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As my family's summer travel season is winding down, I wanted to end on a high note.
I started at the top, most northern part of Indiana and worked my way southward. Our road-trip adventures ended in scenic and historic French Lick.
I timed the trip to coincide with our 16th wedding anniversary. This time, we traveled without children. We have taken them to French Lick before to visit popular areas like Paoli Peaks, an indoor water park, indoor carting and boating on Patoka Lake. This weekend, however, was just for the grown-ups.
We have been to the resort before. Although we don't gamble, we have taken advantage of many of the family travel packages they offer, especially in the winter.
Our destination was the West Baden Hotel. A few years ago my kids and I toured the resort, and I just fell in love with the dome. Dubbed the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this architectural marvel begs to be photographed. Being the Indiana history buff that I am, I enjoyed staying in a fortress steeped in history and tradition.
We arrived on a Friday evening and couldn't believe how plush our room was. We had a beautiful view of the rolling hills and the gardens. It was luxurious without overdoing it, from the plush robes to the specialty in-room chocolates. And it was surprisingly affordable.
We filled the weekend with a tour of the Pete Dye Golf Course and mansion, a bicycle tour of the grounds, antiquing in town, the Orleans farmers market and high afternoon tea under the dome served on fine china. It isn't often a girl can have tea sandwiches, petit fours and warm scones with fresh cream for no other reason other than it was 3 o'clock.
We splurged on a few spa services as well. On Saturday I had a Sprudel mineral soak, and on Sunday we both had a massage. Definitely something everyone should do at least once in a lifetime. The low lighting, soft music and candles provided a much-needed relaxing experience.
The weekend was perfect, a word I do not use often. From the accommodations to the food, the friendly staff to the entertainment options, we were not left wanting.
And I was impressed with the food. We even visited The Black Buggy in nearby Washington, a local eatery not to be missed.
The highlight of the weekend, however, was a big surprise that I had been planning for my husband. I had been in cahoots with the events coordinator Jennifer and the florist Kim for several weeks, planning every detail of the big day.
With the help of local minister Craig Chestnut and photographer Ramona Pinnick, I was able to not only surprise him but create what was a magical evening for the three of us in the garden. Well, plus the photographer, the minister's wife and 50-plus onlookers.
We renewed our wedding vows in the West Baden gardens near the picturesque fountain; and believe it or not, I think it held more meaning than our real wedding. Sixteen years, two kids and a busy family life will do that. All of those reasons and more were what made this day complete.
Pastor Chestnut presented us to the world again as Mr. and Mrs., and we were greeted with applause from the spectators on the wraparound porch of the hotel. It was magical.
After the brief ceremony, we had dinner at the hotel's finest eatery, Sinclair's. We dined on fresh halibut and four-cheese lasagna. The dining staff was so good to us, and the chef shared with me the recipe for the lime pudding pie that we were served for dessert. That cool and creamy concoction is what I am sharing with you today.
All of the little touches along the course of the weekend were so special, and it will be one I will not soon forget.
If I realized anything with the passing of my grandmother in July, it is that you have to live your life out loud and in full color.
Our celebration weekend was spent in a beautiful place, making happy memories and enjoying life. One tasty bite at a time.
3 tablespoons of cornstarch
2¼ cups of milk
2 teaspoons of lime zest
1 egg
2 egg yolks
½ cup of sugar
2 teaspoons of AP flour
½ cup of lime juice
Whisk the cornstarch and milk together in a medium sized saucepan over med-low heat.
Add the lime zest. Heat for 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Allow to simmer, not boil, until it is thicker. Set aside to cool.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Beat the egg and yolks in a bowl. Strain the cornstarch mixture of the zest and add to the eggs with the sugar, flour and lime juice. Whisk until smooth and creamy.
Add to ramekins, pie crust or a dish and bake for 25 minutes or until set. Allow to cool and chill for a few hours before serving.
Garnish with more zest if you wish.
Heather Tallman lives in the Center Grove area and writes the cooking blog Basilmomma.

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For their performance against ISU.
"If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts." Albert Einstein
"If your worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on" Lance Armstrong
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Well, they escaped by 1 point against a team that's not ranked... seems reasonable.
or maybe the fact that they showed they don't have a healthy starting QB that was a big reason for their rating?
But go ahead and take it as a slight on ISU. That's reasonable too.
"Blamo"! The new CF approved swear word.
We won last year in Lincoln without our starting qb AND rb. I don't want to hear any excuses that injuries at the qb spot made it close. We put up 30 on what they thought was a great defense, had a lot more first downs and more total yards.
they lost a spot or two in one poll, hardly would say that is getting punished considering they are going with a 3rd string QB right now, they still control their own destiny, win out - they will be in the top 5. I don't feel sorry for them one bit
Am I missing something? They're still top 10?
No team that has to run the wildcat should be in the top 10.
