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Alaska drilling's Senate crusader / Opening refuge is his mission, but critics lambaste his tactics
2005-12-20 04:00:00 PDT Washington -- If the Senate approves drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge this week, it will be largely due to an 82-year-old Alaska lawmaker's obsessive drive -- and some say strong-arm tactics -- to get the measure through Congress by any means.
Sen. Ted Stevens, a Republican who has represented Alaska in the Senate since 1968, has tried every strategy. As a top Senate appropriator, he has offered money for the pet projects of lawmakers who support drilling. When the Senate defeated drilling two years ago, he threatened revenge, saying: "People who vote against this today are voting against me, and I'll never forget it."
When he recently failed to pass it on a budget bill, Stevens found an even better strategy: Attaching the drilling measure to a must-pass $453 billion military spending bill, which pays for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and offers aid to victims of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma.
But critics say his latest tactic goes too far. Senate Democrats accused Stevens of holding the crucial military spending measure hostage to his effort to open the refuge's 1.5 million acre coastal plain to oil development.
"Sen. Stevens is holding up the (military) bill. He's holding up us finishing our business," said Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., a leading opponent of drilling in the refuge. "I hope that the majority of my colleagues will join me in asking Sen. Stevens to stop breaking the rules of the Senate as it relates to this process."
Stevens' effort could prove successful. The House, in a predawn vote Monday, approved drilling in the Alaskan refuge as part of its military appropriations bill in a 308-106 vote. The key vote in the Senate will come Wednesday -- and the outcome will depend, once again, on whether Stevens can secure the 60 votes needed to defeat a Democratic filibuster.
Stevens admits that drilling in the refuge is a personal crusade. As an Interior Department lawyer in 1958, he helped write the language then-President Dwight Eisenhower used in creating the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
When President Jimmy Carter doubled the size of the refuge in 1980, Stevens said he won agreement from two Democratic Senate colleagues -- Paul Tsongas and Henry "Scoop" Jackson -- that the coastal plain would be set aside as a study area for potential future oil and gas exploration.
As a result, Stevens has taken it as an affront each time drilling has been blocked. Before a key March vote on opening the refuge, Stevens said the failure to pass the measure has taken an emotional toll on him.
"I'm seriously depressed, unfortunately, clinically depressed," he said. "And I've been told that's because I've been at this too long."
But the diminutive president pro tem of the Senate -- a Harvard Law School graduate and decorated Air Force pilot in World War II who is known for wearing his favorite Incredible Hulk tie on the day of big votes -- has not let his frustration slow his effort to move drilling through the Congress.
When House Republican moderates forced GOP leaders to drop drilling from the budget bill last month, Stevens saw an opportunity. As the chair of the Defense Appropriations subcommittee, he persuaded Republican leaders to include drilling in the military spending bill. He also pushed to link revenues from drilling to hurricane relief, which he knew could help pick up votes from Gulf Coast lawmakers.
"If it's in there, maybe disaster-area people will vote with me on ANWR," Stevens said last week.
In the past, Stevens has tried similar efforts to lure Midwest lawmakers to back drilling by proposing to use oil revenues to pay for the health care of retired steel workers and coal miners.
Supporters praise Stevens as one of Washington's savviest political dealmakers. Gulf Coast lawmakers noted the senator's latest proposal would mean that five hurricane-affected states -- Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Alabama and Florida -- could get billions of dollars from lease payments and royalties from drilling in the refuge to help them rebuild.
"He has clearly been a vital partner in this important work," said Sen. David Vitter, R-La.
In a floor speech Monday, Stevens denied that he was bending Senate rules. He said he was forced to use the military bill because opponents have repeatedly blocked the drilling measure, which has passed the House several times and was approved by the Senate on a narrow 51-48 vote on a budget bill last month.
"I've heard some senators accuse me of breaking the rules," Stevens said. "I'm here because we are using the rules to try and achieve the passage of this very vital measure for our national security because it's been filibustered -- twice."
Stevens is also pushing a measure that is overwhelmingly popular with Alaskans, who stand to benefit from new oil field jobs and yearly dividend checks paid for by oil revenue that would be boosted by drilling in the refuge.
A former chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Stevens is beloved in Alaska for his ability to bring home federal money -- which helps explain why the state gets back $2 for every dollar it sends to Washington. He is also known for his quick temper, which he showed in October when he vowed to quit the Senate if his colleagues stripped $453 million in federal money for two bridges in Alaska to pay for repairing hurricane-damage roads in Louisiana.
To critics, Stevens' threats of retaliation and his efforts to use the potential oil revenue from drilling to win over supporters are an abuse of power.
"This guy is a bully," said Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra Club, which ran an ad Friday in Congress Daily criticizing Stevens' efforts to pass drilling. "Bullies are people who say, 'If you don't do what I want, I'll hurt you,' or, 'If you don't do what I want, I'm going to take all my marbles and go home.' That's exactly who Ted Stevens is."
In a news conference Monday, Stevens said, "I don't trade votes," and insisted the bill would be approved on its merits, not based on his lobbying.
Democrats are circulating a letter signed by 47 senators who oppose Stevens' effort to tie drilling to the military spending bill. But they acknowledged that not all lawmakers have yet pledged to vote to sustain a filibuster to block the drilling plan.
"We'll fight this out," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. "It would be my hope that Sen. Stevens would realize this is an inappropriate vehicle for a major environmental wildlife issue that people feel strongly about."

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Scoliosis causes the spine to curve sideways, often in an S or C shape. In some cases, the spine rotates, making one shoulder blade stick out farther than the other. Scoliosis can affect the thoracic (mid-back) and lumbar (lower back) spine. Scoliosis has two main categories, nonstructural or structural.
- Difference in shoulder height
- Head is not centered on the body
- Uneven hips or shoulders
- Difference in how the arms hang
- When bending forward, the sides of the back appear different in height
- Spine curves more to one side
- Tired feeling in the spine after sitting or standing for a long time
- Backache or low-back pain
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- Bracing: This is an option if the spine is still growing. The type of brace varies with severity.
- Physical therapy: OHSU offers a therapist certified in the Schroth Method for scoliosis. This technique can stabilize your curve and lower the chances of needing surgery.
- Watch and wait: An approach in which the curve is measured in a series of appointments.
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Govt bans under-18s from using sunbeds
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- Newstalk ZB staff,
- Publish Date
- Fri, 1 Jul 2016, 5:55AM
The Government is bringing in further changes to the laws around sun beds.
