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Former French First Lady Carla Bruni pregnant - report
Former French First Lady CARLA BRUNI is pregnant again, according to a new report.
Bruni and her husband, ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy, welcomed their first child, daughter Guilia, last October (11) and now it appears the couple, who vacated the Elysee Palace in May (12), is preparing for baby number two.
Sources tell local magazine Closer, "We wondered what the Sarkozy couple would do with themselves after leaving office, and now we know - play happy families!"
A representative for the former singer/model, who was notoriously tight-lipped about her 2011 pregnancy, has not yet addressed the new pregnancy claims.
Sarkozy has three children from previous relationships, Pierre, 25, Jean, 23, and Louis, 15.


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Oil- 2 1/2 tsp
salt to taste
For the filling
Button mushrooms chopped- 2 cup
Onion- 1 small
Ginger garlic paste- 1tsp
Green chilly- 2 (finely chopped)
Pepper powder- 1/2 tsp
Garam masala- 1/2 tsp
Chopped parsley- a hand full
Grated cheese - 1/3 cup( optional)
Toasted pine-nuts- 3 tbs
To make the dough
In a bowl mix flour and salt together. Add oil and mix and rub the flour with your fingers till it gets mixed uniformly with the flour and looks like a crumbly mixture. Sprinkle water and knead the dough( use between half to 3/4 cup). Make it little stiff dough and allow this to rest for one hour and keep covered with a moist towel.
To make the filling
Heat oil in a pan and saute chopped onions till are translucent. Add ginger garlic paste and green chilly and saute till raw flavor disappears. Add chopped mushrooms,very little of salt and pepper powder and stir fry. It will shed its own water. Saute and cook till it becomes dry. Add garam masala and chopped parsley and mix well. When the mixture cools down add grated cheese and toasted pine nuts.
To make the rolls
Divide the dough into equal sized balls. Use a rolling pin roll into thin 5- 6 inch rounds.I tried the same way as the spring roll wrap but stuffed more filling . Place 3 tsp of filling at the 1/3 section near towards your side leaving an inch.Lift up the end that is towards your side and tuck over top the filling.Fold the left and the right side over filling. Holding all three secure gently roll it to the other end to form a tight cylinder.Wet the tip of your fingers and run through the border and secure. Bake at 350 degree F for about 15 -18 minutes or till the crust turns golden brown. Take out from the oven,lightly brush with butter and serve.
Try this,
Hope you will all enjoy

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Blacks in AIDS 2012 Leadership: Adina Ellis
July 16, 2012
One in a series about Black Americans engaged in leadership roles for the 2012 International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012)
Adina Ellis has more than fourteen years of diverse experience in public and media relations, event management and business development. Here, this manager of U.S. communications and public affairs for the International AIDS Conference discusses her role and what she most looks forward to about the conference.
What does it mean to be manager of the U.S. communications team?
Many different stakeholders are interested in this conference. The U.S. has over 350 media markets and it's important that we have a strong media plan and strategy implementation.
What has being in this role meant to you as a woman of color?
My involvement has been important to me because I've been personally affected by the disease. I've lived in New York and spent many years in sub-Saharan Africa countries when I was growing up. I've seen up close how this disease impacts communities. So it's important not just from a professional standpoint but also from a personal standpoint.
What about the conference excites you the most?
I'm excited to see that a conference of this magnitude, that is so important to so many people around the world, is coming to D.C. I'm extremely excited to see the spotlight being placed on HIV/AIDS at this time. People who work in HIV/AIDS tend to forget that it's something that's not spoken about every day. But from July 22nd to July 27th, it has a huge spotlight and the world is watching to see what gets done.
Now that the conference is finally being held in the United States, what new possibilities does it present for Americans?
People in this country now have the opportunity to experience the conference. The United States has been on the forefront of this virus for many years and many of the bilateral organizations are based here. AIDS 2012 will provide a platform for people to get involved, especially on the local level, and to take information back to their own organizations.
Why do you think it's important that Black Americans attend?
There are things that Black Americans still need to educate ourselves about as it relates to AIDS because so many of us are misinformed. Black Americans need to get tested, know our own status. It will be very difficult to make strides and get people in treatment if stigma is not addressed. We need to get our faith-based community involved and ensure that our community leaders help get the message out. We have to stop looking at HIV/AIDS like it's someone else's problem. We're all in this together.
Candace Y.A. Montague is the D.C. HIV/AIDS examiner for Examiner.com. She also writes for The Body, emPower Magazine and Capital Community News.
This article was provided by The Black AIDS Institute. It is a part of the publication Black AIDS Weekly. Visit Black AIDS Institute's website to find out more about their activities and publications.
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LONG BEACH >> Leaders of the state's three higher education systems will give a joint presentation before the Cal State University Board of Trustees on Wednesday.
CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White will join University of California President Janet Napolitano and Brice W. Harris, chancellor of California Community Colleges, to talk about collaboration across the three systems and outreach efforts among K-12 schools.
Napolitano, former Secretary of Homeland Security, took over as president of the UC system in September.
The three leaders have held similar meetings this year, before the UC Board of Regents and the Board of Governors for CCC.
Trustees are expected to confirm an annual salary of $320,329 for incoming Cal State Long Beach President Jane Close Conoley, who starts July 15. The board is also expected to set the salary of Steven W. Relyea, incoming executive vice chancellor and chief financial officer of the CSU system, at $310,000 effective May 1.
The Board of Trustees also will be updated on the CSU budget and annual debt.
Leaders of the California State Student Association will propose a $2 Voluntary Statewide Student Involvement and Representation Fee to be assessed on CSU's roughly 437,000 students each semester, starting next school year.
CSSA is currently funded through a portion of Student Body Association dues collected at each campus and annual support from the Chancellor's Office. Student leaders say current funding levels limit broad student participation across the state and nationally.
The trustees meet in open session on Tuesday and Wednesday in the Office of the Chancellor, Glenn S. Dumke Auditorium, 401 Golden Shore, Long Beach.
Contact Josh Dulaney at 562-714-2150.


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Windows Phone consumers have enjoyed a spur of official apps released for hardware running Microsoft's mobile OS. To follow suit, we're rather pleased to report that 9GAG and RoboForm have both confirmed to be working on a Windows Phone app. Good news if you've been holding off the giggles or resorting to an alternative password manager.
The RoboForm team published the below comment, stating in a response to a customer that they're working hard on getting an app published to the store.
Unfortunately no release date was provided. The same goes for 9GAG with Ray from the team responding to Nokiaviews:
"We are working on it. Stay tuned!"
Good news is that both apps are on the way. Bad news is we don't currently know an ETA. If you can't wait for 9GAG to come to Windows Phone, there's already an unofficial app available by Rudy Huyn.


