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HMXHellion is Senior Writer/Producer at Harmonix. She is honored to have had a part in this project with so many incredible writers and humbled that you have all read so much of her nonsense. She wishes to thank Brett Milano, Fish McGill, and Christine Jandreau for making this series happen. Now that this project is ending, HMXHellion will spend her free time watching the Investigation Discovery channel and writing unsolicited jingles for Ellio's pizza.
When Brett Milano first suggested the idea of the "52 Weeks in the Life of a Rockstar" project, I guffawed.
"That's gonna be a boring series," I insisted. "Here's my impression: 'Today: woke up, tried to write song, got mad at bandmates, ate a microwaved vegetarian corn dog, cried while watching "Gilmore Girls", tried to write new song about "Gilmore Girls", saw a fuzzy squirrel, drank Drambuie 'til I passed out. Repeat.'"
Looking back on this series, it's pretty amazing how much can happen in a year. In the past 52 weeks, my band went on our first tour, lost (and then gained) a bass player, recorded a new album, and learned first-hand about why you need to be super careful about band name selection and trademarks (don't ask). And that's just the stuff that I can mention in this article without any of my bosses coming to my desk and asking me if I "have a minute to go over some policy regarding the use of the word 'chum-humper' on the Rock Band website."
The most important thing I have learned from working on this series in the past year (aside from the importance of bringing spare socks on tour because one member of your band has slept with his boots on for the past six nights and his feet are emanating an odor not unlike durian crossed with bong water) is that Rock Band is chockfull of lies.
Yes, friends, your beloved game is a bastion of deceitfulness. Rock Band lies more than a drummer caught living in your practice space. Let me demonstrate some of the myths spread by myself and my coworkers here at Harmonix:
Top 10 Lies in Rock Band
10) You can get super famous by playing cover songs exclusively
9) No one in your band will get arrested on tour
8) Unlike your practice space will in real life, your living room (probably) does not smell like body odor and rotting Jamaican beef patties
7) You look exactly the same after playing a show as you did when you got onstage, instead of looking like someone replaced your head with a piñata soaked in Jagermeister
6) You don't get detained by a helpful but halitosis-plagued immigration agent named "Moktar" when you try to play in Canada
5) While on tour, no one in your band tries to murder you with a pillowcase full of miniature shampoo bottles in an attempt to silence your sea lion-like snoring
4) No one in your band tries to smell your significant other's neck when you're not looking
3) You never get old and bloated until you look like someone held a lighter under your high school senior portrait and then pounded it with a meat mallet
2) You can make money as a musician
1) You can get super famous just by working hard
The truth is simply this: playing in a band is really hard and really time-consuming and you're probably not going to ever be famous. But that doesn't mean that it isn't a damn good time.
I can't say what will happen in the future (other than to assume that chicken-fried steak will be consumable in pill form and that having ever liked "crunkcore" will be considered as shameful as having been a holocaust denier). But based on my knowledge of rock and roll history, I can hazard a few guesses about what the future holds for myself and my band:
The Feel-good ending:
Despite the band's humble beginnings, VAGIANT (Boston) earns a moderate degree of critical and popular success with their third album, Hold My Hoops. The band tours extensively for years, becoming iconic mentors for restless teenagers worldwide. Eventually the band founds a charitable organization called "Hoop Dreams" dedicated to curbing violent behavior in young women through punk music.
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Despite the band's skyrocketing career, the history of VAGIANT (Boston) is cut tragically short when drummer LoWreck gets killed in a freak accident. Following a long night of debauchery and lukewarm Chelada, the scrappy young percussionist attempts to earn the world record for "most-impressive-split-jump-off-a-hotel-bed-into-a-bathtub-full-of-pudding" with tragic consequences. Unable to consider going on without the deranged, puppy-like energy of their drummer, the band immediately dissolves at the high-point in their career. The surviving members go on to lead quiet but inspirational lives, living off the royalties earned from their LoWreck tribute single, You Was Always One Wild Duck, feat. Kelis and Kenny Loggins.
The John Landis ending:
After the release of their uninspired fifth album, Slippery When Sexually Aroused, VAGIANT (Boston) simply fades into obscurity. The band quietly breaks up and each member goes on to pursue her own unique interests. Smokey begins a career as a roller-skating magician, famed for her ability to create balloon animals while performing an inverted spin. Julie Two-Times laughs off her days in the rag-tag outfit and becomes the bassist for Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. LoWreck becomes a successful "pre-apocalyptic mercenary" having pioneered the field of disaster security preparedness. The Hellion succumbs to her Jersey roots and moves into a trailer park, living off disability fraud and watching "her stories" while eating French toast sticks dipped in mayonnaise.
