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For instance, giving and receiving bribes is the accepted way of conducting business in many countries. Loyalty to one's company is a higher virtue in Japan than here. Infidelity in marriage is accepted in many Latin countries (as long as it's the man who strays). Revenge is expected if you're a Sicilian.
I came across a value that I had assumed was universal. It wasn't. During a speaking engagement to a group of 130 female executive secretaries in Portugal, I encountered women who had come from all over the world for a three-day seminar. English was the common language and much was gained by their talking to one another and comparing jobs, bosses and social and political environments.
In fact, one woman worked for a boss in Italy and another worked for the same man when he traveled to his Belgium office. In Belgium he was call "Sir," was formal and non-interactive. In Italy he was known by his first name and joked and socialized with his staff. This man obviously was fitting into the culture of his particular work group and was a good example of how the expected norms of conduct should influence behavior.
The speakers were excellent and all emphasized upward mobility, job opportunities and strategies for getting ahead. The participants were surprisingly non-responsive. I noticed that they had no questions at the end of the talks and looked glazed a good deal of the time.
I decided to take a survey and found the problem. A large majority of the attendees had been in the same job for more than 15 years and only a small minority had any interest in moving out of their secretarial positions into more managerial or administrative jobs. The organizers expressed not only their surprise, but also their upset at the lack of ambition from the women there.
Their companies had sent these women for three days to a lovely resort by the ocean as a reward for loyalty and good work. If they achieved some personal growth, learned to communicate better, improved their telephone skills, broadened their general knowledge, learned of new computer technologies and enjoyed the sunshine, that was good enough. The seminar organizers, on the other hand, had seen their purpose as getting the women out of their secretarial roles into positions of greater responsibility, authority and power.
I was fortunate to be the closing speaker and could use the information from my survey. I changed the subject of my talk from "Onward and Upward" to "Happy at Work." In other words, I extolled the virtues of predictability and security and gave permission to not "go anywhere" and to not feel guilty about it.
In our culture, ambition is almost universally seen as positive, whereas words such as "stuck" and "plateaued" have negative connotations. We don't have a term in our language defining lack of ambition as a happy state of standing still, as a satisfactory place to remain for an indefinite period of time. I have often heard people ask questions like: "Where will you be in five or 10 years?" As if one should expect to be in a more satisfactory place, the assumption being that wherever you are now is not going to be good enough.
We need to re-evaluate our unexamined priorities. "Up" may not be the only way to go. There is a recent trend of professional women leaving their jobs in order to raise children and find satisfaction as stay-at-home moms.
I have caught myself trying to help people move into more lucrative or more fulfilling work, never wondering whether more is indeed better. I had not considered the security of stability, the pleasure of staying in a position one knows and does well, nor the validity of the choice to prioritize other aspects of our lives above professional success. We will find satisfaction only when we give ourselves permission to follow our own individual paths rather than running wherever the herd is headed.


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My favorite part of selling Airstreams is helping people live out their sometimes lifelong dream of owning an iconic Airstream Trailer. What I like most about the product is the amazing quality and beautiful design. I decided to work for AANW because I wanted to work for a respected and well known company.
Being a part of Team Airstream enables me to help provide a beginning for someone's lifelong dream of exploring Earth's fabulous playgrounds and campsites. It's truly a good feeling to meet and communicate with Guests who take such enjoyment in traveling in luxury with comfort and convenience. Airstreams, coming from such rich history and deep roots, are built with commitment, experience, and love. This alone makes it enjoyable to see a trailer on the road.
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The legacy of Wally Byam and the longevity of Airstream is so impressive. The products are built to last and they keep getting better.
It is an honor to work for a company that sells a product that is built to last and I truly enjoy selling something that I believe in one hundred percent. The relationship I build with every guest is based on honesty and integrity, so selling a product that I believe is worth every penny allows me to honor that relationship. Airstream trailers are iconic and built to last so families can enjoy them from one generation to the next.
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Remember those hard-hitting anti-smoking commercials that aired on TV last spring?
There was Terrie, a former smoker who developed oral and throat cancer, donning her wig and artificial voice box, and Brandon, who lost both legs below the knees and several fingers, putting on his prosthetic legs.
Now, a new report's tallied this graphic campaign's successes: An estimated 100,000 Americans quit for good, and a whopping 1.6 million smokers were inspired to try.
This $54 million blitz by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention works out to spending $540 per successful quitter, an investment that'll save every taxpayer a bundle.
Right now, smoking costs the U.S. $96 billion a year in public and private health-care costs and another $97 million in lost productivity on the job. A $6 pack of cigarettes carries with it $35 in health costs. We estimate that every quitter ultimately saves taxpayers $2,000 a year in public health and disability expenses.
A new round of ads in the CDC's Tips from Former Smokers campaign is set to air next spring.
But don't wait until then to kick your habit. Not when another new smoking report reveals just how fast the health benefits roll in.
In a study that looked at the heart health of 13,372 current, former and nonsmokers, researchers from Dr. Oz's New York-Presbyterian Hospital found a quitter's odds for a heart attack or fatal heart disease drops to that of a nonsmoker within two years.
Considering that smoking is behind one in three heart-disease deaths in North America, that's powerful motivation for saying "no thanks," even if you've tried unsuccessfully to kick this habit in the past.
The fact is, it takes an average of six quit attempts to get it done. And going cold turkey is only a winning strategy for 2 percent to 5 percent of smokers.
Swapping your cigarettes for nicotine patches, sprays or gum only helps 5 percent to 10 percent. But adding group support rockets the success rate up to 25 percent to 50 percent. (You can boost your odds for success to 80 percent by adding daily coaching; Dr. Mike sees the power of that in his program at the Cleveland Clinic's Wellness Center.) Here are some other effective strategies:
Set a quit date a month from today. Nope, you're not gonna swear off cigarettes or cigars for the first 30 days.
Use this month to establish a healthy new behavior: walking.
Stroll for a half-hour every day, rain or shine, on lazy Saturdays and on your busiest workday.
During this prep period, see your doctor and ask about prescriptions for the nicotine patch and for the anti-crave drug bupropion. Get them both filled.
And find a support person you can report to daily about your progress, now with walking, and later with quitting, too.
Two days before your quit date, start taking the bupropion as directed.
Keep on walking and checking in with your support person.
On your quit date, toss all tobacco products and accessories (lighters, ashtrays) and attach your nicotine patch as directed by your doctor.
Keep walking and taking your anti-crave drug (ask your doctor about the best dose); keep talking to your support person.
Days three, four and five will be your toughest, but clear skies are ahead.
Make it to day seven, you're well on your way to staying nicotine-free for good.
You'll be able to reduce your nicotine patch dose after two months, and be finished with patches and pills after six.
And keep on walking. The average former smoker gains 10 to 13 pounds in his or her first smoke-free year, most of it in the first three months.
But this won't be you if you keep putting one foot in front of the other. Plenty of people in Dr. Mike's program lose a few pounds while shaking off tobacco.
Now that's a good deal!
Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of "The Dr. Oz Show," and Mike Roizen, M.D. is Chief Wellness Officer and Chair of Wellness Institute at Cleveland Clinic. To live your healthiest, tune into "The Dr. Oz Show" or visit www.sharecare.com.


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The gorgeous interior designer Carol Glasser poses in her former bedroom. I still want that robe!
A while ago I wrote about The One Perfect House – or what I thought for me is the perfect house. This Perfect House was owned by Houston interior designer Carol Glasser, who as you all know, is someone whose taste and style I greatly admire. For years, Glasser lived in this wonderful house, small by some standards – 3196 sq ft – but perfectly sized for me. The house was built in 1935 and is located in River Oaks, Houston's most exclusive neighborhood. Glasser of course changed the house over the years – adding onto it and redecorating it – making it that much more special with all her touches. When buying the house, Glasser overlooked its traditional Georgian facade, drawn instead to its beamed ceilings and iron railing on the stairs. She added a master bedroom suite and renovated the kitchen - increasing its size and turning it into a French styled keeping room with imported Provencal floor tiles. She added a wonderful back vestibule that lead to the romantic curving stairway. She landscaped the backyard creating a lush oasis with a swimming pool. The garage became an office with a bedroom above. The Perfect House was published in several national magazines and design books – and with each showing, Glasser tweaked it, changed it, and made it just a little bit better. A year or two prior to selling her house – she had totally remodeled it one more time. Her once warm yellow painted English styled living room now sported newly installed Venetian plaster walls. The wall to wall seagrass was removed, exposing the wood floors. The room became more streamlined, less cluttered, more French.