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Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the world. According to the CDC, diseases caused by smoking kill more than 480,000 people in the U.S. each year. The CDC also states that smokers are 2 to 4 times more likely to develop heart disease and stroke. Despite the known dangers, many people continue to smoke or start smoking every year. One out of 5 deaths of Americans is related to smoking, and it kills more Americans each year than suicides, homicides, AIDS, and car accidents combined. According to the CDC, 90% of new smokers are children and teens, in many cases, replacing the smokers who quit or died prematurely from a smoking-related disease.
Smokers not only have increased risk for lung disease, including lung cancer and emphysema, but also have increased risk for heart disease, stroke, and oral cancer. Almost one-third of all cancers are related to smoking. Smoking kills more women each year than breast cancer. Smoking also contributes to the development of diabetes, tuberculosis, immune system disease, and male impotence.
Consider the latest statistics available from the CDC and the Office of Adolescent Health:
Every day approximately 3,200 children 18 years of age or younger smoke their first cigarette
If the current trend in teen smoking does not decrease, 5.6 million of today's teens will die early from smoking-related illnesses.
Among 12th graders, 7% smoke cigarettes daily.
In posing health risks on the body's cardiovascular system, smoking:
Causes immediate and long-term increases in blood pressure
Causes immediate and long-term increases in heart rate
Reduces cardiac output and coronary blood flow
Reduces the amount of oxygen that reaches the body's tissues
Changes the properties of blood vessels and blood cells, allowing cholesterol and other fatty substances to build up
Contributes to an increased risk for blood clot formation
Damages blood vessels
Doubles the risk for ischemic stroke (reduced blood flow to the brain)
Smoking has also been associated with depression and psychological distress.
The CDC reports that an estimated 34,000 nonsmokers die from coronary heart disease each year as a result of exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke. Secondhand smoke is smoke that is exhaled by smokers and smoke emitted from the burning end of a lit cigarette, cigar, or pipe. Secondhand smoke can also cause lung cancer and stroke.
Both direct and indirect smoking exposure poses significant health hazards to pregnant women, infants, and young children. Children and infants exposed to tobacco smoke are more likely to experience ear infections and asthma, and are at a higher risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) than children and infants without the same exposure.
These common symptoms may be associated with exposure to secondhand smoke:
Irritation of the eyes, nose, and throat
Excessive mucus in the airways (phlegm)
Chest discomfort from lung irritation
Chest pain, which may indicate heart disease
The symptoms of secondhand smoke exposure may look like other medical conditions and problems. Always see your healthcare provider for a diagnosis.
Creating a smoke-free environment indoors and outdoors protects nonsmokers from secondhand smoke exposure.
Smoking, in addition to high cholesterol, high blood pressure, physical inactivity, obesity, and diabetes, tops the list as a primary risk factor for cardiovascular disease. In fact, smoking is the single most preventable cause of premature death in the U.S.
Eliminating smoking has both immediate and long-term rewards. Within weeks of quitting, blood pressure lowers and blood circulation improves. One year after quitting, the risk of heart disease from smoking decreases by half. Five years after quitting, your risk of certain cancers caused by smoking decreases by half. Research also indicates that stopping smoking is crucial in the management of many contributors to heart attack. These include atherosclerosis, thrombosis, coronary artery disease, and cardiac arrhythmias.
Quitting smoking is both a mental and a physical undertaking. Mentally, you should be ready and relatively stress-free. Physically, you need to commit to exercising daily and getting plenty of sleep. A person trying to quit must overcome 2 obstacles: a physical addiction to nicotine and a habit. The American Cancer Society offers the following tips to help users quit using tobacco products:
Think about why you want to quit
Pick a stress-free time to quit
Ask for support and encouragement from family and friends
Start a daily exercise or activity to relieve stress and improve your health
Get plenty of rest
Eat a balanced diet
Join a smoking cessation program or other support group
In some cases, smokers benefit from nicotine replacement products to help break their smoking habit. Nicotine replacement products continue to give smokers nicotine to meet their nicotine craving. However, the benefit of nicotine replacement products is that they do not have the tars and poisonous gases that cigarettes give off. Pregnant or nursing women and people with other medical conditions should talk with their health care provider before using any nicotine replacement products. Some examples of nicotine replacement products include:
Nicotine chewing gum. An over-the-counter (OTC) chewing gum. It releases small amounts of nicotine to help reduce nicotine withdrawal symptoms.
Nicotine patch. An OTC patch applied to the upper body once a day. It releases a steady dose of nicotine to help reduce the urge to smoke.
Nicotine lozenge. A lozenge that dissolves in the mouth. It releases small amounts of nicotine to reduce any cravings to smoke.
Nicotine inhaler or nasal spray. A prescription nicotine replacement product. It releases nicotine to help reduce withdrawal symptoms (needs a health care provider's approval before use).
Bupropion, a non-nicotine alternative to help people stop smoking, was approved in 1997 by the FDA. Offered in pill form to smokers who want to quit, bupropion has been shown to change mood transmitters in the brain that are linked to addiction. Bupropion must be prescribed by a healthcare provider. It may not be right for everyone. Talk with your healthcare provider for more information.
Varenicline is also a non-nicotine pill to help with quitting smoking. It was approved by the FDA in 2006. It is the first medicine that targets the nicotine receptors in the brain. Varenicline attaches to the receptors and blocks nicotine from reaching them. This decreases the desire for nicotine. Varenicline may not be right for everyone. Talk with your healthcare provider to see if this is a good option for you.
E-cigarettes are a popular option among teens. Vaping means inhaling a vaporized, heated nicotine-containing liquid instead of smoking cigarettes. It's also used to help quit smoking. Many people think this is a healthier alternative to traditional combustible cigarettes or cigars. The long-term health effects are not known but some of the products used in the vapor are believes to be cancer-causing and have similar cardiovascular effects if the levels of nicotine become high enough. E-cigarettes may appeal to teens who would not choose to smoke conventional cigarettes. If children ingest the fluid in e-cigarettes, it can be toxic and deadly. There is not enough evidence to know the health impacts of second-hand vapor exposure from being around someone smoking an e-cigarette, but there is concern that there may be bad effects that should be monitored.


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very informative link. It looks like the results can vary a bit, and it takes playing with it a bit to get the amount of sheen you want on your end product. Have you tried this little phosphate experiment yet Darrell?
http://www.palmettoenterprises.net/Palmetto_Enterprises/-Welcome-.htmlEasy to use and cheap.
I have only used 180-190 temps for phosphating. You don't want to start a boil or else you'll start to get crush developing in the pot and that is hard to clean out. I learned that the hard way until a gun restorer showed me that 210 is too close to boiling and after backing it down to 190 things went much better.You will also want to use a diffuser under the pot to prevent hot spots from developing.


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Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia (Part Two)
Season 35 Episode 18 | 54m 47s
FRONTLINE traces how the 40-year rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia has fueled sectarian extremism across the Middle East for political gain. Correspondent Martin Smith travels to the battlegrounds of Syria, Iraq and Yemen to examine how the two powers have influenced the conflicts.
Aired: 02/26/18Video has closed captioning.