So yeah, I don't know what will happen down the road, but in the meantime, I'm just going to keep struggling through all the bull-caca and trying to make music that makes people happy. I genuinely hope that you do the same. If I can leave you on a self-important pedagogical note (and clearly I can), let me say this: no matter what you encounter out there as aspiring musicians, don't let anybody ever tell you not to try. You're going to go through a lot and no matter how good you are, somebody will always be around to call you untalented, or annoying, or (worst of all) fat. Because I'm on the verge of having an actual emotion other than "hungry" or "sleepy," I'll end this series with quote from the Swedish Oi! band Perkele:
"I've got a heart full of pride.
And you can never take the pride away from me.
That feeling makes me full of strength.
It makes me want to live and fight for what I am.
I've got a vein in my heart that never dies.
I've got a heart full of pride."
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A modest proposal: Spitzer for Senate?
posted by Ben Smith
Sat, 11/15/2008 - 9:06pm
I like Alex Navarro-McKay's speculative list of replacements for Hillary, and particularly his Adolfo Carrion float, though I think I'd put Andrew Cuomo on top of it. But I've been getting some abuse today for another name I floated over at Politico today, and wanted to explain why Eliot Spitzer (!) should be seen as the dark horse here.
This was not, I admit, my idea; it came from a well-known municipal troublemaker whose identity some will guess when they think about it. And I told him that it's crazy. And Spitzer doesn't seem to see himself as a candidate for anything. "[M]istakes I made in my private life now prevent me from participating in these issues as I have in the past," he writes in tomorrow's Washington Post
But let me make the case:
-Paterson owes him. Spitzer went with his gut and surprised the state by offering him the Lieutenant Governorship. Then he got caught paying a prostitute and made Paterson governor.
-He's the original Wall Street reformer. His attacks on the finance and insurancies now look prescient. Now, nobody thinks AIG was taking acceptable risks. And Spitzer has thought for a long time, both in detail and in broad terms, about how to reform the Street.
-He's off the hook. No indictment.
-Political time moves faster now. That whole Spitzer scandal was a century ago.
-Paterson's appointing himself, though tempting, is a bad idea.
Well, Noam Scheiber's on board.
And yes, there extremely good practical arguments against it. First of all, in a reasonable world, Paterson will have only one consideration: Who will help him most in 2010, which would probably translate into an ambassador either to white ethnic Dems or, maybe, to Hispanics. Spitzer, not so much.
But Paterson likes surprises, and he's got a forgiving temperament.
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Bessie Russell, age 62, of Maryville, passed away Sunday June 19, 2011. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Bessie Simerly, and brother, Bill Simerly. She is survived by her husband, Jack Russell; sons, Allen Russell, Hank Russell Amy, Brady, Keely; daughters, Lisa Helton and Tina Glandon; grandchildren, Jessica Willis, Amber Helton, and James Glandon; brothers, Max Simerly, Charles Simerly, Lee Simerly, Harry Simerly, and Ray Simerly; sisters, Barbara Murr, Eula Floyd, and Brenda Queen; and several nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Memorial service will be held 8:00 PM Wednesday June 22, 2011at Miller Funeral Home Cedar Chapel, Rev. Archie Baker officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Wednesday at Miller Funeral Home, Maryville, (865)982-6041, www.millerfuneralhome.org.


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Gran Turismo 6 out on PS3 this year? Surely not...
Sony Worldwide Studios senior vice-president Michael Denny has indicated that we might be getting Gran Turismo 6 a lot sooner than we thought.
In a recent interview Denny casually slipped Gran Turismo 6 into a list of games that they have confirmed for release on PS3 in the next 12 months or so.
He said, "Look at the games coming out on the PlayStation 3 like The Last of Us, Beyond: Two Souls, GT6, and then on the third-party side of things another fantastic Assassin's Creed, GTA."
It is a little bit of a surprise as Polyphony Digital boss Kazunori Yamauchi has indicated that GT6 would probably be a PS4 title especially seeing as they took five years to develop GT5.
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Kevin O'Sullivan has made it to the College World Series three times as an assistant for Clemson and is now on his third trip to Omaha as the Gator baseball head coach. But despite success in its program history, the Florida baseball team is still seeking an elusive first national championship. O'Sullivan said he's learned something from every trip he's made to Omaha, but instead of only focusing on wins and losses he now takes in the whole accomplishment of making it to the big stage. Florida opens College World Series play against South Carolina on Saturday night, 9pm.
