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Published: Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 9:47 a.m.
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MIAMI | A family feud over rights to use of late reggae superstar Bob Marley's name and image has been settled in Florida federal court.
A one-page filing recently said the dispute was resolved between Marley's half-brother Richard Booker and a Bahamian company that represents Marley's widow, Rita Marley, and his children.
Terms of the agreement were not filed as of Friday.
The lawsuit filed last year asked a judge to order Booker to stop using Marley's name and image to promote a music festival, a restaurant in Jamaica and other business ventures.
Marley died in 1981 of cancer at age 36. His classic reggae recordings include "I Shot The Sheriff," ''No Woman No Cry," ''Jamming" and "Exodus."
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Hello Everyone,
I started trying to do the C25k program 4 weeks ago. I'm 24, 5'8", 215 lbs. and I've been struggling with the program from the start. I've never exercised with any regularity and have always been in fairly poor shape. I also smoke a pack a day which doesn't help. I started off doing 30 second jogs with 2 min walks for the first two weeks, and the past two weeks I've been working on week one and having a hard time of it. I do alright for the first 30-45 secs then I start to get wobbly and short on breath. I have a hard time getting my breath back by the time I'm supposed to jog again as well. Near the end of the session I can barely get through the last couple 1 minute jogs and I've been going at a really slow pace of 2-2.5 mph walking and 4 mph jogs. I also get runner's stitch about everytime I run, but it has been getting better than when I first started. I feel like I should be doing a lot better and I don't know if I'm not pushing myself hard enough, if there's something wrong with me, or if it's just from being out of shape and a smoker. I really want to make this program work but I feel like my progress is minimal if not nonexistant. Any advice would be appreciated and I'm going to at least try to cut back on smoking as much as I do :P
When you're first starting out, 4mph (15 min/miles) isn't necessarily all that slow! It could be that you need to slow down even more. You should be going at a pace such that you can have a somewhat stilted conversation. Anything faster than that and you're trying to go too fast. Don't worry about speed at first. That will come with time and increased distance. Running is more about the motion than it is about the speed.
The main thing is to start the process of letting your heart, lungs, blood vessels, muscles, bones, ligaments, and tendons adjust to the new demands that you're placing on them. Your heart, lungs, and blood vessels will made the adaptation fairly quickly (even though you're smoking, but cutting back like you plan to should help) -- within just a few weeks. It'll take a lot longer for the muscles, bones, ligaments, and tendons to catch up. No way around it -- running puts a lot of stress on your body, so you've just got to give it time to adapt.
If you don't seem to be trying to go too fast based on the stilted-conversation test, then maybe it's a matter of building up to week one more gradually. Perhaps you go back to what you were doing with the 30 second runs and 2 minute walks for another couple of weeks. Then you shift the balance to 35 seconds running, 1:55 walking. Eventually, as you increase the run portions you'll find yourself able to tackle the "official" week one. You can build as many extra weeks into the program as you want. The written plan is intended as a guideline, so it's okay to tweak as needed.
Most of all, realize that you're not alone. Draw on the members of the forum for advice and support. Get whatever support you can from your friends and family. Just do what you can to make yourself accountable to others for completing the program. I can't tell you how many runs I was able to finish solely on the energy provided by fear of having to post to my peers that I bailed out on a run.
Find a thread with some other people who are doing the program and join the conversation. I think you'll find that folks around here are very nice and really do want to help out.
Oh, and if you haven't already -- get fitted for a pair of running shoes from your local running store (not a shoe store, sporting goods store, or Foot Locker-type place). The local running store will get into much greater detail about what your foot's doing when you run, and they'll be much more likely to put you in a pair of shoes that will help make running fun, rather than painful.
Good luck, and post often!
2012 Race Schedule
Providence Marathon (4:48:55)
Buffalo Half-Marathon (2:03:16)
Chicago Marathon (October 7)
I just started the C25K program myself, so I am by no means an expert, but my suggestion would be to walk for a few weeks. I am doing W1D3 tomorrow morning and enjoying every minute. It's hard sometimes but reading all these forums on the Internet really helps.
Good luck with the program and hang in there!!!
1st of all, good for you! I have also struggled a bit with the program, but I just try to take it at my own pace. I am on week 3 of working on week 4. And I am VERY slow. But, I think a couple of more runs & I can kick it up a notch. Everyone is different & what matters is that we are working toward our goal. And stop smoking!
Good Luck! You will get there!
Well, for starters, just because the program is 9 weeks, don't think you "have to" push yourself into finishing in 9...once you get into it, even if it's the first week, don't be afraid to repeat it an extra time...or five times...or whatever it takes. Many, perhaps most, people repeat weeks.
Second...as someone else said...perhaps you should take a few weeks of just daily walks first. Your breathing and heart rate should be your guides. If you couldn't carry on a conversation, you're going too fast for your condition. Your breathing should be a little deeper and more frequent than when you're sitting on the couch and staring at the TV, but you shouldn't be gasping and wheezing sucking in great lungfulls of air with every couple of steps.
The smoking is definitely a problem - for some people more than for others. It's like driving with a very dirty air filter. Or for another analogy, picture sitting and watching TV but all your air has to be inhaled/exhaled through a cocktail straw. Your lungs are likely quite dirty and you can't "use" as much of the air you're breathing as someone with cleaner lungs. I wouldn't be surprised if you're hacking up black lung cookies every time you run for a while...although that'll probably only quit if you do (either running or smoking...)
Don't try pushing yourself harder - that'll only make you quit (running). The fact that you're getting stitches and having to "catch your breath" means you're pushing too hard as it is. Check your heart rate, too. Don't need to spend money on a fancy heart monitor just yet, anything that shows seconds is good enough. During your walks or just after your run intervals, stop and find your pulse (wrist or neck) and count the beats for 15 seconds and then multiply by 4.
THIS IS ONLY A GUIDELINE and may not be accurate for you *** but at age 24, you want to be looking to keep your heart rate below about 145 while you're walking and try not to get too far above that during your running for right now (~ 35 beats or so in 15 seconds). By your side stitches/breath catching, I'm guessing your stabbing 180 (45 beats).
By way of comparison, I'm 38. Only been running since April (and missed 6 weeks or so due to foot pain that turned out to be a mechanical defect rather than injury) and I'm still out of shape myself. Walking a 15 minute mile in 75-80 degree heat at near sea-level gets me up to about 130 heart rate. Jogging at 12:30-13:00 mile pace ( a bit below 5mph) gets me up to 155 or so after a mile or so and it creeps up from there as I heat up. I start to actually notice breathing getting heavy around 164-165...and I start gasping and might get stitches up around 170. Never had a stitch when I was below that.
I think it might help to "key" your breathing on your left foot - stitches seem to be more common on the right side, and brought about by starting to inhale/exhale as the right foot strikes pavement.
Where are you at? Altitude could be a factor here too - if you're up in the mountains, there's less oxygen in every lungful...
Thanks for the encouragement and responses everyone.
@dwm082 - I'm going to slow it down a bit because I can barely talk when I jog. I'll have to look into getting some running shoes, I don't even know if we have a store like that around here.