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Here\'s a recap of our live blog covering all the action in the stock market on Thursday. You can get a compact rundown in Market Snapshot.
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- 9:37 am
- Falling at the open
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Good morning.
The main indexes are all losing ground in the early going.
Dow -0.2%
Nasdaq -0.4%
Russell 2000 -0.5%
- 9:42 am
- Airlines, oil & Iraq
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Two airlines are the worst performers in the S&P 500, as Delta /quotes/zigman/463579/delayed /quotes/nls/dal DAL falls 3.8% and Southwest /quotes/zigman/241463/delayed /quotes/nls/luv LUV loses 2.8%.
Yesterday air carriers were hit by a profit warning from Lufthansa, and that warning might still be having an effect.
Another factor is oil prices jumping on the growing conflict in Iraq, as the higher prices can't be good for airlines.
Read the latest on Iraq here: Iraq closer to all-out conflict
- 9:49 am
- Econ data: Misses for headline numbers
- by Victor Reklaitis
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The reports out of Iraq aren't helping sentiment, and today's U.S. economic reports also have provided headline numbers that are disappointing.
U.S. retail sales rose 0.3% in May, below the 0.7% forecast of economists polled by MarketWatch.
But the government also sharply revised sales in April to show a solid 0.5% gain instead of a tepid 0.1% increase as originally reported.
Initial weekly jobless claims rose to 317,000, the Labor Department said. Economists polled by MarketWatch had expected claims to total 310,000.
Later on today… a report on business inventories will come in at 10 a.m. Eastern.
- 9:53 am
- Crumbling after Cantor crushed?
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Some of the selling yesterday and today also is getting blamed on Eric Cantor's loss.
MarketWatch has a story that says the following:
Wall Street has many friends in Washington, but House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was a well-placed one who understood how the industry worked and was not afraid to help the financial-services sector, even when he had to take on other members of his own party.
Read the whole story here.
Photo credit: Reuters
- 9:56 am
- Exxon leads Dow; XLE gains
- by Victor Reklaitis
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The general trend is negative today, but energy plays are gaining as Iraq worries boost oil prices.
Exxon Mobil /quotes/zigman/203975/delayed /quotes/nls/xom XOM is the top performer in the Dow, last up 0.6%.
The energy SPDR /quotes/zigman/246199/delayed /quotes/nls/xle XLE is also advancing, last up 0.8%
- 10:13 am
- Dow & 17K
- by Victor Reklaitis
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In case you missed it, MarketWatch has a story out about what the Dow hitting 17,000 might mean.
Of course, with the blue-chip index sliding today, maybe we won't get to 17K anytime soon.
"The Dow industrials could punch through 17,000 and keep climbing.
Or the blue-chip benchmark might hit that milestone level, then struggle to break through and end up tumbling.
Another possibility is that big round numbers like 17,000 are meaningless, but plenty of experts say they actually do matter to the U.S. stock market. And this record level might even be bullish."
Go here to read the whole story, which features comments from well-known Berkeley finance professor Terrence Odean.
- 10:18 am
- Treasury market
- by Ben Eisen
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U.S. Treasurys took the round of data this morning to heart, swinging slightly higher in prices as the economic news cut into some of the growing optimistic about the recovery. The 10-year Treasury yield, which falls as prices rise, was last down half a basis point on the day at 2.633%.
But this is just the second time in 11 sessions that the benchmark yield was poised to close lower, and the first time in five sessions. Yields have been on the rise during the month of June, walking back a drop over the last few months after bouncing off an 11-month low at the end of May. Read more in the Bond Report.
Where are yields headed from here? Well, that depends on the pace of the economic recovery. Christopher J. Keith, senior vice president at Adviser Investments, writes in:
"Today's retail sales report was a disappointment – maybe we expected too much after the jobs report last week. Still, with more people working consumers should be able to spend more. It's just going to be a matter of time before everything catches up, but I believe that we will see the bounce back after a weak first quarter."
- 10:20 am
- Live video chat at noon Eastern
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Got any questions about the stock market?
We're hosting a live video chat with three experts, getting their outlooks for the stock market, as well as their ideas on which stocks or ETFs to buy or avoid.
You can find out more here — and there's a place to submit your questions. Hope you can tune in.
- 10:25 am
- Dow & falling 2 days in a row
- by Victor Reklaitis
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The Dow is on pace to lose ground for a second day in a row.
FWIW, it hasn't done that since May 14-15.
Meanwhile, the S&P 500 is on pace for its third straight down day.
Dow -0.2%
Nasdaq -0.2%
Russell 2000 -0.3%
- 10:36 am
- Google said to be in talks with Virgin Galactic
- by Saumya Vaishampayan
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Google /quotes/zigman/30194416/delayed /quotes/nls/goog GOOG is in talks to take a stake in Virgin Galactic, according to Sky News. The talks are reportedly at an advanced stage. Virgin Galactic, part of Richard Branson's empire, is aiming to launch commercial flights into space. It even accepts bitcoin as payment.
- 10:48 am
- Joe Peta: Low volatility is a concern
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Joe Peta, managing director at Novus, a financial technology company, said that he is surprised that Thursday's decline in the stock market is not bigger. (S&P 500 /quotes/zigman/3870025/realtime SPX is down 0.45%)
"It is worrying that we are not seeing bigger selloffs, given the conflict in Iraq and rising oil prices. If the S&P 500 does not move 1% or more today, it will be the 39th straight day of moves less 1% – markets are too complacent.
Higher oil prices would be a tax on consumption, which is not growing as much as the market is pricing it in.
Wall Street's expectations for growth acceleration in the second half of the year are too optimistic.
- 11:03 am
- Looking for rate hikes? Go to New Zealand
- by Saumya Vaishampayan
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While investors mull when big central banks like the Federal Reserve and Bank of England could begin to hike interest rates, another central bank has already pushed ahead with its third hike of the year. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand on Thursday increased its key rate to 3.25% from 3% and said it expects inflationary pressure to increase.
The bank's decision and statement, which analysts are calling hawkish, have boosted the New Zealand dollar /quotes/zigman/4867888/realtime/sampled NZDUSD against its U.S. counterpart, recently trading at 86.82 U.S. cents versus 86.11 U.S. cents late Wednesday. Read more: Dollar falls vs. Kiwi after New Zealand hikes rates
- 11:10 am
- Oil prices surge
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Crude-oil futures soared Thursday, with the U.S. benchmark poised for its highest close in about nine months as unrest in Iraq intensified, raising concerns about disruptions to global oil supplies.
You can read the full report on oil futures in the regular column: Oil prices surge; Iraqi unrest sparks supply concerns
- 11:23 am
- WSJ Live: Impact of tax complexities on tax preparation firms
- by Anora Mahmudova
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The White House and H&R Block announced a partnership to help student borrowers get a better understanding of their options. H&R Block president and CEO Bill Cobb explains the partnership and challenges the company faces from the nation's complex tax code.
- 11:32 am
- From around the twittersphere
- by Anora Mahmudova
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#Dow now down 50 points today as soft retail sales and rising political risks jolt some out of complacency
— Colin Cieszynski (@CCieszynski_CMC) June 12, 2014
In '14 the $VIX has averaged 14. In '05 and '06 it averaged 12.8. Yes, volatility is low, but it can stay low for long periods of time.
— Ryan Detrick, CMT (@RyanDetrick) June 12, 2014
- 11:37 am
- Live video chat about the stock market
- by Anora Mahmudova
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And a reminder about the video chat in 20 minutes:
Got stock market questions for @PensionPartners @RyanDetrick @AndrewThrasher? Join our live video chat at noon ET http://t.co/4hwuxI6a7l
— Victor Reklaitis (@vicrek) June 12, 2014
- 11:50 am
- Metals prices mixed
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Gold prices rallied Thursday, on track for their highest settlement in nearly three weeks as worries over the implications from the violence in Iraq grew, driving safe-haven demand for the precious metal.
For more on metals, read the regular column: Gold rallies, but platinum, palladium tumble
- 11:55 am
- Parsing through the retail sales data
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Why retail sales were better than you think – but still not great. Jeffry Bartash explains.
So sales at U.S. retailers stunk in May, right? After all, they grew less than half as fast as Wall Street predicted. Well, not really. Sales actually grew a bit faster in May than expected – if large revisions to April sales are taken into account.
- 11:58 am
- Is it lunchtime yet?
- by Ben Eisen
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Hungry for yield in the bond market? Try buying this bond, which comes with an 8% coupon and free burritos. That's right, London-based fast-food chain Chilango is offering what might be the first ever "Burrito bond," selling 1 million pounds to investors through a crowdfunding website. More on the bonds here.
- 12:26 pm
- 10 stocks to watch during the World Cup
- by Sue Chang
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We are a few hours away from the kick off of World Cup 2014, arguably the biggest sports event of the year. Soccer fans around the world will be hunkered down in front of their TVs for the next month or so, cheering, lamenting and celebrating joga bonito, a term coined by Brazilian great Pele to describe soccer.
If your passion for the sport does not run that deep, here are the 10 World Cup related stocks to watch instead.
1. Disney /quotes/zigman/245568/delayed /quotes/nls/dis DIS
2. & 3. Ford f /quotes/zigman/264304/delayed /quotes/nls/f F & GM /quotes/zigman/1466682/delayed /quotes/nls/gm GM
4. Nike /quotes/zigman/235840/delayed /quotes/nls/nke NKE
5 & 6. Twitter twt /quotes/zigman/23556538/delayed /quotes/nls/twtr TWTR and Facebook /quotes/zigman/9962609/delayed /quotes/nls/fb FB
7. Coca-Cola /quotes/zigman/222647/delayed /quotes/nls/ko KO
8 & 9. McDonald's /quotes/zigman/233369/delayed /quotes/nls/mcd MCD and Visa /quotes/zigman/502306/delayed /quotes/nls/v V
10. Twenty-First Century Fox /quotes/zigman/18008450/delayed /quotes/nls/foxa FOXA
- 12:43 pm
- Restoration Hardware highlights big movers
- by Sue Chang
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Restoration Hardware Holdings Inc. /quotes/zigman/12601670/delayed /quotes/nls/rh RH shares are rallying Thursday after the home-furnishings retailer reported it swung to a first-quarter profit. The company also raised its full-year outlook for fiscal year 2014 to a range of $2.24 to $2.30 per share, above consensus estimates of $2.21.
But Lululemon Athletica Inc. /quotes/zigman/39660/delayed /quotes/nls/lulu LULU skidded as the yoga-gear retailer lowered its earnings outlook.
Check out MarketWatch's Movers & Shakers for a summary of stocks making big moves in the market.
- 12:49 pm
- Iraq tensions boosts Dow energy components Exxon Mobil, Chevron
- by Tom Bemis
- Add a Comment
The Dow Jones Industrial Average /quotes/zigman/627449/realtime DJIA was off 62.11 points , or 0.37% , to 16,781.77 as of 12:46 p.m. Twenty-three stocks in the index fell while 7 rose.
Caterpillar Inc. /quotes/zigman/221644/delayed /quotes/nls/cat CAT cut 9.63 points from the index. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. /quotes/zigman/188479/delayed /quotes/nls/gs GS contributed 6.87 points to the index.
Exxon Mobil /quotes/zigman/203975/delayed /quotes/nls/xom XOM and Chevron /quotes/zigman/289939/delayed/quotes/nls/cvx CVX were among the few Dow stocks seeing gains, as tensions increased in Iraq. See 5 things you need to know about Iraq.
- 1:06 pm
- PImco's new chief economist sees bonds and stocks fairly valued
- by Sue Chang
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Paul McCulley, PIMCO's new chief economist, has published his new inaugural commentary in which he revisits the Federal Reserve's policies over the past several years and their impact on the financial markets.
In sum, he believes bonds and stocks are currently "fair valued" in what he calls "The New Neutral."
Both bonds and stocks are presently in secular zones of "fair" valuation. Not cheap, but not rich. And definitely not "artificial!"
- 1:15 pm
- MarketWatch Radio newscast
- by Anora Mahmudova
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John Toohey, head of equities at USAA Investments, blames the pullback on routine profit-taking. He sees a quiet summer ahead, barring a major geopolitical event. The fall will bring more excitement, he says.
- 1:28 pm
- Market update
- by Anora Mahmudova
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The main benchmarks fell to session lows. Industrials and consumer discretionary sector stocks are leading the losses on the S&P 500. Energy sector is slighlyt higher – the only sector in the green today.
The CBOE Vix indes is up 5.3% to above 12.
S&P 500 /quotes/zigman/3870025/realtime SPX -0.54%
Dow /quotes/zigman/627449/realtime DJIA -0.45%
Nasdaq /quotes/zigman/12633936/realtime COMP -0.68%
- 1:28 pm
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- 1:41 pm
- Big moves in bonds
- by Ben Eisen
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Treasury yields, which had been meandering around unchanged on the day, sank precipitously after a strong auction of 30-year bonds. The 10-year note /quotes/zigman/4868283/delayed 10_YEAR yield, which falls as prices rise, was last down 5.5 basis points on the day at 2.584%. What was so stellar about the auction? Read our coverage here.
- 1:44 pm
- Willard: Not a start of a selloff, but ...
- by Anora Mahmudova
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This isn't the start of a selloff, but it's coming, writes Cody Willard, MarketWatch columnist who write Revolution Investing column.
Markets started flat and so were most stocks on my screens today. I've added a few new longs and one new short in the last couple weeks and for now it's back to steady-as-she-goes. Investing and trading isn't always exciting (or fun, for that matter).
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As selling continues, Dow falls over 100 points. 27 of 30 stocks are trading lower, with Caterpillar and Walt Disney leading the losses.
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- Oil's rally hits airline stocks hard
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As oil prices rise, airline stocks lose altitude. Stocks move away from week's records. Adrienne Mitchell reports.
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- Is this the perfect investment portfolio?
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MarketWatch columnists Brett Arends talking about his portfolio:
My job makes it effectively impossible for me to manage my own investment portfolio. When I first became a full-time investment writer back in 2007, I had to sell all my stock… in Diageo, Amazon, and Berkshire Hathaway. (I don't even want to think about how much that cost me.)
It's also very hard for me to hand over my money to a fund manager, even one I trust and respect, such as a Charles de Vaulx, Josh Strauss, or Allan Mecham, because then it would be basically impossible for me to write about them either.
Most people in my position follow a third approach, and put their investments in a traditional "balanced portfolio" of stock and bond index funds, which conventional wisdom says is safe and guaranteed to do well. But this is where I have another problem.
I know the conventional wisdom is full of nonsense.
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With about an hour to go, stocks are on pace for sizable losses.
Among S&P sectors, only energy and utilities are in the green. Industrials and consumer discretionary are the worst performers.
Dow -0.7%
Nasdaq -0.9%
Russell 2000 -0.8%
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S&P 500 remains stuck in a short-term intraday downtrend that began at noon on Monday. Now at one-week lows, still overbought. $SPY
— Bespoke (@bespokeinvest) June 12, 2014
Only 3% of S&P 500 Industrials are up on the day. Group is down 1.19%. Energy stocks are up 34 bps, and 75% are in the green.
— Bespoke (@bespokeinvest) June 12, 2014
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Lands' End Inc. shares jumped almost 8% on Thursday after the clothing retailer, in its first quarterly report since being spun off from struggling Sears Holdings Corp. in April.
Earnings came in above expectations.
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- Oil tops $106 a barrel
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Crude-oil futures top $106 a barrel on Thursday, with the U.S. benchmark marking its highest close in almost nine months as unrest in Iraq intensified, raising concerns about potential disruptions to the nation's oil supplies.
For more on oil, read our regular column: Oil tops $106 for highest close in almost 9 months
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Finisar Corp. is expected to attract attention in Thursday's after-hours trading with the telecommunications-equipment company scheduled to report quarterly results, writes Sue Chang in the After Hours column.
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There goes the bell. Stocks continue to pull back from recent records, with the S&P 500 retreating for a third straight day and the Dow dropping for two in a row. We haven't seen a two-day Dow decline since mid-May, while the Nasdaq is on track for its first weekly decline in five weeks.
S&P 500 — down 13.83, or 0.7%, to 1,930.06. The S&P hit a record 1,951.27 on Monday, but has since retreated 1.08% over the last three sessions for its biggest three-day drop since May 15.
DJIA — down 110.49, or 0.7%, to 16,733.42. Two consecutive triple-digit drops have knocked the Dow down 1.25% from its record of 16,945.92 hit Tuesday.
Nasdaq Composite — down 34.30, or 0.8%, to 4,297.63. The Nasdaq also saw its biggest two-day slide since mid-May.