And they should be, believe it or not not everyone in the country is as impressed with our 5-5 record as some around here. It wouldn't have mattered who the teams were if the #7 team wins by 1 in overtime against a 5-4 team that has been outscored by over 100 points against the other top 10 teams they've played, they would lose some respect too.
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Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, and Paul Giamatti also join the special screening to celebrate the movie's international premiere on April 16.READ MORE
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.- The black, red and gold flags colors that were proudly displayed in homes and on cars throughout Germany during the World Cup have been replaced in the city of Ratisbona now by white and yellow, the colors of the papal flag, in anticipation of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Bavaria.
The president of the Marian Congregations for men, Father Heinrich Wachter, had the idea of distributing the papal flags. He noted that many Germans "wanted to take part in the joy and enthusiasm experienced during the last World Youth Day in Cologne and during the recent World Cup."
"Seeing the little flags with the papal coat-of-arms on so many cars is an opportunity for drivers to enthusiastically greet one another as they travel about the city," he added.
A long-time neighbor of the Pope's brother and friend of the Holy Father for decades, Father Wachter emphasized, "For us Catholics, it is an immense joy to have a German pope. The flags are a visible sign of our faith and our solidarity. My dream is that in few days everyone in Ratisbona will be draped in the papal flag." He said that in recent days he has received more than 700 requests for the papal colors.


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John Layer says he's been going to the Kentucky Flea Market since his 32-year-old daughter was a toddler in a stroller — and views it more like a treasure hunt than a shopping trip.
"You never know what you're going to find here," said Layer, 59, of Louisville, who accompanied his daughter to the market's Fourth of July Spectacular on Saturday. "I collect certain things, like autographed sports memorabilia. And sometimes I just like to buy newer stuff and old stuff."
The holiday flea market, which runs July 3-6 at the Kentucky Exposition Center, is a cornucopia of goods. More than 600 booths feature everything from homemade soaps, antique dolls and Army caps to jewelry, barbecue sauce and fudge.
"This is our best flea market by far," said Candice Peter, co-owner of Flo's Natural Bath and Accessories in Southern Indiana, a vendor at the market.
Her business partner, Flo Fulkerson, agreed, saying shoppers have been flocking to their booth to buy homemade soaps and hair accessories. Fulkerson said she makes the soaps from ingredients such as goat's milk and essential oils and sometimes forms them into non-traditional shapes such as doughnuts (which have a butter cream fragrance.)
"I get bored making just bars (of soap) all the time," Fulkerson said, "so I branch out a little bit."
Anita and Phil Collins of Floyds Knobs, Ind. sold historic postcards at another booth, attracting a cluster of customers. They said they make more money at postcard shows, but enjoy getting out and meeting people at flea markets.
"You've got to do something when you're retired," said Phil Collins, 79, who used to work for American Can Co. "The postcards have got a lot of history in them, too."
Barry McBrien, who is originally from Ireland and now lives in London, browsed through the stacks of postcards. He said he was visiting Louisville as part of a U.S. tour.
"In London, we go regularly to flea markets," he said. "This is the biggest one I've ever been to."
Chris Redden of Louisville said he's been coming to the Kentucky Flea Market for more than a decade. Saturday, he brought his 7-year-old grandson, Adrian, and bought him a military cap with the words "Vietnam veteran" — just like his grandfather's.
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Former Essendon forward Matthew Lloyd has called on West Coast to part ways with coach John Worsfold if they don't win the AFL premiership this season.
But Worsfold says even if he does win a second flag as coach, it doesn't mean he'll definitely stay for a 12th season at the helm.
The Eagles have drifted in premiership favouritism following their 0-2 start to the year, with a series of injuries to key players leaving them vulnerable to the competition's better sides.
Lloyd said West Coast's depth simply wasn't good enough, and predicted the team would struggle to replace veterans Darren Glass, Dean Cox and Daniel Kerr once they retired.
"Now, they should be threatening for a premiership," Lloyd told Channel 9 this week.
"I think if they don't win the flag this year ... maybe it's time for West Coast and John Worsfold to part ways.
"Maybe with Kerr and Naitanui missing so much footy, they can't do it.
"I just feel their depth isn't good enough to respond."
Lloyd's comments come as a surprise given Worsfold's success at West Coast and the way he was able to transform the club into a premiership contender so soon after their wooden spoon campaign of 2010.
In 11 full seasons in charge, Worsfold has guided West Coast to eight finals series, two grand finals and the 2006 premiership.
In 2011, West Coast reached a preliminary final, while they battled manfully to finish fifth last year despite a horror injury run.
Worsfold, who also captained the Eagles to two flags, is in the final year of his deal, and has put negotiations on hold until the end of the season.
But even if results do fall West Coast's way this year, the 44-year-old said he would have to weigh up family circumstances and his own coaching desire before deciding whether he wants to continue.
"Matthew Lloyd's job is to comment on footy issues," Worsfold said on Wednesday.
