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'Married to Medicine,' consider splitting
Here's another women-going-at-each-other show on Bravo
March 21, 2013
The female rich are different from you and me. But they're all the same.
That's the lesson we've been taught in the last decade by Bravo's "Real Housewives" franchise and the other reality shows, chiefly on VH1, that have ripped off its theme and format.
Like those shows, Bravo's new series "Married to Medicine" teaches us that all affluent women enjoy throwing parties to which they've invited at least two people who can't stand each other. After the inevitable fight, they get together in smaller groups over glasses of wine and discuss the conflict while planning another party to which the same antagonists will be invited. Repeat until canceled.
Moreover, these women tend to be married to hard-working nonentities who are happy to subsidize this activity until death or divorce does them part.
"Married to Medicine" has a slightly fresh angle: The six women featured are doctors' wives or female doctors. But nothing in the premiere episode, airing this Sunday, March 24, at 9 p.m., makes this social scene feel sufficiently distinct from previous shows in this genre. In fact, since it's set in Atlanta and features a mostly black cast, it comes across as a spinoff of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" that wasn't spun far enough off. The familiarity is wearying.
Whereas most wives shows introduce the characters before they all head to the first party, this one starts off at the party, held at the house of a doctor's wife named Mariah, who also handles the narration. "Everybody always asks me if I'm the queen bee," she tells the camera. "My answer to them is 'Did you not check your email? Of course I am the damn queen bee!'"
Mariah is married to a Bangladeshi-American orthopedic surgeon named Aydin. "We've just created out own race," she says. "We're blackadeshis."
The only white woman at the party is a tall blonde named Kari, who brags that her husband, Duncan, is an orthopedic surgeon too. She is evidently proud of her looks. "This does not happen easy," she says, gesturing toward her head and chest like a spokesmodel. "It takes work."
Their friend Toya, who is married to an emergency-room doctor named Eugene, says she is from a rough neighborhood in Detroit but "you have to leave that ghetto mentality, that behavior, at home."
The next two guests, Simone and Jackie, are obstetrician-gynecologists and former partners. Jackie, who says she is known as Dr. Diva because she always looks her best, tends to patronize the others. The more down-to-earth Simone admits that "medical school kicked my ass."
These shows always have a designated outcast. In "Married to Medicine," that woman is the last arrival to the party, Quad, who has been married for three months to a psychiatrist named Gregory. Kari gets on Quad's case by repeatedly referring to Gregory as a psychologist.
Toya tells the camera that although she declined Quad and Gregory's wedding invitation, just before the ceremony she was included on a mass text message from Gregory that said the wedding was off.
Quad tells us that he sent it impulsively after they had a fight. A mean person might try to annoy Quad by pretending to sympathize with her.
That apparently would be too subtle for a show like this. Toya instead keeps asking Quad rhetorical questions about what happened, finally saying, "Who would marry a man who would do that to them?"
After a fight that involves a lot of finger- and hand-waving, the party is declared ruined. For the producers, of course, the party is a great success.
Toya tells the camera, "I can see ghetto a mile a way. [Quad] probably dated a drug dealer at some point, and she lucked up with a doctor dude."
The next day (at least in reality-show time), Kari has Toya and Mariah over for champagne by her pool, where Mariah, who had said that Quad was her favorite, says that she's worried she can't invite Quad to her next party, which the husbands will be attending.
Later, Mariah goes to Jackie's and covers the same territory. Jackie tells the camera, "When people lose their manners and act out in a social setting — especially women of color — I get offended."
Simone stops by Jackie's office. After they roll their eyes over Quad, Jackie insults Simone by referring to her as a "full-figured girl."
Kari gets dolled up for a romantic night at home with her husband, who instead wants to talk about his business. Then he gets a page and has to leave.
Toya tells her husband she feels "trapped" and wants to move to a bigger house in a better neighborhood. He says, "Happy wife, happy life." That's what Joe, Teresa's husband, used to say on "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" before the couple declared bankruptcy.
And poor Gregory and Quad have to rehash the night he sent that text.
All this leads up to Mariah and Kari's party, held by the lake behind her large McMansion. The episode ends with Quad arriving and saying, "Let the good times roll."
This cast is clearly giving the producers what they want, unconcerned with how they or their friends will appear. People of all races who are concerned that "Married to Medicine" is making black women look irrational, flighty and self-involved should note that similar shows have made women of all races, colors and creeds look equally bad.
We're sure the people who run Bravo would describe themselves as feminists. It would be interesting to see how they justify airing these female minstrel shows.
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January 2011 Exposure Investigation Report [PDF - 2.5 MB]
ATSDR worked with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) to find whether people living near Refinery Row were exposed to benzene and related chemicals. Area residents participated by providing blood, urine, and personal air samples. A copy of the EI report is located at:
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Update To The October 2010 Progress Report
The Corpus Christi Community Meeting originally scheduled for Tuesday, November 9th, 2010 was postponed in order to allow for additional work on the Exposure Investigation (EI) report. The Community Meeting took place on January 27, 2011.
October 2010 Progress Report
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This progress report describes the status of ATSDR's work in the Refinery Row area. Refinery Row refers to approximately 10 miles of petrochemical facilities surrounded by residential neighborhoods.
January 2010 Progress Report
This progress report describes the status of current efforts and is based on internal agency reviews, site visits to Corpus Christi, and consultations with partners in the community, in state and federal government agencies, and in universities.
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The Legacy of the Spanish and FrenchSpanish explorers led by Hernando deSoto were the first to cross the Mississippi River inland, near Memphis, Tennessee. Their explorations led them through the southern Missouri and north Arkansas Ozarks all the way to the vicinity of Fort Smith, Arkansas. Maps recording their travels put them at several locations along or near the White River, and they may have actually set foot in or near the watershed, but that is not known for certain.
French explorers Marquette and Joliet were the first white men to arrive at the mouth of the Missouri River, near Saint Louis, in 1673. Other explorers and traders followed, moving west and south. By the early 1700s, a flourishing fur trade in beaver pelts existed between the Indians and the traders, and some of the fur trade may have been fueled by furs taken in or near the watershed, but there is no written or recorded documentation to verify this. As the wilderness gave way to frontier settlement, so too the fur trade, along with the Native American presence, gave way to civilized commerce and the relocation of native people.
