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Less than a year into the marriage that transformed Kate Middleton from commoner to royalty, Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, has already become a fashion icon. In some books.
The U.K. edition of style bible Harper's Bazaar put her at the top of Britain's annual list of the 20 most influential dressers. The panel, chaired by editor Lucy Yeomans, said Kate's "incredible style evolution has gripped us all."
Harper's Bazaar was not alone. Fashion insiders tripped over themselves to praise her Alexander McQueen wedding gown and insiders were atwitter last week when she appeared in another stunning McQueen creation, a strapless black velvet gown complete with a diamond and ruby necklace and matching bracelet. The outfit brought inevitable comparisons to Diana's daring décolletage-baring black Emanuel gown.
Earlier this month, Madonna, no slouch in the fashion icon department herself, told People that she admired Kate's ability to combine elegance and fun. "She developed a sense of style and stuck with it whether people were interested or not. I admire her individuality," said Madonna, whose fashion style has run from ripped fishnets to bullet bras worn as outerwear.
OK, maybe Madge was having a royal moment because she was hawking her new Wallis Simpson movie, W.E. But others argue that Kate is no fashion icon.
Vogue choose Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen above Kate and sister Pippa in its list of top styling sisters. Stefano Gabbana of Dolce & Gabbana was also underwhelmed.
"She's a simple girl, she's dressed in a nice way, but she's a girl. There are a lot of beautiful girls," he told the London Times.
Dame Vivienne Westwood, the orange-haired designer who brought punk to the mainstream 30 years ago, dismissed Kate as a fashion influencer.
"To me, it seems her image is 'ordinary woman,' therefore High Street shopper," Westwood told the Sunday Times. "And I just think she should be an extraordinary woman, wherever she gets her clothes from."
But Kate is dressing for the job. And part of the job is to be a member of Team Windsor, not a sideshow, say her supporters. Her style is not a game-changer, at least not in the obvious Princess Diana way. Kate's greatest contribution to fashion has been in pushing back the fashion envelope toward elegant, simple and ladylike.
It has been the small details that add up. She has made it fashionable to wear a wedding gown with sleeves, for example. Carolina Herrera created a sleeved wedding gown for the latest Twilight movie Breaking Dawn, another suggestion of a return to modesty in bridalwear.
Kate has been credited with single-handedly bringing back nude hosiery, for wearing sensible kitten heels when everyone else is tottering on over-the-top stilettos, and for sticking with youthfully demure slim skirts that just happen to show off a decorous length of leg. And, of course, she knows that wearing a pair of nude-coloured heels will lengthen those racehorse legs even more.
At the premiere of Some Day in London in August, actress Anne Hathaway wore a knee-length cream-coloured Alexander McQueen dress that covered her clavicle and thanked Kate.
"I'm just very grateful to Kate Middleton for making looking appropriate really fun again," Hathaway told reporters.
Kate doesn't push the envelope. "And I don't think she should. Her style shouldn't be about being fashion forward. Not everybody has to be Lady Gaga," says Jeanne Beker, host of CTV's Fashion Television, who covered the royal wedding and has her own line, EDIT, for The Bay.
Kate has made unexpected choices in other ways, says Beker. She wears clothes from the mainstream Topshop, for example. And she thrilled fashion watchers with homegrown Canadian fashions when she wore a navy blue Smythe jacket and Erdem's navy blue lace overlay dress during the royal visit to Canada.
"There have been a 1,001 knockoffs. It was all on-trend," says Beker of the Erdem dress, which was Beker's favourite of the tour. "There was a demure quality to it. It was modern, but romantic."
Kate's choices show she has an insider's view of fashion, says Beker.
"She understands how important it is for young designers to get that kind of support."
Kate's style and her preference for clothes from Reiss, Whistles and Issa are often described in the British press as "High Street." Translated, this means clothes that are the equivalent of Banana Republic or Donna Karan. Not exactly for the hoi polloi, but accessible to any fashionista quick enough to whip out a credit card and get online.
Arriving at a Royal Albert Hall benefit concert earlier this month, Kate wore Zara's off-white with black lace overlay 'Tulip' dress with a black jacket and tights. Price? About $100. She apparently swaps clothes with her sister Pippa and occasionally refurbishes pieces by updating hemlines.
In tough economic times, the world has outgrown excess and celebrity culture with its self-indulgence and wardrobe malfunctions, says Susan Kelley, founder of the website whatkatewore.com.
"I don't consider her iconic. But I think she has the potential to be iconic," says Kelley, who often gets between 20,000 and 25,000 hits on her website on the days after Kate makes a public appearance.
"Her role is not to be a fashion icon. Her role is to represent the royal family as best she can. What she wears is appropriate. Women are glad she's not stepping out with her backside hanging out of her pants or her bosom falling out of her dress."
