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It's been a week full of college signings already here in the CSRA. From the baseball diamond to the links, some area high schoolers are heading to some big-name programs. Well, today was no exception.
This afternoon, Lakeside's Brian Carter signed to play golf at the University of Georgia. Carter joins 3 otehrs local guys on the Bulldog golf team. The senior picked UGA over SEC schools such as Alabama and says he's been a Dawgs fan his entire life, making this a natural fit. And while he hasn't even started his collegiate career yet, he already has big goals for his future.
"Hopefully, I'll win the Masters", says Carter. "Become the next Augusta native to win the Masters since Larry Mize. That's my hope and dream for when I get older."
And Carter wasn;t the only Panther signing with a Division 1 program. State champion swimmer Eric Chiu inked with Georgia Tech.


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My name is Jamison Huhner and my blog presents and discusses claims to fame for small towns all over the U.S. And other random nonsense. Claims to fame include celebrity residents past and present, historic events (battles, crimes), oddities, records of some sort and a million other things. I'm a graduate of Devils Lake Central and, eventually, a graduate from the University of North Dakota with degrees in Russian/Soviet studies and business. After college I moved south to Atlanta before finally ending up in Nashville where I now live with my wife and twin boys.
So I asked the lady selling watermelons at the farmers' market to help me pick out a good one and, after some bizarre ritual (I think she chanted something at one point), she handed me one. Sarcastically, but half serious, I said "Are you sure? She gave me the stink eye and said "Listen, I've been selling them for 27 years, I think know a good one when I see one." I drove home and cut into the worst watermelon I've ever tasted.
Please, could we all just admit that it's a crapshoot? Nobody's an expert, so stop poking and prodding and thumping and slapping and shaking and tapping the watermelons. Just grab one, with the proper humiliation, head hung low, and take it to the check out and pay for it.

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South Africans are more in danger in their own homes than ever before as police statistics revealed a dramatic increase in most violent crimes.
"We're not happy about the figures. It's a big no that people are dying, that people in their own houses are not safe, that people in their beds are faced with guns," said national police commissioner Bheki Cele in response to a question from The Times at a briefing in Cape Town yesterday.
Although murder was reduced by 3.4%, violent crimes are on the rise for the second consecutive year with police seemingly unable to stop the scourge.
* House robbery rose by 27.3% between April last year and March, compared with 13.5% the previous year;
* Business robbery rose a staggering 41.5% in the financial year ending March, compared with 47.4% the previous year; and
* Car hijackings are up by 5% this financial year compared with 4.4% the year before.
The ANC issued a statement saying that the increase in violent crime has made more urgent the need to amend Section 49 of the Criminal Procedure Act that restricts the police's use of force.
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said government was "deeply concerned" about the rise in house robberies, saying it will receive "our most serious attention".
"A person's home is his/her last line of defence. We simply cannot tolerate a situation where people do not feel safe in their homes. House robberies affect communities from all walks of life," he said.
Police statistician Dr Chris de Kock said that, despite the decrease in the murder rate, "docket analysis showed definite growth of murders as a result of robbery".
Commercial crime increased by 16% while attempted murder and assault both decreased by 4.3%. Sexual offences - a new category combining rape and indecent assault - increased by 10.1%.
Gauteng is the most dangerous province to live in terms of violent crime, while the Northern Cape is the safest.
KwaZulu-Natal is South Africa's new murder capital with 4747 killings compared with second-placed Gauteng with 3884.
Gauteng remains the most dangerous in terms of house robbery (8122 cases), business robbery (6216) and sex crimes (17902).
The Northern Cape, in comparison, had 45 house robberies, 121 business robberies and seven hijackings.
The Institute for Security Studies crime analyst Dr Johan Burger said that although the murder rate was marginally down, the statistics were "worrying".
"It shows us that the police's strategy in fighting trio crimes (house robberies, business robberies and hijackings) is either not working and there is something wrong, or we are missing something," he said.
"The statistics show us that we do not understand the problems sufficiently yet in order to effectively deal with them."
Nantes Kelder, head of Afriforum's community safety department, said: "My concern is that police are losing the fight against crime, they are failing us."
The South African Banking Risk Information Centre said cash in transit heists "remain a concern".
"While the national crime statistics demonstrate a 2.3% increase in attacks, the Cash in Transit industry crime information managed by Sabric shows a year-to-date increase of 18%," Sabric chief executive Kalyani Pillay said in a statement.
Barbara Holtmann, senior researcher at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), said that for the "past several years", there has "been a trend towards more violent crime in the suburbs".
"One of the reasons . is the increase in levels of security and target hardening - the more we build up our defences the more aggressive and organised the criminals need to be," she said.
Mthethwa said that to fight crime, an audit of "available resources both human and material, and the deployment of such, was under way".
"The new Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation would consolidate efforts by concepts such as the War Room, where suspects linked to violent organised crime have been tracked and arrested," he said.
Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation senior researcher David Bruce said the police's focus on a trio crimes reflected middle-class priorities.
He said pressure on police stations to provide lower statistics had an impact on the numbers.
"Some of the statistics I regard as implausible, particularly the [decreasing] trends in common assault and street robbery," he said.
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That is coming to the USA in a few decades.
I see more gated farm communities in the future. They would be self sustaining and they would be able to defend themselves.
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You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out why the crime is so high... especially when you look at the demographics.
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Bear in mind that the police only record crime stats where a person is injured and needing hospital treatment, if they are not injured requiring hospital treatment it's not documented, at the same token case #s are only issued if the victim is covered by insurance which the majority are not because of the high premiums. That is how SA is bringing the crime stats down to make it look good for the 2010 world cup.
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So much for whitey relinquishing control. Seems to be working out just fine.
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LMFAO what did you expect history has shown what will happen. No matter where there in charge this happens no supprise.
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"The statistics show us that we do not understand the problems sufficiently yet in order to effectively deal with them."
Bullshit. EVERYBODY understands why this is happening. But let's just continue pretending we don't know why.
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the whites "stepped down" from running what was an orderly and prosperous country- so now that the blacks run things, why isn't it an African paradise instead of the chaotic, violent mess it is now?
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I think they should hire that one woman from US who made up rule that police cant go foot or car pursuit of suspects. But really i couldnt care less about country that gives jobs based on race and not actual skill. Sooner or later their infra will run down unless they sort the shit out.
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let them destroy themselves up,, back to the bush soon.
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Nobody is ever suprised that Africa is in danger or poor or violent or a shit hole or has a AIDs epedemic or a new virus that will eventually be given to North America. It's just there history. I hate to sound like a racist, I mean I truely do. I usually pride myself in trying to be one. However is it just me or is that when a black guy or women tries to get into politics in any country. Everything always turns to shit?
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Roll on the World Cup , this'll be a hoot .
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i know they have a long history in south africa and all but it seems like a losing battle for whites there.
