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-First, there was the pantyhose. The last pair of pantyhose in the drawer, and silk ones at that. The last pair in the whole apartment, and considering the current state of Kendra's finances, the last one she'd be wearing until payday rolled around—and they had a run. Not a dinky, fix-it-with-a-dab-of-nail-polish sort of run, either. It was the kind of run that should be more truthfully described as a ladder, and a four-alarm fire engine ladder to boot.
Then there was the scorch mark on her silk blouse, a Japanese designer original, put there by Kendra herself when, in her irritation over the pantyhose, she'd accidentally set the iron to Wool rather than Silk. The mark snuggled in her left armpit, almost indiscernible, but it was a crime to ruin anything that gorgeous.
Naturally, when Kendra arrived at the towering Farrar-Chase building on Blackburn Boulevard, the elevator was down again. The cab sat forlornly in the lobby, its doors dismantled and its guts exposed, like the victim of a woeful accident. Workmen in blue coveralls stood around drinking coffee and solemnly contemplating the problem.
Kendra's workplace, the head office of the Wanderlust chain—renamed from Salomon's Travel and Tours a few months ago, when the new owner blew into town like a tornado—was on the sixteenth floor. Universe 3-Kendra nil. She sighed and began to climb the stairs.
By the time she reached her floor, it was nine-fourteen. Near the swinging glass doors, Mrs. Mertz was lurking, like a ferret who'd heard a rumor that there were nice fat mice on the loose. Lurking and smiling. No, not smiling, smirking. Her lipstick was a scary, bloodiedscarlet, the same shade she had been wearing for years. Kendra was sure it was the only color she owned. "Nine-fifteen," Mrs. Mertz said. She tapped her watch, in case Kendra hadn't cottoned to the fact that she was talking about the time.
"Fourteen," Kendra corrected, and pointed to the wall clock. Childish, she knew, but the woman always made her feel like a kid.
"Whatever. You're still late." Her too-long eye teeth were tipped with red.
Kendra suppressed a shudder and hurried to her desk, ripping off her favorite Hermès scarf and, more reluctantly, her gorgeous Balenciaga coat, as it bared her laddered stocking for all to see.
Then Iris walked in, and Kendra felt a thumping at her temple, like the band striking up moments before the Titanic hit the iceberg. She hadn't even had her coffee yet. Iris's homing device led her unerringly toward Kendra's cluttered desk. "Busy?" she asked, and sat without waiting for an answer.
Kendra liked Iris well enough. The older woman was as cheerful as they came, although her voice rose half an octave or so above the threshold of human tolerance. But, as many women did when they were flushed with the newfound joys of wifedom and motherhood, she waxed lyrical about the most un-settling things and did so at great length.
"Uh " Kendra hit the power button on her computer, knowing even as she did so that the old heap would take forever to get going. "A little," she hedged, all the while silently yelling, "Hurry, hurry! Boot up!"
Iris smelled of lavender bath salts and Cheez Whiz spread. She was wearing a necklace of spray-painted pasta elbows strung together with odd-shaped lumps of clay by her four-year-old. She wore it as reverently as if it were a string of pearls. On her right shoulder was the grubby handprint of her eighteen-month-old. It was Monday, and that inevitably meant Kendra would be treated to an expansive rundown of the weekend's antics by the tireless duo. She braced herself.
Iris leaned forward, eyes shining. "You won't believe this."
Try me, Kendra didn't say.
"Zachary did a huge poop last night."
Kendra nearly fell off her chair. "What?"
"He did a huge poop." She demonstrated with her hands— as if Kendra needed a visual. "And took his diaper off. All by himself. Then he showed it to us!"
Iris was smiling. Waiting for her to say something. Kendra coughed, searching for an appropriate response, but all she could come up with was, "Oh, really?"
"Right in the middle of Tony's cocktail party, would you believe it? Everyone was so impressed. He's so smart for his age. And then he marched inside, and brought out the tub of baby wipes."
Kendra fished frantically in her In-box. "Wonder if the mail guy passed," she said, a little louder than necessary. There was nothing there but today's paper. "Where is he?" All of a sudden the impending appearance—or inexplicable nonappearance— of the mail guy took on a disproportionate importance.
Iris amused herself during Kendra's mini panic attack by fiddling with the array of knickknacks littering the desk, an assortment of souvenirs from far-flung places in the world. They were gifts from Kendra's grateful clients for trips she had arranged. In the year or so since she moved here, she had become one of the best sales agents Salomon's Travel and Tours— or, rather, Wanderlust—had. She loved people, and it gave her the greatest pleasure to hand select the best holiday packages around for the company's small list of wealthy and fussy clients. They'd been assigned to her since her promotion from sales representative to special accounts executive.
The computer finally obliged and chimed out its little welcome. Kendra tried not to look too relieved. This minor but significant event had no effect whatsoever on Iris, who had moved from a purple koala from New Zealand to a small Bahraini hookah made of brass. Kendra tried again. "Busy around here, huh?" That was when she noticed that, far from being simply a broad hint, her comment was disconcertingly true.
She looked around. A soft buzz hovered above the heads of the employees occupying the twenty or so cubicles on the floor. Many were on their phones, and from the low, excited chatter, she suspected they were talking to each other.
"You betcha, it's busy! Hammond's snarling mad. He's got poor Petreena jumping through hoops. Making phone calls, running around looking for documents something's going down. And from what I hear, it isn't pretty."
Kendra felt a chilly dread settle upon her shoulders. She looked up. One of Shel Salomon's brilliant ideas had been to erect the CEO's office on a huge loft overlooking the general working area, and to construct it almost entirely of glass. That way, he could—and frequently did—sit at his desk and look out onto the floor, like a lion on a hillock surveying his pride.
The disadvantage, as Trey Hammond learned, was that, while the occupant watched his staff, they could—and frequently did—watch him. Because the new owner was a looker. With his long legs and lean, athletic build, he was the hottest stranger to ride into Santa Amata in ages. He had dark brown hair with a hint of warm highlights, skin the exact color of the filling in a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, and charcoal gray eyes—gray eyes! And—the girls sighed—he had the most beautiful smile.
When he'd arrived, the whole office—practically the whole building—had gone into a frenzy of speculative whispers. Half the unmarried women, and a few of the married ones, related breathlessly to each other the details of their briefest encounters. In the elevator, in the lounge, at the cooler or the coffee-maker—everyone wanted to know who this newcomer was. And why hadn't he crashed into their lives earlier?