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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- A jury started weighing Friday morning whether John Edwards committed a crime when money from two wealthy donors was used to hide his pregnant mistress during the candidate's run for the 2008 White House.
Jurors heard about 17 days of testimony, a lot of focusing on the details of the lurid sex scandal between the Democratic candidate, his mistress Rielle Hunter and his once-trusted aide Andrew Young, who initially claimed he was the father of his boss' baby.
Edwards is charged with six criminal counts including conspiracy to violate the Federal Election Campaign Act, accepting contributions that exceeded campaign finance limits, and causing his campaign to file a false financial disclosure report. He faces up to 30 years in prison and $1.5 million in fines if convicted of all charges.
Jurors will not be judging Edwards character. Instead, they will have to weigh whether to believe Edwards, who argued that he didn't knowingly break the law, or his aide, Andrew Young, who said Edwards recruited him to solicit secret donations in excess of the legal limit for campaign contributions, then $2,300.
The choice before them comes down to choosing which liar to believe.
Young, the prosecution's star witness, falsely claimed paternity of his boss's baby in December 2007, after tabloid reporters tracked a visibly pregnant Hunter to a doctor's appointment.
Edwards repeatedly denied having a relationship with Hunter, only to go on national television in August 2008 to admit having a brief affair with Hunter but that it was physically impossible he was the father of her baby girl. In fact, his relationship with Hunter had lasted more than a year. A recording of that interview was played for the jury last week as the prosecution rested its case.
The bulk of the alleged illegal campaign contributions flowed to Young, including $725,000 in checks from heiress Rachel "Bunny" Mellon, who is now 101 years old. Young spent some of the money to care for Hunter, but financial records introduced at the trial showed the aide siphoned off most of the money to help build his family's $1.6 million dream home near Chapel Hill.
Another $400,000 in cash, luxury hotels, private jets rides and a $20,000-a-month rental mansion in Santa Barbara, Calif., were also provided by wealthy Texas lawyer Fred Baron to help cover up the affair. Baron served as Edwards' campaign finance chairman.
Prosecutors say Edwards knew about the money and directed the cover-up, showing the jury phone records indicating he was in constant contact with Hunter and Young while they were in hiding.
The defense countered that it is Young who should be on trial, not Edwards, accusing the aide of using Edwards' name without his knowledge to bamboozle Mellon out of hundreds of thousands of dollars for his personal use. Young received immunity from prosecutors.
During closing arguments Thursday, lead defense lawyer Abbe Lowell admitted that Edwards had lied to his wife and the American people. But his client didn't violate federal campaign finance regulations, Lowell said.
"This is a case that should define the difference between a wrong and a crime ... between a sin and a felony," Lowell told the jury. "John Edwards has confessed his sins. He will serve a life sentence for those. But he has pleaded not guilty to violating the law."
Meanwhile, prosecutor Bobby Higdon used Edwards' old stump speech against him, saying the presidential candidate violated laws meant to protect "the two Americas" in an attempt to avoid a sex scandal.
"Campaign finance laws are designed to bring the two Americas together at election time," Higdon said. "John Edwards forgot his own rhetoric."
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Ultimate Revival: The UA Chevy K-10Posted in Project Vehicles on May 1, 2011
The Ultimate K10may be our most popular project truck of all-time (Aug.-Nov. '05, Jan. '06). Built in 2005 for the Ultimate Adventure, the '75 Stepside commanded attention with its bright yellow paint and demanded respect with its 39-inch BFG Krawlers and hardcore off-road capability. Five years after its last public appearance, we still get voluminous emails asking what happened to it.
Following UA 2005, the Ultimate K10 was put away wet after being rode hard. Its tags and insurance expired as the publishing company went through ownership changes and reorganizations. While stored, prime parts were pirated for other projects.
The Stepside eventually overstayed its welcome in storage: The time came to move it or lose it. We decided to revive and reuse it. Rick Péwé signed a waiver and bought the K10 from the company, making what was basically a corporate liability into what we hope will become an inspirational asset.
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For this rebirth, we want to stick to the original approach as much as possible: If it's there and works, keep it. Following a few philosophical conversations, Henrik "El Jeffe" Hairapetian at GM Truck Center agreed to help restore the Stepside to its former glory. GM Truck Center was the truck's original home, and the shop did much of the previous build. In other words, they know this Stepside better than anyone.
As a sign of the times, we'll be budget-conscious but likely get creative in a few areas to present readers with beyond-bolt-on ideas. This time our concept is to create a camping/Jeep-towing rig with decent off-road capability on 37s. (It has "been there, done that" as a 5-plus-trail machine that can get nearly anywhere and back under its own power.)
After taking delivery of the truck in its current state, Hairapetian offered a couple of professional observations for those of you undertaking similar revivals. Since our sheetmetal was largely throw-away and many major parts are being replaced, he suggested ditching the half-ton platform for a stouter K20 frame. This makes sense, but we wanted to stay true to the "if it ain't broke" approach. Besides, desirable custom details here that would be lost in the transition include the Fabworx full interior cage and steel-plated cab-rockers.
We totally agree with Hairapetian's other big-picture suggestion: Go resto-mod. This is where LMC Truck stepped up in a big way. Bodywork labor to straighten the salvageable sheetmetal would cost more than quality replacement panels from LMC. LMC will also serve as the source of the various OE replacement parts for everything from weatherstripping to door panels to a carpet kit. This will help the truck devolve more toward its '70s roots.
Here's an overview of what we have now and what we're thinking about doing in the coming months. Let us know your suggestions by email or by posting on our website at forums.4wheeloffroad.com.
Had: RamJet 350 Crate Engine.
Now: Still there, but missing its electric fuel pump. The Optima batteries and driver-side tray are also gone. Go figure.
Had: TCI Turbo 350.
Now: Since we're in a towing frame of mind this time, we're thinking about transplanting a Turbo 400 with Kilgore 2.75:1 First gear from a previous article (see "Turbo 400s for Towing" in Mar. '09 or at 4wheeloffroad.com).
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Had: NP205 with Offroad Design Doubler
Now: The original Doubler has gone to another project, but along with the built TH400 we'll stuff another tried-and-true Offroad Design Doubler, the one currently mated to the TH400.
Had: The front Dynatrac Pro-Rock high-pinion Dana 60 and rear Off Road Unlimited disc-braked 14-bolt-both with 5.13 Motive gears and ARB Air Lockers-made their ways to other projects, as did the Offroad Design crossover steering and PSC steering box.
Now: We're talking to Chris Durham Motorsports about surplus/crate/boneyard 1-ton axles, possibly with 4.56 gears (depending on transmission), a front ARB Air Locker, and a rear Detroit Locker.
Had: Offroad Design crossover linkage and PSC's hydroboost system.
Now: The hydroboost part of the steering is still there. The PSC box and ORD High-Steer worked so well last time that we'd like to use them again.
Had: Tuff Country 4-inch front kit, Daystar dense-foam bumpstops, stock rear '87-'98 springs with ORD shackle reversal. Now: Bumpstops and shocks are gone, but major components (except for front spring bushings) are still there.
Had: Custom shafts with 1410 U-joints from Sam's OffRoad.
Now: We'll send measurements to our local shop, Coast Driveline, once the transmission and transfer case are mounted and we know what we need.
Had: Four-wheel discs.
Now: The existing roller-only rearend is a stock drum-braked 14-bolt. We'll upgrade the rear to something with discs-and try not to have the axles be worth more than the rest of the vehicle in the process.
Had: Straight sheetmetal, Reflexion dual-cowl hood, ORD bumpers, Warn winches.
Now: The pickup box is relatively straight. LMC has affordable OE replacement and repro pieces to revive the rest. GM Truck Center is brainstorming custom bumpers. The front might even get KC Daylighters with smiley-face covers in tribute to the truck's '70s heritage. A front Warn winch is a given.
Had: MasterCraft seats mounted to Fabworx internal cage, Ididit column, rubber mats.
Now: Ididit column was replaced with a barely mounted stock one, seats are gone, floor insulation and mats are rotted, dash and IP are tired. LMC is the source for replacement parts, and we're thinking about swapping in a bench seat.