@TeejWI - I live ~12 miles from the ocean so I don't think altitude is an issue. I run on a treadmill and start to get wobbly, have a hard time maintaining balance and start having a hard time with my breathing near the end of the week one sessions when I'm jogging, but I'm able to complete them. I've been trying to focus on exhaling on my left step which has worked well but when I start to get winded really bad I just start sucking in air and get a stitch sometimes.
Hopefully slowing down some will make the sessions more reasonable for my level of fitness. Thanks a lot for taking the time to reply.
The stitch in the side was my problem from the beginning. Before the C25K, I thought I was pretty fit, but running is definitely different from working out in a gym environment. What made all the difference for me was wearing an mp3 player.
With the right tunes, getting through the weeks was bearable. I have completed the program now, and can run(jog, crawl?) at least 2 miles 3 times a week or better. I will never be the fastest runner in the world, but the feeling you get when you finish is the greatest! Good luck with your program
When I was doing c25k, I paid a lot of attention to my breathing as well. I remember reading somewhere that it's a good idea to make sure you're not always inhaling/exhaling on the same foot strike (I seem to recall that there was some sort of injury concern, but darned if I can find where I read it). I got into a habit of breathing in for two steps and breathing out for three. That worked pretty well, and I can't say I had any side stitches while doing that.
Since then, I've stopped paying all that much attention to my breathing. My body seems to work things out okay on its own, and I still seldom have problems with side stitches. As with most things in running, though, YMMV.
2012 Race Schedule
Providence Marathon (4:48:55)
Buffalo Half-Marathon (2:03:16)
Chicago Marathon (October 7)
You've been given some great advice from the other responses. Yes, you should check out specialty running stores (like Fleet Feet) to get properly fitted or you'll end up sidelined with an injury, and it's darn hard getting back into it.
You are making a respectable pace, given your fitness level. Repeating the earlier weeks is a good idea if you're struggling. And I hate to preach, but yes, please try to give up the ciggies.
One of the things that made a huge difference for me was reading Running On Air by Budd Coates. It teaches you how to breathe properly for stamina, speed and reduce the chance of injury. It also helps with those side stiches!
Sometimes when I get side cramping it's a sign of dehydration - when I'm careful, they happen much less frequently.
I just want to reiterate what others have said about taking more than 9 weeks for the program - not everyone starts the program at the same level of physical readiness. I repeated workouts during week 6 when I had trouble progressing, and being flexible helped keep me from feeling like a failure or quitting.
Walking a few miles on your off days or instead of a workout while you're ramping up into the program is a great idea... every active thing you do is going to help move you forward, no workout is wasted.
Sounds like you're at an amazing turning point where you're making some decisions to change things in your life... I wish you the best of luck as you try to smoke less, and run more. If you stick with it, are patient with yourself, and keep working at it, I think you will be amazed at the difference running can make to your health, life, and happiness. Who doesn't want more energy to do the things they do every day? I feel less tired, my overall mood has improved, I eat healthier because I like feeling better when I run... it's been incredible.
I wish you the absolute best... this could be the start of something truly amazing.
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Long before there were crossover artists, Kurt Weill was traversing musical styles from cabaret to concert hall to Broadway. Symphony Silicon Valley's latest program delves into the great German composer's music, and the results are sufficiently rich and varied to have come from several musical lifetimes.
Titled "Kurt Weill: Berlin, Paris, New York," Saturday's performance -- the first of two at San Jose's California Theatre -- followed the arc of Weill's career, from his influential collaborations with playwright Bertolt Brecht to his work in America as a composer of Broadway musicals and film scores. Conducted with verve and considerable insight by Weill scholar James Holmes, and featuring the invaluable soprano Lisa Vroman as one of five vocal soloists, the performance was a splendid reflection of a composer who consistently charted his own path.
The evening's centerpiece was a concert performance of "The Seven Deadly Sins," Weill's "ballet with song," premiered in Paris in 1933. Adroitly scored and pointedly sardonic, the piece employs the cardinal sins -- greed, lust, and so forth -- as symbols of 20th century exploitation and decline. The central characters are a pair of naive sisters, both named Anna, who leave their small town in Louisiana with the intention of striking it rich as nightclub performers in the big city -- one a singer, the other a dancer.
Vroman, assuming the role of Anna the vocalist, was the ideal soloist. (The second Anna, originally played by a dancer, was represented here by a seamstress's dress form.) The soprano, who made her mark on Broadway as Christine in "The Phantom of the Opera," has since commanded a wide variety of repertoire. Saturday, singing in German (with English supertitles) and looking svelte in a black halter dress, she proved a sublime Weill interpreter, handling Anna's music with effortless projection, articulate phasing and an air of steely, world-weary allure.
The other vocal roles -- a quartet representing Anna's family, who make wry comments on her progress at key intervals -- were sung with robust energy and tonal assurance by tenors Joseph Meyers and Mark Hernandez, baritone Jordan Shanahan, and bass Kirk Eichelberger.
The singers also excelled in the second half's set of songs composed by Weill in New York. Holmes introduced these with the Overture to the Weill musical "One Touch of Venus," noting just how far the composer had come in his move to America. In this swinging, jazzy music, and in other Weill songs from 1938-48 -- during which the composer collaborated with lyricists from Ira Gershwin to Ogden Nash -- one could hear the ways that Weill paved the way for 20th century works by Leonard Bernstein, Marc Blitzstein, Stephen Sondheim, Kander and Ebb and others.
Vroman, buoyed by Holmes' expansive conducting, sparkled in this repertoire, from the witty wordplay of "Mr. Right" to the subdued sonorities of "Speak Low." Best of all was her haunting performance of "It Never Was You," with Holmes serving as pianist. Meyers, Hernandez, Shanahan and Eichelberger mined the comic possibilities of "The Trouble With Women," and all five singers returned for "The Saga of Jenny."
The program began with Holmes conducting Weill's own suite from "The Threepenny Opera." Hearing this well-known score's mordant melodies and sharply defined rhythms shorn of strings and arranged for a small complement of piano, woodwinds, brass, percussion, guitar, banjo and accordion, it was easy to imagine hearing them in a smoky Berlin cabaret.
The encore was also drawn from "The Threepenny Opera"; a beguiling arrangement of "Mack the Knife," sung by Vroman in English, then French and finally in German -- sort of a Weill retrospective in reverse, performed with the same flair that characterized the entire program. The symphony's planners must have been pleased, since "Kurt Weill" drew one of the largest crowds I've seen at this theater recently. Perhaps Weill is ready to cross over once again.
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James Holmes, conductor; Lisa Vroman, soprano; Joseph Meyers, tenor; Mark Hernandez, tenor; Jordan Shanahan, baritone; Kirk Eichelberger, bass
When: 2:30 p.m. Jan. 13
Where: California Theatre, 345 S. First St., San Jose
Tickets: $39-$79, 408-286-2600, ext. 23; www.symphonysiliconvalley.org


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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Tuesday, March 12, 2013
GRANITEVILLE, S.C. (WRDW) -- A beautiful home on 4 acres of land now belongs to April Leischner. She inherited it from her parents a little over a year ago.
"Everything was going great, had some little minor details that we needed to fix, until we received a tax bill in the mail that we were not expecting," Leischner said.