"If we get beaten in the grand final by one point, would he really think that? I don't know.
"I will concern myself with that in October.
"After we win the flag, I'll still weigh it up with the club, because maybe winning another premiership might be the right time to change.
"So we'll wait and see."
Worsfold said Kevin Sheedy's 27-year stint at Essendon proved that coaches could enjoy extended success at the one club.
The Eagles will start as hot favourites in Saturday's clash with struggling Melbourne at the MCG, with West Coast set to be boosted by the return of forward Mark LeCras.
LeCras broke his right arm less than three weeks ago, but has trained strongly over the past week and is adamant he's ready to play.
However, Kerr might have to spend another week in the WAFL after missing the entire pre-season following knee surgery.


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Superdome officials worried about a power outage
Cinthia Hedge-Morrell, chairwoman of the New Orleans City Council's Utility Committee, called an emergency committee meeting Friday with Entergy representatives and others, seeking additional information.
The blackout came after a nearly flawless week of activity for football fans in New Orleans leading up to the big game.
Mayor Mitch Landrieu told WWL-AM on Monday that the outage won't hurt the city's chances, and he joked that the game got better after the blackout: "People were leaving and the game was getting boring, so we had to do a little something to spice it up."
New Orleans last hosted the Super Bowl in 2002, and officials were hoping this would serve as the ultimate showcase for the city's recovery since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The storm tore holes in the roof of the Superdome and caused water damage to its electrical systems, and more than $330 million was spent repairing and upgrading the stadium.
Sunday's Super Bowl was New Orleans' 10th as host, and officials plan to make a bid for an 11th in 2018.
Associated Press writers Beth Harpaz, Brett Martel and Barry Wilner contributed to this report.
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Record numbers of sick sea lions washing up on California shores
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SAUSALITO, Calif.—Record numbers of distressed sea lions have washed ashore in California for a second straight year, the latest example of a marine mammal facing severe problems amid what biologists say is overfishing and other human-caused strains on the world's oceans.
From January through May, a record 367 California sea lions have been admitted to the Marine Mammal Center here just north of San Francisco, nearly five times the average. In Southern California, more than 600 sea lions—more than twice the average—have been taken in so far this year, after a record 1,600 were treated last year.
The problem may have implications for humans, researchers say. "Sea lions are living and feeding on the same resource as humans are," said Shawn Johnson, director of veterinary science at the Marine Mammal Center. "If they are starting to have problems, that shows there could be a problem with the ocean."
Scientists suspect the surge in numbers has to do in part with the sea lions' food sources moving farther away, perhaps because climate change has shifted ocean currents or changed water temperatures. Evidence suggests a problem with one of the animal's major food sources, sardines, biologists say. The majority of the distressed animals have been pups, which biologists say likely were abandoned by their mothers for lack of food.
Some researchers suggest rising toxicity in the oceans could be playing a role as well. The number of sea lions needing help after exposure to toxins from such problems as shellfish poisoning has also risen. Federal officials are investigating the situation after declaring an unusually high sea-lion mortality rate in 2013.
Other marine mammal species around the world also have suffered health crises in recent years, due in part to human threats including overfishing, said Sam Ridgway, president of the National Marine Mammal Foundation, a nonprofit advocacy group based in San Diego.
The populations of orcas in the Pacific Northwest and beluga whales in Alaska's Cook Inlet have both plummeted over the past two decades, amid pressures including toxic contamination and oil and gas development, according to reports by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Volunteers at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, Calif., work to round up the mammals for feeding and medication. Preston Gannaway for The Wall Street Journal
Since 2011, about 250 Alaskan ice seals have contracted a deadly mystery ailment, while in 2012-13, about 130 manatees died and 80 bottlenose dolphins were stranded in Florida's Indian River Lagoon system, according to NOAA reports. Although federal officials haven't determined the causes, one possibility being explored for the ice seals is the growth of toxic algae in coastal waters from more sun exposure due to ozone depletion.
In all, the federal government has declared 38 "unusual mortality events" involving marine mammal species since 2003. That is nearly twice the number of events recorded from 1991—when the animals were put under greater federal protection—to 2002. "We still have a question whether we are seeing more because there are more, or are we seeing more because people are better trained to find a problem," said Trevor Spradlin, a NOAA marine mammal biologist. "We don't know yet, so time will tell."
In some cases, federal officials have curtailed fishing to help the animals recover—at an economic cost. After Stellar sea lions were listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1990, some areas were closed to fishing for species including cod.
"You lose access to basically entire areas that were previously key to the fishery, so your production goes down," said John Gruver, a manager for United Catcher Boats, a Seattle fleet that he estimates has lost a quarter of its cod haul as a result.
In California, sea lions are so abundant that new fishing restrictions aren't expected anytime soon. The bigger impact is on the ability of shelters to handle the onslaught of animals. At the Marine Mammal Center overlooking the ocean here, most of the 25 holding pens were filled with mostly sea-lion pups one day last month as workers tried to care for them.
