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McKew catches PM off balance
MAXINE McKEW will do in John Howard's electorate of Bennelong what her leader, Kevin Rudd, has done in John Howard's Australia: bring new life to a tired contest.
For McKew locally, as for Rudd nationally, it will be exceptionally difficult to unseat a reasonably well-liked Prime Minister during an economic expansion.
But the advent of McKew, like Rudd, is politically galvanising because it turns a foregone conclusion into a real contest.
That is the chief reason behind the rapturous welcome that Rudd has received from the electorate. His poll ratings are stratospheric not because everyone intends to vote for him, but because Australians welcome the new contestability of power.
If we must have a 68-year-old leader in office for 11 years, and if we must brace for the prospect of a 70-year-old in office for 13 years, we can at least enjoy the thought that we cannot be taken for granted at this year's election.
A real contest means fresh attention to old problems. It is amazing how quickly the Murray-Darling river system, global warming and David Hicks have moved from being background noise for the Government to become top prime ministerial priorities.
McKew's candidacy will intensify this pressure on Howard. As Rudd tackles him around the body, McKew will be aiming for his legs. As Rudd tries to bring down the entire Government, McKew will try to take his local legs out from underneath him.
The challenge will electrify Howard, but it may also unnerve him.
One of the surprises of the political year so far is that the Prime Minister, despite all his long experience and celebrated wiles, has not been dealing very well with the challenge from Rudd's early popularity.
Even though Howard has seen off four Labor leaders in 11 years, even though Rudd is enjoying a standard honeymoon, even though Howard has seen it all before, Howard is responding with the nervousness of a neophyte.
He will need to work harder and fight more intensively at the national and local levels. McKew is well-recognised in Bennelong. She is personable and articulate. While she is familiar to most in the area, she is a fresh political prospect, especially against Howard, 14 years her senior.
The battle is joined.
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Here's the press release from 11th District Democratic candidate Hayden Rogers:
Meadows: Still Failing on Public Education
Brasstown, NC – As thousands of K-12 and college students across Western North Carolina head back to school, Mark Meadows continues to stand by his radical plan to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education and gut critical federal programs for underserved students while pushing for "school choice" programs that direct already scarce taxpayer dollars to voucher programs for private and charter schools.
"Education is the cornerstone of success in America, and our outstanding public school system has been a source of pride in North Carolina for generations," said Rogers. "A voucher system may work back in Mark's home state of Florida, but it won't work here in Western North Carolina where I went to school. We should be focused on improving educational opportunities for all students, not just a privileged few."
After coming out in support of abolishing the U.S. Department of Education, Meadows said in a recent forum that he made the "conscious and costly decision" to keep his children out of publicly funded schools because he did not want to rely on the government or allow it to influence his children's education.
"Our public education system is not part of some grand conspiracy," said Rogers. "Private and charter schools might be an option for some families, but it is wrong to force taxpayers to subsidize this personal choice at the expense of our already underfunded public schools. That's why we need a strong public education system that gives all students, especially those in our most rural and underserved areas, a fair shot at success."
North Carolina students would suffer a tremendous blow almost immediately if the Meadows plan to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education passed into law. Statewide, approximately:
$2.3 billion in federal direct student loans would be eliminated
$347 million in funding for special needs children would be eliminated
$53 million for programs to improve teacher performance would be eliminated
$5.8 million in funding for underserved rural and low-income school districts would be eliminated
$3.6 million for programs to help Native American students would be eliminated
Education has always been a major influence in Rogers's life. The son of public school teachers, Rogers is the product of the Graham County school system and helped pay his way through college with federal student aid. Today, he is married to Dr. Donna Tipton-Rogers, president of Tri-County Community College. Their two daughters attend Murphy Elementary in Cherokee County.


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Kaizer Chiefs rock United
Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw by Kaizer Chiefs in the opening game of the Vodacom Challenge.
By Chris Burton
Last Updated: 22/07/08 3:49pm
Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw by Kaizer Chiefs in the opening game of the Vodacom Challenge.
United fell behind to a first-half penalty from Jonathan Quartey, but Chris Eagles spared their blushes when he nodded home a leveller midway through the second period.
Sir Alex Ferguson named a strong starting XI against South African opposition but the Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners toiled away to no avail during the opening 45 minutes.
The Red Devils dominated possession at the Newlands Stadium, but failed to create any openings of note as they looked bereft of attacking ideas without the talismanic Cristiano Ronaldo.
Their subdued approach to the contest was then punished on 38 minutes when a clumsy challenge from Gary Neville saw the Kaizer Chiefs awarded a penalty.
Quartey took responsibility from the spot and showed ice-cool composure as he sent Tomasz Kuszczak the wrong way to give the hosts a surprise lead.
However, United's class was always likely to shine through eventually and they forced an equaliser on the hour mark.
Carlos Tevez did well to dig out a cross from the right and, after the ball had looped over Itumeleng Khune's fingertips, Eagles was on hand to head home at the far post.
Both sides had a number of half chances as time ebbed away, but neither were able to find a winner and the game drifted tamely towards a draw.


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The table below presents the current meterological data set to be used with ISCST3 (Industrial Source Complex Short-Term 3) and ISC-Prime in air dispersion modeling for each county listed. Each link in this table points to a compressed file that unzips into the corresponding meteorological data set in ASCII format.
The data set for each of these counties uses upper-air data from Amarillo.
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From the archives
Each day through Jan. 4, we will publish stories from the Arizona Daily Star and Tucson Citizen news archives. This is a condensed version of an article from Dec. 22, 1954. George Smalley was editor of the Tucson Citizen from 1898 to 1901. This piece was part of a series he wrote many years later called "Arizona Album."
There was excitement the entire length of Big Bug Creek as I rode into camp that cold December evening in 1898. Santa Claus had arranged his dates so as to arrive in the little mining camp two days ahead of time. He did this purposely to accommodate the pretty young schoolteacher who wished to leave Big Bug to spend Christmas with her parents.
Miners were bringing their families down the trails from their homes perched on the mountainside to attend the Christmas festivities, and the gulch rang but joyous echoes as the young rushed toward the schoolhouse yelling their ovation to Santa Claus. Everywhere were figures moving in the dark, and my bronco tried to recognize each shadow with a toss of its body, which would be called bucking in some countries.
"Hurrah for Santa!" shouted the youngsters, as each one tried to make as much noise as he could so that Santa Claus would have no trouble in locating Big Bug Creek. The little fellows ran up and down the narrow street of the camp, frightening the horses and making the dogs bark. Santa was due at 8 o'clock, and there were a number of trails that might take him past the schoolhouse. The children were determined that he should not escape, and the echoes of the gulches repeated the sounds and sent them over the hills and snowbanks as if they too were lending their powers to attract the white-whiskered gentleman.
At the one restaurant in the camp, I was informed that I could not get dinner because the cook and waiter were making preparations to attend the "doings" at the schoolhouse. The man at the corral was finishing his night's work early, but he kindly made room for my horse and directed me to a store where I might purchase sardines and crackers. The storekeeper's wife was a kind lady and she made me a pot of tea to go with my meal.
The one room of the schoolhouse was filled with miners and their families. The great spruce was laden with gifts, something for everyone in the camp. A clock hanging on the wall was set to ring an alarm at 8 o'clock.
As the alarm sounded, "Judge" Crawford, a well-known character of the camp, entered the room, a little dog that was sleeping near the big box stove jumped to his feet and started to bark, the children suddenly realizing that Santa had at last arrived, wore a combination of awe and fright on their shining faces, and old Santa danced down the aisle in the most approved ragtime step.


