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This is one time Tim Donaghy had to be excited not to be wearing stripes.
The disgraced former NBA referee was a free man Wednesday after serving most of a 15-month sentence in a gambling scandal in a prison near Tampa.
Donaghy isn't expected to pick up a whistle any time in the near future, but it's not a bad idea to check your local YMCA or Boys and Girls Club volunteer rosters to make sure he's not officiating any games.
While in the joint, Donaghy penned a tell-all book "Blowing The Whistle," that does not yet have a publisher because Random House blew the whistle on producing the juicy memoirs. Some excerpts leaked to the Internet hinted that numerous refs had favorite players and alleged refs bet with each other during games.
With the amount of times the Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade goes to the free throw line, we wouldn't be surprised if his name showed up in a paragraph or two.
Donaghy served 13 months of a sentence that began in a federal prison in Pensacola. He was transferred to a halfway house in June and wound up in the Hernando County Jail in Brooksville after being accused of violating his probation by not showing up for work.
While in jail, Donaghy allegedly also had a scrape with a New York mobster, who was probably calling for traveling in a pick up game in the prison yard. Or maybe the guy came out on the wrong side of a game or two Donaghy was officiating.
A New York judge sentenced the ex-referee in July 2008 after Donaghy said he took thousands of dollars from a professional gambler in exchange for inside tips on games -- including games he worked.
The 42-year-old pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in wire fraud and transmitting betting information through interstate commerce in the tips-for-payoffs scheme.


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The Young and the Restless
This story appears in the May 2008 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
Successfully employing teenagers helped Rob Nagel grow his Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey-based business, Surf Taco, from one restaurant in 2001 to seven today. "They're the foundation," says Nagel, 37. "They're on the front lines taking orders, giving the customers food, connecting with the customers. Overall, they're responsible for whether I'm successful or not." The bad news for entrepreneurs like Nagel is that fewer teenagers work these days. The labor participation rate for 16- to 19-year-olds dropped to a low of 41.3 percent in 2007, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That's down more than 10 percent from 1990, the first year teen labor rates began falling from a 1989 peak of 55.9 percent.
More emphasis on school, especially summer school, is the most commonly cited reason for the trend, says Mitra Toossi, a Bureau of Labor Statistics economist. However, she adds that labor participation rates for nonstudents have fallen as well, making the decline in teen workers even more mysterious--but it's a fact that entrepreneurs must face nonetheless.
Many entrepreneurs rely on teen workers, but none more than restaurant owners. Eateries are the largest employers of young people. According to the National Restaurant Association, 32 percent of Americans got their first work experience in a restaurant and about 25 percent of today's restaurant workers are between age 15 and 19. However, many restaurants report employing fewer teens than they did a few years ago.
Restaurants are responding by seeking more senior workers, recruiting from different ethnic labor pools, and deploying new technology and better training to boost productivity. But they're not giving up on teens, says Hudson Riehle, senior vice president of research for the National Restaurant Association. Work-study programs, academic assistance initiatives and mentoring efforts all try to make work a part of education rather than a competitor.
Nagel, who employs more than 100 teens and expects $8 million in sales this year, recruits through window signs and high school guidance counselors but gets some of his best results from employee referrals. "They can put an ad on their MySpace or Facebook page and get more responses than [I can by] going through a guidance office," he says.
Entrepreneurs will likely need to be even more creative and persistent in the future, as the teen labor participation rate looks like it's stuck in a long-term downward trend. Says Toossi, "It's not going to increase any time soon."Mark Henricks writes on business and technology for leading publications and is author of Not Just a Living.

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Did the continents drift apart in the days of Peleg as a result of God dividing and separating the continents?
If there was no animal death before sin, why are many animals so well-equipped for killing? Bodie Hodge and Andy McIntosh explain.
Scientific facts work beautifully in a Christian worldview.
Why is the attack on Christmas occurring more today than ever? What's happened?
Often, people are confused into thinking that a "species" is a "kind." But this isn't necessarily so.
Mary and Joseph weren't the first human beings to see Jesus Christ. In fact, that common perception reflects a deep misunderstanding about the Son of God's central role throughout history.
Many people call themselves Christians, but their words and actions are grossly unchristian. How should we respond? Bodie Hodge explains.
Like many other countries around the world, there is evidence that dragons had something to do with Peru's past.
Bodie Hodge, AiG–U.S., explains this apparent contradiction, giving an overview of the two major theological schools of thought.
An atheistic mom from Texas explains why she doesn't raise her children with God and attacks God by pushing her religion on CNN. This is part three of our response.
Why would an atheist oppose death and suffering, which are actually the "heroes" of an evolutionary worldview?
An atheistic mom from Texas explains why she doesn't raise her children with God and attacks God by pushing her religion on CNN.
Why would an atheist care to live one moment longer in a broken universe where one is merely rearranged pond scum and all you have to look forward to is … death, which can be around any corner?
If God originally created a perfect world, where did the well-designed sharp teeth, poison, and claws come from? And what about defense structures such as shells?
When were pyramids built? Did they survive the Flood? How should we understand Egyptian chronology?
At Peter's denials of Christ, did the rooster crow once or twice, and how does this affect inspiration of Scripture? Bodie Hodge, AiG–U.S., explains.
Morality has always been a problem for secular humanism and its various forms. In recent times some have tried to address this major problem, but their attempts fail miserably.
Bodie Hodge, AiG–U.S., answers a reader's questions about how animals migrated to different continents after the Flood.
Bodie Hodge, AiG–U.S., responds to a particularly vitriolic email directed against our ministry and Christians in general.
Bodie Hodge, AiG–U.S., examines many of the different names referring to God in the Old Testament.
The Genesis 1 account is both simple and yet profound subce God didn't write the Bible or specifically the creation account just for the highly educated.
Did Abraham have one son or more than one? Bodie Hodge, AiG–US, explains.
Bodie Hodge and Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., respond to another reader's objections to our Christmas timeline article.
Did God contradict Himself concerning what He said Adam could eat?
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Liberty News
Snowboarders, skiers "jam" on DeMoss steps
Snow covered the stairs of DeMoss Hall as Liberty University held its first ever rail jam on Saturday night. The event was the first of its kind in the Lynchburg area and was sponsored and organized by Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre. Snow was transported to Liberty's campus from Wintergreen Resort in Wintergreen, Va., about an hour away from campus.
