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The Voice
Set during New Moon. Written from Edward's POV. What would happen if Edward found out Bella was in danger and he came back to Forks, but he didn't let her know he was there?
1. Chapter One - Time Passes
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Prologue – Leaving
"Bella, I don't want you with me"
"You're not good for me."
"Goodbye, Bella." How can my voice sound so calm? These words don't even make sense!
"Wait!" She's even paler than usual, her beautiful features ashen with shock. The one word chokes out of her like she's being strangled. I feel like I'm being strangled, though I have no real need to breathe. Time seems to slow down as I see her reaching for me. How in God's name am I going to be strong enough to do this? She's trying to step towards me, but it's like her body won't listen to her.
Without my willing it, my arms flash out and grab her wrists to steady her. Bringing her arms to her sides, I lean in and inhale her terrible, wonderful scent for the last time. The pain is going to end me… I gently kiss her forehead. Her eyes drift shut.
"Take care of yourself." Please, Bella. Please take care of yourself. I can't exist if you don't. Be safe. Be happy.
I release her wrists, and with vampire speed I am away before her eyes even have time to open. The pain is trying to take me, but I have a few more things to do before I give in. I rush back to Bella's house, up to her room where we spent so many blissful evenings together. I promised her peace with no reminders, and I will deliver it. It takes no time to find the photos, the CD, and the tickets. Holding them against me, I indulge myself by curling up on her bed for a moment, just one last time. I turn my face into the pillows, the memory of her scent still on them. Would it really hurt anything to leave a piece of myself here with her in the only place I've ever truly lived? Before I have time to talk myself out of it, I lift up a loose floorboard and put the items inside.
I leave a note for Charlie, in Bella's handwriting of course, on the kitchen counter. One last look at the memories, and I'm away. Maybe if I run fast enough, I can escape the pain. The thought almost makes me laugh, but it's not a happy sound.
Goodbye my love.
Chapter One – Time Passes
Running came naturally to me; it was like breathing, or at least like breathing used to be. It was my time to think, but now all I could do was howl mentally at the world. How could she have believed me? My Bella, she had to have known how I love her. I was prepared to lie for hours to convince her. In the end it was so easy, as if I had just told her something she had believed all along. Didn't she know that the idea of me not needing her was complete nonsense? She was my whole reason for existence, and yet she believed I didn't love her, didn't want her. It was what I had wanted, but the reality shocked my whole system.
My body felt emptier the further away from her I ran. I was used to the constant pain and longing of my thirst, to the darkness and depression that were my lot in life. This was different somehow, as though I were fleeing into a night from which there would be no sunrise, into a darkness that would truly be eternal. Twilight had always been a peaceful time for me, but not today.
Shaking off these thoughts for the moment, I tried to concentrate on my plans. I had to complete my removal from Bella's life as quickly as possible. She would be safe if not for me. My family was already gone; I would meet them in Ithaca. Cornell University had been after Carlisle for a while, ever since his guest lecture series two years ago. He could combine teaching with work at the local hospital; moving was no problem professionally.
My family all thought I was insane. Well, almost all of them did. Rosalie thought I should have done this long ago, but somehow her approval was not the ringing endorsement I was looking for. Insane or not, though, they knew this was my decision to make.
I had reached the house. I was already packed, so I just grabbed my small suitcase and headed for the garage. The shiny silver Volvo was waiting for me like a good friend; my car is my refuge. Perhaps the long drive would provide some degree of oblivion. As I swung myself into the driver's seat, I caught a whiff of Bella's scent lingering from the last time she had driven with me. I was suddenly seized with a pain I could not fight. I couldn't see, I couldn't think. If I had needed to breathe, I would have been gasping for air – I felt like I was suffocating. I could only curl around the empty place in my body and hope it would pass. Bella, please be safe. Please make this be worthwhile.
Finally the agony subsided enough that I was able to start the engine and get on the road. If only I could count on time making it better. But vampires never change.
My room in the house in Ithaca was much like my room in the house in Forks. Black leather sofa, my prized stereo system and, of course, racks for CDs. The racks were much emptier though. I hadn't brought much with me from Forks and I hadn't been working on my collection the way I usually did when we relocated. I hadn't even touched the new piano Esme had purchased for the house. It was too painful.
If I tried not to think about her, it was a little easier to keep going. One more week, just one more week, was becoming a constant mental refrain. If I were able to sleep, maybe it would be easier. Every long minute needed to be filled, yet nothing held any interest for me. Music sounded off-key, books were unbelievably tedious, and my family was less than no help. I couldn't bear to hear their worries anymore.
Rosalie and Emmett had left on yet another honeymoon for a few weeks, but I could hear the stirrings of the others despite the late hour. Esme was refinishing the floor of the main hallway, worrying over me. She did that a lot lately. I experienced a momentary pang of guilt at the pain I'd been putting her through, but I pushed it away. After all, there was nothing to be done.
Jasper was in the library, working on a research paper he needed to hand in at the university tomorrow. Even though he's done the college thing a few times before, some courses were still a challenge at this level.
And Alice was pacing in her room. I let out a low growl as I heard what was going on in her mind.
If he only knew what Bella's going through, what he's making her suffer, surely he would give up this stupidity. But he doesn't see, he refuses to see. All he does is sit up there in his room and mope. Never mind Bella, he's killing Esme… he's killing our whole family with this nonsense. I have to tell him. Somehow I have to make him see.
I burst into the room howling with rage. "Alice! Enough! I told you not to look for Bella or her future. We've done enough damage!"
"You don't know the half of it, you imbecile," she howled right back at me, eyes flashing in fury. Maybe she was madder than I thought. "You have no idea what she's gone through since you left."
I cut her off before she could gain any more momentum with her rant. "Alice, is she safe?"
"Yes," she spat out grudgingly. "But that's not all that matters. She's-"
"That is all that matters. Bella is human, she'll forget us, she'll forget me, if she's given time." I managed to quell my flinch at the very idea of her forgetting me. It would be the best thing for her; I needed to believe that. I made an effort to gentle my voice. "Please, Alice, promise me you won't look at her future anymore. We need to let her go. Please."
"Fine. Just one thing before you go."
This was going to be bad. But before I could block her out, I read an image from her mind. I saw a girl sitting at a long table, one of the cafeteria tables from Forks High School, I realized. It took me a moment longer to recognize that the girl was Bella. Her perfect features were the same as ever, but she looked so numb, so blank. It was as though the spark that made her unique was gone. She looked… lifeless.
The pain was coming. I ran back to my room, but not before I saw Alice's smug-yet-worried look after me. I slammed my door behind me and curled up on the sofa, shuddering with the pain, trying to hold the pieces of myself together and wishing I could pass out. When I could think again, I knew. I need to get out of here.
Then it came to me. Victoria.
After weeks of trying, I finally found a trace of my quarry. For all her teasing (I tried to never even think her name) that I was good at everything, I was proving absolutely useless when it came to tracking. I had been distracted the one time we met, so I had not really paid attention to Victoria's thoughts. I had no idea what she would have done after James' end. My only hint came from a glimpse of her thoughts about a favorite hunting range in Canada. She and James had often traveled through the central provinces in the winter months. The short days, frequent clouds and snow, and sparse population provided the very conditions that my kind so need. Perhaps in a time of loss, she would return to familiar haunts.
So I was backpacking cross-country, or at least that was my cover story whenever I needed to talk to humans. In reality my backpack was mostly for show, as was the heavy down jacket I was wearing. It was terribly heavy and difficult to move in, but I needed to blend in. I drew enough strange looks as it was; November was not exactly the height of the backpacking season here. I was beginning to think this was completely pointless. Even with vampire speed and senses, I was getting nowhere. However, my only alternative was to stop and succumb totally to the agony I knew was waiting for me. And who knew? Victoria might try to hurt my family, might even try to hurt – her, as some kind of sick revenge for the death of her mate.
I was somewhere in Manitoba when I finally caught a break. Victoria's scent was strong in this area; this must be her chosen hunting ground. I was in a farming town with a small population, so I cast outward with my mind, searching for a familiar thought pattern, but to no avail. She was too unfamiliar, or too far away, for me to pick up. Night was falling, so I headed for the campground I had seen signs for outside of town. Not that I needed to sleep, but I had smelled a herd of deer and I was very thirsty.
Deer were not much of a challenge. It was less than an hour later that I came to myself and straightened up, taking stock of my senses. And there she was – a familiar mind just on the edge of my range. Her only thought was alarm and flight. I cursed under my breath. She had caught my scent. This would make matters more difficult.
I was immediately running at my full speed, trees flashing by me. When I reached the spot where Victoria had been I nearly tripped over a small dark bundle on the forest floor. Two things registered in my mind at the same time. One was the smell of fresh human blood, and the other was the chocolate brown hair spilling out at one end of the bundle.
"Bella! No, this can't be happening!" The words ripped out of me before I had time to realize that the blood I smelled was nothing like my Bella's precious scent. My angel was safe. This poor creature was a stranger.
I bent quickly to the still form. By some miracle, she was alive, if just barely. I must have interrupted Victoria mid-feed. My entire being was consumed with the desire to rend Victoria limb from limb, but I couldn't leave the poor girl here to die. I gently scooped her up from the cold ground and raced to the emergency room of the small hospital in town. I deposited her unconscious form in the warmth just inside the doors, shouted for help, and took off for the safety of darkness before unfortunate questions could be asked.
I urged my body on to greater and greater speeds. Victoria had been on foot, and my detour couldn't have taken more than fifteen minutes. I still had a chance to take her down tonight. As I reached the clearing where I had found the girl, it suddenly hit me. Bella. For those few terrible seconds, I had been so sure she was dead, irrationally certain that my greatest fear had come to pass. With the thought of her name, I was unable to keep the image of her perfect face from my mind. The empty cavity that was my whole being caved in and I fell to the ground, shaking uncontrollably.
Images of Bella flew through my mind. I saw her awestruck expression the first time we had gone to the meadow together, when I had shown her the effect the sun had on me. I saw her smile delightedly at me as she let me in her bedroom window at night. If I went back now, surely she would smile at me that same way, let me come back to her. How could she have ever believed that she wasn't the most important thing in my life, now or ever? Bella, how could you? Alice said Bella still loves me; surely if I return she'll take me back into her arms and make me whole again.
"No!" I meant to shout, but it came out as a gasp. How can you shout when you have no lungs? Alice shouldn't have looked. I couldn't go back, I did the right thing by leaving. One more day, I just need to make it through one more day and surely this will get easier. Sooner or later, I will start to believe it.
I don't know how much time had passed before the pain subsided enough that I was able to move again. It could have been minutes or it could have been an hour. Moving as slowly and creakily as if I were a century-old human instead of a vampire, I rose to my feet and staggered in the direction Victoria had taken. Any advantage of surprise or speed I may have had was long gone now, even if she were still on foot, which I doubted she was. Sure enough, I hadn't gone far before I reached a secluded back road and Victoria's scent became much fainter. She must have had a car hidden here.
I was going to need a vehicle.
A snake slithered by me where I was curled up amid the dense undergrowth. Perhaps that was what shook me from my stupor, but I really had no idea. I may have been incapable of sleep, but over the past few weeks, agony was swiftly becoming a constant companion. I was getting adept at numbing myself into a kind of daze that was almost, but not quite, like relief. At least I didn't have to be excruciatingly aware of each second as it ticked by.
If it weren't for the pain, I might have caught up with Victoria before now, but she had managed to stay just a step ahead of me. She was leading me on quite the merry chase, keeping far enough away that I was never able to see her thoughts and had no chance of getting ahead of her. Instead, I was doomed to doggedly follow through the Canadian wilderness, across the Great Lakes, down the Atlantic coast, all the way to this place. I wasn't even sure where here was, to tell the truth. Florida, maybe.
"I think I'm losing my mind," I groaned aloud. The frightening thing was, it was true. I was beginning to have difficulty distinguishing from reality and my fantasies… and nightmares. This chase was supposed to give some meaning to my hopeless existence, but it wasn't enough anymore. I was fighting every hour to maintain my sanity, to keep from returning to the only solace and refuge that could ever help me.
It looked like for this hour at least, I had won.
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Woman heard 'roaring noise' before tree crashed down
UPDATE: A Toowoomba woman was shocked when a tree in her backyard suddenly uprooted in calm conditions.
Kim Armstrong, who lives in North Toowoomba, said she was surprised when an eucalyptus tree suddenly fell in her yard on about 5.40pm on Monday night.
The tree fell after heavy rain saturated ground across much of the city.
"I was stumped to see it just laying there in the back yard," Ms Armstrong said.
"Thankfully our real estate branch has been fantastic in helping us out and responded to us immediately."
Ms Armstrong said the tree seemed to have uprooted and fallen over due to all the recent rain and wind.
"It managed to not hit any of the structures around it but did slice off a few branches from a nearby tree.
"I had just walked inside and there was a roaring noise and when I turned around i was looking at the top of the tree."
EARLIER: Heavy rain has saturated the ground in Toowoomba, leading a tree to uproot in a backyard.
Kim Armstrong took to social media, warning others of the dangers storms pose after a tree fell in her yard.
"The ground has been saturated in Toowoomba," she said.
"The wind wasn't blowing, the rain had actually stopped, and the tree came tumbling down. Be safe out there!"
The Bureau of Meteorology's gauge recorded 21mm of rain in the last 24 hours and more is on the cards today.
Forecasters are predicting a high chance of showers today (80%).
There is also a chance of a thunderstorm during the morning and afternoon.
Rainy weather is predicted for the rest of this week.
Around the region
More than 60mm fell in Brisbane yesterday while the rain gauge reached 100mm at Upper Springbrook on the Gold Coast.
At least 135mm also hit Sarichs, south of Townsville, and Rathdowney, south of Brisbane, was drenched by 109mm.
And at least 150mm of rain has fallen in Brisbane since the start of the month, exceeding the March average of 142.9mm.
- Toowoomba: 21mm
- Warwick: 6.6mm
- Oakey: 0mm
- Kingaroy: 3.8mm