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Spend twenty one (21) days on one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. Free yourself from the noise of TV, radio, and newspapers which clutter your mind, and begin your journey inside to your true Self. Take yoga classes and workshops in a garden bungalow with the sound of the ocean as background music.
Na Balam is located on the island of Isla Mujeres. Host to the most incredible sunsets on earth, it is truly an island paradise and a sanctuary of peace and natural beauty. With its pristine white sand beaches, crystal blue waters and lush tropical gardens, Na Balam provides the ideal environment for practice, rest and rejuvenation. With its celebrated lineage of Yogic Masters, Vastu School of yoga offers a rare combination of a traditional yoga practice with the feel of a Caribbean resort.
During your stay you will discover how the powerful tools of Yoga can aid in your personal evolution, helping you to live in constant peace with yourself, humanity, nature and God.
Based on five simple principles, (proper exercise, breathing, eating, meditation and relaxation) this program offers you the ideal way to take a break from your everyday life. Whether you are new to Yoga or a well-established practitioner, you will quickly find your way back to balance. Return home more peaceful, energized and better able to joyfully carry on with your daily routine.
Most Yoga taught today focuses primarily on the physical aspects of the practice. Although asanas (physical postures) are important, they are only one part of an authentic yoga practice. Vastu Yoga is an integral style of yoga which combines asana training, meditation, breath work, devotion and philosophy. This weaving together of the form and formless aspects of the practice is the foundation for all Vastu classes, yoga immersions, and teacher training.
Vastu yoga immersions have proven to be transformational. Whether you want to become a yoga teacher or would like to deepen your own practice, this experience will help you attain your goal . As you are immersed in a yogic lifestyle, you will be supported by caring and experienced teachers, and you will form bonds of long-lasting friendship.
Vastu training is unique, as it is firmly rooted in authentic yoga tradition and is a direct lineage of Swami Sivananda, one of the most celebrated yoga masters of 20th century. The yoga philosophy and techniques taught at Vastu are passed from teacher to student as they have been for thousands of years. We have a deep respect for the spiritual, traditional, and mystical aspects of yoga.
As a Vastu student, you will participate in daily morning meditation, traditional Sanskrit chanting and mantras, yoga philosophy classes and karma service. In addition, your asana practice will be strengthened daily, and you will attend workshops on proper alignment, and teaching asanas.
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Around the world, people are fighting climate change in extraordinary ways. In Thailand, Oxfam is working with rice farming communities. Innovative water pumps and new farming techniques are just two of the ways in which people are adapting.
In December 2010, government representatives from across the world met in Mexico to assess progress on tackling climate change. At these meetings -- on the back of massive and sustained public pressure -- significant progress was made.
Oxfam Global Ambassadors call on international negotiators to protect the world's poor from climate catastrophe at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun.
To adapt to Climate change on a global scale, poor communities need money. World leaders must act now to provide it. You have the power to plant the idea. You can sow the seed.
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Keiji Inafune's new PlayStation Vita game, Soul Sacrifice, is rather twisted looking, as proven by a whole heap of newly-released in-game images and art from the game. Just try to figure out the practicality of the one below, I dare you.
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With warmer weather, comes road construction season. And Fenton area motorists can expect to see construction signs and orange barrels soon on Still, a lane in each direction and access to businesses will remain open throughout the project, said Department of Public Works Director Daniel Czarnecki.
Construction on the city of Fenton's North LeRoy Street project is expected to start early next month and wrap up for the most part by the last Friday in August, before school begins, Czarnecki said.
The city is opening bids from contractors on Friday, with the total project estimated at around $1.32 million. In addition to construction, expenses include engineering and materials testing. Fenton's engineering consultants for the project are the city engineering firm.
At Monday's meeting, city council could award a $28,000 contract to Schleede-Hampton Associates, Inc., of Birmingham, for materials testing and related engineering. It will save Fenton money by contracting directly with Schleede-Hampton Associates and receiving bills from the firm, instead of having OHM contract with Schleede-Hampton Associates on behalf of the city, Czarnecki said.
City council is expected to award the project to the successful construction contractor soon after Fenton opens these bids Friday, he said. After that, it will take the contractor around four to six weeks to get insurance, bonds and other details in place before construction can begin.
"It's almost here," he said.
It will be a huge improvement in the north end of the city, Czarnecki added. "That road is getting rougher by the day."