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Captain of stricken cruise ship under scrutiny as 6th body recovered; 16 missing
ROME (AP) -- Rescuers raced against time and increasingly turbulent waters Monday in search of survivors from the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship off the Tuscan coast, while prosecutors focused on the captain, who is accused of abandoning the ship well before passengers were safely evacuated.
A sixth body was discovered in the overturned vessel as the rescue mission entered its third day; 16 passengers and crew were still missing after the ship carrying 4,200 struck a reef off the island of Giglio. The body of the male passenger was spotted in a corridor of the part of the Costa Concordia still above water, fire department spokesman Luca Cari said. The victim was wearing a life vest.
"We are still working to pull the body out of the ship," Cari told The Associated Press. "The sea conditions make it difficult to get into the ship."
The number of the missing was raised after relatives of two Sicilian women who had been listed among those safely evacuated after Friday night's grounding told authorities they not heard from them.
Giglio Mayor Sergio Ortelli said rescuers were in "one of the most important phases" as they sought those who may have found an air pocket. The mission includes a risky inspection of the underwater half of the capsized ship. But, he conceded to Sky News 24, the chances of finding survivors was dwindling.
Campaign officials: Jon Huntsman to withdraw from race for GOP presidential nomination
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Jon Huntsman staked his presidential campaign on New Hampshire and his bid to become a legitimate competitor on distinguishing himself from front-runner Mitt Romney. But less than a week after a disappointing third-place finish in the Granite State's GOP primary, Huntsman decided to quit the race and back Romney.
Huntsman will endorse Romney, officials said Sunday, because he believes Romney is the best candidate to beat President Barack Obama in November. Campaign manager Matt David said Huntsman will announce his withdrawal at an event in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Huntsman's resume had suggested he could be a major contender for the Republican presidential nomination: businessman, diplomat, governor, veteran of four presidential administrations, an expert on China and on foreign trade. But the former ambassador to China in the Obama administration found a poor reception for his brand of moderate civility that he had hoped would draw support from independents, as well as party moderates.
Huntsman was almost invisible in a race often dominated by Romney, a fellow Mormon. One reason was timing. For months, Romney and other declared or expected-to-declare candidates drew media attention and wooed voters in early primary states.
Huntsman, however, was half a world away, serving as ambassador to China until he resigned in late April. Nearly two more months would pass before his kickoff speech on June 22 in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty. The former Utah governor had already acknowledged that expectations for him in South Carolina's primary this week will be "very low." Word of the Huntsman withdrawal came on the same day that The State, South Carolina's largest newspaper, endorsed him for president.
Nigerian soldiers block protest sites; president offers concession to end demonstrations
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- For the first time since protests erupted over spiraling fuel prices, soldiers barricaded key roads Monday in Nigeria's two biggest cities as the president offered a concession to stem demonstrations that he said were being stoked by provocateurs seeking anarchy.
The deployment of troops is a sensitive issue in a nation with a young democracy and a history of military coups. President Goodluck Jonathan said in his speech that was televised early Monday that agitators have hijacked the demonstrations, which were initially focused on his removal of a fuel subsidy but more recently focused on government corruption and inefficiency.
At a park in Lagos' Ojota neighborhood where more than 20,000 people had demonstrated Friday, two military armored personnel carriers were parked near an empty stage. About 50 soldiers and 50 other security personnel surrounded the area carrying Kalashnikov rifles, waving away those who tried to enter to resume demonstrations. A crowd of several hundred people gathered a few hundreds yards (meters) away.
"They are here because they don't want us to protest," said Remi Odutayo, 25, referring to the soldiers in the park. "They are using the power given to them to do something illegal" by stopping demonstrators from gathering.
A few miles (kilometers) away, about 300 protesters marched on a highway toward Ojota. One waved a white puppy above his head like a protest placard. When they approached a military checkpoint, soldiers slung their Kalasnikov rifles to their sides and let the demonstrators pass unhindered. But then around 20 soldiers arrived in two pickup trucks, bayonets affixed to their assault rifles. They told the protesters to go back. The situation remained tense.
AP expands North Korean coverage, opens first full news bureau by international agency
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- The Associated Press opened its newest bureau here Monday, becoming the first international news organization with a full-time presence to cover news from North Korea in words, pictures and video.
In a ceremony that came less than a month after the death of longtime ruler Kim Jong Il and capped nearly a year of discussions, AP President and CEO Tom Curley and a delegation of top AP editors inaugurated the office, situated inside the headquarters of the state-run Korean Central News Agency in downtown Pyongyang.
The bureau expands the AP's presence in North Korea, building on the breakthrough in 2006 when AP opened a video bureau in Pyongyang for the first time by an international news organization. Exclusive video from AP video staffers in Pyongyang was used by media outlets around the world following Kim's death.
Now, AP writers and photojournalists will also be allowed to work in North Korea on a regular basis.
For North Korea, which for decades has remained largely off-limits to international journalists, the opening marked an important gesture, particularly because North Korea and the United States have never had formal diplomatic relations. The AP, an independent 165-year-old news cooperative founded in New York and owned by its U.S. newspaper membership, has operations in more than 100 countries and employs nearly 2,500 journalists across the world in 300 locations.
Pakistan's top court orders contempt proceedings against prime minister
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan's top court begantype:bold,italic; contempt proceedings Monday against the prime minister for failing to carry out its order to reopen a corruption case against the president, ramping up pressure on the beleaguered civilian government and pushing the country deeper into political crisis.
The Supreme Court ruling opened up the possibility that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani could be prosecuted, imprisoned and dismissed at the hands of the judges.
It came as the government is locked in a conflict with the army, and boosted the sense the administration could fall, squeezed between the court and the powerful generals.
The court ordered Gilani to appear before the bench on Thursday to explain his refusal to open the corruption probe against President Asif Ali Zardari.
Gilani might choose not to attend the hearing, which could trigger his immediate disqualification from holding office, or pledge to open the graft case. That would carry a political cost, and is something that Zardari's ruling party has said it will never do.
Ron Paul wants big spending cuts as president, spends big on first-class travel in Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has been spending large amounts on airfare as a congressman, flying first class on dozens of taxpayer-funded flights to his home state. The practice conflicts with the image that Paul portrays as the only presidential candidate serious about cutting federal spending.
Paul flew first class on at least 31 round-trip flights and 12 one-way flights since May 2009 when he was traveling between Washington and his district in Texas, according to a review by The Associated Press of his congressional office expenses. Four other round-trip tickets and two other one-way tickets purchased during the period were eligible for upgrades to first-class after they were bought, but those upgrades would not be documented in the expense records.
Paul, whose distrust of big government is the centerpiece of his presidential campaign, trusts the more expensive government rate for Continental Airlines when buying his tickets. Paul chose not to buy the cheaper economy tickets at a fraction of the price because they aren't refundable or as flexible for scheduling, his congressional staff said.
"We always get him full refundable tickets since the congressional schedule sometimes changes quickly," said Jeff Deist, Paul's chief of staff. Paul might have to pay out of his own pocket for canceled flights in some cases if he didn't buy refundable tickets, Deist said.
But records show that most of the flights for Paul were purchased well in advance and few schedule changes were necessary. Nearly two-thirds of the 49 tickets were purchased at least two weeks in advance, and 42 percent were bought at least three weeks in advance, the AP's review found.
Father of suspect in string of Calif. homeless killings is homeless himself
YORBA LINDA, Calif. (AP) -- Just days before being arrested, a Marine veteran suspected in the deaths of four homeless men in Southern California visited his father, who is himself homeless, warning of the danger of being on the streets and showing him a picture of one of the victims.
"He was very worried about me," Refugio Ocampo, 49, told The Associated Press on Sunday. "I told him, 'Don't worry. I'm a survivor. Nothing will happen to me.'"
The father also said his son came back a changed man after serving in Iraq, expressing disillusionment and becoming ever darker as his family life frayed and he struggled to find his way as a civilian.
The father said he lost his job and home, and ended up living under a bridge before finding shelter in the cab of a broken-down big-rig he is helping repair.
His 23-year-old son, Itzcoatl Ocampo, is awaiting charges in connection with the serial killings of four homeless men since late December.
Car bomb in northern Iraq kills at least 8 in latest in string of attacks since US withdrawal
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A car bomb blew up outside the northern city of Mosul on Monday, killing at least eight people, Iraq officials said, in the latest in a series of attacks to target the country's Shiite majority since the U.S. withdrawal last month.
Violence has surged across Iraq since the last American troops left the country, with a string of bombings that have left more than 140 people dead. Most of the attacks appear to be aimed at Iraq's Shiite majority, suggesting Sunni insurgents are seeking to undermine the Shiite-dominated government.
Monday's blast struck a Shiite district outside of Mosul, a predominantly Sunni city some 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, a police official said.
An official at Mosul's Al-Jomhouri hospital confirmed the death toll, and said at least six people were wounded in the attack.
Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.
'The Artist,' 'The Descendants' top winners as a tamer Gervais leads predictable Golden Globes
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- The Hollywood Foreign Press Association dared to let Ricky Gervais come back and host the Golden Globe Awards, a year after he insulted the organization and nearly everyone in the star-studded room with his lacerating wit.
But Gervais and the show seemed tamer and more predictable this year, not quite living up to outrageous reputations. Even the winners themselves, including "The Descendants" and its star, George Clooney, were predictable.
The victory for "The Descendants" in the best drama category sets it up in an expected battle at the Academy Awards with "The Artist," which won the award for best musical or comedy. Both had been frontrunners all along among people who are the business of prognosticating these things; Oscar nominations will be announced Jan. 24, with the ceremony itself coming Feb. 26.
Clooney won for his portrayal of a middle-aged husband struggling to raise his two daughters while their mother is in a coma. Jean Dujardin won the same award in the musical or comedy category for "The Artist" as a silent film actor whose career derails with the arrival of sound. ("The Artist" won the most film awards with three total, including one for Ludovic Bource's original score.)
It took the presenters and winners themselves to liven up the program -- and that includes Uggie, Dujardin's scene-stealing Jack Russell terrier in "The Artist," who performed some of his signature tricks on stage toward the end of the night.
Manning throws for 330 yards and 3 TDs, Giants stun Packers 37-20 in NFC divisional playoff
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- For Eli Manning and the New York Giants, Lambeau Field has become a familiar launching pad. After beating the Green Bay Packers at home for the second time in four years, they only hope this trip ends the same way -- at the Super Bowl.
Manning threw three touchdown passes and the Giants shocked the Packers 37-20 in an NFC divisional playoff game Sunday. Manning threw for 330 yards, sending the Giants to San Francisco for the NFC championship game next Sunday night.
The Packers (15-2) might have been the reigning Super Bowl champs, but the Giants (11-7) might be the hottest team in the NFL.
"I think we're a dangerous team," Giants coach Tom Coughlin said. "I like where we are and how we're playing."
The Giants stunned the Packers with a touchdown off a long heave from Manning to Hakeem Nicks just before halftime, then knocked them out with a late touchdown off a turnover. Lambeau Field fell silent as the Giants swarmed the field in celebration, with a handful of New York fans chanting, "Let's go, Giants!"