Kelley particularly admired Kate's fashion sense during the tour of Canada, especially the off-white Reiss dress and red fascinator adorned with silk maple leaves by Sylvia Fletcher of Lock and Company.
Kate was ridiculed for the hat in Britain, and the dress, which cost about $300, had been worn before. Still, Kelley thinks the ensemble signalled Kate's enjoyment at being in Canada on Canada Day.
"I think for where she was and what she was doing that day, it was perfect. Is it fashionable? No."
Like any beautiful young woman with a sense of style, Kate's fashion sense will evolve, predicts Beker. "Fashion icons don't necessarily have to be game-changers. They have to inspire."


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Under UNSCR 1031 NATO was given the mandate to implement the military aspects of the Dayton Peace Agreements following the end of the war in Bosnia Herzegovina in 1995. As a result IFOR (Implementation Force) was deployed and completed its mission by December 1996 and was subsequently replaced by SFOR.
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In September 1997 a UNSC Resolution 1199 highlighted an impending human catastrophe in Kosovo and demanded a ceasefire. In June 1999 Serbia agreed to the G8 Peace Principles and began to withdraw its forces. NATO ended its air strikes and KFOR, which was authorised by UNSCR 1244, entered Kosovo.
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UNTSO - 18 December 1958 to date
UNTSO, established in 1948, is the oldest ongoing United Nations peacekeeping operation. It operates in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Israel - the parties to the Truce Agreements that followed the fighting in Palestine in 1948.
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Following the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1978, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was established to supervise the withdrawal of Israeli forces and restore peace and security to the area. In June 2011 an infantry battalion was deployed back to Lebanon.
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I.m new to the forum. I'm here because I need help in reloading 147 gr hp 9mm with WSF. The data I find says OAL 1.169 but it jams in the magazine. I am at 4.15 gr WSF at OAL 1.155 but it varys to 1.150 if you measure every cartidge off the press. I have shot Winchester 147 grain factory. Trouble is they measure 1.115 OAL but their website lists 1.169 for the powder load listed. Am I going to get in overpressure trouble with this powder and OAL load? I have see loads on other webites that use much lower OAL lengths with different powders that burn faster. I'm trying to work up my reload to match the factory load slowly so that it functions for my wife in her Glock 17.
She can run the 147 gr factory stuff no problem but 115 gr factory jams and stove pipes on her. She is 67 and is excercising to build hand strength but for now I need a workiing 147 gr. She can run +Ps but at $1 a round that is out of the question for plinking at the range.
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You should be ok. Do not seat shorter than the minimum number for the load. Seating too short especialy in high pressure small cased rounds like 9 mm can spike pressure greatly.
Ok that said if they are hanging on the feed ramp going from the magazine, and the gun hangs kind of open. Chances are the round is too short and you can seat longer up to the lenght that your magazine will handle. If the slide does not go into full battery, and it hard to extract the round then that can be an either/or both scenario. Too long, then seat a couple of thousandths deeper. Not enough flare removed. If so then screw the seating die in 1/4 turn increments till the rounds chamber, and extract without gumming up the action, just be sure to back the seating stem out a tad when you do.
No matter how many times you do it and nothing happens it only takes something going wrong one time to kill you.
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MY G17 seemed to have the best accuracy with 124 gr bullets - a smidge shorter and feed perfectly every time. You might want to look into those for her gun as they are a great SD/HD bullet and seem to work well....just an additional thought to consider
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My basic problem is my wife not being able to hold the light Glock 17. I have installed a 15 lb recoil spring to help her out. Myself, I can run anything through the gun with out a problem. So far the 147 gr factory load is working for her and I'm just trying to duplicate it without getting into trouble. It's been 20 years since I've reloaded anything but she has gun fever and wants to go to the range every week. Her not being able to run a mag with out a stove pipe or a feeding problem with the 115 gr factory stuff lead me into reloading the 147 gr as it works for her. Going out tomorrow with the latest reloads. I'm getting closer as last time out she only had three malfunctions in 40 reload rounds.
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Life in Christian County, Kentucky...
A new barn is being built on a Mennonite farm just south of Fairview, KY. I don't know the family who lives there, but I recognize the style of the buildings as typical to the Mennonites. Many local Mennonite farms have big, plain houses and large barns, very similar to those in the photo.
We have a large Mennonite population in the Pembroke, Fairview, and Honey Grove communities of eastern Christian County. In southern Christian County, many Amish families have settled. Amish buildings look very similar to Mennonite buildings, but they usually don't have any telephone or electric lines leading to them.
The gambrel roofline is favored by the Mennonites because it encloses the most space for the least amount of lumber. This barn's sidewalls are constructed of concrete blocks. The farmer probably did most of that by himself, but I am sure he had a barn-raising with a group of his friends, neighbors, and relatives to get the roof on. Probably the roof was put on in a single day, though there would have been details that had to be finished later.