He was up in his glass box now, and Iris was right, he didn't look happy. Kendra watched with growing unease as he paced the carpeted floor, arms outstretched, gesticulating forcefully as he talked. Even from all the way down here, he was larger than life. The fine tailoring of his navy suit emphasized his height, and his obvious agitation made him seem to fill the large office. Hammond's executive assistant, Petreena Rai, swayed as she tried to continue facing her boss, even as he wore a path into the gold rug.
Kendra began to feel ill. "What d'you think he's mad about?"
Iris leaned forward. "Talk around the water cooler says he was in all weekend with the external auditors."
Auditors? Oh no.
"Talk says someone's been robbing the company blind!" Iris waited eagerly for Kendra's scandalized reaction, maybe for a little more information to feed back into the rumor mill.
Oh God. I'm going to throw up.
Head hurting, mouth dry, Kendra stood and wheeled past Iris, her only thought being to make it to the bathroom before she embarrassed herself.
Iris swiveled in her chair, concerned. "What's wrong?"
Bathroom, Kendra thought. Bathroom!
"Need some water? You aren't " she looked around to see if anyone was listening, and then hissed in a voice that would unavoidably be heard by anyone who was, "You aren't pregnant, are you?"
Kendra managed to shake her head. Her phone started ringing.
"Want me to answer that? Want a paper bag for your head?"
Only if it comes with a cyanide pill, Kendra thought.
The phone stopped ringing. Kendra evaded Iris and hurried up the corridor. The ladies' room, and refuge, were in sight. Mrs. Mertz loomed, cutting off any hope of escape. "Miss Forrest! Didn't you hear your phone?"
"No, I " Kendra answered weakly. "I uh was on my way to the ladies' room. I didn't—"
"I was calling you."
"I'm sorry?"
"Mr. Hammond wants to see you in his office." This seemed to make her extremely happy.
Kendra hesitated, looking past the woman's angular shoulder to the swinging door with its familiar icon, a white-painted female in a triangular skirt. Had she been three seconds faster, she would have been on the other side of that door.
Mrs. Mertz followed Kendra's longing gaze to the bathroom door. "You're just going to have to hold it."
Just going to have to hold it? On any other day, she would have laughed off the directive, suggested to Mrs. Mertz that a cup of tea might improve her mood, and continued on her intended trajectory.
But not today.
Wordlessly, she turned, the terror that had replaced her initial dread eliminating any need to hit the bathroom anyway. She walked back into the main working area. Past her own desk. Mercifully, Iris had left. As she mounted the curved staircase leading to the CEO's office, she wondered briefly what Marie Antoinette must have felt like as she climbed the scaffold. At least the peasants weren't hurling insults and rotten cabbages in her general direction. Yet.
The big glass door was etched with the words, Trey Hammond, Chief Executive Officer. Beyond it, she could see Hammond and Petreena. The latter was still agitatedly clutching her notepad, reading aloud from it. The former had stopped pacing, and was standing stock still. He was looking right at her.
In one imperious gesture, he motioned for her to enter. The soft pile of the carpet was familiar, as were the warm earth tones of the decor—harvest gold and pumpkin, olive green and cranberry. That was one thing Hammond hadn't gotten around to changing in the rampage of evaluation and modification he'd gone on.
The warmth of the office was in stark contrast to the demeanor of its occupant. Trey Hammond couldn't have been thirty-five, but his conservative suit made him seem older. His face was as somber as a graveyard. "Miss Forrest?" he confirmed.
"Yes." By rights, she should have extended her hand to shake his, but something told her he wouldn't be keen on taking it. She kept it at her side.
"Have a seat," he said. It was not a request.
In spite of her churning stomach, Kendra raised her head and held his stare. "I prefer to stand."
He lifted his shoulders and let them fall. "Suit yourself." The desk between them was littered with files, documents, and boxes of papers. Right before him, however, in a clear space among the rubble, was a manila folder.
He opened it and removed a single sheet of paper, glanced at it, and lifted his eyes to hers. The much-discussed gray eyes were now a flat, cold, gunmetal gray that sent chills down Kendra's back. Hammond held the document out to her.
When she didn't take it, he set it down, turning it around so she could read it. It was printed on the letterhead of a large and respected auditing firm, and appeared to be the cover sheet of the report that still lay in the folder. The word "fraud" leaped out at her.
When Hammond spoke again, she couldn't bear to look up. His voice was clipped, cold and disdainful. "Miss Forrest," he began, "can you give me one good reason I shouldn't call the police?"
Deny, deny, deny. The liar's mantra. Even in the face of overwhelming evidence of your guilt, deny. But she was a lousy liar. Hell, she wasn't even a good thief. The piece of paper between them was a stark, accusing white. She looked away. As she did so, she caught sight of Petreena, standing anxiously nearby, head dipped, avoiding the unpleasant scene.
Kendra tried to catch her eye, pleading silently for the smallest gesture of support, but Petreena determinedly avoided her. If there was to be any tarring and feathering, she was loath to come anywhere near the brush.
Hammond caught the wordless exchange, and was merciful, at least toward Petreena. "Miss Rai, would you leave us?"
Petreena was off like a bullet, scurrying as fast as her pencil skirt—an excellent Givenchy knockoff that would have fooled anyone who didn't have Kendra's discerning eye— would let her.
Then Kendra and Hammond were alone. More damning papers appeared from some infernal place. Kendra recognized most of them.
"As you've probably heard, I've been meeting with managers, examining the books, and conducting a series of audits." He waved his hand. "Standard procedure after any takeover. Helps me understand where the company is and decide how I'm going to take it where I want. One of the auditors noticed something."
He stabbed at a piece of paper with a long finger. "Over the past few months, five payment vouchers were made up to cash, signed off and settled. All were charged to accounts you're responsible for, but my auditors inform me there's no way of determining whether the services being invoiced were rendered. Have they?"
Kendra said nothing.
"You should know, Miss Forrest. The signature on the vouchers is yours, I presume?" He waved one of the documents before her face. She flinched, but didn't need to look at it. Instead, she nodded.
"Have these services been rendered?" He didn't raise his voice, but the dangerous chill conveyed his anger. "Because if you're unable to verify otherwise, I'll have to assume the beneficiary of these payments—fourteen thousand, six hundred and eleven dollars in payments—is you."
Kendra expelled the breath she'd been holding. It hurt.
"So, let me ask you once again, is there any reason, any reason you can give me, why I shouldn't call the police?"
"Don't," she managed. "Please."
"Why not?"
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I like this author but did not like this story... I don't like angry characters... it's not romantic at all.... AT ALL.... Yet the storyline had SOOO much potential!! if not for anger issues....Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.