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I read in an article one of the major reasons why the govt. is so laxed on fighting crime is that everything stolen/damaged that has to be replaced or repaired involes a VAT tax of 14%, so if the crime in theft, hi-jacking of vehicles, damage to property, medicare, etc cost the country (citizens and insurance Companies) 180 million Rand per annum, efectively the govt scores 14% of that in sales/VAT tax, that ammounts to a tidy sum of guaranteed money, consider it, and wonder why in most countrie More..
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how long will we keep ignoring the obvious?
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I wonder if it would of been different if they weren't oppressed.
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Well they certainly worse off now they have their "FREEDOM". High unemployment, negative growth rate, cost of living sky rocketing, money is not being fed back into the system, it's been hoarded and placed into Swiss banking accounts etc, paying for luxury palaces and prestige cars or 4X4s and multi million Rand dwellings with 24/7 armed guards as well as extravigant ceremonies etc. Then there is fraud and corruption on a major scale to which very few of the calprits ever get caught.
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Get some guns and kill the Jiggers when they are breaking into your home. And stop whining like a little democrat.
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I am concerned about the disaster that struck the country
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I love me some good marketing. I loved the promotion for Delicate Steve's last album (which involved a hilariously fictional press release from the desk of Chuck Klosterman), and I love the way Steve Marion introduced the world to the songs that make up his upcoming release, Positive Force. On June 26, he had a committee of 11 musician friends (musiciends?) tweet links to individual tracks from the new album that had been uploaded to YouTube. Through this "Positive Force Friendship Stream," each song got its own "premiere," with YHT-beloved groups like Yeasayer, Ra Ra Riot, Yellow Ostrich, tUnE-yArDs, and Akron/Family joining in on the fun.
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Record Store Day Superlatives
Record Store Day is quickly fading in the rear view mirror, and now that we've had a couple days to strip off the shrink wrap, listen to the loot and digest the day's events, I wanted to share a few reactions and a few songs. In lieu of a list of acquisitions (I'm a little scared to a provide the complete inventory, as my better half reads this blog, and I may or may not have some financial splainin' to do), I thought I'd keep the superlatives theme from earlier this month rollin' by handing out a few RSD Superlatives. Off we go…
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YHT Top 10 Albums of 2011, Part 1
Aren't top 10 music lists funny? They're arbitrary, for one thing. Unless you're quantitatively ranking performances (American Idol and X-Factor, I'm not going to call on you so please put your hands down), the order of your top 10 is usually based on gut feelings and random associations. Plus, they're a dime a dozen — any yahoo, including this one, that listened to at least 10 albums in a calendar year can make one. Yet for some reason, people love to create them and debate them… and then debate them some more. And as annoying as it is to see people arguing about top 10 lists on the internet, therein lies their beauty. There may be no clearer testament to the fact that every human being experiences music differently, and that's a good thing. Lists like these are a great way to discover bands that other people are crazy about that you might not even know existed. And someone's conviction about an album you dismissed out of hand may finally convince you to give it a shot. I hope this list does one of those things for you, and if not, feel free join the ranks of these people and lash out about what's ranked too high or how Bon Iver sucks.
10. Battles — Gloss Drop
[Cue Most Interesting Man in the World music] I don't always listen to math-rocky type stuff. But when I do… I listen to Battles. Their previous album Mirrored drew me in, even though proggy math rock isn't really my thang, and Gloss Drop picked up right where its predecessor left off. Given that they lost a key band member in between that album and this one, I was impressed right away by how the group's sense of intensity and adventure had endured, and had maybe even grown. "Ice Cream" became one of my favorite upbeat songs of the year, and I still can't get enough of it. Listen below, read more about Battles here, here and here, and buy here.
Battles — "Ice Cream"
9. Youth Lagoon — The Year of Hibernation
Trevor Powers seemed to come out of nowhere, garnering lots of attention all at once thanks to a May Pitchfork article that linked to a few self-released songs, including the wonderfully haunting "July." But his instant notoriety was no fluke, as his debut full-length The Year of Hibernation illustrates so convincingly. Powers is just 22, but his old-soul dexterity with themes of nostalgia and the fragility of youth is remarkable, and his album leaves you with the odd sensation that he's older than he really is. Kind of like how it's easy to forget that the basketball players you bet on each March in your office pool are really 18-year-olds who only recently learned how to drive. Now if only they'd learn how to hit their goddamn free throws. Listen to "July" below, read more here and here, and buy here.
Youth Lagoon — "July"
8. tUnE-yArDs — w h o k i l l
w h o k i l l is one of the most refreshing albums I've heard in a long time, absolutely bursting at the seams with creativity. Merrill Garbus is one of those rare artists who is capable of committing great leaps of the imagination to tape without drifting off into the obscure or unlistenable. Watching her loop-happy live performances online is a special treat, as her execution is flawless despite the fact that she employs so many off-kilter, rhythmically complex and densely layered elements. My favorite of these videos came in August, when she played "Gangsta" on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon with members of the Roots. I'd give you a link, but none of the embedded videos are currently working because NBC is comprised of a-holes who don't understand the internet. Listen to the studio version of "Gangsta" below, read more here, and buy here.
tUnE-yArDs –"Gangsta"
7. Delicate Steve — Wondervisions
Delicate Steve was the source of equal parts laughter, enjoyment and regret during the course of 2011. Laughter because of Chuck Klosterman's hilarious fake press release; enjoyment because his album Wondervisions is a twisting, turning and totally addictive monument to the endless possibilities of melody; and regret because I wish so badly I could have seen him perform on the tour he did with Ra Ra Riot, as my mother- and father-in-law did in Harrisburg, PA at Appalachian Brewing Company. Hearing my father-in-law talk about how much he enjoyed seeing Delicate Steve helped the bitterness pass though, as it filled me with excitement for whenever I finally make it to one of his shows. Listen to his song "Butterfly" below, read more here, and buy here.
Delicate Steve — "Butterfly"
6. Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr — It's A Corporate World
I wrote about Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr incessantly this past year (please don't do a search for the band's name in the search bar to the right, my obsession is slightly embarrassing), and much of that writing was about the Detroit duo's clever marketing and knack for PR. But when you look past their masterfully constructed image, you find sturdy electro-pop tunes that exhibit real heart and soul, as well as a clear gift for arrangement and instrumentation. It's A Corporate World is an excellent listen from its first notes to its last, and I felt extremely lucky to have seen the album come alive in September at the Southern in Charlottesville, VA (complete with black lights and matching Tigers jackets, of course). Listen to their song "Nothing But Our Love" below, read more here, here and here, and buy here.
Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr — "Nothing But Our Love"
Check back tomorrow for Part 2!