Yesterday, the Health Protection Amendment Bill passed its third reading, banning those under the age of 18 from using sun beds.
Health Minister Dr Jonathan Coleman said evidence shows people who use sun beds increase their risk of melanoma and other common skin cancers.
He said the Government did consider a total ban, but threw the idea out.
"In the end, Parliament decided that, on balance, there had to be some personal responsibility taken by adults."
Dr Coleman said Parliament is also going to be considering mandatory regulations around the licensing and operating of them.
"It's going to mean that there has to be a set of standards and training in place and I think basically you're going to see far fewer sun beds over time," said Dr Coleman.
But Cancer Society chief executive Claire Austin says the change is a step in the right direction, but it doesn't go far enough.
"Sunbeds are so dangerous that research has show that sunbeds emit six times more radiation than the sun, and there's no benefit to using them. So we just don't understand why there's not an outright ban.
"We know that from Australia, regulation didn't work and self regulation didn't work, so that's why they went for a total ban."


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|Star sign
|7' 1" (2.16 m)
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Wilton Norman Chamberlain Biography:
Chamberlain was inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978. He perished in Bel Air, California, in 1999. Chamberlain was regarded as among the best basketball players of time as the very first NBA player to score more than 30,000 points during his professional career. He played on the institution 's varsity team for 3 years, scoring more than 2,200 points in total. Standing at 6'11" tall at that time, Chamberlain physically controlled other players. A lot of his nicknames were derived from his height. He hated being called "Wilt the Stilt," or "the Stilt," which came from an area reporter covering high school sports. When it came time for school, Chamberlain was sought after by many top college basketball teams. The Jayhawks were conquered by North Carolina, but Chamberlain was named "Most Outstanding Player" of the tournament. Continuing to shine, he made the all-America and all-conference teams the next season.
Leaving school in 1958, Chamberlain needed to wait a year before going professional expected to NBA rules. He decided to spend another season performing together with the Harlem Globetrotters before landing a position with all the Philadelphia Warriors. In 1959, Chamberlain played his first professional match in Nyc from the Knicks, scoring 43 points. His remarkable debut season netted him several prestigious honours, for example, NBA Rookie of the Year and NBA Most Valuable Player awards. Additionally in this season, Chamberlain started his competition with Celtics defensive star Bill Russell. The two were fierce rivals on the court, however they developed a camaraderie from the sport.
Chamberlain's most well-known season, nevertheless, came in 1962. That March, he became the very first NBA player to score 100 points in a match, setting a league record for the greatest amount of points scored in one match (which he still holds today). On top of his game, Chamberlain was chosen for the All-NBA first team for three straight years: 1960, 1961 and 1962.
Chamberlain remained against the Warriors as they moved out to San Francisco in 1962. He continued to play nicely, averaging more than 44 points per game for the 1962-63 season and nearly 37 points per game for the 1963-64 season. Along the way to the tournament, he also helped the Sixers in conquering the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Division Finals. The Celtics were knocked from the running after eight back-to-back tournament triumphs. Crowds gathered to observe the most recent match between two top centre players: Chamberlain and Bill Russell Traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in 1968, Chamberlain again demonstrated he was a competitive and successful sportsman. He helped the Lakers win the 1972 NBA tournament, prevailing on the New York Knicks in five straight matches, and was named the NBA Finals MVP.
From the time he retired in 1973, Chamberlain had amassed an impressive collection of career numbers. He'd played in 1,045 matches and reached an average of 30.1 points per game—the NBA points per game record until Michael Jordan broke it in 1998. To this day, Also, Chamberlain stays famous for never fouling from an NBA match. After his retirement, Chamberlain researched other chances. He released his autobiography, Wilt: Just Like Every Other 7-Foot Black Millionaire Who Lives Next Door, in 1973. He attempted training to get a time, and was a popular pitchman for advertisements.
However, his accomplishments as a player are not forgotten. In 1978, Chamberlain was inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame. He was named among the top all time 50 NBA players in 1996. In 1991, Chamberlain claimed another, more uncommon distinction, when he composed in his novel A View from Above that he'd slept with more than 20,000 girls during his life.
Chamberlain died of heart failure on October 12, 1999, at his Los Angeles residence. He once said that "no one cheered for Goliath," but the result to his passing shown that to be untrue. "Wilt was among the largest ever, and we'll never see another like him," said basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. His former competitor Bill Russell told the press that "he and I am going to be pals through perpetuity."


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I seemed to have a very close relationship with Lord Krishna, so I invited my friend to visit his palace. As we entered the palace we were stunned to see how beautifully it was designed.
Lord Krishna then invited my friend to show him around while I followed. Lord Krishna first showed my friend the "evil" room. He told him that he could go into that room and enjoy playing around with as many evil acts as he wanted without fear of the consequences. He would simply enjoy the present moment pleasures of the evil acts. This room was extremely beautiful, but all the evil gaming features were turned off.
Lord Krishna then invited my friend to the "good" room. Similarly, my friend could play around with as many good actions as he wanted, without worrying about the results of those good actions. He would simply enjoy the present moment pleasures of the good actions. This room was designed exactly the same as the evil room, and all the gaming features were also turned off.
Lord Krishna then asked my friend which room he would like to try out?
My friend instantly responded by saying that he wanted to try out the "good" room.
Lord Krishna then told him that the only problem with the good room was that there was a waiting list and he would have to wait a while before using it.
Remembering that both the rooms were designed exactly the same, my friend decided to change his mind and use the evil room instead.
That's when I woke up.
As I analyzed this dream, I realized that we naturally have the feeling to choose actions towards good. Although, sometimes the pleasures we get from good acts do not come to us instantly. On the other hand, acts of evil often give us instant pleasures.
My friend in this situation initially chose the "good" room, but when he realized that patience was required before using the room, he changed his mind and chose the evil room. He was so desperate for enjoying immediate pleasures in his life that he chose the evil room.
Patience was the powerful lesson to learn here.
How often do we intentionally choose the wrong path simply because the results would be instant?
Patience is a virtue that is cultivated over time through practice. Faith and wisdom allow a person to make the right decision at the right time. Alternately, in some situations, decisions do need to be made instantly. When this is the case, it is imperative to use intuition along with faith and wisdom.
Although, similar to patience, intuition is also a virtue which takes time to develop. However, imagine how effective you would be if patience, faith, wisdom, and intuition were a natural part of your decision making process.
