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- Product name: "Boost Your Bust"
- Author: Jenny Bolton
- Official site: www.boostyourbust.com
- Guarantee: 60 Days 100% Money Back
- Overall Rating: 4 out of 5
Hi, Linda here,
I created this website because I wanted to present a honest and extensive review about the program "Boost Your Bust" by Jenny Bolton, which promises to teach how to get bigger breasts naturally.
Why am I writing this? Well, when I first came across the product and wanted to learn more about it, I quickly realized that there weren't many objective reviews out there, so I decided to fill out this gap. In this review I'm going to be talking about the positive as well as the negative sides of the program. So, if this is not something you would like to hear, then you can stop reading. Otherwise, by all means, please go ahead.
But before you continue reading you should check out this short video:
How to get bigger breasts naturally – Boost Your Bust review
Still with me? Great, because in this review I will try to cover all the details about the program to help you make an informed decision, so you can expect to learn the following:
- Can Boost Your Bust really show you how to get bigger breasts naturally?
- What are the contents of the program in more detail?
- Is the program right for you?
- What are the drawbacks of the program?
1. Can Boost Your Bust really show you how to get bigger breasts naturally?
Ok, so you just came across this program and would like to know what all the fuss is about? Well, Boost Your Bust is a natural breast enhancement program which was developed by Jenny Bolton. The program is presented as a detailed step by step account teaching the user everything needed to know about how to get bigger breasts, without having to resort to other riskier or more expensive methods.
Based on her own account, Jenny herself had been suffering for years for having very small breasts. Consequently, she was determined to find a solution to her problem and was unwilling to pay thousands of dollars for expensive and risky breast enlargement surgery. So, she set out to find a solution of her own and, for this purpose, started reading everything she could get her hands on related to the topic of natural breast enlargement. After spending countless of days reading and researching, Jenny explains that the pieces of the puzzle started to fall slowly into place. This allowed her to develop a step by step system with which she was able to move from an A cup to a C cup (incredibly as it sounds) in a relatively short period of time.
Sounds too good to be true doesn't it? Well, at first I thought so as well, but after getting my hand on the product and carefully going through the methods, I gradually realized that the program that was put together in Boost Your Bust is really quite comprehensive. I will explain why this is the case in the next section.
2. What are the contents of the program in more detail?
Ok, enough about all the fuss, it's time to get down to the facts. So, why should you place your trust in Boost Your Bust and how will it teach you how to get larger breasts in a natural way?
The reasons why it becomes clear that Boost Your Bust is not simply another hyped up program, with no substance behind it, are manifold. First of all, the materials provided in Boost Your Bust are really quite extensive. The guide will present you with a wide array of methods which, when employed together, should definitely be able to help you increase the size of your breasts quite notably.
In addition, the program comes with a full 60 Days 100% Money Back Guarantee which is provided by the already established and reputable company Clickbank. So, you can rest assured that if for any reason you are not satisfied with the program, you can claim a full refund at any point in time during the 60 days after having initially purchased the product. If that is not a risk free deal, then I really don't know what is!
If this still doesn't convince you to give at least try out the program, then you may also be pleased to know that you even get to keep the guide even if you decide to get a refund for the product. This does seem like a pretty fair deal doesn't it? But I don't want to focus only on the reasons why you don't have to worry about trying out the program. I'm here to tell you more about the details, so let me present with a clear and detailed overview of what you will fined contained in the guide.
The following is list of all of the chapters in the guide, along with a short overview about the contents:
Chapter 1 – What Are Your Breasts & How Can They Grow?
In the first chapter of the guide you will learn about the biology of your breasts and the key role that the hormone estrogen plays in contributing to breast growth.
Chapter 2 – How Natural Breast Enlargement Works
This chapter will further teach you about additional hormones that interact with estrogen to promote breast growth, and about the importance of leveling out estrogen levels.
Chapter 3 – The Cheat Sheet Making Your Breasts Look Bigger
In this chapter you will learn about some very handy tricks, methods and exercises that will enable you to notably enhance the natural appearance of your breasts, before even implementing any of the actual growth enhancement techniques.
Chapter 4 – The Groundwork
In this chapter, Jenny presents some of the best information in the guide, as she reveals some of the most valuable secrets concerning natural breast enlargement. You will also be showed how to employ and apply them to achieve the best possible results.
Chapter 5 – Your Personal Breast Enlargement Routine
This section is also especially valuable, as Jenny will share with you the personal routine she used to help her grow her own breasts in a natural manner. With this information you should have the complete strategy you'll need to help you succeed in your own journey.
Chapter 6 – Ensuring Your Results Are Permanent
As the title suggests, in this chapter Jenny will provide you with all the information and advice you'll need to help you ensure that your results are permanent.
Chapter 7 – Enhancing Your Results With Food
This is the final chapter of the book and here you will be provided with complete sets of meals, along with a list of all the necessary ingredients, which will help you to further enhance your results.
This roughly covers the contents of the guide, but this is not all! As you can see from the image of the thank you page below, once you order Boost Your Bust you will also get access to some cool unadvertised bonuses.
If you want to check out the official site at this point then just >>"CLICK ON THIS LINK"<<.
3. Is the program right for you?
Still looking for more information? Well, I'll gladly provide it to you.
So, when and in what situation should you give Boost Your Bust a try?
Well, if you have been struggling for a long time from having small breasts and have been looking for a way to deal with this problem, then you should definitely consider giving Boost Your Bust a try. In addition, if you have been considering breast enlargement surgery but find it too risky or too expensive, and would like to try out a much more affordable and less risky alternative, then you should also consider trying out the Boost Your Bust program. You can always leave breast enlargement surgery for later, in case anything else you try before does not give you the desired results (but it is likely that you will not need it if you decide to try out Bust Your Boost today).
There is not much more to say at this point about why you should consider trying out Boost Your Bust before trying out anything else. However, at the beginning of this review I promised that I would also be talking about the drawbacks of the program and you can rest assured that I'll be true to my word. So, if you want to find out about the not so great aspects of the Boost Your Bust program, then you should keep on reading.
4. What are the drawbacks of the program?
All right, so you made it this far. I'm glad I've been able to keep your attention for so long. I'm just trying to present you with the full details to help you make an informed decision, but I know that this also involves talking about the not so good aspects of the program. So let's get right down to it shall we?