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My friend and fellow scribe John Perrotto, who has covered nearly two dozen spring training camps, says without hesitation that Andrew McCutchen is the Pirates' most electrifying prospect since Barry Bonds took the money and ran. From what I've seen from McCutchen this spring — the sweet swing, the dynamite glovework, keen batting eye, speed, power — I've got to agree.
So why is McCutchen not going to be on the Opening Day roster?
He needs more time in the minors, according to general manager Dave Littlefield. And, again, I agree.
McCutchen's resume shows just 192 games played in the minors — only 20 of them at Class AA Altoona. He has 741 career at-bats, all but 78 of them coming in rookie ball or Class A. Earlier this spring, McCutchen said the jump up to Altoona was good because he was able to face better pitchers — pitchers with more guile, to be sure, but also guys who are around the strike zone more consistently. Imagine what McCutchen will learn when he gets to spend an entire season facing better pitching.
If the Pirates were gonna be legit division-title contenders this season, it would make sense to have a guy with McCutchen's skills on the roster. But to force him to languish as a bench player for all of what likely will be a 75-win summer would be counterproductive. No need to start McCutchen's clock ticking toward arbitration and — sigh — free agency any sooner than you have to.
The only question now is, will McCutchen start this season at Altoona or Triple-A Indianapolis? In February, it seemed obvious that he was ticketed for Altoona. Now, I would not be surprised to see McCutchen as Indy's outfield in April.
Either way, he'll be at PNC Park come September. And for a long, long time after that.


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Le Belle Ballerine Written and Illustrated By Patricia La Rossa Perugina
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Le Belle Ballerine
The Beautiful Ballerinas is about Anna who finds herself dancing centre stage in her first ever ballet.
Anna experiences all the excitement of a successful performance with the elegance and grace ballerinas are renowned for... she is the star and Principal of
Le Belle Ballerine.
It has also been produced in Large Format – Image Wrap Hardcover book, which will enable children to fully enjoy and be immersed in Anna's Performance and to appreciate the
beautiful illustrations that accompany it.
Featuring all 8 Prints of the Watercolour Artwork of the Series called Le Belle Ballerine painted by Patricia La Rossa - Perugina
The 18 x 18 cm Story Book shown here available in Softcover, Hardcover with Dust Jacket and Hardcover ImageWrap also include small pictures of the Watercolour Artwork of the Series called Le Belle Ballerine by Patricia La Rossa - Perugina
It would make a perfect Gift and Keepsake for the little girl who loves everything Ballet and dreams of becoming a Ballet Dancer and perhaps even a Prima Ballerina.
Características y detalles
- Categoría Niños
Cuadrado pequeño, 18×18 cm
22 Páginas
- Fecha de publicación may. 29, 2008
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Patricia, known as Perugina, is mainly self taught and has had a love of drawing and painting all her life. Based in Sydney and working from her studio at home, Perugina spends her time exploring different mediums, techniques and styles producing works in Graphite, Oils, Acrylics and Watercolour that depict her love of Flowers, Cats, Still Life and Female Figure forms. She has finished working on her current watercolour series Le Belle Ballerine A series that has been incorporated into a Children's Story & Picture Book and Birthday Book. You can visit more of her works at PERUGINA ART http://peruginaart.blogspot.com/ Drop in and leave your thoughts.
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I think there are a lot of signs but it is all body language... The way he looks at you, how he holds you after sexy, Does he hold your hand or cuddle... The gentlest caress or look could be giving it all away but sometimes it is hard to see... Let me know more about how he acts with you and I can give you a better answer...10|10|0
Well, we had sex on the first date. before and after he said I was different from most girls, an angel and that he really likes me a lot. After sex, we cuddled and spent time with me afterwards, took me out for lunch then dropped me off at work. This was 3 days ago and have not heard from him since. I think I just got played. I should have made him wait. Now its hard 4 me to believe anything special a guy does 4 me. It could all mean nothing. even after the sex like this guy did.
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Fabulous Fall Centerpieces
Give your table a festive look with a pretty centerpiece that's perfect for fall gatherings -- large or small. Our tips for fall centerpieces help you incorporate natural and faux elements into your decor for a festive and bright fall table.
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Dress Up Fall Fruits
Add a bit of sparkle to the rich palette of autumn with this simple idea for fall centerpieces. Choose a few complementary pears or apples and adorn in a variety of patterns with adhesive decals in shimmering silver, bronze, and gold tones. Group together in a bowl or place a few along the length of a table runner.
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Cover Pumpkins in Flowers
For pretty and quick fall centerpieces, create this beautiful autumn centerpiece with a small pumpkin, a grocery-store bouquet, and hot glue. Choose a bouquet of mums in harvest colors, and cut each flower just below the flower head. Attach each blossom to an uncut pumpkin with a dab of hot glue. Sprinkle colorful leaves and small gourds around the pumpkins for added interest.
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Repurpose Old Globes as Fall Centerpieces
This arrangement is as attractive as it is easy. Turn old globes into a distinctive fall centerpieces for a unique spin on seasonal decorations. Separate the globe's hemispheres and fill each one with colorful leaves, seedpods, small pumpkins and gourds, pinecones, and bittersweet.
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Combine Flowers and Fruit
Choose fruit and blossoms in shades of the same color for monochromatic and beautiful fall centerpieces. Yellow apples, pears, and flowers create this sunny centerpiece. Arrange the fruit in a compote, add an inch of water, and then tuck in flowers and greenery.
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Paint a Pumpkin for the Focal Point
This humble cornucopia takes a glamorous turn with a single mini pumpkin dressed in shining gold. Arrange pears, apples, and gourds in a cornucopia. Brush silver Luster Dust (available at a crafts store) onto the tops and stems of white mini pumpkins that are clean, dry, and at room temperature; scatter several at different spots around the house for stunning fall centerpieces and place at the center of the cornucopia.
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Use Plenty of Color
Bring beautiful fall color inside for your fall centerpieces with a table runner sprinkled with fallen leaves and pretty pumpkins. Create the table runner using camel-color wool, flannel, or felt as a base. Cut the fabric to size. Lay coordinating ribbons along the center of the runner and secure with double-stick tape or a dab of fabric glue if necessary. Set a compote or cake stand in the center and scatter leaves, mini pumpkins, and pears down the runner. To give fall centerpieces such as this table runner staying power, use fabric leaves and glue them to the table runner base.
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Create a Gilded Fall Centerpiece
To add instant color to your fall centerpieces, fill a gilded pitcher with a brilliant bouquet of roses, dahlias, and rose hips. Lightly spray flower petals and rose hips with gold paint to echo the glint of the pitcher.
Watch: Easy Fall Centerpiece Ideas
Try these three quick and easy ideas with apothecary jars, nuts, beans, ribbon, and more to make easy fall centerpieces.
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Use Indian Corn in Fall Centerpieces
Nestle colorful ears of corn on a bed of wheat for a feast of earthy color and texture that's distinctly fall. Fit a shallow bowl with dry florist's foam, leaving the foam an inch or two taller than the bowl. Insert wheat stalks into the foam, parallel to the table top. Partially remove the husks from several ears of Indian corn and arrange them on top of the wheat.
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Display Fall-Color Flowers
Glistening red currants create the framework for this asymmetrical bouquet, which is a wonderful example of how pretty flower-focused fall centerpieces can be. A pink-hue hydrangea bloom and a few red roses add interest to the angled line of the design.
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Arrange a Fall Platter
Interesting gourds or pumpkins can stand alone or be surrounded by textured natural elements for beautiful fall centerpieces. Pressed fall leaves peek around the edges of this platter, topped with a casual handful of nuts and candies.
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Create Bountiful Fall Centerpieces with Vegetables
What better way to celebrate the Thanksgiving harvest than by creating fall centerpieces using a feast of gorgeous green vegetables? To make, stretch two sturdy rubber bands around a white pillar candle, then tuck green beans or asparagus under the bands. Cover the rubber bands with satin ribbon. To make the artichoke candleholder, cut the top off and a bit of the center out of the artichoke. Set the candle in the hole. Decorate the platter with a few white mums and hypericum berry sprigs.
Editor's Tip: For safety reasons, do not let candles burn unattended. Only let candles burn for an hour or two at a time, and do not burn them down to the rubber band.
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Combine Natural and Faux Elements
Two rows of artificial pears glued and picked together form the simplest sort of fall centerpieces. Bundles of rye tucked into the spaces further the autumn look.
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Elevate Pumpkins for Fall Centerpieces
Say good-bye to plain orange pumpkins -- creamy-white varieties look elegant as fall centerpieces when adorned with silver glitter and nestled in boxwood atop a silver wine bucket. Use this look for an elegant Thanksgiving or for a seasonal bridal or baby shower.
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Get Creative with Candles
Garnish plain pillar candles with leaves for elegant and understated fall centerpieces. Choose a few favorite leaves from your lawn. Determine placement of leaves on each candle. Coat the backs of the leaves with decoupage medium and smooth in place on the outside of the candle. If necessary, use tacky white crafts glue to hold the stems down. Cover the sides of the candle and the leaves with one or more coats of decoupage medium.
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Add Personalized Messages
Show your guests that you're thankful for them this fall with a tabletop tree full of leaves and personal messages, which offer an inspirational way to personalize fall centerpieces. Arrange twigs vertically in an urn, and anchor the arrangement with decorative rocks. Write short messages on decorative paper, punch a hole in one corner of each piece, and tie the notes to the twigs using skinny ribbon. Fill in spaces with colorful faux leaves, available at crafts stores. For added fun, sprinkle blank cards and writing utensils on the table for guests to write their own messages to add to the tree or other fall centerpieces.
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Use All-Natural Elements
Swirl bittersweet vines around large pumpkins for instant and fresh fall centerpieces. Place the pumpkin on a platter so moisture won't ruin the tabletop, and complement the pumpkin with smaller natural elements, such as star anise, dried fruit slices, pinecones, or moss.
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WOW, your burger looks amazing.
Mcdonald's Veggie Burger is simply amazing and a yummy Indian Burger. The Burger Buns are stuffed with delicious homemade Aloo Patty, a Secret Sauce and Veggies. After lot of struggles and efforts, finally I made McDonald's Veggie Burger at home, because it is one of my favorite burger at McDonald's. I couldn't succeeded fully in making it at home because in mcdonalds they have amazing techniques of making sauces and burgers. But my burger was well satisfying for me and my family.
In today's culture, vegetarian (or veggie) burgers have become more popular in fast food restaurants and markets. If you love vegetables, but wish to have it in a burger style, then it's really easy and tasty.
Sometimes I make this burger at the time of dinner and a prior preparation is the best thing for making super quick and easy McFresh dinner. The best part of the recipe is by far the secret sauce, the ultimate burger enhancer and it can be made only if you are getting all the ingredients.
If you like veggies, then you are going to love this burger. A crisp veggie patty, sprinkled with shredded lettuce, juicy tomato and homemade sauce is worth to eat. Hopefully you all will enjoy my homemade burger as well.
Mcdonald's Veggie Burger is simply amazing and a yummy Indian Burger. The Burger Buns are stuffed with delicious homemade Aloo Patty, a Secret Sauce and Veggies.
If you are calorie conscious and still want to enjoy this burger at home, then do not deep fry the aloo patty. Instead of deep frying you can shallow fry or cook the patty on hot tawa/ griddle.
If you want you can put a slice of onion and a slice of cheese in it for more flavors.
If you are looking for more Indian Fast Food Recipes, then do check our Indian Fast Food Section.
WOW, your burger looks amazing.
WOW, your burger looks amazing.
My kids loved it. thanks.
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Just For Graphs greeting card 3-pack
Enjoy some of the best graphs from the show in greeting card form! Perfect for when you want to give someone a card and you also want to give them a graph. Because these are both of those things.
Set of three cards, one of each design, printed on recycled card with white envelopes, all packed into a sleek cellophane wrapper.


