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While the eponymous Kyle has taken a break from his popular Kyles CPA Video Blog series, where he has discussed everything from the fiscal cliff to airline taxation in his position as senior auditor with St. Louis firm Brown Smith Wallace, hes found someone to fill in.
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A ways back, Thomas Hamberg submitted images and answers for the Beastly Love questionaire. See here + He has just sent me a link to a short video of his home, which is nothing short of remarkable, if not remarkably strange. It's all in Finnish, but you'll get the idea:
Also, if you happen to be in Helsinki, Thomas has just opened the only taxidermy-oriented antique store in Finland. Visitors to Götan Maailma (Göta's world) will find natural history specimens mixed in which curiosities, old medical equipment and other such oddities. Here are a few images:


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I spent this Saturday at BizCamp Limerick — a thoroughly enjoyable, interesting and educational experience. Unfortunately, I couldn't attend every presentation but here's some brief notes from those I did attend. Mary Carty gave a great introduction to email marketing: It's free; Be personal; Start a conversation; Get permission, never buy a list; Make it […]Read More
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Objective: To evaluate vaginal, endometrial, and reproductive hormone effects of three herbal regimens compared with placebo and hormone therapy (HT).
Design: This was a 1-year, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 351 women, ages 45 to 55, with two or more vasomotor symptoms per day. Women were randomly assigned to (1) black cohosh, (2) a multibotanical containing black cohosh, (3) the same multibotanical plus dietary soy counseling, (4) HT, or (5) placebo. Women were ineligible if they had used HT in the previous 3 months or menopausal herbal therapies in the previous month. Data on vaginal cytology and dryness were collected (at baseline and 3 and 12 mo). Daily menstrual diaries were maintained by 313 women with a uterus, and abnormal bleeding was evaluated. Serum estradiol, follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, and steroid hormone-binding globulin were assessed (baseline and 12 mo) among 133 postmenopausal women. Gynecologic outcomes of the five groups were compared.
Results: The five groups did not vary in baseline vaginal cytology profiles, vaginal dryness, menstrual cyclicity, or hormone profiles. The HT group had a lower percentage of parabasal cells and vaginal dryness than the placebo group at 3 and 12 months (P < 0.05). Abnormal bleeding occurred in 53 of 313 (16.9%) women. There were no differences in frequency of abnormal bleeding between any of the herbal and placebo groups, whereas women in the HT group had a greater risk than those in the placebo group (P < 0.001). Among postmenopausal women, HT significantly decreased follicle-stimulating hormone and increased estradiol; none of the herbal interventions showed significant effects on any outcomes at any time point.
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Momma is pretty tired tonight, pups. Grammy is gettin cranky in the hopsital. Momma says that's actually a good thing cause it means she's feeling better. But she wishes Grammy would just keep her butt in bed until the nursies come to help her up to go potty!! She almost fell tonight! Silly Grammy. STAY IN BED!
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Du nod wurry, Fizzy! Yu will ged it all gunkded up wif fudz an' uber junk so it will be back tu normal soon!!
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Keep your Momma real cozy, Fizzy!
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Glad that your Grammy is showing spunk! Of course that makes it difficult, but then it would be not good if she were moping in the bed...
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BOL! Sometimes my momma says her own hair has flyaways - I've never seen it go anywhere but her head yet.
I'm sure you look just fine Fizz.
You only have to worry if people point and laugh at your comb over hairdo.
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BOL! I still have shorts and slippers, but it's not quite as bad as it was. My groomer said I'm sporting the poodle look, which is apparently called "The Miami". I'm not sure why it's called that!!
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Cloud computing, which is used in everyday life by people to remotely store their music, photos, videos and other files, would be used by air traffic controllers, airlines and pilots to allow for a smoother sharing of real-time information that will help improve aircraft operations and airspace efficiency.
A full story about the company's use of cloud computing can be found HERE.
Liling Ren, an electrical engineer working on the project, said air passengers would have the benefit of better communication between people flying the planes and people on the ground, with the result being estimated arrival times coming much closer to actual arrival times.
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As an English or foreign language teacher I'd be all over the "small people" quote by BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg. It's not going to be useful much longer so act now.
- Should this comment make people mad?
- What did he mean?
- What should he have said?
It's a beautiful entry to arguing about word choice, synonyms and nuance. In this case, one word really mattered quite a bit.
It might be fun things like have students reword famous quotes/sayings using synonyms to make them offensive or otherwise rob them of power.
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
"A chopped up house, will fall down."
Minnesota's "Land of 10,000 lakes"
"Our state has a lot of standing water"
After you get them written, you could have them post them in some way and students could try to figure out what the original quote was.
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- Triple H answered fan questions on Twitter this morning and said he would "love it" if he could get back in the ring with The Rock one more time.
- OTTWrestlingShirts.com sent word that they are now selling the retro WCW Four Horsemen t-shirt. You can see that and more at this link.
- William Regal say she doesn't buy into his own hype. He made this tweet last night, which sounds like it could be referring to another wrestler:
"I've had rather a fondness for a few of the wrong things in life but I'm glad buying into my own B.S is not one of them.#letsretweetimgreat"
- There is reportedly more and more talk within WWE about CM Punk working as a babyface. Apparently Punk is coming up on having just one year left on his WWE contract so it will be interesting to see how WWE books him over the next year.
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Hi gang...I just wanted to let everyone know that the New England Journal of Medicine published a new report today, involving a University of Washington study demonstrating that condoms ARE effective in terms of reducing the risk of human papillomavirus infection. This is pretty big news, as several other (less scientifically sound) studies failed to demonstrate a positive effect of condom use on the incidence of HPV infection (or the development of pracancerous or cancerous lesions). Nor were these earlier data questioned by many public health folks, thinking that HPV can be spread via skin-to-skin contact and, as a result, may be extremely difficult to avoid, even with consistent use of condoms. Here's a link to a story I just published for AIDSmeds.com:http://www.aidsmeds.com/news/am20060622.html Definitely encouraging news, especially for those heavily involved in STD prevention work... Jonathan and other experts in the Fears of Getting HIV Forum included. Tim Horn
Thanks for the info, Tim. I'll be sure to forward this article to the folks that work in the Prevention Dept. at the ASO that I work for. I'm sure that the info will be a great addition to their HIV & STD prevention workshops.Jim
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While this is great news, but I am always baffled as to why during this admin.'s stance on condoms that they (condom makers) weren't more aggressive. On the Saturday the World Cup began there was a Guiness comercial at 11:00 am and hell it didn't do anything for the Irish, yet I fail to see any condom commercials, just alot of KY and viagra ones. I guess the message is keep it stiff, lubed and unwrapped. Not very smart. So how will our gov't react, I guess Ann Coulter 's next book is how the NEJoM guys are all Bitches and take glory in all the babies never made because the seman is in their product.Btw that's a mighty big pan you got there TH ;)CheersJohnny
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Sam Fisher. Off the grid. Outside of the system. Looking for the truth.