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Young starters buoying Cards in tight race
To be fair, the St. Louis Cardinals never thought they'd have all these kids in their rotation for the final weeks of the season.
Unfortunately, Chris Carpenter didn't make it out of Spring Training. And then, Jaime Garcia went down after nine starts. Not to mention, Jake Westbrook went on the disabled list last month with a sore back.
To be fair, the St. Louis Cardinals never thought they'd have all these kids in their rotation for the final weeks of the season.
Unfortunately, Chris Carpenter didn't make it out of Spring Training. And then, Jaime Garcia went down after nine starts. Not to mention, Jake Westbrook went on the disabled list last month with a sore back.
Suddenly, baseball's best farm system was forced to produce. And for the most part, the kids have been all right.
That's the part of this story that shouldn't be forgotten as the Cardinals, Reds and Pirates punch away at one another in baseball's best division race.
Pitchers 25 or younger have started 53 of St. Louis' 138 games. Two of the kids -- Shelby Miller and Joe Kelly -- have been very solid, while rookie Michael Wacha threw six shutout innings against the Reds in his fifth Major League start on Tuesday.
If there's a moral victory for the Cardinals, this is it. Unfortunately for them, it was the only kind of victory they got. The Reds won the real contest, 1-0, and the three top teams are separated by 3 1/2 games in a National League Central race that has fans in every city in nail-biting mode.
The Cardinals, who led the division by four games in late June, are now two behind the first-place Pirates. The Reds, who were 6 1/2 games out on August 5, have closed the gap.
At the moment, St. Louis appears to have the most to worry about. If a close race is settled by the starting rotations, it has reason to.
In April and May, the Redbirds had the NL's best rotation (2.58 ERA). In August, they had the worst (4.71 ERA).
Now, about those kids. They're not to blame.
Miller is coming off a bad start in Pittsburgh, but he had a 3.13 ERA in his previous nine starts. Kelly has won seven of his 11 starts and has a 2.11 ERA as a starter.
Problem is, every single pitch is magnified in the heat of a close race, and with Adam Wainwright and Lance Lynn pitching poorly, there's pressure on others to step up and stop the bleeding.
Even after the injuries to Carpenter, Garcia and Westbrook, the Cardinals still had a legitimate No. 1 starter in Wainwright. He may still be that. In fact, he has promised to be just that. But in his past two turns, he has allowed 15 earned runs.
Lynn has struggled for longer than that. Before the All-Star Break, Lynn was 11-3 with a 3.67 ERA. Since then, he's 2-6 with a 5.46 ERA. He had trouble in the second half of last season, as well, but he was better than this.
If the Cardinals had better options, Lynn might be pitching for his spot in the rotation when he gets the ball on Thursday against the Reds. The bottom line is that unless Wainwright and Lynn get better, the Cardinals probably won't finish in front of the Pirates and Reds.
Of course, it hasn't been smooth sailing for those teams. The Reds lost their ace, Johnny Cueto, after nine starts, but they still have Mat Latos and Homer Bailey at the front of their rotation. Bronson Arroyo has been solid, as well. Mike Leake? He had a 2.59 ERA in his first 21 starts, 7.72 in his past six.
Likewise, the Pirates lost Wandy Rodriguez after 12 games and James McDonald after six. And then, one of their All-Stars, Jeff Locke, pitched so poorly in the second half that he was sent to the Minor Leagues.
Still, they found solutions in unexpected places. Francisco Liriano has been about as good as any starter in baseball, and Charlie Morton has pitched the best baseball of his career. Rookie Gerrit Cole has been as good as advertised.
So while every team has been forced to scramble, the Cardinals are going to go as far as some of those young guys can carry them.
This season is into its sixth month. Yes, some guys are tired. Yes, some guys are struggling to make adjustments as scouting reports on their strengths and weaknesses get around.
If you'd told the Pirates that their two best starters at this point would be Liriano and Morton, they might have wondered if they'd even still be in contention.
When the Reds lost Cueto, he took 33 starts and 217 innings out of their rotation. But Latos, Bailey, Arroyo and Leake may all pitch 200 innings.
Rookie Tony Cingrani stepped in for Cueto and won six games and had a 2.75 ERA before going on the disabled list with a back injury. He's expected back Thursday to start against the Cardinals.
So while the Cardinals' rotation has been hit hard, and while the Reds and Pirates seem to have more, St. Louis is still solidly lined up for a third straight postseason appearance. If Wainwright rediscovers his magic, the Redbirds will have an entirely different look. He could set a tone for an entire staff. All things considered, the Cardinals would still be in decent shape.
Richard Justice is a columnist for MLB.com. Read his blog, Justice4U.


