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Katherine M. King, PHRDirector of Human Resources
Title IX & Section 504 Coordinator for Faculty, Staff and Others
Phone: 949-480-4161
Katherine M. King joined Soka University of America, Calabasas in April 1991 as Office Manager. She assumed the position of Human Resources Manager for SUA, Calabasas in 1994 and became Human Resources Manager for SUA, Aliso Viejo in 1995. She was promoted to Director of Human Resources in July 2001. Her responsibilities include the management of all human resources and payroll functions for the university.
King holds a BS in Business and Management from the University of Redlands. She is also a graduate of the Japanese Language Institute at Soka University of Japan. King is certified as a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) by the Human Resource Certification Institute, the credentialing body for human resource professionals. King completed the Advanced Program in Human Resources Management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. King has also earned the HR Generalist Certificate and the Diversity Management Certificate from the Society of Human Resource Management, the Advanced Certificate in Employment Law from the Institute for Applied Management and Law and the Certificate in Internal Investigations from the Council on Education and Management and The George Washington University.
King is a member of the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR), the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the American Payroll Association (APA).


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Jim Simpson never thought he would fly a ready-mix truck. In his 27 years in the ready-mix business, he has done everything from driving trucks to managing environmental health and safety programs. But now that Simpson is in charge of Walker Concrete's driver training simulator in Jonesboro, Ga., he is learning something new every day.
The "flying" is actually a hidden feature in MPRI's Mark III Motion-Based Driver Training Simulator's advanced software, a crossover from one of its other uses—flight simulation. MPRI's transportation simulators were developed as an extension of its military and aviation training.
While flight is not an option Simpson typically uses, it does lighten the mood of an intense training session. "You have to have fun with it," he says. "I want the drivers to leave with a positive attitude, not feeling like training is a chore."
Jim Naatz, MPRI Simulation Group vice president of sales, sees early adopters like Walker Concrete and Nashville's Metro Ready Mix Concrete as just the beginning of a technological revolution in training for the concrete industry.
"As this training technology becomes more affordable and awareness of its effectiveness increases, producers can value its quick return on investment," Naatz says. "Other producers have already approached us about ways to adapt and tailor the technology to offer something over and above what their competitors are doing." He believes the learning curve for ready-mix producers will be even faster than it has been in the trucking industry.
Naatz has seen his other trucking industry customers' preventable accidents decrease by 20% to 30% in the past few years. "We're seeing the concrete industry follow the same path in terms of adopting this technology," says Naatz. "I have no reason to believe ready-mix producers won't see the same benefits."
Soaring to new heights
Simpson, Walker's vice president of risk management, became involved with the simulator after owner Doug Walker took a flight training course. "I spent 10 days on a flight simulator and figured the same thing would work with trucks," says Walker. So far, his hunch was correct. Walker has invested almost $500,000 in the simulator and its software programs. The system has already paid for itself.
Since Walker's drivers began using the Mark III simulator in January, the producer has noticed much lower maintenance and fuel costs, and a drastic reduction in accidents. Simpson says the cost of a minor truck accident is about eight times the actual cost of damages to the vehicle. In a roll-over accident, these costs can add up to $600,000. "An average company rolls two trucks a year," he says. "That cost alone could buy two simulators."
To prevent costly accidents at Walker, the company has programmed its simulator to perform just like its own fleet, with a nine-yard load and 9-foot center of gravity. Drivers sit in an actual 2000 Freightliner day cab mounted on a mechanical base that creates realistic movements as they maneuver through each computerized course. Three large screens create a 180-degree landscape, while two small screens simulate the rear view in the truck's side mirrors. The cab is even air conditioned.
As drivers navigate pre-programmed scenarios, computers track every aspect of their trip, including speed, gear shifting, and braking. By watching the drivers on a closed circuit monitor and analyzing a detailed diagnostic printout, the training team identifies bad habits, such as using the brake instead of gearing down to stop.

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Kim Kardashian sues YouTube co-founder over proposal video
(TMZ) - Kim Kardashian thinks private events at major baseball stadiums should stay private ... and that's why she's suing the guy who allegedly leaked Kanye's precious, private proposal to a video-sharing site, reports TMZ.
In the lawsuit ... obtained by TMZ ... Kim's lawyer, Eric George, trashes Chad Hurley, the guy who co-founded YouTube and sold it to Google for $1.65 billion. Kim claims Hurley is the one who schemed to post the video on his new Internet venture, MixBit.
Kim goes for the jugular, saying Hurley was desperate to find a "second act," after 2 flops following his YouTube sale. In the lawsuit, Kim claims Hurley wasn't even invited to AT&T Park in San Fran but manipulated his way in.
According to TMZ, Kim says they let him stay, but only after he signed a confidentiality agreement. And get this ... they even got him to take a pic holding the signed confidentiality agreement, which is attached to the lawsuit.
The couple says, "Hurley proceeded to try to turn the event into one starring himself, broadcasting the images he knew were the exclusive property rights of someone else."
Specifically, Kim and Kanye say he posted Kanye's engagement proposal on MixBit and tweeted it to nearly a million followers. He then had the audacity to issue a press release, touting his video trophy.
Kim and Kanye are suing for unspecified damages ... including punitives. Even though Kim and Kanye don't say how much the video was worth, they mention it was destined for MC Cable Television, which is an arm of Bunim/Murray and E!, which produces and broadcasts "Keeping Up with the Kardashians."


text: After more than two months in rehab Kesha Rose as she is calling herself now has left rehab and returned to Los Angeles. Kesha spent the past few months in a Chicago area rehab center for what she said was an eating disorder. That is the same thing Demi Lovato said and has spent the past few years slowly telling people it was for everything in the world and probably an eating disorder too. Hopefully Kesha will be honest with her fans about why she was in the facility for so long. Shortly after Kesha entered rehab her mom checked into the same place and it has been a little while since we heard from her mom who probably checked in to stay close to her meal ticket. I'm not sure why mom couldn't find a different facility to go to if she had issues that needed to be dealt with. The last thing someone needs when dealing with their own issues is to have their mom right there next to them the entire time. I don't think that is a great way to get healthy. I'm glad Kesha did this the right way and stayed in so long and hopefully she is doing great now.


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Dixie State's 'Henry V'
The Dixie State College theater department will present Shakespeare's "Henry V" in the Eccles Fine Arts Center Back Box Theatre. For tickets, call 435-652-7800 or visit www.dixiestatetickets.com.
When • Tuesday through Saturday, Feb. 5-9, 7:30 p.m.
Where • Dixie State College , 225 S. 700 East, St. George
Tickets • $10; visit bit.ly/Xzb2Hm
'Violet' at USU
The Utah State University department of theater arts will present the musical "Violet." This musical is rated M for Mature and is not recommended for audience members under age 13. For information and tickets, visit the CCA Box Office, call 435-797-8022 or visit arts.usu.edu.
When • Tuesday through Friday, Feb. 5-8, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 9, 2 and 7:30 p.m.
Where • Caine Lyric Theatre, 28 W. Center St., Logan
Tickets • $18; $10 for USU faculty and staff, USU students free with ID
'Henry V' for young audiences
The Brigham Young University department of theater and media arts will present Shakespeare's "Henry V" adapted into a 50-minute production for young audiences. Visit arts.byu.edu for information.
When • Wednesday through Friday, Feb. 6-8, 7 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 9, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Where • Brigham Young University Harris Fine Arts Center, University Avenue and Center Street, Provo
Tickets • $6; visit bit.ly/UR0mpS
'The Vagina Monologues'
Westminster College will present "The Vagina Monologues" to increase awareness of and raise funds to combat sexual violence. For tickets, call 801-832-2457.
When • Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 7-9, 7:30 p.m.
Where • Jay Lees Courage Theater in the Jewett Center for Performing Arts, 1250 E. 1700 South, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $10; visit bit.ly/GJmyuT
Weber State's 'The Will Rogers Follies'
The Weber State University department of performing arts will present "The Will Rogers Follies" in the Allred Theater. Tickets are available at Dee Events Center Tickets, the Browning Center Box Office, by calling 1-801-626-7000 or at weberstatetickets.com.
When • Thursday and Friday, Feb. 7-8, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 9, 2 and 7:30 p.m.
Where • Weber State University Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts, 3750 Harrison Blvd., Ogden
Tickets • $9-$12
'Chicago' in Cedar City
Southern Utah University's department of theater arts and dance will present "Chicago the Musical" at the Randall L. Jones Theatre. For tickets, call 435-586-7872.
When • Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 7-9, 7:30 p.m.
Where • Southern Utah University College of Performing and Visual Arts, 351 W. University Blvd., Cedar City
Tickets • $10; SUU students, free with valid ID; SUU faculty and staff, $8; visit www.suu.edu/arts
'LOVE' at The Leonardo
PopUp@Leo will present "LOVE," a mixed-media cabaret featuring Deena Marie Manzanares, Austin Archer and Robert Scott Smith. Tickets available in advance at The Leonardo Admission Desk, by calling 801-531-9800 ext. 202 or at theleonardo.org/programs/love.
When • Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 7-9, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 10, 5 p.m.
Where • The Leonardo, 209 E. 500 South, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $10; $5 with student ID; visit bit.ly/12UGwgO
'Doctor U', a parody
Travel through time and space with the Doctor and his companion, all the way to Utah circa 2013 (and beyond). The parody of "Doctor Who" is written by Mike Brown and Logan Rogan and directed by Mike Brown. For reservations, call 801-355-4628 or visit www.theOBT.org.
When • Friday and Saturday, Feb. 8-9, 7:30 p.m.
Where • Off Broadway Theatre, 272 S. Main St., Salt Lake City
Tickets • $8-$16; visit bit.ly/h5IPq9
'How to Make a Rope Swing'
Salt Lake Acting Company will produce the winner of the Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award, "How to Make a Rope Swing," a painful story of intolerance, love and forgiveness. Visit www.saltlakeactingcompany.org for information.
When • Wednesday through Saturday, Feb 6-9, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 10, 1 and 6 p.m.
Where • Salt Lake Acting Company, 168 W. 500 North, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $24-$39; visit bit.ly/XbSk9l
'Beauty and the Beast'
Pleasant Grove High School will present Disney's musical "Beauty and the Beast." A fundraiser on Feb. 14 will start at 5:30 p.m. Visit pghsdrama.com or showtix4u.com to purchase tickets.
When • Monday, Feb. 11, 7 p.m.
Where • Pleasant Grove High School, 700 E. 200 South, Pleasant Grove
Tickets • $8; $40 per person for fundraiser dinner-show; visit showtix4u.com


