and butter and eggs. It's not too sweet and so it's very versatile: you can have it for breakfast, after dinner with wine, or as an afternoon treat. It's great at Christmas as an alternative to all the frostings and sugary stuff. And it mails well! I once made this cake and sent it to my grandma in the last year of her life. Innocently, I mailed it to her in a mailing envelope and it arrived in perfect shape. She loved it! I use Susan Herrmann Loomis' recipe from On Rue Tatin.
• You can find the recipe at Epicurious.com: Walnut Gateau Breton
Get Anne's Book: An Extravagant Hunger: The Passionate Years of M.F.K. Fisher, $14.27 on Amazon
Anne's San Francisco Favorites
• Mission Pie for hanging out and writing, community and great light
• Arizmendi Bakery for pizza
• Knead Patissere, located in Local Mission Eatery, for beautiful French-style pastries
• Acme Bread. Anne has the same lunch everyday: A slice of Acme's Walnut Bread with avocado smushed on top and sprinkled with salt, pepper and chili
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Lovely kitchen. I'd kill for that gorgeous hutch.
Lovely kitchen. M.F.K. Fisher is one of my favorites. 'How to Cook a Wolfe' is just great writing.
I think I have the exact same chairs in my house as those in the dining room.
I love the advice to pay attention and enjoy food. It's so easy to forget this simple thing.
Really cute. Love the hutch!
I recognized the O'Keefe & Merritt stove. My mom has one similar to the one in the photos. It was second-hand when my dad bought it when I was in elementary school and my mom is still using it. The only thing wrong with it is that the oven door spring must be a little loose! *hint* (I am over 60 y.o.)
really lovely! thanks for sharing.
Beautiful kitchen, love the different whites that form a wonderful palette. Just finished her book, I loved the deep view we got of MFK. Feel as though I really knew her.
Adorable! I have always wanted open shelves in my kitchen, however, mine would look like a disorganized mess and not cute and whimsical like this one.
Where can I find a dishtowel drying rack like the one above the dish drainer?
For anyone else who didn't know, either: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.F.K._Fisher
I read her book a while back (Anne Zimmerman). I really enjoyed it and I had not read anything by MFK Fisher at the time. Wonderful inspiration for living a quality life!

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For easier reading I'll preface my predictions as P and the outcome as O.
P: "iPad will be a huge success out of the gate with limited sales production supply. Face it, no one can compete with the Apple juggernaut right now (brand familiarity, app store, marketing)."
O: Correct and still true 2 years and 3 generations later.
P: "It will be the first "tablet" that actually draws a viable market."
O: So true, regardless of all the naysayers whom doomed it a failure.
P: "Other computer makers will join the market in hopes to revive the faltering PC industry."
O: Correct, tried and failed. The PC industry is faltering. HP, Dell and Lenovo's (whom apparently makes a tablet but I could not locate any actual sales numbers) iPad equivalents have failed. Only Acer's Transformer Prime has had any traction. Acer has estimated 1.8 million in tablet sales, that's for the entire year.
It's estimated that Apple will sell a million of the new iPads during the release weekend alone. Actual 3 day sales: 3 million.
P: "Most of the iPad wanna'bes will be pale imitations (but cost less)."
O: Correct, ever seen the Galaxy Tab or HP Touchpad? However they haven't all cost less.
P: "…until Google or maybe MS (with a Win7 Series variant?) hit back with a viable OS."
O: Split. This is an interesting one. One could argue that Android Ice Cream Sandwich is a viable OS but it has yet to ship widely and Android tablets are pretty much DOA up to this point. On the other hand there has been much hullabaloo over Windows 8/Metro to which the consumer preview has been met with mostly positive response. Both viable; one not doing so hot, the other remaining to be seen in the actual marketplace.
P: "They'll tout better features (hardware) but iPad will continue to sell well."
O: Galxay Tab, Toshiba Thrive, Motorola Xoom, Blackberry PlayBook, etc. All were hailed for their myriad of "better" components and connections, regardless iPad continues to dominate the market.
P: "Competitors will scratch their heads wondering how Apple does it."
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P: "They'll miss the fact that it's really more about the UI experience and apps not just the hardware."
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P: "Haters will continue to complain there is no true "multitasking" or Flash."
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P: "Actual users won't care because it will meet 90% of their needs regardless."
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P: "iPad users complain that the eBook format Apple uses doesn't play nice with other readers. Amazon plays this up and drops Kindle price slightly. iPad is still seen as a great bargain because it does so much more than the Kindle."
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P: "Both companies take heat over the fluctuating eBook pricing."
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No one knows that I … had a mo-ped accident in the South of France in college and had a metal plate in my arm for 10 years.
If I was not an English professor, I would be … a history professor.