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Whether you enjoy shopping, golf, nature, trains, zip lining, camping, wine, gaming or fishing, French Lick/West Baden is the perfect destination for your next road trip.
Outdoor enthusiast's paradiseBe one with nature. The Visit French Lick/West Baden area is an outdoor enthusiast's paradise with the Hoosier National Forest in its backyard. The National Forest spans from Bedford South to Tell City for a total of 200,000 acres. There are about 266 miles of trails, with a little over 200 miles designated for horseback riding and about 175 miles for biking. Located about 20 minutes south of French Lick, on the edge of the National Forest, is Patoka Lake . Indiana's second-largest lake offers clean, open water and quiet coves for fishing, swimming and boating. Take the lake tour or rent a pontoon boat for a lazy day of water fun. Avoid the daunting task of leaving the water behind: stay right on Patoka Lake in Indiana's only floating cabins at the Patoka Lake Marina!
With mother nature always unpredictable, a retractable room assures family fun no matter what the weather is like outside. Big Splash Adventure Indoor Water Park and Hotel is a must for the entire family!
In for some adventure? Head to Wilstem Ranch, the perfect location to take the entire family on an outdoor adventure whether it's ziplining, horseback riding, side-by-side ATV tours or much more.
Scenic trip down the railwayThe French Lick Scenic Railway is the ultimate destination for train enthusiasts of all ages! With opportunities abound, there is always a special event that will appeal to all personalities.
Write your own chapter to this 100+-year-old storyDriving through the hills of southern Indiana, you might not expect to come upon the grandest of grand hotels. But you do. Two of them, in fact! The French Lick Resort—named the Best Historic Resort in America—draws you into the elegance of a bygone era. And even though the elegance borders on jaw-dropping, you will feel welcome to come as you are to enjoy golf, entertainment, spa treatments, fine dining, casino fun, horseback riding and more.
Travelers have been visiting the French Lick area for well over 100 years. Initially drawn for the healing magic of the restorative mineral springs, guests then stayed on for the atmosphere and service. Today, the Resort's two luxury hotels, French Lick Springs Hotel and West Baden Springs Hotel, have been fully restored to the luxury of yesteryear and more. Both transport guests to the glamour of the early 1900s with their restored original mosaic, marble floors and elaborately decorated ceilings. French Lick offers boutique shops, a variety of restaurants, bowling alley, fitness center, pools and luxury spa. West Baden, a National Historic Landmark, will "wow" you with its one-of-a-kind domed atrium spanning 200 feet! Once known as the "Eighth Wonder of the World," West Baden offers many of the same amenities as its sister hotel and even more luxurious accommodations. The Resort also offers three golf courses—The Pete Dye, The Donald Ross and The Valley Links with golf learning center—plus, a casino with 51,000 square feet of Vegas-style gaming, riding stables and free shuttle service throughout the complex. Trend-setting local dining = deliciousIn 1917, French Lick Springs chef, Louis Perrin, discovered he was out of orange juice for breakfast. Thinking creatively, he squeezed plump, red tomatoes instead, becoming the first to serve tomato juice. Dining here today is still unique, local and fantastic. Whether you're looking for an elegant dinner, casual dining or a place to share a cocktail (Bloody Mary anyone?), the Resort has you covered. There are also plenty of off-site dining options available, too. Within a short drive you'll find French Lick Winery. Sample their award-winning wines, enjoy lunch or dinner on the patio and browse their gift shop.
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Turkish painter Burhan Dogancay, whose work has been exhibited in some 70 museums worldwide, including New York's Metropolitan Art Museum and the Museum of Modern Art, has died. He was 83.
Bergin Azer, director of the Dogancay Museum, said the artist died Tuesday of an undisclosed illness in Istanbul.
Much of Dogancay's art was inspired by graffiti, torn posters and banners found on city walls. His museum in Istanbul, which opened in 2004, was the first contemporary art museum in Turkey.
Dogancay's paintings are part of the permanent collections at the Metropolitan Art Museum and the Guggenheim. One of his paintings sold for $1.7 million at an Istanbul auction in 2009 — the highest price paid for a contemporary art painting in Turkey.
Dogancay is survived by his wife.


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Drought is 'extreme' in part of the Colorado River Basin
May 28, 2012
VAIL, Colorado – Extreme drought conditions have been introduced in the Yampa, Colorado and Gunnison river basins, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The latest map, released Thursday, shows 96 percent of Colorado is experiencing some level of drought condition, with drought intensity in northwestern Colorado "extreme."The U.S. Drought Monitor classifies drought intensity on a scale of D0 to D4. Drought intensity in Eagle County remains at D2, severe, while points just west were elevated to D3, extreme, from the previous week. The area includes most of Garfield and Rio Blanco counties and is the only region in Colorado currently categorized as extreme. The "extreme drought" area comprises 7.27 percent of the state.Gov. John Hickenlooper expanded the activation of Colorado's Drought Mitigation and Response Plan last week to include the Yampa/White, Colorado and Gunnison river basins. Phase 2 of the state plan was activated more than a year ago due to deteriorating drought conditions in the Arkansas and Rio Grande river basins, and it remains active for those portions of Colorado.According to Colorado's Water Availability Task Force, April 2012 was the fourth warmest on record in Colorado. March 2012 was the third warmest for Colorado and tied 1966 for the driest on record. Records date back to 1895. The past two months' temperatures have been five degrees above average for most of Colorado.This winter's warmer- and drier-than-normal weather resulted in record low snowpack, which has been melting earlier than normal, leaving streamflow forecasts well below average. Statewide streamflow forecasts have dropped 5 percent to 15 percent since April 1.Data from the Natural Resources Conservation Service showed the Colorado River basin had its lowest May 1 snowpack on record (45-year record) at 21 percent of average for that date. The service's May 1 streamflow forecast puts the entire Colorado River basin at less than 50 percent of average, with the Eagle River below Gypsum forecast to be at 43 percent of average.Eagle River Water & Sanitation District continues to closely monitor variables affecting local water supply. Should drought conditions persist, water available for irrigation and other outdoor uses may be less than normal this year. Currently, normal year-round water-use regulations are in effect.The district encourages customers to take action to lessen the impact of drought on our community by carefully considering their outdoor water needs and adhering to the regulations, which allow up to three days per week of outdoor water use, per the odd/even schedule. For more information, call the district at 970-477-5451.


