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Southeastern Receives Brunswick Bowling 2012 Crown Club Supplier Award
LEXINGTON, S.C. —Southeastern Freight Lines, the leading provider of regional less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services, was recognized with the 2012 Brunswick Bowling Crown Club Supplier Award for its outstanding service and support for innovation to Brunswick bowling products.
Of the award's 10 recipients this year, including suppliers of raw materials, manufacturing components and services, Southeastern was the only asset-based transportation company to receive the award.
"Southeastern Freight Lines and their national accounts manager, Terrell Hixon, has been a carrier for our Ball Plant in Reynosa, Mexico, for the past four years," said Jeff Cavalier, director of operations, Brunswick Bowling. "They have provided 99 percent on-time delivery along with zero claims through their McAllen, Texas service center servicing our facility in Pharr, Texas. Their service has been seamless to our customers and they have also helped us reduce our cost in the Northeast, along with improving our service to our customers."
The 2012 Crown Club Supplier Award reflects Southeastern's excellence in the industry and its steadfast commitment in providing the most optimal delivery experience to its customers.
"We are honored to have received this award from Brunswick Bowling and truly value the outstanding relationship we have developed with them over the years," said Mike Heaton, senior vice president, Southeastern. "This recognition highlights the commitment of Southeastern and our employees to continue serving Brunswick Bowling and all of our customers to our best ability."


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Multnomah University prepares students for meaningful careers that serve Jesus whether they're called to traditional ministry or the marketplace.
Stay connected to our community and help the next generation of Christian leaders become agents of positive change, whether they're serving across the street or across an ocean.
On June 29, The Association of Theological Schools (ATS)
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are thankful to be able to offer an accredited Th.M. degree. This new degree
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or seminary," Dr. Baylis said. "It also fully meets prerequisites for most
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'Everything starts with the goalie. And this series victory was all about Miller. Often overlooked due to the heroics of a certain co-captain to be named later, Miller stonewalled the Rangers in five of the six games. For all the talk of Lundqvist, Miller is the one who won four games.'
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a simple, otherwise plain, picture frame.
Make Your Own Quick Change Wooden Shim Picture Frame
a simple, otherwise plain, picture frame.
This frame is gorgeous. I peeked at last year's shim frame and love that one too. What beautiful Christmas gifts these would make.
Thank you for this! I have leftover shims from another project that will be perfect for this. Perfect secret santa gift! 🙂
This is lovely. I really like the colours you used.
What a great idea! Did you alternate the shims to compensate for the narrowing of them…. or all wide on one end?
Thanks – They are all placed with the wide end all on one side. I used the longer shims which covered the board fairly well without the significant incline typically found with shims. I did sift through the package though to find ones that seemed to be pretty much the same size for more uniformity.
Very cute and the dog looks so proud in the picture.
Beautiful, I really like your art
Really beautiful. Congratulations.
What a great idea. I bought something similar to this several years ago, and I wish I had seen this before I did. This is just SO cute. How on earth do you come up with all of these ideas, Stephanie Lynn? You are a modern day marvel. I stand in awe.
Dear Stephanie,
I am looking for some cedar (or other wood , if I can't get cedar) wood shims to replace the large roof of my bird feeder. Would you have this to sell? I would probably need 200 or more. (I'd be more definite if I'm going to purchase them. )
Please let me know if you could supply this.
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forgot this.
ehh thrills got more esc freight flicks?
alabam kracker smackers
over a burner how sad...
why the fuck would someone draw a dick on a Credit panel?
fucking gay
that looks like a pherz panel kinda, thats a shame
It's not the first time Dag's gone over Pherz ...

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that just reminds me of taking a shit and poking it down the drain.

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The red Swingline gets a new home
After several months of working out of my house since "the fire" at the Felton Trading Post (not my fault, as I mentioned in earlier blogs), HeliOS Solutions West has new digs at 6116 Highway 9, Suite 4B, Felton, California, 95018 U.S.A. 1-831-335-7303.
Please make a note of it, as the recorded phone operator at directory assistance likes to say.
One of the projects of interest based in this office is Lindependence 2008. I'll be talking more about this in the days to come.
[Oh, and for those of you who don't snicker to yourself when reading the words "red Swingline," the stapler in question is from the movie "Office Space."]
(Larry Cafiero, editor/publisher of Open Source and Free Software Reporter, is an associate member of the Free Software Foundation.)


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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Mariano Rivera could be pitching once again for the Yankees.
Not the recently retired legendary reliever and Purchase resident, but his son.
The Yankees drafted Mariano Rivera Jr., a right-handed pitcher for Iona College, in the 29th round (872nd pick) of the 2014 draft Saturday.
The 5-foot-11, 155-pound Rivera was 2-6 with a 5.40 ERA for the Gaels this spring, his sophomore season.


