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Our favorite actress and celebrity mom Jennifer Garner was spotted taking her adorable daughter Seraphina to the Brentwood Country Mart near their home in Brentwood, Calif. on Tuesday afternoon. Is it just me, or does everyone in Hollywood visit this country mart, LOL? It must be the best one in town, for sure.
The busy mama-of-three looked both casual and comfortable in a black sweater and pair of jeans along with a long, printed scarf. Seraphina looks so adorable too, doesn't she? I think out of all of Jennifer's kids, she's the one who looks most like daddy Ben Affleck. What do you guys think?
Photos via FameFlynet

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The Pageant Bettys and the Too-Shorts:
Emerald Queen: Miss Universe South Africa Melinda Bam--Why is she in my "Pageant Betty" group? Read on kiddies...
Photos Courtesy of MissUniverse.com
Continuing with my Recap of the "Miss Universe 2012 Evening Gown Portraits", in my last post HERE, I talked about my "Good" list--or favorites--and now, it's time to discuss the "Pageant Bettys" of the bunch plus what I call the "Too Shorts". For some explanation, "Pageant Bettys" are the ladies who well, look like a Pageant Betty--meaning the typical Pageant Girl, "done" from head to toe. They are usually wearing mermaid or full-style gowns, in pastel. Sometimes, there is some applique--usually a little "cheap" looking. And a lot of times, they may remind people of grown-up versions of the little girls from TLC's "Toddlers & Tiaras" . The "Too Shorts" are gowns that are, well, TOO SHORT, on the girls. This is a big NO NO in my book. It looks so "off-the-rack" and for a big moment such as the Miss Universe, it's time to get something Custom Made, or at least, get a seamstress to try and fix the situation.
Now, as I stated in my last post, I realize that:
A) a lot of these girls might have just been handed these dresses and they may--or may not--have had a choice, and...
B) these may not be their actual Evening Gowns that they will wear to the all-important Preliminaries (I hope not, for some!). With all that said...here we go:
Miss Canada Adwoa Yamoah: Here are two fun facts about Adwoa: she's originally from Ghana but moved to Canada at a very young age. And second of all, she was not the actual winner of "Miss Universe Canada" but she was the First Runner Up. The actual winner hurt her foot only days before having to leave for the "Miss Universe 2012" pageant so, as they always say "if for some reason the winner cannot complete her duties..." And so it's Adwoa's time. Now, the gown. It's SO Pageant Betty! She's the QUEEN of Pageant Bettys in this peach-colored Mermaid gown with silver lace applique. There's really nothing wrong with this, except in my eyes, it's way too sweet and typical for such a gorgeous girl. She needs sexy, red carpet FASHIOOON! Please give this gown back to Miss America Alabama. ASAP!
Miss Honduras Jennifer Denise Andrade: Jennifer looks like she is starring in an episode of MTV's "My Super Sweet Sixteen"! She seriously looks like the daughter of a multimillionaire Honduran business man and she's having her Quinceañera. It's not a bad gown by any means. I think the "Barbie Pink" color may be too "cutesy" for her (if it was black or blush it might have helped). And the Prom-like hairstyle makes things worse. Also, it's waaay too long on the petite 5'2" Jennifer. For a girl that little, she does not need such an overwhelming dress.
Miss Angola Marcelina Vehekeni: Huneeeyyyyy!!!! Now here's another perfect example of a "Pageant betty" gown--and entire look--for that matter. Let's begin with the oversized bun hairstyle. Then, the oversized earrings, the strapless gown in a powder blue TAFFETA...with unexplainable creme applique, a cascade down the side front slit and then...is that an illusion panel trying to cover up the too-plunging décolletage area? I want to see this beautiful woman in a more modern style gown.
Miss Sweden Hanni Beronius: Another perfect example of a "Pageant Betty" look--but more updated to now. I would deem this "Pageant Betty" Lite. This strapless mermaid shaped gown is actually very nice. The shirred top section looks well made and I like the asymmetrically-cascading bottom-half ruffles. I think it's the pastel-y pink color with the choker of pearls (why??!!) and the dreaded side-swept ponytail hairstyle, that took her into Pageant Betty zone. This gown, in red, with no pearls and a more updated 2012 red carpet hairstyle: Done and done!
Miss Guatemala Laura Godoy: Here's another example of an actually great gown but not-so great styling--in terms of the hair.This silk duchesse (or is it ziberline?) gown looks well made and expensive. The fit is great (except for the too high pleated neckline). It could also double as a beautiful wedding gown--a "Two-for-One-Dress"! What takes to a "Pageant Betty" moment is the hair style (too "Sweet Sixteen") and the vanilla color of the gown. This gown in black with a modern hairstyle: Más Bueno!
Miss Philippines Janine Marie Tugonon: This gown is very pretty--delicately pretty in fact. It reminds me of a modified Sari. I think the bright canary yellow color plus the scroll-y applique with lace overlay is what puts her in the Pageant Betty category. This is a gown that would work for the "Miss World" pageant where they like their girls sweeter. But for "Miss Universe", I'd rather see Janine Marie is something more red carpet fab with a little bit of sex appeal!
Miss Great Britain Holly Hale: What most puts Holly in this "Pageant Betty" category is her side swept hairstyle--plus the cascading iridescent POLY organza ruffles on the bottom half of this dress. First, make her hair straight, polished and modern. Next, I'd like to remove those poly organza ruffles and just take the top golden sequin portion to the floor. No need for the mermaid shape, no need for poly iridescent organza cascading ruffles. A simple column shaped gown in the silver/golden sequin equals a gown winner!
Miss Singapore Lynn Tan: The positive is that I like the color--it's like muted coral. The sequin detail is nice as well. But it's the organza (or is it tulle?) overlay in the back plus the darkened gunmetal sequin waist detail, and finally her "Pageant Betty" hairstyle that landed the very pretty Lynn here in this category.
Miss China Diana Xu Jidan: Diana is one of my favorites of all the 89 contestants this year. She has the height (almost 6 feet tall!), the perfect figure, the model-like look Miss Universe Organization likes; all of this combined can take her to the end. I was disappointed, however, when I saw her in this gown. It's not a bad gown, it's just a little "Pageant Betty" predictable. It's a little"Mother-of-the-Bride" to be honest. After all, this is what she is supposed to be wearing as her National Costume:
Guo Pei Haute "1002th Arabian Night" Spring/Summer 2010 Haute Couture collection---In other words, I'm expecting COUTURE darling! I hope she wears something else for the Preliminaries. Here's a suggestion of a gown from the same designer:
Actress Li Bingbing in Guo Pei at the 2010 Venice Film Festival
Miss El Salvador Ana Yancy Clavel: Why are there poly organza faux flowers on this dress? I just want to know. And how, in the Pageant God's name is this supposed to be "Miss Universe" crown material? The very pretty Ana ends up here in the "Pageant Betty" category, first for the color of this gown--this bright canary yellow is very impacting but can veer into "Pageant Betty" in a split second. But it's more the flower detail and side chiffon layers which really put the nail in the coffin.
Miss Poland Marcelina Zawadzka: Marcelina is so beautiful--she looks like a tall (she's almost six feet!) version of one the Olsen twins! I'm sure she--and her pageant directors--wanted to highlight her super long legs in one form or another--but not with the usual HOOCHIE slit gown (that's on a later posting!). So she wore this sea-foam blue-green gown with an iridescent over-skirt. It's the IRIDESCENT OVER-SKIRT that gets me. She looks sweet and great from the waist up. Then it goes into Pageant Betty.
Miss South Africa Melinda Bam: Even though Melinda is short (by recent "Miss Universe" winners standards where the average height in the last nine years has been around 5'10"). Melinda is 5'7" according to this), she's still being considered as THE FAVORITE to win the crown on December 19th. She is stunning, impacting and has that "I'm both Sweet...and SEXY" Miss Universe quality. Now, let's discuss the gown. And it is A GOWN! I was a bit torn by this one. I almost put it in my "best" but then, the iridescent emerald organza over the satin and diagonal sequin detail plus the "Cathedral"-like train...all those things took it to a "Pageant Betty" Diva level. The pose, is A+. I give her that. She's stealing someone's boyfriend...and girlfriend, with that look!
Miss Norway Sara Nicole Andersen: First of all, Sara Nicole is gorgeous. Love her olive skin color as well as her hair. She's so Latina. And yet, she's from NORWAY! The gown is Pageant Betty on Testosterone; it's a strapless sequin bodice gown with a high-low shredded organza attached skirt that ends in a train. In peach. And are those sequins strewn throughout the gown skirt? Seriously. How could this gown NOT end up under "Pageant Betty" !? It's the store-bought version of...
The gown designed by Venezuelan pageant go-to fashion designer Gionni Straccia, worn by Ivian Sarcos when she won the "Miss World 2011" title (above).
