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Jane Randall for Dom Smith Photography
March 8, 2011
Jane Randall for the Gilt Group
March 5, 2011
Jane Randall for Adrian Nina Photography
January 26, 2011
To learn more about Cycle 15's Jane Randall, visit her bio page here.
Photo credit: Adrian Nina
Jane Randall Article in The Ink (Oct 2010)
October 18, 2010
In October of 2010, Princeton's The Ink posted an article regarding Cycle 15's Jane Randall. Here is the text from the article (written and posted by David Walter):
Top Model Recap: Plain Jane
Oh my.
I knew things were heading south for Jane when she started talking. Top Model Jane doesn't talk! Up until tonight's episode, the show's fifth, she's been edited as a complete non-entity, a near-mute. Want proof? Someone on the Internet — not me, I swear — has strung together every single moment of screentime Jane's gotten so far. If you have a minute and twenty-five seconds to spare, check out Jane's episode three contributions in their entirety:
"Glorified extra" about sums it up.
But there Jane was, in tonight's opening scene, no less, combining tonguetwists and lungbreath and repeated, vigorous jawflapping to produce the units of language most commonly known as "words." Words! Unfortunately, these words were, "My father is a pulmonologist." Then, in a confessional: "Growing up I was very fortunate. I haven't had the struggles that other people have in their backgrounds. [What about Dean's Date, Jane? What about Bicker?]."
A third time, again, with the words: "A lot of these girls I would never have met." Words, words, everywhere, far too much to drink! (Up until this episode, even your friendly hall-patrolling RA would have been forced to concede that a shot-a-sentence Jane Drinking Game was nowhere near "high risk." Had people played the same game tonight, however, Princeton Medical Center would have run out of beds.)
Another model, Liz, says that if she could switch lives with any girl, she would choose Jane, because Liz is a single mom going through a recession and could really use some of that pulmonology payola.
You want to respond, Jane? Perhaps with a head nod? A shoulder shrug? An eyebrow raise? What's that, Jane? Is it a… — it is! — it's a… lip purse! A pursing of the lips! She's pursing her li— nope, they're opening: "For the record, the rest of the world is in a recession, too. I'm just throwing it out there."
I repeat: Oh my. Words. Oh my words, Jane! They could be your doom.
Here's a tip for all you casual Top Model viewers out there: when a girl who hasn't talked all season suddenly begins to flap her gums at the start of a new episode, that girl is most likely going home at the end of said episode. The editors are focusing on that girl for a reason — the reason being that they want to keep the audience from going, "Who???" when Tyra announces her elimination.
And when words perform dastardly double duty by feeding into the pampered/privileged/Princetonian characterization the forced on Jane during the show's casting special? All the worse. As I've mentioned before, Tyra tends to hate the Big-Name-College girls and boot them early — Yale's Victoria exited third in Cycle Nine, and last season Duke coed Simone got cut fourth.
Things continued to head downhill for Jane during tonight's challenge, a runway show that, in true Top Model form, took place for no apparent reason on conveyor belts installed in a blocked-off freeway tunnel. The closest the show came to justifying such an unorthodox setup was to point out its novelty; one contestant said something along the lines of, "I've never seen anything like it!"America's Next Top Model: going pointlessly where no reputable fashion program has gone before (or will go hence), just because they can. And, to be fair, because stilettos on conveyor belts leads to a parade of tumbling models, and therefore big-time laffs.
Jane didn't fall, but she didn't exactly fly, either. "Jane is very academic in her face," said Ms. Jay, the show's runway coach. "She's not fully comfortable yet in who she is, in what she can deliver."
Now, the phrase "academic in her face" makes about as much sense (when used to describe someone not wearing sexy librarian glasses) as holding a fashion show in a conveyor-belted freeway tunnel. But Ms. Jay was right in saying that Jane's been performing below her potential. In the first third of the season, Jane's evident beauty has been overshadowed by her even more evident inexperience.
In photoshoots, this inexperience manifests itself not so much in flailing desperation, but in a certain uncomprehending listlessness. Tonight was sadly no exception. The models portrayed luchadores, the masked, flamboyantly costumed Mexican wrestlers featured in the movie Nacho Libre (Again, you could ask,"Why?" but doing so would be like asking that same question after your mom tells you this week's Powerball numbers. Some things in life are random and nonsensical; no things in Top Model are not.)
Jane's brief was to pose atop a heap of vanquished opponents. The shoot's artistic director told Jane she wasn't connecting to the setup. Later, at judging panel, "noted fashion photographer Nigel Barker" said Jane's pose — legs spread, back arched — looked porn-y. Vogue Editor-at-Large called it "dreckitude."
Elimination time. One by one Tyra calls up models to safety, until only Jane and Lexie-from-Illinios remain. Bottom two. Tyra decides to go all Oprah up in there: "Jane. Nice pictures, week after week. But who is she? There's something there. She just doesn't want to show it. And because you don't want to show it, it makes your pictures so-so."
The girl whose name Tyra does not call must return to the Top Model house, pack her belongings, and go home.
Dramatic pause.
Jane steps forward. Her face shows only blankness — in my recollection, no girl has ever looked less relieved or grateful after surviving the bottom two. Perhaps her close brush with elimination has left her frozen in shock. Or perhaps she knows she doesn't really need this shit to live a happy, successful life.
Tyra [direct quote]: "Jane, who are you? We want to see that."
Jane [direct quote]: "K."
Not a word, but a letter — well played, my Princeton poser, well played. But I fear it's too late for all that now. Now, Tyra wants your pretty and your personality. It's a whole new ballgame.
To learn more about Cycle 15's Jane Randall, visit her bio page here.