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Hawthorn's players have not given up on a top-two finish, but are acutely aware of their need to limit their opposition to lower scores in the final stretch of the season.
The Hawks conceded 110 points in Sunday's loss to Fremantle, and have not won a match in which they have given up 100 or more points this year, losing five times.
They play Geelong on Saturday night in what looms as a qualifying final preview, with the Cats one of the sides to have broken the 100-point barrier against them.
While Jarryd Roughead's return from suspension will strengthen Hawthorn's attack, the club must monitor defender Matt Suckling, who rolled an ankle during the loss to the Dockers.
Although conscious of the need to better restrict its opposition and certain that his team had not yet played its best football, midfielder Sam Mitchell said the club also needed to make more of its own opportunities.
The Hawks had 26 scoring shots against Fremantle for a final score of 13.13, despite compiling just 38 inside-50 entries to the Dockers' 52.
Mitchell said his team's midfielders needed to make life easier for their teammates at both ends of the ground if they were going to finish the season in their best possible form.
"We needed to win more centre bounces and we need to keep winning more centre bounces, that's what makes things easier for everyone in our side," Mitchell said after Sunday's loss.
"If we can do that we make it easier for our forwards, because at least it gets the ball in there more often and gives them the chance to do something with it.
"It also helps the defenders, because all of a sudden they can start competing in contests closer to the middle of the ground, which is really important to how we want to play.
"If our defenders have to compete deep and they lose, it's a goal, whereas if you lose higher up the ground then you've still got another two or three chances to get the ball back.
"That was an issue for us, and certainly we can do things better around the centre bounces in the next six weeks.
"We want to finish as high up as we can – if you can finish in the top two and get that advantage it really helps – but we just need to keep trying to win every game and play as well as we can.
"It sounds like a funny thing because we didn't play terribly, but we're going to need to play better if we want to be successful this year, so we'll look closely at all the things we can do better next week."
Mitchell said there was no danger of Hawthorn underestimating Geelong, which has beaten Hawthorn in 12 of their past 13 clashes. The Cats' 11-win run was ended by the premiership-bound Hawks during last year's finals series.
"People have underestimated Geelong for 10 years. For as long as I can remember, Geelong has been talked down, and it's almost like they've been that good for that long that people forget how good they are," Mitchell said.
"They're a very good side playing really good footy. They're the sorts of games you want to play in, against quality sides when a lot of people are watching.
"We'll get to do that in six days' time, and for us it's a chance to keep trying to play the way we want to play and need to play.
"We've played some pretty good footy this year and we've played some ugly, yuck footy and still won some games.
"It's a sign of a good side when you can do that, but we certainly haven't hit our straps they way we would have liked, and there's still a lot of things we can improve in the next few weeks."
While the Hawks have worked their once-bulging injury list down to just a few players, Cyril Rioli is still some way off returning from the hamstring injury that has kept him out since round 15.
He said on Monday that he had not lost hope of playing a part in the Hawks' finals effort.
"I want to be out there playing footy with the boys. I'd love to be back but I'm still trying to get my leg right and that's my priority," Rioli said on Channel Seven.


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3 comments:
- Steve Kostelecky said...
Thanks for a great image. Zugsmith also addressed youth on a rampage in "Girls Town" for MGM and Cathy Crosby, Ray Anthony and James Ellroy hero Dick Contino were in that as well.
- August 15, 2013 12:02 PM
- DaddysSoulDonut said...
Proof that this is an authentic representation of the Beat Generation: Louis Armstrong is involved!
- August 15, 2013 12:20 PM
- estiv said...
Richard Matheson got around!
- August 15, 2013 10:47 PM
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WASHINGTON (Oct. 13)
Despite the Soviet-American Mideast statement of Oct. I denoting close cooperation between the two countries, the U.S. has not provided the Soviet Union with a copy of the Israel-American working paper which Washington has transmitted to five Arab countries, the State Department disclosed today.
Although President Carter praised the Soviet-American statement last Friday as an "achievement of unprecedented significance," the State Department appeared today to downgrade the importance both of the joint statement and the working paper.
When the Jewish Telegraphic Agency asked whether Moscow has a copy of the working paper, Department spokesman Hodding Carter replied, "No." Afterwards, he described it as "simply a paper" in U.S. efforts to "narrow the differences between the parties" in the U.S. initiated movement for a Geneva conference.
The joint statement represents views of the cochairmen of the conference, Hodding Carter said. He added that "the Soviet Union is very aware of our activities but not each and every detail has to be done together." He acknowledged, however, that all the parties to the conference have to agree on procedure before a conference can open.
A State Department authority told reporters that the Soviets were not given the working paper because the U.S. and Soviets each has areas in which to operate with more ability. While the U.S. relates to all the nations, the USSR "clearly has a different kind of relation than we have with some parties." In this context he pointed to the Soviets "direct relations" with the Palestine Liberation Organization. The Soviet Union is the prime backer of Syria which is a main supporter of the PLO.
The State Department source said "the joint statement did not preempt the field which we have been undertaking since February to work as a major broker in the area." The Soviet position supportive of the PLO and a Palestinian state, he said, has been "articulated publicly" and there are no changes in that.
It was understood that the U.S. sidelined Moscow on the working paper because a Soviet-American position might renew the uproar in Congress the joint statement caused.
In discussing the joint U.S. -USSR statement and the working paper, Carter said "We have positions not totally shared by Israel and by a number of parties," thereby indicating that the working paper does not represent a complete accord between the U.S. and Israel. Carter predicted changes in it after the Arabs provide their views on the working paper.