For years, Sam Fisher has been off the grid and on his own, tracking his daughter's killer. The trail leads to the last place Sam wants to see again: Washington D.C. Now Sam must work with old friends he can no longer trust, forced to save a country that used him and threw him away. Unless he can stand against both a vast, faceless enemy and a corrupt Third Echelon, he'll never know the truth of what happened to his daughter.
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Our recent testing of the new entry-level Radeon HD 4670 card from ATI showed that the below-$100 price category had progressed just like others. The mentioned card did very well, especially against Nvidia's solutions falling into the same price category. Of course, the cutting down of the render back-ends subsystem and memory bus affected the new card's performance, yet it proved to be competitive even to the more expensive GeForce 9600 GT. The Radeon HD 4670 left no chance to its direct market opponent GeForce 9500 GT.
The next step undertaken by AMD's graphics department was the announcement of the Radeon HD 4500/4300 series. Here, in the most affordable price category, the former ATI Technologies had advanced significantly as its solutions were head above Nvidia's counterparts, at least in decoding and output of HD video and audio. Moreover, the Radeon HD 4550 proved to have a very low power draw. Coupled with its enhanced multimedia capabilities, this made it an ideal solution for inexpensive, quiet, but advanced HTPCs.
There was only one niche left between the Radeon HD 4850 ($150-199) and Radeon HD 4670 ($79) and Nvidia filled it with its GeForce 9800 GT which was based on the time-tested G92 core and, judging by test data, was quite worth its price. However, product diversification basing on the same graphics core is a game that can be played by two, and ATI's answer didn't take long in coming.
It was logical for ATI to develop a new inexpensive below-$150 graphics card based on the superb RV770 core. This could help put to good use the cores that didn't pass the frequency check and/or had some defective subunits. Thus, the release of the Radeon HD 4830 is an expected step in the evolution of the Radeon HD 4000 series and complies with ATI's overall strategy.
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Amarillo's debate over motorists' use of cellphones is turning into a mind- numbing exercise.
Is there an end to this confusion in sight? If there is, then you need to look way beyond where we stand at the moment.
Here's a possible path. Let's cease this campaign to enact an ordinance that well might be unenforceable and instead launch a major public relations campaign to advise motorists of all ages about the dangers — not to mention the stupidity — of trying to operate a handheld device while driving a motor vehicle.
The Amarillo Traffic Commission has approved a report it plans to send to the City Commission that accompanies a recommendation to bar handheld cellphone use in the city.
The city already has imposed a specific ordinance banning the activity in school zones. Motorists caught violating that prohibition face a fine of no more than $500.
At issue, according to law enforcement authorities, is the enforcement problems associated with the ordinance.
How does a police officer know when a driver is dialing a handheld phone the driver might be shielding from view?
An ordinance banning use of these devices could require officers to spend considerable time writing tickets for that infraction while perhaps other, more serious traffic violations are occurring.
Some traffic commissioners are adamant the city needs to ban the activity.
"I don't understand why we're getting in the weeds as far as a clarification when we need to move this thing along," Traffic Commissioner Craig Gualtiere said. "This is getting ridiculous. We're really wasting a lot of people's time."
Gualtiere's passion on this matter is admirable.
But aren't there opportunities for the city to commence a comprehensive outreach into area schools, warning young people of the dire danger associated with this activity?
The city also could enlist the vigorous support of educators to help them convey the message.
Of course, young people aren't the only targets of opportunity. Older motorists can be seen many times every single day operating cellphones and (dare we say it) sending text messages while driving.
There can be no debate — none at all — about the idiocy attached with trying to operate a cellphone while driving a motor vehicle.Nor can there be any discussion about the wisdom of any number of activities motorists perform while winding through traffic.
But another law banning it? The time arrived long ago for authorities to turn up the volume on the mortal danger this activity presents to the public.
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Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc., which cancelled a planned IPO this year, is closing in on $175 million in financing to fund construction of its Sierra BioFuels Plant.
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- This report describes the findings of an expert review of the VITAL 3 software. Most of the public interfaces were explored, including the menus, searching, browsing, collections and the document view. The review covered only the end user areas of the site, and focused specifically on usability concerns, though at this stage the software is still in testing and there are some technical problems to be addressed. This report represents the expert opinion of its author and should in no way be interpreted as an exhaustive list of the usability problems in VITAL 3. Instead it should be used to advance the usability of VITAL 3 until such time as more comprehensive usability testing is undertaken. The usability analysis was performed using standard usability principles, however the report is structured not around these principles, but around the features of VITAL 3.
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Infant Nursery:
Directed by Stephanie Thompson
The Infant Nursery provides care for newborns to children age 2.
2's & 3's Sunday School
Taught by Melanie Dull, Heidi Stickel , Nicole Meyers &
Amy Teeter
The 2's & 3's Sunday School class
learn about God, God's Son, God's Word, and God's World.
They sing Bible songs, learn a memory verse and learn how to share and be kind
Taught by Jennifer Cagle
The Preschool class,
ages 4 through Kindergarten, learn fundamental Bible truths with an emphasis on God's
love and care.
This class is followed by "Reach for Jesus," a brief activity and snack time and then continues
on through Jr. Church time.