The Too-Short Gown Girls:
Miss Lebanon Rina Chibany: Rina, Rina, Rina...why darling? Not only is this black jersey dress too short on you, then you go ahead and wear some 7" platform heels with it...to emphasize the fact that the dress is too short. Gowns should NEVER show the shoes, they should always hit 1/2" above the floor if not TO THE FLOOR. It's a cute dress--to go to a club in Miami, but not to use as your "Miss Universe 2012 Evening Gown Portrait".
Miss Denmark Josephine Hewitt: Josephine is one of the most beautiful girls in the pageant. She's got very classic, very "Hollywood" face structure and looks. Once again--like Miss Universe Lebanon--this is a gown that works for a pool party at the Delano in Miami--but not the Miss Universe 2012 Pageant. It is about FIVE inches too short on one side and about a FOOT too short on the other. And then she wears these stacked platform silver heels on top of it; accentuating the very obvious fact that the dress is too short. If she would have worn strappy heels with NO platform, she would have been fine!
Miss St. Lucia Tara Carla Edward: Tara Carla is simply beautiful--and tall (5'11"). This is why this store-bought gown ended up being too short on her. And this is why, she should have gotten a custom-made gown that was made for her height! Here's a lesson in store-bought floor-length gowns: manufacturers make gowns long enough for a 5' 7" woman. It's a "rule" in the fashion industry. So...if you are shorter than that, the gown will be too long, if you are around that, perfect. If you are above that...you get a "High Water/Flood" gown. And this is what happened. Ladies: PAY for a CUSTOM GOWN. The Cheap comes out EXPENSIVE, as Judge Marlyn Milian says: "Lo Barato sale CARO!".
***Next Up: The "Slit Queens" and "Cha-Cha Love" Evening Gown Recap of the Miss Universe 2012 Evening Gown Portraits


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Elderly Drivers: When to Turn Over the Keys
Statistics show most people outlive their ability to drive safely by about six years. While people 75 to 84 have about the same accident rate as teenagers, once they are 85 years or older that rate quadruples according to a Carnegie Mellon study. When is it time to stop driving? It's such a touchy subject that seniors and their families avoid it. For older drivers their independence is at stake. For families it's about keeping mom and dad and other drivers safe. Now, new research says that getting the family doctor involved early on could help seniors plan for their driving retirement.
Driving, it's the key to independence.
"As long as I can get my driver's license renewed, I am going to stay behind the wheel," Ethel Harris, 91 year old driver, told Ivanhoe.
"When will I stop driving? 103," Ruth Lynn, 83 year old driver, told Ivanhoe.
"I think that a lot of people who know that they shouldn't be driving, but they still are because it is a freedom," Jeannie Baird told Ivanhoe.
Many seniors are safe drivers, but some are not. The University of Colorado School of Medicine asked elderly drivers about who should make the call to quit driving and when. Enter the family doctor.
"We were talking about whether preventive conversations would be helpful. For example, say your 65 and you are a safe driver, but at your routine appointment your doctor says, 'Hey, have you thought about ten years from now, when your skills start to decline?' What we found is that older drivers were generally open to have those kinds of conversations, but we also found those conversations really aren't happening," Marian "Emmy" Betz, MD, MPH, Emergency Physician and Injury Epidemiologist, The University of Colorado School of Medicine, told Ivanhoe.
Doctors wait to see red flags like vision or memory problems. The study says "anticipatory guidance"—talking early and often about health and driving—might make it easier for older patients to discuss it. Many are also more likely to accept advice from their doctor than from a family member.
"I think the take home is not that the family members shouldn't be involved, but the doctor should be," Dr. Betz said.
Dr. Betz says this is a public health issue. She's developing a screening tool for doctors called "crash" that could help them begin talking with their older patients about health issues and safe driving.
According to the CDC, there are 33 million drivers aged 65 and older in the U.S., and by 2030, federal estimates show that there will be about 57 million, making up about a quarter of all licensed drivers.
BACKGROUND: Elderly drivers aged 65 and older have an increased risk of becoming involved in a motor vehicle crash. It is stated that an average of 500 elderly people are injured a day in car accidents. Males have a higher death rate than females when it comes to car accidents, especially within the elderly. Elderly drivers are less likely to drive without a seat belt on, they will only drive during the day and when the weather is clear, and they are not as likely to drive under the influence of alcohol. (Source: http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/older_adult_drivers/adult-drivers_factsheet.html)
WHEN TO STOP DRIVING: It is the driver's discretion to decide when to stop getting behind the wheel. Physical conditions may affect an elderly person's driving as well such as:
* Leg pain
* Pain or stiffness in neck
* Loss of vision
* Reaction time (Source: http://www.helpguide.org/elder/senior_citizen_driving.htm)
NEW TEST: Clinicians often wait too long before talking to elderly patients about giving up driving even though many may be open to those discussions earlier, according to a new study at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the CU College of Nursing. "These conversations often don't happen until clinicians see a `red flag' which could mean an accident or some physical problem that makes driving more difficult for the elderly," said Marian Betz, MD, MPH, at the CU School of Medicine and lead author of the study, was quoted as saying. "But what's interesting is that most elderly drivers we spoke with said they were open to having earlier discussions." The study involved focus groups and interviews with 33 drivers over age 65 and eight health care providers including physicians, nurses, and physician assistants. The study reported that elderly drivers were open to these discussions because they generally saw their medical providers as "fair minded." At the same time, the majority said they didn't believe their providers were aware of their driving status or ability. The researchers recommend a practice known as "anticipatory guidance" in gently preparing elderly drivers - by monitoring physical and mental changes - for the day when they could no longer operate a vehicle safely. Doctors could include driving status in their patient questionnaires and talk about it during regular office visits, they said. (Source: http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/Clinicians-often-wait-for-red-flags-before-discussing-elderly-driving.aspx)
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Garden Blogger's Bloom Day -- Slim Pickins
I've been trying without much success to grow Pink Flowering Currant, Ribes sanguineum glutinosum. Which is a pity because I wanted it to be a thematic plant all over the place. The only theme it's playing is "I don't wanna live here any more." I've tried it in sun and shade both. Well here's a picture from the most successful one which has squozen out a couple blooms.
On the other hand my Ribes indecorum, White Chaparral Currant, is covered in pretty little white clusters. Plus it has been deer proof, whereas they have nibbled on the sanguineum.
A last lone couple of blooms liven up the Mimulus "Trish" bush. I really love the salmon color.
And I haven't been able to cut down my Pitcher Sage, Lepechinia calycina, because it keeps putting out new blossoms, then the big long stalks fall over. I've usually cut it to about 12 inches by now.
The ceanothus plants are starting to bud out. We lost a couple nice indigenous trees this year, and I want to try to propagate some others before they all go. I think this one is either Dark Star or Joyce Coulter, not sure.
The indigenous Arctostaphylos (crustacea) are not yet blooming. Here's a spreading cultivar that is finally starting to spread - "Pacific Sunset" - closeup, then the plant, which is about 2 or 3 feet across now.
11 comments:
- Daphne said...
They may be slim pickings, but pretty none the less. I'm still locked in the deep freeze, so it is nice to see a bit of color on other people's blogs.
- January 15, 2009 at 6:20 AM
- Town Mouse said...
Oh, very pretty! Even if it's not too impressive in reality, the close-ups are great! Remember, those plants I have blooming are mostly on steroids since their fresh from the nursery and would not pass the drug test.
- January 15, 2009 at 8:02 AM
- Darla said...
You have some very interesting plants. I'll have to check some of them out.
- January 15, 2009 at 8:44 AM
- Grace Peterson said...
Envy, envy, envy... do not covet thy neighbors garden...but it's so hard! Lovely photos. I've had trouble with Ribes too despite the fact that it's native in these parts. Maybe I'm killing them with kindness. I've got one in a container that is as dormant as a doornail.
- January 15, 2009 at 6:23 PM
- Country Mouse said...
It's so great to have people actually reading our blog - I'm just getting going in the blogosphere and it's very encouraging. Thank you commenters, I really appreciate reading your responses!
- January 16, 2009 at 9:46 AM
- susan (garden-chick) said...
Thank god there are others who can't get ribes to grow well - I'm not alone anymore! We had a name your 5 favorite and 5 least favorite plants theme at our East Bay Assocation of Professional Landscape Designers meeting Tuesday and several designers swear by the indestructability of Ribes viburnum, so maybe I'll give it another try.
- January 16, 2009 at 10:06 AM
- Country Mouse said...
Dear Garden Chick - Not sure if you are referring to Ribes viburnifolium - I have that too, growing like gangbusters, untouched by deer, and can recommend it for nice fountaining greenery and pretty leaves. I have it in semi-shade but it does get some hot afternoon sun.