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The number of Victorians who smoke is not falling, according to latest research released by The Cancer Council Victoria today.
The latest data measuring smoking rates amongst Victorian adults in 2000 and 2001 shows that around one in five Victorian adults are regular smokers, the same as the Cancer Council's last survey in 1998/99. The figures are based on interviews with 4000 Victorian adults. The Cancer Council has conducted annual surveys of smoking rates in Victoria since 1983.
The findings, released today at the launch of a new campaign to encourage Victorian women to quit smoking, also show that smoking rates amongst young adults continue to be a concern.
Cancer Council Director Professor David Hill, said the latest figures show smoking rates are highest amongst Victorians under 30, where 29% are regular smokers, compared to 23% of Victorians aged 30-49.
'However, it is encouraging to see that while this group has the highest smoking rates, a substantial proportion of younger smokers are fairly light smokers. Almost half of men and two thirds of women in this age group smoke up to 10 cigarettes a day.'
Professor Hill said while it was disappointing to see that smoking rates had not fallen, the latest figures do hold some good news.
'It's important to remember that these latest figures will not reflect the impact of much of the Victorian Government's substantial recent legislative reform in the tobacco area.'
'In addition, the figures do not reflect the Government's significant recent investment into campaigns to encourage Victorians to quit.'
'Therefore, I would be very hopeful that the next set of figures will show more promising inroads into reducing Victoria's smoking rates.'
'As we know that effective advertising campaigns are a very important way to encourage smokers to quit, we would hope to see ongoing investment in this area.'
Professor Hill said that while the latest survey found that smoking rates haven't fallen, they do show Victorian smokers are smoking less, with daily cigarette consumption falling from 20 cigarettes per day to 17.
The latest figures show that Victorian men over 50 are the heaviest smokers, with a third of this group smoking 21 cigarettes or more every day.
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text: In particular, Cramer said high-flying tech stocks in particular cannot be owned forever. Technology changes too rapidly and what's red hot this year likely won't be next year. Likewise with cyclical stocks, said Cramer -- just because the economy is great today doesn't mean it will stay that way tomorrow. "Tech stocks are not the same as staple stocks," Cramer explained. There are tech cycles and there are economic cycles but there aren't cycles for Cheerios or Hershey bars. Learn from the dot.com bust of 2001, Cramer reminded viewers. Investors need to be ready to sell when the time comes. When it comes to high-flying stocks, Cramer concluded, "take profits on the way up, get out on the way down and be ready to jump ship when the time comes." --Written by Scott Rutt in Washington, D.C. To contact the writer of this article, click here: Scott Rutt. To follow the writer on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/scottrutt. To submit a news tip, send an email to: email@example.com. To watch replays of Cramer's video segments, visit the Mad Money page on CNBC.


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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan's football team will wear commemorative jerseys in its season opener against Alabama.
The school announced its plans Monday for the Sept. 1 game in Arlington, Texas.
The Wolverines will wear a white road jersey with maize across the shoulders and down to the sleeve. Blue piping will separate the maize from the white on the jersey. A blue block 'M' will appear on the left and right sleeve of the jersey, and the player numbers are blue.
Michigan will wear its traditional maize pants with the blue block 'M' on the left hip.


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Speakers of national prominence have volunteered their services to communities that have organized intensive drives for the United Jewish Appeal, Harry L. Glucksman, chairman of the administrative committee of the campaign to raise $3,000,000 this year for the aid of German Jewry and the settlement of Jews in Palestine, announced yesterday.
Among them are Rabbi Ferdinand M. Isserman of St. Louis, who spoke in Des Moines October 8 and will speak in Evansville, Ind. October 22; Ludwig Lewisohn, who will speak in Louisville October 22; Marvin Lowenthal, who will speak in Columbus, Ga., on October 12, in Birmingham, Ala., October 14, in Shreveport, La., October 16 and in Jackson, Miss., October 19.
Reports from Des Moines, where Rabbi Isserman narrated his first-hand account of the plight of German Jewry, described his address as a magnificent effort which moved his audience to tears.
As a consequence of the impression made by Rabbi Isserman, the leaders of the Des Moines campaign are sanguine of success. One-half of the quota of the drive was contributed on the spot.


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Possible finals matchups between champs highlight WCCA tournament
When Nico Megaludis and Jimmy Gulibon squared off in the 125-pound finals of the Westmoreland County Coaches' Association wrestling tournament in 2011 at Franklin Regional, a large crowd was entertained by an epic battle between returning PIAA champions.
History could repeat itself Saturday in the 2014 WCCA tournament.
Megaludis and Gulibon, Penn State teammates, won't be making a special appearance to repeat that performance, which was won by Megaludis, 4-3, but there is a good chance two finals bouts could feature returning PIAA champions.
Latrobe sophomore Luke Pletcher, the returning 106-pound Class AAA champion, could meet Derry sophomore George Phillippi, the returning 113-pound Class AA champion, in the 120-pound final. Pletcher edged Phillippi, 3-2, in a December dual meet.
The 132-pound final could pit Hempfield junior Sam Krivus, the returning 120-pound Class AAA winner, against Franklin Regional senior Tyler Smith, the returning 132-pound Class AAA champ. Smith and Krivus met in the Powerade Tournament and Smith rolled to a 7-0 victory.
The tournament begins 5:30 p.m. Friday at Franklin Regional. The finals are 7 p.m. Saturday.
Hempfield wrestling coach Vince DeAugustine said Smith had the better match against Krivus.
"Until that point, Sam was having a great tournament," DeAugustine said. "But against Tyler, he didn't set the pace. For him to get beat 7-0 and get dominated was a shocker."
Smith's plans were changed early in the season when teammate Michael Kemerer challenged him at 138 pounds. Kemerer won, and Smith decided to drop to 132. Also expected to compete at 132 is Penn-Trafford freshman Cameron Coy, who lost to Krivus, 1-0, at the King of the Mountain Tournament.
Smith wasn't pleased with how Franklin Regional wrestled against Kiski Area on Jan. 3, especially after winning the Powerade Tournament.
"I thought we were ready to roll," Smith said of the defending WCCA champion Panthers.
Pletcher and Phillippi also met in the Super 32 finals in late October with Pletcher pulling out a late win.
"Wrestling fans should be entertained again," DeAugustine said. "Those two possible finals, along with Franklin Regional freshman Spencer Lee (113) and a strong 152-pound weight class, I still believe our county is the best for wrestling in the country. There should be a lot of great matches."
Franklin Regional's Josh Maruca, Smith and Josh Shields; Latrobe's Zack Zavatsky; and Kiski Area's Shane Kuhn will attempt to become three-time champions this weekend, and Pletcher and Kemerer are looking for their second titles.
Hempfield's Ricky Cavallo, a two-time champion, will miss the tournament with an injury.
Lee, the No. 1 ranked freshman in the country at 113, could get a rematch against Latrobe's Ethan McCoy. The two met in the finals at the Powerade Tournament and Lee won 14-4.
Franklin Regional junior Devin Brown, who transferred from Saegertown, is a returning PIAA Class AA champion at 106. Nine other wrestlers entered who were PIAA placewinners.
Paul Schofield is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. Reach him at email@example.com or via Twitter @Schofield_Trib.