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Variable frequency drives class and lecture
The Energy Center of Wisconsin is holding a class on VFDs on Jan. 25 at Naperville, Ill.
Variable Frequency Drives: From Consideration to Operation is being held on Jan. 25, 2012, in Naperville, Ill., at the NIU Outreach Center. The class is a one-day event and begins at 8 a.m. The lecture, supported by the Energy Center of Wisconsin (ECW) is designed to teach and provide and understanding of the issues that arise when using VFD's in the field. The class also provides a review on the NEMA Drives Application and Installation Guide. A lecture on economic applications will also be provided.
The lecture is being presented by Greg Stark, PE, from Texas A+M University. The cost is $169 and registrations must be made in advance.
Further details on the lecture and on eligibility can be found here.
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Schneider, Canucks aim for season-high win streak vs. Oilers
It may have taken longer than expected, but Cory Schneider has looked as if he has entrenched himself as the Vancouver Canucks' No. 1 goaltender.
Schneider looks to lead the Canucks to a season-high seventh straight victory on Saturday night in a road clash with the Edmonton Oilers.
The Canucks were set to hand the starting role to Schneider at the start of the season despite having not moved netminder Roberto Luongo during the offseason. Schneider, though, struggled early on and Luongo saw his playing time increase to a near split.
However, Schneider has been in net for all six games of Vancouver's current winning streak, which ties a season high set from Jan. 30-Feb. 12. Luongo had four wins during that earlier run.
Schneider has allowed just six goals over Vancouver's last six games and has a pair of shutouts in that span. He allowed one goal on 33 shots in Thursday's 4-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche.
"I'm not trying to put too much into it," said Schneider regarding the streak. "I'm just worried about the next game. I think we're just as good as the next game."
Daniel Sedin had the go-ahead goal in the third period, while Henrik Sedin and Chris Higgins had empty-net goals. Both Sedin brothers also had an assist.
Vancouver will try to win seven in a row for the first time since March 22- April 3 of last season and is two points ahead of the Minnesota Wild for first place in the Northwest Division.
The Oilers have a much urgent need for points as they are tied for 12th overall in the Western Conference but just three points behind the eighth- place St. Louis Blues.
Edmonton has won two straight after dropping four of five, picking up a 6-4 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday to begin a three-game homestand.
Alex Hemsky potted the go-ahead goal with 3:08 left in the third and Sam Gagner capped a three-assist game with an empty-net tally. Magnus Paajarvi registered a goal and an assist, while Shawn Horcoff, Jordan Eberle and Corey Potter each scored once.
"If we're going to fight our way back into the playoff race, we need these regulation wins," Gagner said. "It's a big win for us."
Nikolai Khabibulin allowed all four goals on 21 shots before being lifted early in the third period. Devan Dubnyk was able to stop all nine shots he faced in relief to notch the victory.
The Oilers and Canucks have split the first two of five meetings this season, with each team notching a post-regulation victory on the road. Vancouver picked up a 3-2 overtime win at Edmonton on Feb. 4, its fifth victory in the past six encounters and 14th in the last 19 overall.
Christopher Tanev's first career goal game with 19.3 seconds left in overtime to lift the Canucks, while Luongo made 23 saves.
Hemsky had a goal and Dubnyk yielded all three Vancouver scores on 40 shots faced as the Oilers lost for the fifth time in their last seven at home against the Canucks.


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Hagel Says U.S. Had to Move Quickly on Bergdahl
Defense Secretary Defends Obama Administration's Swap for POW
WASHINGTON—Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday defended the Obama administration's decision to rescue Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, aggressively deflecting criticism from lawmakers about secrecy surrounding the May 31 prisoner exchange.
The House Armed Services Committee spent more than three hours pressing Mr. Hagel for additional details on the exchange of Sgt. Bergdahl for five Taliban detainees being held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Lawmakers criticized the administration's rationale for not notifying Congress ahead of the...


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Forum Post: Don't believe in working for money
Posted 5 years ago on July 6, 2013, 4:34 a.m. EST by Kavatz
from Edmonton, AB
This content is user submitted and not an official statement
Money is the problem, not capitalism. Most people want a secure job for life, with benefits and raises. These people are often highly educated and most are afraid of risk.
The other type of people pay less taxes. Money works for them, not the other way around.
Money is not taught in school. Pay raises and benefits will never solve the money problem.
The 99% Conglomerate is the cure, by making people in the first group entrepreneurs with the right education and minimal effort. At the very least, they'd pay less taxes.
The working class can rule capitalism and bring it to an end.


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If there was one thing you could count on Mark G. Yudof to stand for, it was the academic quality of the University of California, the system he has led for close to five years.
Yudof, 68, announced Friday that he was stepping down as UC president, citing health problems, including gall bladder surgery. He couldn't be blamed if he also would like to avoid the major headaches of Gov. Jerry Brown's proposals to link future funding increases for UC to a variety of reforms, including less research and publication by professors (who would pick up heavier teaching loads) as well as increasing graduation rates.
Yudof came to UC after heading the state university system in Texas, where he had a reputation for holding high academic standards but raising student fees considerably. The same proved true in California, although some fee increases were inevitable considering the state's fiscal crisis.
For someone like Yudof, who wants state universities to maintain the same sort of reputation as the great private research universities, it must have felt like one catastrophe after another as course selections were pared and students despaired of finding the classes they needed -- or sometimes, any class at all.


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Awards and Honors
In recognition of its contribution to the study and love of American history, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History has received the following awards and honors:
- First Lady Michelle Obama presented the Gilder Lehrman Saturday Academy Program with the 2011 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, the nation's highest honor for out-of-school arts and humanities programs. The National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award is a signature initiative of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities™ in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services™.
- The 2010 William E. Simon Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Social Entrepreneurship was awarded to Richard Gilder and Lewis E. Lehrman for founding the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The prize is awarded to those who have followed in the footsteps of such great American historical figures as Clara Barton, the founder of the Red Cross, and Jane Addams, founder of Hull House.
- The American Association of Museums awarded American History: An Introduction in the History in a Box series the 2009 Award for Best Publication Design of an educational resource. The award committee stated that the box "Provides compelling educational information that is accessible and easy to use for the instructor. It is well conceived and produced with high-quality examples for students."
- The 2009 Shelby Foote Preservation Legacy Award, presented by the Civil War Trust, for extraordinary contributions to further the cause of battlefield preservation, was awarded to Richard Gilder for his notable involvement in American history, preservation, and the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History.
- The Gilder Lehrman Institute received the 2008 Award for Academic Excellence from the Council of Independent Colleges for its outstanding college-level seminars.
- President George W. Bush and Laura Bush presented the 2005 National Humanities Medal to Richard Gilder and Lewis E. Lehrman for their work in promoting American history and for co-founding the Institute.
- The Organization of American Historians presented the Friend of History Award to the Institute in 2005. The award recognizes outstanding support for the pursuit of historical research, for the public presentation of history, or for the work of the OAH.