The bill wasn't cheap. It was nearly $3,000, and it was due March 3.
"We just thought it was a mistake. We thought it was an honest mistake," she said.
But unfortunately, there was no mistake. $2,800 is a lot for a family on a fixed budget.
"This is like an entire month's salary for us. So the entire month plus, it's gone," Leischner said.
Even though they had already payed the property taxes on the land, this was another tax called a rollback tax under South Carolina state law.
Aiken County Treasurer Linda Sharpe explained, "The law is designed to recoup the normal taxes that would have been paid on a parcel of land."
When land is used for agriculture, it gets special tax breaks. But when you break that land down into smaller pieces and sell it as residential property, the new owners get stuck with the taxes. You can be charged for up to five years worth of previous taxes.
"We really don't like the law, we feels like it sort of penalizes the wrong people. But it's on the books, and we have to carry out the law," Sharpe said.
And even though Leischner's family knows they won't be able to recoup their money, they just want others to be aware that a law like this exists.
"It's one of those things where you take the good with the bad. We've got a beautiful home, we've got beautiful land, and unfortunately, we have to pay the state of South Carolina again."


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City to appeal Holliday ruling
Officer's firing overturned by commission in 2010
January 30, 2013
PARKERSBURG —The city of Parkersburg will again appeal a decision by the Parkersburg Police Civil Service Commission that overturned the firing of Police Officer Floyd Holliday....
I agree there should be more comments. I've said this before, he should be fired and made to pay back the money he's been receiving for doing nothing. If he keeps his job he will receive no respect from the public. By the way, wonder who paying for his lawyer?
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how can there only be 12 comments about this story? the public should be absolutely outraged that an officer sworn to protect the public preys upon it and then has his firing overturned! are we really so used to this sort of behavior from our police force that hardly an eyebrow is raised anymore? remember the old saying "if you dont stand for something then you will fall for anything"!
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He is busy shining his jr. detective badge and his curb stomping boots.
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all i can say is WOW. theft and downloading*****to a colleagues computer arn't firable offenses? the thing that struck me is that the theft took place while the so called officer of the law was conducting a traffic stop meaning he used his position to pull over his "mark" and stole from a citizen he was sworn to protect. this alone is disgusting and should earn him a stay at the gray bar inn. also if he is on adminastrative leave then he should be required to clean up trash along the streets and the park or some other dirty job our city needs done to earn the money he otherwise doesnt deserve. and where is hindsight101 on this subject? he is always quick to remind us that he is the police's right hand man on the street. what no pithy comment from you? or do you only speak when the police look good? you phony
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The city is just upset because his lawyer played his cards better than them. Most of the city's leadership and this idiot should all be canned. The system is so corrupt its silly
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If my boss caught me stealing or watching p o r n on the company's computer I would be fired so fast it wouldn't be funny. That firing would even be held up by unemployment. So how can an officer of the law not be held accountable as private citizens. Uphold the firing and make him pay the back wages and legal fees to the city. Law enforcement should of all people be held to the or higher standards than regular citizens.
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Interesting... PN&S can print p.o.r.n.o.g.r.a.p.h.y. in the article, but the same word can't be used in comments. Stupid.
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Theft alone is enough to qualify as an offense that should result in termination. Convenience store employees would be fired over theft, and here we are talking about someone who has sworn to uphold the law! Not to mention, can anyone name me a professional industry (aside from ***********) in which it would be acceptable to download *****graphic images on a laptop owned by the respective company/agency? I know of people who have been fired from their jobs for misuse of email! Meanwhile, Parkersburg citizens get to pick up the tab for this clown receiving his salary and benefits while this all gets figured out, when it's pretty black and white! He should have to pay it all back if the appeal goes the City's (and the citizens') way.
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If theft doesn't qualify as a firing offense, that tells you that a cop can get away with anything. Any of us "civilians" would have not only been fired but sent straight to jail.
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@ Joe Santer, just do it. don't release little blurbs to "PNS". The next time we hear about this it should be final!
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Jesus, how long is this, going to go on?
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By Chuck Barney
(SPOILER ALERT: Refrain from reading if you plan on watching Sunday's episode).
After "The Walking Dead" delivered a double-death shocker last week and turned us into blubbering wrecks, we, of course, are eager for some follow-up intel.
The season's fifth episode, "Say the Word," wasn't nearly as emotionally devastating. But then again, what could be? It did, however, offer a few juicy reveals and set up some intriguing possibilities for the remainder of the season. What it failed to do is provide answers as to what's up with the still-MIA Carol. Is she dead? Holed up somewhere? We don't know.
In the opening moments of "Say the Word," we discover that Rick is basically a zombie. Figuratively speaking. He spends the moments following Lori's demise in a complete and utter daze. Vacant-eyed and uncommunicative, he doesn't seem to want anything to do with his baby. (Are you worried for him?).
Rather than join Daryl and Maggie on a hunt for formula for his new-born daughter, he makes a dangerous decision to return to the prison, apparently looking to connect, in some way, with his dead wife. Armed with a hatchet, he goes on a splatter-ific, walker-killing rampage along the way.
But the real thrust of the episode is pegged to Woodbury, where we begin to glean more unnerving clues about the Governor and his creepy little too-good-to-be-true commune.
Today is party day in Woodbury. They've fired up the barbecue. A band is playing. Kids frolic with their dogs on the lawn. This could be Mayberry, or Stars Hollow, or any other blissful little TV Eden. But it's not.
In his quiet home, the Governor is lovingly stroking the hair of a little girl. Only it turns out to be a walker! A Walker that gets super ansty and fidgety. (Too many split ends?) The Guv tries to comfort/control her before finally wrapping a pillow case around her head.
"I'm here," he tells the animated corpse. "Daddy still loves you." Oh, so creepy.
It's the episode's big "wow" moment and witnessing it all from the street below is Michonne, who, of course, has had her suspicions about this demented dude all along.
Later, while the Governor is addressing his citizens, Michonne sneaks into his house and does a little snooping. She takes back the sword he swiped from her and then finds a notebook full of names, including "Penny," which is underlined. The Governor's daughter?
Michonne continues her sleuth work outside in an alley and comes upon an area where six walkers have been caged -- apparently for experiments being conducted by Milton. Poised for some gruesome fun, Michonne busts the lock, allowing the walkers to pour forth, and, with a gleam in her eye, she proceeds to slice and dice them just for sport.
Yes, this woman is a bad ass. Don't mess with her.
After the break, we discover that the Governor is none too pleased with Michonne's splat fest. He has re-taken the sword and wants to know what her deal is.
"You get off on that?" he asks.
Michonne lets the Governor know that she saw "Penny" -- that he's onto him.
"I loved her," he says.
"I bet you say that to all the girls," she replies.
The Governor makes it clear that Michonne must pay in some way. If she isn't punished (or made an example of), anarchy will reign. Maybe she can be part of Milton's research team. ...
But Michonne will have none of that. In the blink of an eye, she snatches back her sword and places it precariously at the Governor's throat before leaving the premises. Award Round 1 to the bad-ass chick.