"This is part of the snowboarding culture, to set up on some staircases, so that's what we wanted to do. We wanted the students to be part of it so we came to them," said Will Scheren, operations manager at Snowflex.
About 50 snowboarders and skiers participated in the competition, including several members of Liberty's freestyle ski and snowboard team. The competition was open to the public.
The winning snowboarder, Austin Leonard, and the winning skier, Ross Rowan, each received a $1,000 cash prize. Both Leonard and Rowan traveled from North Carolina to compete in the rail jam.
Scheren said spectators had the chance to win about $4,000 in prizes, including a television, PlayStation 3, iPods, Flip cameras and a weekend vacation package to Massanutten Ski Resort in McGaheysville, Va.
"We wanted to do something that's different. It's not a traditional sport … but in a location like this, where 90 percent of your population doesn't ski or snowboard, you just don't ever see it," said Snowflex general manager Drew Sherwood, who helped organize the event. "It's 100 percent for the students."


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Full Bust Adjustment Instructions
Full-Bust Adjustment
Learn how to make a full bust adjustment to a bodice pattern.
Commercial patterns are usually designed for a B-cup bra size. If you wear larger than a B-cup and your pattern doesn't include a dart, perform a full-bust adjustment pattern alteration (often referred to as an FBA) to achieve a more flattering fit.
To determine if you need an FBA, find your pattern cup size, which might not be the same as your bra cup size.
Measure your high bust and full bust; record. Subtract the high bust measurement from the full bust measurement; this is the cup size measurement. A difference of 1" =A cup, 2"=B cup, 3"=C up, 4"=D cup and so on. When the measurement is 3" or more, an FBA provides a better fit through the bustline by adding additional length and width at the correct location
Hold the bodice front pattern up to your body, aligning the shoulder seamline with your shoulder. Mark your bust point on the pattern.
Place the bodice front pattern on a flat work surface.
Draw line 1 from the bust point to the side seam. Draw line 2 from the bust point to the lower edge. Draw a line 3 from the bust point to the armseye center. Draw a line 4 from line 2 to the center front.
Cut along lines 2 and 3, beginning at the lower edge and leaving a small hinge at the armseye. Cut along line 1 from the side seam to, but not through, the bust point. Cut along line 4. Place pattern paper under the cut pattern area, and then spread the pattern pieces according to the amount needed to fit the bust size. For example, spread the pattern pieces 1" for a C cup. This adjustment creates a new dart along the side seam. Tape the pattern sections in place.
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The little quilt for the mug rug swap went in the mail today. It doesn't look anything like the other mug rugs! Virtually every other one is a bright contemporary design. But my swapee likes Civil War reproductions fabrics and, Lord knows, I have plenty of those (and LOVE them), so I whipped up a half-size version of my Road to Kansas.
I don't normally wash my little quilts but I went ahead and washed this one to get a crinkly old fashioned look.
The grand news in my quilting life is that the gadget girl in me succumbed and bought an Accuquilt Go. I have been playing with the Round Flower die (much more on that coming later) and made a couple of reproduction fabric coasters to go with the mug rug.
I'm not absolutely pleased with my ideas on those yet – a little playing around yet to do. Still, possibilities.
Another swap block went out today as well – a wild and crazy little house.
I've still got a few more swap blocks to make up before I am right with the world. After that, too many ideas in my head. First, there's that Accuquilt. Oo0h la la! I've got lots of ideas floating around but first off, I'll be showing a mail sack bag and a wall quilt in progress. I don't have any photos yet so that will have to wait a day or two.
And then the other thought: next year is the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War (as, really, most quilters know). We're rather big into the Civil War in my house and besides that, I do love those reproduction fabrics, so I think I need to dedicate some of 2011 to Civil War projects as well.
And, of course, if I could just have the time to do all this, I'd be fine. (One of the wisest things anyone ever said to me was that people confused buying a book with buying the time to read it. Triple that five times over for quilt ideas, right?)
Meanwhile, it has been a cold and blustery day here in the Fort. Still, there I was, bundled up resembling the Michelin tire man (only not such a happy face) so that I could take the bundle of energy pup out for his walk – because otherwise he is a crazy bundle of energy pup. Brrrr! Heroic, I say.


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In her soon-to-be released memoir, Amanda Knox will reportedly claim that she was sexually harassed by prison guards during her four years at Italy's Capanne prison.
In the book, Knox according to the Daily Mail, writes that prison guard Raffaele Argiro would summon her for "chitchats" alone in his office at night. Knox reportedly expands on letters she wrote to friends obtained by British tabloids, saying the guard was fixated on the topic of sex, asking about her partners and if she would have sex with him.
"I was so surprised and scandalized," Knox was quoted writing in the memoir, according to the Daily Mail.
Her memoir, "Waiting to Be Heard," published by HarperCollins, will be released April 30.
Argiro has since retired and denies the allegations.
FULL COVERAGE: The Amanda Knox Trial
"Obviously to hit on a prisoner who has no power when you're a man who is a prison official with enormous power, is very, very scary for a young woman," Vanity Fair contributing editor Judy Bachrach said.
Knox was imprisoned at the Capanne prison in Perugia since she was arrested in 2007 for the murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher. In 2009, Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison while ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito was sentenced to 25 years.
Knox was released from prison in 2011 after the appeals court threw out her conviction and scolded the prosecution's handling of evidence and the case. Sollecito was also released.
Knox reportedly writes about a female inmate who wanted to start a lesbian affair. Knox alleges that she was falsely told by officials that she was HIV positive.
RELATED: Amanda Knox 'Shocked' By Court Ruling That She Will Be Tried Again for Murder
"Within the Italian people there is still that feeling that she's a spoiled rich kid who decided to kill her roommate for kicks. This is ludicrous. So there is a possibility she will be found guilty again," Bachrach said.
Just last month Knox learned that the Italian Supreme Court ordered a new trial, meaning her marathon legal battle would continue for her and Sollecito.
Knox said the court's decision was "painful" and "completely unfounded and unfair."
The new trial is expected to start sometime next year, according to Knox's lawyer.
Since her release from prison, Knox has resumed her life in Seattle, taking classes and spending time with her family and boyfriend, James Terrano.
Knox's first interview since she was freed will air during a primetime special on Tuesday, April 30 at 10 p.m., ET on the ABC Television Network.


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Brandon Schoen necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 18 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
Agiatezza International LLC
Hi - I'm Brandon. 25 years old, lovin life and love to travel the world! I'm a full time internet marketer and moving into a new niche at the moment.
