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This is the uncut version of an interview that appeared on Venus Zine's website during December 2010, and features additional questions Cherry Vanilla answered that did not appear in the Venus Zine interview.
Interview: Cherry Vanilla
The '60s and '70s music scene legend talks about what inspired her to write her new book, Lick Me, raves about the realism of Mad Men, and shares some recollections of her times with Andy Warhol and David Bowie.
By Bess Korey
Cherry Vanilla's autobiography, Lick Me: How I Became Cherry Vanilla, was released during November 2010, and it is a no holds barred account of her life and career during the '60s and '70s. During those decades, she was a successful "Mad Woman" in the Advertising industry; collaborated with Andy Warhol and was one of his Superstars; had a personal relationship with David Bowie while she was doing PR work for him during the Glam Rock era; and had her own music career as a Punk Rocker during the mid-late '70s. All of these achievements and more are covered in Lick Me, and she touches on some of these milestones from her life in the following interview.
What inspired you to write a book about your life story at this point in time?
The kids who are in the rock scene now have so many more worries than I had when I was young. There's so much fear in the air. There are real threats, of course, but also I think the government keeps us all in check by making us fearful and promoting the fact that they are our big protectors. George Bush and Dick Cheney really used this tactic a lot. I wanted to promote a bit of fearlessness, at least about art, activism and sexuality for them. And for the older folks like me, I just wanted to remind them of the wild good times we had, when things were not so scary as they are now … make 'em count their blessings for having had such a fabulous youth and rejoice in the fact that we've survived.
Was it tough for you to write about so many personal things that happened to you, and since you name names, did you worry at all about how people may respond to the book?
It was extremely cathartic to write about so many personal things, but also extremely painful at times. I'm a very practical person and I move on fast from failure, tragedy and the like. But all of the hurts and feelings I had buried so long ago came to the surface once again and had to be dealt with in a much deeper way once I started writing about them. But then, of course, remembering all of the fabulous rock & roll nights I'd had, the extreme joy of getting so close to the music and the musicians I loved, really made me feel so extremely lucky. I mean, for a little Irish Catholic girl from Queens, I certainly had some rare and incredible experiences.
As for worrying about what anyone might think, I had to put that out of my mind and try to tell the absolute truth about every encounter and every situation, no matter what. I think that as long as you strive so hard to portray things as they actually were … and it was all so long ago … I don't think that people should have any reason to get upset. And even though I reveal so much about myself and my innermost feelings, embarrassing moments and such, I really tried hard not to reveal too much personal stuff about those in the situations I describe. I mean, I might tell everything about how fabulous it was to be in bed with David Bowie, Kris Kristofferson and the like, but I would never discuss the size of anybody's penis or those kinds of tacky details.
Do you watch the show Mad Men, and if so, based on your experiences of working on Madison Avenue, do you feel as if it is a true representation of what was going on in Advertising during that era?
Oh my God, they got it so right, I can't believe it! It's exactly as it was. They even mention Rattazzi's restaurant, where I had my first poetry reading. And what a reminder of just how fortunate I was! I mean, I kind of knew that women had a hard time in that world, but I somehow just didn't think that it applied to me. I was so naïve, and that might have been my saving grace in a way. I just assumed that if I did my job well and got along with my co-workers, that I would be rewarded with responsibilities, raises and positions befitting my work ethic and my talents. And I think that naïveté kind of saved me. I just seemed to sail through the obstacles and I became one of the very few radio/TV producers and casting directors on Madison Avenue at the time. The only thing they haven't covered thus far in Mad Men is Fire Island and the LSD scene, which was very big with all of us Mad Avers at the time. I am waiting to see that episode. Maybe they will lift one from my book. Or maybe I could help them write one.
Do any of the female characters on Mad Men remind you of yourself back then?
Well, I see a bit of me in all of them. Peggy certainly captures the advancements I made career-wise, but I wasn't as dark or dorky as they portray her in the show. Looks and attitude-wise, I was much more like Joan. But I was more independent and ambitious than she seems to be. I certainly wasn't like Betty. I didn't want to be anybody's wife or girlfriend back then. I wanted to be free to screw around all I wanted and to pay my own rent and my own way.
How do you feel working on Madison Avenue influenced your later career and your time doing PR work for David Bowie?
You know, what we did on Madison Avenue was paid advertising. It was the corporate world and it's where I learned the methods and the rules of promotion. But when I started doing PR for Bowie, what thrilled me most was discovering how much press coverage one could actually get for nothing via public relations. And that's when I learned how to combine them both. I remember when the great fashion critic, Mr. Blackwell, put Bowie on his Worst Dressed Female List. I saw that as a great opportunity to make a very inexpensive radio campaign out of it, which was then written about and talked about so much in the press and in important social circles, that we got ten times our money's worth out of it. We didn't really have huge amounts of money on hand to promote David back then; we just made it look that way to the public. And it was not only my advertising experience that helped me with that, but also the experience I had gained in promoting the underground films and plays I did with my friends. It was so much more challenging to get the word out on something when there was absolutely no budget to do so.
What was it like working with Andy Warhol?
Warhol gave me belief in myself as an actress. He was always so encouraging and so full of praise. He used to tell me that if Hollywood would only recognize what he called "the real stars," meaning the ones he chose, like me, that we would once again have a golden age of movie stars, like he felt we'd had back in the 1930's, 40's and 50's. He believed that stars were born stars, not manufactured, and that one only had to have the insight to recognize them and then put them in a setting and scenario where they could shine as themselves. My favorite moment with him was when I auditioned for him in order to get the title role in his play, Pork. And instead of him making me read a scene from the play, as most playwrights would have an actress do, he just chatted with me about TV commercials and asked me to sing a hymn from catholic school. I sang "Dear Lady of Fatima" and he loved it. And I got the part.
Do you have any memories from your time with David Bowie that you would like to share?
Well, my favorite memories from my time with Bowie are the ones from the Ziggy Stardust concerts on his early US tours. They were so groundbreaking and amazing, and so entertaining. I really feel so lucky to have gotten to attend so many of them. But, of course, getting to have sex with him that first time, after the concert in Boston is probably my most favorite memory of all … that and the many nights we stayed up talking till dawn, when he was at the height of his cocaine period.
Were you involved with the Feminist Movement at all during the '60s and '70s?
Not officially, though I felt I was a natural feminist all of my life. I wasn't afraid to do anything a man could do, socially, sexually and career-wise. I felt I broke down a lot of barriers, opened a lot of doors and did away with some major taboos. I earned my own money and paid my own way. And I can't remember ever letting anything stop me from doing something I wanted to do or accomplishing something I wanted to accomplish because of my gender.
Even though you weren't officially a Feminist, do you feel as if the Feminist Movement affected your life as a businesswoman and performer?
Of course, and I feel it affected a lot of women's lives that followed. I wonder if there ever could have been such commercial entities as a Madonna or a Lady Gaga, if there had not first been the more underground female characters such as myself.
What influenced your decision to emerge from behind the scenes in the music world to the forefront as a performer?
The Sex Pistols are what got me to go to London in 1977. I had been into both American and UK rock groups for years and years – all of the big ones … Beatles, Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Led Zeppelin, Van Morrison, Pink Floyd, Leon Russell and the like – but when I heard the Pistols' Anarchy In The UK for the first time, there was an energy in it that I just could not resist. I sold everything I owned and got on a plane to London almost immediately. I just had to see what was going on over there.
I have always had such a strong desire to demystify things, to find out what it must feel like to be everything from an ad exec, a DJ, an actress, a PR lady and so forth … it was only natural that I would want to demystify the rock star thing. I was in the music business already, and it was the ultimate music biz role. I wouldn't have been satisfied had I not gotten up there in front of the drums, the amps and the guitars and found out what it actually felt like to spill your guts out to an audience and control the energy in the room … and to try and raise it to a fever pitch, without it getting completely out of control and causing mass chaos.
Do you think it's easier to be a woman in the music business today than it was in the past?
Not necessarily. I think it's hard being in the music business today no matter what sex you are. There's a lack of focus on any one form, the lack of a movement of any kind, a trend. It's the long tail thing created by the web. Instead of a hundred artists selling millions of albums, it's millions of artists selling hundreds of albums, or tracks, as is more likely now. Mick Jagger said an interesting thing in a recent interview and that is that musicians all through the ages never really made tons of money … but there was that one window in time in the sixties and seventies when groups like his were able to become extremely famous and extremely rich by making music. But that time seems to have come and gone. Now a musician is just lucky to be making a living at all by way of his or her music. There are, of course, the Lady Gagas and the Atomic Toms who come along now and then. But most of their success is based on a gimmick, not on the music. And even they are not racking up the sales like a Michael Jackson or a Mariah Carey once did.
How do you feel that you've changed the most since the '60s and '70s?
As an artist, I am no longer about glitter, glam, sex and seduction. And I guess the same can be said for me as a person. And that's probably a good thing at my age. Once I lost the desire for sex, I, of course, lost the need and the desire to seduce. And that changes everything about one's attitude, motives, conduct and style. I feel so free now … free of the need to be sexy, seductive and in fashion. I am what I am and if someone doesn't like it, that's their problem. I'm happy to be in my wrinkled 67-year-old skin and confident in my talents, accomplishments, personality, experience, loyalty, integrity and dependability. I'm at that point in life where I can say exactly what I feel and what I think, without the fear of judgment or rejection. As an artist, I'm still financially very insecure, but I understand that sort of comes with the territory and I accept it. But socially, I am way more secure than I ever was when I was young and hot. My aim was always to convey a relatable truth of the human condition through my art. But there was a time when I felt it also had to be a little bit shocking. Now, I just feel like I have to strive to tell the truth. It still may shock some people, but I am in no way consciously trying to do that. I'm just trying to inform and relate. And I think that's the goal of most artists, young or old, then or now.
What projects are you working on now?
Currently, I am giving my all to promoting my book, Lick Me. I spent two years writing it and I would like to see it get into the hands of as many people as possible. I've been traveling around the States, doing readings, signings and interviews. I'm hoping someone will want to make a movie of my story, and that I'll be involved in that. And I'm beginning to think about my next book, the one that will continue the story from 1977 to present. Mostly though, I'm working on staying healthy, so I can accomplish all of these things. And that's the most important project of them all … for all of us.