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I really loved playing Manny. I look at it again and see that the fans were so loyal and it really made my life. I don't know what I'd be doing without it. So yeah, I'm definitely not trying to separate, I'm just trying to make my new character the most relatable in every way possible for them and for new viewers.
Speaking of relatable, you're pretty open on your Tumblr and Twitter. Once you start getting more famous and getting more recognition for the show, do you expect yourself to start changing and becoming more secretive about your personal life?
Yeah, I mean as far as my relationships go. But with myself and what I choose to be open with, I don't think I'd ever let the public dictate that. What I choose to keep private is not on there, which I think I've done great job with. [Laughs.]
You definitely want your fans to see the real you and not something that's written for you, not someone who's tweeting or Tumblr-ing for you. They want to know you and I think they deserve it. For all their time watching you and supporting you, they deserve it. I just like to really connect with them. But there definitely is a large part of my life that I keep private and that's what you don't see on there. So, you can imagine all the private secrets I have! [Laughs.] I'm just joking.
In one of your posts you mentioned that you easily cut off your suitors.
Well, I'm 22. if you can't do that, then you're gonna have your heart broken a lot. [Laughs.] Although I'm working a lot, so it's not like they can come find me, you know? Its like, "Oh well, I'm in another city now, ha ha ha!"
You don't want to be hung up on someone when you're across the country trying to make it in your 20s, when it matters. You know, I don't want to be like, "Ugh, but I have to call him!" Or, "Everybody stop! Stop filming! Stop it! I have to call somebody before we get into this." [Laughs.]
Given the success of other teen shows like Beverly Hills, 90210 and the The O.C., what do you hope that The L.A. Complex becomes?
You just mentioned two really amazing amazing shows that are definitely on the history boards, of television, not actual history boards in school. [Laughs.] But gosh, I just hope it becomes something like that, something that gets recognition for what it is.
A lot of people worked really hard on this, so I think that it's like an experiment and sort of a breakout for a lot of people. For Epitome, who produced Degrassi and Instant Star, which play in the States, this is their first CW show. For Martin Gero, the creator, this is something out of his element. He's done Bored to Death and Battlestar Galactica and Young People Fucking. I think that it's a really big risk and a really exciting time for a lot of people. I just hope that it's everything that we all, as the group, want it to be. I would like it to be on the same steps as The O.C. and 90210.
So if it does become like The O.C. and Abby becomes an iconic character, would you mind being known as Abby for the rest of your life?
Of course not. I think that if somebody is iconic, it's made an impression on people. I think that if you're on that level, it means that you've affected people positively with your character portrayal. I definitely don't think I'd mind. If you've gotten through to your fans or whoever was watching, it's a very special thing. I mean, everybody on set calls me like "Cathy" or "Manny" or "Abby" or "That Girl" or "Alex" because my sister works on set. You can call me anything. Not anything. But a lot of things.


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A Daughter's Hero shares the life of a Vietnam Veteran who suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) following his war experience.
The story is written with love and honor. It shares the unconditional love and compassion between a daughter and her father. It also raises awareness about the devastating effects of war and the impact that war has on some veterans and their families.
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On a warm spring evening, hundreds of investment bankers, venture capitalists and geeky tech entrepreneurs gathered near the pool at the Phoenician, a luxury resort outside Phoenix, for a high-profile gathering of education innovators. As guests sipped cocktails and nibbled hors d'oeuvres, the mood was upbeat.
And why not? Major innovations — forged by the struggles of the Great Recession and fostered by technology — are coming to higher education.
Investment dollars are flooding in — a record-smashing 168 venture capital deals in the United States alone last year, according to conference host GSV Advisors. The computing power of "the cloud" and "big data" are unleashing new software. Public officials, desperate to cut costs and measure results, are open to change.
And everyone, it seems, is talking about MOOCs, the Massive Open Online Courses offered by elite universities and attracting millions of enrollees worldwide.
As with so many innovations, the technology is bubbling up mostly from the United States, fueled by American capital chasing profitable solutions to American problems. But as with those past innovations, the impact will be worldwide — in this case, perhaps even more powerfully in developing countries where mass higher education is new.
Global demand is surging. And college tuition dollars — including, in the United States, $200 billion annually in federal student financial aid — follow the students where they choose to enroll, making the market more competitive and open to innovation.
The 1,500 attendees here— up from a few hundred in recent years — agreed on the surprising origins of this spring-like moment: the wintry depths of the financial crisis that struck five years ago.
"People started to say, 'How do we do more with the resources we have?'" says Jim Shelton, the U.S. Department of Education's top innovation guru. "Technology has almost always answered that question for other sectors."
Richard Demillo, director of the Center for 21st Century Universities at Georgia Tech, puts it another way: The Great Recession exposed structural flaws in higher education. The system simply cost too much and accomplished too little.
"Everything from cost to price to the mission of universities kind of went under the microscope," Demillo says. "Enter technology."
What does this wave of educational innovation entail? To be sure, it includes the MOOCs and all sorts of "adaptive learning" software that promises to teach and measure some things better and more cheaply than a human teacher. The idea is to free up teachers for what they do best, not replace them, advocates insist, though many people are skeptical.
But in some ways, the innovation is broader than the technology itself, which many call cool but not yet revolutionary.
Recent financial pressures and these new technologies are opening cracks in traditional, age-old structures of higher education. Terms like "credit hour" and even the definition of what it means to be a college are in flux.
Higher education is becoming "unbundled." Individual classes and degrees are losing their connections to single institutions, in much the same way iTunes has unbundled songs from whole albums and the Internet is increasingly unbundling television shows and networks from bulky cable packages.
"The consumer, after five years on a tablet and five years on an iPhone, is just sick of being told 'You can't do that," says Brandon Dobell, a partner at William Blair & Co., an investment bank and research firm based in Chicago. "I can do everything else on my phone, my tablet. Why can't I learn as well?"
We've been here before. Every new technology promises to transform education.
In the 18th century, the U.S. Postal Service brought correspondence courses. In the 1930s, the big radio networks talked about turning the airwaves into a university for the masses. The Open University, launched in Britain in 1971, promised much the same for television. The Internet produced online learning — now 20-plus years old.
All those technologies had some effect. But traditional universities are still around, and still dominant. Technology didn't solve the scale problem: One teacher can lecture millions of students online. But truly "teach" them, with personal feedback and interaction?
