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I have been doing quite a bit of soul searching the last few weeks..finding what and who is important to me. It has not been easy, but it has been worth it. Meditation is helping me clear my mind. I have a bit of aggression in me too, so I am looking into kick boxing. Has anyone ever taken that up? I would love to have some input into weather it is a good outlet.
Been keeping the cooking pretty simple..quick one-pot-meals. Breakfast, lunch, dinner..this scramble can be any, or all of these. I love adding potatoes to a tofu scramble, it is more filling. Adding some greens, fresh herbs and hot peppers makes it even more tastier!
A cast iron pan works best to brown the potatoes. Then I just mix everything else together, and cook it for 5-6 minutes. This particular scramble I added mushrooms, kale, fresh sage and hot peppers. Along with tofu and nutritional yeast. What do you put in your tofu scramble?
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One thing that I love about major sporting events are the epic commercials. Here are 5 commercials from the 2008 Beijing Olympics that left a lasting impression on me. Which commercials were your favorites?
All That You Need is Inside of You
Nike USA Basketball and Marvin Gaye
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It's Simply That They Are Human, and We Are Human – Go World
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Carl Peterson
Carl Peterson, Ph.D, has been a senior consultant with NERA Economic Consulting (2000-08), a senior advisor for energy policy (1996-2000) and a rates economist (1994-96) at the Illinois Commerce Commission, and a staff economist at the Center for Regulatory Studies at Illinois State University (1993-94). Dr. Peterson is currently a special consultant to NERA. Dr. Peterson has advised governments and private entities in Europe and the US on issues related to the regulation of public utilities since 1998.
Dr. Peterson has been a faculty member at the Institute for Public Utilities at Michigan State University and has taught economics at Illinois Central College and Eureka College. His work has appeared in The Electricity Journal, Natural Gas and Electricity and several edited volumes.


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Conservationist and marine photographer recognised
Australia Day honours Two men who have made significant contributions to scientific knowledge without being professional researchers have been honoured on Australia Day.
Peter Andrews, a farmer from the Upper Hunter Valley in NSW, and marine photographer Neville Coleman from Brisbane have each been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
Mr Andrews' award is for "service to conservation and the environment through the development and promotion of sustainable farming practises".
He is best known for advocating Natural Sequence Farming (NSF), a technique that restores natural water cycles, even in times of drought, by maintaining a cover of vegetation to stop the soil losing moisture and nutrients.
Restoring the land
Mr Andrews says it's an honour to receive the medal, and adds that he hopes it might lead to a better understanding of how the Australian landscape works.
"Before European settlement, we had an amazing filtering system and groundwater storage system (based on dense plant cover) that maintained high levels of productivity under the extreme conditions we've got, and now we've more or less dismantled it.
"The issue that frustrates me is that the whole planet runs on sunlight and that's got to be converted by plants to a product that everything in the food chain can use.
"These massive changes (we've made) in the way a landscape functions is exactly what we're now experiencing. We just go from drought to excessive rain events, basically because there's nothing managing those huge thermal energies that are released every day from the sun."
Mr Andrews visits about 50 properties each year, teaching farmers how the natural system on their property works.
This year he plans to set up a train-the-trainer program so others can also teach about Natural Sequence Farming.
In love with the sea
Neville Coleman, 72, is a self-made photographer and underwater explorer, despite a poor and violent childhood and barely any high school training.
He left high school in his first year there, working in the printing business as an apprentice, where his lungs were scarred by the corrosive acids used in the etching process.
Despite his weak lungs, Coleman fell in love with SCUBA diving and grew to love the life below the waves.
He also used the physical and mental challenge of diving as a way of conquering his own inner fears, he says.
Neville Coleman fought for decades to have photographs accepted as a valid way to identify new species, and as a consequence photography has gained acceptance with taxonomers.
Today Neville Coleman runs his own business, writing and publishing books and software applications, giving lectures, running specialist dive courses and travelling the world's greatest dive sites to photograph the wildlife.
"I feel that this award is making the whole story worth the effort, because it gives it a fairy tale ending," he says of receiving the Order of Australia Medal.
Despite problems with his health last year, Neville has no plans to slow down. He has written three new apps', which will include 9000 of his own underwater images.
"Staying alive is my biggest plan this year," he says wryly.


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Women's Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week
By Chad Waller, Director of Communications and Sports Information
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Hillary Holt of College of Idaho has been named NAIA National Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week and Reta Woodard of Embry-Riddle (Fla.) has been tabbed as the NAIA National Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week, the national office announced Wednesday. Holt and Woodard were selected based on their performances from Jan. 21 - 27.
Holt, a junior from Meridian, Idaho, was part of two school records at the Jackson's/New Balance Boise State University (Idaho) event from Jan. 25 - 26. She anchored the distance medley relay that set a school record with a mark of 11:59.43. With the first-place finish, that relay team became the first-ever at College of Idaho to break the 12-minute mark. The two-time national champion in the Mile Run, Holt took third with a clocking of 4:48.55, crushing the school record by more than 10 seconds. In addition, she stands with the No. 1 mark in the NAIA this year in that event, by nearly seven seconds. In the relay, the team defeated teams from NCAA Division I and II.
One week after winning the national Field Athlete of the Week, Woodard continued to impress at the Jimmy Carnes College (Fla.) Invitational on Jan. 27. The junior from Spring Hill, Fla., broke her own school record in the weight throw for the third-straight time. Her "A" standard heave of 19.92 meters (65-4 ¼) was tops out of 17 competitors and put her No. 1 in the NAIA this season.
The next Athlete of the Week announcement will be on Feb. 6. For the complete Athlete of the Week calendar, click here.