This barn will probably be used as a dairy with a milking parlor on the ground floor and a haymow and feed storage area above. Often, Mennonite farmers will construct an earthen ramp that leads to large double doors in the second-floor haymow. They can back a tractor or truck up the ramp for easier loading and unloading.
Concrete silos like the ones in the photo are much favored by the Mennonites. The Mennonite farmers buy old silos that have fallen into disuse on other farms, tear them down, haul them home and reconstruct them.
Isaac took this photo today as we were coming home from church. He was on the right side of the car. He did a good job of getting the complete scene. It's not his fault that the sun isn't shining.


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Michigan Tech a Partner in Three Major Biofuel Projects
By Marcia Goodrich | Published
Biofuels hold promise for lightening humankind's carbon footprint while reducing dependence on petroleum. Like fossil fuels, plant-based biofuels release greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide into the atmosphere when they are burned. But, unlike fossil fuels, they also sop up atmospheric carbon dioxide as the plants grow after re-planting, creating a closed cycle, at least theoretically. Reality is more complicated. The true impact on a biofuel's greenhouse-gas emissions, be it wood chips, switchgrass or algae, can only be determined if the entire production process is examined, from planting, harvesting, transporting and processing the feedstock to measuring exhaust from the tailpipe.
David Shonnard, the Robbins Chair Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological University, will be conducting just such cradle-to-grave, life cycle analyses for two major alternative-energy projects recently funded by the US Department of Energy. They are among 19 industry-led projects receiving grants totaling $564 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, commonly known as federal stimulus funds. Shonnard will also be involved in a third DOE-funded project, working to turn wastewater pollutants into ethanol.
The aim of the projects, according to a Dec. 4 DOE release, is to validate refining technologies and help lay the foundation for a full-scale biomass industry in the US.
Shonnard directs Michigan Tech's Sustainable Futures Institute, which will be involved in life cycle studies conducted on behalf of two projects led by the Gas Technology Institute and UOP, a Honeywell company.
"Our research will provide a better picture of greenhouse-gas savings for advanced biofuels," said Shonnard. "As they develop their processes, data will flow back to our group, and we'll provide feedback on whether their greenhouse gas emissions are getting better or worse. This allows the companies to improve the carbon footprint of advanced biofuels."
UOP received $25 million in DOE funding to produce green gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from agricultural residue, woody biomass, energy crops and algae. The project will be based in Kapolei, Hawaii, and includes a three-year contract for a life cycle analysis to be conducted by the Sustainable Futures Institute at Michigan Tech.
The Gas Technology Institute aims to engineer a process to produce green gasoline and diesel directly from woody biomass including lignin, agricultural residues such as the leaves and stalks of corn; and algae. The institute has received a one-year, $2.5 million award from the DOE for the $3.1 million project, based in Des Plaines, Ill. Shonnard's research group will receive $50,000 to determine greenhouse gas emissions savings.
In addition, Shonnard will be working with American Process Inc. The company has received a DOE grant of $17.9 million toward a $28 million project to produce ethanol and potassium acetate, an industrial chemical. For a feedstock, the process uses effluent containing wood sugars generated by Decorative Panels International's hardboard manufacturing facility in Alpena. Rather than pay to have the effluent processed as wastewater, the pilot plant will use it to produce up to 890,000 gallons of ethanol and 690,000 gallons of potassium acetate per year starting in 2011. Shonnard will receive $65,000 to further research on using enzymes to make fermentable sugars out of unfermentable carbohydrates.
Not everyone has embraced biofuels. Some worry that they will displace food crops. Others have asked what will become of America's forests if wood becomes a major feedstock. And how much will biofuels affect greenhouse gas emissions, when all is said and done?
"Our research is trying to answer these questions," says Shonnard. "What is the carbon footprint of the supply chain? How much land will be required? What will be the impact on the land? Our projects won't provide all the answers, but in the long term the Sustainable Futures Institute will help decision-makers in industry and government make more-informed choices."
Michigan Technological University is a public research university, home to more than 7,000 students from 54 countries. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences. Our campus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.


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January 25, 2011Missouri Department of Revenue Asks Court to Close KCI Area Hotel Until It Abides by State Tax Laws
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Revenue has filed an injunction to close a hotel near Kansas City International Airport for operating without a state sales tax license and failure to pay state and local sales taxes.
The petition for injunction, filed Monday in Platte County Circuit Court, asks for the closure of the Comfort Inn (located at 11100 N.W. Ambassador Dr. in Kansas City) until its management begins to abide by Missouri tax laws.
"Tens of thousands of Missouri businesses legally operate with up-to-date business licenses and pay the taxes that are owed," said Alana M. Barragán-Scott, director of the Missouri Department of Revenue. "It's not fair to those businesses when others try to skirt the law and avoid paying the taxes that are due."