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Yellow Ostrich
Tryptophantastic Week: Day 1 — Yellow Ostrich
I've had an incredible time sorting through the music I heard about from friends and family over the Thanksgiving break, and since I haven't done a themed week in a while, I'd like to spend the next few days exploring some of the winners. Call it "Tryptophantastic Week." The first of these winners, Yellow Ostrich, originally came to my attention courtesy of the fact that they'd been touring as one of the openers for Ra Ra Riot. Some of my Pennsylvania-based in-laws are planning on catching the tour's rescheduled stop in Harrisburg tomorrow, so over the weekend I introduced them to the music of the other opener, the amazing Delicate Steve ("In-laws, meet Wondervisions; Wondervisions, in-laws") and then spent some time introducing myself to Yellow Ostrich. As it turns out, it looks like YO won't be playing in H-burg — the venue's website says they are, the band's site says they're no longer with the tour. But for my folks' sake, I sincerely hope I'm wrong, because Yellow Ostrich has something special going on that strikes me as a hallmark of seriously good musicianship. On occasion, you'll come across a singer whose voice has an instrumental quality, where words seem to melt away and vocals fuse with the accompanying music in the same way that any single piece of a well-oiled orchestra blends in with its compatriots to create a cohesive musical expression. It's extremely rare (Thom Yorke of Radiohead and Jónsi Birgisson of Sigur Rós are two canonized practitioners), but Yellow Ostrich exhibits that same quality, and their song "Mary" takes this idea to another level. "Mary" is a gorgeous song that starts out with carefully layered vocals that build until they they sound almost exactly like an accordion that's expanding and contracting. I can't tell you how much I love that real voices, which are created by breath escaping human lungs and traveling over vocal chords, are being used to mimic an instrument that, itself, mimics the production of the human voice. The resulting effect forms a conceptual loop that's cooler than I can possibly describe, so listen for yourself below and click here to buy Yellow Ostrich's album, The Mistress.
Yellow Ostrich — "Mary"
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Joshua D. O'Mailey, 28, of Knapp Road, Canandaigua, was charged Dec. 26 with reckless assault of child, a class D felony, said Ontario County sheriff's deputies.
According to police, the suspect shook a 12-week old boy in late December. The infant was brought to Strong Memorial Hospital, in Rochester, Dec. 24, after he became lethargic and refused to eat, deputies said. After tests performed by hospital staff, it was revealed that the child suffered two separate injuries. Police added that these injuries are typically associated with a violent shaking of a child.
Deputies began interviewing individuals who had access to the infant during the time span of the injury — that's when police said the suspect admitted to shaking the child.
He was arraigned in Canandaigua City Court and was sent to the Ontario County Jail.
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Contrarians Take Note; Wall Street Doesn't Believe Stock Rally
Wall Street equity strategists are a notoriously bullish bunch. But even this optimistic crew is finding it difficult to believe in this rally.
For contrarians, that alone suggests this is a great buying opportunity.
In a research note today, Savita Subramanian of BofA Merrill Lynch says her Wall Street equity sentiment indicator hit a fresh two-year low in January. This contrarian market gauge measures how her Wall Street peers view the market. The more bearish the crowd is, the more bullish she becomes. And vice versa.
The measure has dropped in five out of the last six months, suggesting Wall Street remains skeptical even as the S&P 500 has surged nearly 20% off its October lows.
At 55.6, the indicator is within 1ppt of triggering a Buy signal. A drop below the current Buy threshold of 55.4 would represent a major decline in Wall Street's bullishness on stocks relative to the last 15 years.
This sell-side indicator is based on average recommended equity allocation from Wall Street strategists. For Ms. Subramanian, this data point suggests more gains could be on the horizon.
We take some comfort in Wall Street's waning optimism and the fact that strategists are increasingly recommending that investors underweight equities when compared to a traditional long-term average benchmark weighting of 60-65%…
Historically, when our indicator has been this low or lower, total returns over the subsequent 12 months have been positive 93% of the time, with median 12-month returns of +23%.
Major stock indexes are up more than 1%, with Dow industrials up 126 points and on pace to notch their biggest rally since early January.


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Walked to the Golden Zone, easy to follow the pathways! Stopped at Diamonds Internationl, saw the Cruise Dude there, nice guy! Nice to see him, walked from there to other shops in the area and had a great lunch at The Shrimp Factory! Fun, good food, Mariachi's, woo - hoo! Wi - Fi as well! Back to the ship, stopped at Froggy's for a brew and some more fun, grabbed the tender and was back on the ship
The hotel, very clean, has everything that one would need for a relaxing day! We had changed and went down to 2 or 3 pools, we had one of those pools to ourselves! The beach was beautiful, loungers everywhere, palmtrees, beautiful! We wanted the pools, the ocean was a little rough and didn't want to experience that at the time! We had buffet for the lunch, good food and back to the pool! Self serve margaritas and beer, all you want. This was a tour we had purchased, all enclusive, perfect day!
Well, didn't last long, we ended up taking a taxi down to the Boardwalk and walked around the shops, where we actually ran into a Starbucks, had some iced tea on onward. We shopped and later had ended up at Hard Rock for lunch.
Like I had said, just wanted to shop a little and not do much, this was perfect. As I had said before, we had been there the previous year and had done a city tour, tequila tour/tasting and lunch in the jungle. We had just wanted to relax this time.
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FEMA Mass Evacuation Bus: The Government's Secret Weapon?
As I mentioned earlier, Janet Porter had Jane Burgermeister on her program today so that Burgermeister could lay out her case that the Obama White House, FBI, WHO, UN, Federal Reserve, NATO and various international figures are all conspiring to unleash a massive flu pandemic on America and commit mass genocide against the US population for the benefit of pharmaceutical companies who are producing the flu virus vaccine.
Frankly, the entire program read like a paranoid fan fiction version of "V for Vendetta" without the cool masks.
The one thing that struck me about the conversation was Porter's repeated insistence that this all sounded crazy and that she doesn't want to believe that such a plan would be in the works, but she just can't discount it because recent developments prove that anything is possible.
And the developments to which she pointed were the National Guard job listings for "Internment/Resettlement Specialists," which I debunked yesterday, as well as some video purportedly uncovering a "FEMA mass evacuation bus."
I had no idea what she was talking about regarding the bus, but sure enough, a quick Google search turns up this:
OMG!!!!! What could that be? Maybe I should do another simple Google search:
Brunswick County's mass evacuation bus is only the third in the state, he said, adding Charlotte has two mass evacuation buses. Manufactured in High Point, Watts said the mass evacuation bus could transport 20 stretcher patients and 10 wheelchair patients, or the bus could be reconfigured to transport about 30-40 wheelchair patients, depending on the patients' needs.
The bus also has oxygen available for up to 20 patients.
The bus also has room for medical staff and is "stocked for mass casualty," Watts said. With the mass casualty bus and its capabilities, emergency personnel could "be able to take care of about 30 patients without needing to restock," he said.