Field Nominees: Kaitlyn Keck, Friends (Kan.); Larissa Wilden, Mount Mercy (Iowa); Caitlin Casey, Morningside (Iowa); Jasmine Sibert, College of Idaho; Austina Smith, Indiana Tech; Allyssa Zentner, Southwestern (Kan.); Lauren Palmer, Clarke (Iowa); Julia Hauser, Midland (Neb.); Evan Shimanek, Oklahoma Baptist; Meaghan Foster, William Penn (Iowa); Emily Smith, Aquinas (Mich.); Phoenix Duncan, Siena Heights (Mich.); Sabrina Whitaker, Grace (Ind.); Lexi Wilt, Central Methodist (Mo.); Carly Henry, Doane (Neb.); Jamie Crouse, Concordia (Neb.); Sharayah Kenady, Concordia (Ore.).
Track Nominees: Rachel Renken, Friends (Kan.); Neeia Cooperwood, Morningside (Iowa); Jessica Davis, Texas Wesleyan; Breanna Newton, Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.); Shayla France, Indiana Tech; Cassie Hollenback, Southwestern (Kan.); Kristine Schissel, Clarke (Iowa); Cheryl Held, William Woods (Mo.); Tyler Sloan, Baker (Kan.); Whitney Dooley, Midland (Neb.); Kati Rogers, Oklahoma Baptist; Jackie Ott, Saint Xavier (Ill.); Allison McFayden, Grand View (Iowa); Cassie Keeping, Siena Heights (Mich.); Alexis Davis, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Abby Niederklein, Hastings (Neb.); Jodine Steemers, Eastern Oregon; Katie Bonnema, Dordt (Iowa); Brooklyn (Valencia) Anderson, Wayland Baptist (Texas); Savanna Flesch, Berea (Ky.); Karina Coelho, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Junia Limage, Concordia (Ore.); Nikki Iverson, Jamestown (N.D.).
2013 Women's Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week (Field, Track)
Week 1: Gabriella Dixson, Concordia (Ore.), Jura Levy, Oklahoma Baptist
Week 2: Reta Woodard, Embry-Riddle (Fla.), Adella King, Indiana Tech
Week 3: Reta Woodard, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Hillary Holt, College of Idaho


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Encouraging women to breastfeed is good, sure, but this commercial from Louisville has made two huge miscalculations: the baby is unnervingly talkative and flashes some serious nipple-menacing teeth. A less creepy campaign — and this is going to sound crazy — might have just featured women breastfeeding at the park, in a Starbucks, on the subway, and maybe even at the Kentucky Derby, because nothing says "breastfeed unabashedly" like a big, fancy hat and a mint julep.
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Hollywood has been called a never-never land, somewhat out of touch with reality. Such an image, however, does not square with the financial activities of actor Wayne Rogers. Known to the public for his role as Trapper John in the TV smash M*A*S*H, Rogers is a partner in various investment ventures, along with fellow actors Peter Falk, James Caan, and Jack Webb. Moreover, the 42-year-old star is either the managing or active partner in such deals, which range from ranching to condominiums to office buildings. Recognized as an astute investor, Rogers has himself addressed the California Society of CPAs on investment criteria and tax planning. Here he offers TEMPO readers some insights into the world of financial planning in our nation's dream factory. Which came first in your case—the money or the planning? ROGERS: Back in the navy, I had had a lot of free time on my hands, and being interested in the nature of the capitalist system, I decided to study how to earn some of that capital for myself. We were a middle-class family. My father was a lawyer and not the entrepreneur type that I am, so I had no real money at that point. But eventually it came. ROGERS: Yes, I did make some money in my first year in Hollywood, and that started me off. And then there was M*A*S*H. Did you ask someone to manage your finances? ROGERS: Early on I had determined I would do it myself. I had witnessed so-called experts make errors. Recently, even bank presidents were victimized by the Home-Stake oil swindle. So if errors were going to be made, I wanted to be the author of my own doom, and not blame anyone else. Besides, the graveyard of finance is littered with actors, prominent ones, who had lost their shirts by being involved with a business manager who was (a) unethical, (b) unknowl-edgeable, or (c) a brother-in-law. Of course, this is less true today than it was 30 years ago. Now there is an awareness that professional expertise is necessary in today's complex financial world. / understand you have filled that role for some people. ROGERS: Yes, my own investment success attracted the attention of others. They came to me with their financial problems, and, when I was able to help them, word began to get around. My work was mainly in the tax incentive area. I do not use the word "shelter." The word was invented by salesmen, and now has been taken over by people who want to shoot down what is an excellent economic tool. Is financial planning different in the entertainment industry? ROGERS: Yes, take a rock singer who has a couple of gold records. In one year, he can make $5 million. Before the Pension Reform Act, he was able to put away 25 percent of that $5 million in a pension and profit-sharing plan. But now he is limited to the first $100,000. Of course, there is income averaging, but that is really inadequate with the salary fluctuation that a musician can have. So how do you handle such situations? ROGERS: The best thing is to get a handle on the kind of year a talent is going to have. For example, we have a
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In the '20s there was a fanciful architectural trend known as "atmospheric theater." Lushly decorated movie palaces were designed to transport audiences to other realms; to create the illusion of being outside on a starry night or in the midst of a different culture or locale. Downtown Albuquerque's KiMo Theatre, built in 1927, is a surviving—and unusual—example of the style. Elaborate terra-cotta Hopi sun shields emblazoned with Pueblo and Navajo motifs drip from the exterior's facade. Glowing cow skulls illuminate the lobby and theater. Carl von Hassler's "The Seven Cities of Cibola" frescoes inhabit the walls of the mezzanine. Tile work, paint, molding and metal decorations echo the regional aesthetic in a montage that vividly adorns the building's every nook. This week, with the installation of a replica of the KiMo's original sign, the city pays homage to its most flamboyant architectural asset.
Most atmospheric movie theaters of the '20s were built in exuberant styles imported from other parts of the world, says Ed Boles, historic preservation planner for the City of Albuquerque. These included Mayan revival, Egyptian revival and Babylonian revival. "The KiMo was designed for this place," says Boles. "The architect went out onto Indian pueblos and reservations in the Southwest to get ideas for the design."