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Appeals of suspension or dismissal must be addressed to the Dean of the College. If the appeal is approved, additional financial aid eligibility will also be granted. If the appeal is denied, the student will not be eligible to receive financial aid until an appeal has been approved.
Students who have been suspended and subsequently re-apply for admission must meet cumulative GPA requirements in order to receive federal or state financial aid.
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All students receiving federal or state financial aid must complete a minimum number of credit hours each academic year. This requirement will be checked at the end of the spring semester and students will be notified of any deficiencies. Course incompletes must be removed by August 1 each year to count toward hours completed for the previous year. Courses may be repeated for credit for this requirement only if they were failed the first time. Repeating a course to improve a grade will not count as additional credit completed.
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Full-time students must complete a minimum of 21 hours per year, three-quarter time students must complete 15 hours per year, half-time students must complete 10 credit hours per year to be considered making satisfactory academic progress for federal and state financial aid.
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There's clearly a demand growing all across the country for green schools. That means different things in different jurisdictions, considering the politics of green. But everyone wants a healthy environment for their kids, and there's greater recognition that high-performance buildings produce high-performance students.
Unfortunately, a lot of facilities in this country don't meet basic needs. People often say they don't have the resources to "go green." Does it cost more to build green? No, you can build green at any price point. There's a lot of simple, low-hanging fruit. A top priority of a sustainable school is indoor air quality and light, something that can be achieved at any price point. At Manassas Park Elementary School, in Virginia [a Title 1 school that earned an AIA 2010 COTE Award], we made use of Solatubes, which were very inexpensive and haven't leaked, despite record snowfalls. They provide light all day because of their unique parabolic shape.
Generally speaking, there are three dimensions to a green school. There's a healthy school, which is about making sure it's nontoxic. There's a high-performance school that conserves energy and water (and money). The third aspect is building-as-teaching-tool.
The building itself can become a lesson plan, providing endless possibilities to our talented teachers. The way Manassas Park Elementary works is what you might expect from a high school. The kids don't stay in one room all day and they change classes frequently so there's a lot of movement in the building. There are three outdoor classrooms—two courtyards oriented to get full southern sun and a main outdoor classroom that doubles as a bioretention area. There was a large stormwater pipe running through the site and we decided to daylight it so that when there's a big storm, the teacher can take a class out there and see firsthand how drainage works.
Almost everyone learns better by doing. If the building becomes a teachable place, students can see the impact of their actions firsthand. Manassas Park has three academic "houses," or wings. A dashboard tracks energy use for each house but was giving faulty data for one house, causing its energy use to appear abnormally higher than the others. When the principal challenged those students to do better, a fourth grader responded, "It's not fair—we're the southernmost building and we're getting more solar heat gain than the others!" I think his response speaks volumes to how engaged our kids can be.
If a school doesn't actively promote stewardship of the world around it, I'm not sure it counts as a green school. Law schools and medical schools produce lawyers and doctors, so what should it mean to graduate from a green school? As told to William Richards.
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Lieh-Tzu exhibited his skill in archery to Po-Hun Wu-Jen.When the bow was drawn to its full length, a cup of water was placed on his elbow and he began to shoot.As soon as the first arrow was let fly, a second was already on the string, and then a third one followed. In the meantime he stood unmoved like a statue.Po-Hun Wu-Jen said: "The technique of shooting is fine, but it is not the technique of non-shooting. Let us go up to a high mountain and stand on a projecting rock, and then you try and shoot."They climbed up a mountain. Standing on a rock that projected over a precipice ten thousand feet high, Po-Hun Wu-Jen moved backwards until one third of his feet were overhanging the edge. He then motioned Lieh-Tzu to come forward.Lieh-Tzu fell down on the ground with perspiration flowing down to his heels.Said Po-Hun Wu-Jen: "The perfect man soars up above the blue sky, or dives down to the yellow springs, or wanders all over the eight limits of the world, yet shows no sign of change in his spirit. But you betray a sign of trepidation, and your eyes are dazed. How can you expect to hit the target?"
Action needs skill. But no-action also needs skill. The skill of action is just on the surface; the skill of no-action is at the very core of your being. The skill of action can be learned easily; it can be borrowed; you can be educated in it because it is nothing but technique. It is not your being, it is just an art.
But the technique, or the skill, of no-action is not technique at all. You cannot learn it from somebody else, it cannot be taught; it grows as you grow. It grows with your inner growth, it is a flowering. From the outside, nothing can be done to it; something has to evolve from the inside.
The skill of action comes from without, goes within; the skill of no-action comes from within, flows without. Their dimensions are totally different, diametrically opposite. So first try to understand this, then we will be able to enter this story.
For example, you can be a painter just by learning the art; you can learn all that can be taught in art schools. You can be skillful, and you can paint beautiful pictures, you can even become a renowned figure in the world. Nobody will be able to know that this is just technique, unless you come across a master; but you will always know that this is just technique.
Your hands have become skillful, your head knows the know-how, but your heart is not flowing. You paint, but you are not a painter. You create a work of art but you are not an artist. You do it, but you are not in it. You do it as you do other things - but you are not a lover. You are not involved in it totally; your inner being remains aloof, indifferent, standing by the side. Your head and your hands, they go on working, but you are not there. The painting will not carry your presence, it will not carry you. It may carry your signature, but not your being.
A master will immediately know, because this painting will be dead. Beautiful.you can decorate a corpse also, you can paint a corpse also, you can even put lipstick on the lips and they will look red, but lipstick, howsoever red, cannot have the warmth of flowing blood. Those lips - painted, but no life in them.
You can create a beautiful painting, but it will not be alive. It can be alive only if you flow in it; that's the difference between a master when he paints and an ordinary painter. The ordinary painter really always imitates because the painting is not growing within him. It is not something with which he is pregnant. He will imitate others, he will have to look for ideas; he may imitate nature - that makes no difference. He may look at a tree and paint it, but the tree has not grown within him.


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Las Vegas Metro Police: Shooting rampage was isolated incident
(Las Vegas, NV) -- Las Vegas police believe yesterday's deadly shooting rampage at a restaurant and a Walmart store was an isolated act. Cops identified the couple that shot and killed two police officers and a bystander as Jared and Amanda Miller. Police don't think the Millers specifically targeted officers Alyn Beck and Igor Soldo prior to yesterday's shootings. Bystander Joseph Wilcox tried to stop the suspects and was shot to death by the couple. Las Vegas police cornered the Millers in the back of a Walmart store where they took their own lives. The couple left behind a note saying "the revolution is beginning."


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(Yahoo!) - Was there ever any doubt that Fergie and Josh Duhamel would make a beautiful baby?
This morning, the Black Eyed Peas singer and the "Transformers" star offered the first look at their son, Axl Jack, born on August 30. The proud parents shared snapshots of their cutie's earliest days.
"Axl Jack Duhamel Day 1 Life is good :) #paparazziyoucanleaveourhousenow," Duhamel, 40, wrote on Instagram.
Fergie captioned her pic: "Axl Jack Duhamel. Day 2 of life. Hearing test complete. All systems go. #chillin."
The handsome twosome has hardly contained their excitement about becoming first-time parents.
"We're thrilled," Fergie told Us Weekly in March. "I know that my husband told everybody what I said. My quote when we found out: 'This blank just got real.'"