The injunction was filed against MCI Airport Hotels, Inc., which is the corporation that operates the hotel. The registered agent for the corporation is George Pate of Jefferson City. The corporation has owned the hotel since April 2010.
According to the injunction, the corporation did not obtain a state sales tax license before it opened for business, as required by state law. By the time the corporation did apply for sales tax license in August of 2010, sales taxes were already due, thus making it ineligible to obtain a license until the taxes were paid.
The corporation's current outstanding state and local sales tax liability is $40,787.44. Of that amount, $30,778.44 is the unpaid state and local taxes from June, July, August, October and November of 2010. The remaining $10,009 is the penalty and interest for operating without a state sales tax license.
The injunction specifically asks the court to direct the corporation to keep the hotel closed until it pays the taxes that are due, posts a sales tax bond and submits an application for a valid sales tax license. Circuit Court Judge Owens Lee Hull, Jr. has ordered a Feb. 2 hearing to determine if the Department's request will be granted.
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Kanye West fired off another rant last night during his show in London — dissing Justin Timberlake's new single Suit & Tie in the process.
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Scheisse Minnelli bio: After backpacking around Europe and the Middle East Mr. Samuel El Action decided to set roots in Germany the year 2003. The idea of playing the California punk he grew up with here in Europe enthralled him on a daily basis. He gathered two German and one Californian punks and hung out at the now legendary "Shit House" in a small bavarian village. They had no heat, no hot water and shared the house with a bunch of drunken construction workers from Eastern Europe. This house became later the place of the infamous Shit House Wrecking Party (the night when Scheisse Minnelli fled to Aschaffenburg to escape from the village-police). Scheisse Minnelli would soon do their first tour through Holland and Belgium which ended with an opening slot for Poison Idea at the now legendary Lintfabriek. Since then they have played about 500 gigs all over Europe, Mexico and the USA and completed a successful tour in Indonesia in 2014.
About The Video: After living in Germany and travelling Europe for several years, ex-Californians Sam & Mikey Minnelli stumbled upon the Bahnhofsviertel in Frankfurt / Main. It reminded both of the dark and dangerous Mission District in San Francisco during the late 80s and early 90s, before gentrification and all these google yuppies moved in and pushed out all the poor people and the dive bars. One day near Central Station there was a shooting in front of "Cafe Fix", a social project place where people go to shoot up heroin. Sam and Mikey witnessed all of it standing nearby just by pure random. Later this resulted into the song and video....
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I have to start out by saying that the above picture symbolizes all that is the Miwok 100k for me. It's the early morning hours when the muscles are vibrant and mind is still intact that help to sear such experiences into memory. Now, this is a little misleading because for the 5 previous Miwoks that I have participated in, this was our view for the first 4 miles. This year, due to a road closure in the park, runners were forced to run circles around the beach, hostel, and access roads before finally venturing onto a much more worthy trail. However, when people ask me where I am racing when I head down to SF, here's the vantage. Unbeatable!
Once again, a very stout collection of Rogue Valley Runners penned this event into their calendars back in December when it came time to enter the lottery. Some 400 slots were available, but they became closed and coveted in only a few hours. Carly, Jenn, Chris, Eric, and Darrin joined me, for this, the 15th anniversary of runners tacking 62 miles from Rodeo Beach to Olema and back.
It was earlier in the week, on our Wednesday night group run, when I got to hear Jenn exclaim, "Hal, my heart is with you but my head is going with Tony." I would never let her know how redundant the thought was leading up to the race, but I will say it did provide a little extra incentive for me during my 8 hours on the trail.
Miwok has always been a great barometer for my training going into WS and in previous years I have entered the race on the heels of some of the toughest ultras in the country and many times with no rest. This year I was able to run with fresh legs and a ton of experience, usually a recipe for success. However, with a nagging ankle injury from the Lake Sonoma 50 miler I was a little worried that it would fatigue and not let me finish the race. Looking back, letting off the gas from the feverish pace early may have helped me to charge to one of the fastest times on this legendary course. Probably no chance of seeing that at Western States this year though.
Scott and Jen get me out of Bolinas Ridge, only a two tire stop, however once Jen asked me if I needed anything else Scott was short to answer, "no, GO GO GO." I'm still thinking about those pacing duties at WS.
The morning hours of the race were consumed with many pleasantry's and a few pompous acts of bravery. I truly enjoy running in with a loaded field, it adds another variable to the terrain, training, and mental taxation. It also separates the local and regional races from the elite ones and eventually puts everyone on edge. I made an early pit stop and that gave me some time to move through the pack of runners and assess how everyone was doing and what they had in store for the day. Many runners had splits for the low 8's and I was amazed considering this race used to be won by running under 9 hours. Never-the-less, we continued to push early and roll over the hillsides in search of pink ribbons and blue skies. I eased back on a merciless dual between Tony and Michal Wardian shortly after Muir Beach to allow for some time to catch my breath and find my own stride but I was quickly enveloped by Gary Robbins and Zach Gingerich both of which were running mere seconds per mile slower, nice job. I exclaimed to both of them that the real fun would begin on the climb to Pantoll (1,400ft in two miles) and I was happy to give it a go and gain some separation then. The climb seemed too easy and after finding myself all alone at the aid station I decided to roll and recover on the "flat" stretch to Bolinas and take in the views.
