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110 E. Atlantic Ave Suite 120
Delray, FL 33444
Delray Beach
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Carpe Diem by Cafe de France Details
Dining Style:
Casual Elegant
(561) 455-2140
Hours of Operation:
Lunch: Mon - Sun 11:00 - 4:30pm Dinner: Mon - Sun 4:30 - 11:00 pm
Payment Options:
AMEX, MasterCard, Visa
French, Continental, Mediterranean
Dress Code:
Business Casual
Accepts Walk-Ins:
Additional Details:
Counter Seating, Late Night, Patio/Outdoor Dining
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Cross Street:
SE 1st Avenue
A word from Carpe Diem by Cafe de France
CARPE DIEM by Cafe de France is operated by Olivier, a 6th generation chef and baker. His culinary heritage dates back to 1820 when his family opened their first bakery in Northern France. The original bakery is still in existence today. "Quan minimum credule postero, Carpe Diem" (seize the day)
embodies our new concept. We are still dedicated to excellent dining, rich wines, and superb service. What will change? We are expanding the restaurant with new seating, an upgraded kitchen, and a modern flair without losing our heritage. We are adding new dishes from around the world to our menu. French and World Fusion...all done with elegance. We also strive to use only fresh, natural, and organic ingredients. We don't use any bases, powders, or pre-made products. Tradition, with a touch of fusion, in a healthy way. Come join us at Carpe Diem and enjoy today with an elegant meal and a bottle of fine wine...
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Was surprised to find a prix fix
menu which gave value and variety. Servers were not top drawers, but still an enjoyable experience and very good food."
Dined on 2/14/2014
Surprisingly good French
influenced restaurant. Excellent presentation and attentive service. Menu is somewhat eclectic, including pasta dishes and mediterranean-influenced dishes, but the highlight is more traditional french, including lamb shank, bouillabaisse, duck a l'orange,many preparations of fresh fish. The wine list was decent, large number of wines available by the glass, and reasonable mid-range wines from many places. The atmosphere is very unpretentious and comfortable. Waitstaff generally knowledgeable and helpful regarding the menu. Prices were very reasonable for the quality of food and service. This was the second time in a week we went there ( visiting from Massachusetts) which says a lot about our satisfaction with it!"
Dined on 2/1/2014
We had a great table right on the
sidewalk. We could hear the live music from around the corner. Great way to start the evening."
Dined on 1/31/2014
Service and food met or exceeded
expectations. Great ambiance and location."
Dined on 1/3/2014
We had never been there before. It
was a pleasant surprise with a varied menu and very comfortable outside spot. Plenty of menu choices and the food was good."
Dined on 12/25/2013
They don't honor reservations in
any timely manner. We waited forever. When we sat down they took forever to come over to take our order. After more delays they brought our main dish having forgotten to serve our appetizers. After a totally unprofessional response from the management I was so infuriated that we just walked out. The biggest disaster of out trip to Delray Beach. I will never go there again."
Dined on 12/31/2013
Granted it was New Year's Eve. But
first the help Gave us 2 little hors doerves for 4 people and acted Like that was normal. So it could have been One worker. Appetizers and main meal were fine Champagne was nice. The menu said French cheeses Followed by pastries. We got crème brûlée Which was fine then the check came. So I noted No cheese to waitress and we got 4 little things. Don't think muenster is French. Or pepper jack"
Dined on 12/31/2013
If you like to be seated outdoors
and entertained by pedestrians and traffic, this is the place for you. You can munch on a menu reduced of everything but price. As to service; we waited 10 long minutes without as much as a glass of wine, but once the all too pretentious maitre 'D assigned a waitress, I found the servers attentive. If you find yourself walking down Atlantic Avenue, in the evening and are hungry.....keep walking."
Dined on 12/27/2013
I liked the food a lot. The menu
has a mix of classic and more creative items, and the kitchen prepared our dishes well. The waiters and bussers, however, were some of the clumsiest I've ever seen. They did not seem to understand that jostling/disturbing diners or stacking up plates in front of diners while clearing a table is bad service. The restaurant scene in Delray is sophisticated. These service errors at Carpe Diem seemed out of place."
Dined on 12/28/2013
We were visiting a relative in
Delray Beach and hadn't made plans for Christmas lunch. Through Opentable I was able to book a last minute reservation which turned out to be one of the highlights of our visit. The staff was attentive and very accommodating. The mood was very French with lots of outdoor dining available, sultry jazz background music, and charming ambience. We sat indoors with an open air view of the street side. Our meals were excellent. Three of us had surf and turf and one had trout. No complaints and lots of left overs to take home! Good wine list. Our relative said he would definitely be returning with friends."
Dined on 12/25/2013
Price fixed menu is good value as
it includes appetizer, entree, and dessert. Very good French bread and olive spread. Outdoor tables have nice view of Delray street scene."
Dined on 12/26/2013
We sat inside at first but there
was an awful smell and the table was so dark u couldn't even read the menu. Fortunately they were able to move us outside which was fine. Our waitress was very nice and the service was good. The food was awful! Crab cake was dry and certainly not lump. The mussels were ok. Portion was very small. My husband had the lamb shank, just ok. I would not go back. I guess that's why they had lastinute reservations available on Christmas Day."
Dined on 12/25/2013
The new menu is MUCH better than
the old one. And the risotto, which is why I love this restaurant, is even better with the steak and not a kabob. The service was much more efficient and prompt this last visit, also. Probably the best meal we have had here - and will recommend it to anyone."
Dined on 12/21/2013
Would not recommend this
restaurant as the food was less than average vs cost. very limited wine list"
Dined on 12/21/2013
We were entertaining out-of-town
visitors; and went for dinner. This was our 4th time to Carpe Diem. Very nice place, excellent food; and superb service. The onion soup is superb, the lamb shank was great, the seafood pasta, the mahi and tilapia were all good. Desserts of course, were excellent. The prix fixe menu is great value. The house Pinot Noir is excellent, although a bit pricey."
Dined on 12/18/2013
The food was very good. A very
nice selection of dishes. We had a very nice table outside, the weather was perfect and we were enjoying the view but we had to leave our table because ants were under our table and a few of us got bitten. No other outside table was available so we had to move inside a table in the restaurant. We still had a good time.."
Dined on 12/2/2013
Service and our meal were
outstanding. We ordered the veal and the chicken cordon bleu and both were fantastic."
Dined on 10/26/2013
Had wonderful duck dinner last
year so returned for same, They were not serving duck that night. My husband chose rack of lamb for substitute..,.this consisted of two small, fatty lamb chops. Lots of potatoe & rizzoto though. Two people were waiting on us but we had a hard time getting service. Very disappointed..w/not be back"
Dined on 11/8/2013
I can't believe their calorie
counts are real. But it feels like you're eating healthy and even better, it's delicious. Beautiful presentation. Great menu. Will definitely come back."
Dined on 11/8/2013
1st time at this restaurant.
Everything was very good. We will be back."
Dined on 10/23/2013
This was my second visit, and once
again - a delightful experience. Duck anf Rack of Lamb were both excellent."
Dined on 10/20/2013
This is our third visit and we are
still pleased. The Coquille San Jacques (sp?) is outstanding. My lamb chops and risotto were cooked to perfection. My husband's skirt steak was a little tougher than last time. Cosmos were great."
Dined on 10/19/2013
A truly exceptional restaurant in
the downtown Delray Beach area. Wait staff very helpful in making entree selections. Wine list adequate. Would highly recommend this restaurant for people who want delicious tastes and foods. Skewered chicken and shrimp were exceptional."
