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The United States and International Olympic Committees have formally announced a revenue-sharing agreement that paves the way for the return of the Olympics to the U.S.
Details of the deal were not released but sources familiar with it say it guarantees the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) at least $110 million a year from international Olympic sponsorships and the American rights to televise the games.
The USOC share of new revenues will be cut sharply from the current formula and the USOC will initially contribute $15 million a year to help pay for staging the Olympics. That amount rises to $20 million in 2020. The agreement expires in 2040.
Other National Olympic Committees and some members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) resented the fact that the USOC had the biggest share of Olympic revenues. That was based, in part, on the fact that American corporations and television networks generated most of the income that flowed into the IOC.
The resentment is considered one factor in the IOC rejection of recent efforts by Chicago and New York to host the Olympics. The revenue-sharing dispute resulted in so much tension the USOC decided it would not submit any American bids for the Olympics until it could negotiate a resolution.
USOC officials even moved up by two years a negotiating schedule that wasn't supposed to begin until 2013.
"We hope this has removed a road block from a successful bid for the United States," said USOC Chairman Larry Probst, who added that the USOC will now discuss an American Olympic bid next month.
The next Olympics up for grabs is the 2022 Winter Games. Salt Lake City, Reno-Lake Tahoe and Denver already have Olympic committees studying the possibility of submitting host city bids for 2022. There's also interest from Olympic boosters in Bozeman, Montana.
The USOC decides which American city to nominate as the country's candidate. The IOC then chooses from among candidate cities from multiple countries.
The last summer Olympics in the U.S. was in 1996 in Atlanta. Salt Lake City hosted the 2002 Winter Games.
IOC officials sound pleased to have resolved the dispute with the world's biggest source of Olympic revenues.
"This is a very happy moment," said IOC President Jacques Rogge. "This agreement will definitely strengthen both sides."
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NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama's successful re-election to a second term is sinking in. No matter who small business owners voted for, the election takes away some of the uncertainty that small business owners have been carrying around. The question now is whether Obama can satisfy those who say he hasn't done enough to help them expand and create jobs.
During Obama's first term, the president pointed to steps he took to help small companies, such as proposing the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 that cut taxes for small companies and made it easier for them to obtain federally guaranteed loans. These steps have helped some small businesses start their recovery from the recession.
"We've been seeing steady albeit modest growth in the economy since the president took office and we are cautiously optimistic," says John Arensmeyer, CEO of Small Business Majority, an organization that lobbies on behalf of small companies.
Even so, many small business owners are critical of the president's performance. They are anxious about taxes and the bulging federal deficit. Many opposed the health care overhaul and complain that they are being squeezed by excess regulations.
"I've never seen that Obama understands what it takes to be a small business owner," says Lorne Campbell, co-owner of Occasionally Cake, an upscale baker outside of Washington, D.C., who voted for Republican challenger Mitt Romney. He's worried not only about the economy, but also about looming budget cuts that could make his customers forgo the treats his two stores sell. So he has limited his hiring to part-time workers, and doesn't plan to hire anyone full time.
Many advisers to small businesses say companies need to keep an eye on what's happening with taxes and regulations, but they still need to try to expand and grow.
"You should always be looking at maneuvering through an uncertain future instead of saying, 'the future's uncertain and I will do nothing," says David O'Brien, a financial planner in Richmond, Va., whose small business clients include engineering firms and technology companies.
Either way, small business owners should stay on top of what's going on around them and their companies. So now that Obama has won four more years, what can small business owners can expect from Obama on taxes, health care, the economy and regulation? The Associated Press interviewed small business experts and advocates to find out.
No president has a complete say over how much anyone, including small business owners, will pay in taxes. Expect the divided Congress to battle over Obama's request to raise the top tax rate on many business owners to 39.6 percent during 2013. That's the highest personal tax rate, and it affects some small businesses because their owners report their business taxes on their personal returns. Republicans in the House, many who were aligned with Republican nominee Mitt Romney, will oppose that tax increase, and the result may be a stalemate.
"I don't think anything's going to change," says Peter Cohan, a lecturer in entrepreneurial strategy at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass.
But Obama has made a point of proposing tax cuts that will benefit many small companies. He's calling for the corporate tax rate to drop to 28 percent from its current 35 percent. Manufacturers would pay no more than 25 percent. He's also backing more liberal tax deductions for small businesses that invest in new equipment.
"Congress will be more willing to work with the president on these small business-targeted tax policies," Arensmeyer says.
Recent history shows that Arensmeyer may be right. Earlier this year, there was bipartisan support in Congress for the Jumpstart Our Small Business Startups Act. It was designed to help small companies get financing more easily.
Obama's re-election means the health care overhaul will continue to be implemented, but small businesses still have to wait to find out how much it will eat into their profits.
Key provisions of the law go into effect in 2014, including the requirement that businesses with 50 or more employees provide affordable health insurance for their workers. What employers don't know yet is how much that insurance will cost. That won't be determined until states set up exchanges where individuals and companies can buy coverage.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney promised to make changes to the law. Now that the overhaul has survived the re-election of Obama and a fight that advanced earlier this year to the U.S. Supreme Court, another big legal challenge is unlikely, says Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Obama may not be able to do much to get the economy growing much faster than it is now.
"I think both candidates were way overselling what they can do to create jobs and help the economy," says David Primo, an associate professor of political science and business administration at the University of Rochester in New York.
The federal deficit is part of the problem. Obama has to curtail spending — but federal government spending is equal to nearly a quarter of income produced by U.S. citizens. Cut government spending, including federal contracts, and small businesses lose revenue and may cut jobs. Many have put hiring plans on hold because of uncertainty about what's known as the fiscal cliff — the combination of severe budget cuts and the expiration of Bush administration tax cuts that takes effect with the new year.
But if the deficit isn't dealt with soon, taxes will have to rise in the coming years. That would leave small business owners with less money to invest in their companies.
"That is ultimately going to be a huge problem. As government grows and the size of the deficit grows, that when you'll see a drag on economic growth," Primo says.
Look for Obama to continue a mixed record on regulation — creating more rules that small businesses will need to follow, but also being vigilant that regulations won't be too burdensome.