One of the uses of the mass evacuation bus would be to evacuate patients with special medical needs for a hurricane or other storms. Previously, some special medical needs patients were being evacuated in ambulances to accommodate for their medical needs, such as oxygen.
But one ambulance can only transport two patients, Watts said, which can deplete a county's ambulance bank during a hurricane or other disaster. With more than 300 people already registered in the county's special medical needs registry, Watts said the mass evacuation bus could evacuate those people on the registry who require oxygen or other special medical needs without using the county's ambulances.
In addition to hurricane evacuations, Watts said the mass evacuation bus could be used if there were a fire or other disaster.
So this is essentially a big ambulance ... unless you are crazy, in which case it's evidence that the government is planning to forcibly transfer conservatives to internment camps.
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Flying in Zero G
Experiencing weightlessness used to be the preserve of trainee astronauts and jet-pilots.
Now , a private American company called ZERO G is offering an unforgettable (and sometimes stomach turning) experience
ZERO-G is the first and only FAA-approved provider of commercial weightless flights for the general public; The ZERO-G Experience™ launched in October 2004. ZERO-G has since successfully flown more than 2,500 passengers aboard 100 flights. In April 2006, ZERO-G became the first commercial company to gain permission from the Kennedy Space Center to use the shuttle runway and landing facilities, to operate its weightless flights.
ZERO-G conducts its weightless flights aboard G-Force One – a specially modified Boeing 727-200 aircraft. Able to accommodate up to 35 Flyers and six crew members, G-Force One is licensed at the highest levels of safety with the FAA following extensive testing and evaluations in coordination with the FAA. G-Force One flies a parabolic flight manoeuvres – a controlled ascent and descent of that creates temporary weightlessness or reduced gravity. This is the identical weightless flight experience used by NASA to train its astronauts and used by Ron Howard and Tom Hanks to film Apollo-13.
The ZERO-G Experience, which includes training led by a professional astronaut, a flight of 15 parabolas (zero-g experiences), flight suit, complimentary merchandise, awards, a post-event party, photos, and a DVD of the flight, is offered at a price of $3,500 per seat.
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The #1-selling blind bag in the world! For the sixth year in a row, Avery has redesigned its famous Floating Blind Bag to meet the increasing demands of today's aggressive "power hunting" waterfowlers. Measuring 17" wide x 10" deep x 10" tall, the Floating Blind Bag features nine ingenious pockets for storage of all your equipment while in the duck blind, goose pit or boat. Constructed from PVC-backed 900D polyester and reinforced with five panels of closed cell foam, this bag also works extremely well as a camera bag. The main compartment's seams are "welded" for waterproof protection from the bottom, and the zippered Dry-Pocket is perfect for your wallet, license and other valuables. A snap-hook key chain holder is sewn into the left side storage pocket. Additional features include an adjustable shoulder strap with Avery exclusive ABT Shoulder Pad, the Shell Grabber flap and the elastic TopCinch. The Avery Floating Blind Bag will float up to 12 boxes of 3" magnum 12-gauge shotgun shells. Available in Mossy Oak Shadow Grass and New Break-Up.
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Veteran RewardsRikto | 11/19/2009 | 8:15 pm
Here is the list of vet rewards for your first 6 months of playing Aion.
They seem ok, not great, but ok since I was not expecting anything at all. I wish more games would follow in the steps of Ultima Online and give some more interesting items that at least make your character look better and are permanent. A Lodas Amulet is nice and all, but once I use it it's gone and I get only a very small benefit from it. Dances are also nice, but…yeah. Things like an awesome looking piece of armor or unique and rare armor color dye would be better imo.
Month 1: Pop Daeva
You jumped into Aion and are off exploring the visually stunning world of Atreia. To help you along in your travels, we will give you four Lodas Amulets, four Revival Stones, an exclusive Pop Legend emote, and an Expand Cube Ticket.
Month 2: Honored Daeva
This month, we will give you four more Lodas Amulets and Revival Stones to fortify you against the challenges ahead. Good luck! Atreia is counting on you.
Month 3: Dance Daeva
Your commitment has earned you the title "Adept of Aion" and another exclusive emote: Forbidden Dance! In addition, we will give you four Lodas Amulets and four Revival Stones.
Months 4 and 5: Honored Daeva
These months, we will give you four more Lodas Amulets and Revival Stones to fortify you against the challenges ahead. Good luck! Atreia is counting on you.
Month 6: Soaring Daeva
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We know how you guys love free stuff, so we'd just like to let you know that you can get a free slurpee at participating 7-Elevens today.
Apparently, they do this every year.
We know how you guys love free stuff, so we'd just like to let you know that you can get a free slurpee at participating 7-Elevens today.
Apparently, they do this every year.
MMMMMMM…. Free Slurpee….
yes but its usually 7.11 ounces
YAY! Too bad I don't have one damn 7/11 near me for at least 100 miles! Gotta love Albany!
Nice for letting us know now that the day is almost over, and they may possibly be even out of them.
Sweet, I am so hitting one up for a free Monster Slurpee on my way to work tonight.
It's a very special day here in Winnipeg, Slurpee Capital of the World 9 years runnin'. Huzzah!
@jscott73: Actually, you only get free if you use one of their special smaller cups.
Don't spend a lot of expensive gas heading to your local 7-11. Here in Seattle, the free Slurpees are the size of a shot glass.
For all you social networking fiends who love the great american spirit of Slurpees but hate all those empty calories, the Slurpee gift on Facebook is also free.
The free slurpee is 7.11 oz
@RandomHookup: Yeah I saw, 7.11 oz, almost 1/2 a pint though, and I was talking about their "Monster" energy drink kind, not the monster size. There's one on my way to work so I'll have to go see if they have any cups left.
I know there's no requirement to dress like a Slurpee to partake in this free marvel, but I'm so happy that I'm doing it anyway.
I remember I was driving through Missouri one time and found a convenience store where they had Mountain Dew Slurpees. It was awesome.
Don't forget the free Chick-Fil-A promotion:
Now find me some free vodka and we're in business.
What? No complaints about 7-11's logo, or a customer who didn't get his super sugary drink?
@Gann: Sorry, that kind of freenes is only for presidential candidates…
My company all just went. That little Dixie cup has about two sips full. 7-11 should up the size to like 71.1 ounces. Hell yeah.
@Angryrider: Actually yes! I saw this earlier on another website and told all my friends. One of my friends went to the 7-11 right around the corner from work and they told him that it was an urban legend. No free slurpees in Edmond, Oklahoma! Boo!
Just came back from an annual 7/11 tour, think I ended up with 5 of them. Not worth the gas but its a tradition.
@jscott73: When did we start calling 8 fluid ounces a half-pint? Whatever happened to the good, old-fashioned cup? :)
I went to the 7-11 website earlier today when it all finally clicked, and it says at 'participating locations,' a.k.a. franchisees who actually are willing to take a small hit to hopefully garner a larger profit in the end. I mean, who isn't also buying a chicken dog or super sized bag of chips at the same time?