Dined on 10/17/2013
Food was excellent. Wine was
excellent. Service at table was excellent. Issue was that it took a very long time to get any food. By the time we got our entrees were weren't very hungry because it had taken so long. We arrived at 7:25pm and got no food, except bread, till after 8:00pm. We arrived hungry and ended up eating bread to feel better and that spoiled the dinner. We have been here before with the same issue. I am not sure we will eat here again because of the delay."
Dined on 10/12/2013
Didn't seem to have alot of french
dishes and the staff was manly spanish. The food was good though and the service was very friendly"
Dined on 9/21/2013
We've been to Carpe Diem/Cafe de
France a number of times and have always enjoyed our experience and this time was no different. Started with the shrimp skewer appetizer, done nicely with tasty accompliments. The other couple had Escargot. I had the Duck which was very tasty, moist and not fatty. My wife had the Salmon and the other couple both had Bouillabaisse which they all enjoyed. We had a Amazon Local voucher which included Mojitos that I thought was very good and finished with an excellent Chocolate Fondant. It was a slow night and our service was attentive but we've have always received good service."
Dined on 10/3/2013
Dined on 9/29/2013
Food and ambiance were ok, but,
compared to the other offerings in downtown Delray, they have a lot to learn."
Dined on 9/22/2013
What an awful experience. Although
the food was wonderful, everything else was fair to poor. Our server was totally confused by anything we asked. She had NO idea of the menu items. We requested a booth inside which was guaranteed, as I have a physical disability. When we arrived at the restaurant, we were told that the inside was reserved for a group of medical people. We sat on the patio, in the heat and were forced to watch a medical slide presentation going on inside. This was supposed to be a celebratory dinner, not a lesson on how to care for a person suffering from stomatitis. It was like sitting in a fine restaurant and watching someone change a baby's diaper on the table. The PITTS!!!! We will NEVER return."
Dined on 9/19/2013
Went for lunch, still too hot for
outdoor dining - but look forward to cooler weather and enjoying the ambience of the outdoor area. Inside is small, but it was quiet, with attentive service, so we enjoyed! Food was wonderful, had mussels, which were plump, so plump I sent a picture to a friend - we had recently shared some emaciated mussels at another resturant. Presentation was so nice we asked out waiter what the other table was having - it all looked so appetizing. Plan to return soon."
Dined on 9/18/2013
I booked a reservation on open
table for 4 at 7:30 on Saturday . I then proceeded to call the restuarant to specify a terrace table. I had to confirm to them three times in two days This should have been my warning about the service. The food was fine. The service not. We got our drinks and escargot appetizers . We ask for bread to go with it and our server said not problem. 15 mins later we were still waiting. I finally got up and ask another server inside for bread. It took another 10 mins. As for the main course it took about 45 mins to hr to get our food. Service needs to be improved significantly. I am not sure I would recommend to others as a first choice since there are so many other nice restuarants on Atlantic ave."
Dined on 9/15/2013
The food was just OK. My shrimp
were good, my husband's fish was not so fresh. The Happy Hour bar and app menu was not offered to us. We had to ask for it, eventhough it was still Happy Hour. The sunset menu is a joke. You can have any entree under 18.99. which amounts to maybe 3 entrees. Good concept with calorie counts on every item, but the execution leaves a lot to be desired"
Dined on 9/11/2013
This is what we go for. You can't
get better risotto anywhere in Delray. The rest of the menu is good, but the risotto dishes are terrific. Go for that!"
Dined on 9/6/2013
Had requested an outside. Could
not grant request when though outside tables where available."
Dined on 9/8/2013
The service was great, very
attentive and the employees are very proud & knowledgeable too. We enjoyed sitting on the raised outdoor patio. The Strawberry Mojitos were quite TASTY. The food was average and we expected to be amazed by the food. Mahi was overcooked, dry, and topped with mushrooms & onions despite the menu noting pineapple and mango salsa topping - I did NOT send it back (scraped off mushrooms). French onion soup was salty, chicken skewer appetizers were MEH, the skirt steak was NOT tender, the brocolli side was COOL. The meat appetizer was ok - have been spoiled elsewhere with charcuterie plates with relish, mustards and better selection of meats. The only entree that was above average was the lobster ravioli."
Dined on 8/22/2013
Its a fusion restaurant so you'll
see all kinds of food on the menu. We started with the crab meat lettuce wedge that was really good and the home made bread was amazing. I ordered the salmon that ended up being a bit over cooked, the potato au graten.was also over cooked hard on the top and a odd brown on the bottom. The broccoli was good garlic butter sauce on top was good. The Salmon was coated in a lobster champagne sauce which was amazing. The service was ok. The over all feeling in the restaurant kind of made you feel un welcome. Everyone who worked there seemed well snooty. The lay out of the restaurant is bad."
Dined on 8/22/2013
The food was great but the service
will make you think you are in France!"
Dined on 8/13/2013
This was our 2nd time at Carpe
Diem. We went with friends who were never there before. They loved the food as much as we did and will also return. Our waiter ( I think his name was Jorge ) helped make it a pleasant evening. Thanks, Elaine"
Dined on 7/27/2013
The food is just fair. The
restaurant never is very busy. The server was young and inexperienced,"
Dined on 7/19/2013
We frequently enjoy eating at this
restaurant. The risotto is really good, and the options of a skewers is nice, although the risotto with filet chunks (on the menu previously) was better. The desserts are always terrific, but we did not have one because on this evening the service was not up to par and our server was missing for so long that we got tired of sitting and just asked for the check rather than hang around any longer. However, we will be back - hopefully there will be either enough servers or we will have one who watches her tables more closely."
Dined on 7/6/2013
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Cannon has led the company's efforts in protecting the rights of BMI's songwriters, composers and music publishers at all levels of government. Combining his experience and insight into the creative process with his knowledge of government relations, Cannon has been one of the industry's most effective lobbyists on copyright, creative freedoms, censorship, and the threat posed by unauthorized download of music over the Internet. He works with key congressional staff as an experienced music industry advisor in drafting legislation on music on the Internet. He has played a similar role as an advisor to state legislators dealing with local public policy issues including creative freedom for songwriters, intellectual property rights and public performance of music.
His wide scope of professional relationships among government relations professionals and fellow lobbyists has afforded him the opportunity to spread awareness of the threat to American culture and the economy posed by the unrestricted misappropriation of copyrights in music and filmed entertainment by companies and individuals. His international experience has helped him graphically illustrate the global impact of theft of intellectual property. His close working relationships with world-class artists have made it possible to dramatize and humanize often hard-to-understand intellectual property issues by escorting stars on personal visits to legislators both in the nation's capital and in state governments.
Cannon joined BMI as a consultant in 1994, serving as Event Coordinator of the CISAC (International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers) 39th World Congress in Washington, DC. Later that year, he was named Legislative Liaison. He was then promoted to Vice President, Government Relations in 1996 and to his current position as Senior Vice President in 2002.
Prior to joining BMI, Cannon held senior management positions with EMI Records in Italy and England, where he worked with such superstars as Paul McCartney, Queen, Elton John and Michael Jackson. He was Managing Director of The Voice of the Daily American where he was also a popular radio personality in Rome, Italy. From 1979 to 1988, he was Managing Director and CEO of Carrere Records in the UK, signing such international acts as the Buggles and Rose Tattoo, and assisting with the production of many hit records. From 1988 to 1992, he was International Director of British record and music publishing company, PWL, which charted over 100 top 40 hits and 16 number ones. In addition, Cannon served as Supervising Producer of the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo from 1989 to 2001.