The out and back section of trail/fire road from Bolinas Ridge to Randall is where champions are made, both figuratively and literally. I have done it all on this 12 mile gauntlet; rolled an ankle, run alone, run with the lead pack, dropped out, and have even been called Dean (that's the ultramarathon man for those of you that don't know.) I was proven wrong once again as the miles unfurled. I found my momentum at the turnaround and
after an amazing climb had run within minutes of 2nd place when it happened, my headphones went silent. Now, long story short, I had fallen into a river crossing at LS 50 and fried my ipod just last month, purchased 2 new ones in the meantime but had failed to question the reliability of my headphones that had been along for the ride. So here we were, closing in and still 30 miles from the finish with every other runner coming at down the same trail, ugghh (for lack of a better word.) After wrangling with them for what seemed an eternity I was left to run, not in stereo as I am so accustomed but in mono sound with one headphone screeching with every stride. It dealt me a blow, but as soon as I saw others trudging on and with a quick kiss with my little lady who was flying along I resumed my stride and moved into second place.
Of course there was the hope that I might find another gear and catch Tony, or that he would succumb to the heat and keep me company through the excruciating final miles but that was only wishful thinking. In reality it was the guys right behind me, Rod and Mike and Nathan and whomever hadn't finished the Miwok 50. I really wanted a fast time and was happy to be running so well with no such expectations. In the end, an 8:20 and the fourth fastest time ever proved monumental. I was happy to get the chance to watch everyone arrive; Jenn and Chris, 10:15, Eric, 10:55, Darrin, 11:37, and Carly, 12:01. Such an effort- all around. I do hope that next month Jenn's heart catches up with her head and we have one heck of a time racing down in California cause I'm certainly done until then.
I would be remiss if I didn't give a little shout out to some of my listening pleasure on the trails. A tribute to the Riding the Wind blog and it's author ( as he loves to showcase quality music and always beats me to the punch.) A little reminder that I will be back in stereo for WS.


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To quote Rob Thomas' hit song "Smooth," it's been a hot one. A hot year, to be exact.
The Bedford resident and his band, Matchbox Twenty, recently released a new album, "North," which hit number one on the Billboard charts. And starting Monday night, Thomas will make his debut as a celebrity mentor on the hit reality series "The Voice."
Thomas said that he wanted to join "The Voice," which also features Yonkers native Mary J. Blige as a mentor, because of the current popularity of reality TV competitions. "It's just kind of an amazing piece of pop culture right now," he said. "The idea [that "Voice" contestants have] no age limit, the idea that you could have tried out before, or had a professional job before -- there's no limit, it's just about talent. That really appealed to me, and the fact that a number of my peers were the judges."
While Thomas is a mentor for Cee Lo Green's team, whom he calls an "encyclopedia of all things music," he and "Voice" coach Adam Levine have a history that goes back several years.
"[Adam Levine's band] Maroon 5 started out opening for [Matchbox Twenty] before they broke. It's kind of funny because I was asked to be a judge on the Australian version of "The Voice." And after watching these guys and seeing how hard they work, I just don't know if I have the desire, because it's like another career. The thing I'm most amazed at is seeing Adam and seeing how well he's doing with Maroon 5, and how ... he's really working hard at that and also being able to pull off this job. It's just a work ethic that I'm stunned by, and just think is great."
He may not want judge a reality show, but Thomas has boundless enthusiasm for the 16 contestants he worked with as a part of Team Cee Lo. Among his favorites are MacKenzie Bourg ("he's got this baby face and really cool, kind of young alternative rock voice"), Nicholas David ("another guy who just blew me away") and New Yorkers Amanda Brown ("one that really struck me") and Trevin Hunte ("the one that really killed me").
Collin McLoughlin, a contestant on Adam Levine's team, hails from Bedford, just like Thomas. The rock star missed seeing McLoughlin's episode because he was on tour, but his wife Marisol informed him that a musician from their hometown was also on the show. Thomas said that while he hasn't had a chance to talk to McLoughlin yet, he has "no doubt that I'll run into him."
Outside of his work on "The Voice," Thomas is currently busy with Matchbox Twenty, who are about to hit the road to promote their latest album. He said that "North's" success was meaningful to him and his bandmates, who've been together for 16 years.
"In a lot of ways, it means more to us now than it would have at another time," he said. "Sixteen years in to have our first number one record, we were stunned and unbelievably happy about it."