Right now working with some friends & partners to put together a new site in the health niche.
We are group of entrepreneurs who love to have fun , love life, and work hard and get it done!
Looking forward to working together
The target audience for this offer is the Spanish market , primarily women ages 18-50
- meaning it will be directed towards Spanish speakers in the US market, and also Spanish speakers in Mexico and other central/south American countries. At some point point in the future we will be marketing to Spain as well.
This market is very flashy - wanting to achieve a high status or look really good, they are fashion conscience, like designer clothing, and most of their advertising shows more skin and can be more revealing than what one might find in the US.
It's a natural diet pill than enhances energy, and helps them lose weight.
They wanna look good, feel good, live the dream - don't we all
Let me know if you need more info here ( or check out the examples)
Need A geat graphic webmaster!
Lucky for you, we only need you to help copy/swipe templates that others are using.
we are creating a **Short Sales Page*
what we need you to do
- Model templates and create new ones
We will be providing you with Spanish copy to be inserted over the english copy
it will be a short sales form followed by our shopping cart page , which after any design for that is made we will have our coder integrate the shopping cart ( ultra-cart ). So Don't worry , you will not have to code the cart into the design, unless you really want to :)
to get a better idea...
Examples :
( great site - pretty much exactly what we're wanting but with a few
different ingredients in our product so that would change , so that's example 1 of a great design we're going for from front to back)
Next UP...
This is actually our sister product, but we are testing a completely new
label, and also really like the design of this site!
Again, we need professional, polished graphics like in the examples
YOU need to be fast, and capable.
Need some pro designers on this project.
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The most popular time to pop the question is between Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve, when the mood is festive, vacations are planned, and families have gathered to celebrate. Keep the focus on executing your perfect proposal with some of our favorite, season-specific tips.
Chances are you're going to be nervous, so write down what you want to say and rehearse it a few times before the big moment.
If your soon-to-be fiancé has a close-knit family, consider including them. If you'd like the proposal to be just you two, have your loved ones close by, with champagne at the ready.
Instead of proposing in a crowded restaurant, consider hiring a chef for a romantic, home-cooked meal.
If you're taking a plane, pack the ring in your carry-on luggage (rather than keeping it in your pocket) to prevent the TSA from spoiling the surprise.
Make your proposal unforgettable by incorporating all five senses. The scent of fresh pine, a mug of hot cocoa, a roaring fire, a cozy blanket, and seasonal songs playing in the background.
Planning a destination proposal? Pop the question on the first day so you can relax. There's nothing worse than nerves to put a damper on fun.
Be sure that the ring is secure inside the box before putting it in your pocket so it doesn't pop out. Proposing without the box? Safety pin it to the inside of your pants pocket for extra security.
As a follow up to #7, insure the ring before you propose. Accidents happen. Be prepared for them!
Avoid proposing on or right before someone else's big day. This includes birthdays, anniversaries, and holiday weddings.
Even if you've written a poem or composed a song, finish with the precise words: "Will you marry me?" It will prompt your sweetie to give you the answer you're waiting hear.


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Knee jerk blogs? What are you saying John Davis?! What are you saying!
Other than that yelling at the internet generation, Mr. Davis is dead on with his assessment of the new Stingray. Including the new taillights.
They're here, they're not round, so deal with it! I like the cut of your jib, John.


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Sail and Surf on Crystal Shipsby Paul Motter
It's a given that computer skills are an advantage today, though computer courses can be expensive, but if money is no object then Crystal Cruise Lines has the answer. Depending on your budget, for as little as $42,000 or as much as $140,000 you can enroll in the "Computer [email protected]" introductory course to "personal computers" aboard a Crystal world cruise, and just happen to circum-navigate the globe at the same time.
Crystal actually offers computer classes on all of its cruises. Beginning with cruises with fewer than five days at sea, cruisers can enroll in the Basic Program offering lectures about the history of the computer, the World Wide Web and how to buy a personal computer. The Extended Program, generally offered on cruises with six or more days at sea, offers guests the same lectures and four complementary hands-on computer lessons concerning additional topics such as Windows 95/98, email, Microsoft Word and Excel.
The world cruise is where the serious student goes to study. In addition to all of the classes above, guests are offered Palm Computing, digital cameras and working with images, intermediate Windows and Microsoft Access.
The "Computer [email protected]" program was founded over two years ago with the help of former Crystal passenger, David McFarland, and it was well ahead of its time. Back then, cruisers were dependent upon horribly expensive telephone calls averaging $15 per minute or fax transmissions that had to pass through several hands before they arrived. From the beginning, Crystal offered its "Computer [email protected]" Internet email capabilities to all passengers for a $5 setup fee and $3 per email. The program became an immediate hit, according to McFarland who is still in charge, with over 10,000 email's transmitted in 104 days during the 1997 world cruise, over 20,000 messages sent in 101 days in 1998, and nearly 50,000 messages during the 1999 world cruise.
Twelve days into the year 2000 world cruise David reports that Crystal is on track to setting a new "world record." According to McFarland, "right now on the first leg of the world cruise we have more than 25% of the passengers taking classes and over 50% doing email. I estimate that approximately half of the participants are using computers for the first time or have very little previous experience. However, the classes are also being taken by those who use computers regularly and are here to learn new fundamentals." There is no charge for attending the lectures, additional individual instruction is available for $75 per session.
E-mail aboard cruise ships is not nearly as unique as it was two years ago. In fact, Internet kiosks have cropped up aboard several ships including selected ones from Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Lines and Princess. Not to be outdone, and indeed to arguably maintain its lead, Crystal has plans to install state-of-the-art Internet facilities for its passengers on both ships by mid-2000. The new Internet kiosks will feature additional computers so the "Computer [email protected]" can continue as it has before. The new Internet-enabled computers will have consistent connections to the Web and will be outfitted with onboard video cameras so cruisers can send instant pictures by email to their family and friends. Unlike other cruise line Internet computers, Crystal will continue to allow passengers to use floppy disks on its computers making it possible to upload pictures taken with a personal digital camera to an Internet enabled computer in order to send it by email.