All right, so where does Boost Your Bust fall short?
Well, first of all, the methods presented in the program are quite numerous and if you want to be able to achieve the best results then you will have to make sure that you follow them rigorously as otherwise you may end up disappointed.
In addition, even though the program promises relatively fast results, there are many things which will influence whether and how fast you will be able to see noticeable results from the program. These include, for example, whether or not you are truly determined to take action and actually follow the methods of the program consistently. In addition, the results should come gradually and not spontaneously, so you may have the feeling that nothing or only very little is happening on a day to day basis. But something similar happens when you go on a diet. If you have been on a diet before, you may have had the experience that you don't notice any real changes yourself because you see yourself every day. But then, when you come across someone you haven't met in a while the person is just like: "Hey, you look great! Have you lost some weight?". So, you may experience a similar situation with Boost Your Bust, only that people may be asking a slightly different question ;). In addition, measurements do not lie! So, if by the end of the program you have not been able to increase your breast size by at least one cup, then you can still claim a full refund!
Another factor you should be aware of when deciding to test out the program is that it does not come in hard copy. So, if you don't want to be reading the information from your computer or from a portable electronic device, then you will have to print it out.
Finally, even if this sounds repetitive, it must be stressed that you will have to take the program seriously and be prepared to take action on the methods that are presented. You can rest assured that nothing will happen if you do not follow the methods of the program very closely.
Final verdict
I hope you enjoyed reading this extensive review on the program "Boost Your Bust". As you can see, you have really nothing to lose by giving the program a try, since you can claim a full refund within 60 days of buying the program, if you do not see the results that you wanted. However, if you do follow the suggested methods as described, then by the end of the program you may possibly also feel the urge to make an additional voluntary donation to the creator of the program ;). So, if you are ready to find out how to get bigger breasts naturally, then you can learn more about"Boost Your Boost" at the official site by clicking on the image below.
To your success,


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Americans probably had no idea that six of Pakistan's nuclear sites had come under jihadist attack. That is, until Republican presidential candidate spilled the beans on national television Tuesday.
During the CNN-hosted Republican presidential debate on national security, Bachmann, who serves on the House Intelligence Committee, revealed that 15 nuclear sites in Pakistan were vulnerable to attack, and attempts had already been made on six of them.
CNN moderator Wolf Blitzer asked the candidate if she agreed with Texas Gov. Rick Perry's pledge that he would send no foreign aid to Pakistan.
"We have to recognize that 15 of the sites, nuclear sites, are available or are potentially penetrable by jihadist," Bachmann explained. "Six attempts have already been made on nuclear sites. This is more than an existential threat."
"At this point, I would continue that aid," she added. "Pakistan is a nation that it's kind of like, too nuclear to fail."
A National Journal fact check found that the U.S. had never publicly admitted that 15 of Pakistan's sites were vulnerable to attack, or that six of them had already been attacked.
"[H]er comments on Pakistan's nuclear program represent either a news-making leak of previously unknown classified information or another in her recent series of seemingly-random, and highly inaccurate, public comments," Yochi J. Dreazen wrote.
After all, the candidate also recently said that Hezbollah was working to create "missile sites" in Cuba — and there seems to be no truth to that.
Watch this video from CNN, broadcast Sept. 21, 2011.
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"I Helu Pu:" The Reckoning
To the dismay of Lori Fan Club such as myself, it's official: she's gone. It's also official: I'll miss her, as it seemed Lori had finally found her niche in the last few episodes.
Granted, Lori's "confession" to Steve that she had let things slide due to her feeling for him felt completely contrived. I was rolling my eyes throughout the exchange. There was no need to make Lori suddenly have a half-ass confession of attraction because was leaving. It didn't add anything.
That disappointment aside, this was one of the best episodes of the season. The use of the commercial breaks to show the current events for a bit, then switching to "what happened" works really well for this type of story.
I was also glad to see Catherine Rollins (Michelle Borth) back for a visit. Given that Combat Hospital was officially cancelled in December, I would love to see more of Borth on Hawaii Five-0. Besides, it's nice to be reminded that Steve was (and still is) in the Navy, and he has ties there. Given that we never see him mention his reserve status, it was refreshing to see a mention of this reserve duty and seeing him in uniform only strengthened my budding man-crush.
Speaking of the service, having served in the Air Force for two tours in the 90s, even today I'm critical on how actors wear uniforms. Both O'Loughlin and Borth appear to have been coached on how to done the uniform correctly, so I want to give a nice crisp military salute to whoever helped them look good - well done!
The episode also marked the third attempt to tie in a holiday into the story. With the Halloween outing, we suffered through one of the worst episodes ever. Then, with the advertised Christmas episode, we had footage in the preview showing Christmas elements that never made it to air.
So, like Goldilocks trying the beds of the bears, the first was too hard, the second was too soft, and the third one was just right! I really enjoyed the light overtone that Valentine's Day had here.
Chin Ho discussed getting something for his new bride with Kono. Danny made a quick reference to Gaby (from the museum) and, as mentioned above, Steve decided to do his reserve duty on the same ship as Catherine to celebrate Valentine's Day properly. The only person who didn't seem to have much of a Valentine celebration was Kono.
Do you want to bet that Denning puts a new person in with the team and it's a guy that can crush on Kono? It would be such an awesome twist. Of course, it's not hard to crush on Kono; did you see her in that dress? Wow.
Here is hoping that the episodes continue in the caliber of this one. My only request is could we not have every suspect take off running? Or, if that's not an option, we need to make up a drinking game based on the number of times a suspect runs from Five-0. That, of course, would generate a second game of seeing how coherent my review is when written complete drunk. Sounds like fun, no?
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Using speed is aka "riding the bullet train".
Using speed is aka "riding the bullet train".
You go ahead and chase the dragon - I'll be riding the bullet train all day.
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When a man slides his penis up and down the outer labia(lips) of a very wet vagina while erect. Creating a fast sliding action up and down similar to a bullet train on rails.
I was with my girlfriend last night and she was so wet I ran a bullet train over her.
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The creation of the earth, moon, sun, universe and all life. It has no reflection because there can only be one Bullet Train. Faster than the speed of light times infinity... but, whatever...
Did you feel that breeze?
- Yes, must've been the Bullet Train.