With each change Glasser made over the years, I hung onto each detail. I studied each photograph, comparing the before and after. What did she add? What did she sell? What did she change? The last metamorphism of The One Perfect House was my favorite – a peach and cream living room with an antique oushak rug along with gorgeous fabrics and curtains. I was stunned when after totally revamping the house, Glasser put it on the market. Whoa! I wanted it! I would have sold my left kidney to own the house, furnishings included - of course. But, alas, Carol didn't need an extra kidney and I sadly watched as it quickly sold, wishing I was the lucky new owner. As I wrote in the original story The Story of One Perfect House HERE, I detailed how much Carol Glasser influenced my own design aesthetic. I started my own collection of blue and white transferware after seeing hers in magazines. She was first in town with Bennison fabrics and I followed her lead. She had seagrass before anyone else did. I bought a birdcage because she had one. I bought red toile because she did. I collected English smalls because she did. She bought Kenneth Turner candles, I bought Kenneth Turner candles. I also bought red paisleys, just like Glasser. I could go on and on how I tried to clone my aesthetic into in hers, rather unsuccessfully I'm afraid because true genius is not so easily stolen. I can't tell you how many times I drove down her street at barely a crawl, hoping for what? For her to run outside and see me and invite me in for coffee and a tour???? hehe Probably. I don't know. I was a crazed stalker who deserved to be arrested!
Everything she touches is a visual treat. Roses in Glasser's back yard.
Glasser's Perfect House was sold to a single woman with impeccable style herself – though her aesthetic was totally different than Glasser's. The new owner stripped the house bare, the walls were painted white, and the furnishings were as sparse as the accessories. I know all this because the new owner decided to sell The Perfect House just a few years later and the pictures of the house were put on the internet. Again, while I screamed "MINE" – I watched as yet another new owner staked claim to my dream house.
Entry Hall Vignette #1
Entry Hall Vignette #2
Now, I wonder if it is cursed? The third owner has recently put it up for sale, yet again, and the pictures are, yet again, made public on the internet. Are they just trying to torture me? It's like they are saying, "here's your chance AGAIN, don't blow it this time!" Ben thinks it's funny. I wonder how long it will be on the market this time? Should I pretend I can afford it just to walk through it with a realtor? Do realtors do credit checks before they let you to traipse all over properties you can't afford?
But seriously, this gives people like you and me another opportunity to study design. How often can one can see the evolution of a house with three owners, each with their own certain style? I wonder will the new owner change the contemporary mantels back to their rightful traditional style? It would s0 hospitable if the new owner would let me in to photograph all her changes!!! But, I doubt that will happen. Maybe Owner #4 will quickly sell it too. Until then, here again, is The One Perfect House. First, I'll recap the changes that Glasser made to her house over the years. (Because really, I can never get enough of looking at those wonderful photographs!) Next, I'll show each room first under Glasser, then under owner #2, and now under owner #3. And no, I STILL cannot afford to buy this wonderful house, although I really do belong there and deserve to move in myself (if only my accountant and husband agreed!)
A very early view of the living room – yellow walls, blue and white striped dhurri rug (wow – so many years before Somethings Gotta Give!!), red toile and paisley, lacquered black coffee table, and wood mantel.
Later: subtle changes with installation of seagrass topped with an accent rug, painting over the fireplace. English country manor style decorating at its best.
Same photoshoot as above: Glasser stands on her romantic iron railed, curving stairway. Lots of warm reds and yellows – veddy English inspired. I remember drooling over this photoshoot – those roses!! That toile perfectly draped. That smile! Hey, I'd be smiling too if that was me standing there.
Later: more subtle changes – the bench gets upholstered in antique toile, the faded oushak rug is added, the mirror replaces artwork, and the putti make an appearance – years before anyone was buying them. Notice how the draped toile in the previous picture was used on the bench – along with the trim. Leftovers were used for pillows.
The last redecorating: cream walls, seagrass removed, antique oushak added, peach and cream colored fabrics. – no more red. Beaumont and Fletcher toile fabric covers the two armchairs while striped curtains replace the former chintz ones.
Close up of painted French chairs and screen.
Gorgeous – just gorgeous!!!! Notice the wood mantel has been replaced with an antique marble mantle (not sure if this is marble.) The mirror makes another appearance here, along with the putti. The beams are so pretty.
A French trumeau now hangs over the sofa. The look is more clean lined, less cluttered- more French feeling than English. Notice the gorgeous Italian chandelier. Glasser uses real candles in her lighting fixture.
The dining room/library remains red throughout Glasser's time in the house. For each photoshoot, the chairs and table cloths are swapped out to create new interest. Here wonderful wicker chairs surround a paisley covered gate leg. Yes, Carol used gate legs so I used gate legs. God, this is so embarrassing to admit how much I copied her!!! Glasser's pillows are almost always antique tapestries. Yes. I use those too – though not as much as she does.
Another view – Glasser always uses antique accessories only – stacks of wonderful old books, boxes, blue and white porcelains, baskets, tapestry pillows – all the things that made her house warm, cozy, livable, and uniquely Glasser's.
Later, the paisley was replaced with ticking. Santos became more important in her decor.
For this later photoshoot, chairs from the kitchen were used along with a French quilt. The red or persimmon walls were a constant.
In the Keeping Room – she used wicker furniture, toiles, stripes, and blue and white transferware. This room was inspirational to many who loved her collection of transferware, myself included.
At this photoshoot, French chairs with burlap (before it was trendy) were used instead of the wicker.
Glasser's signature look that inspired so many collectors. The famous Welsh 10' long dresser.
At this more recent photoshoot, the wicker was moved to the sunroom and was replaced with this set of more streamlined furniture. The blue and white transferware was mostly put away (prompting me to do the same! I'm such a terrible copy cat!) The check curtains have been replaced with toile. And the reds look softer, more persimmon – perhaps to blend in with the peach in the living room?
Glasser collected the real deal – antique creamware before anyone else. We all bought reproductions.
Colefax and Fowler chintz and red toiles and checks – an early version of her breakfast area.
Later, more sophisticated French antique chairs with Bennison toile replace the slipcovered ones. Although the shade looks the same, I wonder if it's different than before, again more orange than red.
The sun room with the older wicker furniture now in gray. I adore that lampshade! I copied that too!
The sunroom – with all the beautiful white pottery and antique iron buffet. This mirror was moved here from her bedroom.
The romantic back vestibule with the antique wire plant stand. Yep, I copied that too! I always loved her tole trays. Don't ask. Of course – I bought those too. That clock!!!
The bedroom – all Bennison – Roses pattern. This room stayed pretty much the same with just a few changes over the years. Why mess with perfection? And yes, I used this pattern on some chairs in my living room. Yikes! I never realized how many ideas I stole from Glasser! Should I send her a commission?
Later Glasser style. She has such a flair for accessories. Just beautiful. I believe this picture was taken in Glasser's guest room.
Glasser's backyard – ready for a photoshoot.
One Perfect House – Three Owners:
Glasser: The exterior was always rather simple. Not much landscaping out front and no center sidewalk. I would have changed the sunroom – either added a pitched roof or another story. Not sure – I'd hire either Kurt Aichler or Kirby Mears for their opinion!!
Owner #2 – a new brick walkway was added. New paint color. New metal awning over the front door. New lighter roof. New trees. New landscaping around the front windows. Prettier?!!
Owner #3 – everything remains the same as under owner #2, just more grown out landscaping.
Glasser: Living Room: this photo always puzzled me – where are the Beaumont and Fletcher toile chairs? I do love these armchairs with the trendy antique linens, but I do miss the peach toile chairs. I also miss the small tray coffee table shown in the professional pictures.
Owner #2 – totally different. No curtains, no accessories and the walls are white white. I love the seagrass, the upholstered chairs, the linen sofa, the lighting fixture. It just looks a little too bare for my tastes.
Owner #3 – I really like this. The seagrass stayed. I like the floating chaise. It looks pretty and restful to me.
Glasser: Sunroom. Again, different from the photoshoot. The lampshades are changed, the buffet is different. It just shows how wonderful professional photographers are compared to real estate photographers!
Owner #3: Sunroom. Not my favorite style of antique furniture. I like the portraits and the seagrass.
Owner #3 – the entrance hall looking into the dining room. This is the only picture of the entrance hall. I never realized the doorway into the dining room was arched.
Glasser: Of course her dining room is red, but I wonder if she maybe toned down the red and made it a little more orange to go along with newly peach colored living room? Not sure. I suppose this is how she kept it normally when there weren't photographers around: the wicker chairs pushed to the corners, the gate leg table sits like a center hall table. dressed just with books and a yelloware pot?
Owner #2 – the red is now gone, replaced with the white or bone colored paint. It appears the floors were also refinished with a darker stain. The sparseness is evident here with the shelves – they look barely filled. I love the chairs – elegantly slipped in white linen. No chandelier – yet it looks like there might have been one, judging from the hole in the ceiling. I wonder if this table stayed with the house? It looks remarkably like Glassers. The kitchen is off to the left.
