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How to make end of the world:
1.Fog of doom
2. rain
4 earthquake
repeat step 3,4 & 5 (3x)
P.S it's possible if you have infinite energy
5. swarm of bees
note:you can put the bees anywhere
Help. At one point I got a villager pregnant and then I couldn't add to the population because I did not have the last science item (which I ultimately found. So, she remained at 123 minutes for some time. After I found the last relic my population should have incresed to 100 allowing me 4 more villagers (It was at 96). However she remained at 123 minutes. I thought "ah ha" I will reduce her age. Now I have a 5 year old with a baby. Help! Any ideas?
i have completed most of the puzzles now, but i havn't got all three pieces of the necklace. I think im missing the science one but the heathen scientist is no where so i cant do it? can anyone help?
whats with the clay pot by the stream?
Nobody in my tribe can bring the necklace to the chief i have completed the puzzles except earthquake on old village but no adult or child will bring the necklace it says there is no apparent place to put the necklace while the chief is resting in the old village is there anyone who can help me please???
I have the clothing hut,destroyed the totem that the kids pull down but cannot seem to go any further as I have no master builder. Can anyone help me?
how to get the jenga, collect tons of relics/science items and convert, before you have even done all the totems!
i was aggravated that i couldnt get the jenga, or find the stuff, or get my population up, even after ive converted them all-hence finishing the game. so i started a new game and discovered this....
you must already have a 'finished game' where you have all the godly powers. most importantly, the earthquake. i had started the game like normal, 2 males (both 16) 2 females (both 16) and a kid (6yrs). i did the food, the knowing totem, then did the pain totem by using the trick i read on here about going to an old game, choosing a godly power and hitting menu to bring it to another game.
i got to the part of building the clothing hut, when i thot about the jenga puzzle. so i went to my old game, grabbed the earthquake and started shakin the place up!
in the process of bringing down my building (it was at 83% when i started), as expected, got two rare relics right off the bat. but as i look around all the red and yellows are blinking!
thinking more of the jenga, i continued to quake the building, one hit after another...not waiting for lights to go off, just hitting the building.
each time after the 2nd or 3rd time, i converted a heathen! i am currently up to almost 40 villagers, and havnt even finished the clothing hut! it converted all heathens but the chief and the purple guys within 10 minutes! even rascal! not only that, but of course each time gave me the relics, so i am only missing about 5 on each side. i havnt even bought all the tech yet hehehe i have about 6 villagers already clearing the mausoleum right now, about 4 finishing the hut, 4 farming, and the rest are racking up the research points for me! this is a theory in testing. i have not reached the end of the game, am mostly wondering if they will clear the mud pit when i get the chief or what? or if this will in fact fix the population issue of the old game. if you do this, remember that you will need a lot of food, so keep using that insta-grow on your fields til they can sustain themselves! if anything its kinda fun lol.
ok well hope this helps someone out there. love VV hope this isnt the last of my little people...a new virtual families would be cool...or a way to design sum clothes! thanks!
i've finished everything except the "you lit the fire with lightning" trophy. how to use lightning power to start a fire? coz everytime when i try, it damages and reduces my food bin. pls help!
ok so i have like 20 adult villagers working on getting tech points and im level 2 for everything(lvl 3 on learning) and its taking FOREVER TO GET TECH POINTS STILL! what should i do?
first you need to let the fire burn itself out, then get a villager to put wood and dry grass on it (but DONT light it yet!) then use your lightening power and click on the fire pit. i did it like this and it worked on my 1st try. hope i helped!:)
So i got all the neclaces peices, and itss put together, but when i put a person on it to bring it to the cheif it says theres no apparent place to bring this, What do i do???
hey thanks a ton rose714, your tip sure did help. I was aiming/angling the lightning power wrong all this time till you mentioned 'fire pit' (stupid me).
help! i need to raise my maximum devotion! is there any way to raise it other than relics and new babies?
For anyone who is wondering it is possible to acquire three collectibles with children, using the same principal as the double collection trick.
However you need to be extremely fast, you only get once chance with the third child. Simply put, when you see a collectible pause the game. Grab your first child and drop it onto the collectible while still paused. I recommend dropping the children in a triangle, usually in the upper left corner.
Grab the next child and position them about the middle of the collectible on the right side. As soon as you un-pause the game with the spacebar, you must drop the child and pause it as soon as you possibly can. This is where you will most likely screw up, you have to be as quick as you can on this one.
Once again grab another child and put them in the lower left hand corner of the collectible. Take care to try to space them apart just a bit, if you drop one on top of the others it doesn't work. Again un-pause the game using the spacebar and drop the child, timing is the key here, you need to be nearly synchronized with the spacebar. If you've done it correctly there will be a slight delay in the third child but they should reach down and begin the process. Using this trick you can triple the amount of tech points per collectible. Very handy in the beginning of the game or when you get an uncommon or rare collectible.
Hey all
I feel kinda stupid having played the other 4 games but I cannot figure out how to get a villager to 'master' anything. My scientists has been at 'adept' for two days now. Please help! D:
In refference to 'How to make the end of the world' Posted by: Ian | March 20, 2011 2:47 AM
What is the end of the world,and how do you get 'infinite energy'?
I have completed this game twice and have come accross not mention o9f either of these.
Anyone feel free to reply.
