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Compensation committees should add a key item to their summer agendas: reviewing the structure of long-term incentive plans for senior executives.
That's the advice of Bruce Ellig, who worked at pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. from 1960 to 1996, spending the final 12 years as corporate vice president and head of worldwide human resources.
Ellig and other executive-compensation experts say it's time for companies to revise the design of long-term incentives and peer groups used for comparisons.
Companies should base senior executives' long-term bonuses on relative performance goals — comparing company performance to a predetermined peer group — instead of internally setting goals such as revenue growth, Ellig said. The data is available in the financial statements of the peer companies as long as they're publicly traded, he said.
"By tying it into competitor performance, you get away from executives designing their own payout plans," said Ellig, author of the recently updated "The Complete Guide to Executive Compensation." "Let's take it out of the hands of the CEO or top management and let's go to the marketplace."
Ellig advocates using a two-dimensional payout schedule based on earnings per share and total shareholder return, which is stock price appreciation plus the reinvestment of dividends over a defined period.
In this approach, a company calculates its total shareholder return, and for each company in its peer group it pays an award based on its rank relative to its peer group. The upper-right-hand corner would be the top payout. The bottom-left-hand corner would be zero payout.
The annual bonus should remain based on achieving internally developed targets such as earnings goals, Ellig said.
He bases his idea on a Pfizer plan during his tenure.
"All of the discussions got down to stock price and the impact on earnings," Ellig said. "You didn't have 30 items you had to look at. You had two items. We were always looking at where are we vis-à-vis our peer groups."
Long-term incentives are the largest component of the typical executive compensation package, said David Wrangham, a Denver-based consultant with HR consultancy Towers Watson & Co.
In recent years, they have gained the attention of proxy adviser firms such as Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.
For the first time, by mid-2013 total shareholder return was the most prevalent performance metric for long-term incentives at the 250 largest U.S. companies, according to a report by Frederic W. Cook & Co. Its increased use likely reflects the importance given to the measure by proxy advisory firms.
Take Chevron Corp. Its board approved an incentive plan in January linked to the performance of oil industry peers. The board granted 50,000 performance shares to CEO John Watson that will result in a cash payout based on Chevron's total stockholder return for a three-year period compared with total stockholder returns for a peer group that includes BP, ExxonMobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell.
In contrast, Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless uses absolute measures. The Wi-Fi operator gave performance-restricted stock units in March to executive officers, with vesting based on annual revenue growth.
"Absolute goals are still far more common, but relative goals are gaining in popularity," said Peter Lupo, managing director at pay consultants Pearl Meyer & Partners.
But the review shouldn't end there, Lupo said. Companies also need to review their competitors.
Historically, compensation committees have looked at companies similar in size based on revenue. But Lupo said two other criteria are more important: business model and cycle.
Why? Take a company whose cycle involves peaks and valleys. If it peaks when companies in its peer group are in valleys, then its performance comparisons would be skewed.
"If you're measuring performance against peers that do not behave the same way, then you may overstate or understate your relative performance," Lupo said. "It could be very misleading. If your incentives are tied to relative performance, you could have a problem with payouts being too high or too low."
A company also wants to make sure the firms in its peer group make money the same way as it does, such as an insurance company. If a reinsurance company includes property and casualty insurers in the peer group, the reinsurance company would want to take a closer look and see if their inclusion makes sense, Lupo said. They could perform differently.

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How does outrage serve us? How does it serve you? Share your thoughts disinfonauts.
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When faced citizen to citizen in real-life social situations — with the notable exception of mass political demonstrations — the instincts that outrage porn tries to awaken in us are mostly suppressed or barely felt at all. Imagine treating the person sitting next to you at a bar with the touchy insolence of an internet flame war, or re-interpreting his colloquial impressions about the world according to the tendentious and aggrieved norms of the combox. It's almost impossible. A guy could get his ass kicked trying. We usually tolerate the bar-stool ingrate, seek points of understanding (and often find a few), or dismiss him as deluded and mostly harmless.
But bathed in the glow of our computers, we imagine that we are in a battle of titanic scale. And it's either us, spotless and infallible, or them, dastardly and shameless.
On one level, "outrage porn" at least promises to stimulate an internet grazer who is bored at work, or perhaps even bored with life. It makes him feel like an actor in a great moral struggle, either as victim or as triumphant voice of justice. Indeed, savvy media organizations train their headline writers to find the "stakes" that matter to readers, and one way to do that is to generate anxiety about being in the unfairly hated or the righteously hating parts of American life.
But I'd suggest tentatively that there may be deeper trends at work. The desire for this kind of participation in the drama of public life may be exacerbated by the decline of civic participation, and a quiet despair that our precious franchise amounts to a mere 1-in–100 million say in the affairs of the nation. Constantly minded by others above us (managers, landlords, creditors) and feeling rather powerless as political actors in the real world, the virtual mob seems attractive.
Another reason for our outrage addiction may be found in the way the norms of traditional liberalism are dissolving before a more moralized politics. In a perceptive 2001 essay for National Affairs, Thomas Powers argued that traditional liberalism sought "to lower the stakes of politics by removing contentious moral (and religious) opinion to the private sphere. Political life thereby becomes a less morally charged matter of presiding over competing 'interest groups,' whose squabbling is amenable to compromise."
Powers went on to argue that when fundamental justice and morality are reintroduced into politics, and when the beliefs and attitudes of citizens become the potential subject of state action (through amelioration, re-education, or official stigma), people are more likely to fight — and to fight with dread in their eyes.
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With that pesky presidential campaign out of the way, all eyes can focus now on the vote that really matters: the Heisman Trophy award.
Johnny Manziel, the freshman from Texas A&M, is the favorite to take home the trophy on Dec. 8, but that hasn't stopped the marketing department at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb from launching a dark-horse campaign for its own stellar quarterback, Jordan Lynch.
While Lynch has almost no chance of winning, he has quietly put together one of the greatest seasons in college football history. In making its case, NIU hopes to call attention to what may be the most successful college football program in the state this year and one of the most exciting players to come along in years.
They're also laying the groundwork for another push in 2013.
Lynch, in a telephone interview this week, said he was flattered to be mentioned as a Heisman candidate, but he's too competitive to be overly excited by something he probably won't win. If he ever gets to the point that he's seriously in the running, he said, "I want to go there and win…. I don't want to just come in second."