Owner #3 – is that a marble globe/light fixture? Never saw anything like that before. And the marble table is too contemporary IMHO for the house. Here the room looks more like an entry hall than a dining room or library.
Glasser: Keeping Room. Awwww. Love. Love the toile curtains. I noticed the ottoman is now checked – not solid. This is such a charming room.
Glasser: view to the kitchen and breakfast area.
Owner #2 - the room was painted lighter, whiter. It's so sparse – it almost makes me wonder if this house was staged for the real estate photographs? And did the owner buy Glasser's set of wicker furniture? Hmmm.
Owner #3 – I like the slipcovered sofa. This room really looks completely different than it during Glasser's time or Owner #2. Look at the mantel!! Whoa – when was that changed and why? It's so contemporary!!
Glasser: the kitchen was not my favorite room – I don't care for butcher block, or the cabinet stain. But I adore all her kitchen accessories.
Owner #2 – ok, she is the one who redid mantel. I think that is a huge mistake.
Owner #3 – I really do like that sofa!
Owner #3 – here you can see all the new appliances and the new back splash that Owner #2 put in. Gone is the beautiful blue and white tiles that Glasser u.
Owner #3 – used a simple garden style table and chairs. I like the colors, the whites and grays.
Glasser: the beautiful all Bennison Roses bedroom.
Glasser – across from the bed, the charming bamboo desk. Glasser really helped popularize this Bennison pattern. After her bedroom was published, there were several other bedrooms shown in magazines with all Bennison Roses bedrooms too!
Owner #2 – it looks like she used a Rose Tarlow linen for the windows. I miss the curtains in other rooms of the house. The mantel was changed here too. This room is so pretty and again so different from Glasser.
Owner #3 – it looks like these owners used the same curtains as #2. I think the living room and the bedroom are both the prettiest rooms in #3's version. I love their end tables and headboard. The bedroom is such a beautiful space with all the windows and the fireplace. Of course, Glasser added this room onto the house.
Glasser's master bathroom. I would love to be able to study her vanity! I bet she has the most beautiful smalls from England and France. You can see her horn cup collection on the man's side of the bathroom.
Owner #2 took out the mirrors and replaced them with a Louis Philippe antique mirror and one candlestick for accent. I do like this much better than the wall to wall mirrors that were there before.
Owner #3 – again, a small mirror – not quite as graceful as the Louis Philippe. Notice she uses a ghost chair also.
Glasser: the house only has two bedrooms and two and 1/2 baths. Another bedroom is upstairs in the garage. This is a rare picture of Glasser's second bedroom, rarely photographed before. I think the French chair was once in her living room.
Glasser: This looks like a landing area outside the guest bedroom. I love this set of antique looking wicker.
Owner #3 – childrens room – really cute.
Owner #3 – what a darling playroom. This must be the extra landing space upstairs.
Glasser: the space above the garage was used as a guest bedroom. Never published before.
Owner #2 – this owner redid the garage space and turned it into this bright and cheery bunk room. If I lived here, I would use this as my office OR let Elisabeth use this as her bedroom. Love this.
Glasser: her backyard was as wonderfully designed as her house. I notice the iron buffet that was in the sunroom is now between the two French doors.
Owner #2 – the lighter paint certainly makes the backyard look different. The romantic back door now sports an awning. If I moved here, I would probably add onto the house above the sunroom. I always thought that needed to be done to balance out the exterior.
Glasser: another photograph of her back yard for the photographer. Look at the roses climbing up the by the French doors.
Owner #2 – you can see the garage with the bunk room above it here. I wonder if she added the spa?
Owner #3 – the pool looks a prettier color here – more blue, less green. I miss Glasser's backyard furniture.
Owner #3 – view of the pool again.
Owner #3 – a view of the remodeled garage. It looks like there is another room in the garage on the ground floor.
I hope you have enjoyed this latest chapter in The One Perfect House and I hope the new owners will appreciate this house and possibly stay longer than a year or two! I know I would.
To read the HAR report on this house, go HERE. To read my original story on Carol Glasser and The Story of One Perfect House, go HERE.


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"Once a woman has given you her heart, you can never get rid of the rest of her."
Sir John Vanbrugh (English Playwright, 1664-1726)
Guys, remember the John Estrada – La Greta smooch fest a few years ago?
According to a very reliable source, film siren Gretchen Barretto and business tycoon Antonio "Tonyboy" Cojuangco have already split because of this. Naturally, Tonyboy –or any self-respecting man– wouldn't let go of a scandalous kiss just like that. My golly, he's not a saint. Then after John, Dodie Punò followed.
The controversial couple have been on top of the denial game for so long you'd almost not believe that they'd ever split!
Believe it or not, Tonyboy and La Greta are already a done deal.
But now, what's this?
Tonyboy strums, happy Greta hums
MANILA, Philippines—It's only past 8 p.m. on a Monday but there's already a full-house crowd at Strumm's on Jupiter St. Makati.
The Electromaniacs, the club's happy-hour band, is playing Earl Klugh. At one table near the back of the room sit Gretchen Barretto and a couple of friends. She's here to watch partner Tonyboy Cojuangco, who seems to have found a new hobby as rhythm guitarist.
But Tonyboy is not just here to jam. He's introduced as the band's newest member. According to another Electromaniacs guitarist, Lenny de Jesus, "Tonyboy plays with us even in mall shows. The only time he's absent is when he's abroad."
Onstage, the business tycoon looks serious and, well, businesslike — wearing reading glasses to read music sheets while strumming his acoustic guitar. He's not the typical musician who would nod or groove along to the songs, or glance and smile at the audience.
But Gretchen says he's having a good time: "He enjoys it. I'm glad because he's overcoming his shyness through music."
As the band ends a cover of the "Hawaii Five-O" theme, Lenny, who is also its manager and repertoire annotator, cracks a joke about the vintage nature of the music.
But surprisingly there's a new batch of songs which The Electromaniacs have added to their set list, including Billy Joel ("Just the Way You Are," "My Life," "You May Be Right"), The Beatles (with John Lesaca jamming on vocals in "I Call Your Name" and "All My Loving"), Queen ("Crazy Little Thing Called Love").
Gretchen says she likes retro music. "I was born in 1970 so I'm not familiar with the Electromaniacs. But slowly I'm getting the hang of it."
The actress, who has recorded two CDs herself, remembers that Tonyboy wanted to play in one of the albums. "I teased him, 'You need more practice,'" she said, laughing.
The band ends its set and Tonyboy joins Gretchen, finally breaking into a smile. His eyes light up each time somebody pats him on the back.
He has grown stubbles, too, perhaps his way of saying, "I'm with the band." (Inquirer.net)
If they've buried the hatchet, good for them. Also, it only means this country suffers from a lack of celebrity sleuths… I say, if the above story is not true, Tonyboy's undergoing private acting workshops to match La Greta's movie acting.
Heck! What do we care with their private lives, anyway? Well, they're high-profile public figures. And for that, the public owns them, LOL!
How does that song go again… ♩ ♬ that's entertainment? ♩ ♬
Surely, La Greta will agree to that. Like all movie and TV personalities, she's stricken with star complex. And she loves being in the limelight.
As for Tonyboy? Well, well, well, he's got a lot of history to tell. But that's a different (and serious) story.
Ayaw pakasalan ni Tony Boy, Gretchen kumalas na!
Gretchen, Tonyboy: Headed for splitsville?
Pagtatagpo nina Gretchen at John, aprubado ni Tonyboy!
Tonyboy did not kick out Gretchen Barretto – PEP
Tonyboy Forgives Gretchen


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The royal engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton is such non-news that bookies in England long ago stopped taking bets on a 2011 wedding. It was just a given. But now that she's landed her prince, what will Kate Middleton have to do to fit into the royal hierarchy?
It all sounds romantic, but here's hoping she's already set aside the Disney ideas of princesshood. She's got to roll up her sleeves and do some real work.
First up: a name change.
The official announcement from Clarence House lists Kate as "Miss Catherine Middleton." By this time next year, she will be Catherine of Wales, similar to her late mother-in-law. And this commoner will get a title, likely Duchess of Blankchester.
And that's just the beginning.
Before they even get to the altar, she's being called upon to start stepping up to the duties once held by William's mom, Princess Diana. Two years ago, the queen allegedly suggested she start volunteer work to counter public claims that she's "workshy." This spring, she agreed to a slate of charity events, representing the royal family.
A life dedicated to charity is considered Diana's legacy -- she was a champion of Landmines & Explosive Remnants of War, Prisoners' Families, and Palliative Care issues -- and Kate has already taken up some of that mantle with her own work with the Starlight Children's Foundation through her family's party planning business.