"It's hard for us to see these starving little sea lions," said crew supervisor Kathryn Arnold.
The pups often have to be fed a fish-gruel slurry when they first come in, and if they make it—as many as half of those rescued die—they are released back into the wild, the center's Dr. Johnson said. He added the pups often come in weighing as little as 25 pounds; a normal weight for this time of year would be about 80. California sea lions can grow as big as 1,000 pounds.
Center officials say they are looking to add at least 100 volunteers to the 1,100 normally available and to beef up funding. Feeding the animals 1,000 pounds of fish a day costs $1,000, Dr. Johnson said.
"I thought last year's increase was a one-time event," he said. "I'm concerned this will be the new normal."
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I went to see the movie Zombieland on Saturday, right in the middle of what seemed like a ferociously cold day, what it being early October and us on the verge of perishing from this global warming and all.
You might imagine that a post-zombie-apocalypse-survival movie might bring a girl down when everything in the "real world" has just gone to such crap.
Where to even start?
The poorest of the poor -- or as I like to think of them, the very people who need government subsidized public health care -- look like they're going to get screwed in this round of the health care battle.
The after effects of the Great Recession are just now starting to kick into high gear even as traditional media have moved on to "trend stories" about how average people are returning to living high on the hog.
Our country is becoming more and more polarized between left and right, blue and red, gay and straight, legal and illegal ... but not in Zombieland.
Far from being pulled down into depression, I savored every single one of the film's 80 minutes because there is nothing more comforting to me than imagining a zombie apocalypse.
I loved the movie on its own merits (I paid for my own ticket, thanks) -- at 48, Woody Harrelson has finally come into his own and he hit the perfect notes of end-of-the-world lunacy alongside Jessie Eisenberg's geeky-sweet straight man. But the witty banter -- and the priceless and unexpected cameo -- wasn't the best part; leaving reality behind for the end-of-the-world was.
Angry, famished sprinter zombies coming after me to slurp the marrow out of my freshly cracked bones? Not a problem. The smell of rotting carcasses, lack of electricity and absence of Taco Bells to run to when the fiendish desire for cinnamon twists hits? Easily bearable.
You could counter that running for your life all the time might be a bummer but I've got my running shoes on. Just imagine:
No more work -- survival is a full-time job in the post-apocalyptic zombie world. Also, no more Fox news and CNN making a mockery of reasoned and intelligent discourse on political happenings and national and international policies.
No more worries about H1N1 or the AIDS virus, the rise of China and India as global powerhouses who will eclipse the U.S. economy through the sheer force of their well-educated populace, no more worries about whether there will ever be a functional international carbon-emissions policy that will keep us all from incinerating the Earth.
CTA doomsday budgets, wagering over who's going to actually score Roland Burris' U.S. Senate seat, and worries about whether the Kennedy expressway will buckle under me or whether the James R. Thompson Center's granite slabs will crush me like a grape on my way into the office? Immaterial!
And no more wondering when things will ever get better.
You see, after everything goes away -- such as in the zombie apocalypse, nuclear holocaust, or worldwide killer flu outbreak scenarios -- if you're one of the people who survived it then, pretty much, life is a little difficult, but refreshingly simple.
Keep warm, find food, stay alive in an environment where it's just you and a quiet world of dead and semi-dead corpses -- that's much easier than, say, trying to figure out what you, personally, can do to keep Chicago kids from getting killed on our streets.
Give me the disappointment of a world without freshly-baked Twinkies in exchange for wondering how the State of Illinois will keep all the poor people in food stamps next year.
Sigh, maybe it's just the weather ... Chicagoans didn't get the benefit of warming up during the summer this year and it seems like winter is nearly here ... but the post-zombie-apocalypse is looking pretty good to me right now.
But, alas, since there are no reanimated corpses that will take over the world and spare me from yet one more whiny op-ed about why Barack Obama should or should not have won the Nobel Prize and "what it means," I guess I'll just keep on truckin' until Halloween comes and I can don the dress of the undead to live out my fancy-free fantasies.
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We have stayed here in the past and will come back again. Some sites in the middle row are tight back to back for large units. Space between sites is much better than average. Everything worked fine. We looked at several other parks in the area and there is one other that we may consider but it's at least $10 per night higher. There are a number of semi permanent residents but except for a lot of cigarette butts, not a problem. Will stay here again. - Bojangles
May 2015 - $48.00
The roads are difficult to navigate once the park is full. The spaces are very tight. We had to move our truck several times so a motorhome could get past our site. Another motorhome was being led in by the owner and scraped the side of his rig with a basketball hoop. If we had wanted to leave before most other people left on the weekend, we would have had to asked several others to move their truck so we could get our rig out.
Since the sites are small and tight, there was not adequate parking for the tow vehicle. No "true" pull through sites. The first one gets to pull through, the second one gets backed right up to them.
