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Israeli troops stop Palestinian suicide bomber
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli troops manning a checkpoint inside the West Bank caught a Palestinian suicide bomber en route to an attack, the military said Friday.
Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said troops were suspicious of the Palestinian because he was wearing a heavy coat on a very hot day.
Soldiers called on the man to stop and a search revealed explosives connected with wires strapped around his torso. He told the soldiers he had intended to carry out a suicide bombing. The explosive belt was later detonated by military sappers.
Lerner said it was unclear at this stage if the man was acting alone or if he belonged to a Palestinian group like Hamas or Islamic Jihad, which carried out suicide bombings on buses and in cafes in the years that followed the Palestinian uprising, or Intifada, in 2000.
He said it has been years since a suicide bomber was detained, but the area has seen a number of Palestinian shooting and knife attacks.
The incident occurred at a checkpoint south of Nablus in the northern part of the West Bank, which Israel captured from Jordan in the 1967 war. Palestinians are demanding the territory along with east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip for their future state.
Talks aimed at resolving the conflict by establishing a Palestinian state alongside Israel collapsed last month.


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HANG TIME SOUTHWEST — The dust is settling and rosters emerging after the biggest free-agent move of the summer came down one week ago. Dwight Howard has positioned the Houston Rockets as Western Conference contenders while creating altered realities for the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks.
Because of their high-priced payroll, the Lakers have limited flexibility to strengthen their roster for the 2013-14 season. To lessen some of its financial burden, L.A. made it official on Thursday that it will use the amnesty provision to cut loose Metta World Peace, a move that Kobe Bryant made clear he's not thrilled with on Twitter:
Had Howard remained with the Lakers, Pau Gasol might have been on the wrong end of the amnesty, but now he'll be the Lakers starting center. L.A. has added Nick Young, Chris Kaman and Jordan Farmar to a roster that certainly has talent, but isn't even expected to make the playoffs by some.
The Mavs will scale a considerable mountain to not be lottery-bound in consecutive seasons. Dallas missed out on Deron Williams a year ago and watched Dwight pick their division rivals this time around. To make Mavs fans feel even worse, Andre Iguodala told the San Francisco Chronicle that he almost signed with Dallas an hour before committing to the Golden State Warriors. Dallas met with Andrew Bynum, but passed on making an offer.
Dallas was extremely high on Iguodala as an anchor for the future with Dirk Nowitzki in the case that Howard said no. The Mavs are in difficult spot now with a hodgepodge, guard-heavy roster that bears almost no resemblance to last season's team that failed to make the playoffs for the first time in 13 years. It includes newcomers Jose Calderon, Devin Harris, Wayne Ellington and a couple of rookies in Shane Larkin and Israeli free-agent Gal Mekel.
At least Nowitzki kept a sense of humor after missing out on the prime DH target and signing another one:
Meanwhile in Houston, with Howard joining All-Star guard James Harden and emerging sharpshooter Chandler Parsons, the front office went to work to add more shooters around their new center, bringing back Francisco Garcia and agreeing to a deal with Reggie Williams.
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News that U.S. lawmakers reached a last-minute deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff rallied Asia and European stock markets on Wednesday, sending oil and gold higher and the dollar lower, as investors got into a risk-on mood for the first trading day of the year. Wall Street futures were responding as well, pointing to a strong open Wednesday.
Investor relief is understandable, given weeks of uncertainty and what appeared to be some heated debate at times between lawmakers. But that relief will be temporary, say strategists who harp on the U.S. borrowing limit and longer-term budget cuts that still must be tackled.
"No doubt the market will use early month, New Year and the fact we avoided 'an even worse' event to take the market higher, but I doubt it will last more than 24/48 hours. The market is long and too long, we look for correction as debt ceiling talks gets going," says Saxo Bank's chief economist, Steen Jakobsen, in emailed comments.
It's a deal that just buys lawmakers some time, he and others say. "Politicians failed again to do any reform...it increases debt by $4 trillion over 10 years and it only includes higher taxes, no real spending cuts. Stopping the tax hike is almost negated by payroll tax -- we see this as a net drag on the U.S. economy to the tune of 1.7% net and increased uncertainty," says Jakobsen. The deal raised taxes on higher-earner households, but also let a 2% payroll-tax cut expire, meaning everyone's taxes will go up.
Calling it a "bare bones agreement," analysts at Citigroup say while it removes the threat of "immediate, severe fiscal tightening," it also leaves both short-term and long-term spending decisions in the hands of the new Congress within the space of two months.
Joe Rundle, head of trading at ETX Capital, notes that as markets retreated going into the year end on worries a deal wouldn't be reached, bargain hunting is to be expected. However, he says it's "only a matter of time before market participants lose their buzz as U.S. lawmakers will have to reconvene to address the remainder of unresolved issues...The likelihood that we will see a series of setbacks in talks, continued political posturing and finger pointing is again set to unnerve investors, prompting huge bouts of volatility in markets."
Jakobsen notes that investors are ushering in 2013 with some of the highest expectations for the stock market since 1999, with not a single Wall Street house expecting the S&P 500 to take a hit this year. And that's despite a number of factors that could get markets upset, including tax hikes, austerity and a general slowdown in world growth.
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What can the Orioles do to upgrade their offense?
If you live by the home run, you die by the home run. The Orioles hit the second most in baseball in 2012. They hit three -- all solo shots -- while scoring just 15 runs in six postseason games. Those three homers were hit by unlikely sources: Leadoff man Nate McLouth, rookie Manny Machado and Rule 5 pick Ryan Flaherty. The main brutes in their lineup couldn't get it going and, by Game 5 of the ALDS, were swinging from their heels, trying to hit a bases-empty grand slam on each pitch. It's pretty obvious this club needs more selectivity at the plate and better production with runners in scoring position. A high on-base percentage is a hallmark of a Dan Duquette club, and the 2012 team was among the worst in the AL. So that likely will be a focus in the offseason. But the Orioles aren't the only ones that covet OBP, and there aren't many free agents who could bring a big boost in that category. The best, of course, is troubled slugger Josh Hamilton, who will be the biggest free agent fish. He has a lifetime OBP of .363, would be the perfect cleanup hitter for the Orioles and could man left field. But he¿ll be exceptionally expensive and comes with plenty of risk -- including an eye-focusing condition that led to a disastrous end of 2012. It's more likely that Duquette will have to work his magic with "undervalued assets" to better the club's on-base and scoring possibilities.
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Our 2x returning champ @MahlerVanessa (left) is a model living in Austin, TX. She has future plans to own her own business. She's been featured in Man Made Magazine, and was Miss COED May 2013.
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Melanie Amaro Reveals How She'll Spend Her $5 Million 'X Factor' Winnings
'X Factor' winner Melanie Amaro was overcome with emotion on the finale that she could barely sing the lyrics to the song that put her on the map, Beyonce's 'Listen.' Now that she's gained her composure, she opened up about what she'll splurge on first with her sweet $5 million — and the answer will surprise you!
"A good foot massage!" she laughed to Us Weekly. "These heels are killing me!"
Once she takes care of her tootsies, Amaro plans on taking care of her family. "I think I'm going to buy [my parents] a new house because the one we live in right now sucks," she said. "[The money] will change a lot, that is for sure. I mean, the most I've ever had is like $200 in my account if I was lucky."
"For me to have won was big. I feel blessed and I feel happy," she added. "I have worked so hard to get here and I truly deserve this."
Considering Amaro was initially eliminated by her mentor Simon Cowell, she certainly came a long way. If you recall, Cowell rejected Amaro when she auditioned at his home before the live rounds began. Perhaps he was a prophet, because Cowell then flew to Florida to bend the rules and bring her back — and she in turn brought it home. Based on her flawless performances week after week, we think America agrees — she definitely deserves this.