That's where Middleton is technically employed, but she'll likely be giving it up for the full-time job of being a royal at her new home in the north of Wales where William is serving in the Royal Air Force as a search and rescue pilot.
And she need not worry that life without Diana will leave her without a role model to help her through the role of princess. Although her mother-in-law-to-be, Camilla Parker-Bowles, has never earned the title, there's always Prince William's aunt Anne, the so-called Princess Royal. Anne's official job is to be charitable. She's associated with more than 200 charities and organizations in an "official capacity." If Kate takes on even half that, she could put that "workshy" rumor to bed.
But considering Parker-Bowles spends her days "supporting" Prince Charles' endeavors, chances are Middleton will have more than her own charity work to do on a daily basis. Her husband will be off serving his country, and she'll be filling in for him.
Not to mention, when they marry, Middleton will become the wife of the second-in-line to the throne (William has to wait for dad Charles to take the seat before he gets a crack at it). Which means she could become queen one day. Looks like she could use plenty of "royal" practice.
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Memorial for the Baker-Fancher party at the Mountain Meadows Massacre Site. This monument was built by the descendants of the Massacre, state of Utah, and other interested parties.
Utah is a state located in the westcentral region of the United States of America. Utah is the 13th largest state by area, ranks 34th by population and 10th by population density of the 50 United States. Utah was the 45th state to be admitted into the Union, on January 4, 1896. Utah is landlocked, being bordered by the states of Idaho to the north, Wyoming to the northeast, Nevada on the west, Colorado on the east and Arizona to the south. Utah is very mountainous and is a popular outing destination of the outdoorsman. The state population is about 2.82M with 95% being Caucasian, 2.4% Asian, 1.7% Native American and 1.3% Black. The state capital and largest city is Salt Lake City.Source: wikipedia


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Well I don't know the airport but i do recognized the plane's door. That is ether an Airbus A330 or 340 cabin DoorLufthansa fly's them into PDX. So maybe they are on the non-stop flight from Frankfurt.
Beat you to it!
5/14 leg 11, the FINISH LINE in The Rose City, Portland Oregon 0705 0825 LH3189 DME FRA0945 1120 LH468 FRA PDX, then tasks until FINISH LINE
I believe the teams are at the Bridge of the Gods near/at the Port of Cascade Locks. Compare the image below and the image on the website for confirmation.http://www.portofcascadelocks.org/bridge.htm
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From The Files Of April 13, 1989 '89 Fulton County Chamber of Commerce honored two outstanding citizens and presented a special service award at its 20th annual
awards banquet held Saturday evening at McConnellsburg Firehall. Honored as outstanding citizens for 1988 were Ben Heckman and Roger Elvey, with a special service award going to Harry "Tom" Werdebaugh.
Gov. Robert P. Casey, in his weekly radio address on Saturday, honored local teacher Erma Anderson. In speaking of the necessity for quality teachers, Casey saluted Anderson, calling her a dedicated teacher, and praised her for her outreach efforts to rural science teachers across the state. Anderson, a high school science teacher at Southern Fulton, was a finalist in the 1987 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year awards and was honored at a luncheon at the governor's mansion last year.
The congregation of Buck Valley New Testament Church is happy to have a preacher as dedicated to his calling as Rev. Ralph Kunkle is and to show their appreciation presented him with a new Ford Tempo to mark his fifth year in the pulpit there.
The curtain goes up next Thursday evening for Mc- Connellsburg High School's musical "Calamity Jane." Starring as Calamity Jane is Katrina Seiders and Wild Bill is portrayed by Kirby Knepper.
Marriage licenses: Giacomo Albegianni, Mc- Connellsburg, and Tracie Jo Wetzel, McConnellsburg; Darin Mellott, Warfordsburg, and Leslie Caldwell, Warfordsburg; Parker Hopkins, McConnellsburg, and Barbara Harmon, McConnellsburg; Walter Yanosik Jr., Harrisonville, and Deborah DeShong, McConnellsburg.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. James Reed Jr. of Egerton, Ohio, on April 1; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. John Devlin of Shade Gap on April 3; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery Pittman of Mc- Connellsburg on Apirl 3; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Carbaugh of McConnellsburg on April 5.
Jamie Sickles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. James Sickles of McConnellsburg, and Jeffery Todd Fowler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fowler of McConnellsburg, were united in marriage on Saturday, December 17, at the United Presbyterian Church in McConnellsburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bean of York are pleased to announce the birth of a daughter, Sara, on April 3. Mrs. Bean is the former Michelle Price of Harrisonville.
Deaths: Harry Grissinger Jr., McConnellsburg; Reba Bishop, Warfordsburg; Nathan Strait, Needmore; Walter Yanosik Sr., Shippensburg; Kathleen Decker, Fort Littleton; Virgil Smith, Hancock; Ella Martz, Orbisonia; Pearl Twigg, Cumberland, Md.
30 Years Ago
From The Files Of April 12, 1979 '79 Hustontown volunteer firemen have been working Saturdays on construction of a new 36-foot-by-52-foot addition to their firehall.
The new addition will house two truck bays, a hose drying tower and office space. Construction is being done entirely by volunteer labor.
Local Democrats gathered at the McConnellsburg Firehall Saturday for their annual spring banquet.
Five people died of lung cancer in 1977 in Fulton County, according to a release by the state Department of Health or 43.1 per 100,000 population. The statewide rate is 47.3 per 100,000.
Specials at the IGA: Coronet towels, 2 for 99 cents; eggs, 69 cents a dozen; Blue Bonnet margarine, 2 for 99 cents lb.; center-cut ham slices, $1.89 lb.
Christine Elaine Berkstresser became the bride of Ricky Lee Anderson on March 31 at Fairview United Methodist Church. Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Berkstresser Jr. of Harrisonville and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Anderson of Needmore.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Franklin O'Donnell of Willow Hill on March 31; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Kerns, Warfordsburg, on April 3; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Fraker of McConnellsburg on April 3.
Deaths: Minnie E. Fletcher, Warfordsburg; H. George Lequear, Greenville, N.C.; Russell A. Cowan, Chambersburg; Pearl E. Truax, Warfordsburg; Frank R. Chesnut, Hustontown; Olive G. Sellers, Orbisonia.
40 Years Ago
From The Files Of Apirl 24, 1969 '69 Dale Deneen of Boy Scout Troop 45, Needmore, recently received his Eagle Scout pin from his mother in ceremonies at the Needmore
Firehall on Wednesday, April 16. The Eagle Scout is the highest rank a boy can attain in Scouting.
Approximately 140 stockholders and guests attended the annual First National Bank shareholders' banquet on April 16 at McConnellsburg Firehall.
Fulton countians who won performance awards at Letterkenny Army Depot last week were: Eugene B. Garland, J. Ralph Brown and John R. Buterbaugh.
The recently completed truck pull-off, constructed on the east slope of Tuscarora Mountain above the dangerous Cape Horn Curve, went into operation last Wednesday.
A pair of separate motorcycle accidents on Sunday at the Davis Lane Speedway at Hustontown sent a Lima, Pa., man to Harrisburg Hospital with several head injuries and another cyclist to Fulton County Medical Center. State police reported that William Singley, 25 of Lima, was injured when his cycle upset at the track. Donald Smith, 14, of Frederick, was injured later the same day when his cycle also overturned. He was treated at the Medical Center and then released.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sipes of McConnellsburg held a kitchen shower in her home on April 13 in honor of newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Fagley.
Recent births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Guyer of Fort Loudon on Apirl 15; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Myles Hockenberry of Fannettsburg on April 16; a son to Mr. and Mrs. David Hess of Hustontown on April 18; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Duane Cabaugh of McConnellsburg on Apirl 17; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. David Saylor of McConnellsburg on April 18.
Men in Service: Roger E. Ward, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ward and husband of the former Doris Stotler, was promoted to Specialist Five while serving with the U.S. Army in Vietnam. Edgar Keebaugh, who is stationed in Germany, will celebrate his 21st birthday on May 9.
Betrothal told: Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ward of Warfordsburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Cheryl Ann, to Calvin Barton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Esta Barton of Warfordsburg.
Engagement: Mr. and Mrs. William G. Johnson of Hancock announce the engagement of their daughter, Karen Lee, to Richard George Truax, son of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Truax of Dott.
Deaths: Pfc. Charles O. Snyder, Vietnam casualty; Mrs. Zelda O. Giles, Kent, Ohio; Carl T. Shank, Hagerstown; Samuel T. Weir, Iowa.
50 Years Ago
From The Files Of April 23, 1959 '59 Mrs. Elsie Kendall and children attended the wedding of her cousin, Mary Margaret Pyle, in Port Royal, Pa., over the weekend.
Daylight Saving Time will begin here on Sunday, April 26 - officially at 2:00 a.m.