WiFi had inadequate bandwidth for the number of rigs in the park. In the wee hours when most were asleep, it worked OK. On days when few rigs were there, it worked OK. When the park fills up, the WiFi is almost unusable and that was extremely frustrating. You are given individual logins, up to 3. So if you have more devices (laptops, tablets, phones), you can't use them. I believe a sign said that you can add them for $2 a day.
The owners were very nice and pleasant to work with. However, that did not change the physical constraints of the park or the poor WiFi.
Cable is an extra $5 per night and is not digital. There's an extra charge to run your air and use the WiFi if you are not staying for a week.
The location was very convenient to explore the Amish Countryside but this would not be my first choice to stay again due to the poor WiFi and the tight spaces. - jpainter01
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After withdrawing his controversial nomination of Carleton Ching, real estate development lobbyist, Governor Ige has named Suzanne Case for Chair of Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR).
Case has served as Executive Director of the Nature Conservancy of Hawaii for the past 14 years.
The Nature Conservancy uses aerial shooting of ungulates, fencing and eradication, and supports eliminating non-native animal populations. NCH pursues a policy of preservation, e.g. non use, of natural resources, not conservation, wise use, with no thought given to the concept that game animals, valuable habitat, and threatened native species can be managed successfully together.
The Legislature should consider Ms. Case carefully before approving her for the next 3 years to control the Hawaii State Department responsible for hunting rules, seasons, bag limits, licenses, hunting areas, enforcement, habitat preservation and improvement, shooting range development, and the Hunter Education program.
The Committee on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on Case's nomination for Friday, 04-17-15, on GM750_. Testimony is accepted: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/hearingnotices/HEARING_WTL_04-17-15_.HTM
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Senate JDL Chair Gilbert Keith-Agaran gutted the original Senate bill that establishing HRS "shall issue" language for qualified retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed and turned administration of the program back again entirely to the AG's office, where it has languished for 7 years. Only about 40 officers statewide have permits because the requirements established by the AG are designed to discourage applicants (sound familiar?). A yearly complete physical is required, and an annual perfect qualifying score must be shot, all at the expense of the applicant. Qualifications are held only annually on the Big Island, bi-annually on Maui, and not at all on Kauai.
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That a big Broadway hit would wind up on a small independent label says a lot about changes in the economics of the recording industry. For years, cast albums were pretty big business. Shows such as Hello Dolly! and Man of La Mancha could make the Billboard charts, right next to the Beatles.
But in the past decade or so, the major labels have released fewer and fewer original cast albums, says Brian Drutman, senior director for Decca Broadway. "The average Broadway cast recording costs about $400,000," Drutman says. "It's not inexpensive... even selling tremendously well, [an album] can take upwards of a year to recoup its initial investment."
The original cast album of Wicked has beat the odds for Decca Broadway. Since its release in December 2003, it has sold almost 700,000 copies. But while Decca and the other majors are looking for the next blockbuster, labels like Ghostlight Records have been picking up the slack.
Ghostlight owners Sherie Rene Scott and Kurt Deutsch began the business in their second bedroom, selling albums over the Internet. Now, they've recorded Broadway hits such as The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Deutsch says he convinced Broadway producers to record on his label by changing the standard business model. While companies like Decca Broadway finance and own their recordings, Deutsch convinced producers to pay for the discs themselves.
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OLYMPIA — A state House panel Wednesday took up a universal background-check proposal, a major sticking point in discussions about how to reduce gun violence.
House Bill 1588, proposed mostly by Democrats, would require background checks for all firearm purchases. Currently, licensed dealers are required to do the checks, but private sellers are not.
Supporters say the bill — if it clears the Democratic-controlled House and a GOP-run Senate — would reduce the likelihood of mass shootings like the recent one in Connecticut.
"This is a small step that we can, and I believe we should, take that will move us toward a society that will be safer," said Rep. Jamie Pedersen, a Seattle Democrat who sponsored the bill and chairs the House Judiciary Committee. He noted that 40 percent of gun sales nationally are done privately.
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Pedersen announced at the hearing he had scaled back the bill by exempting concealed-pistol license holders from the checks and requiring the conducting agencies to destroy records of the background search.
The changes, he said, were to address concerns that records of the checks would create a de facto registry of gun owners. Currently, federal background-check results are destroyed within 24 hours.
But in the contentious two-hour hearing, a couple dozen gun owners and Second Amendment activists described the bill as ineffective, unnecessary and unfair.
"Ninety-nine percent of gun owners are law-abiding citizens, and those are the ones who will be affected by this," said Brian Judy of the National Rifle Association. "This is a misdirected program. It's not going to work."
Law-enforcement officials and religious leaders, meanwhile, said the additional checks would save lives.
Seattle Deputy Police Chief Nick Metz said many violent crimes are committed by people who obtained guns illegally. Cheryl Stumbo, who survived a 2006 shooting at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, urged lawmakers to take action.