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COUPON CRAZE: More Iowans are learning the secret to saving and have advice before you learn to clip
With tight budgets, high food prices and a certain reality show called Extreme Couponing, more shoppers than ever are looking for extreme savings to stretch their budgets. And, they're clipping their way to a cheaper checkout. As more people look to cash in on the coupon craze, stores are starting to see a problem.
Every Sunday morning, Erin Ruiz's living room turns into a coupon club. She says, "The girls meet me over here at six."
The mother-of-six started searching for savings two years ago, and she taught a group of friends to do the same. She says, "We call each other through the week, did you hear about this good deal?"
She says she's found so many good deals on everything from toilet paper to soap, you'll find a stockpile of stuff in her basement. Showing a corner of her lower level she says, "It was a mini-mart. The kids kind of changed it from mini-mart to mega-mart."
Ruiz says she's cut her family of eight's grocery bill to $200 a month. And, her secret to start saving is simple. She says, "Start with your Sunday paper."
Ruiz collects coupons from 20 papers each week and searches sites online for more deals. Then, she matches manufacturer coupons with store sales. She says she started slowly by learning one store's policies and sale schedule. Now, she stocks up when items hit the rock bottom price, and she has a coupon, usually every twelve weeks. She says, "I will never pay full price for shampoo, conditioner, deodorant body wash, laundry soap, any of the household cleaners."
She's not alone. A survey by the Nielsen Company says coupon redemption grew 27% when the recession hit. And, households making more than $100,000 a year were the primary group to drive the growth.
Couponer Katie Kitterman says, "People are trying more and more to save money." Kitterman taught herself how to save a year ago so she could stay at home with her son. By following blogs, learning store polices and stockpiling deals, she saves $300 to $400 a month.
This fall she started teaching a crash course in couponing, and she says classes constantly fill up. She says, "The need is really there. I kind of started out not telling people. I didn't know what they would think about my stock pile and savings, but once I did, people were really interested and they wanted to know how they could do it themselves."
As more people learn to shop the aisles with coupons, some stores are starting to see a problem creep into Iowa. Iowa Grocery Industry Association President Jerry Fleagle says, "We've started to see some usage of counterfeit coupons."
Fleagle says the rise of printing coupons online has contributed to the problem. He says most shoppers don't realize they might be using a counterfeit. So, the group is trying to raise awareness. Fleagle says, "Ultimately with any type of counterfeit or fraudulent coupon, it's ultimately the store that stands the loss on that and ultimately the consumer because all those costs eventually get passed on."
He says using a counterfeit coupon is prosecutable, but so far, no one has been charged in Iowa. He says fakes are usually found online, so beware of any advertising a free product or offering more than $5 in savings. He says, "Too good to be true, is probably too good to be true."
Ruiz says as long as you follow the rules, she can only find the good in couponing. In addition to her extreme savings, she's helping others. She recently donated more than 900 items to a local food pantry. She says, "And we donated some really nice stuff, like those pro-glide razors that are $12.99 and we paid nothing for them."
She says it just takes a little time, and anyone can learn to find savings success. The ladies say you'll start saving right away, but it might take a year to find the extreme savings.
Kitterman is also hosting drive for couponers to use their power for good. You can find more information about that and her Couponing 101 class by clicking here.
Danielle Van Arkel is another Iowa couponer. She blogs about her savingss and posts her weekly grocery list, advice and makes coupon binders for people. She has adopted a military family living on a base in Turkey. She regularly mails expired coupons to them as part of the Overseas Coupon Program. She says military members serving overseas have six months to use expired coupons.


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Smelling good could send you out of this world. As in, actually off the face of the planet, according to a new promotion from the Axe line of male grooming products.
Axe – a Unilever brand of shampoos, body sprays and deodorants – is offering the chance to win 22 spots on the Lynx sub-orbital plane from Mojave space tourism company XCOR Aerospace.
In Britain, Axe is known as Lynx – see what Unilever did there?
The gimmick coincides with the launch of the company's new Apollo collection of products. Marketing taglines for the new items include "Astronauts always get the girl" and "Nothing beats an astronaut."
In one commercial, a young woman rescued from an inferno by a studly fireman quickly abandons him for the spaceman she sees walking nearby (so unfair).
Axe even got Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who landed on the moon in 1969, to plug the campaign.
"Leave a man, come back a hero," Aldrin says in the video below.
XCOR is set to start launching two-seat passenger rockets some 62 miles above the Earth's surface starting as early as 2014. The short trips, leaving from the Caribbean island of Curacao, will cost nearly $100,000.
Unless, of course, you win Axe's contest and make it through what Axe is calling the Axe Apollo Space Academy. To enter, participants have to create a profile on AxeApollo.com or LynxApollo.com and explain why they want to hitch a ride into space.
Those with the most votes will participate in a series of challenges this summer. From there, a smaller group will attend the Axe Global Space Camp in Orlando, Fla. – a sort of astronaut immersion program – before finding out if they've won a trip on the space ship.
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The dots began to connect for Kristen VanValkenburg De Stigter '84 while she was a Calvin student on an off-campus interim trip in Liberia.
"I was a member of the first class that went abroad with [sociology] professor Don Wilson," said De Stigter. "We were all a little inexperienced—we got stopped by the military for taking photographs—but the overall result is that I had the sense of need thrust into me."
On that trip, De Stigter and another pre-med student hopped on a bus and traveled to Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, to listen to a medical lecture they had seen advertised. The lecture was on Lassa fever by a professor on the staff of Case Western University in Cleveland, and that professor wound up employing De Stigter during the summers of her Calvin years, working in a parasite lab.
Attending Case Western for medical school after her Calvin graduation, De Stigter's responsibilities grew, and she went on a number of trips to Africa, first as a medical student and later as a radiology resident.
"We were following nomadic groups of people," De Stigter recalled, "and I would run the ultrasound machine looking for parasites. We found ourselves in a remote and dangerous place in Kenya on the border of Sudan, working on parasite research during the day and then setting up a health clinic for the local people in the evening. I noticed how helpful it was to have ultrasound technology available for a variety of medical issues, particularly for pregnant women."
De Stigter's experiences led to partnerships with other medical professionals, hospitals and clinics, and technology companies. In 2007, De Stigter and a colleague at the University of Vermont founded Imaging the World (ITW), an organization that develops procedures and technologies to enable medical imaging in remote regions worldwide.
"Ultrasound technology advanced from the ability to take only still pictures to the ability to take video clips, where a professional reading the images can easily read the images electronically and remotely, stopping to review and even scroll back through images as a diagnosis is pondered," said De Stigter. "We've developed protocols for each kind of medical review for different parts of the body, and we figured out how to teach health care workers with little knowledge of anatomy how to take the ultrasound video clips just based on surface anatomy."
The protocols from ITW allow the use of this technology to be sustainable anywhere. Trained persons in remote areas can take the ultrasound images, compress them 250:1 using specialized software and send them via a cell phone modem to a network of experts who return their assessment back to the sender in the field by text message.
"After a year or two, we have trained enough people who can acquire and interpret images, train others locally in the protocols and read and service the equipment. ITW can be a backup to them, but the intent is for people in-country to 'learn to fish' and carry on the model," she said.
Not only are De Stigter and her teammates writing protocols and reading medical images, they are also bringing big industry partners to the table as collaborators. She has been pleased to note how typical competitors in the medical technology field, such as General Electric Healthcare and Phillips Healthcare, are sharing expertise and advice with ITW and one another to improve the technology and the delivery systems.
The organization is focusing initially on Uganda as a "proof of concept" project, with an emphasis on obstetric use. Once documented success rates are established in Uganda, other countries with similar challenges—such as Haiti and India—will be considered.
"In Uganda, there is a death-in-pregnancy rate of 1-in-22, which compares to 1-in-7,000 in the U.S. Mainly that's due to bleeding and delays in the birth process and ultrasound technology can determine which women are susceptible to that in advance of the birth. If we know that, we can make sure those women give birth in hospitals and clinics, not at home," said De Stigter.
In addition to her many hours and travels for ITW, De Stigter is vice chair of the radiology department at the University of Vermont and program director for the residency program in diagnostic radiology. She has four children; one of them, Kaitlin, is a Calvin graduate who is in the law program at Penn State.
"I really appreciated the encouragement of Dr. Tigchelaar in the pre-med program at Calvin," she said. "And Professor Wilson's advice to be ready for the thing God calls you to do was most important to me. I've found that listening to that call and the hands of God are making things happen."
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ASHLAND, Ore., Jan. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Brammo, Inc., a leading developer of electric vehicle technology and manufacturer of two-wheel electric vehicles, is delighted by the news from Washington D.C. that the federal tax credit for electric motorcycles and other two and three-wheeled vehicles has been extended through 2012 and 2013. With this extension, electric motorcycle enthusiasts will continue to receive personal tax incentives when purchasing the Enertia Plus, Empulse and Empulse R models.
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The provision, passed late last night along with other fiscal reforms, extends the federal tax credit for two and three-wheeled electric plug-in vehicles for two years. This tax credit can cover up to 10% of the vehicle's cost or a maximum of $2,500.
Brammo sends particular thanks to U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) whom offered the amendment and fought for it in the final hours of the Congress, and Congressman Greg Walden (R-Ore.) who protected the tax credit in the House under the most difficult of circumstances. Additional support from U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) not only for electric vehicles, but for sustainability and clean energy initiatives overall, will continue to help drive Oregon as a leader of green and clean legislation.
"This bi-partisan work and cooperation results in jobs and support for companies like Brammo," said Craig Bramscher , CEO of Brammo. "We are excited for what this means for electric vehicles and the electric motorcycle industry, which will make these 'vehicles of the future' more accessible to all consumers."
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Brammo, Inc., is a leading electric vehicle technology company headquartered in North America. Brammo designs and develops electric vehicles including the Encite™, Enertia™, Empulse™ and Engage™ motorcycles. Brammo is the current TTXGP eGrandPrix champion of North America. Brammo is an OEM supplier of its innovative Brammo Digital Drivetrain™ systems including the Brammo Power™ battery pack and Brammo Power™ vehicle management system. Brammo has vehicle distribution and marketing operations in North America, Europe and Asia. To learn more, visit www.Brammo.com.
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When I was a kid and adults asked me what I wanted to do when I was older, I gave people my forty year plan. I was going to play point guard in the NBA and after my all-star career ended I would become a globe-trotting archeologist. Then, reality set in.