Thank you
Hey everyone,
I'm having lots of trouble with the Blocking Totem and the Mausoleum, since I only have two Master Builders and 339 energy. I can get it to 82%, which REALLY frustrates me! I use Lightning, then Lightning, more lightning, then randomly find these common relics and use bees, but then my work goes down the drain. :/ Any tips? Besides wait for more Tech points for Construction and Spirituality?
I have pretty much completed the game w/108 villagers. What is hard to figure out is (Jenga), how can you use Earthquake on a partially built hut when you need all huts to get to a high number of villagers and a high number of villagers to get to Earthquake? It's counter productive. I have read most of the comments and have yet found the solution.
when i converted the heathen farmer the story said that the chief had a daughter...who is she?
To EZEEKOOL--
I was wondering about the same thing. Never read anything anywhere before about 'end of world'. Hope Ian or somebody sets it straight.
TO Lawrence--
Jenga can be used on any building. Nursery, clothing hut, etc. First time I played I saved nursery for Jenga. Since then I've also used sewing hut cuz I got rainbow totem down before I even had that hut to build. All the housing huts will have to be built before you get earthquake power as you pointed out but hold off building the nursery until you have the 800 energy. Hope this helps.:)
I am wondering how do you make a clothing hut? And get your builders to masters because I built everything that was there (love shack, statue, food bin, hut)?
Please help!
Is there a trick to faster tech points without the risk of no food or death of tribe/village/inhabitants (of isola)
Plz post back any help you can give
To QC:
Thanks for your resonse, lets hope someone can get us the answers
Hi guys, I was wondering, how do I take down the blocking totem, because the most i've gotten is 40% before the savages repaired it. It's REALLY frustrating because all the yellows and reds are burying the mausoleum and my energy runs out before I can keep them away, also they seem to become 'immune' to the bees after awhile, the blockage is up to 687% !!!!
I can't do level 6, 7 or the eye one GRRRR!!!!!
To finish the blocking totem. I had 3 master builders. I put them on the block waiting for everyone to arrive to build it back. Then I used lightning. Put my 3 master builders back to work. I used bees to keep the red away and kids to keep the yellow away. I ended up letting ered and yellow come back and hitting them with lightning and bees again for the blocking totem to be totally demolished.
puddock : re master builders ---- I too had the same problem. What I did was used Thunder on the mauseleum to drive the everyone away and placed my builders to clear it. i kept the orange masks away by distracting them with children and kept them far away long enough with butterflies. They just kept chasing the children. I used the bees to keep the red mask away as long as possible. and just kept repeating it. But i didn't want to clear the maosoleum completely until i tear down the totem.
To get population past 90
I saved as many heathens as possible until after I had 90 population, then started converting them which added to my population. Earthquake converts them as well as the regular way.
EVERY single time i go to convert the heathen master builder, and use time warp, my master builder always some how moves from there when he is in the mdiddle of the contest. so i cant pass. what do i do? -__-
When I try to do the build-off with the heathen builder, after I give my builder the speed-up he leaves the area. When I drop him back onto the pile he will not continue to build. Anyone have a solution??? Thank you
The best way to be the beat the Blocking Totem is to tear down the mausoleum at the beginning of the game. There are only 3 blue heathens and touching them with an adult they will run when you start tearing down the mausoleum. Once the mausoleum is completed all red and yellow heathens leave, and then no heathen bothers you when it comes time to tear down the Blocking totem. I realize if one has already started the game this is useless, but use it for further reference. During the game, Catherine Jernigan seems to have a good solution.
To: Samantha
First drop the time warp on your Master builder, he will run away. When he stops, find him and then put him at the challenge spot. Make sure the Master builder is sitting at his regular spot before you start. Your Master builder will clearly out build the heathen Master builder once you put yours down.
how else can i get food? my first trib died of starvation and now my second tibe is following their footsteps! what should i... what cam i do?! please help! they all keep dieing and its a pain to keep starting over and over and over D:.
Put them on the rock formation below the hospital above the waterfall and the action bar will say "enjoying the waterfall" and then they will walk to the edge and jump in.
its better if you pause it, put 5-8 people on the rocks then play and then all the adults will come running to jump in aswell
so im reading over some of the posts, and i don't know what this "mommy heathen" is...ive converted all but the reds and oranges (nowi have to wait for fricken ever to get the earthquake done) but i don't think i ever saw a pregnant heathen
I just converted the blue-mask-mum. I all-ready thought she looked a bit funny but now that her mask is gone I'm shocked! She is a HE! It's a male nursing. It's by-far the weirdest I've ever seen on VV.
Are there more people who ever experienced this?
Can i ask?
how to burry dead bodies in Virtual villager 5
because their bodies annoys me
ok..so how long do we have to wait for the "renew" god power? im constantly having to use the bloom on my crops and/or noni because i have 45 villagers *now got my twins YAY* and the food is going really fast. i left the game running while i did stuff yesterday and came back and had like 500 food left after the bin was overflowing. when does that power emerge so i can get my lake full of fish?
you have to unbury the mosuleum(sp?) and then drop a villager onto the bones..they'll "bury" the dead like they do in the others, only they'll take it to the mosuleum. if you don't have it unburied yet the bones will eventually go away
Every time i do the speed thing to beat the purple mask my guy starts and immediately disappears elsewhere and dies like five minutes later. What's the problem?