Cannon served as a member of the British Institute of Marketing from 1977 to 1988, and was named a Fellow of the British Institute of Directors in 1985.
From 2006 to 2008, Cannon served as President of the Recording Academy's Washington, DC Chapter. He is a board member of the Copyright Alliance and the Songwriters Guild of America Foundation. He sits on the board of directors for both the Songwriters Association of Washington and the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Center. He is on the advisory boards of the National Music Museum in Washington, DC, the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland in Baltimore and the George Washington University Creative and Innovative Economy Center. In 1997, Cannon was appointed Honorary State Representative of the State of Louisiana. Under the Clinton Administration, he served on the "America Goes Back to School" task force for the Department of Education. He sat on the board of directors for the State Government Affairs Council from 1998 to 2002. He also served as a member of the Council's Public Relations/Communications Committee. He a member of the Public Affairs Council, the Country Music Association and the Washington Area Music Association.
Cannon received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Whittier College in California.
General George W. Casey, Jr.
USA (Retired)
General George W. Casey, Jr. is one of the most accomplished soldiers in US history and an authority on strategic leadership.
As the 36th Chief of Staff of the US Army from April 2007 to 2011, General Casey led what is arguably the world's largest and most complex organization — 1.1 million people strong, with a $200+ billion annual budget — during one of the most extraordinary periods in military and global political history. He is widely credited with restoring balance to the war-weary US Army, modernizing and leading the transformation necessary to defend our nation in the 21 st Century, and ensuring the current force deployed in the war on terror was the best this country has ever fielded.
Prior to this, from July 2004 to February 2007, he commanded the Multi-National Force – Iraq, a coalition of more than 30 countries. General Casey guided the Iraq mission through its toughest days. He led cultural change in the US Armed Forces and built the Iraqi security institutions to set the conditions for our longterm success. On the homefront, General Casey has been a stalwart advocate for military families, expanding programs for the wounded, addressing the tough issues of substance abuse and suicide, reducing the stigma of combat stress and trauma, and providing long term support for survivors of the fallen.
The son of George William Casey, the decorated Major General who commanded the 1 st Cavalry Division during the Vietnam War — and himself a father of a son who served — General George W. Casey, Jr. has enjoyed a long career of exemplary service as an American soldier.
He was commissioned a second lieutenant of Infantry from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in 1970. Throughout his career, he served in operational assignments in Germany, Italy, Egypt, Bosnia, Iraq and the United States. He has extensive command experience. General Casey holds a Masters Degree in International Relations from Denver University and has served as a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council of the United States.
Known for his vision, candor, integrity and humor. General Casey's story is one of personal courage and commitment to excellence.
His great love of country and his life of service and sacrifice form the basis of his viewpoints on leadership, vision, organizational culture and leading transformational change.
Maj. Gen. Jack Catton
USAF (Retired)
Jack Catton is the Vice President for Precision Engagement Systems for Boeing. He reports to the Vice President for Air Force Programs, IDS Business Development. Jack is responsible for sustaining and improving Air Force customer relationships and shaping both DoD and Air Force decisions on Boeing Precision Engagement Systems. He leads Air Force business development efforts and strategies to keep programs sold, capture new programs, and grow IDS businesses in Precision Engagement and Advanced Systems. Jack coordinates program, congressional, and public policy interaction to ensure full funding for Air Force programs. He is also responsible for synchronization of customer engagement by field offices and senior advisors for all Air Force Precision Engagement campaigns.
Prior to joining Boeing in February 2008, Jack served over 31 years in the USAF, retiring in the rank of Major General. A command pilot and instructor, Jack logged over 2,650 flying hours in single seat fighter aircraft. He commanded at the squadron, group and wing level with tours in the CONUS, Europe and Pacific. In addition to his operational assignments, he served on the Air Staff, NATO Staff, Joint Staff, and as Inspector General of Pacific Air Forces. Jack culminated his Air Force career at Air Combat Command as the Director of Requirements, where he was responsible for the definition of operational requirements for the Combat Air Forces, and the oversight of 260 modernization programs.
Jack and his wife, Jan, reside in Springfield, Virginia.
Thomas E. Cooper
Tom graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with BS, MS and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering. From 1970-1971 he was Assistant Professor of M.E. at UC Berkeley and from 1971 - 1976 he was Associate Professor of M.E. at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. Chosen to be a Congressional Science Fellow in 1976, he worked with the House Armed Services Committee, becoming a permanent member of the Committee Staff in 1977. In 1982, he became the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research, Development and Logistics. He joined GE in his present position in 1987.
Jill A. Dyal
Jill A. Dyal worked for the National Football League as a Director of Financial Planning and Analysis in 2009. Jill was a senior Vice-President for Goldman Sachs & Co in the Investment Banking Division in New York and London where she worked from 1998 to 2009. Her responsibilities included advising companies in a broad range of industries in mergers and acquisitions and financings, as well as working in the division's strategy area.
Jill received a B.A. from U.C.L.A in 1998 where she graduated Summa Cum Laude and received a golf scholarship. Jill and her husband Gordon Dyal reside in New York as well at their ranch, Diamond 4D, in Choteau, Montana. Jill currently manages the operations at Diamond 4D.
Alex Ehrlich
Alex Ehrlich is a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley, and is globally responsible for the firm's Prime Brokerage business. He is also a member of the firm's Equity Operating Committee.
Alex joined Morgan Stanley in August 2009 following six years as Global Head of Prime Services at UBS. He spent the prior 22 years at Goldman Sachs, where he served as global co-head of that firm's Prime Brokerage business from 1998-2003.
Alex is married with three children, and lives in Chappaqua, New York.
Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr.
Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., is president and CEO of the American Gaming Association (AGA). In his role as the chief executive of the AGA, Fahrenkopf is the national advocate for the commercial casino industry and is responsible for positioning the association to address regulatory, political and educational issues affecting the industry.
A lawyer by profession, Fahrenkopf gained national prominence during the 1980s when he served as chairman of the Republican Party for six of President Ronald Reagan's eight years in the White House (1983 to 1989). When Fahrenkopf retired in January 1989, he had served as chairman of the Republican National Committee longer than any person in the 20th century (and second-longest in the history of the party) and led the party through two successful presidential campaigns in 1984 and 1988.
He has been a frequent commentator on political and gaming issues on such network television programs as Crossfire, Inside Politics, Meet The Press, Hardball, Face the Nation, The Today Show, This Week and Good Morning America.
Fahrenkopf continues to serve in a variety of political capacities. He presently is co-chairman of the Commission on Presidential Debates, which conducts the general election presidential and vice presidential debates in presidential election years. He co-founded the commission in 1986 with Democratic National Committee chairman Paul Kirk. He also was a founder of the National Endowment for Democracy, where he served as vice chairman and a board member from 1983 to 1993. Additionally, he serves as a board member of the International Republican Institute (IRI), which he founded in 1984. He served for many years as chairman of the Pacific Democrat Union and vice chairman of the International Democrat Union, a worldwide association of conservative political parties from the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Japan, Australia and 20 other nations.