text: Food Manufacturers and Retailers Support Compromise Dairy Title September 23, 2013 02:53 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By MILK Editors Email Letter to Senators Stabenow and Cochran opposes supply management program. Source: International Dairy Foods Association Washington, D.C. -– Food manufacturer, restaurant and retailer groups recently voiced their strong support for the dairy provisions as included in the House-passed farm bill. In a letter to Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Ranking Member Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), the groups urged the senators to reject "any new government dairy "supply management' program." A new program to impose quotas on milk supplies, called the Dairy Market Stabilization Program, was included in the farm bill as passed by the Senate in June. "We have learned from past experience that government management of commodity supply and demand does not work," the groups wrote. "Restricting milk supplies will increase dairy product costs for consumers, will result in fewer jobs and will hurt dairy industry growth." In July, the House rejected the controversial Dairy Market Stabilization Program by more than a two-to-one margin, 291-135. In a rare show of bipartisanship, 95 Democrats joined 196 Republicans in support of compromise dairy language that calls for a strong safety net for dairy farmers without also imposing limits on the amount of milk they can sell. "The House bill has accepted and incorporated over 75% of what was approved by the Senate," the letter continued. "It establishes an effective and expanded revenue insurance program for dairy farmers that will help them endure tough economic times, while removing an unnecessary regulatory burden on dairy businesses and providing opportunity for market expansion, new jobs and economic growth." The list of groups includes national organizations like the Grocery Manufacturers Association, the Food Marketing Institute, the National Grocers Association, the National Restaurant Association and the National Council of Chain Restaurants, as well as local groups like the Dairy Institute of California, the Northeast Dairy Foods Association, the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, and the Michigan Grocers Association. See the full list below and in the letter. "This so-called stabilization program in the Senate-passed bill will unnecessarily raise dairy prices on millions of American families at a time when many cannot afford higher grocery bills," said Jerry Slominski, senior vice president of legislative and economic affairs for the International Dairy Foods Association, one of the proponents of the House-passed dairy language and signers of the letter. "It doesn't make any sense for our government to recommend healthy and nutritious dairy foods and to then turn around and impose programs that will make milk, yogurt and cheese more expensive." Read the letter here. List of signatories as of 9/23/2013: Alabama Grocers Association American Pizza Community Arizona Food Marketing Alliance Arkansas Grocers and Retail Merchants Association Associated Food and Petroleum Dealers Carolinas Food Industry Council Dairy Institute of California Delaware Food Industry Council Food Industry Alliance of New York Food Marketing Institute Georgia Food Industry Association Grocery Manufacturers Association Hawaii Food Industry Association Idaho Retailers Association Illinois Food Retailers Association International Dairy Foods Association Kansas Food Dealers Association Louisiana Retailers Association Maine Grocers Association Maryland Retail Association Massachusetts Food Association Michigan Grocers Association Minnesota Grocers Association Missouri Grocers Association Montana Food Distributors Association National Council of Chain Restaurants National Frozen Pizza Institute National Grocers Association National Restaurant Association Nebraska Grocery Industry Association New Hampshire Grocers Association New Jersey Food Council North Dakota Grocers Association Northeast Dairy Foods Association, Inc. Retail Grocers Association of Greater Kansas City South Dakota Retailers Association Tennessee Grocers and Convenience Store Association Texas Retailers Association Utah Food Industry Association Virginia Retail Merchants Association Washington Food Industry Association Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association Wisconsin Grocers Association The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), Washington, D.C., represents the nation's dairy manufacturing and marketing industries and their suppliers, with a membership of 550 companies representing a $125-billion a year industry. IDFA is composed of three constituent organizations: the Milk Industry Foundation (MIF), the National Cheese Institute (NCI) and the International Ice Cream Association (IICA). IDFA's 220 dairy processing members run more than 600 plant operations, and range from large multi-national organizations to single-plant companies. Together they represent more than 85% of the milk, cultured products, cheese and frozen desserts produced and marketed in the United States. IDFA can be found online at www.idfa.org. Back to news


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|Dana Point, Calif.
|High School:
|Dana Hills HS
|Heptathlon, Javelin, Sprints
UC Santa Barbara
Competed in 100m dash, Javelin, and 4x100m relay at Big West Championships…Anchored the 4x100m relay and helped her team to a 6th place finish at Big West…placed 4th in the 100m dash and 3rd in Javelin.
Esslinger did not compete in the Heptathlon this season but greatly contributed to the Gauchos short distance and Javelin events...Ran a season best time in the 200m at the All-Cal UC Cup with a time of 25.37...Threw a personal best 137-3 in the javelin in the same meet.
Began her first season with UCSB by winning the javelin event at the Gaucho Round-Up with a throw of 130'09.50" (39.87m) which made the second best mark in Gaucho history...Ran 24.94 in the 200m dash to take fifth place at the UCSD Triton Invitational and moving up to seventh place on the UCSB all-time list...Finished 10th in the heptathlon at the Big West Championship with a score of 4308.
High School
Competed in the South Coast League of the CIF-Southern Section...Was All-League all four of her seasons, and All-Orange County from 2007-2009...Holds her high school's records in the 100m (12.18) and 200m (25.14), and was a member of record-setting relay squads in the 4x100m, 4x400m, 4x200m, and sprint medley...Also a member of her school's shuttle hurdle relay team that set the best national time at the Arcadia Invitational...Three-year honor roll student.
Daughter of Stephen who rowed crew for Cal and the U.S. National Team and Amy who ran track and field at USC...Has one sister, Karen who runs track and field for APU...In addition to track, she played volleyball and soccer all four years of high school...Esslinger is double majoring in Religious Studies and History...Enjoys arts and crafts...Lists "Across the Universe" as her favorite movie...Lists fellow teammate Barbara Nwaba as her favorite athlete.
Collegiate Career Bests
Javelin -137-3 (All-Cal UC Cup, 3/12/2011)
100m -12.18 (Cal Poly, 4/28/12)
100m Hurdles- 14.46 (All-Cal Challenge, 3/3/2012)
200m -24.81 (All-Cal Challenge, 3/3/2012)
Heptathlon - 4308 (Big West Championship, 5/8/2010)


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Following Bellas ill-fated 18th birthday party, EDWARD CULLEN (Robert Pattinson) and his family abandon the town of Forks, Washington, in an effort to protect her from the dangers inherent in their world. As the heartbroken Bella sleepwalks through her senior year of high school, numb and alone, she discovers Edwards image comes to her whenever she puts herself in jeopardy. Her desire to be with him at any cost leads her to take greater and greater risks.
With the help of her childhood friend JACOB BLACK (Taylor Lautner), Bella refurbishes an old motorbike to carry her on her adventures. Bellas frozen heart is gradually thawed by her budding relationship with Jacob, a member of the mysterious Quileute tribe, who has a supernatural secret of his own.
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text: Beautifully restored Cape style home in Cannon Hill. Short walk to association beach on Pleasant Bay, large back yard with room for pool. Enclosed courtyard between kitchen and garage. Large spacious rooms with wideboard pine floors, 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths. 2 livingrooms eacxh with fireplace, formal dining, kitchen with counter bar.Central A/C. First and second floor master bedrooms, stainless steel appliances. Attention to detail and quality of home is impressive.