Two lanes of traffic, one in each direction, will remain open during the project. The street is a five-lane one.
Construction will begin on the east part of the road, near grocery, because the east side of LeRoy Street will need a lot more work than the west one, Czarnecki said. The area of the street in front of VG's needs stabilization where it dips lower, and changes to curbs and driveways.
Mayor Sue Osborn asked about access to businesses in the area, during the construction. Czarnecki said access will remain open to businesses along North LeRoy Street, many of which have parking lots that are interconnected. There will be ways for drivers to reach the businesses.
City officials will hold a meeting for business owners after the contractor receives the bid award, he said. Fenton will notify the businesses of the meeting, so people can ask questions and obtain information.
Genesee County also has a separate road project in the LeRoy Street area coming up, from the city limits north to Butcher Road. City administration has asked county administration for information.
"We are waiting for their plans and cost estimates for a one-block section in the city," Czarnecki said at Monday's council work session. "It should have been to us a month ago."


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Gardening with kids is triple the pleasure. It may motivate your picky eaters to try new foods, it is great exercise in the outdoors and most importantly, it's a great opportunity for family fun! See the list below for ways to get your garden started.
Simple ways to interest any child in gardening
- Place a potato or carrot top in water on a window sill and watch the leaves sprout
- Plant herbs in pots and place them on the window sill in full sun. Children will love the sensual nature of herbs as they appeal to sight, touch, taste and smell.
- Make themed garden like an Alphabet Garden by choosing one plant for each letter of the alphabet or one plant for each letter of the child's name. Make a Rainbow Garden by choosing plants that represent all of the colors of the rainbow – red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.
Gardening activities for children of different ages
Ages 3-5: Children at this age love to explore but their exploration must be accompanied since preschoolers should never be left unattended. Don't expect to accomplish "gardening work" since children at this age are more about the experience than about the outcome. Be content to let children dig in loose dirt, move mulch, pull weeds and chase bugs. If a child wants to plant seeds from last night's dinner, let that happen even if it's not planting season.
Ages 6-7: This is a great age to call upon those emerging reading and math skills to add new depth to gardening fun. Encourage children to make plant markers, read seed packets, make seed choices from seed catalogs, and shop for nursery plants. This is a great age for children to participate in harvesting and preserving food, but for children this age, the process of doing is still more important than the end result.
Ages 8-9: Children can begin to take a more in-depth interest in gardening by participating in the planning and design of the garden. They can put math skills to work by designing a garden on graph paper, and translating that drawing to a real garden. Children this age can also use tools and might even build decorative garden items such as arbors, fences and scarecrows.


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Graveside services for Vina I. Branch, 74, of Tahlequah, will be held at 1 p.m., Monday, May 7, at the Moodys Cemetery. Serving as pall bearers: are Felix Johnson, David Johnson, Gilbert Hutchens, Vernon Martin, David Hall and Dean Martin. Honorary pall bearers are: Donald Shrum, Harold Terry and Westley Martin. Interment will follow under the care of Green Country Funeral Home. Online condolences may be left at tahlequhfuneral.com.
Jeanie was born on May 12, 1938, the daughter of Alfred Alexander and Pansy Fern (Terry) Neel in the Lowrey Area of Cherokee County. She passed peacefully from this life on Saturday, May 4, 2013, after an extended illness. She attended Lowrey Elementary School, and was a graduate of Tahlequah High. She married Thestain Eugene Branch in Oklahoma City at the Seventh Street Church of Christ on Aug. 16, 1957.
A homemaker and mother, she loved flower gardening and jigsaw puzzles.
Preceding her in death are her husband, Thestain; parents, Pansy and Alfred Neel; and brother, Danny Alfred Neel.
Surviving her are her daughters, Joy L. Martin and husband N. Dean of Tahlequah; and Vicki Johnson and husband Richard L. of Peggs; grandsons, David L. Johnson and wife Melissa of Hulbert, and Wesley D. Martin and wife Kaitlin of St. Louis, Mo.; great-grandchildren, Abigail and Jerram Martin, also of St. Louis; three sisters, Christine Woods of Yukon, Dalphine Potts of Keys, and Sandra Hutchins and husband Gilbert of Lowrey Community near Tahlequah; 13 nieces and nephews, and many other relatives, friends, and loved ones.
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1. Marin Headlands (Sausalito) - With the Bay to your left, the Pacific to your right and the San Francisco cityscape beyond, it's near impossible to beat this postcard perfect perch.