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Good read, Trey was one of those sweet shy characters that you can't help fall in love with Kendra means well but goes about it the wrong way. Trey mothers she was a doll (kind of a spoiler dont read) but I was sad for her in the end. all in all good readWas this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.
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I picked up this book and started reading it and couldnt put it down.. Read it in one week. It was a good book, and felt like it was happening to me...FantasticWas this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.
This is my second book by Simona Taylor and she didn't disappoint me. Ms. Taylor has the talent of keeping you captivated. There is one part of the book I felt was unbelievable. i.e. who clears a debt of $14,000 in exchange to play make-believe girlfriend for 2 weeks? I guess that's why they call it fiction.... Anyway, don't let that statement deter you from reading the book. Ms. Taylor is a very good writer and overall the book is a good read.Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.
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I read so very much and I guess that I expect a lot out of the books. i tell you there are some very good authors out there and they have wonderful talent. Anyway, I guess the reason why ;I am disappointed is because when I actually finished I was looking for more, I couldn't believe it was over. I guess it was slow and when you were near the end it seemed like, "now it's getting good", but it's too late now. It's unfortunate because I thought a lot of things about some of the books I've read but I had to comment on this. Good Luck with the next novel by Ms. Taylor.Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.
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Launching the Nation's First True Left-Right Alliance to Cleanup Washington and Defeat Political Corruption at Every Level of American Government.
Where: The Capitol Center for the Arts
When: January 8-10, 2016
Why: To Rebuild Democracy / Save the Republic
Everybody knows that the American political system is corrupt. But progressives and conservatives are too busy attacking each other to do anything constructive about it. The special interests and the partisans who love power more than they love their country have us right where they want us: at each other's throats.
Yes, principled progressives and principled conservatives are never going to agree on the proper role and size of government. But we do agree that principles - and not interests - should drive public policy. We should not let the Washington establishment play us against each other when it comes to cleaning up our corrupt political system. We must unite in a provisional alliance to rebuild our democracy / save our republic.
Ultimately we will need a Clean Government Amendment to the US Constitution that encompasses the reforms that both progressives and conservatives care about most. In fact, we largely agree on the objectives. Americans of all political persuasions demand legislation uncorrupted by special interests, citizen government and fair elections. Only by working together will we discover the power to succeed.
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Winter!: Prepare for holiday gaming!
Guild Rules & Regulations?
What are your guild rules?
Have you ever needed to enforce a rule by removing a member?
Have potential recruits balked because of any of your rules?
I'm just curious as to how others are doing it. I've seen guilds with 15-page bylaws, whereas mine is the opposite.
Nuke has one rule: No Drama. Usually if one of my officers catches someone causing problems, they'll issue a warning. I no longer bother with warnings. It's usually within 24 of an initial problem that somebody decides to run their mouth again.
I've had to kick maybe four people over the last decade.
We don't have any rules in our guild except 1. Since our guild is founded on pagan philosophies...our on rule is
"An it harm none, do what thou wilt."
It helps that we're an adult-only guild. We don't censor guild chat or our ventrilo server. We've had only 2 or 3 instances of people being asked to leave over 7 years.
hehe, check these out.
In Section One we had three rules: no swearing, no whining, no smacktalking/board warrioring. Later when we were a huge multi-game guild people wanted more rules so we invented Section One Law.
Recently I started a new guild with no rules. I got tired of enforcing them. More, I got tired of explaining them to people who don't know or care about the glorious past of Section One and its hard won reputation.
In Ventrilo, I just tell the kids not to say stuff to me they would not say to their mother, cause I am older than their mother and I know she's right about stuff anyway.
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Our CoC is no swearing/1337/dewd talk, sharing stuff and helping each other out. Uh-oh, almost forgot, no-drama, whining or immature behaviour etc, known some for being kicked for that. We got more applications then we can process anyways.
Result being, we are now closed for recruitment and the core of our guild is getting ready for anything, be it raiding, PvP or RP. These are people I can count on, levelheaded in a fight and the difference with playing with them vs. your average PUG is immense. Something I could not separate in GW hehe.
We only have 4 rules. Number 4 is a good catch-all. We've had to remove 2 people for breaking the rules in the last 4 years.
Regiment Laws
Required of all in the Circle of Trust
Circle of Trust is a regiment of friends, minds, personalities and values. Our diversification makes us strong, but it is still important to agree and abide by a few core guidelines of behavior. Each member is a representative of CoT everyday. It is important to remember that your actions reflect directly upon CoT's reputation and should do so favorably. As a member, it is your responsibility to understand, support and abide by these laws:
1. Mythic - Anything Mythic has deemed a bannable offense will cause you to be removed from the regiment.
2. Language - Use of language that is racist and/or sexist will not be tolerated. It is improper behavior to use profanity in any form of public communication. Public communication is defined as say, yell and broadcast.
3. Begging - Begging is not allowed. A regiment member may request assistance at any time, but no member should ever feel obligated to comply. There is a difference between begging and requesting. You are expected to know that difference, as your words are open to interpretation by others online.
4. Respect - Respect your fellow players. Everyone has paid the same account user fees and their playtime should be respected in the gaming environment as such.
If you are accused of being in violation of a law, your case will be decided by the Core Council. You will be given the right to speak in your defense. The punishment, if any, is indisputable once decided upon.
I personally prefer the badkarma rules:
1) Help pay the bills
2) Don't bring shame on the name
3) Respect
If someone can't extrapolate acceptable behavior from that, why would I want them around?
Personally, I try to weed out alot of the people that make a multitude of rules necessary at recruitment...I also make sure the whole guild knows of the heavy emphasis placed upon attitude and manner for potential new members - what this does is create an atmosphere wherein all members get along to varying degrees. When problems do come up, the members with the issue almost always inform me they have an issue, who its with, and what its about. This is not a rule or anything I have had a hand in creating, but it allows me to sort out the issue without elevation of the problem.
All of this, in turn, along with running drills with different members each time, creates an environment that feels unconfined and rule-free, while still being strict where it needs to, and a sense of comraderie. The biggest hurdle is, however, I have to watch myself and my actions very carefully. If I ever vary and become uneven, it would create an atmosphere of uncertainty and isolation.
My members know precisely what to expect from me, what is expected of them, and I have not stated a single rule. Lets see how long it lasts, though =)
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The Communist Party of India has suggested that the government call a meeting of Chief Ministers, especially of those States where manual scavenging is prevalent, to work on measures to eradicate it.