- January 16, 2009 at 12:37 PM
- Carol said...
To have blooms outside in January, I'd have to move. It's nice to see that there are blooms around the world in different (warmer) places.
Thanks for joining in for bloom day!
Carol, May Dreams Gardens - January 17, 2009 at 4:51 AM
- Genevieve said...
Slim pickings? I don't know what you are talking about you lucky thing!!!
Yeah, it's probably cuter in the close-ups that we get to see - just another joy of Garden Blogger's Bloom Day, you get to see your garden in a new way each month. - January 17, 2009 at 9:15 AM
- Dreamybee said...
The Arctostaphylos are so delicate looking-isn't it cool what nature comes up with?
I like your bird bath with the moss on it! - January 20, 2009 at 3:31 AM
- Jan (Thanks For 2 Day) said...
That Pacific Sunset is just LOVELY:) You have a great selection of blooms. I usually participate but couldn't get a post up in time. It's nice to meet yet another garden blogger!!
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This stupid film is being advertised EVERYWHERE and when I saw it advertised at SDCC, that was it! I lost all respect for this piece of crap movie (not like I had any in the first place as his first film was a gigantic piece of crap too) and Rob stupid*ss zombie can kiss my ***! They fricken sponsored the Masquerade Ball at SDCC and so they had to mention this stupid movie every other fricken sentence and it was advertised EVERYWHERE all over the exhibit hall and in the panel rooms!
NOW it's being advertised on SSG...I can't get away from it!
I hope this piece of crap flops and this idiot loses money!!
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Cars > Challenges > "Big Bertha" Vs "Walker"
1999 Ford F350 Dually Lariat
"Big Bertha"
1985 Chevrolet Silverado Silverado
Head to Head
About "Big Bertha"
I bought this truck in 2003 to haul my Hurst Olds with. I was going to call it my Hurst Hauler, but Big Bertha was more appropriate.
You have to park a mile away from everthing cause its jus to big to park close. At least
I get some walking in, Doctors orders. Average fuel milage is 13.1, loaded or empty
thanks to the 410 posi rear.
About "Walker"
got this truck when I turned 15
was completely stock with a 305
Specs for "Big Bertha"
F350 4X4 Lariat, 7.3 Turbo Diesel.
Specs for "Walker"
has a rebuilt 406 matched up to a beefed up th350 trans
Factory Options for "Big Bertha"
Buckets w/ center console, Dual P/ Mirrors, windows, Seats, AM-FM CD, Air, Cruise, Tilt, Over Head Console W/temp,
compass,milage, SD Towing package, 12,000lb
towing capacity.
Factory Options for "Walker"
Silverado package
Mods for "Big Bertha"
Custom Grille, Fog Lites, side marker lamps.
Mods for "Walker"
600cfm Edlebrock Carb
268 Comp Cam
Edlebrock Performer Intake
Hooker Headers
3' flowmaster Super 40s
15x9.5 Cragar SS
Completely new interior w/ 2003 silverado bucket seats
Pioneer CD MP3 deck w/ 1000 watt amp and 12' sub
Vote This challenge has ended!
Points for Big Bertha | Total Votes | Points for Walker |
45 | 13 | 20 |
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In this case, Two sets of entities asked a court to declare legal their methods of helping consumers avoid watching scenes involving sex, violence, or other material they find disturbing. The movie studios then sued them for copyright infringement, and the directors sued for trademark infringement. One set of defendants sold DVD players and related technologies that knew when to and automatically would hit the skip or mute button during certain portions of a movie. In an amicus brief, EFF argued that copyright holders had no right to control consumers' private viewings. By enacting FECA in 2005, Congress made creation and use of this technology clearly legal and this part of the case was set aside. The o/ set of defendants lawfully purchased DVDs, created a copy without sexual or violent content, and then would sell or rent out that copy. For every copy distributed, the companies lawfully bought a DVD. Editing a DVD for your own private viewing is pretty clearly fair use, but that wasn't at issue in this case. Instead, the case dealt with whether the companies could lawfully make the edits on your behalf. Unfortunately, a federal district court ruled that these companies were infringing. EFF filed an amicus brief with respect to these companies but offered no opinion on whether the final DVD was infringing. Rather, the brief argued that as long as making clean movies is not itself an infringing activity, the practice of making intermediate copies should be considered non-infringing as well. It's an important point, because intermediate copies are crucial to the process of creating new copyrighted works. The movie studios subsequently backed off and withdrew their "intermediate copying" argument.
This is the motion picture studio defendants' response brief in opposition to clearplay, trilogy studios, & family shield tech.'s motion for summary judgment.
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Marine layer returns as winds retreat; weekend will be warmer
Coastal clouds will make a comeback in Orange County Thursday and Friday, the National Weather Service says, but temperatures should turn sharply higher for the weekend.
Highs could push into the upper 80s as sunshine dominates the forecast.
For now, low-pressure air moving over Southern California should keep things cooler.
Thursday should be partly cloudy after some morning fog with highs of 67 to 72 degrees inland, 64 on the coast, with only light winds.
Friday turns sunny after a partly cloudy morning with inland high temperatures in the 71 to 76 range, 66 on the coast.
On Saturday it's mostly sunny after a partly cloudy morning as increasing high pressure turns up the heat: 81 to 86 degrees inland, 71 on the coast.
Sunday could see highs of 87 inland, 80 on the coast, under mostly sunny skies.
Early next week, the weather is expected to flip again as low pressure takes over, pushing the highs back down.
Monday is still mostly sunny and 83 degrees inland, 74 on the coast. Tuesday also is mostly sunny after a partly cloudy morning as inland highs fall back into the 75-degree range, 67 on the coast.
And Wednesday looks similar to Tuesday, with mostly sunny skies after clouds and fog in the morning and highs of 73 inland, 66 on the coast.
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Books About The Presidency
A Selective Bibliography
August 1964 | Volume 15, Issue 5
Edwin S. Corwin, The President: Office and Powers, 1787–1957 (1957).
Sidney Hyman, The American President (1954).
Richard E. Neustadt, Presidential Power: The Politics of Leadership (1960).
William B. Brown, The People's Choice: The Presidential Image in the Campaign Biography (1960).
Robert J. Donovan, The Assassins (1955): An account of presidential assassinations.
John and Alice Durant, Pictorial History of American Presidents (1964).
Richard F. Fenno, Jr., The President's Cabinet, An Analysis of the Period from Wilson to Eisenhower (1959).
Bess Furman, White House Profile: A Social History of the White House, Its Occupants, and Its Festivities (1950).
Paul Lazarsfeld et al., The People's Choice: How the Voter Makes Up His Mind in a Presidential Campaign (1960).
Stefan Lorant, The Presidency: A Pictorial History of Presidential Elections, from Washington to Truman (1951).
Rudolph Marx, The Health of the Presidents (1960).
Louise Overacker, Presidential Campaign Funds (1946).
James E. Pollard, The Presidents and the Press (1947).
Edgar E. Robinson, The Presidential Vote: 1896–1932 (1947).
Irving Stone, They Also Ran; The Story of the Men Who Were Defeated for the Presidency (1945).
Theodore H. White, The Making of the President, 1960 (1961).


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Saints Team Report Print this story AIM this story Email this story BY JEFF DUNCAN Oct. 20, 2003 7:10 a.m. Follow the leader RG LeCharles Bentley has turned into a leader on the line in his second season. He is the unit's most physical blocker and sets the tone in the running game with his tenacity and passion. Bentley is prone to mental lapseshe has committed a number of pre-snap penaltiesand he still needs to improve as a pass blocker. But he will merit Pro Bowl consideration if he continues to play at his current level. RB Deuce McAllister has rushed for 100-plus yards in four consecutive games. Most of his production has come behind the blocking on the right side of the line. Bentley and RT Victor Riley are the team's most physical run blockers and they have established themselves early in recent games. DTs Grady Jackson and Johnathan Sullivan are alternating between the nose and "3 technique" position after Jackson played strictly the nose and Sullivan the "3" in the first five games. They made the switch, in part, because Jackson struggled when the offensive alignment required him to play with his left hand down. In those cases he would still keep his right hand down and wound up getting hooked too often by offensive linemen. The Saints chose to alleviate the problem by alternating positions, thereby allowing Jackson to play with his right hand down. Problem spot Kick coverage, a strength a year ago, has been a weakness. The team ranks among the NFL's worst in average starting field position allowed after kickoffs. Defenders aren't fighting off blocks well, and Steve Gleason and Fred McAfee haven't made as many plays because return units are concentrating on them. The loss of wedge buster Mel Mitchell in preseason to a season-ending knee injury didn't help. http://www.foxsports.com/content/view?contentId=1768162 |
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Old Mutual's Investment Unit Raising 10 Billion Rand for Africa
Renee BonorchisOld Mutual Plc's investment arm plans to raise as much as 10 billion rand ($994 million) for agriculture, infrastructure and private-equity funds in Africa.