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We're now back in chilly Ireland after spending 10 toasty days in England. I was lying low at my brother's house for most of that time whilst Rodney was filming at Pinewood. It was actually a really lovely trip, but I did kinda feel like a bit of a freeloader for much of it. My family have always been very encouraging of my escapades however it usually involves me disappearing to other continents and them seeing less of me. I'm not sure they really know what to make of my recent life choices / me showing up on their doorstep and evading the question 'so how long are you staying for?'.
I don't miss London or our old flat, but I think I do miss having a home. At the moment we're relying on the kindness of family, living out of our rucksacks (carry on luggage), and it can be a bit unsettling at times. Home may be where the heart is (and in my case where the Rodney is) but it's also the place where you put your shizzle, hang your hat and make like a sloth. We are territorial beings and I miss having my own patch to escape to.
Luckily we are now very close to having a home again as the van is almost ready. Hoorah! Don has fixed the bed and the fridge (I think he blew through a piece of gas pipe for two hours to remove dust and spider skeletons) and today they put up new fly screens / window blinds. We think we've sourced a replacement motor for the blowy air heating thingy on the dash and we've ordered some new LED lights to replace the florescent lighting (because they make Rodney sad).
Rodney is making heroic / stinky attempts to turn an old chemical loo into a composting toilet. He's now on his second porta-potti having cocked up the first one. I've been dreaming about this composting toilet for months. It's sort of become a symbol of our break for freedom; our transformation from apathetic consuming robots into… well something better. If you think that sounds daft, then you might want to avoid this blog in future because the composting toilet is going to become a regular feature… #vanfaeces.
Tomorrow I plan to fumigate the van, which involves murdering the family of mites currently living in the cupboard. I don't feel good about this, but I really don't want mites in my cupboard and they've ignored my polite eviction notice.


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A town in Darfur near the African Union (AU) peacekeeper base that was attacked last month has been razed and 7,000 residents have fled, according to a UN and AU delegation that visited the town on Saturday.
The joint observation team did not say who was responsible for the destruction, but Suleiman Jamous, a humanitarian coordinator for the Sudan Liberation Army, one of the rebel factions in Darfur, said that the Sudanese Army had attacked the town, Haskanita, and about 100 people had been killed -- an accusation the Sudanese military denied. The observer mission said only a mosque and school in Haskanita remained standing.
The attack on the AU base, which took place on Sept. 29 and left 10 peacekeepers dead, underscored the chaotic nature of the conflict in the Darfur region in western Sudan, where rebels have splintered into many competing factions and the Arab militias aligned with the government have turned on one another as well.
Adding to the confusion, other rebel commanders reported on Monday that the government was bombarding Muhagiriya, a town in south Darfur that is controlled by rebels who signed a peace agreement with the government last year.
The UN and the AU are preparing to hold peace talks in Libya beginning Oct. 27 aimed at brokering a deal between the splintered rebel factions and the Sudanese government. A hybrid force led by the UN and the AU is scheduled to begin deploying this month as negotiators begin their push for a new agreement.
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On Tuesday during prime time you may have enjoyed the fireworks on Fox Business as the top tier of GOP presidential candidates took turns laying out their vision of America's economic future.
However, you may have missed the earlier debate featuring the lower polling GOP candidates, namely Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ), Governor Bobby Jindal (R-LA), Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum. That debate also had some good moments, particularly for Chris Christie and Bobby Jindal, and is well worth your time.
Below you'll find the entire early debate split into four parts:
So, here's the question: Do any of these candidates stand a chance? Also, do any of them deserve to be moved into the top tier of candidates? I'm not sure a good case can be made that any of these four candidates are still relevant in the race, but Christie and Jindal are both still hoping that New Hampshire and Iowa (respectively) will salvage their chances. I'm just not so sure that slim hope is a good reason for either candidate to remain.
Oh, also, Huckabee and Santorum are old news; the time has come for them to walk away.


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I decide not to say anything to Lizzie and Janice about Friday night, well, at least for a while. After all, it's not like Kimberly and I actually went to the party anyway. I still can't believe the Alpha Beta Phis would pull a stunt like that. I had really hoped all this high school clique-ish drama would have been over.
It is now Monday and I haven't heard anything about what happened from Kimberly. She hasn't responded to any of my texts so I am left feeling puzzled.
After my psych class gets out, I head off to my math class. My professor lets us go fifteen minutes early today, so I take a bit of a detour around campus. It's a quiet day, which is unusual for this time of the day. Maybe it was because of the protest of something going on in the quad? I heard someone in class saying something about one being held today, but I was not that interested in going.
Finding an empty bench, I take a seat and rest for a few minutes.
I space for a bit before checking my phone and realizing that I only have ten minutes to get to class. As I am heading toward the building, I see someone that catches my attention. I haven't seen her in a whole summer, but I would never forget her face.
Just as I try to slip past her, she turns around and spots me.
"Hello Abby," she says, and smirks. "Long time no see."
"Not long enough," I say, and she laughs.
"Oh, come on now Abby. Can't we move past all this? I mean, I know I kicked your butt last year, but you did deserve it for stealing my boyfriend."
I frown. "I think you are a bit confused. I totally wiped the floor with you, literally. And I didn't steal him from you. You know that I had no idea you two had dated when he and I got together." I then scoff. "But that still didn't stop you from sleeping with him behind my back and making a sex tape of it. I'm betting he still hasn't forgiven you from doing that. It was pretty pathetic."
Clare grits her teeth. "I'm n-not the one that made that video!" she snaps, but I just roll my eyes.
"Just keep telling yourself that. It doesn't make it any less pathetic."
"You should talk! You and Kimberly looked extremely pathetic showing up to Alpha Beta Phi house all by yourselves."
She catches me off guard with that comment. "Wait, what?"
Clare smirks at me again. "The Alpha Beta Phi party on Friday. I'm betting it was probably the highlight of Kimberly's night."
"Hold on," I say, with a frown, "you were the one that sent her that e-mail?"
"Guilty." Clare laughs. "She was so gullible. She actually thought that we would want her after she helped to get the Tri-Fruhms expelled. She's an idiot."
I blink at in surprise. "You're in Alpha Beta Phi?"
Clare raises her eyebrows. "Isn't it obvious?"
I can't help but stare at her stunned. Why had I not thought about this before? With Charlotte gone (she graduated in June) who else would hold a grudge and mess with Kimberly like that?
Clare glances at her phone and sighs. "Well, I got places to be Abby, so I'll be seeing you. Nice try with the whole pledging to Alpha Beta Phi, but we aren't interested."
