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National Security Council reviews situation
President Lyndon B. Johnson presides over a session of the National Security Council during which Secretary of Defense McNamara and Gen. Maxwell Taylor present a full review of the situation in Vietnam. During the meeting, various secret decisions were made, including the approval of covert intelligence-gathering operations in North Vietnam; contingency plans to launch retaliatory U.S. Air Force strikes against North Vietnamese military installations and against guerrilla sanctuaries inside the Laotian and Cambodian borders; and a long-range "program of graduated overt military pressure" against North Vietnam. President Johnson directed that planning for the bombing raids "proceed energetically."
A statement issued to the public afterwards stated that the United States would increase military and economic aid to support South Vietnamese President Nguyen Khanh's new plan for fighting the Viet Cong. Khanh's intention was to mobilize all able-bodied South Vietnamese males, raise the pay and status of paramilitary forces, and provide more equipment for the South Vietnamese armed forces.


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The College Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA) recently announced the Academic All-District Teams for Track and Field and Cross Country, with Georgia College junior Philip Laskey (Marietta, Ga.) earning a spot on the District 3 squad.
Laskey owns a 3.65 in physics at Georgia College, and led the Bobcats in all six races this season. The junior picked up three top-25 finishes.
District 3 includes all colleges and universities from the Peach Belt Conference (PBC), Conference Carolinas and South Atlantic Conference.
Players named to Academic All-District teams are now eligible for the Academic All-America Team.
To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.
Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 20,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.
Capital One Financial Corporation (www.capitalone.com) is a financial holding company whose subsidiaries, which include Capital One, N.A. and Capital One Bank (USA), N. A., had $122.2 billion in deposits and $197.5 billion in total assets outstanding as of December 31, 2010. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Capital One offers a broad spectrum of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.

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Montana Small Business Benefits from Small Business Jobs Act
As part of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, the SBA provided temporary authority allowing refinance of existing eligible debt under the SBA 504 loan program. The program, administered through Certified Development Companies (CDC), typically finances acquisition of owner occupied commercial property and large equipment needs. In an effort to stimulate the economy, the loan program can now temporarily refinance certain eligible debt on property, without additional funds being borrowed to expand a facility.
Montana Community Finance Corporation, in partnership with Zions First National Bank of Idaho Falls, Idaho, obtained SBA approval under this temporary authority, and funded the first such loan made in the State of Montana since this change was made to the program.
Derek Ence, owner of Ence Properties LLC dba Hotel Developers Missoula Staybridge, said "I think the SBA helping us small business owners refinance our property in this difficult lending environment is a very helpful thing to help the economy recover and provide jobs for our good local people."
Zions Bank utilized the new SBA 504 Refinance Program to benefit the customer, local community/economy and to strengthen Zion Bank's position, including:
- giving Zions Bank some flexibility if the borrower/hotel requests future funding needs to capital/FF&E improvements;
- offering the SBA portion at a low fixed rate for 20 years, benefitting the borrower's cash flow; and
- increasing the term of the loan to 10 years instead of the standard 5 years, with SBA backing, utilizing a 25 year amortization.
Linda Kindrick, Executive Director of Montana Community Finance Corporation, the CDC that facilitated the loan approval, said "Derek is a great customer and business owner. He was easy to work with in preparing the application for the loan. Allan Woolley at Zions Bank was also very accommodating in supplying all the information needed to meet the requirements for refinance of their existing debt. We are proud to have been able to help both the business and the bank take the next step."
The refinance of certain eligible debt is a temporary program that ends September 27, 2012. Banks and small businesses need to act fast to take advantage of this great refinancing option.
The basics of the SBA 504 refinance loan are simple:
To be eligible, the small business must be a for-profit company that has a tangible net worth of less than $15 million and after tax profit of less than $5 million.
• The debt to be refinanced must have been entered into at least 24 months prior to the SBA refinance application
• The qualified debt must be for a commercial loan which is current and has been paying as agreed under the original or modified bank terms for the past twelve months
• The eligible small business must currently occupy 51% of the property to be refinanced
• The refinanced amount can be up to 90% of the appraised value of the subject property
• Existing 504 projects and government-guaranteed loans are not eligible to be refinanced
Montana Community Finance Corporation (MCFC) is a Certified Development Company licensed and regulated by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to deliver 504 loan financing. MCFC's role is to package, process, close and service SBA 504 loans in the state of Montana and has been doing so since 1984. The professional staff, located in Helena, MT works with the lender and/or the small business owner to tailor a financing package that meets program guidelines and the credit criteria of the business. Contact MCFC to see how they can help you – whether it be refinance of existing debt or new financing.