Passengers will still have the option of sending email on the same price schedule ($3 per email) as before, or by using the Internet connection a passenger can access a Web-based email service such as Hotmail and pay a per-minute charge for connecting to the Internet (yet to be determined). AOL users should be aware, however, that the AOL software will not be installed on these computers so access to AOL email must be accomplished through the AOL.com web site. If you are an AOL user be sure to bring your list of email addresses of family and friends with you. Also be sure to write down your list of favorite URLs (hint: ours is /) because you won't have your "favorite places" list with you.


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Piggybackr Gives Kids a Kickstarter of Their Own
As fans of Girl Scout Cookies can attest, students with little to no entrepreneurial experience are perfectly capable of both fundraising and selling--at least in the analog world. But doing it online proves more of a challenge.
A new crowdfunding platform built just for students--Piggybackr--has raised $325,000 in seed funding, according to Chief Executive Andrea Lo. (The site became available for public use Wednesday after several months in a private testing phase.)
Why do kids need a Kickstarter of their own?
Most young students in the U.S. lack an online bank account, or credit card of their own. Few have experience using email lists, Web analytics or customer relationship management tools. And creating a professional-quality video to pitch projects to possible backers isn't quite the same as delivering a book report.
Then there's the privacy issue. Parents don't want to encourage kids to attract attention from strangers online, or in general, says Lo.
Existing crowdfunding sites, like pioneers Kickstarter, IndieGoGo and Fundly (all venture backed) disallow minors from starting campaigns or setting up accounts, generally due to privacy concerns and strict federal regulations, like the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
Its investors and founders say Piggybackr is as much about education as it is about crowdfunding--and it is COPPA-compliant.
"Going corner to corner selling candy bars is a learning experience, but it's not a complete one," Lo said. "Kids today are online and use mobile phones. We want to give them the power to reach people using the technology they have lived with their entire lives."
Piggybackr allows students from kindergarten to college to fundraise on its platform. The company makes up to 5% plus a 30-cent fee per transaction from donors to the students' causes and projects.
Kids 13 and younger require a parent or guardian's approval to start a campaign on Piggybackr. All are encouraged to participate as groups of students, rather than as solo fundraisers.
Students within a group can rack up points for completing "dynamic tasks," suggested by Piggybackr, like sending 20 emails to relatives asking for donations, or improving a pitch video to explain a project.
The points help Piggybackr users feel good about their efforts, instead of "embarrassed" about how much they raised (or didn't raise) in dollar amounts, says Lo.
Piggybackr teams can be all-student, or students led by a parent, coach or teacher.
The largest student-led effort on Piggybackr (which ran during its limited beta stage) raised $14,565 for the University of California at Berkeley Alternative Breaks group. The group empowers students to spend their spring-break time volunteering for a good cause, by covering some of their travel expenses, among other things.
An angel investor in Piggybackr's seed round, Robert M. Chang, co-founder of Remix Learning, says, "Piggybackr gives students a safe space to learn about, experiment with and get experience fundraising. They're not doing this in front of the general public, or with strangers as they would be if they could even use something like Facebook."
The investor expects the company to grow in 2013 through the development of partnerships with community organizations that already ask students to fundraise, like the Girl Scouts of the USA, for example.
Lo herself was a Girl Scout, she says, and engaged in fundraising for countless public school activities, groups and causes, and later for her sorority. Piggybackr's early partners have included First Robotics, which teaches kids about engineering, and some regional members of the YMCA.
Another investor in Piggybackr, Thomas Korte, founder of AngelPad, says: "This isn't another copycat platform…Instead of idealizing that lemonade stand in suburbia, or using students to make a profit on physical goods that nobody really wants, this can really help communities and kids."
Write to Lora Kolodny at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter at @lorakolodny


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This change seems to have been enacted sometime in May http://archive.is/vYaujThe Easy Subscriptions for Adblock, Adblock Plus and uBlock Origin
I want to ask why was this change enacted. EasyList still only adheres to filters supported by Adblock Plus and the previous tagline seems more appropriate. Please clear my apprehensions about this new change.
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Sonic Solutions, the leader in digital media software, today announced that Sonic's DigitalMedia Plus application suite is shipping on HP desktop PCs. A task-based application hub with streamlined user interface, DigitalMedia Plus gives HP the flexibility to select multiple Sonic application modules and create custom software offerings for different markets and SKUs.
DigitalMedia Plus modules include CinePlayer for DVD playback, MyDVD for DVD creation and video editing, RecordNow for music and data mastering, Easy Archive for backup, Drive Letter Access (DLA) for drag-and-drop CD/DVD burning, and Express Labeler for Lightscribe-enabled disc printing.
For HP business PCs and workstations, Sonic is providing an end-to-end solution including DVD playback, video editing and DVD creation, music and data mastering on CD and DVD, DLA packet writing and CD/DVD disc labeling. DigitalMedia Plus for HP consumer PCs offers powerful features and capabilities including music and data mastering on CD and DVD, video editing, and DVD creation, archiving and backup of important files, and CD/DVD labeling.
In addition to centralizing and streamlining most digital media tasks, DigitalMedia Plus allows multiple Sonic applications to run simultaneously and share Sonic's powerful CD/DVD formatting and burning engine. For OEMs, the DigitalMedia Plus architecture saves substantial time in testing and qualifying applications and lowers the CPU processing resources required to run complex digital media software. For end users, DigitalMedia Plus greatly streamlines the digital lifestyle by allowing them to perform multiple tasks, such as archiving photos to DVD and ripping an audio CD simultaneously. With DigitalMedia Plus, HP can also offer its users a path to easily upgrade to Sonic's complete line of DigitalMedia products directly from HP and Sonic online, or in retail locations worldwide.


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Privacy Policy
Muzaic LLC ("Muzaic") has created this web site to provide an online platform for bands, venues, promoters and other music professionals.
Muzaic is committed to maintaining your privacy. This privacy policy and agreement ( "Privacy Policy") covers how we collect, use, and treat personal information that you may provide through our website (the "Website" or the "Site") or while participating in the services we offer at the Website (the "Services") in addition to information Muzaic may collect from third party sources. The terms "you" and "your"refer to any visitor to the Website, including (i) casual visitors to our Site, who do not participate in the Services ( "Site Visitors"), (ii) bands and other music professionals who visit the Site to promote, introduce, and air their works, (iii) band affiliates such as managers, agents or other similar roles ( "Representatives") who visit the site on behalf of the of bands and other music professionals whom they represent, and (iv) venues, promoters, licensors, music supervisors and anyone else engaged in booking or licensing music. The bands, other music professionals, agents, venues, promoters, licensors and music supervisors who are registered with our Site are collectively referred to as Registered Members ( "Registered Members"). The terms "Muzaic", "we" and "us" refer to Muzaic LLC.