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New Delhi: A total of 10 train services operating in northern India will remain cancelled for over a month starting Dec 28 in view of the dense fog cover that envelopes the region during the winter, the northern railways announced Sunday.
The trains will cease to operate between Dec 28 and 30 and will return to service between Feb 15 and 17.
"This year northern railway has planned to cancel 10 express trains/passenger mails to avoid passenger inconvenience during the (foggy) period," said a statement.
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Razoo Survey Salutes "Giving Tuesday" – Reports 94% of U.S. Adults Have Donated to Those In Need and Find Giving to Be One of Their Top Three "Feel Good" Activities
By: Business Wire
Nov. 26, 2012 09:46 AM
Razoo.com, the fastest growing crowdfunding platform for causes, is urging everyone to participate in Giving Tuesday on Tuesday, November 27th - the day after Cyber Monday. Razoo has released new survey results that show more than 9 in 10 U.S. adults (94%) have donated to others – and that doing so is one of the top three "feel good" activities (45%)1 – behind being in love (56%) and hugging their children (48%) - but beating out eating gourmet meals (27%) or working out at the gym (24%).
The national survey conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of Razoo of 2,059 U.S. adults during the week of November 8th – 12th found that 94% of U.S. adults say they have donated to those in need. The survey also showed that giving to others is one of the most pleasurable things someone can do. A majority of those who have ever donated to those in need feel hope in that they are making a difference (60%), followed by feeling satisfied (48%), feeling good about themselves (43%), and feeling excited (28%). Mixed in with the good feelings – 17% feel frustrated because they wish they could give more, and 6% feel guilty that they have what others do not have.
People find donating to others to be one of their three favorite "feel good" activities2. When asked what life events and activities give them the most pleasure from a given list, they responded:
Giving Tuesday Aims to Balance Black Friday and Cyber Monday
Razoo is participating in "Giving Tuesday" through its online giving platform that lets anyone give to any 501c3 charity of their choice quickly and easily. Donors can go to www.razoo.com to contribute to a charity of their choice or start their own fundraiser to raise even more funds, starting Tuesday, November 27 and continuing throughout the holiday season.
"Giving Tuesday is a powerful counterpart to the massive shopping days of Black Friday and Cyber Monday," said Lesley Mansford, CEO of Razoo. "It is a great way to remind people to balance holiday shopping sprees with holiday giving sprees. And, while most people complain about the hassles of Black Friday and Cyber Monday – they actually love all the good feelings that come from giving. That's a win-win for everyone."
"Our goal for Giving Tuesday is to make it an official giving day equal in stature to the Black Friday and Cyber Monday receiving days," said spokesperson Amy Johnson. "We'd like to see everyone jump onboard this important initiative, and certainly Razoo's online giving platform has the ability to help us do that. The fact that this new research shows that donors get great pleasure and satisfaction from giving makes Giving Tuesday that much more meaningful for donors and recipients alike."
The survey also reported the following insights into people's giving preferences:
Survey Methodology
This survey was conducted online within the United States by Harris Interactive on behalf of Razoo from November 8-12, 2012 among 2,059 adults ages 18 and older. This online survey is not based on a probability sample and therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be calculated.
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Razoo is a venture funded social enterprise committed to transforming people's lives through meaningful giving. Its online platform facilitates crowdsourced fundraising for individuals and nonprofits. Razoo is also the leader in community giving days, whose platform has enabled the raising of millions of dollars for local communities around the country. With offices in San Francisco and Washington, DC, Razoo is seed funded by the Legatum Group. The name Razoo is of Australian and New Zealand origin. It refers to a coin of little value: when combined, these small contributions make a huge difference. For more information on Razoo, go to www.razoo.com; follow us on Twitter at @Razoo, or like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/razoogiving
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Ulrich L. Lehner (Dr. theol., University of Regensburg 2006; Dr. phil. habil. (History), CEU Budapest, 2015), specializes in the study of Religious History and Historical Theology from the late 15th to the early 20th century, especially the so called Catholic Reformation/Catholic Reform. Dr. Lehner is an internationally recognized expert of Early Modern Religious History and Theology. He was Member/Herodotus Fellow of the Princeton Institute of Advanced Studies, School of Historical Studies (2009), inaugural fellow of the Notre Dame Institute of Advanced Study/University (2010), fellow of the International Research Center for Comparative History of Religious Orders, Germany (2008), and research fellow of the Earhart Foundation (2013). He was also a member of the Andrew Mellon Research Group (History) "Religion Across the Disciplines" of the University of Notre Dame (2011-2012). In 2013 he was elected a member of the European Academy of Arts and Sciences, category "World Religions."
Dr. Lehner serves on the advisory board of Eighteenth Century Thought, the Journal of Baroque Studies, the Oxford Handbooks of Religion-Series, and the Institute for Baroque Studies in Malta.
Lehner has written six books, Historia Magistra. Beiträge zur Archivgeschichte des Kollegiatstifts Straubing (Nordhausen: Bautz, 2003), Kant's Concept of Providence (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2007), and most recently Enlightened Monks. The German Benedictines, 1740-1803 (Oxford University Press: 2011; paperback: 2013), and Monastic Prisons and Torture Chambers. Crime and Punishment in European Monasteries, 1600-1800 (Eugene/OR: Cascade Books, 2013). Enlightened Monks was awarded the 2012 Gilmary Shea Award of the American Catholic Historical Association for the "most distinguished and original" book on the history of the Catholic Church published in 2010/11. His most recent books are The Catholic Enlightenment. The Forgotten Story of a Global Movement. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, January 2016) and On the Road to Vatican II: German Catholic Enlighteners and Reform of the Church(Augsburg, MN: Fortress Press, 2016).
Lehner works currently on three book projects, namely a history of Catholic women in the Age of Enlightenment, a study on asceticism and moral formation, and a book on Catholicism and Nazi-ideology. Among his thirteen edited books are is a collection co-edited with Jeffrey Burson on the diverse intellectual landscape of Catholic Enlightenment, Enlightenment in Catholic Europe. A Transnational History (University of Notre Dame Press: 2014).
He is the main organizer of the Oxford Handbook of Early Modern Theology, 1600-1800, the first trans-confessional handbook of this crucial phase of Christian theology (online 2015; in print: 2016), which he coedits with Richard Muller and A.G. Roeber. He co-edited three books, with Ronald K. Tacelli, Kant, Lonergan und der christliche Glaube (Nordhausen: Bautz, 2005), Kontroverse Theologie (Bonn: Nova et Vetera, 2005), and with Michael Printy Brill's Companion to the Catholic Enlightenment in Europe (Leiden: Brill, 2010; paperback: 2013).
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Allah Almighty Mentions Tazkiyyat an-Nafs
Allah says:
"yatlu 'alayhim ayaatika wa yu'allimahum al-kitaaba wal-hikmata wa yuzakihim."
(Baqara, 129)
"(a Messenger) who shall rehearse Your signs to them and instruct them in the Book and wisdom and Sanctify them [tazkiyyat an-nafs]."
"kama arsalna feekum Rasulan minkum, yatulu 'alaykum ayaatina wa yuzakikum…"
(Baqara, 151)
"A similar (favour have you already received), in that we have sent among you an Messenger of your own, rehearsing to you Our signs, and sanctifying you [Science of Tasawwuf]…"
"qad aflaha man tazzaka wa dhakar asma Rabbihi fa-salla"
(al-'Aala, 14)
"those will prosper who Purify themselves and glorify the Name of their Lord and pray."
Here, Allah Almighty is mentioning the characteristics of the mutassawifs, those who are Purifying Themselves. They are always remembering their Lord, by recalling His Names and Attributes and they are attentive to their prayers.
He, Almighty and Glorified says,
"wa man tazzaka fa-innama yatazaka li-nafsihi wa ila-Allah il-maseer."
(Faatir, 18)
"and whoever Purifies himself does so to his own soul's benefit; and to Allah is the Journeying"
We find here the deep essence of Tasawwuf, the Science of the Purifying the Self. We remind the reader here that this is only a technical term, which can be replaced by any other word. This is Islam. If someone is claiming to follow or practice Islam, then they must partake in this struggle to purify the self, as it is so clearly ordered in these verses. Indeed it is meaningless to claim that there could be any Islam [surrender to Allah] without this pursuit of self-purification. Whether one is successful or not in this pursuit, is not the question, but its necessity is incumbent on every Muslim, man or woman.
"wa maa yudreeka la'alahu yazzaka aw yadh-dhakara fa-tanfa'ahu dhikra"
(Abasa, 3,4)
"but what could tell you that perchance he might grow in Purity? or that he might receive admonition and the teaching might profit him."
And He, Glorified and Exalted says,
"fa aaradna an yubdillahuma Rabbahuma khairan minhu zakaatan wa aqrabu ruhma"
(Kahf, 81).
"and We desired that the Lord would give them in exchange (a son) better in Purity and closer in affection."
and Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
"li-ahhaba laki ghulaman zakiyya"
(Maryam, 19)
"…to give as a gift to you a Pure son" [here the word zakiyya is mentioned again, referring to Sayiddina 'Isa (as)]
and He, Glorified and Majestic, says:
"khudh min amwaalihim sadaqatan tutaahirhum biha wa tuzakkihim biha wa salli 'alayhim inna salaatuka sakanun lahum"
(Tawba, 99)
"of their wealth take alms so you might Sanctify them and pray on them, verily your prayers are a source of security for them."
and He said,
"wa law laa fadlullahi 'alaykum wa rahmatuhu ma zakka minkum min ahadin abadan wa lakin-Allaha yuzzaki man yasha'u w'Allahu sami'un 'aleem."
"if not for the Grace and Mercy of Allah on you, not one of you would ever have been Pure. But Allah Purifies whom He pleases. And Allah is One who Hears and Knows all things."
These are some of the verses in the Holy Qur'an that mention the need to purify the self. And purification of the self, Tazkiyyat an-Nafs, is one of the essentials of the Science of Tassawuf.