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Harry Styles and Taylor Swift's "7 Hours of Sex"
A grinning Taylor Swift and Harry Styles leave hotel moments apart after dashing in at 4am seven hours before.
He was clutching his toiletry bag and wearing the token celebrity sunglasses, while she was simply smiling as though she had a secret she wasn't willing to share.
Harry Styles and Taylor Swift emerged from the same hotel just moments apart on Wednesday morning, dotting the i and crossing the t for the rumour mill on whether they are really a couple.
The country singer, 22, was smiling to herself as she glided out of the hotel in Manhattan in a cute hat and navy jacket while her new friend Harry, 18, looked pretty pleased with himself as he left the building.


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The 200 Orgasms Per Day Woman
SARAH Carmen, 24, says the Permanent Sexual Arousal Syndrome that she suffers from can cause her to have orgasm at any time of day.
Fat Man on the Beach
Damn, he can not stand up! I know ill be UP With those two Babes...
There is Something In Here i can See it!
:) Totally Crazy Demotivational Posters from TotalVerueckt PicDump!
Naked Therapist Strips Down For Troubled Patients
A freelance computer programmer, White says she decided to perform online strip-therapy after she was left uninspired by the theories she learned as an undergraduate psychology student.
People and Their Avatars
As it usually consumes quite a bit of time in computer games, there seems to be really enough people who have so much homoerotic tendencies that they can stare for hours at a man's ass ...
Woman Laughs as Seal
:) Damn, this is awesome! Just look at her...
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The Nutty Kautz seems to have personality disorder! ;)
What is Wrong With These Pictures
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I'm loving the ebook revolution.
Obviously, I enjoy the money I'm making (close to $500 a day).
But it's more than that. I'm able to do things I never could have done in the traditional publishing world.
Not only can I release ebooks when they're finished (rather than waiting a year), and have much greater control over the content, cover, and title, but I can also play with the format and do new, interesting things.
With TRAPPED, I released two different versions of the novel in the same ebook download. The author's version and the uncut version. It's pretty cool to show fans all the stuff that was cut, added, and changed, and let them decide for themselves which one they prefer.
With SHAKEN, coming out in October, Amazon is also releasing a dual ebook. SHAKEN takes place during 1989, 2007, and 2010, and jumps around in time. I had a ball writing it, and showing Jack at various stages in her career while she chases the same bad guy over the course of twenty years. But along with the author's preferred version, the SHAKEN ebook will also come with a linear version. If people want to read the book chronologically, rather than go back and forth in time, they can. And even cooler, it reads well in both versions.
Eager to romp in this new digital playground, I have two more projects that will be released in September.
One is secret, and I'm not going to mention the title or the subject yet. But I will say it is a horror novel. And I will say I'm writing it with three of my peers. Those peers are F. Paul Wilson, Jeff Strand, and Blake Crouch.
When I was working on TRAPPED and ENDURANCE, I followed the same formula as AFRAID. In nutshell, I took a handful of characters and dropped them into a terrifying situation, then followed each of their journeys as they fought an insurmountable evil. No chapter breaks--just direct cuts from POV to POV.
It occurred to me that I could write a book in this style with other authors, and it would be a snap. Instead of me writing every character on my own, each of us could control a character, and the book will follow each storyline until they all converge. It's the exact same formula as AFRAID, TRAPPED, and ENDURANCE, except we can write it in 1/4 of the time, and it will benefit from four unique inputs.
I've worked with Paul, Jeff, and Blake on projects before. We're all having a blast putting our heads together and writing this outrageous, horrifying, over-the-top horror epic.
The thing is, this couldn't have happened in the print world. We would have had to get all of our current print publisher's approval (because of no-compete and first look clauses), had to have found a buyer, and had to have toned down some of the violence (this sucker is violent!) But doing this on our own, we have complete control, don't have to answer to anybody, and can write a novel just for the sheer joy of it. Then we can release it immediately after completion, and get the lion's share of the royalties.
I also am playing with the ebook format in another way. Remember the Choose Your Own Adventure novels from the 80's?
I wrote one with Harry McGlade (from the Jack Daniels series) as the hapless hero.
At the end of each section, you decide where Harry goes next. This results in hundreds of variations, and over a dozen different endings. This interactive format is perfectly suited to ebooks, where clicking on a link and being instantly transported to it is easier than flipping through a dead tree book, looking at page numbers.