Mrs. Hollis Mellott, Mrs. Lewis Harris, Mrs. Harold Rotz and Mrs. J.R. Guyer are attending the Huntingdon Presbyterial in Altoona.
Mrs. Alice Spangler has returned home after spending the past several weeks in Chambersburg Hospital and Fulton County Medical Center with a fractured hip.
Mrs. Cora Bard has returned home after undergoing surgery in Chambersburg Hospital. Mrs. Retha Glazier is substituting as a grade-school teacher while Mrs. Bard is recuperating.
Announcement was made this week of the recent licensing by the Pennsylvania Securities Commission of H. Lyle Duffey of McConnellsburg as a registered securities representative for the Pennsylvania Funds Corporation, an investment firm in Philadelphia.
A cartoon is printed in this issue which shows two senators talking to each other. One is saying to the other: "Let's abolish taxes, Senator - and just have everyone send us everything they make."
The Fulton County Farmers' Association took action on Monday night to help block legislation which would place farmers under the domination of the state secretary of labor and industry. The proposed bill, entitled "Wage and Hour Act," would force farmers to pay all employees at least $1.25 an hour and would limit them to a 44-hour week. This would include the farmer's own children who receive pay or allowance for work done on the farm. If more than 44 hours of work was done, the farmer would be forced to pay $1.90 for all hours over 44. K. Earl Gordon of McConnellsburg, president of the local association, said the farmers were opposing the bill on a "no compromise" basis. "This bill," he said, "would give the state secretary of labor and industry so much power and authority that virtually every farmer in the state would be ruled by one man."
The number of unemployment compensation checks disbursed in the state during the week ending April 17 totaled 264,168 with a monetary value of $7,325,908. This compares with the previous week's 304,690 checks with a value of $8,451,884 or a decrease of more than 40,000 checks and a savings of more than $1,000,000.
Hearings were held in the courthouse on Tuesday for those residents of the county who had filed an appeal to their tax assessments. The results of the hearings, however, were not released for publication.
The State Teachers' College at Shippensburg has established for the first time a dean's list for those students who have received a "B" average or more in their college work. The following Fulton County students attained the dean's list for the first semester: Sarah Johnston of McConnellsburg; Allen Lee Smith of Amaranth; and Donald Gracey of near Three Springs.
Donald Morningstar's 1955 Pontiac skidded on the wet highway near Harrisonville on Monday and ran into a utility pole, knocking it down. Both the driver and a passenger, Lee Sheffield of Fort Littleton, were taken to the Medical Center where, after treatment for lacerations, Sheffield was released. Morningstar is being treated for lacerations and possible concussion. Damage to the car was set at $750.
George Albert of McConnellsburg, director of Fulton County's Civil Defense organization, said that the county's participation in last Friday's Operation Alert 199 was "excellent." He said that - thanks to the police chief, state police and high school boys recruited as a Civil Defense auxiliary - not a car was seen to be moving during the 10 minutes of practice attack and that the streets were clear of pedestrians, giving the realistic effect of a town under enemy bombardment. He also said that the Medical Center's staff preparations for evacuation of patients was well under control. Plans for another alert are now being made.
Chief Merrill Seville warns parents of children owning "BBC" guns that they will be held responsible for any damage done with these guns. Chief Seville points out that "BBC" guns can be very dangerous and it is up to the parents to see that they are not used wrongfully.
Local firemen were called five times during the last week, once for a car fire and four times for brush fires.
Dr. Robert L. Fry, who bought the Barmont property on the north edge of town, expects to move to his newly remodelled offices in this building today. All the equipment and supplies he bought when he took over the practice of the late Dr. E.H. MacKinlay will be moved to the new location. Dr. Fry, his wife and two children plan to move to the apartment above the new office in the near future.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Max McQuait of Hustontown on Apirl 14; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fletcher of Amaranth on April 14; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick McCammon of Hustontown April 16; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Sheffield of Mc- Connellsburg on April 18; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Veryl Fletcher of Warfordsburg on April 19.
Born: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Ardys Carson of Amaranth on April 14 at Berkeley Springs Hospital.
A-1C Leroy Ray and Dolores Eleanor Ritz were married on April 4.
Miss Maxine Spade was honored on her 13th birthday on Apirl 14 by a surprise party given by her school friends from Akersville School at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Spade, at Crystal Spring.
Deaths: Mrs. Walter Stead of Detroit, Mich.; Philip Clay Sonner of Wells Tannery.
60 Years Ago
From The Files Of April 18, 1949 '49 Recent births: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Golden of Warfordsburg on April 22; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Shives of Mc-
Connellsburg on Apirl 23; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Fleming of Clear Ridge on April 23.
At a meeting Monday night, the board of directors decided that Fulton County Medical Center would be built without waiting for federal aid. To date, $66,000 has been donated or pledged for the project.
Carl Paylor, local high school athlete, set a new pole vault record of 11 feet, 5 1/2 inches at Shippensburg State College on Saturday. Donald Ott, also of the local school, was third.
Judy Zdrosky, 5-year-old daughter of Paul Zdrosky of Newark, N.J., and Mrs. Pearlene Hann of McConnellsburg, was seriously injured on Wednesday when she was struck by a truck while riding her tricycle across an intersection in McConnellsburg. She is a patient in Chambersburg Hospital.
Fred Sheeder marked his 10th birthday recently.
Deaths: Jenne Eva Helsel of Wells Tannery; Martha Comerer of near Hancock; Clarence M. Miller of Harrisonville.
70 Years Ago
From The Files Of April 27, 1939 '39 The Ministers' Association of McConnellsburg gave a farewell dinner last Friday evening at the Blue Ridge Restaurant in
honor of Rev. and Mrs. F.L. Pannebaker and children. Rev. Pannebaker has been assigned to a pastorate at Airville in York County.
Death: Mrs. Nellie Taylor Ramsey of Clear Ridge.
James M. Rodgers and Velva Kirk were married April 23.
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the smokehouse behind the home of Harry Hamil on East Lincoln Way on Monday. Seventeen hams and four bacon slabs burned.
A contest is now open to all 1939 graduates in Fulton County to vie for a scholarship at one of four Pennsylvania colleges, sponsored by the McConnellsburg American Legion.
Ralph Berkstresser and Thelma Mellott were married on April 23.
New officers of the local Woman's Club were installed on Friday afternoon in the following order: Mrs. Scott Aexander, treasurer, Mrs. J.E. Thomas, recording secretary; Mrs. Dan Stiffler, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Wilmer Hays, first vice president; and Mrs. F.D. Findlay, second vice president. Following this, the outgoing president, Mrs. Russell Glazier, presented the gavel to the new president, Mrs. George Reisner.
Continuing to reflect gains in private employment, state assistance showed a net decrease of 1,448 cases last week. In Fulton County, however, 10 applications were received, two over the previous week, making 59 cases handled locally at a cost of $321.40.
Receipt of a pound note from London, a gift from Dr. Jean Johnston to the club's community fund, was announced at the local Lions Club meeting on Tuesday evening.
On May 1, more than 100 congregations of the Evangelical and Reformed churches in Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Perry and York counties will be organized into the Mercersburg Synod, with a membership of more than 22,000.
In northern Fulton County the biggest construction contracts ever to be executed in this territory were in full swing last week. Massive machinery for tunnel excavation and grading was arriving and starting to work on the gigantic task of cutting the right-of-way for the South Penn super highway. Bulldozers, scraping tons of dirt ahead of them, were levelling the hills and valleys to make the roadbed for the dream highway. Work on the South Penn has really begun in earnest.
Local Odd Fellows attended the celebration at Hollidaysburg on Saturday marking the 150th anniversary of the founding of Odd Fellows in America.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rummell are making extensive improvements to their newly purchased property on East Lincoln Way. P.B. Foreman, local contractor, is doing the work.
Paul N. Morton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Morton of Mc- Connellsburg, is employed at Butler.
Miss Naomi Roettger and Miss Ruth Harris are trading positions. Miss Roettger has accepted a position in the local office of the Department of Forests and Waters, and Miss Harris will take Miss Roettger's place as clerk in the local post office.
Thomas Mayne of Fort Littleton was taken to Chambersburg Hospital on Sunday.
Kerosene is advertised at 8 1/2 cents per gallon at Garlock's Esso.
80 Years Ago
From The Files Of April 25, 1929 '29 Deaths: Mrs. Emma Melissa Lodge of Mc-
Connellsburg; Mrs. Matilda Akers of Sipes Mill; Mrs. Elmira C. Lodge of Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Nancy Jane Spriggs of near McConnellsburg; Mrs. Elsie B. Smith Adams of Berkeley Springs; Mrs. Coreena B. Williams of Akersville.
Thirty-nine of the 42 oneroom schools in Fulton County will close this week. The consolidated schools will close the first week in May.
