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NEW SINGLE, "Call Me Crazy", out today!!
Part of an upcoming small collection of little acoustic-based songs, called 'Songs From The Center', this one was written in New York in December. It features the masterful Rod Castro on guitar, along with Mr. French (guitar & vocals) and David Berg on bass
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Dear, Lovers & Lunatics ~
As I look back over the past year, I am reduced to a state of wonder.
Speechless, nostalgic, slightly confused wonder.
It's been such an eventful year, throughout the World. For all of us.
So much has happened to us, so much has happened for us.
In my life, it's actually been a bit of a brutal one.
Trying and tumultuous, 2011 really turned out to be much more difficult than I had expected -
ending about as differently as possible from how I thought it would, at this time last year.
But the one thing that has kept me sane, as always, has been Music.
With Annie Automatic, we released our first full-length album, which we wrote and produced and distributed ourselves;
we released a Comic Book alongside the album, which over 10,000 people picked up at San Diego's Comic-Con;
we've played some amazing and glorious shows; we've gotten to know some of you better,
and made some brand new friends along the way.
All in, I just wanted to take this moment to Thank You, sincerely, from the bottom of my curious heart.
While we don't rely on the approval or validation of others,
we treasure and appreciate your support more than I could ever explain in words.
For everything.
Yes, we do what we do because it's just who we are...
but our MAIN GOAL is to make Music and Art that has a real, clear affect on people.
Something to help you get through your day, push you forward, go with you into your Life and be with you in the dark.
In 2012, we will aim to make better and better music for you,
to get out more - to get out further - to see you in person and celebrate with more shows.
But, for now - we want to wish you a fun, safe, and reflective New Year's Eve.
Take the time to be with the ones you Love, the ones who Love you back.
It doesn't matter what else is going on, there are always other parties, other people, other things.
What's important is taking the time to be with the ones who matter in your Life.
To take the chance to look back, together, and be grateful for another year Lived, and all the lessons learned.
Tomorrow, New Year's Day, I will release a brand new song from our Facebook band page for Free.
It's a cover, one that means a lot to me, for anyone else out there who has had a slightly blue holiday season.
You're not alone.
A New Year means a fresh, New Start.
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YouTube Tags. YouTube finally decided to remove all video Tags from showing up on video pages. ytKeane from youtube mentioned, this move has been taken because gave users an opportunity to abuse tags. Keane said Youtube see that the tags are not really needed by the users. In fact, video tags are abused by copied from one video to another video.
He wrote:Tags no longer appear on this page – this isn't a bug, but a change that went out this week. Having them on the watch page, in some cases, gave users an opportunity to abuse tags by copying them from other videos. We also didn't see much usage of tags by the average viewer.
In no way does this mean you should not tag your videos. YouTube will continue to use it for discovery and search purposes. Keane explained:Though tags don't appear on the video page, anyone who uploads should keep adding them to your videos. Tags are still used to aid the discoverability of your videos like they have before, the only difference now is that they don't appear on the video page.
Since YoTube become the second biggest search engine after Google, abusing keywords on video tags be the easiest method to get Top Rangking for Video. This situation, of course, will open up new opportunities for programmers who will create software that can unhide youtube tags.

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I would say this latest venture from "The Brothers Strause" is mercifully short. But mercy doesn't figure in the ambitions of the siblings who shared credit (blame?) for "Alien vs. Predator- Requiem."
A bunch of attractive 20somethings party all night and wake up to an unearthly light. Vaporish fireballs fall all over Los Angeles. And then people are sucked skyward into beast-ships where, we can assume, they're dinner guests -- the main course. The wrinkle here is, you look into the light, you're drawn to it.
Eric Balfour of TV's "24" and "Haven" is Jared, prepared to stick-like-glue to his newly-pregnant girlfriend Elaine, of TV's "Trauma." They were visiting Terry, played by Donald Faison of TV's "Scrubs."
You see a pattern here? Faison might have had the Will Smith role, that of the hip black guy who growls "Aw HELL no." But no. he only shoots his pistol at the beasties and yells "You want some'a that?" Or words to that effect.
The survivors of those first abductions bicker or whether to hunker down or make a break for it. Time passes through time-lapse photography as they hide out. They watch a lot of what transpires through a spotting scope through the windows of Terry's penthouse.
That's indicative of why "Skyline" is an epic fail of a monster movie. There's no urgency, no close-contact immediacy to it. The group starts as a sextet, shrinks to a quartet, adds a couple of people, loses a couple more. And we don't care for an instant about any of them, don't identify with them and don't try to reason their way out of this hopeless mess with them. That neck-up style of acting so suited to TV doesn't work in a movie where you're dealing with the unfathomable.
The characters, like the viewer, are simply bystanders -- observers of a special effects battle between Stealth fighter bombers and Predator drones and alien squid ships and their offspring.
Thus, "Skyline" plays like an effects guru's resume reel, not a movie.
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Cast: Eric Balfour, Donald Faison, Scottie Thompson, Crystal Reed
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I have been to a few sites that they don't get personal with anyone. Blogs mostly. I understand your concern. We shouldn't have to RELY on EP however, sometimes at the end of the day it's all you have to speak your piece. I couldn't believe that there were other women that felt like I did and I felt alone. It's comforting to know I'm not the only one having heartache. Even when I am happy It's good to spread a smile. <3
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This disease is spread through corrupted blood, via injury or ingestion. After 1-4 days PC must make DC 17 fort save or incur 1D4 Str and 1D4 Con damage. Once infected, can only be removed by wish, cure disease or death. Every 24 hr`s past first symptoms PC must make DC 17 fort saves or incur constant damage until either dead or cured. Infected persons show signs of confusion, blindness and paralysis, if cured, Recovery time is 1d6 days of bed rest. If killed, person rises as a zombie.
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April 05, 2010, 3:41 PM — Helen Mickiewicz, a sharp-eyed T-Mobile customer in San Carlos, Calif., noticed something odd on her mobile phone bill earlier this year: A charge for $6.05 for something called a "regulatory fee." Curious, Mickiewicz read the fine print and found that T-Mobile levies the fee to compensate itself for collecting government-mandated taxes and fees related to her service.
Be clear: the $6.05 is not a tax. "T-Mobile is charging me $6.05 a month to collect taxes and fees of $4.30 a month. That's like Macy's charging me for collecting sales tax on something I bought," she told me.
That's what I call a sneaky fee. More and more companies, from airlines and cell phone providers to computer makers and cable TV providers, are separating all sorts of little charges from the basic cost of the service, in an effort to look cheaper than the competition. In many cases, the charges are so small you might not notice them. But they add up.