Source: The Ink
Source: The CW / Brakha Squared
Jane Randall Article in The Daily Princetonian (Oct 2010)
October 17, 2010
In October of 2010, The Daily Princetonian posted an article regarding Cycle 15's Jane Randall. Here is the text from the article (written and posted by Morgan Jerkins):
Jane Takes a Beating but Makes Another ANTM Cut
They may as well have called this episode "Let's Pick on Jane Even More than Usual," as that was the most apparent theme for yesterday's America's Next Top Model. If Tyra can't get over Jane's background's failure to mesh with the prototypical sob story, why did she let her on the show in the first place? This week, the contestants' first assignment was to model on a moving conveyor belt while wearing four-inch heels. As Jane was being prepared by the several make-up artists who surrounded her, she said that she had a tough time walking without a conveyor belt … and she had an even tougher time performing the duty set out in front of her. J. Alexander said that Jane is "academic in the face [and] … not confident in what she can deliver." Well Miss Jay, what do you expect? She goes to Princeton for Pete's sake! Of course, she is going to look "academic" right? The criticizing comments did not stop there.
The next and final assignment was to step into the rink with Mexican wrestlers a la Nacho Libre and Jane struggled to follow the photographer's directions to pose like a rocker chick with the devil's horns. After her turn was over, Jay Alexander told the cameras that Jane is detached from the modeling and "couldn't commit to what she is doing". Even Tyra had something to say at deliberation since even the best shot that the photographer could capture of Jane was branded "easy", as in not cutting edge or impressive to the judges. Vogue's Editor-at-Large, Andre Leon Talley, dubbed Jane "Plain Jane" and Victoria's Secret Model, Karolina Kurkova, said that "she needs to work on her personality." All these negative remarks landed Randall in the final two but luckily—she was saved! Until next time.
To learn more about Cycle 15's Jane Randall, visit her bio page here.
Source: The Prox
Source: The CW / Keith Major
Jane Randall Bio on GoPrincetonTigers.com (2009)
September 20, 2010
In 2009, GoPrincetonTigers.com posted a sports bio for Cycle 15's Jane Randall before her audition for Cycle 15. Here is the text from the bio (written and posted by GoPrinceTigers.com Staff):
Women's Lacross bio
Freshman Year (2009): Played in two games, a total of 20:02 … played 9:11 against Temple on March 25 … saw 10:51 against Maryland on May 2 … finished with a 11.98 goals against average and .000 save percentage.
Before Princeton: A member of both the lacrosse and squash teams at Roland Park Country School … named a first-team all-star by the Baltimore Messenger and second-team all-star by the Towson Times in 2008 … a second-team all-city pick by the Baltimore Sun and an honorable mention all-star by the Towson Times in 2007.
Personal: Full name is Jane Elizabeth Randall … born August 28, 1990 … parents are Bill and Carol Randall … has two brothers, Billy (Princeton '95) and Steve (Washington & Lee '11), and one sister, Juliet (Johns Hopkins '97).
To learn more about Cycle 15's Jane Randall, visit her bio page here.
Source: GoPrincetonTigers.com
Jane Randall Article in The Ink (Aug 2010)
September 20, 2010
In September of 2010, Princeton's The Ink posted an article regarding Cycle 15's Jane Randall before the premiere of Cycle 15. Here is the text from the article (written and posted by Angela Wu):
Jane Randall '12 On America's Next Top Model
This fall will be all about reality TV for Princeton students–before CDY and Jonathan Schwartz '10 even make their Amazing Race appearance (Sept. 26 on CBS).
Cycle 15 of America's Next Top Model begins next month (Sept. 8 on the CW) with Jane Randall '12, who played lacrosse for the Tigers until this year. Check her out the show's US Weekly spread (via Jezebel), and see her video on the ANTM website.
The winner of the cycle–whoever masters the art of smiling with her eyes–will be on the cover of Vogue Italia, not Seventeen, as usual. That's thanks to judge Andre Leon Talley. From the LA Times:
"Tyra really wanted to take the series to sort of another level," explained Dawn Ostroff, the CW's president of entertainment, after announcing the change Thursday at the network's upfront presentation at Madison Square Garden. "When Andre Leon Talley, who is editor at large at Vogue, came on board, she wanted to really make these models high-fashion models. And high fashion, if you are in the fashion business, is Italian Vogue. Anybody who is in Italian Vogue literally makes it in the fashion business, so this is a really big step for the show."
To learn more about Cycle 15's Jane Randall, visit her bio page here.
Source: The Ink
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As many of you know, a couple of weeks ago, I attended and blogged live from the American Academy of Neurology's conference here in Seattle. During that busy week, I snuck away from the event, along with Dr. Jeffery Cohen, for a quick interview.
The results of that afternoon are now posted for your listening and educational pleasure.
To get a chance to sit down in studio with Dr. Cohen was a real treat. Not only is he a well respected researcher (who introduced some very interesting phase III data on the use of Fingolimod for MS) he is also a sought after clinician for many people living with MS in the Great Lakes region.
Our conversation spanned his research along with some of what he thought were the highlights of presentations from the conference. Taking a couple of hours out of his stuffed schedule to answer the questions of a multiple sclerosis patient was most generous of the good doctor.
I encourage you to have a listen to the MS Webcast. It's only 30 minutes, so it won't take up your whole day. Besides, it's a holiday weekend!
Please have a listen and let us know what you think of the information shared. Feel free to leave your thoughts about the Webcast in the comments of this post. The Webcast is titled, MS Treatment News from the American Academy of Neurology. We'll be taking Memorial Day off here at Everyday Health, so I'll see you again on Wednesday next.
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The song was first released by Crosby in 1943 during World War II and it touched the hearts of soldiers and their families who were separated by the war. At that time everyone was hopeful that the end was in sight and all could go home. Today, with over 200,000 American military personnel currently deployed in foreign countries as of last June (according to the Department of Defense), many American families feel the same way.


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Early stage startups should generally remain flexible on valuation. If you set your valuation too high, you run the risk of filtering out investors you might really want.