Taught by Doug Weir
The Primary class
encourages children, grades 1-3,
to obey Biblical truths and to love and follow the
Youth Bible Class:
Taught by Pastor Barry Yingling
The Jr. & Sr. High classes have been combined for the SDunday School hour abd are currently learning how to study the Bible using various Bible study tools such as a Concordance and Bible Dictionary. These study techniques are being taught through an excercise that enables the youth to critique different Christian music lyrics according to what the Bible says.
Taught by Danielle Jagel
The Junior Class, grades 4 - 6, conducts a complete Bible survey in the course of three years.
Adult Bible Class:
Taught by Mike Carowick
The Adult Bible Class will focus on the book of Genesis - the foundational book of the Bible.
The subject of creation will be taught from a 6 literal-day perspective and the entire book from a literal
viewpoint. If you want to learn, that a literal reading of Genesis can be substantiated, plan to attend
weekly so as not to miss any of this important material. This class meets in the annex of the Sanctuary.
Men's Bible Class:
Taught by Mike Dull
The Men's Bible Class will be a Bible study for men that will help provide stability and leadership in your
home, church and life through a deeper understanding of God's perspective on the Biblical role of a man.
This class meets in the old choir room downstairs.
Women's Bible Class:
Taught by Lynne Weir
Our Ladies Bible class is a place where women of all ages and stages of life can gather together,
open the word
of God, study it deeply and apply it to our own lives.
Most importantly,
we seek to know God and His Word
and encourage one another in our daily
walk with Christ.
This Fall we are studying the Pentateuch: September - October: Exodus, October - November: Leviticus,
November - December: Numbers. All ladies are invited to attend.
This class meets downstairs in the Ladies
315 40th Street
Altoona, PA 16602
Phone: 814/944-2894
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Comparison of teen and adult driver crash scenarios in a nationally representative sample of serious crashes." Accident Analysis and Prevention. 2014;Volume 72, November 2014:302-308."
Community violence exposure and positive youth development in urban youth." J Community Health. 2011;36(6):925-32."


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The Final Destination
Release Date: August 28th, 2009
R|1 hr. 22 min.
Plot Summary
While enjoying a day at the track, Nick O'Bannon (Bobby Campo) has a horrific premonition of his friends and him all dying in a freak accident involving many racecars. Mere seconds before the vision comes true, he manages to convince them to leave. Although they cheat death then, the survivors each begin to meet a grisly end, and Nick tries to figure a way to escape a similar fate.
Cast: Bobby Campo, Shantel VanSanten, Nick Zano, Haley Webb, Mykelti Williamson, Krista Allen, Andrew Fiscella, Justin Welborn
Director: David R. Ellis
Genres: Horror
Distributor: Warner Bros.


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A read aloud will be Eleven, a novel by Patricia Reilly Giff. I don't want to give away any details since you will be predicting about the story based on the cover.
Do Unto Otters
This book used animals to teach us.
Gleam and Glow versus The Wall
Two stories...what are their connections?
Gleam and Glow Versus The Wall
Think about the themes...what are the text to text connections you can make?
Three Names
A personal narrative story by Patricia MacLachlan
Thank You, Mr. Falker
We will continue exploring story elements and determine traits of the main characters of this story.
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
What details can you tell about the beginning, middle and end of the story Miss Rumphius? What character traits do you see in Miss Rumphius? What details can you give that support the character traits you see in Miss Rumphius? Any traits/details for her grandfather? For the narrator, the great neice?
Incredible Ned by Bill Maynard
A fun rhyming read that shows how a problem can be tackled in many ways.
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To have a greater impact on the quality of people's daily lives, we need social and economic growth that includes all levels of society (Inclusive growth). This can only be achieved if the public- and private sectors combine their strengths, to bridge the gap between governmental policies and public service delivery.
IMPEC specializes in effective and efficient governance and public service delivery. Different than most consultancy companies (whom work with company-employed advisors), IMPEC works with a selected 'IMPEC expertise team' consisting of representatives from various governmental agencies, universities, public- and private sectors. Working with a varied composition is a highly effective approach to achieve the independent and collective progress that governments aim to achieve.
The "IMPEC solution" is based on the principle of 'sharing good examples'.
People can learn from each other by sharing good examples within different policy areas such as; education, trade & industry, foreign affairs, agriculture, health, treasury, human settlement and security & safety. And by doing so, finding a roadmap to achieve better public service delivery. Our goal is to expand the 'IMPEC solution' to other countries that have identified similar needs for bridging the gap between government policies and public service delivery. Our solutions are 'driven by performance'.
- Evaluation: "How to assess the social-economic impacts of government policies?"Rather than developing new methodologies, we connect existing data (collection methods) into a clearly legible and useful overview, which policy-makers can employ as input for implementing new and more successful policies.
- Education: "A roadmap toward excellent performance"From the evaluation results, we develop a roadmap that can be used as a step-by-step guide on how to become an example of excellent public service delivery.Our education program includes both online (e-governance) and off-line (master-class) education tools.
- Communication: "Sharing examples of good governance and citizen service delivery". Celebrating successes and sharing them with others. Utilizing examples in which things are already working, is a positive approach that motivates departments to celebrate and exchange successful policies.
- South Africa : delegation of the European parliament visit DPME and IMPEC in South Africa.
- Netherlands: keynote speakers: Ismail Akhalwaya and Carlo Bakker
- South Africa: Interview: The Ministry of Accountability
- Netherlands: Interview: Dutch Ministry of Finance (in Dutch)
- IMPEC hosts a meeting with a delegation from the South African Department of Trade and Industry


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Boys grow up to be men, but the way they change as they mature may be influenced more by culture than nature. We'll talk this hour with Judy Chu from the Program in Human Biology at Stanford University. She explores a recent two-year study in the new book When Boys Become Boys: Development, Relationships, and Masculinity (NYU Press).
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Photo special: With three deep bows, Premier Wen Jiabao delivered the final major political address of his career to China's top legislature on Tuesday. The National People's Congress will elect the nation's next premier during the ongoing session in Beijing. As Wen leaves the political stage, we have gathered a collection of photos tracing his career over the past decade.