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The College of Wooster baseball team's season will continue.
On Monday morning, the Fighting Scots were among the six teams to earn a berth in the NCAA Div. III Mideast Regional tournament field.
Coming off their second-place showing in the North Coast Athletic Conference championship tournament last week, the Scots (34-12) earned their 12th bid in coach Tim Pettorini's 18-year tenure.
''Getting the call never gets old,'' said Pettorini, who was notified by committee chairman Jeff Jenkins early Monday morning. ''This is what we play for. This is why we practice at 10 p.m. at the Gault Center two night a week in January when it's freezing cold outside.
''This is why we do it. To have a chance to win the national title.''
The Fighting Scots enter the 6-team tournament as the fourth seed and will open against third-seeded and defending regional champion Anderson (34-12-1) Thursday night at 7 p.m. at Thurman Munson Stadium in Canton.
Marietta (45-5) is the No. 1 seeded team and will play sixth-seeded Rochester (26-12), which was shipped in from the New York Region, in the opening game of the tournament at noon on Thursday.
Second-seeded Allegheny (35-8) will face North Coast Athletic rival Ohio Wesleyan (31-14) Thursday at 3:30 p.m.
All games will be played at Thurman Munson Stadium. The tournament is expected to be concluded on Saturday with the time of the championship game to be announced later in the week.
Last season, Anderson defeated Wooster and came out of the loser's bracket to beat Ohio Wesleyan in the championship game.
Two years ago, the Fighting Scots won the event and went on to finish second in the national tournament.
Marietta is making its 24th appearance in the regional tournament and is the only team to earn a berth every year since the tournament began in 1976. It is Wooster's 17th appearance overall, which is second only to Marietta in the region.
''Now that we are in the regionals, to be there and get beat in two games doesn't accomplish anything,'' Pettorini said. ''The challenge now is to go over there and win the tournament.''


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I wonder if Shakespeare imagined something like the boil in this video when he was writing about the three Oracles. Although, to really give it thought, he probably saw much worse than this underarm boil. Kinda had a lack of medications during his time. Boils on various parts of the body were probably a fairly commonplace condition. Kinda had a lack of hygiene during his time, too.
Makes you rethink certain romantic love scenes in Shakespearean Theatre…
"Romeo, oh Romeo, wherefore art thou dear Romeo? Oh wait… there you are. I can smell you from here… Umm, no, please don't climb up to the balcony… Really, no need, umm, I think I'm gonna go inside now…. OK, buh-bye… (smelly guy, thinks he is gonna be my man. No way! Like, ewww!!!!!"
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GWEN IFILL: Next, advocates from around the globe are in Washington this week for the 19th International AIDS Conference. This year's keynote speaker was musician, songwriter, and performer Sir Elton John, whose 20-year-old foundation has raised more than $275 million to fight the disease.
In his speech and in his new book, "Love Is the Cure," Sir Elton told the story of how Ryan White, the young Indiana boy who contracted HIV through a blood transfusion, inspired him to create the foundation. White's death in 1990 also spurred passage of the Ryan White Care Act, the nation's largest domestic program for people living with HIV/AIDS.
I sat down with Sir Elton this morning after he spoke at the Russell Senate Office Building.
GWEN IFILL: Sir Elton, thank you for joining us.
SIR ELTON JOHN, Musician: It's a pleasure.
GWEN IFILL: You start your book by writing about how you came to your activism, and I just want to read something that you wrote.
You said you began the '80s, you lived through the '80s as a passive bystander to this human calamity that was exploding all around you, that you knew about AIDS, but you had done nothing about it.
SIR ELTON JOHN: I knew about AIDS. My friends were dying right, left, and center. I did a record with Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, and Gladys Knight. I did a couple of benefits.
But apart from that, I wasn't involved in anything. I wasn't out — you know, I know I wasn't in ACT UP. I wasn't with Larry Kramer. I wasn't by his side. I wasn't saying what I should do, because, by all accounts, I was a drug addict and an alcoholic. And I was living in a complete bubble of self-absorption.
GWEN IFILL: So you were someplace else during this period.
SIR ELTON JOHN: Yes.
GWEN IFILL: And Ryan White focused your attention.
SIR ELTON JOHN: Yes. It took a child. It took a child with a blood transfusion not only to wake me up, but to wake America up, basically.
I mean, I read about his plight in a doctor's office in New York in a magazine. I was so outraged about it that I contacted the family. We became friends. I helped them move to another place in Indiana. And we became constant friends.
And I spent the last week of Ryan's life in Indiana, Indianapolis, with Jeanne and Andrea, Jeanne, his mother, Andrea, his sister, and some other beautiful people who came. And it taught me a lesson.
It — he spoke to me. He spoke to me that my life was out of order. My life was a mess. I had no values anymore. And he was so stoic with his infection. He wasn't bitter. He wasn't angry. He just was a kid. He wanted to go to school and play football, drive his car. And he had no bitterness about him.
He had a kind of angelic aura about him. And his family, too, it's like, they are going through all this suffering, and I'm living this "Life of Riley" and I'm complaining about everything, and they are living this horrific life and complaining about nothing.
GWEN IFILL: Ryan White's life and death was — you are right, he was angelic, he was accessible once people got to know his story. It seemed typical Midwestern child.
But you write a lot about marginalized people and how they have been the ones who have suffered the most greatly because of AIDS.
SIR ELTON JOHN: Yes. Well, we can't leave anyone behind just because they are sex workers or they are needle users, intravenous drug users, prostitutes.
You know, no one should be marginalized in society when it comes to health. And, you know, we have — as a foundation, we have tried to champion those people and be by — be by their side and say, listen, these people cannot be forgotten. If you forget about them, then the disease is never going to go away.
GWEN IFILL: How great is the power of stigma in this?
SIR ELTON JOHN: It's tremendous.
I mean, that's what I focus on in my book and I focused on my speech yesterday. I can't talk about — as eloquently as everyone else about a prevention or medicine or, you know, funding, but I can talk about the human element, which is the main part of AIDS, because it comes to the human being and how they are being treated, what medicines they are on and what medicines they are not on.
And the stigma hasn't really changed that much in 31 years. You are still getting people — it's a shame-based disease. It's based on sexual transmission. And it's still shame-based. And until people feel strong enough and feel loved enough to actually open up and say, listen, I'm HIV-positive, then we are facing an uphill battle.
You know, it's a very treatable disease. You shouldn't feel ashamed. But I'm afraid that's carried on very much so from the first days of AIDS, when it was basically a gay disease. And then, of course, you know, it affected everybody.
But until we get rid of that shame, then people are going to stay underground, they are not going to get tested, and we're facing an uphill battle.
GWEN IFILL: You first started the Elton John AIDS Foundation 20 years ago?
SIR ELTON JOHN: Twenty years ago, yes.
GWEN IFILL: And you came to Washington — you write about it — some years ago, and met President George W. Bush for the first time. And he did not live down to your expectations.
SIR ELTON JOHN: He…
SIR ELTON JOHN: He lived up — well, he was someone that I wouldn't have voted for. His policies were not mine.
But we came for the Kennedy Center Awards, which was an incredible honor. Being a British person, I was bestowed this honor. And my partner and I, David, came. And we were so pleasantly surprised by George Bush and his knowledge of AIDS. He really — he treated David and I — and Laura — treated us like — they were so friendly and so courteous.
And he was passionate about AIDS. And we had a 10-minute talk at the interval of a concert at the Kennedy Center about AIDS. And I was astonished about how well-informed he was and his commitment to AIDS. And so it's the typical thing of don't judge a book by its cover until you have read the book.
GWEN IFILL: You are here in Washington at this International AIDS Conference, and you are also meeting people here on Capitol Hill about what they can do and what they can continue to do.
Do you find that government intervention is in the end more of a help or a hindrance, not only in the U.S., but worldwide?
SIR ELTON JOHN: Well, it is certainly a help in America, because I came in 10 years ago lobbying for money to President — to Senators Orrin Hatch and Edward Kennedy, and we were begging for money to stop this epidemic becoming a global pandemic, which it was.
But we — and they listened to us. And I'm here 10 years later, and I have just been at a breakfast meeting, as you were, and listened to the most wonderful speeches. We have come so far. It's become a real bipartisan cause, which I'm very happy to see. And in the case of America, and it's — certainly, without America, we'd be facing catastrophe.
GWEN IFILL: But so many nations in Africa especially resisted.
SIR ELTON JOHN: They resisted for a long time.
And now South Africa has finally woken up and it is doing great things. And if South Africa becomes the template to what AIDS is in the sub-Saharan continent, then all the other countries are going to follow suit. And Michel Sidibe, who spoke at the breakfast meeting this morning, was saying that there is so much hope for Africa now that South Africa has got its house in order.
When President Mbeki said, if you get AIDS, you can have a shower and it goes away. It's like, oh, come on. Or it's caused by poverty. We faced those kind of issues. But now, with the new regime, they have really woken up, paid attention. And when South Africa speaks, then the whole of Africa will listen. And I have got great hopes for that.
GWEN IFILL: But you have harsh words in your book for pharmaceutical companies.
SIR ELTON JOHN: Yes, of course. They're just making a killing out of people's death.
And they're benefiting by people's suffering. And I find that obscene. I find it ridiculous in this day and age, that that would happen. And it took President Clinton to go to rogue pharmaceutical companies to copy the antiretroviral drugs for a fraction of the cost.
And these companies are still threatening to sue. And it's like, you know, do you not have a conscience? Do you not want the world to be a better place? You're still making a profit. How much more of a profit do you want to make?
GWEN IFILL: You mentioned Michel Sidibe, who we talked to on the program last week about this, and he's very optimistic about where we stand now and the fight against AIDS globally.
Are — do you share that optimism?
SIR ELTON JOHN: Of course.
Twenty years ago, when we started, I was delivering meals to people in Atlanta. We were a direct-care organization. And it was — people needed meals, they needed transport, they needed medication, they needed buddy systems. They had a death sentence.
There was AZT, and that was just prolonging the agony, basically. Now people, of course, if they are on antiretrovirals, they face a lifetime of health, basically. I mean, it doesn't — it's I would say in the 99 percent certainty bracket that if you are on that medication, you will have a healthy life.
And we have come so far like that. I mean, the advances on the medication side have been enormous, and the advances on the human side have been enormous. But we still have this stigma to get rid of, and then we really will be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
GWEN IFILL: Sir Elton John, thank you so much for talking with us.
SIR ELTON JOHN: Thank you.
GWEN IFILL: I asked Elton John a few more questions about his music and his famous fashion sense. You can find that our website.