Just got the fish in the pond!
You use the revive wings in the pond. You get them when you reach 600 points!
towards the end after you focus on the last lil area of red and yellow masks, did anyone have Racal's name and "occupation" change?
Can someone please tell me how to increase my devotion and build a fourth hut so that I can increase the population
i am having a hard time converting the last heathens the yellows and reds... i would appreciate any feedback
i also have two women who have been nursing for i don't know how long. they started nursing when i reached a full population and other women have nursed since and gotten rid of the children but these two have not. and since i've had some old age deaths i have room for the children now.
Hi - I apologise if someone has already asked/answered this questions... but... WHAT ON EARTH IS THE FOG OF DOOM FOR??? Thx, Tiff
JLGuest the fog of doom is used to "hide" your villagers. they can see through it to work *even if you can't see jack shit through it yourself LOL* but the red and yellow heathens can't.
To Get all the Heathens to Convert... Continue with the Earthquakes. Still never saw the "Mommy Heathen".... Does anyone have any suggestions?
The only God Power that would improve this game would be "Smite" (and I would use it once - on that rotten little Rascal heathen brat).
Otherwise really well done game.
eventually rascal changes...he did for me.. and the mommy heathen from what i understand is only in the game ifyou bought it directly from last day of work...
help though...i've had three villagers stuck at nursing forever....and they are about to get old..are they goign to die before they let this kid go? I mean... i can have 95 villagers i only have 75 so i dunno WHY they aren't dropping the kids... i haven't messed with my clock or anything
Ania unless they've already had devotion you can't increase it. just as its very difficult to get the "master devotte young" unless you use the god power to make your adult a child. if they have some devotion already, you can set them to be devotee's and they will randomly honor at the statue *if its fully done*. but while you set them for that i also recommend you also have them do another "job" and have them go back to honoring randomly.sometimes it takes a while for them to start.
i don't know about the fourth hut though i only have three and my population can be 95. maybe once you reach the 100 stage you get one.
I tried you suggestion for Jenga and found out that you have to use Earthquake when you first start to build. If you get past 3% of the building, the Earthquake will not completely tear down the building, it will only reduce the building by 4%. Next time I will try on the nursery. FYI: I had an elder (68) with child die, I revived and the child was also revived. Then I granted her youth and she still held onto the child. A 4 year old carrying a child. Wonder what happens at feeding time?
You're right about the reduction of building going down a small percentage if you have any significant building done but I was still able to get star (trophy) for Jenga without having to completely destroy the building. My first game tho I had saved the nursery and I think I used earthquake at the beginning of building it (so long ago I don't remember exactly) but used it on sewing hut in latter games and it still gave me Jenga. BTW I also imported the earthquake power from my first tribe because I only had 26 villagers (4th tribe & speed game for me) and completed all puzzles. I got Jenga on hut that was over 30% built. You should have Jenga even when you reduce progress on building. That should be considered as 'reset a project'. My opinion, of course, but it did work for me. Tribe 4 still have alot of stars to do yet.(only got 24). Hope this makes sense! :)
Well I left my game on fast accidentally for a few hours and I dont have any girls now! I still have some heathens I can convert?... Help?
Who is the "Mommy Heathen"?
How do you fix the aqueduct? Help!
Okay, so, I've been using a devotee to convert people, of course. And now, after about 6 hours, every single blue-masked person has the yellow light over their head, the "back off, I'm not listening to your crud anymore" one. Any help? Do i need to restart this game... AGAIN?
For the Rainbow Totem, you don't need anything. All you have to do it put the bees on the red masked heathen and put a villager on the totem. You don't need to have the clothing hut. I completed it as my second totem with nothing but the hungry totem completed.
To Cody:
Hopefully ya have female heathens to convert. Sounds like your only salvation. You didn't mention how far along in game you are or which heathens you have left. Once ya get a female heathen converted, start making babies (hope they're girls). Good luck! =)
To Aust:
If you received the game when it first came out you will have a "mommy heathen". It would show up on lower left side of your puzzle page. If it's not there then you don't have one. He/she will be the one with a blue mask carrying baby usually hanging at the 'filthy encampment". As for fixing the aqueduct you first have to have a master scientist and a few adept builders. Place your m.s. on broken part of aqueduct and they will supervise then put builders on and they will repair. You have to supervise a little yourself cuz they tend to roam away. Hope this helps!
no comments or help about these women with babies? if they die and you revive them, and the kid revies too...does that mean they are STILL going to be nursing?
When I use the Fog of Doom to talk to the heathens, I can talk to one of the red masks. Could just be a glitch, but hey. Pretty neat
Anyone ?
Still waiting to hear about this 'End of the world thing' and how to get 'infinate energy' ?
I have played the game 4 times now and still not come across any mention of either.
To dawiccankitten and others: About women carrying babies for a long time.
It appears to happen if a woman has been 'granted youth'. It seems innconsistant, some eventually release the babies, sometimes the babies die while being carried, and sometimes the women die still carrying the babies It would appear to be some kind of glitch. I tried to 'revive' one of these women, but she died again emmediately.
I would be interested to hearing from anyone having any other info.