Bilingual: Ikea has recalled thousands of cakes from its stores in 23 countries after Chinese authorities identified high levels of bacteria normally found in human and animal waste. The furniture giant admitted on Tuesday that coliform bacteria had been found in two batches of almond cake from a supplier in Sweden. The move comes after Ikea recalled meatballs and sausages from 24 countries amid fears they could have been contaminated with horsemeat.


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NFL free agency is upon us again. Big names surely to cash in this offseason include QB Drew Brees, RB Ray Rice and DE Mario Williams.
Among all the talent that will be returning to their old teams, and the talent finding new ones, there is always a contract that doesn't live up to performance on the field.
In the spirit of those players who will likely be cut towards the end of their deals, here are five guys that are sure to be overpaid during their negotiations.


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We spent the better part of Sunday putting the finishing touches on our garden for this year: spreading yards of mulch, positioning l.e.d. path lights and moving pines for privacy.
It's a funny thing to tend a garden in the northeast. In a sense, you have to learn to let go. In the winter, snow covers your favorite perennials, and you have to have faith that they will return. In the short days of summer, you learn to appreciate every fleeting moment. As a new gardener to this area, I've had to adjust my understanding: the climate is different here and different species grow better than the ones that I had grown accustomed to planting. Replacement is a fact of life - some plants do not come back.
Gardening is my meditation. When I'm outside -- bandana, hat and gloves on -- I think of nothing else but the task at hand. I'm totally in the moment. I love to watch things grow and take delight in the native plants, especially wildflowers, that crop up here and there. Just today, I discovered a whole patch of ripe wild strawberries. Tiny and tart, they tickled my tongue. I also noticed new ferns that are a very light green and beautifully dainty.
For me, time stands still in the garden. So, it's magical. There is a peace and tranquility that connect me with my inner spirit and a sense of freedom that just allows me to "be."
After my labors of love, I showered, and then sat on the front porch swing, admiring the work we'd done. In the garden, you get to see, in real time, the fruits of your labor. What could be better?


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Unemployment benefits could end for up to 20,000 unemployed Arizonans in May if state lawmakers don't change the wording in a state statute.
The benefits are federally funded, so changing the law would not cost Arizona taxpayers, state officials say.
State lawmakers hope to end the current legislative session by the end of next week. Therefore, there is only a small time window to address the issue before unemployment benefits lapse for thousands of out-of-work Arizonans, an advocacy group says.
As of Thursday afternoon, officials at the state agency that administers unemployment benefits were not aware of any bill that would address the issue.
A total of 121,276 Arizonans receive unemployment benefits. The issue impacts 15,000 to 20,000 people who are eligible for the benefits and who have been unemployed for more than a year and a half.
If the benefits expire, the state is poised to lose $4.5 million a week that flows into the economy when recipients spend the money, according to a briefing paper prepared by the Arizona Department of Economic Security.
"I fear that unless this gets attention in the next couple days, it will fall through the cracks and it will be a disaster for families," said Dana Naimark, president and CEO of Children's Action Alliance, which follows unemployment-benefits issues.
The state is poised to "turn our backs on that (federal) money for no good reason," she added.
State legislative leaders could not be reached for comment Thursday afternoon.
At issue is a state law that helps Arizonans take advantage of federal unemployment aid.
Because of the economic downturn, Congress voted to expand unemployment benefits. In addition to receiving 26 weeks of state-funded benefits, workers qualify for an additional federal unemployment aid, for a total of 99 weeks. Extended benefits are those paid during the final 20 weeks of that 99-week period.
Arizonans get extended benefits because the state's unemployment rate has remained high. But it's poised to lose the aid because the rate has begun to fall.
The state unemployment rate was 9.5 percent in March, state officials announced Thursday.
Under the current formula, Arizona is projected to be ineligible for the federal extended benefits by May if the April unemployment rate stays at 9.5 percent or if it falls again, said Jim Apperson, an assistant director at the Department of Economic Security.
Arizona would continue to qualify for benefits if the state unemployment rate hits 10.5 percent in April, according to state projections.
The complex formula compares the current three-month average unemployment rate with what that average was two years ago. If state lawmakers change the "look back" provision from two years to three years, Arizona will continue to get the federal unemployment benefits, Apperson said.
Arizona isn't the only state facing this issue.
According to the National Employment Law Project, 17 states have changed their laws to keep extended unemployment benefits flowing to their residents.
Indiana, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Tennessee are projected to stop getting extended-benefits payments on Saturday because state lawmakers did not pass a law to fix the issue, said Michael Evangelist, a policy analyst for the National Employment Law Project.
Other states, including Alabama and Alaska, are expected to lose the benefits after updated unemployment rates are released on April 19.
Some states never offered the extended benefits and some states stopped offering the benefits last year for other reasons, the project said.
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Rights are the counterparts of obligations. A right in your hands is only meaningful to the extent that it creates an enforceable obligation on someone else to do something. A good example is the "right to silence". It takes effect as an obligation imposed on the court not to draw adverse inferences from the silence of the accused. Other rights operate in a similar way.
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Sean Hackbarth, at the Free Enterprise Blog, wrote an interesting post about one sector of the economy that has boomed over the past few years. No, I'm not talking about the Democratic Campaign Contributors who Also Happen to Invest Heavily in Solar Energy Companies sector. I mean, the smartphone app industry.
According to the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, 45% of American adults now have a smartphone. These gadgets along with tablet computers have sprouted a new industry, the "App Economy," where entrepreneurs develop and market productivity and entertainment programs used on mobile devices.
This industry has shot off the starting line faster than Usain Bolt. According to a study by economist Michael Mandel for the trade association, TechNet, 466,000 jobs have been created by the App Economy.
Here's the thing about the smartphone app industry; it is largely untouched by government regulation. As Ray Ramsey, CEO and President of TechNet said, "If you have a computer, broadband connection, and the right skills and software, and you can start coding." Right now, no government agency has to grant you an App Authorship Permit to write a new bit of coolness for the iPhone. You don't need to spend 4 or 5 million dollars on an environmental impact survey before you launch Awesome App Industries. If you have the skill and a good idea, you can make your own app and put it on the market.