When startups are focused exclusively on price above all, the best investors often self-select out. If you set it too low, you can send a signal that you don't know what you're doing. Either way, you're signaling inflexibility and sending a message that valuation matters more to you than building the best possible team.
For startups, I generally advocate not going to the investor market asking for a specific valuation. Instead, go with a specific amount of money that you want to raise that is appropriate for your stage and your audience. Pitch your company and your vision and you will start the conversation off with excitement and opportunity.
Let the valuation come to you early on by going out to the market with extreme flexibility. Focus on looking for great investors. The response that I always recommend startups use when investors ask about valuation expectations early on is "I'm expecting it to be a valuation appropriate for our market and our stage, but I value the investors and what they bring to the table so I'm flexible."
Recognize that many investors ask this question early on just to figure out if you have a clue or not, and they realize that they'll ultimately drive pricing anyway unless there is heavy competition for the financing round.
The best way to build momentum is to get someone excited about what you're doing. Often this person will turn into your "lead" investor. Then you can work with that investor to get an offer or negotiate a valuation. Of course there are some situations where you would eventually want to set the valuation.
For example, in a round where there is no clear lead investor but there is enough soft commitment around the table to complete the round, you can work with the most influential investor to set a mutually acceptable valuation. Then you would seek input from the second-most influential person, then the third-most influential, and so on down the line.
Generally speaking, you want to avoid going to market in a "valuation first" fashion. By remaining flexible, you'll demonstrate that you value the investors you're pitching to and you will start the conversation off on the right foot.
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Outpost duty, near Shelbyville, Tenn.
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My darling wife,
I have no letter to answer, which I presume
is owing to the raid made by the Yankee Cavalry on the Mobile
& Ohio R.R., yet I cannot let the opportunity pass that I have of
sending a letter by hand to Grenada, for I know you will be anxious
to hear from me, more especially whilst the mails are so irregular.
The army is still going through its usual
dull routine of drilling, drawing rations and consuming them.
I understand, at Tullahoma and Shelbyville the infantry
are engaged in throwing up breast works whither for the purpose
of holding the position or misleading the enemy I cannot say.
At Tullahoma the line of entrenchment was drawn through
the burial ground set apart for the soldiers and the pick and
shovel disturbed many a dead body in its progress in forming
the fortifications. They were removed to a more secluded spot
but it seemed a pity that they could not be left undisturbed in
their last resting place; but such is war. At Shelbyville one
of our lines of entrenchment ran through a beautiful garden
destroying shrubs and plants and entirely destroying the
grounds. I hate to see a quiet home robbed of all its beauty,
but I suppose it is necessary and everything now concedes to
to that comprehensive little sentence "military necessity"."
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When Mainland Affairs Council Minister Wang Yu-chi (王郁琦) met Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Minister Zhang Zhijun (張志軍) in Nanjing, China, on Tuesday, they addressed each other using their formal titles. This direct meeting between the two official authorities in charge of cross-strait relations has taken the relationship to the next level, moving past the old formula of having all contacts channeled through the semi-official Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS). While this represented a breakthrough, it would be prudent not to draw any far-reaching conclusions because of the vast difference that exists between the two sides in terms of interests, values, politics and economics.
Prior to Wang's departure, the legislature adopted a resolution stipulating that he should not discuss political issues or issue a joint statement with Zhang. This meant that there should be no closing consensus and that any conclusions should be the individual interpretation of each side. Apart from the significance of the formal procedure itself then, the meeting did not bring any major constructive advances.
With Taiwan wanting to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and China wanting to complete the follow-up talks to the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), chances are the two sides were talking past each other. China wants Taiwan safely within the "one China" framework before deciding whether it is willing to let it join any other economic organizations.
On the eve of the meeting, there was much talk about the possibility of an agreement on allowing Chinese students in Taiwan to join Taiwan's health insurance system and Taiwanese students in China to enjoy Chinese medical insurance, as well as humanitarian visitation rights in China for Taiwanese. However, the two sides reached no decision on these issues and only agreed to work to find solutions. It is clear that the two sides are still measuring each other up and have no intention of making any substantive decisions. Wang may have wanted to come back with some kind of achievement in his bag, but the Chinese side was not willing to offer it to him.
In light of the legislative resolution, it was TAO that brought up political issues in the post-meeting press conference. By not responding to these statements and thus allowing China to score a point, Wang failed to fulfill his ministerial duties.
There was speculation that the Wang-Zhang meeting was an excuse to pave the way for a meeting between President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) later this year, but it was not mentioned at the press conferences, making it difficult to guess whether the issue was ignored or if it was broached and the two decided not to announce it.
The Ma administration's attitude prior to the meeting seemed to imply that it would go to any length to bring about a meeting between the president and his Chinese counterpart. These include its willingness to amend the senior-high school history course outline, the Control Yuan's censure of the Cabinet for not using the nation's official title and the Ministry of Education's statement that Nanjing is the capital of the Republic of China — all of which were intended to pander to China. There is little possibility that Wang and Zhang did not discuss a Ma-Xi meeting, but since the time is not ripe, they tried to avoid a public backlash by keeping any such discussions under wraps.


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Lyrics:First verseCoontown's fairly crazy, Two Step Bill looks glum, Acts as if he's dumb, For Ragtime's getting numb, coons are mighty fickle, Other tunes they hum, Actin' just like white folks now, and fairly goin' some. don't care now for ragtime shows, or ragtime songs, or ragtime clothes, Or any thing with a ragtime swing, And this is the song they sing:ChorusGoodbye a Mister Ragtime, farewell Bombashay, Say you little Day, Day, Day, On your way. Sad but true, Skidoo, Skidoo, Go way back and sit down, Since that Airy Fairy, Merry Widow Waltz, has come to town. town.Second verseSambo and his Dinah, Gliding o'er the floor, Won't cake walk no more, Like they did before, Coontown's heard the famous Merry Widow score, Ragtime's faded in a night, no wonder Bill looks sore. He just can't understand the change says, colored folks am actin' strange, They wouldn't dance any old ragtime thing, But all the night long they'll sing:(Chorus)
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March 7th, 2013
Simpson accidentally reveals she's having a boy
Thanks to a slip of the tongue on Wednesday night's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Jessica Simpson announced that she and fiancé Eric Johnson are expecting a baby boy.