Since coming to Southwestern, I have learned … that I could like teaching romantic poetry and prose.
My favorite novel is … whatever I am currently teaching—right now Howards End by E.M. Forster.
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Working the desk at a limousine company following her graduation from Scripps, Cleere had a lot of time to read. The novels I read that summer made me think about graduate school and continuing to learn, she says. I realized that teaching was a vehicle through which I could continue learning and growing.
Her first teaching job was in Boston, Mass., at Simmons College. After teaching in Boston, I realized that I needed a change, and Austinand Southwestern Universitywere at the top of my list, states Cleere. Southwestern attracted me because of its goal to become a top liberal arts university, and that was something I wanted to take part in. She also liked the freedom that would be allotted to her working in a small department. With a small department, I am able to do many things and teach many subjects. I have the opportunities to teach along my interests and indulge in those interests, Cleere says.
A Victorianist by training, Cleere teaches all of the 19th-century British literature courses and the British literature survey course. She also teaches a course devoted to the studying the works of Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë and, indulging in her interests, Feminist Film Studies. On the best days, my classes are conversations, Cleere says. Most ideas with literature happen alone and the classroom allows students to express those ideas and connect them to so many other ideas.
Additionally, Cleere spends a great deal of time doing research. She is working on her second book, tentatively titled Sanitary Arts, which is about the impact of sanitation on Victorian aesthetics. Cleeres first book, Avuncularism, published in 2004, focuses on the shifts in the Victorian family pertaining to industrial capitalism. Cleeres work has been recognized by several organizations, and she has been awarded multiple fellowships and grants.
When she is not teaching, Cleere enjoys spending time with her husband and their son, Max. While she doesnt see many movies anymore, Cleere does indulge in watching TV serials. My guilty pleasure is watching serials. I love watching Nip/Tuck, anything on HBO and any science fiction show.


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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (December 14, 2011) – Rutgers University Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Tim Pernetti has extended head women's lacrosse coach Laura Brand-Sias' contract through the 2015 season, it was announced Wednesday. Brand-Sias' new contract begins immediately and runs through June 30, 2015.
Brand-Sias enters her 10th season as head coach at Rutgers. A former Scarlet Knight standout in her own right, Brand-Sias has pushed the Rutgers program to new heights throughout her tenure.
"Laura's success, not only on the field, but in the classroom and the community is consistent with our mission at Rutgers," said Pernetti. "As a former Scarlet Knight, Laura understands the day-to-day demands of a Rutgers student-athlete. She has set a standard of excellence for her team and we look forward to the continued growth of the program under Laura's leadership."
"I would like to thank Tim Pernetti for this opportunity and his confidence in my ability to lead this program," said Brand-Sias. "Being an alumna of this program, the positive changes that have taken place over the last two years are extremely exciting. The support of the administration, especially [Senior Associate AD/Senior Woman Administrator] Kate Hickey, has put us in a great place for both immediate and long-term success. I am very thankful and excited for the future of Rutgers women's lacrosse."
During her nine-year tenure, Brand-Sias has built a foundation for national prominence in one of the nation's toughest leagues. Brand-Sias hit the second-most victories in school history in 2003 and 2007 with 12 wins. She has led Rutgers to a 78-57 (.578) record as the sixth head coach of the program and was named BIG EAST Coach of the Year in her inaugural season.
While preaching a team-first mentality, Brand-Sias has helped many Scarlet Knights reach individual success. Under the coach's watch, 25 Scarlet Knights have received All-BIG EAST postseason selections, and 24 players were named to the IWLCA All-Region teams. Last season, the squad placed five Scarlet Knights on the All-Mid-Atlantic Region Team, the most since 1985. Brand-Sias has also mentored two IWLCA All-Americans, including 2010 pick Brooke Cantwell.
Rutgers enjoyed a standout season in 2010, jumping out to its best start (5-0) in program history. RU finished the year 11-5 overall and ranked in the final regular season IWLCA Top-20 Poll.
Brand-Sias has also stressed success in the classroom, as RU was named an IWLCA All-Academic Squad for the third-consecutive year in 2011 by maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Rutgers also earned a perfect APR score in May and had 20 of its 28 members selected as a BIG EAST Academic All-Star.
Under the direction of Brand-Sias, Rutgers has also been very involved in the community. The team became involved with the Friends of Jaclyn charitable organization in 2008 after adopting Genna Camiolo, who suffers from pediatric brain tumors. The Scarlet Knights also assist with the Special Olympics, run in the Big Chill and participate in food drives, toy and blood drives and Read Across America.
Follow Rutgers Athletics on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/RutgersAthletics) and Twitter (@RUAthletics) for all of the latest news and updates. For specific updates regarding women's lacrosse, follow the program on Twitter (@rulaxbrand). Fans can receive timely information, including special offers and giveaways throughout the year on our social media outlets along with http://www.ScarletKnights.com.