The tension boiled over into two witness-versus-lawmaker arguments:
The Rev. Sanford Brown, of Seattle, and state Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley, traded Bible verses to support their points (Brown in favor, Shea against).
And Vancouver resident Wayde Hager accused state Rep. Mike Hope, R-Lake Stevens, of citing incorrect statistics to support the bill.
Hope, a Seattle police officer with a top grade from the NRA, is one of two House Republicans supporting the proposal — which Hager said was akin to throwing gun owners "under the bus."
Despite little Republican support, Pedersen said he is confident the bill will clear his committee.
He said he's received hundreds of messages about the bill, and that his changes should satisfy most of the complaints.
But House Republican Leader Richard DeBolt, R-Chehalis, said the amended version still has "so many problems."
Senate leaders declined to say whether a similar bill would get a hearing in the Senate.
Republican Leader Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, called the idea "highly divisive."
Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee supports the measure.
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Jolie rules a top five that also includes [artist id="1098″]Madonna[/artist] (#3), [artist id="1236911″]Beyoncé[/artist] (#4) and the only male in the bunch, golfer Tiger Woods (#5). According to the magazine, Jolie notched the top spot after a year that saw her release hit films "Kung Fu Panda" and "Wanted" (the article fails to mention her Oscar-nominated role in "Changeling"), earn $27 million at the box office, cause quite a stir with the birth of her twins with Brad Pitt (who is #9 on the list), continue her many philanthropic efforts and manage the non-stop tabloid coverage of her relationship with Pitt.
That buzz package beat Winfrey, who made a strong showing with earnings that again came in just under $300 million thanks to her monthly magazine and a $55 million deal with XM satellite radio, despite slipping ratings for her daily gabfest.
Madonna came in at #3 with $110 million, primarily due to her smash Hard Candy world tour, which grossed a total of $280 million, as well as publicity over her divorce, alleged love affair with baseball player Alex Rodriguez and attempts to adopt a second child. Beyoncé's equally impressive $87 million tally came from album sales, touring, film work, her Dereon fashion collection, appearances at the Oscars and the Presidential Inaugural Ball and a number of endorsement deals.
Despite being injured and not playing for half the year, Woods still raked in $110 million through a bevy of endorsement deals, appearance fees and a well-paying gig designing golf courses.
Proving that "Twilight" pays in more ways than one, the author of the popular vampire series, Stephenie Meyer, debuted on the list at #26 this year via 29 million books sold and a smash movie, which earned her $50 million. Also hitting the list for the first time was Taylor Swift (#69), who made $18 million from touring, album sales and endorsement deals.
Among the others on the list: Bruce Springsteen (#6), Jennifer Aniston (#8), Kobe Bryant (#10), Will Smith, (#11), Britney Spears (#13), Coldplay (#15), Tom Cruise (#20), Simon Cowell (#25), Miley Cyrus (#29), Jay-Z (#32), Diddy (#35), Ryan Seacrest (#44), Kanye West (#46), 50 Cent (#50), the Jonas Brothers (#60), Daniel Radcliffe (#70), Carrie Underwood (#75) and Anne Hathaway (#85).
President Barack Obama became the first sitting head of state to make the cut, debuting at #49 on a combination of his historic election victory and $2.5 million earned from book sales.
Despite the global economic meltdown, the magazine reported that the cumulative earning power of the Celebrity 100 was $4.1 billion, up a bit from last year's $4 billion figure. The magazine configures its list by measuring the entertainment-related earnings and media visibility of film and TV actors, athletes, models, chefs, authors and musicians, tallied between June of 2008 and June 2009.


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By CLIFFORD J. LEVY
Published: August 18, 2003
The dinners held by the Queens Democrats at Antun's catering hall are fund-raisers that collect hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for party coffers, but they could easily be mistaken for Queens courthouse socials. Among those attending are scores of judges and their law clerks and secretaries, as well as private lawyers who haunt the borough's courtrooms. Even typists buy tickets, at up to $300 apiece.
The donor lists reflect a little-noticed but essential truth of politics in New York City: the boroughs' Democratic machines rely heavily on the local courthouse culture for their financial lifeblood. In Queens, for instance, roughly $200,000, or nearly 40 percent, of the $525,000 raised by the Queens Democratic Party last year came from courthouse donors, according to an extensive analysis of the party's finances by The New York Times.
And that relationship, say legal experts, lawmakers and prosecutors, helps explain why the state's system for selecting judges for its highest trial court, the State Supreme Court, has not changed over the decades, despite criminal scandals, charges of politically manipulated elections and repeated calls for reform.
In New York, where State Supreme Court judges are elected rather than appointed, the dominant political party in a county can virtually dictate who goes on the bench, and further, who fills hundreds of courthouse jobs. Not surprisingly, those in the courthouses and those hoping to become judges make sure to donate to the party, interviews and campaign finance records show.