Reminding the government of its January 2011 announcement to conduct a fresh survey in the country to identify locations of dry latrines and the number of manual scavengers in the country, party MP D. Raja said, "it is a shame to note that even after 13 months the process has not begun.''
Taking part in a debate on the motion of thanks to the President's address in the Rajya Sabha recently, Mr. Raja said the country had five Prime Ministers since 1993 and all of them promised to eradicate the inhuman and illegal practice of manual scavenging.
"Our current Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced in June, 2011 that within six months, i.e. by the end of the year 2011 manual scavenging will be eradicated from the country…the government of India should reply,'' he said.
The President had said the government would introduce a new Bill in Parliament for eliminating both manual scavenging and insanitary latrines. She also said provision would be made for proper rehabilitation of manual scavengers in alternative occupations so that they were able to lead a life of dignity.
"What are we telling the people? The government goes on giving promises, and breaking promises. I am talking about the most downtrodden, the most deprived section of our society, the manual scavengers. Everybody agrees it is a shame to have manual scavenging in the 21{+s}{+t}century. India claims that it is an emerging power. No, it is not an emerging power; it has already emerged as a power. But this is the condition of these people," he said.
Referring to the practice, he said Railways were the single biggest employer of manual scavengers and must initiate immediately a time-bound programme to end this practice.


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Helen Gee, 85, whose Limelight Gallery in New York's Greenwich Village in the 1950s blazed a trail for the selling of photography as art, died Sunday at a Manhattan hospice. The cause of death was not reported.
Gee opened Limelight in 1954, showing works by photographers as diverse as Ansel Adams and Laszlo Maholy-Nagy, and set a standard for photography galleries that followed.
Gee was born Helen Charlotte Wimmer in Jersey City, N.J. She moved to New York City at the age of 16 to live with Yun Gee, a modernist painter. They married in 1942, but after he turned violent and was diagnosed with schizophrenia, she left with their daughter, Li-Ian.
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They are to be equipped with facilities to impart job-oriented training
Employment generation in rural areas is still a challengeBecause of the high salaries offered by the IT sector, the manufacturing sector is facing a shortage of specialised workforce
CHENNAI: The Central Government has decided to declare 500 ITI s across the country as centres of excellence and equip them with facilities to impart job-oriented training to youth, Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment, said on Friday.
The UPA Government had made efforts to implement a Skill Development Initiative to impart vocational guidance and training to one million youth in the next five years, he said while addressing the 86th annual general meeting of The Employers' Federation of Southern India.
The flow of foreign direct investment into the country had provided a huge opportunity for the country's vast pool of employable workforce. However, employment generation in rural areas was still a challenge. As on August 31 last year, a total of 398.15 lakh jobseekers had registered at employment exchanges across the country.
Keeping in tune with the UPA government's Gommon minimum programme, the Labour Ministry was adopting a consensual approach while bringing about changes in labour laws. The latest round of discussions among the various stakeholders was held on June 21 and 22 and all efforts were being made to sort out the differences between the partners, Mr. Sahu added.
The advent of globalisation had brought in the need for immediate reforms in labour laws, R.C. Mall, president, EFSI, said. Areas that needed immediate attention were skill training, increasing labour costs and unorganised labour. Due to the high emoluments being offered by the IT sector, the manufacturing sector was facing a shortage of specialised workforce.
The Central Government should adopt a more flexible stand in labour issues and introduce necessary amendments to the various laws in consultation with the employers organisations and trade unions, he added.


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Maryland Gets $10M To Widen Road At Fort Meade
The Maryland Department of Transportation will receive $10 million in federal money to widen a road at Fort Meade to reduce traffic congestion.
Sept. 11 War Crimes Judge Ponders Way Forward
A war-crimes judge at Guantanamo Bay is pondering the way forward for five detainees accused in the Sept. 11 attacks after ordering a separate trial for one of them.
Hearing For Cole Bombing Suspect Continues
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — The Guantanamo detainee accused of orchestrating the 2000 attack on the USS Cole in Yemen is asking a military judge to order an MRI of his brain. The judge for […]
Cole Attack Suspect Presses US For Secret Records
A Guantanamo detainee accused of orchestrating the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole is pressing his demand for documents detailing his treatment while he was held for several years in secret CIA prisons.
Big Development At MARC Station Near Fort Meade
Maryland Transportation Secretary James Smith is joining other state, local and Fort Meade officials in breaking ground for a $180 million development to serve the growing number of people using MARC commuter rail service near the Army installation.
5 Fort Meade Homes Evacuated After Mortar Round Is Found
Army officials say five homes at Fort Meade were evacuated briefly after a World War II-era mortar round was found during construction work.
WWII Era Mortar Discovered In Fort Meade Neighborhood
Utility workers make an alarming discovery in a Fort Meade neighborhood: an unexploded ordnance in the ground.
Airman Awarded For Bravery 4 Years After Military Chopper Crash
Hero's honor. A four year wait to receive the Soldier's Medal finally comes to an end for a military photojournalist stationed in Afghanistan.
Officials Fear More Were Victimized At Fort Meade
The Justice Department is urging parents of children who attended the Fort Meade Youth Center to talk to their children after a former counselor was charged with child sexual abuse.
Former Counselor Accused Of Sexual Abuse At Fort Meade To Face Judge
Facing a judge. A man who worked with children — accused of sex abuse inside the Fort Meade military base. He will appear in court Friday on charges he abused two boys.
Former Youth Center Worker At Fort Meade Charged With Sex Abuse
A former youth center worker at Fort Meade has been charged with sexually abusing a minor who took part in after-school programs the worker conducted.
A former youth center worker at Fort Meade has been charged with sexually abusing a minor who took part in after-school programs the worker conducted.


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As the results suggest, fantasy plays a role in many Americans' sex lives. Among sexually active adults, 51 percent (men and women alike) say they talk with their partner about their fantasies in order to enhance their sex lives. And as noted, men are more likely to fantasize about threesomes, an unexpected sexual encounter with someone new, or cheating on their spouses.
Looking at pornographic Web sites likewise attracts more men. Fewer men or women fantasize about sex outdoors (likely because so many have done it), or sex at work.
Fantasized About...
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The role of fantasy in a happy sex life is not clear-cut. Discussing fantasies does lend itself to excitement: Forty-four percent of couples who talk about their fantasies call their sex lives very exciting, compared with 28 percent of those who don't. People who discuss their fantasies with their partner are also 10 points more apt to enjoy sex a great deal. But they're just six points more apt to be very satisfied with their sex life, and no more likely to be satisfied with their marriage or committed relationship.