"There are a lot of opportunities and a lot of optimism about Africa," Diane Radley, chief executive office of Cape Town-based Old Mutual Investment Group, said in an interview today. "The Africa investments are still in their infancy. It's a five- to 10-year journey."
The private-equity fund has raised 2 billion rand and will probably close within two years after reaching a target of 3.5 billion rand, said Radley. Old Mutual's investment unit also plans a fund that will invest in African mutual funds, an impact fund targeting development initiatives, including housing, and possibly health funds, she said.
"Private equity is a great African opportunity because capital markets can be illiquid," said Radley, who was attending the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment conference in Cape Town.
Africa is attracting private-equity firms, including Carlyle Group LP and Actis LLP, with faster economic growth rates than developed nations. The potential generated by the continent's 1 billion consumers has created a $25 billion private-equity industry.
Old Mutual, Africa's largest insurer, has separately set aside 5 billion rand to buy assets in Africa.


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Our Jinja women beaders strive to raise themselves out of poverty. They independently have started their own revolving loan fund from profits from their bead sales. Land in Jinja is very expensive and additional monies are required to help offset the cost of the land. The women are contributing all that they can from their savings but an additional $30,000 USD is required to buy the land on which they can then build a community of small modest homes. Outreach Uganda has raised $20000 to date.
Securing enough monies to buy the land will enable the women to turn their field of dreams into a field of homes for their families. By acquiring the land, the group can then work with the local architect to design a simple self-sustaining community with modest homes, a small community center and garden. The women will be able to obtain individual home loans to build the actual structures.
The new community will offer opportunities for the women to elevate themselves out of poverty and continue to expand their sales of beads and micro-businesses, so that they can finally overcome poverty and change the course of their children's lives. Additionally, our beaders are always willing to "pay it forward." They will continue to train other Uganda women's groups in how to have successful micro-businesses and move themselves out of poverty.


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Tuesday - July 9
Monday - July 8
Sunday - July 7
Saturday - July 6
Always a great day to get home from a Saturday work to find the sewer clogged up. At least it didn't fell the basement up. Only took 3 hours to get it unclogged. Glad I had the day off from training but a lousy way to spend it.


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Land's End Hits 52-Week High
While gains in technology stocks led a rally on Wall Street, at least one direct marketer also had its share of good tidings. Land's End's stock price surged yesterday, posting a closing price of $68.88, which represented an all-time 52-week high.The Dodgeville, WI, clothing direct marketer also has experienced a steady climb in earnings this year, including robust second quarter results announced in August, although there is no link of more recent news from the $254 million company that might account for the record stock price.
Land's End's earnings are expected to climb in both 2000 and 2001, and profits will grow 54 percent, according to financial analyst forecasts, including Credit Suisse First Boston and First Union Capital Markets, signaling that Wall Street is confident the company's high inventory levels and high interest expense a year ago may be a thing of the past.
It's better than expected second quarter earnings results in August were attributed to strong performance in its international and specialty businesses, as well as its efforts to reduce inventory and expenses, according to the company. A Land's End spokeswoman said company executives would not comment on the recent surge in stock price or speculate about the reasons behind it, although she said, "We are very happy that it's at an all-time high."


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Courtesy of the folks at Dreamworks, we have three copies of last year's teen sci-fi flick I Am Number Four to give away in conjunction with the DVD/Blu Ray/VOD release on May 24th. If you'll recall, the movie is by Disturbia and Eagle Eye director D.J. Caruso, and is based on a young adult novel by "Pittacus Lore.*"
As always, I'll try to keep this simple: tweet @twitchfilm with the name of your favorite aliens on Earth film, book, comic, or show** followed by the hashtag #NUMBERFOUR.
The contest is open to U.S. and Canadian readers from now until 11:59 PM PST May 23rd.
Here's the official synopsis of the movie as well as the Blu Ray specs:
Three are dead. Who is Number Four? From director D.J. Caruso (Disturbia), producer Michael Bay (Transformers) and the writers of TV's Smallville, comes this gripping, action-packed thriller. John Smith (Alex Pettyfer) is an extraordinary teen masking his true identity to elude a deadly enemy sent to destroy him. Living with his guardian (Timothy Olyphant) in the small town he now calls home, John encounters unexpected, life-changing events -- his first love (Dianna Agron, TV's Glee), powerful new abilities and a secret connection to the others who share his incredible destiny. Complete with deleted scenes and more, I Am Number Four is an explosive, suspense-filled ride that will take you to the edge of your seat and beyond.
Special Features
• "Becoming Number 6" Featurette
• Bloopers
Everything on the DVD plus...
• 6 Deleted Scenes with Introductions by Director D.J. Caruso
o "Strangers in Paradise" (Extended)
o "Sam's Mom"
o "Worth Mentioning"
o "Power Prank"
o "Trying to Connect"
o "Extended Warsaw Basement"
I AM Number Four will be on DVD, Blu Ray, and VOD on May 24th.
For more contests, comic, game, and film news follow @thecharleswebb and @twitchfilm.
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FAICP: College of Fellows of AICP
Election to Fellow is one of the highest honors that the American Institute of Certified Planners bestows upon a member.
Fellows of AICP are honored in recognition of the achievements of the planner as an individual, elevating the Fellow before the public and the profession as a model planner who has made significant contributions to planning and society. Fellowship is granted to planners who have been members of AICP and have achieved excellence in professional practice, teaching and mentoring, research, public and community service, and leadership. Those chosen become members of the College of Fellows.
The College of Fellows is concerned with mentoring and future advancement of the profession of planning. As outstanding professionals in the field of planning, Fellows of AICP will address student organizations, state APA conferences, and professional development programs.
Class of 2016 Induction Ceremony
The AICP College of Fellows welcomed the new class of 2016 during the National Planning Conference in Phoenix. Congratulations to the 61 new Fellows.
Class of 2016 Speaker
During every induction ceremony, one inductee speaks on behalf of the class. This year, new inductee, Rhonda Phillips, FAICP, delivered an eloquent speech she entitled, "Planning Happiness."