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It is when you fart in the intake vent of a CPAP machine.(The machine the people with sleep apnea use)and it gets sucked in and blown into there nose through the mask.
"I stopped by my buddiers house and he was still sleeping, so sent him the BULLET TRAIN to wake him up"
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When one turns a bullet vibrator on, sticks it up the ass of a male or female then performs anal sex. This pushes the vibrator up so high it will not be able to be removed, and the vibrator will have to run out of battery power to stop vibrating.
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Agnes Scott College gallery Director Lisa Alembik's ambitious "Quadrennial: Greater Decatur 2010" is dominated by a spirit of poetic conceptualism.
Since you asked: "poetic" visual art is art in which visual metaphors operate like the verbal metaphors in poetry: emotionally evocative or condensing multiple layers of information into a brief, pithy image.
And since Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire" is one of the most poetic films ever made, it seems appropriate that Matt Haffner's short video in his "Between 2 Worlds" installation (detail above, photo by T.W. Meyer) should be almost a composite of its visual tropes: scenes change when an eye opens and shuts, a finger comes briefly and beautifully into focus in an extreme close-up, a woman's long hair falls across her shoulders, a flock of birds wheels in a twilit sky. For once, Haffner's large paper cut-outs of portentous figures work in tandem with another medium as the lighted windows of a MARTA train in the video intersect momentarily but exquisitely with the windows of the parked car in the wall mural.
Wenders' film is also referenced for an instant (a glimpse of Berlin's angel-surmounted victory monument) in "En Transit," a remix by Sara Hornbacher, Hartmut Koenitz and Kenneth Knoespel of footage from "Berlin: Symphony of a Great City" intercut with the Paris of "Playtime" and "Breathless," punctuated by trilingual texts of Walter Benjamin's aphorisms on architecture, open spaces and dwelling (still, at left). Originally screened in Paris, the video is a reminder that some Greater Decatur art is global.
Metaphoric visual juxtaposition functions differently in Chung-Fan Chang's collision of the conventions of Chinese landscape painting with the neon geometry of shapes representing kites. The organic forms of mountains and rivers are abstracted into independent planes of imagery in traditional landscapes; here they are abstracted still further, making these paintings a collision of two styles of 20th-century abstraction as well as a 21st-century mash-up of cross-cultural sensibilities. (Photo by T.W. Meyer.)
The metaphors turn murky in the other paintings in this quadrennial, Marc Brotherton's symbolic renderings of collective confusion regarding things people don't understand. The meaning is clear enough in the list of things that presumably don't exist: unicorns, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, etc. (The painting's faux-folk marginal commentary suggests "there is one thing that you know and that is that you never really know you know?") However, when other paintings offer vast mixtures of different types of scientific symbols, I don't even understand what it is that people don't understand.
Jonathan Bouknight's spectacular gender exploration isn't much clearer. He installs full-scale replica walls, broken in Gordon Matta-Clark style, in the back gallery as a frame for a video of a woman exaggerating her femininity (still, above) and photos of a man asked to imitate Cher. These gender role-playings flank a dressing table with anonymous, anomalous bottles, more like containers for liquor than for cosmetics. Perhaps the whole scene, coated uniformly with green paint, is about gender camouflage? I have no idea. The code escapes me.
By contrast, Lisa Tuttle's "Post-Colonial Karma" presentation of the burden of Southern and global history is painfully clear. Racial stereotypes show up in tourist shops and motel art and family photographs; the whole doubtful heritage is explicated on a website, with relevant books available to give students context for the visual shorthand that may (happily) now be generationally obscure.
Susan Krause's sociopolitical transmutation of Sudoku, on the other hand, is as immediate as today's headlines. Replacing the popular game's numerals with symbols, she asks viewers to fill in the blanks with visual shorthand for the forces behind our economic crisis.
Krause's ideograms are visual metaphors at the opposite extreme from emotionally evocative. They engage the viewer in the game, but are as bloodless as the abstract statistics that mask real suffering. That, surely, is part of her point.
Claire Paul rounds out this diverse quadrennial with a large wall painting plus sound recordings that turn the gallery's Barcelona chairs into listening stations for moments of nature and machines interacting, a meditative, metaphorical substitute for her original goal of recording her surroundings as she slipped into a dream state.
Curator Alembik has shown us that Greater Decatur has richer imaginative resources than routine exhibition schedules might lead us to assume. Pushing the boundaries needs to be further encouraged.


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In yet another chapter in the wondrous life of Naomi Campbell, she has apparently stormed off during an ABC News interview after they repeatedly asked her about a big, fat blood diamond given as a gift from former Liberian president and brutal thug Charles Taylor.
This is just the latest in a string of supermodel violence, almost always involving electronics.
What does she have against technology? Perhaps when she was young she was bullied by a blender or cajoled by a Cuisinart — those Cuisinarts are notorious cajolers!
No matter, here's the lesson: Naomi Campbell is what happens when a supermodel is no longer super.
See, all your life, you were waited on hand and foot. You never had to think about paying bills, arranging travel, walking your tiny stupid dog or wiping your mysteriously runny nose. You become, in the purest sense, a machine of entitlement: You live to receive, never to give.
Then suddenly it stops.
You've grown old and what you have, people no longer want. And the entitlements stop coming, as the wrinkles start.
And what happens? You lash out in frustration, anger, denial.
What I'm saying is Naomi Campbell is Greece.
And if you disagree with me, you're a racist homophobe who doesn't use biodegradable toilet paper.
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Whopper of the Week: Al Sharpton
Hey, Rev. Al, where'd you get that suit?
Q: As recently as last year, you were claiming that you ... didn't even own any of your suits, that you didn't have a credit card.
A: That's a lie. Where did I make that claim, sir?
Q: Well, it was in the New York Times.
A: That's not true.
Q: OK, well in that case ...
A: Not true. How could I not own my suits? I mean again, I think ...
Q: That's a question a lot of us would like to know.
A: I think you would do yourself and a lot of people service, if you did better research. What you're referring to—never said that. Never said it.
—Al Sharpton, questioned by guest co-host Jonah Goldberg on CNN's Crossfire, Feb. 26.
Q: Reverend Sharpton, how many suits do you own?
A: Well, you would have to—I debate whether I own it because a lot of that is business expense, but I have, I have access to about 10 or 12.