A regression analysis (measuring the effect of one factor by controlling for the influence of others) finds that factors related to Americans' satisfaction with their sex lives include how exciting they rate their sex lives, their frequency of sex (especially for married men), how regularly they experience orgasms, whether they're married or in a committed relationship and, only for people in a relationship, their lifetime number of sex partners (more partners is related to less satisfaction).
Positive contributors to an "exciting" sex life include wearing something sexy, discussing fantasies, age (excitement diminishes with age), being married or in a committed relationship, and frequency of orgasms.
On the negative side, sexual excitement declines with the duration of a marriage or committed relationship -- losing the spark. Nonetheless, people who are married or in a committed relationship still are more likely to be satisfied with their sex lives than those who are not in such a relationship, controlling for other factors such as age and frequency of sex.
Items missing from the list of contributors to a satisfying (rather than exciting) sex life also are notable; age, for example, is not a significant predictor. (That's limited of course to people who are active sexually, which excludes most senior citizens.)
Another regression analysis finds that Americans' satisfaction with their sex lives is a significant predictor of their satisfaction with their marriages or committed relationships. Satisfaction with family lives, and to a lesser degree with finances and social lives, also predict satisfaction with marriage, while satisfaction with health and work do not.
While directionality is hard to establish, it seems more plausible that satisfaction with sex fuels satisfaction with marriage than the reverse. That's because more people are very satisfied with their marriages than are very satisfied with their sex lives. If satisfaction with marriage drove satisfaction with sex, this gap would not exist.


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Photoshop Hell: The Worst, Most Hilariously Bad Album Covers Of All Time- By Bossip Staff Categories: For Your Viewing Pleasure, News, Oldie but Goodie
Skillet & Leroy – The Okra Eaters – We think that "okra" might be code for something else. But why would you want to reference a hoo-ha as okra of all things?! That just doesn't make any man want to come anywhere near it. Ewwwww.


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Coleman Public Library Summer Reading Program
Library staff and the Summer Reading Program Committee members are excited to promote learning through a full schedule of programs and activities in the month of June surrounding the themes, "Every Hero has a Story" (children) and "Unmask" (teens). Children and teens will have a chance to explore heroes in their many different forms.
Activities kick off June 3rd, 2015 at 9:00 am, with registration. Friends of the Library will provide a special program "Zooniversity", The Teaching Zoo that comes to you! (Registration will continue when the program is finished.) Friends will provide cookies and punch.
Zooniversity is a traveling wildlife education company, that introduces children and adults to the fascinating world of animals. Programs are carefully crafted to educate, as well as to entertain. Zooniversity is setting the standard in wildlife ed-zoo-cation!
Reading programs will be held each Wednesday, June 10th and 17th. *PLEASE NOTE there will a time change for grade levels.
1st & 2nd grades will begin at 9:30 AM and end by 10:30 AM.
3rd, 4th & 5th grades will begin at 10:00 AM and end by 11:45 AM.
"Unmasked" (Teen), Youth Book Club, will meet on Wednesday's and their program will begin 11:00 AM and end by 12:00 noon.
Toddler/Pre-K & Kindergarten ages will begin 2:00 PM and end when each child has finished their craft or project.
For each grade level a "schedule of events" and "reading requirements" will be handed out to children or parents at registration. Programs will include stories, crafts and activities. There will be a coloring contest for each grade level and winners will receive a prize.
FAMILY MOVIE DAY will be held June 20th, 10:00 AM. Friends invite children and parents to enjoy the movie "Big Hero 6" in the library Community Room. Friends will provide free popcorn and drinks for the event.
Friends are excited to welcome Hometown Hero, Shilo Harris as guest speaker for Awards Day, June 24th, beginning at 10:00 AM. Reading certificates, top reading awards and grand prizes will be given away. Friends will provide refreshments of a "Hero" cake, ice cream and punch.
"I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people." Maya Angelou.
Committee members for the 2015 Summer Reading Program are: Sandra Rose, Jessica Phillips, Sarah Beal, Bridgett Wakefield, Sandra Stith, Mona Turner, and Debbie Faries.
For additional information or questions contact the circulation desk or phone 325-625-3043, during regular library hours.


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Little Benefit From Whole-Body CT Scans
The costly procedure won't significantly boost life expectancy, expert says
HealthDayNews — It sounds like a good idea: Regular computed tomography (CT) scans of the entire body, looking for aberrations that might signal early signs of disease.
But a new study suggests these scans — which cost about $900 apiece — do little to boost long-term health, and might even undermine patient care.
The study found that whole-body scans added just six days of life expectancy to the average 50-year-old male patient, and that each scan came with a high risk for false-positive findings that might necessitate further, expensive tests.
"A very substantial portion of the total program cost would be related, then, to the work-up of these false positives, of absolutely no benefit to the patient," explained lead researcher Dr. G. Scott Gazelle, a professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School.
One expert radiologist disagreed with Gazelle's conclusions, however.
Dr. Michael Brant-Zawadzki, medical director of radiology at Hoag Memorial Hospital, in Newport Beach, Calif., believes full-body scans are still useful in "capturing people's attention to the concept of screening for highly prevalent disease such as heart disease, lung and colon cancer at earlier stages."
The findings appear in the February issue of Radiology.
Over the past few years, private radiology centers specializing in full-body CT examinations have sprung up across the country. According to Gazelle, consumers can expect to spend an average of $900 each for these scans, which are typically not covered by Medicare or private health plans.
"At the time they were introduced, there was a lot of marketing, of course," Gazelle said. "But there was also concern that there really wasn't any evidence that this was beneficial."
Because a real-life study into the cost and benefits was not feasible, the Harvard team turned instead to a detailed mathematical model to help determine the cost-effectiveness of full-body scans.
The model "looked at eight conditions commonly said to be evaluable by whole-body CT," Gazelle said. "We then ran hypothetical cohorts of half a million people through this model, and calculated [added] life expectancy and costs for that cohort."
The results, according to Gazelle, were less than impressive. In one model — involving 50-year-old American males screened for a variety of cancers and cardiovascular disease — CT scans added just six days to overall lifespan, the researchers found.
Gazelle also noted that single-organ CT scans looking for specific diseases typically carry more than a 10 percent rate of false-positive findings — tissue aberrations that appear suspicious but prove to be benign. Because the full-body scan used in the model was designed to spot eight different conditions, the Harvard team calculated its potential false-positive rate at over 90 percent.
"So, let's say somebody has a false-positive result on a whole-body CT scan," Gazelle said. "They then come in [to their doctor] and need perhaps three follow-up tests for $10,000 worth of additional work-up. Well, the health-care system is going to pay for that, and that drives everyone's costs up."