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In the weirdest turn of events I've ever seen the man last seen with Jackie Douthart, Benjamin Biggs, is now dead. All because he chose to steal an SUV, lead police on a high-speed chase, and shoot 2 police officers and then himself. You heard it here first people! I was one of the only ones to publish something BEFORE this dude went psycho car thief that told people that he was the last one seen with Jackie Douthart. See the first article here. So when a link was posted by a reader of the article (thank you by-the-way) I had to see where it led. (more…)
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Glendale, Arizona / Ouachita Parish, Louisiana I don't care what your party stories are, nothing can compare to Matthew Hicks' tale. Period. Or at least what he can remember of it, which is just enough to award him with the Dude trophy.
Found wearing only a pair of rubber boots some 1300 miles away from home, police responded to a 911 call and apprehended Matthew Hicks (32) walking toward the road. I surmise, just by the sheer nature of being all nekkid, they were certain they had their man.
He couldn't recall why his car was towed, nor how he landed at the home of the lady who called the police, but he did know he was from Glendale, Arizona and well, decided to make the best of a confusing situation.
While looking out your window and seeing some stranger lathering himself up and bathing in your swimming pool may be a tad strange, seeing that same stranger humping your glass door isn't that far out there. I mean, who hasn't done it at least once?
Authorities state Hicks admitted to bathing in the swimming pool and when asked about the lewd acts with the door, his response: "She saw me?" Dude. You were attempting to hump a glass door, of course she saw you. And she was unamused. And a bit disturbed.
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Believe it or not, NEXUS. Not the exact members but in 2008 when I first learned about FCW, I always thought it would be cool to have a bunch of FCW guy invade a WWE show one night. And of course, it would finish with a Team WWE vs Team FCW.
I conceptualized their debut differently though. I came up with the guys (again, believe it or not Slater was one of them. Was a huge Slater mark back in '08, still am) just barging through the crowd kicking some plants out their seats. So, you're like "who the hell are these guys?" And then Cole explains who they are. But yeah that's as far as it went in mind. I just had the idea of FCW guys invading and kicking ass.
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I feel this is something that could've went on 2011/2012 (It can still go on today considering all the people I will name are still with the roster) and ended with the rise of the Shield to give the rookies the win. The whole feud would've started with the young ones enjoying success with CM Punk as WWE Champion with only HHH to come back, and spoil the party saying that it's time WWE goes back to the old days of true wrestlers and not primadonnas. The old era. The era of Attitude & Ruthless Aggression. People always complain WWE can't build new stars but they wouldn't be able to do that until the old guys beat the new guys which we haven't seen much of.
The Veterans (43 World Championships Between All of Them):
HHH: This man is a 13 time world champion and the heir of the WWE. He presents the pinnacle of success in the business. Would book him as the Leader who feels that the young guys just aren't good, hence the drop in ratings since he was headlining the company. Believes CM Punk mocks the Attitude Era in which he ushered in and is just a scrawny little tatooed kid who needs to recognize his place and where he stands, and should just shut up.
John Cena: The man is the face of the company and the biggest star that has lashed out of the fans, and feels its only because of him that the company is still alive. And that the young guys lack the passion he has. He would be the moral conscience of the group. The Sting to HHH's Angle, eventually causing tension between two.
Chris Jericho: The Mental Mastermind who is just so narcisstic and selfish, that he cares nothing less about the battle between the factions and only gold. Is only siding with the Mafia, because his intellect tells him that a group of legends could never lose to a bunch of green rookies.
Randy Orton: The psychopath and paranoid guy of the group, that feels karma may one day come after him for "killing" all those Legends, and joins the group, cowardly to protect his own hide from a young guy who might take his place.
Mark Henry: The hitman of the group, that feels even at 40 he can still beat out anyone on the roster. After enjoying his new found success as World Heavyweight Champion, he feels the young guys should allow someone like him who's gave their years to the company, to let him enjoy the fruit of his labor. That only when they get 20 years in the business can they then get their World Title shot.
Brock Lesnar: The man who's only in it for money. He doesn't like HHH, and he doesn't like Cena, but he knows if he's on the Mafia's side, he's sure to get alot of paychecks and power.
The Rookies:
CM Punk: The man who has an utter dislike for HHH believing he's a kiss-ass who sucked his way up to the top of the business. The current Voice of the Voiceless who believe it is talent and young guys that should be at the top of the business and not just veterans who for the most part only got to the top because they had muscles.
The Miz: A man who has a grudge against Cena, because while he was busting his ass on ECW, Cena was hogging the main-event. That Cena along with JBL was another one of those guys who just saw him as the kid from Tough Enough. But he's now a man who's ready to be a star, ready to be one of the legends.