"On the plus side, Obama has signed a handful of executive orders directing agencies to review and ease, where possible, regulations that have an undue burden on small business," says Molly Brogan, a spokeswoman for the National Small Business Association, a group that lobbies on behalf of small companies. But she also says government agencies keep creating regulations that many small businesses find problematic, for example, proposals from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that prohibit employers from requiring that workers have a high school diploma or conducting background checks.
"I don't think there's going to be a massive amount of difference for small businesses," says Catherine Rudder, a public policy professor at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. "Obama in his policies is quite moderate and quite willing to compromise."
Small business owners who are unhappy with regulations created during Obama's first term are likely to find ways to get around them — particularly when it comes to health care. Some owners reluctant to buy health insurance for employees will make sure their companies don't have the equivalent of 50 full-time workers — the threshold at which they'd have to provide coverage under the health care law.
But owners will be happy with the Obama administration's regulations that are designed to help them — lending and counseling programs at the Small Business Administration will continue to be a priority.
"They can expect continued policies to foster small business," says Caroline Daniels, a lecturer in entrepreneurship at Babson College.
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A jury in Philadelphia has found Dr. Kermit Gosnell guilty of first-degree murder in three illegally performed late-term abortions.
The jury also found Gosnell, 72, guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a woman who was overdosed on anesthesia while undergoing a second-trimester abortion. He was found not guilty of one other murder charge in the death of an infant. Three other similar counts were thrown out by the judge last month.
The first-degree murder convictions carry a possible death sentence.
In 2010, federal agents raided Gosnell's Women's Medical Society clinic in Philadelphia in search of drug violations but instead found what they described at the time as "deplorable and unsanitary" conditions, including aborted fetuses in jars.
Gosnell had run the clinic for some 30 years.
Further, as The Associated Press reports:
"The clinic had no trained nurses or medical staff other than Gosnell, a family physician not certified in obstetrics or gynecology, yet authorities say many administered anesthesia, painkillers and labor-inducing drugs."
Prosecutors said some infants were born alive and viable in the last three months of pregnancy at Gosnell's clinic but that he used scissors to cut their spinal cords.
The case had become a cause celebre for anti-abortion advocates. As NPR's Julie Rovner reported last month:
"The case and its grisly details have prompted considerable debate about a variety of issues, including whether the media has covered it sufficiently.
"But it has also laid bare some of the very issues at the heart of the still-simmering debate over abortion 40 years after the Supreme Court made it legal. Most directly, it raises the question of whether increasing regulation on abortion clinics make places like Gosnell's clinic more or less likely to exist."
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Princeton University students are showcasing their many opportunities to experience life abroad through "International Eye," an exhibition of photographs taken by undergraduates while participating in international study, internships, service and research.
The Office of International Programs sponsors the annual competition to select photos for the exhibition. A sampling of the photographs may be viewed in the video accompanying this article. The 2012 photographs were judged by photographer Allan Macintyre, lecturer in visual arts and the Lewis Center for the Arts, in six categories: People, Abstraction, Cityscape/Architecture, Landscape/Nature, A Window on Eurasia: Twenty Years After Communism and Innovations for Successful Societies. All of the winning entries may be viewed online on the Office of International Programs website.
The traveling exhibition of the winning photographs will be on view in the following locations on the Princeton campus:
- Burr Hall (2nd & 3rd Floors): Feb. 6-March 8
- Guggenheim Gallery, Whitman College: March 8-April 5
- Rockefeller College Common Room: April 5-May 1
- James S. Hall '34 Memorial Gallery, Butler College: May 1-May 28
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It's WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Guy Raz. For eight years, Tim Goeglein worked as President George W. Bush's liaison to the evangelical community. But everything changed for Goeglein in 2008 when he received an email that would end his career in the White House.
TIM GOEGLEIN: (Reading) I open the email, read it once, felt the blood drain from my head, got down on my knees next to my desk and was overcome with a fear and trepidation as never before. My only prayer, which I repeated again and again, was God help me, God help me. I knew instantly this would be the most impossible day of my life and my heart was pounding as if to burst from my chest.
RAZ: What happened after that is chronicled in Goeglein's new book. It's called "The Man in the Middle." And he joins me now here in the studio. Tim Goeglein, welcome.
GOEGLEIN: Thank you. It's great to be here.
RAZ: So this email that you open up, who is it from? What does it say?
GOEGLEIN: It's a reporter who says to me: I've learned about the plagiarism. Is it true?
RAZ: That you've plagiarized something.
GOEGLEIN: That's correct. And..
RAZ: But what was it?
GOEGLEIN: I was doing a column for my hometown newspapers, and it was absolutely true that I had been plagiarizing some of those columns.
RAZ: Why were you doing it? I mean, why were you plagiarizing?
GOEGLEIN: It's been my experience that pride takes a lot of avenues. For some people, the expression of the pride is sex. For some people, it's power. Some people, it's money. In my instance, it was wanting to be the clever one, the one who said it better than anybody else, the one who wrote it better. And it would be very easy to come to a microphone like this and to say, well, this was the extenuating circumstance, this was the form of pressure, this...
RAZ: I mean, but was there pressure?
GOEGLEIN: There was no pressure, there was no stress, there were no extenuating circumstances. There was no one to blame but yours truly. And I knew exactly and expressly what I was doing, and I did it anyway.
RAZ: You decided right there on the spot that you were going to resign.
GOEGLEIN: Yes.
RAZ: How did President Bush react?
GOEGLEIN: I went into the Oval Office, and I shut the door, and it was just George W. Bush and me. And I turned to the president to apologize. And I barely got a few words out, and he looked me in the eyes, and he said: You're forgiven. And I was speechless. And I regained my composure, and I looked at the president again, eyeball to eyeball, and started to apologize. And before I could get barely a few words out, he looked at me and he said: Tim, grace and mercy are real. I have known grace and mercy in my life, and I'm extending it to you. You're forgiven.
And I tried a third time, and this time, I apologized. I said to him, he should have taken me by the lapels and thrown me onto Pennsylvania Avenue for what I had done. And he said: Again, you're forgiven. Grace and mercy are real. Now, we can spend the next few minutes talking about all of this, or we can talk about the last eight years. We prayed together briefly, and I looked around the Oval Office, and I thought that would be my last time there and my last time to see the president.
And as I was departing, he said: By the way, I would like you to bring your wife and children here so that I can tell them what a great husband and father you have been. And at that point, it was - I think it's fair to say - the most surreal moment in my life. This is not what the leader of the free world typically does.