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|Release: 2.1.2
|Build date: Tue Jul 17 10:08:36 2012
|Group: Productivity/Office/Other
|Build host: build20
|Size: 2385
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Documents is a document manager application for GNOME. This package contains a search provider to enable GNOME Shell to get search results from documents.
* Mon May 14 2012 firstname.lastname@example.com - Update to version 0.4.2: + Don't store the active source in GSettings. + Make sure a collection is created when the text field name is confirmed by clicking on the OK button. + Make button press/release tracking code less strict. + Fix "Open" button showing up for collections under some circumstances. + Fix thumbnails preview bar not fading in under some circumstances. + Fix toolbar button spacing in RTL layouts. + Show the search entry when going back from preview to search results. + Hide the search entry when switching to a collection. + Fix type filter not cleaning up when switching to a collection. + Fix some critical warning. * Tue Apr 17 2012 email@example.com - Update to version 0.4.1: + Support %Id conversion characters for formatted strings + Cancel old queries from the Shell search provider + Escape user input before pushing it down to Tracker + Handle exceptions when calling Gtk.show_uri() + Avoid segfaults in the miner when an error happens + Don't crash for missing symbolic icons in the theme + Update the license of some library components to LGPL v2+ - Note that the license change of the library components doesn't affect the application itself. So no license change for the package. * Wed Mar 28 2012 firstname.lastname@example.com - Update to version 0.4.0.1: + Fix a crasher when switching to List view on certain systems * Mon Mar 26 2012 email@example.com - Update to version 0.4.0: + Fix crashes when clicking Back from preview under some circumstances + Fix spinner not moving out when going back to overview while a document is still loading + Updated translations. * Mon Mar 19 2012 firstname.lastname@example.com - Update to version 0.3.92: + Improve startup query performance. + Don't perform initial query when activated to preview a search result. + Remove items from selection when we get a delete event. + Fix collections not showing up properly in Shell search results. + Don't refresh the Google cache when spawned as a Shell search provider. + Use a fixed icon size when spawned as a Shell search provider. + Clear selection when exiting selection mode. + Fix crasher in Shell search provider mode. + Fix selection toolbar when changing selection. + Fix text layout in grid view for RTL languages. + Fix scrolling in preview page chooser to work with latest GTK. + Fix crash and inconsistencies when trying to add a new collection. + Rely on Tracker 0.14's notification for DataContainer to track collection changes/addition/deletions. - Really drop gnome-documents-tracker-0.14.patch. * Tue Mar 06 2012 firstname.lastname@example.com - Update to version 0.3.91: + Add a thumbnail list OSD in preview + Add support for DnD of items out of the view + Add support for printing documents + Use checkboxes to render selections + Add an About dialog + Display date/time information in list view + Improve toolbar labels when searching or restricting search criteria + Add keywords to the desktop file for identification by desktop shells + Hide unavailable collections from the Organize collections dialog + Show source name for non-local collections in the Organize dialog + Don't fade out overlay controls when hovering over them in preview + Use ngettext() for plural strings where appropriate + Don't allow circular references in collections + Fix search by uppercase letters + Scroll down on space bar press in preview * Wed Feb 22 2012 email@example.com - Update to version 0.3.90: + Ship a ShellSearchProvider DBus service + Fix interaction with the "Load more" button + Fix alignment of tags in GdTaggedEntry + Fix selection mode toolbar not showing under some cicrumstances + Support building against Tracker 0.14 - Remove xz BuildRequires now that it comes for free in the build system. - Drop gnome-documents-tracker-0.14.patch: fixed upstream. - Remove gnome-common BuildRequires and call to gnome-autogen.sh, that were only needed for above patch. - Add gnome-shell BuildRequires, for ownership of the %{_datadir}/gnome-shell/search-providers directory. - Create a gnome-shell-search-provider-documents subpackage, for the new GNOME Shell search provider D-Bus service. * Sun Feb 12 2012 firstname.lastname@example.com - Add unoconv Recommends: it enables gnome-documents to view a wider range of document. * Thu Jan 19 2012 email@example.com - Add support for tracker 0.13/0.14: + Add gnome-documents-tracker-0.14.patch. + Add gnome-common BuildRequires and call to gnome-autogen.sh, needed for above patch. + Change pkgconfig(tracker-sparql-0.12) BuildRequires to pkgconfig(tracker-sparql-0.14). * Tue Jan 17 2012 firstname.lastname@example.com - Update to version 0.3.4: + Add a shell-style application menu. * Tue Dec 20 2011 firstname.lastname@example.com - Update to version 0.3.3: + Add a tagged entry implementation for search filtering + Port to GtkApplication + Split search into words + Open previews from command line + Hide titlebar when maximized + Enter selection mode with Ctrl+Click + Rewrite main view and toolbar with generic C classes + Don't install libgdprivate in $libdir - Add xz BuildRequires because we can't build a package for a xz-compressed tarball without explicitly specifying that... See bnc#697467 for more details. - Drop pkgconfig(tracker-miner-0.12) BuildRequires: it got removed in 0.3.2. - Remove /sbin/ldconfig from %post/%postun: no shared library is installed anymore. * Mon Nov 21 2011 email@example.com - Update to version 0.3.2: + Initial support for Google Docs collections + Initial support for user-defined collections + Major UI revamp: - removed the sidebar - moved the search entry beneath the top bar in a hiding container - use single-click activation mode in the overview - first implementation of a "Selection" mode - animate state changes + Improve query and loading speed + Field selection support for search filtering (author, title) + Fix loading of cached documents + Many, many minor improvements and fixes - Drop gnome-documents-deprecated-mutex.patch: fixed upstream. * Wed Nov 16 2011 firstname.lastname@example.com - Add gnome-documents-deprecated-mutex.patch: Fix build with new glib and its changed GThread API. Patch taken from upstram git, commit id df80c63. * Mon Oct 17 2011 firstname.lastname@example.com - Update to version 0.2.1: + Quote the file path before passing it out to unoconv. + Remember window state and size across app restarts. + Fix some UI flickering and useless refreshs. * Mon Sep 26 2011 firstname.lastname@example.com - Update to version 0.2.0: + Limit a printf scope to avoid conflicts with URI-escaped strings in some locales + Updated translations. * Thu Sep 22 2011 firstname.lastname@example.com - Update to version 0.1.92: + Listen to changes in the system GOA accounts configuration + Support multiple GOA accounts + Style symbolic emblems like in the mockups + Remove deleted Google Docs from the DB when mining + Update on the fly for changes in the tracker DB + Add a compact context menu in preview mode + Look for results in ~/Downloads as well + Require Tracker 0.12.1 * Thu Sep 08 2011 email@example.com - Update to version 0.1.91: + Hide/show documents on the fly for disabled GOA sources + Add a fullscreen preview mode + Extend search to look into document authors + Add a hi-res application icon + Use symbolic emblems + Display more file details in list view + Use a nicer thumbnail frame from Nautilus for document thumbnails + Sanitize and remove extensions from filenames + Add keybindings for quit/fullscreen/search + Fix parallel builds + Add translator comments + Fix license files and headers - Add pkgconfig(clutter-gtk-1.0) BuildRequires: new dependency. * Tue Aug 30 2011 firstname.lastname@example.com - Initial package (version 0.1.90).
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FYE 1041: Environmental Restoration: Brownfield to Greenfield
Books in the Main Stacks
Keywords for your topic: Industrialization, technology, chemical byproducts, industrial processes, contamination, Superfund, cleanup, remediation, remedial design, environmental, engineering, and USEPA
Berg, D.R. (1998). Meeting the challenge: U.S. industry faces the 21st century : the U.S. environmental industry / David R. Berg and Grant Ferrier. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Office of Technology Policy.
Committee on Environmental Remediation at Naval Facilities, Water Science and Technology Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council. (1999). Environmental cleanup at Navy facilities [electronic resource] : risk-based methods. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
Hird, J.A. (1994) Superfund : the political economy of environmental risk. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Hamilton, J., & Vixcusi, W.K. (1999). Calculating risks? [electronic resource] : the spatial and political dimensions of hazardous waste policy. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
Office of Technology Assessment, Congress of the U.S. (1995). Cleaning up contaminated wood-treating sites. Washington, DC: USGPO.
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Technology Administration, National Technical Information Service. (1995). Mixed waste characterization, treatment, and disposal focus area. Springfield, VA : NTIS.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office Research and Development, Office of Regional Operations and State/Local Relations. (1994). Environmental planning for small communities : a guide for local decision-makers. Washington, DC: USEPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (1990). Superfund research plan, 1989–1990. Washington, DC : Superfund Research Subcommitte, Hazardous Waste/Superfund Research Committee, Office of Research and Development.
Citing Your Resources
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- NoodleBib
NoodleBib is an online resource that will help you format MLA and APA bibliographies, exporting them directly to your word processing program.
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Marburg Associates, & Parkin, W.P. (1991). Site auditing : environmental assessment of property. Vancouver: STP Specialty Technical Publishers.
Oakdale Reference TD1052.S58
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Emergency and Remedial Response. (1990). Catalog of Superfund program information products. Washington, DC:Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Fort Pierre and Beyond!Sunday, May 28th, 2006
Weather: Beautiful… until the ride home.
The Casey Tibbs Monument, at the entrance to Fort Pierre.
There was quite a dichotomy between the way Pierre, South Dakota was described to me, and what I actually found when Frogwing and I rolled into town. The gulf between myth and reality was as wide as the Missouri River at Lake Oahe. You can blame that on modern times, and the ubiquity of giant, multi-national corporations, I suppose. Super Walmart is here, along with the usual assortment of fast-food emporiums. The invasion continues…
While I was expecting a dusty cowtown straight out of the Wild West, what I experienced instead was a sort of Anytown, USA, with a hint of USDA-approved Western-Style flavoring. Even personal emails from friends of mine who hail from South Dakota warned me of being shot at for trespassing, and made the place seem like it was just one step evolved from Dodge City, during that town's bloody heyday.
Here is a sample of what I was reading before the trip, and one of the main reasons for the big letdown when I discovered the reality:
If your personal motto is, "Leave your neighbor alone. The poor bastard has enough trouble already.†so much the better. If not, keep driving. You'll save wear and tear on yourself and the entire populace of South Dakota. But if getting full of whiskey and driving your car down main street while shooting at street lights is something you've always secretly wanted to try, keep reading. You may have found paradise on earth right here in good old South Dakota.
…wait for someone to offer a political criticism of our government in action and join in with the alcoholic approval, especially if said approval involves the "God-Damn bleedin' heart gun grabbin' commie liberals, ruinin' the whole country.†On no account should you try to stick up for the liberals. If you bought a new gun from Cody, now would be a good time for show and tell. Make sure it's not loaded.
This is from an excellent piece by a fellow named Jack Diamond. I'm going to watch for more of his travel reviews, because they fit right in with my ideas about myth and legend being so much more entertaining than straight reporting. But I'm not going to use him as a reference to guide my travels anymore. He paints word pictures that are impossible to live up to, in our modern reality.
That should explain why Frogwing and I spent very little time in the city, and why we rode so many miles on the wide open prairie to the west of Fort Pierre.
Another good reason to stay out of town, was the excellent Pierre ORV, or Off-Road Vehicle park.
Frogwing and I had some real, dirty fun here!
This is a playground the likes of which Frogwing and I have never experienced. After I took this photo, I packed up the camera, lifted all my luggage off of Frogwing's back, and stashed it near some prominent bushes, where I could be sure to find it again. The great thing about these open prairies is that you can see people coming for miles. I wasn't concerned about losing my luggage to local bandits.
Fully unburdened, we spent the next two hours bounding over the hills under an enormous blue sky. Some places were built up with moto-cross features. We rolled slowly over the "whoops", but attacked the table-top jump with gusto. I don't know if it was the road-biased suspension settings or my own rusty riding technique, but we bottomed the front forks landing that one.
I can tell you this: If there was any cubicle-generated tension remaining in my mind, body, or soul after the past three days on the road, I left it all out there on the dirt trails of the Pierre ORV park. Dirty and sweaty, we returned for our luggage, and headed back to the room to clean up for dinner.
Mike and Jodi Schwinler run a tight ship at the Fort Pierre Motel. Newly renovated, the room was clean, the A/C worked, and the bed was comfy. This was much better than I usually expect at the prices I am willing to pay on the road.
Jodi was at the desk when I checked in, and we had a nice chat about the local attractions. She gave me a local town map, and confirmed my choice for dinner at the Cattleman's Club to be one of the best in the area. We had several such chats over the course of my stay, whenever I couldn't think of where to go next.
Myril Arch's Cattleman's Club Steakhouse is famous nationwide for it's simple policy of preparing three or four cuts of beef to absolute perfection. The place looks like a large, modern ranch house with big picture windows overlooking Lake Sharpe.
Hunting prints adorn the walls, and sawdust covers the floor. Guests sit at unpretentious formica tables on institutional steel-framed chairs, with black vinyl cushions. Your steak or prime rib comes with the usual sides of salad, potato, and ranch toast. Nothing fancy here. At the Cattleman's Club, it's all about the beef.
Cindy Arch-Blair runs the Cattleman's Club, when she's not riding her custom Harley Davidson.
I had the 16-oz. top sirloin, rare, and with the blend of spices they rub on, I didn't even need the A1 steak sauce I habitually use. I can't remember the last time that happened. The Cattleman's Club Steakhouse goes straight to number one on Rush Hour Rambling's new Ride-to-Eat list.
Before we left on this epic journey, I wrote a piece in here called "(Portions Unpaved)". In that, I talked about finding those little towns and settlements at the end of the dotted lines which represent dirt roads on a map. The one such place that I fixated on while planning this trip was called Mission Ridge.
Some thirty miles northwest of Fort Pierre, Mission Ridge lies past the end of route 1806, on a long, dirt road that shares the same name. It does NOT, however, lie at the T-intersection of Minneconjou Road and Mission Ridge Road.
I might indeed be an idiot. This is not Mission Ridge.
I only found this out after I got home and started writing this piece. In the photo above, you see a confused traveller, thinking he is at the location called Mission Ridge, ready to rename it "Missing Ridge", because there is nothing there but a T-intersection on a dirt road.
This happened because, instead of following the DeLorme's Atlas and Gazetteer you can plainly see rolled up on Frogwing's seat, I followed the directions given to me at a gas station by one Wylie Redwing, a local fisherman.
I met Wylie while filling up at the Shell station in Fort Pierre. Though a native of this town, he has travelled around quite a bit, and even spent some time in Lake Minnetonka, very near my workplace in Plymouth, Minnesota. We had a pleasant chat, and he told me to follow Minneconjou Road to the end. Mission Ridge was right out there somewhere. At least, that's what I think he said… So I followed his directions, and ended up in the middle of nowhere, about three miles northwest of my intended destination. Then I turned around and went back the way I came.
Maps are wonderful devices, when you actually USE them! This is one reason why I'm not an Ironbutt rider.
Frogwing and I returned, slightly dejected, to Fort Pierre. I pulled out Jack Diamond's article, and located a couple of places he mentioned on the town map that Jodi had given me. The Possum Lodge sounded intriguing, so I set off in search of that.
Unpretentious in the extreme, The Possum Lodge "Adult Daycare Center" is housed in a corrugated, galvanized-steel shack which used to be a welding shop or something. It is in that part of town which still supports small businesses, and far away from the mainstreet tourist venues. The people I met in there were a wealth of local lore, and I wish I had brought my notebook inside with me. As it happened, I enjoyed an hour or so of their conversation, before heading out on their recommendation to Jake's Goodtime Place for a meal of hot buffalo wings.
Mark Larsen is the chef at Jake's, and the wings are his specialty. He offers them in a range of pain from simply hot to Super Nuclear. As a travelling moto-journalist, there are just some risks I have to take, in order to bring you the whole story about the places I visit. Sampling the "Super Nuke" wings at Jake's is one of those risks.
Habenero peppers are dangerous. I believe they have been weaponized in aerosol form to disperse rioters, for particularly sadistic police agencies. Although I was able to eat several of the Super Nuke wings without hurling them back out, I could feel them lying there in my stomach, emitting their own kind of lethal radiation. After failing to douse the flames with a cold beer, I knew it wouldn't be long before the meltdown ensued, and I would have to spend substantial time, er, decontaminating in the bathroom. Time to head back to the motel, then, at maximum speed.
Saturday night was spent mostly in my room, for obvious reasons. I did venture out to the Hopscotch club, because it was only a couple of blocks from the motel. This place had been highly recommended by nearly everyone I talked to, with a nudge and a wink and a particularly knowing kind of smirk. As a married man, I do not frequent such places, where young women remove their clothing for fun and profit. Back in my Marine Corps days, however, I became something of a connoisseur in this field. I felt that I owed it to you, my faithful readers, to investigate.
Well, just like the city of Pierre, which has been transformed by the arrival of multi-national commerce, the Hopscotch club has been "cleansed" of the activities that gave it such a bawdy reputation. Ten minutes in that joint, and I was convinced that it was just another urban blue-collar "Gentlemen's Club". Nothing remarkable, nothing dangerous, and certainly nothing very titillating for one so jaded as myself.
The ride home on Sunday was almost non-stop. My digestive tract had mostly recovered from the Super Nuke wings, but I didn't quite trust it to function normally all the way home. Only one gas stop was required, but we made a couple of extra "safety stops" along the way.
One of those was in Nicollette, Minnesota, at a place whose name escapes me right now. But it was there where I met members of the Flying Dutchmen Motorcycle Club. These guys have their own off-road and flat-track facilities, on private land in southern Minnesota. I'm definitely going to be talking to them again. But that is a story for another time.
Frogwing and I have been home for a week now. It's been a long week of sitting in my cubicle, typing up reports, going to meetings, and generally getting caught up on all the misery I dodged while riding around in the wide open spaces. Existential Gravity always sucks me back to this place, where I suffer for my daily bread. But for awhile there, under that big blue sky, I achieved escape velocity, and savored the illusion of Freedom. It was a beautiful thing, while it lasted.