"There's an endless faith in education in technology," says John Meyer, a Stanford University sociologist of education, and skeptic of the latest trends. "Right now, there's a kind of binge of belief that the Internet will solve the problem."
But the arrival of MOOCs, barely a year old, has many believing this time is different.
At his desk at a telecom company in the Nigerian capital of Lagos, Ugochukwu Nehemiah used to take his full one-hour lunch break. Now, he quickly devours his meal, then watches his downloaded MOOCs. He's finished three so far, with two more under way — courses in electronics, business and disruptive innovation, taught by institutions like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Maryland.
Nehemiah needs a master's to advance at work, but cannot afford the program in England where he's been admitted. The MOOC learning doesn't translate into a widely recognized credential, but he cannot get such teaching locally, and it's helpful regardless.
"It's a form of self-development," says Nehemiah, a father of two. "The way I would speak when I have meetings to attend," he adds, "would be much different than the way I had spoken if I had not taken this course."
Some MOOCs are only a modest step-up from glorified lecture videos. But the star power of famous professors has helped make them hugely popular.


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Tech, Transports, Cyclicals Killing Market
While the Dow and the S&P 500 continue to flail around the breakeven level, the Nasdaq is down nearly 1%. Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to be just a tech thing, either.
The Dow transports are having the worst day of all, down 1.3%, a move sure to cause anxiety among Dow Theorists. The transports take what the industrials make, so you need transports to confirm whatever it is the Dow is doing, the theory posits.
Other cylical and leading-edge sectors are taking it on the chin, too. S&P 500 industrials are down 0.7%, as is the S&P's tech sector. The S&P Small-Cap 600 is down 1.2%.
The worst performers in the Dow are industrials like Alcoa, Dupont and 3M.
As for tech, it may be suffering a bit from disappointing PC shipments, suggests MarketWatch:
On Wednesday, IDC and Gartner reported slight growth in second-quarter PC shipments, though the gains were below expectations. PCs also posted a decline in the U.S., though Apple moved up the ranking to No. 3.
"Second-quarter global PC data came in about in line with what we expected, according to IDC, and [with] slightly better-than-normal sequential seasonality following a soft first quarter," Susquehanna analyst Jeffrey Fidacaro wrote in a note.
"PC shipments in the U.S. disappointed for the fourth consecutive quarter, although we observed some positive quarter-on-quarter seasonality."
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Three people have been charged in the murder of Jadarrian Jimerson Aug. 21.
Jimerson, 23, was shot multiple times near the 2900 block of 10th Avenue. His family placed flowers at the location Tuesday.
"Why is all this shooting going on?" asked his mother, Lola Jimerson. "I don't understand that."
About an hour prior to her son being shot, Lola Jimerson says a woman in a nearby neighborhood was shot while sitting in a vehicle. The Jimerson family is calling for an end to the violence.
According to family members, Jadarrian was targeted on the night he was shot, but they don't know why.
"I don't know. I want to know," said Lola Jimerson. . "I need to know, but I don't know why. But my understanding is that they were waiting on him."
According to witnesses, Jadarrian Jimerson was walking down the street after getting off work. His home was just two blocks away. Shots were fired by individuals who were in a car across the street.
"He was shot 8 times with an AK 47," said T'Eric Johnson, Jimerson's nephew.
"Where are those guns coming from?" asked Lola Jimerson.
"Nobody deserves to be killed like that right there," said Johnson.
"I want all the ones, whoever those guns came from, they need to be off the street," said Lola.
The family says it's pleased that three arrests have been made but believes others were involved.
"If they did what they did, then of course there are more people who know and that makes them an accessory, too," said Johnson.
28-year-old Anthony Davis, 17-year-old Paul Brown, Jr., and 29-year-old Robert Moore have been charged.
Bond for Brown and Moore was set at $250,000 each.
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Blues Sign Cheechoo to One-Year Deal
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Cheechoo, 30, spent last season with the American Hockey League's (AHL) Worcester Sharks tallying 47 points (18 goals, 29 assists) in 55 games.
The 6'1", 200-pound forward has also appeared in 501 National Hockey League (NHL) games over seven seasons between the San Jose Sharks and Ottawa Senators compiling 305 points (170 goals, 135 assists) along with 324 penalty minutes.
The Moose Factory, Ontario native was originally drafted by San Jose in the second round, 29th overall, of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.


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'Big Brother' Week 3: Who Got Evicted?
"Big Brother is a reality show about a group of people who have no privacy 24/7. At times, the Houseguests may reveal prejudices and other beliefs that CBS does not condone. Views or opinions expressed by a Houseguest are those of the individuals speaking and do not represent the views or opinions of CBS. Viewer discretion is advised."
So said the disclaimer that opened the third week of Big Brother 15, which catches viewers up with aftermath of Nick's ouster (see also: last week's recap). Shock, anger and fits of sobbing seize several houseguests as they digest the modest blindside. Jeremy is mostly stunned into silence as he realizes his alliance, the Moving Company, is no more. GinaMarie is bawling inconsolably at the loss of her one-sided showmance, asking to be voted out; she eventually channels that devastation and turns it into anger so she can try to win the Head of Household competition and get revenge. Aaryn and Kaitlin are just generally angry and peeved. Bottom line: The cool kids are on the outs, in the minority, and they don't like it.
After the HOH competition, which we knew at the end of Week 2 was won by Helen, the tension boils over. Aaryn, Kaitlin, GinaMarie and Jeremy gather to regroup as they contemplate the implications of their suddenly lesser numbers. No cushy rooms. They'll likely be the have-nots. Oh, they won't stand for this. It isn't clear why, but Aaryn, who is white, flips over the bed of Candice, who is black. When Candice discovers this, a confrontation ensues and it quickly turns ugly. Aaryn mockingly taunts Candice, asking in a stereotypical voice, "What you gonna do, girrrrrl?" GinaMarie gets in on the act, getting into Candice's face and similarly taunting in stereotypical language. Kaitlin and Jeremy do nothing to really stoke confrontation but, clearly uncomfortable, neither do they do anything to stop it. Howard, urging Candice to be the "bigger" person, physically carries Candice out of the room. It's sad to watch people being made to felt like that in their own home.
Candice, Howard and several other houseguests gather and discuss the run of bigoted remarks. We learn of various other comments made during the many untelevised hours. But the consensus ultimately is that, with their side of the house now in power, the bigots will be gone soon enough.