Entrepreneurs have noticed the low barriers to entry and massive demand and filled a need. As a result, a nationwide market that did not exist five years ago has created roughly 7,800 jobs a month. Over three-quarters of those jobs are small business jobs, which means that less regulation and lower taxes will make it easier for people to jump in, create their own apps, and build business that hire even more people.
But here's another interesting thought. President Obama has been quite vocal about his desire to spend billions of dollars on community colleges. Here is what he wants from his new initiative, taken from the White House web site.
Community colleges work with businesses, industry and government to create tailored training programs to meet economic needs like nursing, health information technology, advanced manufacturing, and green jobs.
Last July, President Obama proposed the American Graduation Initiative to invest in community colleges and help American workers get the skills and credentials they need to succeed. The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act includes $2 billion over four years for community college and career training. [Emphasis mine]
There is no doubt those fields need skilled workers, with the exception of the "green jobs" field that has been a complete bust despite the President's best efforts to proper it up with hundreds of millions of our dollars. Wouldn't it be better, though, to let prospective students decide what "economic needs" the colleges will help meet through their own choices?
Let me quote one more bit of Hackbarth's piece.
Peter Farago of Flurry, a company that works with app companies, told the subcommittee that the lack of skilled workers is also a concern for the industry. He surveyed Flurry customers and found that 71% of them need more employees with technical training and only 24% of them could find enough skilled software developers.
Community Colleges are almost perfectly positioned to give that sort of training, if they are left alone to respond to the demands of the educational market. Most junior colleges offer everything from certificate programs all the way up to full-blown two-year degree programs geared toward transfer to a four-year college and every one of those programs work well for technical fields. Better, would-be app authors can take the classes they need à la carte to get the skills they need to enter the field on their own. If our government would stop "encouraging" needs the public doesn't necessarily want, like "green jobs", and let local colleges and entrepreneurs work out their arrangements the way they should in a free market economy, there is no limit to how quickly our economy could grow.
You don't need an app to tell you that.


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I tried, but I couldn't come up with a joke for that. "Polish Flats" are common here in the Milwaukee area. I've recently been exploring the area where my great-great-grandfather, Frank Zalewski, and his family resided when they immigrated to Milwaukee in 1891. Frank and his family's first house was … [Read more...]
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Weekly History: August 2nd – 8th
Looks like the beginning of the week is a bit slow. August 5th 1667 - Born - Louise DEGUITRE - Louise is my 8th-great-grandmother on my mother's side. She was born in Cogne, Aunis, France. She married Jacques Robidas dit MANSEAU in 1692. She passed away on 10 Aug 1732 in Baie-du-Febvre, … [Read more...]
Tell Me Thursday: Emily and Kids
This is my great-grandmother, Emily (TROKA) ZALEWSKI along with her first two children: my grandfather, Richard ZALEWSKI and Irene (ZALEWSKI) LUTZENBERGER. I'm not exactly sure on the year, but it looks as though my Grandpa is around 1 or 2 years old, so it's probably in about 1922-23. … [Read more...]
Tracking the Zalewski
I know it sounds like a show on National Geographic, but it's not. I'm not sure why I didn't this earlier, but it's never too late to try. After finding my ZALEWSKI family's passenger record, I originally decided to see if I could find them in Baltimore city directories since it seems like they … [Read more...]
I'm on a Boat: Passenger List Found!
One of those documents that I had my sights set on for the last 10 years of genealogy research is the passenger list containing the ZALEWSKI family when they left home and came to America. According to notes I had from a previous researcher, "...[Frank and Anna] left Poland from the Baltic port of … [Read more...]
Tombstone Tuesday: Zalewski 1959
This is a headstone photo I found in my grandmother's photo album. It's the headstone from my great-grandmother, Emily (TROKA) ZALEWSKI in 1959 at Holy Cross Cemetery in Milwaukee. It's unique because this current headstone no longer exists. My great-grandfather, Joseph ZALEWSKI, remarried later on … [Read more...]
Weekly History: July 12th – 18th
July 12th 1879 - Born - Minnie M (MUHM) VAN PRICE - Minnie is my great-great-grandmother on my mother's side. She was born in Wisconsin. She married Peter VAN PRICE in about 1895 and had 6 children, including my great-grandmother, Mildred (VAN PRICE) DEBROUX. She died on 6 Jul 1959 at Port … [Read more...]
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This is a photo of my grandparents, Richard & Mary Jane (Corrigan) ZALEWSKI from August 1947. … [Read more...]


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Meet the "Loopers"
WPSU producer Cynthia Berger is spending a year on a boat, cruising "The Great Loop," the system of waterways that circles eastern North America. Each year about two-hundred boaters make this adventurous trip. They call themselves "Loopers," and they even have a yearly "Looper Rendezvous," where boaters exchange tips and advice. Cynthia went to the meeting this year and sent back this audio postcard.
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The American Great Loop Cruisers Association has resources for boaters who are doing "The Great Loop."
Ron and Eva Stuab wrote about their Great Loop adventure in the book, "Honey, Let's Get a Boat."
Here's another book that will help you plan your own Great Loop Adventure.
This guy jet-skiied around the Great Loop.
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Arsenal FC will be without Theo Walcott for a minimum of six months after the England winger ruptured cruciate knee ligaments during Saturday's 2-0 victory against Tottenham Hotspur FC in the FA Cup third round.
The 24-year-old forward, who had registered five times in his previous five Premier League outings, will therefore miss the remainder of the campaign and, in all likelihood, this summer's FIFA World Cup in Brazil. "Everyone at Arsenal wishes Theo a speedy recovery and we look forward to seeing him back on a football pitch as soon as possible," read a club statement.
The news comes at a crucial stage of the season, with Arsène Wenger's side leading Manchester City FC at the Premier League summit by a single point. The Gunners also host FC Bayern München in their UEFA Champions League round of 16 opener on 19 February, with the second leg three weeks later.
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Church buys former Urbana cinema
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URBANA — An Urbana church finalized its agreement Wednesday to purchase the Twin Cinema building along Main Street.
Urbana United Methodist Church announced last month its intentions to purchase the building and establish a community space with the motto "Reach, Restore and Revive Our Community."
The church has established the Community Theater Development Coalition, to facilitate its effort. The coalition is intended to manage upcoming projects in the plan while a 501(C)(3) non-profit entity is created.