This turns out to be a breakout episode for Michonne (Danai Gurira), who, up to now has had no big character moments. Frustratingly, she had been spending most of her on-screen time just frowning and glowering.
Anyway, the Governor is clearly fearful of what Michonne represents. He pleads his case to Andrea, who continues to be seduced by his (and the town's) charms.
"We've got a problem," he says. "She makes people feel uncomfortable."
But Andrea holds no sway over Michonne and the two are clearly on the outs. Andrea wants to stay in Woodbury. Michonne wants out. "This place is not what they say it is," she says before finally leaving on her own.
That night, Andrea gets her first clue that Michonne may be right. She joins the Governor and the townspeople for a decidedly offbeat sports event involving Merle and some buff shirtless dude, along with some chained-up walkers in a dirt ring. At first, it's not obvious to Andrea (or us) what the heck is going on. But it soon becomes clear that this is some sort of sick gladiator-like duel (or the UFC with zombies) where the combatants beat each other senseless while trying to avoid becoming chewed on by the slobbering walkers.
"This is barbaric!" a horrified Andrea blurts, to which the Governor says the whole thing is "staged" (like WWE wrestling) and that it's just a way to blow off steam. He's a kooky one, this Guv.
Back at the prison, Daryl and Maggie have safely returned with provisions for the baby, who, for now, has been dubbed "Little Ass Kicker." But Rick is still on his spaced-out quest, despite pleas by Glenn to get a freakin' grip.
In a very eerie sequence, Rick comes upon the area where Lori took her final breaths and finds the bloody knife used to slice her open. And sitting just a few feet away is a very bloated, very ugly walker.
Rick confronts the ghoul, jabs a gun into its mouth and fires away. Then he proceeds to repeatedly stab it in the stomach. Andrew Lincoln, who surely secured Emmy consideration with last week's episode, is quietly mesmerizing once again. You feel his character's frustration and agony over words not said and issues not rectified. Moreover, in a short span of time, he's lost his best friend and the love of his life. Clearly, he's at his breaking point.
And then a phone rings.
Startled, Rick finds the phone, picks up the receiver and says, "Hello?"
That's when we fade to credits (Noooooooooo!), leaving us to wonder who's on the other end.
The Governor? Michonne? Someone else? Who could it be?
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I was seventeen and told that my dream of being a model was over. The "bags" under my eyes would never allow for great camera work and there was nothing I could do about it. Even going to the plastic surgeon was no help. Back in the early days of cosmetic surgery, they simply would not operate,… Read more »
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The Best Pink Blush Color Blush is the one product in your makeup bag that can truly brighten your complexion. Your face just isn't complete until you've put on a dust of blush across your cheeks. Now, instead of tired, sallow looking skin, you've got a healthy and radiant look "Think pink" is my mantra. Think… Read more »
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Tips On How To Contour It sure has been extreme contour mania on the internet and in stores lately. Looks like a huge push for movie star good looks and the "Kardashian way" to makeup. I started this blog weeks ago and before I could post it, a wonderful piece came to me on the… Read more »
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The Best Last Minute Beauty Gifts of 2015
It's the holidays and time for that last minute rush. Need a few ideas? Everyone has something that they would like to improve about themselves – or as I like to say: "Everybody's got something to hide". If you're a last minutes shopper…You know who you are!!! For that person that has everything, you can't… Read more »
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How To Cover A Tattoo With Makeup There's a reason concealers and cover-ups are in high demand. Maybe that lovely lady you saw today, with the gorgeous skin, is hiding something. Maybe even a tattoo, or perhaps a bruise from an injectable. The truth is, everyone has something to hide. Tattoo History As long… Read more »
Celebrating 30 Years With A New Website & New Products!
It's hard to believe, 30 years and counting! The words "Thank You" doesn't begin to express how grateful I am for your trust and confidence in making 30 years in business possible. HOW IT ALL BEGAN I started Judith August Cosmetic Solutions with a vision and one little ol' concealer pencil. This was not just… Read more »
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I'm running around in circles trying to cover up my very dark circles. Not only dark, but during allergy season, red irritation comes through and I'm a mess! To make matters worse, my natural skin tone is very light and trying to find a concealer that addresses all of these issues is almost impossible! Well… Read more »
How to hide Post Surgical Scars Beautifully and A Tale of the Most Amazing Breast Reconstruction Surgery Few Women Know About
Camouflage Cosmetics and Concealers have always been a blessing for women who have undergone facial and cosmetic surgeries. It's wonderful to be able to hide every sign of scarring until things fade beautifully on their own. But what's even more gratifying for me personally, is to hear stories of women who have benefited from my… Read more »
7 Beauty Routines We Don't Recommend
Discovering unique beauty secrets that work magic for you is one of the nicer aspects of being a woman. I, like many of many us especially love finding simple beauty routines that involve natural, everyday ingredients. But, I have to say, some beauty tricks my friends have shared with me over the years seem to… Read more »
How to Have Flawless Legs: Say Goodbye to Spider Veins!
Summer will be here before you know it, and that means flirty sundresses and a lot more skin on display, especially legs. Every year at this time, I start worrying whether my legs are worse than the year before. Are they too pasty? Did a tiny crop of spider veins appear over the winter? I… Read more »
Facial Exfoliation: Too Much of a Good Thing?
Spring is in the air, a season for new beginnings! In the world of beauty and cosmetics, one tried-and-true way for a fresh new start is exfoliation. Regularly removing dead layers of facial skin gives your concealing products and makeup a smooth "canvas" to work on. Plus, younger, fresher skin is hiding just below that… Read more »
Top Ten Tips for a Gorgeous "Selfie"
Hate how you look in "selfies?" Don't panic. We've discovered ten expert tips for taking a great selfie. In fact, we've got the inside scoop on how to look absolutely stunning in your smartphone photos. After all, our mission at Judith August Cosmetics is to help you put your best face forward in every situation…. Read more »
The Kindness of Strangers
My first experience developing "The Everything Pencil ™ Face and Body Concealer was due to a desire I had to help strangers who were facing skin issues. As a "Post Operative" makeup consultant for cosmetic surgeons in Beverly Hills, I was tasked with teaching women who had experienced everything from elective surgery to car accidents… Read more »
Meet Your Anti-Wrinkle Angels by Judith August Cosmetics!
What skin issue bothers you the most? The polls are in and a majority of you said WRINKLES! YOUR ANTI-WRINKLE ANGEL BY DAY: The Everything Pencil™ – ULTRA LIGHT Use this color pencil under your foundation and see how lines seem to soften and disappear. Can you see your Angel at work? YOUR ANGEL BY… Read more »
Women Who Inspire: Camille Duskin, Gateway Arts Foundation
Women, who inspire me, are the women who take the time to inspire others. Camille Duskin of Las Vegas, Gateway Arts Foundation is just such a person. Over the last few years, she combined mature performance artists together with youthful artists in a successful mentoring/scholarship program to develop the young master to greatness. Gateway Arts… Read more »
Happy Holidays – Woof, Woof!