Dolph Ziggler: A cocky young guy who like Jericho cares little about the true ethos of this debacle, and only cares about Championships. He believes the old guys are washed up and weak, and that its best to side with the winning side, for they will take over the company. Feels that if he wants to be the best, must beat the best. (May insert Flair as a manager to again show Ziggler's lack of caring for the feud).
Wade Barrett: The man who feels that the Frontline is the second coming of Nexus. Believes that he can once again call upon the winds of change to breeze over the WWE, and feels that its time for an Englishman to get the spotlight.
Sheamus: The man who loves to fight and feels that he didn't come all the way from Ireland to simply come here and be a lower-carder on the roster. Feels that Mark Henry is the guy that can bring out the best fight in him, and that by defeating him, he can prove himself as a brawler.
Daniel Bryan: The man who resents Lesnar. He feels Lesnar is a guy who came out of college with jacked up muscles, saw millions of dollars, won the WWE Championship through kissing ass, then left when things got tough. He believes that he is a purist, someone who truly loves professional wrestling as proven by his 10 years on the independent circuit and refuses to lose his spot and losing his dream of being a WWE Superstar to a man who is a slave to the highest bidder.
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I wanted Punk to lose the title to Jericho last year at WM, have Jericho feud with Rock over the title ending in Rock winning it from Jericho. Then a Rock vs. Brock feud at Summerslam last year 10 years on from their match at Summerslam '02.
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Ric Flair turns against The Miz during a promo or something, by hitting one of his famous low blows from behind.
Flair joins forces with Dolph Ziggler, who is now the World Champion at this point. Gradually, they start aligning themselves with other heels to form a "super group". Antonio Cesaro is the first guy they recruit, and he would be the muscle of the group. Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett later agrees to join them. Later on, Dolph Ziggler has a main event match against John Cena on RAW. There is a stipulation that if Cesaro, Flair, or Barrett get involved, Ziggler will lose his title. Team Rhodes Scholars surprisingly run out to help Dolph win the match, and join the group.
It is now Dolph Ziggler, Antonio Cesaro, Wade Barrett, Damien Sandow, and Cody Rhodes. They're led by Ric Flair as their manager.
At some point, Flair finds a way to take over as the new General Manager of RAW. This gives the group a huge advantage, and they slowly pose a threat to the entire locker room. Rhodes Scholars quickly win the tag team titles from Team Hell No, and they possess majority of the titles in the company. They win big matches and this leads to a much anticipated 5 on 5 match at a Survivor Series PPV where the outcome determines something crucial.
That's all I really have for now.
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At Mania Cena, Brock, and Punk all win there matches thanks to interference from the Shield (they win to). This of course set's up a super heel stable of Punk, Brock, Cena, Heyman, and The Shield. Then at extreame rules there is a massive 12 person tag match at extreme rules between the heel stable and a team of Taker, Kane, HHH, Rock, Orton, and Sheamus. Orton turns heel in the match, causing the faces to lose. The storyline would play out until the Royal Rumble where Stone Cold would return to help the faces and eventually face punk at mania.
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1)Cena turns heel at WM29 & "People power:P " becomes his manager!!They will disrepect fans like hell,destroys every superstar who were his friends !! Then Punk returns as face & Punk vs Cena at Summerslam..
2)Ziggler turns face, aj becomes gf of Big E !!
3)Big Show & Kane r tag team champions !!
4)Orton turns heel & joins with the Shield !!
Had plenty of others thoughts..these r enough for the time being !!
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A generic midcard face wins the Money in the Bank for the WWE title. He cashes it in cleanly with advance notice for the champion (also a face), nice and fair. They fight a hard battle, but unfortunately the challenger loses and fails to capture the title. This comes as a huge blow for our guy, he starts brooding and becoming increasingly narcissistic over time, constantly going over the match again and again, believing that he was the better man and should have won. Eventually he will go off the deep end and actually believe he won the match, he's living in his own head so much that he's rewritten that dark chapter in his memories.
He starts coming out with a replica WWE title, and taking offence to the announcers and such when he is not referred to as the reigning champion, he is after all the "champion" and deserves to be shown some respect in this regard. He will mostly be in face vs face bouts, all his face buddies are becoming very concerned for him, he of course takes offence to this, culminating in him wrestling a match against one of them at the next PPV with him voluntarily putting his "WWE Championship" on the line to prove a point. He wins and gloats to the extreme, still a face, but not exactly restraining his demonstration of poor sportsmanship.
He carries that momentum with him into the next night where he decides he needs an in ring celebration. He arrives at the ring in all his splendour, explaining to the crowd what an achievement his reign has been in his life and how important it is. However, he decides that before continuing with the celebration, that something needs to be sorted out. He's been aware of something rather unsettling that has been going on for a while now. The man he cashed his briefcase in on still thinks he's the champion. He goes on to call the real champion delusional, but shows to take pity on the guy for being unwilling to accept his defeat with grace.