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Another Wipe Your Hard Drive Parable
To tell this story, I need to point out that, when I was a bachelor, I sometimes went to various web sites to satisfy my more elicit and transient urges. Probably nuff said, unless any of our sexy single female readers want to email me requesting a more vivid description.
One day, happily clicking through that day's menu, I suddenly discovered myself in possession of a big rubbery one when I found myself at a web site featuring the erotic adventures of a girl I had just started to date. Worse yet, although she was currently incarnated in an mpeg performing filthy acts that would make the mind absolutely boggle, she had put my advances off at every turn!
Calling her up, it turned out that she had no idea about it, although she admitted to having let her ex film their passion on occasion. When she traced it back to him, it turned out that he had stored all these mpegs in a Kazaa-shared "My Documents" folder.
Sadly, she refused to see me after that… all the more frustrating since I now knew the full scope of her self-evidently amazing talents.
My own personal anecdote out of the way, a reader follow-up to our story about the 'destroyed' Best Buy hard drive that founds its way, data intact, into the hands of a Chicago flea market shopper, illustrating the importance of always wiping your hard drive before you hand it over to someone else!
was reminded of this story after reading the Best Buy / hard drive / flea-market item.
A friend of mine, a cute female friend of mine, was having video card issues on her computer. She asked me to take a look and "while you're at it, see if I have any spyware & stuff."
Being the gracious geek that I am, I did as she asked. (Turned out there was nothing wrong with the video card or drivers; she had somehow broken 2 pins on the VGA monitor cable and needed a replacement.) In the process of scanning for adware/spyware, I noticed that she had every file sharing app in the known universe running simultaneously on her system. Some I hadn't ever heard of!
I called her and informed her of the inherent risks in this behavior. She said she didn't even use those filesharing things anymore, but didn't realize they were still running. She asked me to scan the shared folders for any virus-laden files. Dutifully, I did so, and found a few questionable items, noted their location and proceded to attempt deletion.
Here's where it gets interesting.
By default, if a folder has an abundance of image files (JPG, GIF, etc.) in it, Windows XP displays that folder in "thumbnail" view when you open it so you can see all the graphics at once. Other files are shown as icons, usually with some indication as to the file type.
When I opened the folder containing the viruses and spyware-laden files, I was presented with this "thumbnail" view because, unbeknownst to me, the folder contained a lot of graphics.
All of the graphics, about 3 gb, were digital pictures of my friend in various states of undress. The files were named "bored01, bored02, etc." and "naked01" or "sillyme01". Other files included a few "punk wock" (Blink 182, Good Charlotte) MP3s and videos.
There were TONS of nudie pics though, all being shared with the world through various p2p file sharing apps!
The nasty so-n-so in me wanted to just leave them as they were, or perhaps even archive a few for um…posterity. But the (married) gentleman in me took over and I called my friend and informed her of this foolishness. She was embarrassed at first, but kinda laughed about it. Then it sunk in that every tom, dick, n' harry out there probably has her pictures. She was not happy.
I told her I would either delete them for her (along with the P2P software), or remove the software and let her take care of the pics. She opted for the latter.
When I returned the computer to her, I warned her to make sure she carefully wiped the drive if she ever got rid of the computer or had to have the hard drive serviced.
This was about 6 months ago. She recently informed me that she was getting a new computer, but wanted to know if I'd wipe the drive for her before she got rid of the old one. I told her I'd get a drive-nuke floppy from work (I work for state government) and do a multi-pass drive rewrite so her naughty bits don't get passed on to the next guy.
Word, Paul D.
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JORN – Lonely Are the Brave (Release Year – 2008)
Jorn Lande returns with his fifth studio album, Lonely Are the Brave.
I have said it before, and I will say it again. Jorn Lande is one of the premiere vocalists in heavy metal today. Sooner or later metal fans are going to take notice of this amazing singer. His vocals on this album are superb, and are empowered by the outstanding guitar duo of Tore Moren and Jorn Viggo Lofstad. With the exception of bassist Sid Ringsby, Lande's solo band remains unchanged since his 2006 release the Duke, and as a result, have turned in a tighter performance on this disc.
The opening cut and title track, Lonely Are the Brave is a pretty good way to open up this disc. This is a very strong heavy rocker that gets things going nicely. I expect to hear this song a lot in the coming years.
If Lande decided to steal an unreleased song from Ronnie James Dio, Night City would be it. This song is much in the vain of the Black Sabbath front man's solo material. This tune seems to get better with every listen.
Some of the other highlights include:
Shadow People is the type of song that will create new JORN fans. This hard charging rocker is one that will get your blood pumping.
Promises is not only an excellent song, but it might be one of the best JORN songs yet. This sounds like it could of been a leftover song from Worldchanger or Out to Every Nation. Yes, it is that good.
The song Hellfire originally appeared on the Beyond Twilight release, The Devils Hall of Fame, from 2001, on which Lande was the lead singer. This version is nothing short of amazing. It is dark and moody kind of metal that you would expect to hear on a Black Sabbath record. It is an awesome tune, and absolutely essential to all JORN fans.
My CD is the Limited Edition and has two bonus tracks, Stormbringer, and Like Stone In Water.
Stormbringer is a cover of the classic Deep Purple tune which featured Ritchie Blackmore and David Coverdale. This version is much heavier than the original, and in my opinion surpasses it greatly.
If there are any negatives on this CD, it would be in the mixing of the bass on this record. Where were you Mr. Ringsby? Your bass is mixed so low it is hardly audible.
Am I a little biased towards Mr. Lande and company? Damn straight I am! JORN hasn't released one disc in this decade that has disappointed me, and Lonely Are The Brave is no exception. This is another must own release for all Jorn Lande fans everywhere!
Rating:Out of 10
Track Listing:
1. Lonely Are The Brave
2. Night City
3. War Of The World
4. Shadow People
5. Soul Of The Wind
6. Man Of The Dark
7. Promises
8. The Inner Road
9. Hellfire
10. Stormbringer
11. Like Stone In Water
JORN is:
Jorn Lande – Vocals
Jorn Viggo Lofstad – Guitars
Tore Moren – Guitars
Sid Ringsby – Bass
Willy Bendiksen – Drums
Im my opinion it's one of his worst albums. Promises is an average song and this version of Hellfire sucks so much. I love the original version, there was so much emotions on it and on this version the production is worse and Jorn's performance is worse, he doesn't put emotions that made the original so special. I hate it. Two songs from Ltd. Edition are the best on this CD.
I agree the bass guitar us almost completely missing on this thing. It would have made songs like "Shadow People" even more kick ass had it a thumping bass blasting along to it. Other than that it is a great album but not my fave JORN. "Man Of The Dark" is also the best song on it imo!
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WATCH: 12-year-old with two moms in Utah speaks out for the freedom to marry
April 15, 2014
"At school, we talked about things we'd like to see in our lifetime," 12-year-old Riley Hackford-Peer told filmmaker D'Arcy Benincosa in a new video. He explained, "I've always said that I'd like to see my parents get married."
In December, Riley, who lives in the Salt Lake City area with his two mothers, Ruth and Kim, saw that dream come true when a federal judge struck down a constitutional amendment banning same-sex couples from marrying in Utah and established the freedom to marry. Over the next 16 days, nearly 1,300 gay and lesbian couples - including Ruth and Kim, who have been together for 17 years - tied the knot in Utah. Just a few days after the ruling, Riley spoke out about his family and about why marriage matters in Utah.
The video featuring Riley and his family is a sweet depiction of a son standing up for his mothers - a refutation of marriage opponents' persistent claims (which have been rejected again and again) that same-sex couples do not make good parents. "The only influence they've really put on me," Riley said, "is that it's OK to be who you are."
Last week, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the Utah marriage case, Kitchen v. Herbert. This week, the same three-judge panel at the 10th Circuit will consider Bishop v. Smith out of Oklahoma. Learn more about marriage at the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals HERE.
D'Arcy Benincosa, who filmed this awesome video featuring Riley, is raising money on Indie Gogo to produce a feature-length documentary about the freedom to marry across the United States. Through the film, and along the way through moving 3-4 minute video profiles of gay and lesbian couples and their families, D'Arcy is providing such beautiful insight into the people and families behind these laws. Her work is showing who is impacted by anti-gay laws - as well as the people whose lives are dramatically improved when they have the freedom to marry the person they love. Learn more about D'Arcy's work HERE.