Indeed, the Moving Company is officially dead. Or as Jeremy puts it, "Obviously the Moving Company's truck is out of gas."
Now for the four remaining Movers to figure out where to turn. Jeremy, overconfident and brash, begins his rehabilitation and comes clean to Helen, the new HOH, about the boys' alliance. McCrae tells Amanda about the alliance. Spencer confirms to Helen his participation in the Moving Company, noting that it ended with his vote to oust Nick. Howard, vowing to be honest henceforth, admits to Helen that he voted for Elissa in the most recent eviction despite promising to vote Nick. He then lies when Helen asks if there was an alliance of boys. (No, Howard, what are you doing?!)
Now for Helen and Elissa, the Mom Squad, to consider the nominations. Jeremy is the target, but they can't put him up and guarantee his competing in the veto competition; he's got to be a backdoor option. Howard can't be trusted, so he's an intriguing candidate. After some hemming and hawing, ultimately it's Aaryn and Kaitlin. With the MVP nomination to come.
Elissa wins MVP. As widely expected. The Mom Squad knows it needs to nominate a threat but not someone good at competitions. The McCrae-Amanda showmance is adamant that Howard is the second biggest threat and thus the best third nomination. But Elissa feels bullied and doesn't like being asked to do their dirty work with small upside for her. Spencer gets the nomination.
Of course, the nominations are complicated by the veto competition, a weird game with trampolines and bad art. From the HOH point of view, outside of Jeremy playing and winning, the worst-case scenario is that kaitlin wins due to her showmance with Jeremy. And of course Kaitlin wins. (BB always seems to work that way, with the worst or second-worst possible outcome for the HOH coming to fruition.) For Kaitlin, the question is whether to use the veto. If she uses it, her showmance likely goes up. If she doesn't, she is the likely ouster–so say several in the ruling group. She uses it on herself.
Helen nominates Jeremy, who, to my surprise, is downright magnanimous. Some stronger players in the past have been bullies when backdoored. Jeremy fit that mold, at least in the BB portrayal of his personality. He was arrogant, but he redeemed himself. He says he's learned a lot about humility and has grown up a bit during the three weeks in the house. While he could be saying this just because he's on the block, it feels genuine.
Before moving on to the live eviction and the maneuvering ahead of it, some observations and thoughts on some of the week's pressing issues:
- Slight spoiler: For whatever BB is, it's still a game show. In the real world, Aaryn would have been fired from her job (and actually has been) or otherwise ejected from a shared house for her racist comments. Here, where she is on the block and there is a chance to vote her out, the houseguests keep her over bigger threats to win. I think I would be terrible at these game shows because eventually I would let humanity dictate my gameplay; but these are some calculating players. That's something to ponder.
- Best (unintentionally ironic) line of the week, from Aaryn on Jeremy's nomination: "Jeremy is being discriminated against because he's a winner." Wow.
- Helen is playing an odd game. For a political strategist, I'd think she'd be a bit savvier in gameplay. While her immediate moves seem sound — backdooring Jeremy, the perceived biggest threat, for instance–her long-term endgame seems off. To wit: With the HOH power in tow, she calls on houseguests to come clean and share their knowledge. Aside from being offputting, that blunt approach puts rivals on the defensive in a game where the alliances and power shift frequently.
- I miss the private interview with the HOH prior to the live eviction vote. The interviews were brief but lent viewers like me, who don't watch live feeds, some insight into house dynamics.
- GinaMarie's shrine to Nick. Creepy.
- What is up with Judd's bear shirt? McCrae and Helen have both worn on television. It reminds me of this.
- My pick to win: I'm still sticking with Amanda. The showmance could be a threat, but I love her wit.
Now, on to the denouement. And it was anti-climactic. Jeremy gave a half-hearted fight against eviction, wearing a weird baby costume that seemingly came out of nowhere in a bid to lighten the mood and hopefully win over some support. He also tried to strike a longshot deal with Helen, promising to play his game for her. But it was clear from the get-go, the numbers were out of his favor and the majority wasn't going to buy what he would sell.
So, by a vote of 9 (Jeremy) to 1 (Spencer) to 0 (Aaryn!), the self-styled Cherokee Chief is gone. He played hard, knew it could backfire, and left with a smile. In his exit interview, and in his goodbyes, he played it cool and classy with a touch of self-deprecating humor.
And his exit isn't the end. Viewers get two bonuses this week, learning that Judd is the next HOH and that third nomination for eviction would not go to an MVP but rather us, America.
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OpenID has certainly gained widespread adoption over the last few years. However many companies are still hesitant to implement this standard as a consuming site (a relying party) because they either think it was too complicated at all or it was not worth the effort to upgrade their existing user base to OpenID.
The former problem can be easily solved with turnkey solutions like JanRain Engage or Gigya. Though if companies do not want to rely on third party solutions or need to upgrade their existing user base, there are hardly any tutorials or references available that explain the possible pitfalls or provide best practices.
Today (well, yesterday if you are living in Europe like me) Google released a demo site – it is a store – and accompanying material like videos, tutorials, and best practices that provide detailed explanations on how to become a relying party, match an existing user base with OpenID, and much more. Eric Sachs, product manager, Google Security, announced this on the OpenID mailing list today.
It is an impressive documentation and probably much time and effort went into it. I especially like that Google used an online store as an example because stores often lack the possibility to log in with third party accounts, although they are perfect examples that could benefit from them. So it comes as no surprise that the OpenID Foundation formed a Retail Advisory Committee earlier this year to address the needs of retailers that want to implement OpenID.
While I applaud the efforts of Google, it also becomes obvious that such a documentation was needed for quite some time. However no one was able to write such a detailed guide. The only reference I know of is Joseph Smarr's guide, written three years ago while he was still at Plaxo. It seems like it needs a big company with enough resources to help an independent, open source project to get direction and traction.


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Don Elwell, director of marketing and public relations, said they expect to get the parts to make the repairs required by the recall within the next few days. After that, they will notify customers and set up appointments, he said.
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He said there have been much larger recalls of other vehicles in the past, such as Toyotas, when some customers claimed that unexpected acceleration occurred.
The GMC recall involves ignition switches that can possibly be affected by a bump on the road or a heavy keychain that causes the switch to move and possibly shut off. And that can cause the power steering and power brakes to shut off, as well resulting in air bags that don't deploy, the GMC web site said.