As for me, I'll be getting the nachos : )
Does this count towards my daily hydration requirements?
Brain freeze!!
@cuiusquemodi: True, my brain just thinks better if I can relate it to beer :)
Where is hades is my closest 7-11? I tried their map, ain't none in my neighborhood.
Thanks alot, this helps me alot after I've already left the city for the day.
>storms off<
Oo! I was so craving one of these yesterday, too. I got a "icee" at Target and it was awful.
Warning: Don't go out of your way to get one of these. I just came back from 7-11. You don't get a regular size slurpee. They give you a tiny little cup made especially for the occasion. The cups said 7.11 ounces. Get it?
Truth in advertising would have been "Free Slurpee SAMPLE Day"
@Gann: Is that actually good? What is your favorite kind to mix with a Slurpee- always thought about it- never done it. :)
My family owns a 7-11 here in Michigan, and we know the size is disappointing, so we're letting people come back as often as they like to refill their cup.
See, its the cups that cost us money – not the Slurpee beverage itself.
Pro Tip – Most 7-11 stores will charge you a lot less for a drink if you bring your own cup in on a daily basis. Its the "refill" key on the cash register.
@JeffM: It's actually good. Any decent Vodak (glass bottle, think Smirnoff or better) works fine. I could see this energy drink Slurpee being great for mixing with Vodak for long trips… it would give you a really big cup full of a wide awake drunk so you could drive longer. :)
would posting an article about "shrink ray hits 7-eleven on free slurpy day" be crossing the line?
Went in the afternoon and was told it is only for the first 500 customers and they were completely out.
I sucked it up and paid $1.29 for mine
The one down the street said the promotion was going on ONLY from 6p-7p. How lazy do you have to be to not want to give out a 7oz cup?
Went with my sis to one closest to us. Guy said it was all gone.
Went to a 2nd one, he said they were gone. Gave a sad face and said it was the 2nd store. He said we could have a free small one. Yey!
@madamdalriada: the 7-Elevens in the Oklahoma City area would not have this offer, especially since they don't sell "Slurpees". they are owned/run completely separate from the rest of the 7-11 chain as a result of an agreement that's about as old as the 7-11 chain itself. the 7-11s around here are different from the rest of the chain in a lot of ways: they don't sell "Slurpees" (instead, they sell "Icy Drinks"), they don't run any national promotions, they don't sell "grilled" items such as hot dogs, and due to the owner's Catholic beliefs, they don't sell lottery tickets or condoms. also, the reason that you don't see 7-11's in Tulsa or QuikTrip stores in OKC is because their owners/founders agreed not to compete in each other's markets.
and of course, the people at that 7-11 in Edmond were misinformed. last year I was in another area on 7/11 with "regular" 7-11 stores, and I was able to get my 7.11oz Slurpee! :)
@SahuaritaSam: Well, the store is 7-11, not 7.11, or 71.1, so maybe it should be 711 ounces?
That would be one huge cup.
Man, I miss 7-11! There hasn't been one in this town since I was in middle school 20 yrs ago!
was out or not availible at one store i went to
forget free, i still bought my medium slurpee and enjoyed the hell out of strawberry-pineapple with wild cherry.
7oz wouldnt satisfy my thirst anyways.
at least people got their free slurpee. i went to my local 7-11 and they actually taped off all the slurpee machines, pretending like they were out of order. cheap asses! i will NEVER go into that one again and since i dont have another one around me, i guess 7-11 just lost a customer.
The local cops where I live call 7-11 the "18". Get it? 7+11!!
So how about some 18 ouncers, Garb-Ko?
Isnt it funny the parent company (at least here in MI) is called Garb-Ko (is that short for Garbage Company)?
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High School Football: A closer look at San Marcos' 2014 schedule
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It might be hard to believe, but in 65 days San Marcos opens the 2014 season against San Antonio East Central in a rematch of schools that played in the area round of the Class 5A softball playoffs.
Just like their softball counterparts did last month, the Rattlers will look to beat the Hornets and vault themselves to a memorable campaign.
Following the season opener, San Marcos will have nine more tilts with four to be played inside the new 8,000-seat stadium. Rattler fans won't get to see as many foreign opponents during the next two years, because the size of the team's new district only allows head coach Mark Soto to set up two non-district games.
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Quattrone May Be On the Verge of a Plea Deal
Former investment banker Frank Quattrone may be on the verge of a plea deal to avoid a third criminal trial. A hearing is set for next Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan. Here's the WSJ story.
Quattrone, a superstar tech banker at Credit Suisse First Boston during the 1990s stock-market boom, was convicted in 2004 of obstructing a federal investigation into IPO abuses. His first trial ended in a hung jury; his guilty verdict in the second trial was overturned by the Second Circuit earlier this year.
Federal prosecutors and Quattrone's lawyers disclosed in May that plea bargaining had begun. Quattrone's lawyers and federal prosecutors wouldn't comment. The SEC and NASD have already dropped civil charges against him. Here's a WSJ Quattrone timeline.
Quattrone's lawyer is Mark Pomerantz at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, who last year successfully argued his appeal before the Second Circuit. Pomerantz, along with Paul Weiss's Ted Wells (of Scooter Libby fame), has continued to represent Quattrone in negotiations with the government. John Keker of Keker & Van Nest represented him in his first two trials.
Southern District assistant U.S. attorneys William Johnson and Raymond Lohier haved replaced the two prosecutors that tried Quattrone, David Anders and Steven Peikin. Anders, after winning convictions against Quattrone and WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers (in which he teamed with Johnson), joined Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz earlier this year. Peikin left the U.S. Attorney's office for Sullivan & Cromwell in 2004.
If the feds decides to pass on a third trial, could we see a 2008 IPO of investment banking boutique Frank Quattrone & Co. Who said there are no second acts in American life?


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The blog at Harvard Business Review has an excellent post this week about identifying the entrepreneurial types in your organization and how to handle them in the workplace. As the article says:
Once you identify certain performers as SEs or EMPs, it's your job as a manager to retain them.
They identify two types of individuals that fit their definitions: Entrepreneurial-Minded People and Serial Entrepreneurs. Based on their descriptions I don't feel like I fit exactly into their definitions but instead have elements of both types.
My own business experience showed me the true power of flexible organizations and teams, which are some of the biggest things that many companies need to work harder to incorporate. These changes would help them react and implement much more quickly than traditional styles.
The article is definitely worth a read for both employees and managers or potential leaders and provides good insight for helping these types of workers feel more included and appreciated at work — and how to start using some of their unique skills.