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About me
My name is Noémie Volz and I'm developing the web since 1999.
My passion is to make things better.
Be prepared.
My work
I'm a Usability Engineer at TRANSPOREON, the leading logistics software company in Europe.
During 10 years I've worked for many companies in Austria and Germany as a web developer, inhouse and freelance. At TRANSPOREON, in 2009, I mutated to a UX Designer with my friend Elizabeth Whitworth being my mentor, under the remarkable leadership of Axel Busch. Since November 2011 I'm member of the German UPA (the German chapter of the Usability Professionals' Association).
My blog
Starting with the photoblog in 2006, I began to publish what I saw around me, till this day. Later I felt the growing need to share also my thoughts – about User Experience, work and career in particular – with words, and the "written" blog came to life in 2010.
My self
I'm a highly creative human being, finding solutions for software and for life. I am dedicated to what I do, whatever that is. I feel compelled to deal with arts and technologies, to unite functionality and fun, and to explore new territories. I like to take responsibilities and to make decisions. I enjoy working with my brain and with my hands.
Apparently I'm a "Fieldmarshal (ENTJ)" type of person.
My background
I'm born in France and I grew up there. My mother tongue is French and I speak German fluently. I've learned English with the LOLCats and I understand some Italian.
I live in a village near Ulm in the south of Germany (Europe) with my husband and our cat.
Feel free to connect with me!
About neopix
The idea
"neopix" is a combination of an anagram of my first name, Noémie, and the stylish word for pictures, pix.
Thanks to Sam Javanrouh at ddoi (a very good photoblog) for the daily inspiration.
The technique
I wrote this website's concept and implemented it completely; I created the graphics also – and of course, I shot the pix. Until 13.05.2007 these were updated daily, but due to lack of time I've settled for a weekly rate until the end of 2012.
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The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you'll go. -- Dr. Seuss, "I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!"
Eighteen years ago, four lay leaders with a passion for community service dedicated their time to promote literacy throughout the community. The Be A Reader (BeAR) literary program, as part of the Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, was created as a community-wide effort of volunteers to help at-risk, struggling readers acquire the skills and love for learning that lead to personal happiness and future success. Since 1999, more than 1,200 children have benefitted from the program.
BeAR is in eight Title I elementary schools and pairs a volunteer mentor with a student for an hour each week. BeAR provides students with at least five books for their at-home library, school supplies, and a time commitment each week throughout the school year. Because there is no shortage of children that need assistance, the program's capacity is solely dependent on the number of volunteers that sign up.
Research shows that up until third grade, children learn to read. Beginning in fourth grade, children read to learn. If the child has not yet mastered reading, they begin a downward spiral that is difficult to correct. Receiving even minimal intervention by third grade, research shows that the opportunity to improve increases dramatically.
The goal of the Community Relations Council's BeAR program is to help at-risk children in Tidewater public schools acquire the reading skills and love of learning that lead to personal happiness and success.
The volunteers and children read aloud once a week at elementary schools in Norfolk and Virginia Beach and work on spelling, vocabulary, and classroom reading assignments. Beyond the reading, the volunteers also provide these students with a sense of stability and become more of a mentor as the relationship progresses.
Volunteer Opportunities
Join with other people in our community who are helping children learn to read, and help make a difference in a child's life. Most children blossom with individual attention from a caring adult. You can be that person.
BeAR is currently involved in the following schools:
- Chesterfield Academy Elementary
- Granby Elementary
- Larrymore Elementary
- Birdneck Elementary
- College Park Elementary
- Lynnhaven Elementary
- Park Place Elementary
- Tallwood Elementary
To learn more about the BeAR program, please contact Melissa Eichelbaum at 757-965-6107 or email email@example.com.
The Be A Reader program, as part of the Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, is generously supported by Nancy and Chuck Rosenblatt honoring Doris Rosen and Trudy Rosenblatt.


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The 15 Greatest Knockouts in 'The Ultimate Fighter' History
(No, no, not THAT kind of ultimate fighter.)
Seven years. Fifteen seasons. The Ultimate Fighter has been a part of our lives for nearly a decade, ladies and gentlemen, and not only is it still going strong, but it has spread at the rate of your average zombie apocalypse. With the first international installment of the hit reality show already under way, TUF has seemingly evolved beyond its counterparts, transcending even that of the sport in it's ability to excite, and often inspire its audience. Sure, the next season of Jersey Shore will feature a piss drunk pregnant woman and a
possible probable cokehead and will therefore rule the ratings from here to eternity, but The Ultimate Fighter has something better to bring to the table than fabricated drama. Mainly, sweet ass knockouts.
Seven years of sweet ass knockouts, to be precise. That's the entire length of Tommy Callahan's college career.
With these knockouts, we've seen underdogs pull off upsets, loudmouths get their comeuppance, and the emergence of future superstars. So in honor of what has already been a KO-ridden season of TUF, we decided to watch every season back to back, and determine the BEST knockout from its respective season. Enjoy.Read More DIGG THIS


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"Cherish Is The Word/Granny's Intuition"
Cherish is the Word - It's Valentines Day! All of the kids at school are making special valentines to share with their special friends. But when Victoria Best runs off with all of the cards, will she ruin Valentine's Day for everyone? It's up to WordGirl to swoop in and save the day. Granny's Intuition - According to the local news Granny May seems to be figuring out who's been committing the latest crime sprees that are sweeping the city. D
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"Paul Simon's Graceland Journey"
Unbelievably enough, Paul Simon's Graceland album is now a quarter-century old. Ordinarily, if it was remembered solely for the songs it brought into the world, that would be enough for most pop records. But it was also a musical triumph, an experiment in cross-cultural collaboration that also proved to be commercially popular, selling 14 million albums worldwide and generating three Top 40 singles, winning Grammys for both "Album of the Year" and "Song of the Year" for its title track. D
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Baker's Baskets Bringing encouragement through smiles (and flowers)
It's a simple question really. "Do you know someone who could use a smile today?" The truth is that almost everyone knows someone who could use a smile, a little cheering up and a gesture of caring when life gets painful. This simple and yet profound question is the same question that weighs on the mind of Lisa Baker every day when she wakes up and every day when she goes to work at her cozy shop, Baker's Baskets. Lisa opened Baker's Baskets in 2010 following the death of her cherished son, Evan, to pay homage to his life of kindness, selflessness and generosity. Baker's Baskets was a way for Lisa to honor her son's name and to preserve his legacy of goodness by encouraging people to think of others, especially those in need.
Baker's Baskets is a visually beautiful shop of fresh flowers and unique and timeless gifts, located across the street from Mickey Stevens Complex. Along with fragrant blooms, every nook and cranny is filled with such delights as Yankee candles, treats, keepsakes, cards and any number of treasures that, when combined, create thoughtful baskets of goodwill and love.
When Lisa first opened Baker's Basket's, she felt strongly about implementing a program of "random acts of kindness" wherein unsuspecting people would receive an anonymously sent, surprise flower arrangement. Lisa knew this would be a special way to bring the memory of her son to complete strangers, many of whom were struggling through difficult times themselves. This inspired idea, known as "Evan's Smile", is now moving full speed ahead; in fact, throughout August, Lisa and her loved ones delivered over 25 arrangements! Remarkably, there is no charge for these flowers and no thought for return, except to see the recipient of the flowers smile ~ a true "Evan's Smile" that might live on in the hearts of others.
To partner with Lisa Baker in her effort to bring smiles and joy to others, all you have to do is go to Baker's Baskets and nominate someone in need of some cheer. Lisa has set out a special hatbox with Evan's photo on it where a "vote" can be cast (with a name and address) for someone deserving of this unexpected gesture. The sender is anonymous, but a card, signed by Baker's Baskets, is attached to express Lisa's desire that Evan's infectious smile might touch them and inspire them to come in and vote for someone as well.
Come in today and vote for someone in your life who could use an uplifting smile. Baker's Baskets is located at 16 Freeborn Street. The hours here are M-Th, 10:00am - 5:00pm, Fridays, 10:00am - 6:00pm, and Saturdays from 10:00am - 4:00pm. You can reach them by phone at 401-451-4787, fax them at 401-681-4804, or visit their website at www.bakersbaskets.com.


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How to USB Your Guitar
Behringer's iAXE guitars can be plugged to an amp just like any other ordinary guitar...however, they also have an USB input! Here's a How To... guide to understand how it all works. The advantage of having an USB guitar such as the iAXE is that you don't need to get any USB audio interface to make recordings on your computer- the guitar itself is the interface! Great stuff - and pratical!


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Most parents are extremely apprehensive about their child's first dental appointment. Of course, no one wants their child to be afraid, but the dental check up can be overwhelming for most children. Therefore, it is important for parents to choose an dentist experienced in pediatric dentistry. Dentist Mandeville LA has cared for the unique dental needs of children for many years. Patience and understanding are just a few of the attributes that your child will experience at his office.
Children react well to a dentist that develops a trustful and confident relationship with them. As well as general dentistry, his expertise is in communicating to children the importance of eating habits, the necessity of brushing and flossing, as well as general oral care.
Most people do not realize that becoming a pediatric dentist requires advance study and the completion of two years of post doctoral training that focuses on the specific needs and concerns of children. Dental procedures for children differ from adults. For example, pharmacology is one of the many areas that is significantly different for children.
This pediatric dentist will promote oral hygiene so that your child will develop a healthier smile. Proper dental health for children has a significant influence for overall physical health as children learn how to care for their teeth.
For a complete evaluation for your child, contact Grandfamilydentistry.com.