Q: And you say that you—you say they are business expenses. Are they paid for by someone other than yourself?
A: Some.
Q: Are they paid for by National Action Network?
A: No.
Q: Are they paid for by Rev. Als Productions? [This is a company that books Sharpton's speeches.]
A: Maybe a couple.
Q: Any other wearing apparel of yours paid for by other parties?
A: Yeah, I would say half my suits are gifts. The suit I have on, a guy gave me.
Q: Have you ever purchased a suit for yourself?
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—Sharpton deposition, Dec. 6, 2000. Garry Bolnick, a lawyer for Steven A. Pagones, was attempting to collect on Pagones' $65,000 defamation judgment against Sharpton for alleging, falsely, that Pagones had raped Tawana Brawley. Pagones was assistant district attorney for Duchess County, N.Y., when the Brawley hoax took place there. The deposition was leaked to the New York Times, which ran an article by Alan Feuer that included this snippet on Dec. 21, 2000.
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I'm betting there are some antique hunters, collectors and lovers of find glass who would probably agree with me . The point of the article is to illustrate that the history of Venice in crafting this material includes an unbroken timeline that harkens back to at least several hundred years.
Consider this: the master craftsmen of Venice recreated a technique called latticino. An ability lost since the time of the ancient Egyptians and Romans, it was the method of embedding threads of white or colored glass into clear glass.
The creation of the clear glass itself, called cristallo, was a triumph of the Venice glassmaking community.
Glass created with lacelike patterns displayed a skill of remarkably precise mathematical knowledge. But that's not the only method the Venetian glassmakers used to decorate their products.
Enamels were painted on the glass -- much like the painting of Chinaware -- and then fired. Certain pieces displayed gilding and still others were engraved.
Very often the white glassware used as decoration in the latticino pieces was used independently as well. When used alone, they bore an uncanny resemblance to porcelain.
Soon, though, the Venetian glass trade declined. Other countries were beginning to learn to create their own high-quality products. Venice-originated creations may have slowed, but it never stopped.
During the greater part of the 16th and 17th centuries, Venice craftsmen discovered more ways to keep working. They became the finest creators of mirror glass. They really were years ahead of their time.
As partial proof of this, you'll no doubt notice if you study antique glass for very long, that early Venetian styles makes a resurgence in the Victorian age. Truly, that's a testimonial to their classic beauty.
But the classic "timelessness" of these pieces poses a problem for the antique collector. Exactly. Our job is to take these pieces out of that realm of "timelessness" and label it with a date of creation. The resurgence makes the collector's job that much more difficult.
The Dutch:
Diamond engraving
Oh, sure, said the Dutch confidently. Anyone can imitate Venetian glass making. But can they do this?
And with that question, they decorated the glass in the way that . . . well . . . only the Dutch (or so they thought!) could. During the 18th and 19th centuries, they -- like the Germans -- decorated a large portion of their production by cutting it on the wheel.
Their specialty, though, entailed engraving with a diamond. So finely executed were the pieces, that many times, the engraving went unnoticed until light gently fell across the pieces of glass.
You can find engraved pieces as early as 1600 from the Ruksmusem in Amsterdam, but similar work shows up later in the that century as well as the 18th century. Of those who practiced this fine art, two of the most prolific craftsmen were Frans Greenwood and David Wolff.
By now, it shouldn't surprise you to discover that much of their work is neither signed nor dated. (Don't give up on your quest to find signed and dated work by these gentlemen. Some really do exist!)
Since many others in Holland were performing similar work, sorting all of this out gets just a bit tricky at times.
As you progress in your pursuit of antiques, you may encounter the name of Zuener. Working at the end of the 18th century, he actually painted on glass -- and with a unique style. Not only did he use gold and silver leaf lace on the back of the glass, but he then scratched through this and filled it in with black paint. The skies in his outdoor scenes were painted naturally. The effect is nothing if not stunning.
Prior to the end of the 18th century, French glassware plays no real role in adding to either the quality or standards of the art. Up until this time, the French glass makers concentrated on making stained glass for churches.
French glass ware didn't develop its own "personality" until the end of the 18th century. Factories then operated with the mission "to make products in the manner and quality of England."
One of the first factories to appear, was located at Luneville, in 1765. Two years later, in 1767, another establishment opened by the Cristallerie de St. Louis in Lorraine.
These factories developed a singular style of encasing white ceramic medallions in clear crystal. This gave the objects a beautiful silver appearance. Among the pieces created in this fashion are paperweights and goblets.
Another variation on this theme was the creation of clear-glass paperweights decorated within colored canes of the same material. Not only was this style of paperweight made in the two factories already mentioned, but also in a third in Clichy.
As an antique collector, you may run into them. You'll recognize them by their markings. Dated mostly from 1845 to 1849, each of these carries an initial indicating the factor of origin. "B" indicates it was made at Baccarat. If the piece is marked with a "C", it was created at Clichy and "SL" stands for St. Louis.
The dates on the paperweights -- and yes, really there are dates on them -- are never placed in the center of the object. In fact, many times, they're a hunt in and of themselves.
As with any other potentially valuable collectible, it should come as no surprise that these items have been forged throughout the years. But you won't fall prey to these fakes if you keep in mind that the fake pieces are not as clear as the real deal!
Now that you have had a quick tour of some European glassware (yes, we could write a book -- several books -- on this topic), lets skip over to England, where those craftsmen were also busy producing quality pieces.


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Garcinia cambogia, a tropical fruit also known as the Malabar tamarind, is a popular weight-loss supplement. People say it blocks your body's ability to make fat and it puts the brakes on your appetite. It could help keep blood sugar and cholesterol levels in check, too. You'll find it in bottles on the shelf at the store as well as mixed with other ingredients in diet products. [Source]
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These business transactions occur either as business-to-business (B2B), business-to-consumer (B2C), consumer-to-consumer (C2C) or consumer-to-business (C2B). The terms e-commerce and e-business are often used interchangeably.
The term e-tail is also sometimes used in reference to transactional processes for online shopping.
This report focuses on the Retail E-commerce Software in Europe market, especially in Germany, UK, France, Russia, and Italy. This report categorizes the market based on manufacturers, countries, type and application.