RAZ: I'm speaking with Tim Goeglein about his new book, "The Man in the Middle," about his eight years working for President George W. Bush in the White House. Tim, President Bush, of course, was earnest in his convictions and his beliefs. But he also believed that he was chosen by God to carry out certain things at a certain time in history, particularly after 9/11. And some have argued, as you know, that some of the decisions that he took - for example, the invasion of Iraq - if indeed it was guided by this divine notion, that maybe it would have been better had he been a bit more dispassionate or sort of separated himself from his faith at times. What do you think about that?
GOEGLEIN: I believe that in the great history of this remarkable country that faith and politics go together. This is not Western Europe. It's not Eastern Europe or Central Europe. It's America. In the founding discussions and debates, men as elementally different as Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson - I mean, these people didn't agree on whether we ought to have a national bank, a national currency, and as one removed, whether we ought to have a constitution. But they all agreed categorically that freedom and liberty came from God, not from government.
RAZ: But there, of course, their notion of God were somewhat different than yours. I mean, many of these men were theists.
GOEGLEIN: Absolutely, yes. There were Orthodox Christians there. There were theists and perhaps none of the above. But they were all preoccupied with one thing, which was what they called the other side of liberty, the other side of freedom, which was virtue. And they said that in the American experience, virtue, which was moral excellence, came from the Judeo-Christian tradition, from the holy scriptures. They were not uncomfortable with government and religion being of one piece.
RAZ: Tim, I'm curious about your time in the White House because, obviously, our listeners can't see you, but you're a very, very earnest man. You're very friendly, kind of soft-spoken, and you worked in a White House that was characterized as a cutthroat place under Karl Rove. I know you know him - knew him well. You know the sort of the political intrigue and the strategizing. And I wonder how did you survive in that atmosphere?
GOEGLEIN: When I came to the White House in 2001, right at the beginning after the inauguration, I had several people in Washington and far beyond Washington who had worked in many White Houses of both parties tell me be careful, that you'll know this right away whether the Republicans are there or the Democrats.
RAZ: It's ugly.
GOEGLEIN: That's right. I was warned over and over. But the Bush administration, the Bush White House, was different.
RAZ: William F. Buckley was somebody you knew and admired and influenced you. His style, his approach from today's vantage point, seems almost quaint. He was polite, he was civil, he was charming. I wonder whether you think that kind of conservative leadership is around in the public sphere.
GOEGLEIN: It is out there.
RAZ: Is it influential?
GOEGLEIN: I believe so. In fact, I would say this: I believe that the conservative movement is stronger and more effective than the Republican Party. And I think so often, the Republican Party is conflated with the conservative movement. Conservatism is not a political program. It has a political element. But I learned from my friends, both Russell Kirk and Bill Buckley, that we make a mistake if we elevate ideology.
RAZ: I know that, of course, you're a conservative, but, as you know, there's been a growing number of liberal evangelicals who've been involved with the Democratic Party. Do you see that as an encouraging thing for evangelical Christianity at large?
GOEGLEIN: I believe very strongly that American evangelical Christianity has grown up. And as any sect in this regard grows up, it also grows outward. And I believe that, yes, it's a good thing that there is a strong Christian influence in both parties. Elementally, I think that that's a good thing. But I believe that in both the short and the medium term, by and large, that most self-identified conservative Christians will continue to find the Republican Party as its natural home.
RAZ: That's Tim Goeglein. He is the vice president of external relations for Focus on the Family. He served as deputy director of the White House Office of Public Liaison under President George W. Bush for nearly eight years. His new book about that time is called "The Man in the Middle: An Inside Account of Faith and Politics in the George W. Bush Era." Tim Goeglein, thank you so much for coming in.
GOEGLEIN: It's been a pleasure. Thank you so much.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The election laid bare a dual — and dueling — nation, politically speaking, jaggedly split down the middle on the presidency and torn over much else. It seems you can please only half of the people nearly all of the time.
Americans retained the fractious balance of power in re-electing President Barack Obama, a Republican House and a Democratic Senate, altogether serving as guarantors of the gridlock that voters say they despise. Slender percentages separated winner and loser from battleground to battleground, and people in exit polls said yea and nay in roughly equal measure to some of the big issues of the day.
Democracy doesn't care if you win big, only that you win. Tuesday was a day of decision as firmly as if Obama had run away with the race. Democrats are ebullient and, after a campaign notable for its raw smackdowns, words of conciliation are coming from leaders on both sides, starting with the plea from defeated Republican rival Mitt Romney that his crestfallen supporters pray for the president.
But after the most ideologically polarized election in years, Obama's assertion Wednesday morning that America is "more than a collection of red states and blue states" was more of an aspiration than a snapshot of where the country stands.
"It's going to take a while for this thing to heal," said Ron Bella, 59, a Cincinnati lawyer who lives in Alexandria, Ky. He is relieved Obama won, but some of his co-workers are in a "sour mood" about it.
"They feel like the vast majority of the country wanted Romney, and the East and the West coasts wanted Obama," he said. "I'm not sure exactly why that is, but there just seems to be such hatred for Obama out there."
Compromise was a popular notion in the hours after Obama's victory and an unavoidable one, given the reality of divided government. But the familiar contours of partisan Washington were also in evidence, especially the notion that compromise means you do things my way.
As Democratic Rep. Steve Israel of New York put it, "If you refuse to compromise, we are going to beat you." Israel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said the election showed "if you are an extremist tea party Republican, you are going to lose."
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said pointedly that Republicans will meet Obama halfway "to the extent he wants to move to the political center" and propose solutions "that actually have a chance of passing."
In New York's bustling Times Square, hope, skepticism and the usual polarities were all to be found when people talked about the president. "He may not have done a great job in my mind but I kinda trust him," said Jerry Shul. "I have faith he will get with the Republicans and get something done."
A less-flattering George Dallemand called this "a moment of truth" for the country. "I guess we have to wish for the best now, but I still think he is socialism."
In Miami, Karen Fitzgerald, 55, wore a black dress and said she was in mourning over Romney's defeat.
"It's an upsetting day," she said. But she took some comfort from her Democratic friends on Facebook, who have stopped chiding the other side in their posts. "Now they're all saying we need to work together and be united," she said. "Maybe we can."
In Chicago, Obama supporter Scherita Parrish, 56, predicted the president will reach out to Republicans but may not get much back.