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NAMM 2007: Introducing the Wireless ULTRALINK UL2000B from Behringer
BEHRINGER goes wireless at a performance level and price that's unheard of! With the revolutionary ULTRALINK UL2000B true diversity headset system, you will experience one of the best performing and innovative designs available in this segment.
Choose from 320 transmission frequencies and enjoy the powerful advantage of simultaneous operation for up to 20 systems.* The IRC compander guarantees incredible dynamics and low noise. You get an excellent headset microphone perfect for vocal applications, featuring a Panasonic condenser transducer. With its user-friendly control menu and comprehensive LCD screen, the receiver is extremely easy to operate.
One of the ULTRALINK highlights—a feature never seen in this price range—is the availability of user-tunable transmit frequencies in addition to the 3 presets with 8 interference-free channels each. This way, you have a total of 320 different frequencies available to you, ensuring that you will find a free frequency, no matter how crowded it gets! The receiver also features a switch-mode power supply with easily interchangeable AC plugs for maximum flexibility (100 – 240 Volts).
The ULTRALINK ULR2000 true diversity receiver easily fits into your 19" rack and can be mounted with the included rack-mounting kit.
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Author Notes: I love fruity flavors spiced up a bit. This refreshing homemade soda gets its zinginess from a dried chipotle, cinnamon and mint. If dried chipotles are unavailable, substitute a canned chipotle in adobo, but remove the seeds before using. Feel free to dress it up with a splash of flavored vodka; orange, lemon or pepper flavors would be great. - gr8chefmb —gr8chefmb
Food52 Review: This is a delicious alternative to a summer lemonade. The amount lends itself nicely to an entire pitcher. Just bruise about a cup of mint, and add it to a pitcher filled halfway with ice. Pour in the syrup and fill the rest of the way with club soda. It's pretty in color and even the kids will like it! For a more adult variation, although gr8chefmb recommends a flavored vodka, we liked it with a splash of gin -- in a martini glass, of course! - GirlPlusFire —GirlPlusFire
Serves: 6-8
cups demerara sugar [raw sugar]
cups water
pint raspberries
dried chipotle pepper, seeds removed
stick cinnamon
bunch fresh mint
liter club soda
crushed ice
cup orange, lemon or pepper-flavored vodka [optional]
thin orange slices for garnish
- Place sugar and water in a 3-quart saucepan and place over medium high heat and bring to the boil, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat to medium. Add raspberries, chipotle pepper, and cinnamon stick; simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool to room temperature. Strain syrup, pressing on solids to extract syrup; discard solids. Store syrup in a tightly sealed jar in the refrigerator for up 1 week.
- To make sodas, add 1/4 cup of spicy raspberry syrup to glass along with a few mint leaves and use a muddler to bruise mint. Fill glass halfway with crushed ice and top off with club soda. If desired, add a splash of flavored vodka to glass before topping with club soda. Garnish with thin slice of orange and a couple of mint leaves.
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Berry Recipe
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Recipe with Mint
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Poolside Cocktail
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Raspberries
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Spreadable fats (dairy and non-dairy): Definition, labelling and sale
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Spreadable fats (dairy and non-dairy): Definition, labelling and sale
Spreadable fats undergo standard classification according to their fat content and whether they are of dairy/non-dairy origin, vegetable origin or animal origin.
Council Regulation (EC) No 2991/94 of 5 December 1994 laying down standards for spreadable fats.
As of 1 July 2008, products falling within the scope of this Regulation are governed by the common organisation of agricultural markets.
This Regulation protects consumers from the possibility of confusing butter, margarine and other spreadable fats (e.g. minarines), by differentiating them according to their percentage of fat content and their animal or vegetable origin.
Spreadable fats are products with a fat content of at least 10% but less than 90% by weight and which remain solid at a temperature of 20°C (complete definition in Article 1).
To avoid any possible confusion, the Regulation limits the use of the terms "butter" and "margarine" to products with a fat content of not less than 80%.
"Reduced fat" claims
Under the terms of the Regulation, the fact that the product has a reduced fat content must be mentioned clearly in the product designation. The Regulation therefore permits the use of nutritional claims which underline that the product has a reduced fat content. (Such claims consist of labelling, presentation and advertising information informing consumers about the characteristics of a food or of one of its ingredients.)
Sales and import descriptions
The various sales descriptions which are permitted, such as "minarine", "butter" and "cream" or the terms "vegetable" or "traditional" are defined in Articles 3 and 4.
Spreadable fats which are imported from non-Community countries are subject to the same requirements as those manufactured in the European Union (EU).
This Regulation expands on the former Directive 79/112/EEC, repealed by Directive 2000/13/EC, relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs.
Entry into force - Date of expiry
Deadline for transposition in the Member States
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Regulation (EC) No 2991/94
OJ L 176 of 9.12.1994
Commission Regulation (EC) No 445/2007 of 23 April 2007 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2991/94 laying down standards for spreadable fats and of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1898/87 on the protection of designations used in the marketing of milk and milk products (Codified version) [Official Journal L 106 of 24.4.2007].
Commission Decision 2004/336/EC of 31 March 2004 authorising the placing on the market of yellow fat spreads, milk based fruit drinks, yoghurt type products and cheese type products with added phytosterols/phytostanols as novel foods or novel food ingredients under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council [Official Journal L 105 of 14.4.2004].
Report from the Commission to the Council on the application of Article 5 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2991/94 laying down standards for spreadable fats [COM(2002) 411 final]. This report points out that it would be useful to maintain Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2991/94, which allows labelling claims regarding reduced fat content.
Commission Decision 2000/500/EC of 24 July 2000 on authorising the placing on the market of "yellow fat spreads with added phytosterol esters" as a novel food or novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council [Official Journal L 200 of 8.8.2000].
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Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 269-471-3348
A switch to new Andrews University ID cards is underway. The cards have arrived and printing of the new ID cards will begin this week.
The new cards require a color ID photo. All faculty and staff who do not have a color ID photo from the last three (3) years are required to have a new photo taken. Today, from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., faculty and staff can have a color photo taken and a new ID card printed in the Campus Center lobby. From Friday, August 15 through August 29, faculty, staff and student employees can go to AD 306 during regular business hours to obtain their new ID card.
Shortly after the new ID cards are distributed, all digital time clocks will be modified campus-wide. During that one-day time period, minimal disruption is expected for hourly employees using a digital time clock; however, some managers may need to manually input their employee's hours. (See http://www.andrews.edu/hr/documents/TimeManagerManual.pdf for more information.) After the digital time clocks are modified, only the new ID cards will be compatible.
The new cards, much like the old ID cards, will be used for time clocks for all hourly workers, Dining Services meal accounts, bookstore and computer store purchases, and library services. The new cards utilize proximity detection rather than a magnetic strip, a more secure system. The new technology is more difficult to replicate and will, over the next several years, increase ease of building access and enhance building security across campus.
The most notable upgrade with the new ID card system involves a long-range plan to have key card access to exterior doors on most campus buildings. The new cards will be, initially, used primarily for building access by those living in the residence halls. Over the next several years, other buildings will be equipped with compatible key card access readers.
The new cards will contain one of three new designs: the International Flag Mall backdrop photo for all AU faculty, staff and students; an Andrews Academy backdrop photo for all Andrews Academy faculty, staff and students; and a Ruth Murdoch Elementary School backdrop photo for all RMES faculty, staff and students.
As with any new system, there may be disruptions along the way. We ask for your patience and understanding during this time.
The schedule for distribution and time-clock modification is as follows:
August 12
Last day for faculty/staff to have their photo updated, if needed, for pre-printed ID cards. Color photos are required for new cards.
August 14, 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Employee ID card distribution in the Campus Center, first floor lobby, for all faculty, staff and employed students. Please bring your old ID card with you as it will need to be turned in when you receive your new card.
Time clocks campus-wide are modified.
August 15, 9 a.m.-Noon
Continued distribution of new ID Cards from AD306
August 17, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
First Stop: New ID cards for freshman and other new students distributed at the Howard Performing Arts Center
August 18
Andrews Academy cards delivered to Academy
Remainder of student's cards preprinted
Distribution begins of student ID cards
Distribution of employee cards continues
All pre-printed cards and new cards printed from August 18-29 will be available in AD306 during the following times:
9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Thursday and 9 a.m.-Noon, Friday, including Registration Day, August 24, Noon-3 p.m.
August 19
Cards distributed to Ruth Murdoch Elementary School for 7th and 8th grade students by 10 a.m.
September 2
ID card pickup and pictures returns to Academic Records, 2nd floor of Ad Building