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Must Have Mobile Home Hot Water Heaters
Among the various mobile home hot water heaters available online, it is quite hard to determine which ones a web shopper should seriously consider. These mobile home appliances are made by different brand names and are offered with varying features and differing prices, hence, these items can be found in both the major online shops and start-up online businesses.
Here are some of the best brands and models of hot water heaters for mobile homes.
Homedepot.com has some of the most advanced mobile home hot water heaters from GE. The GE water heater models available on this site include Standard Electric, Standard Gas, Energy Star, Point of Use, PowerVent, and Manufactured Housing. These products are all outfitted with GE's most innovative and ingenious water heating technology. They also come with one-year service and parts warranty hence there is no need to worry about maintenance.
The 30 gallon Rheem 21VR30DV Water Heater for Mobile Homes is one of the many mobile home hot water heaters available on amazon.com. Amazon offers this product in a discounted price. From $1,386, it is now sold at $1,093. This discount gives the customer approximately $300 worth of saved money. Some of the features of this product include a relief valve for pressure and temperature, propane or gas controls option, easy initiation light through Piezo ignition, and Anode rod. Amazon.com also has other top-notch water heater models from the popular brand Rheem.
Sears.com offers a wide array of Kenmore mobile home hot water heaters. This list includes Kenmore 40 gal. Gas Water Heater, Kenmore 30 gal. Mobile Home Gas Water Heater, and Kenmore 40 gal. Natural Gas Water Heater. These products can be converted from natural to propane gas. They also have a steel tank with cobalt lining, and anode for avoidance of fast deterioration. These models are made energy efficient through their foam insulation. Lastly, these products' six year parts and service warranty are specifications that customers should consider with high regard.
Acehardware.com also has a list of notable mobile home hot water heaters. One of these mobile water heaters is the Reliance® 30 Gal Mobile Home Gas Water Heater (4381927). Reliance is one of the most trusted brands in home appliance hence customers should truly consider this particular name. This particular model is equipped with side inlet, top outlet, T & P valve, standard vent, NAECO and flammable vapor codes verification, foam insulation, LP and natural gas control capacity, and a 6 year warranty. This product is sold at $559.99.
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Mysears.com also has an exhaustive list of water heaters. The brands and products available on the site have passed the company's strict quality and value standards.
Looking for important home appliance online can be rather confusing considering the wide array of options available. The best way to deal with this is to have a fixed shopping plan and to adhere to it no matter what. Before you go online for your shopping needs, make sure you know exactly what you are looking for. You should make it a point that you have made a list of important features and requirements you want from a certain product. By doing that, you will not find yourself tempted by features and product specifics which you know you do not really need.
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"Quick Links" - good use of navigation or cop out?
Hi all,
We have in what I call our "utiity" header navigation ("About," "Sign-in," "Region," etc.) a link + drop-down called Quick Links. This is where we store links to areas of the site that don't get any space on the homepage or in our global navigation, yet are important to us. Personally, I think it's a cop-out, reflecting the poor quality of our information hierarchy + content strategy (that doesn't exist).
However, I'd like to see if there is anything out there that discusses such links - i.e., the 'dumping ground' - as they pertain to usability and/or the information architecture of the site.
Hi Jennifer,
It is definitely a no-no in our book to have items in a Quick Links category that do not have homes in the information structure. When that happens, the Quick Links are a dumping ground as you say, and only luck or serendipity will help a user find a link in a "polluted" Quick Links drop down. This is one reason to avoid Quick Links, and there are certainly others. Quick Links can only work if: 1. they consist of redundant links (links that have a home in the navigation structure) 2. they truly are the most commonly accessed links on the site and 3. have no more than the number of links that someone can quickly scan (say, 5) to see what they consist of. Any more than @ 5 items, and the links are no longer "quick."
There are much better ways to "showcase" the most common links on a site that live in the navigation hierarchy. Designing promotional areas into site templates is our one of our favorites.
You could also consider, instead of a quick links section, to implement a quicklist that presents up to, say, five items that you have used the most lately. This is derived by some tracking of where the user navigates, but it makes the quicklist a lot more intelligent.
However, I agree with Tania, that every quick link must be found in the normal navigation as well. If you don't, your users have to remember several steps through your navigation to find that hidden item. This diverts their way of navigating, from looking in the menu first (preferred), to making up own routes through the navigation. For die-hards, this will be something they get used to; for novices it is hard to learn and remember. Not what you want, I'd say.
I'm not sure that having all elements of a site in the navigation is always practical, especially if you have sections/subsections/subsubsections/articles like most news sites. These articles can literally run into the hundreds of thousands and can't all be represented in a top level nav.
You could implement something like Site Favorites for oft-used, but hard to categorize or too deeply nested links. This is especially easy if you have user identity on your site, but works equally well if you don't mind storing a browser, flash or silverlight "cookie". If the user comes in from a referring search engine, you could offer to add that page as a favorite at the top or bottom of the page.
That way, it does have it's own category on the homepage as a collection of links saved by the user. :)
Thanks for the input, all. Our main problem is in fact our site's IA. We really don't have one beyond our product segmentation; and, the way navigation is presented is all by what our stakeholders want to show, not necessarily what makes sense for the user. It's a hard-sell to change this as we are an 'inside-out' organization (more traditional marketing, in a sense).
The best way to sell our organization on deviating from what they think is 'right' is to have documentation that backs up what is considered merely my 'opinion'. I am working on getting some user-research and usability done, but that's a long way off. Have any of you found any writings or websites you've found that address this topic?
Funny story. We had Quicklinks on our Extranet for its first 18 months. In the first redesign of the header and navigation structures they were "temporarily removed" while we worked out other issues. When not one of our users complained we simply made the temporary permanent. If a feature is never used, is it a feature?
I totally agree! It can be a tough philosohpy to sell, though, and I envy your team's ability to enact such a response. I'm slowly steering my stakeholders away from the, "But it's important because we need a spot to promote ourselves" mentality. That's how quick links came about: lack of space for positioning certain areas *we* want to drive people to. Hope to do some reserach on it in the next year or so. If I do, I'll have to share here, of course :)
I knew quick links did not work but did not have any empyrical evidence. Thanks Rob for sharing. My reasoning is that quick links cannot work because:
- Their name is meaningless. Quick? What makes them quick. The name states they are links, they are quick but does not state where they lead. The most important attribute of a link is to state where it will take you.
- They are a random collection of things built by someone else. If the collection does not match the user perspective (or mental model), it is not very helpful.
- They rarely point to things in which users are interested. In Jennifer's case, they point to things importnat to the organization, not necesarily the users.
The only function in which I have seen quick links work is showing history or recently viewed items. Of course, in this case they are called History or Recent items.
I suspect that quick links might work for users if users can build the list themselves. I have seen the option in the website of a client but do not have data whether users actually build such custom lists or not.