Prior to becoming the AGA's first chief executive on June 1, 1995, Fahrenkopf was a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Hogan & Hartson, where he chaired the International Trade Practice Group. Fahrenkopf specialized in regulatory, legislative and corporate matters for multi-national, foreign and domestic clients. His early legal career included 17 years of practice as a trial and gaming lawyer in Nevada, his home state. In that capacity, he represented clients before Nevada gaming regulatory authorities. Fahrenkopf served as the first chairman of the American Bar Association (ABA) Committee on Gaming Law and was a founding trustee and president of the International Association of Gaming Attorneys, a worldwide organization of government gaming regulators and private attorneys acting on behalf of licensed gaming enterprises.
Fahrenkopf has held various positions relating to his legal background. For many years he was a member of the board of trustees of the National Judicial College, the ABA-sponsored judicial education center for federal and state judges; chairman of the Coalition for Justice, a group coordinating the ABA's initiatives to improve the American justice system; and chairman of the Legal Policy Advisory Board of The Washington Legal Foundation. He was a member of the Nevada State Board of Bar Examiners, president of the Washoe County Bar Association and vice president of the Nevada Trial Lawyers Association.
Fahrenkopf also sits on the board of directors of five New York Stock Exchange public companies: First Republic Bank, Gabelli Equity Trust, Inc., Gabelli Utility Trust, Gabelli Global Multimedia Trust, and Gabelli Dividend and Income Trust.
His civic involvement includes service as chairman of the board of governors of the City Club of Washington, a member of the board of trustees of the E.L. Wiegand Foundation, and a member of the Greater Washington Board of Trade, The Economic Club of Washington and the Federal City Council. Fahrenkopf also served as a co-chairman of the Rivlin Commission, which investigated and reported on the government of the District of Columbia. He has been honored for his contributions, receiving the Junior Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Service Award in 1973, the Nevada Lung Association "Man of the Year" Award in 1983 and the National Humanitarian of the Year Award from the National Conference on Christians and Jews in 1985. He is a member of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. He also serves as a trustee of the Culinary Institute of America.
Fahrenkopf is a graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno (1962) and the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley (1965).
He and his wife, the former Mary Bandoni, have three daughters: Allison, a Washington, D.C., attorney; Leslie, associate counsel to President George W. Bush; and Amy, a medical resident at Boston Children's Hospital. He is an avid golfer, tennis player and sports enthusiast. Fahrenkopf is a member of the Burning Tree Club, the Washington Golf and Country Club, the George Town Club, the City Club of Washington and the Prospectors' Club in Reno, Nev.
Timothy H. Gillis
Timothy H. Gillis serves as national partner-in-charge of KPMG LLP's State & Local Tax practice. Prior to joining KPMG in the summer of 1998, Tim represented clients in federal and multi-state tax planning, controversy, and litigation with the law firm of Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP. In the mid-1980s, prior to attending law school, Tim also practiced as a certified public accountant and auditor in the Atlanta office of Arthur Young & Company.
Tim graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Accounting from Pensacola Christian College in 1985 and magna cum laude with a JD from Georgetown University Law Center in 1991. At Georgetown, Tim was a member of the Order of the Coif, served on the Georgetown Law Journal, and received the Tamm Memorial Award for his article entitled "Collecting the Use Tax on Mail-Order Sales."
In 1996, Tim co-authored the Tax Management Portfolio entitled State Taxation of Service Providers, and he presently authors the Georgia Chapter of the ABA Sales and Use Tax Deskbook. He has also authored articles that have appeared in such sources as the Journal of Taxation, the Journal of Multistate Taxation, the Committee on State Taxation's State Tax Report, Tax Management's Multistate Tax Report, and International Legal Strategy. In the Fall of 2003, he co-authored a law review article comparing international and subnational jurisdictional standards, published in the University of Georgia Law Review under the title "It's a Small World After All: The Intersection of Tax Jurisdiction at International, National, and Subnational Levels."
Tim's professional affiliations include the American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, State & Local Tax Committee, and the AICPA. He previously taught Tax Accounting Methods as an adjunct professor the Emory Law School LL.M. program.
Tim and his wife, Linda, have four children (three boys and a girl!), ages 7 through 14. An avid baseball and long-time Atlanta Braves fan, he coaches Little League baseball in the Spring and Fall seasons. In his spare time, he can be found as a spectator at school plays, soccer games, and swim meets. And if any other time remains, he enjoys a relaxing round of golf, preferably when the temperature is warmer than 50 and lower than 90 degrees!
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General James L. Jones
USMC (Retired)
Former National Security Advisor to the President of the United States
Former Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Combatant Commander USEUCOM
32nd Commandant of the Marine Corps
General James L. Jones has spent his life serving and protecting America and American ideals. He is sought after for his wisdom, guidance, and political endorsement. As the former commander of U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, he led all military operations for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and later, as National Security Advisor, he brought clear vision and steady leadership to America's mission in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, and the country's interests around the world.
A man of letters, a man of honor. Jones excelled at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and was commissioned into the Marine Corps in January 1967. He served in Vietnam, rising from platoon and company commander to first lieutenant. On returning to the U.S., he pursued a career in the Marines, attending the Amphibious Warfare School in 1973 and the National War College in 1985, and serving as Marine Corps liaison officer to the U.S. Senate. He was also commanding officer of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in Northern Iraq and Turkey on Operation Provide Comfort; chief of staff, Joint Task Force Provide Promise, for operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia; and commanding general, 2nd Marine Division, Marine Forces Atlantic. He became the 32nd commandant of the United States Marine Corps in July 1999.
Powerful and in command. Upon retirement in February 2007, the revered combat veteran became the president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy and later, the National Security Advisor for President Obama. During his NATO assignment from 2003-2006, he advocated energy security and the defense of critical infrastructures as a core part of NATO's future missions. With the Chamber, Jones worked to unite energy consumers and producers for a common goal—to increase the variety of the U.S. energy supply and associated infrastructures, to advance international cooperation on energy issues, to protect national energy security, and to promote better understanding of changes to the global climate and its effects on the environment.
Upon Jones' retirement President Obama said, "Jim has always been a steady voice in Situation Room sessions, daily briefings and with meetings with foreign leaders … the American people owe the general a debt for making the nation safer."
General Jones—sought-after by, and distinguished among, politicians of every stripe—offers a vast wealth of knowledge and speaks with poise and authority about national and international security, energy, and leadership requirements for success in the 21st century.
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Lt. Gen. Normand G. Lezy
USAF (Retired)
Norm Lezy is principal of Lezy Strategies, LLC, a firm focused on providing government and corporate affairs guidance. Norm retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1999, following 34 years of service, at the grade of Lieutenant General. He spent more than a dozen years in senior level assignments at the Pentagon, which gave him broad experience in defense and legislative matters in the Washington, D.C. arena.
Before Norm retired from active duty he was the senior military officer on Secretary of Defense William Cohen's staff and was the principal advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) on all personnel policies for all branches of the U.S. military. In that capacity he was responsible for policies affecting active duty and retired military personnel, veterans and their dependents. Norm developed and oversaw a wide range of Department of Defense policies and programs governing officer and enlisted accessions, compensation, professional military education, officer and enlisted force management, and the discharge review process. In connection with those policies and programs he was tasked as coordinator and arbitrator with Congress, the Office of Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the military departments, the services, and various other federal agencies.
Norm also served as the Director of the Air Force Legislative Liaison. In that position he was the point man for the Air Force on Capitol Hill. Norm worked closely with the Secretary and Under Secretary of the Air Force and the Air Force Chief of Staff serving as principal advisor on legislative matters relating to weapons systems procurement, personnel, recruiting, congressional travel, member inquiries, foreign military sales, logistics, commissaries and exchanges, and healthcare.