A fundraising effort is under way as the group looks to remodel the cinema and return the theater to its original, single-stage design.


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Canada's fashion industry is abuzz ahead of a visit from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, speculating whether any Canadian brands stand to benefit from the "Kate effect"
The Queen remains a towering figure in Britain, where she may be the last unifying force at a time when her kingdom is being rent by the Brexit debate
It is a bittersweet moment for the Queen. She is visiting a country she loves on what may be her final trip to an organization she cherishes — one that might struggle without her
The Queen, who was about seven at the time, is shown with her mother, sister and uncle — all of whom were also delivering the salute, according to The Sun
The red-coated guards outside of Royal palaces are fixtures in slapstick comedy about tourists to the U.K. but even they have a line — and a very pointy rifle-style bayonet
What this hullabaloo has demonstrated is that everything the royal family says or does, whether profound, mundane or ridiculous, comes under intense scrutiny
As the Duchess of Cambridge waits for the birth of a 'spare' for the adorable Prince George, we look at some notable siblings who took over, or could, for the rightful heirs
On Thursday, Prince Andrew became the first senior member of the Royal family to make a televised statement denying serious sexual impropriety
What do you give the boy who has everything? How about a possum-skin cloak, a child-sized amphibious boat or a personalized surfboard?
The key job of the British king's consort has always been to produce an 'heir and a spare.' The former Kate Middleton appears to have conformed to tradition


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Lady Gaga's Hair More Normal Than It Has Been in Some Time
The rest of her remains far from it.
Lady Gaga went to the airport in Japan today without yellow or pink lowlights or Coke cans in her hair. It's the most normal her head has looked in a while. The rest of her, thankfully, is still far from it. [Just Jared]


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Jordan River to run dry in 2011
The Jordan River may run dry next year. If action is not taken to divert water back into the river and to process the massive amounts of raw sewage that currently flow into the Jordan, the lower Jordan is expected to stop flowing by the end of 2011.
Visitors to Israel, the West Bank, Syria and Jordan are often surprised by the fact that the Jordan River is more of a trickle than a mighty river. As of 2010, it is easy to literally walk across many points in the Jordan. That is how shallow the river is.
And the Jordan is now endangered. Israel, Jordan and Syria are all diverting water from the Jordan River and dumping raw sewage into the river. In the past fifty years, the river's annual flow has dropped from more than 1.3 billion cubic meters per year to less than 30 million cubic meters. Sewage makes up a significant portion of the volume of the Jordan River in 2010.
Raw sewage from the homes of 250,000 Jordanians, 60,000 Palestinians and 30,000 Israelis empties into the Jordan through a combination of direct dumping and contamination from dumping in nearby wadis and wells.
Christian pilgrims who travel to the Jordan for baptism are literally bathing in shit.
Someone should tell Rupert Murdoch.
In order to publicize the Jordan Valley's fragile ecosystem and the very real risk of the river running dry, international NGO Friends of the Earth Middle East held a media junket where journalists working in Israel, the West Bank and Jordan were given a bus tour of the river valley. Here's what came out of the tour:
Al Jazeera saw a pilgrim bathing in a mix of fecal matter and agricultural run-off:
One Russian-speaking pilgrim put on a white cloth and calmly entered the water. Bromberg, who had been explaining to us how and why the river turned from gushing rapids into a fetid stream, stopped mid-sentence as we all watched in horror.Once 1.3 billion metric cubes flowed annually through the Jordan River. It was 25 metres wide, flanked by willow trees and poplars and filled with fish that could be eaten.As we would see later on our bus trip, the water of the Jordan River is no longer coming from the Sea of Galilee but from the sewage, the contaminated agricultural run-off and saline water that was dumped into it.
Agence France-Presse noted how it's possible to walk across the Jordan:
The river — which runs 217 kilometers (135 miles) from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea — and its tributaries are shared by Israel, Jordan, Syria and the West Bank. In 1847, a U.S. naval officer who led an expedition along the river described navigating down cascading rapids and waterfalls. Today the Jordan is a brackish stream barely a few meters (yards) wide.
The Huffington Post notes what will happen to that poor pilgrim:
How can we tell people who have come so far for this spiritual experience not to enter the Jordan River? Bromberg asks. Even though the signs clearly say do not enter, they jump in. "He'll likely get sick; develop a rash."
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Meals in 30 Minutes or Less
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I was having dinner at my son's house the other night and my daughter-in-law had fixed some "old fashioned" baked potatoes. You know in the oven and not the microwave. Boy, they were good. It seems so many things taste better slow cooked in the oven.
We started talking about how much longer it took to cook them in the oven compared to the microwave, which made me think. Yes, it does take longer in actual cooking time, but in some ways, it is easier. When I bake potatoes in the oven, I get them ready and in the oven an hour before dinner and then just forget about them until dinner is ready. Then, all I have to do is set them on the table and dinner is served.
When I microwave them, I tend to start cleaning them and preparing them at the same time that I'm trying to make a salad and heat up the veggies. While I'm doing all of that, I have to remember to keep turning the potatoes. If I am cooking several, I have to put a few in the microwave, and when they are done, pull them out and add more, all of this at the same time that I am trying to prepare the rest of the meal.
Why is it that, even though we have faster methods of cooking our meals, they seem to have become more frenzied and hurried than years ago? Then it dawned on me. With the introduction of the microwave and the idea that meals can be prepared in 30 minutes, most people do nothing to prepare or plan their meals until 30 minutes before they are going to eat. So 30 minutes before dinner you find yourself trying to thaw something, cook it, and slap it on the table, and at the same time, talk and deal with tired, hungry, cranky kids. Let's not forget how exhausted you are at this time of day, too.
I think we underestimate the power of coming home and smelling something yummy cooking. We automatically seem to relax, feeling that "all is well with the world." I think it can really change the whole atmosphere of your home for the evening.