Please helpt me! I don't get how tu full the lake?I try with tunders but it didn't work out;/
-.- are you serious? GAH... how the heck am i supposed to get the jack of all trades if i can't do anymore devotion cause my ladies won't drop the babies -.-
*considers punting the game....decides not to...grumbles*
Thanks for the reminder that Eating is a healing activity! I should have used it when one of my first settlers had become Elderly and her Health bar was receding. (Reversed that with more Medical research ... for now.) Have used it since on less severe Health problems.
Someone asserted regarding a previous VV that Research was the hardest on Health--stress and/or lab accidents, perhaps--and Farming had the least Health impact. It may be so in VV5 as well.
How do you get infinite energy?
Two questions:
1. I havae been playing the game for 4 weeks and only ever encountered 8 island events (and these were all WEEKS AGO!). Any suggestions?
2. I've been using the "lure Rascal into a corner and hit menu" trick to get rid of Rascal, but she keeps getting free and coming back after about 5 mintues. Again, any suggestions?
Thx, Tiff
i got a villager that's been weakened for some time.... i tried everything i can think of, randomly letting them eat, having them farm...still nothing. it started when he was like 20ish...any ideas?
To JennyHug81:
EZEEKOOL and I both want to know the same thing!! Back on March 20 someone called Ian posted on how to make end of world and about infinite energy. We're still waiting for a response. I, too, have had 4 tribes and haven't a clue as to what it's about.
To EZEEKOOL:
Sorry, can't help with baby problem, never had it. From what I've read it has something to do w/your population count. So many villagers have to die before mom will release child. If your population is overmaxed (from converting the last of the heathens) then I guess you would have to have your population lowered. Not positively sure but that may be the problem. :/
Try putting that villager on food hut several times. After a few times it should say that villager is healthier after eating. You'll have to do this many times depending on how weak they are. Seeing as there are no potions to make it's the only thing I know. Keep checking status after you MAKE them eat and you'll see it rises slowly. :)
Just like the others, I'm wondering what is the land just above the lake with broken benches, clay pot and the hut in the ground do. I've been dropping my villagers there but nothing happen. What is that place?. Can someone or anyone help please.
The light above the blue peoples heads wont go out and it's been over an hour on fast. I haven't messed with the clock or anything but they still won't go out. Is this a glitch or is it supposed to happen?
For the lake, I waited until after it rained when there were still puddles in the lake, then I hit the lake with the tempest power (rain drops), then hit the lake with the revive power (wings).
thanks QC i'll give that a try tonight!@
hey!! Thanks QC it worked! tho i think i am going to have to keep checking back i did it repeatedly for like ten minutes and he still isn't 100% healthy but he's not weakened anymore!
I've played since Jan. and have only 13/50 events on my oldest tribe. Like villagers cured (63/100)it is a random event and probably will take a long time to complete.
2 Not sure about that 'lure and hit menu' thing but I have "held" rascal off many times by using a nursing mother or an extra kid as a lure. Get rascal (w/butterflies) to a remote area and while holding your 'lure' over rascal (or any yellow heathen)hit the M key. When you return from the map all heathens that were chasing 'lure' will be locked. I like the forst where they go when it rains but that's after its cleared of trees. Rascal usually breaks free at some point (hence the name) so I repeat when rascal becomes a nuisance.
Marygrace: That is called the filthy encampment and it will change after you've converted all heathens.
No matter what speed you're on, the lights take a few hrs. (usually 2-3)
So glad it helped. Keeping an eye on all villagers from time to time can alert you if there's a problem.
Hope this was some help! =)
just fyi something i noticed. when i converted rascal.. i didn't know until like.. a lil bit later cause i kept lookin for the lil bastard and finally had to count the heathens since he was in the encampent when i did it... his name changed and he grew up. rather scary. bonus he had devotion so that helped a lot.
Hey all. People I need help. The energy is stuck at 150, and I don't know how to increase it. Any suggestions?
in order to get more energy you need more villagers or to convert more heathens
Thanks QC, i fixxed the aquedect the other day but no mommy heathen. FINALLY got 252 energy and im waiting for it to charge and rain. just 2 blue heathens left!
Ok, so I have cleared mausoleum...or so I thought. It says there is 0% blockage, but there is still a construction thing outside of it and a big tree trunk in it, plus I can't get them to bury the dead there and it says that the puzzle hasn't been completed. Help! I've tried to put builders back on it, but since it says 0% blockage, they don't stay working on it because there's nothing to work on. I'm afraid it's just a glitch and there's nothing I can do to fix it. Any ideas?!?
i got two of my women to drop their babies... purely by accident really... i had been waiting and waiting for someone to die *sad isn't it* and i know there's more then one way to raise parenting up, and i needed more children so i started to use the 'speed up' on the eldery. Two of them were my women who've been nursing for a full RT week.. ^_^ they dropped the kid eventually before they croaked
I'm trying to solve the Big Kahuna puzzle. I finished the necklace, a child assembled it. Then 1st time I dropped a child on it and it was "confused", then I dropped an adult on it and it was also "confused", but the bottom of the screen said something like 'there's no where to bring the necklace'. So, i assumed I had to wait for the chief to come out. Now he's out (I have the game paused) and I'm getting the same results as above.
Any ideas? Does the chief need to be doing something specific?
you need to unclear the grove, dianibm where that totem is with the hole in it's head? you have to put something in there so you can see beyond the trees.
I have kept using earthquake on a project but nothing seems to change. Does the building have to be partly built or can I do it with a fully completed project?