1. Your Consent
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully; once you consent to this Policy's terms, it creates legal obligations on you and on Muzaic. We ask you to show your consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy in different ways, depending on your relationship to the Site. The procedures for consenting to this Policy are (a) less formal if you are simply a casual Site Visitor, and (b) more formal if you are seeking to become a Registered Member on the Site. Representative must receive consent from the professionals whom they represent on the Site.
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Information you may provide while visiting our Site or while participating in our Services falls into two broad categories: (i) personally identifiable information, and (ii) aggregate information. We use the term "Personally Identifiable Information" to mean any information that could reasonably be used to identify you, including your name, address, e-mail address, birth date, financial information, photograph, telephone number or any combination of information that could be used to identify you. "Anonymous Information" is information that does not identify you, and may include statistical information concerning, for example, your use of our Services, your access to works by our Registered Members, or the pages on our Site that you visit most frequently. These two categories of information can be further divided into (iii) information that we collect and that you provide us ("Site-Directed Information"), and (iv) information you intend to provide or make available to Site Visitors other Members on our Site ("Registered Member-Directed Information").
Our Privacy Policy governs all Site-Directed Information – whether this information is personally identifiable information or anonymous information – and does not govern Member-Directed Information, as we have no direct control over the collection or use of Registered Member-Directed Information shared, for example, through our proprietary or other messaging services. Muzaic is not responsible for Registered Member-Directed Information shared by a Representative on behalf of the music professionals they represent or purport to represent.
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As a Site Visitor, we allow you to decide whether you wish to provide us with Personally Identifiable Information. Accordingly, we have structured our Website so that you may visit our Site, and review selected information about bands and other materials relating to the music industry, without revealing your identity or providing any Personally Identifying Information.
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26 Dec 2012 15:12
David Kuria, an anti-poverty and Aids activist, says ordinary Kenyans are not as homophobic as they are made out to be. (Reuters)
It was a brave campaign against the odds that will not have a Hollywood ending. But David Kuria, forced to withdraw from elections in Kenya, has already smashed barriers as the country's first openly gay politician.
Kuria dismayed his supporters when he announced that he could not finish the senate race because of a lack of funds to cover logistics and his personal security.
He had received threatening text messages saying he would bring "a curse to the land".
Yet, while he lost the battle, Kuria has won praise for moving the needle in a country in which homosexuality is illegal and, the UN noted last year, "largely considered to be taboo and repugnant to [the] cultural values and morality".
The 40-year-old was the first openly gay black person in Africa to run for political office outside South Africa, according to the Kaleidoscope Trust, a non-profit organisation defending international lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights.
"It is one of the saddest decisions I have had to make during my years working as a human rights activist," he told the Guardian. "I had seen changes in the way our people in the villages view gay people. For many people, gay people and gay rights are perceived though mediated interpretation by politicians and religious leaders. For the first time it was possible to talk with the people, answer their questions as well as point out the nexus areas of different forms of marginalisation, including poverty and other challenges that affect them, too." There was plenty of opposition in Kenya's conservative Christian heartlands. A cabinet minister, Moses Wetangula, warned of a revolt if Kuria was elected, saying an openly gay man should not "have an opportunity or privilege to lead a country that is founded on religious morality".
The independent candidate was sent hostile text messages attempting to blow him off course. "The messages were largely religious in nature: they tended to have a note of desperation in them," said Kuria. "It is like they had expected massive rejection by the people of our candidature. When that did not happen, they threatened not just me but also the people who would vote for me.
"They were of the opinion that if I continued with the campaign, I would bring 'a curse to the land'. It sounded like it was important for them to stop this from happening."
One of the financial burdens for Kuria was personal security, a requirement for all candidates in Kenya's volatile political climate. "We had created a narrative of being outsiders to the political system and that narrative was beginning to build some serious traction – it was even beginning to scare me somewhat," he admitted. "Naturally, being a gay candidate, any threat could be explained of as being a homophobic attack, hence the need for added security."
Under Kenyan law, homosexual acts are punishable by up to 14 years in jail, though police say they would have to catch someone in the act to prosecute. Denouncing gay people can be a vote winner. A 2011 survey by the Kenya Human Rights Commission found that only 18% of LGBT Kenyans had revealed their sexual orientation to their families; of these, 89% were subsequently disowned.
But during his journey, Kuria, an anti-poverty and Aids activist, gained an insight into another Kenya. "I think the narrative of Kenya being a homophobic society is taken out of context," he said. "True, many people do not approve of same-sex relationships, but that is because of the stereotypes they have been made to believe in.
"I was getting invitations by many young families for their children's birthday parties, or first masses for newly ordained priests in Kiambu. Far too many people would show up even when we only wanted to hold small meetings – that really does not look to me like a homophobic society."
Homosexuality is outlawed in 36 African countries, with many leading politicians describing gay people as "unafrican". Kuria said: "Again that is one of those stories that have been told over and over again that it has come to be seen as true. But there are also very few public LGBT voices – these need to increase for the narrative to be debunked."
After the disappointment of his abortive bid, Kuria doubts that he will run for office again. "In the struggle for rights, some individuals have to make sacrifices that can not be merely compensated by the realisation of these rights," he reflected. "It often tends to be important to know that one's efforts are also appreciated; in my case, I expected broad-based ownership and support. It is hard to see what new thing I can do to change that situation. I just think I was not the right person for this."
Whatever he does in the future, Kuria is already an important pioneer who made an impact, argues Ian Temple of the Kaleidoscope Trust, which invited him to speak in the UK this year.
"He's a very inspirational and brave man who's willing to stand up and be counted whereas generations of Kenyans have been forced to keep their heads down," he said.
"We're inspired by his desire to enter public life as an LGBT person in a country where to be gay is to risk being a social outcast. We understand his reasons for pulling out and we know he's still completely committed to positive social change and access to HIV protection and treatment."
The website David Kuria for Senator is still active. Beside a picture of the activist is a biblical quotation: "Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you." - guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media 2012
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Scarlett Johansson: Back in Stride
After enduring heartache and a painful invasion of privacy, Scarlett Johansson is now having the time of her life. The blonde Venus talks to Jason Gay about her high-flying movie role and surprising new romance.