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Parents of "autism brats" fight back
When Michael Savage, radio talk show host, said July 16 that 99% of children with autism were "brats" who should be told to "cut the act out," one could only wonder if he somehow got his childhood "A" disease diagnoses mixed up. Maybe he was thinking of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, a condition characterized by inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. ADHD affects 2 million children and can be treated with behavior modification or drugs, but for many decades, children with the disorder were considered to be just bad kids who misbehaved, and poor parenting was pointed to as the cause.
But autism? Does anyone doubt that it's a significant developmental disorder? It's characterized by poor social interaction, problems with communication -- both verbal and nonverbal -- repetitive activities and hand flapping. Those are problems a 2- or 3-year-old, the age at which the disorder is often diagnosed, would have trouble thinking up.
But when the New York Times gave Savage a chance to explain himself, he said that while his estimate that nine out of 10 kids are faking it might have been a little high, he said he was proud to have prodded a discussion. He stuck by his comments.
Meanwhile, as protesters from Autism United, a coalition of advocacy organizations, gathered today outside the New York City WOR radio studio, which employs Savage, parents such as Martin Schwartzman, whose 15-year-old son Robbie has autism, are up in arms. "I couldn't understand why someone could be so heartless and so insensitive, and also so ignorant for a national talk show host," Schwartzman said on WCBS-TV.
Savage says he's giving over his three-hour broadcast on Monday to a discussion of autism. Meanwhile, Aflac, the insurance company, has withdrawn advertising from the show.
Areva Martin, Los Angeles autism activist and co-founder with Donna Ross-Jones of Special Needs Network, a group whose mission is to educate parents of the rights their children have to an appropriate education, has a lot to say about Savage's comments:
"It would be easy to dismiss Mr. Savage's statements as the antics of a radical, ratings-seeking talk show host. However, Mr. Savage has over 8 million listeners, many of whom rely on his show for reliable information. His insidious and baseless statements give credence to the type of pervasive ignorance that families face on a daily basis. Such statements foster discrimination against not only the disabled, but also against people of color. To suggest that minority families feign a diagnosis of autism to receive welfare benefits is absurd and reflective of the entrenched racism that continues to rear its ugly head.
"If good old-fashioned discipline was a cure for autism, families across this nation would pull out their switches and get to work. Unfortunately, autism is real and there is no cure -- yelling, screaming, hitting and even the most archaic forms of discipline cannot cure what renowned scientists from around the world recognize as a complex disorder that now impacts one in every 150 children, that lasts a lifetime and impacts every aspect of an individual's development. As a parent of a child with autism, a children's rights activist and attorney, I know both personally and professionally that no one would feign autism for the sake of collecting some amorphous government benefit -- it simply isn't worth it. Thousands of hours of therapy, lifelong care, isolation, grief and isolation are too high a price to pay.
"The rapid response of the autism community hopefully will send a loud and clear message that issues of autism impact people of all socioeconomic groups and that issues involving the disabled are matters of human rights."
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Zimmerman makes court appearance in Florida shooting
Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:41:50 GMT —
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) â?? Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman made his first court appearance Thursday on a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
During the brief appearance, Zimmerman stood up straight, looked straight ahead and wore a gray prison jumpsuit. He spoke only to answer "Yes, sir," twice after he was asked basic questions about the charge against him and his attorney.
His hair was shaved down to stubble and he had a thin goatee, which appeared consistent with his booking photo from the day before. He had resurfaced Wednesday to turn himself in after weeks in hiding.
Judge Mark E. Herr said he found probable cause to move ahead with the case and that an arraignment would be held on May 29 before another judge.
Speaking to reporters after the hearing, attorney Mark O'Mara said he was concerned that the case up to now has been handled in the public eye, with details coming out in piecemeal fashion.
"It's really supposed to happen in the courtroom," O'Mara said, deflecting questions about evidence in the case and his client's mental state.
Speaking earlier Thursday on NBC's "Today" show, O'Mara said Zimmerman is stressed and very tired and hoping to get bail.
Meanwhile, Martin's mother raised eyebrows with comments on "Today" about the accidental nature of the case, but she clarified what she meant in another interview later in the day. Sybrina Fulton told The Associated Press that she was referring to the chance encounter between Zimmerman and her son.
"Their meeting was the accident," Fulton said. "That was the accident. Not the actual act of him shooting him. That was murder ... They were never supposed to meet."
Zimmerman was charged after a public campaign to make an arrest in the Feb. 26 shooting, which has galvanized the nation for weeks. Some legal experts had expected Zimmerman to face a lesser count of manslaughter and say a prosecutor will face steep hurdles to win a murder conviction.
The prosecutor and her team will have to prove that the 28-year-old Zimmerman intentionally went after Martin instead of shooting him in self-defense, to refute arguments that a Florida law empowered him to use deadly force.
Legal experts said Corey chose a tough route with the murder charge, which could send Zimmerman to prison for life if he's convicted, over manslaughter, which usually carries 15-year prison terms and covers reckless or negligent killings.
The prosecutors must prove Zimmerman's shooting of Martin was rooted in hatred or ill will and counter his claims that he shot Martin to protect himself while patrolling his gated community in the Orlando suburb of Sanford. Zimmerman's lawyers would only have to prove by a preponderance of evidence â?? a relatively low legal standard â?? that he acted in self-defense at a pretrial hearing to prevent the case from going to trial.
There's a "high likelihood it could be dismissed by the judge even before the jury gets to hear the case," Florida defense attorney Richard Hornsby said.
Corey announced the charges Wednesday after an extraordinary 45-day campaign for Zimmerman's arrest, led by Martin's parents and civil rights activists, including the Rev. Al Sharpton and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Protesters wore hooded sweatshirts like the one Martin had on the night of the shooting. The debate reached all the way to the White House, where President Barack Obama observed last month: "If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon."
Corey would not discuss how she reconciled conflicting accounts of the shooting by Zimmerman, witnesses and phone recordings that indicated Martin thought Zimmerman was following him.
"We do not prosecute by public pressure or by petition. We prosecute based on the facts on any given case as well as the laws of the state of Florida," Corey said Wednesday. She was also present at Thursday's hearing.
Martin's parents expressed relief over the decision to prosecute the person who shot their son.
"The question I would really like to ask him is, if he could look into Trayvon's eyes and see how innocent he was, would he have then pulled the trigger? Or would he have just let him go on home?" said his father, Tracy Martin.
Many attorneys said they had expected the prosecutor to opt for the lesser charge of manslaughter. The most severe homicide charge, first-degree murder, is subject to the death penalty in Florida and requires premeditation â?? something all sides agreed was not present in this case.
"I predicted manslaughter, so I'm a little surprised," said Michael Seigel, a former federal prosecutor who now teaches law at the University of Florida. "But she has more facts than I do."
O'Mara, Zimmerman's attorney, said his client would plead not guilty and invoke Florida's so-called "stand your ground" law, which gives people wide latitude to use deadly force rather than retreat during a fight.
The confrontation took place in a gated community where Martin was staying with his father and his father's fiancÃe. Martin was walking back in the rain from a convenience store when Zimmerman spotted him and called 911. He followed the teenager despite being told not to by a police dispatcher and the two got into a struggle.
Zimmerman told police Martin punched him in the nose, knocking him down, and then began banging the volunteer's head on the sidewalk. Zimmerman said he shot Martin in fear for his life. Sanford police took Zimmerman, whose father is white and whose mother is Hispanic, into custody the night of the shooting but released him without charging him.
Bluestein reported from Atlanta. Associated Press writers Suzanne Gamboa in Washington, Gary Fineout in Jacksonville, Fla.; Mike Schneider in Orlando, Fla.; Curt Anderson in Miami, Kyle Hightower in Sanford, Fla.; and Brendan Farrington in Tallahassee, Fla.; also contributed to this article.
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Paris/13th arrondissement
The 13th arrondissement of central Paris is primarily a residential and business district in the south-eastern part of the French capital, lying on the Left Bank of the river Seine. Although not usually recognised as a natural drawcard for tourists, the 13th nonetheless does hold several attractions of interest to the traveller that include the recently-completed Bibliothèque Nationale de France (National Library), now part of a major new development of the Paris Rive Gauche district, the second large-scale urbanism project inside the city of Paris. To the west of the PRG along avenue de Tolbiac is the first of these urbanism projects, Les Olympiades, with its raised esplanade and the latest of the Paris Meteor (high-speed metro) stops, Les Olympiades. The southern part of the arrondissement is the "China town" of Paris, one of (or even the) biggest in Europe.
Get in
On foot
The easy walk to the 13th arrondissement from the center of Paris (Île de la Cité) takes around 40 minutes, either through back streets or along the Seine promenade. It can be a very pleasant walk: you can walk across the Latin Quarter, for example, through the rue Mouffetard in the Paris/5th arrondissement.
By métro
You can get to the 13th arrondissement using 3 metro lines:
Ligne 7 serves Gobelins' near the Manufacture des Gobelins, Place d'Italie, Tolbiac good entrance point for the Paris Chinatown, Maison-Blanche, and Porte d'Italie, Porte de Choisy and Porte d'Ivry; you will get to these three stations if and only if you take a train that goes to the Mairie d'Ivry direction. Other trains take another direction and leave Paris immediately after Maison-Blanche.
Ligne 6 serves Glacière, Corvisart, Place_d'Italie, Nationale, Chevaleret - near the avant-garde art galleries of rue Louise-Weiss, and Quai de la Gare, near the Bat-O-Far and other .
Ligne 14 serves Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand (near the new Bibliothèque de France), and the newest station in Paris, Olympiades, the new terminus.
Stroll across the Seine on the Pont Simone de Beauvoir pedestrian bridge from the Bibliotheque Nationale to the Parc de Bercy.
The southern part of the district, in the high-rise "Chinatown" area, is the good place to go if you like Chinese or Vietnamese food. Many outlets sell Vietnamese sandwiches; note, though, that the area is not the best for getting cheap, good quality Chinese food; Elsewhere the 13th has some other standouts.
All of the following hotels are located near Place d'Italie, where public transportation is excellent.