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Given the size of Australia, it's not surprising that one way car rental is popular. One Way rentals refer to picking up in one car hire location and dropping off at another. There can be additional fees to cover the cost of returning the vehicle to its original hire location. One tip is to look at hiring and dropping off your car at major airports as sometimes these trips do not incur fees.
Another great way to secure a one way rental deal is Relocations. Both car and campervan rental companies often need to move their vehicles around the country. Rather than pay someone to drive the vehicle, they rent them out at crazy prices, starting from as low as a $1 a day and in the case of campervans often even throwing money in for fuel!
There are some conditions, mostly around rental days and kilometres, but for flexible travellers this is a fantastic opportunity to get a great rental deal. Check out our One Way Campervan Rental Relocations page for deals on campers, 4 wheel drives and One Way Car Rental.
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'"In Ryan's case, you can't dismiss the fact that he's missed," coach Lindy Ruff said. "At the same time, you don't like to put any excuses out there that he's the reason we've played [below] .500 hockey in his absence. He's a key part of our team, and I think that in the room and on the ice he's a big part of our hockey club. We all know that."'
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I am constantly presented with unique opportunities to meet individuals both inside and outside the firm and to build relationships with senior industry experts and thought leaders.
I am a member of the Human Capital Management (HCM) division, which plays a critical role in managing the firm's most important asset, its people. HCM is responsible for a broad range of activities, including identifying and recruiting the best talent, and partnering with managers to retain, develop and motivate our people to reach their fullest potential. As a member of the Global Leadership and Diversity (GLD) team, my job is to infuse diversity into each of our key people management processes.
I am responsible for developing talent management programs targeted towards our diverse professionals. My role involves various duties including: conducting research and demographic analyses, managing relationships with internal clients and partnering with external organizations. In addition to my firmwide responsibilities, I am aligned with the Legal, Compliance, Internal Audit, Services and Technology divisions and interface with the HCM and business partners to drive diversity throughout those divisions.
I love that my job requires me to think creatively in order to enhance existing programs or develop new programs when we need to strengthen our diversity strategy. I am constantly presented with unique opportunities to meet individuals both inside and outside the firm and to build relationships with senior industry experts and thought leaders.
On any given day, my calendar may consist of calls with my global counterparts to discuss local updates on a particular project, meetings with senior leaders to get buy-in for new programs or initiatives, lunch with the head of a consulting firm to review products or discuss potential collaborations for a divisional leadership conference, or crunching representation statistics and developing presentations. Needless to say, my days are always filled with excitement.
One of my current projects is co-managing the Women's Career Strategies Initiative, which is a global, five-month program designed to engage and strengthen the retention of our female associate population. Throughout the program, the participants are exposed to many senior leaders and as a program manager I have the ability to interact and build relationships with each of those leaders.
Overall, working within GLD allows me access to our talent management programs that are aimed at developing and preparing our top talent for the next level. Many times I may be in the room to ensure that a session is running smoothly but I can't help but to listen and pick up some of the great insight and advice that is being shared.
My role allows me to see first-hand the positive impact training and/or mentorship can have on one's career. My job may sometimes require early mornings, coupled with late nights – maybe even a weekend or two – but getting an email from an appreciative internal client makes it all worth it! It's rewarding to know that we have a real impact on the careers of the people that we serve.
The summer before my senior year I accepted a summer analyst position in the Human Capital Management division. I had heard great things about Goldman Sachs, but I wasn't aware of the numerous opportunities available outside of Investment Banking and Securities. I didn't realize that there were so many other opportunities at an Investment Bank. Fortunately, I discovered a description of the Human Capital Management division, and in particular, an overview of the Office of Global Leadership and Diversity.
That summer my team was very welcoming and I was given robust responsibilities, from which I learned a great deal in a short ten weeks. When I got my full-time offer I couldn't help but accept it! Given I had not come from a traditional finance background (I majored in Industrial and Labor Relations), I was a little nervous about having to learn about the world of finance on my own.
However, from day one at the analyst orientation program, I was provided with the detailed training that I needed to be successful. Even outside of the orientation programs, there is an abundance of training resources available through Goldman Sachs University on an ongoing basis. Additionally, you come across many supportive colleagues that are willing to sit down with you and help you get up to speed on how to navigate the firm.
Throughout my undergraduate career I was focused on going straight to law school – I had even prepared my applications! When I received a call from a Goldman Sachs recruiter, I had to think long and hard about what I wanted to do. I had been so impressed by Goldman Sachs during my internship that I decided I had to go back. I couldn't pass up an opportunity to work at an amazing place among such smart people. I still have a passion for law but I've never regretted my decision – it has proven to be an invaluable learning experience.
For a career in any industry I would advise people to do their research! For a career in finance I would recommend narrowing down the divisions that you're interested in and then taking time to speak with people that work in those particular areas. The finance industry, no matter what area you work in, is going to be a fast paced environment and having an informal mentor is extremely helpful in getting yourself up to speed as quickly as possible.


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WATCH: Jennifer Lawrence freaks out about 'Homeland' spoiler on red carpet
Jennifer Lawrence is a huge "Homeland" fan — except she has not seen the most recent season.
When she ran into the show's star Damian Lewis on the SAG Awards red carpet over the weekend, their interviewers carelessly gave away a MAJOR Season 3 spoiler.
Lawrence's intense reaction to having the season ruined for her is definitely worth watching.
Warning: There is, obviously, a big "Homeland" spoiler in the clip.
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Law School Is Indeed
Worth the Money
Don LeDuc, President and Dean | December 03, 2012
A number of law school deans and I have been defending the value of a legal education against the cynics, the uninformed media, and the mean-spirited bloggers who cry out the supposed horrid future for legal education. Though the naysayers offer no supporting data, no comparison to other professions, and no reasoning, they assert that law school is a bad investment. Nearly all they say is wrong, much of it is intentionally misleading if not purposely false, and all of it is missing in context and perspective. There is no crisis in legal education any more than in other aspects of education.
The most recent defense of legal education comes from Lawrence E. Mitchell, dean of Case Western Reserve University School of Law, in an op-ed piece called "Law School Is Worth the Money" published in the November 29 issue of the New York Times. Dean Mitchell says that "it's time to stop the nonsense." He points out how legal education is superb training for any number of jobs, because it is training for "a career in leadership and creative problem solving." He notes how only a few of the good students who are discouraged from attending law school will find a more fulfilling or remunerative career. He adds correctly, "Investment in tuition is a lifelong career, not a first job."
Dean Mitchell concluded:
The overwrought atmosphere has created irrationalities that prevent talented students from realizing their ambitions. Last spring we accepted an excellent student with a generous financial-aid package that left her with the need to borrow only $5,000 a year. She told us that she thought it would be "irresponsible" to borrow the money. She didn't attend any law school. I think that was extremely shortsighted, but this prevailing attitude discourages bright students from attending law school.
We could do things better, and every law school with which I'm familiar is looking to address its problems. In the meantime, the one-sided analysis is inflicting significant damage, not only on law schools but also on a society that may well soon find itself bereft of its best and brightest lawyers.
Shawn O'Connor of Forbes Magazine concurs, saying that "[t]he investment a student makes in [business school or law school] degrees today is likely to produce at least a 10x return over his or her career."
We know that the law of supply and demand has already adjusted the legal market. We also know that the students who enroll in law school this fall and next year will graduate into a market that combines increased demand for legal services at most all levels, an aging attorney base, and graduating law school classes that are much smaller than in years past. In short, there is no better time to enroll in law school than now.
A number of deans have joined in the chorus touting the value of a legal education. We now need for the national leaders in legal education to join, if not lead, in this conversation.


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US Department of Labor: Fall Regulatory Agenda 2010
Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
Topic: Claims Procedure Regulation
EBSA plans to update and clarify the claims procedure requirements to enhance retirement and health benefit security and to protect workers rights and benefits, ultimately supporting the Secretary's good jobs for everyone policy.
Key Action: Proposed Regulation
The Department's EBSA plans to publish a proposed regulation in November 2011 that will amend the current claims procedure regulation and enhance the claims review process.
Key Concern and Issues to be addressed
Due to the significance of the rules that govern the filing and review of 1.4 billion health, disability, and pension claims and 531,000 appeals annually, the Department will review the adequacy of the notice and timing and other requirements of the claims procedure regulation and propose changes necessary to ensure that workers receive timely, complete and understandable explanations of benefit claim denials, as well as a full and fair review of any denied claims when a claim determination is appealed to a plan fiduciary. This initiative also will update the claims procedure rules to comport with the requirements of the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.
Section 503(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act requires that participants be provided a full and fair review of claims. The Department published the current claims procedure regulation on November 21, 2000. After almost 10 years of experience in implementing the current regulation, the Department believes there is a need to review the extent to which the claims procedure regulation is working, given its impact on the retirement and health benefit security and benefit determinations of so many Americans.
There are an estimated 2.8 million health plans covering 138 million participants and beneficiaries and 708,000 pension plans covering 124 million participants and beneficiaries subject to the current claims procedure regulation.