"But the people have spoken," she said. "They need to lick their wounds, get on with it and start working with the president."
Indeed, unity is a challenge not just for Obama but for the Republicans, who won less than 30 percent of the growing Hispanic vote and not even one in 10 black voters. Obama built a strong Electoral College majority, if only a narrow advantage in the popular vote, despite losing every age group of non-Hispanic white voters.
Surveys of voters found Obama's health care law to be as divisive as ever, with just under 50 percent wanting it repealed in whole or part, and 44 percent liking it as is or wanting more of it.
But democracy doesn't care about exit polls, either, and the election almost certainly means Republicans can forget about trying to roll it back now.
In reaffirming divided government, though, Americans all but ensured colossal fights are ahead over the shape of government and Obama's agenda. He is out to break a wall of Republican opposition to tax increases on the wealthy — a move that about half the voters in exit polls thought was a good idea. And extraordinarily difficult negotiations are imminent as the president and Congress try to make a deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff" — steep spending cuts and a variety of tax increases in January.
In the end, voters split about equally on whether Obama or Romney would be better at handling the economy.
Then again, they were divided down the middle on whether Obama or his predecessor, George W. Bush, deserves most of the blame for the economy's problems.
So it goes in the 50-50 nation, give or take.
Associated Press writers Christine Armario in Miami, Michael Tarm in Chicago, David Martin in New York and Amanda Myers in Cincinnati contributed to this report.


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It was an ominous day at the Cortez Airport.
"Where's Mabel?" "Has anyone seen Mabel?"
Suddenly, it was clear that this was not a normal day.
Mabel was missing.
The call went out, search parties were assembled, fears soared.
Mabel was missing.
They searched all over. Airplane hangars, fields, empty buildings, parked cars, they knocked on doors - they searched everywhere.
No Mabel.
Four days passed - no Mabel. Six, seven, eight days. Mabel was gone.
The fear and sadness hung over the airport like an early morning fog.
Mabel wasn't coming back. There was no other way to think.
A predator got her, she was hit by a car - the worst was feared.
It's been more than four years since Mabel touched down at the airport. Almost from day one, nearly everyone at the airport took Mabel under their collective wing.
But Mabel was in charge, doing her own thing, going where she pleased, keeping the premises mouse free.
For Harvey Baker and Barb Serfoss, the pain and worry of a missing Mabel took over. But everyone missed Mabel. From the mechanics, to the car rental workers to the passengers who frequent the tiny airport. Everyone knows Mabel.
Over the years, a few passengers, some allergic to cats or just not cat people, have shooed Mabel away. But most can't resist the friendly and loving cat.
Day 10, Harvey, who works for TSA, was screening passengers in security.
He admitted that he was sick with worry about Mabel.
Then he heard something. A faint meow!
Mabel was back! Cold and hungry but Mabel was home.
"I tell you, I almost cried. If I wasn't working in the security checkpoint, I think I would have cried," Baker says.
Happiness engulfed the airport and a cheer erupted from the passengers.
Mabel was back! Mabel was home!
Serfoss, who works for Great Lakes Airlines, did cry when she saw Mabel.
"I was so excited," Serfoss says. "I didn't think she was coming back. I was sure that she was gone for good."
On Friday, Jan. 4, Day 11, Mabel was curled up on a chair in the waiting area, a beam of sunshine providing warmth and a little girl providing the love.
Passengers snapped photos and caressed Mabel's soft fur.
She didn't mind. She never does.
Those 10 days were tormenting for Baker and everyone at the airport.
"It was real painful. I lost sleep over it," he says glancing over at the sleeping cat. "I had half the county looking for Mabel."
Shortly before Mabel went missing, Baker gave her a Christmas present. A new tag that says "Cortez Airport Security."
As passengers line up to head through security, Mabel usually takes her position on the back of a chair and watches, greeting each one as they pass.
"She does our 'Cat scans,'" Baker says with a grin.
The happiness that Baker, Serfoss and others at the airport feel about Mabel's return is evident.
"She belongs to the airport," Baker says.
The 7-year TSA veteran pulls up a cell phone video he shot awhile back of Mabel hanging out in the cockpit of a Great Lakes Airlines plane. The cuddly kitty pokes her head out the pilot's window and you can hear the onlookers giggle and shout to Mabel.
Baker figures that Mabel got locked in a hangor or building and couldn't get out.
Once Mabel returned, smelling of oil, she made all the rounds to let everyone know that she was back and she was fine.
"She was rubbing up against everyone," Serfoss says smiling.
When Mabel showed up about five years ago, airport personnel knew they had a new friend. But they checked all around at shelters and with neighbors to make sure she hadn't wandered away from her home. She was already spayed, so she once belonged to someone.
Then they all pitched in and took Mabel to the vet to get shots and checked out.
Now, she's Mabel the Cortez Airport cat.
Baker says she rarely messes in the terminal and there have been a couple of birds and mice that she's left by the front door that they have to dispose of, but other than that, she's the exemplary tenant.
Almost every morning, Mabel keeps an eye out for Baker, who serves the unpaid security volunteer her breakfast.
Baker, an animal lover who has four dogs, two cats and two horses at home, can't hide his affection for the small airport cat.
But when Baker says she belongs to the airport, there's no doubt.
"She wants to visit the passengers. She seems to know when people are scared to fly and kids really love her."
Her soothing purr and comforting rubs calm passengers down, Baker says.
One frequent flier even lives closer to Durango but prefers the Cortez airport so he and his granddaughter can visit Mabel.
Travelers bring Mabel gifts and she is easily one of the most photographed cats in the state - maybe the nation.
Mabel takes it all in stride. She is a cat after all. Cool and curious, and a girl that knows where home is.
Mabel has returned to her routine. A life of leisure and love. She is back visiting everyone. People in the hangars, the garage, the terminal, the offices, the baggage area and security.
Mabel is home and everyone is happy.
The little girl snaps one more photo of Mabel before her mother tugs her away.
Are you ready for your close-up, Ms. Mabel?
Mabel is more than a mascot. She's everyone's pet. She's a celebrity.
She's Mabel - Cortez Airport Security. And it's time for an afternoon nap before the next wave of passengers are set to arrive.
Welcome home Mabel.