Scarlett Johansson is crying and holding a knife. This is not as scary as it sounds. It is afternoon in New York City, and Johansson is standing in the kitchen of Greer Nuttall, a Southern-raised chef who worked for the legendary Alice Waters. Nuttall is giving us a lesson in proper knife technique—thwap, thwap, thwap on a thick wooden cutting board—and it was idyllic until the onions. Johansson is an enthusiastic amateur chef, known to host lively dinner parties, but she and onions do not mix. Her tears come fast and freely, and I'm not talking about the kind of light mist that many of us get when chopping the pungent bulb. Forty seconds into an onion, and one of the most glamorous actresses alive is pink-eyed and sniffling and looking like she's been asked to put a cat to sleep.
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"It's so bad! I'm a mess," Johansson says, laughing. She is dressed in a checkered blue shirt, dark jeans, brown boots, and a pair of dark-rimmed eyeglasses that offer no defense. "This happens to me every time. . . ."
Johansson puts the blade down and steps away from the counter.
"I'm never going to be Alice Waters!" she says ruefully. "I could never realize my potential at Benihana."
Johansson excuses herself. A moment later, the woman who beguiled Bill Murray in Lost in Translation returns wearing two sets of glasses—her eyeglasses and her sunglasses—at once, pushed together, dangling over her nose. This is as scary as it sounds—Julia Child meets Jerry Lewis.
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"I never thought we'd be crying this early in the day," Johansson cracks drily. "Normally it happens after the sun goes down . . . and I'm in my shower."
There it is, the famous Scarlett Johansson sense of humor: droll, self-deprecating, deadpan.
"I always say that if you were on a road trip, you'd definitely want Scarlett in your car," says her friend Chris Evans, who costars alongside Johansson in this month's comic-book superhero spectacular The Avengers. "She's kind of always laughing, even when she's in a bad mood."
You probably don't need to be told that the past year or so has been, at times, challenging for Johansson—a painful, public separation and divorce; a mind-bogglingly invasive computer-hacking attack against Johansson and other celebrities that resulted in criminal charges. It's a stretch that would grind anyone down, but she has gamely pushed forward. Maybe it's that sense of humor, maybe it's the relentless New York in her, but at 27 years of age she has figured out how to roll up her sleeves, put on her glasses—and then, perhaps, a second pair of glasses—and charge on through.
"I mean, looking back on it now, that was almost ten years ago, which is crazy," Johansson says. We are sitting in Neil's, an unfussy coffee shop on Manhattan's Upper East Side, talking about the surreal time in 2003 when it seemed Scarlett Johansson was suddenly everywhere. She had just appeared in Lost in Translation, as well as Girl with a Pearl Earring, and though Johansson had been in movies since she was a child, it was as if a switch had flicked in the culture and there she was, the ingenue of the moment with the irresistibly smoky voice.
"It feels like a lifetime ago," Johansson says. "Am I happy I'm not 20 anymore? Yeah. Nineteen? I don't want to be that age. It's incredibly confusing."
She concedes that the post–Lost in Translation blow-up was "hard to navigate." After some big circuses (The Island) and some smaller films (In Good Company), a happy accident arrived in a partnership with Woody Allen. Allen was on the verge of making Match Point when Kate Winslet suddenly dropped out of the film. "Someone suggested Scarlett, and she was available," Allen says. "I've been crazy about her ever since."
"I forged this unbelievable friendship with somebody who saw the potential in me at that age," Johansson says. She would later work with Allen on Scoop and Vicky Cristina Barcelona. "Not that the parts he wrote weren't sexy, but they had substance to them."
The same could be said of Johansson, who in person is self-effacing and endearingly wonky (she'll take the White House Correspondents' dinner over an awards show any day) and, were she not an established sex symbol, could easily be Scarlett, your chatty neighbor from across the hall. The designer Stella McCartney tells of meeting the actress one night at New York's Carlyle hotel. "We started sipping dirty martinis with some friends of hers, and she opened a debate, which was 'Are you born a killer, or are you made into a killer?' " McCartney recalls. "I thought, Wow, she's not just a pretty blonde actor."
Johansson appears pathologically averse to caution—the more atypical and risky the idea, the more attractive it seems. This is part of the reason her résumé is stacked with memorable indies (Ghost World, for instance) and why her side music career (an idiosyncratic album of Tom Waits covers; a collaboration with singer-songwriter Pete Yorn) is anything but Top 40 formula. Her roots are New York concrete, not Hollywood glitz. "I think there are some celebrities who are crazy about being in the scene and the whole Hollywood thing, but that's not Scarlett," says Johansson's friend jewelry artist Sonia Boyajian.
In 2008 Johansson married the actor Ryan Reynolds, but the couple wasn't interested in feeding the spectacle. "We always kept our story private—how we met, our wedding, everything," she says. "It was about us."
A married Johansson would later embark on what was perhaps the biggest risk of her acting career, making her Broadway debut playing Catherine alongside Liev Schreiber's obsessive Eddie in Arthur Miller's brawny A View from the Bridge. She rose to the pressure of the high-profile revival, wowing critics and later that spring winning a Tony Award for her performance. "I couldn't get over how brave she was," says Schreiber, a stage veteran. "Coming into that experience would be pretty intimidating for just about anybody and usually cripples actors. I was blown away by how fearless she seemed."
It was exhausting, but Johansson embraced Broadway life; at another lunch, in a health-food restaurant in SoHo, she talks nostalgically of the "underbelly of Times Square," hanging out by the stage door with the crew, and even the time a stage manager bawled her out for being late to rehearsal (she was never late again). "I know it sounds supercorny, but it was a dream come true," she says. "That sort of pressure of having to deliver—I just find it thrilling."
The summer saw her appear as Black Widow alongside Robert Downey, Jr., in the successful Iron Man 2, and she knew The Avengers was coming, but she took a long time hunting for her next film. She spent hot, languid days in New Orleans with Reynolds, who was shooting Green Lantern. They went on a road trip through Europe, but Johansson says she was distracted. "It was nice, but at the same time, I was like, 'What am I going to do with myself?' " she says. "I don't know. I was waiting."
Johansson describes this unsettled period as "a hard time . . . I was feeling very out of my own skin." Then headlines appeared in December 2010: Johansson and Reynolds had split. The couple released a brief, civilized statement: "We entered our relationship with love and it's with love and kindness we leave it. While privacy isn't expected, it's certainly appreciated."