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Marc Bloch Prize in Modern European History, 15th-21st centuries
Marc Bloch Prize in Modern European History, 15th-21st centuries
Publié le mardi 22 juin 2010 par Karim Hammou
Marc Bloch Prize
The Department of History and Civilisation at the European University Institute in Florence is proud to announce the
Marc Bloch Prize in Modern European History (15th -21st centuries)
The Prize for 2010 will be awarded to the author of the best new MA thesis in early modern or modern European history and in the history of Europe in the world. In keeping with two central aspects of Marc Bloch's historical oeuvre, only studies with an explicit comparative or transnational perspective will be considered. Submitted theses should be of a high scholarly historical nature, and research accuracy, innovation and literary merit will be important factors in the final selection.
A prize of € 3,000 will be awarded in a ceremony at the EUI in Florence. The winner of the prize will be invited to give a talk on the subject of her/his thesis.
Eligibility is limited to candidates holding an MA degree (awarded in 2009 or 2010), EUI members are not eligible. Theses must be submitted by the original author, and can be submitted in any European language.
Apply online by November 1, 2010 via:
The judging panel is appointed by the EUI's Department of History and Civilisation. The jury's decision is final.
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What's The Big Deal About Culture?
Posted on 16. Nov, 2012 by Martin Schmaltz.
In the current state of Christianity today, there is a discussion of the significance of cultural understanding as it relates to "spreading" the Gospel. While the effects of the Gospel are a one size fits all, its presentation is not. In fact, this type of presentation can actually be detrimental to its understanding and obedience.
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Are We Worth Our Salt?
Posted on 25. Oct, 2012 by Martin Schmaltz.
Because of our changed beliefs and values, we have a changed conduct that should impact those we come into contact with. The Lord has a plan for each of us to influence the areas of life where he has placed us: our jobs, neighborhoods, clubs, schools, etc. He has placed us there because he EXPECTS US to function as salt, making a difference in the culture.
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Hunting For Peace
Posted on 25. Aug, 2012 by Martin Schmaltz.
The blessedness of the Kingdom is the result of a transformation of spiritual character. The fruit of this new character is demonstrated by actions that are much different than those of a worldly mindset. One of the key manifestations is the presence of peace, which exists even under less than ideal situations.
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Spend Time With The Few To Reach The Many
Posted on 01. Aug, 2012 by Martin Schmaltz.
Great thoughts on discipleship! Spend Time With The Few To Reach The Many – Kevin Peck | Verge Network. "Jesus' method was this: spend time with the few in order to reach the many. Why is it that our churches spend so much time on the many to reach the few? We don't just need […]
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Blessed: The Fruit Of Character
Posted on 27. Jul, 2012 by Martin Schmaltz.
The blessed lifestyle of the Kingdom is a product of His nature or character being formed in us. The radicalness of the Kingdom is: this blessed state does not come as the world says it will, but in a changed way of thinking and living.
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Forgotten Factor Of Faith
Posted on 03. Jul, 2012 by Martin Schmaltz.
During my devotional reading yesterday, I came upon the story of Jesus' first miracle at the wedding in Cana. As I read the details of the account I was reminded again of what I believe is a forgotten truth or factor regarding faith and demonstration of His kingdom. That is: to see the miraculous, we […]
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Finding Happiness
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In the intro to the Kingdom culture, Jesus speaks to the very heart of each individual: The longing for a true sense of happiness, being blessed or satisfied.


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OTT and Cloud Communications, the ALE Way
A hybrid approach provides a promising twist on familiar over-the-top and cloud stories.
As Greg Collins, technology analyst and strategist with Exact Ventures pointed out earlier this week in a No Jitter post, the over-the-top wave is surging, with one OTT service provider after another rolling out communications and collaboration apps with enterprise teams in mind. We've got hot independents like Atlassian's HipChat and Slack's eponymous app, and, increasingly, competitive offerings from companies more traditionally associated with enterprise communications -- Cisco's Spark, Glip by RingCentral, and Unify's Circuit, for example.
To Collins' point, this month alone we've seen the debut of at least three new OTT options -- services that enable communications and collaboration via IP rather than the public switched telephone network (PSTN). We've got Mitel's MiTeam, which No Jitter covered in the early March post, "Mitel's Lineup to Include MiTeam;" and, as announced from the keynote stage at Enterprise Connect, Zang Spaces from newly created Avaya spinoff Zang (see "The Yin and Yang of Avaya and Zang" and "Avaya Steps Up its Platform Game"). That leaves us with Alcatel-Lucent Rainbow, another OTT communications and collaboration app that made its debut at Enterprise Connect.
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So let me share a bit about Rainbow, representative as it is of the OTT trend but also part of a much bigger story about where Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (ALE) is heading. As to that latter point, the quick explainer is "into the cloud," of course. But ALE is adding a twist with its approach to cloud communications, as I learned in talking with Matthieu Destot, newly appointed EVP and GM for ALE's Communications Business Division.
Digital transformation, and the new user experiences enterprises aim to achieve through it, has inspired ALE to rethink its operating model, Destot said. While once a "cloud enabler," he said, ALE now intends to be a three-layer cloud services provider that enables connectivity from premises-based telephony systems to the cloud.
Hybrid Model
Rainbow, as an OTT app for instant messaging and presence, voice and video communications, and screen and file sharing, fits in at Layer 1, Destot said. This, in part, is about investment protection -- enterprises can use Rainbow regardless of what communications gear they have on premises. "Think of it like using WhatsApp. It won't matter what PBX you're on. You will get the same experience."
To stand out in the crowded OTT market, ALE will offer Rainbow as a freemium service beginning in June, Destot said. Between consumer and enterprise apps, "we think the value of anything going over the top between two smartphone users is going down to zero. So we will offer ours free of charge, in the freemium model."
Enterprise versions, offering advanced capabilities such as app integration, directory synchronization, and click-to-call functionality, will be available beginning in the third quarter. ALE will charge a per-user monthly fee for the enterprise-grade Rainbow app, and enterprises will get the benefit of reduced telephone bills as traffic flows between Rainbow users over the top or on net, Destot said.
At Layer 2, ALE is providing connectivity from any vendor's communications gear on premises to the cloud via a plug-and-play architecture it calls Cloud Connect (see graphic below), due later this year. Operationally, Cloud Connect will provide new opportunities for business partners offering ALE-based managed services via a permanent XMPP link between authenticated and authorized entities, Destot said. The partners will be able to tap into real-time data from the ALE OpenTouch and OmniPCX platforms and use the insight in enriched management and security services.