"If the ignition switch is not in the run position, the air bags may not deploy if the vehicle is involved in a crash, increasing the risk of injury or fatality," the company said.
Although there have been claims that the faulty switches have resulted in deaths, Elwell said, there's been no cases in Highlands County where someone pointed to problems like that.
Dennis Albers, assistant service manager with Alan Jay Chevrolet, said Alan Jay is advising that customers only put their ignition key into the ignition, as opposed to having the key on a key chain with other keys.
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Elwell said Alan Jay wants to help every customer as soon as possible once the parts arrive.
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Cars slated for recall include all 2005-2007 Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5; 2003-2007 Saturn Ion; 2006-2007 Chevrolet HHR; 2005-2006 Pontiac Pursuit (Canada); 2006-2007 Pontiac Solstice; and 2007 Saturn Sky vehicles.
On March 28, the recall was expanded to include the following vehicles - 2008 - 2010 Pontiac Solstice and G5; 2008-2010 Saturn Sky; 2008-2010 Chevrolet Cobalt; and 2008-2011 Chevrolet HHR, according to the GMC web site.
Some families are contending that GMC should be prosecuted, claiming that GMC knew about the problems earlier, according to the Associated Press. Those families contend that the faulty ignition switch resulted in a family member dying, the article said.
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A Legal Revolution Begins
You say you wanna revolution? Well, let's head across the pond then and check out a new law in England and Wales that allows non-lawyers to sell legal services.
Under the Legal Services Act, which takes effect today, banks, supermarkets and the like can offer legal services to consumers, according to this BBC report on the new law.
These would-be competitors to law firms can create what are called Alternative Business Structures, which will offer a one-stop stop of legal and financial advice to consumers, according to the BBC, which notes that some regulatory kinks still must be ironed out before solicitors can join the alternative structures. (Here's another report on the new law from The Lawyer.)
Proponents say the Legal Services Act will give consumers more choice when seeking professional advice. "Potential customers will find legal services become more accessible, more efficient and more competitive," Justice Minister Jonathan Djanogly told BBC.
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"The government seem unconcerned that the introduction of Alternative Business Structures puts at risk the independence of legal advice, via the profit interests of commercial owners," Clive Sutton, of the Solicitors Sole Practitioners Group, told BBC.
One U.S. firm likely to keep close tabs of the Legal Services Act is Jacoby & Meyers; the plaintiffs' firm, as we have noted, has filed lawsuits that seek to force New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to change their laws to allow non-lawyers to own stakes in law firms.


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PRINCIPIA -- Plenty of local athletes will make the trip to Jefferson City for the Class 2 State Championships on Friday and Saturday after qualifying in sectionals on Monday afternoon.
The event was originally scheduled for Saturday but moved to Monday because of heavy rains on Friday night and Saturday.
Charleston's Deonte Jones had two first place finishes, in the long jump and the triple jump. Scott City's Brandon Shemonia also had a first, winning the 3,200.
Shemonia finished third in the 1,600 while teammate Alex Eichhorn was third in the triple jump and fourth in the shot put. Scott City junior Garrett Schaefer finished second in the 200 and the 400 and 800-meter relay teams also advanced, finishing third and fourth respectively.
On the girls side, Melanie Lacey took first place in the 3,200-meter run and finished third in the 1,600. East Prairie's Jennifer Nicholson took first in the discus and finished second in the shot put while Kelly's Londyn Backfisch was second in the 200 and tied for fourth in the high jump.
Scott City's Stephanie Essner, the defending state champion in the 400, finished second in the event Monday while the 800 and 1,600-meter relay teams took third and fourth respectively.
Charleston's Kasuela Cooper finished fourth in the long jump.
The Class 2 State Championships will be held Friday and Saturday at Lincoln University in Jefferson City.
200 -- 2. Garrett Schaefer, Scott City, 22.89.
1600 -- 3. Brandon Shemonia, Scott City, 4:28.88.
3200 -- 1. Brandon Shemonia, Scott City, 10:01.24.
400m relay -- 3. Scott City, 45.24.
800m relay -- 4. Scott City, 1:33.04
Long jump -- 1. Deonte Jones, Charleston, 21-7 1/2.
Triple jump -- 1. Deonte Jones, Charleston, 42-10 1/2; 3. Alex Eichhorn, Scott City, 41-1.
Shot put -- 4. Alex Eichhorn, Scott City, 46-3 1/4.
200 -- 2. Londyn Backfisch, Kelly, 25.89.
400 -- 2. Stephanie Essner, Scott City, 1:01.05.
1600 -- 3. Melanie Lacey, Scott City, 5:37.67.
3200 -- 1. Melanie Lacey, Scott City, 12:24.45.
800m relay -- 3. Scott City, 1:49.51.
1600m relay -- 4. Scott City, 4:16.84.
High jump -- 4. London Backfisch, Kelly, 4-10.
Long jump -- 4. Kasuela Cooper, Charleston, 16-0.
Shot put -- 2. Jennifer Nicholson, East Prairie, 37-4 1/2.
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The White House on Monday said Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) has confirmed he won't hold a vote this year on the immigration overhaul bill that passed in the Senate last summer with resounding bipartisan support.
We've heard immigration reform's eulogy time and again over the past year, but this is the most definitive proof yet that the legislation is indeed going nowhere. And truly, the outcome wasn't too surprising given the House GOP's fervent objections to the bill and lawmakers' aversion to doing anything remotely controversial in an election year.
The news came one day after President Obama requested $2 billion to beef up the nation's border security and speed up the deportation process. The White House said in lieu of an immigration bill, Obama would take some executive actions to deal with the issue on his own. Jon Terbush
Donald Trump tweeted on Sunday that he will make a speech about immigration Wednesday in Arizona.
I will be making a major speech on ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION on Wednesday in the GREAT State of Arizona. Big crowds, looking for a larger venue.
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Last week, he postponed a speech he was planning to make in Colorado on the topic. Early in his campaign, Trump said he would build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico and deport the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country. On Wednesday, he said "there's no amnesty, but we work with them," adding that his policies "could certainly be softening, because we're not looking to hurt people." The next day, he told Anderson Cooper there's "no path to legalization unless they leave the country," and his plan is not "a softening. I've had people say it's a hardening, actually." Catherine Garcia
Most people visit Hawaii to lounge on the beach, soak up the sun, and bask in the beauty of the islands. A group of six researchers, however, voluntarily spent the last year living with limited resources on top of a Hawaiian mountain in near isolation inside a Mars simulation.