"It's a total different pregnancy. I just feel awful ... I've been vomiting," Simpson said. "The crazy thing is, I never knew a wiener could actually make me nauseous."
After realizing what she said, the "Fashion Star" mentor clarified, "Well, I guess I just told the world I'm having a boy."
A stunned Kimmel assured viewers that the reveal was not planned, noting, "I didn't even know what was happening … I thought maybe you were having a girl with a penis."
Perhaps in an attempt to take advantage of Simpson's "pregnancy brain," the host asked about reports that she's naming the baby Ace. However, she managed to move past the question without offering a straight answer.
Simpson, who will next appear on the second season premiere of "Fashion Star," which returns to NBC on Friday, joked that she and Johnson still have plans to wed, but she just keeps getting "knocked up."
"I can't believe that I'm pregnant again either," Simpson said. "It's like déjà vu."
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I have this picture of Miles that I have never shared. It is of him looking out the window of the airplane as we pull away from the Congo. Even now I can't look at this picture without crying. Pulling away from the airport was so emotional for me. One-because I was anxious to get home. But two- even though I know that Miles' life will be so much better with us than in an orphanage, I still had a twinge of guilt over taking him away from his country. I think that is why I am reluctant to apply for US citizenship for him. I am very content to let him be a permanent resident and then allow him to make that decision for himself when he gets old enough. Because you can take the boy out of the Congo, but you can't (and I wouldn't even want to) take the Congo out of the boy. I love that little Congolese cutie.
(The poor kiddo had to ride naked all the way to South Africa because he had already exploded out of all the extra clothes and diapers in my backpack and the airline made us check our other carry-ons because the plane was too small to store them! Traveling mothers- let this be your warning!)
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I've hinted before that I was a passive investor. And by passive, I mean that I have always set up a 401(k) and IRAs, then promptly ignored them. But since 2013 is the year I want to learn more about investing, I knew I needed to evaluate our current investment portfolio.
- Am I saving enough for retirement?
- Am I diversified?
- Is the risk of my investments appropriate for my age/circumstances?
- Is my money in the best investment vehicles?
So first I needed to know what we had to work with.
1. List all your investable assets. Your investable assets may include things like an emergency fund, work retirement plan accounts, bank accounts, CDs, mutual funds, annuities, cash value of life insurance policies, stocks, bonds, and real estate (not including your primary residence or vacation home).
My list included our emergency fund, my work plan account, various savings accounts, and some individual stocks. This step didn't take long, because our list of investments is short. We had already rolled over some old 401(k)s a few years ago, we didn't have most of the assets on this list, and we had cashed out my husband's life insurance policy (because I am a term kind of girl).
2. Find the account value of each investable asset and total them up. Once you have a list of your accounts, find out how much money is in each one.
This was a relatively simple step. I dug through a few dusty folders in our filing cabinet to find some IRA statements before deciding that I needed to register an account to get online statements. Then it was easy to add up everything.
3. How is your investment portfolio invested? After you have the entire list of your investment accounts, it's time to get down to business. Dissect each account: Is it invested in mutual funds? Which kind? Individual stocks?
For instance, my husband's Roth IRA consists of 51 percent value funds and 49 percent global funds. My Roth IRA with another firm is 51 percent growth and 49 percent growth and income. Include the funds that are invested as well. One of my husband's accounts has Capital World Growth and Income Fund, among others.
4. How are your investments performing? You can find out how well your funds are performing by reviewing your statements. With the exception of my work plan, all our accounts were upfront about the funds' performance. I could find out how well it did from its inception, the past 10 years, five years, and one year, as well as since I had started participating in that particular fund.
My work plan's statements and website told me only that I had invested in Fidelity, but not which funds. I am sure I have a record of it somewhere, but thanks to my "ignorance is bliss" mode, I have no idea where. They did include the performance of each of Fidelity's funds, but I need to call our plan to figure out which funds I am invested in so I can properly analyze my investment portfolio.
5. How are your investments performing compared with other investments? By following the instructions in this post, you can evaluate an individual investment.
I plugged the ticker symbol (CWGCX) for the fund I mentioned earlier (Capital World Growth and Income Fund). If I am evaluating Morningstar's comparison correctly, its expense ratio is greater than the category average, plus it's performing in the top 72 percent of funds in its category in the last 10 years. Nice. I really mean not nice, of course. I tried another fund with a different firm. This time the fund was in the top 55 percent.
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So, have I saved enough so far? Some sites recommend that a 35-year-old (which I am not there yet) should have saved one time's annual earnings. I have saved more than that, actually. However, my husband has saved about half of what he needs. Because we consider all the money as our money, no matter who earned it, it averages out that we have enough saved in retirement so far to match our household's annual income.
To decide if we are diversified enough and whether our investing portfolio is appropriately risky, I need to determine which Fidelity fund(s) I have. But I can start with what I know now. Of our entire investable assets, 25 percent is in cash, 0.5 percent is in individual stocks, and the rest in mutual funds. Of the 75 percent in mutual funds, about 45 percent is in funds that have moderate risk while the other 55 percent is found in more risky investments.
For our age, I think that's too much in cash (although we have some significant expenses coming up). I suppose we could also invest in riskier options since we have a few decades to go before we need the money.
And is our money in the best investment vehicles? Yes… and no. Before evaluating our funds, I hadn't realized how varied fund performance is. We have some that make other funds look good (I hope you have some of those!).
Now I need to do more research to find better-performing funds. In addition, we don't have any index funds, so I want to allocate some of our cash to those.