It's emblematic of the New Mexico's frontier culture that those responsible for the KiMo's creation were all from other places. Oreste Bachechi was an Italian immigrant and entrepreneur who moved to the U.S. in the 1880s. He first found success in Albuquerque running a tented saloon that catered to railroad workers. Bachechi commissioned the Los Angeles- and Kansas City-based Boller Brothers, well-respected national designers of atmospheric theaters, to build his "Theatre Albuquerque." The Boller Brothers were also responsible for Santa Fe's Moorish-style Lensic, built in 1931. After traveling around New Mexico pueblos and reservations with German-born artist Carl von Hassler, Carl Boller laid out a design for what would be the KiMo.
"It is a beautiful building. It captures a period of architecture that didn't last that long," says Theresa Pasqual, director of Acoma Pueblo's historic preservation office. "That was really coming at a time when travel was happening in and around Indian country. So there were people that were fascinated by the cultures that were here in New Mexico and chose to exemplify that through those particular architectural styles."
The theater—built in a style that came to be known as "pueblo deco"—opened in 1927, its marquee reading for decades "America's foremost Indian theater." It was named by Pablo Abeita, a former lieutenant governor of Isleta Pueblo. In the Tewa language, KiMo means "mountain lion" (for unclear reasons, "king of its kind" is the loose interpretation). The pronunciation of KiMo is nothing close to the way it's commonly pronounced (it's something closer to "emu").
"Putting that sign back on the front of the KiMo has been one of those final touches that just sort of says, Yeah, we really have brought the old guy back."
Larry Parker, manager of the KiMo.
"At the point of its construction, it was considered to be innovative and contemporary," says Ted Jojola, a Community and Regional Planning regents professor at UNM who grew up in Isleta Pueblo. Jojola says the theater might seem traditional in retrospect and that its builders were trying to develop a style with vernacular underpinnings. But it's also congruent with the pueblo kitsch that was found all along Central Avenue at the time. "I just am incredibly happy that it has persisted in spite of everything else that has gone on with urban renewal in Downtown Albuquerque," Jojola says. "It's just one of those kind of quirky places that I think adds a real heart and character."
"We are looking around Albuquerque to make sure we're honoring our past as we grow as a city. Because one of the things that makes Albuquerque unique—we haven't turned into what a lot of other cities have. We haven't turned into a cookie-cutter city."
Mayor Richard Berry
In 1977 the City of Albuquerque acquired the KiMo from the Bachechi family. This was a few years after the Fred Harvey-Alvarado Hotel and Hotel Franciscan had been torn down, and one reason for the city's purchase was to make sure the KiMo wasn't lost. "Albuquerqueans understood that these buildings weren't going to preserve themselves," says Boles. "That at some point, people who cared about them had to get involved—and sometimes the City of Albuquerque had to get involved—to save them. In the case of the KiMo, they decided it was one they wanted to save."
Boles says when the city bought the KiMo, along with being fire-damaged, it had been remodeled in ways that compromised its historic value inside and out. The city set in motion what has now been a 30-year process, rehabilitating it in stages as funding has allowed. With the return of the KiMo's neon sign, which has been absent since somewhere between the late '50s and early '60s, the facade will look much as it did when it was new.
"Putting that sign back on the front of the KiMo has been one of those final touches that just sort of says, Yeah, we really have brought the old guy back," says Larry Parker, manager of the KiMo. "It's going to definitely redefine this corner of Central." Funds for the 24-foot sign came from a general obligation bond for half a million dollars approved by Albuquerque voters in 2009. That money was also used for a new air conditioning system in the auditorium, equipment upgrades such as a sound board and HD projector, and to clean, repair and paint the exterior stucco, among other things.
"We want folks to come back Downtown, and we want folks to come back to the KiMo," says Dana Feldman, deputy director of Albuquerque's Cultural Services Department, which operates the theater. "I think the restoration and our new program changes are really in step with each other. ... We have all kinds of things to offer at the KiMo now." The program changes Feldman speaks of involve opera, ballet, live music, radio broadcasts, Friday night features and a Charlie Chaplin festival starting this month and running through the summer.
"Albuquerqueans understood that these buildings weren't going to preserve themselves."
Ed Boles, historic preservation planner for the City of Albuquerque
When Mayor Richard Berry was elected, he says he wondered why he hadn't spent more time at the theater. To remedy attendance issues, he wanted to make the entertainment more sophisticated and the environment top-notch. He says the city needs to treat the KiMo as an enterprise in some ways so it can continue to maintain it and bring in interesting programming. "People are more than willing, for certain things, to help chip in," Berry says. "In this case, it's the ticket price."
The 84-year-old building will always require general maintenance, but in terms of further enhancements, the city is considering placing a wine bar at the corner of Fifth Street and Central where the box office now resides. A café—the Keva Lo—was the original inhabitant of the space.
Mayor Berry says the city has designs on restoring other historic buildings, too, but it's not yet ready to reveal them. "We are looking around Albuquerque to make sure we're honoring our past as we grow as a city," he says. "Because one of the things that makes Albuquerque unique—we haven't turned into what a lot of other cities have. We haven't turned into a cookie-cutter city. We don't want to do that."
On Friday, the KiMo gets its sign back in a dedication that wraps up decades of work. The gala features a special showing of Fritz Lang's 1927 silent science-fiction masterpiece, Metropolis. The screening includes 25 minutes of lost footage and a live score by Boston's Alloy Orchestra. Adding to the event's atmosphere, antique cars from the '20s and '30s will line Central.
"There's a lot of great history to be told," says historic preservationist Theresa Pasqual, "especially in the Albuquerque area. All one has to do is look up and notice the architecture."