[ Broadband providers sell connection speeds using "up to" marketing tactics. Good luck determining your actual speed -- and don't bother looking to the FCC for help. See CIO.com's recent story, The Truth About Broadband Speeds. ]
How much does this consumer-unfriendly game cost you? Obviously it varies, but a research firm called the Ponemon Institute sent questionnaires to nearly 28,000 consumers and found that on average, sneaky fees cost each household about $920 a year. The survey was conducted in 2006; sneaky fees have almost certainly gone up since then.
Beating Sneaky Fees is Tough
"There are a lot of legal ways that companies offer what seems to be a good deal and (legally) add fees to lure consumers into what turns out to be a more expensive agreement than was advertised," says Michael Spinney, a Ponemon analyst. "It's sort of buyer beware."
Even well-informed consumers often strike out when they try to beat a sneaky fee. Mickiewicz contacted T-Mobile, the Federal Communications Commission and the California Public Utilities Commission--all to no avail. Particularly galling was a response by a well-meaning T-Mobile employee who told her that "everybody (all the phone companies) is doing it."
You should certainly let vendors know that fees like this don't incent you to be loyal to their brands. Another strategy is to avoid the fees in the first place--if possible.


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FORT PIERCE - The Fort Pierce City Commission has met twice in workshops to discuss the city's budget for fiscal year 2013.
But with home values still in decline, the balance to maintain quality services with decreased projected revenue becomes harder to accept.
The taxable property value for a home in Fort Pierce dropped by 4.76 percent for 2012, according to the St. Lucie County property appraiser's office.
Also, Gloria Johnson, the finance director for the city, reported at a recent city commission meeting that more residents didn't pay their taxes last year, which resulted in less revenue collected.
During the first workshop on July 13, city commissioners were against raising taxes and instead discussed ways to increase revenue. During the second workshop, however, they were more open to raising the millage rate to 5.7131 percent. The increase in the tax rate would balance the proposed budget of $32.3 million, an increase of approximately .4 percent from last year's $32.2 million budget.
According to a memo from Nick Mimms, interim city manager, increasing the rate will result in approximately $10 million in increased revenue for the city, but will still be $105,270 less than the revenue received last year.
Part of the reason for the increase in this year's budget is the addition of nine police officers and two switchboard operators to the city's payroll.
The officers were funded by a federal grant that has since expired, and the city is now fully responsible for their salaries, which increases the budget by $312,341.
Also written into the budget is a 2 percent salary increase for all city employees, as well as a health premium increase of 3.3 percent.
As far as other spending goes, the budget addresses some older equipment.
"The telecommunications for the city of Fort Pierce is rapidly deteriorating and is negatively affecting communication with the community," Mr. Mimms wrote. "Obsolete telephones, workstations and connected networks have hindered this organization."
The meeting scheduled for Aug. 29 to discuss the budget further has been cancelled, so the next meetings concerning the budget will all be held in September.
The first meeting on Sept. 4 will be a public hearing on the tentative budget, followed by a public hearing on Sept. 17 to announce the millage rate the city will use in the upcoming year.
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On a day when the city was still in euphoria over one of the biggest trades in Chicago sports history, another trade made months ago was made to look even worse than it was at the time because of the release of another player. I am talking about the release of Chad Gaudin. This was obviously the right move and many of us saw this coming from a mile away. Gaudin was pretty bad this spring and really since he came to the Cubs in July. The only reason I was kind of hoping he would stick around would be so that the DeRosa trade would still make sense. Now that Gaudin was released, it makes the DeRo' trade look even worse than it did in January. At the time, people justified the trade by saying that they sold high on DeRosa because of the season he had last year and that they needed to cut salary to get Bradley. Honestly, DeRosa was pretty damn good in the WBC and probably will have a similar season this year as he did last year so selling high is something I can say they did not. He is just good. The other reason, $$$, just took a hit. They traded DeRosa's $5.5 million dollar salary for three players whose contracts totaled $1.2 million. Then they signed Miles for $2.5 million. This led to a net gain of $1.8 million, plus 3 players who many scouts say will never see the majors. Today, though, the Cubs released Gaudin and his $2 million dollar salary for...NOTHING! Great job Cubbies management. You could have released Gaudin at the end of last season and it would have cost you what? 400K? We knew that Lou didn't really like Gaudin so why give him a chance at $2 million? There is no good reason. We knew he didn't stand a chance. So in the end, the Cubs gained roughly 200K and three players who probably won't amount to anything by trading DeRosa. A lot of people have criticized the Bears this week for giving up a lot for Cutler, but at least they aren't the Cubs who gave up a lot for, well, nothing.
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I think the decision is probably partly based around how DeRosa had a career year (those kinds of things don't get repeated unless you use steroids), he bats righty, and the Cubs have a cheaper, lefty version in Mike Fontenot. For the sake of lineup equity trading DeRo made a lot of sense.
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And at 17 years old i met him at the Fise contest in Montpellier, and you can not imagine how big it was for me,we went both in final, and it was unreal to ride with my idol in the same skatepark, his run was amazing. And after the contest my Mom, without a word in english, ask Mike for a picture and surprised me, I could not even say a single word, we took the picture and he told me " Alex your run was really good", i answered with a shame thanks but in my head it was like "OH MY GOD!!!! MIKE JUST TOLD ME MY RUN WAS REALLY GOOD".
And When i heard of his crash years after i was devastated, waiting for every news. And at first it was impossible for me to watch the video of him at the hospital.
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As a tribute to my good friend Brett Ewins, Forbidden Planet International ran a tribute blog on him and his art, http:// forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2012/the-art-of-brett-ewins/
They've very kindly run a seperate feature on some Bad Company art that Brett and I did together… for a proposed prequel we did back in 2005. http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2012/in-good-company/
Brett was also responsible with Steve Dillon for setting up DEADLINE Magazine, which unveiled TANK GIRL to the world.
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Ben Affleck can be pretty unbearable, but he can also dial up a decent movie. And Argo is just that—interesting, taut, and fun, as you know walking in to the theater that it all ends up alright. Honestly, though, he should never play a guy named Tony Mendez again. Affleck's about as ethnic as Pat's Steaks.
That said, I enjoyed it, and I never thought I'd like to be reminded of the Iranian hostage crisis for even 10 seconds, never mind 2 hours.
