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In The Moral Leader course at Harvard Business School, students exchange their business management case studies to discuss some of the great protagonists in literature. Professor Sandra Sucher discusses how we all can find our own definition of moral leadership. Read More
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Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
Is business malfeasance always the board's fault? HBS professor Constance Bagley argues that everyone has a stake in ethical behavior and moral reasoning. Read More

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Some friends were strolling the Via del Condotti in Rome this summer, admiring the impossibly expensive designs in famous boutiques when they ran into a traveler's nightmare.
"A woman holding a portable crib in her arms bumped into my husband," said my friend, who asked to be anonymous. "There were smiles and apologies, and both moved on. Then my spouse thought to reach into his pocket and you guessed it: His money was gone."
Pickpockets can be a problem anywhere tourists gather; fortunately in this case, all that was lost was $100 or so, not credit cards or passports. As scams go, it may be the oldest one, but there are plenty more out there that travelers should be aware of plus amazingly creative new ones. I've gathered some of my favorites here as well as tips on avoiding them.
For more travel news and insights view Rick's blog at farecompare.com
First an overall tip, then on to the scams. My advice is, "go local" and by that I mean, use your smartphone to find off-the-beaten-tourist-path places to explore, fun things to see and do that allow you to soak up the local flavor while staying outside the scammers' glide path. This is where apps like maps, restaurant listings, lesser-known attractions and social networking are invaluable. Sure, when you're in Barcelona, take a quick dive through Las Ramblas but the real fun is enjoying the cuisine at an excellent restaurant favored by the locals.
Contortionist scam: According to media reports, it seems thieves in Spain sometimes manage to squeeze into a suitcase which is then placed in the luggage compartment of a bus. Then, during the ride, the agile crook emerges, rifles other bags, and places them back in the suitcase with him (or her).
Tip: The obvious way to avoid this is to leave all valuables at home (a method I highly recommend). If you can, keep your valuables on your person, secured where probing fingers cannot reach (roomy money belts may work in some cases).
READ: Top 5 Mortgage Scams to Avoid
Midnight desk call: This got a mention by Time magazine (which cited cases in the U.S. state of Georgia) and it works like this: You get a call in your hotel room in the middle of the night. It's the front desk saying there's been a computer snafu and they need you to give them your credit card number again. Apparently, people fall for it.
Tip: If this ever happens to you, wake up! Tell the caller you're going to hang up and call the front desk yourself. Then do so. Don't be surprised if the hotel clerk on duty has no idea what you're talking about.
Gem shop sale: This'll be familiar to at least some travelers to Thailand. Typically, a tourist in Bangkok is approached by a freelance guide or tuk tuk driver (a kind of half-car, half-rickshaw conveyance) and these fine folks tell you the attraction you want to see is closed, but, the good news is they know a gem shop or factory nearby that's having an incredible sale! Travelers report being pressured into buying "gems" that turn out to be worthless or far less valuable than advertised.