No more blue heathens!! still need TONS of Research
This is SOOOOOOOOOO hard!! the only way i can upgrade my adept to master builder is "Fixing the hut". (I only have 270 Energy and 5772 Research and will upgrade Research so i can get Spirituality) Anyone have a solution to help?
Thanks A Bunch- Austin
HELP! my nursing mother's time wont move off 6 minutes!
i'm trying to destroy the totem by the aqueduct and have been trying to use bees and lightning, but neither seems to have much effect on the red heathen- lightning does absolutely nothing and bees will get it to move away to the other side for about 10 seconds, but it takes a long time to get there. any suggestions?
YES! nvm she dropped the kid
I built the hut as soon as I finished the loveshack. Then, I dismantle the knowing totem. And I put my villagers to research. Problem is, I didn't make master builders. What will I do to build the aqueduct?
Thanks in advance.
i need master builders for the buling totem thing, but they always stop fixing the huts and wont polish the statue ):
+ i cant get a nursery cause i need like 30,000 more tech points. help?
austin and VVfann -- what i did was i randomly scared the heathens away from the 'blockage'and just kept them working on it. granted you will have to do this a lot but it does tend to bring the building up
hunnisugar it has to be an unfinished building
thx dawiccankitten, just upgraded research and got my clothing hut.
I need this in EXACT time, but how long does it take for the light above the heathen master scientist's head?
Thanks a Bunch- Aust
You can disassemble the rainbow totem WITHOUT the colored ink pots!
Simply use some well placed bees and the red masked heathen will move away enough that a few builder villagers will not be scared away. This may need to be repeated a few times.
This was one of the first few totems I removed without hardly any resources. Happy gaming!
Finally got tempest!
Made the lake full again and now..... i dont know
Now i just need time warp for the master heathen builder!
converted the scientist and built clothing hut
WOOT! What power do you get at 400 energy?
How do you get "Infinite Energy?"
Also Filled the lake. (sorry if i said earlier)

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The annual campaign culminates in a gala celebration, with superstar celebrities on hand to represent their charities and help announce the final results. This year's special guests included Betty White, representing Morris Animal Foundation; Dolly Parton, for Imagination Library; Donny and Marie Osmond, on behalf of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals; Leeza Gibbons, who shared co-hosting duties with Claybaugh and represented the Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation; and John Paul DeJoria, Chairman and CEO of Paul Mitchell, representing Food 4 Africa. Fran Drescher's Cancer Schmancer Foundation was also chosen this year, and Fran was a huge hit with her surprise appearance to thank the 2,500 future professionals attending their big Caper event in Las Vegas in February.
Claybaugh reports that all money raised in the campaign goes directly to the charities. "All of our partners graciously appeared in support of the foundations they represent," he said. "Not one celebrity is paid to be there, including Donny and Marie, who generously entertained at the dinner and at our February event, along with members of their band."
Even the dinner is a FUNraiser, Claybaugh adds. "We have incredibly generous donors who sponsor the dinner and provide goody bags, and we sell tickets. This year we had a surplus, which of course we had to give away!" The extra $25,000 went to No Barriers, a nonprofit organization started by Erik Weihenmayer, best known as the blind man who climbed Mt. Everest.
At their biannual owners meeting held the same weekend, Paul Mitchell school owners raised an additional $106,250 for deaf comedian and motivational speaker Kathy Buckley's organization, No Limits, which provides educational programs and accessibility for deaf and hard-of-hearing children.
"People often wonder why we're involved in FUNraising," Claybaugh says. "Yes, we teach the skills needed for a successful career, but we also teach the skills needed for a successful life. Giving back giving back is a cornerstone of our philosophy."
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Highlights of the evening included Donny Osmond singing "Puppy Love" to an adoring Betty White; Marie Osmond singing a heartfelt tribute to her late son Michael; Dolly Parton inviting everyone to join her in an impromptu acapella version of "9 to 5," and the announcement of the top ten FUNraising schools. This year, Paul Mitchell The School – Dallas set a new benchmark, topping the $100,000 mark to take first place.
Winners of the "First 50" contest were also recognized; the first 50 students to raise $3,000 won a trip to the dinner and a day of hands-on education the following day with leading artists and educators including NAHA winners Vivienne Mackinder, Lucie Doughty, and Melissa Jaqua; "Hollywood Hair Guy" Dean Banowetz; salon owner and educator Abe Barron; and Paul Mitchell School owner George Morales.
"Tonight, that room was full of love," Dolly Parton said. "Faith and love can move mountains and it is pretty clear to me the Paul Mitchell family will continue to move a bunch of mountains."
"Morris Animal Foundation is grateful to all Paul Mitchell future professionals for raising more than $100,000 to help us create a healthier tomorrow for animals," said Betty White. "Their hard work and dedication to help animals around the world is truly amazing. My hope is that they continue to help us spread the word about the importance of animal health and welfare."