Campaigning for the Heisman is a challenge in the Mid-American Conference, which seldom enters the consciousness of even the most devoted college football fans. But on rare occasions a player at a small college is so dominant he can't be ignored. Enter Lynch, a 6-foot, 216-pound redshirt junior who has thrown for 2,750 yards while completing 63.6% of his passes and tossing 23 touchdowns to just four interceptions. He's also rushed for 1,611 yards and scored 16 touchdowns on the ground.
NIU, 11-1, will play Kent State for the MAC championship on Friday, with the winner possibly earning a BCS bowl bid. The Huskies are ranked 21st in the BCS standings, 18th in the USA Today Coaches Poll, and 19th in the AP Poll, and if they were to finish in the Top 16 – ahead of an automatic-qualifying conference champion—they would likely earn a spot in the Orange Bowl.
If Lynch were to add another big performance on Friday, his Heisman shot would be stronger but still slim.
"(Lynch) is putting up incredible numbers. They're really unassailable numbers," said Chris Huston, the CBSsports.com blogger and Heisman pundit (he goes by @HeismanPundit on Twitter) in a telephone interview. "Very impressive player, certainly on par production-wise with anything Johnny Manziel has done. I'd say they're pretty close, numbers-wise."
But he still picks Manziel in his straw poll, which has successfully picked the last four winners. Lynch did recently crack Huston's Top Ten for the first time all year, though, pulling into a tie for seventh.
On the season, Lynch has produced 4,361 yards of total offense, the second-highest total in college football (behind Manziel.) A lot of those yards and scores were of the electrifying variety, and that's what prompted the athletic department to launch its Heisman campaign.
"I think we had just been coming off of a nice run and his performances had been building," said associate athletic director Donna Turner about what motivated the "Jordan Lynch for 6" campaign, which launched in October.
Roughly two weeks after Northern Illinois began its campaign, Lynch had his first real opportunity to influence voters with a national audience. The Huskies hosted the Toledo Rockets under the lights in what amounted to the MAC West championship game on a Wednesday night ESPN 2 broadcast.
Lynch exploded for 569 yards of total offense (407 passing and 162 rushing), becoming the first player in Division-I history to throw for more than 400 yards and run for an additional 150 in the same game. The Huskies went on to win, clinching a berth in the MAC Championship Game against Kent State. And the team was excited:
"We knew that how he played Wednesday night would have a big effect on what our next steps were going forward," Turner said.
Thus far, campaigning has been almost exclusively digital. The school launched JordanLynchFor6.com, an extension of the official athletics department website. A corresponding Facebook page racked up more than 2,000 likes. The football media relations staff made a series of highlight videos—some of them parodies of political ads—touting Lynch.
Turner participated in her first Heisman campaign while working in the athletic department at Florida State, when Seminole star Charlie Ward won the award in 1993. "It's a lot different than in 1993," she said. "With the advent of social media and YouTube and the way that you can reach people in so many different ways, everything you do is not just out there for the media and the voters, it's out there for everyone in the public.
The size of the school also makes a difference. NIU doesn't have to win to gain from the campaign. "It's not like if we don't win the Heisman it's not been worth anything," Turner said. "It's definitely getting our name out there."
The biggest surprise may be that Lynch finds himself in this position in the first place.
Playing under legendary head coach Frank Lenti at Mount Carmel High School in Chicago, Lynch started as a running back, but Lenti decided that leadership skills and athleticism made him a perfect fit at quarterback in the triple-option offense.
"We thought he had the character to become a quarterback here at Mount Carmel, and we've had some pretty good ones," Lenti said, referring to players like five-time Pro Bowler Donovan McNabb. "He just kind of developed as a freshman, and we put him on the varsity as a backup quarterback as a sophomore so we could get him ready to be the starter as a junior and senior."
Lynch flourished in the triple-option, totaling more than 2,300 yards passing and 1,300 yards rushing while scoring a combined 55 touchdowns in two seasons as a Mount Carmel starter. However, viewed as the product of an archaic system, Lynch wasn't getting any looks from colleges to play quarterback at the Division-I level. That's why Lenti reached out to former NIU head coach Jerry Kill, a longtime friend.
"I think people were looking for a different type, or a different style, of quarterback. Some of them wanted a guy who was 6-3, 6-4, the classic drop-back passer, and that's not who Jordan Lynch is," Lenti said. "Coach Kill asked me, 'Why isn't this guy being recruited by the Big Ten?' And I said, 'Coach, you'd have to ask them.'"
Ultimately, Kill extended Lynch the opportunity to play quarterback at Northern Illinois, and Lynch accepted the challenge.
However, making it to DeKalb was only part of the battle for Lynch. Upon arrival at Northern Illinois, he found himself behind Chandler Harnish, a starter who would go on to shatter 30 school records and finish his career with the third highest total offense output in MAC history behind Byron Leftwich of Marshall and Dan LeFevour of Central Michigan.
For three years (a redshirt year and two lettered years), Lynch watched as Harnish took the majority of the snaps. As a redshirt freshman, Lynch averaged 11.7 yards per carry on 31 rushing attempts. Against Buffalo he scored on a 90-yard touchdown run, and then against Eastern Michigan he carried the ball twice for 142 yards and two scores, 81 and 61 yard touchdown runs, respectively.
The following season, after Kill left for Minnesota and was replaced by Dave Doeren, he had a 10-carry, 113-yard performance against Western Michigan, further cementing himself as the heir apparent to Harnish. However, in two years, Lynch threw just 26 passes.
The concern with Lynch replacing Harnish certainly didn't have anything to do with his ability as a runner, but whether or not he could beat defenses consistently throwing from the pocket. "Everyone knew Lynch was talented. Doeren mentioned that he wasn't worried about him during the preseason," DeKalb Daily Chronicle NIU beat writer Steve Nitz said. "The guy's running ability is just insane, but he can throw too."
Despite Doeren's relative comfort with the kid from Chicago's Mount Greenwood neighborhood running his offense, nobody expected this level of production, especially considering that he was replacing the most productive quarterback in school history. Not only did Lynch fill Harnish's shoes, he busted out of their seams—so much so that Doeren sent this email to Heisman voters this week, making his QB's case for the award.
Lynch, interviewed after practice Tuesday night, said he hadn't read the coach's letter. When part of it was read to him, he said: "It definitely shows that he has a great deal of respect (for me)," Lynch said. "He trusts me in running his offense and he knows that when the lights are on, this Heisman campaign won't get to me."