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Problem-based Learning for Internal Medicine Residents
The didactic component of the Scripps Clinic and Scripps Green Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program is one of the many highlights of the program. The daily and weekly seminars are highly developed, well organized and consistently applied.
Residents participate in the conference/teaching rounding structure during most assignments. Within each division or rotation, there are usually division-specific conferences held in the early morning or at noon.
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I've read the flames, I've heard the complaints about pictures on the list.
If you own a weim, you can't escape the nose...... Josepi-n-Farley
But can your Weim do this?
He is the master of his Domain.
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One of the surfers Hynson got to know in Hawaii was Chuck Mundell, a high-school dropout from Huntington Beach. Mundell admired Hynson and wanted him to meet a good friend of his named John Griggs, who was living with a bunch of friends in a stone building in Orange County's Modjeska Canyon. Griggs and his friends, most of whom were former boozers, brawlers and heroin addicts from Anaheim, had begun experimenting with a new drug that Griggs had stolen at gunpoint from a Hollywood film producer: lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). Until October 1966, acid was legal in California, and Griggs and his group, who called themselves the Brotherhood of Eternal Love, believed that just as it had cured them of their addictions and violent behavior, it could also transform American society into a glorious utopia. They were heavily influenced by Harvard professor Timothy Leary, he of the famous exhortation "Turn on, tune in, drop out"—and who would later describe Griggs as the "holiest person who has ever lived in this country."
Before Griggs invited Leary to join his group, which in early 1967 moved south to Laguna Canyon, to a neighborhood Griggs would christen "Dodge City" because of the constant skirmishes with the local forces of law and order, Hynson was Griggs' most famous disciple. "Griggs had gold flashing out of his eyes and tongue, these words; he was just a magical little guy," Hynson says. Accompanied by Merryweather, Hynson dropped his first acid with Griggs and several other Brotherhood members at Black's Beach near La Jolla.
The experience brought him back to the hospital room where he'd nearly died as a child. It took Hynson a few trips to get beyond that near-death experience, but when that happened, he felt reborn with a new sense of spiritual purpose. "Those guys turned me on," he says. "Things were happening. I remember Johnny and I walking down Haight-Ashbury [in San Francisco], and he got some acid from somebody, and the whole street was loaded with people doing their own hippie thing. It was really going on."
Griggs had a plan: open a psychedelic spiritual and cultural center in Laguna Beach that would turn the town into a Southern California version of Haight-Ashbury. To finance the construction of Mystic Arts World, the store that would serve as that center, Griggs relied on cash from the Brotherhood's burgeoning marijuana-smuggling operation.
"One day, I walked into this warehouse with Johnny and saw 50 tons of pot," Hynson says. "I wasn't supposed to see it, but I was there. I remember thinking, 'It's not going to get any better than this, and it's not going to get any worse.'"
But Hynson had another idea for how Griggs could raise money: Why not use surfboards to smuggle hash from the Middle East or India? After all, nobody knew anything about surfing in India, so customs wouldn't know if, for example, a surfboard weighed 20 or 30 pounds more than it should. Hynson suggested the idea to Griggs' friend Dave Hall, who promptly borrowed a board and set off for Nepal, returning a few weeks later with the board—and the best hash anyone in Laguna Beach had ever smoked.
On his next trip, Hall invited Hynson to come along, which is how Hynson found himself struggling to fill three surfboards with hash oil late one night in New Delhi. The trip was a success, and the cash raised helped make Griggs' dream a reality. "I wasn't going to sell it or anything," Hynson says. "I just gave it to those guys, and it bankrolled Mystic Arts. It was an honor, you know."
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During the next several years, the Brotherhood of Eternal Love established itself as both America's top hashish-smuggling ring—with up to a dozen hash-stuffed Volkswagen buses and Land Rovers being shipped back from Afghanistan at any given moment—and the country's top LSD-distribution ring. Leary moved to Laguna Beach and later accompanied Griggs to a mountain commune in Idyllwild, where Griggs died of an overdose of crystallized psilocybin in August 1969. Hynson stayed away from Dodge City as much as possible because Leary and the Brotherhood attracted too much heat.
He let his guard down once, however, when he and Merryweather sped through Laguna Canyon smoking a joint. A cop pulled them over, smelled the weed and arrested them both. At the station, the officer rifled through Merryweather's belongings. "In my purse, I had a little Buddha, a prayer book and beads, some patchouli oil and incense, and a Murine bottle full of LSD," Merryweather recalls. "The cop ingested it through his fingers and never got around to booking us." In the morning, another officer arrived at the station, slack-jawed at the sight of his colleague, who reeked of patchouli, sitting with glazed eyes in front of a Buddha. "They let us the hell out of there right away," Hynson says.
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Track and Field | Friday, June 22, 2012
Symmonds Wins Preliminary Heat in 800-Meter Run at Olympic Trials
Advances into Semifinals on Saturday
EUGENE, ORE. -- Nick Symmonds ('06), who won seven NCAA national titles in track and field at Willamette University during the 2003-06 seasons, won his preliminary heat of the 800-meter run at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials on Friday, June 22 at Hayward Field. Symmonds advanced to the semifinals, which will be held on Saturday, June 23 at 4:45 p.m. (PDT).
Symmonds, now a member of Nike/Oregon Track Club Elite, registered a time of 1:46.94 to take first place in the opening heat with a winning margin of 0.20 seconds. David Pachuta from the University of Minnesota, was second in the heat in 1:47.14. Erik Sowinski, from the University of Iowa, placed third in 1:47.30.
Sowinski took third place by .01, edging out Tevan Everett from the New Jersey/New York Track Club, who finished the race in 1:47.31.
The top three finishers in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinals. Also advancing were the runners with the next four fastest times. Everett received one of the at-large berths. Overall, six of the eight runners in Symmonds' heat advanced to the semifinals.
Winning the other three heats were Tyler Mulder from Nike/Oregon Track Club Elite in the second heat in 1:46.81, Charles Jock of Nike in the third heat in 1:47.90 and Khadevis Robinson of Nike in the fourth heat in 1:47.30.
Mulder registered the fastest time of the prelims, Ryan Martin from the University of California-Santa Barbara earned the second fastest time in 1:46.92 and Symmonds held the third fastest time.
Symmonds, who has won the last four U.S. championships in the 800, finished in first place at the Olympic Trials in 2008 and went on to reach the semifinals of the Beijing Olympics.
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We're excited to be working with our friends at Icon on one of the latest releases from their schedule of incredible titles; Beasts of the Southern Wild (or, BEASTS as the Icon team have lovingly nicknamed it). Read on to find out how you can win a double pass to see BEASTS with Incu.
BEASTS tells the story of a six-year-old girl named Hushpuppy who exists on the brink of orphan hood and sees the world around her from a unique and incredibly systematic point of view. Savoring the way mother nature works to maintain a perfect balance where everything fits just right, Hushpuppy's world is thrown into disarray when a storm threatens to destroy her home town and her father is suddenly stricken with illness.
Follow Hushpuppy's journey as she desperately tries to repair the structure of her world, save her ailing father and spare her sinking home. We're sure you will fall in love with Quvenzhané Wallis who plays Hushpuppy and the powerful narrative woven to perfection by director Benh Zeiltin.
Need more reasons to see BEASTS? Here are 10 fantastic ones we compiled.
1. During the audition process, Quvenzhané Wallis (who was only five years old at the time), impressed the filmmakers with not just her reading ability, but her tremendous scream and her ability to burp on command (the latter two appear in the film!)
2. This is Quvenzhané's acting debut, and she beat 4,000 other little hopeful girls for the lead role of Hushpuppy.
3. Dwight Henry (who plays Quvenzhané's father), also made his acting debut in BEASTS. He owned a local bakery where the filmmakers used to go for doughnuts and buttermilk drops, and over time, they knew he'd be perfect for the role
4. Off the back of the incredible success of BEASTS in the US, Dwight is now expanding his Buttermilk Drop Bakery & Cafe with a second store in New Orleans, and one in New York.
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The maidens face, fair and pure
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She runs gracefully among the oleanders through the glade
Deep below, evil lurks, above light begins to fade
Darkness stretches across the land, spurring the young lady's imagination
Rushing to the surface, Satan hides behind her nervous elation
Devious thoughts of goblins and witches dance through her mind
He feeds off of the desires and urges that tempt human kind
She falls asleep under a great oak tree, intoxicated by her vivid dreams
In her slumber he speaks to her, gently whispering "Not everything is as it seems."
Springing to her feet she sprints back through the trees
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Norsk sentralforvaltning under EØS-avtalen - politisk detraksjon og transnasjonale styringsutfordringer
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This paper addresses the relationship between European integration and national administrative adaptation in an EEA affiliated country, Norway. It focuses on the following dimensions: (1) to what degree Norwegian ministries ...
Democracy and administrative policy: Contrasting elements of NPM and post-NPM
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This paper put together an analytical platform for discussing and analyzing administrative reforms in terms of democracy. First, we present the fundamental positions of democratic theory represented by output-democracy ...
Byråkrati og partnerskap hånd i hånd? Om samordningsutfordringer i NAV
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This paper addresses coordination challenges in the Norwegian welfare state by focusing on the tension between different principles of specialization and mechanisms of coordination in a multi-level governance system. The ...
Nordisk samfunnsvitenskapelig forskning om alkohol og narkotika. Utviklingstrekk og endringer i alliansen mellom kunnskapsproduksjon og politikk
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Nordic social alcohol and drug research: trends and changes in the relationship between knowledge production and policy The Nordic tradition in social science research on alcohol and drugs has its roots back to the ...
Remote sensing of sea ice
Seasonal to Decadal Temperature Variations in the Faroe-Shetland Inflow Waters
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A 53 years hind-cast simulation with a regional version of the Nansen Center version of the Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model (MICOM) has been conducted to explore the nature of the observed seasonal to inter-annual ...
Legevakt - nasjonal uniformering
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Hovedtyper av valgordninger. Proporsjonalitet eller politisk styring?
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This article maps the principal types of electoral systems in use, and their effects on the political system. The crucial questions are: What matters when it comes to the degree of proportionality? And, do systems of ...
Utredning om kompetansebehovet i helse- og sosialtjenestene samt kompetanseutfordringer i helse- og sosialfagene
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Annual carbon fluxes in the upper Greenland Sea based on measurements and a box-model approach
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Measurements of nitrate and the carbonate system parameters performed mainly from 1993 to 1997 have been used to estimate the evolution of the concentration fields over the year in the surface and underlying waters of ...


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Audi A1 R18 competition package debuts at Wörthersee
Named after the R18 e-tron quattro
Audi has introduced a new competition package for the A1 at Wörthersee 2013.
Named after the R18 e-tron quattro, the R18 competition package is purely cosmetic and shares little with the Le Mans winning race car.
Starting with the exterior, the car has been equipped red and gray accents, "378" badging and a unique tailgate-mounted spoiler. We can also see a front lip spoiler and attractive alloy wheels with black accents.
Interior changes are limited but include special floor mats and a unique center console that mimics the exterior's design.
Audi declined to reveal pricing, but said the R18 package is part of the company's plan to offer new customization kits for the A1 twice a year.
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Guests will see an Audi A1 with a new competition kit right alongside the entrance to the "Home of quattro". Since the Audi A1 was launched, Audi Genuine Accessories has been offering new customization kits twice a year. The competition kit R18 is based on the look of the successful Audi R18 e-tron quattro race car and has been reinterpreted for the Audi A1 as competition kit R18 gray and R18 red.