She then starts to leave, but turns back to add, "Also, you should know that all the other sororities know about what you, Kimberly and all the rest of your little friends did. So I can assure you, pledging to a new sorority is going to be no easy task. In fact, I would suggest forgetting about it all together. No one wants a snitch in their chapter." She then laughs. "Paybacks a bitch," she says, and then she walks off.
I am left just staring after her. I am so surprised that it is as if my mouth has forgotten to move. I just stand like an idiot and let her walk away. "Say something back!" I am screaming to myself, but nothing comes out.
I still cannot believe what I had just heard. Could this be why I hadn't heard from Kimberly? Did she know?
My mind is pondering all this through art class and I am glad when it is finally over. After changing my clothes back at the dorm, I decide to go for a drive to clear my head. All the while, I keep glancing at my phone. I had texted Kimberly about what Clare had told me, but still I had received no answer. What was going on?
I pull into the Grotto parking lot a few minutes later and then head inside. Playing pool was always a nice way to clear my head. I walk over to an empty table and rack up the balls.
As I play, my mind keeps thinking back to Clare. How was it that she got into the Alpha Beta Phis so fast? I know she had connections, but still. And what did she mean by saying it would be hard for me to pledge to other sororities? Shutting down the Tri-Fruhms was because of all the craziness that they were doing. They were actually hurting and ruining people's lives! Didn't the other sororities know that? How could they think I was a snitch?
I am so focused on my game that I don't even notice Charls come in. He spots me and heads over, but I do not see him until he nears the table.
"Hey babe," he says, "what's up?"
I move over and line up to take another shot. "Nothing much," I say and shoot at one of the balls. "Just blowing off some steam."
"Cool, can I join you?"
I shrug. "Sure."
Charls grabs a pool stick from the wall and walks back over. "So, what's going on?"
I sigh. "Clare. I ran into her today and found out that she was the one to send Kimberly a fake notice about the Alpha Beta Phi's rush party on Friday."
Charls frowns. "What? They threw their rush party a week ago."
"Now you tell me." I rack the balls back up and prepare again to shoot.
Charls gives me a confused look. "I didn't know that you were pledging again this year. After last year it seemed like you weren't interested anymore."
"I'm not," I say, and then sigh. "Well, I guess I was a little, but it was really Kimberly that wanted to. She asked me to come along. Not that it mattered, since there was no party when we got there. The house was empty."
Charls scoffs. "That's probably because they were at club R.E.D Friday night. The Alpha Annyas were with them."
I roll my eyes. "Figures," I say, and shoot, hitting a ball into the hole. "Anyways, Clare said that apparently I am a snitch, so no sorority would want to accept me. Or Kimberly since she helped me. I really don't care that much, but I know Kimberly will. She wanted so badly to be in Alpha Beta Phi."
Charls sighs. "I'm sorry."
"Don't apologize to me. It's Kimberly that really wanted to be one. "
Charls smiles. "I know you Abby. As much as you say you don't care, I know that you do. I saw you when you were in the Tri-Fruhms. You were happy being a part of them. Well, until you found out how they really were."
I pause for a minute when he says this. As much as I hate to admit it, he was right. I really did like being a Tri-Fruhm at first. I even ditched Lizzie to be a part of them, something till this day, I still regret doing. It wasn't until the whole drugging Lizzie incident, that I started not to like it as much. And Clare doing everything she could to turn the Tri-Fruhms against me. That wasn't fun either.
I turn to Charls. "Yah, I guess I did like it at first, but I just can't be a part of all the cattiness. I just can't deal with it. Still, it does kind of suck to hear that every sorority pretty much hates me."
"Well then it's their loss," says Charls, "Because I happen to think you are pretty amazing."
I blush slightly and line up for another shot. "Right back at you."
We play pool for the next hour before calling it quits. Right before we head outside, Charls pulls me to the side.
"There is something I want to ask you," he says.
"Ask away."
Charls then suddenly looks nervous. "So, the Alpha Annyas are throwing a party this Friday, and I was wondering if you wanted to…stop by."
I raise my eyebrow. "Are you serious?"
"You want me to come to a frat party whose president is Brad Roberts, who also happens to be my ex and your best friend?"
Charl sighs. "Geez, when you say it like that-"
"It sounds crazy?" I cut in. I'm a bit surprised he would even suggest it. He had been so uncomfortable about Brad knowing about us for the longest time. Now here he was suggesting I just show up to a party where he was sure to see us together? What was he thinking?
Charls laughs. "Yes it does, but you don't have to worry. Brad won't be there. He's gone abroad for the quarter. I think he's in London."
"Yes. Apparently there was some business internship that he couldn't pass up." Charls takes my hands into his. "So you don't have to worry about any awkward run-ins."
I give his hands a squeeze. "But what about your frat brothers? Aren't they loyal to Brad?"
Charls smiles. "Don't worry about it. I'll talk to them. It will be fine. Just say you'll come."
"I don't know," I start to say, but I am ambushed by Charls soft lips pressing suddenly against mine. For a moment, everything around me disappears and I completely forget about what we were talking about. My mind turns to mush and I press myself against him, wanting us to be even closer.
When he finally pulls away, I am left looking at him dazed. "T-that is not fair," I say feeling breathless.
Charls gives me a smug grin. "Desperate measures."
I giggle and then stare at him hard for a moment. "All right fine. I'll be there."
"Awesome." Charls gives me another long kiss. "Not that I was even worried."
"Uh huh," I laugh.
"Well, I should head off. I'm meeting up with Dean in a bit at the gym. Catch up with you later?"
I nod and then he turns and walks away. I just stand staring at the spot that he left in silence. As much as I was happy to go, Clare's comment from earlier was also worrying me. If everyone thought that I was a snitch, did that also include the fraternities? And while Charls was sure that his brothers would be fine with me there, I wasn't. If they were loyal to Brad, what would they think of me being there with Charls? This was a lot more complicated than Charls was willing to admit, and I can't help but think that things were not going to go well.


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When my sweet Amanda first came into my life, she was one sad little customer. She was the most beautiful little girl on earth with these big, clear blue eyes and her sleek little tan. But you never saw those eyes light up like they should, like a little girl who was truly happy. A few years later, during the same summer vacation when she first called me "Mom," Amanda and I played around in the surf while my mom watched from the beach. I don't remember why exactly, but we started trying to do the moves from Riverdance, and kept falling down laughing and getting tangled in our own feet. Later that night, my mom pulled me aside: "Melissa," she said, "That's the first time I ever saw her really smile- I mean, she really just lit up with her smile." And she did. She was even more beautiful than ever after she found her smile.