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Skincare History and Daily Regimen
10:12 PMYour skin is one of the most important organs that your body has. Not only is it the largest, but it protects what is inside and reveals the health of what is internal as well. Because of this, it is very important to take care of our skin because that is what we show the world each day.
I suffered from really bad skin from age 12 to 22. I'm going to be very honest with you guys, it is an understatement to say it was a very difficult experience. To be sure, I have always been very hygienic and took good care of my skin but as genetics and horomones took over, it just wasn't enough. After having a traumatizing experience with Retin-A nearly burn my face off in Jr. High, I was quite hesitant to go back to the dermatologist. A few more years passed of trying over-the-counter medicines and failing to improve, when a friend of mine let me sample his prescription topical medicine Benzaclin. I began to see improvement and decided that one more trip to a dermatologist wouldn't hurt.
As anyone else trying for a second round might be, I was skeptical but hopeful as well. The doctor examined my skin and told me that it was only moderate acne and many of his patients are far worse. (I was thinking, are you KIDDING me?! I thought my skin was terrible!)
He prescribed this list of meds for me:
* Ovace face wash (I use the generic called Re-10)
* Duac - a topical antibiotic + benzoyl peroxide, similar to Benzaclin (morning)
* Differin cream - a retinoid, but not as harsh on me as Retin-A (night)
* Clindamycin - oral antibiotics (2x per day)
* Tri-Sprintec birth control
The first 3 months after I started my derm regimen my skin got REALLY BAD, which was expected. The medicines need to get used to your skin and things need to re-balance. My worst skin was at 2-3 months into the new meds, even worse than anytime throughout when I regularly had acne. Then, at around 4 months, my skin started to rapidly and magically start clearing up. The actual acne goes away quickly but I had acne scars that took around 3 months to fade from when I got them. With good concealer it helped a lot but I'd say my skin started to look very much more improved with no makeup at around 6 months and only improved from there.
After sticking to this regimen for about a year and a half, I reduced the amount I took of the oral antibiotics and eventually stopped altogether this past Spring, in preparation for the wedding. (Oral antibiotics can lessen birth control's effectiveness.)
This is my current regimen:
- wash with Re-10
- apply moisurizer (I like Clean & Clear Morning Burst spf 15 facial lotion)
- apply Duac
- take Yaz birth control pill
- wash with Re-10
- apply moisturizer (I like Clinique Moisture Surge Extra for night because it's light)
- apply Differin
Pretty easy, right? I don't use toner because my derm said the alcohol can dry your skin and it doesn't actually clean much. The Differin is great for warding away wrinkles and aging because it helps renew cells quicker as well as helping acne, better than anything you will find over the counter. Yaz also helps fight horomonal acne too. It's all about finding the right balance to heal you acne, not to abrasively dry it out or scrub it out, which can actually make things worse. Just find a good dermatologist and a good moisturizer, which is 75% of the battle.
Here is a before and after, no photo retouched:
Soooooo sad in Dec 2006 (2 months after I first started meds.) This was WITH makeup! :(
YESSSS fist pump for clear skin now!!!
Good luck to those of you who went through or are going through difficult skin. I just want to let you know that it's okay, there is hope, and it's not your fault. Really. I know how you feel. :)
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- AnonymousAugust 23, 2008 at 10:30 PM
wow im glad to hear your story!! :) it helps cause im going through the same thing as well. ive been taking yaz but nothing too special has happened yet. haha maybe i will try to see a dermatologist as well. :_
ReplyDelete - AnonymousAugust 23, 2008 at 11:51 PM
is it ok to take a retinol treatment while your're on birth control? - AnonymousAugust 24, 2008 at 12:11 AM
I never had acne problems my whole life. Now blackheads and stretchmarks are a whole 'nother story :( Any remedies or advice for the 2 above?
ReplyDelete - AnonymousAugust 24, 2008 at 12:37 AM
i was on differin for almost 2 years but it seemed to not make any difference at all! it felt like i was only putting on a light glue on my face and in the morning my face would look exactly the same! lol i needed something extra strong, haha! but looking @ your before and after pictures makes me want to get back on it, and birth control too.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousAugust 24, 2008 at 2:13 AM
Woah, it looks like you never EVER had bad skin to begin with! :O
ReplyDelete That's so great that you've totally cleared up now! I've been suffering from severe acne for the past 3 years : ( Now, I don't have so much acne but my scars are way too noticeable. What did you use to get rid of scars?
ReplyDeleteBad skin did a huuuge number on my psyche, but going to the dermatologist right before college cleared up my problems, no pun intended. With my acne scars, I applied Mederma lightly, and it worked!
ReplyDelete- AnonymousAugust 24, 2008 at 6:30 PM
Wow I'm stunned. Your skin is absolutely flawless now. I've been struggling with bouts of acne but it has been dying down a bit. I hope it'll keep improving. Thanks for posting :)
ReplyDelete anonymous 1: The retinol is topical and doesn't interact at all with the birth control. It's fine. It's just oral antibiotics that may effect things.
anonymous 2: For blackheads, I recommend Queen Helene's mint julep mask. You can buy it at walgreens. Also, exfoliate weekly to get the dirt out of your pores. As for stretch marks... do you moisturize all over after every shower? If that isn't enough, try shea butter or mederma.
hellolola: I'd say that the Duac helped with showing results more than Differin did. Differin is something that works over time to help your skin regenerate quicker but you aren't going to see clear "results" because it doesn't "kill" anything. I still recommend it for helping your skin to look healthier and younger overall.
jennifer: I honestly didn't have any special tricks to fade the hyperpigmentation. I use moisturizers with spf 15 everyday. I believe this is one thing that there is no easy trick for and it takes about 3 months to fade completely. My quick fix: Lancome Photogenic concealer in Camee. It does wonders! :)i've been there..i used to have nasty zits back in college, and i had to consult a dermatologist too..she also gave me differin as one of my topical meds, but soon after I think my face got immune from it..it just didn't work on me anymore. but its a mild medication on pimples, it did take a long time for my skin to clear up then..and I didn't even wear makeup then! just imagine what I used to look like..scary :)
ReplyDelete- AnonymousAugust 25, 2008 at 4:55 PM
i'm actually experiencing bad breakouts right now. it's not severe, but still, it makes me not want to look at my face. would it get worse if i cover it up with makeup/concealer? since my acne scars and blemishes are noticeable with my complexion.