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By Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample, USAAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2003 One lucky service member will return from combat duty to see a new Toyota Camry parked in the driveway, thanks to a spouse or family member holding on to the car -- literally.
At the 2004 Washington Auto Show at the Washington Convention Center here Dec. 26 through Jan. 4, promoters will honor the military by giving away the car to one of six family members selected to participate in the show's annual "Hands On" endurance contest, in which contest participants see who can remain in contact with the car the longest.
The Camry -- reserved for military contestants only -- is one of four cars that will be up for grabs in the contest that begins Dec. 27 at 10 a.m. and ends Jan. 1 at 6 p.m.
Gerry Murphy, president of the Washington Area New Automobile Association, which is co-sponsoring the auto show, said at this year's contest organizers wanted to do something special for the families left behind by service members deployed in combat and to support troops overseas.
"This is tangible show of support from all of us who are grateful for what our men and women of the armed services are doing," Murphy said adding that he expects lot of families will enter. "I think they will appreciate that we appreciate them."
George Doetsch, Washington Auto Show chairman, said, "Our U.S. military personnel serving overseas are always on our minds, and we know the holidays can be particularly difficult for their families.
"Reserving one of the cars in the Washington Auto Show 'Hands On' contest for a military winner keeps their sacrifice at the forefront of our minds," he continued, "and enables us to have a brand new car waiting for one lucky soldier when he or she returns home."
Murphy said the six contestants will be selected beforehand, after their eligibility is verified through military channels. He said those selected for the contest will be notified by telephone.
Tamara Darvish, who owns a local Toyota dealership, was the person who persuaded Toyota to donate the car for the military contestants.
"It was just something I wanted to do for the service members who could not be home for the holidays, as reward for them," she said. "It's nothing I'm really proud of I'm more proud of (the troops) and what they are doing for this country," she explained.
Spouses and family members of service members serving in combat duty overseas can call 1-866-WASH-AUTO or enter online at the show's Web site.


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"Is that a ten-gallon hat or are you just enjoying the show?" For Blazing Saddles and burlesque fans at the Ready Room, the answer surely was the latter. The Randy Dandies spoofed Mel Brooks' famous film during "Blazing Tassels! Dirty Tales of the Old Wild West" April 19, 2014. Some images NSFW.
Photos by Jon Gitchoff for the Riverfront Times.
See also: Slideshow: Game of Thongs at Plush (NSFW)
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Via: EU Blog
It isn't really 20 things you didn't know yet but some of these are interesting.
Interesting: Games access on al PS4's through your account, games always available on your home system (including PS Plus).
I really hope for streaming of PS3 games (that are digitally in your account) on PS4


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Stocking Donner
The Truform Stocking Donner is an application aid assist device designed to help correctly and easily apply compression garments. Easier application helps improve compliance and makes the therapeutic support hosiery experience comfortable and effective.• Simple step-in device allows for easy, correct application of graduated
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App of the Day: MyScript Calculator
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This app is for the nerd in us all. Let's face it, you probably don't remember much from Algebra, Trigonometry, and all those other math classes. The only math really required as an adult is addition and subtraction, usually associated with the check book. So if you ever stumble across a complex math problem, this app is here to help.
MyScipt Calculator can do everything from addition and division to more complex problems involving logarithms, exponentials, and more. You simply use your finger to write the problem on the screen, and the app does the rest. MyScript Calculator is free to download on the iPhone, Android, and Amazon devices.
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I got my first taste of fillers yesterday, and I'm so happy I decided to get them done. I had been dieting, and after loosing 30 lbs, my face was looking a lot older because of sagging skin. My cheeks began looking hallow, my eyes looked tired, and those lines from my nose to my mouth were so deep. I had a feeling I was too young for a face lift, so I figured fillers would be my other option. ... more
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The PA did no pre op teaching. Did not explain any postop care! I went to Costco shooping and I should have gone home a applied ice and reclined. I also put pressure on my tx area to slow the bruising this is a big nono. I look comical. I did not want any in my lips but appparently got i in my upper lip. I would only use a plastic surgeon next time. And try something not a long lasting.... more
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I had Radiesse fillers done 2 days ago I really like the result the first day. The next day I couldnt see a thing. I had very minimal swelling and a small bruise. My cheeks look the same as they did before. I feel i just wasted my money on something that is not noticeable at all. Very upset. Im going back to see the Dr.after the weekend and ask him what happened. more
"Don't Ever Get Radiesse in the..."
I had Radiesse injected in this area 3 1/2 years ago and it's still mostly there! I had 2 syringes done (one on each side) & it left me overfilled. every year that passes, I keep checking it to see if it's gone down and it barely dissolves. I've spoken with my doctor about this (the one who injected me) & he said the original studies on radiesse were that it lasted 4 years.... more
"Radiesse Didn't Last Long on my..."
I had my cheeks and jowls injected. My doc said my skin was thick, so it would take a lot to do it. Consequently, I had three vials, $900 for the first and 600 and 600. It looked pretty good, although I probably could have used another vial. It stayed the same for the first three months and then my face gradually started to go back to where it was. It's almost there now, seven months later... more
"Radiesse Treatment - Irvine, CA"
Had 2 vials, one in each side of cheek. left side was fine; right side hurt when injected and then bruised. Later it swelled, then tiny blisters appeared on the side of my nose down to my mouth along the laugh line. It got a blood test and it wasn't herpes as my Derm. had suggested. Turns out it was a shock to the nerve that cause an outbreak of shingles. Not fun. This product may have... more
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I had Radiesse injected into my cheekbones and my cheek folds, and I am so happy with the results. I did not experience any pain whatsoever! I was so nervous and thought it was going to really hurt, and it didn't. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd say the pain was a 1. The doctor was very careful and did a great job! I will definetely do this again. more
"The Good and Bad of my Radiesse..."
I've had three rounds of Radiesse in the last two years and I can say that the first two were great and I had a really nice result. Not much pain and very little bruising. I went to a new place where they consistently have much much lower prices on all their fillers but this time I was way overinjected and now I look like the Joker from Batman. She overinjected me at the top of my... more
"Black-eye from Radiesse Injection"
Had Radiesse injected under my eyes in mid Sept 2009. I looked very tired and had a lot of fat loss in this region due to extreme weight loss from gastric bypass. I love the outcome from the dermal fillers except for the black-eye. The pain from the injectin under my left eye was far worse than my right. Immediately thereafter, I had a black-eye under my left eye. Dermatologist advised I... more
"Had Radiesse Yesterday...still a..."
I would recommend this to anyone that wants to inhance their lips and get rid of those laugh lines! I am 30 years old and had started to see deep laugh lines. This made me look much older than I was. I originally went in to have Restalyne but the doc told me that Radiesse would last longer and look better. I definetely am pleased with the laugh lines, no bruising really but a little... more