In the frenzy of Christmas And last minute blogs We thought we should mention The joy of our dogs We've all been through turtles, hamsters and guppies But all of our treasures, have shown up as puppies, to rescue Well…what could we do? But wonder…which one here, is rescuing who? Anxious and waiting at home… Read more »
As Americans, Thanksgiving is our day to pay homage to the wonderful life we lead. We travel miles to find home. We hug and hold the people that we dearly miss and we feed complete strangers because we have more than enough to share. In line at Best Buy or the soup kitchen or in… Read more »
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Did you know? "Foundations" are the foundation of the cosmetic market? With 20 billion dollars in worldwide sales in 2011, and continued growth, foundations appear to be one of the strategic products for cosmetic brands. This choice is not to be neglected or taken lightly. As Women, we need to take our time and test… Read more »
The O Word
It was my birthday last month and my darling friends took me for lunch and as we are all "living" in the second half of our century, we boo-hoo'ed all the hateful words associated with the word old…"Older, is a much better word than the word old", I said, "There is a marked difference in… Read more »
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Six Whole days of a makeup free face! Yippee! No makeup for me! I'm not going to cover up any age spots, sunspots or dark under eye circles-not worrying about wrinkles, lines or an occasional zit! I'm on vacation; bare faced and carefree on the California coast! Of course I'm hiding all of the above… Read more »
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A big THANK YOU! To all of you who participated in the Judith August Cosmetic Solutions survey. The positive feedback was valuable and the suggestions we take very seriously. However, according to the responses, "more of the same" is a good thing. I guess we just keep doing what we are doing. Yeah! On a… Read more »
Back to School: Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
When was the last time you took your children- or-grandchildren "Back to School" Supply Shopping? Well, the only pencil I have thought about for many years are The Everything Pencil™- Face and Body Concealer and its sister, The Erasezit™ Antiseptic Concealer. I happen to be in New York last week where two of my grandchildren… Read more »
Top 5 Products in My Makeup Bag
Back in "the day" you could find at least five lipsticks, six eye shadows, several lip and eye pencils, mascara, eyelash curler, lip balms, brow color, brow wax, and more in my bag! Today I can truly confess I don't have tons of items I use on a daily basis I have simplified!!! It may… Read more »
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By owning a company that specializes in camouflage cosmetics, which addresses ways to cover up and conceal any flaw, I marvel at the women who come through my website and feel pride as each inspirational tale colors my world. Amber Carmen, founder of Tangled Tantrum Socially Conscious Products for Children By owning a company that… Read more »
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Mother's Day
It's Mother's Day and once again time to celebrate "Mom's"; beautiful, nerdy, athletic, creative, overworked, powerful, simple, incredible, loving, intense, reliable, sensitive, hard core, interesting, busy moms. Many are extraordinary woman celebrating mother's and father's day, conquering the challenges of single handedly raising successful, wonderful, productive, well-adjusted kids. Katherine Phelps is just such a woman…. Read more »
A New Year, a New You: A Contest!
Share your BEAUTY resolutions for 2013, and get a chance to win a cosmetic kit from Judith August Cosmetics! Just hop on over to our Facebook page and answer this question: "What's your New Year beauty resolution?" Tell us about the changes and goals you have for yourself, your beauty regimen, or anything to do… Read more »
New VIDEOS from Judith August Cosmetics
We've updated our videos over on YouTube! Make sure to check out what's new, including videos about our latest offering, the GOTCHA COVERED book, which contains secrets to looking younger, naturally, using our amazing product line. For more information, visit http://www.youtube.com/user/JudithAugustCosmetic and remember to "LIKE" us (if you haven't already) on our Facebook community page:… Read more »
Thank You Ulta & Smashbox
I was an unsuspecting "Female" visiting the Ulta Cosmetic Store a few weeks ago looking for hairspray for my husband. Walking in, I was blinded by the lights and cameras, there were makeup artists…even hairdressers. The place was jammed with customers who were there for a "Smash Box" cosmetic promotion, all wanting the photographer. A… Read more »
Good-For-You Foods for a Younger You!
There are lots of healthy foods out there, but there are specific foods that are particularly good for your skin and body when it comes to looking and feeling younger. Barley. The antioxidants and nutrients in hulled barley can help stabilize blood-sugar levels and insulin. This helps your body retain collagen, which is essential in… Read more »
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Social media has made it so much easier to acquire knowledge! Did you know that we have an awesome community on social media, through our Facebook page? We've been posting updates on everything from summer makeup tips to makeup that helps you look younger and fresher. We'd love for you to follow us on Facebook,… Read more »
There I was, visiting my daughter and my adorable grandchildren one morning, on the North Shore of Long Island when I suddenly discovered a few hours of free time. The kids were at school, the house was clean, the dishes done… what to do? What to do? Of course! My favorite "pamper past time"… a… Read more »
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20 quick tips on concealers and foundation Use a concealer that is one shade lighter on the skin area that you want to highlight. Use a concealer that is one shade darker on the portion of your skin that you want to hide. For under-eye concealers, don't go for liquidy variants. These don't really provide… Read more »
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Summer's official kicked in, as have the climbing temperatures. This can mean horrors for our makeup regimen, especially since the summer heat brings with it a whole load of problems for your cosmetics. Be armed with the right techniques, so that your makeup this season won't melt, but rather last. Get sun protection for your… Read more »
Create Your Image!
As we enter 2012, more people than ever are becoming aware of the image they project to the outside world. Sexy, intense, bold, beautiful, powerful, natural – whatever your image is, are you aware of it? Whenever you walk into a room, every eye upon you is a camera. CLICK! The image you exude is… Read more »
Do The Tangerine Tango
It is interesting to think that "happiness can be a color" but it's true. Think about Gray… what happens in your brain… "ugh… gray… gray skies, gray pallor, gray ashes." Now… think ORANGE! And not just any orange, but the newest color of the design season… "TANGERINE TANGO!" nice how just the thought brings you… Read more »
Winter Skin Care Tips
It was an exquisitely beautiful day in Las Vegas day and in a couple hours I was headed for New York. Before leaving for the airport, as I was walking my dog Lola, I wondered, "Why is it always a perfect day when we are headed for the coldest city on earth?" Perfect weather days… Read more »
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If you were to examine your make-up brushes under a microscope, you'd be quite surprised (and likely a little disturbed) by the visual. In addition to old make-up and dead skin cells, your brushes harbor pore-clogging dirt, bacteria and oils. The good news is there's a simple, inexpensive solution! Frequent washing of your make-up brushes… Read more »
A Time to Give Thanks
A few thoughts to share on why Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Even though there is much uncertainty in the world today each and every one of us can look inward to see the everyday blessings we encounter on a daily basis. These are certainties we can count on! I'm now in New York City… Read more »
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Judith August, Founder Judith August Cosmetics, recently spent some time with Alana Lee, Miss Nevada 2011. She asked Alana about her Miss Nevada experience and how she looks so good on and off the stage. This is part two of a two-part interview. (…continued from a previous post.) I had lunch with the talented and… Read more »
Judith Sits Down with Alana Lee, Miss Nevada 2011 (Part 1)
Judith August, Founder Judith August Cosmetics, recently spent some time with Alana Lee, Miss Nevada 2011. She asked Alana about her Miss Nevada experience and how she looks so good on and off the stage. Here is part one of a two-part interview: Judith: When were you crowned Miss Nevada? Alana: On Saturday July 2,… Read more »
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Between You & Me… acne sucks. Whiteheads, blackheads, pimples, then acne scars? Who wants to deal with any of them. But here at JAC, we understand that everybody has something to hide, and we want you to start this school year with a fresh face. Ever walk into a room, and think people are staring… Read more »
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Last month I described the amazing wedding I attended at Bullock Wilshire, promising to get back with you on the charming young couple and more about the event…so, here we go! First, the darling groom, that Jenny describes as "seven year stand-up comedian, working as a screen writer…. sitting down!!!" couldn't have been more loving… Read more »
Protect Your Skin From UV Rays
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A Walk Down Memory Lane
Last weekend I had an "out of body" experience. My husband and I attended the wedding of the son of my "forever friend", Wilma. What a special event it was! Jeremy and Jenny got married. A perfect match! More about this delicious couple later. The wedding took place at one of Los Angeles "Historic Landmarks"…. Read more »
Celebrating Mom!