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Every cook should have panna cotta in his or her bag of tricks. It's understated but delightfully creamy, and it looks gorgeous on the plate. It takes only minutes to prep (although the taste and texture suggest much greater effort), and once it has had time to set, panna cotta can be pulled out of the fridge and served instantly, making it the perfect dinner party finish. Best of all, it's completely versatile, pairing well with fruit sauces from any season, as well as chocolate, caramel, and even balsamic vinegar.
This Italian dessert, which literally translates to "cooked cream", is made by gently heating a mixture of cream, sugar, and flavorings (optional), dissolving gelatin into them, and allowing the mixture to set until firm. It's easy to add flavor to panna cotta by infusing the cream with herbs or spices, finishing it with buttermilk instead of milk or cream, or using alternate sweeteners like honey or brown sugar.
There are a few small tricks that you can employ to ensure that your panna cotta is absolutely perfect. By properly blooming/hydrating the gelatin, dissolving it at the proper temperature, straining the mixture before it sets, and (if you choose to do so) carefully unmolding to serve, you can be sure that your panna cotta is a success.
For me, panna cotta is a blank canvas on which to paint flavor. In the summer, I often make buttermilk panna cotta, because the tangy flavor of buttermilk pairs perfectly with summer berries. In the winter I might opt for brown sugar panna cotta with an apple compote. No matter what I choose, it's always an easy crowd pleaser.
Click through the slideshow for step-by-step directions and lots of helpful tips to ensure that you get amazing results. Then check out my recipe for buttermilk panna cotta.


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GNSS and Radio Astronomical Observations
An alternative tool for detecting underground nuclear explosions? By Dorota A. Grejner-Brzezinska, Jihye Park, Joseph Helmboldt, Ralph R. B. von Frese, Thomas Wilson, and Jade Morton Well-concealed underground nuclear explosions may go undetected by International Monitoring System sensors. An independent technique of detection and verification may be offered by GPS-based analysis of local traveling ionospheric disturbances excited by an explosion.... read more