The first annual scholastic and athletic meet of the schools of Fulton County was held in Mc- Connellsburg on Saturday. Hustontown won the Class A scholastic contests, while Ayr Township (Road and Laurel Ridge) won the Class B scholastic competition. In the athletic division, McConnellsburg won the Class A division and Green Hill the Class B.
George D. Piper and Ruth Carbaugh were wed April 20.
Death: Mrs. Belle Kelly Hensel of Richmond, Calif.
Recent births: a son, Clifford Eugene, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert House of Hustontown on April 13; a daughter on April 19 to Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gordon of Ayr Township; a son, Donald Guy, to Mr. and Mrs. Guy E. Beatty of McConnellsburg on April 20.
Hilda Crist of Warfordsburg is a patient in the Martinsburg Hospital for treatment of inflammation of the brain.
Deaths: Thomas E. Wink of near Tonoloway Baptist Church; Army Peck of Bethel Township.
Goldie, only daughter of M.S. Nesbitt of Burnt Cabins, received various cuts and bruises on Tuesday when she stepped from a school bus directly into the path of a passing car. It will be remembered that Mr. Nesbitt was badly injured and his older daughter killed in an accident in McConnellsburg shortly before Christmas.
Clarence M. Gelvin and Beulah L. Fogal were married on April 20.
Jeanne Helman marked her 19th birthday on Saturday.


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Tom Selleck's mustache competes for the local Sound Pony team. These guys were relentless in chasing down a lone flyer off the front of the group. They let him cook out there for about half the race before reeling him back.
This is the eventual winner of the Cat 3 race. He was with another rider off the front when, with a little over a lap to go, the other guy punctured. I talked with him after the race. He said he was really looking forward to the sprint.
I took over 400 photos yesterday, but narrowed it down to about 20. They're over on Flickr. If anyone has a specific person of interest, please feel free to contact me about more photos.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Senior Anastasia Vishnevetsky (Orange, Conn.) of the MIT women's tennis team was named to a prestigious post season honor when the Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced its regional award winners recently. She was selected as the Northeast Region's Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award winner. She is the third MIT women's tennis player to be named to the honor.
Vishnevetsky, who was a first team All-New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference player, finished the 2011-12 season with a 12-5 singles record, including a perfect 5-0 in NEWMAC play in the fall conference season. She was also 12-7 in doubles action, splitting her time between the Nos. 1 and 2 flights and earning second team All-NEWMAC honors.
Majoring in brain and cognitive sciences, Vishnevetsky has performed research in localizing language regions in the brain, as well as studied the effect of multiple sclerosis on vision and the molecular basis of Parkinson's disease. She was selected for the Hans-Lukas Teuber Award for Excellence in Academics in Brain and Cognitive Sciences in 2010 and has served as a lecture coordinator for Braintrust. Vishnevetsky has also served as the Secretary for the Literary Society and as a Coordinator for Friends of Jaclyn.
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BUIES CREEK, N.C. (March 4, 2006) - The Lady Bucs closed out the regular season slate on Saturday, outrunning Campbell, 56-36, in Carter Gymnasium. ETSU finishes the regular season at 18-9, the most wins since the 1994-95 season, and 14-6 in Atlantic Sun action. The Camels are now 11-17 overall, and 10-10 in conference play.
Candace Gibson (Warner Robins, Ga.) scored a game-high 14 points in the win, to go along with 11 points from both B.J. Banjo (Baltimore, Md.) and Adaeze Azubuike (Lexington, Ky.). Banjo led the Lady Bucs with seven rebounds, while Campbell's Jennifer Lodge posted a game-high 10 boards. Amber Graham paced the Camels with nine points.
After ETSU jumped out to a 6-2 lead by the 18:11 mark, the Lady Camels went on a run of their own, out-scoring the Lady Bucs, 13-2, in the next 7:11 to take the 15-8 lead with 11:00 remaining.
The Lady Bucs responded with a 10-0 run, capped off by a three-point play from Alisha Holmes (Orangeburg, S.C.), which put ETSU up, 18-15. Maggie Rich put an end to the Camel drought by hitting a free throw at the 5:08 mark, but the Lady Bucs continued to pour on the pressure, leading 26-20 heading into the locker room.
ETSU ended the half on an 18-5 run, holding Campbell without a field goal in the half's final 11:00. Gibson led the Lady Bucs with 11 points in the half, followed by Azubuike with seven. Letitia Dickson was the Camel's top scorer with five points.
The Campbell cold streak continued in the second half, as the Camels made only one field goal until the half's 8:09 mark, giving the Camels only two field goals in nearly 23:00. The Lady Bucs took full advantage, out-scoring Campbell, 18-8, in the first 11:36 of the second frame, which led to a 44-28 ETSU advantage with 8:24 to go.
Campbell finished the game at 24.0 percent from the field, on 12-for-50 shooting. CU's 36 points is also the lowest output of the season by an ETSU opponent.
ETSU will trek to Dothan, Ala., for the Atlantic Sun Tournament next week, where the third-seeded Lady Bucs will meet six-seeded Mercer. Play begins on Thursday, March 9, and continues through Saturday, March 11, with the tournament champion securing an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.


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OKANOGAN The Okanogan County Public Utility District's final 2014 budget is nearly $3 million more than the preliminary budget released this fall, but the budget for Enloe Dam was cut nearly in half.
"The amount of expenditures required for Enloe Dam in 2014 could vary based on appeals and court actions," said Don Coppock, director of finance, accounting and administration. It has been reduced to $3.1 million, about $2.6 million lower than in the preliminary budget.
"The Enloe dollars initially in the budget were placeholders, and so we thought if it's a placeholder, we can make it a smaller placeholder," Commissioner Ernest Bolz said. "We thought, 'Well, why have a big number in there if we really don't need it?'
"At this point there's still the potential for further litigation, so we aren't including a final figure on that yet until we know we have an undisputed license. Then we'll revisit that."
Although the utility has a 50-year license for Enloe Dam through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, a it has not made an official decision to move forward with reopening it. The federal commission rejected an appeal from American Whitewater to reconsider the license, leaving the organization until mid- to late-January to appeal in court.
Utility commissioners require board approval for all expenditures relating to the dam.
The $64.4 million estimated budget includes a capital outlay increase of nearly $3.7 million, for a total of $17.8 million.
The reason, Coppock said, is because the commissioners required the entire $9.4 million sum of the Pateros-Methow transmission line project to be included rather than a portion of it.
"That was part of the thought, that we were only going to get part of it done in 2014," he said. "We got a directive from the board not to issue any more debt, so needed to make sure there were funds reserved for that project."
The utility expects to spend about $2 million on the transmission line project this year, and the rest will be spent in 2015 to complete the line, Coppock said.
For other capital improvements, board approval will be needed before the utility can spend money on lower-priority projects.
Coppock said those projects "need to be addressed some time in the future, but if they need to be put off a year or two it won't affect day to day operations of the company."
Expenses were also cut by more than $1 million, primarily due to eliminating five positions that have been in the budget but not filled, such as a communications coordinator. The preliminary budget had added three positions, but two of those were removed, he said.
There are two less employees than in the 2013 budget, although there is a wage increase of 0.6 percent for union employees. No general wage increase has been worked into the budget.
Revenue is expected to be around $50.2 million. That includes an increase of $47,400 through conservation payments from the Bonneville Power Administration.
"We pay for conservation measures, and the BPA reimburses us," Coppock said.
An increase of $3.6 million to $42.5 million has been added to retail electric sales, and wholesale electric sales have increased $474,900 to account for higher market pricing.
Expenditures are estimated at $42.8 million and debt service is $3.8 million, leaving around $3.6 million to allocate to capital projects. Funding the higher-priority projects will require the utility to take about $1.1 million from its rate stabilization fund, and another $10.2 million from its unrestricted cash and investments, Coppock said.
The expenses include $23.2 million for purchased power, a decrease of $149,000 from 2013 despite rate increases handed down from the Bonneville Power Administration.
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All this probably has everyone wondering what weather we're "not" going to get next
So…. the system that was supposed to only produce intermittent showers and minimal accumulations dropped as much as 1-2 inches of rain in parts of the region. And the storms that were forecasted to possibly become strong but not severe ended up prompting two severe thunderstorm warnings in Butler County alone, keeping utility companies and fire crews busy throughout the night as hot lightning, 60-70 mph straight line winds and microbursts pummeled innocent trees and power lines.
All this probably has everyone wondering what weather we're "not" going to get next! Daily rain chances continue to exist in the forecast through Saturday, though today's activity may not arrive until late into the night or very early tomorrow morning. Storms are expected to fire up in western/northwestern Kansas sometime today and start trekking to the east. Once again, these storms "shouldn't" become severe, though they could produce strong winds, small hail….and this time they are admitting to potentially heavy rainfall rates. The most likely track puts this system in central Kansas during the overnight hours, with better chances for rain in our part of the state on Friday.