What does it take for an athlete from a non-automatic qualifying school to seriously contend for the Heisman? Media attention, for one thing.
"It's really a tough haul for a non-AQ team," Huston said. "You see places like Boise State, who were able to send Kellen Moore, but that was because they were flirting with the national title."
"It takes time to build up a resume to be considered for awards like the Heisman," said ESPN national college football writer Travis Haney in an email. "Case Keenum eventually got to that point, where he was at least in the conversation, but it took years of piling up numbers to get there,"
Both Haney and Huston are Heisman voters, and their sentiments seem to widely reflect that of the electorate (926—and counting—members of the media and past winners)—namely, that Lynch had a terrific season but not a Heisman season. In addition to his relative inexperience, he was hurt by NIU's season-opening loss to Iowa at Soldier Field. Lynch gashed the Hawkeyes for 119 yards on the ground that day, including a 73-yard scoring run, but he was rattled by wet, blustery conditions and the physically stronger Iowa defense (he completed just 6 of 16 pass attempts for 54 yards in an 18-17 loss.)
Lynch and NIU are more focused on getting to a bowl game. The Heisman is not only unlikely but out of their hands. At least for 2012.
"He's a nice fringe candidate with great numbers, but nothing more," Haney continued in the email. "Who's to say next year, though, that Manziel and (USC wide receiver Marquise Lee's) numbers—for example—don't drop off and allow others, like Lynch, into the race? If he can replicate at all what he's done this year, he might enter the discussion in 2013 as a senior."
Huston agreed.
"I think he needs to do the ridiculous numbers thing (again), have his team go undefeated, and beat all those AQ teams to have a chance to get to New York. I think it's still a longshot because voters always look towards the players from bigger schools first, and the only opening he has is if some of those players didn't perform up to expectation and opened the door for him," he said. "He's got (two) more games to get (250) passing yards and (389) rushing yards, which is certainly within reach. I think if he were to have – you know, a 3,000/2,000 yard season (the first in history) would be one of the best seasons, statistically, in the history of college football, and that's a great thing to use going into senior year."
These last two games may just be an extended audition for 2013 in the eyes of Heisman voters, but Lynch and the Huskies probably aren't projecting yet. Not with an outside chance at a BCS bid on the line with a victory on Friday at Ford Field. If there's a championship on the line, Lynch said he wants the ball. That's what he's focusing on now.
"Fourth and two or ball on the inch-yard line, of course I want it," he said. "If they're gonna stack the box and there is some matchup anywhere else, we're gonna take advantage of it, but if everything is even—definitely—I want the ball."


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Today's Free Download – "O Holy Night"
Finally, NBC has posted an MP3 of "O Holy Night," the amazing "Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip" performance by the Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews-led New Orleans horn band, which aired last Monday.
The Studio 60 "Christmas Show" episode repeats on December 18, and it's worth watching for more than the music.
The dialogue is sharper, character development more focused and (very important to critical detractors of the show in its early days) the comedy in the fictitious variety show is much, much better. The "Dateline: To Catch A Predator" sketch was funnier than anything on SNL last night.
I do hope they keep this show on the air. Matthew Perry's character is so much more satisfying (to me, anyway) than his one-dimensional "Friends" role. Bradley Whitford is always good, and the relationship developing between him and Amanda Peet is a good story move. I'm waiting for Steve Weber's network chairman to throw a monkey wrench into that one. Whose baby is it, really?
Back to the music – this song is even more beautiful without the dialogue. Thanks, NBC. If the sole legacy of "Studio 60" were just "O Holy Night" and the shout-out to New Orleans music it engendered, that would be more than a lot of shows I could name.
Download it here. Right click and save is best.
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May 1, 2009 at 2:03 am
Thanks for sharing the "O Holy Night" Mp3 of Trombone Shorty, from NBC's Studio 60 tv broadcast. I THOUGHT I LOST THIS AMAZING PERFORMANCE AND ARRANGEMENT AND RECORDING FOREVER, NBC no longer has it on their website. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU, IT GAVE ME SHIVERS THE SOUND IS SO GOOD IT REMINDED ME OF THE OLD SHEFFIELD LABS RECORDING ON DIRECT TO DISC OF LINCOLN MAYORGA,, A MUST LISTEN. AMAZING AMAZING PERFORMANCE AND RECORDING QUALITY!
November 27, 2009 at 1:09 pm
I have to echo Les' gratitude above. I, too, thought I wouldn't be able to recover this haunting, reverent version of O Holy Night. This one song has generated hope and goodness when it's needed in large supply. Thank you, Trombone Shorty, for playing from the heart and for New Orleans. Thank you, NBC, for bringing Trombone and his singular sound to mainstream audiences. And thank you, AlgoRhythms, for putting it back out there for us to download. You're allowing us to have it for free, so I'll pay it forward with a contribution to The Tipitinas Foundation.
February 5, 2010 at 3:54 am
What a FANTASTIC version of this timeless classic. Simply beautiful.
December 14, 2010 at 1:13 am
Hi, I was wondering if I could get a copy of this song. My wife and I ran across it the other day watching an old episode of Studio 60, and we LOVE it! However, we can't find it anywhere. Any chance you could send me a copy? Thanks!
June 28, 2011 at 5:44 pm
Muchas gracias por fabulosa pieza desde México. Peace!!!
November 4, 2011 at 12:14 am
I transcribed the recording. Sheet music available for purchase here (also a video of a performance of the transcription) – http://studio60oholynightsheetmusic.weebly.com/


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2005 Workshop Summaries
"Ontologies in P2P Communities"
Recently, a lot of research
has been aimed combining the benefits of Semantic Web and P2P technologies.
Ontologies are a vital part of the Semantic Web vision, providing
machine-understandable, shared conceptualizations of the respective
domains of interest within communities, while Peer-to-peer (P2P)
systems are a means for communities to establish communication among
their members. In contrast to most existing P2P implementations,
ontology-based P2P systems will open up new possibilities with richer,
potentially more useful descriptions of peers, services, and shared
artifacts. The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers
and practitioners from the P2P, Semantic Web, and Knowledge Management
fields to present work done at the intersection of these areas.
"Scripting for the Semantic Web"
Large parts of the current
Web rely on scripting languages such as Python, PHP, Perl, JavaScript,
ASP, JSP, ActionScript and ColdFusion. These languages are the tools
of a generation of web programmers and it is likely that they will
also play a crucial role in the Semantic Web gaining critical mass.