At Layer 3, ALE will connect the Rainbow platform into the PSTN and allow traditional service providers to carry "enriched UC" calls across their networks. "We'll be controlling the flows, but giving the traffic and revenue opportunity back to the carriers, Destot said.
Via a subscription-based model due next year, ALE looks to support what it calls "verticalized" applications, such as it already does in its hospitality strong suit. It will support vertical API integration for healthcare and other industries.
While the roadmap deliverables are yet to come, ALE's hybrid approach is a promising twist on the familiar OTT and cloud stories. And, this approach certainly does play to the trend that Collins pointed out in the earlier mentioned article. That is, "[m]essaging and social media applications are becoming the focal point for the communications experience, not the dialer app."
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All of you chill out and ambient fans are in luck. I've discovered new artists with large collections of releases, and I intend to share them. The first on my list is Mikael Fyrek, a Swede with a suite (too much?) of albums released between the years 2005 and 2010. Immediately noticeable is the fact that his releases all contain a relatively small number of tracks. Four to five are most common, which could indicate a sense of focus or a particular theme, depending on the album. Also notable, his album and track titles and even the various cover arts are inclined to the dramatic or fantastical. For example, "At rest at last my dice lay cast" on 2009's I step into the advent…
"Between nothingness and eternity" on 2008's A thousand years and one…
and "Bathing in a river of discordant music" on 2005's I can finally see what the darkness looks like.
I must admit, I'm inclined to be wary of artists who use such seemingly pretentious titles, mostly because I find the art rarely lives up to such a grandiose name. However, in the case of Mikael Fyrek, I'm pleased to admit I was wrong. Nearly every track on every album is excellent and easily deserving of their respective names.
Let's start with "Bathing in a river of discordant music". It begins with lovely guitar progression and a looping tock tock tock of percussion. Soon the percussion expands, and we're introduced to a variety of electronic sounds which reach into untouched corners of the sonic space.
As an aside, this was the first track I listened to by Mikael Fyrek. Up to this point, I thought the track was just okay. It was pleasant enough, but it lacked a cerebral element that I enjoy in my music. I was about ready to try something else when a beautiful echoing psychedelic sound tickled my ear canal. I was hooked. The track only got better with the introduction of chorus-like samples and synth work. At the end, it fades out in the same way it begins and leaves the listener wanting more, much more.
"Between nothingness and eternity" starts with tinkling chimes and what could be a failing heartbeat. It's slow and deliberate as we – its owners – approach the Abyss. When we cross the edge, an angelic piano and guitar descend and the sound of the heartbeat deepens to merge with the sound of the eternal OM. On angel's wings we fly out of the abyss and up toward the great light. As we ascend, the tempo steadily increases, and with ever-increasing haste we chase Forever as it unfolds before us. The track eventually fades, as all things temporal must, but not before instilling a sense of epic immanence and transcendent bliss.
"At rest at last my dice lay cast" opens with feedback. Static at first, it begins to oscillate, as though fate itself issued forth from the now resting dice. As the oscillation picks up the pace, swooning samples settle into the soundscape. Together, they transform, exploring the highs and lows of the terrain. This sense of motion continues as a heavy bass pad comes in to usher us onward. Along the way, the heaviness is tempered by a light, cheery glockenspiel. The beat rocks steady until a swirling, buzzing synth reminiscent of the iconic Royksöpp is introduced. We're accompanied by all of these elements through the end of the song. Overall, it's high-spirited and invigorating.
Mikael Fyrek's music is of the highest calibre. From the expansive soundscapes and heavy bass, to the timely psychedelia and mellow vibes, Fyrek's sense of balance, direction, progression, and crescendo are everything I look for in ambient music. I only hope he hasn't left the scene permanently.
As for which album to start with, I'm not so sure it matters. It's always nice to see how an artist's style evolves chronologically, but you can't go wrong with any of these albums.
Mikael Fyrek – I can finally see what the darkness looks like – "Bathing in a river of discordant music"
Mikael Fyrek – A thousand years and one – "Between nothingness and eternity"
Official site (you can hear/acquire most of the albums here)
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How to have a blue with Greens
The ALP appears to have coined a new slogan: "The enemy of my enemy is also my enemy." Or alternatively: "My chosen partner is my greatest hate."
The stream of invective directed at the hapless Greens has been more vicious than any since, well, since much the same people were abusing and maligning Kevin Rudd for the high crime of attempting to implement the wishes of the majority of voters, and particularly of Labor supporters, and take back the position that Julia Gillard snatched from him in the mugging of 2010.
They seem to be saying the Greens are loopy, dangerous extremists like One Nation - maybe worse, Labor should consider putting them below One Nation on how-to-vote cards. To which the Greens reply that Labor is a party without ethics, capable only of throwing buckets of dirt.
It is an extraordinary, almost fratricidal, confrontation; after all the ALP and the Greens are supposed to be together on the progressive side of Australian politics, allies of the Left in the same way as Christians, Jews and Muslims are all people of the book, worshippers of the same God. And perhaps the analogy is apt, because adherents of all three religions have been known to treat their fellow monotheists with more fear and loathing than they ever inflict on those they regard as pagans. And as any policeman knows, family brawls are often the most bitter.
But the current blue, while perhaps simmering for quite some time, came to a head suddenly and unexpectedly. The general belief that while the minority government in Canberra endured, tensions could be contained. After all, Labor needs the Greens in the Senate to deliver any policies at all and in the lower house simply to survive, and the Greens need Labor in power to keep their own ideas on the table and occasionally put them into practice.
So when everything blew up last week, many commentators suspected a hidden agenda. The most common conspiracy theory was that Labor's right wing faction leaders, and particularly the New South Wales branch, were sending a signal that they were turning against Julia Gillard; the partnership with the Greens had been her idea, and it was over, and so was she.
There was less unanimity about who, if anyone, was being touted as her replacement; Kevin Rudd and Bill Shorten both had their advocates, but for different reasons neither seems all that likely. Rudd won't come unless asked by the whole caucus, and his enemies remain unforgiving. And Shorten is understandably unwilling to accept a crown of thorns from a party on the brink of catastrophic defeat.