Before researching this article, I would have told you that this stuff was too hard for a non-financial person to understand. And honestly, it wasn't easy reading. (They use too many undefined terms and acronyms, for one thing!) But I was surprised by how much I learned, just by reading through reports and statements and Googling terms when I had to. Several of the websites had excellent investor resources that were written in simpler terms.
After spending several hours on this information, I feel that I have made some progress in my investing education. I highly recommend this exercise to any investors who are afraid to tackle stuff like this.
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Lisa Aberle is a college professor by day and a freelance writer by night. Always an aspiring writer with an interest in money, she once ironically misspelled "mortgage" during a spelling bee. Most of her current adventures take place on the four-acre mini-farm she shares with her husband in the rural Midwest (where she writes with gel pens whenever possible).


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Lexington Is Turning 300
Among this month's kick-off activities, two thousand Lexington citizens (out of 31,000) gathered for a collective snapshot of the community today. Benn Craig took the photograph of that gathering above for Wicked Local.
The official town photo is a composite of several images by Joanne Rath, published in a regional edition of yesterday's Boston Globe. On this Globe webpage you can see that photograph, and enlarge and pan across it to see individual faces. Note the Revolutionary War reenactors from both forces in the front row.


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When a programs manager at my local chapter of the National MS Society approached me in the summer in 2005 with a new idea, I thought it was a good one but I didn't know if it had legs. The Chapter decided to increase the number of self-help groups they supported by narrowing, rather than broadening, their focus. On the planning sheet were a group for young mothers with MS, LGBT members of the community living with MS, and a group specifically for men living with multiple sclerosis.
It must be stated up front that I had 1) never been to any type of support or self-help group and 2) I am also one of a great number of people who was discouraged from attending them by my diagnosing neurologist. Still, I was tapped to organize and lead this experiment.
We chose an evening meeting time so men who were still working could come. Picked Tuesdays as a benign day of the week and decided on an hour and a half meeting time rather than the Society's typically recommended 2-hour session (I wasn't sure I could fill two hours!) and, though it was summer, we aimed for the second week of November (the week after a presidential election) for our first meeting.
Last night, one week after another presidential election and Eight Years after our first gathering, I humbly handed over the reins of leadership in preparation of our imminent shift.
The idea was rather groundbreaking, it turns out.
With new data coming out that women were being diagnosed at a rate of 3:1 over men, we became award that this group – which dubbed group – was the first all-men group of its time in the nation. Just two months after our initial meeting, in fact, we became a front page story in the Seattle Times. So much for "Poker Night" being a secret coded…
This group of med has expanded and contracted depending on the topic and speaker on the schedule. Some nights have welcomed as few as the four that populated our first meeting. Others (MS Urology seems to be a big draw for men – go figure!) have burst the room with better than two dozen.
We've distilled the three pages of Society rules and guidelines down to one simple guide: No Whining!
In a gracious farewell, our group gathered and ate the Irish culinary offerings of a fellow chef with MS, Brian (who can be seen cooking with me on the Caring Kitchen video for people living with MS) and we laughed at Irish jokes. We even snuck a few bottles of stout into the hospital conference room in which we meet!
Along with jokes and even an original poem, a few toasts were bantered about.
I offered a favorite toast of mine that seemed fitting for the group and our new meeting location in a freshly minted MS center. And now that I think of it, it's a toast which fits our Life with MS Blog community as well.
In tribute to the brave men who have shared their deepest fears and dashed hopes as well as their coping strategies and given me as much support as all of our speakers combined, I too offer the same toast to our cyber meeting room full of people living with Multiple Sclerosis.
"Here's to the roof above us; may it never fall in
And to we gathered here below it; May we never fall out"
Wishing you and your family the best of health.
You can also follow me via our Life With MS Facebook page, on Twitter, and in our group on MS Connection.org. Also, check out our bi-monthly MS blog for the United Kingdom, look for our very special new monthly blog for the National MS Society, and don't forget to check out TrevisLGleason.com.


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MCLEAN, Va. – The speed limit on the 495 Express Lanes will go up to 65 mph later this month after a study from the Virginia Department of Transportation concluded it would not pose a safety risk to drivers.
"The new speed limit increase will help Northern Virginia Beltway drivers save even more time on their commute. A faster trip on the Express Lanes improves access to key employment centers, sets the region up for growth and makes Northern Virginia an even more attractive place to live and work," says Gov. Bob McDonnell of the Friday announcement.
Mike McGurk of Transurban, which operates the 495 Express Lanes, says quicker commutes are better for everyone.
"Drivers on the Capital Beltway already know that using the Express Lanes is the way to go when you want a faster, more predictable trip and don't want to risk getting caught in traffic. When the speed limit goes to 65 miles per hour, it just means an even faster, more predictable trip," he says.
On Monday, VDOT completed a detailed engineering and crash data study to determine the safety impact of raising the speed limit on drivers.
According to the document obtained by WTOP, the average driver travels 65 mph with the pace of traffic between 59 mph and 68 mph. The study also found the 85th percentile speed is 70 mph.
The 85th percentile speed is a statistic used to describe the speed 85 percent of drivers remain below, and transportation officials commonly use the statistic to determine the speed limit for a roadway.
"Although the results of the speed study indicated that an increase in the posted speed up to 70 MPH could be made … we do not recommend increasing the posted speed limit up to 70 MPH," the study states. "Posting the HOV/HOT Lanes at 65 MPH provides a speed more commensurate with the speeds along I-495 to permit merging and lane changing in safe conditions."
VDOT spokeswoman Joan Morris tells WTOP that the 495 Express Lanes were always built for a higher speed.
"VDOT intended to open the roadway with a 55 mph limit initially to see how it operated, then assess whether increasing the speed limit would be appropriate," she says.
McGurk agrees.
"Even during the planning phases, there was always an expectation that eventually the speed limit would be increased to 65 miles per hour. We just had to wait until the road was open and operational to conduct the appropriate studies," he says.