Where the Money Goes
Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation - $821,099
Children's Miracle Network Hospitals - $200,000
Morris Animal Foundation - $150,000
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library - $150,000
Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation - $100,000
Food 4 Africa - $100,000
Cancer Schmancer - $50,000
Sister Bonnie's Franciscan Haircuts from the Heart - $35,000
NCA Disaster Relief Fund - $15,000
Top Beneficiaries to Date
2011 Top 10 Schools
About Paul Mitchell Schools
About the Supported Charities
Related Links
Paul Mitchell Schools FUNraising Web site
Paul Mitchell Schools 2011 FUNraising video
YouTube: Donny Osmond Serenades Betty White at Paul Mitchell Schools gala event
Leeza's Blog: Paul Mitchell Schools Raise $1.6 Million to Help Support Eight Featured Charities
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StoryCorps is partnering with the Contemporary Jewish Museum to record, preserve, and share the stories of communities in San Francisco.
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*The StoryBooth is located in the Sala Webb Education Center.
Reservations open on the 1st Monday of each month at 10 AM local time. We expect a high volume of calls and reservations online. To assure you have an opportunity to make a reservation, we encourage you to call 800-850-4406 or make a reservation online as soon as they become available.
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- Find a day and time that works for you and your interview partner. Please remember, all participants must be 10 years or older. If there are no times available, please keep checking back in case of cancellations. You will only have to register the first time, so to check back you simply sign in and look for open reservations.
- Pledge a donation. StoryCorps is a free public service, but we do ask for donations to help cover our costs and keep StoryCorps accessible to all. We suggest $25, but you can contribute as much or as little as you wish. Donations are processed at the StoryBooth after your interview.
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Lenoir-Rhyne's Kate Griewisch Earns All-Academic Honors In Women's Track And Field
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Senior from Banner Elk, N.C., garnered All-American accolades in both indoor and outdoor track and field in 2012
Lenoir-Rhyne University graduating senior and All-American Kate Griewisch has been named to the 2012 USTFCCCA NCAA Division II Women's Track & Field All-Academic Team. |
New Orleans, La. - Lenoir-Rhyne's Kate Griewisch has been named to the 2012 USTFCCCA NCAA Division II Women's Track & Field All-Academic Team. USTFCCCA is the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Griewisch, a native of Banner Elk, N.C., recently finished her career as a seven-time, three-sport NCAA Division II All-American.
This year, Griewisch earned D-II All-American honors in the women's 5,000-meter championship at both the indoor and outdoor national finals with fourth-place finishes in each event.
In addition, Griewisch placed third in the outdoor finals of the women's 10,000-meter race this past May in Pueblo, Colo., for her second straight All-American honor in the event.
In women's cross country, Griewisch is a three-time NCAA Division II All-American and has won the past three Southeast Regional Championships (2009-11) and the 2009 and 2011 South Atlantic Conference Championship meets.
Griewisch, a 2011 and 2012 CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-America honoree in women's cross country and track and field, graduated from Lenoir-Rhyne with a bachelor's degree in biology and a grade point average of 3.85 in May.
Griewisch was named the 2011-12 South Atlantic Conference Female Athlete Of The Year and was the female recipient of the SAC Presidents Award two years ago.
To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team, the student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 and have reached a provisional or automatic qualifying standard for the NCAA Championships in either indoor or outdoor seasons. A total of 317 student-athletes representing 82 institutions compose the group.


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New President offers vision of Bulgaria as a developed European country.
Resentment on the part of ordinary Bulgarians on the basis of the perception that those on the public payroll are skimming off the cream by paying themselves lavish bonuses would be quite understandable.
A dialogue is needed about how civil society responds in terms of gathering money and goods to help those in need.
Sensible people in Central and Eastern Europe, of course, will not confuse Wilders and his ilk with the tradition of tolerance of which the Dutch justly can be proud.
The performance of the Government in actual delivery of assistance – money and equipment – and in aiding recovery in the coming months must be kept under the most careful scrutiny.
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Burrowed inside Treasure Island Hotel and Casino is Kahunaville Island Restaurant & Party Bar––a triple-threat dining, drinking, and party venue boasting big-island flair-style bartending and an epic selection of rums. The flashy mixologists "transcend the typical role of a bartender and become a source of entertainment," writes Justin Lawson for Vegas.com. Bedazzled bartenders such as Essie from Stockholm and Nicola from Milan turn ordering a tropical cocktail into an acrobatic exhibition of flipping bottles, throwing flames, and convincing pimento olives to jump rope. Meanwhile, seasoned chefs whip up eclectic eats for diners of all ages that feature Mediterranean, Caribbean, and Asian flavors sprinkled over steaks, seafood, and burgers.
Sporting a tiki-hut motif, the restaurant's indoor faux palm leaves shade diners noshing at vibrant tables of blue, green, yellow, and orange patterns. A stone water wall glows phosphorescent, while stone pillars accept the snug embrace of flowery vines and confused tree-huggers. Outside, patrons enjoy mixed drinks on the patio under huge palm trees or beside a sapphire pool. On Wednesday–Sunday, DJs add an upbeat soundtrack while patrons dine and view sporting events on one of three projection screens or 22 HD flat-screen TVs.
Drum fish. Wrasse. Tautog. Wahoo. Chef Rick Moonen knows the dangers that overfishing poses to popular seafood such as salmon and tuna, so his menu makes use of sustainable aquatic treats many consumers have never even heard of. Thanks to his fluency in the ocean's hidden delights, Moonen⎯who, in 1978, graduated from the Culinary Institute of America first in his class⎯brings a unique breadth of knowledge to the creation of each dish.