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There are distinct moments in a woman's life, where we can recall, at the drop of a hat, the time we felt the most beautiful. A moment where every issue we normally analyze each time we brave the mirror, has vanished. And we feel completely natural, and one hundred percent ourselves. This is a moment… Read more »
Christie Brinkley Hot Beauty Tip – Judith August The Everything Pencil
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Do you remember the first time?
Do you remember your "first time"? Of course you do! Looking in the mirror every day of your young life, nothing seems to change. Skin is smooth, eyes are un-lined, no dark circles, lipstick stays put and within the natural lip line, no feathering. Then, one unsuspecting day you pass by your trusted friend, the… Read more »
Concealer Makeup Tips and Advice
I like to think of getting older as entering "The Elegant Years," and judging by the responses we got from our survey, those years are on many of your minds as well. I am happy to answer many of the questions I received and grateful that so many of you took the time to communicate… Read more »
Wants and Wishes
I love coming up with ideas for new products and new ways to use cosmetics to make women feel more beautiful. But even more than that, I love hearing from the women who buy my products about /their/ ideas. No one knows better than you what you really want, so I recently conducted a survey… Read more »
I'm constantly asked how we cope with the summer heat here in Las Vegas ??? As the song says SUMMER TIME AND THE LIVING IS EASY. Well, I'm here to tell you it ain't so easy and certainly not breezy! And that brings up another question. We are asked how Cosmetic Companies handle sending products… Read more »
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I was thrilled to be interviewed by Kari Solyntjes whose blog FABOVERFORTY is just right up my allet! She was most generous and kind for the time and energy she put into this interview and I thought you might like to read it…She made me feel like a real movie star just like my mother… Read more »
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I admit it, I'm at an age where the blogosphere still befudles and amazes me a bit, but I'm a quick learner. Check out the following postings on a few of my favorite Judith August Cosmetic products. Invisable Stockings @ easymakeupvideos.com Orange Masking Creme & The Everything Pencil @ stylegoesstrong.com
Invisible Threads
I was interviewed the other day by a reporter. In addition to talking about my corrective cosmetics, she asked a provocative question. She wanted to know what I had learned about life vis-a- vis my business over the years. This brought to mind something I had not thought about for years. It is what I… Read more »


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The call came in early in the morning...the shed outside John Blaylock's home on 4129 Bath Edie was on fire.
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- Multilingual staff
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- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- 24-hour business center
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
- Outdoor pool
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- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
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- Refrigerator
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
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Self parking (surcharge)
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- Free WiFi
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- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
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- Free newspaper
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- Free toiletries
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- Iron/ironing board
- Cable TV service
- Room service (limited hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
R-O-H - Serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and offers a variety of international craft beers and supreme wines from Napa and Sonoma Valleys.
Cafe Marlette - Serves breakfast and lunch.
Interlude Bar and Grill - Serves dinner and has a bar with a happy hour.
Room service - Available during limited hours.
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
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Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 75 per pet, per stay
- Up to 35 lb
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Optional extras
- Fee for full breakfast: USD 17.95 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: USD 17
- Self parking fee: USD 40 per day
- Pet fee: USD 75 per pet, per stay
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 20.00 per stay
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Offshore Wind and Ocean Energy Testing Allowed Off Five States' Coasts
May 19, 2008
The U.S. Department of Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS) has designated five areas on the Outer Continental Shelf for testing new energy technologies related to wind power, wave energy, and ocean currents. The five areas are located off the coasts of California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, and New Jersey. The agency is proposing limited, temporary leases in these areas for data collection and technology testing, but commercial energy production will not be allowed.
In November 2007, the MMS proposed allowing such short-term leases and requested detailed information from parties wishing to obtain such leases. In response, the agency received more than 40 nominations for research projects, of which 16 could be located in the five newly designated areas. Ten of the proposed projects relate to wind power and would be located off the coasts of Delaware, Georgia, and New Jersey. In addition, four ocean current projects would be located near the Florida coast and two wave energy projects would be located off the Northern California shore. Public comments on the proposed lease areas are due by June 17. See the April 17 MMS press release.
Source: May 21 article in EERE Network News, published by the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy


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There were 42 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Monday. At that time, there were 1,459 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411. When the jail is full, some inmates may be released early.
Vehicle pursuit: Jose Francisco Reyes Jimenez, 32, was arrested on suspicion of leading police on a short chase late Sunday. Officers said they tried to stop a car at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and B Street about 10:19 p.m., but the car wouldn't yield, they said. A chase of about one mile ensued. The car stopped in front of a home in the 2000 block of Baja Court, but the driver would not get out and had to be physically extracted from the vehicle, police said. Jimenez was held on suspicion of resisting arrest and other violations.
Robbery: A man came home Monday morning to find someone ransacking his house, and when he attempted to intervene, the robber tried to stab him with a screwdriver, police said. The robbery took place about 9:15 a.m. in the 1500 block of Tortuga Way. The robber ran away with a duffel bag containing the victim's property, police said. The robber was described as a black man 5 feet 10 inches tall and about 180 pounds.
The Stockton Fire Department responded to 108 calls for service in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Monday, including one vehicle accident, 78 medical calls and four structure fires.
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text: Case | HBS Case Collection | May 2016 (Revised June 2016) A Succession as the Engine for Success Jay Lorsch, Emily McTague and Rosa Maria Fite Francisco J. Riberas sat in his office reflecting on his first summer working at the family business, in 1989. Growing up, Francisco Riberas had learned about the company through conversations with his father, Francisco Riberas Pampliega, over the dinner table and in their business trips. From a young age his father had instilled in him and his brother the importance of hard work, compassion, and integrity and given him opportunities to gain exposure to all aspects of the business. Keywords: organizational alignment; organizational behavior; corporate governance; family business; Family-owned business; succession; CEO mentoring; Spain; Family and Family Relationships; Management; Leadership; Auto Industry; Europe; Spain; Citation:Lorsch, Jay, Emily McTague, and Rosa Maria Fite. "A Succession as the Engine for Success." Harvard Business School Case 416-060, May 2016. (Revised June 2016.) View Details CiteView DetailsEducators Related


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Read More: Immigration Q&A Part One: Naturalization questions and answers
Following is the last of our annual two-part summer feature on the 100 questions U.S. naturalization candidates can be asked during a citizenship interview, as provided by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service. Here are the last 50, with acceptable answers. For more information on naturalization, visit www.uscis.gov.