The process is similar to when the Maryland Transportation Authority raised the speed limit on the Intercounty Connector from 55 to 60 mph in late March. The MdTA also conducted an engineering and crash data study to determine that the higher speed limit would make sense. Like on the 495 Express Lanes, MdTA officials initially set the ICC speed limit lower to see how it operated.
The new Express Lanes speed limit is scheduled to take effect on June 24, weather permitting.
"The 65 mph speed limit signs on the Express Lanes will be on the left side of the roadway, and they will have a top panel that says 'E-ZPass EXPRESS' with the E-ZPass logo," says Morris. "The top panel will look like other Express Lanes signing along the corridor. VDOT will review the corridor and will add more 55 mph signs to the right side of the facility to be sure we provide clear indications to motorists on the main Beltway lanes."
End to end, the higher speed limit will save drivers about two minutes along the 14-mile stretch.
New ridership numbers for the Express Lanes are scheduled to be released in July. Transurban reported ridership increased in the first quarter of 2013, but remain below expectations.
Users of the Express Lanes pay a variable toll, depending on the length of the trip and the amount of traffic — generally ranging from about 50 cents to $5. Carpools of three or more are exempt from the tolls.
The speed limit on the regular Beltway lanes will remain 55 mph.
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New Microsoft CEO Faces Company Heading Into a New Era
Upon Steve Ballmer's resignation as Microsoft CEO, the new chief executive will face a company with a much different complexion with Nokia's cellphone business now in the fold. Joann Lublin reports.
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Micra soft is he the next guy ... well I think he's got a really good shot him he's ... going to be physically part of Micra software ... Kilar Micra soft it a good start Nokia ... Nokia Micra soft and had a business partnership for most the time he's been a twenty eight ... PM bomber kettle on ... but the question is is that really what my croissant needs ... for its next year while it's amazing I mean ... so bomber announces he's resigning ... they have to strategically organization write them all Renault's the tiny now in the night Microsoft news ... I the Nokia news ... it seems like all you can draw a narrative where all these things had been planned out and we just didn't know about that ... really what's going on at Microsoft ... already it like the sky in how varied the behind the scenes ... almost ... on ... 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I ... it's a ... definitive answer ... zero ... well I mean he's a co-founder can buy one and the only two CEOs this company has ever read him a larger than life ... character and in the boardroom ... as much as he would probably argue I'm just one vote in a board of whites of ... your strong points ... and think you have some pretty strong year minded and well experienced people ... mostly though in areas other than in the emerging tech Irina for eternity bigger players ... at the end of the day ... if Bill Gates doesn't like the rest of the board once the new CEO who want to hear ... any you raise the question really a little back to this is the question ... is this what Microsoft needs to Snoopy ... well clearly it's something that the gnocchi at me ... yet but it's also something that I can simply ... can't be happening in both hardware and software ... and this gives them an answer to part of the big problems ... still you tell it to companies that offer strength in the struggling in the cellphone States writes Michael makes a ton of money we all know that ... in the cellphone space in the mobile they are struggling they are on a small player ... 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Honeymoon Hangover
Are you a newlywed suffering from honeymoon hangover? It's when the vacation in the Bahamas is over, the dress is put away and couples realize there's an important thing they now have to face: Marriage. Dr. Phil is shocked to find how little couples know about each other before they walk down the aisle.
Although not a newlywed, Jan says she's dealing with an issue that should've been resolved 55 years ago when she first married her husband, Jim.
"That's supposed to be the man's job."
Jeremy and Tamarra have been married for only eight months, and they wonder if their marriage can be saved. Jeremy says his wife is so clingy that he's had to give up everything he enjoys in order to spend time with her. Tamarra says being married means doing everything together, so why wouldn't her husband want to spend every free minute with her?
No hobbies, no friends, and his curfew is 6:00 p.m.
With only eight months of dating before they married, Jeremy and Tamarra have come to realize that they have nothing in common. Can they salvage their marriage when they feel like strangers? Dr. Phil tells it to them straight.
"I think you are driving him out the door."
How much do you really know about your partner? Dr. Phil gives Jeremy and Tamarra a newlywed quiz and a partner awareness test. How did they do?
"You don't even know his three best friends."
Bait and Switch?
Mandy says her husband of three years had a 180-degree turn after they got married and changed his mind about an important value they shared: faith in God. Now, Nic says he's an atheist, and Mandy is worried about what this means for their marriage and their family.
"If they grow up doubting God, I don't know where they're going to end up."
Dr. Phil answers important questions that couples have. If you're about to tie the knot, grab a pen and paper and make sure you know these important facts about your upcoming union!


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Chihiro began her dance training at Classical Ballet Academy S.O.U. in Japan. In 2001, she won the Idemitsu Kousan Scholarship at the 8th Asian Pacific International Ballet Competition in Tokyo, and was later accepted into The Australian Ballet School.
Upon graduation, she joined SDT in July 2005 and performed in many SDT productions
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Protect Your Data With A External Portable Hard Drive
When did you last back up your data? Getting a external portable hard drive may just save you a lot of trouble. Virtually everyone is creating data, masses of data. Do you know how much data you have on your computer hard drive? I'm guessing the answer is no. Think about it, you probably have a music library in itunes, you may well have DVD's copied to your hard drive for easy viewing and who hasn't got folders full of digital images.
These three alone can take up many gigabytes of space on your hard drive. There are a few things you should consider where your data is concerned. First, it is gobbling up the free space on your drive and will eventually fill it up completely. If you fill a computer hard drive to bursting, it will have an effect on your computer performance. This lack of space can slow down your computer considerably.


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Entrepreneurs Take to the Aging and Caregiving Business
By Sally Abrahms , December 13, 2013 03:39 PM
The business of aging is growing up. What is today a $2 billion aging in place technology and longevity industry is projected to reach $20 billion by 2020. Entrepreneurs, many just in their 20s and 30s, are scrambling to develop products and services that allow older adults to be independent and safe - and give their adult children peace of mind.