I grew up in a house where we laughed and played a lot. We especially loved playing practical jokes on each other. One of our favorites was to hide this giant, scary, life-size doll around the house. We all agreed that doll was creepy, but imagine pulling back the shower curtain to find her standing there holding a razor, with that super-scary grin on her face and those black Mary Jane's and blue ruffled dress. We also hid plastic animal feces, rubber rodents, and swapped out shampoo for Ranch dressing. Once my sister Becky fed me a dog treat, pretending it was a gourmet brownie from a specialty store.
The strange part is, I never realized how much I rely on laughter and humor until we brought home three little ones who had lived in five consecutive foster homes, and never really understood the meaning of the word "family." The first week the kids were here, I let them jump on the beds, splash me from the bathtub, sing and shout in the car, taste everything with their fingers, and generally just go wild. It was about 90% unplanned and 10% intentional. I mean, I didn't set out to let them go hog-wild, but getting to know them, learn them, and make them feel comfortable was REALLY hard. It was such a zoo here those first few weeks, but we made it. And one memory of Big C stands out in my mind during those first few weeks. He had just gotten used to calling me "Mommy," and had come to understand that we were serious about taking care of him and his siblings. It was during his bath one night when Porky had come in the bathroom to supervise. I don't know if all Rotties love water, but this one does, and when she saw the boys splashing in the bathtub, she just had to join in. So as the boys splashed, Porky jumped up and tried to bite the water with each splash. The boys were scared at first, not understanding what she was doing, but I explained that she just loves to play with water, and as I laughed, the boys started giggling, and as the giggles turned to big belly laughs, the splashes got bigger, the walls got wetter, and we were all pretty much soaked- including the dog, who was having a blast. After getting out of the bath, Big C was running wild, still overwhelmed with hysterical laughter. I held out his pajama shirt like a bullfighter and called "Toro, Toro! Olay, Olay!" and he ran (head first) into the pajamas. We both fell down with laughter, and he begged me to use the bullfighter voice over and over. When it seemed that the party was getting too wild, I lowered my voice and sat in the recliner while he pulled on his pajama pants. "Okay," I told him, "It's time to settle down. Let's calm down, now. Come sit with me and let's rock" But he was only getting started. Laughter was his new drug, and he was hooked. He took my face in his two hands and got really close to me before he said: "Mommy, laugh! Keep laughing! I love it when you laugh!"
It's a miracle I didn't cry.
How long did I take for granted the security of the happy, healthy, sometimes hysterical family that I grew up in? For how many years did I forget that not all kids are so fortunate? Some kids have never had a mommy or daddy who laugh, who love to laugh, to share stories, jokes, pranks, and silly songs? Many children live with parents too consumed by their own personal issues and problems to giggle and tell jokes with their kids. Some little ones have only heard mom and dad scream, cry, fight, cuss, lie, use profanity, tell vulgar jokes, or speak to one another abusively.
I believe laughter has healing power. The laughter of these little ones in my home and my heart is healing me. They are day by day, systematically healing the wounds and scars that I bear from the heartache of infertility and pregnancy loss. When little C comes running into my arms and says "Tell me the snake secret!" with a huge beautiful smile, I know exactly what to do. I lean over and gather him close to me, put my mouth up to his ear and hiss "Sssssssssssssssssss!" That's the snake's secret! And it works like a charm! We both laugh, and we are both made stronger.


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Apple and Cinnamon Steel Cut Oatmeal
- 4 cups water best to use filtered water
- 1 cup steel cut oats use gluten free if desired
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 medium apple cored and diced (I used Honeycrisp)
- 2 tbsp ground flaxseed
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- cranberries golden raisins, strawberries, blueberries, golden raisins or peanut butter can be added on top as desired
- In a medium pot over high heat, bring water to a boil.
- Once water is boiling, add oats, salt, apple, flaxseed, cinnamon and maple syrup. Boil for about two minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent overflow.
- After two minutes, remove pan from heat. The oatmeal should stop boiling. Stir in vanilla. Cover pot and allow mixture to sit overnight.
- In the morning, heat pot over medium heat to warm through. Top with additional cinnamon and maple syrup, if desired. Seasonal fruits are also delicious choices.
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Choosing Sides: The Gender Dilemma
"You can't check a box between male and female; you are either a boy or a girl."
My professor makes this statement often. It is pretty easy to see why he would use gender in this example: he is trying to give us a simple, understandable explanation of a binary. When explaining the binary, he just wants to show that it is a two-option classification: from his experience, male and female fits.
The truth of it is, my professor isn't even close to being the only person who makes this kind of assumption. We all do it from time to time because strict notions of gender have been constructed and reinforced by society. First, we need to understand the difference between sex and gender. Sex is the physical aspect of one's identification (yet, even that's hard to put into the "male-female" binary with the discussion of intersex identification). Gender can be harder to define, as we've seen in recent debates. It's how you identify, whether or not that lines up with your sex assignment at birth.
Gender isn't a binary; it's not quite as cut and dry as "either being male or female." It's constructed subtly from when we're babies and the nurses in the hospital stick little pink or blue caps on our heads. The teaching continues when we're told to line up as "boys" and "girls" in the kindergarten. It's perpetuated throughout our lives when we're told to check a box on every form we've ever filled out, and our options are simple: male or female. Because it's so deeply integrated to our day-to-day, it's really easy to internalize the idea that it should be an either-or issue. Individuals, like my professor, who fit neatly into a prescribed gender have never had to question the binary because the system worked for them. There is a certain amount of privilege associated with conforming to the norm. I, like my professor, can look at the signs on the bathroom doors and know immediately which one to enter. I won't be chastised by my peers if I choose to dress a certain way because my dress conforms to society's view of what my gender should be.
Maybe to combat this idea of a gender binary we need a bit of scholarly advice. Or a thought provoking blog post. Or maybe we just need to see it to believe it. But how can this issue be so hard for us to tackle when kids get it so easily? Okay, that little kid is pretty cute, but she makes a really important point: we need to challenge the gender binary. One of the first steps in confronting this pervasive social construction is to stop labeling gender nonconforming individuals as "other." It's unfair to make assumptions about how someone else chooses to identify. I know that I wouldn't feel particularly comfortable if someone labeled me with a gender that I didn't identify with. So I shouldn't do that for other people, either. It's not always as simple as "him" and "her." What about transgender individuals? What about intersex individuals? The male/female system ignores all kinds of people. Just because I might fall into the male/female binary system, that doesn't necessarily give me the right to say that everyone else should conform to it as well.