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Reviewed by Tiffany L. (age 9)
I like the book very much because I like animals. There are nine books in this series and I've read all of them. The other stories are all about the pets of Mary Hope's classmates. Although the illustrations do not have any colours, they are wonderful.
I will introduce this book to my best friend Katie Yim because she likes to read books about animals too.


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I love wool. The colors, the textures, the possibilities. That said, I am not a summer knitter. I don't make a conscious decision to put down the needles when it gets hot, but I do. Maybe it's because my summer hands are busy doing other things. I don't even realize I've done it until I find myself digging through my knitting basket, months later, looking for something that needs finishing. Then, knitting becomes a regular part of my day once again. I look forward to those quiet moments here and there when I can get a few rows done.
Today I went to the family shelter to drop off a small bag of donations. There were hats, mittens, a lovely sweater, and a few small blankets. I am sure that the bag will be empty by the time temperatures drop this evening. As many of you know, there has been a sharp increase in the need for housing at the shelters in Maine. Too many people in our community lack the most basic articles of clothing to keep themselves warm.
I am often asked what types of donations are most helpful. We need it all. We welcome any donations of new, handknit or crocheted clothing and blankets. Hats and mittens are at the top of the list, but scarves, sweaters, socks, and small blankets are also very popular. All of your donations will be taken to the Portland family shelter and to the city clinic for the homeless.
As we let go of summer light, let us remember those in need this winter. As always, we thank you.


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Its a VHF TRANSCEIVER MODEL K150 in working condition. I dont have the antenna or the charger for the unit, and dont know anything about it . It came with a bunch of items I bought as a lot.
So I figure this is the best place to find someone that can use it.


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Percussion sound created to be used in the collab 1 Dare at Freesound.
This sound was created using Frequency Modulation techniques in Thor (a synth in the Reason DAW).
These sounds ended up sounding more like a plucked string than precussion. They remind me of the sound of a kalimba.
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Muscle Mustangs & Fast FordsProject Vehicles
1988 Ford Mustang GT Project Hypersilver - Junk In the Trunk
Mocking up the rearend, fabricating the coilover mounts, and installing the fuel cell
Last month, we started working on the rollbar for our 25th anniversary build, Hypersilver. At Demon Motorsports in Crystal River, Florida, owner/fabricator Ryan Lowther was working his skills on some 0.083 chrome-moly tubing to form a one-of-a-kind rollbar for our GT. Meant to be part of the racy/showy presentation, the bars will also serve as chassis stiffening and safety for the driver and passenger. Granted, it won't be NHRA or IHRA legal, but this isn't a drag car.
In fact, we're only going to take it to the dragstrip to see what it'll run. When it's finished, our plan is to romp around in it on the street, dominate car shows, and make as many public appearances as possible with it in 2014 to promote MM&FF and help celebrate the Mustang's 50th Anniversary.
Its first stop, though, will be at this year's SEMA show. And with that imminent deadline over our heads, we're trying to do as much of the hardcore fabrication as possible up front to make final assembly as smooth as possible. Plus, we want to get the body to paint so that our painter doesn't feel rushed—we want the finish to be smooth as glass.
With the tubs installed and the rollbar nearly complete, we called Moser Engineering for one of its M9 housings, along with a slew of its top-of-the-line internals. Since we're going to use stock-style control arms in the rear, we just had Moser make the housing as narrow as it could while still utilizing the stock lower control arm brackets. The overall length, housing end to end, was 50 inches. That will give us an overall width of 55 inches, axle flange to flange.
Starting at $3,337.50, the complete M9 Musclepak fabricated 9-inch rearends are as nice as rearends come. Moser will assemble it for you, complete with the powdercoating of your choice, but we wanted ours disassembled and bare metal. After we use it for mock-up, we can either powdercoat it with other suspension components or have it painted body color to match the car. We haven't decided which we are going to do yet, so we'll decide that later.
With the rearend in hand and bolted in place with our Steeda upper and lower control arms, we set it at ride height and measured for the installed height of our coilovers. A call to QA1 yielded us a pair of 14-inch coilover shocks (PN DD501) and a pair of 130-lb/in springs (PN 12-130). We also ordered a pair of coilover mounts from a local speed shop, the kind that Lowther is used to working with.
After mounting our coilovers, we measured for rear wheel fitment. We also moved forward and fabricated the fuel cell mount. Lowther used 1-inch, mild-steel, square tubing, boxing it in around the underside of the lip and around the bottom. Next, he'll finish off the trunk floor around the cell and tubs. Also, the rust on the roof is worse than we previously thought, so we're going to be replacing the roof skin with a non-sunroof piece, since we have the opportunity. We'll do that in the next month or two.
In the meantime, we're plugging away at the engine. We had hoped to show you at least the beginning stages of the build this month, but bulletproof engine internals are hard to get at the beginning of race season, so we're pushing that off until next month, when we'll bring you all the details on our 427ci Boss engine from Jon Kaase Racing Engines. You may have heard of them before …