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Marwan Koukash is prepared to pay cash up front in an attempt to fulfil his ambition of purchasing an NRL team before next year's kick off.
Koukash already owns the Salford Red Devils, saving the Super League club from financial ruin, and has now turned his attention to an Australian club.
While the British billionaire wouldn't divulge the "two or three clubs" he is in discussions with, Newcastle are believed to be among them.
Like Nathan Tinkler, whose tumultuous stint as Knights owner recently came to an end, Koukash said he would be prepared to provide a bank guarantee to allay concerns he wouldn't be around for the long term.
"If it needs to be done, I'd do it," Koukash said. "People only need to look at the level of investment I put in Salford to see that I would do that.
"I've been working on two or three fronts. Obviously not everything is in my hands, it's in the hands of other people as well. I'm just trying to see if something can be finalised at the start of next season.
"I've had discussions with [NRL CEO] Dave Smith and [NRL's head of club services] Tony Crawford. That's up to them to decide, it would be great to have the support."
Koukash is the ultimate rags to riches tale. Palestinian born, as an eight-year-old he had to walk with his family for three days without food after the family farm was bombed.
He didn't own a pair of shoes until he was 12. Today, he is worth an estimated $3 billion, with most of his wealth derived from the establishment of a corporate training company.
During Tinkler's reign, there was a disconnect between the Knights and the community of Newcastle.
However, Koukash said he never forgot the fans, pointing to the fact he is setting up a Salford advisory panel comprised of supporters.
"Most importantly, I am a guy who listens very much to the fans," he said.
"In every business I have, I've always consulted with the customers and rugby league is no different.
"For example, I don't have a boardroom full of [Reds] directors advising me what to do.
"Instead, I'm going to [implement] a fan's panel. There are about 200 applications I have received and I'm going to choose about 12 of them, who will be advising me on issues within the club.
"I'm somebody who is a lot closer to the fans and I'm also a great believer in sometimes you can't buy success. It's something you need to develop, especially in a game like rugby league.
"I think that's the best model, there's no one closer to the action than the fan."
With the majority of NRL clubs operating at a loss or just breaking even, it would be difficult for the ARLC to knock back Koukash's millions.
But the racing magnate, who is expected to again enter runners into the Melbourne Cup, could find privatisation a tough sell after the Tinkler debacle.
It's understood the NRL won't be rushing into any decision, particularly in relation to Newcastle given the governing body is still sourcing independent directors for the club.
"I hope they do [give the green light] because it's a competition I admire," Koukash said.
"Since I started in rugby league in this part of the world I've always had ambitions to grow the game here to compete with the NRL. If you can't beat them, you might as well join them."
The clubs most likely in Marwan Koukash's sights.
NEWCASTLE: The most obvious target for a takeover following Nathan Tinkler's demise. However, Novocastrians are sceptical about the private ownership model following the bitter experiences under the Hunter Sports Group's ownership. The NRL is partly filling the ownership void at present and has slated its desire to offload the club to a suitable investor. Self-made billionaires with a penchant for horses and footy clubs could be a tough sell to Knights fans at present.
CRONULLA: Have lurched from one disaster to the next and are without a major sponsor for next year. The ASADA scandal has conservatively cost the Sharks $4 million and that figure could rise if more players join Josh Cordoba, Broderick Wright and Isaac Gordon succeed in suing the club for negligence. The much-vaunted property redevelopment is said to underpin the financial future of Cronulla but there will be little monetary benefit in the short term.
WESTS TIGERS: Has been a basketcase off the field. Balmain's perilous financial position has been much reported, with directors from that side of the joint venture set to forgo voting rights in exchange for the NRL making up the shortfall. Delays in the governing body appointing three independent directors have created a void in leadership at the top.
DRAGONS: Another joint venture struggling financially, the Dragons also had to go to the NRL cap in hand for assistance. Like most clubs, can no longer simply rely on propagation payments from the leagues clubs to keep the football side in the black.
GOLD COAST: Under so much financial pressure they are not spending all of their full salary cap allowance. Punting coach John Cartwright, who is still on the payroll for two additional seasons, won't help. Losing the battle for hearts, minds and memberships to the Gold Coast Suns, while the fallout from the ill-fated Titans Centre of excellence continues.
Adrian Proszenko is the Chief Rugby League Reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald.


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By Cheryl Pellerin, American Forces Press ServiceJuly 21, 2011
WASHINGTON, July 20, 2011 -- The Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor has released an online publication that will help community service providers aid homeless women veterans, Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis said today.
Solis addressed an audience of several hundred at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Theater on the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery.
"Where we're falling short in meeting the challenge of service women is when they come home," Solis said.
"Too many women who once wore our uniform now go to sleep in our streets," she added. "It breaks my heart to see that because many of them are sick [and] in need of help, and many are hungry. And it isn't just them -- some of them have children."
The publication, called Trauma-Informed Care for Women Veterans Experiencing Homelessness: A Guide for Service Providers, also known as the Trauma Guide, is the result of nationwide listening sessions with women veterans and service providers about the challenges of homelessness.
Women now make up 20 percent of new recruits, 14 percent of the military and 18 percent of the National Guard and Reserve.
Women represent only 8 percent of veterans, according to the guide, but they are at a four-times-greater risk of homelessness than their nonveteran male counterparts.
The female veteran population is estimated to grow from 1.8 million in 2010 to 2.1 million by 2036, according to Labor Department statistics, resulting in a greater likelihood that more women veterans will need physical and psychological services.
Today, service providers often treat women veterans using the same methods used for their male counterparts.
"This guide acknowledges the experiences and challenges facing women veterans," Solis said, "and will result in better assistance and better outcomes for these deserving women."
According to the guide, research suggests that up to 93 percent of female veterans have been exposed to some kind of trauma, including before they joined the military services. And Defense Department officials say one in three military women has been sexually assaulted, compared to one in six civilians.