Norm was also Director of Air Force Services, where he was responsible for developing the Moral Welfare Recreation/Services model that the Air Force uses today. In this position he had worldwide policy and oversight responsibility for over 2500 activities such as food service, recreation, child care, lodging, clubs, fitness centers, golf courses, and more. While in that position Norm was also the senior Air Force member on the Army and Air Force Exchange Service and Defense Commissary Agency Advisory Boards.
Over the course of his Air Force career Normand held key posts overseas where he was called upon to interface with senior diplomatic and defense officials in Europe, Scandinavia, and the Pacific Rim. As a base commander in Germany he was responsible for all support operations for a Tactical Reconnaissance Wing including air base defense, security, law enforcement, and liaison with the German military and government. Norm also commanded a special unit in Norway where he was responsible for NATO support activities involving the U.S. Embassy and the Norwegian military and government.
Following retirement from the Air Force, Norm was selected to spearhead the opening of Walmart Stores' first National Government Relations Office in Washington, D.C. He went on to serve as Walmart's Vice-President of Corporate Affairs, retiring in 2005.
Norm received his B.A. degree in Government and AFROTC Commission from St. Michaels College and his M.A. degree in Management from Webster University. He is a graduate of the Joint Armed Forces Staff College, the Air Force Air War College, the University of New Hampshire-Whittemore School of Business Senior Executive Development Program, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology National Security Executive Development Program. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees for ThanksUSA, the Air Force Aid Society, and Kaplan University, the Hawaii State Junior Golf Association Advisory Council, and is a past independent director of the Professional Golfers Association (PGA) of America.
Harry I. Martin, Jr.
As founder and President & CEO of Intelligent Decisions, Harry Martin, Jr. has grown the company into a leading solutions provider serving Federal, State and Local governments and Fortune 1000 customers. Over the past 20 years, Mr. Martin has expanded ID's network products and custom manufacturing capabilities to include a vast array of professional services, advanced systems integration, innovative solutions and programs designed to serve the intelligence community. Mr. Martin's long-term vision, partnerships with leading IT vendors and commitment to customer satisfaction have positioned ID as one of the largest value-added resellers and systems integrators in the Washington metropolitan area.
Throughout his career, Mr. Martin has held leadership positions with several information technology firms, and has been instrumental in managing major engineering efforts in the areas of systems integration, encrypted data processing systems, and ECM/ECCM technology directly supporting critical Defense programs. Well-versed in both sales and engineering, Mr. Martin has developed successful mission support programs for clients worldwide.
An active participant in professional, charitable and civic associations, Mr. Martin has been recognized throughout the industry for his entrepreneurial vision. Instilling a strong sense of corporate responsibility is a cornerstone of the culture Mr. Martin has developed at Intelligent Decisions. Under his direction, a Community Outreach program was launched company-wide to support the communities where we live and work, with the primary areas of focus being children, education, veterans affairs and human services.
Mr. Martin holds Bachelor of Science Degrees in Engineering and Mathematics from Howard University.
Laura A. Odell
Laura Odell is the KPMG US Global Department of Defense (DoD) leader. She is a "hands-on," operationally focused leader specializing in integrating the financial and acquisition domains while leveraging new and/or existing interfaces across the enterprise. In this role, she develops and translates complex requirements (people, process, technology, risk) into a set of feasible solutions that are ultimately rendered in an electronic environment.
Ms. Odell's primary focus and responsibilities is Client facing. However, she is responsible for internally driven initiatives that match world-wide industry trends as a member of the Executive Steering group for the Business Performance Services.
She is highly involved in the Department of Defense and the communities of organizations that support military families. She has recently received the Ascendency award for which Industry leaders nominate peers to recognize excellence in mentorship.
Laura identifies the right balance between risk and performance by linking operational process controls to an organization's strategic objectives. She has managed and developed progressively complex projects where business and technology requirements intersect. Her experience working for the Federal government in Civilian Service positions ranges from major Department of Defense weapons systems acquisitions for the F/A-18 aircraft program to MILCON projects in the Pacific Rim. Her first job as a civilian servant was as a flight test engineer at the Strike aircraft directorate for the Navy in Patuxent River, Maryland. More recently she has led and directly participated in designing enterprise architecture artifacts to C4ISR methodology standards (including procure-to-pay, hire-to retire value streams and the Standard Financial Information Structure) for business transformation projects. Ms. Odell is Lean Six Sigma certified.
Laura's combined knowledge of business intelligence, performance metrics and logistics applications, has enabled her to assist public sector agencies to develop independent cost estimates and streamline financial management, procurement, valuation, accounting, and data reporting systems.
Laura's broad background includes direct operational support for the Warfighter aboard aircraft carriers, as an engineer on advanced research and development (R&D) programs, internationally (Japan, Korea, Guam), supporting Aerospace and Defense commercial companies, and as a Partner at a Big Four accounting firm.
Laura resides in Mount Vernon, Virginia with her husband Captain David Graff. They have one daughter, Dr. Danielle Graff and three very spoiled canines.
Deanna Tanner Okun
Deanna Tanner Okun, a Republican of Idaho, was nominated to the ITC by President William J. Clinton on November 10, 1999, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 19, 1999. She was sworn in as a member of the Commission on January 3, 2000, for a term expiring on June 16, 2008. She served as Chairman of the ITC from June 17, 2002, to June 16, 2004. She served two separate terms as Vice Chairman of the ITC, from June 17, 2004, to June 16, 2006, and from June 17, 2000, to June 16, 2002.
Prior to her appointment, Commissioner Okun served as counsel for international affairs to Senator Frank Murkowski (R-AK) from 1993-1999, where she was responsible for the international trade issues with which the Senator was involved as a member of the Senate Finance Committee. She also handled international energy and foreign relations issues for the Senator in his position as Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Earlier, Commissioner Okun served as a legislative assistant to Senator Murkowski, where she was responsible for his Foreign Relations Committee work, with an emphasis on East Asian affairs. Prior to her work with the Senator, Commissioner Okun was an associate attorney and member of the International Trade Group at the Washington, DC, law firm of Hogan & Hartson. Earlier in her career, she was a research associate specializing in trade at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC.
Commissioner Okun holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science with honors from Utah State University and received her J.D. with honors from the Duke University School of Law. She is originally from Paul, Idaho. Currently, Commissioner Okun resides in McLean, Virginia, with her husband, Bob Okun, and two daughters, Rachel and Kelsi.
Rachel Okun
Rachel Okun co-founded ThanksUSA with her younger sister, Kelsi, in 2005.Currently, Rachel is a senior at the National Cathedral School where sheserves as the Service Board President.
Russ Owen
Russ Owen is President, Americas Commercial Group, a division of Computer Sciences Corp (CSC). Owen's responsibilities include the development and launch of strategic business solutions and the sales and marketing of all commercial consulting and outsourcing services in the Americas.
Previously, he was a group president and managing director of the BAE Systems global account, another division of CSC. Before that, Russ Owen was president of CSC's Global Infrastructure Services group. He has also held positions as president of the Chemical Group and account executive for the DuPont account; vice president, account executive for CNA Insurance; vice president, account executive for Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems; vice president of operations for the United Kingdom division and vice president and director of the British Aerospace account; and director of computer services at Technology Management Group's Western center.
Before joining CSC in 1992, he was an engineering director with General Dynamics. He has bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University.
The Honorable Rod Paige, Ed.D.