The waiters at RM Seafood's multilevel dining rooms, like the butler at M.C. Escher's single-floor apartment, serve different menus upstairs and downstairs. Below, an ever-rotating menu of fresh fish complements a sushi bar, and the upstairs kitchen features elegant tasting menus featuring dishes such as charred Spanish baby octopus or Peruvian lantern scallops atop a bed of polenta.


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These fell apart after 4 wearings. Don't bother wearing them with boots, any friction makes the fleece lining pull out and they are now badly pilled and unwearable. Huge waste of money.
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Saturday, August 25, 2012
Hacker help: Expedit Working-Desk - good idea?
Materials: Expedit 2x4
Description: Following idea I had just by looking my Expedit shelf and my iMac.
By "cutting" the upper 2x2 items out there must be enough space for the computer. The only problem is, that I have to turn my 27" iMac if I want to put in a CD/DVD... Another board in the middle will provide enough space for working.
Had anybody tried this before? Will this hack work? Problem with temperature of the iMac?
The picture is a just a digital photoshop-hack :)
~ Thomas
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- AnonymousAugust 25, 2012 3:07 PM
You would likely have to brace the fold-down 'desk' shelf with diagonal chain up to the Expedit, or the fold-up 'desk shelf' with a fold-out flap underneath.
If you wanted to insert and remove CD/DVD from your 27" iMac without turning it, consider cutting a 'slot' through the side of the Expedit to line-up with the CD/DVD slot in your iMac. - Clever MommyAugust 25, 2012 3:16 PM
a few thoughts:
- instead of "cutting out" the extra shelves, can you not install them?
- would you have enough room for your iMac if you leave in the top two boxes? (essentially removing only one divider to create the desktop area) then you could put a printer on the top shelf
- the only leg room you will have is the depth of the shelf extension
- if anything vaguely heavy will be on the shelf extension (or if you lean on it while working), you'll need to worry about tipping
- what's your motivation for this hack: lack of space? ability to fold up when not in use? - ThomasAugust 26, 2012 5:33 AM
At the moment I'm having a expedit 2x8 with the expedit table. But in my new livingroom this combination looks too big in relation to the other furniture. So I've got the idea to reduce the workingarea just like the photoshop-hack.
Because of the size of my iMac I'm just working on an other idea with my expedit shelves (2x2, 2,8) :) Make your fold out twice as deep as you have it now. put in a set of drawer glides just above where you would set the iMac and put a board on the draw glides.
Now fold down the desk, and pull out the iMac. It now clears the sides. and you can work. when done, push back the imac and fold up the work surface. now it's 100% hidden. I would add a shelf across where the work surface ends so that you can put things up there as well.
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This is freaking awesome. I hope to be in your shoes one day. I can only imagine what it would be like to have a paid off home and the ability to survive on very few expenses. You are very right about the ability of lessening your expenses = higher savings. Good luck man.
Congrats! We're in a similar situation. We paid cash for a fixer-upper this summer. We'll be putting the final touches on it over the next month and moving in right before Christmas. 1 1/2 rent payments to go here at the apartment in the meantime and then we'll be living rent/mortgage free. It's an extremely liberated feeling, but the guys are right, $1640 in property taxes every year will be a harsh reminder that we're only renting it from the government.
Congrats! I hope you are buying physical with some of the extra cash in your pockets now.
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We were locked out so you could say it was the company.
As for property taxes, even renters pay that- it is in the rent cost but a renter gets nothing to show for the money they spend on rent while a buyer does.
(half of my property taxes are due next month).
Thanks everybody!
Freedom is a state of mind. Nobody can take that from you unless you let them.
With interest rates at record lows, I would refinance it and by physical with the cash. You can get a 30 year fixed at 3% and the loan is even assumable by an approved buyer. After calculating true inflation the 3% loan is negligible. Just keep your balance at 78% Loan To Value to avoid PMI. If you ever get hard pressed to make a payment just sell some of the physical. The last thing in the world I would do is pay off a 3% home mortgage. Cheap money. Your loan balance will never increase but the value of your dollar is sure to decline. You will pay that loan back with devalued dollars.


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Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 02:27 AM
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Hey All - I've wanted to be fighter pilot for a very long time. I'm 17 and Ive recently been appointed to the USAFA class of '13.
Right now I'm training to prepare for BCT in June.
I would really ppreciate any and all advice towards becoming pilot.
thanks a million
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Don't be a dick, respect your enlisted folk, and remember, if you can't fly a fighter, fly the C-130.
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The best officers and pilots are the ones that earn the respect of thier NCOs/Crew Chiefs. Like wysongj said "don't be a dick".
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Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 04:12 AM
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Just do your best at the zoo and don't sweat the small stuff.
Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 06:37 AM
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Don't do it don't become a ring knocker. enlist get ur degree and goto OTS that why you know what the air force is really like.
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really, you would want a guy to enlist then go officer? In my experience some of the biggest d-bags towards e's are the o's who were prior enlisted...
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Well every officer that was prior enlisted i know, is cool as hell, and shows respect towards their subordinates. I've seen plently of no experiance officers walk around like they are gods gift to the air force, then a chief checks them down and tells them to make a pot of coffee, it's a beautiful thing.
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I would say 50-50 on the prior Enlisted officers... Just like officers from everywhere else, some good, some bad. Just being prior enlisted helps, but not all the time.