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With just over 3 weeks to go until the UK's premier boxing league returns to action on Saturday June 30th at the Effingham Park Hotel, the shows line up looks set to produce possibly the promotions most entertaining card of boxing ever. After the continued success of the league in 2012 culminating with another groundbreaking broadcast agreement with ASN (All Sports Network) one of Asia's biggest suppliers of premium sporting content, the influx of new competitors to the competition have reached record levels, and the World's Collide event will feature some of the league's most exciting fighters.
For more information on the promotions line up for June 30th check out the league's official website below and you can catch the latest promotional showreel HEREhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__Gw19yrG28
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Chris Brown's private jet makes emergency landing
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(TMZ) - A private jet carrying Chris Brown was forced to make an emergency landing in Burbank yesterday after the cockpit filled with smoke after takeoff, TMZ has learned.
TMZ confirmed that Brown boarded a Gulfstream 3 jet in Burbank and was headed for Teterboro, NJ so he could attend the Met Gala event.
But sources tell TMZ that roughly 7 to 8 minutes into the flight, everyone on board began to notice smoke filling the plane.
One source told TMZ, "It was A LOT of smoke ... everywhere."
The pilot immediately turned the plane around and performed an emergency landing back at Burbank airport.
TMZ reports that the passengers were scared, but the pilot was cool, calm and collected, and couldn't have handled the situation better.
Here's the crazy part - after the plane touched down, Brown decided he STILL wanted to get to the Met Gala event in NY, and boarded ANOTHER private jet within an hour of touching down, according to TMZ
Brown eventually made it to Teterboro, but he didn't make the Met Gala event. However, he DID make it to an after-party, where he arrived with a smile:
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Over the years, the Sundance Film Festival has trained Utahns how to watch indie films. For 10 days every January, we get the chance to attend premiere screenings, while Hollywood and the rest of the indie film world comes to us. This year, we've rubbed shoulders with celebrities on countless red carpets, attended concerts and panels, eavesdropped on business conversation while riding shuttles between venues, and despite our press passes even gotten shut out of a few must-hit screenings. Oh, yeah, we've watched a lot of movies, blogged, tweeted, reported, and posted photos, all while racing to meet daily deadlines.
Here are a few of our most memorable moments from this year's festival:
Memorable Sundance movie scenes
Title • "The End of Love"
What do young Hollywood stars do for fun? In director-actor Mark Webber's "The End of Love," Webber's character a struggling actor named Mark goes to a party at Michael Cera's house, attended by other young Hollywood types. What's the highlight of the evening? A game of Balderdash.
Sean P. Means
Titles • "Hello I Must Be Going" and "Nobody Walks"
The Sundance Institute fosters original storytelling but there's a particular indie-movie cliché that pops up from time to time, and it showed up twice in the U.S. Dramatic competition this year. It's the final scene, where a young woman, having learned a valuable life lesson or made a life-changing decision, looks pensively out the window of her taxi as it speeds away to whatever awaits her. It happens in "Hello I Must Be Going" and "Nobody Walks," and variations of it were seen last year at the Sundance movies "Pariah" and "Circumstance." All of these films were projects of the Sundance Filmmaking Labs, which needs to retire that overused finish.
Sean P. Means
Titles • "LUV" and "Beasts of the Southern Wild," and "Bachelorette" and "Save the Date"
What are the odds? In "LUV" and "Beasts of the Southern Wild," there are scenes in which a black child is taught how to crack open a crab. And in "Bachelorette" and "Save the Date," there are moments in which a guy embarrasses Lizzy Caplan by pouring out his heart through music in front of a large group of people.
Sean P. Means
Titles • "The Surrogate" and "Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present"
Oscar winner Helen Hunt is 48. Performance artist Marina Abramovic is 65. They both appeared fully nude in movies that played at Sundance this year. Hunt played a sex surrogate in the drama "The Surrogate," while Abramovic is seen in the documentary about her, "Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present." And, speaking respectfully, they both look pretty good.
Sean P. Means
Titles • "The Comedy" and "The Queen of Versailles"
Sometimes the movie a filmmaker describes doesn't match the movie that filmmaker made. In the Q-and-A for "The Comedy," director Rick Alverson described his film as a satire of a certain character, the overprivileged hipster of New York's Williamsburg area. That would have been great, and certainly better than the movie's self-indulgent nothingness. Meanwhile, Lauren Greenfield, in the Q-and-A after her documentary "The Queen of Versailles," said the financial travails of time-share magnate David Siegel and his overspending wife, Jacqueline, made their plight "more of an everyman story." Maybe, if you live next door to Mitt Romney.
Sean P. Means
Title • "Hello I Must Be Going"
Scene • In Sarah Koskoff's heartfelt script, Amy Minsky (gracefully played by Melanie Lynskey in a breakout role) is demoralized when she moves in with her parents after finding out about her husband's affair. Amy suffers a series of laugh-out-loud embarrassments as she falls lustily into an inappropriate entanglement with a 19-year-old boy. His attention brings her back to life and leads to the movie's climactic scene where she meets her twitchy, deal-brokering ex-husband and realizes she doesn't need his familiar inattention. Watching expressions flicker across Lynskey's face matched by Koskoff's authentic dialogue makes this coming-to-awareness scene play with fresh power.
Title • "Ethel"
Scene • Ethel Kennedy, wife to Robert F. Kennedy, responding to daughter and documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy's question on film about how she dealt with the sorrow after her husband's 1968 assassination. "No one gets a free ride," she says. Somehow, all six of those words were packed with equal parts grit and grace.
Ben Fulton
Title • "Your Sister's Sister" and "2 Days in New York"
Scene • The inventive use of an at-home pregnancy test in both films as a pivotal plot device. Independent filmmakers will now raid their corner drugstore for similar ideas.
Ben Fulton
Title • "LUV"
Scene • The penultimate and closing scenes featuring child actor Michael Rainey Jr. as his 11-year-old character drives his Uncle Vincent's black Mercedes to North Carolina to fulfill the promise of seeing his long-lost mother. The scene is packed with emotional resonance, which underscores the strength of the young actor's promising talent.
Ben Fulton
Title • "The First Time"
Scene • Teenagers Dave (Dylan O'Brien) and Aubrey (Britt Robertson) have sex for "The First Time," and it's funny and painfully awkward. This may be one of the most realistic, non-graphic sex scenes in movie history.
Scott D. Pierce
Sundance moments
When • "Silence is Golden Party," at Julie Nester Gallery, evening of Jan. 21.
What happened • To celebrate the premiere of the documentary "Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present," the renowed performance artist and HBO threw an avant garde party that required guests wear white lab coats and headsets and not speak or use cell phones. The point was Abramovic's philosophy of living in the now, defined by the sound of a ticking metronome. Unfortunately, smart phones have become an additional organ for most people, and the moment was marred by people taking pictures of "the now" and texting it to the broader world.
Glen Warchol
When • RVIP, a Los Angeles-based mobile "lounge and karaoke cabaret" found on Main Street on the evening of Jan. 20, and parked in Lot F in Prospector Square area on Jan. 21.
What happened • The lounge is a mobile home equipped with disco lights on the outside and a karaoke machine on the inside that can be used to keep the party going as patrons are transported from one club to another. The women responsible for RVIP Kestrin Pantera (who founded the company with her husband, Jonathan), Eve Kim (aka Eve Bunny) and Peggy Ellithorpe brought their rig to Park City this year. The RV accommodates a dozen people comfortably and will take more for the full shoulder-to-shoulder Sundance party experience. Based on the number of Angelenos who sought out the karaoke joint on Saturday, RVIP has a devoted following.
Sean P. Means
When • Volunteer Appreciation Day on Jan. 25, to honor the 1,850 unpaid folks who make the festival run.
What happened • Organizers marked the day with a surprise: a two-minute short film playing before movies. The film, "No Good Deed …," shows a guy named Derek (played by actor Derek Waters) waiting for a ride outside the Egyptian and shivering without a coat. A couple of volunteers walk by and offer him one of the ubiquitous orange Kenneth Cole coats that volunteers wear. A moment later, more volunteers drive up and, mistaking Derek for a fellow volunteer, drop off two boxes, saying, "Take these down to the box office." Misadventures ensue as Derek takes on various volunteer duties, from shoveling snow and vacuuming floors to hanging banners and staffing the information booth. He starts out grudgingly working, but ends up enjoying the hard work. The short was directed by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg, who brought the documentary "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work" to Sundance two years ago.
Sean P. Means
When • Audience Q&A after Jan. 19 premiere of "Searching for Sugarman."
What happened • If you haven't seen the documentary yet and plan to read no further. The film is about the search for Detroit rocker Rodriguez, long assumed to be dead. The film explains the mystery as it confirms Rodriguez in is fact alive and well, having retired from the music industry nearly 40 years ago. After addressing some questions about the film, director Malik Bendjelloul suddenly announced a guest from Detroit. To the crowd's delighted shock, Rodriguez stood up and walked to the front of the theater, obviously relishing the praise that he had long been denied.
David Burger
When • Bing Bar on Jan. 20.
What happened • The news of the morning was that Etta James had just passed away. Jason Mraz was performing an intimate acoustic set that morning, and in the middle of his set, began playing James' most famous song, "At Last," segueing into "Fly Me to the Moon," which in turn transformed into Mraz's hit "Lucky." To top it all off, he finished the medley by singing a few stanzas of "Lucky" in Spanish.
David Burger
When • Red Carpet for "About Face," a documentary on supermodels, Jan. 22.
What happened • Three world-renown models, Carol Alt (1982 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue), Beverly Johnson (first African-American on the cover of 1972 Vogue) and China Machado (first non-caucasian in an American fashion magazine, Vogue), were on the red carpet for premiere. Only two photographers showed up for the event, along with a video crew from HBO, which owns the film. That was poignantly sad, considering the documentary deals in large part with aging, the models' biggest nemisis.
Glen Warchol
When • Red carpet for "For Ellen" on Jan. 21.
What happened • When I asked Jon Heder what he had coming up, he said: "Well, other than the Napoleon Dynamite cartoon. …" The expression on his face when I admitted hadn't heard about the project (or read my colleague Scott Pierce's story about it in The Tribune on Jan. 13) was worth my embarrassment at being caught without having done my research, because I caught on camera an amazing reaction from him. I know now, thanks to Heder, that the show airs Sunday nights on Fox. "But not this Sunday," he said when I tried to redeem myself by saying I had my weekend plans cut out for me. Jon, I will be watching this week!
Daisy Blake
When • Red carpet for "LUV" Jan. 23 at Park City's Eccles Theatre.
What happened • Rapper Common, who plays the character of Uncle Vincent, arrived as last man on the scene to huddle with director Sheldon Candis in prayer and meditation before the film's world-premiere screening. Even with Common's PR people whisking away the press cameras, the moment was warm, genuine and undeniably moving.
Ben Fulton
When • Premiere of "John Dies at the End."
What happened • The Egyptian Theater was sold out and, due to a error, far too many waiting list nubmers were handed out. Spirits were running lower than the freezing basement under the theater when director Con Cosarelli and some cast members including Paul Giamatti and lead Chase Williamson descended into the concrete corridor to hang out and get pictures taken with waiting-line losers.
Glen Warchol
When • Audience Q&A after Jan. 20 premiere of Amy Berg's "West of Memphis."
What happened • West Memphis Three attorney Dennis Riordan came close to distilling in one sentence what it took director Amy Berg 150 minutes to chronicle in the documentary. Answering an audience question about whether the Alford pleas of the West Memphis Three might one day be overturned, he said: "It took a perfect storm to produce this case, and it may take a perfect storm of a different kind to overturn the result."
Ben Fulton
When • Prefestival interview with filmmakers of "Bindlestiffs."
What happened • Andrew Edison and Luke Loftin, both only 20 and living in a bachelor pad in Austin, were living the dream as their teen sex-comedy was accepted at the Slamdance Film Festival. One of the guys wrote me an email: "We got a phone call from Slamdance. Right around that point, things were kicked up a notch. Now our lives are crazy and are phones are blowing up. Ladies, call us: 832-524-1055."
David Burger
When • Q&A after Jan. 23 screening of "The Surrogate."
What happened • Fielding an audience question about why he didn't feature full frontal male nudity in a film that offered plenty of female nudity, director Ben Lewin said: "If you show an erect penis, you're officially into NC-17 land. What's the point of showing it, otherwise?"
Ben Fulton
When • Q&A after the Jan. 23 screening of "2 Days in New York."
What happened • A die-hard Julie Delpy and/or Chris Rock fan took the mic to ask, ever so politely, for the chance to shoot of photo of both actors together. "Please," she pleaded. "I came all the way from Malaysia."
Also • At the same session, Chris Rock fielded a question about why he took the role of Delpy's boyfriend. "I thought to myself, 'Is Ethan Hawke dead? What's going on?' After I talked to Ethan Hawke and discovered he wasn't dead, I agreed to do this movie."
Ben Fulton
When • The Jan. 25 Filmmaker Lodge forum "The Wide World of Wit."
What happened • Comedian Mike Birbiglia justified his labeling of "Terms of Endearment" as the funniest movie of all time. "You've got to have something funny [in even the most serious films] or it's just not real!" Birbiglia said.
Also • At the same panel, when Mark Duplass was asked if he's ever stolen jokes from any of his children, he answered in the negative. "I have a 4-year-old," Duplass said. "Her agent's a super dick."
Ben Fulton
When • Q&A session after the Jan. 25 screening of "Price Check."
What happened • Parker Posey the queen of the indies was asked how many Sundance films she's appeared in. "I've been in 500 Sundance movies," she deadpanned. "Since 1915. I remember the prairie lands. The cows, the horse, the donkeys, the chickens. And there's a castle that I live in. It's made of air. It's a beautiful place."
Scott D. Pierce
When • Red carpet before the Jan. 21 screening of "This Must Be the Place."
What happened • An alleged "reporter" asked young Irish actor/Dublin native/Bono's daughter Eve Hewson, "Have you ever been to Dublin?" Other reporters audibly gasped.
Scott D. Pierce
When • Red-carpet interview before the premiere of "The First Time."
What happened • Director Jonathan Kasdan admitted he was surprised that his film was even accepted at the film festival "because it's a different kind of movie than you usually see here." Not gritty or powerful, but "a very John Hughesian romantic comedy," Kasdan said. "So I was thrilled and delighted."
Scott D. Pierce
When • At the press events before the Jan. 24 screening of the movie "Goats."
What happened • After interviewing David Duchovny at a round table to promote his movie "Goats," I told him I wasn't a stalker, but I would be back and asking more questions later that night on the red carpet. He challenged me to come up with new questions, then offered a fallback, saying I could always ask what designer clothing he was wearing. When I asked him that question later, he laughed, but he didn't know the answer, so he twisted around to look at the label inside his jacket to finish the joke.
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What do your kids drink in school?