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Prosecutors on Tuesday charged two teenagers accused of gunning down an Australian student in Oklahoma for the "fun of it" with first-degree murder, and a third teen with being an accessory.
Officials say 22-year-old Christopher Lane, who was visiting the U.S. on a baseball scholarship at East Central University, was jogging along a road in Duncan, Okla., after visiting his girlfriend on Friday when he was shot in the back, allegedly by the teens.
Terri Moore from the Stephens County Courthouse says 16-year-old Chancey Allen Luna and 15-year-old James Francis Edwards Jr. were charged as adults with first-degree murder. Both are being held without bond.
Bond was set at $1 million for 17-year-old Michael Jones, who allegedly drove the vehicle carrying the other suspects. He was charged with the use of a vehicle in the discharge of a weapon and accessory to murder after the fact. Jones is considered a youthful offender but will be tried in adult court.
Prosecutor Jason Hicks called the boys "thugs" in court, saying Luna was sitting in the rear seat of a car when he pulled the trigger on a .22 caliber revolver and shot Lane once in the back. Hicks said Jones was driving the vehicle and Edwards was in the passenger seat.
Edwards has had run-ins with the law previously and had been in court Friday, the day of the killing, to sign documents related to his juvenile probation.
"I believe this man is a threat to the community and should not be let out," Hicks said as he requested no bond for Edwards. "He thinks it's all a joke."
The 17-year-old wept in court after he tried to speak and was cut off by the judge.
"I'm appalled," Hicks said after the hearing. "This is not supposed to happen in this community."
Police Chief Dan Ford said Lane appeared to have been chosen at random, saying in a variety of media interviews since Friday's killing that one suspect told officers that he and other boys were bored and that they followed Lane and killed him for "the fun of it."
A woman tried CPR and paramedics arrived on scene, but Lane was pronounced dead an hour later.
"He went by a residence where these three boys were, they picked him as a target, they went out and got in a vehicle and followed him," Ford told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, according to AFP.
"[They] came up from behind and basically shot him in the back with a small caliber weapon, then sped away," Ford added.
Richard Rhodes, a builder who discovered Lane lying face down, said he was targeted with a .22 caliber revolver.
Police tracked the teens down using surveillance video from a business that is near the shooting scene, KOCO reports.
On one of the alleged killer's Facebook pages, investigators found the message: "Bang. Two drops in two hours," Sky News reports.
"I think they were on a killing spree. We would have had more bodies that night if we didn't get them," Ford said in an interview with the Australian Associated Press.
Peter Lane told Australian media there was no explanation for his son's death.
"It is heartless and to try to understand it is a short way to insanity," he said.
The mother of the 16-year-old accused in the killing said her son and his two friends were part of a "wannabe gang," but insisted that he is not a killer, KOCO reports.
The father of the 15-year-old also denied his son had a role in Lane's death, but said the boy had run-ins with the law before, News.com.au reports.
On Tuesday, Lane's girlfriend, Sarah Harper, laid a wooden cross at a memorial that formed along the road where Duncan was killed.
"We just thought we'd leave it," Harper said. "This is his final spot."
Harper said she doesn't know who started the memorial, but it means a lot.
East Central University is setting up a fund so Lane's parents, who are still in Australia, can come to Oklahoma.
The school is in Ada, about 85 miles west of Duncan. Lane started 14 games at catcher last year and was entering his senior year.
"Chris was a well-liked young man here on campus. His teammates thought a lot of him. Seemed to be a bright, promising student," Dr. Jeff Williams, the athletic director at East Central University, told KOCO.
Australia's Herald Sun newspaper said Lane's former team, Essendon Baseball Club, would turn its Sunday game against the University of Melbourne into a tribute to Lane to raise money for the family. Roses and a baseball were placed on the home plate on Monday with the message, "A wonderful young man taken too soon. Why?"
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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I like this book because it's filled with humor and action. My favorite part is when Conn stole the locus magicalicus. I like this part because it begins the whole story, and it made me want to keep on reading. I also liked the ending when he stops a machine from sucking in all of the magic. If owned this machine I would store some magic and I would use the magic to help people. I would help people whose houses were destroyed by fires, hurricanes, earthquakes, or landslides.
I recommend this book for anyone who likes fantasy and mystery. They would like this book because of all of the magic in the book. The mystery part is that the characters have to find out what is happening with the magic. Third, fourth and fifth grade students would like this book.


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KABUL, Afghanistan – Fellow officers say the Afghan police commander who killed an Associated Press photographer and wounded an AP reporter seemed a calm, pious man who may have come under the influence of Islamic extremists calling for vengeance against foreigners over drone strikes.
But the Afghan Interior Ministry overseeing the investigation told the AP it won't speculate about a motive so early in its probe into the man who killed AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus and seriously wounded senior correspondent Kathy Gannon. The gunman surrendered immediately after the attack Friday in front of dozens of security forces and election workers on a heavily guarded government compound in eastern Afghanistan.
The suspect, identified as a unit commander named Naqibullah, was transferred to the capital, Kabul, on Tuesday, and central government authorities have now started to question him.


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This was Alessandra Facchinetti's first Couture collection for the house of Valentino, and I must say that I think it's the best collection she has done so far. While the collection was beautiful and feminine, I still can't say that she has done Mr. Valentino justice; but I think that is my problem. It's about time I start judging her on her own merits and not expect that she produce a Valentino Jr. collection. After all, that is not the way that things evolve and great things are discovered.
First look that came down the runway and I am already re-thinking all I know about Ms. Facchinetti. I think this is just brilliant and the silhouette of that skirt made my heart go pitter-patter. I wish that the jacket was cut a bit shorter so that it doesn't create that weird folding on the side, but that's ok. I think this makes a very strong first impression.
Beautiful, beautiful dress. What really got me was the way that beading glistens with the light. It reminds of bioluminescent sea creatures and the way they glow in the water at night time. Absolutely stunning.
By now you all know that I am obsessed with sheer stuff so this dress is right up my alley. The best part is the way the beads look like they are just laying on her arms without anything holding them up. I hope someone wears this on the red carpet sometime (maybe Cate Blanchett?).
I love this because it seems both vintage and futuristic. The jacket is fantastic.
2. Jean Paul Gaultier:
The monochromatic bug has hit Paris and I am SO on it. This is insane.
Brown and blue is still one of my favorite color combinations.
OMG WHAT? TOTALLY AWESOMELY MAGNIFICENTLY NUTS. (And I love that they put this on the model with the super long hair, she is like a warrior queen that you do not want to mess with!)
I love that there is still such a huge element of fantasy at Gaultier's show. How could you not love this? It's the most fantastic armor suit ever.
Gaultier did the costumes for The Fifth Element (which if you haven't seen you totally need to because it's a really great movie), and that's the first thing I thought of when I saw this. It seems like this would be the exact wedding dress that Leeloo (played my Milla Jovovich) would've worn when she got married. Even the bright orange pieces of lace that the models wore under their bangs, seemed like a tiny homage to Leeloo's hair.