The real champion comes out and proceeds to state the truth, that the fake champion is the one who is delusional and needs to accept what has happened. This infuriates the fake champion and he rebuffs the claim. Over the weeks the real champion goes on a mission to convince him of the truth, but the fake champion becomes more and more unstable when trying to be reasoned with. Finally in a segment where he is forced to watch a clip of his crushing defeat, he snaps and goes apeshit on the real champion, he refuses to accept it. With this he is finally established as a heel, before that moment it would be kind of a sympathetic feel, the poor guy worked so hard and got nothing to show for it in the end. Now he's a batshit crazy heel who absolutely cannot be reasoned with. Everybody is scared shitless of the guy.
He goes on to challenge for the WWE title at the upcoming PPV and wins, thus establishing a new legitimate mega heel.
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WrestleMania 29:
Cm Punk beats Undertaker 20-1!
The Rock beats Cena resulting in a Cena turn! The next night on RAW The Rock talks about his victory only to be beaten down by Brock Lesnar, who breaks jis arm!
Lesnar beats HHH by the way!
The rest of the year: Punk becomes WWE Champion, Lesnar becomes WHC Champion (to give it more prestige)!
Royal Rumble 2014:
Lesnar retains his title against anyone!
Punk retains WWE Title against maybe Daniel Bryan!
Heel Cena wins Royal Rumble and decides to face the WWE Champion at WM to finally become a 11 time WWE Champion!
Elimination Chamber 2014:
Brock is left in the Chamber with Daniel Bryan! The Rock returns and costs Brock the match!
CM Punk loses his WWE Championship to the returning Undertaker, who gets a final run as WWE Champion!
Road to Wrestlemania XXX:
CM Punk wants to make the WWE Title match a Triple Threat but he fails to win an epic match against Cena on RAW after EC!
Going into WM Cena says that there is no appeal for him to face Undertaker because the streak was broken last year therefore Cena wants 'Taker's career to be on the line! Taker accepts but with the stipulation that if Cena loses he will be banned from the WWE title scene until after WM 31!
Brock Lesnar blames Rock for his loss and says he wants to end Rock's career the same way he did with HHH! Rock accepts leading to HHH, who will take over WWE after WM, coming out and telling everyone that he will be the special guest referee in the No Holds Barred match between Rock and Brock!
CM Punk demands Vince McMahon to give him another shot to go to WrestleMania! Vince says that Punk will have a No.1 Contender Match at 'Mania to determine the WWE Champion's opponent at Extreme Rules! Punk wants to know his opponent and Vince announces Jeff Hardy who returns after he lost a career threatning match at TNA Bound for Glory 2013! Hardy and Punk take on there feud and Hardy makes it a Steel Cage match because he wants to beat Punk in the match he lost his career!
Daniel Bryan goes on to WrestleMania XXX as World Heavyweight Champion! He says he could beat everyone in the whole roster at 'Mania! Booker T tells him that he would have to do exactly that because he will have to defend his title in a Championship Scramble match against Heel Orton, Kane, Sheamus and Ziggler!
WrestleMania XXX:
Heel Orton wins the Scramble to finally become the Champion! This leads to a Orton-Bryan feud!
HHH costs Rock the match and his career to finally become the corporate heel and the owner of WWE!
Jeff Hardy beats CM Punk to become the No.1 Contender for the WWE title!
Undertaker, who was inducted to the Hall of Fame the night before, beats Cena to retain the WWE title, extending his broken streak to 21-1 and leading to Cena being banned from the WWE title scene!
Rock says goodbye to the WWE Univers at the beginning of RAW after 'Mania!
The same night Undertaker talks about his victory and tells the world that it is time for him to end his career! He states that he should stop when it is the best! He retires an WWE Champion!
Leading to Extreme Rules CM Punk becomes the 2nd No.1 Contender for the WWE Title leading to a TLC match betwenn Hardy and Punk!
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HHH beats Lesnar. In frustration Lesnar helps Cena beat Rock and sets up a feud at Extreme Rules (if thats the next PPV I only casually watch). Lesnar wins to build him
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Sometimes I think things and sometimes I want to tell people about the things I think. These are the things I think.
" There are a lot more women "suffering from" obesity, which is prevalent in practically every demographic group, than anorexia, a scourge of school-aged upper-middle-class white girls, the kind of tortured souls you pick up at a party by slipping in a line like, "Are you a writer? There's something of the old soul in your eyes" and who spend their formative years telling boys pretending to listen, "I think I might be a … Wiccan" or "… lesbian" or — something really ghastly — "… vegetarian."