Do they drink milk or water or can they still drink soda or whatever high sugar high calorie drink they want?

Soda and Drink Guidelines in Schools

Some experts are saying that the school soda and drink guidelines from The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, William J. Clinton Foundation, American Heart Association, and beverage industry leaders to limit soda and other high calorie drinks in schools are a good first step in the battle against child obesity.

Many others think that much more needs to be done and that the guidelines may not go far enough though. For example, although the guidelines ban no sugar added juice, these drinks still have a lot of calories in them and diet soda, which also isn't included in the ban, may become the new favorite drink among high school students. Although they won't be getting a lot of calories from diet soda, high schoolers still won't be getting any nutrition from these drinks either, which they might if these drinks were banned altogether and kids were just encouraged to drink low fat milk.

If you don't think that these guidelines go far enough or don't want to wait until they go into effect in a few years, why not consider choosing your own healthy soda and drink guidelines for your family? Educating your kids about what they should be drinking is especially important because many kids can bypass guidelines about what is sold at schools by making unhealthy choices in other places, such as when they go to the store, are out to eat, or at a friends house, etc.

Healthy Drink Choices

Healthy drink choices for your family, which you can also start at home to set a good example, might include:

1) Drinking milk. How much milk should your kids be drinking? Keep in mind that the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children:

1-3 years old get about 2 servings of milk (low fat milk after age 2 years)

4-8 years old get about 3 servings of low fat milk

9-18 years old get about 4 servings of low fat milk

2) Limiting juice to 100% fruit juice, which is usually going to have less sugar and more vitamins and nutrients than other fruit drinks. Keep in mind that even 100% fruit juice has a lot of sugar in it. Although there is no extra sugar added, they can have almost 100 calories per 6 ounce serving. As far as juice, the AAP recommends that you be much more limiting. Among the recommendations from the AAP are that:

when you give your child juice, it should be 100% pasteurized fruit juice and not fruit drinks

infants under 6 months of age should not be given juice

younger children aged 1 to 6 years should have only 4-6 ounces of juice a day

older children should be limited to 8-12 ounces of juice a day

Remember that these aren't recommendations to drink juice though. They are more limits to not drink more than these amounts. Kids are usually better off eating whole fruits and avoiding fruit juice altogether.

3) Drinking water.

4) Avoiding soda, fruit drinks, sports drinks (unless your child is actively involved in a sporting activity at the time) and other sugary, high calorie drinks.

5) Teaching your kids about serving sizes. For example, while a bottle of Gatorade might say it has 50 calories per serving, it is important to keep in mind that a single serving is supposed to be just 8 ounces. Since these and many other drinks, such as fountain drinks you can by at convenience stores, can often be bought in much larger 32 ounce or even 64 ounce servings, you can get a lot more calories than you think if you drink the whole thing.

6) Limiting the amount of money that you provide for your kids and which they could use in school vending machines or after-school to buy soda, diet soda, and juice.

7) Remembering that when you are choosing what to drink, you aren't simply looking at calories and sugar. Getting other vitamins and minerals from your drinks is important too, such as the calcium, vitamin D, and Vitamin A you get from milk and fortified orange juice. Or the Vitamin C you can get from 100% fruit juice.

8) Avoiding caffeine.