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k. I'll keep that in mind.
Out of curiosity, what kinds of medical things can DQ a person besides eyesight and hearing? (I passed all the initial tests but I'm sure theres a bunch more)
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Dude - Congrats on the Appointment!
It is great to have a long term goal to keep you going when things get tough. Four years can seem like a long time! We have a saying in the flying community - watch the Near rocks before focusing on the Far rocks. Focus on getting prepared, then work hard through BCT, then your Smack year, etc. You get the idea. If you work hard and do well, then things tend to work out well. There are a lot of stupid tasks and tests and it is ok to bitch and moan a bit, but remember it is all part of the game. In the end...you'll be proud of working through the challenges and only you will know if it was worth it. There are a lot of ways to become a good officer/pilot, choose the one that works the best for you. I'm glad I went to the Zoo and wouldn't change a thing. Just be aware of what you are beginning...
I know guys who lost their PQ status due to Asthma and Allergies and a million other little things mostly out of your control. Try not to poke yourself in the eye with a pencil of fall off the Terazzo and you'll be ok. Even so...I know plenty of classmates who didn't become pilots and did just fine!
Good luck!
Posted: Feb 26, 2009 - 10:20 PM
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Congrats! It's a big accompishment to get an appointment.
The first step to getting a pilot slot out of USAFA is being PQ. There are a lot of things that can go wrong or come up later on that can disqualify you. I found out firsthand. There's something up with my corneas I guess that could possibly maybe lead to something in 10 years or so (so basically nothing wrong, as of yet). As a result, I wasn't PQ. There's nothing I could do about it. It happens and you just have to roll with what you get.
Next, you need to do well enough overall (especially in classes--counts for 60% of your ranking). A buddy of mine got burned because he's ranked pretty low in our class and even though there were about 530 slots given out, he still missed the cut. If you do well and are PQ, there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to get a slot.
Overall though, you need to realize that there is chance you might not get a slot. There is always that possibility. You need to be focus on just doing well at the Academy and becoming an officer--that is the Academy's bottom line.
When you get out here, never let yourself stop. Keep going and keep pushing and you'll get through this place. It seems like an eternity until graduation when you're a basic and freshman, but before you know it you'll be on the verge of graduating. Just take it one day at a time.
If you have any specific questions about the Academy, Beast, or Smack year, feel free to send me a message. Good luck!
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Best analogy I ever heard about the zoo was. "It's a great place to be going, and a great place to have gone, but not a great place to be."
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All good advice so far...except the enlist first part. A noble concept, but it significantly lowers your probability for getting pilot training if that's your ultimate goal. Paying attention to the AMTs at the zoo and getting to understand the jobs of some of the literally hundreds of people working there butt off so you can go fly the core of the concept they're really getting at.
The zoo experience is...just different. You'll learn to stand on your head in a bucket of that which smells bad and learn to pretend to like it, but also have some amazing opportunities...my kid's a zoom and got to go to Japan over spring break, Germany for 4 weeks of language immersion, and 4 weeks deployed througout the mid-East (well 2 out of 3 ain't bad). My diversion was falling out of airplanes on the weekend. It's hard not to get cynical after awhile, but keep the long term focus and it all goes by fast enough.
While it takes a certain amount of ego, understanding that you're not God's gift to the USAF is a good starting place. You've got a lot of off ramps between BCT and grabbing the stick of a JSF. Some of the worst assignments I had were professionally and socially great...FACs know all the good songs, and getting reamed by the Brigade Command Sgt Major was a good correction to my Ptolemaic view of my position in the universe. Flying Vipers was cool, but the hours and time away from family grind on you so it ain't all peaches and cream.
Wouldn't have done anything different tho...except maybe not let my F-4 Flight Commander know how much smarter than him I thought I was...hence the tour with O-2s. But it was my path to the electric jet, so keep slogging through - it is the journey. Good luck...
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What shaft and delta and buff said.
Met Delta here and have had a dialogue for about three years. Great troop.
Times have changed, but most folks will get a pilot training slot from the Zoo. Much better odds than ROTC, lately. back when the Earth was still cooling, all of us had a slot, and those that didn't want one had to testify before the Commandant. hence, some fairly good pilots from the 'nam era were way back with me on last two rows at graduation.
Sierra happens, and eyes go bad, something weird happens with kidneys, and the beat goes on. So ya gotta remember that the purpose of the Zoo is to produce officers of character and integrity. If you're still PQ when the last semester arrives, you're in.
Much more to talk about, but as others have said, ya gotta concentrate on the step ahead of you and worry about climbing the whole way later.
There are several ways to the cockpit, and USAFA is only one. Nevertheless, the place is not your basic college. Folks at the ROTC universities will not believe the restrictions and limits found at the Zoo. It is a MILITARY ACADEMY, fer chrissakes. Talk with VMI and Citadel folks. It's the same for them.
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Just remember this joke:
Q: How many fighter pilots does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: Only one and he just needs to hold the bulb in place because every fighter pilot thinks the world revolves around him.
With that said, just remember not to be THAT guy! Be humble, treat your maintenance folks with respect, and don't leave your piddle-pack in the cockpit for the crew chief to take out. Most importantly, when you FOD out a cockpit or scrape the speedbrakes, BUY THE CREW CHIEF BEER and make sure he has enough to share with his co-workers!!!
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