The goal of the 'Scripting for the Semantic Web' workshop is to
give an overview of the current support for Semantic Web technologies
within scripting languages, to showcase innovative Semantic Web
applications relying on these languages.
"Multimedia and the Semantic Web"
This one day workshop
on Multimedia and the Semantic Web aims to bring together researchers
and practitioners in the multimedia and Semantic Web domains in
order to assist in forming bridges between the communities for mutual
benefit. European Commission part-funded projects such as aceMedia
are already investigating means to draw benefits from both domains
in order to enable advances in multimedia processing from use of
Semantic Web techniques, and to create new multimedia applications
in order to enhance the value of the Semantic Web. In addition,
the SDK project cluster is investigating the application of semantic
web technology to knowledge management, web services and eBusiness.
It is therefore timely to bring together researchers and practitioners
from these two complementary and closely related areas. Topics include
Knowledge driven multimedia content analysis and understanding,
Semantic media creation and processing tools, Knowledge based inference
for semantic media annotation, Multimedia ontologies, Reasoning
on multimedia data, and Knowledge driven multimedia applications
and systems.
"End User Aspects of the Semantic Web"
The aim of this workshop
is to look at how an "ordinary user" might be able to
tap into the resources of the Semantic Web, find out about the value
of these resources for their work practice or their general web
use, and feel compelled to use and perhaps even contribute to Semantic
Web resources. We intend to:
6 Project Collaboration for the Future Semantic Web"
The Semantic Web has risen
from the fusion of many research areas; knowledge representation
and the generation/management of onotologies, the axiomatisation
of ontological artifacts and the resulting reasoning mechanisms
that can be harnessed to infer new knowledge, and of services and
autonomous agents both to provide and support the emerging and evolving
knowledge. In 2004, six large projects commenced across Europe,
each funded under European Commissions FP6 First Call of the IST
Priority under the strategic objective Semantic-based knowledge
systems. The objectives of the Workshop Framework 6 Collaboration
for the Future Semantic Web will be to provide a forum where researchers
within the European Semantic Web community who are working on synergistic
technologies within Knoweldge Web, AIM@SHAPE, REWERSE, MUSCLE, AgentLink
III and KnoweldgeBoard 2.0 to come together and share their experiences
with other members of these partner Networks. The aims are to explore,
for example, how agent technology, using emerging reasoning techniques,
can support and manage Semantic Web knowledge; how semantic, geometric
models can be represented and used within multimedia contexts, how
the cretation and refinement of knowledge can be used to support
collaboration between on-line communities.
ESWC2005 Workshop Chair: Wolfgang Nejdl
Workshop proceedings due:
May 7, 2005
Workshop Dates:
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In the same week that the indefatigable activist Narendra Dabholkar was gunned down in Pune, for his determined attacks on phony astrologers and sorcerers plaguing every corner of India, yet another godman, Sant Asaram Bapu was accused of rape. One would imagine an accusation like this would drive Bapus millions of followers away, instead his devotees tried to beat up TV journalists who wanted Bapus sound bytes before he went incognito. Since public memory is short, this is the same guru who wondered why the young girl who was gangraped on a bus in Delhi didnt refer to the rapists as bhaiya to make them stop. Clearly, nuanced opinions are not a requirement to amass a following in India. What you say is of no consequence. As long as you have a flowing white beard, saffron or white garments and a commanding voice that can hold sway over a desperately vulnerable audience, who needs
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Tailor Lee winds up to throw the discus at Sutherland. The senior finished fifth in the discus and fourth in the shot put. (DeAnn Davis | The Wauneta Breeze)
By Diane Stamm
The Wauneta Breeze
The Wauneta-Palisade track teams had another pleasant Saturday for a track meet last week when it traveled to Sutherland.
Wes Anderjaska anchored the boys' team, placing first in the 1600 meters, second in the 800 meters and fourth in the 400 meters.
For the girls, Abbie Fanning placed second in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters, all behind Minden's Addison Woodward.
Fanning was third in the long jump.
Sydnee Harchelroad was second in the 800 meters and fourth in the 400 meters.
Tailor Lee was fourth in the shot put and fifth in the discus.
Hannah Nordhausen was second in the discus.
Coach Dawn Doetker said it was great weather, but a tough meet.
"I'm proud of our teams. We had some great finishes," said Doetker, "We are working together and growing with confidence each week."
Eight of the 12 team members have set personal records so far this season, including Harchelroad in the high jump, Fanning in the long jump, Strand in the discus, E. Lee in the shot and discus, Anderjaska in the 400 and 800, B. Nordhausen in the 100 and 800, Davis in the high jump, discus and 400 and Crowell in the shot put.
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So, the unit is a Yamaha CR-840, a bit of internet research has turned up that these have an IC pre-amp chip that was proprietary to this series of Yamaha receivers and there appears to be no replacement part for it out there. Trying to determine if that is the issue we have, of if something else could be a more likely culprit that is worth investigating.
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Easy Meal Plan for a Month: May 2010
It's time for May's Meal Plan! Specifically designed with busy teachers in mind, our guest author and former teacher, Sharon Bruen, finds the best and easiest recipes around to create a delicious meal plan. This month she's focusing on fresh foods and Farmers' Markets – YUM!
Easy Meal Plan for a Month: May 2010
by Sharon Bruen
Spring means there are yummy new foods in season! The meals for May are based around this excellent bit of information that I found on the Campbell's Kitchen site
"Make the most of spring's best with these tips for choosing and using some of the season's biggest players. It's time to get cooking—you've waited all winter for this!
Makes you hungry just thinking about the fresh foods, doesn't it? Well, this month's menu is chock-full of healthy, delicious meals that are perfect for busy teachers, moms and dads! Bon appétit!