Maybe sometimes the usage of gender as a binary is an issue of misunderstanding. To combat this we need to work towards re-educating people about what sex and gender really mean. We need to challenge this system because it's not as simple as our bathroom labels suggest.
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On New Years Day, I woke up feeling a little tired, but without any trace of a hangover. This has less to do with any miracle cure than with the fact that our festivities (a word I use very loosely for lack of a better term) were somewhat restrained in nature. I got dressed in my running clothes, and while the rest of my household was still sleeping, I drove out to Whitby to take part in the 2011 Resolution Run.
The weather was absolutely foul. It was cold, and there was so much rain that when I got to the venue, I almost needed a canoe in order to cross the parking lot. On a day like that, I was grateful that the event was starting and ending at a community centre with enough real washrooms to accommodate the crowd. This is a big deal for female runners. I mean, have you ever tried peeing in a Porta-potty while it's raining cats and dogs? If you haven't, don't. It's not pleasant.
I was struck by how many runners there were. This was New Years Day, the day after what was, for many, a long night of hard partying. Among a couple of thousand runners, there must have been more than a few hangovers or, at the least, people feeling totally exhausted. And it was cold. And raining so much that at the end of the 5km my shoes were squelching. All of the runners who were there were showing some pretty incredible
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I was also struck by the sea of orange. Every year, the Running Room gives away running jackets to Resolution Run registrants. The jackets are always different: this year, they were orange. And because the vast majority of us were running in our new jackets, the crowd as a whole looked kind of – well, flourescent. We were probably visible from the moon, like some kind of beacon. I felt sorry for anyone with a hangover who had to look at that.
The jacket is really very nice, though.
The run itself went well. It's been a long time since I ran in a 5km event, and it was kind of nice to just be able to go hell-for-leather and not worry about pacing strategies. I finished the run in just over 32 minutes, which I was happy with considering what the weather was like. Hell, I was happy to just get out and run, considering what the weather was like. If I hadn't been registered for this event, there's no way I would have gone out for a run.
What did you do on New Years Day? Were you nursing a hangover or starting to make good on your New Years Resolutions?


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So who dreams? Come on - put your hands up!
The answer is that we all dream but it's just not all of us that remember them the following morning. I always do. I'm like that. When I am stressed ( like at the moment ) I suffer from the strangest and most graphic dreams ever and I often spend a lot of the morning after analysing what they could mean and what this says about the 'real' me.
Last night, I slept like the proverbial baby in that I was awake every couple of hours and the dream that I had was strange - very strange.
It had various parts of my life, past and present, it had a couple of surreal bits, one not very nice bit and one bit that made me laugh. I have asked a clever friend to analyse it this morning and they did and apart from one bit that I didn't agree with ( but maybe I do subconsciously?) I think they hit the nail on the head. If they read this they will like that I have said that as they do think they are always right. I also think I am always right, so there is always an interesting discussion on the cards between us.
Anyway, now I have had my dream chopped into pieces and told what each bit signifies I can forget it and get on with my day. I will keep thinking about it though, no matter how hard I try as it was one of those dreams that stay with you.
When my Dad died I desperately wanted to dream about him. I wanted to hear his voice and see him and preserve his memory. It was a while until I did but when I did it was exactly the dream I would have chosen . He was walking along the street in Alnwick and I ran up to him and slid my arm through his. It was at the right height and angle to me and he turned to me and said ''I'm ok, pet''. This may sound a little contrived and even cheesey but that's how it was.It assured me.
I have often dreamt that people have died and have woken up the following morning with tears running down my cheeks.
I have been thirsty in the night and have dreamt I am drinking orange juice ( which I don't even particularly like ) and I can feel every icy wave running down my throat.
I have been on a diet and behaving myself and have dreamt that I am eating cakes.
I have had the recurrent dreams of the typical kind - being chased by dogs ( not spaniels ) , being lost in woods, drowning ( my choice of accidental death ) and ones where I am in a house where the house is a combination of lots of different houses I have lived in.
It's all good stuff. It shows my mind is still working amongst all the tedius stuff I have to tackle. I once even had a semi prophetic dream involving a boy when I was 15 and bizarrely that dream lead to a romance because of the dream. Weird but true and strangely self satisfying.
I don't eat cheese before bed, I try and relax , I read a bit and think a bit and yet I still dream. I was prescribed super strong sleeping pills form my doctor last year which knock me out. I have taken 3/7 since November but they are there by my bed almost like a little comforter for when the insomnia and bagged eyes get too much.
The three times I took them I didn't dream...............or perhaps I did but the meds blocked my memory. Am not sure if this is good or bad?


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Broncos 7K Series – Fort Collins
June 29 @ 8:30 am - 12:00 pm MDT$30 – $45
The Denver Broncos are traveling north as a part of their Broncos Fit initiative and will host their first 2018 Broncos 7K Series & Salute to Fans Rally in Fort Collins on June 29th 2019!
Participants in the 7K will start the run/walk at the Budweiser Brewery Experience and make their way around the grounds of the iconic Anheuser-Busch brewery.
Broncos 7K Fort Collins Participants Receive:
- Broncos 7K Fort Collins T-shirt
- Finisher's medal
- Personalized bib (register by April 5 to receive)
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All race participants, spectators and Broncos fan alike are invited to join the Salute to Fans Rally presented by U.S. Bank & El Pomar Foundation.
Broncos Salute to Fans Rally:
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- Current and/or former Broncos players signing autographs
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- Photo opportunity with Broncos Super Bowl trophies
- Interactive family-fun activities presented by Denver Broncos partners
- Broncos Jr. Training Camp presented by El Pomar Foundation (ages 5-12)
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Saturday, 08 June 2019 16:25
posted by Alicia Strona
Alicia Strona, Chicago,Il, USA
Staying at home momma of 5 little rascals age 6-11
I Recommend the book "ITz really is.
Suzanne and Eva,
We have received your book a few days ago, if I have said my children love it, it would be a great understatement. Fabulous and my 8 year old son, Teddy is a dyslexic and he understood your message.
Now, my kids do the VICTORY DANCE every morning?
God bless you both and we cannot wait for the next adventures.
With love from Strona family.
Alicia, hubby and the kids ?