According to the researchers, the full-body scan's net gain of six days of life per user would cost each patient $2,513, on average. Burdens on the health-care system would be even greater — Gazelle's team calculated that the amount of full-body screening needed to gain one patient one extra year of life would cost the U.S. health-care system $151,000. That figure exceeds the cost of most health-care interventions currently funded in this country, he said.
Even patients whose scans show no apparent problems may lose in the long run, Gazelle said. "There's reason to believe that people would do this [scan] and then not participate in other health-care interventions that are known to be beneficial," he said.
But Brant-Zawadzki believes full-body scans can still play a key role in the early detection of disease. "The whole concept of screening, for me, is one of raising people's consciousness about the fact that there's now a tool available to detect three of the major killers in our society — heart disease, lung cancer and colon cancer," he said.
And he remains dubious that any mathematical model can accurately assess the usefulness of a procedure that's only been available to patients for the past few years. "You can't really do a cost-effectiveness analysis on a test that hasn't been truly evaluated," Brant-Zawadzki said. In a mathematical model, researchers by necessity make "major assumptions," he added.
But Gazelle countered that this type of modeling has a long, respected history in scientific research. "Decision models have been used to guide public policy, in cardiovascular disease, cancers and other diseases, for the last 20 or 30 years," he said.
He believes the findings could help dampen public enthusiasm for full-body scans.
"Basically, I think whole-body CT scanning preys on the worried well," Gazelle said. "That's what many of these centers wanted early on. They made people happy that they didn't have anything, they told them they were fine, and collected the money."
More information
To learn more about whole-body CT scanning, visit the Radiological Society of North America.


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In recognition of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Magic Johnson stopped by Howard University Hospital in Northwest Washington Thursday.
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Some items of historical significance may be classified as national treasures. One such treasure is a 1750 J.B. Guadagnini violin, purchased by an institutional benefactor and donated to the National Arts Council in 2000. The instrument has since been lent to Singaporean violinists making their mark in the global scene. It now rests in the deserving hands of 30-year-old Tang Tee Khoon.
Having won the grand prize for all-round best musician at the 1993 National Music Competition at age nine, Tang has gone on to become a chamber musician of the highest order. Her latest concert, one centred on Russian music, also showed she has matured beyond raw prodigious talent to something truly transcendent.
Despite her petite built, she exuded a big and brawny tone on the violin, one capable of cutting through plangent piano textures and capaciously filling the hall. In Prokofiev's Second Violin Sonata, she alternated between its bittersweet reminiscences and mercurial dervishes so expertly and confidently without as much as breaking into a sweat.
She brought out the requisite shades and nuances of Tchaikovsky's Souvenir D'un Lieu Cher (Memory Of A Beloved Place), three pieces which progress from serious melancholy to salon lightness. Through these, an unfailingly singing tone happily co-existed with an iron-clad technique and razor-keen responses.
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Winners of the 75th National Headliner Awards
Winners of the 75th annual National Headliner Awards, sponsored by The Press Club of Atlantic City, N.J., by category, followed by second- and third-place finishers:
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Writing and Reporting
Spot news: The Wall Street Journal, "Crisis on Wall Street"; Detroit Free Press, "A Mayor in Crisis"; St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Kirkwood Shootings."
News beat coverage or continuing story: The Chicago Tribune, Paul Salopek, "America's Hidden Wars in Africa"; The Boston Globe, Staff Entry, "Madoff"; The Wall Street Journal, Staff Entry, "Financial Crisis."
News Series, circulation up to 75,000: The Frederick (Md.) News-Post, Staff Entry, "Domestic Violence"; Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D., Steve Young and Lara Neel, "Reservation Suicide Surge"; Yakima (Wash.) Herald-Republic, Leah Beth Ward, "Hidden Wells, Dirty Water."
News Series, circulation over 75,000: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jan Uebelherr, "Ambassador Mahal"; Chicago Tribune, Staff Entry, "Domestic Violence"; Los Angeles Times, Jason Felch and Maura Dolan, "Genes as Evidence."
Local interest column on a variety of subjects: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Daniel Bice, "No Quarter"; Detroit Free Press, Mitch Albom; Chicago Tribune, John Kass, "Politics, Chicago and Obama."
Special or feature column on one subject: The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, Regina Brett, "The Inheritance"; St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times, John Pendygraft, "Paycheck to Paycheck"; St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times, Jeff Klinkenberg, "Real Florida."
Editorial writing: Detroit Free Press, editorial board; Arkansas (Little Rock, Ark.) Democrat-Gazette, David Barham; The (Glens Falls, N.Y.) Post-Star, Mark Mahoney.
Sports column: The Kansas City (Mo.) Star, Joe Posnanski; Detroit Free Press, Mitch Albom; The Oregonian, John Canzano.
Sports writing: The Boston Globe, Dan Shaughnessy; The (Louisville, Ky.) Courier-Journal, Jennie Rees, Andrew Wolfson and Greg Hall, "Tragedy on the Track"; San Diego Union-Tribune, Brent Schrotenboer.
Feature writing on a variety of subjects: St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times, Lane DeGregory; The Philadelphia Inquirer, Melissa Dribben; The Associated Press, Ted Anthony.
Business news coverage: The Miami Herald, Jack Dolan, Matthew Haggman, Rob Barry, "Borrowers Betrayed"; The Boston Globe, Farah Stockman, "Multinational Corporations Get Around U.S. Laws"; USA Today, Gary Stoller, "Airlines Rising Fares."
Education writing: The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, Scott Stephens and Edith Starzyk, "Putting Teachers to the Test"; The Oregonian, Amy Hsuan, Melissa Navas, Bill Graves, "Disciplining Oregon Teachers"; Newsday of Melville, N.Y., Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, "School Lunch on LI."
Health/medical/science writing: The Miami Herald, Jay Weaver, "South Florida's Medicare Racket"; The (Minneapolis) Star Tribune, Josephine Marcotty, Chen May Yee, Warren Wolfe, Maura Lerner, "Your Choice: Health Care's New Era"; The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, John Mangels.
Environmental reporting: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Dan Egan, "Great Lakes, Great Peril"; The Philadelphia Inquirer, John Shiffman, John Sullivan, Tom Avril, "Smoke and Mirrors"; The (Columbia, S.C.) State, Sammy Fretwell, John Monk, Eileen Waddell, "DHEC Under Fire."