The divorce was finalized in the summer of 2011. Johansson describes it as "comically amicable," but the parting was far from painless. "It was horrible," she says. "Of course it's horrible. It was devastating. It really throws you. You think that your life is going to be one way, and then, for various reasons or whatever, it doesn't work out.
"This was something I never thought I would be doing," she continues. "And there's no way to navigate it. Nobody can give you the right answer. It's never anything you want to hear. It's a very lonely thing. It's like the loneliest thing you'll ever do, in some way."
As for the marriage, Johansson sounds almost wistful as she talks about the importance of time. "I'm not saying more time in the marriage, but just having more time with my ex and really clocking those hours of face time with the person you love, really live together and not having the pressure of two people that have these careers. . . ." She has no regrets about getting married; she describes the experience with genuine affection. "It was a beautiful thing," Johansson says. "The falling in love and getting married and making that commitment . . . I think it's nice to know that you're capable of loving somebody in that way. I think it's a rare opportunity."
She says she is still recovering and doesn't pretend the divorce is fully in the rearview. "I don't feel on the other side of it completely, but it gets better," she says. "It's still there. More than anything, it's just that not having your buddy around all the time is weird. There's no rule book. I think it's just time."
During this stressful period, sanctuary would come from, of all places, a zoo—specifically, director Cameron Crowe's We Bought a Zoo, in which Johansson played a zookeeper at a run-down animal park purchased by a writer played by Matt Damon. The film was shot mostly outside in the serene hills of Thousand Oaks, California, and Johansson calls the experience "blissful . . . like some hippie dream." She lavishes praise on Crowe, as well as Damon, whom she calls "suspiciously wonderful," and says that making the film offered her comfort and protection.
It was around then that Johansson began to be seen in the company of actor Sean Penn. "We spent time together, yeah," she says. "I never put a title on it, really, but we were seeing each other." She says she was startled by the amount of media attention the pairing received. "In my marriage, funnily enough, we had relative privacy," she says, but the fuss over her and Penn "was a little bit of an adjustment." She says she and Penn have remained friends, and she praises his extensive relief work in Haiti. "He's a remarkable person," she says. "He really is."
As if a strange year couldn't have gotten any stranger, in September 2011 Johansson was revealed as the victim of a hacking—personal, intimate photographs, intended for Reynolds, suddenly went viral on the Internet. Rather than cower, she called in the authorities. The alleged perpetrator was arrested and charged with multiple felonies. "It wasn't just me," Johansson says. "It was others. I don't want to be a victim and say, 'Oh, well' and just hide my head in shame. Somebody stole something from me. . . . It's sick. I don't want people like that to slide."
The incident clearly still rattles her. "When all those photos came out, of course I go out to dinner and think, Goddamn it, these people have all seen my. . . ." Johansson's voice trails off. "That's terrible. You know what I mean? You can't not think that. Even if they haven't, you're paranoid.
"I don't want pity," she says. Her solution, she says, was "tuning it all out"—to stop paying attention to the gossip and the endless churn of celebrity coverage. She says she had never paid much attention to it before, but she imposed a strict blackout. "I have to say I'm way happier because of it," she says. "It's nice. It allows me, I think, to be more creative. It's nice not to be so self-aware."
Soon a sleek and red-haired Johansson will be seen in The Avengers, reprising her Iron Man 2 role as Natasha Romanoff, a.k.a. Black Widow, alongside an accomplished cast that includes Downey as Iron Man, Evans as Captain America, Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk, and Samuel L. Jackson as the group's eye-patched ringleader, Nick Fury. Once more Johansson will be in a black catsuit, and there are elaborate stunts and hand-to-hand combat, but she says she was drawn by her character's murkiness. "Female superheroes normally are superlame." Natasha/Black Widow "is kind of gray. I like that about her."
Based on the Marvel comic series, The Avengers was written and directed by Joss Whedon, best known for television's Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Whedon calls Johansson the "least diva-like human ever on a movie set" and praises her physical preparation for the part. "She was throwing herself all over the place." Johansson readied herself for the film with extensive martial-arts training, which left her impressively svelte and sinewy. But such a physically demanding role was not without hazards. "You get beat up a lot," she says. "It's painful."
"She's a badass," Ruffalo says of Black Widow. "Scarlett played it really well, with a wink in her eye."
The Avengers was partly shot in Cleveland, and one night during filming, Johansson, Evans, costar Jeremy Renner, and a few others ventured out to Edison's, a local pub where an open-mike night was under way. After a while, Johansson wandered over to the stage, and after a brief consult with the band, she was singing the Beatles' "Rocky Raccoon."
"Scarlett had said we should get up and sing a song," recalls Evans. "I really thought she was joking."
"I don't think anybody knew who it was," says Joe Kahn, the bar's manager. "I was like, 'Who's this pretty girl with the great voice?' And it turns out to be her."
"Honestly, it's not that surprising," Johansson says. "I'm a singing, dancing, jazz-hands kid. What can I say?"
Johansson will follow The Avengers with another unconventional choice, playing an alien in Under the Skin, a sci-fi thriller from director Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast). She recently signed on to play Janet Leigh in a film based on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (talk about knives and crying!), and she's going to play a small part in a film written by actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt. She's also keen to direct; she's adapting a screenplay based on Truman Capote's debut novel, Summer Crossing, about a privileged New York teen spending a lost, hot summer in the city. Early, rediscovered, underappreciated Capote may be an old-fashioned, eccentric choice, but it's very Scarlett.
None of these obligations will stop Johansson from getting out and campaigning for Barack Obama's reelection. She was on the ground early in Iowa in 2008, rallying young voters for his historic caucus win—"the most incredible thing"—and remains a dedicated supporter. She's also been active in the upcoming New York mayoral campaign, throwing her support behind Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer, a longtime family friend for whom Johansson's twin brother, Hunter, has worked. "She has a real understanding of issues relating to education, health care, and the government," Stringer says of Scarlett, "in a way you'd think that's what she did full-time."
In her romantic life, there is a welcome calm. Lately, Johansson has been dating a New York–based advertising creative director named Nate Naylor; they've been photographed by the paparazzi on the Manhattan streets and vacationing in Hawaii—the actress and the real-life Don Draper. Seeing someone out of the public eye may be a comparatively tranquil experience for Johansson, but for her new beau, dating a celebrity has been a real change. Johansson seems amused by how well Naylor has dealt with the sudden attention. "It must be very strange for him," she says, smiling. "It's totally bizarre. It's an adjustment—I mean, it's got to be an adjustment for him way more than it was for me at nineteen. But he's really remarkably good about it."