Class of 2016
Armando Carbonell, FAICP
Brian C. Canin, FAICP
Brian W. Shupe, FAICP
Brian F. Mooney, FAICP
Carlos Rodrigues, FAICP
Carol R. Collier, FAICP
Celia McAdam, FAICP CTP
Charles L. W. Leider, FAICP
Chris Kluchman, FAICP
Craig Lewis, FAICP
Cynthia M. Houben, FAICP
Daniel J. Reuter, FAICP
David Rouse, FAICP
Deborah M. Rosenthal, FAICP
Dennis A. Egner, FAICP
Gary Hack, FAICP
George M. Homewood III, FAICP
James S. Hester, FAICP
James Tischler, FAICP
James C. Schwab, FAICP
Jamie A. Cochran, FAICP
Jamie Greene, FAICP
Jan Striefel, FAICP
John Lettelleir, FAICP
Julie A. Woods, FAICP
Karen Wolf, FAICP
Kimberly K. Gerhart-Fritz, FAICP
Kristin M. Hopkins, FAICP
Kurt E. Christiansen, FAICP
Kurt D. Culbertson, FAICP
Larry B. Morrison, FAICP
Lucie B. L. Vogel, FAICP
Margot Y. H. Garcia, FAICP
Martha M. Semmes, FAICP
Marya Morris, FAICP
Michael D. Watkins, FAICP
J. Michael Cobb, FAICP
Nina Nixon-Mendez, FAICP
Patricia K. Joiner, FAICP
Paul F. Berge, FAICP
Paul S. Lewis, FAICP
Paul V. Luersen, FAICP
Philip W. Hanegraaf, FAICP
Ramond A. Chiaramonte, FAICP
J. Rebecca Leonard, FAICP
Rhonda G. Phillips, FAICP
Robert G. Shibley, FAICP
Robert A. Stalzer, FAICP
Robert E. Sullivan, FAICP
Robert M. Lewis, FAICP
Ron C. Littlefield, FAICP
Ruth E. Knack, FAICP
Saralee L. Morrissey, FAICP
Scott Polikov, FAICP
Terry Schwarz, FAICP
Thomas D. Rust, FAICP
Thomas Schulze, FAICP
Toby L. Fauver, FAICP
Warren W. Terry, FAICP
William T. Frazier, FAICP
Zenia Kotval, FAICP
Fellows of AICP
Norman Abbott, FAICP
John J. Accordino, FAICP
Charles Allen, FAICP
David J. Allor, FAICP
Karen Alschuler, FAICP
Gary D. Anderson, FAICP
William Anderson, FAICP
Richard T. Anderson, FAICP
Robert E. Ansley Jr., FAICP
George I. Atta, FAICP
Alden Franz Aust, FAICP
Uri P. Avin, FAICP
Edmund Bacon, FAICP
Ann Bagley, FAICP
Tridib Banerjee, FAICP
Robert Barber, FAICP
Mitzi Barker, FAICP
Jonathan Barnett, FAICP
Carol D. Barrett, FAICP
Ernest R. Bartley, FAICP
Christopher Basham, FAICP
Leonard James Bauer, FAICP
Barbara Becker, FAICP
Ralph E. Becker Jr., FAICP
Robert W. Becker, FAICP
Tom Beckwith, FAICP
Owen Beitsch, FAICP
Ralph C. Bender, FAICP
Teree L. Bergman, FAICP
Paul A. Bergmann, FAICP
Richard C. Bernhardt, FAICP
Brian J.L. Berry, FAICP
Dale F. Bertsch, FAICP
Dave E. Bess, FAICP
Richard Bickel, FAICP
Charles Billand, FAICP
Graham Billingsley, FAICP
Eugenie L. Birch, FAICP
Daniel Bird, FAICP
Merle H. Bishop, FAICP
Alan Black, FAICP
Pat Blackshear, FAICP
Lachlan F. Blair, FAICP
Whit Blanton, FAICP
Roger Blevins, FAICP
Michael H. Blue, FAICP
Richard Bolan, FAICP
Claude E. Boles Jr., FAICP
Fred Bosselman, FAICP
William W. Bowdy, FAICP
Mary Anne Bowie, FAICP
David Boyd, FAICP
Melville C. Branch, FAICP
Anna M. Breinich, FAICP
Dean P. Brennan, FAICP
John Bridges, FAICP
Jane S. Brooks, FAICP
Mike Brooks, FAICP
David Brower, FAICP
Lee Brown, FAICP
Horace Brown, FAICP
Nancy Benziger Brown, FAICP
Pamela Judith Brown, FAICP
Robert N. Brown, FAICP
Martin Bruno, FAICP
Raymond Burby, FAICP
Amanda M. Burden, FAICP
Robert G. Burke, FAICP
Roberta Burroughs, FAICP
Stephen C. Butler, FAICP
David L. Callies, FAICP
Brian Campbell, FAICP
Paulette Carolin, FAICP
Eugene E. Carr, FAICP
James E. Carrillo, FAICP
Donald Carter, FAICP
Sam Casella, FAICP
Anthony J. Catanese, FAICP
Philip Brettun Caton, FAICP
Robert A. Catlin, FAICP
F. Stuart Chapin, FAICP
George Bernard Chapman, FAICP
M. Perry Chapman, FAICP
Jay Chatterjee, FAICP
Willard T. Chow, FAICP
Hyung C. Chung, FAICP
Philip H. Clark, FAICP
Arnold Cogan, FAICP
William Cohen, FAICP
Fred Collignon, FAICP
Brad Collins, FAICP
Arlan Colton, FAICP
Pat Comarell, FAICP
Charlie Compton, FAICP
Connie B. Cooper, FAICP
Garry V. Cooper, FAICP
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Gary A. Cornell, FAICP
Fernando Costa, FAICP
Elaine Costello, FAICP
Robert D. Cotter, FAICP
Linda R. Cox, FAICP
Glenn Coyne, FAICP
Paul C. Crawford, FAICP
Betty Croly, FAICP
John F. (Jack) Crowley, FAICP
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Patrick J. Cusick, Jr., FAICP
William S. Dahlstrom, FAICP
Greg Dale, FAICP
Linda C. Dalton, FAICP
Wayne Daltry, FAICP
Robert F. Dannenbrink Jr., FAICP
Linda Lund Davis, FAICP
Dennis E. Daye, FAICP
John DeGrove, FAICP
Tom Dinell, FAICP
Jeanette Dinwiddie-Moore, FAICP
Michael A. Dobbins, FAICP
Leslie Dornfeld, FAICP
Victor B. Dover, FAICP
Boris Dramov, FAICP
Frank Duke, FAICP
James B. Duncan, FAICP
Bud Dutton, FAICP
Michael V. Dyett, FAICP
Elaine K. Echols, FAICP
David J. Edelman, FAICP
Joseph T. Edmiston, FAICP
Robert C. Einsweiler, FAICP
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Henry Eng, FAICP
Leon S. Eplan, FAICP
John Epling, FAICP
Richard B. Erickson, FAICP
Jerome Ernst, FAICP
Craig Farmer, FAICP
Paul Farmer, FAICP
Wayne Feiden, FAICP
Karen B. Fernandez, FAICP
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Frank Fish, FAICP
Ronald Lee Fleming, FAICP
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Corinne Fox, FAICP
Joe Frank, FAICP
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Adrian P. Freund, FAICP
Stephen B. Friedman, FAICP
Ralph Gakenheimer, FAICP
Joanne Garnett, FAICP
David R. Gattis, FAICP
Charles R. Gauthier, FAICP
Laurence Conway Gerckens, FAICP
David R. Godschalk, FAICP
S. Gail Goldberg, FAICP
Carl Goldschmidt, FAICP
Dennis Andrew Gordon, FAICP
Steve Gordon, FAICP
William Gould, FAICP
Sigurd Grava, FAICP
Clifford Graves, FAICP
Ellen J. Greenberg, FAICP
Sherman Griselle, FAICP
Albert Guttenburg, FAICP
David Michael Haight, FAICP
Besim S. Hakim, FAICP
Irving Hand, FAICP
Wes Hankins, FAICP
Harlan Hanson, FAICP
Angela N. Harper, FAICP
Mike Harper, FAICP
Britton Harris, FAICP
William M. Harris Sr., FAICP
Mark H. Hastert, FAICP
David P. Healey, FAICP
Ellen M. Heath, FAICP
Roger K. Hedrick, FAICP
Edward Helfeld, FAICP
Mary Lou Henry, FAICP
Vernon G. Henry, FAICP
Milton J. Herd, FAICP
Benjamin A. Herman, FAICP
Albert Herson, FAICP
Jesus H. Hinojosa, FAICP
Mark L. Hinshaw, FAICP
John E. Hirten, FAICP
Allan A. Hodges, FAICP
Stanley R. Hoffman, FAICP
Edward Holden, FAICP
Jim Holway, FAICP
Terry Holzheimer, FAICP
Lew Hopkins, FAICP
Patrick Horsbrugh, FAICP
Deborah A. Howe, FAICP
Cynthia Hoyle, FAICP
Valerie Hubbard, FAICP
Robert P. Huefner, FAICP
Satyendra Singh Huja, FAICP
Robert Hunter, FAICP
Fred Hurand, FAICP
Edward J. Hustoles, FAICP
Ernest Watson Hutton Jr., FAICP
Daniel Iacofano, FAICP
Thomas Jacobson, FAICP
Alexander Jaegerman, FAICP
David Johnson, FAICP
Robert J. Juster, FAICP
Vivian Kahn, FAICP
Edward Kaiser, FAICP
Jerome L. Kaufman, FAICP
Barbara Kautz, FAICP
Larry Keating, FAICP
Lloyd Keefe, FAICP
John Keller, FAICP
Eric Damian Kelly, FAICP
Gil Kelly, FAICP
Paul B. Kelman, FAICP
Oliver Kerr, FAICP
Mary R. Kihl, FAICP
David N. Kinsey, FAICP
David C. Kirk, FAICP
Lawrence Kline, FAICP
Bruce A. Knight, FAICP
Naphtali Knox, FAICP
Alan Kreditor, FAICP
Kenneth M. Kreutziger, FAICP
Donald A. Krueckeberg, FAICP
Norman Krumholz, FAICP
Andrea Wohlfeld Kuhn, FAICP
Mark D. Kulaas, FAICP
Glenn Kumekawa, FAICP
Bruce Laing, FAICP
Floyd Lapp, FAICP
Deborah A. Lawlor, FAICP
Nancey Green Leigh, FAICP
Robert A. Leiter, FAICP
Glen S. LeRoy, FAICP
Julius S. Levine, FAICP
Constance Lieder, FAICP