Investigative reporting: Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, Ames Alexander, Kerry Hall, Franco Ordonez, "The Cruelest Cuts"; The Washington Post, Debbie Cenziper and Sarah Cohen, "Forced Out"; The Associated Press, Jeff Donn, Martha Mendoza, Justin Pritchard, "PharmaWater."
Public service, First Place and Grand Award winner-news division: Detroit Free Press, Staff Entry, "Mayor in Crisis"; Newsday, Melville, N.Y., Sandra Peddie and Eden Laikin, "The Pension and Privileges Jackpot"; USA Today, (McLean, Va.) Blake Morrison and Brad Heath, "Smokestack Effect."


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Pillsbury Bake-Off® Contest FYI: For Your Inspiration

 Final 100 recipes of nation's premier cooking competition showcase latest food trends, recipes now available on www.bakeoff.com

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Pillsbury Bake-Off® Contest FYI: For Your Inspiration10:15 EST Friday, January 06, 2012 MINNEAPOLIS (Business Wire) -- From easy-to-enjoy breakfast treats to favorite family dinners with a twist, today's top amateur cooks know creative, simple recipe ideas can't be beat. Reflecting these popular tastes and trends, the 100 original recipes vying for the $1 million grand prize in the 45th Pillsbury Bake-Off® Contest are ready to inspire cooks at www.bakeoff.com. "Our final 100 recipes truly represent the diverse flavors of American cooking and baking," said Jann Atkins, Pillsbury Bake-Off® Kitchens Manager. "With fresh, innovative solutions that are sure to appeal to families everywhere, these recipes really are easy wows." The creators of the final 100 Bake-Off® recipes will compete March 25-27, 2012, in Orlando at the contest finals in one of four categories: Breakfast & Brunches; Entertaining Appetizers; Dinner Made Easy™; or Sweet Treats. The 100 final recipes represent popular food trends that can be grouped into four themes – Bake-Off® FYI – for your inspiration. Modern Classics Today's comfort foods don't necessarily resemble the traditional dishes our parents and grandparents served, but they are equally as loved. Many Bake-Off® finalists offered a creative take or ethnic flair on the classics, infusing vibrant Mediterranean, Indian and Asian flavors. "Like a classic car or timeless fashion, some recipes will never go out of style," Atkins said. "But we saw a number of dishes – even the beloved pot pie – updated for modern-family tastes. Finalists also weren't afraid to layer flavors and blend spices to get just the right result," Atkins said. For example, try some of these finalist recipes, now available at bakeoff.com: Cranberry-Orange Baklava Pinwheels: Change up classic Greek baklava with a flaky Pillsbury® pie crust version drizzled with honey. Carrot Cake Tart: Love carrot cake? Love pie? Bake them together in an ultimate dessert with cream cheese frosting and over-the-top caramel drizzle! Thai Chicken Subs: Move stand-by chicken to outstanding chicken in a crusty French loaf sub sandwich. Rise and Shine Even the busiest families savor time for a leisurely weekend brunch together, or a make-ahead, grab-and-go breakfast. Creative, fresh ideas were top of mind for morning meals, with several Bake-Off® finalists featuring vegetables and fruits in innovative ways. "Thanks to the popularity of bakeries and cafés, we certainly noted an increase in sweet breakfast treats," said Atkins. "Fruits, jams and citrus zests can give recipes a flavor spark, or add a savory touch with vegetables such as butternut squash or sweet potatoes for a brunch dish your family will talk about all day long." Get a great start to the day with some of these finalist recipes, now available at bakeoff.com: Dark Cherry-Chocolate Breakfast Pastry: Wake up sleepyheads with a new breakfast pastry. Six quick ingredients turn Pillsbury® crusty French loaf into a fresh fruit chocolate treat. Sausage-Pomodoro Brunch Bake: Hearty egg bake? Start with crescents. Pile on the sausage, tomatoes, two cheeses and eggs. Bake and voila! you've got brunch. Butternut Squash Brunch Braid: You're invited to a fabulous brunch! Braid and bake this easy dish with a savory onion, squash and Parmesan filling. Small Foods, Big Flavor Bite-size portions were popular among Bake-Off® finalists, with small, easy-to-make plates boasting an array of memorable flavors – from sweet almond to bacon, hot chili sauce to sweet caramel. Smaller portions weren't just for appetizers, but for everything from breakfast bites to delectable desserts. "A mini-muffin pan was a must-have accessory for our finalists' kitchens," Atkins said. "When it comes to festive appetizers, a bite-size portion can pack a bold, spicy punch. And you can get a lot of rich, decadent flavor in a petite-size dessert." Think big taste with some of these finalists' small plates, now available at bakeoff.com: Coconut-Almond Doughnut Pop-ems: This family breakfast treat just got easier! Cut-up biscuits bake up into mini doughnuts, glazed and sprinkled for the perfect finish. Spicy Sesame Tuna Bites: Create a cool tuna appetizer that's spicy-hot but cool as cucumbers. Bacon-Cheddar Whoopie Bites: Whoopie! Indulge in three-cheese melt-in-your-mouth appetizers with savory bacon too. Sweet's BFFs: Salty, Savory and Spicy From breakfast to dessert – and many dishes throughout the day – sweet took center stage for many Bake-Off® finalist recipes. But it was rarely alone, often complemented with a symphony of salty, savory or spicy tones. "Salted caramel-inspired recipes topped the list of popular sweet treats," Atkins said. "Finalists did a nice job adding just the right touch of sea salt for a flavor boost. Sweet heat was also a popular trend, with touches of cayenne, chipotle pepper or crystallized ginger." Become fast friends with some of these finalist recipes, now available at bakeoff.com: Marmalade-Glazed Asian Meatball Cups: Meet a saucy new meatball that's baked on top of flaky crescent dough. With just 6 ingredients, they're super easy. Bacon-Date Scones with Orange Marmalade Glaze: Coffee shop scones? No special stop is needed with our easy and delicious bacon, date and citrus combo. Salted Caramel Macaroons: Sea salt meets sweet treat in an updated classic coconut macaroon. Contest Overview The 45th Pillsbury Bake-Off® Contest 100 finalists hail from Hawaii to Florida, and many locales between. They range in age from 27 to 79, and five are men. These amateur cooks will prepare their original entries at the Peabody Orlando Hotel on Monday, March 26. A panel of food-industry judges, working in secrecy behind closed doors, will sample the dishes and select the million-dollar winner of America's premier cooking competition. To learn about the contest's history and rules, or to check out how-to videos and try the finalists' recipes at home, visit www.bakeoff.com. And join the Pillsbury community at www.facebook.com/pillsbury. About the 45th Pillsbury Bake-Off® Contest SponsorsGeneral Mills is one of the world's leading food companies, operating in more than 100 countries. Its more than 100 consumer brands include Pillsbury, Muir Glen, Progresso, Cheerios, Fiber One, Häagen-Dazs, Nature Valley, Betty Crocker, Green Giant and Old El Paso. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, General Mills had fiscal 2011 net sales of US$14.9 billion. For more than 130 years, families have trusted Pillsbury to make mealtimes special times. 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Moore hit Austin Pettis with a 13-yard touchdown pass with 1:09 left and No. 3 Boise State passed what might be its toughest test of the season, beating No. 10 Virginia Tech 33-30 on Monday night.