The subject brightens her. This is where Johansson wants to be, not swamped by gloomy tabloid headlines she has spent most of her career trying to avoid. She wants to get back to normalcy, to be among friends, to return to being Scarlett, the kid from Greenwich Village's Public School 41 who liked pro wrestling and now watches medical reality shows and the hipster spoof Portlandia. Who Woody Allen says has "the acting ability to be not just a passing pinup girl but a genuinely meaningful actress." Who Sonia Boyajian claims is "effortlessly glamorous" but also makes an insanely good chocolate cake. "I've been to many a dinner at Scarlett's house, and she is the hostess with the mostess," Boyajian says. Of course, Johansson now has new kitchen-knife skills (and, perhaps, a pair of onion goggles).
"Yeah, everything's been really great right now," Johansson says. "It's been a good time. I've had peace. Relative peace. I just want to work on things that are really hard, and when I'm not working on things that are really hard, I want to hang out with people I like to be with, and that's it."
There have been trying, complicated, exasperating moments, but she is choosing to be philosophical about it. "From that comes a lot of really amazing things," Johansson says before adding optimistically, "I think it will be an interesting year."


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Somehow, cars and trucks with insanely low mileage keep popping up, like they're spawned from the sky in Grand Theft Auto. Here's a great example, a 1958 Chevy Pickup with just 1.3 miles on it. And it just sold for $142,000.
This past weekend an auction in Nebraska was held for the vast stockpile of cars that were kept for decades by Lambrecht Chevrolet. It is one of the largest low mileage collections ever assembled.
In addition to the 1958 Chevy Cameo with 1.3 miles, there were a number of other amazingly low mileage cars on the block. A 1963 Chevy Impala with 11 miles went for $97,500, a 1978 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car with four miles went for $80,000, and another 1958 Chevy pickup, an Apache, went for $80,000.
I'm actually surprised that these didn't all sell for more moola. These are basically time capsules since they're practically brand new. Sure, it's a sin to not drive these cars, but now someone can enjoy a basically brand new 1958 pickup... as soon as they replace some obviously rusted or destroyed parts.


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WASHINGTON — Former Treasurer Bruce Poliquin may have inadvertently helped fuel speculation last week about whether he will challenge Sen. Susan Collins in the 2014 Republican primary.
After several weeks of relative quiet, Poliquin has jumped back into the public debate over spending and debt through email blasts and newspaper columns, including a new blog with the Portland Press Herald. But it was a bio in his email blasts that caught the eye of some close observers.
The bio described the Georgetown businessman as "the former Maine State Treasurer and a Republican primary candidate for the United States Senate." The bio was soon changed, however, and the subsequent email clarified that he was a "2012 Republican primary candidate" for Senate.
Poliquin, who also ran for governor in 2010, is from the more conservative side of the Maine Republican Party. And there have been many rumblings about whether Poliquin or another conservative will step up to challenge the more moderate Collins in next year's primary.
A recent poll by Public Policy Polling suggested that Collins would easily win in the general election thanks to her popularity among Republicans, Democrats and independents, but could face a tougher primary fight against a more conservative contender.
In an interview, Poliquin politely declined to answer a question about his future political plans.
"I'm looking forward to 2013 and to continuing to raise important fiscal issues facing our state and facing our country," he said.
There's been lots of speculation in the Canadian press in recent weeks about who will be the next U.S. ambassador to our northern neighbor. And one of the names that keeps popping up is former Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe.
Snowe is often included on the list of rumored candidates, alongside former Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire, former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Detroit Mayor David Bing and Caroline Kennedy. Kennedy, the well-known daughter of President John F. Kennedy, is clearly the media favorite.
The same list has been cited by news organizations across Canada, so it's possible that it is simply being regurgitated by news outlets after making an appearance somewhere else first.
Recently, Snowe spokesman Lucas Caron told me the newly retired senator "hasn't received any calls from the White House." But the answer was in response to whether Snowe had been contacted about – and had any interest in – the Cabinet-level position heading the Small Business Administration. Fellow Mainer Karen Mills is now SBA administrator but plans to step down once her successor is found.
Snowe, meanwhile, was named last week as a senior fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center – a Washington, D.C.-based think tank – where she will co-chair a Commission on Political Reform. Former Maine Sen. George Mitchell, a Democrat, is a co-founder of the center. Snowe is also completing work on a memoir.
One of the contenders in Sunday night's Academy Award ceremonies is a hard-hitting documentary that features U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree.
"The Invisible War" by filmmaker Kirby Dick investigates the military's poor record of investigating and prosecuting sexual assaults and rapes. The film includes testimony from numerous sexual assault survivors as well as interviews with several lawmakers involved in the issue, including Pingree.
Some of the scenes of survivors sharing their stories were also filmed in Pingree's Washington office.
The documentary has focused attention in the Pentagon and in Congress on the issue of sexual assaults in the military. Pingree is co-sponsor of a bill – named for Maine native Ruth Moore – that would help "military sexual trauma" survivors such as Moore qualify for disability benefits.
Pingree is married to S. Donald Sussman, majority shareowner of MaineToday Media, which publishes the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maine and New Hampshire's congressional delegations – like many across the country – were making moves last week to protect their home defense-related interests from looming budget cuts and future, difficult decisions on spending.
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Sen. Susan Collins serves on the Defense Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which is responsible for divvying up the federal budget.
New Hampshire Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat, and Kelly Ayotte, a Republican, were recently appointed chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support.
The subcommittee oversees, among other things, Navy fleet maintenance as well as industrial operations at the service's shipyards, such as the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on the Maine-New Hampshire border. As the panel's two top members, Ayotte and Shaheen would also be well positioned to try to scuttle another attempt by the Pentagon to close military bases, because the subcommittee reviews any base closure proposals.
And freshman Maine Sen. Angus King, an independent, serves on the Senate Budget Committee and was named last week to the Senate Armed Services Committee's Seapower Subcommittee, which oversees contract procurement for the Navy.
Over in the House, Maine Rep. Mike Michaud, D-2nd District, recently became the top-ranking Democrat on the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, giving him significant input on the committee's work and direction. Maine Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-1st District, is beginning her first term on the House Appropriations Committee.
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