I am not living in a dream world. You can fix meals the way our grandmothers did. I hear some readers saying, "Our grandmothers weren't ever as busy as we are and so they had time to fix large meals." I can hear our grandmothers chuckling at that statement. My husband's grandmother had to help on the farm from early in the morning until evening. She took care of a large home garden, canned, cleaned house every day, did laundry without a washer or dryer and still provided meals not only for her family, but up to 20 farm hands as well. She had to do it all without a refrigerator, microwave, or a grocery store and the nearest water was a mile away from her house.
My mother-in-law would go to work as early as 7 a.m. and work until 9 p.m. 6 days a week, but she still managed to make three large meals each day. If you're thinking, "That's great if you want to spend all your spare time in the kitchen," consider that they spent less time in the kitchen than we do with less of the conveniences and still managed to have well-balanced, delicious meals each day.
What was their secret to well planned and balanced meals? They had never heard of 30 minute meals. Even if they had, they would probably have laughed and wondered who would spend so much time on a meal? They knew that the key to a quick meal wasn't how fast you could cook, but how organized you were. You can easily have a meal on the table in 15 minutes if you are organized and plan ahead.
That doesn't mean microwave and frying everything to have a quick meal either. Slow cooking something in the oven not only makes things taste better but sometimes is quicker.
Our grandmothers' secret to quick meals:
- Keep your meals simple.
- Be organized.
- Decide what you are preparing the night or the morning before.
- Thaw anything you need the night or the morning before.
- Prepare as much of the meal as you can during the slow time of your day and when you are most refreshed. (This is very important.)
- Slow cook meats in the oven or in a crock pot.
- Keep your kitchen clean so you have an uncluttered work area.
If you have meats thawed and the ingredients on hand, most things can be tossed together in about the same time as it takes to order and wait to get your food at a fast food place.
Also, remember when you have your oven going to try to cook more than one thing in it. For example, if you are going to be baking a casserole, bake a pan of brownies, muffins or baked apples at the same time.
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Eight-year-old Tony Collins of Tucumcari won his weight in pennies in a contest held by Tucumcari Federal Savings and Loan Association Bank. Collins won 57 pounds of pennies, which equals $83.50.
New Mexico State Police stationed in Tucumcari arrested a 25-year-old Iowa man on I-40 for transportation of dangerous drugs and a federal charge of interstate transportation of firearms. The vehicle was stopped for speeding and after questioning the driver, a court order was issued to search the vehicle.
The Village of Logan held an election to decide if the town would remain on Central time or change to Mountain time. The election was a result of a petition signed by 133 residents and presented to the village trustees by George Osborn. Logan and Nara Visa were the only two towns in New Mexico still on Central time.
Mrs. Todd Morgan of Tucumcari won $400 from the Safeway grocery store in their Bonus Dollar Drawing.
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Cooling System: Efficiency and Noise
We've already seen this cooler with four 6mm copper heat pipes and a copper base in our review of the Zotac GeForce GTX 670 AMP! Edition.
We were not sure whether the pipes and copper base were soldered to each other, but they seem to be, judging by the dots that become visible where the base gets hot.
The two fans are attached right to the heatsink and covered with a metallic casing from above.
The heat pipes pierce the right part of the heatsink. The fins are soldered to the base, which is the only way for the heat to get to the left part of the heatsink.
The fins, soldered to the pipes too, are 0.3 millimeters thick and 2 millimeters apart from each other. There are small aluminum heatsinks with thermal pads mounted on the power components and memory chips.
Two 7-blade 92x12mm fans are set to blow at the heatsink.
Labeled MGT9212YB-W20, they are manufactured by Protechnic Electric.
Judging by the sticker, the peak power draw of each fan is 5.8 watts at 0.48 amperes. The speed is PWM-regulated from 1350 to 3600 RPM but the top speed is actually limited to 85% in the graphics card's BIOS.
We checked out the card's temperature while running Aliens vs. Predator (2010) in five cycles at the highest settings (2560x1440, with 16x anisotropic filtering and 4x antialiasing).
We used MSI Afterburner 2.2.2 and GPU-Z 0.6.2 as monitoring tools. This test was carried out with a closed system case at an ambient temperature of 25°C. We didn't change the card's default thermal interface. Let's see how efficient Zotac's exclusive cooler is on the top-end GTX 680:
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Maximum fan speed
With the fans regulated automatically, the GPU temperature was as high as 78°C, the fans rotating at 2220 RPM (or 46% of their full speed). And if the speed is manually set at 3600 RPM (85%, which is the maximum set in the graphics card's BIOS), the GPU is 7°C cooler and has a temperature of 71°C at peak load. Considering that this is a pre-overclocked card whose GPU can occasionally work at 1189 MHz, the results are satisfactory, although the same cooler had done much better on our Zotac GeForce GTX 670 AMP! Edition.
We had some doubts about these results, though, so we replaced the default thermal interface with Arctic MX-4. We were astonished at the difference:
Auto fan mode
Maximum fan speed
The GPU temperature lowered by as much as 13°C in the automatic regulation mode, so the GPU was only 65°C hot and the fans slowed down from 2220 to 1950 RPM. At the maximum 3600 RPM, the temperature was 59°C or 12°C lower than with the default thermal interface. Well, we don't want to blame the thermal interface alone. Perhaps the factory assembly of the cooler wasn't perfect (one of the screws wasn't tightened up, although the thermal grease imprint on the GPU seemed to be okay). Anyway, the fact is that we significantly increased the efficiency of Zotac's cooler by replacing the default thermal interface.
Then we measured the level of noise using an electronic noise-level meter CENTER-321 in a closed and quiet room about 20 sq. meters large. The noise-level meter was set on a tripod at a distance of 15 centimeters from the graphics card which was installed on an open testbed. The mainboard with the graphics card was placed at an edge of a desk on a foam-rubber tray.
The bottom limit of our noise-level meter is 29.8 dBA whereas the subjectively comfortable (not low, but comfortable) level of noise when measured from that distance is about 36 dBA. The speed of the graphics card's fans was being adjusted by means of a controller that changed the supply voltage in steps of 0.5 V.