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Friday, 19 October 2018 07:58
posted by Samuel M
Samuel M
Kids filmmaker ( Florida) USA
Following the adventures and interested to see MORE!!! Yes , it will make fantastic Kids programming. Congratulations to the creators of Itz.
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Tuesday, 25 September 2018 04:30
posted by Helena and Thomas Warner
One of the best Family Sunday Reading we have enjoyed for a very long time.
Helena and Thomas Warner
Suzanne Dawson and Eva Heather Kerr, we have enjoyed the book and can't wait for the next books in the series.
Congratulations from Warner Family and thank you for the Wonderful Wisdom.
Miami, Florida
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Wednesday, 05 September 2018 17:52
posted by Carole Galanaugh Lavin
My great grand son Chase just loves your book and BTW so does his dad, my grandson. I have to purchase this fabulous book for myself. xo
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Monday, 03 September 2018 16:36
posted by Clarissa Vishnopolsky
I full heartedly recommend the book.
Clarissa Vishnopolsky
Atlanta, USA
Mother of 3 and Teacher at Primary School
Dear Suzanne Dawson and Eva Heather Kerr
I received an ebook " ITz...really is",
My children love the book and absolutely fell in love with all the characters.
Tamara is 12 and she loved the girls and ITz. Please continue with the stories and keep encouraging love and joy in children . Fascinating website, Congratulations to both of you.
Clarissa and Children
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Sunday, 02 September 2018 15:57
posted by Elisabeth Radcliffe
What a wonderful book. Congratulations Suzanne Dawson and Eva Heather Kerr. I will most certainly recommend your book to my sons friends.
Elizabeth Ohio USA
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Monday, 23 July 2018 18:41
posted by Amazon Customer
An incredible book. Adults and children will get something out of it. A wonderful imagination and well written!
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Friday, 16 March 2018 17:00
posted by Sharon Barnett-Fischer
Beautiful book that brings joy! Was delighted to buy for my Grandsons. They are loving it!
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Thursday, 08 March 2018 12:12
posted by MR ROGER I ATKINSON
Bought as a present for my 8yr old step daughter for bedtime stories. She loved it and so far i have read it to her 5 times!. Was quite surprised how educational it was, she had a good few questions about astronomy as we went through the story. Looking forward to book 2 !
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Saturday, 03 March 2018 21:02
posted by Mrs tracy bentouati
Great book, bought 3 copies 1 for my boys and 2 as gifts.
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Sunday, 04 February 2018 16:49
posted by Srd1
I am 13 years old and just finished reading this book.. all I can say is wow!!! it's so addictive and you just want to keep reading and reading and reading until the book finishes! I can't wait for book 2 congrats Suzanne this book is BRILLIANT
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Dear Mrs Harris,
It is with the utmost sorrow and regret that I am writing to inform you -"
"Pink. They're pink."
Lois blushed.
"You can really see the colour of my panties?"
He couldn't. On the other hand, he could see the delicate bones of her pelvis, narrow, like the jawbone of a baby shark. The point at which the bones gave way to warm flesh, almost invisible. The tiny lacework of veins and arteries, like rivers finding their way to the sea, here blue, here scarlet. All this he could see. And the blush, which told him he had been right.
"So.." She tried to ride out the momentary awkwardness. "What's it like, being super?"
"Super!" he replied, without hesitation, but it wasn't really true. Flying was fun, the responsibility of having God-like powers, on the other hand, was heavy. It was like being the father of all the world's children, young and old alike. But Lois, now. Lois made it worthwhile. Such a lemony little thing, in her white dress smelling of fabric softener.
"Hey, you want to go up there?"
"Up there?" It wasn't a question, really, more a play for time. While she thought about girl things, like, would her dress ride up in the night wind, and, had she deodorised?
He held out his arm, the old fashioned way. She stepped towards him, kicking off her high heels – who flies in heels, except Wonderwoman? – and he swept her in towards him, pulling her tight against his massive torso. She hardly had time to gasp before her feet left the ground.
The metres dropped, two hundred, three hundred, and more. Mist clung to her bare feet. Her dress – rode up. He didn't mind at all. Sometimes it was nice not to have to use that x-ray.
He could feel her fear, cold sweat on her neck, held breath. She pressed against him, warm, vulnerable, human, her chin tipped up towards his face. He dropped a kiss on her open, frog-wet lips.
"It's amazing!" Still, she didn't dare look. "You won't drop me, will you?"
"Never," he said, and let her go. She floated in horror, so far above the earth she couldn't even tell if she fell. Anticipating her thin scream, he swooped and caught her up again, against his breast.
It was enough to make her lose her inhibitions, as he knew it would. She wrapped bth legs about him, her arms linked behind his neck, her face buried in the hollow of his blue cloak. He wrapped the cloak about them both.
"You're cold."
She shivered. He knew she felt him hot and hard against her belly. The dress she wore was very thin, and damp now from the clouds they flew through. He moved a hand to her small backside, rubbed it slowly under the cloak, under the wet dress, under those pink panties, letting heat flow from his palm to her body, and lust.
"I don't -"
He knew she fancied him, he knew nice girls didn't. As soon as she asked the question, he knew she just needed an excuse. If being a mile high above Nebraska wasn't a good one, he didn't know what was.
"You didn't sign up for this?" He licked her frozen lips, her nose, her eyelids.
"Your hands are icy." He took her locked fingers, prised them from around his neck, drew them down towards his crotch, ever warm.
Damn, these tights! They had no waistband, no convenient gap. He'd never needed one before. He'd never flown naked before, either.
He shrugged and the red and blue was gone, the muscles of his body naked against the cold wetness of hers, her nipples hard as peas. He slipped her straps down, pulled the cloth over her hips.
"Someone will see!".
Such a prudish girl.
"Nobody to see." They looked down together. Only mountains and lakes.
He laid her on the cloak, covering her, as if the air was the softest of beds. His skikn was as warm as fur. He was weightless and so was she. He balanced gently on her upturned breasts, like a gymnast. She held tightly to his mast, her legs locked in the small of his back.
"This must be what it's like to ride a magic carpet," she breathed.
"THIS is what it's like to ride a magic carpet," he said, and flipped her over in mid air, so that she sat astride him, fingers tangled in the hair of his chest, bodies meeting as a bird meets the sky.
She wasn't afraid any more. Below, her feet dangled over the stars and the darkness of trees and fields. They rolled and coiled in the empty air, pushing on nothing but each other. Her dress swept away behind her like a loose sail.