I caught Prometheus last night with one of my teen sons and his friend and enjoyed it. Ridley Scott makes beautiful movies, and he probably has 2 of the top 5 sci-fi movies ever (Blade Runner, Alien).
But it was a little clunky, mostly because it bolted together two kinds of movies—an action/horror movie and a Big-Question-meaning-of-life movie (and all in an economical 124 minutes—thank you, Mr. Scott). That said, this kind of dual-purpose film-making splits the focus and the impact of either part of it. At least for me.
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Jewelcrafting is the obvious go-to here, and rightfully so; pretty much anyone can make money as a jewelcrafter without much effort. However, my vote actually goes for Enchanting, because if you're able to feed your own mats it can be immensely lucrative and it's difficult for competitors to flood the market in the same way they can with JC.
By Blizzard making red the primary gem for almost every PvE build and THEN making it no better drop rate than other colors.... bottleneck = profit.
Think about profs. We upgrade gear so often in this game, gems and enchants are always going to be the big profs. Enchants aren't as high in my book because everyone gets enchant mats from group DE or vendors. You can't buy Gem's this expansion except in DS raid. Also, some enchant slots are different profs like LW and Tailors for legs. Only JC's can do gem slots... no competition for those slots. Hands down... JC.
Others can make money... but JC wins.
For serious, jc... I just recently started trying to make money out of jc, and with a little bit of effort over three weeks or so, I'm probably going to hit the 100k mark in the next couple of days.
While it's the process of prospecting ore and cutting gems that's making me heaps of money, it's definitely supported by alchemy (i mail carnelians, alicites and zephyrites to my xmute master alt to change to blue gems, which I then craft into cut inferno rubies and the amberjewel and ocean sapphire pvp gear) and by enchanting, to de jc gear made from hessonites and jasper, and to turn that into profitable enchants. It's really a three profession synergy that makes me money.
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Tennessee State Senator Stacey Campfield has made anti-gay efforts his personal crusade. Campfield is particularly concerned about anyone mentioning homosexuality in the schools. In his own take of "What will the children think?," Campfield introduced bills in the Tennessee legislature the last two years seeking to prevent any mention of homosexuality up to the eighth grade. This year's bill is different. It would require counseling and parental notification of any student determined to be gay.
Stephen Colbert sums up Campfield's anti-gay positions better than I can. Here's a video from his show. The first four minutes are about Campfield.
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Of course, what really makes Campfield stand out on this issue is his interview with TMZ. Of all the places for a conservative Tennessee State Senator to agree for an interview, TMZ shouldn't be near the top of the list. This exchange between TMZ and Campfield is particularly noteworthy:
TMZ: If they're going to engage in homosexual acts anyway, why not teach them how to protect themselves?
CAMPFIELD: You know, you could say the same thing about kids who are shooting heroin. We need to show them the best ways to shoot up. No, we don't. Why do we have to hypersexualize little children? Why can't we just let little kids be little kids for a while? Why do we have to have little kids be…
TMZ: Do you believe in sex education period?
CAMPFIELD: If you can show me where it works, great.
So the problem with Campfield is not just teaching children about what gay means, it is sex education in general. Campfield's peculiarities don't stop here.
When Todd Akin made his rape comment last year, guess who came to support him? Yep, Campfield. From his personal blog, Campfield referred to a website that said stress can lead to a miscarriage. The website stated that a raped woman is stressed so the chances of miscarriage are more likely. While that may be true, that is not what Akin said, but Campfield likes to keep his distance from facts that might counter what he believes.
From Metropulse is a summary of Campfield's tenure as a legislator since 2005.
He has tried to join the legislative Black Caucus. He has pushed for bills to issue death certificates for aborted fetuses, and to force women to look at fetal ultrasound images before having an abortion. He has lobbied for the right of both faculty and students to bring guns onto college campuses. He has proposed a range of legislation on things like child support, orders of protection, and sexual-abuse allegations, that, as a Nashville Scene blogger put it a few weeks ago, seem to derive from a sense "that women are crazy lying bitches men need protecting from." He is bothered by the existence of gay-straight student alliances, and he is passionate about a bill that would forbid any discussion of homosexuality in elementary or middle schools. He wants to eliminate the state's pre-kindergarten education programs.
Campfield has a strong interest in children, women, abortion and gay issues. Interestingly, Campfield, who is 44, has never married and has no children. Maybe Campfield is just a dedicated public servant who has a mission in life.
But I doubt it. There should be no surprise if we find that Campfield is arrested in a Tennessee bathroom someday claiming a natural "wide stance" or caught in his car with a male prostitute. To be this anti-gay and never married or had children suggests that there is some heavy repression going on.


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When you get out there thinking you're the most important member of the team, you're headed for failure, says Wally Amos. The founder of Famous Amos Cookies found out the hard way that you can't just indulge your whims and let the chocolate chips fall where they may. How he developed a spiritual understanding, recovered his good name and started a new, more successful company serves as a great recipe for other entrepreneurs.
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I don't know exactly how to start this…I'm getting pretty nervous.
But yeah. ok. My life at home I thought was wonderful. I had both parents and 3 older half brothers from my mom's side. My brothers were always in trouble though, so my parents were especially disappointed in them. So with me, I wanted to constantly make my family happy. So I always continued to listen and show respect to my elders.
Well, as I was growing up my mom was always working. She was working like 14 hours every day and plus over time. And since my brothers were all teenagers they were also always up and about. So, the only person left in the house to watch me was my dad. Ever since I can remember he always touched me. My mom even told me that when I was very young every time another male tried to hold me I'd cry hysterically. But, with my dad it was different. Everyday he would touch me. It happened so often I just thought it was normal.
I remember that when I was very young my mom took me to a regular check up. After the doctor was done looking at me, he had us both sit down in his office. He then told my mom that I had an infection on my vagina and that kind of infection is due to rough play. He asked my mom if someone is touching me but she just said, "NO". She didn't know. And she claims to have asked my dad about it and he said he hasn't so she just thought nothing else of it.
One of the earliest things I can remember was when he took me into him and my moms bathroom and pulled out his penis. He just asked me for a massage. He said, "Here put your hand on it like this, don't be afraid". I gave him a weird look but he just laughed and pulled my hands and placed my fingertips around it. He pressed my fingertips against it while moving it in circles. I remember him saying, "see, just a massage" and he smiled. He let go and told me, "here you try it" so I just stood there giving him what I thought as a massage. I was like 5 at the time. He would always make me get naked in front of him and he would always touch me all over and kiss me all over. He would say that he was just massaging me when he'd put his hand down my pants. He'd have me kiss him all over his body and always try and kiss me on my lips. He'd have me suck on his tongue and kiss his neck. He'd always grope me, kiss me, lick me, give me oral, dry hump me and have me give him little hand jobs, like I described before.