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The OSR ("Old School Renaissance") is a label usually applied to an informal, disorganized group of table-top RPG players that are interested in the hobby as it was played in the 70s and 80s. In the words of Rob Conley:
To me the Old School Renaissance is not about playing a particular set of rules in a particular way, the dungeon crawl. It is about going back to the roots of our hobby and seeing what we could do differently. What avenues were not explored because of the commercial and personal interests of the game designers of the time.The best short overview is probably Matthew Finch's (free) Quick Primer for Old School Gaming.
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PennDOT places life-size elk cutouts
RIDGWAY – Traffic accidents involving elk pose a real danger to area residents. Although many think of the elk as an elusive animal, they frequent the roadways, particularly in autumn which is their breeding season. Recently, PennDOT officials placed two life-size elk cutouts on the PennDOT property in Ridgway in order to show just how big these animals really are.
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As a kid, I briefly wanted to be an entomologist. This career choice never received full support from my parents, who probably realized that the jars of fireflies and boxes of desiccated beetles that brought me such joy one summer would eventually gather dust in the garage beside the rock polisher.
And while my insect devotion was fleeting, I remain fascinated by their complicated social structures. Today, when I see a line of sugar ants making their way methodically across a wall or witness the graceful ballet of honeybees gathering pollen on a purple cenizo, I wonder: How in the world do they communicate?
So last weekend, when I was offered an opportunity to sit in on a three-hour beekeeping class hosted by the Round Rock Honey Company, I donned a decidedly non-summery outfit of long pants and cowboy boots and joined 25 other bee-curious students for a wild Saturday morning. Round Rock Honey, which maintains hives throughout the state, and also in California, offers Texas classes in Round Rock, Waco, Dallas, and Houston. If my class is typical, most students are aspiring beekeepers, with a smattering of folks like me thrown in for good measure.
Before Certified Master Beekeeper Lance Wilson got started, the conversation turned from sci-fi bee movies (1973's drive-in classic Invasion of the Bee Girls has some devoted fans) to bee stings. Here, I learned my first bit of useful information: Copenhagen chewing tobacco, several students revealed, can reduce the pain of a bee sting.
"What?" I asked. "How does it work?"
"Just moisten a ball of it," someone told me, "and rub it around on the sting. Works for scorpions, jellyfish, and mosquitoes, too."
That alone would be worth the price of admission. But then Lance, who received his bee education at the University of Georgia, began to reveal some of the mysteries of bee life. "You can think of a honeybee as a vegetarian wasp," he told us, then explained that bees, wasps, and ants are in the same order (hymenoptera). He also explained the purpose of the all-white, veiled bee suit we'd don later: "It looks opposite from a bear."
There's no wonder that science-fiction writers turn to insects for their plotlines.
Bees, he told us, are attracted to hairiness, so the last thing you want to do while working with bees is wear a fur coat or a fake-fur coat, for that matter. When bees are alarmed, we learned, they emit an alarm pheromone that smells a bit like rotten bananas. Then, if the bees also have a visual cue (such as someone who looks or acts like a bear), they're likely to go into stinging mode. To obfuscate both the pheromone cue and the visual cue, beekeepers often use smoke while working the hives. And yes, there are stingless bees in South America, but they evidently have a ferocious bite.
We went over the anatomy of a bee, learning that some 80 percent of sensory input is read through their antennae, which can measure temperature, humidity, and even CO2 levels in the air. Too, bees are endothermic, meaning they can raise and lower their body temperatures, which comes in handy when they want to oust a queen. Lance told us that since stinging a queen bee to death is pretty inefficient (not to mention suicidal for the worker bees), instead they surround her and crank up their body temperatures, effectively cooking her to death.
There's no wonder that science-fiction writers turn to insects for their plotlines.
Beehive populations are mostly female – a queen bee, whose only job is to lay eggs (she produces an egg every 45 seconds), drones (the only males in the hive; typically they make up only 5-20 percent of the hive population), and the worker bees. Worker bees are all female, and they make all of the decisions in the hive, including who gets to be queen. Lance told us that most scientists consider a beehive to be a collective organism – a superorganism if you will – meaning that each bee acts in the interest of the colony, rather than the individual. This means that in theory, the organism can live forever.
We learned various harrowing aspects of bee procreation (after mating, for example, the drones' abdomens explode with an audible "pop"), moved into some discussion of Africanized bees and the perils currently facing bees worldwide, then donned our bee suits for a quick car trip to see the hives.
Bundled up in a white, shapeless jumpsuit, complete with gloves and veil, I was unable to take photos or notes. Thousands of bees buzzed around us as Lance and Round Rock Honey owner Konrad Bouffard opened the hive boxes to show us the amazing industry inside, and I gained even more respect for the collaboration between bees and their keepers. And the honey, some of which we were allowed to sample straight from the combs, was delicate, complex, and nuanced with subtle flavors.
Later, as we drove back to headquarters, I chatted briefly with a fellow classmate and amateur beekeeper named Susan, whose primary reason for beekeeping surprised me. "Of course I love the honey," she told me. "But for me, beekeeping is relaxing. It compliments my meditation and yoga. It's oddly peaceful to work with bees. They are very orderly."
Learn more about Round Rock Honey products and beekeeping classes at www.roundrockhoney.com.


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Image: Firth's Asian Leaf Litter Toad
Firth's Asian Leaf Litter Toad (Leptolalax firthi)
- Photographer:
- Jodi J L Rowley
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Location:
- Vietnam
Firth's Asian Leaf Litter Toad (Leptolalax firthi) was discovered and described by Australian Museum biologist Dr Jodi Rowley and her colleagues at the University of Science- Ho Chi Minh City, Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources and Vinh University.
Rowley, J. J. L., Hoang D. H., Dau Q. V., Le T. T. D., & Cao T. T. (2012). A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from central Vietnam. Zootaxa 3321: 56–68
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Like many other aspects of your society, bigger is perceived to be better. Yet for many full figured women, larger breasts can pose unique challenges in everyday clothing. Gapping – which takes place when larger breasts cause gaps between the buttons of a blouse, can cause clothing to appear ill fitting.
The specially molded cups of minimizer bras help to redistribute breast tissue into a flatter, more manageable shape. While not capable of completely reducing breast cup size, minimizer bras help women achieve a more natural figure and attractive silhouette. HerRoom's extensive collection of minimizer bras are fully stocked in a variety of styles. Shop our selection today!


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The so-called Illiana Expressway connecting Illinois and Indiana largely through central Will County has moved another step forward in the approval process, transportation officials said.
The Federal Highway Administration on Friday gave its stamp of approval for the approximate path of the long-proposed superhighway connecting Interstate 55 near Wilmington with I-65 near Cedar Lake, Ind.
The official "record of decision" decision ends the first phase of the planning process and kicks off a much more detailed environmental and financial analysis of the Illiana's proposed route, which transportation officials have designated Corridor B3.
Illinois Transportation Secretary Ann Schneider called the decision a "significant milestone" in the development of the project.
"We look forward to moving forward as expeditiously as we can," Schneider said.
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Here's something I'm glad I haven't seen in years and years: lawn darts.
Here's something I'm glad I haven't seen in years and years: lawn darts. When I was a kid some relatives had lawn darts, giant versions of the ones you'd throw at a dart board — complete with needle-sharp steel point. At the time, I thought they were the coolest toys ever. We'd stand in the neighbor's yard, toss them high up into the air, and watch them fall back to stick into the grass. Now I look at them and think, "What was someone thinking?!?" . . . . . When I was the mayor in the Redwood Area Theatre's production of "The Music Man", a running gag was me starting to recite Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, but never getting to finish. Since it was never guaranteed how far I'd get saying it before another actor interrupted me, I continued the speech in my mind past what the script said, just in case I had to keep reciting. For people who attended the performances and want to know how the mayor would have finished it, here's are some highlights of the mock version of the Gettysburg Address I would have said if allowed to continue: "Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this condiment a new nation, deceived in libraries, and desecrated to the preposition that all Finns are created mackerel. "Now we's enraged in a great civilian war, testin' weather. That nation, nor any other nation so deceived and desecrated, can long ordure...." "But we can not dedicrate, we can not commiserate, we can not hollow out this ground...." "The world will little note this unfinished work what we say here. It's from them honored dead that government of the people, of the people, and of the people, shan't parish from the Earth." . . . . . Would the person who kept butt-dialing me on Wednesday afternoon please answer your phone when I try replying? It got old after the fourth time I answered and just heard voices talking off in the distance. If it happens again, I'll publish your phone number so everyone to see and call back themselves. . . . . . Most people don't realize Gorgonzola cheese was actually invented in ancient Greece by that lady with snakes for hair, and that if you eat too much of it you'll lie around the house feeling bloated, as if you've turned to stone. . . . . . If I could choose a super power, I used to think I'd go with the ability to make time stop. If I wanted an ice cream cone, I could just stop time, wander into the nearest convenience store, take one from a cooler, and leave without anyone spotting me or even knowing an ice cream cone was missing. Then it occurred to me for the super power to work, time would have to stop for everything except me, of course. Me, I'd still be able to move around like normal. Two reasons: 1) I didn't want to be frozen in the same position forever, and 2) who would say the magic words to unfreeze time again and set everyone free? Other problems suggested themselves. If the air molecules are frozen in time, would I be able to breathe? To move around? Could I walk on water if it's frozen in time? Would I be able open doors, or move anything around at all? What happens when I say "allla-kazam" or whatever, and time starts again? What would happen to those things I moved? Would they just instantly jump to their new position like a jump-cut in a movie? How disorienting would that be to everyone else? No, it's probably better for everyone else in the universe I don't have that super power after all.