Angel Chicken (Slow Cooker)
Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup
Makeover Creamy Italian Sausage with Pasta
Pork Tenderloin with Cabbage and Apple Slaw
Easy Slow Cooker French Dip (read reviews for spice tips)
Applesauce Meatballs over Pasta
Grilled Steak with Herb Butter (Memorial Day, picnic option)
All American Burger (Memorial Day)
Beer Fajitas (Cinco de Mayo) (enjoy Black Beans with Lime as a side)
Margherita Pizza or here for other recipe option
Vegetable Kabobs (Memorial Day cooking)
Grilled Portobello Mushrooms (served with couscous or quinoa) *Farmers Market recipe*
Vegetarian Fajitas(Cinco de Mayo meatless option)
Crowd-Pleasing Vegetable Casserole (easy dish to add in chicken for a "meaty" meal)
Gourmet Grilled Cheese (easily add in deli-style ham, etc for a meat option) *goes well with fresh fruit and veggies on side, raw
Blackened Salmon with Broccoli Rabe and Raisins
Side Choices (or make one night's dinner "Appetizer Night")
Asparagus with Citrus Dressing
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Going on a Picnic? Bring some fun dessert, such as Bucket of Mud (aka Dirt Pudding). Potato Salad is also a great choice (side choices), as well as Vegetable Kabobs.
Mother's Day Pampering: Champagne Lemonade or Mimosas, Baked French Toast (breakfast in bed, with mom sleeping in, of course;)
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Tarlton takes slow-cooked lyrical approach
Particularly in the (apparently never-ending) age of American Idol, it's all too easy to assume that every aspiring musician grows up belting out tunes in the shower and angling for the limelight at an early age. Brett Bullion's nine-year journey from ambient instrumentalist to indie-pop singer serves as a reminder that not every singer is a natural spotlight hog; some of the best are initially hesitant to let others hear their voices. The clear tenor Bullion unveils on Tarlton's new album, Evergreens, instantly marks him as a must-hear vocalist on the local scene.
"The move towards actually singing on a record was a gradual thing," offers Bullion, 25, who first garnered notice—and a national record deal—as an Edina High School teenager in the ambient instrumental outfit Tiki Obmar. "I had always written lyrics and vocal melodies just for fun. Snippets of some of the vocal melodies on Evergreens have been around on my hard drive for seven years. Initially it was more just sounds than actual words. It took a while for me to get the lyrics to a point where they were something I really believed in and I wouldn't feel so bashful about presenting them."
The slow-cooked lyrical approach works. Anyone familiar with Bullion's prior work—wordless, percussion-driven mood music that wears its Dosh influence proudly on its sleeve—will be shocked by Tarlton's new musical tapestry. The sonically spare songs Bullion crafts in tandem with multi-instrumentalist Adam Wozniak unfold at a glacial pace, consisting of only a few moving pieces in any given tune: understated electronic samples, hypnotic electric piano figures, the occasional deft drum rhythm. Bullion's voice and lyrics are left to do the heavy lifting—and they prove more than up to the task. A narrative song cycle about the travails of intimate relationships examined from all angles—filial and romantic, times good and bad—Evergreens finds Bullion a bracingly effective lyricist his first time out of the gate ("The boring drugs inside my head and the boring lover sleeping in my bed were not so boring when I first ingested them").
"Even though I personally wasn't making that kind of music before, my favorite stuff has always been from narrative-driven songwriters," Bullion says of his disarmingly direct lyrical style. "I'm trying to present a story and have lyrics and characters people can latch onto. To me it's no different than playing a drum part with conviction, figuring out the right feel, deciding where you want certain colors to be. Lyrics are just another way for me to connect, so I figure if I'm going to bother having them then I might as well be blunt about it. I aim to be as clear as possible in my writing; I think there's a tendency in a lot of lyrics right now to hide behind artifice, which is fine too, but not what I wanted to do."
A born-and-bred Twin Cities talent, Bullion is quick to credit his hands-on adolescent musical education in the local indie scene as an indispensable talent incubator. "I got really lucky with that," admits Bullion. "I met [local luminary jazz drummer] JT Bates when I was like 12. I started taking drum lessons from him and he was always so cool about just letting me hang out and turning me on to new music. About the time I entered high school I started Tiki Obmar with Chris Smalley, and the whole goal was really just to try to mimic all the amazing music we were hearing around us and give it our own spin. Going to see Happy Apple every Friday night, knowing Dosh, growing up with the Love-cars—those were just hugely influential experiences. Then, after college for two years, I worked at a software company alongside Ev [Olcott of 12Rods] and Matt [Foust of Love-cars] and was able to do session work with them and be a part of their musical world.
"The Cities are such an open place that if you're willing to listen and learn there are so many talented people willing to teach you. The experience has meant so much to me that to imagine growing up somewhere else is kind of unthinkable; it would have been like being born into an entirely different family. It's been that foundational for me."
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Pirates defeat Mustangs in season opener
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Wednesday, 02 December 2009 00:00
The Pirate basketball team traveled to New Washington to face their arch?rivals, the Mustangs, in the 2009?10 season opener.
Led by junior Anthony Lloyd, who finished the contest with 20 points, the Pirates (1?0) handed the Mustangs (0?1) a 58?45 loss.
The Pirates were also led in scoring by junior Joey Wilson, who finished with 10 points respectively.
Lloyd was named the Tumbletown Gym Player of the Game by Charlestown Pirate Pride Sports Broadcasting.
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Christmas Tour of Homes to be held December 12
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Wednesday, 02 December 2009 00:00
The Charlestown "Christmas Tour of Homes" will be held on Saturday, December 12. The hours will be from 5 to 9 p.m.
Come and enjoy an evening of touring some of Charlestown's most beautifully decorated homes. There will be six homes on the tour this year. They are all beautifully decorated. Don't miss the Concrete Lady's spectacular home- it is truly one of a kind.
There will be refreshments of holiday cookies and hot drinks served at the Arts & Enrichment, Center located at 999 Water Street in Charlestown, following your tour.
You can also experience the joy of the holiday season with an old fashioned horse and carriage ride. This will put a nice nostalgic end to your night, so don't miss out on what has grown to be one of the favorite forms of entertainment during the holiday season.
The Charlestown Beautification Committee sponsors this event. Tickets for the home tour will be $10 and they can be purchased at the A&E Center from 4 to 7 p.m. on December 12, the day of the Christmas Home Tour.
For more information please call Pat Little at 812-256-5782 or Donna Coomer at City Hall at 812-256-7126.
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Chiropractic for Kids Toy Drive to begin today
Written by Administrator
Wednesday, 25 November 2009 00:00
Dr. Teresa Davidson, director of Sunshine Chiropractic, and Melissa Heal are taking action and requesting your help! Chiropractic for Kids Toy Drive is underway beginning today through December 16.
The holidays are about to go full force beginning with the cooking of the Thanksgiving turkey. Stores are loaded up with decorations and the holiday sales have begun.