ReplyDelete anonymous 3: It really depends on the type of makeup and concealer you are using. Make sure the makeup and moisturizers you are using are oil-free and non-comedogenic. Like I keep saying, my favorite concealer is Lancome's photogenic. It is oil-free, has spf 15, and covers well. I also used this a lot to spot cover areas without using any other foundation or powder over it. When I'd wash my face at the end of the day, I would be surprised how much it still covered. I also found that Everyday Minerals didn't break me out, but it is different for everyone. Blush is also a great way to camoflage redness or discoloration. :)
ReplyDelete- AnonymousAugust 25, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Hey Jen!
Thanks for your entry. I'm going through a really bad skin phase. I try to be really good about my skin, and I had pretty good skin up until college. All of a sudden, I just started breaking out. And it only got worse. I went to see a derm, and she gave me meds, and it mildly helped. Then a few months later, my mom convinced me to see another derm, and I got prescribed a regimen that was close to yours. That didn't seem to help either. My derm is suggesting laser. Do you know much about laser? Side effects, results? anonymous 4: How long have you been on treatment? I know you said it didn't seem to help, but mine got much worse before it got better. If it has only been a couple months, give it more time. If it has been more than 5 months, try alternatives.
I was under the impression that laser treatments treated what is there but it's not a permanent fix. I'm not positive though, since I haven't tried it before. In any case, good luck and if you do laser, let me know how it turned out!- AnonymousAugust 26, 2008 at 8:03 AM
Great post. Amazing difference, you really look like someone who is blessed with perfect skin, I would have never thought you had that history. Do you have dry skin or oily?
ReplyDelete anonymous 5: I have combination skin. Normal, but with an oily t-zone. I do sometimes get dry patches in the winter too, so I have to be careful about which moisturizers I use. I use the clean & clear morning burst in summer and dove deep moisture facial lotion in winter. They are both spf 15, but morning burst is oil-free and dove isn't.
ReplyDelete- AnonymousAugust 27, 2008 at 2:48 AM
thank you for sharing this story with us! now your skin is looking totally flawless :)
as anonymous2 said, i've never had acne problems either but my biggest problem are blackheads! i've gone to get them removed to several beauticians and followed the cleaning steps they told me, but blackheads just come back!
i wanted to ask you jen if it's ok if i squeeze them out at home and which are the best products to deeply clean the pores. cherrygirl: One thing I heard recently was that your pores don't actually "open" and "close." It is more like they get softened and hardened. When your pores are soft from things like a warm towel or steam, it is easier to remove dirt and oil from them. Keeping this in mind, you have to realize that the pores themselves will never shrink or go away completely... which is the same with blackheads. The idea is to clean the pores regularly to keep the blackheads at bay. Sorry to say, but eventually, they will always keep coming back!
The good news is that you CAN clean them at home. Try picking up a blackhead remover from your local drug store. It looks like a metal stick with a loop at each end. Warm your face with a hot, moist towel (or do this right after you shower) and use the loop around the pore, back and forth, to slide out blackheads. There are tutorials on youtube. :)- AnonymousAugust 27, 2008 at 3:24 PM
I've actually been on the treatment for awhile. The first time (monocyline) I was on it for about 7 months, and it improved I would say 50%, but it came back. Then the most recent one (solodyn), I was on it for about 5 months. It didn't seem to have much of an effect. I didn't get worse, nor did I get better. The most important tropical cream he gave me was Duac, but my skin was sensitive to Duac. It got irritating and red everytime I put it on. I put very very little, and I tried it for over a month and a half. The redness didn't subside. I think that's one of the reasons my derm recommended laser. - AnonymousAugust 27, 2008 at 7:08 PM
do you know a way to get rid of red marks left by the pimples? aside from going to a dermatologist/ laser treatment, is there another way? like would putting ice on the area for a few minutes work?
ReplyDelete wow, I would have never known you used to have bad skin!
your skin looks amazing. hopefully mine will look like that one day lol. it's not severe enough to go to a derm though.- AnonymousAugust 28, 2008 at 12:39 PM
I also use DUAC, but I use it at night. But after you apply it in the morning, do you wear make-up after you applied DUAC?
ReplyDelete anonymous 4: I'm sorry to hear that. Maybe you are allergic to an ingredient in it? Go ahead and try the laser. It will at least kill all of the existing bacteria on your face which will probably help a LOT. Let me know how it goes, ok?
anonymous 6: I don't think ice helps with hyperpigmentation. A few different cosmetic companies have bleaches and lightening creams, but the best advice is to stay out of the sun because that makes the pigment darker and last longer. Just be patient and wear good sunblock and hats if you are broken out.
Caroline: Yes, I wear makeup after Duac. I wash my face, then moisturize, then put on topic meds, and then put on makeup. Just make sure everything is soaked into your skin before you put on powders or mineral makeup. I'd avoid any face makeup that would clog pores though. :P- AnonymousAugust 28, 2008 at 6:49 PM
omg i NEVER ever knew u had bad skin...i was always so jealous of ur complexion because every picture of you.. your skin looks so flawless.
I have bad skin too and now its recovering.. i use Erno Laszlo and Clarisonic brush ><
So hard to get rid of the scars and the clogged pores >< - AnonymousAugust 28, 2008 at 9:42 PM
AHH i'm in love with your blog! i love this post, because my skin isn't cooperating with me right now either and i feel sooo down sometimes, but this post gives me soo much hope! thanks so much!
ReplyDelete - AnonymousAugust 28, 2008 at 10:02 PM
I think I will give laser a try after I'm done with my summer classes. He said it's better to stay indoors for
a few days after the laser treatment,
so I can't do it right now. I will let you know how it turns out :] - AnonymousSeptember 4, 2008 at 2:39 PM
did the antibiotics upset your stomach? have you had any experience with doxycycline?
ReplyDelete i seriously would have never thought u had anything wrong with ur skin. just a second ago i saw ur most recent posts' pictures and immediately i got jealous of your skin! it's wonderful to know that all of us are normal and go through this same acne stuff
i currently and suffering from acne AGAIN (one of my more recent posts) after going through Accutane 06-07 and other meds. Hopefully I'll get my skin back cuz I know its a liberating feeling to have your skin back. maybe in 2 weeks i'll be able to have happy skin again..
thanks for posting this :) I don't feel that horrible anymore and its nice to know that beautiful people like you have gone through these stuff and understand both sides of the spectrum.- AnonymousSeptember 8, 2008 at 8:07 PM
can you show the pictures of the products you use above..? if u can find any products that help erase the marks and scar and holes from pimples or acne can you post it up..? it's prety useful for everyone, especially me, i really need one...thanks !!!