2. Stinson Beach (Stinson) - Soundtracked by waves, and often rather tranquil by the late afternoon, sitting back on the sand is how sunsets were meant to be watched.
3. Christmas Tree Hill (Corte Madera) - If you're willing to do a bit of driving, this hidden mecca of a view is well-worth the pay-off.
4. The Lava House (Belvedere) - You'll have to operate cautiously around this expansive hillside, once the site of a waterside mansion. Take a flashlight and enjoy the triptych of San Francisco, the Golden Gate and Sausalito.
5. Muir Beach (Muir Beach) - A quicker excursion than Stinson, and stunningly gorgeous in its own right.
6. Tennessee Valley (Mill Valley) - You'll want to make good time on the mile and a half back to the trailhead, but the serenity of a sunset at Tennessee Valley Beach is unsurpassed.
7. Samuel P. Taylor Park (Lagunitas) - Immerse yourself in the brush of a campground or just let your picnic run long to enjoy clear skies just beyond the hubbub of suburbia.
8. Bald Hill (San Anselmo) - A fast and efficient way to make the most of a spare moment. Bring your own chairs.
9. China Camp State Park (San Rafael) - Great for a family outing, there's a bevy of lovely views scattered throughout this park.
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Can you conduct a Ferrite Assessment of SS 316 L & SS 304 L Plates & Weldments?Material Testing - Frequently Asked Questions, FAQ, TCR Engi...
We can organize checking of Ferrite Contents of your materials on-site at your plant or at our lab. The charges for Ferrite Content Test on Samples brought to our Lab will be Rs. 300/- per sample per location. Ferrite Content Test on Samples on-site at your plant will be Rs. 3000/- per visit and upto 20 spots are included in that price. For each additional spot, you have to pay Rs. 50/- per location. Transportation Charges are extra at actuals. Service Tax is added of 10.
What is the main difference between 304 and 316 for the application engineer?Frequently Asked Questions about Steel for Wire Products
stainless is more expensive (about 20% more) due to the higher Nickel and Molybdenum content and has higher corrosion resistance, higher tensile strength, and a slightly grayer finish.
Are the less-common grades (not 304 and 316) used in wire form?Frequently Asked Questions about Steel for Wire Products
Yes. However, many wire fabricators stock only 304 and, less so, 316. Thus, specifying the odd grades may entail longer delivery times from the fabricator. The wire mills, including one of Marlin Steel Wire's main vendors, have more than 300 grades readily available, so the user has a cornucopia of options for all applications.
What is the difference between 304 and 316 stainless steel?Frequently Asked Questions
The "300" series, as they are referred to, contain basically the same amounts of iron, nickel, and chromium1. The advantage to 316 stainless steel is it contains additional molybdenum. The additional molybdenum offers more corrosion resistance than the 304.
What is meant by STEP STRUCTURE MICRO on SS 304 plate material?Material Testing - Frequently Asked Questions, FAQ, TCR Engi...
This term means checking of Microstructure at site (i.e. on job itself without cutting a piece). Step Structure in SS means that there is no evidence of Chromium Carbide Precipitation and therefore Solution Annealing has been done properly. We normally call it INSITU METALLOGRAPHY and we do conduct this test. Please let us know the details and we shall give you our quote.
Can you help us compare SS 304L or 316 in storing and carrying distilled fatty acid?Material Testing - Frequently Asked Questions, FAQ, TCR Engi...
We can plan on testing for comparison of AISI 304 to AISI 316 to determine which material is better in carrying distilled fatty acid. We will need you to send us samples of both types of SS of sizes 50 x 75mm each. We will carryout Micro examination of both samples to ascertain that they are in amended condition. We shall analyze Iron content of 2 items of fully acid sample submitted to us for corrosion testing.
Who will conduct the assessment?FAQs
Initially, the Coalition participants will be responsible for gathering relevant information regarding the various aspects of the watershed. However, the group may receive funding to conduct a much more comprehensive and thorough study. Yes, studies have been performed in the past – and are currently underway. However, these have been predominately isolated to individual properties – and not area-wide throughout the complete watershed.
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To obtain your L plates in NSW, you need to be 16 or older. You then need to front up at an RTA motor registry to take the computer based Driver Knowledge Test (DKT). However before taking the test, you will need to study the Road Users Handbook and the Guide for New Drivers. Both these books can be downloaded from www.rta.nsw.gov.au, where you will also find a list of DKT questions and a practice test. Then when you are ready, you can book your test online at www.myRTA.