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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) � A Corpus Christi man who inherited a painting from his mother took it to appraisers with the popular PBS program "Antiques Roadshow" and has learned it's worth up to $1 million.
Rue Ferguson says his great-grandparents bought the painting by Mexican artist Diego Rivera in the 1920s. He got it last May when his mother died. He showed it to appraisers when the PBS program came to Corpus Christi to tape three episodes for its 17th season that starts in January.
The program's account executive Mariel MacNaughton tells the Corpus Christi Caller-Times (http://bit.ly/10FV6Yf) it's exciting to come up with such a gem. The painting is the highest appraisal so far for the upcoming season.
Ferguson had kept it in a box in his office. It's now in a bank vault.


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Seattle's Gay City Health Project Leads "My HIV Moment" Campaign Coalition
SEATTLE, Wash. -- Gay City Health Project, Seattle Counseling Service, the Center for Multicultural Health, Entre Hermanos, Lifelong AIDS Alliance, Gender Justice League, the GSBA, and Public Health - Seattle & King County are pleased to announce their partnership in a new community mobilization campaign entitled My HIV Moment. This diverse group of organizations, led by Gay City, has partnered together to mobilize Seattle's LGBT communities and allies in their response to the HIV epidemic through information, education, outreach, and prevention services.
The goal of the campaign is to reduce the number of new HIV infections in the Seattle area by 25% over the next two years. The partners hope to accomplish this by sharing information about how businesses, organizations, groups, and individuals can join in stopping the spread of HIV.
"With all of the recent advances in HIV prevention, we're genuinely at a moment where there is real hope that we can bring an end to the HIV epidemic," said Gay City Executive Director Fred Swanson. "In order to accomplish this, though, we all need to do our part. We hope to inspire people from all across our community to take action in the response to HIV."
Individuals are invited to participate in the campaign by sharing pictures of themselves along with their HIV moments (short statements briefly describing their response to the HIV epidemic.) These moments can be shared via their favorite social media platforms by attaching the hashtag #myHIVmoment.
The moments will be collected and viewable on myHIVmoment.org, the campaign's website. Over the course of this coming summer, the partners will collect these moments and use them to create a giant photo mural. The mural will symbolize and display what it looks like when people put all of their actions together, because every community action is made up of many individual ones.
The website also features a resource section where people can find information and links to assist in securing health insurance, HIV testing, STD screening and treatment, and prevention support.
"We're elated to be a part of this campaign," said CMCH Executive Director Shelley Cooper-Ashford. "This is a tremendous opportunity for these various partner agencies, each with their rich traditions of providing outstanding services to their respective communities, to come together for the greater good."
In addition, Gay City is working with the GSBA to encourage businesses and organizations to do their part as well, by helping to educate their staffs, members, and/or patrons on the many ways they can play a role in the community's response to the HIV epidemic.
The partners hope that people who share their moments will see how their actions are a part of the greater community's response to HIV. Through sharing their HIV moments, people can also help others take their first step towards reducing the impact of HIV as well. People are invited to follow along with the mural's progress online, starting at the beginning of July 2014. The final photo mural will be launched on World AIDS Day 2014.
"My HIV moment occurred about 26 years ago when a dear friend died of AIDS," shared Seattle Counseling Service Executive Director Ann McGettigan. "My grief moved me to commit to support the work of prevention and care around HIV/AIDS. It's an honor to work in an organization that serves community members living with HIV and to be here for a future where we can imagine the end of HIV."
Representatives from the campaign will be participating in Pride events all summer long, including Seattle PrideFest, the largest free Pride festival in the country, on Sunday, June 29 at the Seattle Center. The public is invited to stop by the My HIV Moment booth on top of Fisher Pavillion at the Seattle Center to pick up a free campaign t-shirt, and to get their picture taken at the official My HIV Moment photo booth.
For more information on the campaign, campaign events, and ways to participate, visit the My HIV Moment website at myHIVmoment.org.


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'What's Wrong With Guys Hugging Hello?' — Tiki Barber's Take
Former NFL star Tiki Barber is here to give some advice on just about anything men want to know. This week, Tiki takes on "bro hugs", tipping, guy's weekends and ideas to kill some time.
"Hey Tiki! It feels like more men are trying to hug as hello or goodbye these days. I'm just not into hugging. How do I stop this from happening?" -- Harry, 39, Maryland
I'm definitely a hugger, especially if I've had more than a fleeting chat with someone. If I share a laugh with you during a conversation, then I feel connected enough to give a "bro-hug" post-colloquy.
That said, I understand your angst, and would suggest the advice of every father to his growing son: Upon greeting or departing, stand up tall (don't lean in); extend an exaggeratedly open right hand, making sure that your forearm, bicep and triceps are muscularly engaged - so that if your greeter starts to advance, he/she feels the resistance in your arm; and speak first, succinctly and definitively - "It is (or it was) a pleasure to meet/talk with you."
That should do the trick.
"Hey Tiki, I'm in my thirties, married and have two kids. I don't get to see my friends as much anymore and one of them suggested a guy's weekend. My wife thinks "grown men don't go on vacation together" and doesn't want me to go. It's just a bunch of guys hanging out on a weekend. Why is she making it such a big deal?" -- Chris, 36, Ohio
I feel you on this question. It comes up often with my friends, as well. First to tackle the question: I think the big deal to your wife is that she also has two kids and would love to take a timeout to go away for a weekend with you. So by suggesting a guys' weekend without some consideration for her could make her feel not as important as your friends. I would suggest planning something spontaneous for you and her to do together. Have your parents or hers (or some other trusted sitter) come watch the kids, and go away for a night or two. It doesn't matter what it is, you just have to plan something to show that you care. Then you can suggest a guys' weekend, and she will know that even though you are hanging with your boys that you also enjoy hanging out with her.
By the way, grown men do go away on vacation, and play softball, and drink beer and sing karaoke...together. Every person needs "their" time to do the things they love, otherwise, life gets stifling.
"Dear Tiki, I need a hobby. Just to kill time at night instead of mindless surfing the web and watching terrible TV. Any suggestions?" -- Grady, 27, Ontario
I've gotten obsessed with Words with Friends - the beauty of Facebook, and Zynga, is that it allows you to connect with your current and long lost friends and passively catch up and interact. It has taken an timeless pastime, i.e. board games, and put it in a digital space that extends across time zones and continents.
Another great one, if you like sports, is starting a fantasy league with your friends or joining one online. At first, it will seem tedious, but over time you will become obsessed. Over 35 million Americans play fantasy sports, and I'm sure much to the chagrin of their spouses and bosses, spend hours learning who's who in professional leagues.
How about a career development idea? Try Rosetta Stone! We are one of the few countries where a majority of our population does not know a second language.
"Am I supposed to tip the car service people who bring food to my car at chain restaurants? How do I know if they had any hand whatsoever in making my meal? Thanks Tiki" - Tom, 47, New Jersey
Yes, you should. They are technically "waiting" on you, so they deserve and expect a tip. Don't go crazy though and try to think percentage of sale. Tip them like a bell hop, a couple of bucks - unless of course the cute Macaroni Grill girl gives you a free flatbread, then you can write your number on the $10 spot!
Got a question for Tiki Barber? Send it to chris [@] guyspeed [dot] com.