51. What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?
52. What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
53. What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?
54. How old do citizens have to be to vote for president?
55. What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?
56. When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?
57. When must all men register for the Selective Service?
58. What is one reason colonists came to America?
59. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
60. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
61. Why did the colonists fight the British?
62. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
63. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
64. There were 13 original states. Name three.
65. What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
66. When was the Constitution written?
67. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
68. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
69. Who is the "Father of Our Country"?
70. Who was the first President?
71. What territory did the U.S. buy from France in 1803?
72. Name one war fought by the U.S. in the 1800s.
73. Name the U.S. war between the north and the south.
74. Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
75. What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
76. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
77. What did Susan B. Anthony do?
78. Name one war fought by the U.S. in the 1900s.
79. Who wasp during World War I?
80. Who was president during the Great Depression and World War II?
81. Who did the U.S. fight in World War II?
82. Before he was president, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
83. During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the U.S.?
84. What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
85. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?
86. What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the U.S.?
87. Name one American Indian tribe in the U.S.
88. Name one of the two longest rivers in the U.S.
89. What ocean is on the West Coast of the U.S.?
90. What ocean is on the East Coast of the U.S.?
91. Name one U.S. territory.
92. Name one state that borders Canada.
93. Name one state that borders Mexico.
94. What is the capital of the U.S.?
95. Where is the Statue of Liberty?
96. Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
97. Why does the flag have 50 stars?
98. What is the name of the national anthem?
99. When do we celebrate Independence Day?
100. Name two national U.S. holidays.
Read More: Immigration Q&A Part One: Naturalization questions and answers
51. Freedom of expression; freedom of speech; freedom of assembly; freedom to petition the government; freedom of worship; the right to bear arms
52. The United States; the flag
53. Give up loyalty to other countries; defend the Constitution and laws of the U.S.; obey the laws of the U.S.; serve in the U.S. military (if needed); serve (do important work for) the nation (if needed); be loyal to the U.S.
54. 18 and older
55. Vote; join a political party; help with a campaign; join a civic group; join a community group; give an elected official your opinion on an issue; call senators and representatives; publicly support or oppose an issue or policy; run for office; write to a newspaper
56. April 15
57. At age 18; between 18 and 26
58. Freedom; political liberty; religious freedom; economic opportunity; practice their religion; escape persecution
59. American Indians; native Indians
60. Africans; people from Africa
61. Because of high taxes (taxation without representation); because the British Army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering); because they didn't have self-government
62. Thomas Jefferson
63. July 4, 1776
64. New Hampshire; Massachusetts; Rhode Island; Connecticut; New York; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Delaware; Maryland; Virginia; North Carolina; South Carolina; Georgia
65. The Constitution was written; the founding fathers wrote the Constitution
66. 1787
67. James Madison; Alexander Hamilton; John Jay; Publius


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President Obama & House Republican Leader John A. Boehner gesture while Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi & Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid look on in the Cabinet Room of the White House.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is narrowing a "fiscal cliff" negotiating gap with House Speaker John Boehner by backing off what had once been ironclad positions.
Obama now wants to raise the top tax rate on those earning over $400,000 per year, abandoning his insistence on increasing top rates on individuals earning more than $200,000 and families making more than $250,000. After seeking permanent borrowing authority, he is now seeking a debt ceiling that can hold for two years.
And while protecting the middle class from higher tax rates, other aspects of his proposal would require middle-income taxpayers to pay more.
The concessions signal a new stage in the negotiations, where both sides seem willing to lock in on a substantial agreement rather than just putting off a fiscal day of reckoning.


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On the ninth floor of a luxury apartment building in NYC's Tribeca neighborhood, the hallway is thick with the aroma of green. While a mix of young couples and well-off college grads populate the building, the reason for the heady atmosphere is a brand-new tenant. His mail comes to Scott Mescudi, but you know him better as Kid Cudi—rapper, Cleveland transplant, and all-around weirdo.
Yeah, we said it. Dude is strange. Case in point: Armadas, the giant wolf (OK, it's a statue) that Cudi keeps in his crib to "hold him down." Want more? He lives alone, but his kitchen table is meticulously set for four. Then again, it makes more sense once you give it some thought; Cudi's always been somewhat of a solitary figure. He lost his father to cancer when he was 11, lashed out at school, and eventually left the only world he knew to come to New York by himself on a quest he wasn't even sure he believed in. Now, at 25, his pain is still deep, although it's hard to tell when in his company; spend a few hours with him and he'll crack jokes, maybe talk in odd voices. He's a bundle of contradictions, enough to make you wonder which side of him you're going to meet next. The lonely stoner or the people person? The class clown or the prisoner of his own paranoia? Let the analysis begin...
After working a lot with Kanye, how does it feel to be focused on your own career?Kid Cudi: It's exciting, man. I'm just ready to try new shit. I'm a dude who likes to create music with good feeling. I live like a chameleon through music. It all depends on what the beat tells me to do; that's why you're always gonna get passionate hooks, because I'm feeling the beats and the emotion behind the drums and melodies.
Are you worried about recapturing the success of "Day 'N' Nite"?Kid Cudi: I was briefly, and then I started to record and just make shit. That's when I realized I'm going to be OK. Shit is going to come together as it should, don't worry about it. I didn't come in the game to just do that one joint, you know what I mean? I came in the game to have multiple hits.
What kind of fears do you have about releasing your album?Kid Cudi: I don't really have any fear about the business; my biggest fear is getting wrapped up in the illusion of fame and Hollywood and shit like that. Getting wrapped up in the worldly things like drugs and the excitement of being famous. I have a vulnerable enough past that it could propel me into that world. I don't want to be caught up in it. I want to do something while I'm here. This is hell. All the shit that's going on around us, this is hell.
What's hell about it?Kid Cudi: Just turn on the fucking news.
But do you feel like your own world is hell sometimes?Kid Cudi: Yeah. Most of my groupies are spawns of the devil. [Laughs.] They're there to take me off track and fuck up my purpose. It's like the dark side is trying to pull me in. Who wouldn't like a bunch of hot-ass bitches saying, "Hey, we all wanna fuck you right now!"? [Laughs.] But you have to realize that it's an illusion, that you can get caught up, turn into a person that you never knew you could be—and I don't wanna be that dude.
Did you ever have an experience with a groupie that backs that up?Kid Cudi: There was a moment when I was at this club and I was getting attention from all these chicks. At one point one was talking and gazing into my eyes all beautiful and shit—so fuckin' hot—and all of a sudden it seemed like time slowed down and everything got muffled, and in my brain I was just like, "This girl is the devil." And I immediately got up and wanted to leave. I was kinda tripping balls anyway. [Laughs.]
Has the girl situation really been that crazy?Kid Cudi: Man, I was always the ugly duckling; I never got attention from girls like that. So now that it's happening, I'm kind of hip to it. I know half of these bitches wouldn't be talking to me if I wasn't Kid Cudi, and I'm not no fool, you know what I'm saying? I wasn't born yesterday.