Just read this off the NY Post…do these people know ANYTHING about eating disorders or are they just straight up dumb? Let's stop perpetrating the image of anorexia as something to be ashamed of, an attention whore disease, and realize that it is the SINGLE (with other EDs) largest killer in terms of mental illness in the US. Yeah, that's something to laugh at. Fuck you NY Post. Of course obesity is a problem, but that doesn't mean you get to demean the other end of the spectrum. Beyond which, the article suggests that we should shame obese people into losing weight. Dumbest thing I've read in ages.
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Over the past week, the New England Aquarium pulled off the dramatic rescue, rehabilitation and release of a 655-pound, 7-foot leatherback sea turtle which had stranded on Cape Cod (as seen in the video above). The prehistoric-looking reptile was found suffering from dehydration and shock with a significant portion of its left-front flipper missing, an injury the Aquarium said was consistent with entanglement in fishing gear, a sadly common occurrence with these severely threatened animals.
Leatherbacks are long-distance swimmers, using their giant paddle-like flippers to propel them over vast distances. This turtle from the Western Atlantic population travels all the way from the white sandy beaches of the Caribbean to the jellyfish-rich waters of New England each year, and may even swim as far north as Newfoundland. After a weekend being nursed back to health by aquarium staff, this beleaguered leatherback, which veterinarians estimated to be around 25 to 30 years old, was released off of Cape Cod on Sunday.
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Redesigning Driver Education for Teenagers
Retraining Wheels: Driving is the most deadly thing teenagers do, so why do they get such ineffective training? And so little of it?
"Do you know you're going 85 miles an hour [in a 55-mph zone]?" In a bit of foreshadowing, that was the first question posed to yours truly on day one of driver's ed., and it was delivered with the cool nonchalance that can only be acquired from years of sitting in the passenger seat while scores of reckless new drivers take the wheel for the first time.
This has always struck us as one of life's little mysteries: Why, exactly, is it a good idea to have a teenager's first, ahem, official driving experience occur on chaotic public roads — out there with all of us experienced drivers — under the supervision of someone who may not even have a second set of controls with which to intervene if necessary?
Furthermore, training new drivers solely on public roads is akin to grooming an NBA hopeful by having him practice only passing in from the sideline. After puttering around in traffic and promising to learn parallel parking, how could anyone possibly be prepared for a millimeter-precise swerve to elude a life-or-death situation or be ready to countersteer through a resulting slide without making things worse?
Everyone knows teenagers can't drive, but the statistics are sobering. Driving cuts short the lives of more than 4000 young people in the U.S. each year. It's the No. 1 cause of death for teens, and studies have shown that the vast majority of these accidents are due to driver error. Even so, there doesn't seem to be much opposition to simply maintaining status quo with their training.
New safety cures — stability control, for example — as well as ever-stricter crash regulations and the proliferation of airbags are no doubt important and effective. At nearly 34,000, traffic fatalities in 2009 were the lowest ever recorded (since 1954), despite the fact that the total miles driven has continued to increase. But how about teaching new drivers how to avoid crashing in the first place? Commenting on his recent driver training, Ian Grinde, a 16-year-old from Minnesota, agrees: "Very little of it had to do with handling a 3000-to-4000-pound hunk of metal in emergency situations," he says.
A safety tactic many states have adopted is a graduated licensing program whereby teenagers are obligated to drive with their parents for an extended period before being granted an unrestricted license. Of course, this still does nothing to prepare a young driver for an instance in which a limit-handling maneuver could save lives. And who says that the parents are qualified to teach?
Rich Wojtczak believes there's a better way. He's proven it, in fact. After 30 years in the IT department at Ford, he and his wife, Maria, moved from Michigan to Arizona to enjoy their golden years. But soon after, a disturbing accident in which four teenagers were killed caught his attention, and he started to investigate new-driver training programs. Specifically, he was interested in finding out if computer simulators were being used anywhere to teach driving, thus removing the risks of first-time learning out on the road. He was appalled at the state regulations, which he found to be "totally inadequate," and "don't even require driving on a freeway before getting a license." Discovering that simulator schools were rare, Rich and Maria started their own company in 2003, Driving MBA, in Scottsdale.
The company has since expanded to a second Phoenix-area location and now trains about 1000 students per year in a variety of programs, including classes for adults and seniors. The capstone of these is the Elite Driver Training Program, a 40-hour course that may be the most comprehensive teen training in the country. Typically spread out over the six months it takes to progress from a permit to an official license, the Elite program includes 18 hours on driving simulators, eight hours behind a real wheel, and one day of hands-on car-control and accident-avoidance training at nearby Bondurant racing school. In addition, it includes training for parents in order to help them understand how to best interact with and positively influence their new driver, plus a two-hour session that teaches students such basics as changing a tire and jump-starting a dead battery, which far too many young drivers cannot do.