But what are you thinking about this year? Is this the year that you choose to join the masses of people who volunteer or maybe you long to make a difference year round? Many people join the volunteer forces at or around the holidays, it seems the differences between people and their community becomes more prolific and harder to ignore at this time of the year.
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GCCS to host three Close the Deal events
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Wednesday, 25 November 2009 00:00
Helping high school seniors Close the Deal on College!
In the Greater Louisville region, elected officials are joining with secondary and post?secondary institutions and business organizations to help students make the transition from high school to college and other post?secondary education or training. Many cities and towns are concerned about the ability of the future workforce to fill high?paying, knowledge?based jobs. Close the Deal is a low?cost way to make a real difference for the future of any community!
Greater Clark County Schools will focus on students at Charlestown High School, Jeffersonville High School, and New Washington High School. GCCS will host a Close the Deal event at each high school to generate excitement among the students about applying to and enrolling in college and receiving financial aid.
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Arrested I-65 driver might try to argue 'extenuating circumstances'
Written by Marty Randall
Wednesday, 25 November 2009 00:00
A Charlestown resident has been released on bond after his arrest early on the morning of Monday, November 16, on Interstate 65 in Scott County.
Philip A. Lakes II, 31, was taken into custody shortly after 2 a.m. by Indiana State Trooper Michael Davis after the officer stopped Lakes' 2003 GMC Yukon about two miles south of the Scottsburg interchange. The stop was made after the ISP Seymour post had received a call about a possible intoxicated driver headed south on I-65.
The officer found Lakes to be impaired, the probable cause affidavit related, but the man may have a good case to present in Scott Superior Court. Lakes told Trp. Davis that he was on his way home after having attended the Sunday night game between the Indianapolis Colts and their arch rivals, the New England Patriots.
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After being introduced in the '90s as the original "Mr. Me Too" on Cam'ron's [click to read] "Horse and Carriage," Jim Jones [click to watch] was eventually (some say self, some say by 50 Cent) promoted to leader of the Diplomats. Odd circumstances or not, Jimmy has handled the responsibility well enough and has kept the team going strong with Juelz Santana [click to read] at his side. Jones' albums up to this point have actually all been independent releases, but after "We Fly High" [click to read] turned into a surprise hit, Jimmy went to Columbia/Sony to release his latest, Pray IV Reign.
In short, there's nothing here that's got quite as much radio-appeal as "We Fly High"--except maybe "Pop Champagne," which apparently belongs to Jim now (not Ron Browz) --but the fans that jumped on for that hit will probably feel more comfortable with this album than the one it actually appeared on. Jones's subject matter was never exactly heavy lifting to begin with, but for Pray IV Reign, he has balanced a little more towards the party records than tough talk.
That doesn't mean the album is full of dancey tracks, but "How to Be a Boss" [click to listen] with Ludacris [click to listen] (stealing the show as usual) or "Precious" with Ryan Leslie [click to read] aren't as deliberately aggressive as some of Jones past work. "My My My" is on the darker side of stunt-rap, but it's still suitable to nod your head to. "Na Na Na Na" [click to listen] is probably a little too silly but that's not to say that someone won't like it and, without naming names, it's far from the dumbest thing you'll hear on Hot 97 this week.
On the other hand, Jimmy does still have the bad habit of sounding a bit like Jay-Z [click to read] now and then. Despite the historically... unpleasant relationship that the two have had, Jones still has no problem making a track like "Medicine," which sounds so much like "Jigga What, Jigga Who" that it can't possibly be an accident. It was a good track 10 years ago and it's still pretty decent now--plus it's a less objectionable bite than whatever that "Swagger Like Us" [click to listen] retread was going to be--but that doesn't add up to a free pass.
There aren't really any big surprises here, but honestly, did you really want any? With New York Hip Hop so underrepresented in the current market, there's a place for Jim Jones that really isn't being filled by much of anyone else right now and he's filling it as well as he needs to. Jones's cockiness still outpaces his performance to a degree, but anyone who stops by Pray IV Reign will get exactly what they paid for and you can't be mad at that.


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For Faculty interested in offering Service-Learning
Service-Learning Defined
Service-Learning Defined Service-Learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, enhance civic responsibility, and strengthen communities.
There are two ways Service-Learning courses may be offered at the University of North Alabama: 1) the course numbers of 199 and 399 in each department and 2) departmental courses with a service-learning component.
Criteria for All Service-Learning Courses
To qualify as service-learning at UNA, a community based service-learning experience must meet the following criteria:
- Service-learning must focus primarily on meeting the inadequately addressed needs of individuals, groups, or communities and not serve as a means for students to gain vocational skills or career related experience.
- The service-learning course must include conscious reflection of the service that that is formally presented to the instructor and other interested parties.
- The service learning course must include a minimum of 10 hours of active, structured service learning, not to include reflection activities.
- The service learning course must include a documented agreement agreed upon by the student, instructor, and service agency supervisor outlining the student's responsibilities and expected benefits.
- Service-learning courses offered for academic credit must include the following on the course syllabus: a) explanation of how the service experiences will satisfy and/or enhance anticipated learning outcomes, b) minimum of service-learning hours, c) procedures for documenting service-learning hours, and d) final impact of service-learning experience on student's course grade.
- All service-learning experiences associated with for-credit courses must be registered with the Service-Learning Advisory Committee. This committee, which reports to the VPAA, will serve as the official UNA site for collection of information on academic related service-learning experiences at the university.
Criteria for Service-Learning Departmental Course Designation
- The service-learning component of the course (or section), as described in the syllabus, must reflect the University of North Alabama's definition of service-learning.
- The syllabus must show direct and deliberate connections between the service and the course content and must explain how these connections will support or enhance student learning.
- The community agency or service site must be appropriate to the course goals, and service-learning placements must not create a religious, political, and/or moral conflict for the student. (A list of recommended or selected sites should be included in the syllabus or attached to the application.)
- Students must complete at least a minimum of 10 hours of service-learning.
- The service-learning component must count for no less than 20 percent of the total course grade.
- The reflection (learning assessment) method or activity must be specified in the syllabus.
- Students will earn academic credit for learning that is demonstrated and assessed (rather than for the service itself).