Startups are creating an array of devices and software: wearables like wristwatches with GPS technology to track Alzheimer's wandering; sensors that make sure Mom is getting out of bed and going into the refrigerator; websites that let a family member log on to see if Dad has taken his medication; and online companies that match professional caregivers with families.
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A flurry of events around the country are connecting entrepreneurs with venture capitalists, and they're giving startups the chance to pitch their ideas to experts in aging as well as to consumers.
Santa Clara University business professor and entrepreneur Mary Furlong convenes a conference called the What's Next Boomer Business Summit as part of the annual American Society on Aging conference. She gets entrepreneurs, companies, venture capitalists, organizations, distribution partners and experts in the field of aging together to network.
Since cofounding Aging 2.0 in April 2012, gerontologist and engineer Katy Fike and her business partner Stephen Johnston have held 35 events in 10 cities and three countries for startup innovators in the age 50-plus space. In 19 months, they have met with more than 1,000 startups, about a third of which are working on solutions to help family caregivers. (Aging 2.0 is a global innovation network and business accelerator focused on aging and long-term care.)
Last month, Aging 2.0 launched its GENerator Founders Program, which supports 11 aging-related startups and connects them with mentors, investors and distribution channels, as well as directly with older adults and caregivers.
Competitions and brainstorming events are increasingly common in this field. AARP holds an annual live pitch competition for startups in the 50-plus health technology and innovation sector. At its annual industry gathering, LTC LINKTank (LTC stands for long-term care) had a competition to solve challenges for long-term care and senior living providers.
Every June, Furlong runs an annual Silicon Valley Boomer Venture Summit and business plan competition.
This past October, LeadingAge put on a HackFest in Dallas. Participants from different backgrounds, including programmers, health care professionals, caregivers and engineers teamed up to create technology tools for older adults and their caregivers.
And the Stanford Center on Longevity recently held a student design competition to come up with ideas to help the cognitively impaired live independently.
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"For years there has been talk of the demographics and the coming 'Age Wave,'" says Fike. "Now the wave is onshore and we're seeing new products and companies to address the growing needs of seniors and caregivers."
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For the last 13 years, Lindasusan Ulrich has been in a committed relationship with the same woman. The couple have married three times, twice before it was legal in California and once while it briefly was.
But if acquaintances were to assume Ulrich and her wife, Emily Drennen, are lesbians, they would be wrong. They identify as bisexuals and are proud of it.
This doesn"t mean their sexual orientation hasn"t presented challenges. Even in a do-as-you-like city such as San Francisco, the women have found bisexuals to be a misunderstood and often overlooked minority. During the state"s 2008 campaign to ban same-sex marriages, they forcefully reminded gay rights leaders — in the form of a cake decorated with the words "Having Our Cake and Eating It Too! Bisexuals Exist!" — that political advertising and fundraising appeals referring only to gay and lesbian couples did not encompass their imperiled union.
"It"s a unique identity as opposed to half one and half the other," said Ulrich, a 41-year-old writer and musician who recently authored a report on "bisexual invisibility" for the San Francisco Human Rights Commission.
The commission unanimously adopted the report, and that could prove a significant step, said Denise Penn, director of the American Institute of Bisexuality.
Because San Francisco takes its commitment to gay and lesbian rights so seriously, shining a spotlight on the hostility bisexuals sometimes encounter from gay men and lesbians could help ease one of the most painful aspects of having a bisexual identity, Penn said.
"People don"t trust bisexuals, and I"ve heard some really, really nasty stuff," Penn said. " "Oh, you are going to just go back and hide in your straight world." Bisexuals are (seen as) tourists in the community, opportunists."
As gay, lesbian and transgender people have succeeded in putting their fight for equality front and center in American politics, bisexuals — the often forgotten "B" in the LGBT rainbow — have been waging their own fight for recognition. From adopting a bisexual pride flag and commemorating Sept. 23 as bisexual pride day to urging researchers and government agencies to treat bisexuality as a distinct category, activists who acknowledge their attractions to both men and women say they want to assert their existence.
In promoting their not-insignificant ranks, activists point out that a UCLA demographer estimated last month that slightly more Americans self-identify as bisexual than as gay or lesbian. But the activist argue their task is complicated by stereotypes of bisexuals as fickle sex fiends, the difficulty in pinning down who counts as bisexual, and discrimination from both the straight and gay communities.
"Even people who would not feel comfortable saying bad things about gay or lesbian people still feel comfortable trashing bi people," said Robyn Ochs, a veteran bisexual activist in Boston.
Johnny Fesenko, 42, a computer programmer in San Francisco, said that contrary to popular belief and jokes about male fantasies involving threesomes, living as a bisexual can sometimes feel like the worst of all worlds instead of the best of both. Gay friends and potential partners tell him his interest in women is just a phase. He"s had straight women refuse to date him because he"s not "a real man." He once was punched in the face while walking with a boyfriend in Manhattan, he said.
"It"s almost like being called an atheist — you would rather call yourself agnostic because there is such a stigma associated with it," Fesenko said.
Despite the inherent obstacles, activists point to signs of progress. The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, one of the nation"s largest gay rights groups, a few years ago started holding bisexual-specific meetings and panels. Students at Ohio State University, the University of Michigan, the University of Minnesota have established groups for bisexuals. Out & Equal, a San Francisco-based organization that advocates for workplace rights for gays, last year sponsored an international survey aimed at uncovering on-the-job issues that bisexuals face.
"People really believe that bisexuality is covered by either gay issues or straight issues, so… you don"t need to worry about the whole middle thing," said Heidi Green, a diversity trainer who co-conducted the survey. "Yet there are huge issues for bisexuals. When I ask people if they are out at work, the answer is almost universally "no." And because we don"t have really strong community, there is a tendency to believe the issues you have in your life are unique to you, there is something wrong with you."