Oh, and as we wait for our next round of not-severe weather to arrive, it is also not going to be cool. Hot and muggy will be the recipe for today, with heat indices creeping up into the upper 90s by mid-afternoon.


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Apple Ginger Pie Bars Best Pie Bakeoff 2008 Entry #17
Pie as a cookie? Why yes, that's what Vanessa does here, and it looks great. What does pie in cookie form look like? Read on for Vanessa's recipe and story.
Where is this recipe from? This recipe is based on the recipe for Dutch Apple Pie Bars from one of my favorite cookbooks, The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion. I've adjusted the dough and the flavors in the filling, but the inspiration is all theirs.
Why is this the BEST pie recipe you've got? I've always fancied myself more of a cookie baker but have recently started trying my hand at tarts and pies. This recipe is the best of both worlds: a pie that functions like a cookie. No fork or spoon required to eat a big, spicy piece of it, but a little whipped cream or ice cream on the side wouldn't hurt.
Apple Ginger Pie Bars
1 1/2 cups (6 1/4 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon table salt
1/2 cup (1 stick, 4 ounces) unsalted butter, cold and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1/4 cup ice water
2 tablespoons (1 ounce) all-purpose flour
1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces) sugar (up to 1/4 cup more if apples are very tart or according to taste)
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/16 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspooon table salt
3/4 teaspoon gingerroot, freshly grated
2 tablespoons candied ginger, finely minced
6 cups apples, peeled, cored, and diced into 1/2″ cubes (use firmer, tarter apples like Granny Smith; Honey Crisp also works well; or use a combination of apple varieties)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup heavy or light cream or milk
Crumble Topping:
1 1/2 cups (6 1/4 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour
3/4 cup (5 1/4 ounces) granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 cup (1 stick, 4 ounces) unsalted butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
To make the crust, whisk the flour and salt together. Using a pastry blender, fork, or fingertips, cut the butter into the flour until the mixture is coarse and crumbly with a few pea-sized bits of butter left. Add in 2 tablespoons of the ice water and toss lightly to combine. Continue adding in water a tablespoon at a time until the dough just starts to hold together. Take care not to add too much water. With a quick hand, gather dough and bits of dough and wrap in plastic. Refrigerate dough for about 30 minutes (at least; longer is okay).
Preheat oven to 425F degrees. Line a 9″x13″ or quarter sheet pan with a sheet of parchment that hangs over the long sides of the pan.
Roll out dough to a rectangle large enough to fit the bottom of the pan. Bake for 10-13 minutes, until dough feels like it's firming up.
In the mean time, in a large bowl, toss together the apples and dry ingredients for the topping. Add in the vanilla and cream, and coat the apples evenly.
In a separate bowl, mix the ingredients for the topping until the mix resembles wet sand.
Spread the apple filling over the prepared crust. Evenly distribute the topping over the apples.
Bake for fifteen minutes at 425F degrees, then reduce heat to 350F degrees and bake for another 30-35 minutes until the topping is crumbly and filling begins to bubble.
Remove the pan and allow to cool on a rack until room temperature before cutting.
Yields approximately 24 bars about 2″x2″ each. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to three days. Allow to come to room temperature or warm in a microwave for a few seconds at time.
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Well, THAT went by fast: Looking back at a decade of everyone's favorite Bruce Springsteen blog. (Or at least our favorite.)
When I mentioned that Blogness on the Edge of Town would celebrate its 10th anniversary this month, longtime correspondent Deb Filcman shared this very appropriate clip from the underappreciated 1997 John Cusack classic "Grosse Pointe Blank":
It's only right that Deb would acknowledge this milestone, since I'm pretty sure she was the first person I heard from after I started the blog, and daily traffic was hovering somewhere in the 1's. Though we'd never met, she was a fellow editor at Gatehouse Media, and when she saw that I'd started a Bruce blog she sent me a note wishing me luck and opining that our websites could definitely use more Springsteen. (I think that's something we can all agree on, no matter which websites we're talking about.)
And so began something I never anticipated when I started this whole shebang, pretty much on a whim when our company's digital guru suggested we start "hobby blogs" on a topic we enjoyed: That I would get to know a genuine bevy of actual human people through it, people I now call colleagues and friends.
Bruce Springsteen -- is there anything he can't do??
It didn't hurt that it seems the world was primed and ready for a Bruce Springsteen blog in 2007, shortly after the release of "Magic" and just as he was kicking off his massive tour in support of that album. In particular, the Blogness launch predated Springsteen's own official Twitter feed by almost two years, meaning people looking for Boss tweets were quick to jump on board -- almost 43,000 followers later, our Twitter feed remains the heart of the Blogness community. (Although our 12,000 Facebook page fans are no slouches either.)
In was in those early, heady days of Twitter that I first corralled my stable of correspondents, as we all followed along in real time to monitor Springsteen concert setlists and participated in Bruce-related Twitter events, like Springsteen Lyrics Friday. (Remember that?) There was Deb, of course, along with the effervescent Anne Haines, Leann Pomaville and Susan McDonald. (They call themselves the "Blogness Babes"; I do not, because society frowns on such things.)
But I also found myself part of a larger circle of music lovers too numerous to name who've become part of the fabric of what we do here at Blogness on the Edge of Town: Celebrate the power, glory and majesty of the work of Bruce Springsteen, whose music has touched us all in different ways over the years.
I've always considered Blogness a news blog more than a fan blog, even if we are unabashed homers where Bruce is concerned. (Not Rolling Stone, "never met a Bruce album that wasn't five stars"-level homers, but close.) But pointing out what Bruce has meant to us over the years has always been a big part of what we do. That's why I thought, to mark this 10th anniversary, it would be fun to dip into that aforementioned circle of Blogness friends and ask them to share some of their biggest and best Bruce moments of the last decade. You'll see those reminiscences posted over the course of the month.
As for mine, it's hard to narrow it down to just one: Meeting him at his book signing in Harvard Square last October was certainly near the top, as documented in my sure-to-someday-be-classic column, "My 6 seconds with Bruce Springsteen in Cambridge." But it was almost as thrilling the first time I "met" him -- at Gillette Stadium in 2012, when he ran by me in the pit, just close enough for me to pat his sweaty shoulder as he went by. Some intrepid amateur videographer even caught the encounter on video, and my elation is evident:
Then there are the small moments that, like the friends I've made along the way, are too numerous to count: a "Jungleland" solo by Clarence at the Boston Garden in 2007 that could make a grown man cry (um, not me, other grown men); seeing Bruce salute the Green Monster at the first-ever Fenway Park rock concert in 2003; the first time I heard "Wrecking Ball" and felt the satisfaction that, almost 40 years in, Bruce was still putting out music that's about something, and that was as relevant as ever. (And on a personal level, getting a shout-out in the acknowledgements of "Bruce" by Peter Ames Carlin, who cited our "solid reporting … with just the right amount of wise-assery," was pretty cool too.)
Almost as important as the moments, though, was the fact that with Blogness, I had a repository where I could collect them. Sadly, many of our original posts are lost in the ether -- when a "massive server attack" (which I'm convinced is IT department-speak for "somebody tripped over the plug") wiped out our archives late last year, we had to start over, which we did this past January. It was a new beginning for Blogness, and 10 years in, there's something to be said about rebooting. (Just ask "Will and Grace.") After all, it's not like there won't be plenty more Springsteen stories to share.
I can't quite remember what I wrote in the first-ever Blogness post, now annihilated in that server crash, but I think it had something to do with providing a place where Springsteen fans could come congregate, celebrate and, where appropriate, agitate over the latest Bruce news and our fondest Springsteen memories. I think we've done that, and I'm grateful to those who've come and stuck around. I would have never predicted having so many good companions for this part of the ride.


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LINCOLN — The Lincoln selectboard on April 29 hired a firm to revamp the town's website, discussed the aftermath of mud season and heard concerns about speeding all-terrain vehicles in town.
The selectboard unanimously approved a quote by B Mighty Two, a Lincoln-based company that helps small businesses with their web presence, to help with the town's website. For $125 per month, or $1,250 per year if paid in a lump sum, the firm will retool and manage the town website — lincolnvermont.org.


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If you're a farmer, the last thing you want to worry about is making sure your books are accurate and up-to-date. Unfortunately, in the face of growing production demands, dwindling resources and increasing costs, keeping track of every bag of feed and piece of machinery is becoming more vital than ever to not only properly budget for the months and years ahead, but to also take full advantage of valuable government subsidies and tax deductions.
Making matters worse, manual accounting methods like pen and paper or Excel spreadsheets can be incredibly time-consuming and riddled with errors. Hiring an external accountant is also not a viable solution if you can't afford one. What can you do?