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The moment all Arsenal fans were waiting for arrived on Monday July 1 – they started their summer spending spree by bringing in France U20 striker Yaya Sanogo.
Ok, they technically didn't spend anything on him because he was out of contract, but it is the first step on an unprecedented transfer spend that has been mentioned so often.
Sanogo is not exactly a household name, but he joins the Gunners with a good reputation at youth level and is an exciting young talent.
The signing of Sanogo got GMS thinking about how he would rank next to some of the other promising youngsters currently threatening to become top class Premier League superstars.
We decided to pick out five players that have impressed us and who look like they could well develop into very good players.
Click on to see the players we picked…


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All events start at Village Green Park in downtown Sisters at 9 a.m. Both events will finish here also; see event website for full course map.
All entries include a t-shirt--please indicate male or female sizing. T-shirts not guaranteed after April 20th. Women's t-shirts run small--Please consider sizing up if you prefer a roomier fit.
Complete a half marathon with your 'better half' by signing up for the relay option. Each relay team member completes a quarter marathon. You can also complete a quarter or half marathon as an individual.
More questions? Please visit our website at www.sistershalfmarathon.com for all event details or call Race Director Bryn Singleton at 541-549-1171 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Wednesday 16 January 2019
Located on the beautiful north coast, Portrush is Northern Ireland's premier seaside resort and home of the World's leading golfers and links courses.
Famous residents include Graeme McDowell MBE, winner of the 2010 US Open Golf Championship and Darren Clarke OBE, winner of the 2011 Open Championship at Royal St George's.
Welcome to the Guide for Portrush, all you need to know is here!
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There has never been more uncertainty about the future of water supplies from the California state and federal water projects.
And not only farmers, but cities south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta could also face critical shortages in the wake of a federal judge's criteria for pumping water through the turnbuckle of the water supply for 25 million Californians and three million acres of farmland.
There is so much doubt and ambiguity about next season's state water supply that one producer jokingly said there should have been metal detectors at the exits for a recent packed-house meeting of Westlands Water District farmers. The detectors could have identified sharp objects on producers leaving the meeting so they would not harm themselves after being told they could receive as little as 10 percent of their federally promised water supply in 2008. This is due to a federal court judge's ruling limiting pumping from the state and federal water project pumps in the Delta, in order to protect an endangered minnow.
In an average year, the giant pumps move about six million acre feet of water from Northern California rivers and dams south from the Delta.
Water for the next growing season is never a certainty this time of year, but growers who rely on state or federal water projects have at least a range of what water they might expect, based on fall reservoir levels balanced against next year's possible wet or dry weather scenarios.
Today, state and federal project lakes are well below seasonal averages. This means it will likely take above average rainfall or snowfall to refill them.
For example, the 2-million-acre-foot capacity San Luis Reservoir near Los Banos, Calif., is about a fourth full, which is about 50 percent of the historical average for this time of year.
Tom Birmingham, Westlands general manager, told farmers at the Five Points meeting that San Luis will likely not be refilled this winter. Birmingham is not privy to a long-range weather forecast indicating another short-water year like 2007. However, he is certain that the judge in the minnow-protection case has set a management criteria for the Delta pumps to protect a one-year life span fish that virtually assures a short-water year if not a legally-mandated drought.
This management criterion is a weekly, moving target bolstered by more aggressive smelt population monitoring. This means that the pumps can be turned off and on like a light switch on a weekly basis. It has happened before. Not six weeks ago, the California Department of Water Resources shut down its pumping station for 10 days to keep from killing minnows in the pump, fearful that the judge might intervene.
The resulting chaos among water users sent auction prices for available, so-called surplus water skyrocketing to $500 or more per acre foot.
The 10-day shutoff also posed a threat to the water supplies of cities in the East Bay. The reservoir was being drained so quickly because the shutoff came at the height of the irrigation season. The Bureau of Reclamation limited the amount of water that could be withdrawn to protect the integrity of the 300-foot high San Luis dam, the fourth largest embankment dam in the U.S.
The only assurance farmers received from Westlands management and board, was that regardless of how much or how little water is delivered to them, it will cost more — significantly more.
Jean Sagouspe, Los Banos, Calif., producer and Westlands board president, told producers concerning the smelt ruling, "There will be a lot less water (in 2008) that will cost you more. That is a fact. The district will do its best, but all solutions (to this water crisis) have costs associated with them."
And, he added, "some of us in this room will not able to afford" the higher water costs.
He said the district staff is estimating water costs based on various scenarios to give growers some benchmarks to plan for 2008.
Five Points, Calif., producer Mark Borba's fear is that next year he'll find another new attack by environmentalists who use the "adaptive management" outlined by the judge to drive water deliveries down to 10 percent, leaving his crops in the field without a water supply.
In the wake of the fish ruling, "Everyone is scrambling to do whatever it takes to stay in business," said Ted Sheely, Westlands director since 1999. Sheely has farmed on the West side for more than 25 years.
"It is the worst I have seen," said Sheely. "Drought years scared me. This situation terrifies me. We spent a fortune drilling wells, developing groundwater in the droughts to keep us farming. With this thing we have to rely on the courts and attorneys to keep us in business."
Sheely said there are producers with permanent crops who have only surface water supplies and no wells. With severe cutbacks, trees and vines could die. There are others who are growing only cotton and may not be able to grow cotton with water costs that Sheely projects could easily be $100 to $150 per acre feet. He said the cost is based on early water delivery scenarios following the ruling. This growing season Sheely paid $80 for district water and it was a short-water year.
"This is a statewide crisis," said Fred Starrh, Shafter, Calif., farmer and president of the Kern County Water Agency. "This misguided attempt to protect the Delta smelt will not guarantee its survival, but will severely impact people, farms and businesses in California."
The ruling, according to Laura King Moon, assistant General manager, State Water Contractors (SWC), is "an unprecedented cutback in our state water supply, forcing local water agencies to identify backup water sources. Never in California's history have we had a court impose such a massive reduction in water use."
Judge Oliver Wanger's ruling in late August came in a lawsuit filed by radical environmental groups challenging Delta smelt biological studies to protect the endangered species. Wanger agreed with the environmentalists and set acceptable negative water flows at the pumps to protect the minnow and set in place a more aggressive smelt monitoring effort to count threatened smelt.
This plan will be in effect from December until June, after which Wanger expects to receive the government's new biological plan to protect the minnow.
The 10 percent to 45 percent water delivery range figures came from Jim Snow, Westlands deputy general manager of operations. The 45 percent is based on a normal water/snow pack year; the 10 percent is based on a dry year.
Birmingham pledged to find sources of additional water to replace that lost from reduced Delta pumping. This could come from paying growers to dump well water into the district's canal system or from purchases from other water districts that have guaranteed water rights from the San Joaquin River system.
He said the district will not purchase water from north of the Delta as it has in the past because there are no guarantees it can be pushed through the Delta pumps. This season Westlands agreed to buy surplus water from Northern California water districts, but had to back out of the deals because it could not be moved through the pumps after the 10-day shutdown.
Purchasing surplus water has become a way of life for the district as well as individual farmers, with gradually declining deliveries over the years, primarily for environmental reasons.
However, the pressure to find additional water has never been greater because an increasingly larger acreage in Westlands is in permanent crops. At last report, more than 100,000 of the district 600,000 planted acres were in permanent crops.
"You can fallow row crop ground. You cannot not irrigate permanent crops," he said. There are Westlands growers who have wells available to supply water to crops. Many were drilled during drought years and used only when surface supplies are short. Usually, this water is poorer quality than district water and is often mixed with district irrigation water for use to irrigate crops sensitive to boron and other harmful elements in the well water.
However, the ability to put that water into Westlands canals is limited due to water quality standards. Some cities draw water from the system, and the agricultural wells must meet drinking water quality standards to be incorporated into the Westlands system.
Until now it has been more expensive to pump water for crops than to use surface water. However, in 2008 with increased costs of Westlands deliveries, it may actually be cheaper to pump.
The judge's ruling, though not unexpected, still sent shockwaves through not only rural areas, but California cities as well.
Many cities in the Bay Areas, Central California and Southern California rely on water pumped through the Delta. There has been talk of possible urban rationing if pumps are shut down for an extended period of time.