The group consisted of a French astro-biologist, a German physicist, and four Americans: a pilot, a journalist, a soil scientist, and an architect. Experts estimate a human mission to Mars could take one to three years, and the study, funded by NASA and run by the University of Hawaii, focused on the toll a long space exploration would take on a person. For comparison, the typical International Space Station mission only lasts six months.
Each volunteer had a small room with a cot and desk, and ate such bare bones food products as powdered cheese and canned tuna. Kim Binstead, principal investigator for the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation, told the BBC the researchers are "looking forward to getting in the ocean and eating fresh produce and other foods that weren't available in the dome." Catherine Garcia
President Obama's first campaign manager didn't hold back Sunday on Meet the Press, calling Donald Trump a "psychopath."
David Plouffe is now the senior vice president of policy and strategy at Uber, but in 2008, he was part of the team that got Obama into the White House. "I mean, basically, we have a psychopath running for president," he told Chuck Todd. "I mean, he meets the clinical definition." Ticking off a list, Plouffe said Trump has a "grandiose notion of self-worth, pathological lying, lack of empathy and remorse." He softened the blow a bit by admitting, "I don't have a degree in psychology."
Plouffe also said he doesn't think Trump's campaign strategy will pay off in November. "I think the assessment was that Donald Trump would try and do some things to appeal to the middle of the electorate, to appeal to suburban college-educated women," he said. "He's not." Because of that, Plouffe is certain the "race ends today," and Hillary Clinton is "guaranteed at least 269 electoral votes. I think it's likely going to be a landslide." Catherine Garcia
Juan Gabriel, the famed Mexican singer and songwriter who composed more than 1,500 songs, died Sunday at his home in California. He was 66.
His publicist confirmed his death, but did not reveal the cause. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto tweeted that Gabriel, known as the "Divo of Juarez," was "one of the great musical icons of our country," and sent condolences to his family and friends. Born Alberto Aguilera Valadez on January 7, 1950, the youngest of 10 children, Gabriel wrote his first song at 13. He was Mexico's top-selling artist, known for his ballads and mariachi songs, with his hits including "Hasta Que Te Conoci" ("Until I Met You"), "Amor Eterno" ("Eternal Love"), and "Querida" ("Dear"). While trying to break into the music business, he moved to Mexico City and slept on the streets and in train stations, the Los Angeles Times reports. He signed his first record contract in 1971.
A six-time Grammy nominee, Gabriel was named the ASCAP Songwriter of the Year in 1995, inducted into the Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame in 1996, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2009. In 1990, he became the first commercial singer to hold a concert at Mexico City's Palace of Fine Arts, until then reserved just for classical musicians. Proceeds from his three sold-out shows went to the National Symphony Orchestra. He performed around the world, with his last concert Friday night at the Forum in Inglewood, California. He was scheduled to perform Sunday night in El Paso. He is survived by four children. Catherine Garcia
Conservative provocateur Ann Coulter agreed to participate in actor Rob Lowe's Comedy Central roast Saturday night to promote her new book (a campaign tract entitled, In Trump We Trust: E Pluribus Awesome!). That was a bad call.
Though the other celebrity roasters took plenty of shots at Lowe himself, Coulter was the butt of many of the evening's harshest jokes. Here are a few of the milder ones:
Pete Davidson: "If you are here, Ann, who is scaring the crows away from our crops?"
Peyton Manning: "I'm not the only athlete up here. As you know, earlier this year, Ann Coulter won the Kentucky Derby."
Nikki Glaser: "The only person you will ever make happy is the Mexican who digs your grave."
Jewel: "I do want to say as a feminist that I can't support everything that's been said tonight. But as someone who hates Ann Coulter, I'm delighted." [All via Variety]
You can read some of the more NSFW insults here, or just wait until the roast airs on Labor Day. Bonnie Kristian
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday declined to attempt explaining where his party's nominee stands on immigration. Asked by NBC's Chuck Todd whether Donald Trump is undergoing something of an evolution on the topic, Priebus deferred, promising that Trump himself would "be giving prepared remarks on this issue" sometime soon.
"I don't speak for Donald Trump," Priebus continued. "Here's what I know: [Trump's] position is going to be tough. His position is going to be fair, but his position is going to be humane." As Todd pressed for more details, Priebus seemed unsure as to whether Trump would really attempt to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants — though he was willing to state with certainty that Trump would work to build a border wall (which, for the record, already mostly exists).
While Trump has long made strict border security a central issue of his campaign, this week he said "there could certainly be a softening because we're not looking to hurt people." Trump then reversed himself one day later, suggesting he is instead engaged in a "hardening" of his immigration views. When these pivots led to confusion and accusations of flip-flopping, Trump blamed the media for "miss[ing] the whole point" and taking his words out of context. Bonnie Kristian
Acting DNC chair says she doesn't 'see what the smoke is' about Clinton Foundation corruption allegations
Acting Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile said Sunday she doesn't see cause for concern in emails showing Clinton Foundation staff coordinating State Department access for their donors during Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state.
"The way I look at it, I've been a government official," Brazile said in an interview on ABC's This Week. "So, you know, this notion that, somehow or another, someone who is a supporter, someone who is a donor, somebody who's an activist, saying 'I want access, I want to come into a room and I want to meet people' — we often criminalize behavior that is normal. I don't see what the smoke is."
Brazile may have been referencing remarks from Clinton herself earlier this week, when the candidate told Anderson Cooper "there's a lot of smoke, and there's no fire" where accusations of a corrupt, pay-to-play relationship between the Clinton Foundation and State are concerned. Watch Brazile's comments below. Bonnie Kristian
DNC Chair @DonnaBrazile on Clinton emails: "I don't see what the smoke is." https://t.co/JC2q0WpQpr #ThisWeek https://t.co/A2jrJr4RbC
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My dad's computer, a Dell Inspiron 530, will not turn on. Every time I go to the computer to try to turn it on, the computer will not boot up. The power light is a solid amber, which, according to the owner's manual designates either a power problem or an internal device malfunction.
I've checked all of the connections on the computer--from the power cord to the power strip, to the power connector on the system board and the main power cable and front panel cable to the system board. All of them are securely connected.