9) Talking to your kids about what they are drinking at school. Many parents are surprised that their kids are buying soda or juice in between classes from vending machines or coffee on the way to school. Talking to your kids about how to make healthier choices and your expectations for what they should be drinking can help make sure they choose healthier things to drink, like low fat milk and water.

Our list of Common Drink Choices for Kids can help you compare some common drinks that kids like to drink and good choices. Obviously, with the extra sugar and calories, the chocolate milk would not be a good choice. And even though they don't have any fat, the Coca Cola Classic and Minute Maid Coolers have a lot of sugar in them. Comparing the drinks, you can see that the low fat milks, 100% fruit juice, and water would be the best choices.

10) Keeping a drink diary to get a good idea of what your kids are actually drinking each day. Many kids get way too many calories from things they drink, including fruit drinks, tea, and soda. A drink diary can help you figure out how many calories your child is getting each day from milk, juice, etc., and why they are overweight.

Calories in Drinks

Common Drink Choices for Kids

Drink	Serving Size	Fat	Sugar	Calories

Whole Milk	8oz	8g	11g	150

2% Milk	8oz	5g	12g	120

1% Milk	8oz	2.5g	12g	100

Skim Milk	8oz	0g	12g	80

Hershey's Choc Milk	8oz	4.5g	30g	200

Gatorade Thirst Quencher	8oz	0g	14	50

Coca Cola Classic	8oz	0g	27g	97

Crystal Light Lemonade	8oz	0g	0g	5

Tropicana Healthy Kids Orange Juice	8oz	0g	22g	110

Diet Coke	8oz	0g	0.1g	1

Minute Maid Coolers	6.7oz	0g	27g	100

Minute Maid 100% Apple Juice	6.7oz	0g	21g	100

Water	8oz	0g	0g	0


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Her Story Women's Conference 2013
The Women's Business Momentum Center
Saturday, May 11, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (PDT)
Event Details
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Pasadena's 2nd Annual 'Her Story' Women's Conference Brings 20 Empowering Women Together to Share their Stories
After a hugely-successful inaugural event in 2012, The Women's Business Momentum Center is delighted to announce 2013's 'Her Story' Women's Conference. Showcasing the compelling stories of twenty women who overcame adversity to achieve great success, the event seeks to inspire others to succeed in their own lives.
Pasadena, CA – While many of today's successful women appear to have always excelled, the stories behind and preceding their success often deserve an audience of their own. Nobody knows this better than Marianne Emma Jeff, Owner and Head Business Coach at The Women's Business Momentum Center. From attempting suicide twice before the age of nineteen to overcoming addiction and low self-esteem; her influence and success only came after the most harrowing of life events.
After attending a seminar and completing a thought-provoking writing exercise by best-selling novelist Lisa Fugard, Jeff experienced the true power of listening to other women's own life stories. Confident this concept could help women excel in business, last year saw the first 'Her Story' Women's Conference held to overwhelming success.
This year's event, taking place on May 11th, will see twenty women come together to share their personal stories and give women the inspiration they need to advance their business, personal and emotional lives.
Those speaking include:
Dina Proctor – Best-Selling Author of "Madly Chasing Peace." Endorsed by Jack Canfield and Bob Proctor.
Wendi Knox - Artist, Writer and respected bloggers for Maria Shriver's Blog.
Renee Walton – Founder of MomsMakingMoney.com.
Davina Kotulsk – Pschologist, life coach, author and nationally known marriage equality leader
Michelle Price – World-famous 'Social Media Capitalist'.
Thesy Surface – Final Speaker – Actress frequently guest stars in the hit series "Always Sunny in Philadelphia"
"The stories are real, raw and captivating. It is important to see these women breathing into their fear and stepping up because their desire and message are stronger than their fear. It's important to get the word out to support them and to inspire other women to listen to them and stand up and speak too," says Jeff, who is also personally supporting fifteen other speakers.
"These 15 women are just starting out or may have been in business for a while. They have avoided the spotlight but because they have such passion for what they do and bring such authenticity to their business many are asked to speak and have turned down the opportunity. Over six weeks I have helped them craft a short speech like a TED talk (only 10 minutes long) using the cue 'I used to... and now I...' I brainstorm with them and work with them to breathe into this scary place." Last year's event garnered a string of rave reviews.
"Speaking at 'Her Story' was a pivotal moment in my life. The full process of learning how to put a story/speech together was a true learning experience that changed my life. The day of the event was wonderful. I met a lot of beautiful and strong women that I now can call my friends. Marianne Emma Jeff has done an incredible job in creating this unique event and platform for all women to share their stories of life, moments and lessons," says Joanna Vargas. Gail Lara was equally as impressed, saying, "I wasn't sure what to expect when I signed up and what I got was a new awakening and realization that the challenges in my past are what shaped the woman I am today. The workshop was a great experience getting together with other creative women to support one another as we shared our stories. Working with Marianne brought out the story buried inside; with her encouragement to clarify our past and paint a picture for your story. I am reenergized with this new found gift."
All women wanting to be empowered, educated and uplifted are urged to attend.
Tickets for the event, taking place at The Pasadena Women's City Club, can be purchased through the official website: http://herstorywomensconference.com
About Her Story:
Her Story is a motivational event that will be held by the Women's Business Momentum Center on the 11th May 2013 at the Women's City Club in Pasadena. The Women's Business Momentum Center was set up in 2005 by Marianne Emma Jeff to help women to succeed in business. The Women's Business Momentum Center (WBMC) is designed to help professional women to build or expand their business and transform their ideas into vision, action and profitability. The Women's Business Momentum Center offers a range of services for women embarking on their first venture and established entrepreneurs developing the next phase of their business. Contact Marianne Emma Jeff / 323-222-7950 / firstname.lastname@example.com
When & Where
The Pasadena Women's City Club
160 N Oakland Ave
Saturday, May 11, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (PDT)
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Hawk's Pledge
Whit Hawk was a gambler and loner looking for the answers as to what happened to his family. He found Jacqueline Douglas, a lady rancher trying to hang on to her ranch. He hires on as a ranch hand, while investigating his family's deaths and disappearances. He falls for the lady rancher, who is being tormented by the shipping magnate who also deprived him of his family. Romance blossoms between the two, while danger lurks from an unknown enemy. ...
Hawk's Pursuit
Jena Leigh Hawk is a newspaperwoman who is looking for her family. She decides to go to Galvaston, Texas, where her family originated, to see if she can locate any of her brothers and sisters. Jena decides to keep working at the Galvaston paper using her pen name, J.L. Rebel, who everyone thinks is a man. Her first assignment is to investigate the murder of a local prostitute. Colonol Clay Madison has just been reassigned to Galvaston and has ...
Heart of Texas
Leisure, Jun 2004, 6.99, 368 pp. ISBN: 0843953659 In the 1880s when her dad dies, Casey Hamilton realizes that she and her siblings have only one place to go. They head west to Texas to claim the ranch her uncle left her though Casey knows nothing about the spread. How nothing Casey knows about ranching hits home when she arrives at the Spanish Slur Ranch. Half-breed Gabe Slaughter offers to run the spread for her in exchange for room and bo...
Moon Racer
Leisure, Aug 2003, 6.99, 351 pp. ISBN: 0843951885 In 1870, eight-year-old Abigail Hunter feels her life is over as they bury her mother who apparently killed by her father and is incarcerated for murder. Her three older brothers try to help her cope, but the tragedy seem too much for them as it is for her. One by-product of no longer having a mom is Abby was raised as a rancher on the Hill Country, Texas Half-Moon Ranch rather than as a lady. ...