Former United States Secretary of Education (2001-2005) Dr. Paige has assembled a team of independent, strategic advisors -- individuals with deep rooted academic and business experience and a shared passion for improving the future for children by improving the way they learn -- to co-found the Chartwell Education Group. Together they offer solutions for the 21st Century challenges faced by the public and private sector enterprises, with competency in primary, secondary and higher education, both in the United States and globally. As Secretary of Education, Dr. Paige was an unstinting advocate of student achievement, employing "best of breed" solutions to achieve results towards the Department's goal of raising national standards of educational excellence. He earned his reputation for seeking out and implementing innovative approaches to systemic academic improvement when he served as Dean of the College of Education at Texas Southern University. While there, he established the university's Center for Excellence in Urban Education. Dr. Paige has also shown a knack for inclusive leadership, first as a trustee and then as Superintendent of the Houston Independent School District, the nation's seventh largest district. In 2001, he was named National Superintendent of the Year by the American Association of School Administrators. Dr. Paige, who served as a Public Policy Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, brings a global perspective to the Chartwell Education Group. It is his desire to export the best practices and products for education that the United States has to offer and to import those that have been successful in other countries. Dr. Paige believes that the Chartwell Education Group can have a significant impact on the future of nations with education systems undergoing transition.
"No nation, whatever the size of its armed forces or economy can sustain greatness unless it educates all, not just some, of its citizens. Students must be challenged by high standards, teachers must be armed with proper resources, parents must be empowered with information and choices."
Peter L. Thoren
Peter L. Thoren is Executive Vice President of Access Industries, a privately held, U.S.-based industrial group with long-term investments worldwide and offices in New York, London and Moscow. Access's industrial focus spans three key sectors: natural resources and chemicals; media and telecommunications; and real estate.
Representative companies in the Access portfolio of investments include LyondellBasell Industries (the world's third largest independent chemical company), TNK-BP (a vertically integrated oil major), UC RUSAL (the world's largest vertically integrated aluminum producer), and Warner Music Group. Mr. Thoren serves on various corporate boards within Access's investment portfolio.
Before joining Access in 2001, Mr. Thoren was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Walker Digital Corporation, the founder of Priceline.com. Previously, he served in management positions with Salomon Inc and Citigroup and was a litigation attorney with Rogers & Wells law firm in New York.
Mr. Thoren also serves on the boards of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, the Center for National Policy, the US-Russia Business Council, CIBAM (at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge), and The Connecticut Appleseed Foundation. He is a member of The Economic Club of New York and a corporate member of both the Council of Foreign Relations and Business Executives for National Security (BENS).
Mr. Thoren graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Phi Beta Kappa) and has degrees from the London School of Economics and Political Science and Georgetown University Law Center. He is a member of the N.Y. State Bar.
Mr. Thoren is married and has three children.
Zach Wamp
Zach Wamp represented Tennessee's Third District in the United States Congress from 1995-2011. He is presently engaged as a consultant in the energy, transportation, national security, and workforce development sectors for some of the most prominent companies in the world.
In Congress, he served as the ranking member of the Military Construction/Veterans Affairs Subcommittee and prior to that as the ranking member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee on which he served for fourteen years.
Among his notable achievements in Congress, Zach helped establish the Tennessee Methamphetamine Task Force, The Tennessee Valley Technology Corridor and the United States Department of Homeland Security. He wrote and enacted into law legislation to expand the Trail of Tears, establish The Moccasin Bend National Archeological District, to replace the Chickamauga Lock on the Tennessee River, to name Emancipation Hall in the United States Capitol and landmark energy efficiency legislation in The Energy Policy Act.
While in Congress, Zach chaired the National Prayer Breakfast, the weekly bi-partisan Prayer Group, the Renewable Energy Caucus, the Robotics Caucus, the TVA Caucus and founded the Congressional Fitness Caucus. He also served on the Transportation Committee, the Science Committee, the Small Business Committee, the Steering Committee, the Commerce/Justice/State Subcommittee, the Interior Subcommittee and the influential Energy and Water Subcommittee for twelve years.
Zach was a regular panelist for four years on The News Hour with Jim Lehrer and appeared on virtually every major news show and in every major publication in the United States over two decades. Prior to Congress, he was the national sales supervisor for Olan Mills Portrait Studios, established the Wamp Alliance architecture/development firm with his late father and his brother where he was engaged in putting together multi-million dollar, multi-family apartment and retirement center deals in Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee.
Later he entered the commercial real estate sector becoming an industry leader and was named Chattanooga Small Business person of the year and served three terms as the Vice President of The Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce.
Zach currently serves on the board of directors of Oak Ridge Associated Universities, the U.S. Capitol Historical Society, THANKS-USA, a 501(c)(3) organization providing scholarships to children of our nations soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines, the International Conversation Caucus Foundation (ICCF) and the board of Genera Energy LLC.
He graduated from The McCallie School, attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and The University of Tennessee. He later received honorary doctorates from Lincoln Memorial University and Carson Newman College.
Zach and his wife Kim have a son Weston, who is in business for himself in Chattanooga, and a daughter Coty, a senior at The University of Tennessee. They actively attend Red Bank Baptist Church.
ThanksUSA Staff
- Michele Stork – Executive Director, firstname.lastname@example.com, (703) 855-4108
- Ivy Hunter — PR and Communications Coordinator
- Sherry Koch – Scholarship and Treasure Hunt Program Manager
- Mandy Johnson – Marketing and Events Manager
- Michael Liu – Technology Manager
Advisory Council
- Mrs. Pamela Allen, USCG
- Rear Admiral Richard A. Buchanan, USN (Ret.)
- Mrs. Sheila Casey, USA
- Mrs. Eva-Marie Chandler, USAF
- Mrs. Beth Chiarelli, USA
- Andrew Don, Co-Chair
- Ron Drach, USA (Ret.)
- CCM Mike Ferraro, USAFRES
- Captain Dawn Halfaker, USA (Ret.)
- Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., Co-Chair
- Sgt Major Alford McMichael, USMC (Ret.)
- Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minihan, USAF (Ret.)
- Mrs. Deborah Mullen, USN
- Mrs. Mary Jo Myers, USAF
- Lt. Gen. Tad Oelstrom, USAF (Ret.)
- Mrs. Lynne Pace, USMC
- Maj. Gen. Hawthorne L. Proctor, USA (Ret.)
- Martin Coster
- Caroline Suplizio
Congressional Advisory Board
House of U.S. Representatives:
- The Honorable Michele Bachmann
- The Honorable Spencer Bachus
- The Honorable Joe Barton
- The Honorable Joyce Beatty
- The Honorable Dan Benishek
- The Honorable Kerry Bentivolio
- The Honorable Timothy Bishop
- The Honorable Marsha Blackburn
- The Honorable John Boehner
- The Honorable Robert Brady
- The Honorable Bruce Braley
- The Honorable Julia Brownley
- The Honorable Michael Burgess
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Photo Credit: Kelly Clarkson via Twitter
"I'm officially Mrs. Blackstock :)," Clarkson tweeted Monday morning. "We got married yesterday at Blackberry Farms in TN, the most beautiful place ever!"
Blackstock is the stepson of country star Reba McEntire. His father, Narvel Blackstock, is Clarkson's manager.
A small group of family and friends were in attendance for the ceremony held at the luxurious Blackberry Farms, although months ago Clarkson admitted an elopement was a likely possibility. Since Blackstock happens to be Blake Shelton's manager, both he and his bride have demanding schedules.