Helen M. Olson Lightle, FAICP
Richard R. Lillie, FAICP
Steven G. Lindorff, FAICP
Roberta Longfellow, FAICP
Peter Lowitt, FAICP
Weiming Lu, FAICP
Jerome W. Lubin, FAICP
Barbara Lukermann, FAICP
Robert H. Lurcott, FAICP
Dean Macris, FAICP
Marjorie Macris, FAICP
George G. Mader, FAICP
Riad G. Mahayni, FAICP
Howard Maier, FAICP
Emil Malizia, FAICP
Alan Mallach, FAICP
Lawrence Mann, FAICP
Robert W. Marans, FAICP
George T. Marcou, FAICP
Laurie B. Marston, FAICP
Cheryl Matheny, FAICP
Richard May Jr., FAICP
Michael D. McAnelly, FAICP
William McAllister, FAICP
Anne McBride, FAICP
Robin H. McCaffrey, FAICP
Heather McCartney, FAICP
Robin McClelland, FAICP
Bruce W. McClendon, FAICP
Alan McClennen Jr., FAICP
Ron McConnell, FAICP
Michael J. McCormick, FAICP
Margarita P. McCoy, FAICP
Bruce D. McDowell, FAICP
Christie L. McGetrick, FAICP
Dorn C. McGrath Jr., FAICP
John B. McNamara, FAICP
Judith Meany, FAICP
Stuart Meck, FAICP
Joy Mee, FAICP
Dwight Merriam, FAICP
Frederick Merrill, FAICP
Darrell C. Meyer, FAICP
Martin Meyerson, FAICP
Barry J. Miller, FAICP
Ron Miller, FAICP
J. Laurence Mintier, FAICP
Vijay Mital, FAICP
Robert P. Mitchell, FAICP
Emil R. Moncivais, FAICP
Terry Moore, FAICP
Sarah More, FAICP
Harvey Moskowitz, FAICP
Robert Mulhere, FAICP
Louis Bert Muhly, FAICP
John R. Mullin, FAICP
Michael J. Munson, FAICP
Norman Murdoch, FAICP
Jack Nasar, FAICP
Lee Nellis, FAICP
Arthur C. Nelson, FAICP
Dick Netzer, FAICP
Barry C. Nocks, FAICP
Paul Norby, FAICP
Perry Norton, FAICP
Robert B. Olshansky, FAICP
Ben Orsbon, FAICP
Dean C. Palos, FAICP
Vincent A. Papsidero, FAICP
James Francis Parajon, FAICP
Jacqueline A. Parnell, FAICP
Julie Pastor, FAICP
Robert J. Paternoster, FAICP
Charles G. Pattison, FAICP
Jim Paulmann, FAICP
Kenneth T. Pearlman, FAICP
Gene Pearson, FAICP
Mary Kay Peck, FAICP
Thomas G. Pelham, FAICP
James E. Peters, FAICP
Phillip D. Peters, FAICP
Patricia D. Petrie, FAICP
Robert J. Piper, FAICP
Rocky Piro, FAICP
David G. Pitt, FAICP
Joe Pobiner, FAICP
Pete Pointner, FAICP
Les Pollock, FAICP
Peter Pollock, FAICP
David J. Portman, FAICP
Ralph Portmore, FAICP
Roy Wilson Potter, FAICP
Steven A. Preston, FAICP
Rick Pruetz, FAICP
David L. Pugh, FAICP
Mary Joan Pugh, FAICP
Joel Edward Putterman, FAICP
Ray Quay, FAICP
Bruce A. Race, FAICP
Jeffrey Alan Rader, FAICP
Julianne Rankin, FAICP
Robert E. Reiman, FAICP
Carol A. Rhea, FAICP
Suzann S. Rhodes, FAICP
Orlando Riutort, FAICP
H. Randal Roark, FAICP
Harold Robertson, FAICP
Gloria W. Robinson, FAICP
Sergio Rodriguez, FAICP
Wolfgang G. Roeseler, FAICP
Joseph Lee Rodgers, FAICP
Marsha Rood, FAICP
Donald Rothblatt, FAICP
Richard Rothman, FAICP
Janet M. Ruggiero, FAICP
Peter D. Salins, FAICP
Brenda C. Scheer, FAICP
Gary Schoennauer, FAICP
Sue Schwartz, FAICP
Paul H. Sedway, FAICP
Dan G. Sefko, FAICP
James A. Segedy, FAICP
Ann Meriweather Shafor, FAICP
John Shardlow, FAICP
Sumner Sharpe, FAICP
Ethel Sheffer, FAICP
Ron Shiffman, FAICP
Ronald N. Short, FAICP
Donald Shoup, FAICP
Marty Shukerts, FAICP
David M. Siegel, FAICP
Christopher Silver, FAICP
Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP
Marshall D. Slagle, FAICP
Mike Slavney, FAICP
Brian K. Smith, FAICP
Herbert H. Smith, FAICP
William Snowden, FAICP
Frank So, FAICP
Lester Solin, FAICP
Cheryl Soon, FAICP
Jeff Soule, FAICP
James A. Spencer, FAICP
William M. Spikowski, FAICP
Marvin Springer, FAICP
Robert Stacey, FAICP
Earl M. Starnes, FAICP
Donald J. Stastny, FAICP
Jay Stein, FAICP
Stuart W. Stein, FAICP
Jill Brown Sterrett, FAICP
Bruce Stiftel, FAICP
Susan Stoddard, FAICP
Albert Jack Stodghill, FAICP
Israel Stollman, FAICP
Judith Stoloff, FAICP
Kenneth E. Sulzer, FAICP
Vernon Dale Swaback, FAICP
Debra Z. Sydenham, FAICP
Jeffrey M. Taebel, FAICP
Emily Talen, FAICP
Brian D. Taylor, FAICP
Robert B. Teska, FAICP
Carol J. Thomas, FAICP
June Manning Thomas, FAICP
Ronald L. Thomas, FAICP
Sidney F. Thomas, Jr., FAICP
Michael P.C. Tillett, FAICP
Kenneth C. Topping, FAICP
Nohad A. Toulan, FAICP
Joseph Tovar, FAICP
William Towler, FAICP
Susan L. Trevarthen, FAICP
William Trimm, FAICP
Frank F. Turner, FAICP
Stuart Turner, FAICP
Richard E. Tustian, FAICP
Elizabeth H. Tyler, FAICP
Norman R. Tyler, FAICP
Richard W. Unger, FAICP
David Varady, FAICP
Lisa Verner, FAICP
Stephen D. Villavaso, FAICP
Joe Vining, FAICP
Francis Violich, FAICP
Alan M. Voorhees, FAICP
Fritz Wagner, FAICP
Roger Wagoner, FAICP
Roger Waldon, FAICP
Bill Wallace, FAICP
Jerry S. Walls, FAICP
Lincoln Walther, FAICP
Karen Walz, FAICP
Larry W. Watts, FAICP
John Jerome "Jerry" Weitz Jr., FAICP
Robert Wegner, Sr., FAICP
Frank B. Wein, FAICP
Louis B. Wetmore, FAICP
John Whalen, FAICP
M. Margo Wheeler, FAICP
Philip H. Wheeler, FAICP
Sara Jane White, FAICP
John J. Wiggin, FAICP
David Wilcox, FAICP
Ronald A. Williamson, FAICP
Ralph Willmer, FAICP
Richard Willson, FAICP
J. Dennis Wilson, FAICP
Dick Winchell, FAICP
Mark Winogrond, FAICP
Arch R. Winter, FAICP
Ben Withers, FAICP
Richard M. Wozniak, FAICP
Mark A. Wyckoff, FAICP
Byrnes Yamashita, FAICP
Bruce T. Yoder, FAICP
Marie L. York, FAICP
Alfred Zelinka, FAICP
James P. Zook, FAICP
Paul Zucker, FAICP


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The birds!
Trip Start
Jan 19, 2006
Trip End
Jan 19, 2007
Got the bus down the coast and arrived in Paracas a small fishing village and nicer than Pisco before getting the speed boat out to the islands. Was a beautful sunny day and on the way we luckily spotted a few dolphins swimming in the bay which was great. Towards the islands we could see streams of literally thousands of birds flying towards the mainland or back curving up and down in lines like falling dominoes.
The boat then approached the candelabras which are mysterious lines etched in the side of the cliffs towards the sea. Again noone knows why these are here either but are very impressive and were glad we saw these even if we didnt see the Nasca lines.
Then onwards to the islas and approached the first ones to see hundreds of birds from boobies to rare penguins. Then sealions including pups, cormorants, pelicans gobbling fish. Was great. I thought it would be like the Farne Islands in the UK (Northumbria) which are great if you get a chance to go but this was even better. Was also great as there were rock arches and small rock islets covered in sealions. Was def worth 4 quid!!
Have def realised if you have low expectations they will nearly always be exceeded. Think this will be our new motto.
On our way back saw thousands more birds and the dolphins again before then heading back to Pisco. Had a nice lunch in town before getting the Peru Bus for 13 Soles to Lima.
We had VERY low expectations of Lima and heard horrendous stories and many people just avoid it altogether. We planned on one night there if we could cope.
Bus was fine although I slept most the way for some reason! Dave watched English films so was happy.
Approached the sprawl and slums of Lima before arriving at one of the several bus terminals and then negotiating a taxi to take us to a hostal. Headed to the Olimpus in Miraflores which was quite pricey ($20) but they all seem pricey here plus it was safe and included free internet. Was a nice room AGAIN! Plus cable tv.