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Make it a night to remember with our Belton Signature Package. This inlcudes one night lodging in our historic lodge and dinner for two in our dining room. Upon arrival enjoy your own bottle of wine with keepsake Belton signature glasses. Montana made truffles and a Glacier Park book. Take home more than just memories. Advanced reservations required. Price is per couple
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We're one week away from the Big Bachelorette Finale, the Happily Ever After we've slogged through episode after episode, lo these many months, waiting for the Big Payoff is within our reach. Yes!! It's all smooth sailing now ...
OK. So none of us thought that. And if we did, ABC has shown us enough tear-riddled sneak peeks of tonight's episode to cure us of that naïve notion. Silly viewers. Thinking you're watching a show about fun stuff like falling in love and riding off into the sunset together. No, you're watching a show about someone dating multiple guys at the same time, then jilting all but one of them, while that someone she wanted to keep might have gotten tired of the whole rigmarole and decided he didn't want her back. And we might not blame him.
So, yeah ... of course we're getting tears. Des tears. Man tears. I'm pretty sure I even saw Host Chris getting a little verklempt in a few previews. Also? Hurry up and get that fruity umbrella drink already and join me in the shallow end of the pool! This is going to be goooood!
We get the obligatory forever trailer of Everything That Has Happened This Entire Season Up To Now. Yeah, I spent many hours blogging all that, and it's all still there if you want to read it. Suffice it to say, many arrived, most have gone home, there was laughter, copious tears, and Des kissed a lot. And then some more. Also? More kissing. (Then Drew kissed her back and we all sighed and decided we'd do a lot of kissing, too.)
Now we're in Antigua! And there are three guys left. I have no idea what happened to that part where they're supposed to all meet Des' family, but, um ... let's just roll with it, k? Fantasy Suite cards are in the offing and that's always more fun anyway.
We start off with Drew. It's a day of sightseeing and finding as many opportunities to kiss as possible, and hey, why not? We don't even need walls for you to put us up against while kissing us senseless. We can improvise! What we don't do is learn anything particularly new. Drew is falling more head over heels. Des is still drooling over all his various and sundry perfect body parts and the alpha take-me-I'm-yours kisses he lays on her at increasingly frequent intervals. Drew wants to propose rightthisverysecond but hey, since our dinner on the beach is rained out, let's test out that fantasy suite first, why don't we? And blink, blank, bloop, we're in the fantasy suite and handing out the card after the fact. (Like he's going to get up and leave. Although wouldn't that be kind of awesome?)
Drew makes it very clear that he knows what he wants and he's found it. He's all done with settling for goodnights. He wants his good mornings now, too. In fact, he's so amped up to get there, he can't talk fast enough during Private Camera Time. And, well, he doesn't want Private Camera Guy Time. He wants Des. Up against the nearest wall. Or across the counter. Or right here on the floor. Preferably not wearing anything. In fact, he'd be more than happy to tear whatever she's wearing off. With his teeth. (OK, OK, so maybe I'm paraphrasing, but that's what's really being said here. Am I wrong? I think not.) Also? Go, Alpha Drew!
He tells her he'd get down on one knee (Drew! Family hour! Oh ... to propose. Right.) But having laid his heart bare, now it's time to get the rest of them bare. So off to the rose-petal-strewn bedroom they go. I loved how they go in and he turns and closes the bedroom door. For privacy. Just him, Des ... and the camera man who is filming all of this. From inside the bedroom. Oh, and all of us. Watching. We finally get Des' point of view. She's definitely moved by his resolute declarations and she is in lust with him, no doubt about that. He's so intent that she's The One ... I don't know if that's intimidating to Des or not. I just keep thinking about how she's already in love with Brooks. And my heart breaks a little for Drew. But points for putting it all out there and going for it. You don't get if you don't give and boy, is he giving. And since he wants to give more, some specific more, I believe, he tells the camera guys it's time to take a hike. (Not asking ... telling. Nicely, but still. Alpha looks pretty good on him. Just sayin' ... Now if only Des would reach up and mess up his hair! Seriously with that.)
We get previews that it's Chris' turn next, but we return from commercial break (Once Upon a Time: Wonderland? I'm SO there!) to find Brooks wandering across a bridge in what is definitely not Antigua.
He's conflicted. (I say he's being realistic. You know, kind of like James was being the whole entire time. But let's not go back there.) He knows there's an overnight date in the offing and he's unsure how he wants to handle that. Does he love her? Does he love her not? He talks about how much he enjoys their relationship, that she's a "sweet, sweet girl." Which has that kiss-of-friend-zone-death ring to it, doesn't it? Although, to be honest, I think he just needs a more normal amount of time, conducting a relationship in a more normal fashion, to grow to where he knows he's supposed to already be rightthisverysecond. And isn't. Yet. I appreciate that he doesn't want to lead her on. And I appreciate that he's also trying very hard not to lead himself on. There's a lot of falling going on all over the place in short periods of time and I get that he wants to make sure that these are real feelings being developed for the right reasons, and not simply from heightened excitement of the accelerated speed this is all happening under and the construct that puts her dating other guys at the same time that he's being expected to declare his undying feelings for her. Because in the normal realm, who does that?
So, instead of Antigua, he's in Boise to talk to his fam again. Mom and Sis look on with Very Concerned Faces as Brooks talks about his uncertainty and why he can't easily and naturally just come out and say what it is he does feel for her. Something as simple as cold feet? Or a little voice he should listen to? Mom and Sis correctly tell him that if he can't say "I love you" then the last thing he should do is propose to her. (And ... DUH!) They feel, and we're led to feel, that his real problem here is that in his heart he knows it's not the right thing to do, and that the more honest issue he's facing is having to tell her that and hurting her. Which ... awww. No, really. I respect that and I totally get it. Been there. Not fun. Even when both parties are very aware it's a likely outcome of the situation. But then, as soon as he's relieved of this Big Burden and his path has been made clear ... he immediately starts to swing over to all the reasons he does have a true and strong affection for her. Because nothing is black/white, clear-cut, slam-dunk easy. If you've ever been there, you know that's true, too. Mostly it all just sucks.
Ultimately, his sister has it completely pegged. No matter how hard it is, and no matter how much you hate the idea that you're going to hurt someone you care about, and likely badly ... the bottom line is your true feelings are going to come out at some point. Hiding them does no one any favors. So ... small hurt now? Or big hurt later? The hurt part is going to happen either way. Go forth and be honest. Also? It's still a lose-lose conversation. And those are never easy.
Now it's Chris' turn, and it's pretty much Drew Date Redux. Another easygoing date, with the guy declaring that his love grows with every beat of his heart, with Des wanting to jump his bones, and occasionally stopping long enough to think ... yeah, he'd be good out of bed, too! Lather, rinse, repeat.
I get to this point and I always wonder what The Chosen One (assuming there is one) is thinking as he sits at home watching, seeing her sincerely and wholeheartedly making out with the other guys, talking about how wonderful she thinks they are, her wonderful connection with them, what their future would be like, and watching the other guys talk about how hopelessly in love they are. With his woman. While they grope and kiss her some more. I don't care how confident and "yeah, well, she went home with me, so neener-neener" strong you are. That can't be any fun.
And yet ... we're there. The only odd part is how Des talks about how much she really loved Chris' family and that that's what sealed it for her, thinking he could be The One. And I'm like ... really? Because saying his family is "quirky" is ... let's just say, an understatement. But then, I'm not the one marrying into a family where Dad thinks it's OK to "adjust" his son's dates the first time she drops by. Also? The show is flashing tweets on the screen and someone says something about Chris being an action figure without the action ... and I laugh. Because that nails it. He's a nice guy. And easy on the eyes. Sensitive, physical, athletic, kind, yadda yadda. But there's no real energy to him. He takes laidback to a level of almost snoozy. You know? Drew might be a little overly wired in some ways, but Chris is the anti-wired.
And as much as I get the physical connection she has with both of these guys, and that she gets they're both decent men as well ... yeah ... I don't know. That "thing" isn't there. That "thing" she has pretty naturally with Brooks. And that thing? Yeah, you can't fake it and you can't forge it out of nothing. It's either zip, zing, BANG, right there. Or it's not. And the biggest part of what can stink about it? Is that you can be all zip, zing, BANG! And the guy? Might be all, "Hunh. She's nice and all. But ... no energy for me."
Is that where we're at? I think so. Going in a few different directions. But, hey, in the meantime? Let's roll around in the sand and rub body parts together. Maybe that will be enough. Or maybe we need some fantasy suite time to really, really make sure. Or just make out some more. Whatevs. Des is all "let's talk future" and is sort of sitting pretty in that "I can't lose" position of having weeded out all the chaff and being left with three guys she could possibly spend a lifetime with. (Though, Drew ... just a note ... she's already said she loves Brooks. Can see herself married to Chris? In detail. But with you it's just "he would make a really great husband." I think the silent ending to that is "but I'm not sure if he's the husband for me." Just sayin' ...)
Back to pre-fantasy-suite dinner and Des planning her wedding in her mind while Chris talks about their future. Then ... cue needle scratching across the record sound effect! Chris stumbles through basically saying that he's not leaving Seattle and he really hopes she doesn't mind moving there because, yeah. That's where he's staying. Des talks about how she loves her life in Cali and that when she's in love, she's usually the one making the sacrifice. And Chris actually says that when someone has made the sacrifice of moving for him in the past, it's like a sacrifice for him, too, because it puts him in a challenging position of worrying that they moved for him. And, dude? Not the same thing. At the end of it, they're both more or less falling back on the "if you're in love, you make it work" solution. Which we can see will easily translate to: If you want to marry Chris, Des, you're the one who is going to do all the sacrificing to make it happen. Just me? Oh, I don't think so. At least points to Chris for making that clear to her before she makes her final choice.
And? Why, another slam-dunk fantasy suite adventure. Chris makes sure she knows he has no expectations other than to spend more time with her alone. Unlike Drew who was all rowr! And while I respect Chris for being the gentleman, I liked Drew's honest, me-want-woman caveman approach, too. I have no doubt Des can take care of herself and keep things at whatever level she's comfortable with. And given I think her level with Drew was fairly Jurassic anyway, we're good!
You know what else is good? Announcing the winner of last week's giveaway! Partly because I love giving away stuff and partly because that keeps me from thinking about how her Chosen Man feels right about now, seeing his woman romping through fantasy suites all over Antigua with multiple other men.
So! Last week we put an advance copy of my September release, The Sugar Cookie Sweetheart Swap, up for grabs. And oh, you guys! Thanks for the overwhelming enthusiasm! And the lucky winning blog babe is? ConnieLynn! Send me a mailing address to firstname.lastname@example.com and I'll pop it in the mail to you!
And for all the Not ConnieLynns, you can also drop me an e-mail to email@example.com. Why? To win a brand new mass market copy of Sugar Rush, complete with a fun new beach read cover! (Just hit the stands today!) This is book one in my Cupcake Club series, so you can start at the beginning! Already have Sugar Rush? Well ... lucky you! Choose a title you don't have from my Big-Time Author Website Bookshelf and if you're this week's happening blog babe winner, whatever title you pick is yours. Because I'm all about making you happy. And wouldn't you rather have a book than a rose anyway?
Speaking of roses ... who will Des give her final two roses to this week? Who heads home? Who rips her heart out and stomps it flat? Well, I have a feeling we're about to find out. Hurry up and refresh the tutti in your fruity umbrella drink and join me over at my place for the rest of the dishy recap dish!
Donna Kauffman is a USA TODAY best-selling romance author. Her latest release in her popular Cupcake Club series is Honey Pie. Her new series, The Bachelors of Blueberry Cove, launches this fall with Pelican Point. She loves to hear from readers and viewers! Her website is DonnaKauffman.com.