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Late-term pregnancy + record-breaking heat = cutoffs and t-shirts, so I apologize for the delay in posting! Since the MeineLiebe inventory is coming very impressively into fruition (I've also been ridiculously busy with this) and I want to get a few good new posts in before I deliver baby boy, I thought I'd share my ensemble today ... I'm particularly excited about the jewelry.
This massive (and dangerously heavy) sterling skull ring by Alberto Juan is a true masterpiece in both craftsmanship and design alike; inspired by post-punk street style of the early '90s (and according to designer Bruce Snell, not to be taken too seriously -- just a tough, quirky statement piece), Alberto Juan has once again managed to produce a must-have accessory for any statement sterling enthusiasts like myself. This ring, though monstrously heavy and somewhat macabre, has a certain whimsy I can't quite put my finger on. I will, however, be putting this ring on my finger like, every day. It also comes in a 14k gold-plated version (which is just as striking) and can be purchased at the Alberto Juan webshop.
I absolutely adore this powder-coated "diamond" brass cuff/ring set by Margiela; so quirky & simplistic in its design, yet so unmistakably Margiela.
This 70s kimono was given to me by my mother-in-law and is a heavily rotated piece in my wardrobe. I'm such a sucker for poly/silk blend 70s apparel. It has such a lovely cut and is so functional in both summer and winter ... I thought it complemented my much-loved Ann D triple-lace boots very well (I was going to opt for a pair of purple satin Proenza Schouler slingbacks w/ sculpted heels instead -- I've yet to style these on the blog -- but they were a little "too much" paired with the kimono).
Thanks so much to everyone for your continued support in this joyous (albeit very hectic!) time in my and my husband's life; I vow to continue updating as often as possible, before and after our son arrives! Much love & have a wonderful weekend &hearts


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The Able rank builds upon the Ordinary rank and is the final step before the Quartermaster Award.
Requiring extraordinary leadership both on and off the water, the Able rank is awarded for great skills.
Rank requirements
For the Able rank, the Sea Scout must demonstrate a complete knowledge of the water, earn the Lifesaving merit badge and must and be able to command fellow Sea Scouts.
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See also
Venturing basic advancement
External links
- Able Requirements — on the BSA Scouting.org site.
Program-level awards: Venturing Award • Discovery Award • Pathfinder Award • Summit Award
Expert-level awards: Quest Award • TRUST Award • Ranger Award
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Hewitt Brothers Lead Little Giant Swim Teamby TJ Brammer • December 16, 2004 Share:
Wabash College's swimming depth chart lists 13 events. Ten of them feature at least one of the Hewitt brothers, Ben or Michael, among the top four.
Beyond the Center Grove graduates' competitive desire, both have become team leaders. And they're happy to extend the family tradition at Wabash.
"I couldn't ask for better competitors when the meet is on the line," said the Little Giants' third-year coach Peter Casares. "They both have done an excellent job as teammates and leaders. You can see they're both from the same family."
The Hewitts were close to not being able to compete together at the collegiate level. Michael, now a sophomore, appeared to have forsaken the opportunity to swim with his older brother after he signed papers to compete at Indiana. It wasn't until the summer after his senior year that the younger brother switched gears and decided to attend Wabash.
Michael thinks the switch was the right decision.
"I wouldn't change a thing," Michael said. "We get at each other in practice a little bit, but not much.
"It's a lot different from high school. The season's a little longer, but the goals are still the same -- swim fast, have fun."
This is Ben's final season in the program. (He's shown swimming breaststroke in photo above.) He's made his mark in the pool, holding the school's third and sixth-best times in the 200-meter breaststroke. But the Spanish major has contributed perhaps more heavily to the team's psyche than record.
As a senior and the team's captain, Ben is the unquestioned team leader. Casares said his leadership has helped elevate the team to the No.-10 ranking in NCAA Division III.
"Ben has been the guiding force behind the team this year," Casares said. "He's maintained a strong focus on swimming and his goals. He has goals, wants to bring the team with him and will do everything he can to get there."
Casares also considers Michael a pool admiral.
"He seems to be more in tune and more focused the more pressure there is at a meet," Casares said. "That has been his trademark since he's gotten here."
Ben said he enjoys the captain's role, but team accolades can't replace the chance to spend two years with his younger brother.
"Having him on the ride, it's been pretty special," said Ben, a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. "He's definitely made me a better swimmer. He's made me more competitive, made me work harder.
"That's just been the way it is between us forever."
After graduation, Ben plans on working either in business or with the Hispanic community in Indianapolis or elsewhere. He's awaiting his chance to make a difference, but isn't ripe with anticipation for a future devoid of swimming.
"It's been a part of my life for 16 years, so it's just as much a part of me as the back of my hand," he said. "Waking up and not smelling like chlorine, the smell of the pool deck every day when you come in, getting in the water for the first time that day. I'm sure it's going to be hard."
Michael has two more years, and like Ben, may have a younger brother to look after on the Crawfordsville campus. Pete Hewitt, a junior swimmer at Center Grove, is interested in following the family footsteps and attending Wabash. The boys' father, Tim, is a 1972 Wabash graduate.
If Pete does attend Wabash, Michael would welcome his brother to the team.
"I'm sure I'll make the best of it," Michael said.
T.J. Brammer is a reporter for the Indianapolis Star. This story was published in Johnson A.M. Dec. 11, a section of the paper published on the city's southside Tuesday through Saturdays.


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Who says golfers can't multi-task? Despite being halfway around the world for the Honda LPGA Thailand, several of the LPGA Tour's finest have been keeping up with the happenings leading up to the Daytona 500.
Why, you ask? Come on, you know the answer – the LPGA Tour players aren't just sports fans; they're cheering on Danica Patrick, who made history by winning the pole for Sunday's Daytona 500. And they're not just cheering her on – stars like Paula Creamer, Michelle Wie and Natalie Gulbis made signs and even a good-luck video in support of their speed-racing sister.
Surprisingly, at least to me, the most enthusiastic "go-get-'em" came from Taiwan's Yani Tseng. Maybe we should have figured out that Tseng loved racing by the way she sped up the women's world rankings.
To see the LPGA's video for Danica, click here.