Another suggestion was that it wasn't so much the Greens who were under attack, but their baby, the carbon tax; if Labor could somehow get rid of both the sun would shine again. But even in an electorate as inured to cynicism as Australia's, that pig just won't fly.
It is more probable that the party's general secretary, Sam Dastyari, was simply telling it as he saw it: Labor's perceived attachment to the Greens was dragging its vote down, and the simplest way to cut the cord was to deny the Greens preferences. Well, maybe, but it is at least worth examining his thesis in more detail before arriving at any conclusion.
It is true that the real slump in Labor's primary vote has occurred since the 2010 election and the inauguration of the partnership with the Greens, but while the period has proved disastrous for Labor, it hasn't done the Greens much good. In the Weekend Australian Tim Watts crunched the numbers to find that in total, taking in the state elections in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria and the ongoing federal scene, Labor's primary has dropped by over 11%, but the Greens have picked up less than half of one per cent. If they are, as the right claims, cannibalising the Labor vote, they are very inefficient anthropophagites.
Almost all the rest has gone to the Coalition; these are the votes that have to be retrieved. Would cutting off the Greens help? It might; there are certainly blue collar voters who have been conditioned by the shock jocks and the tabloids to regard the Greens as spawn of Satan, and anyone who sups with them as irrevocably damned.
But there are a lot more who are simply fed up with Gillard and her colleagues for their endless dithering, lack of clear purpose and inability to communicate anything beyond cliché. The parliament's elder statesman, John Faulkner, summed it up at the weekend in the NSW state conference: they had spent five days squabbling about preferences when they should have been talking about principles.
And even if breaking with the Greens brought some voters back, there would be a price to be paid, and it would be paid in the Senate. In the next election six senators from each state and two from each territory will face the voters. The territories will break, as always, one each for Labor and the Coalition. But even if Labor recovers a bit - even quite a lot - it seems inevitable that the Coalition will win three seats to Labor's two in every state, bringing the state of the major parties to Coalition 36, Labor 27, Greens six and the DLP's John Madigan in Victoria.
The last six seats are therefore vital. I would expect the independent Nick Xenophon to hold on in South Australia, and the Greens should be strong enough in Tasmania. But that still leaves four swinging. If the Coalition wins three, it controls the senate in its own right. If it wins two, it probably has effective control with the help of Madigan. If it wins just one it still has the numbers to block anything it likes.
Thus for the current situation to prevail - for Labor and the Greens to be able to reject government legislation (of course, we are assuming a Coalition majority in the House of Representatives) they need to win the lot between them. Even without wildcard independents, this will be hard. If they don't work together, it will be impossible. Tony Abbott will have untrammelled control - absolute power.
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GOLDEN, Colo. -- Brett Green buried them from deep, Trevor Wages pounded them inside and Trevor Ritchie closed out the game to lead No. 12 Colorado Mines to a 68-57 upset of No. 1 Metro State on Friday evening at Lockridge Arena in Golden.
The Orediggers (11-1, 7-1 RMAC) took down the nation's top squad behind a strong second half that saw the team shoot 63.2 percent (12-of-19) from the floor, 71.4 percent (5-of-7) from long range and 11-of-15 (73.3 percent) from the foul line. CSM cranked up its defense and held the Roadrunners (11-1, 7-1 RMAC) to just 24.2 percent (8-of-33) shooting during the second stanza. A rough-and-tumble game that featured 10 tie scores and seven lead changes as well as a combined 31 fouls, the Orediggers stuck to their modus operandi to win in vintage CSM fashion.
As has been the trend recently, Mines got off to a sluggish start in falling behind by a 9-2 score just 4:08 into the ballgame. However, a 7-0 run through the next 2:42 of the ballgame brought the home squad back to even at 9-9. The two teams would then trade baskets and possessions before tying up the ballgame for the fifth time at 21-21.
The Roadrunners strung together another set of baskets, going up 28-21 on a jumper by Preseason RMAC Player of the Year Reggie Evans with 4:29 to go in the half.
The Orediggers would not be intimidated, coming back to just two down at 30-28 with 2:50 to play on a layup by reigning RMAC Defensive Player of the Week Trevor Wages. The teams traded turnovers and missed baskets down the stretch and the 30-28 score would hold up at halftime.
Metro State opened up the second half by increasing and subsequently holding its lead – staying up four points, 42-35, with 15:01 to play in the contest. Consecutive 3-point baskets by senior Chris Goutama and Green erased the deficit, leaving the Orediggers down by one, 42-41, with 13:29 to play.
The ballgame would be tied up for the 10th time at 51-51 when Metro State got a tip-in by Jonathan Morse with 6:19 remaining. That would be the last time the Roadrunners were in striking distance as the Orediggers posted a 17-6 run down the stretch to end the game.
CSM also defeated then-No. 1 Metro State on January 18, 2005, at Volk Gymnasium in Golden in the last matchup between the Orediggers and a top-ranked Roadrunner squad.
Green led the team in scoring with 22 points on a 6-for-8 effort from the floor, including a perfect 4-of-4 line from downtown. The junior sharpshooter also finished 6-of-6 from the foul line while adding five rebounds in 29 minutes of action.
Wages recorded his third double-double of the season with a 16-point, 16-rebound performance that helped CSM hold a 30-to-20 advantage on points in the paint. He added four assists and three steals while finished 4-of-4 from the charity stripe.
Senior Dale Minschwaner shrugged off a broken nose in the second half to grind out 11 points and four rebounds in 18 minutes of action while fellow senior Chris Goutama added six points, two rebounds, four assists (no turnovers) and one steal during the contest.
Redshirt freshman Trevor Ritchie served as the Orediggers' closer with eight of his nine points coming in the last 3:36 of the ballgame.
Evans, the conference's leading scorer, led the Roadrunners with 20 points on an 8-of-25 effort from the floor while Morse grabbed a team-high nine rebounds.
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After publication to high acclaim in France and Spain, Marjane Satrapi's illustrated folktale, The Sigh, will be released in English by Archaia in November.
Honestly, I've never read Persepolis. So other than everyone telling me how amazing it is, I had no real context on Satrapi's work going into this. However, prior knowledge of the author aside, one thing I was not prepared for (but pleasantly surprised by) was that the book is not a traditional comic. I would place it, rather, in more of a graphic book category. It is a folktale, and as such, the words take front seat, but the book is nonetheless beautifully illustrated in Satrapi's distinctive style. (I never said I had never SEEN Persepolis).