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Wow nice capture and treatment well done!
Thank you very much!
Some oldies here Rita….Remeber the days of the hippies and these machines..Nice shot.
John I sure do remeber the hippies and the good old days!
The ones i remember had hand painted flowers with peace signs. I would love to see these again. Well done Rita!
Yes your right the awesome flower power flower and the peace sign!
hey thats my 63 bus……….
hehe the awesome 60's..
totally cool! I remember my family having one of these when I was but a lad. We used to go camping in it . . .
Really how cool was that. Thank you for commenting and sharing your story..
definitely awsome 60's…keiki of the 50's kahuna of the present……….
Thank you what a fun photo day it sure was for me!
Sure does take you back 40 some odd years. LOL I can remember………… It was a simpler time of life, but a terribel war. Great capture of memories.
Thank you and yes these awesome Volkswagons do bring back the memories!
This is a really cool shot!!! I love your treatments!!! Nice Rita!
Leon thank you very much and wishing you a Happy Easter weekend!
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Festive fare
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Gathering with friends and family and toasting the year with fine fare and delicious treats—that's what the holidays are about. Fresh and unique, our collection of gourmet foods offers everything you need to make this season special. Join us, won't you? It's time to celebrate.
Raw Kale Salad
Organic, fresh kale gets a big boost from our house-roasted sweet potato, granny smith apples, beets, chia seeds and crunchy walnuts. Goat cheese and our apple cider vinaigrette brings it all together. A favourite for health nuts.


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Voices from D.R. Congo: Bitondo and Baby Wabiwa
For 29-year-old Congolese mother Bitondo Patience, malnutrition was a silent threat that attacked her daughter without obvious indicators. Her four-year-old, Wabiwa, showed signs of illness—vomiting, lack of appetite, running a temperature—but just what afflicted her was a mystery to Bitondo.
It wasn't until her little girl's feet started to swell that Bitondo got scared. Two weeks after Wabiwa got sick, Bitondo took her to see a traditional healer, but she didn't improve. A visit to a prayer room netted the same unfortunate result.
But when volunteer health screeners supervised by ACF came to Bitondo and Wabiwa's home village of Kalama, things changed quickly and for the better. Wabiwa's swollen feet helped screeners make a quick diagnosis of malnutrition, and take her for free treatment at a health center in Kilambwigali.
Screenings that Save So Many Congolese Children
ACF provides such screenings in abundance in D.R. Congo, a nation reeling from decades of conflict and neglect. The organization has worked in the country since 1997, and has developed a robust relationship with its Ministry of Health to strengthen D.R. Congo's health system capacity in fighting deadly malnutrition. This collaboration with the Ministry of Health has resulted in highly successful innovations like the Emergency Nutrition Pool (the PUNC, or Pool d'urgence nutritionnelle au Congo), and the Enhanced Nutrition Program (RPN, or Renforcement du programme nutrition) that have enabled the government to deploy medical resources, technical know-how and nutritional support across its vast territory in response to deadly outbreaks of malnutrition.
In 2010 alone, ACF trained nearly 4,000 public health workers and equipped 476 treatment centers, ensuring that 42,000 severely malnourished people—the vast majority of them children like Wabiwa—received life-saving care. And in 2011, Action Against Hunger's impact was even greater, saving the lives of more than 48,000 individuals from deadly hunger—a new record for ACF.
Bringing Baby Wabiwa Back to Health
Every Thursday morning, Bitondo made the more than five mile trek with her daughter from Kalama to Kilambwigali, a trip that took upwards of two hours each way. Bitondo says the journey was well worth it, as Wabiwa received high-quality nutritional therapy, including packets of Plumpy'nut, a protein-dense ready-to-use therapeutic food or RUTF.
And although the journey on foot was long, Bitondo is grateful that she could take her daughter to get care and then bring her home the same day; she does, after all, have four more children at home and another on the way.
"It was a blessing for our family that Wabiwa could stay with us at home while receiving treatment for her malnutrition. I was able to be present for her and to my other children, as well. I'm so thankful that Wabiwa's health has improved so dramatically. The swelling in her feet is gone, and she has regained her appetite. I thank ACF for its wonderful work."
—Bitondo Patience, mother of four-year-old ACF nutrition program participant Wabiwa Patience, DR Congo
She's also grateful for the information ACF staffers gave her about the root of Wabiwa's malnutrition—undernourishment. Bitondo, an agricultural worker whose income potential was hindered by the regional insecurity, was struggling to provide adequately for her growing family. Wabiwa had been eating very little protein-rich fish or meat, surviving mostly on fufu, a starchy paste made from cassava.
Thankfully, little Wabiwa was thriving after completing just two weeks of ACF nutritional treatment. The edema in her feet had disappeared, as had her fever and vomiting symptoms. Her appetite grew strong. Program staffers and community volunteers encouraged Bitondo every step of the way, ensuring that Wabiwa received an uninterrupted course of treatment before she met discharge criteria.
And only a month after first setting foot in the Kilambwigali center, Wabiwa has been given a clean bill of health. She has been cured of her malnutrition. She's seen such hardship in her young life, but in four short weeks, she was back to being four years old.
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How has this story inspired your thinking about programs combating malnutrition? What messages of hope would you share with Bitondo and Wabiwa?


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The panel of my iLiad had some problem last week. Now it's fixed.
Last week, while I was reading, it was all of a sudden, a white vertical line appeared on the panel, and the contrast became really low. The white line would not go away, black and white not as it was. Then, I thouht, finally, after 5 years service, I have to find a replacement.
I started to survey potential options on the market. It's frustrating that there is no more 8 inch panel after iRex went bankrupt.
Today, I found that the panel becomes normal. The white line goes away, and contrast is as it was.
I tried to recall what did I do today. The only thing relevant, I guess, is that I read under the sun. The panel of my iLiad is vulnerable to UV ray. When I read under direct (even weak) sunshine, the panel will get blur. The problem is not permanent, everything will get back if I read in a room or with shelter.
Today, I read in the sun for roughly 10 minutes without caring the blurred display. Then I turned it off. So, I guess it's the UV ray saved my iLiad. Can it be true? Anyway, I wish my iLiad can serve me one more year.
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2011-02-25 / Neighbors
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Simi diner thanks man who saved her life
Last month, Simi Valley resident Tresa Kassan was reading her weekly community newspaper when she came across a story that sounded eerily familiar.
The article described the heroic efforts of a Rancho Simi Park and Recreation District ranger named Jim Rosales who, while out celebrating the retirement of a fellow ranger on Dec. 29, saved the life of a choking diner at Red's Barbecue.
After reading the article, Kassan immediately called her parents in Winnetka.
"(Tresa's) the one who called us and she said, 'Mom, you're in the paper,'" recalled Lenni Miller.
Lenni and her husband, Fred, checked out the story online and were amazed by what they read ("Local hero: Park ranger rescues choking woman," Jan. 28 Simi Valley Acorn).
"I didn't know how bad it was until I read the article," Fred said. "And I was there."
Lenni agreed.
"We didn't even know how serious it was," she said. "The paramedics told me I was close to what they call 'clinical death.'"
That December night, the 64-year-old had taken her first bite of dinner when she began choking on a piece of meat. She remembers someone coming up behind her to help, but after that, she passed out. When she woke later in the hospital, she didn't know who her lifesaver was.
But after reading the story, she had a name. And Ranger Rosales, who had simply returned to his dinner party after the rescue, was interested in finding out who she was, too.
Fred Miller called Larry Peterson, general manager of the park district, to see about meeting the man who saved his wife's life. Peterson told him Rosales was going to be honored for his efforts at the Feb. 17 park district board meeting and invited the Millers to attend as a surprise.
It was then that Lenni was able to hug her "forever hero." As Rosales accepted his Above and Beyond certificate, Lenni was called from the audience and the two instantly embraced.
"Thank you so much," Lenni said into Rosales' ear, tears welling in her eyes. "I don't know how to thank you. I'm glad you knew what you were doing."
"I've never been in that position," she continued. "I've never had that happen to me, but I'm so glad you were there."
"I'm really happy we found you," Rosales replied.
While she did suffer from post-traumatic stress after the incident, knowing how close she came to dying and realizing how quickly a life can end, Lenni is doing fine physically.
She is a bit put off by steak at the moment, joking that she's moved on to fish. But above all, she and her husband feel grateful that Rosales, a retired LAPD officer who is trained in CPR and first aid, was at the restaurant that night.
"It's an experience I don't ever want to go through again, but I'm thankful I'm alive," Lenni said.
Though she knows she can't repay Rosales for what he did, Lenni felt she had to do something to show her gratitude. So she got him a gift certificate to—where else?—Red's.
"I wrote (on the card), 'Have dinner on us, without interruptions,'" she said with a smile.