Examples of Service Learning
- Visiting local school systems and offering tutoring to students in specific subjects
- Educating the community about a global issue by identifying a target audience and designing a variety of communication strategies to raise awareness and change behavior including the creation of a website regarding the issue
- Students looking for ways to support struggling local non-profit organizations during difficult economic times by providing a wide variety of public relations including developing press kits and managing event coordination
There are other types of community based service involvement experiences that may be considered similar to, but differ both operationally and philosophically from, service-learning. It is important to note some vital distinctions between service-learning and these other forms of community based service involvement to arrive at a clearer understanding of service-learning. Examples of such community based service involvement experiences are provided below. Volunteerism, where the primary emphasis is on the service being provided and the primary intended beneficiary is clearly the service recipient. Community Service, where the primary emphasis is on the service being provided, as well as the benefits the service activities have on the recipients. Internships/clinical experiences/practicum experiences that engage students in service activities primarily for the purpose of providing students with hands-on experiences that enhance their learning or understanding of issues relevant to a particular area of study.
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- Student internships and cooperative education assignments
- Fraternity and sorority service projects
- Work done primarily to benefit UNA student organizations
- Religious evangelism including engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, or engaging in any form of proselytizing
- Military service
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Learning a second language is hard, especially when the learner's brain must be retrained to identify sounds not present in his or her native language. It also requires regular practice, but many learners struggle to find the time and motivation. Our solution is to break down the challenge of mastering a foreign sound system into minute-long episodes of "microtraining" delivered through mobile gaming. We present the example of Tip Tap Tones – a mobile game with the purpose of helping learners acquire the tonal sound system of Mandarin Chinese. In a 3-week, 12-user study of this system, we found that an average of 71 minutes' gameplay significantly improved tone identification by around 25%, regardless of whether the underlying sounds had been used to train tone perception. Overall, results suggest that mobile microtraining is an efficient, effective, and enjoyable way to master the sounds of Mandarin Chinese, with applications to other languages and domains.
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Aussie Dollar stuck at Fibonacci resistance
AUDUSD - right on resistanceThere is no denying that I got it wrong yesterday - the RBA did not cut rates and in fact didn't really signal a willingness to cut unless they are forced. Now of course how do you argue with a Central bank that has sheparded the Australian economy through the last 20 odd years of economic and market turmoil without a recession. That is one heck of a track record.
But argue I do and I must because the RBA has consistently under-estimated the impact of deleveraging by households on the Australian economy and consistently over-estimated the impact of the second mining boom on inflation and economic activity.
On average the Australian economy is doing brilliantly but who's average? Certainly not the miners earning 6 figure salaries on fly in fly out mines nor the retailers shutting their shops because of lack of trade and a leakage offshore via the strong Aussie dollar and the internet shopping rage it helped spawn.
Think of the Australian economy as you would if your head was in the oven and your feet in the fridge - on balance you're warm but at either end - well, you get the picture.
But from a currency perspective what matters is what is priced in and how the data flows and on that front the market was clearly looking for a cut because the 90 point rally off yesterdays low at 1.0356 was fast and furious.
But equally, as you can see in the chart above the rally came to a screaming halt at, or around, the 61.8% retracement level of the September to October sell off. I have this level at 1.0442 and last nights high of 1.0444 was near enough - AUD sits around 1.0435 as I write.
If this level can be breached then the AUD has some very serious resistance at 1.0555/65 a breach of which would signal a very large move to the topside. Up to the all time highs at least longer term. How this can be achieved when the US dollar is doing better if difficult to fathom but overall the AUD remains well supported and is likely to remain so.
EURAUD - consolidating but still biased lower
I have no idea what drove last nights rally in the EUR, in Oil or in Gold - it all seems very "speculative" to me. Looking at the Eurozone data that came out last night you would have expected to see the break of important range bottom at 1.2800 build on swiftly but instead EUR reversed off its low of 1.2765 fairly smartly.
This combined with the AUD rally stall saw EURAUD climb back from its acute weakness.
Looking at the chart though you can see that my indicators are pointing lower for this pair and I'm forming the view that after a respite we'll see EURAUD head into the 1.20/21 zone.
AUDJPY - breakout
The AUDJPY is breaking out of the range and I have no option but to go with the break even though USDJPY has not yet confirmed with a breach of last week's highs on its own. Small position for me initially incase this is one of those head fakes.
The move has now broken the channel as well as the 61.8% retracememt of this years sell off and while I would like to see another day outside the range to confirm short term that this rally has legs (feels like it might reverse first) longer term I feel AUDJPY is headed toward 86.85.
AUDNZD - finding support
I was talking to a future market wizard yesterday afternoon about the AUDNZD and said I thought it was headed to 1.2800/50ish and straight of the bat he said that this had been the point of control for a couple of years. So I switched from daily to weekly charts and went wow - he's right. 1.2760 is a huge level on the way up.
That is a lesson for all of us trying to make our way in this business of trading and investing - keep your eye on the big picture.
Anyway as you can see in the chart above 1.28 is basically around the middle of where this cross has been oscillating. Tomorrows employment figures in both Australia and New Zealand will be important in determining the near and medium term direction of this cross. Unfortunately I can't help you with forecasts because I stopped punting employment reports 20 years ago - they are just to to volatile. But any move in either countries favour will see that side of the cross dominate.
You can find me on twitter @gregorymckenna or @FX_Global where I am happy to answer any questions about this post or anything else to do with AUD or FX


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Lost 120.6 pounds!
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Cynthia struggled with both a binge-eating disorder and compulsive eating for much of her life. Every few years, she would try a new diet, or another weight-loss strategy, like medication, a point system, juice fast, or meal replacement shakes — she even tried the South Beach Diet once almost ten years ago, but she wasn't able to fully commit to it the first time. "I finally gave in and just ate exactly what I wanted, when I wanted," says Cynthia.
But things changed for Cynthia when her sister got pregnant. She was looking forward to becoming an aunt. But at the same time, she was rapidly closing in on that 400-pound mark and her body was rebelling. "I felt trapped in a fat suit. My body was a stranger to me," Cynthia explains. She was beginning to have trouble climbing stairs and walking across parking lots.
Cynthia had watched relatives suffer with obesity-related illness and pain, including her grandmother, who lost both her eyesight and her feet from diabetes. She saw herself hurtling toward a similar future. "I imagined watching my niece's life from the sidelines, unable to fully participate," says Cynthia. "I wondered if I would bring shame or embarrassment to her, or worse. I realized that my eating would be a bad influence on her and that it would continue the cycle of obesity in my family."