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Brevard, N.C. - Bailey Varley found the back of the net twice and Althea Dunn and Megan Jenkins recorded the first goals of their collegiate career as the Tornados topped visiting Bluefield College on Saturday afternoon, 4-0.
Brittany Webster and Jordan Box combined for the shutout for the Tornados (1-3) as each goalkeeper recorded a save in the contest. Tracy Muncy recorded 15 saves in 80 minutes of play for the Rams (0-5), while Chelsea Hardy added five saves as Bluefield fell for the fifth time in the 2011 season.
The Tornados attacked the net early and often as Brevard recorded 32 shot attempts in the game and 24 shots on target, with Varley putting BC on the board in the seventh minute of play as she collected the through ball from Elena Crowe, leaving her one-on-one with the goalkeeper. Varley touched the ball past the keeper and into the net, recording her first goal of the 2011 season and putting Brevard up 1-0.
The senior forward struck again in the 22nd minute as she intercepted a goal kick and immediately sent it to the far post, catching the Bluefield keeper of guard and settling into the net to put the Tornados up 2-0 in the first half.
Dunn followed three minutes later, going up in the box on the corner kick from Jamie Bundy and slammed the header into the net past the keeper to give BC a commanding 3-0 lead.
Jenkins added the final score in the 59th minute of the match as Carolyn Anderson laid the ball off to the freshman from Reidsville, N.C. and she lasered a rocket into the net from 25 yards out to conclude the scoring.
Courtney Patterson and Courtney Bell each recorded shots on goal for Bluefield in the contest as the Rams attempted to comeback, but Webster and Box corralled both attempts to preserve the shutout and Brevard's first win of the 2011 season.
The Tornados head on the road next week as they travel to Montreat, N.C. to take on Montreat College in non-conference action. Kickoff between Brevard and Montreat is set for 4 p.m.