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Latest Tutorials
Quick ShortcutsPosted by kasrak on Apr 17, 2007
The Gimp comes with a wonderful feature that's bound to help you out. It's called "Dynamic Shortcuts". This feature allows you to quickly attach any key, or key combination to any feature within The Gimp.
3 Ways to Put an Image in Your TextPosted by kasrak on Apr 16, 2007
Learn three different methods of adding an image or graphic to your text.
Creating Amazing CirclesPosted by kasrak on Apr 13, 2007
This technique will use a photograph and turn it into a psychedelic "amazing circle".
How to Make a Grunge BackgroundPosted by kasrak on Apr 12, 2007
Learn how to make those grunge patterns you see every where.
Fake ScarsPosted by kasrak on Apr 11, 2007
Learn how to add realistic looking scars to the people in your photos. Deliciously disgusting.
How to Make Transparent TapePosted by kasrak on Apr 7, 2007
Learn how to make pieces of tape to tape things with!
Semi-realistic eyesPosted by kasrak on Apr 6, 2007
Learn how to make semi-realistic looking eyes from scratch with the GIMP. Some nice techniques.
Adding Tattoos to PeoplePosted by kasrak on Mar 27, 2007
Learn how to add tattoos to the subjects of your photographs by using the displace filter.
Learn the Gimp Interface in Half an HourPosted by kasrak on Mar 27, 2007
A tutorial for absolute beginners who are just starting out with the GIMP. Covers how to change the interface, modify your docks and basic operations.
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A very simple technique that shows you how to transform your text without getting that annoying blurring effect: just convert your text to a path and transform the path!
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The Rolling Stones are all set to perform the halftime show at this year's Superbowl. Millions eagerly await the sight of Mick's old, wrinkly exposed nipple.
Sorry everybody: Threshold and Reunion have been cancelled. And by "everybody" I mean all seven of you.
E! will air 10 new episodes of the recently cancelled The Simple Life next spring. Of course, before they do they will change the meaning of "E" from "entertainment" to "extraneous crap."
Who invented the mullet: Bono or Swayze? Come on guys, don't fight. Let's just say that you both invented the mullet so we can blame you both equally.
My favorite headline of the day: Schwarzenegger Hears Snoop Dogg's Clemency Plea. Arnold admits, "I just love his doggy-style."
CS Lewis never wanted to see The Chronicles of Narnia on the big screen. Hey! CS Lewis is just like me!


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Lasers create surface so hydrophobic that water bounces off like a ball January 21, 2015 at 2:29 pm
Researchers at the University of Rochester have used lasers to create a surface so hydrophobic that a single droplet of water can bounce up and down on it — multiple times — like a ball.
New superomniphobic texture made of nanoscopic nails repels all known liquids December 2, 2014 at 3:02 pm
When superhydrophobic isn't enough, science creates something that repels all liquids — not just water.
Nissan's self-cleaning car could kill off car washing forever April 25, 2014 at 2:16 pm
Ultra-Ever Dry coating makes grime, oils, dirt slide right off. It works on shoes, too.
MIT creates hydrophobic material that could revolutionize fossil fuel and nuclear power plants October 22, 2012 at 8:18 am
A team of nanomaterial scientists and mechanical engineers at MIT have created a superhydrophobic material that is 10,000 times more slippery than existing hydrophobic surface. This could seriously boost the efficiency of fossil fuel power plants, and many other technologies that include cooling towers, such as desalination plants.
Scientists create self-healing protective coating, deliver killing blow to screen protectors July 20, 2012 at 8:14 am
Dutch researchers from the Eindhoven University of Technology have created a non-stick coating that heals itself when scratched. As far as I can tell, as long as the new coating isn't completely penetrated, it should continue to heal itself almost indefinitely.


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Georgie Inggrid, '15
What is your Major?
Psychology major, Religious Studies minor
What activites you are involved in?
- Asian Awareness Group - Vice President
- International Student Union - Secretary
- Alpha Phi Omega
Why did you apply to be an RA?
I applied to be an RA because I wanted to explore how to be a good authoritative leader, yet still being an approachable friend.
What is your favorite thing about being an RA?
My favorite thing about being an RA is that I get to interact with residents and to be there for them! There's something about being a resource for residents that makes me feel awesome :)


text: UPDATED 12:00 1st August 2014 Grecians right-back Danny Butterfield joined Exeter City in September 2013, shortly after leaving his non-contract arrangement with Carlisle United which had ended early with an injury. Born in Boston, the defender played for Grimsby for almost a decade through youth and professional ranks. He made 124 Football League appearances for the Mariners before making the move south to join Crystal Palace. A steady and versatile player for the Eagles, he happily filled positions in defence or midfield – and with a shortage of playing staff not long after the club had entered administration in 2009/10, he was even deployed in a striker's role. It proved an inspired decision to give him the chance to lead the line, as he scored a 'perfect hat-trick' against Wolves in an FA Cup tie in the space of less than seven minutes. He then moved to Southampton in 2010 and was part of the team that won successive promotions to help the club to the Premier League. Butterfield spent part of the 2012/13 season on loan with Bolton before being released from Southampton at the end of the season.