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Debunking the myths of becoming a bone marrow donor
The National Marrow Donor Program's (NMDP) Be the Match registry has facilitated more than 40,000 transplants since 1987, but thousands of patients await donors.
If you're between ages 18 and 60 and in good health, visit marrow.org to find out if you're a candidate and to order a registration kit. When it arrives, simply swab the inside of your cheek and return the kit.
Have other questions? Read on:
Myth: You will need surgery.
Fact: The majority of donations involve blood stem cells and are nonsurgical. If you are donating marrow, you will receive anesthesia and doctors will insert a needle in your pelvic bone to aspirate the marrow. Most patients go home the same day.
Myth: Donating is painful and involves a long recovery.
Fact: You might have muscle aches and fatigue, or headaches, during the week of a stem-cell donation, but the procedure itself is painless for most people. Marrow donors receive anesthesia so the extraction doesn't hurt, but they might experience lower-back soreness for about a week.
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Myth: Donating bone marrow can weaken your immune system.
Fact: You need to donate only five percent or less of your bone marrow. Most donors are back to their routines in a few days, and the marrow regenerates in four to six weeks.
Myth: Pieces of your bone will be removed.
Fact: No bone is extracted during a marrow-donation procedure, just some liquid from inside the pelvic bone.
Myth: Registering is expensive.
Fact: You don't pay to register. It costs NMDP $100 to cover the costs of lab tests and database maintenance, and donations are encouraged but never required. If you are called to donate, you will not pay medical fees.
Related: Court says some bone marrow donors can be paid
Before donating, you'll want to check with your doctor.


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Fukushima in Our Food
Radiation from Japan is showing up in our food. Shouldn't we do something about it?
As the crippled reactors in Japan continue to emit radiation into the environment, the risk grows that it will appear in our food. Radiation has already been detected in trace amounts in milk across the U.S., and in strawberries, kale and other vegetables in California.
While those are agricultural products, there's little doubt that radiation at some trace amount also may make it into processed food.
The emerging reality of the ongoing nuclear reactor crisis in Fukushima, Japan, now in its fourth month, is that it is not under control at all. Three of the six reactors are in meltdown. The crippled reactors are acting like a huge dirty bomb, emitting significant quantities of radioactive isotopes that are, in fact, contaminating our air, water, soil and food in a steady stream that may continue for a long time.
And it's not just affecting Japan, though they're certainly getting the worst of it. Since the accident on March 12, radioactive fallout from Fukushima has been spreading to the U.S. and across the northern hemisphere. Elevated levels of radiation caused by the meltdowns in Japan have been detected in drinking water across the U.S., in rainwater, in soil and in food grown here.
Authorities in the U.S. insist there is no danger to public health or the environment. EPA discontinued its Fukushima radiation monitoring efforts, and FDA says there is no danger to our food or seafood and therefore testing is not necessary. There have been no calls since the accident for heightened nuclear safety inspections nor to upgrade or decommission aging nuclear power plants in the U.S.
Yet, in limited testing conducted by states and independent labs since the accident, radioactive iodine and cesium — both toxic to human health — have appeared at elevated levels in milk and vegetables produced in California, one of the only states conducting any kind of testing for radiation in food. Radiation also has been detected in milk sold in Arizona, Arkansas, Hawaii, Vermont and Washington since the accident.
Elevated levels of radioactivity have been detected in drinking water in numerous municipalities from Los Angeles to Philadelphia, and in soil samples tested in California. Fallout is blanketing America and will do so for a prolonged period of time until Japanese authorities can somehow stop the crippled reactors from leaking any more radiation into the environment — a formidable task.
On May 25, the University of California Berkeley Department of Nuclear Engineering, one of the few organizations testing food, soil, air and water in the U.S., reported it had detected the highest level of radioactive cesium 137 in nearly a month in raw milk samples taken from a dairy in Sonoma County, where the cows are grass fed. UCB also reported elevated levels of cesium 134 and cesium 137 in pasteurized, homogenized milk samples with a "best by" date of May 26 from a Bay Area organic dairy.
On May 16, UCB reported detectable levels of cesium 137 in samples of kale, strawberries and grass grown in northern California. UCB has also found higher than normal levels of cesium 134 and cesium 137 in foods grown in the Bay Area, including spinach, arugula and wild-harvested mushrooms.
The State of California reported on May 2 it detected higher levels of radioactive iodine 131 in milk samples tested at CalPoly Dairy Farm in San Luis Obispo compared to milk tested at the end of March. Additionally, the new milk samples contained trace amounts of radioactive cesium 134 and cesium 137, which were not seen in the March samples.
This is data from May, not March, when the Fukushima accident happened. So the worst is not over; in fact, the worst may have just begun.
The presence of iodine 131, with a short half-life of eight days, in the new milk samples indicates that even now, nuclear reactions are occurring at the crippled Japanese plant, bringing fresh fallout on a daily basis to Asia, North America and around the northern hemisphere.
Outside of California, little to no testing is being done in the rest of the country. Dairy farmers on the Big Island of Hawaii, on the other hand, are taking a preventive approach to some of the highest levels of radiation detected in the U.S., and are now feeding boron in the form of sodium borate to their cows and goats at milking times along with kelp supplements as a way to help reduce elevated levels of radiation in milk. The dairy farmers are also considering applying boron to their pastures to mitigate radiation levels in the grass, reported Energy News on May 25. Boron is reported to act as a natural radiation absorber, and kelp may help prevent radioactive iodine from accumulating in the body.
Despite what experts have said, eating radiation isn't the same as flying in a plane. Ingesting or inhaling long-lived, man-made radioactive particles over a long period of time in our water, dust, soil and food is very different than being exposed to electromagnetic radiation from a television or cosmic radiation from a plane ride. Once it gets in the body, lodging in bones, glands and other organs, it can damage DNA and cells for a long time, significantly raising the cumulative risk of cancer. Radioactive cesium 137 alone has a half-life of 30 years, where it can remain in the body emanating radiation the whole time. The risks are particularly high for pregnant women, infants and children.
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Leviticus(Greek;Λευιτικός /"Relating to the Levites) or Vayikra (Hebrew: ויקרא, literally "and He called"), book of the Christian Old Testament, is the third book of the Pentateuch(/Greek) or Torah(תּוֹרָה/Hebrew and most scholars agree is written (primarily) by Moses in c 550-400 BCE.
Leviticus contains extremely specific details of the laws and priestly rituals. The first 16 chapters and the last chapter make up the Priestly Code, with rules for ritual cleanliness, sin-offerings, and the Day of Atonement, including Chapter 12 which mandates male circumcision. Chapters 17-26 contain the Holiness Code, including the injunction in chapter 19 to "love one's neighbor as oneself" as later confirmed by Jesus in the Gospels. The book is largely concerned with "abominations", largely dietary and sexual restrictions. The rules are generally addressed to the Israelites, except for the prohibition in chapter 20 against sacrificing children to Molech, which applies equally to "the strangers that sojourn in Israel."


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Health Care Spending Charts That Make You Stop and Think
John Lynn is the Founder of the HealthcareScene.com blog network which currently consists of 10 blogs containing over 8000 articles with John having written over 4000 of the articles himself. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 16 million times. John also manages Healthcare IT Central and Healthcare IT Today, the leading career Health IT job board and blog. John is co-founder of InfluentialNetworks.com and Physia.com. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can also be found on Twitter: @techguy and @ehrandhit and LinkedIn.
If you don't regularly read the Health Populi blog written by Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, then you're really missing out on some great insights into what's happening with the economics of healthcare. I'm not sure if I'd just missed some of her writings previously, or if she's really been writing a lot more lately but I regularly find myself chewing on the healthcare economic data she presents.
Today's post about US National Healthcare Spending is a great example. You can go and read all the insights she offers, but the two charts she shares really stood out to me.
The first chart shows the growth in per capital health care expenditure from 2004-2014.
That's a massive jump from the drop in health care costs we saw in 2013 to the 5.3% increase in healthcare costs in 2014. It seems like most of the increase in cost comes from all of the newly covered ACA (Obamacare) patients. However, this chart also tells an interesting story about spending on drugs:
We're going to have to carefully watch these trends over time. Both of them are quite scary to me. What do you think of these charts?