The machine, unfortunately, is no longer under warranty and I don't want to call the support line for expired warranty because I don't want to pay any money for what could be an otherwise really simply issue.
Could ANYBODY please help me out? It would be very greatly appreciated.
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Are there any 'Beeps'?
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BERKELEY -- After delighting hordes of young readers with her intimate, hilarious, best-selling journal series, "Amelia's Notebook," Marissa Moss is spreading the joy beyond her usual followers to educators, artists, lovers of history and uniquely, to her peers.
Creston Books, the children's book publishing venture she is launching in 2013, aims to be a shot in the arm for Moss and her fellow writers. Mergers and acquisitions throughout the publishing industry have decimated creativity and positioned books as marketing vessels: trends she hopes to reverse by throwing open the gate on collaborative partnerships.
"The authors are going to be invested in the press," she told Publishers Weekly in an early April interview with Carolyn Juris. "I want this to feel like a community."
Seven months later, speaking by phone from her Berkeley home, Moss says she's thrilled with the response. A Kickstarter campaign explaining the purpose and particulars of Creston -- all books will be printed on American-made, sustainably-sourced paper and distributed by Publishers Group West -- raised more than $50,000.
"This is one of the most beautiful places in the world," Moss exclaims. "It's culturally and environmentally rich. Writing is isolating, but the children's book community here is huge."
Moss wrote her first book, about an owl having a tea party, when she was 9.
"It was wimpy writing and I sent the original to the publisher -- can you believe it?" she says. "Because of that, I don't have (the original), but if I had it now, I'd be totally mortified, so it's sort of a blessing."
The discipline that drives her into the water every morning (to swim with her master's team at Golden Bear Pool) and plants her in front of a computer to write until noon and revise until dusk is largely the reason for her eventual literary success.
"I would go to New York twice a year and show my portfolio," she says. "People would tell me they love my work, they just needed to find the right project. After a while, being a writer seemed like something old men did, but I always kept writing."
Eventually, now-defunct Tricycle Press, an imprint of (now part of Crown) Ten Speed Press, published "Amelia's Notebook." The series took off and there are currently more than 30 renditions and counting.
"I don't want Amelia to be done yet," Moss says. "I don't want it to just trickle off. Maybe she'll graduate from middle school and go to high school next."
Her new series release, "Mira's Diary: Lost in Paris," joins a 14-year old girl as she searches for her missing mother and grows to understand anti-Semitism through the lens of the real-life, infamous Dreyfus affair of 1894. Tried for treason, Dreyfus became a source of argument and discord that alienated countries, communities, friends and families.
"I wanted to understand (artist) Edgar Degas -- how he broke with his friends over this," Moss says.
She researched for a full year and admits to being "obsessive" about historical accuracy.
"I want teachers to trust these books. But I think history is taught horribly in this country. It's names and dates, which sucks all the life out of it."
Writing compelling historical fiction for young adults follows the same formula as for adult books, she insists. Solid storytelling and real issues, without vampires or gore, are absolutes.
"The Dreyfus affair is about ugly government. Kids know more about justice than adults do. Kids know what's fair, so they can handle this," she says.
The sequel is already on her desk in galley form, waiting for final review.
"I hope to do seven books: the seven wonders of the world and each with a historical moment. This second one is set in Rome. Italy is so heart-stoppingly beautiful, the Pantheon is a marvel ... I can't tell you everything, but it's about (Michelangelo) Caravaggio and censorship of thought," she finishes, in a rush of words.
Tomorrow, after a brisk workout during which solutions will "float to the top of her mind" and be scribbled in a notepad she keeps in her gym bag, Moss will embark on her dual time travel adventures: to 16th century Italy and to the future with Creston Books.


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CHARLESTON - Nathaniel and Rebecca Ault are the parents of their second child, second son, born at 12:16 p.m. July 9, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Nathaniel Rushing Ault weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce and 20.5 inches long.
Mrs. Ault, employed by Merck and Co. Inc., is the daughter of Doug and Anne Walton of Sikeston.
Ault, a farmer, is the son of Glenn and Linda Ault of Charleston.
NEW MADRID - Marcus and Amy McElveen are the parents of their first child, a son, born at 3:40 a.m. July 10, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Sawyer Streeter McElveen weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces and 19 inches long.
Mrs. McElveen, a 5th grade teacher at New Madrid County R-1 School District, is the daughter of Judy Riley of Lilbourn.
McElveen, employed by Strickland Engineering, is the son of Minnie McElveen and William McElveen of Boonville, Ark.
ADVANCE - Andrea Hodge is the mother of her fourth child, second daughter, born at 8:34 a.m. July 8, 2005, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Gracie Marie weighed 7 pounds and 8 ounces and was 19 inches long.
BLOOMFIELD - Maresia Sneed and Clifton Abernathy are the parents of their first child, a son, born at 4:20 p.m. July 11, 2005, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Trent Eithan Abernathy weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce and was 19.5 inches long.
Sneed is the daughter of Eric and Monica Ladeau and Mark and Paula Sneed.
Abernathy, employed by Arvin Meritor of Dexter, is the son of Mike and Teresa Driskill.
CHARLESTON - Katrina Williams is the mother of her first child, a daughter, born at 9:39 a.m. July 12, 2005, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Dymond Tashay Williams weighed 5 pounds, 14 ounces and 19.75 inches long.
Williams is the daughter of Elizabeth Williams and Byron Smith.
NEW MADRID - Michael and Jana Martin are the parents of their fourth daughter, born at 1:02 p.m. July 12, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Lindsay Ann Martin weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces and 19.75 inches long.
Mrs. Martin, daughter of Cathy Slavings and Jerry Slavings of Portageville, is a nurse for White & Associates.
Martin, son of Bobby Martin of New Madrid and the late Linda Martin, is a student at Three Rivers Community College.
EAST PRAIRIE - Jody and Star Latamondeer are the parents of their second child, second daughter, born at 9:37 a.m. July 13, 2005, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Megan Lynn Latamondeer weighed 5 pounds, 2 ounces and 18.25 inches long.
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This project protected and/or restored 2,873 acres of palustrine emergent wetlands and palustrine forest and 60 acres of associated uplands in this important region. The total funding for the project exceeded $4 million. Nearly $825,000 in funding was provided by a North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) grant. DU's key funding partners for this important project include NAWCA; Arizona Game and Fish Department; Colorado River Indian Tribes; U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; Arizona Department of Water Resources; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District; Duke Energy Maricopa, LLC; and the Perri Family.