As she neared her 40th birthday, Cynthia became determined to become a healthier person and a good role model for her niece. "I knew I had to change dramatically, or be fat and sick and self-conscious for the rest of my life," she recalls. Cynthia wanted the second half of her life to be different. "I wanted to be active. I wanted to play again. I wanted to be free," she says.
That's when she made a firm no-cheat commitment. And for the first time, Cynthia acknowledged her eating disorder as an addiction and treated it as such. "It has made all the difference," says Cynthia.
"I also quickly learned that even in 'legal' portions, bread, crackers, whole-grain chips, etc., set off my binge compulsions, so I just cut them out of my diet. I still eat starches," she admits, "but I stick to things like brown rice, sweet potatoes, winter squashes, and oatmeal."
The South Beach Diet gave Cynthia control over her eating and taught her how to put food back into perspective. "I became energetic and excited about taking care of my body," says Cynthia.
Cynthia's partner, Frank, is an avid cyclist. He encouraged Cynthia to purchase a beach-cruiser bike. "The free-flying, weightless thrill of being on a bike was a revelation," she says. Cynthia began rushing home from work to ride laps around her neighborhood. "But that wasn't enough," she says. Soon, Cynthia was using her bike to pick up groceries and riding six miles to work every day. She would challenge herself to see how long she could go without using her car. She and Frank started planning long elaborate trips on the weekends, cycling 10 to 15 miles round-trip. Now, Cynthia is ready to go even further! "On February 23, 2013, I'll be riding 32 miles to raise money for the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach," exclaims Cynthia.
Cynthia says that the South Beach Diet has given her a way of eating that makes sense. "It's a habit. I don't have to devote so much energy to counting calories or points. It's a way to just live. I understand the balance now."
"Cheating is harder than not cheating. That's the big revelation. People assume that having little bits of bad things in moderation is better. I also thought silly things like I don't want to live a life without ice cream. Or cookies. Or bread. Or chips. Now, I think those simple carbs really cloud your thinking."
"I try to always have a vegetable and a protein for a snack, and never a starch. Usually, it's carrots or grape tomatoes with a cheese stick or nuts. While I was on Phase 2, I love a cup of nonfat Greek yogurt mixed with sugar free white chocolate pudding. I follow the recipe on the box, just use yogurt instead of milk. It tastes like cheesecake and it's great with blueberries!"
"I'm an avid cyclist now. I also walk around the lake in our neighborhood with my fiancé. He's been a great supporter through all of this. When I first started, most exercise was too hard for me. I started by dancing in my living room for one song, and then I went from there."
Effective Weight-Loss Strategy
"Don't give yourself permission to cheat or to 'be off plan for a while." Make it work no matter what is happening. Get into routines and stick with them. Find ways to keep it fresh. Plan! I always carry snacks. When I started, I also sat down with my partner and told him that I felt like I had a real problem with food and I asked him for support and told him how he could help me. Frank eats what I eat and supplements with extra portions. If he is going to have something around that isn't good for me, he tucks it away where I won't see it. He is really protective of me. That has made a big difference. You need support."
Rewarding Goal
"I just turned 40 a couple of weeks ago. I look younger and feel better than I have in decades. It makes me feel like I'm getting younger instead of older and it makes me feel like life is full of possibilities. I also like that people assume I've had surgery to accomplish what I have accomplished. I enjoy being able to tell them, 'No. Just healthy eating and exercise.' Additionally, I like that I'm never hungry and that I feel like I can do this forever — and that's important when you are trying to lose over 200 pounds."
Best advice:
"Losing weight will always be in your 'someday' plans if you don't start and stick with it. Set a start date, plan, clean, shop, and then start. People tell me how strong I am and how they envy my willpower. They act like it's something I found within myself, but it's not. Being strong is a choice. I choose to be strong and I have to keep choosing to be strong. I have a long way to go, but I choose to be strong."
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Dear Friend in the Fight to Abolish Modern-Day Slavery:
As many of you know, today Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued the
latest report describing the actions of governments around the world to
protect and free vulnerable people from human trafficking. We invite you
to read it at http://www.state.gov/g/tip/.
This wide-ranging and textured report exposes many despicable aspects of
modern-day slavery, and the threats to dignity, law, and security it poses
to nations worldwide. It also gives credit where much is due for
governments acting upon a will to change. The Report lays out a blueprint
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As Secretary Rice has said: "All nations that are resolute in the fight to
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will continue to affirm that no human life can be devalued or discounted.
Together we will stop at nothing to end the debasement of our fellow men
and women. And together we will bring forth a world of fuller hope, a
world where people enjoy the full blessings of their God-given liberty."
We are proud to stand with governmental and non-governmental abolitionist
partners around the world to end this form of modern-day slavery.
Sincerely yours,
Ambassador Mark P. Lagon
Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
U.S. Department of State


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1 Park near Shell, Wyoming
Greybull, Wyoming 14.16 miles SW
Hyattville, Wyoming 25.91 miles SE
Lovell, Wyoming 29.23 miles NW
Dayton, Wyoming 32.71 miles NE
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Sites: 36 | Latest Rate: $30.00 | 3 Reviews
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May 2015 - $30.00
We stayed here in our 34' motorhome enroute to Yellowstone. The park is mostly gravel with some grass. Sites are very close together but we were the only ones there so it made no difference. Easy entry and exit. Utilities were fine and there was a picnic table. Nice view of mountains, sunset and a small creek. Staff were very friendly and helpful. It is right by the road but traffic totally dried up at dark. WiFi worked fine. Overall good place to stay. - rudyhehn
Aug 2013 - $35.00
Great park. This park has gravel and grass sites. We were with friends and we were able to face our trailers toward each other with plenty of room in between to open awnings. We used a dish for TV and picked it up just fine. The owners have a Verizon cell phone booster, but it doesn't work for AT&T. The owners are very nice and will work with you if you need anything special. The park has a small store and an area with a pool table and TV if you need it. They also have cabins that look very nice but we didn't use them. They are at the foot of the Bighorn mountains. We will stay here again. - radargil
Jul 2012 - $28.00
Down town Shell. Handy for exploring the Big Horns. Nice, friendly, mom and pop campground. Had been closed two years. New owners trying hard to get it up and running. Mostly gravel sites, close to adjacent campers, but a friendly hand shake and hello, and your neighbors are like friends. Laundry and restroom/showers are small but very clean. Nice bar and small cafe across the highway. We felt like we were at home. - rla