It has been a durable formula. Even reports like the one from a state ethics panel in the late 1980's, which warned that the system was mired in so many conflicts of interest that public confidence in the bench was being damaged, have failed to bring changes in Albany, where county political bosses wield significant power. Many have argued that a system in which judges were appointed would reduce the politicization of the judiciary.
The role of the parties in the judiciary has come under renewed scrutiny since the Brooklyn Democratic leadership became the subject of a continuing criminal investigation into the selection of judges.
The Queens leadership is not facing a similar inquiry, but its fund-raising, like that of its counterparts in other boroughs, provides a stark appreciation of the ties between parties and courthouses, according to campaign finance records.
At a time when the overall influence of the local parties has declined, their power over judicial selection remains one of their few remaining bastions of patronage.
''The parties, like any institution, are not eager to give away power and influence,'' said Justice Steven W. Fisher, who is the administrative judge for the State Supreme Court in Queens and is presiding over the trial of a Brooklyn judge charged with corruption. ''And if they believe that a change in the system would diminish their influence, they would be expected to oppose reform.''
The dominant parties, whether Democratic in the city or Republican upstate, control State Supreme Court judgeships because of arcane state election rules in place for decades. Candidates earn spots on the ballot not through primaries, but through judicial conventions, over which party leaders exercise almost total control. As a result, in the overwhelmingly Democratic city, Democratic leaders in the boroughs can essentially name people to the bench because the Democratic nomination is tantamount to election.
Former United States Representative Thomas J. Manton, the Queens Democratic leader, did not respond to four messages seeking comment. Michael Reich, the Queens party's executive secretary, said there was nothing untoward about the party's collecting money from courthouse donors.
Mr. Reich disputed the fund-raising analysis by The Times, saying that he thought that 10 percent or less of the party's money came from courthouse donors. ''If you really, honestly look at it, you are going to see that there is really not a tremendous amount of money that our party is getting from there,'' he said.
In fact, according to the analysis, law clerks alone donated close to 10 percent of the party's total last year. Of the 51 law clerks serving State Supreme Court justices in Queens, 40, or nearly 80 percent, contributed to the party last year, according to the analysis and a list of clerks provided by court officials.
Most clerks bought at least a few tickets to the Antun's parties, at $200 to $300 apiece. The clerk jobs, which are filled by lawyers who act as aides to judges, are traditionally stepping stones to judgeships controlled by the party.
Told of the totals for clerks, Mr. Reich said, ''They want to become a judge, so they are active in getting around.''
He said many courthouse donors contributed because they were members of neighborhood political clubs and involved in their communities, not because of their jobs.
''They have a right to this association,'' he said. ''And it is not anything that is dirty.''


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By HOWARD W. FRENCH
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SHANGHAI, Sept. 25 - What does a city with the world's fastest trains, some of Asia's most spectacular buildings and China's best-dressed people do for an encore?
Why, introduce Formula One racing, and kick it off with a bang.
For many developing countries, something so extravagant would have made easy prey for satirists, who would have rained white elephant jokes upon the event. But in China, which lacks a free press, when the government is so firmly behind an idea, open satire can be in short supply. Any mutterings by residents have largely been in private, or on the World Wide Web.
Once Shanghai, with the can-do spirit that defines the city, set its sights on the Formula One project in 2001, no effort, nor, it would seem, any amount of money, was spared to bring big time auto racing here. It will arrive Sunday, and fans and organizers say the city is ready.
"Officials of the host city have been on field trips to a lot of other cities that have F1 racing over the last few years, and they have absorbed a lot of their expertise," Pan Yongyong, a frequent commentator on television about racing, said in a telephone interview. "I am at site right now, and I can assure you that although there are some last-minute details to work out, everything will be in tiptop condition."
The world's top drivers, most of whom are racing here, were even more gushing. Michael Schumacher, the reigning Formula One champion, declared it "the best race track I have ever seen.'' That is a good thing, one might say, given that construction of the 3.3-mile track on former swampland 18 miles west of Shanghai is said to have cost $300 million. The track, with two long straightaways and a series of loops and sharp curves, includes seating for 200,000 spectators under a sleek, wing-shaped roof.
The design is considered one of the most technically advanced and challenging on the Formula One circuit. At a cost of about $100 million per mile, no one could be blamed for expecting a pretty special roadway.
In truth, the $300 million - all state money - barely represents the tip of the iceberg in Shanghai's racing ambitions. Local governments built six roads to the track that cost more than the raceway itself.
The roads and the raceway are part of a far grander project, projected to cost about $5 billion, to create what is being called the Shanghai International Auto City. A gleaming new racing and automotive development complex, the project, which is still a work in creation, is intended to anchor China's embryonic car culture here and place it at the forefront of yet another shimmering dream: creating Chinese car brands and conquering the world with them.