I remember this other time when I was about 6 or 7 and he had me go to his room like usual. (well back then it was mine and my parents room since we shared one) but he took off all my clothes. He took off his pants and sat down on the edge of the bed and picked me up and sat me on top of him facing him. He started to feel me all over, then all of a sudden stopped and pulled out his penis. I got really scared because at this moment I thought he was going to try and put it in me. He put his penis touching my vagina and had me jack him off again. He never came though. At the end of every little deed he had done to me he always ran to the bathroom, most likely to finish off…ugh.
But yeah, Soon after that I tried telling my mom that he had raped me since I didn't know the word, "molested". So she took us into their room and asked me if any of my brothers had sex with me. Of course I said no because they have never once touched me. Then she asked me if my dad has ever had sex with me and I said, "kinda" since he never put it inside me, you know? Then she asked me what I meant and I told her that he kisses me and touches me just like if someone were to have sex. She then took me out of the room and had a talk with him.
A couple of days later she picked me up from school and pulled over on the side of the road. Being really nervous I just sat really still. She turned towards me and asked if I wanted to send my dad to jail. And I replied "what?" she repeated her question and I just got silent. She then started saying "oh…well he's your dad you know? He's the one that takes care of you when I'm at work and he buys you all of your clothes and everything. Do you really want to send your dad to jail? You know he is your dad…" and she just kept going on and on. so I just told her no and she said ok.
Another thing that I remember was after he had gotten done giving me oral, he thanked me. He told me, "you're such a great daughter and I thank you, your mom is always gone and it's nice you are doing this for me". I remember as I was growing up I hardly went to the doctors anymore. And when I did my dad made sure that I didn't get a check up in my private area.
So every other week or so he'd have me go to what he called his "office" which was like half of the garage (he built up a wooden wall to divide the garage into two). But he'd have me lay down on his couch. He'd have me get into these weird positions and get a q-tip and some Vaseline and touch me every where in my whole private region with it. Every time I'd say no, he'd always tell me that if I were to go to the doctors they'd hurt me and stick big needles in me. He told me he was just doing me a favor. If I didn't really want it then he could schedule me an appointment right now to have them stick big needles in me. So of course I was terrified and just let him do it. It was so weird with him…there was like no regular dad and daughter time. I mean, even the simplest little hug he would reach down and grope me. I always knew he was going to do something whenever he'd go and close the blinds. ugh.
The last big memory I have about him was when my mom had went to Thailand to go visit our family. She was gone for a week or so. I was in the 8th grade so I was about 13 or so. Well he brought me into his room and again like usual had me take off my clothes. Well he took them off of me, but anyways he did the usual, kiss me all over and what not…ugh…but anyways yeah I remember that he turned me over on my stomach which was different…I guess he took out his penis because he got on top of me and I felt something kinda wet touch my butt cheeks. I gasped and he abruptly got up and went straight to the bathroom. I was so shocked and nervous that I just got all my clothes back on and went to the living room and started watching tv acting as if everything was normal.
After that I had to do a project in school. We had to research a big topic and I picked spousal abuse. During all of the research I came across molestation and incest. I was so shocked…I didn't know what to do. So ever since then I started treating my dad really different. I started to rebel against him and did anything I could to be so rude towards him…just so he wouldn't want to touch me anymore…
During that summer I had my birthday. The day after it I decided to try and tell my mom of everything he had done to me. It hurt me to be so rude towards him since my parents had always told me to show respect. So I told her as much as I could at first. She started crying hysterically and told me she was so sorry and that she puts it on my life and her life and on God himself that she will get me away from him the next day or just as soon as possible. I was so happy that I finally told her…because this is when I had thought that I would get away from him. Well, the next day my mom had come up to me and had said , "well he has no where to go and we don't have any money to go anywhere and I talked to him about it and he said he'll stop". I was so hurt I just yelled at her and went to my room and cried and cried… I remember the next day he came to my room as I was crying and looked at me and asked, "why are you crying?" I looked at him and he wasn't even looking at me. I asked him why he did it this to me. He just looked me straight in the eyes and his exact words were, "I didn't do anything wrong, I just showed you that I loved you", it hurt me so bad…
So I was stuck with my parents for another year or so. I ended up running away a couple of times and until my brothers found out what had happened. They picked me and my boyfriend up and we went and made the report and everything. My parents are now divorced and I live with my brother. It's hard to talk to my mom and be nice because I still have a grudge towards her. My dad got sentenced earlier this year. He got sentenced to 26 and a half years.
I still have memories like anyone would. I have a fear of older men, a strong fear and just ugh, it gives me anxiety and gets me really nervous and sad because of this. I used to cut myself and everything. I was really bad in school and have wasted my first two years of high school. But now I'm just trying to correct my mistakes and live my life.
I'm still kinda stuck in the past…but am making progress. I just hope that any other girl that's reading this that may be going through this will tell a trusted person and get help. I love my dad but he was just using me…and it really hurts to know that this whole time he was just using me. He always told me I was such a great daughter and I was so beautiful. He always isolated me from my brothers and now I figure it's because he didn't want that secret to spill out to them.
Well, I thank you all that have read this and I admire all of those who have gotten through this and have now restarted their lives. I'm on the road to recovery and am almost fully to that point where I believe I will fully be living in the present, not my past.
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Paranormal Activity 4 is arguably the weakest entry in the series, but if one still gets their kicks out of these films then that probably won't mean all that much.
Too bad it nearly falls apart in the end, undone by what must have been poor editing choices.
Instead of the mystery of the known, we spend half our time trying to figure out who in the hell we're supposed to be looking at.
Full Review | Original Score: C+
Seven Days
The dread that should be smothering is merely an intermittent itch.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/10
Georgia Straight
The fourth entry in the hugely successful film series just can't match the others in the nightmare-making department.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5
We Got This Covered
Paranormal Activity 4 is the worst of the series and one of the worst horror films ever made. It's bloated, drawn-out and has no idea how to provide a single scare.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5
Fan The Fire
A lack of originality does hold the film back, but with decent work behind the camera and a breakneck finale, Paranormal Activity 4 is still a solid watch if you've an evening spare, or horror film night coming up.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5
Cinema Crazed
It's a strong and creepy expansion of the mythos, but one that could have used a lot more work in the story department.