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Risks of Having Ovarian Cyst During Pregnancy
My cousin is four weeks pregnant now; lately she felt pain on her lower abdomen, for that she went to her gynecologist for a check-up. All of us were appalled when her gynecologist told her that the pain she was experiencing is due to an ovarian cyst. Considering that she was pregnant all of us were alarmed. However, her doctor reassured her that it is not a thing to worry. The cyst can be removed on the fourth month of her pregnancy if it will not bother her that much. Now all of us are asking if this ovarian cyst will affect the baby? Apart from that we would also like to know what are the possible risks of having ovarian cyst during pregnancy? If there is somebody who experienced this situation during pregnancy, can you share it with us? We would surely appreciate it.
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I've had two ovarian cysts in early pregnancy. From what my caregiver told me they are relatively common and typically go away on their own before the birth.That is exactly what happened in my case both times.


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(NEWSER) – Pirates have kidnapped two Americans after attacking an oil supply ship off the Nigerian coast, according to a US defense official. The 222-foot C-Retriever was attacked yesterday morning; a captain and engineer were taken, and the AP reports it is believed they were brought ashore. The incident occurred in the international waters of the Gulf of Guinea, a location that Reuters reports has seen pirate attacks increase by a third this year.


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In 1911, when he was almost 50, with a raft of tradition-breaking compositions to his credit and with many more yet to come, Debussy wrote these critical words in a letter to composer Edgard Varèse, words that reveal how much he understood about the nature of his creativity: "I love pictures almost as much as music." This quasi-confession, linking his aural art to the graphic one, calls to mind a similar connection between music and a different creative discipline made by Robert Schumann. In the mid-19th century, Schumann, like Debussy a critic and journalist, expressed it this way: "The painter can learn from a symphony by Beethoven, just as the musician can learn from a work by [the great German writer] Goethe."
The point here is that Debussy must have felt that a picture, at least an important one, expressed that which lay beyond the obvious and communicated to the observer that which is intangible and "inexpressible." The French composer sought to paint pictures with tones, to create visions as yet unrecorded in music, and to the extent that his music evolved in a manner consonant with such a painter as Monet, it was inevitable that he become associated with the painterly movement called Impressionism. But Debussy rejected that term just as he recoiled at being dubbed a Symbolist. In reality it was not so much that he disdained the terms Impressionism and Symbolism as it was his intense desire not to be categorized.
What is far more important than his classification is his music itself. And whether or not one searches beneath the sensory impressions of, say, Reflections in the Water (the first of the Images) to find an underlying meaning to Debussy's sonorous painting of the scene, beauty of sound and impressiveness of the pianistic means employed almost certainly are value enough to the listening experience.
If Debussy didn't want to be a painter, one could hardly tell that, considering the subject matter of so many of his works: reflections in the water, gardens in the rain, the ocean, dancing snow, cavorting goldfish, and on and on. In 1905 he began three sets of compositions depicting or conveying a variety of pictures – images, Images, one set of three pieces for orchestra and two sets with three pieces each for piano.
Water was one of the favorite subjects of Impressionist painters, and so it became for Debussy. It can certainly be argued that Reflets dans l'eau (Reflections in the Water) is more than an aural picture of physical water, although it is surely that. In the very quiet opening there is a sense of mystery that is evoked, akin to the familiar sight of a pebble thrown into a pond, with the ever-widening circles that result hypnotizing one into thoughts of the secrets of infinity. Indeed, the pianist Marguerite Long, a contemporary of Debussy, said that the composer referred to the opening motif as "a little circle in water with a little pebble falling into it." A perfect fifth sounding in the bass sets the water in motion by way of series of rising and falling chords in the treble set against a three-note motif, also in the treble but played by the left hand. Streams of arpeggios emerge until the opening returns, this time with the solid chords broken into arpeggios. The "circle in the water" increases in scope, reaching a big Lisztian climax that is, however, quickly exhausted and followed by a pensive, introverted ending. The mystery is unsolved.
Because Debussy had a deep admiration for French culture of the 18th century, it's understandable that his attention would fall upon one of the greatest of the country's composers of that period, Jean Philippe Rameau. Indicating that the Hommage à Rameau is "in the style of a Sarabande," a slow, stately 18th-century dance form, Debussy proceeds to use all the resources of the piano to invest the music with a sense of antiquity at the opening, and eventually of bold, broad Romanticism. It is the longest and most highly developed of the Images.
Both sets of Images require the services of a virtuoso if the pieces are to be fully realized. Mouvement, however, is pure virtuosity, beginning with the ostinato (repeated) triplet figures and proceeding through a nonstop etude-like development that Debussy said "must revolve itself in an implacable rhythm. The difficulties are not exclusively digital but concern also the lower extremity of the leg – the foot, that is, which must operate the pedal with ultimate subtlety, so that Debussy's instruction for "whimsical but precise lightness" be achieved.