The Sigh is the story of Rose, one of three daughters of a rich merchant. Every time he takes a trip, he brings back his daughters whatever they wish from the market. One day, Rose asks for a particular blue bean, but her father can not find it anywhere. When he comes home empty-handed, she lets out a sigh of disappointment that attracts The Sigh, who brings the merchant the seed, but at a price.
Like all good folk tales, The Sigh carries a heavy-handed lesson. But it is done skillfully so that you are unsure if you are reading an original creation or an ages-old fable. Satrapi manages to find the rhythm of the genre perfectly so that you become engrossed in the simplicity of the fairy tale rather than bogged down in the moral.
The art is reminiscent of the style in Persepolis, but with a bit more whimsical bend. People are drawn loosely and often with slight exaggeration to accentuate the character's most important features. Knowing ver little about actual drawing techniques, I can't really pinpoint how she created the art (I can tell it's digitally colored but that's it), but ultimately it gives the feel of having been drawn in crayon or colored pencil. It is sketchy without being indistinguishable and colorful without being childish.
The art also serves to reveal Satrapi's comic book background. While the text is well-written and can tell you a complete story, the illustrations are rich with background information and small details that can enhance the story for those who really take the time absorb all the details. They speak volumes all on their own without overwhelming the text at all.
And of course, the book itself is beautifully assembled, but I would expect nothing less from Archaia. I can not wait to get my hands on a physical copy of this title.
You can check out a preview of the first few pages by clicking each of the thumbnails below to enlarge the page.
TL;DR: The Sigh is the first title by Marjane Satrapi to be translated into English since Persepolis. It is a beautifully written and illustrated graphic book, telling a well-thought-out and heart-warming fairy tale of consequences and love. I want it on my bookshelf when it comes out and I think you would too.
The Sigh will be published by Archaia starting November 8. It will be a 6x9 hardcover, 56 full color pages and retail for $10.95. Check with your LCS or your local bookstore to order your copy. Or you can pre-order now on Amazon.
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Anthony Blenkinsop gets a bird's-eye view of good that nonprofits do in NHBy GRETYL MACALASTER
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Anthony I. Blenkinsop, 39Home: Portsmouth
Birthplace: Manchester
Family: Wife, Jessica; two daughters, Elliott and Ryan; parents, Ian and Carole Blenkinsop
High school: West High School, Manchester
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Current job: Director, Charitable Trusts Unit, Office of the Attorney General
Key past positions held: Senior assistant attorney general, Civil Bureau, Office of the Attorney General; Assistant attorney general, Environmental Protection Bureau, Office of the Attorney General
Volunteer activities: Portsmouth Planning Board; Portsmouth Capital Improvement Plan Subcommittee; Portsmouth designee to Rockingham County Planning Commission; board member, National Association of State Charity Officials
Most admired person (outside your family): Bill Gates for his work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Key current professional challenge: Overseeing the appointment of a special trustee to manage the operations of the Tri-County Community Action Program in Coos, Grafton, and Carroll counties.
Last major achievement: While most of the credit goes to my wife, on a personal basis, the birth of my two daughters has been the greatest achievement of my life.
Biggest problem facing New Hampshire: Ensuring the educational system prepares students for the 21st century and keeping young people in New Hampshire when their education is complete.
Favorite place in New Hampshire: There are many but on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro is one of them. What book are you reading now? "The Grapes of Wrath"by John Steinbeck and "The Man From Beijing"by Henning Mankell What websites do you visit most often? N.H. News outlets: Union Leader, Concord Monitor, Portsmouth Herald, WMUR, Boston. com, ESPN
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PORTSMOUTH - When Anthony Blenkinsop, 39, graduated from Suffolk Law School, he was not sure what area of law he wanted to pursue.
But like many others on this list, Blenkinsop knew he wanted to return to his native state of New Hampshire.
"It's just a nice place to live and at the time I was focused professionally as well," Blenkinsop said.
He said practicing in the smaller law community of New Hampshire made practicing law more enjoyable.
"Even if you were on opposite sides, you had rapport with people . and I liked that," Blenkinsop said.
He settled quickly in Portsmouth when he returned to the state in 2002 and began working for a small law firm in Bedford.
He focused on civil litigation and spent about three years doing trial work.
In 2004 he applied for and was offered a position with the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office.
He spent his first year in the environmental protection bureau before moving to the civil bureau. He was promoted to senior assistant attorney general in 2007 and in 2011 became the director of the Charitable Trust Unit.
In this position, Blenkinsop oversees all of the 9,000-plus charitable trusts and nonprofit organizations in the state.
"They are all run by volunteer boards, and board governance and internal controls is what we preach," Blenkinsop said.
Blenkinsop said much of the unit's work is focused on education and oversight, as well as enforcement.
He said learning about the broad and varied work of the state's nonprofits through his position has been an eye-opening experience.
"The nonprofit community in New Hampshire is a wonderful community and by and large they are doing amazing work and I get to live vicariously through that," Blenkinsop said.
Blenkinsop also gives back to the community himself, serving on the Portsmouth Planning Board since 2007.
"It is nice to feel I am contributing to the city," Blenkinsop said. "It is a fascinating position to be involved in some way with the continued development of the city."
He was also recently appointed to serve on the National Association of State Charity Officials.
Blenkinsop said he often hears that the state is getting older and not doing enough to keep or attract young people, and that is a concern.
"When I look at something like 40 Under Forty, it highlights the good work young people are doing in the state," Blenkinsop said. "I think it will be a testament to the fact that there are a lot of interesting things going on."
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Rocker Adam Levine has confessed the cell phone prank his fellow The Voice judge Blake Shelton pulled on him recently was actually on the public.
Shelton appeared to give out Levine's private cell phone number during a live broadcast of the show, and the Maroon 5 singer played along with the joke for a month - but now he's tired of people asking how he will pay the country singer back.
He tells Rolling Stone magazine, "That was not real. I'm not supposed to say that, but I don't give a s**t, because it's so silly.
"Telling you is probably my way of not having to do other gags in the future. I want people to know it was bulls**t and we were messing with them."