Now that the wedding is over, Clarkson feels like she made the right decision.
"It sounds so cheesy, but I just didn't think I could be this happy," she said. "And I'm so happy, it's hard not to smile sometimes. It's so goofy."
The singer is especially proud of her custom-made wedding ring.
"[Brandon] did such a great job," said Clarkson. "It's like a replica of this Janis ring that I can't take out of England, but he made a replica for me."
October is turning out to be a monumental month for the newlywed singer, who will also release her first holiday album on Oct. 29. A special preview of Clarkson singing the timeless classic "White Christmas" has been released in promotion of the 14-track project.
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[Film] THE ESCAPE
Sun, May 26 at 3:00pm,
Tue, May 28 at 6:00pm
@Gene Siskel Film Center
Sunday May 26 will be the Chicago Premier of my new film THE ESCAPE produced by dancer and choreographer Lenora Lee. It will be showing at the Gene Siskel Film Center as a part of the 2013 Asian American Showcase.
The film is about the vulnerability of Chinese women upon their arrival to the United States in the early 20th century. It's a very unique dance movie with great music by Francis Wong and Jonathan Chen. Come check it out!
2013, Tatsu Aoki, USA, 30 min.
Chicago-based jazz musician and filmmaker Aoki documents a dance performance in a San Francisco Chinese landmark, featuring Lenora Lee Dance, Kei Lun Martial Arts, and more. Mini-DV video. (BS)
The 18th Annual Asian American Showcase
Sun, May 26 at 3:00pm
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"XMAS WITHOUT CHINA" directed by Alicia Dwyer, USA, 63 min. Preceded by "THE ESCAPE" 2013, Tatsu Aoki, USA, 30 min.
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and the shamisen (Japanese 3-stringed lute). He
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WASHINGTON - Astronauts have a down-to-Earth problem that could be even worse on a long trip to Mars: They can't get enough sleep. And over time, the lack of slumber can turn intrepid space travelers into drowsy couch potatoes, a new study shows.
In a novel experiment, six volunteers were confined in a cramped mock spaceship in Moscow to simulate a 17-month voyage. It made most of the would-be spacemen lethargic, much like birds and bears heading into winter, gearing up for hibernation.
The men went into a prolonged funk. Four had considerable trouble sleeping, with one having minor problems and the sixth mostly unaffected. Some had depression issues. Sometimes, a few of the men squirreled themselves away into the most private nooks they could find. They didn't move much. They avoided crucial exercise.
"This looks like something you see in birds in the winter," said lead author David Dinges, a sleep expert at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
The experiment was run and funded by Russian and European space agencies. A report on the simulation's effect on the men was published online Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Dinges said scientists can't tell if the men's lethargy was just lack of sleep or was also caused by other factors: the close quarters, lack of privacy with so many cameras or being away from their families for so long.
It's a problem that has to be fixed - and can be - before astronauts are sent to Mars, as President Barack Obama proposes for the mid-2030s, Dinges said. The trip to Mars, Earth's closest neighbor, would take about six months each way.
The world record for continuous time in space - 14 months - is held by Dr. Valery Polyakov, who was on the Russian space station Mir in 1994 and 1995. American astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko are scheduled to spend an entire year in space on the International Space Station, starting in 2015.
When leaving confinement in November 2011, the six volunteers called their experience successful: "We can go forward and now plan to go to Mars and move confidently," said volunteer Romain Charles of France.
The data scientists collected weren't as rosy. Devices on the volunteers' wrists measured their movements and showed that when they were asleep and awake they were moving much less than they should have been, an unexpected and disturbing finding, Dinges said.
One of the six volunteers - who were paid $100,000 to live in the mock spaceship with limited and time-delayed contact with the outside world - slept nearly half an hour less each night than he did when he started the mission, affecting how he went about his day, Dinges said.
The loss of sleep matters because astronauts will have to perform intricate tasks on the way to Mars and while on the red planet. And they have to do vigorous exercises daily to fight the toll that near-zero gravity takes on the bones and other parts of the body. And most of the volunteers weren't doing that.
The Moscow study, based on the ground, couldn't take into account the added difficulty of near-zero gravity.


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a form of greeting that originated from houston texas meaning whats up and whats going on at the same time.
do not confuse with "what a do"
do not confuse with "what a do"
what it do?
nothing just chillin
nothing just chillin
by wuda
July 13, 2006
whats up or whats tha deal
"what it do? its paul wilken fly like a pelcan inside my skin i got versace skeleton" Paul Wall
mike:what it do
john:whats up
mike:what it do
john:whats up
by babygurl
October 20, 2003
The phrase "What it do" is colloquial speech for the English expressions "How are you doing today" or "Hello, what is going on?" It is also used as a rhetorical question, often clarifying, or re-emphasizing what was just acknowledged. This practice of language is often used by African Americans, or Hispanics.
by cha'j
December 04, 2006
what's crackin, what's the deal, what's up - made popular in Oakland,CA
1: What it do folks?
2: Nothin
2: Nothin
by that dozen
April 30, 2005
when u say whats up originated in the yay area,the bay
"what it do" keak the sneak, thats my word
by nikhil aka alabondad
December 05, 2005
"What It DO" is a term coined in The Bay Area (Oakland) CA by Oak native Keak Da Sneak Aka "Z-Kush" (also known for creatin' the term Hyphy). The Term was used to asked a Dude at a side show, what his muscle car could do? i.e Doughnuts Fishtale...ect!!! The term was later loosely used throughout the Bay Area as a term to ask a homie how he's doing. (What's up?, What's Crackin'?, What's good? What it is?...ect) Keak Coined this term before Paul wall's wack A** was even in the Rap Game! Houston Bit "What it do" from The Bay and tried to run with it and call it their own! Much like how the rest of Bay Area Slang is pirated! Slang Capitol USA is Da Bay! Frisco, Oaktown, V-Town, Sac-Town, San Jo, Da Rich... Ya'll can Borrow But GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE!!!
Original Meaning:
Ace: Dope scrapper Cutty, What It Do?
Smiley: Doughnuts Homie!
Ace: Do da danm thang then Pimpin', fo' them Penelopies come!
Later term:
Ace: Yo "What It Do" Homes?
Sleepy: Nothin' Homie, Just kickin' it!
Ace: Dope scrapper Cutty, What It Do?
Smiley: Doughnuts Homie!
Ace: Do da danm thang then Pimpin', fo' them Penelopies come!
Later term:
Ace: Yo "What It Do" Homes?
Sleepy: Nothin' Homie, Just kickin' it!
by Frisco Kid!
April 11, 2009
a form of greeting to other peers, transformed from the gretting what it do
what it does cuz whats up
made popular by famous rapper Rick Ross
made popular by famous rapper Rick Ross
by Trae Von Wynn
July 27, 2006
(one word) a greeting; to ask how one is doing, has been doing or plans to be doing.
Damn!! Shorty, I ain't seen you in a minute. Whatitdo, baby?
by Italy Jones
September 23, 2005


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Video: San Diego fireworks malfunction in big, fast flash
ASSOCIATED PRESS July 5, 2012 9:24AM
Updated: July 5, 2012 11:13AM
SAN DIEGO — The Fourth of July fireworks show above San Diego Bay was over before it was supposed to start after a malfunction caused the display that was planned to last nearly 20 minutes to burn up all at once.
The Coast Guard says the mishap occurred minutes before the scheduled opening of the Big Bay Boom show. Guard spokesman Rich Dann tells U-T San Diego he's never seen so many fireworks go off at one time.