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ello, my name is Liz and I am the mother of a 9 year old son with Autism. I would like to share my story in the hope that it will help others who are suffering as we have. I am so very grateful that someone shared their story with me and led us on the road to recovery.
We have struggled for many years with many different therapies and medications with really no benefits for our son. To say I was discouraged was an understatement. In July of last year my youngest son was born and to make a very long story short had severe blood and oxygen loss during birth and was brain damaged. I was desperate for help. Little did I know that in searching for help for my youngest, I would find help for my 2 children.
In September 2007 I was told about a neurologist in Florida who was using vasodilation therapy to treat brain injuries (as well as stroke, autism, cerebral palsy, learning disorders, migraine etc.) with astounding success. I was very skeptical but willing to try anything. I couldn't believe I hadn't heard of something that was apparently giving such good results.
I did my research…read some not so good things about the good doc…but that's to be expected when someone is going against the norm…..successfully. He's been doing this for 20 years successfully. I spoke with other patients, I read the results of the investigation Medicare did on him (which deemed his therapy a Medically Necessary therapy), saw the news stories and patient testimonials on his site…..and went with my gut. I'm so grateful I did.
We started our son (actually both) on the treatment in September of 2007. What we have seen unfold over the past 9 months has surpassed my expectation. His irritability, raging and obsessive behavior is almost completely gone. His coordination and muscle tone have improved and we see tremendous gains in his cognitive abilities. His teachers have also seen the change in him and have asked for the docs information to give to other parents. It is a slow process and the changes have been gradual but we are leaps and bounds ahead of where we were 9 months ago. During our meeting with Special Services at our school it was recommended that a classroom aid replace the personal aid as he no longer needs it.
When I hear of something that is too good to be true….in past experience it usually is, however this therapy for us has been the real deal. I have spoken with other people who have also had fantastic success. A boy with Autism who could not speak and 5 years later is enrolled in college…. there are many others. And the best part is it really is very easy….just administering low doses of meds (which are safer than the others he's been on).
The basis of the therapy is that blood vessels in certain individuals are constricted and consequently there is inadequate blood and oxygen to certain parts of the brain. (which also explains why hyperbaric therapy has been beneficial for many of these patients)
Vasodilators open these vessels and establish proper blood flow within the brain. The cause of damaged, constricted blood vessels are many including, birth trauma, genetics, vaccination, oxygen deprivation, stroke etc.
Oh – and my youngest son. He's 11 months old – was walking at 9.5 and his pediatrician has called him a medical miracle. This is a kid who's apgar scores were 0 0 0 2….skull plates collapsing from lack of brain growth….seizures …you name it. He was just graduated from physical therapy because they no longer feel it is necessary.
Sorry for the long post. I don't want to post the docs info as I don't want this to seem like a marketing ploy. I'm just a mom who is glad someone shared their story with me.
If you want to contact me privately, please do so and I can share with you more info.
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Matthew Williamson is never one to shy away from bold prints and colors, and his Spring 2013 collection was no different. The designer sent down a bevy of eye-catching pieces that exuded a vibrant and exotic vibe: printed cropped pants, sheer blouses, colorful shorts, boxy jackets, and embellished minidresses. Silhouettes ranged from fitted and feminine to loose and boyish. Williamson ended the collection strong by showing off glamorous and ethereal gowns in bold hues, prints, and details.


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Aubrey O'Day and D. Woods are beefing over Danity Kane
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During their heyday, Danity Kane were better known for their reality TV drama and tabloid antics than they were for their music, so it's no surprise to see the girls are already beefing despite only being back together for a couple of months.
The drama seemed to start from a quote D. Woods made to TMZ, saying that she would've loved to perform with her former bandmates for their recent comeback gig at L.A.'s House of Blues, but wasn't invited. She also claimed that she didn't even know about the group's reunion until she read about it on TMZ back in May — something that goes against amicable statements released by both herself and Danity Kane back in August.
Anyway, Aubrey O'Day caught wind of D. Woods' claims, and retaliated with a shady Instagram photo of the current DK lineup performing, accompanied by the caption: "Do you spend your time takin interviews.. or do you work?"
D. Woods then clapped back, retweeting Aubrey and following up with this threat: "That was cute @aubreyoday my attorney will be coming for my cut off that WORK #stillusingmyvocals."
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By Bill Sheets Herald Writer
Elected representatives from Marysville, Edmonds and the Tulalip Tribes are among 15 officials from around the state who have joined forces against a plan that would bring more trains rolling through their communities carrying coal.
Members of the Leadership Alliance Against Coal on Monday announced the formation of their group. They pledged to fight a plan to build a $650 million export terminal near Bellingham, the Gateway Pacific project.
The terminal would provide a place from which to export a variety of goods, including coal, to Asia.
If approved, the terminal would bring coal from Montana and Wyoming on trains through Washington state, Seattle and Snohomish County to Bellingham. The terminal could generate 18 more train trips per day, nine full and nine empty, through the county.
The company proposing the terminal, SSA Marine of Seattle, says the project would create 4,400 temporary jobs during construction and 1,200 permanent positions.
Opponents cite potential traffic jams and coal dust from more trains, along with environmental concerns such as climate change.
Snohomish County members of the group are Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring; Tulalip tribal board chairman Mel Sheldon, Jr.; Edmonds Mayor Dave Earling and Edmonds City Councilman Strom Peterson.
Marysville has 16 railroad crossings on public streets where traffic could be affected.
"This increased rail traffic will have a significant impact on our local community by among other things increasing traffic congestion, creating a higher risk of accidents, decreasing our ability to provide effective emergency response times, impacting local commerce, and interfering with local truck freight delivery systems also affecting the local economy," Nehring said in a prepared statement.
"Tulalip supports job creation," Sheldon said. "We are one of the largest employers in Snohomish County and contribute to economic solvency in the Northwest. However, we do not support an industry such as this one that we believe will damage our natural and cultural resources or diminish existing jobs in our region."
Other members of the group include Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, King County Councilman Larry Phillips and Spokane City Councilman Ben Stuckart.
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Join us for the first Love You Revolution Global Love-In event in Los Angeles in partnership with Global Love-Ins and Free Hugs LA on February 10th, 2013 at the Third Street Promenade (corner of Arizona and 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA). Bring your friends, family and kids to share the Love! Come along for the atmosphere and fun whether you want to participate in the action or not or if you just want to come and soak up the love vibes!
We will be giving Free Hugs and affirming for people to Choose Love Now! ~ We are 1 of 1,000 Global Love-In Hosts in 30 countries that connect with the intention of Love! We will have Free Hugs and Choose Love signs for people to hold up and down the Third Street Promenade.... Just imagine how powerful that will be for people to witness as they are out buying gifts, having lunch or just taking a stroll!
The purpose of this event is to connect and create community in the name of LOVE! Loving who we are, just as we are, flaws and imperfections and all; loving others just as they are, with no judgements or prejudice; loving our planet that supports, feeds and shelters us. Bring your friends, family and kids to share the Love!
When we stand in Love, we can create anything! Come witness the shedding of fears, walls and judgements, and the building of connection and love with another human being, just because we choose to. The Third Street Promenade is known for having thousands of people walk it from all over the world, so what better place to connect to the world!
We will meet at 2pm to prepare and setup and love fest will start at 3pm. Please be on time and only rsvp if you are committed to coming. It will take a certain number of people to pull this off so we need to know exactly how many people will be showing up. If you are unsure, rsvp when you know for certain you can come.
We will be recording the event so a release form will have to be signed the day of the event. If you do not want to be on camera or have your picture taken, you can be a volunteer behind the table (few slots are available so email me ).
It is going to be wild! Hope to see you there!
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Hitting the distance
Some people spend most of their lives trying to throw a Javelin further. You don't hear, "Well let's see some accuracy now", or "I can't throw javelins but I catch woolly mammoths". And yeah ok, I admit it, I'm a flyfishing fishcatcher first and foremost. Always will be. And yes of course learning to cast further will make you a better caster, which in turn will catch you more fish and make you better in bed, because if the fish doesn't see your fly you're not even in the game. We all know that.
Distance casting is actually really very easy. I'll admit it didn't use to be. Five years ago I had no idea what it was I needed to do. But now that I've worked it out, it's suddenly become very much easier. So what is it? What is the "secret to distance casting"? It's really very simple: you have to work out the right amount of line you need to carry – with an XXD5 that's around 86ft, with a 90ft DT5 it's 90ft (unless you want finger burn) – and then get it moving as straight and as fast as you possibly can.
Now that may seem very simple – and it is – but for some reason there are many people out there who think a shorter slower stroke is going to cast further than a longer faster stroke. To them I say, "how?"


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Should young people wait until they can comfortably afford to buy a home, or should they try to get into the market while rates are so low?
Segment One: The first time buyer's conundrum – rent or take on massive mortgage debt
-what do you make of the idea that if young people don't get into the housing market today, they'll never be able to afford to do it?
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Palmetto Concert Band presents Memorial Day Tribute
The Palmetto Concert Band will hold its annual Memorial Day Concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 31, in the Koger Center for the Arts.
Admission is free and open to the public.
The concert will be conducted by James K. Copenhaver, Director of Bands and USC Professor of Music, and William J. Moody, USC Distinguished Professor of Music Emeritus.
Selections to be played include:
"Lincoln Portrait" by Aaron Copland
"The Sound of Music" by Richard Rogers
"Armed Forces Salute" arranged by Bob Lowden
"The Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa
Now in its 12th season, the Palmetto Concert Band performs each year at the University of South Carolina Concert Band Clinic in February; the Memorial Day Concert honoring members and veterans of the U.S. armed forces; a "Concert in the Park" in June; and the annual concert on Sunday before Thanksgiving.
The Palmetto Concert Band was organized in January 1999 and comprises professional and semi-professional musicians from throughout the Carolinas and Georgia. Most of its members are alumni of the University of South Carolina School of Music, and more than half of its members are public school band directors.
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James K. Copenhaver, Co-Conductor of the Palmetto Concert Band, is Director of Bands and a Professor of Music at the University of South Carolina. He has served on the USC School of Music faculty since 1976. His university concert bands have performed at conventions of the National MENC, the CBDNA Southern Division, and The American Bandmasters Association.
William J. Moody, Co-Conductor of the Palmetto Concert Band, is a Distinguished Professor of Music Emeritus at the University of South Carolina. He was Director of the School of Music at the University of South Carolina from 1973-1990. He has previously served as a public school music teacher, Director of Bands at the University of Southern Mississippi, and Director of Bands and Vice Chairman of the Department of Music at the University of Texas-Austin.