He moved her, gently and with the immense power of an alien being, into him.
"I want you," she cried out, the words all women say or think at a certain moment, and he remembered who he was and who she was, and when the moment came, he shouted, and whirled away from her, holding her tiny wrist in his great hand.
They hung there like two eagles and he came, great gusts pouring into space.
"- that your husband, Captain Elvis Harris, of the 4th Airborne Division was killed yesterday while carrying out a routine aerial operation, when his aeroplane encountered severe turbulence above Nebraska. It appears that Captain Harris' plane was struck by a quantity of snow or ice formed at high altitude, a highly unusual occurrence….. Again, I offer you our deepest condolences."
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The Journal of Applied Social Science is the official, peer-refereed publication of the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology (AACS). JASS reflects more than 25 years of journal sponsorship by AACS and its predecessor organizations, the Society for Applied Sociology and the Sociological Practice Association.
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The Journal of Applied Social Science publishes research articles, essays, research reports, teaching notes, and book reviews on a wide range of topics of interest to the social science practitioner. Specifically, we encourage submission of manuscripts that, in a concrete way, apply social science or critically reflect on the application of social science. Authors must address how they either improved a social condition or propose to do so, based on social science research.
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December 31, 2014, Moscow. — Today Pobeda airline started selling tickets on the route Moscow — Makhachkala. Pobeda will provide daily flights on this route starting from January 15, 2015 in accordance with the following schedule (local time):
DP187 flight Moscow — Makhachkala 09:05 — 11:30
DP188 flight Makhachkala — Moscow 12:20 — 14:55
Makhachkala became the twelve Russian city in the carrier road map where Pobeda aircraft flies from Moscow Vnukovo airport. Pobeda provides flights from Moscow to Volgograd, Samara, Yekaterinburg, Perm, Tyumen, Belgorod, Surgut, Vladikavkaz, Chelyabinsk, Sochi and Mineralnye Vody. The minimum one-way fare is 999 rubles (taxes and fees not included). Tickets are available on the website www.pobeda.aero or by phone.
Pobeda operates new and efficient narrow-body aircraft Boeing 737-800NG, which can carry up to 189 passengers. Fleet of the airline consists of 8 aircraft. By 2018 it is planning to increase fleet to 40 units. It is expected that by this time the company will serve more than 45 routes and carry over 10 mln passengers.
Pobeda is a part of Aeroflot Group and realizes the classic low-cost project. The main goal of the company is to increase the mobility of the population and accessibility of transport between regions of the Russian Federation. The company is focused on the price-sensitive customers.
About Aeroflot
Aeroflot is Russia's flagship carrier and one of the largest airline groups in Europe. In 2013, its 90th anniversary year, Aeroflot carried 20.9 million passengers (31.4 million passengers as Aeroflot Group including subsidiaries), a record for any Russian airline. A proud member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance, Aeroflot and its partners serve more than 1,000 destinations in 177 countries worldwide. Aeroflot operates the youngest fleet in the World (among the major airlines), numbering 155 Airbus, Boeing and Sukhoiairliners. Aeroflot is among the global leaders in aviation safety. The company's European Community Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft (SAFA) Index, which is the main globally recognized safety parameter, is comparable to global peers. The first Russian carrier to enter the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) register, renewing its registration for the fifth time in 2013, Aeroflot has successfully passed the IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO) and is fully ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 compliant. In 2014 Aeroflot was named by SKYTRAX as the Best Airline in Eastern Europe for the third time. Find more at www.aeroflot.com.


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Jonathan Furr is the Founder and Executive Director of Education Systems Center. He is actively engaged in various state and national education policy and legislative developments, as well as education and workforce initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa.
Since 2010, Mr. Furr has played a lead role in state policy and program development relating to career pathway systems. Mr. Furr staffs the Illinois P-20 Council's College and Career Readiness Committee, which recently drove the development and adoption of the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act. Education Systems Center is also an organizing sponsor of the Illinois 60 by 25 Network, which is supporting regions across Illinois to improve education and workforce development outcomes.
Mr. Furr has also played an active role to fund and establish the state's longitudinal system. Mr. Furr worked with seven state agencies to establish an interagency governance structure for the Illinois longitudinal data system, which he currently staffs. He served as the primary author of three successful federal grant proposals resulting in $29 million in funding for the system, and served as the lead drafter and negotiator for the 2009 Illinois P‐20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act. This Act established the requirements and framework for the development of the State's longitudinal education data system, and garnered the Data Quality Campaign's 2009 Leadership Award.
Mr. Furr also served as lead consultant to the State of Illinois on its planning and applications relating to education stimulus programs, including the State's applications for all phases of the Race to the Top program.
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I mean, come on, was all that necessary? Two-and-a-half feet? It is–if I may say this–positively SNOW-TARDED around here! (Can I say that? I think I can, now that Sarah Palin has deemed using any form of this word to be SATIRE, but only when Rush Limbaugh says it; not so much when Rahm Emanuel does. I think I'll be forgiven.) I do NOT remember supersizing my order of snow. Come to think of it, I don't think I ordered any snow. A McFlurry maybe, but this wasn't what I had in mind.
Winter, we need to have a talk: You are really harshing my mellow. I don't mind a little snow now and then; it's pretty, and very useful for things like the Winter Olympics, which, I would like to remind you, are being held this year in Vancouver, B.C., and not in central NJ. (IOC: get on this for next time. In case you haven't noticed, all the snow you ordered got delivered here.)
Who doesn't enjoy a nice cozy day at home drinking hot cocoa spiked with Bailey's after you've shoveled five times that day? After all, snow days are fun, and we're all just 4th-graders at heart—4th graders who enjoy a little snort of Bailey's in their hot cocoa on the right occasion. Am I right?…who's with me?…whiskey maybe? (What, your mother never gave you Bailey's in your hot chocolate?…oops, well, anyway, the Bailey's is for the pain.) Because after shoveling out after the last few blizzards, my shoulder is falling off. Literally. I have to go see my doctor about getting my arm screwed back into my scapula or something. It's very technical.
What really worries me, if it keeps snowing like this, is that I won't be able to rest my arm properly, and I don't want this injury to screw up my chances for making the Olympic snow-shoveling-and-Bailey's-drinking team when the Winter Olympics come to central NJ next year. (Olympics are held every year, right? Or does it just seem like it?)
Remember, you heard it here—Olympics and the Jersey Shore.* Perfect together.
[*Not THAT Jersey Shore. I mean the Location, not the Situation.]