ReplyDelete - AnonymousSeptember 10, 2008 at 11:09 PM
after you got clear skin.. did you KEEP using the treatments such as differin? and if so, how much longer?... also can you take birth control bills JUST for clear skin?
ReplyDelete - AnonymousSeptember 12, 2008 at 2:37 PM
great post! really helpful and generous. from looking at your latest posts, i would have had no idea that you had problems with your skin. i wanted to try Yaz too, but i'm scared that i'll gain weight like crazy. did u have any experiences like that?
ReplyDelete - AnonymousSeptember 16, 2008 at 1:39 PM
Do the meds help clear whiteheads and blackheads too?
ReplyDelete - AnonymousSeptember 26, 2008 at 4:53 PM
u r gorgeous!!! thank u for the tutorial! i thought u was a natural flawless born beauty! .. but u had acne... but it doesnt mean ur not beautiful! but u do look better without it.. i guess its true for everyone! .. clear skin always looks better!!
ReplyDelete - AnonymousJanuary 14, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Thank you so much for your post about your skin! It's nice to know that even those who seem to have flawless skin have also gone through break outs and such.
I feel so much better with my strange allergic reaction/breakout/whatever the heck it is that suddenly appeared 2 days ago.
It's terrible, my mom thinks I'm having some kind of allergic reaction to the facial stuff I use and told me to stop. I guess it's kind of clearing up but my face looks so gross!
It's sad to look in the mirror every morning because it just makes me depressed and miss my smooth skin that I had just 3 days ago.
So sad D:
but thanks for your post, again! - AnonymousJanuary 16, 2009 at 7:43 PM
wow thanks for posting! gives me hope :) you're very pretty!
ReplyDelete hi dear. till date, are u still using Duac in the morn and differin in the night? coz i always change my skincare products every now and then. just cant seem to stick to the same regimen..
i think my blackheads are the cause for my nasty zits and acne..do u only do the traditional blackhead remover method using the metal stick?
do u use whitening products to remove scars other than using moisturiser with spf (as stated from other posts)? i can see that ur scars are totally removed! so happy for u..So, I came across your aspirin mask video and thought you were crazy for even posting that since your skin is like porcelain, but after reading your post about your past acne you make me so incredibly hopeful. I'm Korean as well and would like to think my acne is clearing up but I still have scars and seeing your results makes me hopeful that I might have clear skin like you some day!
ReplyDeleteHi! I just found your blog and your really pretty! I am also using Differin but the difference is that i put the med right after i wash my face and then put moisturizer..makeup etc..
I dont know if I should try it after moisturizer bc it seems like it helped your skin. I have really oily skin too so I dont know if that makes a difference. Im getting married in 3 months and I just want to look flawless on my wedding day.glad i'm not only one that has really bad acne. at least yours has cleared, i just hope mine does.
x- AnonymousOctober 16, 2009 at 11:09 AM
hi jen! ur story is quite inspirational :D
one question, does birth control pills have any side effects? i've seen women who had doubled in size after consumption. - AnonymousOctober 24, 2009 at 8:03 AM
Hi jen !!
I loooove the contact lenses you are wearing here !!!
May i know what it is ? - AnonymousNovember 1, 2009 at 1:35 AM
hey! really liked ur post :):) i had really bad acne before and it's getting better but not really haha perfect i guess. seeing your post makes me happy! we dun need to be perfect, just healthy :D
ReplyDelete I've had the same kind of acne as you have had, Jen, the cystic kind that hurts! I'm half-Asian but my skin seems full Asian in color and texture. Something to look forward to: as you get past 30, skin becomes drier and the zits lessen dramatically. I used to be on Differin, Clindamycin, etc. but now at 36 I only use Neutrogena Acne Stress Control. My skin is almost always clear. Improvements also happened when I cut out soda pop (and most corn syrup products in general) and started drinking 4+ cups of black/green/herbal tea a day.
ReplyDelete- AnonymousJanuary 18, 2010 at 11:12 PM
Hi Jen!
I"ve been suffering from acne since 16 years old to 21.It is really frustrating when nothing seems to help (dermatologist. cosmetologist, even witch :)
but when I got pregnant, my skin got cleared up. Now I have 1-2 zits every month & can't com
plain. I even get compliments on my skin. - AnonymousFebruary 4, 2010 at 1:33 AM
Skin is *such* an emotional issue-- my best feature is my skin and I've gotten compliments on it my entire life. Everyone comments on my skin first for the most part. I'm aging and smoking, stress and illness are starting to show their mark. Sometimes I get really sad because I feel like the only physically beautiful thing about me is disappearing before my eyes. Reading your story and seeing your scars reminds me I'm not alone with dealing with skin "issues." You always look gorgeous, and unbelievably so without makeup! Damn, I wish I looked that good without any makeup!
ReplyDelete - AnonymousFebruary 26, 2010 at 2:39 PM
hey! i am also korean and i am super sensitive to conditioner and ever time i wash my hair, my ache on my back never seems to clear up. do you know anything that can clear it up? my name is Ji Eun
ReplyDelete - AnonymousMay 17, 2010 at 8:46 PM
I'm on the same skin care regime minus the duac! But my mother is making me stop this summer. I don't want to go back to how my skin used to be.....She thinks eating bc pills are bad for you.. any advice?
ReplyDelete Thanks for the post! I struggle with acne too :( And my brother's is very severe. He still is taking Accutane to control it. He gets significantly less cystic acne but it's still no cure.. :(
ReplyDelete- AnonymousJuly 21, 2010 at 11:21 AM
im really encouraged by your story! i'm fighting acne right now. i started on an acne regime 2 months ago and it's slowly clearing up! thanks for sharing...
ReplyDelete Hi Jen... I can't believe your skin story, but wow... your skin look so good and clear now. Quick question, for a normal skin type, no acne, but lots of sunburn brown spots. I wonder if Differin would help? Do I have to get Differin with superscription?