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Lighten up dark kitchens, dining and living areas with colours, furniture and accessories.
Q. I have a townhouse and I am choosing finishes. It has an open plan main level that includes the living room, dining room and kitchen. There are only windows at the back and front. I love dark wood and intend to put in laminate or hardwood. What colours/tones would best meet our needs for a contemporary space that won't be too dark?
— K.S., Vancouver
A. Your dark wood laminate or hardwood floors will provide you with a great base to build upon. Since this space may be lacking in natural light with only windows at the front and back, you'll want to keep your other furnishings and finishes light and airy.
Consider maple for your kitchen cabinets, with a stainless steel countertop to add sparkle to the kitchen and dining area. A green-blue glass tile backsplash will lend a fresh, clean look to the kitchen.
For an elegant and sleek backdrop, paint your walls a deep warm grey such as Benjamin Moore's Silver Fox (2108-50) that will handsomely offset your dark wood floors. If you are purchasing furniture for the living room and dining room, choose contemporary pieces with clean lines and a variety of textures such as ultrasuede, leather and wool in grey, chocolate brown or black. White or clear glass decorative pieces will tie the space together. Add hits of colour through large wall art pieces to add an element of playfulness to the space. Since natural light may be limited, be sure to invest in good ambient and task lighting, so you can fully enjoy the space while relaxing, entertaining or working.
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Grooveshark has been shut down because of illegal activities. Mind you I paid a monthly fee for this only to receive notice today.
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A last-minute move by Johnson City commissioners this past week to include $1.5 million in the city's budget to fund construction of the new Washington County-Johnson City Animal Shelter marked the most decisive and deliberate step taken in this quest so far, especially when it comes to dollars.
A third and final reading of the city's roughly $208 million 2014 budget, including the animal shelter and other additions, took place early Friday morning in a brief special called meeting, and additional cuts in special appropriations are not part of the deal.
Mayor Ralph Van Brocklin, who the night before made an impassioned plea for other commissioners to go forward with the plan, said the next step is to meet with architect Thomas Weems and finish a workable design of an expanded shelter on the new site off North Roan Street that will allow animals to be held for a longer time, thus reducing the high euthanasia rate.
The cost of the basic structure, including site work, continues to hover around the $1.2 million mark.
Vice Mayor Clayton Stout came up with the idea of issuing debt to pay for the new shelter's basic construction. Now a reality, it remains a bit unclear how Washington County officials will react, although the city and county are jointly responsible for the shelter's well being.
"This has morphed into a multimillion dollar project," County Mayor Dan Eldridge said Friday. "No one wants to see high euthanasia rates, but there needs to be some prioritizing of spending at this level. We've already got a lot of needs that are ahead of the shelter. Monday night we are going to consider more than $9 million in spending on capital needs. I can't speak for the county commissioners, but I'm not sure they will see this as a priority."
The Animal Control Board plans to continue its month-to-month contract with North Carolina-based Dickerson, Bakker and Associates — the company hired to head a capital campaign to raise money for the new shelter. It now also has a fully formed fundraising committee that includes some well-known people in the community.
Though the board's building fund is just slightly above the $100,000 donated by the county, there is a general consensus that between donors drummed up by the company and local contributions, the net result could move the total amount garnered to about $1.9 million, meaning a new spay-neuter clinic would be added to the mix.
"Like it or not, that is our property," Stout said at the commission's Thursday meeting. "I don't mean that as a negative against the county. But the city leads the way."
The city last year gave $350,000 to the Animal Control Board, which went toward the purchase of the new property. The County Commission cut the board a $100,000 check to help with construction after passing a revised resolution. They also decided to hold in escrow an additional $150,000 that would be given to the board when $1 million in private funds was raised.
The board now will have well more than the $1 million needed, but questions remain.
"Obviously the city is not a private entity, but I don't think that will change things," Eldridge said.
The resolution said that if these funds are not used for construction within 24 months of last year's resolution, the appropriation ($250,000) will expire and all monies will be returned to the county. Only 10 months remain on that commitment. The county also committed $100,000 for asphalt and paving services (in-kind), but this money only will be released when a construction contract is executed.
The dynamics at play in what appears to be on the surface the relocation of an animal shelter are, in fact, far-reaching and intertwined.
Economic development is undeniably a big part of the equation. Completion of the Lark Street Extension Project is contingent upon relocating the animal shelter and the Boys and Girls Club of Johnson City/Washington County.
By providing the money to build the new shelter, the city has quickened the pace on two two-lane roads through the now-rundown Optimist Park and across the current animal shelter property on Sells Avenue. Businessman Guy Wilson's 11,000-square-foot pharmaceutical distribution and compounding facility, Clinical Management Concepts, was constructed with the expectation the new access road would follow to help serve his ProCompounding Pharmacy company.
It was Wilson who requested a new access road be built from West Market Street to North State of Franklin Road via Lark Street to facilitate truck traffic as the facility came online. Wilson helped the city qualify for a Tennessee Department of Transportation grant by building a $1.8 million structure last year and adding 25 new employees.
The access road project will lay the initial groundwork for a connection to the other side of West Market that will facilitate the infrastructure needed to develop the area and help open an economic door in and around 30 acres of city-owned land at the former National Guard Armory site.
Meanwhile, a replacement must be found for Optimist Park, since federal money was used for its construction and one of the caveats to that funding was that a new recreational site be acquired. City officials also are eager to open up an avenue, not only through which traffic can move, but more importantly, new development and additional tax revenues.
In October, commissioners announced they had a buyer lined up for the Boys and Girls Club. Just seconds before a vote to approve the consent agenda — an agenda that included a proposal from Johnson City's Brumit Co. to buy the 6.3-acre lot — the City Commission deferred further discussion.
Commissioners voted to wait until updated appraisals were available on the city-owned site and a possible alternative location at the old Traco manufacturing property on Silverdale Drive — a site Brumit would have to pay for. That has been done, but no transaction has transpired.
That brings into focus what an expedient departure by the animal shelter really means. It provides relief for an aging and crowded shelter with undesirable kill rates while opening at least one of the necessary doors for completion of the road.
In turn, property in that area is valuable and desirable and could, in the future, mirror the expansive development that has occurred at and near the West Market/State of Franklin Road intersection.
Related stories:
Proposed animal shelter fundraising contract on hold
Johnson City mayor apologizes for failure to clarify makeup of animal control board fundraising committee