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What We're Loving: Cocktails, Borges, ColorBy The Paris Review
As though a blog written by a Merriam-Webster lexicographer weren't exciting enough, Kory Stamper at harm·less drudg·ery recently posted on the thrilling discovery of color definitions. To whit: "begonia n … 3 : a deep pink that is bluer, lighter, and stronger than average coral (sense 3b), bluer than fiesta, and bluer and stronger than sweet william — called also gaiety." In a kind of synesthetic treasure hunt, she races through the dictionary to follow the trail of colors. "I eventually ended up at 'coral,' where sense 3c yielded up the fresh wonder, 'a strong pink that is yellower and stronger than carnation rose, bluer, stronger, and slightly lighter than rose d'Althaea, and lighter, stronger, and slightly yellower than sea pink.' Carnation rose was clearly the color of the pinkish flower on the tin of Carnation Evaporated Milk, and Rose d'Althaea was clearly Scarlett O'Hara's flouncy cousin, but it was the last color that captivated me. 'Sea pink,' I murmured." —Nicole Rudick
"You probably wear lipstick, powder base and a little eye makeup every day. But have you ever considered drawing in completely new eyebrows, wearing false eyelashes, putting hollows in your cheeks with darker foundation, a cleft in your chin with brown eyebrow pencil or enlarging your mouth by a third? These are just a few sorcerer's tricks available." Among the most amusing tributes to the original fun, fearless female is Bonnie Downing's affectionate Outdated Beauty Advice from Helen Gurley Brown over at the Hairpin. —Sadie O. Stein


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7 Things to Know About Last Night's Grammys
(NEWSER) – Opted not to sit through 210 minutes of Grammy action? No worries. Here's your cheatsheet to seven people, moments, and sartorial choices worth knowing about:
- Taylor Swift didn't win, but she maybe thought she did. Her Red was up for Album of the Year, and as they named the winner—not Red, but the also-starts-with-RRandom Access Memories from Daft Punk—she momentarily appeared to have that "I won" look on her face, reports Fox News.
- More than 30 couples got married on-air, and the weddings seem to be legal. Queen Latifah officiated over the same-sex and straight marriages, and the New York Times has this: Latifah "was recently deputized by Los Angeles County to perform the weddings and will sign the marriage certificates for each couple."
- Katy Perry wore four dresses, and most of them were weird. One was a Valentino gown featuring a billowy skirt covered in musical notes; another placed a sort of crucifix across her chest (that was what she wore when she got burned at the stake). Tons of photos here.
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Wash. Post Pushes Myth That Social Security Is In Dire Straits
The Washington Post misled about the cost of Social Security to claim the program's costs are skyrocketing and will need to be restrained as part of any deal to curb federal deficits.
The Post asserted [1] in a November 25 article: "Without a deal on taxes, there is not much hope for agreement on a broader strategy for restraining the national debt that also tackles the skyrocketing cost of federal retirement programs such as Social Security and Medicare." The Post later paired statements by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) stating that Social Security is not a major problem with comments by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) saying Social Security benefit cuts are necessary. The Post, however, made no attempt to report the facts on Social Security:
Republicans want cuts to fast-growing federal retirement programs, projected to be the biggest driver of future borrowing. Their opening bid included a demand to apply a less-generous measure of inflation to Social Security, which would slow the rise of benefit payments.
Obama agreed to the idea in talks with Boehner during the summer of 2011. But since the election, liberal groups have mobilized against it and Reid has ruled it out. On Sunday, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, Sen. Richard J. Durbin (Ill.), appeared to endorse Reid's position, though he argued that Democrats should ignore calls to take Medicare off the table.
"Social Security does not add one penny to our debt -- not a penny. It's a separate funded operation," Durbin said on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos." "Medicare's another story -- only 12 years of solvency if we do nothing. So those who say, 'Don't touch it. Don't change it,' are ignoring the obvious."
Durbin suggested higher payments for "high-income beneficiaries" but expressed concerns about another idea Obama has previously accepted -- raising the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67.
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C) said on the same show that gradually raising the retirement age -- for both Medicare and Social Security -- is exactly the kind of "eminently reasonable" entitlement reform Republicans will demand.
"I don't expect Democrats to go for premium support or a voucher plan," Graham said, referring to a Medicare proposal championed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.). "But I do expect them to adjust these entitlement programs before they bankrupt the country."
Contrary to the Post's assertions that Social Security costs are "skyrocketing" and "fast-growing," the Congressional Budget Office has estimated [2] that Social Security spending is not projected to rise sharply, especially in contrast to Medicare. According to CBO, Social Security spending as of 2011 is equal to 4.69 percent of Gross Domestic Product. Seventy-five years later, CBO estimates [3] that Social Security spending as a share of GDP will rise only to 6.63 percent of GDP.
Furthermore, as Durbin noted, Social Security is prohibited [4] from running a deficit. So if Congress does not act, beginning in 2034, Social Security will pay out [3] 81 percent of its promised benefits but won't add a penny to the deficit.
Economists agree that Social Security is not a major problem for the federal budget.
Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman has pointed out [5]: "While the United States does have a long-run budget problem, Social Security is not a major factor in that problem." Center for Budget and Policy Priorities economist Kathy Ruffing has also noted [6] that, far from being in crisis, Social Security's shortfall over the next 75 years would be almost completely restored by letting the Bush tax cuts expire for the wealthiest Americans.
In contrast to Social Security, Medicare costs are increasing due to overall increases [7] in U.S. health care costs. Thus, to control Medicare costs, it is necessary [5] to lower the rate of increase in health care costs.
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Hi Everyone, so i recently installed BT5R1 KDE 64 using Windows 7 64 bit (Dual boot). After installed, i noticed that i could not pick up on my wireless signal in the network program. To my knowledge, there is some sort of compatibility issue and maybe a missing driver or update.
Here is my specs: Aspire X3950
Intel Core I3 550 3.2Ghz
NVIDIA GeForce 315
Netgear WNDA 3100, USB Adapter
1TB Hardrive
To add to that, i have been doing some research for the last few hours fix this problem. Including FAQ on homepage using command /etc/init.d/networking/start(No response). Secondly, the command "airmong-ng" and this command borders displayed , but with no information underneath.
Is it possible i may have to d/l/reinstall?, possibly R3? im not sure the major differences
Please, if there is more information needed, or something more i can add onto let me know! Thanks for any support guys
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