The book is ridiculously entertaining to read, and I don't think I've ever had more fun writing something. Because the humor is so offensive, I never would have been able to sell this to a traditional publisher.
But with Kindle, I can really utilize the format to do things that publishers can't, and won't, do.
It's beyond liberating. As a friend of mine said, "Joe, you're finally unbridled." Which is what it actually feels like. I can run free, do what I want, and connect with readers on my own terms. I'm not restricted by anything, including my imagination.
Ebooks are more than just putting your run-of-the-mill stories into a digital format. They can actually do more than print books, and offer artists new, exciting opportunities. And we haven't even broached on the "enriched ebook" possibilities with audio and video.
I'm thrilled to be a writer in 2010. It's too cool.
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Times are hard for Mommy, Daddy, and Ivan. They live in a tiny apartment and only have room for an imaginary dog, Ronny, who behaves badly--especially at night. They love him, anyway. One day they are able to move to a larger apartment and have room for The Real Ronny! A real dog! He's wonderful, of course. And they love him. But sometimes you can't help missing the things you left behind. Pre mamu, ocka a Ivana nastali Å¥aYké Äasy. Bývajú v malom byte a sotva majú miesto aj pre vymysleného psÃka Ronnyho, ktorý sa vôbec nevie správaÅ¥ - obzvláSÅ¥ v noci. Ale aj tak ho majú radi. Jedného dňa sa uY môYu presÅ¥ahovaÅ¥ do väÄSieho bytu a majú miesto aj pre skutoÄného Ronnyho! Naozajstný pes! Jasné, Ye je nádherný. VSetci ho majú radi. Ale niekedy sa jednoducho nevieme zbaviÅ¥ smútku za tým, Äo bolo.
Grandpa had 27 grandchildren, all who loved him, and shared the mangos he brought home every day. Grandpa and mangos always brightened the day. But grandpa was getting sick, losing his memory and the ability to even cut the mangos. He was slowing leaving his grandchildren. Starký má 27 vnúÄat a vSetky ho ľúbia. On im kaYdý deň nosà domov mango. Starký a jeho mango robia kaYdý deň krajSÃm. Ale raz starký ochorie a zaÄne strácaÅ¥ pamäť aY nakoniec uY nevie ani nakrájaÅ¥ mango. Pomaly zaÄal svoje vnúÄatá opúSÅ¥aÅ¥.
Mommy, Daddy, and Dorothy's brother, Martin, all wear glasses. But not Dorothy. She knows that glasses make people see better, and she wants to see better, too. Never mind that she can see perfectly without them. She feels like an outsider in her own family, and so she draws glasses on her face and on all her toys. But when she tries on her Daddy's glasses, she gets a big surprise! Mama, Ocko, aj Dorotkin brat Martin, vSetci nosia okuliare. Ale Dorotka nie. Dobre vie, Ye okuliare pomáhajú ľuÄom, aby lepSie videli, a tak aj ona chce vidieÅ¥ lepSie. Vôbec jej nevadÃ, Ye perfektne vidà aj bez nich. Pripadá si vo vlastnej rodine ako outsider a tak si okuliare nakreslà na tvár a urobà tak aj so vSetkými svojimi hraÄkami. Ale keÄ si raz vyskúSa ockove okuliare, zostane veľmi prekvapená!
Both Mum and Dad work in offices, but it's hard for a very little boy to understand what they DO all day, and why they're SO tired when they get home and can only play for a little while. With the help of his grandmother, who takes care of him, our young narrator tries to experience their workaday world, day after day, at home in a pretend office . . . and he gets really, really tired, too. . . Mama s ockom pracujú vo svojich úradoch, ale pre malého chlapca je dosÅ¥ Å¥aYké pochopiÅ¥, Äo tam vlastne celý deň ROBIA a preÄo sú po návrate z práce TAKà unavenÃ, Ye sa s nÃm vládzu hraÅ¥ len chvÃľoÄku. S pomocou svojej starej mamy, ktorá sa oňho stará, si náS malý rozprávaÄ vyskúSa povinnosti sveta práce deň po dni, hoci v bezpeÄà svojho domova, ale "akoYe" v úrade . . . a skutoÄne, ale naozaj ho to tieY veľmi unavà . . .