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Can't be any worse than the new front page.....Can they put any more crap on there? It's so busy, filled with junk no one needs on there and filled with nonsense.
Their parents send them to SCHOOL, not a DAY CARE. Many city parents just shove their kids into any old school so they don't have to deal with them. Check out the parent activity in a Charter, could beat all the inner city schools wrapped into one.
""God will take care of us," King said."
Guess donations will not be necessary.
55 in most spots.......
You can't go home again....
Don't forget to add it to their income tax returns!
Too stupid to swim, too stupid to put on a life vest.....smart group, old enough to know better.
Were there to see/hear all of this? You should be at the MCSD right now writing up that report to be sure ALL the BAD boys get arrested. You also should have written the news release, it would have been much better and more precise that what the journalist did.
"10 minority apprentice laborers" Is this what EEOC means?
There are much better ways to spend the county's money that would benefit many more people,
And the amputee's (that flew off the roller coaster) family is suing the park for ALLOWING him to ride.
Strange world, dam*ed if you do, dam*ed if you don't.
Does anyone really believe that the politicians would put that money into parks?
They are so corrupt and greedy, they would just take it for whatever they deemed necessary. The parks wouldn't see a nickel! They take money from any pile they want, and don't care how it gets replaced.
Isn't there a traffic light at that corner? Did one of them run the red light?
That is called AUTO INSURANCE.
AND Leon is way to close to Leone.
Was she arrested for prostitution & filing a false police report?
Losing money or not, Wegman's is closing the store. It has the right to as long as they OWN it.
Seems the swans are much easier to get along with than humans....
"Simply untrue, You cannot receive cash! Stop spreading misinformation. EBT only allows the purchase of approved food items, cigarettes and beer cannot be purchased with a benefit card, nor can you get 'cash back'.
Try again."
Many people don't realize that they can & do get cash for things that working people cannot afford. Their cards should be used for food and only food. PA pays for rent, heat, utilities, medical - so NO CASH IS NECESSARY.
Of course he gets the max, it was a police chief's house!


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The survey reveals that more than half of the IT executives surveyed plan to accelerate Linux adoption in 2009.
In addition, more than 72% of respondents say they are either actively evaluating or have already decided to increase their adoption of Linux on the server in 2009.
Perhaps even more is that more than 68% of IT executives are also making the same claim for the desktop.
The number one motivation executives gave for migrating to Linux was economic and related to lowering ongoing support costs.
As a consequence, more than 40% of survey participants said they plan to deploy additional workloads on Linux over the next 12-24 months and 49% indicated Linux will be their primary server platform within five years.
Notably, however, those who are hesitant to adopt Linux cited lack of application support and poor interoperability with Windows and other environments as their primary concerns.
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What a bunch of reasonable and positive comments on Saban by LSU fans. How refreshing!
I'm not going to kid anyone that if I was an LSU supporter I'd be perturbed with the man for going to an eastern division rival, but many LSU fans could benefit from reading some of these comments. Like it or not, one has to acknowledge that he brought LSU from the SEC cellar to national prominence. He is not that bad of a guy either. The way he left LSU and Miami might not have been ideal, but they were similar to how every coach leaves a job. I know, I know, he said "I will not be the coach at Alabama." At that point, however, I don't think he was thinking about leaving. He was trying to get the job done in Miami. Sure, it would have been better if he said "No comment" if he thought there was a remote chance he would leave, but then that would jeopardize the performance of a team that at that point had an outside shot at the playoffs. I know some of you may jump all over this statement, bt I have always found him to be brutally honest, to the point that it sometimes gets him in trouble, kind of like a Steve Spurrier. He doesn't "coach speak" and that is why he gets in trouble with the media. In short, I take offense to people who want to call him scum or a liar when his actions are so similar to many current coaches. He just has one unfortunate quote that keeps getting repeated.


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Hubby and I have 4 nights and 5 dinners in L.V. We are going to two shows, We plan to dine at Guy Savoy and Joel Robuchon at the Masion on the nights we do not have shows. The others include Sinatra, Veranda and Picasso. We thought we'd do a brunch at Bellagio Fountains. What else shouldn't we miss? Thanks in advance.
Well, one place I ask you DO miss is Olives. It may have great views, but the food there hasn't impressed me. IMHO you'll find FAR better food and just as nice views across the street at Mon Ami Gabi at Paris. If the weather is cooperating, grab a table in the patio and enjoy the lovely Bellagio fountain views.0