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FARMINGDALE, New York – The University of Massachusetts Boston men's soccer team continued their winning ways behind junior goalkeeper Brycen Dowd (Mansfield, MA) and freshman midfielder Douglas Silviera (Revere, MA) as the Beacons (2-0) defeated the Rams of Farmingdale State University (2-2) by the final score of 1-0 Saturday afternoon at the Farmingdale Outdoor Sports Complex.
Silviera gave the Beacons the go-ahead and eventual game-winning score in the 34th minute when he blasted a shot in from about 20-yards out. His goal capped off a 14-1 shot advantage for the Beacons in the first half. On the day, UMass Boston tallied a combined 21 shots, while holding the Rams to a mere eight.
For Dowd, his first shutout of the year was the result of a four save afternoon, all of which came in the final 45 minutes of play. The Rams goalkeeper, Matthew Ward, combined for seven saves in the loss.
Saturday's meeting was the first-ever between the two programs. Farmingdale is also the only opponent from the state of New York that the Beacons will face this season.
Men's soccer will make their 2011 home debut on Tuesday when they host Eastern Nazarene at 3:30 p.m. on the Clark Center Athletic Field. Any fan unable to attend will be able to watch the game live as it happens via live stats (http://livestats.prestosports.com/umassboston/).
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A driver in a Smart Car made a not-so-smart move when he led Houston police on a high speed chase. This toy … I mean car … reached a top speed of 92 MPH on the Interstate 10.
Bet this driver isn't feeling so smart now — according to Jalopnik — he apparently drove back to his house and casually got out of his car.
Several officers arrested David Wheaton, the driver, on spot without incident.
We're sure this is the most adventurous thing we've ever heard a Smart Car doing! And we just can't get over the picture! It looks like Mama Car and Baby Car.
But hey, smart car owners everywhere must now be very proud…
We think Texas police must have shared a laugh at some point. How could you not?
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Microsoft and Adobe developer/designer death match — I was just adding stuff to my linkblog, cause we missed our plane to Greensboro (got another one that leaves at 1 p.m., we'll be spending the night in Chicago) and I saw a couple of things that got me to write about the coming Microsoft/Adobe developer/designer death match.
Discussion: The Universal Desktop, JD on EP and Labnotes
Ryan Stewart / The Universal Desktop: Scoble on the Microsoft/Adobe showdown
John Dowdell / JD on EP: Scoble's deathmatch: Robert Scoble talks today of a coming war between Microsoft and Adobe.
Jonathan Lumb / 1up.com:
Xbox 360 granted Good Design Award — A truly international design wins over Japan's judges. — Japan's Good Design Awards are handed out each year to well-designed products across a wide range of industries. Past winners in the game industry have included Nintendo's DS lite and Game Boy micro and Sony's PlayStation 2 and PSP.
Discussion: Xbox 360 Fanboy, You NEWB, Aeropause and digg
Richard Mitchell / Xbox 360 Fanboy: Japan awards 360 for Good Design
Curtis / You NEWB: Xbox 360 wins design award in Japan
Biffsputnik / digg: Xbox 360 granted Good Design Award..in Japan!
Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:
Apple MacBook owners organizing class action lawsuit — Owners of Apple Computer's new 13-inch MacBook notebooks, whose systems are plagued by intermittent shutdown issues, have become fed up with extended repair times and inadequate resolutions to the problem, and are now organizing a class action lawsuit against the Mac maker.
Discussion: The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Infinite Loop and Deep Jive Interests
Alex Wollenschlaeger / The Unofficial Apple Weblog: Disgruntled MacBook owners organising class action suit
IceWeasel - Why Proprietary Software Will Always Win Out — Recently I came across a news article that made me stop and check the source — I was sure I must have stumbled on to the Onion or BBSpot. But no, this is really happening. FireFox isn't "open source" enough, and thus IceWeasel was born …
Discussion: Forever Geek, Brian McKenna, JD on EP and Slashdot
John Dowdell / JD on EP: IceWeasel browser: This discussion makes my head hurt …
Kdawson / Slashdot: IceWeasel — Why Closed Source Wins
Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0:
More Evidence That Media 2.0 May Be Less Profitable Than Media 1.0 — There is now macroeconomic data to support the theory that Media 2.0 won't be as profitable as Media 1.0 (from MediaPost): … "Increased competition & measurement" is one explanation, but there's also this (familiar) explanation:
Discussion: What Will You See Next?
Joe Mandese / MediaPost Publications:
Analysts Downgrade Ad Outlook — Again — Detect Shift Vis-A-Vis Economic Growth
Analysts Downgrade Ad Outlook — Again — Detect Shift Vis-A-Vis Economic Growth
Discussion: paidContent.org and Screenwerk
Greg Sterling / Screenwerk: The Coming Ad Slowdown?
Aaron Wall / SEO Book.com:
Announcing ReviewMe! — In April I mentioned that I wanted to create some sort of a social network. I left that description intentionally broad such as to not tip my hand too much. But the idea was a social ad network. — I had a good idea, but hate the idea of having employees and running a company.
Discussion: WebMetricsGuru
Marshall Sponder / WebMetricsGuru: Announcing ReviewMe!
Andy Hagans / Link Building Blog:
EXCLUSIVE: Announcing ReviewMe!!
EXCLUSIVE: Announcing ReviewMe!!
Discussion: TechCrunch
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: The PayPerPost Virus Spreads
Microsoft Acquires Colloquis to Enhance User Interactions Online — Uses include customer self-service, enterprise information access, marketing and community outreach. — Microsoft Corp. today announced it has acquired privately owned Colloquis Inc., a provider of conversational online business solutions …
Discussion: BeyondVC
Nick / Rough Type:
United States vs. Google — Every era of computing has its defining antitrust case. In 1969, at the height of the mainframe age's go-go years, the Justice Department filed its United States vs. IBM lawsuit, claiming that Big Blue had an unfair monopoly over the computer industry.
Discussion: Between the Lines
Asack / A Sack of Seattle:
What's been hard at Judy's Book — Following up on my post yesterday, below are answers to the question of what's been harder than expected at Judy's Book. — Achieving critical mass in local — Momentum in any one location doesn't transfer to others - you have to fight the same fight over and over.
Discussion: Screenwerk, Digital Micro-Markets, VC Ratings, Blogging Stocks, Feld Thoughts and The Local Onliner
Greg Sterling / Screenwerk: In the Trenches of Local
Donna Bogatin / Digital Micro-Markets: Can Yahoo or Google make money in local?
Joshua Jaffe / VC Ratings: Judy's Book CEO tallies local advertising challenges
Tom Taulli / Blogging Stocks: The sham of online advertising
Feld Thoughts: It Must Be Thursday — Whew - I just finished getting my daily feed dose from FeedDemon.
Ryan Naraine / eWEEK.com:
How Do You Secure 100 Million Laptops? — If the plan is perfectly executed, Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child project will deploy 100 million laptops in the first year. In one fell swoop, the nonprofit organization will create the largest computing monoculture in history.
Discussion: Slashdot
Joel Spolsky / Joel on Software:
Book Review: Beyond Java — Programmers under the age of thirty probably don't realize why Aged Senile Programmers like me are so slow to adopt exciting new programming languages the day they come out, and why we roll our eyes at hip bandwagon ideas that sell books and consulting engagements …
Discussion: Raganwald and Smalltalk Tidbits …
Reginald Braithwaite / Raganwald: Are we Blub programmers?
James A. Robertson / Smalltalk Tidbits, Industry Rants: Overcoming Development Hurdles
CNET News.com:
Class action suit over ID theft tossed out — A federal judge in Arkansas has thrown out a class action lawsuit against Acxiom, which exposed massive amounts of Americans' personal information in a high-profile Internet security snafu three years ago. — Even though a spammer had downloaded …