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NEW DELHI – A Japanese woman has lodged a sexual harassment complaint against a 57-year-old Indian whom she claims molested her on a flight from Bangkok to Kolkota, police sources said.
The woman, whose identity is unknown, filed the complaint Friday at Kolkata airport's police station, saying the man molested her on a Thai Airways flight Thursday night.
Confirming the incident, the sources said that an Indian man, identified as Narayan Singh from the northern state of Haryana, has been arrested. He was to appear in a local court later Saturday.
Thai Airways officials in Kolkata said the plane landed in the city at midnight, but declined to give further details.


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PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A retired police officer is back on the job to direct traffic while dancing for drivers.
Tony Lepore, known as the dancing cop, has returned with some fancy footwork for his 30th holiday season, patrolling traffic in Providence.
Once a full-time officer, Lepore has grooved his way into the national spotlight for incorporating his smooth moves into his daily police duties.
After his retirement, the city asked the 66-year-old to come back during the holidays.
This year, as a special holiday treat, Lepore will hand out candy canes to children passing by.
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By Kim Steele
Killeen Daily Herald
HARKER HEIGHTS - Council members are preparing to purchase a street sweeper and ambulance to replace old and dilapidated city vehicles.
The council on Tuesday instructed Alberta Barrett, the city's finance director, to amend the general fund budget for 2011-12 to allow money to be transferred for the purchase. Barrett will return to the council April 24 with an ordinance for approval so the vehicles can be ordered.
The purchases would amount to more than $384,000.
Public works director Mark Hyde said the 17-year-old Crosswind Sweeper, manufactured by Elgin Corp., has been repaired repeatedly, with $5,015.40 in parts and service since October 2010. Hyde said because the sweeper is so old, parts are no longer available.
Also, the vehicle's computer system, which controls all its sweeping functions, continues to malfunction. Hyde said a new computer system would cost about $8,500, if it could be found.
"We have one street sweeper, and that was purchased in 1995," said Hyde. "That's a long time for a street sweeper to run. In fact, Elgin Corp. tells us we have the only running 1995 sweeper in the United States."
Hyde said the sweeper gets a lot of use, with daily street sweeping year-round and an additional herbicide application each day in the summer. Kinloch Equipment & Supply in Arlington submitted a quote for $191,729 for a 2012 similar street sweeper.
Also, the city received a quote for $192,825 from Frazer in Houston for a new ambulance. It would replace a 2003 ambulance with 168,375 miles that has seen almost $6,000 in repairs since 2009.
"The current ambulance is old and isn't reliable, and that's something we can't have," said Deputy Fire Chief Glenn Gallenstein. -
The city also would be serviced by two other newer ambulances - a 2006 vehicle with 177,000 miles and repairs totaling almost $30,000 since 2009, and a 2009 ambulance with 96,277 miles and about $6,500 in repairs since it was purchased.
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Ever look closely at the portrait of Andrew Jackson on a $20 bill or the buildings and portraits featured on special edition coins? Those were all done by artists—and alumnus Christopher Madden happens to be among them.
Madden is a journeyman banknote engraver at the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP). The position was well earned; Madden had completed a 10-year apprenticeship as a banknote picture engraver.
During his apprenticeship he served under a master engraver and developed a progressively more complex set of engraving and etching skills.
"At the end of 10 years I then became a member of a very small fraternity of highly skilled craftsmen whose methods and traditions can be traced back to many prominent early American artists such as Asher Durand, Walter Shirlaw, and Paul Revere," Madden said.
BEP focuses on the development and production of United States currency and other security instruments and is currently the largest producer of government security documents. They completely redesign the Federal Reserve Notes every seven to 10 years—primarily to head off counterfeiters and keep up with special edition pieces.
"Day to day we are in the early stages of designing and engraving concepts for future banknotes," Madden said. "For example, I recently engraved a new portrait of Andrew Jackson for future currency use and also had the honor of engraving the official portrait of President Barack Obama in 2009."
Madden's work requires a level of secrecy along with a great deal of practice and dedication. Madden also points out that, in his opinion, this type of engraving is the strictest and most difficult manner of creating a picture in the world.
"As an engraver, my mandate is to exactly translate a tonal model into matrices of lines, dots, and dashes cut into varying depths and widths that will print faithful images for both aesthetic and security purposes," Madden explained.
"When my engraving is finished, the plate is used as part of an overall project, numbered, and securely placed into a main vault," Madden said.
Although his apprenticeship taught him details relevant to the engraving field, he thanks CCAD for prepping him for this professional path.
"The professors planted seeds in my mind that bore the fruit for me as an artist and engraver over the years," Madden said. "They demanded a level of excellence and an ethic of thinking about design and methodology."
"Engraving is a beautiful and largely lost art/craft, but in reality I also need to accept that I am ultimately creating a product and not my own art," Madden said.
To counter that, Madden works on his own paintings. In the last few years he has taken up plein air painting and has a studio at the Griffin Art Center in Frederick, Maryland, where he also teaches classes.
"The biggest difference between my work as an engraver and my painting is I have total creative control over what I make and what I create [with painting]," Madden said. "Also, since engraving is such a demanding discipline, painting allows me to have that push-and-pull ability."


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(CBS News) The House of Representatives will vote this week to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law. The vote, which was announced by House Republican leaders immediately following the U.S. Supreme Court's health care ruling, will be the 31st time the Republican House will have voted to repeal or defund all, or part, of the Affordable Care Act.
But the move, like most of the votes before, will lead to nothing. The Democratic Senate won't consider it. And even if a sprinkle of magic fairy dust fell over the Capitol dome, and the House and Senate somehow agreed to repeal the law, Mr. Obama has the ultimate say with his veto pen.
That could all change next January depending on November's election results. The Supreme Court ruled that the heart of the health care law, the individual mandate, is constitutional, but that does not mean Congress can't change the law in the future. Of course, repealing the law won't be easy and many things would have to fall in just the right place for Republicans to get their way.
Here's the list of the many events that would need to take place for Republicans to succeed in repealing the law before key provisions are fully implemented in 2014:
Mitt Romney wins in November
As mentioned earlier, the president has veto power to strike down any law Congress passes. Congress can override a presidential veto, but it needs two-thirds of both the House and Senate to vote in favor of doing so. Congress has only overridden seven vetoes in the past two decades. Even if Republicans take all of Congress but President Obama stays in the White House, the health care law would stay in place as Democrats envisioned the law.
Republicans take the Senate - and win BIG
One quirk of the Senate that House members from both parties bemoan on a regular basis is that it usually takes 60 votes to do almost anything in the Senate. Want to bring a bill to the floor? Takes 60. Want to end debate? Takes 60. These are the big votes. The final vote on passage is usually an afterthought if senators are able to clear that 60-vote threshold. The current breakdown of the Senate is 51 Democrats, 47 Republicans, and 2 independents that caucus with the Democrats. That means Republicans would need to pick up at least 13 seats for a filibuster-proof majority. While it is possible Republicans could take the four seats needed for a majority in the Senate, no one is predicting they will win so many seats that they would have what's known as a "super majority" with 60 Republicans. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell told a local Rotary Club audience recently that repealing the health care law would be the first item on the agenda if they win the Senate, but repeal won't be that easy.