Hi Jennifer,
Several years ago we worked on developing the information architecture for 13 related sites that are under the umbrella of the VP of Finance at MIT (http://vpf.mit.edu/site/content/view/full/2). Before the IA redesign, many of these sites used Quick Links and they were a dumping ground for random links that didn't fit anywhere else in the outdated site structure. These sites are primarily for an internal audience who use them fairly regularly. People had learned to find what they wanted in the Quick Links. We found that new employees who needed to access items found only in Quick Links they had no idea where to find what they needed.
When we designed the new IA we kept the Quick Links (called "Short Cuts") because people were used to them and we kept them to a few links to items we knew were frequently accessed from web stats and user interviews. When we tested a prototype with both long-time frequent users and new employees/occasional users both were able to find what they were looking for.
Hi Jennifer,
It sounds like you have some serious problems with your site structure, and a tough organisational cultural to deal with in making some changes. In highly traditional companies you might get some support creating a business case that looks at some metrics that could be improved, and tie this to some potential improvements based on some small studies.
But to answer your question, even for a site that has a good site structure, I don't feel that it is a cop out to include quick links/shortcuts. In an intranet environment there might be a handful of things that people frequently use that aren't exposed in the immediate global navigation.
In a public-facing site if you have new content continuously being created, automated shortcuts (like most viewed, most commented) are a great feature (I think) for exposing content deeper in the website.


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Hey Oodles and Catta,
I thought I would post on an existing thread to engage with some horse people. My wife has been kinda of hinting under her breath that she wants to get a horse. We have the land and I am considering pulling the trigger, but I have no idea as to which breed, if I should get the horse trained etc.
I want to horse to be a surprise, so asking questions is kind of out of the question. What on earth should I do?


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Deadliest Sea by Kalee Thompson is the spellbinding true story of the greatest rescue in U.S. Coast Guard history. Recounting the tragic sinking of the fishing trawler, Alaska Ranger, in the Bering Sea and its remarkable aftermath in March 2008, Deadliest Sea is real life action and adventure at its finest. The full story of an amazing rescue—where extraordinary courage, ingenuity, will, and technology combined in one of the most remarkable maritime feats ever recorded—has never been told before now. It's The Perfect Storm meets Deadliest Catch.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Soon after 2:00 a.m. on Easter morning 2008, the fishing trawler Alaska Ranger began taking on water in the middle of the frigid Bering Sea. While the first mate broadcast Mayday calls to a remote Coast Guard station more than eight hundred miles away, the men on the ship's icy deck scrambled to inflate life rafts and activate beacon lights. By 4:30 a.m., most of the forty-seven crew members were in the water. Many knew that if they weren't rescued soon, they would drown or freeze to death.
Two Coast Guard helicopter rescue teams were woken up in the middle of the night to save the crew of the Alaska Ranger. Many of the men thought the mission would be routine. They were wrong. The helicopter teams battled snow squalls, enormous swells, and gale-force winds as they tried to fulfill one guiding principle: save as many as possible.
Deadliest Sea is a daring and mesmerizing adventure tale that chronicles the power of nature against man. Veteran journalist Kalee Thompson recounts the harrowing stories of both the rescuers and the rescued while paying tribute to the courage, tenacity, and skill of the dedicated people who risk their lives for the lives of others.
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Girlhood, Chickdom and Womanliness
By PENELOPE GREEN
Published: September 1, 2002
WELCOME, gender explorer. Today is the perfect time for you to become the kind of woman you want to be."
Those are the first words of "Miss Vera's Cross-Dress for Success: A Resource Guide for Boys Who Want to Be Girls" (Villard, $12.95). It is the second book by Veronica Vera, headmistress of the world's first cross-dressing academy, Miss Vera's Finishing School for Boys Who Want to Be Girls, which opened in Manhattan in 1992.
With this title, she invites readers to cherchez la femme within by wearing proper footwear and supportive undergarments and by learning good grooming habits. Stories of happy academy graduates, like George, a fish-and-game warden who transformed himself into Michelle, a housewife, help Miss Vera, who indeed is a woman, evoke what she calls a "tranny planet." Miss Vera reminds us that "tranny" is short for transgender, a word used to define anyone, she says, from a feminist to a post-op transsexual who wants "to transcend the confines of gender."
"For every woman who burned her bra," Miss Vera writes, "there is a man ready to wear one." For Miss Vera, femininity is totally do it yourself. "Change your outerwear and you reveal the inner you," she writes.
But what kind of girl is inside? This question informs more than Miss Vera's manual. The muse of total girlhood (and how to shop for it) hovers over much of this fall's style reading list.
In "Girl Anatomy" (William Morrow, $24.95) she appears as Lilly, a label-conscious sprite in high heels and low-rise jeans.
"Girl Anatomy," a roman à clef, is the first novel of Rebecca Bloom, a 26-year-old Brown graduate, a jewelry designer and Hollywood sprig. Ms. Bloom's father is Jake Bloom, an entertainment industry lawyer, and her press materials describe a childhood surrounded by "powerhouse V.I.P.'s and celebrities like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nicolas Cage and James Caan." (Manly mentors for a girly girl?)
Anyway, Lilly is an assistant to an editor at Chick magazine, "a new magazine for the too-cool-for-school girl," testing products and laboring under "deadlines with psychos breathing down my scrawny neck." She pines for new clothes, and struggles with a dark mood brought on by a friend's engagement as well as with a powerful inner duality: "One of me lives in a world of cheap bars, thrift store furniture and vintage clothes. The other resides in a pink palace dotted with contemporary art, Prada pillows and movie stars." There are lots and lots of narrative details, which mostly read like the captions in Lucky magazine. Actually, you might want to have a copy of Lucky around as a reader's aid to give you a mental picture of Earl jeans or John Fluevog shoes.
"At this stage in my life," Ms. Bloom writes, "black pants are my staple. Not just any pair of black pants, but my Katayone Adeli pinstripe lightweight wool trousers." Lilly likes to wear them with "an overpriced Rolling Stones baseball T-shirt with a smattering of rhinestones, high-heeled black boots and a long, black coat." Luckily, Lilly is blessed with a fabulously dressed, supportive family that nurses her through the dark times (and many outfits), after which she finds happiness with her former love, Jonah, and the "time to savor and loll about in my total and complete chickdom." Are women born to shop, asks Thomas Hine, author of "I Want That! How We All Became Shoppers" (HarperCollins, $24.95). With a soupçon of neuroscience and a dash of evolutionary psychology, Mr. Hines explains that while men have demonstrated the upper hand in exercises like mentally rotating an imagined object in space, they are unable to locate said object in a contemporary department store.