We've included the results of the reference Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 and the ASUS GeForce GTX 680 DirectCU II TOP into the next diagram for the sake of comparison (the ASUS card has a highly efficient and quiet cooler). Here are the results (the vertical dotted lines indicate the top speed of the fans in automatic regulation mode):
Unfortunately, the Zotac GeForce GTX 680 AMP! Edition isn't quiet. Yes, the original cooler from Zotac is quieter than the reference GeForce GTX 680 in the automatic fan regulation mode, but it is much worse than the one installed on the ASUS GeForce GTX 680 DirectCU II TOP, which seems to be the best cooler among all serially manufactured graphics cards.
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I think I figured out where I was heading with that post the other day.
As I often do, in blogging as in life, I think aloud a lot. Perfectly harmless, mostly. So in case you couldn't tell I was struggling to figure out the point of that post as I wrote it and hadn't the sense to just save it as a draft and fix it later.
All the same, I think I've figured it out afterall.
It used to be that when I would tell someone about something or even the way I'd be doing certain things, there'd be something I wanted out of them. And that would more often than not shape how I phrased what I said--manipulation.
Like, I'd tell them about some problem I'd solved, trying as subtly as I could to get them to commend my cleverness. Or maybe it would be a story of how awful something had been, and I'd hope to gain their consolation, sympathy.
Like when I had trouble writing papers for a class. I wouldn't leave asking for an extension at just telling my professor I was struggling and then asking. No, I had to explain every turbulent struggle, every self-injuring habit, every fatally naive choice; I would tell them, top to bottom, about my life long difficulties with ADD, and, oh, how I'd swear I'd now changed--learned something--and just needed the extension to make good. Those emails to my professors was like a disingenuous visit to Confessional--habitually regular but ultimately insincere.
In those cases there were always two things I was trying to get out of my professor. First, I could not bear to let them think any less of me--to disappoint them. So what if I pleaded like Niobe, so what if it was all so undignified. No, I had to explain how hard it had been so that they wouldn't think I was a failure, that they could see I was trying my best--I had to make them understand.
Secondly, I was working them to get an extension. I really meant it, mind you--I wasn't being entirely duplicitous. I really was sorry, ashamed; I really wanted to change. But I hadn't the means to. And I was in denial while still desperate for the validation and approval of these people I looked up to. I hoped that if they could just understand how it was, then they wouldn't think less of me and wouldn't hesitate to extend my deadline, out of sympathy or support or some such.
Of course, now I can see how silly, pathetic, and even unethical all that was on my part. Nowadays, I try to do things differently. But back then it was an act of futile desperation, tired and rehearsed, for lack of some better course of action.
Similarly, so much of what I said and did used to so eagerly fish for something--some validation, sympathy, attention. Sometimes the only reason I'd be talking about something was hoping someone would realize how cool I was, how interesting, how hard I was trying, and would tell me as much so that maybe I could believe it, too. Because so much of the time, I regarded myself so coldly and thought so little of my own assets that I couldn't do any of that for myself--I couldn't appreciate or approve or even accept myself and could only allow that kind of affirmation from others.
It's sort of funny now; I think I'm actually a better listener because I spend less time worrying about how I'm going to make you notice and love me, how I'm going to inject something for you to praise me or forgive me for.
I'm hardly perfect, of course, but it feels so much better--dealing with life, living--when I can at least accept myself as I am without requiring validation from someone else all the time. It's so relieving, really, to have somehow lessened that burden. I don't know when that started or exactly how, but I'm certainly much happier for it.


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Cameron Diaz, personable yoga ball and best-selling author of a book, went on Chelsea Lately for some fun girl-talk. Every day is a fresh opportunity for Cameron Diaz to honor her calling, which is now to instruct people not to make any permanent decisions about their pubes. And lady loves a metaphor. She just loves to skip through this starry, sparkly, lush ocean of metaphors. Diaz is work-shopping the Venus flytrap metaphor this time around. She — in her mixed-metaphor bounty — moves seemlessly from describing a vagina as a "delicate flower" to something that is "hun-gar-ey" (that's the word hungry). Keep swimming in that metaphor sea, lady! We've got our seat belts buckled, and we're here right beside you.


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It's a big week for College Football with major BCS implications. The #1, #2 and #4 teams in the BCS play this week against ranked opponents (and all at the same time). A loss for any of them could really open up the race for a bunch of one-loss teams. Imagine if all of them lose – we'd be looking at BCS chaos once again! As usual, I'll do my best to sort through the mess and figure out the best games for each time slot. Enjoy your college football Saturday!
Early Game to Watch: Texas A&M @ Mississippi State (noon ET)
While the two SEC West heavyweights slug it out in Baton Rouge, the Aggies and Bulldogs will play second fiddle in Starkville. If LSU does upset Alabama, the winner of this game still holds an outside chance to play for the SEC title in Atlanta, and that would make Texas A&M QB Johnny "Football" Manziel very happy.
Other Games to Watch:
Missouri @ Florida (noon ET)
Oklahoma @ Iowa State (noon ET)
TCU @ West Virginia (3:00pm ET)
Midday Game to Watch: Pittsburgh @ Notre Dame (3:30pm ET)
Notre Dame had a huge win last week at Oklahoma and are officially in the soft spot of their schedule after a grueling stretch of games. The Irish better not overlook the Panthers though. Pitt has played decent football by Big East standards . This one has trap game written all over it (just ask FSU fans!). It's never easy being a big favorite coming off a huge win. I'll be pulling for Notre Dame to survive this one and stay in the BCS picture.
Other Games to Watch:
Texas @ Texas Tech (3:30pm ET)
Nebraska @ Michigan State (3:30pm ET)
Penn State @ Purdue (3:30pm ET)
Late Game to Watch: Alabama @ LSU (7:00pm ET)
What more can be said about this game that hasn't already been said 1,000 times. In light of that, I'm going to throw out a crazy prediction for how this game and the rest of the season will unfold. LSU upsets Alabama in this game and goes on to win the SEC Championship. Alabama slips to 5th in the polls. Oregon, Kansas State and Notre Dame end up losing one game each and our National Championship game is a rematch of LSU and Alabama. Is this crazy? Unfortunately not.
Other Games to Watch:
Oklahoma State @ Kansas State (8:00pm ET)
SMU @ UCF (7:00pm ET)
Oregon @ USC (7:00pm ET)
Arizona State @ Oregon State (10:30pm ET)
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