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It is really expensive!!!! I called schools last year and asked them for conditional admittances... I am applying to CLEO again..
Hmmm I'm thinking about going again. Can anyone find a GOOD review about CLEO. Can it really help me. I'm thinking that I need to prepare some if I'm going to UVA.
Hey I got into CLEO on Jan 15 but what I hate is that they dont tell you which schools might accept you if you complete the program. For those of you who are going to go to law schools in new york I would recommend taking the new york summer preperation course which is free. As for me dont know if I would go because its not just 2000 its 2000+airfare and transportation over there= me being broke.


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I graduated from law school at the University of Colorado in Boulder in 1987. Thanks mostly to my parents and in-state tuition, but also due to part-time jobs I graduated debt free with a job. Tuition was $2,000 per year. Today it is almost $32,000 and forecasted to rise dramatically. Law students are graduating with between $100,000 and $200,000 of debt into a market with few jobs.
The system that trained me to be a real lawyer is largely gone. I left law school and joined a small four-man firm. For four years I went to court two or three times a week on motions or small civil and criminal trials. My mentor in the firm kept a close eye on me, then became more a sounding board as I became competent not only in the courtroom, but about more practical things such as getting paid.
In the very top-tier law firms this process continues much as before. But everywhere else entry level lawyers face an increasingly competitive market. Clients simply are unwilling to pay law firms for first- to third-year lawyers to learn on the client's dime.
Contrary to the claims of some critics, the demand for trained and experienced lawyers remains vibrant in the era of Dodd-Frank, the Affordable Care Act, and for the largely unrepresented poor and middle-class. What has changed is there is no demand for untrained and inexperienced law students.
The challenge is for law schools to match their supply to the actual demand.
Much of the current focus of reform is to provide more clinical opportunities during the second and third years of law school to work with real clients. Our new and innovative Dean at the University of Colorado has made these clinical programs a focal point of reform. And the data at the law school demonstrates that students with these experiences, particularly in the entrepreneurial clinic, have a much higher rate of employment. But, we need more radical reform.
The legal profession requires of law schools a third year of largely Socratic study. The fundamental organization of the law schools around a three year education and its cost structure is the problem. .
During a law student's first year he or she is taught to think analytically in the law, which requires a rewiring of his or her mental processes. During the second year the law student branches out into elective subjects often related to interests that become their career specialities. The third year is a repetitive waste at great cost.
The challenge is to convert the third year into a net income year for law students. They would attend no classes other than distance learning via new technology. This would allow them to continue their education from any place in the world.
That education in the third year would focus on counseling and mentoring, including how to work sixty to eighty hours in a healthy way. During their third year students would work full time in firms, courts, non-profits, or business at wages well below paralegals in their geographic market.
The goal would be to create a market for law students, while still demanding enormous sacrifice in hard work and living on a very modest income, and making that third year cost neutral. The schools would need significantly less faculty, which are the biggest cost drivers in a law school budget.
I can hear the outcry from law professors around the country that they provide something special that technology and clinical work cannot provide. As someone who listened to newspapers and printers repeat the same mantra in the 1990s and 2000s, my response is "adapt or die." The law schools have lost over a decade thinking they were somehow special and exempt from the forces of the Internet and globalization.
And if schools are not allowed to adapt, expect the academic equivalent of bankruptcy. Expect universities to shut down an obsolete department to redeploy those funds into engineering, science, and business.
John Howard, of Boulder, blogs at jumbotale.com.


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Yeah, I know there have been a number of threads and many names tossed around but these are some later developments.
Jane Ubb ---
Billy Gardell----
"My motto would be," Jane Ubb told me at the Northland Public Library, "red zone equals end zone. If you get it to the red zone, you have to put in the end zone."
Forgot to ask her how soon she could start.
But, in the interest of thoroughness, and so no one might accuse me of failing to conduct a nationwide search, I interviewed Billy Gardell, the Pittsburgh native now the co-star of the CBS sitcom "Mike and Molly."
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The above is from Gene Colliers hilarious article in today's PG. Another paragraph said:
But, today, I fear they seriously are overcomplicating the offensive coordinator search, particularly in a city where there is an offensive coordinator every 30 feet. In fact, when they announce the attendance at Heinz Field, I think they now say, "Today's attendance, 63,881 offensive coordinators."
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New Car Review Video
2014 Toyota Corolla: 5 Reasons to Buy - Video
Everyone knows Toyota can build a reliable compact sedan, but can the automaker build an exciting one? The all-new 2014 Toyota Corolla answers that question. It's time to put aside the rumors and the hype, because we just took an exclusive spin in a 2014 Corolla. Here are five reasons why we think the reinvented Corolla is going to be a star.
1. Stylish New Look
The Corolla hasn't exactly been known for its fashion sense over the years, but as you can see, that's about to change. Toyota had assured us this Corolla would stay true to the aggressive Furia concept car, and they weren't kidding. Check it out: You have standard LED headlights, wraparound taillights and a sleek body that's going to turn some heads. We never thought we'd see the day, but styling is finally a reason to buy a Corolla.
2. New Transmission = More MPG
If you know Corollas, you know the new car's base 1.8-liter inline 4-cylinder engine is more or less unchanged. Although Toyota's being tight-lipped about fuel-economy projections, we read between the lines and caught wind of a massive improvement of 5 miles per gallon over the outgoing Corolla. How is that possible without changing the engine? Look no further than the Corolla's brand-new continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT), which eliminates shifting and makes sure the engine operates at peak efficiency. It's going to be a game-changer for Toyota.
3. More Interior Space
The new Corolla's wheelbase is up by a whopping four inches, and almost all of it goes toward making the back seat bigger. We're not saying the outgoing Corolla's back seat was cramped; on the contrary, it was just fine by economy-car standards. But the new Corolla's back seat is more than just fine -- it's one of the roomiest in this segment. Adults can actually stretch their legs back there, and the floor is flatter all the way across for increased foot room.
4. Eco Model Adds Both MPG and Power
Although the regular Corolla is already super-efficient, there's also a new Eco model with a special version of the base engine for even more mpg -- "over 40 mpg on the highway," Toyota tells us. But it's not just about fuel economy; the Eco also adds pep, checking in at 140 horsepower versus the standard 132. That's a 1-2 punch that any driver can appreciate.
5. Up-to-Date Tech
The Corolla's brand-new dashboard looks great, and it has some cool technology, too. The usual array of iPod/Bluetooth and USB connectivity is offered, and you can even get a touchscreen interface with Entune mobile-app integration and navigation, which is amazing for an economy car. If you like to stay connected, you'll feel right at home in the new Corolla's cabin.
So what's the rub? Well, the redesigned 2014 Toyota Corolla is as sensible as ever, but now it's a fashionable choice, as well. Go take one for a spin -- you'll be surprised by how appealing this new Corolla can be.


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June 5, 2013, 12:34 pm
'King & Maxwell' joins TNT cop lineup
They bicker and banter like husband and wife. They are handsome and beautiful former Secret Service agents, now private investigators, pushing past the FBI authorities to solve crimes in that sort of cute TNT style.
"King & Maxwell," another lonely-hearts crime drama, premieres Monday on TNT (after "Major Crimes"). The hour features Jon Tenney ("The Closer") and Rebecca Romijn ("X-Men") solving cases and teasing each other, based on characters from a book series by David Baldacci.


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How the Little League World Series works
Play begins Thursday in Williamsport, Pa. in the 2013 Little League World Series -- the 67th annual tournament.
Sixteen teams have qualified for the Little League World Series, eight from the United States and eight international squads. Both groups will play in their own double-elimination brackets, with the U.S. champion meeting the international champ for the World Series crown.
Each team in the series is guaranteed to play at least three games in Williamsport. Teams that lose their first two contests will play a consolation game against an international opponent.
The title game between winners of the U.S. and international brackets is scheduled for Aug. 25 at 3 p.m. on ABC.
Westport's opening game is Thursday at 7 p.m. at Lamade Stadium against the Southeast champion Nashville, Tenn. on ESPN2.
If Westport wins its opener, it will play Sunday at 2 p.m. on ABC against the winner of the game between Southwest champion Corpus Christi, Texas and Northwest champion Sammamish, Wash.
If Westport wins both contests, it will be just one win from the U.S. championship game, to be played Aug. 24 at 3:30 p.m. on ABC. The loser of that game will play the loser of the international final in a third-place game on Aug. 25 at 11 a.m.
If Westport loses its opener, it will play the loser of Corpus Christi and Sammamish on Saturday at 3 p.m. on ABC in an elimination game. The loser of that contest will play its consolation game on Monday at noon against an international opponent.
As in previous tournaments, the Little League World Series has pitch counts and mandatory participation rules.
Pitchers may not throw more than 85 pitches in any game. Those who throw 66 or more may not pitch for the next four days; 51-65 pitches, three days; 36-50, two days and 21-25, one day. Throwing fewer than 21 pitches does not require a day off.
Every play must play three consecutive defensive outs and bat at least once in every game. A player may exit and re-enter a game once; after a second removal he may not re-enter.
Teams may use one special pinch runner per inning that does not count as the player's entry.