So how do you deal with that?Kid Cudi: I just don't want to get wrapped up in that world, so I keep to myself. I'm more like an actor-celebrity, rather than a rapper-celebrity. Actors keep to themselves, they're very reserved, you only see them at premieres and shit like that. I'm not that dude who always wants to be seen and shit and goes to these industry events—I'll go out if need be, and that's what it is.
Do you consider yourself a weirdo?Kid Cudi: "Weird" itself, even in the dictionary, is just something that is different and unexplainable. A weirdo is someone who follows their heart. I'm definitely weird, ain't nothing wrong with that.
Is that a product of having your dad pass away?Kid Cudi: My dad was Superman to me. He was the coolest. When he died of cancer, it was like my world was destroyed—I just went from seeing my dad normal to seeing my dad sick and then seeing my dad where he couldn't even recognize me. My heart crumbled. I cried, but it wasn't because I was sad, it was because I was pissed, like, "What the fuck?! Why?" But that's when I started to want to express myself through words and rhymes.
You told me that you slept next to your mom until you were 12.Kid Cudi: [Laughs.] Yeah. After my father died, I used to have some really bad nightmares that any kid would have when a relative passed away. My mom tried, but there was nothing that could fill that void, even to this day. It was night terrors, more intense than nightmares, and I never got help for them—I had to fight them off myself because I didn't know what they were. It was these intense illusions of my mom dying or me dying and nobody caring, shit like that.
How does that loss affect you now?Kid Cudi: Not in the obvious way. Going through all that heartache and loss made me super-sensitive—not to where I want to cry all the time, but I'll want to snap. There's a lot of anger still in me, and it transforms into sadness through song. The day that I can say I'm truly happy will be my day of peace, like for real for real. Until then, I'm on my grind.
Speaking of your grind, when did you decide to move to New York?Kid Cudi: I was working at this restaurant in Cleveland. There was this white dude in his 40s who was cool as shit and would tell me, "You're funny and people like you. You need to move the fuck out of Ohio and just do this." My uncle told me I could come out there and stay with him in the South Bronx until I got on my feet. I'd never met him; this was my father's older brother, the last of my father's siblings, so I wanted to make that connection anyway. I moved in 2004 with my little demo and maybe $500.
Your uncle let you stay for free?Kid Cudi: Yeah. I didn't have a job for about the first five months there, so I had to make that $500 stretch. [Laughs.] I didn't have any friends and I didn't know anybody, so my thing to do then was to go to Times Square and just walk around. I wanted to be a New Yorker so bad.
Compared to what you had been through, it must've seemed easy.Kid Cudi: It was like growing into a man: "All right, let's see what the fuck you're made of. Let's see you be a man now, mama's boy." It was a whole other journey. My uncle that I lived with passed in 2006. We were actually beefing because he forced me out the house when I didn't have another situation set up, so I was bitter. I never apologized for it, and that kills me. That's why I wrote "Day 'N' Nite."
Wow.Kid Cudi: If he wasn't there to let me stay with him those first few months, there would be no Kid Cudi. It fucked me up watching him go, but it was like, "I have to fulfill this destiny now for sure." Things were moving but they weren't solidified yet. I had "Day 'N' Nite," we were just getting started, and I was like, "This shit has got to pop off." I wasn't taking no for an answer.
"Day 'N' Nite" didn't blow up at first. Even those fans new to the Cudi bandwagon know the song was written in 2006—and while it was racking up hits on MySpace, and eventually as a single on A-Trak's Fool's Gold label, radio didn't get around to it until 2008. Thankfully, even in the survival-of-the-fittest cycle young rappers find themselves in, Cudi's sense of self was healthy enough to wait for the world to catch up. And now, the world is waiting; after a few hours at his apartment, he abruptly mentions that we're heading to Brooklyn to meet up with Kanye West, who's in town shooting a video for Clipse's "Kinda Like A Big Deal." When we get to the set, Cudi yells out to Kanye—"'Sup, Chief Broski!"— and 'Ye reacts like he's seeing a peer, not a protégé.
Kanye first called on Cudi to reference hooks for Jay-Z, and while in the studio, Cudi and 'Ye went from working on The Blueprint 3 to Good Ass Job (the working title for Kanye's next album) to 808s & Heartbreak. There's a theory, and it's a good one, that Cudi's melody-heavy singsong style inspired Kanye to do 808s in the first place. Cudi's assistance on the album includes co-writing credits on "Heartless," "Welcome to Heartbreak," "Paranoid," and "RoboCop." West doesn't hold back when giving Cudi credit. "Me and Cudi are the originators of the style, kinda like what Alexander McQueen is to fashion," he says. "Everything else is just Zara and H&M." And with Kanye in his corner, Cudi has a significant advantage over most of his fellow freshman MCs—the one exception being up-and-comer Drake, who was recently signed to Lil Wayne's Young Money imprint. As easy as it is for one to compare the two, Cudi makes clear that he's solely focused on his own career, not the next man's. And when it comes to music, this moon-man's focus is out of this world.


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August 7, 2006
Columbia County needs over $40 million for county projects like road improvements and emergency services.
You may get to vote this November to decide whether or not the county gets the money.
News 12's Stephanie Baker is on your side with what this means for you and your property taxes.
Columbia County commissioners will decide tomorrow whether the $40 million bond will appear on the ballot. They originally planned to get the funding through city fees. That fell through, and now the future of over 50 projects could rest with voters.
Friday's train wreck in Grovetown worried emergency responders about the possibility of a chemical spill. Fire chief Danny Kuhlman says hundreds of hazardous materials come through Columbia County every day.
"We've got 17 miles of interstate, we've got railroads, we've got waterways...and all the chemicals are out there," he says.
But Chief Kuhlman says the department doesn't have some of the proper equipment to deal with major disasters--this is one of many projects that need funding.
A yes vote on the bond referendum means people like Cail Oliff will pay more in property taxes.
"I don't think anyone wants to pay more in taxes," Oliff says, "but I realize a lot of things are going on and the county is growing. It's necessary to have it."
But the commission and elected officials are divided on whether it should end up on the ballot this November.
"I'm very disappointed that we can't come together as a commission and as a group of elected officials to agree on a project list that everyone will support and work to have passed," says commission chairman Ron Cross.
Some commissioners don't want to put the referendum on the November ballot until all officials support all the projects. There's a list of about 50, including over $100,000 for HAZMAT equipment.
"Accidents happen all over the country every day...and being able to take care of our own would greatly benefit the county," Chief Kuhlman says.
Cail Oliff is for it: "There's a lot of things the money has to be spent on."
Things like roads, recreation, storm water, and emergency services.
Commissioners will meet again tomorrow at 11 for final approval. If they decide to move forward, Columbia County residents will get to vote yes or no on the entire list of projects. If not, the funding will get put on hold.
This issue didn't do very well in the primary election. Both the Democratic and Republican ballots showed people don't want their taxes to go up. But Chairman Cross says that's because not everyone understands how this will benefit them.
To see the full list of the proposed county improvements, click here.


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