Moush is having a bad day. His sister yelled at him and his mother scolded him. He hides in the closet and decides to run away from home. He begins to prepare by collecting things to take with him: his favorite coat, his schoolbag. But can he take from his home everything he would like to have with him? Moush má naozaj zlý deň. Sestra naňho kriÄala a mama mu vynadala. Ukryl sa v SatnÃku a rozhodol sa, Ye ujde z domu. ZaÄal sa na to pripravovaÅ¥ a zháňaÅ¥ si veci, ktoré si zoberie so sebou: obľúbený kabát a Skolskú taSku. Ale dá sa zobraÅ¥ z domu vSetko, Äo by si predstavoval?
Mary wants to play with her friends Clara and Ana, but they're playing with their dolls, and Mary doesn't have a doll. Her mother suggests that she make one using wool and cotton and other things that they have around the house. So Mary makes a beautiful doll, but then she realizes: Her doll has to breathe, and how will it sneeze? What can she use for her lovely doll's nose? Majka sa chce hraÅ¥ s kamarátkami Klárou a Ankou, ale ony sa hrajú s bábikami a Majka bábiku nemá. Mama jej navrhne, že jej bábiku urobà z vlny, vaty a z rôznych iných vecÃ, ktoré doma nájde. A tak má aj Majka prekrásnu bábiku, až kým nezistÃ, že jej bábika potrebuje aj dýchaÅ¥ a ako len bude kýchaÅ¥? Z Äoho jej urobia nos?
Jonah, like many little boys, is afraid of the dark. His older brother, Gor, and his baby sister, Arpi, share the bedroom with Jonah. But it's still a scary place at night, what with monsters under beds and on chairs, and who knows what's lurking in the spooky cupboard? But when Gor promises Jonah his favorite toy soldier if he'll just try not to be afraid, Jonah is too excited to sleep. Will the scary dark keep Jonah in his bed? JonáS sa bojà tmy, tak ako veľa iných malých chlapcov v jeho veku. Jeho starSà brat Gor a malá sestra Arpi majú s JonáSom spoloÄnú detskú izbu. Ale aj tak je to v noci straSidelné miesto, keÄ sa môYu pod posteľou alebo na stoliÄke skrývaÅ¥ prÃSery a ktovie Äo môYe eSte ÄÃhaÅ¥ v tom straSidelnom SatnÃku! Ale keÄ Gor sľúbi JonáSovi svojho obľúbeného vojaÄika na hranie, ak sa pokúsi nebáť, JonáS ide ochotne spaÅ¥. DokáYe v tej hrôzostraSnej tme zaspaÅ¥?


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Galileo satellite GIOVE-B presented at ESA/ESTEC
ESA PR 11-2008. Europe is building its own satellite navigation system, Galileo, which will deliver a new, advanced global civil positioning service for the benefit of citizens in Europe and throughout the world.On Wednesday 5 March, media representatives will have the unique opportunity to attend an in-depth Galileo background briefing at ESTEC. It will be the last opportunity to see GIOVE-B before it is packed for shipment to the launch base at Baikonur in Kazakhstan. A visit of the navigation laboratory where GIOVE signals are analysed is included in the programme.
The foundations of Galileo are currently being laid through what is known as the In-Orbit Validation phase. This includes the launch of pilot satellites. In 2005, GIOVE-A was placed in orbit by a Soyuz launcher from Baikonur, and since then, Galileo signals have been broadcast by GIOVE-A and received all around the globe.
Now the second Galileo satellite, GIOVE-B, is being prepared for launch at the end of April, again from Kazakhstan. GIOVE-B is at present going through the final environmental test campaign at the test facilities at ESTEC, the European Space Agency's research and technology centre in the Netherlands at Noordwijk.
This second Galileo satellite will continue the validation of the critical technologies that need to be developed in Europe for the success of the Galileo programme. Furthermore GIOVE-B will test the most accurate atomic clock ever flown in space, which will contribute to the quality of the Galileo system performance.
The programme at ESA/ESTEC is as follows:
|Arrival and registration at ESA/ESTEC.
|Introduction to ESA's Navigation Programmes by Giuseppe Viriglio, ESA Director of Telecommunication and Navigation.
|Presentation of Galileo, a major initiative for the European Union, by Paul Verhoef, Head of Galileo Unit, DG TREN European Commission.
|Presentation of GIOVE-B and the Galileo In-Orbit Validation Phase by Javier Benedicto, ESA Galileo Project Manager.
|Questions & answers.
|Buffet / Interview opportunities.
|Visit of spacecraft at the Test Centre / Visit of Navigation lab (in groups).