Women in the military also have different kinds of problems from those of their male counterparts, the guide says.
"According to a report by Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, more than 40 percent [of women in the military] have children, and about 30,000 single mothers have been deployed," the guide says, and women report higher levels of stress over the impact of their deployment on family and relationships.
The needs of homeless women vets include therapy to address the impact of trauma, supportive services, transitional employment and job training, safe living environments and options for substance abuse treatment.
For those who provide services to these women, the principles of trauma-informed care include understanding trauma and its impact; promoting safety; ensuring cultural competence; supporting control, choice and autonomy; and understanding that recovery is possible.
"No one," Women's Bureau Director Sara Manzano-Díaz said, "pays a higher price for freedom than our veterans and their families and we owe them a debt of gratitude."
Solis said the new guide isn't just about the Labor Department.
"I want to thank the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Defense, the Office of Personnel Management, the White House and … all the branches that are here," Solis said, "because we're all in this together."


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By John Goralski
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A small parade of vehicles floated down the mountain road from Wolcott's soggy field to the one at Recreation Park. First, a small band of volunteers began to ready the field. Next came the procession of players. Referees wandered onto the field like grand marshals at 9:30, and the fanfare began after midnight.
On Wednesday, July 17, the game started two hours late in a different town than it was scheduled, but Southington fans have waited almost two decades for the final result. With a 7-4 win over Wolcott, Post 72 put the final touches on a championship title. For the first time since 1996, Southington's American Legion baseball team captured the Zone I championship.
"It's amazing. It hasn't been done in almost 20 years," said Southington coach Marc Verderame. "When we lost that game at Bristol [on July 11], it could have gone either way. We could have ended up third in the zone, but we went ahead and won out. We controlled our own destiny. We executed exactly what we needed to do, and we're zone champions. That's big."
Verderame spent the season finale on his couch, reading the flurry of messages while he mended from a recent surgery. He wasn't there to witness the final win, but the coach said that he never feared the end result.
"I was getting texts from a couple of parents after almost every pitch and every batter," he said. "I knew that they'd come through. I knew that we were a good team, and I knew that [assistant coach] John Lalla would pull them through as the skipper."
The victory capped an historic race to the finish. Since splitting both ends of a double header on July 1, Southington rallied for nine wins in their final 10 starts. Southington captured their first zone title since 1996 and just their second since claiming a state title in 1993. With the title, Southington earned an automatic bye into the state tournament and avoided the perils of the play-in brackets.
"It's important to know the significance of winning our zone," said Verderame. "We've had a lot of good Southington players over the years that haven't won. The fact that this team has won the zone is incredible, and it was pretty much against all odds. If you took our season and played it 100 times, we might only win it once. The fact that we did it is amazing. I'm so proud of the kids."
Southington finished the regular season with a 21-6 record. The .778 winning percentage put them in an uncontested position atop the zone standings.
Bristol (20-7) finished second. Avon (19-8) finished third. Unionville (17-10) and Simsbury (16-11) both qualified for the play-in tournament, but Southington was the only one to advances directly to the 16-team championship bracket.
The importance of that became clear as last weekend's play-in games unfolded. Bristol's second place finish earned them a bye in the opening round, but a loss to Oxford in their first postseason game eliminated the perennial champion from the upcoming state tournament.
"Everybody's just so used to Bristol winning it every year. When we won it, you can't believe all of the support and emails I've received," said Verderame. "I've talked to other managers and coaches throughout the state, and they all say that Zone I is the toughest. Being able to be on top of this zone and to be able to represent them at the state tournament is unbelievable."
A 5-2 victory in Burlington on Tuesday set up the regular season finale, but it took the win over Wolcott to clinch the zone title. Just as important as the wins was the return of Southington's injured pitchers to the mound.
Craig Frobel returned for a relief appearance against Burlington, and he combined with Justin Robarge for the victory over Wolcott. The pair only allowed three earned runs over the two contests, but they combined for 11 walks.
Verderame said that the lack of control was due to rust, and he expects both to be ready on Saturday when No. 9 Southington takes on No. 15 Stamford in the opening round.
"In the tournament, we play nine innings, so it's really important to have them back," he said. "If we're going to win it, we're going to have to win something like five or six games in a week. A week ago, we only had one or two starters. Now, we'll have five or six. Susi's our ace, and he's going on Saturday. Then, we've got guys like Goralski and Stearns in the bullpen, and they're ready to go at a moment's notice."
Southington will be the home team as the higher seed, but they'll be facing Stamford on their home field. The game is scheduled to begin at 6:30 at Cubeta Stadium. It's located in Scalzi Park, 100 Bridge Street, Stamford.
"Our goal now is to win on Saturday, and you really can't look much further than that," Verderame said. "We've accomplished our goal with the zone. That's exciting, but it isn't the end of the road for us."
He continued. "Our ultimate goal is to have revenge on Greenwich. They sort of beat us up last year. They're the No. 1 team in the state. To win a title, you're going to have to face them. That's our goal. However we can do it, we're going to do it."
To comment on this story or to contact sports writer John Goralski, email him at jgoralski@ southingtonobserver.com.


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Award season is chugging along. We've shared our Top 10s of 2013. The Golden Globes have unveiled their contenders, as have the Screen Actors Guild, and the Producers Guild of America. Now it's time for the Writer's Guild of America to have their say on what was the best cinema of the past year.
Featuring solely screenplays, the WGA has singled out fifteen nominees for their three categories: Best Original Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Documentary Screenplay. See the full list of lucky nominees below:
American Hustle, Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell; Columbia Pictures
Blue Jasmine, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Dallas Buyers Club, Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack; Focus Features
Her, Written by Spike Jonze; Warner Bros.