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LONG BEACH - Does money grow on trees? Some Long Beach council members want to find out.
A proposal to be introduced Tuesday to the City Council asks to determine the feasibility of selling carbon credits potentially produced by Long Beach's 393,000-tree urban forest to help defray the multimillion dollar annual cost of tree trimming.
The possible source of revenue - at a time when Long Beach leaders are faced with balancing another deficit in 2013 - would come from businesses such as utility companies and industrial plants buying carbon credits to offset their yearly obligations under AB 32, California's 2006 global warming law.
The bill requires reductions of greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.
Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske, the measure's sponsor, said she discovered markets set up to exchange the carbon credits while she was researching corporate sponsorship opportunities for the city.
"I just find that it's an interesting way to raise money for tree maintenance and do nothing except take credit for the fact that we have cultivated this wonderful urban forest," Schipske said.
The estimated annual cost of maintaining just the 93,000 trees located on public property in medians and parking strips is $2.5 million.
Long Beach has a projected $17.2 million deficit for the next fiscal year.
Officials are planning a $227,703 cut to the tree trimming budget by completing a competitive bidding process.
California has started to limit the carbon emissions of about 350 businesses and will enforce caps beginning next year.
Those affected can buy a carbon allowance - each represents a permit to emit one metric ton of carbon dioxide - to offset as much as much as 8percent of their annual compliance requirement.
AB 32 is supposed to remove 273 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from the air by 2020.
California carbon allowances were trading at $19 a ton last week, according to Point Carbon, which tracks global power, gas and carbon markets.
To enter the carbon-trading market, Long Beach would have to validate its tree inventory and meet other state criteria, according to Schipske.
Schipske's resolution is co-sponsored by Councilmen Robert Garcia and James Johnson.
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text: Discourse magazine is published monthly in Britain. In the April, 2001, issue Harun Yahya"s article "Darwin"s Theory of Evolution: Contradiction with Religion" was run as the cover story. This article discusses the misconception of evolution, and how it contradicts religion. People who believe in God are warned against the dangerous implications of this theory. Harun Yahya"s article published in the May, 2002, issue, was titled "The Only Solution to Moral Degeneration:The Values of the Qur"an." Articles by the author are regularly published in this magazine.


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By Nick Patterson Herald Writer
EVERETT — Everett kept its perfect start to the season alive by beating Tri-City 5-4 in its home opener. The Sox have begun with four straight victories, and they have yet to trail this season.
The score was tied 4-4 going into the bottom of the seventh inning when the Sox used a walk by Alfredo Morales and a single by Martin Peguero to put runners at the corners with nobody out. Reggie Lawson followed by bouncing into a double play, but the go-ahead run scored on the play.
Tri-City threatened in the top of the ninth, putting runners on second and third with one out. However, Richard Vargas relieved and got the final two batters to ground out without the runners advancing, saving the game for the Sox.
Jack Reinheimer and Jamodrick McGruder each had two hits for Everett, including two-out two-run singles that snapped ties.
Ben Waldrip and Michael Benjamin both had two hits for Tri-City (2-2).
New faces
D.J. Peterson wasn't the only new face with the Sox on Monday.
Everett had three high draft picks with the team Monday who were not with the team before it departed Friday for its season-opening series in Spokane. In addition to first rounder Peterson, the other newcomers were pitcher Ryan Horstman and shortstop Jack Reinheimer.
Horstman was Seattle's fourth rounder out of St. John's University. The 20-year-old left-hander from South Hadley, Mass., went 6-6 with a 2.33 ERA in 16 games (nine starts) this spring as a redshirt freshman.
Reinheimer was a fifth-round pick from East Carolina University. The 20-year-old resident of Charlotte, N.C., batted .271 with two home runs and 21 RBI in 56 games this spring as a junior. He made his Sox debut after joining the team in Spokane.
Fast start
The Sox couldn't have started the 2013 season any better.
Everett opened with a three-game sweep of the Spokane Indians to head straight to the front of the pack in the Northwest League's North Division.
Although all three games were close — the first two were won 6-4, the third 4-3 — the Sox never trailed in the series. The sweep put the Sox into an early first-place position in the division.
"We scored early," Everett manager Rob Mummau said of the key to the sweep. "We were up 5-0 in the first two games after four innings and that always helps. It let our pitchers get comfortable. It's always easier to pitch with a lead than from behind."


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New York City loves, loves, loves plays about gay Mormons. Or at least Mormons and their gay friends.
Playwright and actor Steven Fales took his one-man show "Confessions of a Mormon Boy," chronicling his journey from closeted LDS missionary to New York City call-boy, to the 2004 New York International Fringe Festival.
Three years later, Plan-B Theatre Company took Carol Lynn Pearson's drama "Facing East," about Mormon parents grieving the suicide of their gay son, to an off-Broadway stage.
Now Matthew Greene, a California native and 2010 graduate of Brigham Young University, will take his play "Adam & Steve and the Empty Sea" to this year's New York International Fringe Festival.
It marks the third time the Big Apple has bitten at gay Mormon themes in Utah-produced drama. For Greene, it will also be the second time one of his dramatic works will play the esteemed drama festival in which thousands of entrants compete for little more than 200 performance slots.
Greene's first play to make it into the festival, "#MormonInChief," premiered at last year's festival, treating audiences to the social-media aftermath of a young man's racist and homophobic Tweets during a church meeting.
"It was a great experience," Greene said. "I'm hoping this year will be even better. If anything else, I'm looking forward to spending more time with the production and finding a whole new audience."
His second dramatic foray into Mormon topics, "Adam & Steve and the Empty Sea," traces friendship between two young men from childhood to early adulthood as Adam prepares for his LDS mission and Steve comes out as a gay man. Logan Tarantino played Steve, with Topher Rasmussen playing Adam, in Plan-B's world-premiere production last February. They will reprise their roles in New York City, albeit with a tighter script and Plan-B producing director Jerry Rapier directing instead of Jason Bowcutt, who directed the original.
Rapier said his first reaction upon learning about the play's acceptance at the festival was to worry about money for the trip. So far, $8,000 of $10,000 needed has been raised.
Rasmussen and Tarantino are still university students, Rapier said, but are glad to graduate with a New York City production under their belts. Many theater and drama festivals work in the manner of a lottery, but the more prestigious New York International Fringe Festival selects its offerings by jury.
"The Fringe atmosphere is really crazy," Rapier said. "We've got 30 minutes to set up the show, then 30 minutes to get out and make room for another show. Our set will be two actors with two stools, and we'll do a lot with all four of them."
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The New York International Fringe Festival/Fringe NYC
When • Aug. 9-25.
Where • 520 Eighth Avenue, Ste. 311, New York, and 19 separate theater venues across the city.
Info • Visit www.fringenyc.org for more information.


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BC Falls in Straight Sets to Lenoir-RhyneOctober 23, 2012
Hickory, N.C. – The Brevard College volleyball team returned to South Atlantic Conference action Tuesday evening in Shuford Memorial Gymnasium, falling in straight sets to the Bears of Lenoir-Rhyne, 25-8, 25-18, 25-19.
Despite the final score of the first set, Brevard was right with Lenoir-Rhyne in the early going until the Bears closed the set on an 17-3 run.
Brevard picked it up in the second set, pulling within a point of the Bears at 17-16 on a Megan Clark kill. The Bears, however, responded by taking the next five points and later the set.
The Bears took control early in the final set, breaking a 5-5 tie on a Kayla Morrow kill and never looking back.
Lenior-Rhyne's Haley Rhyne led the way with a match-high 14 kills while Morgan Bunker added 11 kills and 13 digs. The win improved the Bears to 8-0 at home this season.
Meredith Lutz finished with 34 assists while Emily Culler added a team-high 15 digs for Lenoir-Rhyne, who also won its fifth consecutive match.
Megan Clark led the Tornados with six kills while Sydney Yeomans pitched in 17 digs on the evening. Kayla Hanus tallied 19 assists as well as the Tornados came off a pair of wins in the Brevard College Volleyball Tournament in Boshamer Gymnasium on Saturday.
BC returns to Boshamer Gymnasium to host Catawba College in a South Atlantic Conference match Friday, October 26th at 6:30 p.m. Lenoir-Rhyne, meanwhile travels to Wingate, N.C., to face first-place Bulldogs on Friday night at 7:00 p.m.