The Broncos (1-0) came to FedEx Field with their best preseason ranking ever and ran out to a 17-0 lead in the first quarter, then had to rally themselves to extend their winning streak to 15 games.
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Moore, the undersized Heisman Trophy contender, threw for 215 yards and three touchdowns. He led a five-play, 56-yard touchdown drive in the final two minutes aided by a Virginia Tech personal foul penalty. After hitting Pettis on a quick slant for the winner, Moore sprinted to midfield with his hands raised high, waiting for a teammate to come and celebrate with him.
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Ivanhoe Energy to conduct testing of second Mongolia well in early 201208:03 EDT Thursday, October 27, 2011 CALGARY, Oct. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - David Dyck, President and Chief Operating Officer of Ivanhoe Energy Inc. (TSX: IE) (NASDAQ: IVAN), and Gerald Moench, President of Ivanhoe's wholly-owned subsidiary Sunwing Energy Ltd., announced today that Ivanhoe has successfully finished drilling the company's second exploration well on the Nyalga block in east-central Mongolia and have prepared the well for completion and testing early next year. "Drilling and open-hole logging operations on the second Nyalga well have been completed to a total depth of 2,300 metres and the well has been cased and secured," said Mr. Moench. "Oil staining, fluorescence and increases in background gas were observed in several sand sections, which are positive indicators of the presence of oil. The log results will be reviewed and analyzed to provide guidance on the best approach to completing the well once weather conditions permit, likely in the spring of 2012." The well, N16-2E-B, was drilled on schedule and on budget, on an eight-square-kilometre structure approximately 12 kilometres from the first well drilled earlier this year. Like the first well, the second well has provided vital information that will be correlated with existing and future seismic data to help guide the ongoing drilling program. The drill rig will now return to China and appropriate equipment will be arranged to conduct the next phase of work. Ivanhoe Energy has invested US$11.7 million on all exploration activities to date on the block, fulfilling its obligations in the exploration phase of the Production-Sharing Contract. "We look forward to testing the well and to beginning the next phase of exploration in Mongolia, including further seismic and drilling," said Mr. Dyck. "Mongolia is in the early days of oil exploration. Since it does not have the oil field operations infrastructure to enable continued operation through the harsh winter months, we will take time during the winter to correlate data and determine the best way to proceed." Sunwing Energy Ltd. is party to a Production-Sharing Contract with the Mongolian Government for Block XVI, a 12,679-square-kilometre area that encompasses the Nyalga Basin and is adjacent to the north-south Trans-Mongolian Railway. Ivanhoe Energy is an independent, international, heavy-oil development and production company focused on pursuing long-term growth in its reserves and production using advanced technologies, including its proprietary heavy-oil upgrading process (HTLTM). Core operations are in Canada, the United States, Ecuador, China and Mongolia, with business development opportunities worldwide. Ivanhoe Energy trades on The Toronto Stock Exchange with the symbol IE and on the NASDAQ Capital Market with the ticker symbol IVAN. For more information about Ivanhoe Energy Inc. please visit www.ivanhoeenergy.com. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: This document includes forward-looking statements, including forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to the continued advancement of Ivanhoe Energy's projects, the potential for successful exploration and development drilling, statements relating to establishing resources and other statements which are not historical facts. When used in this document, the words such as "could," "plan," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "potential," "should," and similar expressions relating to matters that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. Although Ivanhoe Energy believes that its expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, such statements involve risks and uncertainties and no assurance can be given that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements include the potential that the Company's projects will experience technological and mechanical problems, geological conditions in reservoirs may not result in commercial levels of oil and gas production, the availability of drilling rigs and other support services, the risk associated with doing business in foreign countries including the risk that legislative changes could adversely affect the commercial viability of carrying on business in those countries, environmental risks, changes in product prices, our ability to raise capital as and when required, competition and other risks disclosed in Ivanhoe Energy's 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on EDGAR and the Canadian Securities Commissions on SEDAR. SOURCE Ivanhoe Energy Inc.For further information:

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CHENNAI: What could a software professional, an aspiring film director and a management graduate who has played state level cricket have in common? Their passion for cinema. It has brought a team of youngsters from diverse backgrounds together for 'Vennila kabbadikuzhu,' a film to be launched on Friday.
Producer Anand Chakravarthy of Imagine Creations gave up his IT job in the United States to come back home to pursue his dream — film production. "We are really excited about this project. We know the kind of hard work this requires and are trying our best," he says.
After the roaring success of films such as 'Lagaan,' 'Chak De India' and 'Chennai-28,' all woven around sports-related themes, it is probably a smart choice of subject for the new comers.
Debutant director Suseendran has assisted directors S.D. Sabha and Ezhil. Having grown up seeing his father — a kabbadi champion and a former captain of the Ottanchathiram team — play and win matches, it has been the director's dream to make a film on kabbadi. "I was in total awe of the game and have always wanted to tell the story of those who play it. Infact, the name of the film comes from the name of the Ottanchathiram team, which has 40 years' history," he says.
Hero of the film Viishnu, a cricketer-cum-management graduate found the film industry most fascinating while considering career options. "During a game, I was injured and sustained a shin fracture. I was at home for a while, resting and watching a lot of films. It was then that I considered this option very seriously," says the young actor. The sportsman in him can't seem to wait to get onto the field and play, but this time, in front of the camera.
This film also marks the entry of Kanjira artiste V. Selvaganesh, son of ghatam maestro 'Vikku' Vinayakaram, into film music. Well known in the Carnatic and fusion music circles, he is said to have composed music that is very stylish and rich in feel, to gel with the script. This would also be the first film for cinematographer J. Laxman Kumar, a product of Rajeev Menon's cinematography institute. He has worked with cinematographer Rathnavelu earlier. The heroine is also most likely to be a new comer, the crew says. The average age of team members is only around 25. But they are here to prove a point.


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