"China is in the learning process right now, and we must go through that phase first," said Mr. Pan. "Although we still depend on some key foreign technologies, the distance is getting shorter, and we are reaching the state where we are going to be able to make our own contributions on intellectual property rights, which is what it is all about."
Mr. Pan, a racing fanatic since his childhood, when Formula One races were first broadcast in China, acknowledges that there are few racing devotees here. Although foreign manufacturers are heavily investing to increase production, there are only 10 million cars in this country, a paltry figure in a nation of 1.3 billion people.
That has not stopped race organizers from making rosy predictions of big profits just around the bend. "China needs F1," Yu Zhifei, vice president of the Shanghai International Circuit, told Southern Breeze magazine. "Pursuing dreams can produce miracles. The miracle of F1 is first capturing billions of people's attention. Then comes the push to a country and to a region's economy or world influence. All of these come from the power of the F1 dream."
In a China fresh from its success in the Olympics, and in the thick of preparations to hold the 2008 Games in Beijing, a sort of national sports mania has gripped the country. There is a determination to be world class in whatever the form of competition, almost no matter what the cost. In most cases, simply invoking the glory of China is a sufficient justification for the expenditure.
In that respect, the timing of the Formula One circuit's arrival in China could hardly have been better.
The Chinese press has been filled with enthusiastic commentary about the event, while questions about its cost, when raised at all, have been raised subtly, squarely between the lines.
In online discussions, carried out in anonymity, there were harsher criticisms. "Another maglev?" read one comment on a popular Internet bulletin board, comparing the F1 track to Shanghai's costly and underused high-speed airport shuttle.
Another comment was more indignant. "On the one hand, many poor children have no money to go to school and hope for help," the author wrote, citing the money allocated to the project. "The central government only allocated $60 million for Sichuan's flood - is that fair?"
The residents' comments raise enough questions to make any promoter anxious about what might happen after the novelty of the first big race rubs off.
"This is a symbol that a growing metropolis like Shanghai will sooner or later reach for," Zhou Yunfei, a 30-year-old computer programmer said proudly, though adding that he was not really interested in the sport. "Still, it is not as important as Beijing getting the Olympics."
He Xiang, a 28-year-old migrant worker from Anhui Province sat nearby, a living reminder that hundreds of millions of Chinese dream more about being able to make a comfortable living than about grand entertainment. "I've heard people talking about F1, but I don't like it," he said. "I don't understand it, and I don't have time to pay attention to it. First, I have to find a stable job."


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Strategy alone, without the consistent tactics of delivery across multiple and simultaneous channels, will not solve the issue. Today, with every social network embracing visuals and multi-media, being able to represent the brand visually is absolutely critical. However, being able to present your visual consistently on social, mobile and digital, crucial. But, social success is now about optimization, not colonization. Likes and follows were the goal before, conversion and engagement is now. #socialwhirled
Jan 22 Posted 2 years ago
This, this and this Nathan. It doesn't work b/c they're no strategy behind the strategy, no real plan to work. You make something pretty shiny, hit post, a few people like then maybe comment and/or share.. then what? Are you listening? Are you making the changes, connecting customers w/ the R&D or letting your CRM teams drive the next innovations, the ones people actually want?
That is the other reason, the one that needed to be part of the plan that was part of the communications strategy, which is key to business goals: something worth buying. Be it a product or idea, solving a problem is great, as is getting the right messages in front of the right audiences. But what if your solution is terrible or overpriced or someone else does it better, gets their target to care? All the great content (and CM strategy) won't help unless there is some there there, true value behind it. FWIW.
Jan 20 Posted 2 years ago
Hi Nathan,
I agree with your points. Even if we have the best distribution channels for our content, we won't get any hits if no one needs to read our posts to solve their problems. If we aren't writing to solve our audience's problems, then are we really creating good, valuable content? And if we're not creating content with the intent to provide real value for our audience, then I would start to rethink the entire content creation process.
The intention to provide real value should be the no. 1 goal for any content, or for that matter, any marketing strategy.
Thanks for writing this!
Jan 19 Posted 2 years ago
Thanks for the tips. Your article here will help me to benefit from the tools I am using. I am using Google Analytics and Yoast WordPress SEO plugin as my main tools to develop SEO friendly content. I have noticed that images play an important role in getting noticed. Probably the third point is now the greatest challenge for me, content that someone wants to read. My blog focuses on computer related issues that may be encountered by older, less computer savy persons, and there is a need to explain this differently that you would to a 25 year old techie.
Problem solving is something I find easy to do in person. Putting that in writing so that they can read and understand is another thing. Thanks for your help.
Jan 16 Posted 2 years ago
You are very welcome Ajay, thanks for reading.
Jan 16 Posted 2 years ago
I am very surprise to read this article because of that content marketing strategy is not working on social media. Nathan thanks to post these 4 reasons about content marketing is fail in socail media site. I think we have to careful about this.
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