The eerie inertia and starkness of the past films' imagery are mostly gone here, and that style is what had set this series apart for me.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)
Little depth or subtext here. It's tough to care about the fate of a generic, whitebread family and its blonde-in-distress living in an airless, gated-community Nevada. We've seen the creepy kid and freaked-out teens in countless fear-fests before.
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The chills are centered at the end of 'Paranormal Activity 4.' Even more creepy is the "cute factor" of little kids that permeates most of the movie. Although the franchise may be running out of steam, this segment is more than mediocre.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4
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And, then there was four. "Paranormal Activity 4″ is a sequel to the second film, not the third, and totally unnecessary, of course.
Full Review | Original Score: D
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For the most part Paranormal Activity 4 is effective. It's problem lies in originality. Needed was something more than the "same old" for this sequel to truly stand out.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5
The latest instalment in a franchise of cheaply made mass-marketed movies that have lined the pockets of producers who chanced upon the holy grail of license-to-print-money filmmaking.
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The popularity of this reliable if repetitious franchise suggests that anxieties over the ubiquity and invasiveness of social media and its related technologies may trouble even the most enthusiastic members of the plugged-in generation (even teenagers).
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Kids teleconferencing on their stupid computers=NOT SCARY!
Full Review | Original Score: 1/5
Anyone who's seen the other entries can tell you this series has never been about the story. "Paranormal Activity 4' proves this once again, and when you factor in the lazy writing and complete lack of scares, it easily earns the title of worst entry yet.
Full Review | Original Score: 1/4
The Scorecard Review
Unfortunately, this franchise has finally seemed to run its course. There are less quality scares, and now a story that almost doesn't matter.
Full Review | Original Score: 5/10
Birmingham Post
Orin Pelli's original idea that we'll keep wanting to pay good money to watch a digital clock ticking over has surely run its course now.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5
Boston Phoenix
When the scares do come, they come fast and hard but, unfortunately, far too late.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/4


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A crowd gathers on the south side of Houston street just off Norfolk Street in 1905 in front of "Little Hungary" — waiting for Teddy Roosevelt.
read the details on the history blog
Good bye and thank you Elliot Carter. photo (2004) at the Angel Orensanz Center
Flatiron Rising, 1902 (via)
Flatiron Rising, 1902 (via)
It was a bit of a walk — but surely worth it.
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We hear that Fashion Week's major theme is black & white - with texture all over.
Meet Ms. Selma Bondi, one of the four daughters of Dr. Jonas Bondi, the rabbi installed in 1858 by congregation Anshi Chesed in our building. This photo shows her in 1876, the year she married Isaac Mayer Wise, the leading reform rabbi and newspaper editor from Cincinnati, who fell in love with Ms. Bondi while inspecting her late father's library. (from the collection of the American Jewish Archives)
Just in time for the High Holidays, our new neighbors arrived.
(Shana Tova card from the 1920s.)
Labor shows its power in 1887 on Union Square. (courtesy of NYPL)
"A Holiday Crowd Bound for Coney Island, Ulmer Park and Bath Beach" in Zeisloft's "The New Metropolis" (1899)
It's surely not a beach crowd; gamblers, bookmakers and gentlemen on their way to the race tracks; an easy ride from New York's East Side.
Yep, between Houston & Stanton; from 1850.


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More Fall Sports News
KHS looking for HOF help
Kaneland's Hall of Fame is looking for contact information concerning members of the 1977...
- Posted October 29, 2011
Conference chase complete
Early lead holds up for NIB-12 East champs in 31-28 win in Morris MORRIS—All that...
- Posted October 27, 2011
Soccer ousted by Cadets
DeKALB—There would be no last-minute magic for Kaneland soccer on Saturday evening.
- Posted October 27, 2011
Volleyball falls in regional to Glenbard S. in three games
KANELAND—In coach Todd Weimer's regime, the fact that Kaneland was one point away from...
- Posted October 27, 2011
Fifth place at own regional good for boys XC
ELBURN—When you deal with boys cross-country rosters like Yorkville and Crystal Lake Central, the...
- Posted October 27, 2011
Lady Knights XC sees season continue with third place
KANELAND—It would take a team effort to make it out of one of the...
- Posted October 27, 2011
Opportunity knocks for Kaneland
35-21 win at Sycamore leads to Week Nine showdown at Morris SYCAMORE—For the second time...
- Posted October 20, 2011
Tennis sends frosh/senior duo to State gathering
The doubles unit of senior Amelia Napiorkowski (right) and freshman Madi Jurcenko (left) had...
- Posted October 20, 2011
Gil! Late heroics send KHS soccer to regional final Sat.
KANELAND—After struggling in the previous two outings against conference rival DeKalb, the Knights soccer...
- Posted October 20, 2011
Lady Knights on good pace after second in conference
GENESEO, Ill.—Three runners in the top 10 equaled a second-place finish for the Kaneland...
- Posted October 20, 2011
Boys XC sees improvement, third place in NIB-12 action
GENESEO, Ill.—Looking at how the Kaneland High School boys cross-country team performed at the...
- Posted October 20, 2011
Volleyball sweeps rival Sycamore
KANELAND—It had been rough going the past week and a half for KHS volleyball. Six...
- Posted October 20, 2011
Knights knock Foxes
Buschbacher sees plenty of end-zone in 45-7 win over YHS KANELAND—One would have to wonder...
- Posted October 13, 2011
Guyton, Yonkovich see season end at Sectionals
KANELAND—Playoff golf arrived with a vengeance, and had a KHS girls golfer with the...
- Posted October 13, 2011
NIB-12 crown makes smashing time for KHS
Napiorkowski, Jurcenko,Emmanouil take top honors ROCHELLE, Ill.—What better way to approach postseason play than a...
- Posted October 13, 2011
Soccer stopped by two schools before NIB-12 win
KANELAND—Kaneland soccer had five matches in nine days, and while the action was close...
- Posted October 13, 2011
Younger Lady Knights go west
KANELAND—Under sunny skies in Sterling, Ill., a younger KHS girls cross-country lineup was trotted...
- Posted October 13, 2011
Knight boys XC takes to Sterling, Byron
KANELAND—At Byron, Kaneland's 31 points was tops for the meet, above Byron's 62. Richmond-Burton's...
- Posted October 13, 2011
Lady Knights in midst of six-match skid
KANELAND—For awhile, the Lady Knights volleyball contingent was stacking wins. Photo by Madeline Cole
- Posted October 13, 2011
Tennis' trajectory still skyward
KANELAND—This has been an impressive season for KHS tennis by any stretch of the...