The band will tour overseas this fall and will kick off a U.S. tour in early 2013. With so much time spent away from home, Thomas said that when he's back in Bedford, he's goes to all the places that he loves.
Among his favorite local eateries are Restaurant North in Armonk and Le Jardin du Roi in Chappaqua. Recently, a fellow Bedford resident told him about new places to visit in the area.
"I was in the city for the opening night of the Metropolitan Opera, and wound up having dinner afterward with Martha Stewart, Bianca Jagger and my wife. And Martha was, like, giving me the lowdown on all these little places that I didn't know about up here. There were all of these places I wouldn't have thought of wandering into. If she tells you something, you listen."
In addition to Stewart, Bedford is also home to Michael Douglas and Richard Gere, a fact that led Thomas to the Westchester village several years ago.
"When I first moved up here, my thought was that ... I wanted to be like a smaller fish in a bigger pond. I moved to this place where I knew that everybody was either more rich or more famous than I was, so nobody would care that I was here. And that still is true," he said, laughing.
With a stint on a hit TV show and a bestselling album, his outlook seems bright. As for what song Thomas would perform if he auditioned for a reality show like "The Voice," he suggested his karaoke go-to, Tom Petty's "American Girl."
"I would probably f--- kill a Matchbox Twenty song," he added. "I would probably do it better than anybody."
"The Voice" airs at 8 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays on NBC.


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As of July 1, 2013, a first-time Federal Subsidized Student Loan borrower is no longer eligible for the Subsidized Student Loan program if he or she exceeds 150% of the published length necessary to graduate within an undergraduate degree program.
In addition, a borrower reaching the 150% limit becomes ineligible for the interest subsidy benefits on all Federal Subsidized Loans disbursed to the borrower on or after July 1, 2013.
Congress wants to encourage students to obtain undergraduate degrees within in a reasonable time frame. Students who change majors multiple times or, drop classes excessively or retake classes excessively are most likely to be affected by Public Law 121-141.
Congress no longer wants to provide interest rate deferments for students taking an exceptional amount of time to obtain an undergraduate degree. The interest rate expense is now passed to the student in such cases.
Based upon available information from the U.S. Department of Education, the interpretation of the 150% rule is actual credit hours completed versus credit hours attempted. If different information becomes available, this web site will be updated.
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THERE ARE PLENTY of outdoor activities during a New England winter that don't involve downhill skiing. Heck, some of them don't even involve snow — no small factor after last year's "winter that wasn't." (For the record, the Farmers' Almanac is predicting that "the eastern half of the country will see plenty of cold and snow" this winter, with "red flag" warnings of likely big storms from February 12 to 15 and March 20 to 23.) As temperatures fall and meteorologists get excited about potential nor'easters, consider adding these activities to your wintertime bucket list.
Madison, CT
Distance from Boston: 136 miles
Each winter, thousands of retired Americans migrate down Interstate 95 to spend the winter in balmy Florida. Around the same time, dozens of North American bald eagles follow the Connecticut River south out of Canada, seeking the warmer air and open water of Long Island Sound, where they spend their winter. For 25 years, Jerry Connolly, owner of The Audubon Shop in Madison, Connecticut, has led groups of birders out to spot them. The group sets out at 8:30 a.m., driving to five or six locations where they hope to see eagles, along with other birds of prey and waterfowl. "In 25 years of tours, we've had a 100 percent success rate," Connolly says. "I don't guarantee we'll see eagles . . . but it's better odds than a whale watch." This outing is especially suited to people who don't like the cold, because participants get a chance to warm up in their cars between bird-watching sites. The tour is also a bargain: The $20 ticket includes soup and a sandwich at Oliver's Tavern in Essex, Connecticut, where Connolly leads a discussion of the various species they've spotted.
> The Audubon Shop outings are held Saturdays from January 26 to March 2. Call the shop to reserve; most trips sell out. (Binocular rentals are $4 extra.) 888-505-9056; theaudubonshop.com
> Carlisle, MA
Distance from Boston: 26 miles
During the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, Carlisle resident Dusty Johnstone worked as a volunteer assisting with the cross-country ski competition. Afterward, he returned to Massachusetts determined to create a facility for Nordic skiing complete with snowmaking, grooming, and lights for night skiing. In 1982 he opened Great Brook Ski Touring Center in a state park in Carlisle. Within a few years the snowmaking operation closed because it wasn't economical, but 30 years later the groomed trails and night skiing live on (on Tuesdays and Thursdays, conditions permitting, courtesy of kerosene lanterns), with Dusty's son Stuart now in charge.
It's a difficult business: During 2011-2012, it never opened due to lack of snow. But when there are flakes, Great Brook is a fabulous place to try the sport, with lots of gentle terrain and decent rental equipment. "The sport of cross-country skiing doesn't require a lesson — you can just put the skis on," Johnstone says. "We try to make this as great a first day on skis as we can. We want people to love the sport."