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The Ex-Dividend Date (without dividend). You
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Opening price for the day; first trade of the
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Price to Earnings Ratio. This number is the
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PEG stands for price/earnings growth and is
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Price to Sales Ratio. This number is the
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Prev Close
The closing price for the trading day prior to
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The dividend(ttm) per share divided by the
previous closing stock price (see Prev Close), as a percentage
(multiplied by 100).
Market Cap
Formula: Current Market Price Per Share *
Number of Shares Outstanding
The total dollar value of all outstanding
shares. Computed as shares times current market price.
Capitalization is a measure of corporate size.
Enterprise Value
Formula: Market Cap + Total Debt – Total Cash
& Short Term Investments
EV is a measure of theoretical takeover price,
and is useful in comparisons against income statement line items
above the interest expense/income lines such as revenue and
Trailing P/E Ratio
Formula: Current Market Price / Earnings Per
A popular valuation ratio calculated by
dividing the current market price by trailing 12-month (ttm)
Earnings Per Share.
Forward P/E Ratio
Formula: Current Market Price / Projected
Earnings Per Share
A valuation ratio calculated by dividing the
current market price by projected 12-month Earnings Per Share.
PEG Ratio
Formula: P/E Ratio / 5-Yr Expected EPS Growth
Forward-looking measure rather than typical
earnings growth measures, which look back in time (historical).
Used to measure a stock's valuation against its projected 5-yr
growth rate.
Price/Sales Ratio
Formula: Current Market Price / Total Revenues
Per Share
A valuation ratio calculated by dividing the
current market price by trailing 12-month (ttm) Total Revenues.
Often used to value unprofitable companies.
Price/Book Ratio
Formula: Current Market Price / Book Value Per
A valuation ratio calculated by dividing the
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Value Per Share.
Enterprise Value/Revenue
Formula: Enterprise Value / Total Revenues
Firm value compared against revenue. Provides
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ratio. Since revenue is unaffected by the interest
income/expense line item, the appropriate value comparison
should also remove the effects of capitalization, as EV does.
Enterprise Value/EBITDA
Formula: Enterprise Value / EBITDA
Firm value compared against EBITDA (Earnings
before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization). See
Enterprise Value/Revenue.
Fiscal Year Ends
The date of the end of the firm's accounting
Most Recent Quarter
Date for the most recent quarter end for which
data is available on the Key Statistics page. This period is
often abbreviated as "MRQ."
Profit Margin
Formula: (Net Income / Total Revenues) * 100
Also known as Return on Sales, this value is
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Total Revenue for the same period and is expressed as a
Operating Margin
Formula: [(Total Revenues – Total Operating
Costs) / (Total Revenues)] * 100
This item represents the difference between
the Total Revenues and the Total Operating Costs divided by
Total Revenues, and is expressed as a percentage. Total
Operating Costs consist of: (a) Cost of Goods Sold (b) Total (c)
Selling, General & Administrative Expenses (d) Total R & D
Expenses (e) Depreciation & Amortization and (f) Total Other
Operating Expenses, Total. A ratio used to measure a company's
operating efficiency.
Return on Assets
Formula: Earnings from Continuing Operations /
Average Total Equity
This ratio shows percentage of Returns to
Total Assets of the company. This is a useful measure in
analyzing how well a company uses its assets to produce
Return on Equity
Formula: [(Earnings from Continuing
Operations) / Total Common Equity] * 100
This is a measure of the return on money
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from Continuing Operations divided by average Total Equity and
is expressed as a percentage.
The amount of money generated by a company's
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Revenue (Sales) Per Share
Formula: Total Revenues / Weighted Average
Shares Outstanding
Quarterly Revenue Growth
Formula: [(Qtrly Total Revenues – Qtrly Total
Revenues (yr ago)) / Qtrly Total Revenues (yr ago)] * 100
The growth of Quarterly Total Revenues from
the same quarter a year ago.
Gross Profit
Formula: Total Revenues - Cost of Revenues
This item represents Total Revenues minus Cost
Of Goods Sold, Total.
The accounting acronym EBITDA stands for
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Net Income Avl to Common
Formula: Net Income - Preferred Dividend and
Other Adjustments - Earnings Of Discontinued Operations -
Extraordinary Item & Accounting Change
This ratio shows percentage of Net Income to
Common Excluding Extra Items less Earnings Of Discontinued
Operations to Total Revenues. This is the dollar amount accruing
to common shareholders for dividends and retained earnings.
Diluted EPS
Formula: (Net Income - Preferred Dividend and
Other Adjustments)/ Weighted Average Diluted Shares Outstanding
This is the Adjusted Income Available to
Common Stockholders (based on Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles, GAAP) for the trailing 12 months divided by the
trailing 12 month weighted average shares outstanding. Diluted
EPS uses diluted weighted average shares in the calculation, or
the weighted average shares assuming all convertible securities
are exercised.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
Formula: [(Qtrly Net Income – Qtrly Net Income
(yr ago)) / Qtrly Net Income (yr ago)] * 100
The growth of Quarterly Net Income from the
same quarter a year ago.
Total Cash
The Total Cash and Short-term Investments on
the balance sheet as of the most recent quarter.
Total Cash Per Share
This is the Total Cash plus Short Term
Investments divided by the Shares Outstanding at the end of the
most recent fiscal quarter.
Total Debt
Formula: Short Term Borrowings + Current
Portion of Long Term Debt + Current Portion of Capital Lease +
Long Term Debt + Long Term Capital Lease + Finance Division Debt
Current + Finance Division Debt Non Current
The Total Debt on the balance sheet as of the
most recent quarter.
Total Debt / Total Equity
Formula: [(Long-term Debt + Capital Leases +
Finance Division Debt Non-Current + Short-term Borrowings +
Current Portion of Long-term Debt + Current Portion of Capital
Lease Obligation + Finance Division Debt Current) / (Total
Common Equity + Total Preferred Equity)] * 100
This ratio is Total Debt for the most recent
fiscal quarter divided by Total Shareholder Equity for the same
Current Ratio
Formula: Total Current Assets / Total Current
This is the ratio of Total Current Assets for
the most recent quarter divided by Total Current Liabilities for
the same period.
Book Value Per Share
Formula: Total Common Equity / Total Common
Shares Outstanding
This is defined as the Common Shareholder's
Equity divided by the Shares Outstanding at the end of the most
recent fiscal quarter.
Operating Cash Flow
Formula: Net Income + Depreciation and
Amortization, Total + Other Amortization + Other Non-Cash Items,
Total + Change in Working Capital
Net cash used or generated in operating
activities during the stated period of time. It reflects net
impact of all operating activity transactions on the cash flow
of the entity. This GAAP figure is taken directly from the
company's Cash Flow Statement and might include significant
non-recurring items.
Levered Free Cash Flow
Formula: (EBIT + Interest Expense) * (1 – Tax
Rate) + Depreciation & Amort., Total + Other Amortization +
Capital Expenditure + Sale (Purchase) of Intangible assets -
Change in Net Working Capital + Pref. Dividends Paid + Total
Debt Repaid + Total Debt Issued + Repurchase of Preferred +
Issuance of Preferred Stock
Where: Tax Rate = 0.375
This figure is a normalized item that excludes
non-recurring items and also takes into consideration cash
inflows from financing activities such as debt or preferred
stock issuances.
The Beta used is Beta of Equity. Beta is the
monthly price change of a particular company relative to the
monthly price change of the S&P500. The time period for Beta is
3 years (36 months) when available.
This is the Closing or Last Bid Price. It is
also referred to as the Current Price. For NYSE, AMEX, and
Nasdaq traded companies, the Price is the previous Friday's
closing price. For companies traded on the National Quotation
Bureau's "Pink Sheets," and OTC bulletin boards, it is the bid
price obtained at the time the report is updated.
52-Week Change
The percentage change in price from 52 weeks
S&P500 52-Week Change
The S&P 500 Index's percentage change in price
from 52 weeks ago.
52-Week High
This price is the highest Price the stock
traded at in the last 12 months. This could be an intraday high.
52-Week Low
This price is the lowest Price the stock
traded at in the last 12 months. This could be an intraday low.
50-Day Moving Average
A simple moving average that is calculated by
dividing the sum of the closing prices in the last 50 trading
days by 50.
200-Day Moving Average
A simple moving average that is calculated by
dividing the sum of the closing prices in the last 200 trading
days by 200.
Average Volume (3 month)
This is the average daily trading volume
during the last 3 months.
Average Volume (10 day)
This is the average daily trading volume
during the last 10 days.
Shares Outstanding
This is the number of shares of common stock
currently outstanding—the number of shares issued minus the
shares held in treasury. This field reflects all offerings and
acquisitions for stock made after the end of the previous fiscal
This is the number of freely traded shares in
the hands of the public. Float is calculated as Shares
Outstanding minus Shares Owned by Insiders, 5% Owners, and Rule
144 Shares.
Shares Short
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borrowed by investors for sale, but not yet returned to the
owner (lender).
Short Ratio
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take to cover the Short Interest if trading continued at the
average daily volume for the month. It is calculated as the
Short Interest for the Current Month divided by the Average
Daily Volume.
Short % of Float
Number of shares short divided by float.
Shares Short Prior Month
Shares Short in the prior month. See Shares
Forward Annual Dividend Rate
The annualized amount of dividends expected to
be paid in the current fiscal year.
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
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Current Market Price) * 100
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate
The sum of all dividends paid out in the
trailing 12-month period.
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
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Current Market Price) * 100
5-Year Average Dividend Yield
The average Forward Annual Dividend Yield in
the past 5 years.
Payout Ratio
The ratio of Earnings paid out in Dividends,
expressed as a percentage.
Dividend Date
The payment date for a declared dividend.
Ex-Dividend Date
The first day of trading when the seller,
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recently announced dividend payment. The date set by the NYSE
(and generally followed on other U.S. exchanges) is currently
two business days before the record date. A stock that has gone
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Offered at $2,649,000
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"Private, quintessential Mid Century Post & Beam Architecture by Richard Dorman, AIA. Situated just steps from hillside walking trails and nature preserve, this home is within the exclusive Briar Summit-Briar Knoll enclave, a Mulholland Drive ridge top community, utilities underground and conceived in the manner of Trousdale Estates in Beverly Hills — for sophisticated residents looking for a stylish, hip living, in a quiet, architectural colony. This property features expansive great room, open plan dining/family and living areas, all playing directly to a generous pool, patio and grounds, thoroughly private and secure. 3 bedrooms, including pool-side master and luxe bath with tremendous closets and dressing area, plus gym or 4th bedroom/office and two guest baths. Vaulted beam ceilings, glass walls, clerestory windows, stone and wood floors complete this timeless, move-in condition opportunity." (Text and images courtesy of MLS listing #14768829)
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Listed courtesy: Peter Maurice/Rodeo Realty – Beverly Hills Co-Listed with Tregg Rustad/Rodeo Realty – Beverly Hills


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Word is at the local high school that if your cell phone or ipod has gone through the wash you can save it by burying it in uncooked rice. My 15 year old son has told me numerous stories of rice to rescue--and since he's ended up with two phones and an MP3 player death by washing machine; I was interested. I guess it might make sense, maybe the rice absorbs the moisture? Anyone else heard this?
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