The San Diego Fire Department says there were no injuries. More than 500,000 people witnessed the short-lived spectacle.
Show producer Garden State Fireworks has apologized, saying they're working to determine what "caused the entire show to be launched in about 15 seconds."
Video of the big, bright fizzle is glowing strong on YouTube.


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Peyton Manning Gone: Colts Owner Jim Irsay Had Decided To Cut Ties Weeks Ago
January 29, 2012
Is it true? Is Jim Irsay really going to release Peyton Manning, the quarterback that made the Colt's franchise relevant for all these years? Let's review. Aside from the NFL Super Bowl, the Peyton Manning ordeal with the Indianapolis Colts is the biggest and most talked about story in the … Continue reading


text: Maritime piracy [JURIST news archive] off the coast of African continues to be a global concern. In August, a Dutch court sentenced [JURIST report] five Somali men to prison terms ranging from four to seven years for acts of maritime piracy. In May, courts in both Spain and South Korea [JURIST reports] sentenced Somali pirates to life imprisonment. In April, a Somali pirate was sentenced [JURIST report] by the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] to 25 years in prison for attacking a Danish ship off the coast of Somalia in 2008, for which he and other pirates received a $1.7 million ransom.


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February 10, 2014
The campsite outside the Ministry of Justice of a group of people whose rights were violated during past military regimes in Bolivia was set on fire on 9 February.
February 8, 2014
High-school student Khaled Mohamed Bakara was released on bail of LE500 (US$72) by the Public Prosecution on 22 December 2013, his lawyer has told Amnesty International.
February 6, 2014
Two men in Zambia who are on trial for allegedly having sex "against the order of nature" are expecting a verdict on their case to be delivered on 25 February.
February 6, 2014
Yevgeniy Vitishko, an environmental activist in Sochi, was detained for petty hooliganism for allegedly swearing at a bus stop, likely in connection with his work as an environmental activist.


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The FAOSTAT Emissions Agriculture database provides country-level estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions based on FAOSTAT activity data and using Tier 1 computations, following 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. Technical details of specific activity data used and relevant computational steps employed are given in the Methodology and Quality Information section of the metadata for each of the sectors in the domain.
GHG Emissions from agriculture are dominated by non-CO2 gases methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) from crop and livestock production and management activities. Sources of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are mainly those from cultivated organic soils, reported for reason of consistency with IPCC, in the FAOSTAT Emissions Land Use domain under cropland. Currently the Emissions Agriculture domain in FAOSTAT does not include Prescribed Burning of Savannah.
The FAOSTAT Emissions Agriculture data contribute to IPCC WGIII Fifth Assessment Report, extending trend analysis of activity data and GHG emissions to the present time, as well as ensuring annual automatic updates in following years. In particular, from 1990 to 2010, agricultural emissions have increased by 0.7 percent annually, accelerating to 1.2 percent yr-1 in the most recent decade of 2000-2010.
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The FAOSTAT Emissions database can provide significant support to FAO member countries, along four key dimensions:
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Fred Wilson: A Web Without Tracking Technologies Would Kinda Suck
The government's announcement that they may create a Do Not Track registry for the web, similar to the offline Do Not Call system, has sent the digital advertising industry scrambling to clean its image.
But not everyone agrees that web tracking is an unqualified evil. This morning prominent New York VC Fred Wilson wrote Read More


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'Cleaning fairy' breaks into house to tidy up
Ohio woman pleads guilty to breaking and vacuuming.
Today we bring you a story that should go down in the annals of crime right alongside "Man Fixes Spare Tire for Stranger" and "Mom Baked Me A Pie."
A 53-year-old woman pleaded guilty to attempted burglary after she entered a house, tidied up a bit and left.
According to the Associated Press, Susan Warren of Elyria, Ohio, was apparently bored and later told authorities she just "wanted something to do." She entered the home of another Ohio woman named Sherry Bush and got to work.
The Cleaning Fairy, as Warren has been dubbed, washed some coffee cups, took out the trash, vacuumed and dusted. On the table she left a bill for $75, handwritten on a napkin and included her name and number.
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A quick online search reveals that Sue Warren Cleaning is listed on a small-business
Web page, though no details are available regarding her policy to call clients first or just huck a rock through a window. Sherry Bush, the devastated victim of the unsolicited cleaning, told NewsNet5 that she called the number on the napkin assuming the Warren had the wrong house, but the Cleaning Fairy replied, "I just stop and clean your house."
The channel reports a little more dirt on the story, too. Apparently, Bush's teenage daughter slept through the terrifying ordeal and was shocked to find the house mildly more in order when she awoke.
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Warren told authorities she "does this all the time." She chose the house at random and snapped on the cleaning gloves because she needed some extra cash. Nothing was taken from house, assuming you don't count dust bunnies.
A rogues' gallery of other dumb barely criminals from the past year includes:
• Edwin Tobergta, 32, of Ohio, arrested after engaging in sexual conduct with an inflatable pool raft. Previous charge: sexual conduct with an inflatable Halloween pumpkin.
• Lindsay Stevens of Tennessee, arrested after being seen cutting down a tree in his yard while buck naked.
• John Caruso, 26, of Florida, who had a clean record until he squirted liquid dish soap into his girlfriend's mouth for cursing.
• Joyce Coffey, 53, of New Hampshire, arrested three times within 26 hours for blasting the AC/DC song "Highway to Hell" (and a fourth time for flinging a frying pan at her nephew).
• James Gray, 68, of Florida, pulled over for his fifth DUI. Police caught him driving drunk on the wrong side of the road. On a lawnmower. In his defense, it was a really cool mower with a mounted sun umbrella.
Meanwhile, Sue, if you're still out there after you've completed your 20 hours of community service, please get in touch and I'll send along my address. The key is under the doormat.
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Fri, Aug 24, 2012
Unidentified driver strikes 15-year-old in Birch Bay, leaves scene
BREAKING: Restaurateur Jack Niemann to reopen CJ's Beach House
Community meeting will address recent Birch Bay break-ins
Wed, Aug 22, 2012
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Bay Crest community sees increase in home break-ins
Welcome to the Lighthouse, the official blog of The Northern Light newspaper. The Lighthouse is the place for some breaking news, previews of upcoming articles, smaller news items and some tidbits of local information that might not make it into the print edition of The Northern Light.
The Northern Light reporter Brandy Kiger will be the main contributor to The Lighthouse, but other staff from The Northern Light may add items from time to time.
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text: tjrap555 5pts John Kavanaugh (district 8) is against medical marijuana. He plans to propose a new bill to repeal the medical marijuana law. If you are a registered voter in district 8, please bombard his email, office, voice mail demanding that he drop his personal efforts to repeal a law that has been passed by the majority of voters in Arizona as a whole, has been signed into law by the Governor and is actually generating substantial revenue for the state. Unless he can produce the same (or more) income for the state then his efforts to repeal are not in the best interest of the state and in fact, he is working against the state which is harming the state in the long run. There is power in numbers, more power than all the money these politicians have to buy their seats. WE NEED TO BEAT THEM AT THEIR OWN GAME. VOTE, COMPLAIN, BE HEARD, BE A PEST! Write letters to the editor, document your disproval. These idiots are your representatives (like it or not), so make them represent your desires! If they don't then there is reason for recall, but you have to speak up! Don't wait for someone else. I'm just a little guy but I'm trying. I need your help.