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Any idea on what sort of data usage is needed to get capped? I normally use about 4gb a month and I have yet to get any warnings....what is needed to be in the top 5%????
If AT&T throttles your account. You should be given the option to drop your data plan altogether. no point in even having internet at those speeds.
I have AT&T and i have unlimited data. Just last month I got stuck getting throttled for half the month. I barely hit 2GB of data usage before they started to slow down my speed. They don't do this for the regular data plans just the unlimited data users. They didn't want to admit it but I know they just want their unlimited data users to go to a regular 2GB plan. They know this offenders that are using unlimited data and go over 2GB mean extra cash flow for them so they can charge them for going over 2GB of data if they have a capped plan. Total BS by AT&T....I'm already thinking of not renewing with them and go give my money to verizon instead.
I just ran the test and got 4-5mb/ps download and 1mb/ps download on 3G running iOS5.0.1 ip4s
AT&T unlimited plan
AT&T throttled me at 2gb! They say it depends where you live and I'm in NYC. I can't even watch a YouTube video. If I wanted to watch 2 movies on net flix I would b over my 2gb. That's how easy it is to go over. There is no way 2gb is in the top 5% of users. I told AT&T that I wanted to cancel and that I did not sign up for this throttling s*** and the said I still had to pay the cancel fee
What AT&T told me is that more than 5% of high bandwidth users are being throttled once they surpass the mid-billing period average. I'd throw some assumptive numbers out there, but suffice it to say, the numbered of throttled unlimited data users far exceeds 5% and in my opinion, may be as high as 35% to 50% of all unlimited data users. Even those using much less than 4GB of bandwidth per billing period.
This is a complete assumption and IMHO (In My Humble Opinion).
Assuming any of this turns out to be true, I, for one, apologize for being a person who uses an undisclosed large amount of bandwidth.
Ok so for those of you asking when can you be throttled I will tell you. First AT&T will send you a text saying you are approaching the top 5% of AT&T users and that your data speeds may be reduced. Then if you kept up your usage you will get a text saying that you have been slowed down until your next billing cycle. An what I have found is they start to throttle around 10gb a month. I am usually right aroun that and have been throttled for the past 5 months in a row.


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Tornados Topped in Exhibition at RadfordNovember 16, 2013
RADFORD, Va.- The Brevard College men's basketball team fell 105-57 to the Radford University Highlanders in the Dedmon Center on Saturday afternoon.
Miles Leathers scored 18 points to pace Brevard offensively, going 6-for-10 from the field and 5-for-8 from the foul line. Dominique Pickett and Manzey Miller also finished in double figures, finishing with 13 and 10 points, respectively.
Radford was able to get out to an early advantage thanks in part to solid perimeter shooting. The Highlanders hit nine of their first 12 shots, including 4-of-5 from beyond the arc on their way to a 25-6 lead at the second media timeout.
Radford's Javonte Green scored 13 points in the first half to help the Highlanders took a 57-25 lead into the break. Green led all scorers with 22 points, going 9-for-11 from the field with seven rebounds.
Radford worked a height advantage inside, outscoring Brevard 56-22 in the paint and holding a 46-24 advantage on the glass.
The Torandos open South Atlantic Conference play on Wednesday night as they visit the Anderson University Trojans. Tipoff from the Abney Athletic Center is set for 8 p.m.


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One World Trade Center becomes tallest building in the Western Hemisphere
(New York, NY) -- Welders have just finished installing the spire atop One World Trade Center in lower Manhattan. The installation of the 408-foot spire officially makes it the tallest building in the western hemisphere. The tower located at the northwest corner of the World Trade Center site now stands a total of 1776 feet, in honor of the year America signed the Declaration of Independence.