ReplyDeleteHey Jen, I've actually followed your blog for a long time now and for the past 4-5 months I've been fighting my terrible breakout problems just like you recount your experience here and I've just returned to read yours posts about it again cos it's really encouraging :) Since 5 months ago, it's gotten significantly better! I still have quite a few scars and more pigmentation than I'd like to have >< But I think it's only going to get better with the stuff from my dermatologist. I'm also thinking of getting on birth control as well. Thank you for sharing your story! :)
ReplyDeleteJen, I think this is by far the most inspirational thing I've read online about acne. I'm currently in the same situation as you were in the past. I'm hitting my 20s this year and my acne just decided to flare up. Everyone from my mom to my relatives (who are asian) just love to criticize and say hurtful things. And having acne really makes me not want to go out anywhere at all. I've tried thousands of dollars worth of over the counter medications, facials, and high end creams....and I feel like there's nothing that could help. but seeing your before and after pictures is so motivating. I just want to thank you for posting this and sharing it with us. <3 you girl!
ReplyDeleteI like how you have before-and-after pictures with your skincare regimen. I also like that you're not afraid to show your bare face. You're one of the most relatable gurus I've come across -- always keeping it real!
ReplyDeleteHi Jen! ^^ it's my first time here, and i am sooooo glad to hear your story! i am suffering everyday from really bad skin since 12 y.o (i'm 19 now T_T). I already met the doctor and he said my acne scars can only disappear with laser treatment. I'm struggling in my daily life, i'm afraid to lift up my head, i'd think those people would just see my oily face that full with acne scars.
But after read your article, i think there are still some hopes for me (although my skin is worse than your skin on this pict). thanks for share! ^^Hi jen,
Ive tried retin A in the past, but it was so horrific i stopped within less than a month. I'm currently using clindamyacin + benzyl peroxide (cheaper way to use benzaclin), but my skin is so loose, my pores are enlarged, and my skin is still oily. I was given differin, but im too scared to try it. Do you think it would help any of the problems i'm having?Hey Jen! So I'm actually only twelve right now (thirteen in a week! You actually posted this on my birthday ) and I've had really bad breakouts in seventh grade. However, I started tying my hair out of my face since my uncle passed away, which was only a few weeks ago. Suddenly, my acne just up and went away! I have a few spots here and there, but its mostly not very noticable. I used to use a toner, and it helped a bit, but then it stopped working after a few weeks, and my acne came back. I just gave up and washed my face with a special soap my mom gave me (the only people I know who use it are Koreans xD I'm a Korean myself.) and some of it cleared up. Now I don't do anything to my skin, but it is very clear :)
ReplyDeleteHello Jen~
I'm so glad to read this. My acne just decided to wage war on me ever since I moved half way around the world. I had the worst breakout a few years ago after being forced to wear layers of makeup for a formal occasion. I had use a bunch of things to clear it out to an extent. I used Differin and Duac too. It worked wonders but lost its effects after the move. Now...my skin is just plain horrid. I cringe when I look in the mirror. I've been on a strict therapy from the dermatologist for the past 3 months. Like you said, it get A LOT worse before it gets better. The tonic and medicated soap leave my face RED and its rather painful (Oddly I like that pain). New acne hasn't popped up yet these past few weeks. I can see the difference it made on the skin where there's no acne and its all soft and smooth so I'm just trying to bare with it now. And a friend of mine on the same therapy told me her face took 6 months to clear up.
Reading your story gives me hope to be patient and stick to the therapy till it really clears up my skin. Thank you for sharing it....at one point I nearly cried.You are truly an amazing person, inside and out Jen. I am a subscriber to your youtube channel and religiously read your blogs and i always find myself coming back to reread some of the same blogs because it gives me hope. Ive been in and out of the dark because of my challenged skin, my weight and height; although Im at an age where you'd think you can learn to walk over how simple minded people are and how the world views you, but sometimes it still hurts. Yet as i read your blogs, it brings some light into my life and it shows that there are more important things in life. And Ive mustered up the courage to finally start blogging. A HUGE thanks Jen for being such an amazing person. It would truly be an honor to meet you someday.


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Action figures for 'Django Unchained' draw protest
(AP) - Slavery-era action figures tied to Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" are raising questions about whether they're appropriate...
Slavery-era action figures tied to Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" are raising questions about whether they're appropriate.
A line of figures of the movie's main characters are on sale online, manufactured by toy maker NECA in partnership with the Weinstein Co.
Najee Ali, director of the advocacy group Project Islamic Hope, plans a news conference Tuesday with other Los Angeles black community leaders calling for the removal of the toys from the market.
Ali called the action figures "a slap in the face of our ancestors."
"We were outraged," said Ali, upon learning of the figures. "We feel that it trivializes the horrors of slavery and what African Americans experienced."
The action figures are collectibles recommended for people older than 17. Tarantino has had such figures made for all of his films, including his last, "Inglourious Basterds." That film, too, reveled in a revenge fantasy set in history — Nazi Germany.
The Weinstein Co. and NECA didn't immediately comment Tuesday.
Ali made clear his objections were not with the film "Django Unchained," which he said he liked and had seen twice.
Though controversial in its unusual melding of historical atrocity and movie mayhem, "Django Unchained" has proven a hit at the box office, where it has earned $106.3 million since opening Christmas. It's also been nominated for five Golden Globes.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.


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She ran for her son. She ran her heart out. She's my hero.
These are heroes, too. Walking their hearts out for a little boy that they don't know, cheering on a mom that they don't know, just because they can. Because their hearts are so, so big.
Heroes, all.
I'm compiling a list of everyone who pledged this cause (you can still join in, by the way - the pledge site is open for a few more weeks), and everyone who answered Kristen's call to scuffle for a duck and a vibrator for the cause (it's not running or walking, but it serves the same end and is no less invigorating.) It'll go up this week, this list, my list of Tanner's Heroes.
Thank you. From the bottom of MY heart.
(PS - The doctor's visit was fine. I barfed and passed out - actually, if you want the particulars, which you don't, I passed out and then came to and barfed - but I think that that means that a good time was had, if nothing else.)
(Also, this morning, at 5:30am, as I prepared for Tanner's Walk, I discovered something that I'd like to share with you, for your own personal edification and enlightenment: If you have only one pair of sports socks, and you discover that they have not dried adequately in the laundry during the night, and you're in a rush, do not microwave said socks in an effort to dry them. You will only steam them, and steamed sweat sock do not smell good. Just thought that you'd like to know. Pass it on.)


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