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The Indiana Department of Natural Resources will conduct deer reduction on two days in November and another two days in December.
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7 year-end tax tips to keep Uncle Sam out of your wallet
Published on - December 13th, 2013 (by Linda Vergon)
This article is a guest post from Maryalene LaPonsie. Maryalene has been writing professionally for more than a decade on a variety of subjects including life insurance and personal finance. She helps consumers navigate topics such as creating budgets, using credit wisely and protecting income and assets by making smart insurance choices. Prior to her current assignments, Maryalene worked for 13 years as a staff member in the Michigan Legislature and has served as a local official in the City of Lowell, Mich., since 2004. Maryalene holds a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from Western Michigan University.
Right after the most wonderful time of the year comes everyone's least favorite season: tax season.
If you usually try to avoid thinking about taxes until after January 1, you may be missing out on the chance to save a little money. According to some tax experts, now is the time to take last-minute action if you want to reduce your tax bill in April.
7 year-end tax tips
1. Double-check your tax withholdings and payments
"Before year's end, take a peek at your income," advises Mary Kay Foss, a Certified Public Accountant with Sweeny Kovar in Danville, Calif. "Check your last pay stub and year-to-date income from brokerage accounts. Estimate December and compare the figures to what was on your last year's tax return. Also compare your withholding and scheduled estimated tax payments to last year."
Why do all that? You want to be sure you have sent enough money to the taxman in 2013 and won't get stuck with a huge bill — or worse, penalties — in April.
If your income has increased significantly but your tax payments have not, it is time to either ask your employer to increase your December withholding or send in extra with your year-end estimated tax payment.
2. Update your contact information
If you have moved in the past year, you don't want to miss any deductions because of mis-routed mail. Make sure your address and contact information is current with all the organizations that may be sending you tax forms. These include investment firms, mortgage companies, and your previous employer if you have changed jobs since the move.
3. Be extra generous
"Year-end is a good time to go through closets and cupboards and donate unwanted items to charity," says Foss. "Be sure to get a receipt and you'll get a tax deduction as well as a warm feeling."
Foss also says seniors should be aware that their ability to make qualifying charitable distributions from their IRAs is expiring in 2014. According to the California Society of CPAs, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 allows those age 70 ½ or older to transfer up to $100,000 tax free from their IRA to a qualified charity.
The provision allowing the distributions expires in 2014, although Foss says Congress could extend it. Still, seniors who want to be sure they can make this generous gift should take action by December 31 to ensure they don't miss their window of opportunity.
4. Focus on lowering your AGI
If you are going to be buying your own health insurance through a government exchange in 2014, you may want to work on lowering your AGI. "Affordable Care Act subsidies are based on adjusted gross income starting in 2014, so keeping that low is a priority," says Foss.
One way to reduce your AGI is by asking your employer to defer any bonus pay until January. For those who are self-employed, you can delay invoicing clients in December and make those payments due next month.
5. Prepay your taxes
Another way to lower your total tax bill is to prepay your 2014 property taxes and state income taxes, if applicable. Both are deductible on your federal income tax form and can help increase your deductions.
6. Unload your losing investments
If you are going to be stuck paying a capital gains tax this year, think about unloading your underperforming investments. You can use your losses to offset your gains — and if your losses exceed gains, you could even write off up to $3,000 from your annual income. Think you lost more than that? No worries, since excess losses carry over year to year.
7. Make your large purchases now
Finally, if you are planning to buy a car, boat or other major purchase, you might want to squeeze that in before the end of the year.
"The sales tax deduction goes away in 2014," explains Foss. "If you deduct sales tax rather than income tax, don't plan on it for 2014."
While Congress could reinstate the deduction, Foss says it is better to assume it will be gone rather than to assume it will be back.
The taxman cometh, but you can still take some last-minute action to keep your money in your pocket and out of Uncle Sam's hands. If you need help, Foss advises individuals to read the instructions on their tax forms, head to IRS.gov for resources, or get a referral to a trusted CPA from family and friends.
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Naive question – but you mention possible penalties in April. If I have mis-calculated my tax deductions (as I worry I may have), won't I just have to pay the difference? Or will I be penalized?
I'm a full-time, exempt employee. Thanks.
If you owe more than a certain amount, you will have to pay a penalty as well. For a few years, we had to pay in just over $1,000 and had to pay a penalty of a few dollars each time.
Otherwise, if there were no penalty, everyone could set their withholding to zero and just a lump sum in April.
Damn. Thanks.
Many of these techniques are a "kick the can down the road" style. If you had unusually high income this year you should defer your taxes with these techniques, but if you had unusually low income this year you should probably increase your taxes this year in order to get a lower marginal rate. And as always you should do what you can now to get an eyeball on this years marginal rate.