Enter agriculture and farm accounting software—systems built with the specific needs of farms, ranches and other agricultural businesses in mind.
If you're researching this type of accounting software for the very first time, or simply overwhelmed by the different options and configurations available, this Software Advice Buyer's Guide is here to help.
Here's what we'll cover:
What Is Agriculture-Specific Software?
Common Features of Agriculture and Farm Accounting Software
How Much Does Farm Accounting Software Cost?
What Type of Buyer Are You?
Evaluating Agriculture Accounting Programs
If you're a farm, ranch or other agricultural entity, you need accounting software that has more functionality than what's found in a basic system.
For example, you need to be able to track inventory for perishables and livestock, including births, deaths, birth weights, weaning weights and more. You also need to be able to keep track of inventory in multiple units of measurement depending on the type of crop or commodity you're selling. If you have more than one farm or plot, these needs are magnified tenfold.
With features for things like inventory management, asset depreciation, purchase orders and budgeting, agriculture and farm accounting software is designed to cater to these specific needs.
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As well as the core ag modules like payroll, accounts receivable and accounts payable, farm bookkeeping software may have some or all of the following features:
|Crop/livestock inventory management
|Agricultural software should track the additional data needed for farms and ranches, including seeds planted, fertilizers and chemicals used, livestock parents/birth weights etc. This will in turn support PTI compliance and feed into the sales and grower accounting systems.
|Warehouse management
|Farming accounting software should also manage the inventory for fertilizers, chemicals, seeds, heavy equipment, the receiving, pallet and case labeling, re-packing and pick ticket management.
|Ag ratio analysis
|Grower reports analyze the percentage of crops planted to yield produced, so you can price accordingly, identify best practices and increase yields for future seasons.
|Breeding & growing calendars
|Agriculture is a highly seasonal industry, and so much depends on the time of year, the age of the animal or crop and the products used to support its growth. A farming software solution may include a calendar to track actions like planting, fertilizing, spraying for pests, harvesting, gestation, births, weaning etc.
Budgeting properly for farm accounting software is just as important as finding the right system, so buyers need to ensure that they know all of the costs associated with their farm accounting software, and when they must be paid, beforehand. Here are some typical accounting software pricing models that you will run into during your research:
Besides the license cost, there may be also be fees for implementation, maintenance, training and data migration. Be sure to ask each farm accounting software vendor about their specific pricing model.
Before evaluating your options, you must determine what type of buyer you are. We've found that more than 90 percent of buyers fall into one of these three categories:
Small business buyers. These small farms are on the verge of upgrading basic systems, like QuickBooks, to support more sophisticated agriculture-specific functions like forecasting, product management and ratio analysis. As ranches and agriculture entities reach a certain size and require advanced functionality to grow, businesses will need to upgrade their systems.
Enterprise buyers. These buyers represent farms and agriculture organizations that need the functionality of a full enterprise resource planning (ERP) suite for a large entity. Seamless integration is usually more important than specific features; however, there is considerable differentiation in both of these areas, and buyers should examine both. Sage and Microsoft Dynamics are two of the largest vendors for ERP and offer sophisticated systems.
Best-of-breed buyers. These buyers need stand-alone software solutions for specific functions. For instance, while agriculture organizations need systems for core functions like payroll, they also need programs with specific features for inventory management or crop/livestock ratio analysis. These buyers may seek a product that has deep functionality in one of these application areas rather than a full financial planning suite.
Agriculture-specific solutions should be able to handle the wide variety of agriculture costs. Providing crop break-even analysis in consideration of fertilizer, chemicals, seed and rent on land by individual field, acre or bushel is crucial for a precise agricultural accounting resource. The appropriate solutions package will also come equipped with farm industry standard ratios to gauge financial efficiency with respect to the agriculture industry.
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The Working Man - text
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Yeah, this for the working man
You know I got a plan I gotta get a job somehow, you feel me?
I'm a stay positive though, I want you to listen to my story
Shoutout to Lil B
I'm gon' wake up late and I hate the morning
When I hear the birds chirp that mean it's way too early
I'm throwing water on my face and I get the table
I got a wife and two kids, no jobs no cable
But I'm still so happy and I'm willing and able
Nobody can judge me 'cus I'm tryna get stable
I live positive and I listen to Lil B
I swear to God I'm going to make it out the hood, you'll see
I put fire in the house, smoke come out the chimney
I got wood in the back, my campfire too friendly
I'm tryna get a job and see what's open
When I look at my kids I wanna get 'em out Oakland
There was a shootout around them corner
Told my wife, "stay humble" I don't want her harassed by thugs
Made something out of nothing, get it? We made something out of nothing
Shoutsout to Lil B
What we gon' do tonight? If I pray to God we gon' be alright
Say "cut the welfare", how the fuck we finna eat with no welfare there?
Sup mom, yeah, shit I'm back in the hood it's a bright day
I gotta get my shit together, I'm stuck in this motherfuckin' world forever
Nobody gon' care for a nigga that's dead
Lift the frame, bitch, like you movin' the bed
Another day another quarter, not even a dollar
Bitch won't give me her number she see me out walking
I'm catching the bus, making my lunch, got two gold fronts, peacoat with lint
Dirty pants and my dirty dreads, a bitch better give me my bread motherfucker
This for the working man, man
Keep hustling, stay positive, don't let the hood get you man
Walk past right past the dope dealers, right past all the hoes and go to your job
All that easy money all that jail time look at that like Monopoly jail time
You feel me?
You know, you can be in the motherfucking gutter man
And you better walk to that college man, you better catch the bus to college
Don't let them suckas stop you
You feel me?
Let them do everything they do around you man
You feel me, you always gotta think bigger than where you at
You know we all working, the working man, the working woman
Ladies you know you see them hoes strippin', fuck it do what you do
If you don't wanna do that, you know
Take your time, struggle hard, and you gon' make it, you feel me?
You see the hoes sellin' pussy, you heard me? Doin' whatever they do
You don't gotta be a part of that, you know, you bigger than that
I ain't knocking nobody because everybody do what they do
But I'm just saying: do what fit you, don't let anybody
Fuck yo' timing up, don't let a man come in your life and fuck your shit up, ladies
And dudes don't let a bitch come in your life, a female that come in and fuck your claim up
The working man, the working woman, this for all of us worldwide, keep pushin', hustlin'
Illusions of Grandeur Part 2 mixtape, this all real shit
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- Cant See B
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- Rawest Rapper Alive 2013
- The Game On Lock
- Illusions Of G
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- 7. Bitch Dont Lie
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Tuesday evening, downtown Monterey hosted a three-block-long Farmers Market. As Karen and I wandered among the produce, arts and crafts, and street food vendors, we noticed a used book store half a block down a side street and stepped inside to find a small two-story shop packed with tomes both old and new, lit and smelling just right.
The proprietor was a distinguished older woman. We could tell from overhearing her conversation with another customer that she had read, and had a strong opinion about, every book in the place. I climbed the creaky dog-legged stairs, found an interesting book on the craft of writing (Stein on Writing by Sol Stein) marked $7, and brought it back down to buy. As I turned the corner onto the first floor my eye caught a trio of books high on a shelf, and standing on my tip-toes I was just able to pull down one of the three volumes comprising the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, circa 1770.
"Just out of curiosity," I said, "how much are you asking for these?"
"Oh no," she scoffed, as if someone asking the price of a book in her book store was the most absurd thing she'd ever heard. "No no no."
In the next half second, three possibilities occurred to me:
1. She had sized me up and decided I couldn't afford it, which was probably true.
2. She had sized me up and decided I didn't deserve it, which hurt my feelings.
3. It just wasn't for sale to nobody no-how. Which turned out to be the case.
Still trying to convince her I was worthy, I blurted out, "I love the Britannica. I have the ninth edition from 1892." It was passed down to me by my great-grandmother and holds a place of honor on our family-room bookshelves.
"No no," she said. "I've never seen a set like that and doubt I'd ever find another."
"I've never seen it before, either," I said.
"Did you look at that one?"
"Yeah, I thumbed through it."
"Now you've seen it," she answered, crisply closing the matter.
Still not sure where I stood with this formidable woman, I handed her the Stein book I'd found upstairs.
"Well, since you won't sell me the encyclopedia," I said as lightly as I could manage, "I'll take this instead."
She looked at the Stein book.
"Do you want to be a writer? Or are you?"
"I am a writer. Hoping this book will make me a better one."
She gave me another quick once-over.
"Five dollars."
A $2 discount. I took that as a sign I'd been deemed a little worthy after all, paid the lady, and stepped happily through her door back into the market.
|The Old Monterey Book Co., 136 Bonifacio Plaza, Monterey.
I didn't think to take a photo, but found this online. Thanks to
L.D. at the Monterey Daily Photo blog.