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A "great debate"? Fox & Friends hosts trio of Republican AGs to bash health care bill
On Fox & Friends, Steve Doocy continued the Fox tradition of giving Republican guests softball interviews by hosting three Republican attorneys general who are filing lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the health care reform law. Doocy failed to note that legal experts have said that the health care reform bill is constitutional.
Doocy conducts another softball interview, this time with three anti-health care attorneys general
Doocy congratulates VA attorney general for winning "round one against the administration." On the August 3 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, Doocy hosted a panel of three attorneys general who are suing the federal government over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Doocy introduced Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli by saying, "Congratulations, you won round one against the administration." Doocy was referring to a recent decision [1] by a federal judge in Virginia not to dismiss Cuccinelli's lawsuit challenging the health care reform law.
Doocy sets up Michigan AG Cox's criticism of health care bill. Introducing Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, Doocy stated: "Tell me a little bit about your action and how you feel about the federal government telling people, individuals, look, you got to go out and you got to buy insurance. We know it's never been done before, but it's in the greater good." Cox recently joined a lawsuit [2] filed in Florida challenging the health care reform bill.
Doocy to Cox: "I know you feel that" legal challenge to AZ immigration bill is "a slap in the face" to Arizona. Later, discussing the federal government's legal challenge to Arizona's immigration bill, Doocy said to Cox: "Mike, I know you feel that what the -- what Judge Bolton did down in Arizona last week were -- put the injunction on portions of 1070 -- Senate bill 1070. That's a slap in the face of the sovereignty of the people of Arizona."
After hosting three attorneys general who all agreed with each other, Doocy called the panel a "great debate." At the end of the segment, in which all three attorneys general agreed on the constitutionality of health care reform and Arizona's immigration bill, Doocy ended the segment by calling the discussion a "great debate."
In unchallenging panel, Doocy ignores legal experts' views that health care reform is constitutional
Law professor Kerr, who advised Cornyn, declares commerce clause argument against reform "weak" and "filled with so many errors." In an October 2009 blog post, George Washington University law professor Orin Kerr, who served [3] as Sen. John Cornyn's (R-TX) special counsel for the Sonia Sotomayor confirmation proceedings, wrote:
Once in a while I come across an op-ed filled with so many errors, misstatements, and plainly weak claims that the mere number of those becomes far more interesting than the argument of the op-ed itself. A case in point is today's Wall Street Journal op-ed by Fox News Channel senior judicial analyst Andrew P. Napolitano [4], which argues that President Obama's health care proposals are unconstitutional because they exceed the commerce clause power. Here's an excerpt; how many errors, misstatements, and plainly weak claims can you count?
After quoting two paragraphs from Napolitano's piece, Kerr stated: "There are also errors by omission, like the curious decision to ignore Gonzales v. Raich [5], but I think it's only sporting to stick to claims actually made."
Constitutional expert Chemerinsky: Constitutionality of reform proposals supported by "unbroken line of precedents stretching back 70 years." In an October 23, 2009, Politico article [6] responding to Townhall columnist [7] Ken Klukowski, University of California, Irvine law professor and constitutional law expert Erwin Chemerinsky stated, "Under an unbroken line of precedents stretching back 70 years, Congress has the power to regulate activities that, taken cumulatively, have a substantial effect on interstate commerce." Chemerinsky further stated:
Those opposing health care reform are increasingly relying on an argument that has no legal merit: that the health care reform legislation would be unconstitutional. There is, of course, much to debate about how to best reform America's health care system. But there is no doubt that bills passed by House and Senate committees are constitutional.
Some who object to the health care proposals claim that they are beyond the scope of congressional powers. Specifically, they argue that Congress lacks the authority to compel people to purchase health insurance or pay a tax or a fine.
Congress clearly could do this under its power pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution to regulate commerce among the states. The Supreme Court has held that this includes authority to regulate activities that have a substantial effect on interstate commerce. In the area of economic activities, "substantial effect" can be found based on the cumulative impact of the activity across the country. For example, a few years ago, the Supreme Court held that Congress could use its commerce clause authority to prohibit individuals from cultivating and possessing small amounts of marijuana for personal medicinal use because marijuana is bought and sold in interstate commerce.
Yale Law professor Amar debunks arguments that reform is a "taking." According to Slate.com's Timothy Noah, Yale Law professor Akhil Reed Amar and Fordham Law School dean William Treanor debunked [8] conservatives' argument that the individual mandate could be considered a "taking" in violation of the Fifth Amendment:
[A]ccording to Akhil Reed Amar, who teaches constitutional law at Yale, the case law does not support [Peter] Urbanowicz and [Dennis] Smith [both formerly of the Department of Health and Human Services]. "A taking is paradigmatically singling out an individual," Amar explains. The individual mandate (despite its name) applies to everybody. Also, "takings are paradigmatically about real property. They're about things." The individual mandate requires citizens to fork over not their houses or their automobiles but their money. Finally, Amar points out, the individual mandate does not result in the state taking something without providing compensation. The health insurance that citizens must purchase is compensation. In exchange for paying a premium, the insurer pledges (at least in theory) to pay some or all doctor and hospital bills should the need arise for medical treatment. The individual mandate isn't a taking, Amar argues. It's a tax.
But how can it be a tax if the money is turned over not to the government but to a private insurance company? William Treanor, dean of Fordham Law School and an expert on takings, repeated much of Amar's analysis to me (like Amar, he thinks a takings-based argument would never get anywhere), but instead of a tax he compared the individual mandate to the federal law mandating a minimum wage. Congress passes a law that says employers need to pay a certain minimum amount not to the government but to any person they hire. "The beneficiaries of that are private actors," Treanor explained. But it's allowed under the commerce clause. "Minimum wage law is constitutional." So, too, then, is the individual mandate.
Yale Law professor Balkin debunks claim that reform violates state sovereignty. Responding to the arguments that health care reform violates the 10th Amendment -- which reserves all power not delegated to the federal government to the states or the people -- Yale law professor Jack Balkin has noted [9] that "the safeguards of federalism are political," not judicial, and that state governors do not have the power [10] to nullify federal laws or "violate federal laws or interfere with federal employees."
Doocy uncritically allows McCollum to mislead on DHS memo
Doocy allows McCollum to claim the administration is "trying to do immigration by the back door." At the end of the segment, McCollum claimed a recent Department of Homeland Security memo on "deferred action" in dealing with immigration reform is "scary for homeland security about immigration laws where they're trying to do immigration by the back door without going through Congress."
In fact, the memo McCollum is referring to recommends against deferred action. As Media Matters has noted [11], the Department of Homeland Security memo [12] that McCollum is referencing, deferred action, defined as "an exercise of prosecutorial discretion not to pursue removal from the U.S. of a particular individual for a specific period of time," is recommended against. The memo states:
While it is theoretically possible to grant deferred action to an unrestricted number of unlawfully present individuals, doing so would likely be controversial, not to mention expensive.
Rather than making deferred action widely available to hundreds of thousands and as a non-legislative version of "amnesty", [U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services] could tailor the use of this discretionary option for particular groups such as individuals who would be eligible for relief under the DREAM Act.
Gibbs: "This administration believes that the only way to deal with immigration is to do it comprehensively," not by using "discretionary authority." On the July 30 edition [11] of Fox News' Fox & Friends, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs responded to allegations that the administration is planning on using "discretionary authority" to bypass congress and advance amnesty by saying the "administration believes that the only way to deal with immigration is to do it comprehensively," and "with Democrats and Republicans working together." From Fox & Friends:
GIBBS: This administration believes that the only way to deal with immigration is to do it comprehensively. To do it through congress with Democrats and Republicans working together. We've done it before with members like John McCain. Members like Lindsey Graham, working with Democrats like Barack Obama when he was in the U.S. Senate. We can do that again. We can solve this problem once and for all. We can deal with securing our borders as the president has talked about moving 1,200 national guardsmen to secure the borders and I think we can deal with this comprehensively if we'll all just take a step back to deal with the problem.
Doocy's panel is the latest in Fox & Friends' history of treating Republicans to softball interviews
Doocy tells Brown that Democrats "are really trying to gang up on you," while Brown fundraises. Then-Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown (MA) appeared [13]on the program January 14. During the interview, Doocy told Brown he had "Democrats panicked up there," and asked him what he planned to do in the Senate, allowing Brown a lengthy and uninterrupted response. Doocy also asked him, "It really bugs you when people refer to that particular Senate seat as 'Ted Kennedy's Senate seat.' It's not Ted Kennedy's seat, is it?" Then, after noting several groups campaigning against Brown, Doocy said, "You can see, Scott, that the forces on the other side are really trying to gang up on you." In response, Brown plugged his campaign website for donations.
Doocy, Perino open Fiorina interview by asking, "How did you do it?" and, "How much are you looking forward to taking on Barbara Boxer?" Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina (CA) appeared on the program on June 9 [14]. Doocy and guest co-host Dana Perino began the interview by asking her "how did you do it [win the GOP nomination]," and "how much are you looking forward to taking on Barbara Boxer come this November?" They also asked her whether she was going to "pool her resources" with gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman (CA) because Democrats are "going to come at you with all the firepower that they've got," and whether she's "willing to spend a bunch more" on the campaign. At one point, co-host Brian Kilmeade asked her how she would "answer" accusations from Boxer about her time at Hewlett Packard.
Doocy asks Haley about the "crazy allegations" made during the campaign and tells her she is "lucky" to have a Palin endorsement. Republican gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley (SC) also appeared [15] on the program June 9. During the interview, Doocy noted "these crazy allegations out there that you have denied," and asked her why her opponents would "make that stuff up?" Perino stated that "the guys were quite desperate because they couldn't win on the merits," and asked Haley what her "biggest challenges going into" the election will be. Later, Doocy stated that Haley is "lucky because Governor Sarah Palin, she selected just a handful of candidates to endorse ... you were one of them." He asked her: "Have you spoken to her since your win? If you did, what was the conversation like?"
Kilmeade introduces Rubio as "soon to be senator, according to some." Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio (FL) appeared [16] on the program February 5. During the interview, Kilmeade introduced Rubio as "one of the great upstart political stories right now in America" and "soon to be senator, according to some."
Camerota asks DioGuardi "what's your platform," and asks him about his American Idol daughter. Republican Senate candidate Joe DioGuardi (NY) appeared [17] on the program March 16. Guest-host Alisyn Camerota asked him, "What's your platform? Why are you getting back into this racket?" After DioGuardi spoke at length, Kilmeade said, "You know how much work this is ... it's going to be hard, especially in New York, to be a Republican," and asked DioGuardi what his daughter, American Idol's Kara DioGuardi, thought about his campaign. They also asked him about his daughter's appearance on American Idol, in which she made a "memorable" "mark" by wearing a bikini.
Kilmeade asks Johnson, "What role do you think the tea party has had in inspiring you?" Republican congressional candidate Ron Johnson (WI) appeared [18] on the program June 1. Kilmeade asked him during interview, "Does this seem real to you?" and, "What role do you think the tea party has had in inspiring you and supporting you?" After Johnson replied that he was concerned with the "loss of freedom" and that "Obamacare" was a "huge assault on our freedom," Kilmeade asked, "When that happened, instead of just complaining about it or holding court with your friends in your neighborhood, you took action?" Kilmeade also asked him "what do you plan on doing if you get in?" and what his "plan" is for winning over the tea party.
Fox & Friends hosts Vets for Freedom exec to plug 10 GOP candidates. Vets for Freedom executive director Pete Hegseth appeared [19] on the program May 31 to promote 10 GOP congressional candidates his organization is endorsing. Guest-host Dave Briggs asked him, "Why is it of particular importance to get these vets ... elected to Congress?" and read through biographies of some of the veterans that Hegseth was "hoping win their congressional battles in 2010."
Kilmeade ignores key question about detainee assault in promoting West candidacy, military expertise. Republican congressional candidate Lt. Col. Allen West appeared [20] on the program February 8. During the interview, Kilmeade said West's "personal interrogation tactic ... saved a lot of lives in Iraq" and then repeatedly allowed West to criticize the Obama administration for its handling of the Northwest Airlines bombing suspect while stating that West had "dealt with Al Qaeda directly." Kilmeade did not ask West about his reported resignation from the military after he assaulted a detainee.
Kilmeade hosts candidates from Conservative Freshman Coalition to "share" their "mission." On April 29, Kilmeade hosted [21] two Republican congressional candidates from the Conservative Freshman Coalition, a group that "promotes conservative values." He asked them why it's "necessary" to run, why they were a part of the coalition, what their "take" is on Charlie Crist's run as an independent, and where they stand on illegal immigration. At the end, he thanked them for coming on to "share your mission."
Fox & Friends plugged campaign for 90-year-old Republican candidate, who admitted Fox News' Ailes was once his manager. Republican congressional candidate John Snyder (IN) appeared [22] on the program March 15. Kilmeade noted that Snyder had "never really felt compelled to run for Washington -- an office in Washington," and asked him whether he really felt "things are that bad at this point, throughout your entire life, they've never been worse than now?" After Snyder noted Ailes was once his campaign manager, Doocy stated that Snyder wasn't taking donations and asked him, "You're going to just come up with all the cash yourself?" After Kilmeade said, "The top of your agenda is about spending, correct?" Doocy stated: "There are certainly a lot of people across the country who feel the same way -- they're fed up. Few have taken such drastic measures and put off retirement to run for Congress."
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Five years after she played Charlie Sheen's money-hungry girlfriend, Darien, in Oliver Stone's Wall Street, a 30-year-old Daryl Hannah opens up to ELLE about her work ("There are only two or three parts a year in scripts I read that are good—getting them really depends on being hot at the moment"), love in the spotlight ("Using your love life to publicize yourself—that's really twisted"), and, as revealed by her choice of interview meal (banana pancakes and home fries), that her model-thin frame doesn't come from living off lettuce. (January)
French-born Inès de Fressange might be the most beautiful cartoonist on the planet. She's certainly the only one with an aristocratic pedigree who served (for seven years) as House muse at Chanel, an honor bestowed upon her in 1984 by its then brand-new creative director, Karl Lagerfeld. For a reported $300,000 a year, de Fressange counseled and lent her wit and high-cheekboned beauty to Lagerfeld, whom she once affectionately called her "husband." Theirs was a very public collaboration, and one the French press was devastated to see go sour after de Fressange accepted the title of "Marianne"—referring to the Maid of the Revolution—a distinction Lagerfeld viewed as "rude and vulgar and petit bourgeois," according to de Fressange. (February)
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"We had a few of them back then. I would have to say Rick Martin though. Richard always had a joke to go along with every story that he told. He always seemed to keep the locker room loose. I believe that was just his way of diffusing the tension before big games."
In the Locker Room with Danny Gare
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