> On weekends, adult trail tickets and rentals at Great Brook Ski Touring Center cost $25; rates for weekdays and kids are less expensive. Call first to make sure it's open. 978-369-7486; greatbrookski.com
Camden, ME
Distance from Boston: 193 miles
When you see the phrase "US Championship" as part of a sporting event, it may bring to mind an epic confrontation between world-class athletes who've spent their lives preparing for this moment. Rest assured: The US National Toboggan Championships at the Camden Snow Bowl ski area in Camden, Maine, aren't anything like that. "It's like a big tailgate party," says Camden Snow Bowl assistant Beth Ward. "Folks are dressed up in costumes. . . . People hang out and have bonfires, and there's live music." There's also plenty of hot food, including organic pizzas cooked in a portable concrete wood-burning oven that one vendor tows in on a trailer. Indeed, based on descriptions of this weekend-long event, the tobogganing sounds a bit like the horse race at the Kentucky Derby — it's the centerpiece, but mostly it's just an excuse to throw a giant bash.
Next year's event runs February 8 to 10. The championships are held on a toboggan chute that runs 400 feet onto a frozen lake; top riders can reach speeds of 40 miles per hour. Noncompetitors who arrive on Friday and pay $5 apiece can ride down the track themselves. (Loaner toboggans are available for free.)
Even inexperienced tobogganers can compete in the main event: Unlike the Olympics, these championships are open to all people who organize themselves into two-, three-, or four-person teams and pay the $30-per-person registration fee by late December. If speed isn't your thing, don't despair: Organizers offer several nonperformance prizes, including one for the oldest team. In 2010 it went to a four-man group whose oldest member was 90. "They called themselves The Cadavers, and they were sponsored by a local funeral home," Ward says.
> The US National Toboggan Championships routinely draw more than 8,000 visitors to tiny Camden, filling hotels and inns. So if you hope to compete or just watch, make reservations early. 207-236-3438; winter.camdensnowbowl.com
Jefferson, NH
Distance from Boston: 189 miles
Although dog sledding may sound like an activity better suited for a Sarah Palin reality program than for a New England weekend, more than a thousand people hop onto a dog sled each winter at New Hampshire's Muddy Paw Sled Dog Kennel, which houses more than 100 dogs and offers rides from its main facility in Jefferson, as well as from other locations in the state: the Omni Mount Washington and Mountain View Grand resorts and Rocks Estate.
Before the ride, guests at the Jefferson location tour the kennel and meet the dogs, then help Muddy Paw's "mushers" harness the canines to the sled. During the ride, guests recline in a basket at the front of the sled, but mushers often let them take a turn standing at the rear to shout commands to the dogs and try steering. "We're not just a ride — we want our guests to be as hands-on as they're comfortable being," says Emma Burnell, Muddy Paw's office manager.
> Muddy Paw Sled Dog Kennel offers a variety of ride and tour packages, ranging from a $48 adults/$39 children ticket that includes 20 minutes riding on a sled (wheeled ones when there's no snow) to a two-night, $1,010-per-couple outing that includes a 50-mile full day of gliding through White Mountain National Forest. 603-545-4533; dogslednh.com
Stowe, VT
Distance from Boston: 210 miles
Going fishing in warm weather is a snap: Simply get a license, a pole, and worms, and you're good to go. Going fishing in winter is a more complicated process that requires knowledge and fortitude, from knowing whether the ice is safe to cutting a hole and setting up a shanty to figuring out how to catch fish. That's why newbies hire guides from the Fly Rod Shop in Stowe, Vermont, to take them on three-hour excursions to nearby bodies of water. The guides provide and set up all the equipment (including a propane heater) and bait, and they help find the fish. Depending on the catch, some guides will cook the fish on the spot for lunch.
Those of us who don't fish may have a preconception that ice fishing is simply an excuse for guys to spend hours sitting around drinking beer together — sort of like a poker game, but without the cards or chips. "There are a lot of local people who might partake of beverages out on the ice, but we don't encourage that," says Bob Shannon Sr., a Fly Rod Shop employee. Instead, pack a thermos of hot chocolate.
> A Fly Rod Shop's guided ice fishing expedition costs about $350 for four people. Depending on the temperatures, the season usually runs from January through March. 802-253-7346; flyrodshop.com
Providence, RI
Distance from Boston: 54 miles
Wintertime visitors to New York City line up to skate on the storied rink at Rockefeller Center, right in the heart of midtown Manhattan. But smart New Englanders head to the Bank of America City Center's rink in downtown Providence. It's twice the size of New York's ice, less than one-fourth the cost (admission in Providence is $6 per adult; in New York it's $25), and there's rarely a line. When you tire of skating, there are plenty of apres-ice activities — including great restaurants like Local 121 and Red Fez — nearby. "The rink is right in the center of this really vibrant arts and cultural district in Providence," says Flannery Patton, program coordinator for Greater Kennedy Plaza, the organization that handles special events at the rink.