Nebraska, Written by Bob Nelson; Paramount Pictures
August: Osage County, Screenplay by Tracy Letts; Based on his play; The Weinstein Company
Before Midnight, Written by Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke; Based on characters created by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan; Sony Classics
Captain Phillips, Screenplay by Billy Ray; Based on the book A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty; Columbia Pictures
Lone Survivor, Written by Peter Berg; Based on the book by Marcus Lutrell with Patrick Robinson; Universal Pictures
The Wolf of Wall Street, Screenplay by Terence Winter; Based on the book by Jordan Belfort; Paramount Pictures
Dirty Wars, Written by Jeremy Scahill & David Riker; Sundance Selects
Herblock– The Black & The White, Written by Sara Lukinson & Michael Stevens; The Stevens Company
No Place on Earth, Written by Janet Tobias & Paul Laikin; Magnolia Pictures
Stories We Tell, Written by Sarah Polley; Roadside Attractions
We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks, Written by Alex Gibney; Focus Features
In the narrative categories, few of these nominees can be called surprising as just about all of the above have received critical praise and Oscar buzz. The dark horse contender in the mix is Peter Berg's Lone Survivor, which has had a soft open over Christmas and will expand next week. Based on the true story of Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell, the film offers a detailed and harrowing look at the failed Operation Red Wings, but hasn't earned anywhere near the kind of press and public debate that titles like The Wolf of Wall Street, American Hustle or Nebraska have. As to surprising omissions: Gravity and 12 Years a Slave are absent. But the Guild's tricky qualifications could speak to why.
In the past, the WGA nominations have shown some crossover with the Academy Award picks for the Best Screenplay Adapted and Original categories. But really they are a chance for fellow scribes to sing the praises of the scripts they found truly sensational and groundbreaking in the past year. What do you think? Is your favorite screenplay of 2013 present here or did the Writers Guild miss the mark? Sound off in comments.
The Writers Guild of America will announce their winners on Saturday, February 1, 2014 at an event held simultaneously in Los Angeles and New York City.


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Billionaire Ted Turner can keep his Yellowstone National Park bison calves.
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports in a story published Sunday that Gallatin County Judge Holly Brown dismissed a request by a coalition of wildlife advocates to overturn an agreement Turner made with the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
The agreement transferred dozens of bison to Turner's private ranch near Bozeman to be taken care of for five years. In exchange, Turner gets 75 percent of their offspring, or about 150 animals.
Four wildlife groups that opposed the transfer filed a lawsuit contending the animals are a public resource that should be shielded from privatization. The suit's plaintiffs said the state should either move the animals onto public land or pay Turner to take care of them rather than give up their young as compensation.
Brown in her decision three weeks ago said state lawmakers gave the state wildlife agency broad decision making authority in the management of bison.
"The court cannot substitute its judgment for that of the agency by determining whether the department's decision was correct," she wrote.
The plaintiffs, Western Watersheds Project, the Buffalo Field Campaign, the Gallatin Wildlife Association and the Yellowstone Buffalo Foundation, said they will appeal.
Tens of millions of bison once roamed North America, but they were driven to near-extinction in the late 19th century. Yellowstone's 3,000 bison comprise one of the largest remaining populations in the world.
"The simple truth is that management of Yellowstone bison is no easy task, from either a logistical standpoint or a public relations one," Brown wrote. "Yellowstone bison arouse great passions from individuals and groups across the spectrum."


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UCSB improves to 4-7 overall, 2-5 MPSF in a contest that witnessed 32 score ties and 10 lead changes throughout. UCSD falls to 4-7 overall, 2-5 conference. Helping the Gauchos break their six game losing streak were a pair of season high performances.
The Gauchos scratched to a close first set win led by Jake Staahl and Dylan Davis but not without making significant hitting errors. UCSB dropped the second set but came out strong in third set, eventually pulling away and winning in the fourth with continued dominance from Staahl and Davis.
Sophomore middle blocker Jake Staahl had a career high defensively with 8 total blocks, 2 of which solo. Helping offensively as well, Staahl pounded out a career high with 11 kills with a hitting percentage of .526.
Fellow middle blocker, Senior Dylan Davis set a season high with 14 kills with a hitting percentage of .591. Sophomore opposite Matt March helped finish off the attacking barrage with 13 kills of his own.
UCSD's attack was equally impressive from Sophomore Nick Iorfina with an impressive 19 kills and Cheyne Hayes with 14 of his own.
Head coach Rick McLaughlin expressed his excitement in the Gauchos' revitalized play, "Dylan and Jake were excellent for us tonight. Their play allowed us to open up things offensively and we took advantage."
UCSB looks to extend its high level of play next Tuesday in Robertson Gymnasium against MPSF new-comer Cal Baptist at 7:00pm.


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NO. DARTMOUTH, Mass. (info taken from a UMD press release) -- The Brandeis baseball team suffered a 7-0 loss at the hands of UMass Dartmouth today as the Judges managed just seven hits against UMD rookie Aaron Chouinard. The Judges, who were unable to win back-to-back games, fall to 7-14 on the season, while the Corsairs improve to 7-10.
Four of the Judges' seven hits came from two players. Senior LF Nick Cortese (Guaynabo, P.R./Baldwin School of Puerto Rico) and sophomore 1B Kyle Brenner (Brookfield, Mass./St. Peter Marian) each went 2-4, with Brenner's double the only extra-base hit of the contest for the visitors. Sophomore 2B Tom McCarthy (Yonkers, N.Y./Fieldston School) who was named UAA Hitter of the Week earlier in the day, went 1-2 to extend his hitting streak to seven.
UMass Dartmouth broke on top when they scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. The first two runs crossed on an RBI double by junior right fielder Wayne Bolz (Billerica, Ma/Billerica). Sophomore third baseman George Aggostini (Dighton, MA/Dighton-Rehoboth) and sophomore left fielder Luke Bomback (Swansea, MA/Case) singled home runs in the seventh, and senior first baseman Tyler White (Westport, MA/Westport) capped the scoring with a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth. Aggostini finished with three hits, and Bomback and sophomore center fielder Ryan Medeiros (Acushnet, MA/New Bedford) each had two.