Doesn't the ACA subsidy tie to the same year AGI, not prior? My understanding is that the insured is responsible for accurately predicting AGI of the year in progress. Would be great if I was wrong tho!
For those with savings tied up inside a qualified retirement plan, unloading losing investments won't do them any good from a tax planning standpoint.
Also, using savings to fund a ROTH, traditional IRA, or increase 401(k) contributions would be much better options than increasing deductions as those deductions (like charitable giving) are gone once paid for up front.
Great tips! I'm always moving around, so the tip about updating my contact information is one I need to remember.
Great read. I am def thinking about paying my taxes quarterly next year instead of taking a big hit at the end of the year.
Great tips here! I'm very much helpful with the post here…I will be paying my tax quarterly so that there will be no such huge amount to pay at once at the end of the year…..


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I'm temporarily out of ideas for posts, so I'm going to use this opportunity to do another update to my 101 goals list… this time #21 – join at least one musical group in Fort St. John.
I actually did this within two weeks of arriving… I joined the Northern Winds Community Concert Band. And now we're gearing up for our Christmas concert! If you're in Fort St. John, please come… and give the code "BAND" when you buy your tickets for 10% off.


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Prior to adopting CORIS, the Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) was using six distinct legacy systems to manage its offenders, be they juvenile or adult; be they in institutional care or under community supervision.
These systems had become increasingly disparate over the years and sharing information amongst stakeholders was difficult and time consuming.
For instance, community caseworkers collected case histories on their laptops, rather than a central database, and there was no mechanism for sharing information agency-wide. Data integrity had, in fact, been a particularly troublesome issue prior to adopting CORIS.
The DOC wanted a solution that offered field workers effective off-line capabilities—while maintaining data consistency and integrity in the on-line system.
The fact that the six computer systems didn't comply with one another posed another significant challenge: that of tracking offenders over the course of their entire history with the Department.
"There was no effective, centralized means of managing information," says Dave Packard, Agency IT Director. "The need to be able to globally query the system—and obtain a holistic view of offender profiles and program effectiveness—formed a large part of the impetus that got this project underway."
The Maine DOC selected Abilis Solutions' CORIS Offender Management System to support all prison services, community corrections and central office management. The result is a holistic or complete view of offender status and history.
"We now have a continuity of information that allows us to understand clients better. We can determine appropriate treatment and follow up on it," said Packard.
CORIS provides the DOC with global-query capability: the web-based solution monitors all offenders and is accessible to all users: corrections officers, community workers, courts, family services and public-safety agencies.
CORIS is not a collection of independent modules. Nor is it a client-server or mainframe system that's been web-enabled. CORIS was built from the ground up as a complete, integrated solution that, using Microsoft's .NET web-based architecture, merges seamlessly with legacy systems.
CORIS is first and foremost an operational system. It was designed by users, for users. It manages four key areas of administration:
1. The Offender Profile: demographics, photos, security alerts, special medical needs, sentence calculation and automatic release-notification for victims.
2. Prison Management: security classification, housing, offender movement, job assignments, daily schedules and financial management.
3. Community-based Corrections: investigations, risk assessment, treatment plans and caseload management.
4. All administrative functions related to tracking, reporting and security.
CORIS is fully scalable and accommodates varying sizes of offender populations. One of the largest offender management operations in North America uses CORIS. Prior to its launch, CORIS underwent rigorous scalability testing in a Microsoft lab, having large volumes of offenders, users and metrics added to it. The solution scaled in a linear manner, directly in proportion to the capacity of the database and web-application servers.
We can determine appropriate treatment and follow up on it"
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The Maine Department of Corrections adopted CORIS in three phases:
- Basic offender-management capabilities
- Classification, visitation, discipline, grievance and financials
- Interfaces with Public Safety's Criminal History Information System and the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS)
When the first phase was rolled out, all six DOC legacy systems were migrated simultaneously. This was deemed feasible given Maine's relatively small offender population.
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- A complete offender profile spanning inmate management, institution management, community-based corrections and reporting and administration
- Seamless communication across the agency
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Home Robbery in Letcher County
Date of News Release: 04/21/2009
(Hazard, Ky.) -- On 04/20/2009 at approximately 1150 pm Kentucky State Police Post 13 responded to a possible robbery on HWY 2036 in the Letcher community of Letcher County. Preliminary investigation indicates that 3 subjects entered a residence, 2 dressed in black clothing and masks, the other in camo clothing and a mask, subjects were armed with a rifle. The homeowner and a female that were home at the time were tied up inside the residence. Cash and prescription medication along with a cell phone was taken. No further descriptions of the persons involved are available. The case is under investigation by Det Randy Combs.


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