- Posted October 6, 2011
Yonkovich shoots to Sectional for KHS golf
Despite a sixth-place finish in the IHSA Class 2A Regional at the Highlands of...
- Posted October 6, 2011
Comeback city
Knights overcome 17-point second-half deficit in Barb-land DEKALB, Ill.—DeKalb Barbs football, as exhibited by the...
- Posted October 6, 2011
Soccer wins pair after loss to conference foe DeKalb
KANELAND—Kaneland (9-4-1, 4-2-1 NIB-12) suffered its second loss this season to DeKalb in a...
- Posted October 6, 2011
Girls XC take biggest piece of Pretzel Invite
The Kaneland High School girls cross country team impressed at Freeport's annual invite on...
- Posted October 6, 2011
Lady Knights get dig on Dixon
KANELAND—Lady Knights volleyball continues to go on a tear after solid wins against...
- Posted October 6, 2011
Knights take Freeport race
KANELAND—With four of the top seven slots all taken by Kaneland, it was a...
- Posted October 6, 2011
All cylinders firing
Regular season win streak at 15 with 35-14 win over Hubs KANELAND—Knights football was the...
- Posted September 29, 2011
Soccer dishes shutouts to Yorkville and Sycamore
KANELAND—Once again, the Kaneland High School soccer roster found a way to acquaint itself...
- Posted September 29, 2011
Lady Knights tennis snags first at Rochelle Invite
KANELAND—In a lighter week for Kaneland High School tennis, the Lady Knights' action still...
- Posted September 29, 2011
KHS golf earns win over rival DeKalb in conference action
KANELAND—Consistency and depth are two intangibles that KHS coach Mark Meyer preaches and touts...
- Posted September 29, 2011
Hole-in-one hijinks
Hughes Creek was the site of recent exceptional golf accomplishments. On Aug. 27, Scott...
- Posted September 29, 2011
Johnson, Carter show improving times at ACC
AURORA—Oakhurst Park in Aurora was the site of a new challenge for the Kaneland...
- Posted September 29, 2011


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Central Auditory Processing Disorder: What It Is & How To Manage It
By Donna Geffner, Ph.D, and Eve Kessler, Esq.
The American Speech and Hearing Association defines Central Auditory Processing as the efficiency and effectiveness with which the central nervous system uses auditory information; in other words, it's what the brain does with what the ears hear. A Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)—also referred to as an Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)—occurs when the central nervous system has problems processing auditory information.
The Basics
Children and adults with CAPD have difficulty processing auditory input, especially in unfavorable listening environments. They also have problems using auditory information to communicate and learn.
CAPD manifests itself in a number of ways, some of which look a lot like other learning difficulties. Examples include poor performance in listening tasks, understanding speech, developing language, and learning in general, all of which could be symptomatic of other learning disabilities as well. (See below for a list of signs and symptoms.)
Auditory processing difficulties can have a tremendous impact on learning, from the ability to absorb content presented verbally to utilizing phonics strategies when reading and spelling.
Research suggests that 3% to 20% of children have CAPD and that a significant number of those children also have attention issues, such as ADHD .
The assessment for CAPD includes a complete audiological battery, a CAPD battery, a Listening Inventory, and electrophysiological measures, such as a functional MRI.
Parents should discuss with a professional audiologist the types of tests needed. Most assessments must be conducted by an audiologist specifically trained in CAPD and should take place in an environment that includes a soundproof booth.
Children spend 45-60% of their day focused on listening, much of that time in school. Classrooms are often noisy places, and children have a harder time than adults hearing speech in noisy environments; for children with high-risk listening conditions such as CAPD the problem becomes even more acute. Proper remediation is therefore critical.
Appropriate treatment and modifications can help improve attention skills, speech perception, eye contact, and reduce listening difficulties and listening fatigue. Following are some evidence-based strategies that have proved effective for kids with auditory processing issues.
Classroom Modifications
School modifications for students with CAPD aim to eliminate noise and distractions in their learning environments while enhancing important sounds and signals
The most widely recommended modification is a sound field FM amplification system, which provides uniform amplification throughout the classroom, regardless of the position of the teacher or students. It consists of a microphone and transmitter worn by the teacher, which amplifies her voice and improves the sound-to-noise ratio of the listening environment.
Personal FM systems, with a student wearing an earpiece and the teacher wearing a headpiece microphone, are even more effective in improving the sound-to-noise ratio and making it easier for a student not to miss anything.
Other changes in the school environment and in teachers' behaviors can have a beneficial impact as well. These include putting rubber tips or tennis balls on chair legs, keeping doors closed, using carpeting or rugs on floors and curtains or drapes on windows, and installing acoustic tiles to soundproof ceilings and walls.
It also helps for students to be given preferential seating, have access to a quiet study area free from distractions, and for teachers to speak slowly, use visual models, and get a child's attention by touching his shoulder or saying his name.
Home Modifications
It is also important for noise levels and distractions to be reduced at home. Lack of proper insulation can make for a poor study area with increased distractions; carpets and rugs can help reduce the overall noise level of the home.
Children should work in an area without a telephone, siblings, or other distractions. Some children may need to wear earplugs; others may need tutoring or "coaching."
Coping Strategies
Children with CAPD should be taught self-advocacy skills. If they cannot hear properly, they must become comfortable asking parents or teachers for help.
Some kids benefit from pre-teaching vocabulary words so they'll know the words and concepts when they hear them used in upcoming lessons.
Other helpful strategies include getting notes from an organized buddy, using a tape recorder with reduced-speed playback, and learning to visualize auditory information through a particular reading or spelling program (such as Lindamood Bell Visualizing and Verbalizing® or Cast-A-Spell).
Auditory Discrimination Rehabilitation
There are numerous trainings that focus on specific deficits experienced by children with CAPD. Those with auditory closure challenges have trouble filling in what they do not hear. Their training consists of vocabulary building, using silly sentences or wrong words and learning to recognize degraded words in context.
Other kids must be taught to interpret, organize and integrate information, discriminate differences in frequency, follow directions, sequence properly, and detect gaps in sentences. They learn by replicating rhythms, reading aloud, and playing electronic games that encourage fast responses.
Binaural separation rehabilitation trains children to pay attention to what each or both ears are hearing by listening to words, digits, and messages in the presence of background noise and distractions.
Figure-ground activities train kids to recognize words and differentiate them from background noise. Activities may include noise-desensitization training to obliterate background noise interference, and listening to directives in a background of increasing noise.