Where will I have the opportunity to conduct neuropsychological assessment?CHP : Psychology Internship
Neuropsychological assessment is a key component for many rotations and services. For example, interns will frequently perform outpatient neuropsychological batteries, which can range from brief to extended in their scope. On the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) and the Consultation and Liaison minor of the Behavioral Medicine rotations, interns will perform both rapid bedside cognitive screenings as well as full neuropsychological test batteries.
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This is to look at how much detailed information you have been able to supply and to establish what records have survived, either held at the Public Record Office for Northern Ireland, or locally, for the geographical area concerned. I can then judge whether it is reasonable to proceed with a paid search. In this way you do not pay any money until we have established it is reasonable to proceed.
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Each employer must conduct an annual first aid assessment. A further assessment may be required if there is a significant change in the employer's work processes or procedures.
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HOPE, British Columbia—After the suspected model murderer is found dead, the mother of the slain Jasmine Foire speaks out.
Lisa Lepore spoke on NBC's "Today" show Monday morning stating that their family has "some closure" over the death of their 28 year old daughter, Foire.
Officials from the Orange County District Attorney's Office believe Fiore was last seen with ex-husband and reality show contestant Ryan Alexander Jenkins, 32, on Aug. 13 checking into the L'Auberge Del Mar Motel.
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Fiore, who had been on a trip to San Diego for a poker tournament with Jenkins, a native of Calgary, Alberta, was found stuffed in her suitcase in a Buena Park trash bin a week ago today about 7 a.m. She was fingerless and had her teeth removed, an apparent attempt to thwart her identification.
Orange County coroner's investigators used serial numbers on Fiore's breast implants to confirm her identity. Police believe she was killed just hours before her nude body was discovered by a man looking for recyclables.
Jenkins reported Fiore missing Saturday, August 15th -- before the body had been identified -- then disappeared. He told police she left their penthouse apartment in Fairfax Village in the 800 block of Edinburgh Avenue about 8:30 p.m. the night before, police said.
A boat belonging to Jenkins apparently was found in Point Roberts, Wash., which is just south of Canadian border and Vancouver, British Columbia.
According to authorities, Jenkins' body was discovered in a Vancouver hotel with signs of suicide.
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I cover Brazil, Russia, India & China.
The market might have over-reacted to headlines about Brazilian oil major Petrobras (PBR) lowering production estimates and now Barclays Capital believes the shares will see a positive correction over the next few days.
Petrobras' surprise release of its 2012-2016 business plan is a more realistic and manageable program for the company to execute upon, despite the lower long-term production outlook and modestly higher spending. On the news of the output cuts, Petrobras shares fell 2.6 percent compared to the S&P500 rising by 1.1 percent and the SPDR Energy Sector Select (XLE) exchange traded fund up 1.6 percent Thursday.
The company reduced its production target from 3.9 million barrels per day in 2015 to 3.3 million a day in 2016 and its 2020 target to 5.7 million from 6.4 million barrels per day. While the reduction cuts appear steep, the new targets provide a more realistic expectation for production growth, Barclays Capital analysts led by Paul Cheng said in a report from New York on Friday.
Contrary to the stock price reaction, Barclays thinks the production cuts may work for the benefit of Petrobras in the long term.
Petrobras shares were down 0.11 percent with an hour to go before the closing bell on Friday. Petrobras is down 26.3 percent year-to-date, while XLE is down 5.54 percent.
Petrobras is one of the worst managed publicly traded oil companies in the world.
Rampant corruption and a political agenda renders this oil giant a corporate dinosaur.
Politically appointed incompetent cronies turn a monopoly into the paradigm of inefficiency.
Petrobras is not a company driven by market forces but an instrument of monetary and fiscal policies of a socialist government.
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The stock has fallen by 76% since it's 2008 high.
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Barbara Walters of ABC News is one of the few women who have moderated a presidential debate. She has presided over two: the 1984 presidential debate in Louisville, Ky., between Republican President Ronald Reagan and Democratic challenger Walter Mondale, a former Democratic vice president, and a 1976 presidential debate between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter at William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Va.
Though few women have moderated presidential debates, there have been some to preside over vice presidential debates.
Gwen Ifill of PBS, for example, moderated a October 2008 debate between vice president candidates Joe Biden, a Democratic U.S. senator from Delaware, and Sarah Palin, a Republican governor of Alaska. The debate, held at Washington University in St. Louis, drew about 69.9 million viewers, according to Nielsen.