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Top Cars
5 Fun American-Made Family Cars for $30,000
If you're searching for an American-made car, you've probably noticed there are more highly praised, well-built choices than there were just a few years ago. We've noticed too -- so we're listing some of our favorite American-made cars that combine family practicality with an enjoyable driving experience. And we've capped our budget at $30,000, to ensure we find cars that are affordable for a broad slice of the population.
Buick Verano Turbo
If you don't associate "Buick" with "fun," the Verano Turbo will change that. The Verano Turbo offers a 250-horsepower turbocharged 4-cylinder engine, which propels the sedan to 60 miles per hour from a standing stop in around 6.2 seconds -- a figure that rivals some sports cars. And for the Verano's base price of exactly $30,000 with shipping, drivers get a long list of upscale standard features like 18-inch alloy wheels, keyless starting with a push-button ignition and a 7-in center-mounted color touchscreen. Most importantly, there's seating for five -- though grown children may find the back seats to be a slight squeeze.
Dodge Avenger R/T
The V6-powered Dodge Avenger R/T is a great deal for family-car owners looking for the occasional spirited drive. That's because the sedan's base price of just over $26,000 with shipping includes a standard 283-hp 3.6-liter V6 mated to a 6-speed automatic transmission. The Avenger R/T also boasts leather upholstery, heated front seats, Bluetooth and a remote engine starter. While handling may not compete with top rivals, the Avenger's list of equipment -- and its powertrain -- definitely ensures that it merits consideration among today's most exciting American-made family cars for less than $30,000.
Ford Focus ST
If you can fit the whole family in a hatchback, the Focus ST is a great choice. One reason is that the Focus ST is definitely fun. While a 2-liter 4-cylinder engine might not sound like much, the Focus ST model's powerplant is turbocharged. That means it puts out a whopping 252 hp -- a big number for a 5-door hatchback. The Focus ST also includes a long list of equipment in its sub-$25,000 base price, as standard features include keyless entry, cruise control and Ford SYNC. Drivers can also use the rest of their budget to add navigation and grippy Recaro sport seats.
Ford Fusion SE EcoBoost
The Fusion SE EcoBoost is one of the most impressive midsize sedans around -- and it's also one of the most enjoyable. A base-level Fusion SE starts around $24,600, but we recommend adding at least two items: the brand's 205B Equipment Group and the 2-liter engine. Those options will set you back nearly $3,300, which brings the base price to around $28,000 -- but we think they're worth it. The engine is worth the added expense because it will make things more fun, thanks to 237 turbocharged hp. And the 205B Equipment Group adds leather, heated seats, power seats and fog lights. Both are great options for drivers interested in a fun family car -- and those who don't want to stretch their budget to get a $31,000 Fusion Titanium.
Jeep Wrangler Unlimited
The Wrangler Unlimited might not be fun in the same way as the other cars on this list, but it's still a hoot to drive. That's because of its unique interior, its off-road capabilities and its cartoonish, go-anywhere styling. Best of all, the Wrangler Unlimited offers four doors, which makes it far more usable for families than earlier 2-door models. Maybe its only flaw is a lack of side-curtain airbags, owing to its roof design. Still, the Wrangler Unlimited's $26,500 base price includes many features -- such as remote keyless entry, Chrysler's Uconnect voice-command technology and air conditioning -- along with safety features like traction control and 4-wheel anti-lock brakes.
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What it means to you: Several enjoyable American-made cars offer family fun for less than $30,000.


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Rihanna Celebrates Bestie Melissa Forde's Birthday With Drake
#AubRih watch continues as maybe couple Drake and Rihanna were spotted being cute at L.A.'s Supperclub on Tuesday (April 8) in honor of Rih's bestie Melissa Forde's birthday. While the rumored twosome arrived separately, the two got up close and personal with each other while sipping on cocktails and dancing. M Dollas also got her ratch on with a star-studded crowd including J. Cole, Busta Rhymes, Terrence J, Future, Mike Will Made It and a perky Christina Milian. Guess this is visual proof that the best friend has co-signed the boyfriend(?).
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Pan Fried Green Tomatoes Recipe
These pan fried green tomatoes are super easy to make and if you have never tried them you should!
2 medium sized green tomatoes
1/2 cup of coconut oil (more or less)
2 eggs,beaten
1/2 cup of almond meal or all purpose flour (more or less)
1/2 teaspoon each of salt & pepper
Wash and slice the tomatoes about 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick.
Beat the eggs in a bowl.
Heat the coconut oil in a frying pan over medium/high heat.
Dip the tomato pieces into the egg, then the almond meal or flour.
Place each coated piece of tomato into the heated oil in the pan.
Cook, flipping as needed until to cook evenly until nice and browned and crispy. Don't overcrowd, do in batches if necessary and add a little extra coconut oil as needed as well.
Place cooked tomatoes onto a plate lined with paper towels to absorb and excess oil.
Good right away or even the next day.


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Former captain David Beckham says he is "excited" by the young England squad which arrived in Brazil on Sunday ahead of the World Cup.
Speaking to a small group of reporters in Miami, Beckham said he was glad to see England manager Roy Hodgson opt for a young squad and believes there is no danger of them being overawed by the World Cup.
"There are some really good young players in the England squad and the fact that Roy has gone for that group makes it exciting. We've got the experienced players in there as well," said Beckham who played 115 times for his country.
"I`ve heard people ask `will the young players be ready for a stage like this?`
"They are playing in the biggest league in the world week-in, week-out, I don`t see why they will go over there and be afraid.
"They are confident players, that is what you get with young players, the confidence – they won`t be scared to go out there and play," he said.
The former Manchester United and Real Madrid midfielder, who is currently working towards a new Major League Soccer team in Miami, said he was particularly impressed by Southampton midfielder Adam Lallana.
"Lallana is a great talent, he plays with the flair of a kid who just goes out there and plays. The games I`ve seen him play in for England he has stepped into a role and clearly deserves to be here," said Beckham.
"Daniel Sturridge has obviously had a great season and I think he is a talent that can hurt people.
"Hopefully Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain can recover from his injury, it doesn`t seem as bad as people thought at the time. He showed against Ecuador on Wednesday that he is the threat I think we need," he added.
"We have a strong team going into this tournament, once we get in there, settle down and hopefully get a good result agianst Italy we can hopefully push on from there."
Beckham`s former team-mate Wayne Rooney has yet to score in eight World Cup games for England and some have questioned whether he should be an automatic selection for Hodgson, but Beckham said he had full faith in the player he calls `Wazza`.
"I always back Wazza because I think he is a great talent and a great player for England. He turns up and always gives everything for England and I think the fans realise that. It is about confidence, as with all strikers and the games I`ve seen of United this season, he was the shining light.
"He has always been more about just scoring goals. He is a goalscorer but he works hard for the team and that`s what his game has always been about.
"If he doesn`t score, he is assisting or creating or working hard for team. I think for opposing teams to see Wayne Rooney on a team sheet – that scares them," he said.
England kick-off their Group D campaign against Italy in Manaus on June 14.


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Five-year olds are getting their own standardized tests, mandated in over 25 states, in a new Race to the Top requirement. (And a way to get federal dollars.)
What is a standardized test anyway? The basic definition for a standardized test is a test that administered and scored in a standardized way, commercially prepared to measure a student's performance level as compared to others.
According to Reuters, in some cases, kindergarteners are given an hour-long multiple choice test while other tests are one-on-one with a teacher.
Education experts, parents, and teachers feel concerned about these tests for a number of reasons:
- stressful for kids
- too narrow of a view of a child's ability
- lack of a post-test to measure growth in some cases (FL & TX)
- takes up too much valuable teaching and learning time
Those parents and testing proponents (politicians and test makers?) that are in favor of the test are so because:
- they want their children in an academic kindergarten
- it gives a way to evaluate the preschool programs
- identifies students who are at risk
Unbelievably (or maybe not,) parents can buy a Kindergarten Test Study System! Seven sessions of 30 minutes each for $50.
If you thought the government heard your complaints about over-testing, you would be wrong. Apparently, there can always be more tests.
Are you concerned? Comment here.


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'Aaron Klein Radio' No. 1 in New York City
Achieves rare ratings milestone in competitive market
"Aaron Klein Investigative Radio," broadcast on New York's WABC, achieved a ratings milestone in the latest rankings, becoming No. 1 on the AM dial in New York City in his time slot.
Klein's program, regularly rated among the top three AM programs in its time slot, bested all other AM stations in the highly competitive New York market in December, scoring higher than even the difficult-to-beat all news stations.
The show archived a rare 7.0 share in the Portable People Meter, or PPM, ratings for last month.
Klein doubles as WND's senior reporter. He's the New York Times bestselling author of multiple books. His latest blockbuster, "Fool Me Twice," exposes Obama's second-term plans.
Klein's WABC radio show focuses on U.S. politics and foreign affairs. It uniquely fuses exclusive investigative journalism with talk radio and is the only radio talk show in America that is broadcast from the Middle East.
Purchase a copy of "Fool Me Twice" by Aaron Klein and Brenda Elliott and receive a FREE copy of their New York Times bestseller "The Manchurian President."
The popular radio program made the radio industry's highly coveted Talkers Magazine "Heavy Hundred," one of only two all-weekend shows in America to make the list. With thousands of weekday shows on air, it is rare for a weekend program to make the list.
The show also made the Talk Stream Live "Power 50," which ranks the top talk-radio shows streaming on the Web.


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Cyndi Lauper started her career in the book world at the same publisher that's putting out her memoir next month. "My first job was at Simon & Schuster," the "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" singer said at a women's-only tea hosted by Hearst Magazines' editorial director Ellen Levine Thursday. She added: "I lied about my experience to get the job. Now [they're] publishing my book, so I guess I have a second chance to get it right." Also spotted were Elle's Roberta Myers, Food Network Magazine's Maile Carpenter and Gayle King. Showing she's better suited for a career in rock, Lauper was dressed in black, with half her nails painted black and half white, and had platinum blond hair with red streaks.
From lit to hits
By PageSix.com Staff
August 4, 2012 | 4:00am