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Full transcript of Ole Miss head coach Andy Kennedy's time on the SEC teleconference Monday, as well as selected questions and answers from Tennessee head coach Cuonzo Martin and South Carolina head coach Frank Martin. The Rebels travel to Knoxville, Tenn., to play the Volunteers on Wednesday (7 p.m., SEC Network) and then return home to play the Gamecocks on Saturday (12:30 p.m., SEC Network).
Ole Miss Head Coach Andy Kennedy
Opening statement:
It's a big challenge going into Knoxville Wednesday night. Cuonzo has a very good basketball team, anchored by those two big boys up front. Jordan McRae is having a Player of the Year-type season to this point, so we know there will be a number of challenges that we will have to face.
On Martavious Newby's surgery and timetable for his return:
We don't know as far as timetable. The surgery was successful. They put a plate in his hand. If it was a football player, they would tape it up, pad it, and he could probably play within a week or so based on pain tolerance. With it involving the ability to catch the ball, that's not an option for us. It will be a day-to-day thing. He will certainly be out this week, and honestly it will be week-to-week depending on how quickly he responds to the procedure.
On replacing Martavious Newby:
There's an opportunity there. And as we discussed after the (Mississippi State) game, even though his numbers don't jump off the page at you, people who cover us understand the importance of Newby and the energy and toughness that he brings. He's probably our best on-ball defender on the perimeter, so there are a number of different areas that he was very helpful to us. We will have to do it by committee, whether that's a guy playing a few more minutes here or there in different combinations, or opportunities for new guys. That will all be determined moving forward.
On Ole Miss leading the SEC with 7.1 blocked shots per game:
Last year, we lost the all-time leading shot-blocker in the history of our program and a guy who I think finished in the top five in the SEC's history in Reginald Buckner. This year, it's a little different. We're doing it by committee. Aaron Jones is leading our team. He is very active, he has quick hands, and he is long. He's a different shot-blocker than Reg, though, in that he probably does as much on the perimeter as he does at the basket. He's really quick off his feet and he has the ability to get his hand on a lot of balls.
And then the rest of our guys, everybody just has that skill set. Juan Sebastian Saiz, one of our true freshmen, is really long and has good timing. Dwight Coleby is starting to round into shape after an early season injury, and he's athletic at the basket. Demarco Cox, our other big, has length and size at the rim. It's just really who we are. We have to make good decisions, as to when do we try to block the shot and when to stay in rebounding position. We had some real issues leading into conference play. We have gotten a little better once we have gotten in league play about taking ourselves out of rebounding position by trying to block too many shots. As we have garnered more experience, because we're relatively young up front, guys are having a better of sense in when to go try to block the shot.
On riding a wave of momentum with four straight wins:
The numbers say that we have won four in a row, so I certainly like those numbers. Other than that, we're just trying to get a little better. We're getting contributions from different guys, whether it is some of the young guys I just mentioned or Anthony Perez, who played very little last year. He's probably had his best three-game stretch in his career, as he's garnering more confidence. He's being more productive. As a whole, we're getting contributions from new guys, and as a result, we're playing a little better.
Tennessee Head Coach Cuonzo Martin
Opening statement:
We play a very talented Ole Miss team. They're playing very well, 5-1 in league play. They're shooting the ball well. Marshall and Jarvis are playing as well as any guards not only in the SEC but in college basketball. Jarvis is putting up tremendous numbers, as far at 55 percent from 3-point line and 50 percent from the field at the point guard position. He's physical strong. Marshall does what he's good at doing, which is making shots, getting open and making plays. They are a very talented team and do a great job of using their big guys diving to the basket and making plays.
On Jarnell Stokes:
He's done a great job. He comes in and watches film. He was in the gym this morning working out. He's seeing the floor a lot better and making plays. He's better off the dribble. He's aggressive in making moves to the basket. He's rebounding the ball well on both ends of the floor. He's always been a good offensive rebounder, but he's doing a better of getting defensive rebounds and boxing out. He's playing good basketball overall.
South Carolina Head Coach Frank Martin
Opening statement:
Once again, we're excited to play at home. It feels like we have played at home one time all month. Getting around our fans will be great for our players. We play (Texas) A&M, which we just went head-to-head with here shortly ago and then have to turn around, travel again and play at Ole Miss. I'm coaching against two guys with whom I have great personal relationships with and respect tremendously. Both have really good teams. It's an exciting week for us, as every day is, when we realize how lucky we are with what we get to do every day.
On the team's sense of urgency with a 0-6 SEC record:
That is what my job title is directly tied to. I can't put winning games above winning people. Right now, we have to continue to make our guys understand that we're trying to win people. If we can figure out a way to keep our kids excited and connected with who we are, and that we're not that far off, rather than solely focused in on winning and losing games, then that will happen. And eventually, when you win one, your kids feel better because we're so young that you don't them to get discouraged because everyone who reaches out to them in social media is probably discouraged that we're not winning.
My job is to make sure that our guys continue to stay encouraged because we are close. You're at Missouri, and you are down two possessions with 50 seconds to go, so you're right there. You get a stop, make a shot, and now it's a one-possession game, but it didn't happen. We're fighting our tails off to put ourselves in the same place where we could have two, three or four conference wins right now, so we have to keep our kids focused on that.
On progress when looking at the game within the game:
I'm extremely proud of my kids. I have been unhappy after one game, and that was the Georgia game. We did not fight and we never gave ourselves a chance to win. That's the only game that I have been unhappy about. Early in the year, we went into Oklahoma State, and they made the run in the first half, and we fell apart. We just went into Missouri, which is very comparable and very similar to Oklahoma State, and an equal home-court environment. We got down I think 11-0, and next you thing know, it's 20-16, so we have grown as a team.
That's my job. It's to keep my guys focused. My kids are really young, and they don't understand anything yet. I don't have any upperclassmen to make them understand reality. It's my job to get them connected with the fact that even though we might not be getting the results from a win-loss standpoint that we are a better basketball team and these are the reasons why. That way they stay excited about what we're doing, which they are right now, and we can continue to progress.