Ifill was also the moderator of an October 2004 vice presidential debate between Republican Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic nominee John Edwards, then a U.S. senator from North Carolina. The debate, held at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, was seen by about 43.5 million TV viewers.


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You can set up a simple business budget using spreadsheet software. For a small business, this alternative might be the easiest and least costly alternative. A spreadsheet budget can be set up with this process:
- A budget is usually done monthly, so use a column for each month and a row for each budget item.
- Start by listing each type of income for your business, in Column A, one type of income per row. Be as detailed as you want; the more detail the more information.
- Then continue in Column A to list each item of business expense, one item per row.
- In Column B, include budgeted amounts for each item of income or expenses.
- In Column C, include actual income and expenditures for each month.
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Instead of paying for a program like Excel, you can use the spreadsheet software available by free download from Open Office).
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If you want more variation in your business budget, or if your business is more complex, you can use financial management software such as Quicken to create and maintain a budget. The advantage of using this software is that you already have the information to create the budget, from your business checking account and other sources that you have input into this software. The software creates the budget according to your specifications and you can change scenarios or budgeted items quickly and easily.
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A new way to prepare and view a business budget is online software such as Mint or Simple Planning These online applications are set up primarily for personal budgeting but you can use them for business purposes. You will need to let the application access your checking account and credit card account, to pull information on transactions in order to create the budget.
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By Cam Huffman
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West Virginia University's football team will be taking its official entrance exam for admittance into the "Official Big Boy Football Club" over the next few weeks.
For decades — through the '80s, '90s and 2000s — the Mountaineers were happy standing a step below the top rung of the college football ladder. Every few years, WVU would step up and make some national noise — as it did with undefeated regular seasons in 1988 and 1993 — but for the most part, the program was satisfied trying to keep itself a few games over .500 and somewhere around the top 25. A bowl — any bowl — was usually the mark of a successful season.
That all began to change in 2006 when WVU won the Big East championship, earned the bid to the Sugar Bowl and on Jan. 2, 2006, knocked off SEC champion Georgia in what most called the biggest win in school history.
But it wasn't just a one-time magical night that faded away as quickly as it had come. Two seasons later, the Mountaineers were in the mix for the BCS Championship game, and only an unexplainable loss to Pitt in the regular season finale kept them from playing for college football's biggest prize.
Still, that WVU squad, even after losing head coach Rich Rodriguez to Michigan, found a way to bounce back, and it made another huge statement by not just beating, but actually trouncing, Big 12 champion Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl.
In another sign of the changing landscape on which the Mountaineers were competing, Bill Stewart, who earned the head coaching position after leading WVU to that Fiesta Bowl victory, was let go after three seasons, largely because his team couldn't get back to a BCS bowl game. Stewart finished 8-4 all three years, but that just wasn't enough. The Mountaineers had tasted the food at the big table, and they had no plans of going back to the kiddy table with the paper plates and folding chairs.
Dana Holgorsen, who was brought in to replace Stewart, lived up to the expectations in his first season, taking the Mountaineers to the Orange Bowl this past January, where they beat up on ACC champion Clemson, and that commitment to playing at the top level helped earn the Mountaineers a spot in the Big 12, one of college football's top conferences.
The change in competition did nothing to put a damper on expectations. College football fans — and not just the ones in the Mountain State — labeled this year's WVU club as a national title contender, and after a 5-0 start that included a win over Texas, which certainly has a permanent place at college football's adult table, it rose to No. 5 in The Associated Press Poll, with quarterback Geno Smith leading the race for the Heisman Trophy.
The Mountaineers were dining on gourmet cuisine, and nobody was double checking their invitation to the party.
But over the last three weeks, things have changed.
It started with a disappointing performance on the road at Texas Tech, a 49-14 loss that ended WVU's national title hopes. But most wrote that off as a trap game that came away from Morgantown and in between showdowns with Texas and Kansas State, and WVU was given a pass.
The questions grew more audible the next week, when the Mountaineers looked even more overmatched against Kansas State in a 55-14 home loss in front of a large Mountaineer Field crowd.
But with Kansas State in position to play for a BCS title, most still didn't panic, claiming that WVU just ran into the wrong competition at the wrong time.
But the 39-38 overtime loss to TCU — one that the Mountaineers had a chance to put away at least three different times — the third loss in a row and the second straight in Morgantown greatly changed that perception. Now there is some question as to whether the Mountaineers bit off more than they could chew.