Chicago resident Adrienne Williams, a web content producer, launched the online Bisexual Social Network in late 2008 to fill what she considered a shameful absence of bisexual celebrities and entertainment in gay media. She still likes playing watchdog. One of her recent pet peeves is that gay publications celebrated the coming out of singer Ricky Martin, who was long rumored to be gay, but gave short shrift to Anna Paquin"s announcement, while she was engaged to a man, that she is bisexual.
Kate Kendall, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, acknowledges that gay and lesbian leaders have not always made their bisexual comrades feel appreciated. Within the LGBT movement, bridging internal divisions of race, class, gender and sexual orientation can take a back seat to combating bias on the outside, she said.
"What the movement must always be doing is looking around for whose issues are being ignored, whose issues are being left behind, who is not with us as we see gains being made," Kendall said. "Certainly bisexual folks have a legitimate beef when they say that they have felt by turns disrespected and by turns ignored."
Kendall"s advocacy organization last year sued the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Association on behalf of three bisexual men disqualified from playing in the 2008 Gay Softball World Series in Seattle. Their team"s eligibility had been challenged based on a rule limiting each squad to including no more than two straight players. During a hearing, the three players were asked whether they were predominantly attracted to men or women and other questions about their sexual orientations. A panel then voted on whether they were "gay" or "non-gay," according to the still pending complaint.
"I thought we were going to get more resistance from lesbian and gay folks in the community, not only for representing these men, but suing a gay softball association," Kendall said. "With a few exceptions, we have had overwhelming support, which I take as an indication that we as a movement overall have matured on this issue."


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New York, April 4, 2012--Iraqi journalist Kamiran Salaheddin was killed when a bomb attached to his car exploded late Monday, according to news reports. CPJ is investigating the circumstances of the attack to determine whether it was related to his work.
Salaheddin, a host and news anchor with the local television broadcaster Salaheddin Channel in Salaheddin province, was driving home from work in the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit when the car bomb detonated, according to news reports. The journalist died after being taken to a local hospital, the reports said.
Salaheddin presented the news on Salaheddin Channel and hosted a well-known talk show on local politics, Ziad al-Ajili, director of Baghdad's Journalistic Freedoms Observatory, told CPJ. He was also the president of the journalists union in Tikrit, local press freedom groups said. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
"We extend our deepest condolences to Kamiran Salaheddin's family and his colleagues," said CPJ Director Joel Simon. "We urge Iraqi authorities to immediately and efficiently investigate Salaheddin's murder and bring the perpetrators to justice."
Iraq continues to be one of the deadliest places for journalists to work. Since 1992, 150 journalists have been killed in Iraq, including five killed in 2011, CPJ research shows. The country ranked first on CPJ's global Impunity Index, which spotlights countries where journalists are slain and their killers go free.
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Photographer's Note
On my first travel to Japan, I was lucky enough to visit Imabari Castle.
The castle was built by Todo Takatora a daimyo who fought allong side Tokagawa in the battle for Sekigahara.
The building was destroyed by order of the Meiji goverment, and re buildt in 1980.
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ribeiroantonio (22730) 2008-02-09 17:33
It is a very nice piece of traditional Japanese architecture. The picture is very good with a pleasant composition and good colours. Well done.
For the note, I would like to know when was the original castle built and destroyed. Thanks.
vinicio (23423) 2008-02-10 14:15
Pure Japanese feeling from this image, the view of the monument is a good and the place interesting, I think also to the buildings and to the large space around the monument, well done Halgeir, compliments.
have a nice week
dragonslayero (3592) 2008-02-10 15:11
Halloen Halgeir
Der va bildet komt fram ser eg!
Lovely photo, I must agree with Vinicio that this photo is oozing Japan.
Quality looks good, composition is maybe a little strange as I feel the statue in the foreground making the photo look slightly off balance.
Overall, a great photo.
Legg te meir når du kan!
pablominto (53746) 2008-02-12 22:58
Hello Halgeir,
A well balanced composition, leading my eyes to the typical Japanese architecture!
The statue in front helps creating a fine feeling of depth, and the wonderful blue sky makes a great background!
Pablo -
peco85 (921) 2008-02-13 3:29
Hey Mann!
Alt står bra t! Med deg og? Du må sei fra neste gang du e her.
A beautiful building you've captured here. Some really nice places you get to visit in your new job:) The overall view of the photo is good but as OJ says the statue kinda ruins it from this POV. And you should've added more details in it.. But the japan-feeling is there!
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- Copyright: Halgeir Vaage (kittyhawk) (1802)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2008-02-10
- Categories: Castles, Architecture, Artwork
- Camera: Nikon D300, Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX DC HSM, SanDisk Extreme 1gig, Hoya PL Circ
- Exposure: f/11, 1/50 seconds
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- Photo Version: Original Version
- Travelogue: A work trip to Akitsu, Hiroshima
- Theme(s): Castles of the world [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2008-02-09 17:03
- To ribeiroantonio: Thank you for your kind critique (3)
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Ice Skate Brownies
FIGURE on these sweet treats winning lots of smiles! The graceful goodies are perfect for a wintertime birthday bash, a school classroom or anytime you'd like to surprise your family. To create the confections, Crafting Traditions' cooks put a sporty spin on Kathy's rich brownie recipe. They cut out skate shapes, dipped them in chocolate and attached candy-cane blades. Pair mugs of cocoa with the desserts or serve them all by themselves. Folks will jump at the chance to eat them!
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Makes34 brownies
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- Spoon batter into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
- Trace an ice skate pattern onto tracing paper with pencil and cut out. Trace around pattern onto cardboard and cut out for template.
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- Meanwhile, in a microwave-safe bowl, combine vanilla chips and 1/4 cup of shortening. Microwave at 70% power for 1 minute. Microwave in 10-to-20 second intervals until chips are melted; stir until smooth.
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