Mr. Hines debunks the hunter-gatherer explanation for women's shopping prowess, which argues that the habit of shopping is a holdover from all the rooting around girls did while the boys were out killing mammoths. According to archaeological evidence, both sexes hunted and gathered, Mr. Hines points out. As he sees it, the reason for a woman's overwhelming assumption of (and delight in) shopping duties can be chalked up to her "willingness to take primary responsibility for the well-being" of her family. (Spit-shine your halos, ladies!) Weaving contemporary cultural studies, anthropology, science and his own powers of observation, Mr. Hines proposes that shopping "is a modern way of assuming a primal responsibility."
The connection between products and feminine behavior is entertainingly documented in "Pink Think: Becoming a Woman in Many Uneasy Lessons," by Lynn Peril (W. W. Norton & Company, $15.95). Using her own deliciously quaint collection of pop-culture curiosities (Ms. Peril calls it "femorabilia") that include magazine ads, child-rearing and teenage manuals, home-economics textbooks and teenage novels, products and games, the author unveils a social history of femininity from 1940 to 1970. Through board games with names like Miss Popularity and Park and Shop — both intended to teach the womanly art of shopping —and advertisements for products like a Lysol douche, Ms. Peril reveals an entire world organized around raising and/or becoming a tidy wife and mother who keeps her mouth shut, her legs crossed and her skirts wrinkle-free.


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Pickles eyes council pension pots to finance new homes
Published by 24publishing for 24dash.com in Housing and also in Central Government, Local Government, Universal Credit
Investment decisions remain for individual local pension funds, which have a duty to protect the local council taxpayers, and local services and to ensure that there are no conflicts of interest.
Councils could be able to double the amount they can legally invest from their pension funds to support the building of new homes and infrastructure, communities secretary Eric Pickles has announced.
It follows a report last month by the Future Homes Commission – commissioned by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) – concluding that six million new homes could be built across Britain in the next 20 years financed by the pension savings of more than four million council staff.
The Local Government Pension Scheme England and Wales is administered by 89 separate local funds that hold combined investment assets worth £150 billion.
Fund managers, however, are currently limited in the amount they can invest via partnership arrangements, which includes many types of infrastructure investment.
The proposals, published for consultation this week, include an option to increase the current limit of 15 per cent to 30 per cent. This, said Pickles, would clear the barriers standing in the way of better council investment giving them the scope to inject up to £45 billion in such arrangements.
Mr Pickles said: "Unlocking Town Hall pension pots so they can be used to invest in vital infrastructure projects is a common sense decision that will help this country complete on a global scale and get Britain building.
"By lifting the restrictions controlling local pension investments councils could pump a further £22billion directly into job creating infrastructure projects that will boost our economy.
"This is potentially a huge development and investment opportunity we simply cannot afford to ignore that also allows us to maintain long-term value for money for the taxpayer."
Ministers have said that investment decisions remain for individual local pension funds, which have a duty to protect the local council taxpayers, and local services and to ensure that there are no conflicts of interest.
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So you guys know that the "sorta sequel" to Knocked Up, This Is 40, just hit theaters last Friday. And for all the laughs there were, throughout the flick I couldn't help but stare enviously at Leslie Mann's kick-butt body. I mean, come on! The 40-year-old's curves resemble those of a woman half her age. Not only does she look hot in shower scenes with Paul Rudd; she even manages to hold her own opposite 26-year-old costar Megan Fox.
Her secret weapon? If you believe in movie magic (and I do!), Jason Segel is the man behind Mann's rocking' body. The actor, who had a bit part in This is 40's prequel Knocked Up, enjoys plenty of one-liners here as a fledgling personal trainer who whips Mann's character, Debbie into shape just in time for her 40th birthday.
The formerly overweight Segel, who reportedly lost 30 pounds last year, earns plenty of laughs as Debbie's goofy fitness guru. Is he believable doing crunches or climbing stairs? Not really. But, if Debbie's age-defying transformation is any indication, I'd definitely say Segel's onscreen alter ego is an exercise inspiration. Do you agree? Tweet your answer to us @SELFmagazine!
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Vegetable-Arame Stir-Fry in Orange-Miso Sauce
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Here's a different take on the traditional vegetable stir-fry. It includes ginger, garlic and scallionsbasic ingredients in Chinese recipes. But this dish gets its spark from an orange-flavored miso sauce and arame, a delicate sea vegetable. Kudzu, a white, starchy powder used for thickening, is sold at Asian markets and natural food stores. Before you measure it, crush the lumps with the back of a spoon. This is great served over rice.
- 1 cup arame (1 oz.)
- 5 cups broccoli florets
- 3 Tbs. olive oil
- 7 oz. shiitake mushrooms, stemmed and thinly sliced (3 cups)
- 2 tsp. salt
- 1 large carrot, thinly sliced on diagonal
- 5 oz. snow peas, cut on diagonal into 2-inch pieces (2 cups)
- 4 cups cut Napa (Chinese) cabbage (2-inch pieces)
- 4 cups cut bok choy (2-inch pieces)
- ¼ cup vegetable broth or water
- 6 medium cloves garlic, minced
- 3 scallions (white and light green parts), thinly sliced
- 2 Tbs. minced fresh ginger
- 1 cup fresh orange juice
- 2 tsp. chickpea miso (or other variety)
- 1 ½ tsp. kudzu dissolved in 1 Tbs. fresh orange juice
- 2 Tbs. soy sauce or tamari
- 3 Tbs. raw sesame seeds
- 1 tsp. dark sesame oil


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Sunday, October 16th at 2:00pm
It is time once again for our annual Heartland Writers Guild field trip.
We are in for a treat (no tricks!) this year as Christine McWaters takes us on a Ghost Tour of New Madrid, Missouri. Christine is the director of the New Madrid Chamber of Commerce and has been doing ghost tours a couple of years in the city. She has thoroughly researched New Madrid history and especially the history of the buildings on the tour.
Christine has consulted with professional ghost hunters from St. Louis and at each stop employs instruments such as infrared temperature sensors and voice recorders to detect the presence of New Madrid's unseen inhabitants. Any effects detected are actually occurring and not the result of something staged.
New Madrid has a long and colorful history beginning with many French settlers followed by the famous earthquakes of 1811-1812 and Civil War battles. Members are urged to bring spouses, significant others, family members, and friends to this exciting afternoon. Following the tour we will have dinner at Rosie's in New Madrid.
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Just drop any number of widgets on the app to install them. If the widget is not installed it will install normally. If it is already installed, you get the smart upgrade option, which will update the widget without closing any copies you already have open. This works with any widget, though it is particularly useful with Delivery Status. If you're tired of having to move your widgets back in place every time you update them, this app is for you.
Even better, you can set Smart Widget Installer as the default application to open widgets:
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I was in to The Power Garage here in Woodstock, and I tried on one of the new LS2 full face helmets with the air pump system and built-in sun visor.
Really liked the helmet, but since they're new, I thought I'd see if anyone has any feedback on them. The young salesman said he'd been using one for half of last season, all of this past winter on his sled, and this season so far, and he said it was his favorite helmet.
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