Some children with CAPD must also be taught to distinguish sound sources by identifying the source of the sound while a clinician moves around the area.
Another form of rehabilitation trains the brain to integrate auditory information across brain hemispheres by carrying out directives that arrive at the brain from both ears. For example, children will learn to verbally identify tones, sounds, or phonemes through tactile cues of objects in the left hand while describing or drawing a picture with the right hand.
Children might also need training in the following deficit areas: auditory attention (maintaining focus over a period of time for an intended purpose); auditory cohesion (interpreting, organizing, and synthesizing auditory information on a higher-order level of functioning, such as listening comprehension, categorization or discerning the main idea); and auditory latency (responding without delay to auditory input; for example, being able to process an entire sentence without missing the beginning or the end and being able to understand rapid speech).
- Technological Help
Some computer programs or apps are available to address CAPD deficits at home. Because the field is changing so rapidly, it's best to get specific recommendations from an audiologist or your school AT specialist. In general, the options include multi-sensory, interactive games that focus on auditory skills, blending, sensory integration, and phonological awareness; software designed to help kids learn faster, improve memory and become better thinkers; and programs that build auditory attention and help children become better listeners and readers.
Donna Geffner, Ph.D., is the Graduate Program Director in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, and Director of the Speech and Hearing Center at St. John's University, Queens, New York. Eve Kessler is president and co-founder of SPED*NET Wilton (CT) and a former Chair of the Connecticut Council on Developmental Disabilities.


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Need last-minute plans for Saturday? You're in luck! Boston Casting is hosting an open call for extra work on an upcoming feature film set in the 70s. The call is being held at the Boston Casting Inc. office in Allston, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The title of the project or who it's starring is not currently being given, but the film is apparently entirely set in the 70s. That being the case, it will be helpful if attendees could wear, or bring, 70s attire to the casting, such as bell bottoms, platform shoes, mini-skirts, go-go boots, etc. Bonus points if you can sport an afro, mustache, long hair, or sideburns. While this is all helpful, it should be noted that it is absolutely not required for you to attend. Those who come in regular clothes will still be considered for extra work on the film.
Those folks who also happen to be in possession of cars from the 1960s and 1970s should also attend the casting or get in touch with the agency, as these types of vehicles will be needed throughout the production, and their owns will be considered for extra work as their car is used as background. If this aspect is of interest to you, please make sure to bring a photos of your car with you.
All attendees are also asked to please bring a current photo of yourself that can be left with Boston Casting.
The call is being held this Saturday, February 16th, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Boston Casting is located at 129 Braintree Street, Suite 107, in Allston.
If you are unable to attend the open call but would still like the chance to work on the film as a background actor, make sure to sign up at Boston Casting's online database at www.BostonCasting.com.Read also


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What's the Problem?
by Tim Meehan, Norm Carr
33 Reader CommentsBack to the Article
Now, I have to admit that this article totally shines a new light on most of what my company does… Thanks!
Good introduction to get people started on UML, I am just curious what program was used to create the articles UML diagrams, or what suggestions do people have for UML diagrams, also does anyone have any good articles/links/examples of UML with regards to web development?
As for the application to make uml diagrams:
give argouml ( http://argouml.tigris.org/ ) a try. It's open source and basicly platform independent (Java).
"If we simply consider the roles played by the actors and their goals, the use-case model can very rapidly emerge."
Consideration is good, and important. However, observation is better, and is nothing more than simply discovering actual use cases. Go directly to the source!
To answer Mike Dance's question – the Guibot website shows how Use Cases generate the menu for the web site. Also, the Guibot tools will generate the Use Case diagrams and the Use Case specification. Argo UML is an open source tool, Borland has a community edition designer and IBM Rational carries the more expensive sophisticated UML tools.
Besides Cockburn's excellent book, may I recommend, by the same publisher, "Building Web Applications with UML", Jim Conallen. Addison-Wesley, 2003. ISBN 0-201-73038-3. The author, from Rational Software, has developed a UML extension for modeling web applications.
peter wrote:
>>>i call bullshit<<<
I smell trollshit.
>>>software engineers don't know much about design<<<
Design is a fundamental part of software engineering. Without it, you would have a lot of people saying "OK, this is what the software needs to do" and then start coding without thinking about how it should be done. A software engineer knows a good deal about design by definition, or he/she isn't a software engineer.
Unless, of course, by "design" you mean "graphic design" or "web design".
And unless, of course, by "software engineer" you mean "programmer".
(Which is not to say programmers don't know anything about design. But they don't necessarily need to.)
>>>look at how bad most software is. and the best part is that most software development happens outside the "established" software engineering theory<<<
See, this is the part that tells me this message was just intended to provoke. The '"established"' theory that "adds nothing to the process" isn't used for "most software"… and "most software" is bad? Can you miss the connection?
Since everyone involved in the project—client, developer, coder and visitor—are 'Actors', this is an excellent metaphor. It removes the site development them vs us thinking.
Developing a good scope of work plan [SWP] for a project—in the form of a proposal—is an important first step. Design & development is a cooperative process between the client, developer, coder and often test-users. Effective scope of work plans leave room for the 'Actors' to have input into schedule and sequence of things to be done PRIOR to signing a contract. Everyone has ownership.
A well thoughtout scope of work plan—revealing the often misunderstood complexity and many steps of an assignment—often serves to give the client a better understanding of why development fees should be at an adequate level.
We often spend a day developing a scope of work plan for an average project. Spend more time developing a thorough scope of work plan and you'll have a clear blueprint for completing your assignment, invoicing, and client/vendor interaction, resulting in a project with less miscommunication and more satisfaction.
Just wanted to point out an interesting collaboration tool relevant to the audience here. http://www.taskportal.com
You wrote that "everyone involved in the project—client, developer, coder and visitor—are 'Actors'," but this is a misunderstanding of the terminology. (In fairness to you, it's easy to see how this misunderstanding arises from the article.)
An actor, in the context of a use case, is generally the human being actually interacting with the application, device, or site – a user – although actors can also be institutions or systems. In this context, developers, coders, and clients are precisely not actors.
Misunderstandings like this are part of the reason why I believe UML is best used for what it was originally intended for, mapping application architecture, and not discovery-phase business- or user-needs analysis. It's just not the right tool for the task.
Learned about User Stories (or use cases) through a book called Extreme Programming, which has the unfortunate acronym of XP.
In any event, the books on XP helped tons in my role as UI designer and liason between customer (User) and developer. And shaped how I communicate with any new client, no matter how small the site or job at hand.