Then took in more laundry before heading up the main Miraflores street past all the touristy shops and restaurants which felt very western and not Peruvian before hitting the main park and the usual McDonalds, KFC etc. Went to the Indian Market which was full of the usual tourist tat and then headed back and got a lovely Chinese meal near our hotel for about 6 Soles inc wonton soup. Has been ages since our last Chinese and we really appreciated it.
Back to our hotel for cable tv and I fell asleep again by 9pm. Am getting worried!


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Down the road only a few generations, the millennium of the Magna Carta, one of the great events in the establishment of civil and human rights, will arrive. Whether it will be celebrated, mourned, or ignored is not at all clear.
That should be a matter of serious immediate concern. What we do right now, or fail to do, will determine what kind of world will greet that event. It is not an attractive prospect if present tendencies persist – not least, because the Great Charter is being shredded before our eyes.
The first scholarly edition of Magna Carta was published by the eminent jurist William Blackstone. It was not an easy task. There was no good text available. As he wrote, "the body of the charter has been unfortunately gnawn by rats" – a comment that carries grim symbolism today, as we take up the task the rats left unfinished.
Blackstone's edition actually includes two charters. It was entitled The Great Charter and the Charter of the Forest. The first, the Charter of Liberties, is widely recognised to be the foundation of the fundamental rights of the English-speaking peoples – or as Winston S Churchill put it more expansively: "The charter of every self-respecting man at any time in any land." Churchill was referring specifically to the reaffirmation of the charter by parliament in the Petition of Right, which implored King Charles to recognise that the law was sovereign, not the king. Charles agreed briefly, but soon violated his pledge, setting the stage for the murderous English Civil War.
After a bitter conflict between king and parliament, the power of royalty in the person of Charles II was restored. In defeat, the Magna Carta was not forgotten. One of the leaders of parliament, Henry Vane, was beheaded. On the scaffold, he tried to read a speech denouncing the sentence as a violation of the Magna Carta, but was drowned out by trumpets to ensure that such scandalous words would not be heard by the cheering crowds. His major crime had been to draft a petition calling the people "the original of all just power" in civil society – not the king, not even God. That was the position that had been strongly advocated by Roger Williams, the founder of the first free society in what is now the state of Rhode Island. His heretical views influenced Milton and Locke, though Williams went much farther, founding the modern doctrine of separation of church and state, still much contested even in the liberal democracies.
"In a unanimous decision, the US Supreme Court held that the rights guaranteed by [the Habeas Corpus Act] were '[c]onsidered by the Founders [of the American Republic] as the highest safeguard of liberty'. All of these words should resonate today."
As often is the case, apparent defeat nevertheless carried the struggle for freedom and rights forward. Shortly after Vane's execution, King Charles II granted a Royal Charter to the Rhode Island plantations, declaring that "the form of government is Democratical," and furthermore that the government could affirm freedom of conscience for Papists, atheists, Jews, Turks – even Quakers, one of the most feared and brutalised of the many sects that were appearing in those turbulent days. All of this was astonishing in the climate of the times.
A few years later, the Charter of Liberties was enriched by the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679, formally entitled "an Act for the better securing the liberty of the subject, and for prevention of imprisonment beyond the seas." The US Constitution, borrowing from English common law, affirms that "the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended" except in case of rebellion or invasion. In a unanimous decision, the US Supreme Court held that the rights guaranteed by this act were "[c]onsidered by the Founders [of the American Republic] as the highest safeguard of liberty". All of these words should resonate today.
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Dear Friends, Happy Holiday Season! Hope you are enjoying the holiday season. This year the winter has started a little later here but it is pleasantly cold right now. We hope it is also nice weather where you are. I am sharing the half yearly report (April to September 2010) which my colleagues have prepared for you with much enthusiasm and gratitude. With this letter we would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to you for all your support to this project. During these six months a lot of work was done and on many occasions the village communities and the students have come together to exhibit their solidarity on the issues of Education in our region. In the report one such incidence of village Chhali is narrated. I hope you will enjoy reading more about it. By September 2010 we were running 192 schools with 208 teachers. Total enrollment has been 5,703 with 3,310 boys and 2,393 girls. 227 teachers were enrolled for the certification course which is an in-depth training course for the teachers that Seva Mandir offers in the project you are supporting. However, this year, the village communities also selected some teachers from the Government Schools. This shows that the investments in teachers made by Seva Mandir are of great value in the local community and people are able to see positive impact on their children's learning. More than 1000 children got enrolled in Government schools this year after graduating from Seva Mandir supported Rural Schools (SKs). We are very excited to share all the progress we have made. We believe that our success is your success. We are delighted sharing it with you and we hope you are also glad to hear about it. Thank you for being a wonderful partner to us. We hope to continue receiving your support as your contribution and support brings us a lot of strength and positive energy. Do consider to donate to us again and tell your friends about this project. Thank you very much once again. A small story at the end of my letter is given for your reference. I hope this holiday season is the best of all you have had so far. With warm regards, Deepti ------------- In Losing Dhana village the Government School was located 2 kms away. During monsoon it was even more difficult for children to walk to it as the stream in the village divided it into two halves. Considering these hardships the village community proposed to open a rural school in their neighborhood. Therefore, Seva Mandir supported the rural community to set up an SK in 2004. At present there are 22 children enrolled in the centre, including 11 boys' and 11 girls. The SK is run by a local instructor, Premlata, who has studied till class 8th. She teaches children with lot of care and attention, and makes sure that the environment is child friendly and comfortable. One of the students at this centre is Meethalal Rawat (12 years old). He came to this centre in 2009. He had passed out of the Government school in Losing Dhana from class 5th, but could hardly read any letter in Hindi nor could count till 20. After 1 ½ years now at this centre he can now count till 100, can do basic mathematic calculations and read and write small sentences in Hindi. As per the instructor he is friendly to all his classmates and is much disciplined. He loves playing cricket and Kabaddi (Indian sport) too. Lakshmi (12 years old) another student at this centre also studied in government school till 4th class. After realizing that she has not learnt much in 4 years, her parents enrolled her with the SK in 2008. Now after spending 2 years her academic performance has improved drastically. She can read and write sentences, count till 100 and can do basic ma thematic calculations. She enjoys reciting poems in the class. She works hard and is very bright. She dreams to be a teacher in future.
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Kevin Rutland Scouting Report
Position: | CB |
Conference: | SEC |
School: | Missouri Tigers |
Year/Status: | Declared |
Jersey Number: | #20 |
Height & Weight: | 6'0 - 190 lbs. |
40-Yard Dash | 4.59 |
Bench press | 12 |
Vertical jump | 35.5 |
Broad jump | 9'10 |
Three-cone drill | 6.92 |
2011 NFL Draft Prospect Scouting Report:
Kevin Rutland, CB, Missouri
By his junior campaign Rutland was ready to make the jump into a starting role and he surprised just about everybody. During that season he started all 13 games and totaled 47 tackles and led the team with two interceptions. In 2010 Rutland was the experienced cornerback on Missouri's squad and took over a leadership role. He picked off three passes and was used most often in blitz packages and reached the quarterback four times.
Rutland looks like a fine NFL player. He is 6-0, lean and has very long arms. He has more than enough speed to keep up with just about anybody in the NFL, and teams finally noticed that after he ran a 4.46 at Missouri's pro day. However, he is labeled a tweener and most teams do not know if he should be a cornerback or a free safety in the NFL. Either way, his pro day performance could have catapulted him from a potential undrafted free agent into the fourth round.
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This homemade costume for groups entered our 2011 Halloween Costume Contest.
A word from Bernadette, the 'Mortal Kombat Fighters' costume creator:
My friend and I made our costumes FROM SCRATCH, with NO patterns to sew from, IN A WEEK.. Needless to say it was a very hectic week as it was the first time we've actually sewn something more than just a hem. Our costumes are from the newest Mortal Kombat game.
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About Roman Kriheli
A prominent figure in the SoHo art scene of 1980s New York, Roman Kriheli produces oil-on-canvas and mixed-media works, predominantly large-scale still lifes and portraits. Kriheli draws influence from the Renaissance masters to create his paintings of nude figures, urns, and fruit, all in a muted palette of pale gray, pink, and blue tones. More recently he created a stir with his painting The Most Beautiful Woman in the World (2013), the title of which was revealed months before the image; it depicts an unknown contemporary subject, seated in an unassuming position and gazing calmly out at viewers.
Russian, b. 1956, Georgia (former Soviet Union), based in New York, New York


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Medicare is wasting hundreds of millions of dollars a year by failing to rein in doctors who routinely give patients pricey name-brand drugs when cheaper generic alternatives are available.