Senior left-hander Mike Swerdloff (Scarsdale, NY/Ardsley) started for Brandeis and pitched the first 6 2/3 innings, yielding three earned runs and taking the loss to fall to 2-3.
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We saw A REAL mermaid!
Posted 14 February 2008 - 12:04 PM
I am about to share something i shouldn't share with you.
My friend begged me not to tell anyone.
But i,ll tell you today.
I was invited on a sleepover at jordans home. We are really good friends. She loves mermaids. I thought it was cute that she still believed in them. We had to walk the dog so we all went out to a big park and woodland area. We where playing in the trees with her two sisters and brother. I was chasing after lucas (her bro) when jordan called me back. "What is it" i had said, kinda thinking 'what now'. She was holding a white shell with orange stripes on it. It was very pretty. She had found it on the floor. What was a shell doing out in the woods in the middle of no where??? We still don't know. We walked along the path when her dad gave us a camera and told us to take some pictures, we where by the lake. She took a pic of me and i couldn't believe it. A pink light surrounded my head. I thought it was the sun interfearing, but we still do not know what it was. The water rushed into the air from the lake in a big motion and we jumped screaming.
About 2 days later jordan phoned me , she sounded really serious. I thought someone had died. She explained that she had looked at the photos we had took and in the water there was a womans body, she had golden brown hair and you could only see up to her belly. She was a mermaid, i was so shocked and i really couldn't believe it. A real mermaid!!! So now i do believe mermaids are real, after reasearch on the web, mermaids are astrial figures who where banished to another realm because they where hunted by humans. You may not believe me without proof but we know what we saw.
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Lol, lie to her dude!! Just tell her that you wanna take a peek at em
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Lol, lie to her dude!! Just tell her that you wanna take a peek at em
First you said I was old, and now you're calling me mean!
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I do not know if she still has the cable to put the pics off the camera! eh oh.
Still its worth a shot
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Leonie started it!!!!
People don't start fighting!!!
(We're not really fighting, leonie is my friend )
Good luck getting that photo! That really is a cool story and I'd love to see the pic.
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I believe in a Divine God that connects dots.
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I can't explain it, but I know in my heart that God wants to use my blog to mobilize mothers to do good things for Him. I don't have time for a catchy logo or cute graphic-there are hungry babies in Ethiopia right now and there is a baby formula shortage.
My dot was connected with Dinah, one of America's greatest pro-life leaders. Besides setting up more than 30 maternity homes in America and her first in Africa, she is using her pro-life warehouse to ship formula into the suitcases of people traveling into Africa. It is saving the lives of precious starving babies in four of Ethiopia's orphanages, some in remote areas.
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Script-writing isn't for everyone, so Amazon.com Inc.'s movie and TV production arm is now encouraging filmmakers to submit "concept videos" that could be developed into features.
Amazon, which is in a race with more established players like Netflix to develop original content, launched Amazon Studios in 2010 and has been accepting script submissions for movies. It has received 1,400 movie scripts to date.
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Its website shows it has 26 movies currently slated for development. The company has a first-look deal with Warner Bros. for the theatrical release of the films.
In May, Amazon gave the green light to five new shows for its Prime Instant Video service. The company has received about 4,000 TV pilot scripts.
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The swine flu crisis that has gripped the globe and spread fear worldwide can be traced back to a little boy from a small Mexican village, according to reports.
Four-year-old Edgar Hernandez was infected with what is believed to be the first mutant strain of swine flu in a tiny village in eastern Mexico where residents have complained about the smell and flies from a pig farm nearby that raises one million animals a year, the Times UK reported.
Little Edgar suffered from flu-like symptoms but recent tests revealed that the young child had the same strain of swine flu that killed more than 150 in Mexico, the paper reported.
The little boy survived -- but not before an outbreak of the virus plagued 60 percent of villagers.
Residents of the boy's hometown of La Gloria complained about "manure lagoons" and swarms of flies from the industrial pig farm -- a facility about 12 miles from the village that is partly owned by Smithfield Foods, the world's largest producers and processor of pork products based in Virginia.
A spokesperson for Smithfield told the Times that the company found no clinical signs or symptoms of swine flu in its herd or employees.
More than 400 residents complained of respiratory illness in February, prompting health workers to seal off the town and spray chemicals to rid homes of swarms of flies, the Times reported.
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Another resident told the Guardian that "most of the village got ill."
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Mad funny…maybe just for a nerd though:
Lo, in the twilight days of the second year of the second decade of the third millennium did a great darkness descend over the wireless internet connectivity of the people of 276 Ferndale Street in the North-Central lands of Iowa. For many years, the gentlefolk of these lands basked in a wireless network overflowing with speed and ample internet, flowing like a river into their Compaq Presario. Many happy days did the people spend checking Hotmail and reading USAToday.com.
But then one gray morning did Internet Explorer 6 no longer load The Google. Refresh was clicked, again and again, but still did Internet Explorer 6 not load The Google. Perhaps The Google was broken, the people thought, but then The Yahoo too did not load. Nor did Hotmail. Nor USAToday.com. The land was thrown into panic. Internet Explorer 6 was minimized then maximized. The Compaq Presario was unplugged then plugged back in. The old mouse was brought out and plugged in beside the new mouse. Still, The Google did not load.
Some in the kingdom thought the cause of the darkness must be the Router. Little was known of the Router, legend told it had been installed behind the recliner long ago by a shadowy organization known as Comcast. Others in the kingdom believed it was brought by a distant cousin many feasts ago. Concluding the trouble must lie deep within the microchips, the people of 276 Fernadale Street did despair and resign themselves to defeat.