Just how successful WVU's move to the Big 12 will be will take years, and maybe decades, to determine. But the next four games, beginning today with the 3:30 p.m. ABC battle at Oklahoma State — and continuing with a home game against Oklahoma, a road trip to Iowa State and a home game against conference bottom feeder Kansas — will be WVU's SAT, LSAT or MCAT when it comes to deciding whether it is at a place now where it can dine with college football's elusive club, which includes the likes of Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas, Notre Dame, Michigan and Southern Cal.
WVU's done what it takes over the last six or seven years to be mentioned with those powers, but that could all be erased with an epic collapse. No, the Mountaineers aren't going to recover enough to get back to a BCS game this season, but if they've truly made a jump to college football's top level, they'll bounce back down the stretch and at least end up in a decent bowl game. That's what the "big boys" do.
Take a look at Texas.
A few weeks ago, most had declared the Longhorns as steak for the rest of the Big 12. They were 4-2 overall, but those wins hadn't exactly come against the cream of the crop and they were just 1-2 in league play. In their last two games, they had lost at home to the Mountaineers in WVU's first Big 12 road trip, and the Longhorns were blown out in the Red River Rivalry against Oklahoma, losing 63-21. Fans were questioning head coach Mack Brown's job status and talking about Texas missing the postseason.
Since then, the Longhorns have won three straight. They're back to 4-2 in the league, 7-2 overall and in position to finish second or third and end the season with a respectable bowl trip, building momentum toward 2013.
That's what it takes to be elite. Every team stumbles now and then, but those at the top find a way to put their hand on the ground, push themselves back up and avoid the collapse.
Can WVU, under the guidance of a still-unproven second-year head coach, put on the breaks, slow down the runaway bandwagon and get itself back in position for a successful season? There's still time, and there are still both statement games (Oklahomas) and contests that any decent team would win (Iowa State and Kansas) left on the schedule.
But can this team band together, find the offense that was posting 60s and 70s early in the season, continue to show the improvement on defense that it displayed last week and finish strong?
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Serve this simple slow cooker chicken with hot cooked rice or potatoes and coleslaw.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
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Date:April 19, 2012 at 11:00 - 12:00 PM ET
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As newer and "better" ways to use web-based technology continue to mushroom in the recruitment mainstream, many users are finding themselves lost in the clutter. Finding and selecting talented and capable people continues to be a critical element of success for any organization, and the advent of recruitment technology has tried to live up to the promise of enabling hiring organizations to hire more people, better people, and to do so faster and with lower costs.
Although these innovations have created greater transparency and an abundance of efficiencies, there still remain numerous areas that could be much better.
- Job posting performance has suffered and employers are frustrated by the fact that posting on nationally branded job boards and other candidate sources are producing fewer and fewer strong candidates.
- Applications that are received reflect a significant decline in candidate quality.
- Time-to-hire has increased exponentially.
- Candidates are frustrated by fragmented submission processes, overwhelmed by volumes of job information and sources of this information, and by the lack of feedback through the application process.
In many cases, we have become so immersed in the technology, that we have forgotten some important fundamentals:
- Marketing the job to the right audience.
- Choosing a job title that properly describes the opportunity.
- Preparing a concise and compelling job description that speaks to your audience, not to yourself.
- Including an employee value proposition that engages candidates and provides a good WIIFM statement.
- Setting proper candidate expectations to enhance the candidate experience.
- Leveraging your employer brand to increase visibility and drive better results.
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Entire worlds blow around in the wake of your footsteps.
Observe a baby spider walking across the vast open floor. Barely grappling to the ground, you walk past and the air gushing to fill the space where your feet once were moves all the dust around him. The spider spirals around in the wind you created.
An inconceivable volume of molecules in the air propogate their inertia, flowing in indefinable conditioned patterns long after you have walked through them.
A world arises in the spider. The world of the spider is aware, and you are in it. The spider is somewhat aware of you, and walking by you transmit dramatic vibrations into the spider's world. To you the vibration is subtle, practically invisible, but for the spider it is a hurricane. His whole body is moved by it.
Humans blow around in earth's hurricanes; the sun in the galaxy's. We are tiny dust mites manifesting cities like colonies of mold rotting away at the surface of the planet. Looking from outer space would need monstrous telescopes to observe our daily lives, running in conditioned patterns.
Yet even the patterns growing in mold are beautiful as the rising sun. And if it were not for the mold, the earth would not be suited for your body to grow out of, and you would not be able to observe the rising sun.
How could you observe the rising sun without a body?
On what fragile balance does the world arise?
Who are you, anyways?