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Based on Philip K. Dick's award-winning novel, and executive produced by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner), and Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files), The Man in the High Castle explores what it would be like if the Allied Powers had lost WWII, and Japan and Germany ruled the United States. Starring Rufus Sewell (John Adams), Luke Kleintank (Pretty Little Liars), and Alexa Davalos (Mob City).
It's 1962, America has lost WWII; the east is the Greater Nazi Reich and the west, the Japanese Pacific States. Amidst this oppression there is new hope - films that seem to show a different world. When her sister gives her a film and is then murdered, a woman comes to believe the films hold the key to freedom and becomes obsessed with finding their mysterious guardian, The Man in the High Castle.
Frank's fate hangs in the balance as he is held captive by the Kempeitai. Meanwhile, Juliana makes contact with a mysterious man who gives her a clue about the films, and Obergruppenführer Smith is surprised by an unfortunate turn of events.
Joe and Juliana must act quickly as a vicious bounty hunter known as The Marshal arrives in Canon City. Tagomi makes plans with Wegener to pass valuable secrets from the Reich, and Frank plots his revenge against the Japanese.
Joe is increasingly torn between duty and his growing feelings for Juliana. While Ed tries to stop Frank from making an irrevocable decision, Smith's investigation is interrupted when he has trouble with his witness, and Tagomi's plan goes awry as events take a dramatic turn at the Crown Prince's speech.
Juliana returns home, only to discover new clues that lead her closer to unravelling the mystery behind the films. Meanwhile, Joe faces a tough debriefing upon his return home. Kido begins his investigation into the events surrounding the Crown Prince's Speech, while Tagomi and Wegener make a last-ditch attempt to complete their mission.
Joe celebrates VA day at Smith's house. Juliana accepts a job working for Tagomi as she continues her search for answers. Smith invites an old friend to join the celebrations with surprising results.
Juliana makes a startling discovery about her sister's death. Frank reflects on recent events and makes an important decision about his future, and Tagomi gains greater insight into Juliana's past.
Juliana and Frank make plans to escape the Pacific States, only to be dragged back into danger by Joe as he tries to retrieve a new film. Meanwhile, Smith's loyalty is put to the ultimate test when confronted with a startling family discovery.
With time running out, a desperate Frank is forced to put his life on the line to help Joe. The pieces finally fall into place for Smith as he uncovers who was behind the assassination attempt. Tagomi is devastated when he's confronted with the consequences of his scheming, and Kido's investigation takes a dramatic turn when he makes an important discovery.
As revelations abound, Juliana is forced to make the hardest decision of her life. Wegener returns to Germany to carry out his mission. Smith risks becoming the prey as he goes hunting with his assassin, and Kido desperately tries to close his investigation before his time runs out.
What If America lost World War 2? Catch a glimpse of America in the Amazon Original Series The Man in the High Castle, premiering November 20th.


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It's still the season for this sweet, aromatic lemon hybrid, so if you're lucky enough to find them in your area, take advantage. They are grown mostly in California and Florida and by lucky people who may have a backyard Meyer lemon tree of their own. I wrote about them for National Public Radio last week, so click over to learn more about them and get my recipes for...
- Meyer lemon compote with dates
- Roasted root vegetables with Meyer lemons
- Meyer lemon bars


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That's mainly a joke, but this isn't:
... I anticipate that South Carolina (and Texas) will take the preclearance decisions to a three judge court in DC, with direct appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. I further expect that in this litigation, South Carolina (and Texas) will argue, among other arguments, that Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional...If review is expedited — which seems likely — the Supreme Court will be looking at this question and perhaps striking down the provision during the 2012 campaigns. Which party would be helped by that issue? Democrats will be positioned to preen about their concern for racial equality, and that puts Republicans in the position of championing the importance of leaving states alone to do things their own way, which — for some people at least — is a reminder of the bad old days when there clearly was discrimination and some states — mainly the states that are now stuck with the preclearance procedure — pontificated about "states' rights."
Nevertheless, I think the Republicans will be better off if this becomes an issue. First, people who reflexively impose that "bad old days" template are probably already voting for Democrats. Second, huge majorities of Americans support voter ID requirements, which means that few people buy into the race pandering. Third, playing the race card backfires once people clearly see that's all that's going on. And fourth, there really is something screwy about treating a few states differently from the other states, and if if a high-profile Supreme Court case makes people notice this strangeness, they'll be suspicious of the politicians and lawyers who strain to make the argument that it's right.


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Goal $1,500
We Did It! 100% Complete
About Tiana B
Did you know that Ray Graham Association must raise more than $1.8 million every year to keep their programs running?
By participating in The Monarch Walk, I'm going to help them reach that goal and ensure that they are able to continue providing their plethora of vital services. On Sunday September 24th, I'll join over 400 RGA supporters, people supported by the organization and their families, as well as RGA Team Members to celebrate our fundraising success and walk in support of the organization.
Ray Graham Association was named after the late Ray Graham, the first Director of Special Education in Illinois and an innovator and pioneer in the field of developmental disabilities services.
Thank you for helping me reach my goal so that the thousands of people served by Ray Graham Association can continue to receive these crucial services!
Founded in 1950, Ray Graham Association for People with Disabilities is a non-profit organization that provides a broad array services and supports for nearly 2,000 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Services include Residential, Employment, Life Skills, Recreational, and Family Support at many locations throughout DuPage County and the surrounding area.


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Brittany Tate, The Brunswick News, Ga.
Georgie Mallett, a retail clerk for Island Natural Market on St. Simons Island, has been a vegetarian for 35 years.Now, in her sixth week of transitioning from a devout vegetarian to an ardent vegan, Mallett has no trouble obtaining the necessary proteins from a plant-based, dairy-free and non-animal diet. "You don't have to stop eating the way you're eating. You just have to change what you're eating," Mallett said. "You can get plenty of protein without eating meat." If you're a hard-core vegan, have given up meat for Lent or have joined the "Meatless Monday" fad, there are some important vitamins and nutrients you need to supplement what you're missing. Mallett suggests beans, grains and vegetables. Beans, such as small red beans, red kidney beans and pinto beans, are high in fiber and antioxidants. Grains, such as spelt, oats, quinoa and buckwheat, are great for whole-grain carbohydrates and muscle-building protein. Protein-rich vegetables include avocado, broccoli, spinach, cooked kale, boiled peas and cooked sweet potato. Though meat is a go-to choice for most meals, it can bring some unwanted guests. The Centers for Disease Control found that 76 million people are affected by food-borne illnesses each year. It also found that the most frequent and severe illnesses come from meat and other animal products. Considering a plant-based diet can do more than just satisfy your protein needs. It has great health benefits as well, Mallett said. Research has shown that it can lower the risk of many chronic diseases, including obesity, coronary artery disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer of the colon, breast, prostate, stomach, lung and esophagus. Research has also shown that a plant-based diet eases symptoms of menopause and provides relief from several digestive ailments. Besides beans, grains and vegetables, legumes, peanuts, tempeh, seitan, cashews, sesame seeds, almonds, oatmeal, cauliflower, asparagus and pumpkin seeds are high-protein plant foods. If you can't get on board with an entirely all-natural diet, Mallett says multivitamin supplements can make for an easy transition. "B vitamin is good and we (have) so much of it in our diets already. B12, which is primarily found in animal foods, is a good source of protein and can be found in tofu and tempeh," Mallett said. Other supplement choices are spirulina, chlorella and hemp. They are rich in nutrients and proteins and are staple supplements for most vegetarians and vegans. Though switching from a meat-based to a protein-based diet may seem time-consuming and expensive, Mallett says it's actually cheaper to make things from scratch. "When you change your diet, make sure to start small. Small changes make a big difference," she said. Switching to an entirely plant-based diet may be easier than you think. Soy milk, for instance, comes in plain, unsweetened, vanilla or chocolate. Even adding vegetables, fruits, nuts or seeds to a smoothie are a tasty way to make good of a new meatless situation. -- Reporter Brittany Tate writes about lifestyle topics. Contact her at email@example.com, on Facebook or at 265-8320, ext. 317. (c)2013 The Brunswick News (Brunswick, Ga.) Visit The Brunswick News (Brunswick, Ga.) at www.thebrunswicknews.com Distributed by MCT Information Services


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Glenn Thompson says he didn't do it to get rich, and he offers proof. If you're unable or unwilling to pay $9.99 to buy his book, he'll provide a code that will allow you to read it online for free.
Thompson, a respected trainer for more than three decades, simply wants to deliver his message. And his message is that horse racing, the sport he loves, needs a makeover.
"Somebody had to stand up for these horses," Thompson said. "And I'm honored to do it."
Thompson is the proud co-owner and trainer of Two Notch Road, a 6-year-old gelding that will run in Saturday's Colonial Turf Cup at Colonial Downs. But lately, he's been fighting to eliminate...