Joshua Porter makes a crucial point when he says that observation is better than consideration. This is a distinction I make between weak and strong user-centered design. In weak UCD, we think about, or read articles about, users and then design stuff for them. In strong UCD, we observe them, preferably in the field, not just in the lab, and iterate with them during the design process (an approach at least somewhat compatible with agile methods).
Use cases can become simply another way of foisting our pre/misconceptions on unsuspecting users if we do not ground them in a rich understanding of users' motivations, tasks, environment, and characteristics. The risk of this happening increases as the people for whom we are designing/building are less like us.
While either use cases or scenarios can help interaction designers and software engineers communicate, I prefer Contextual Design, with its emphasis on involving the entire cross-functional team in UCD. I've seen it transform an entire organization's approach to developing software.
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Levi's Wear What Fits Event: Free Curve ID Jeans while Zooey Deschanel She x Him PerformJuxtapoz // Wednesday, 15 Sep 2010
Ladies, sometimes jeans just don't work anymore, that it is time to pass that antique lamp, sweatshirt, throw rug, handbag or pair of jeans into someone else's life.
Starting at 10 AM on Friday, September 17th, stop by Union Square, SF and bring something that doesn't fit (which will be donated to Goodwill) and at the same time, get something that does. A free pair of Levi's® Curve ID jeans. New custom fits for women.
It's first come first served, while supplies last, so get there early! Hotness comes in all shapes and sizes.
Oh yeah, and it gets even better. Check out Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward's band, She & Him perform live and meet style guide Bobbie Thomas.
Levi's® Wear What Fits Event
Friday · 10:00am - 5:00pm
Union Square, San Francisco
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Financial Resources —Did you know that there are many financial resources that can help people living with breast cancer? Find out more
Voices of Impact™ — Join us here as we continue to share stories that celebrate the women and men who inspire us all.
Our national headquarters - Susan G. Komen for the Cure® - created the I AM THE CURE.® program to boost the educational outreach of all affiliate Race series by motivating participants to take an active role in their own breast health. I AM THE CURE.® is a rallying cry that is emotional, memorable and motivational. It speaks to the importance of early detection and provides simple, action-oriented messages that you can put into action.
On Race Day, you can visit our interactive I AM THE CURE booth to learn more about breast self-awareness. You can spin the wheel for prizes and 'take-home' educational information. You'll also see our Rovers in the bright pink and green I AM THE CURE shirts who share the message of early detection. All throughout the Race, you'll hear our 'Cure Leaders' cheering on Race participants and reminding everyone that we all have the power to be part of the cure!
As a new Race Day addition, this year you can visit the In Color Station. Start your day by being the cure and getting splashed with color before the Race OR stop by after the Race to get your color, showing everyone that we are one step closer to the cure! This new Race day event will leave you feeling festive as you show off your Curemitment to the breast health movement! To learn more click here.
The four key messages we want Race participants to remember are:
The I AM THE CURE. program is a visual, engaging and powerful way for us to reach every Race participant with the important messages about proactive breast health. We hope you'll be empowered to share this knowledge with friends and family – encouraging them to commit to positive breast health practices as well
If you're interested in learning more about volunteer opportunities at our Race - including becoming an I AM THE CURE volunteer - please contact us or visit our Volunteer page.


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Send Us Your Questions for Martha Stewart and Emeril Lagasse
We've been invited to interview Martha Stewart and Emeril Lagasse on Monday afternoon. We (Chris) will get five minutes to toss them two of your questions ... maybe three if we're lucky.
What should we ask Emeril and Martha?
Please post the questions you think we should ask in the comments for this post. We'll pick our favorite questions, get Martha and Emeril's answers on Monday night, and post their responses on Tuesday.
We'll dig deep into our giveaway closet and find something suitably Martha-ish to send to the readers who give us the best two questions too.
Emeril Lagasse, now working under the Martha Stewart umbrella, will premiere his new Everyday Food column in the July/August issue. If that's not enough of this power combo, Emeril and Martha will do a live show on Sirius Radio on Monday from 4:00-5:00 p.m.
(*Gulp*, I'm a little nervous about interviewing these two! Help me out with some questions. Should I go serious, silly, gardening, green, weird, what??)
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If you could only cook one protein for the rest of your life, which would you pick?
Would you still be a chef if garlic didnt exist
Martha: How do you find time to post on your blog so often? It seems like the most personal of all the public things you do.
Emeril: What is your favorite meal to cook for yourself?
You and Martha being paired-up is an interesting combination. It is definitely a power combo. You are an accomplished professional chef and Martha is an accomplished cook and master of all things domestic. Do you have great respect for Martha's cooking skills, style and technique? And how do you plan to contribute to the culinary side of the Martha Stewart enterprise?
Obviously you have tremendous respect for Emeril as a professional chef and television personality. I propose the same question. What are you hoping Emeril will bring to your culinary program?
When I was growing up I became inspired to be a cook from watching your holiday specials. I remember one special where you had a tiny brick smokehouse in the backyard and you smoked a turkey. I'd love to see you and Emeril put together a cool special like that for the holidays. It would be a great collaboration I think--you two could throw a great party.
Martha and Emeril,
The weather is rainy, or maybe snowy, and you have a lazy afternoon all to yourself at home, what do you do?
And in response to TannerAdair, I think I read she has an assistant help her, as well as her sister too, post on her blog. I think I read that on her blog actually.
for emeril:
let's say (cough) i'm incompetent in the kitchen. can't even boil water. what are the very basic basics i should work to perfect in order to be a good cook, or at least to pass myself off as one?
for martha:
let's say (cough) i'm totally competent in the kitchen and i want to quit my dayjob and make a living at cooking or baking or professionally eating. without attending international culinary schools or having contacts in television - how does an average joe foodie get to work in food?
Both for both -
Do you have any plans to use your influence to encourage Americans to investigate local and organic food options?
If you were stuck on a desert island that spontaneously produced salt, pepper, olive oil and an additional 10 and only 10 ingredients, what 10 ingredients would you want?
For both:
Where in the world would be your first choice place to take a food-centric vacation?
Martha- how did you get to be so rad?
Ok, this isn't a nice question, but it's a fair question:
Why do you frequently neglect to wash your hands after handling raw chicken and before touching foods that might be served raw?
To Both, if you could eat anywhere in the world tomorrow, where you go for breakfst, lunch and dinner, and what would your order.
To both: What was your biggest kitchen disaster?