Work was completed at seven individual project sites: Cibola National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), Colorado River Indian Tribes, Havasu NWR, Imperial NWR, Quigley Wildlife Management Area, Pratt Agricultural Lease, and Duke Energy Arlington Valley. Each of these seven sites is located within what was once the Lower Colorado River Focus Area of the Intermountain West Joint Venture. However, these sites currently reside within the boundary of the recently established Sonoran Joint Venture. All sites are located within the Lower Colorado and Lower Gila Rivers Focus Area of the Sonoran Joint Venture.
Work was extensive and included removing non-native salt cedar; contouring land; constructing ditches and pipelines and installing water control structures to provide water conveyance and control; constructing an intake and associated pipelines on the Colorado River to provide a water supply for restored habitats; installing a pump station, pump, and fish screen; and planting native cottonwood and willow riparian vegetation.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act into law.
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WARREN COUNTY, IN (WXIN) - School officials say a middle school teacher didn't know that the desk calendars she handed out as prizes were full of graphic and inappropriate material.
Bonnie Wright's 13-year-old son brought one of the calendars home from Creston Middle School in Warren Township on Friday. He used classroom points for good behavior to bid on the calendar as a prize.
When she checked it out, she found a lot more than bad words.
The calendar, called "Whoogle," is a 2013 edition. It's about things people Google and it looks innocent on the outside, with the tag line, "I wonder if dinosaurs eat peaches?"
Inside, though, many pages are too inappropriate to even repeat.
Some lines include "How do you know if birth control is working? Is it wrong to sleep with…" and pages full of pornographic lines and content.
Warren Township school officials tell FOX 59 the teacher handed out four of the calendars on Friday. She and the principal have called each of the parents involved to apologize.
The calendars came from Teachers' Treasures on the east side, a store that gives away free school supplies to local teachers. A manager told FOX 59 that the calendars were no longer on the shelves because they are 2013 editions. The owner did not return a call for comment about where other calendars may have been distributed.
She said she wants other parents and teachers to know that the desk calendar isn't what it looks like so that if more of them are out there, they will be found.
Teachers Treasures tells Fox 59 it is reviewing its policy for donations, after learning that a dirty calendar made its way into the hands of a young student.
In a statement emailed to Fox 59, the owner of calendar distributor TF Publishing said his company did make donations to Teachers Treasures, but he did not believe this came from one of their donations.
I am disappointed that it takes an incident like this to get Teacher's Treasures and my company on the news. There are a lot of people that would like to know that my company has donated over a million calendars to Teacher's Treasures / Kids in Need over the last 15 years and that this is a wonderful charity serving our community," founder and CEO Jim Purcell said.


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"The Dakota Cipher is a supple, elegant thriller that carries the reader triumphantly from one exciting climax to the next."
—Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Jefferson Key
Ethan Gage is a fearless adventurer who has crossed paths (and, sometimes, swords) with the likes of Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin Franklin—and whose unabashed derring do puts even Indiana Jones to shame. Now Gage is back for a third time in William Dietrich's The Dakota Cipher, an ingenious page-turner that carries our hero to the American wilderness in search of an almost unthinkably powerful ancient artifact. No stranger to thrilling action himself, New York Times bestseller James Rollins, author of Black Order, The Last Oracle, and Altar of Eden, is a dedicated fan of Dietrich's Ethan Gage novels, and proclaims that, "The Dakota Cipher should be read by anyone who loves adventure at its grandest."
William Dietrich is back with another fast-paced new adventure—one that brings together Norse mythology, the American wilderness, and a swashbuckling explorer in an irresistible page-turner.
Ethan Gage, the hero of Napoleon's Pyramids and The Rosetta Key, just wants to enjoy the fruits of victory after helping Napoleon win the Battle of Marengo and end an undeclared naval war with the United States.
But a foolish tryst with Bonaparte's married sister and the improbable schemes of a grizzled Norwegian named Magnus Bloodhammer soon send Ethan on a new treasure hunt on America's frontier that will have him dodging scheming aristocrats and hostile Indians.
In 1801 newly elected president Thomas Jefferson, taking office in the burgeoning capital of Washington, D.C., convinces Ethan and Magnus to go on a scouting expedition—one that precedes that of Lewis and Clark—to investigate reports of woolly mammoths and blue-eyed Indians.
The pair have their own motive, however, which they neglect to share with the president: a search for the mythical hammer of the Norse god Thor, allegedly brought by fugitive Norsemen to the center of North America 150 years before Columbus. Can the hammer control thunder and lightning? Is there a core of truth to this myth?
Ethan's journey takes him across the Great Lakes to country no white man has seen, but not before he becomes entangled with a British temptress, a comely captive, a French voyageur, and a landscape as breathtaking as it is perilous.
Ancient Norse runes will lead him to his most fantastic discovery yet—and to wonder, danger, mystery, and sorrow that will test every ounce of wit and skill Gage can muster. The Dakota Cipher is another exciting adventure by a writer who has quickly become one of America's most beloved and inventive thriller masterminds.
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Polak Set to Return to the Lineup
Blues defenseman has been sidelined since Dec. 19 vs. Montreal
Tuesday, 01.14.2014 / 10:33 AM CT / St Louis Blues - News
By Chris Pinkert - St. Louis Blues
ST. LOUIS - Blues defenseman Roman Polak will return to the lineup on Tuesday night when the Blues host the Phoenix Coyotes at Scottrade Center.
Polak missed 10 games with a lower-body injury sustained during the Dec. 19 game vs. Montreal.
The Ostrava, Czech Republic native has played in 34 games for the Blues this season, registering three goals, four assists and a plus-7 rating. He also has received 24 penalty minutes.


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There are certain events every American person is supposed to remember. D-Day, which is today, is one of them.
Since corporations can be legally considered people here in the USA, they, too, are supposed to remember this stuff, by penalty of public mocking. Today, Google did not manage to hold up their end of the bargain. They forgot D-Day and accidentally honored the birthday of Honinbo Shusaku, a Japanese Go player who was born June 6, 1829, Ars Technica reports.
This is not the first time the Google doodle has had us scratching our heads. In the
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