But with the dawn of the feast of Christmas did a beacon of hope manifest itself upon the inky horizon. Riding in upon a teal Ford Focus came a great warrior, a suitor of the gentlefolks' granddaughter. Word had spread through the kingdom that this warrior worked with computers and perhaps even knew the true nature of the Router.


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PHOENIX (Tuesday January 18, 2011) - Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne today announced that his office will join Governor Brewer and several other states in challenging the constitutionality of the Obama health care plan. The State of Arizona through Governor Brewer initially joined the suit last May. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Florida and includes twenty states. Several additional states will file to join the suit today.
Last October the judge rejected the U.S. Department of Justices arguments and allowed two critical claims raised by the States to move forward: (1) the individual mandate is an unconstitutional exercise of Congress' authority under the Commerce Clause; and (2) the costly expansion of Medicaid and the States inability to effectively opt-out of the program amount to an unconstitutional coercion of the States at the hands of Congress. The court currently has under advisement summary judgment motions filed by all parties.
Horne stated: "The 10th amendment provides that all powers not expressly delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people respectively. The constitution does not give the power to the federal government to force people to buy things they don't want to buy, such as health insurance. The requirement in the Obama bill that they do so is therefore unconstitutional. In addition, the bill requires states to make huge expenditures that they would not otherwise make, which is also unconstitutional. In the case of Arizona, this is a requirement to spend an additional $1 billion per year, approximately, which is money that Arizona does not have."


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You ever see a stat and wondered just how a certain team was in it, or what it really meant even though they were? This might be one of those moments. Saw a stat roll by on ESPN that listed the top six teams in opponent third-down percentage since 2009.
Guess who's number 5..
1. Boise State, 37.9 percent
2. Arizona St., 38.3
3. Texas, 39.3
4. Miami (FL), 40.2
5. Colorado, 40.5
6. Alabama, 41.7
Yep, that's Colorado. Ahead of Alabama, no less. But the fact is, this has been a strong point for the Buffs in recent years. Colorado is ninth in the nation in getting opposing offenses off the field on third down this season, allowing a conversion rate of just 23.5 percent (8-of-34) going into this weekend's games. They were 21st in the nation last season at 34.1 percent.
Well, now that that's apparently licked, about first and second down…
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When I first met Marcílio França Castro at a coffee shop in Brazil during the winter of 2016, he showed up toting a bag full of presents for me. When he dumped the bag onto the table, out came books, like he was some sort of combination of Jorge Luis Borges and Santa Claus. What most impressed me was his eagerness to promote Brazilian literature in general; several of the books were from his peers and not just ones he had authored. And perhaps Borges is a good comparison for Marcílio; indeed, his writing is in line with the likes of Borges, Calvino, and Cortázar. Yet he does not simply imagine other worlds, he perceives with brilliance unsuspected oddities in places of absolutely no interest. In his short stories, which range from traditional length to flash fiction, and with a prose that is at once economic and yet never lacking in precision, Marcílio França Castro transforms his culture's most unsuspecting spaces into fantastic reading. The author and I have worked together in producing translations for many of his stories, overcoming differences in idioms, metaphor, sentence structure and other obstacles found in the passage from Portuguese to English. Most importantly, this project kept the translator sane during the subsequent North Dakotan winter of 2017.
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The manuals say such devices are made to take anything. Bumps, turbulence, high winds, lightning. Even crashes and hurricanes. It's said they come out unscathed from the most intemperate of weather. You know the protocols. For every inconvenience there is a plan, an automatic fix. An aircraft like this one, with all its resources, ought to be, according to the manuals, practically uncrashable. That's why, if it were up to manuals and manufacturers, our role would be merely to maintain course and keep her steady, taking advantage of the dignity of flight and the charm of our profession. And that's really what we do here, before this gorgeous instrument panel, full of buttons and colorful lights: with the prudence it conveys, we relax and commend our fate and everyone else's to the invisible wisdom of the display.
Look ahead. The sky's magnificent, full of stars; someone might say it's a painting commissioned to decorate the cockpit. A captain, from the moment of departure, always has his beard well-groomed, his uniform impeccable; he pilots the plane with swan-like indifference. That's how the passengers see you. We fly calmly. The seats are anatomic and dinner well-balanced. An almost anesthetic experience. The Pacific is nothing more than an enormous tapestry of black silk that clips the horizon. We think and act as if the world outside no longer existed, as though the clouds and the ocean below us were but unfailing radar bleeps or a set of geographical coordinates. In truth, as we fly we simply ignore the substance found in Earth's elements. Try this coffee, it's wonderful.


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Americans can once again use text messaging on their cell phones to donate money to relief efforts for Chile which experienced an magnitude-8.8 earthquake early Saturday.
A similar program for Haiti, following a Jan. 12 earthquake there, has been enormously successful, with more than $41 million raised through text-messaging donations, said Ginny Edwards, a spokeswoman for the Mobile Giving Foundation.
AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile, the nation's four largest wireless carriers, have again agreed to waive text-messaging fees for the donations, as they did for Haiti donations, said Edwards.
By texting a keyword to a designated "short code" of five numbers (see below), a donation of $10 can be made. After texting the short code, hit "YES" to confirm the donation. The donation is added to the cell user's bill, and receipts are available.
So far, these programs are under way:
- Text the word "CHILE" to 25383 to donate $10 on behalf of the Habitat for Humanity
- Text the word "CHILE" to 20222 to donate $10 on behalf of World Vision
- Text the word "CHILE" to 52000 to donate $10 on behalf of the Salvation Army
The Mobile Giving Foundation said within the first 36 hours after the Haiti quake, mobile donations surpassed $7 million to several relief organizations. The Bellevue, Wash.-based nonprofit group has worked with the country's four major wireless carriers to arrange for the text-message donation program.
Previous donating-via-text message efforts raised $400,000 after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and $200,000 after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami by all wireless customers in the U.S., said a spokesman for Verizon Wireless.
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