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East Stroudsburg Area School District officials are examining a variety of cost-saving measures to reduce a projected $6.2 million deficit in their 2013-14 budget.
East Stroudsburg Area School District officials are examining a variety of cost-saving measures to reduce a projected $6.2 million deficit in their 2013-14 budget.
"The philosophy is to try to look at things that have the least negative impact on student instruction," said School Business Manager Jeff Bader.
A budget advisory committee, comprised of school board members Michael Meachem, Ronald Bradley, Robert Gress and Marjorie James, is exploring ways the district can save money. The committee, which met Wednesday, makes recommendations to the full school board.
It appears district officials will be able to reduce the amount they budgeted for health care costs.
"Our claims are running better than our trend," Bader said.
He initially anticipated setting aside about $1.5 million for health care costs, but said he will now reduce that figure by $730,000.
The committee discussed the idea of levying an activity fee on all students, regardless of whether or not they participate in an after-school sport or activity. Committee members will not likely recommend the fee to the board, however, Bader said.
Last year, the school board voted not to implement a "pay-to-play" fee for 7-12 grade students participating in any after-wschool activities.
The activity fee they briefly discussed Wednesday would be similar to the activity fees colleges implement for all incoming students, Bader said. Because the fee is something the committee is unlikely to recommend, they did not discuss how much the fee might cost.
The committee also looked at stipends it provides to extracurricular program advisers.
"We are not doing away with stipends, but we may look at a different way to allocate those dollars," Bader said.
Under the proposal, each school building would receive a specific amount of money to go toward supporting advisers for after-school programs, he said.
"We are creating a formula so that every school has an equal opportunity pot of money to support their advisers in doing extracurricular activities, but it wouldn't be an infinite amount," Bader said. "The allocation would be based on the number of students, so a building with more students would receive more money."
At this point, the advisory committee has not discussed any plans to eliminate programs, although there was some discussion on "staffing issues," Bader said. Because it was a personnel issue, he declined to comment.
"At this point, we are trying to get guidance in terms of what areas the board wants the administration to explore more deeply," Bader said.
The school district must adopt a proposed final budget by the end of May and adopt its final budget by the end of June.


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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Big Book
With more than two million copies sold, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? has opened up a world of learning to a generation of children. For this edition, created for the twenty-fifth anniversary in 1992, Bill Martin, Jr., restored his text to its original wording. And Eric Carle created all new pictures--based on the originals, but clearer, brighter, and truer to the colors they represent.
Stanley Birdbaum couldn't be more excited. He has rolled and wrapped and dyed his hair. He has dipped it and sprayed it and made it, well, perfect. He is ready to celebrate Crazy Hair Day at school. But when Stanley saunters up to the classroom, he learns, to his horror, that Crazy Hair Day is . . . next week. To make matters worse, today is School Picture Day, and everyone is expected to line up for the class photo! What's Stanley to do?
Curious George® Learns to Count from 1 to 100 Big Book
Curious George is a good little monkey, and always very curious. Now George is curious about numbers. Counting from 1 to 10 is easy, but can he count all the way to 100? George has picked the perfect day to try. It's his town's 100th birthday today and everyone is coming out to celebrate! In this large format, paper-over-board book each page features familiar objects for children to count. A perfect book for celebrating counting, numbers and the 100th day of school.
In brilliant watercolor collages, Lois Ehlert introduces young readers to a wide variety of fruits and vegetables from A to Z. Clearly labeled and easy to identify, the favorites in the collection include apples, bananas, potatoes, and tomatoes--as well as some less common edibles.
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Big Book
As soon as they say good night to Mama, the five little monkeys start to jump on their bed. But trouble lies ahead as, one by one, they fall off and hurt themselves.
These catchy stanzas frolic through the Australian author Sue Williams's simple, funny read-aloud picture book that tracks a crazy-haired boy's stroll through the countryside. The boy sees a black cat, then a brown horse, then a red cow, and so on, and before he knows it, he's being trailed by the entire menagerie! The Australian illustrator Julie Vivas brings the parade to life in lovely, lively watercolors—when the pink pig looks at the boy, for example, the boy sprays off his muddy body with a hose. Big type, repetition, friendly art, clean design—and the visual guessing game created by introducing each animal only partially at first—make this beloved tale a winner at story time.
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Big Book
his oversize (15- x 17-inch) big book edition is the perfect size for sharing in a classroom. This book is a great first introduction to Mouse, the star of the If You Give series and a perennial favorite among children. And with its spare, rhythmic text and circular tale, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is perfect for beginning readers and story time! If a hungry little mouse shows up on your doorstep, you might want to give him a cookie. And if you give him a cookie, he'll ask for a glass of milk. He'll want to look in a mirror to make sure he doesn't have a milk mustache, and then he'll ask for a pair of scissors to give himself a trim...
One duck is stuck in the muck. Can two fish, tails going swish, help? What about three moose, munching on spruce? Will four crickets, chirping in the thickets, manage to pull the unlucky duck out of the muck? Bright, spirited illustrations by Jane Chapman enhance this one-of-a-kind counting tale by Phyllis Root — a feast of sounds and numbers sure to have listeners scrambling to join in the slippery, sloppy fun.
Candlewick has selected OVER IN THE MEADOW to be a BIG Book because it exemplifies the qualities—rhythmic texts, repetitive words, dynamic illustrations, and engaging story lines—that make large-format books so useful in helping children to read and learn.
This educational and enjoyable book helps children understand how to plant bulbs, seeds, and seedlings, and nurture their growth. Lois Ehlert's bold collage illustrations include six pages of staggered width, presenting all the flowers of each color of the rainbow.
Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear? Big Book
Children are encouraged to guess what the big, fluffy, white polar bear is hearing in a colorful successor to Brown Bear that is complemented by artwork by an award-winning illustrator.
Dance a jig with a silly pig. Play leapfrog with a silly dog. And that's just the beginning of all the fun! Come along and join Silly Sally and her outrageous friends as they parade into town in a most unusual way. "Exploding with whimsy, humor, and zest. . . . Be prepared to read this one a thousand times!"--Booklist (starred review)


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Rothfeder tells the story of a remarkable family, one that literally rose from the ashes of the Civil War to create a hugely successful business based on the sale of a single food product, a business that is still well known some 140 years later. In his research of the McIlhenny family, Rothfeder found that much of what has come to be accepted about the family's history and the origin of
When Edmund McIlhenny, fifty years old at the end of the Civil War, and prior to the war a successful
Edmund McIlhenny was a businessman, not a farmer. As a pre-war banker, he learned to market himself personally to such a degree that he became the best known and most sought after financial man in
The McIlhenny product has been a high quality one from the beginning. The three-year chili paste aging process and the inability to use mechanized pickers to gather the delicate chili peppers requires that manufacturing costs, especially labor costs, be controlled as tightly as possible. That concern led to the near recreation of the plantation system on Avery Island, a company town so complete with free shelter, medical care, schools and churches that white employees had little reason to ever leave little Avery Island. McIlhenny Co. workers, almost guaranteed a job for life, became extremely loyal to the company that provided them with everything they needed. This system lasted until a few years ago and was key to the company's success.
McIlhenny Co., still based on the sale of a single product, has become a $250 million per year business but it is facing difficult times because one of its previous strengths has turned into its greatest weakness. The company has always been run by a member of the McIlhenny family and for three generations the family was blessed to have a family member ready to take on the job and to do it adequately, if not always completely well. But, as almost always happens in a closely held family business, future generations do not always see things through the eyes of its founder. McIlhenny Co. is at a historical crossroads and its future will be determined by a generation of McIlhennys who may decide that it is time finally to sell the company to the highest bidder rather than make the effort to keep it the tightly controlled family business that it has been for more than 140 years.
Jeffrey Rothfeder has written a well-researched history, complete with interviews of many McIlhenny family members and key employees, a history that tells the story of a fascinating family and business. McIlhenny Co. may not serve as a blueprint for future businesses, but it is hard to argue with what the company has achieved across parts of three centuries.
Rated at: 4.0