ProPublica analyzed the prescribing habits of 1.6 million practitioners nationwide and found that a tiny fraction of them are having an outsized impact on spending in Medicare's massive drug program.
Just 913 internists, family medicine and general practice physicians cost taxpayers an extra $300 million in 2011 alone by disproportionately choosing name-brand drugs. These doctors wrote at least 5,000 prescriptions that year, including refills, and ranked among the program's most prolific prescribers.
Many of these physicians also have accepted thousands of dollars in promotional or consulting fees from drug companies, records show.
While lawmakers bitterly disagree about the Affordable Care Act, Medicare's drug program has been held up as a success for government health care. It has come in below cost estimates while providing access to needed medicines for 36 million seniors and the disabled.
But this seeming fiscal success has hidden billions of dollars lost to unnecessarily expensive prescribing over the program's eight-year history.
The waste is exacerbated by a well-meaning benefit written into the drug program, known as Part D: Low-income patients pay less than $7 per prescription regardless of a medication's cost. The unintended consequence is that doctors can dole out name brands without fear of pushback from patients about price.
Taxpayers spent $62 billion last year on Part D — more than a third of it on this low-income subsidy, sometimes called Extra Help.
Dr. Hew Wah Quon is one of Medicare's top prescribers. From a worn office in Los Angeles' bustling Chinatown, he churned out $27 million worth of prescriptions from 2009 to 2011, data show.
All Quon's patients in 2011 qualified for the low-income subsidy. He mostly prescribed name brands, such as AstraZeneca's Crestor, for high cholesterol. Crestor costs more than $6 a pill; the leading generic costs as little as 20 cents.
If Quon had prescribed the way other internists in California do, choosing drugs so his average cost was similar, he alone would have saved Medicare $5 million, ProPublica's analysis shows.
"Boy, this doctor is a walking economic disaster," said Dr. Jerry Avorn, a Harvard medical professor and expert on prescription drugs.
When first contacted by ProPublica last year, Quon defended some of his choices but abruptly ended the interview and has since declined to comment.
Others who prescribe similarly said they believe name-brand drugs do a better job. But numerous studies show that generics, which must meet rigid Food and Drug Administration standards, work just as well for most patients.
Health programs run by the U.S. military and the Department of Veterans Affairs control costs by strictly limiting the name-brand drugs doctors can prescribe. Some of the nation's leading private health plans do as well.
Medicare, which pays for one in every four prescriptions nationwide, hasn't asked Congress for the authority to put similar checks in place.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which administers Medicare, declined to make an official available for an interview and would not answer specific questions.
"By law, Medicare must cover items and services that are reasonable and necessary," a CMS spokesperson said in an email. "Within those rules, doctors and their patients are free to make medical treatment decisions that are best for the patient."
In the past, agency officials have said that while Part D is a government program, private insurers are responsible for running it. They normally decide how to manage their drug plans but cannot increase prices for the poor.
Some say Medicare should establish penalties and bonuses to encourage more cost-effective habits.
"I just don't see how that's different from holding them accountable for the quality of care in the exam room or in the operating room," said Dr. Nancy Morden, an associate professor at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, which has studied Part D.
King Of The Name Brands
Quon's unassuming office, just outside downtown Los Angeles, is wedged between a bank and a budget hotel. In 2011, some 80,000 prescriptions flowed from here and his other office nearby in Monterey Park.
Quon, 62, was the nation's top prescriber that year for a dozen name-brand drugs and second-highest for another 13.
Crestor was high on his list — he prescribed it 5,250 times, more than double any other doctor in Part D. Doctors typically find that generics such as simvastatin work well to treat the risks from artery-clogging cholesterol.
Quon also liked Lovaza, a purified and concentrated fish oil.
The drug is marketed by GlaxoSmithKline to treat very high triglycerides, fats in the blood linked to heart disease. At more than $90 per prescription in 2011, Lovaza's price dwarfed over-the-counter fish oils that sold for a few dollars a bottle.
Quon prescribed Lovaza 4,700 times, tops in the country.
Dr. Steven Nissen, chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, said it is "absolutely inconceivable" to treat so many patients "with a drug approved only to treat a relatively rare disorder."
Prescribers and Payments
ProPublica's analysis of potential savings focused on primary care doctors because they treat a wide range of conditions for which generics are often available.
Collectively, the data show, the drugs ordered by Quon and others in the group of high name-brand prescribers cost Medicare more than $1 billion in 2011.
Nearly a third of that could have been saved if their prescribing had the same average cost as their peers.
Many of the doctors in this group also have financial ties to the companies whose pills they prescribe.
Since 2009, about 48 percent of them, Quon included, received at least $1,000 in speaking, consulting or other promotional payments, according to drug company disclosures ProPublica has compiled.
By comparison, among a random sample of doctors who prescribed mostly generics, only 15 percent received industry money and amounts typically were less.
For the Poor, Priciest Pills
Part D was created amid a partisan fight over who should run the program — the government or private industry. But it was accepted that no matter who was in charge, poor Medicare enrollees would need extra help paying their drug bills.
Today, this special subsidy has ballooned into the program's biggest cost, rising 35 percent since 2007, to $22.8 billion in 2012, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), a group that reports to Congress on Medicare.
For the more than 11 million who get the subsidy, the price difference between a generic and a brand name is only $4. Even the most expensive drugs cost patients $6.60 or less, giving them — and their doctors — little incentive to be cost conscious.
For others in Part D, typical co-pays for name-brand drugs — $40 to $85 — deliver a strong push towards generics, which generally cost less than $5.
'The Light Bulb Goes Off'
Pharmacist Mark Greg mimics the time-tested tactics of drug company sales reps. Like them, he studies doctors' prescribing records, arms himself with medical studies and even provides lunch.
The difference: Greg is pushing generics.
He works for Advocate Physician Partners, part of a Chicago-area hospital chain that gives doctors bonuses for meeting performance measures that include generic use.
Greg, the group's manager of clinical programs, asks doctors to see things from the patient's point of view.
"Would you want to pay $10 a day for the same benefit as you would get for paying 10 cents a day?" he said. "In many cases the light bulb goes off."
At one Advocate clinic in Chicago, 11 primary care physicians prescribed at least 80 percent generics in 2011.
Across the country, private practices and government agencies alike have tackled the high cost of prescribing. Some tightly control the drugs doctors can prescribe; others ramp up the co-pays on costly drugs.
The VA often requires prior approval for brands when generics are available. More than 80 percent of the 140 million prescriptions written annually by its doctors are for generics, said Mike Valentino, the agency's pharmacy chief.
Researchers have compared the VA's prescribing to Part D's. In a study that examined diabetes, cholesterol and blood pressure-lowering drugs, they found name-brand use in Part D was two to three times higher in 2008.
Medicare could have saved $1.4 billion by mirroring VA practices, according to the study, published in June by the Annals of Internal Medicine.
"There's this big narrative that Part D has been this huge success because it's come in under budget," said Dr. Walid Gellad, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and the study's lead author.
"My personal opinion," he said, "is that we could have done a lot better."
ProPublica's Eric Sagara contributed to this report


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communicate randomly with people around the world: throw a message in a bottle
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"You thought you had me beat?"
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"Waah! I'm a victim, too!!"
Target: 1 Ninja with less Mental Power than the userEffect: Move the target into the user's Team in any position. At the end of the turn, move the target to your opponent's Village.Expert ["Mind"]: Move the target to your opponent's Village at the end of your next turn instead.
"Take care of my body while I'm gone."
Target: 1 of your NinjasEffect: Search your Deck for a Ninja card with an Entrance cost less than or equal to X, reveal it and move it to your hand. X = the target's Mental Power. If the target is Shikamaru Nara, search for any Ninja card instead. Then, draw 1 card if you searched for a "Female" Ninja.
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PermanentEffect: Your "Shadow" Ninjas get +1/+1 amd +2 Mental Power.[EOJ] Fire 1 : Target "Shadow" Ninja's Team and the opposing Team (if any) perform a Mental Power Battle during the Showdown this turn.
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A man who stumbled upon an orphaned $1 million lottery ticket a month after Sandy has finally been awarded the prize money.
New York Lottery officials cut 27-year-old Marvin Martinez a check Friday for the winning ticket he found raking leaves last November in the wake of the storm.
A state gaming commission spokesman tells the New York Post an investigation failed to identify anyone who claimed the scratch card was stolen or reported it missing.
Martinez, who immigrated to Long Island from El Salvador six years ago, took a lump sum payment of $779,106. After taxes that comes out to $515,612.
The landscaper, who still lives with his mother in a storm-damaged home, tells the newspaper he'll keep working six days a week.
Published at 9:07 AM EST on Dec 28, 2013 | Updated at 1:25 PM EST on Dec 30, 2013