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The sign outside the luxurious suite of offices in the NBC Tower bares no corporate name, nor even that of a non-profit entity. It merely declares the presence therein of a purportedly retired individual: John H. Bryan Jr., the former president and CEO of Sara Lee Corp. and now the fiscal force behind the massive private investment in Millennium Park.
Bryan, who is 67, is anything but inactive. A more apt descriptor would be a donor clearinghouse for Chicago arts and culture. That would be a house with a sole proprietor.
Few other Chicagoans can pick up the phone and, demonstrably, ring in quite so many millions of dollars.
"John," says the philanthropist Cindy Pritzker (one of Bryan's major donors to the Millennium Park project), "is quite a salesman."
Bryan's uncanny ability to raise money for civic projects such as Millennium Park is the consequence of a number of unusual attributes that come together in his person.
A genteel native of Mississippi, he is a Democrat (and early supporter of John Kerry) who looks a little like the former majority leader Bob Dole.
He speaks in measured, soothing and decidedly patrician tones, but he's a close associate of Mayor Richard M. Daley.
He speaks out for his beliefs, but eschews heated rhetoric.
Longtime commitment
Bryan has a palpable longtime commitment to the more prestigious Chicago arts groups he says that like most people, he prefers to work on projects for which he has a passion. That list of passions includes (but is not limited to) the Art Institute of Chicago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Lyric Opera, all of which Bryan extensively has supported over the last 20 years.
"I'm not terribly interested in diseases and things like that," Bryan said in a recent interview in his office. "But I think I was born with a natural attraction to the arts. I've always made aesthetic judgments. And I've developed a fascination with art, architecture and design."
Clearly, Bryan is capable of making highly articulate arguments in favor of the financial support of the arts but doing so in a middle-of-the-road fashion with which it's difficult for anyone to disagree.
"I've supported government support for the arts," he says with a shrug, "but I've never made a crusade of it. I believe that our cultural organizations and facilities are better off managed by the private sector than the public sector."
Expansive vision
That view notwithstanding, Bryan still has pursued a more expansive vision of the nature of corporate sponsorship of the arts than one typically finds in a corner office. He says he sees nothing wrong with the arts making an effort to provide special sponsor nights or prominent logos or naming rights and the like. But he also argues that business philanthropy need not be governed merely by self-interest.
"To spend a life in which you're only trying to please shareholders and yourself," Bryan says, "is both un-American and unfamiliar."
Bryan has a Rolodex full of the right names, an outsider's affection for his adopted city of Chicago, and, most important, an incomparable knowledge of why rich people such as himself actually want to give money to things. The reasons, he figured out long ago, have only a passing correspondence with need.
Bryan's clear affection for the local cultural landscape seems born of a certain idealism and liberalism, but when it comes to dialing for dollars, people say his technique is more a mixture of pragmatism and persistence.
"He doesn't get discouraged," says James Feldstein, a prominent local fundraising consultant who worked with Bryan on Millennium Park. "And his knowledge of details is extraordinary."
More often than not with Bryan, there's no need for any discouragement because he's so careful about the nature of his requests in the first place that they rarely lack success.
"I always tell people," Bryan observed in his office recently, "don't ask me to raise money to fix the roof. It has to be something that's exciting. Like they say, it takes some magic to stir people's blood."
Tapping competitive nerve
And there are other interesting axioms in the Bryan rulebook for raising big money.
One is that people asked to give money want and expect to get involved in the details of the initial planning.
"That's why," he says, "we have all those committees for Millennium Park. There's the garden committee . . ."
Even though he lives in Lake Bluff, Bryan also never hesitates to use Chicago's competitive instincts to serve his ends. To no small degree, that's how he got people to pay for Millennium Park.
"You wrap the civic cloak around the problem," he says, arguing that it's far easier to get suburban residents to give money to the City of Chicago than is the case in the more fractured environments of New York or Los Angeles.
"The notion that you are going to bring the world's greatest architect to town and do definitional things is very attractive. These are the things that become icons and postcards. If you get all that right, I promise you that people will give you money."
When Bryan retired from Sara Lee in 2001 after more than a quarter century of service, he left behind a grateful corporation willing to give him money.
When Bryan took over Consolidated Foods (which later changed its name to Sara Lee), it was a conglomerate with $2.4 billion in annual sales. But by the time Bryan retired, the Chicago-based company had acquired Hanes, Playtex Apparel, Superior Tea, Jimmy Dean Meats, Chock Full O' Nuts and a variety of other familiar brands. In the first nine months alone of fiscal 2004, Sara Lee reported sales of $15.5 billion.
On his retirement, Bryan negotiated an enviable package from his employer reportedly including a car and driver until 2008, two administrative aides until 2011, and the NBC Tower office space until at least 2009. He also has an eight-year consulting contract with Sara Lee that's worth $5 million. Those accoutrements were enough to land Bryan some bad publicity at the time as one of the poster boys of excessive CEO retirement perks comparisons were made to Jack Welch's golden departure from General Electric.
Active in business world
Bryan is a member of three major corporate boards: General Motors, Goldman Sachs and the London-based British Petroleum. He recently resigned from the Bank One board following its merger with J.P. Morgan, since the new corporation competes too closely with Goldman Sachs. Nonetheless, it's hard to make a case that Bryan has not used his considerable post-retirement resources to effect good works for Chicago.
Given Bryan's largesse, most arts groups in town can barely find sufficient words to communicate their admiration and gratitude. But when it comes to affection for Bryan it's not just about the cash.
Whereas a lot of younger philanthropists can be notorious for interfering with staffers once the project is under way, Bryan is known for making no such demands once he has secured all his commitments and soothed all the egos involved. Arts leaders say that bodes well for Millennium Park.
"John Bryan has always been inclined to hire good people," says Roche Schulfer, the executive director of the Goodman Theatre, "and then get out of their way."


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I swear we're creating a separate blog/website for our Skinny Sweets Line soon...
Just can't wait to start selling these yummies next week!
They're low-sugar & vegan (no dairy and eggs in the recipe)
layer 1- graham crackers
layer 2- hidden marshmallow
layer 3- chocolate cake crumble
layer 4- just a bit more grahams
and a marshmallow + homemade chocolate ganache topping
I also just HAD TO take a photo of these nicely lined-up white chocolate coated red velvet cake pops. Freshly baked and delivered just yesterday. (Cake pops are Php 50 each)
Order now to reserve a box and avail of the introductory price of Php 450 for 6 cuppycakes!
We'll be sending out the first few batches on Wednesday (I'll be out of town from Sunday to Tuesday for work).
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