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The Sun editorial regarding the drunk driving charge of Baltimore County 3rd District Councilman Todd Huff is very troubling ("Sobriety test," Feb. 26). The council is faced with difficult, challenging times requiring responsible decision making by its members.
The actions of Mr. Huff — driving with headlights off on York Road at 2:30 a.m. with an alcohol level of 0.20, far above the legal level — were very dangerous. Serious or fatal injuries could easily have resulted as his Jeep suddenly appeared out of the darkness. While this arrest and prosecution will be a down moment in his life, Mr. Huff should be thankful that his critical lack of judgment and reckless actions did not leave mourning families grieving the death or injury of loved ones.
Yet, Mr. Huff's attempt to extricate himself by trying to intimidate the police officer demonstrates much worse than poor judgment on his part, but also an abusive character with no respect for legitimate authority. The officer may well have prevented a terrible accident and saved Mr. Huff's life and perhaps the lives of innocent people as well.
Mr. Huff's actions bring into question whether he has the ability and integrity to meet the challenges he faces as an elected member of the Baltimore County Council, and we believe he should resign from office.
Harold Burns and Marvin Tenberg


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Grupo Globo is the largest media group in Latin America and Brazil's undisputed leader across print, radio, broadcast TV and online channels. To maximize Globo's potential as a digital disruptor, the Group needed to identify the emerging technologies and market trends most likely to change the game for its business, and the media industry, over the next five to ten years. It asked Accenture for help.
Seeking to take control of its digital destiny, Globo needed to anticipate how emerging technologies would drive change and create opportunities across each of its core business units in the years ahead.
To support this process, Globo's Technology Committee was asked to design a forward-looking technology vision. As well as driving the Group's business strategy in the decade ahead, this vision would provide a foundation for the continuous selection, implementation and delivery of new technology ideas to the business—the ideation process through which breakthrough innovations are achieved.
The Technology Committee asked Accenture to help them with this critical project. Assembling skills from its Media & Entertainment, Accenture Strategy, Accenture Technology Labs, Advanced Technology Architecture and Accenture Research practices, drawing on the latest Accenture thought leadership (including the Accenture Technology Vision 2014 and the latest Accenture Pulse of Media report), and working in close collaboration with C-level executives across Globo's business, Accenture set out to answer two fundamental questions:
Which emerging technologies are most likely to influence the media industry over the next 5-10 years?
How will technology evolution influence new consumer behaviors and drive new marketplace trends?
To help Globo conceptualize the dimensions of its future technology landscape, and the relative maturities of emerging technologies within it, Accenture leveraged the Technology Innovation Radar.
Based on in-depth analysis, and grounded in a proof of concept being conducted by Accenture Technology Labs, the Technology Innovation Radar aggregates conceptual, emerging and improving technologies into categories, depending on the principal purpose for which these technologies are being developed. The layers within the radar map show the evolution of different technologies—such as wearables, 8k TV, the Internet of Things and nanotechnology—and their acceptance by the market. Taken together, the work provided unique holistic insight into which technologies are most likely to be adopted for mass personal and corporate use—and points the way forward to future business opportunities within the media industry.
By mapping emerging technologies to marketplace trends in this way, Accenture enabled Globo's Technology Committee to ensure the challenges it presented would be tangible to the business. Drilling down deeper, Accenture correlated this holistic view of the future to Globo's own business realities, highlighting the opportunities and challenges ahead and pinpointing the digital capabilities that the organization would need to develop on their digital journey.
In a digital world, successful innovation demands a close relationship between business and technology. By helping Globo to develop a forward-looking business strategy grounded in the transformational impact of technology across all its media channels, Accenture provided the Group with a pragmatic vision for ongoing high performance.


text: Just a thought here...the validity of it is, of course, questionable. How about a 'Current Events' forum for all these little tidbits concerning politics, corporate abuses, breaking news etc.? That way they would not be scattered around the other forums (Cosmos and General Chit Chat mainly) and susceptible to repetition.


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Columcille Megalith Park
Columcille Megalith Park is a playground of myth and mystery located in the Appalachian Mountains nea Stroudsberg, Pennsylvania. The park rooted in Celtic spirituality and inspired by the Isle of Iona off the coast of Scotland provides a beautiful and serene setting for those who wish to step back in time and enjoy this pristine megalithic site. Columcille is an outdoor sanctuary open to the public as a sacred space for quiet meditation. Admission is free, but there is a drop box for donations.
I hope that you enjoy the beauty and tranquility of the megalith structures, maybe enough to go there yourselves.
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They say that in the future, most of the human race will be brown-skinned as racial-mixing will have run its course. That is, assuming climate change doesn't induce a worldwide weather catastrophe or Russia doesn't decide to sell some of its nuclear weapons cache to Christian extremists.
Similarly so, as time moves on, motorcycle manufacturers are picking their new conceptual product ideas out of the metaphorical melting pot. Dual-sports and crossovers like the Honda NC700X point to a design paradigm that favors a jack-of-all trades mentality towards practicality over specialization.
The Honda CX-01, a conceptual prototype revealed at 2014 Indian Auto Expo, represents Honda's vision for a youth-targeted crossover motorcycle.


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Welcome to the Leavenworth/Lansing area!
Leavenworth, also known as "The First City in Kansas" was founded in 1854. It was a major stepping stone for the settlement and opening of the West. Leavenworth was also a major trading area with access to railroads, trails and waterways.
Lansing, also known as "The City with a Future" is an expanding community adjacent (South) of Leavenworth. Selected in 2009 by Money Magazine as one of the "Top 100 Best Places to live," the city strives to provide excellent opportunities.
Today, both communities provide a "Home town feeling" and sense of community which makes this area a great place to live and work. Only minutes from the Kansas City International Airport, major league sporting franchises (Kansas City Royals; Kansas City Chiefs; Sporting KC) and a wide variety of activities, we believe you will find our communities as "hidden gems". Check us out...you might be pleasantly surprised!
Check out our 2017-2018 Business Directory & Community Profile!
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Visit Our Nation's Future and Past
The spirit of America runs through Leavenworth, Lansing, and the surrounding communities. We are home to Fort Leavenworth, one of the oldest military installations in the U.S, and rich in history as one of the most important gateways to the exploration and settlement of the west. Today, we offer a variety of shopping, dining and hometown charm.
Leavenworth County Historical Society
Frontier Army Museum
Leavenworth Historical Museum Association
Lodging and Travel
Arts, Culture, Entertainment
Starting a Business
The Leavenworth-Lansing area is a community that fosters and cultivates new and growing businesses. Along with the Chamber's advocacy, networking, facilitation and education, there are dozens of resources to help your business connect, grow and succeed:
- Business Resources from the City of Leavenworth
- First City Development Corporation which provides 0% interest loans to businesses in Leavenworth.
- Business Resources from the City of Lansing
- Leavenworth Main Street Program
- Leavenworth County Development Corporation
- KU Small Business Development Center serves Leavenworth County
- Kansas Business Center
- "Steps to Success" Handbook developed by the Kansas Department of Commerce as a guide to starting a business in Kansas
- NetWork Kansas is a resource for starting up or growing your business
- U.S. Small Business Administration
Give Back:
The Chamber promotes community involvement with civic organizations, providing an opportunity to give back to the community and gain experience in a variety of areas. Community service offers valuable gifts and resources to both parties, connecting community members and making a difference in society. Leavenworth-Lansing area Chamber members who provide these opportunities are numerous and diverse. Link to Civic Organizations


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Michael Healy Designs - Golf Ball Door Bell Ringer, Polished Brass
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The newest issue of Edge magazine may give us our first look at Bizarre Creations' newest racer, Blur, via the cover; but it's the teaser nestled near the back that may generate the most excitement.
According to GoNintendo, the mag ends with the typically cryptic Edge teaser, one that's leading to speculation of an impending Pikmin-related announcement. While the full-page "Next Month" hint may look simply like a carefully manicured lawn, it appears to also contain a teeny-tiny secret: a wee Pikmin-shaped purple blob.
Nintendo has been forthcoming with its intentions to create a new Pikmin game. At last year's E3 expo, Shigeru Miyamoto told select press that the developer was making an all-new Pikmin.
"We're making Pikmin," Miyamoto said. Yeah. They're making Pikmin.
Whether that new Pikmin is a proper sequel for the Wii or for the Nintendo DS remains to be seen. Since the mag's new issue date is June 4th, a few days into this year's E3 expo, we'd expect an announcement to happen then.
RUMOR - Current EDGE issue features teaser that may be related to Pikmin 3? [GoNintendo]


text: 6.5" The Intruder 65 (sink) - Striper This bait can be retrieved slowly for the swim action or use jerk pause cadence like a jerkbait. Rate of fall is 8"-10" per second. Use the floating model early morning than when sun comes out, switch to the sink model to get down deeper. Give it a pop to give it a directional move to trigger those bites.