Not a skater? The rink can help: It offers a six-week series of lessons for $90, or try a Sunday morning drop-in lesson for $15. They probably won't teach you to do triple axels, but you'll acquire enough know-how for a fun spin on the ice.
> The Bank of America City Center's rink opens November 21. 401-331-5544; providenceskating.com
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Amount of snowfall recorded in Boston during January 2012
> 38.3"
Amount during January 2011
> 34.7º
Average temperature in Boston in December
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Average temperature in Montpelier in December
Source: National Weather Service
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Percentage of US adult leisure travelers who usually travel with their pets
Source: US Travel Association
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Syracuse and Penn State to open 2013 season in New Jersey
East Rutherford, NJ – Syracuse and Penn State will kick off the 2013 college football season at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
The contest, first announced in June 2010, will pit two long-time eastern rivals in a game billed as New York's College Classic on Aug. 31 in East Rutherford.
Syracuse, which will move from the Big East to the ACC next season, played at MetLife Stadium during the 2012 campaign, falling to Southern California.
"We look forward to starting our 2013 season by rekindling an age-old rivalry against a prestigious Penn State program," said new Syracuse coach Scott Shafer.
It will be Penn State's first game at the new football stadium in East Rutherford and the school's first visit to the Meadowlands complex since squaring off against USC at the old Giants Stadium in the 2000 Kickoff Classic.
"We are thrilled with the opportunity to open the 2013 season in a fantastic venue like MetLife Stadium against Syracuse, a team that Penn State has more than 90 years of tradition with on the football field," said Penn State coach Bill O'Brien. "With nearly 30,000 Penn State alumni in the New York-New Jersey metro area, we are looking forward to playing in front of a passionate base of Penn State supporters. It will be exciting for our team to open the 2013 season in the same facility that will end the year by hosting Super Bowl XLVIII."
Penn State has played Syracuse 70 times previously -- the second-highest total for a Nittany Lions opponent -- and owns a 42-23-5 record against the Orange. The two schools met every season from 1944-90, then most-recently played a home-and-home set in 2008-09 with Penn State winning both games.
Syracuse is 5-4 all-time at the Meadowlands, while Penn State was 10-3 at Giants Stadium, including a 35-7 victory over Syracuse in 1979.


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|Researching a search engine algorithm is kind of like atomic research. The search engine algorithm is a black box that you cannot see inside of, so you can only formulate theories about a specific algorithm by testing its behavior. This is why it is so important to know all of the different search engine operators and how they work. In this article, we will investigate search engine operators and how you can use them to enhance your search engine optimization efforts.
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Especially after a ChoiceStream study found that 81% of users say they want personalized content and 64% were willing to provide personal data to get it, the time for personalized search has come. However, the big question is: what exactly is personalized search?
- Google releases their desktop search, raising privacy concerns and getting a rave review from Danny Sullivan at Search Engine Watch.
- Meanwhile MIT calls attention to Haystack, the "universal information client" with personal desktop organization, search and a semantic web browser that professor David Kargar and others have been working on since 1995.
- Google launches their SMS service allowing users to use Google to search for local listings, residential phone numbers, Froogle prices, definitions, the web, area codes, zip codes and calculator results from their WAP devices.
- Likewise, Yahoo launches their mobile search, allowing users to search Yahoo's web, images and local listings from a WAP device.
- Forrester Research analyst Charlene Li launches her blog and tackles the corporate fear of blogging and corporate blogging best practices right off the bat.
- Seth Godin offers some advice for CEO bloggers.
- Search Day discusses the SEM opportunities presented by blogs.
- Meanwhile Yahoo Search employee and blogger Jeremy Zawodny posts a thread opening discussion on what to tell your CEO about blogging.
Yahoo partners with Adobe with plans for a co–branded browser toolbar.
Yahoo acquires Stata Labs, creators of the antispam desktop email Bloomba and the antispam filter SAProxyPro to improve their email offerings.
Google acquires Keyhole, a mapping company that produces 3-D maps generated from satellite images to improve their local search.
Bell South's RealPages.com inks a deal with Google to sell AdWords to local businesses.
Search Engine Strategies goes Scandinavian with a session in Stockholm, Sweden from October 27–28. Hosted by Chris Sherman, you can get the blow–by–blow from Barry Schwartz inside the Search Engine Watch Forums.
Google's third quarter profit more than doubles.
Yahoo's third quarter profit nearly quadruples, partially due to gaining a $191 million pretax windfall from selling part of its stake in Google.
Despite losing MSN, Looksmart breaks even in the third quarter reporting a total revenue of $17.5 million.
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