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Heidi Klum may be super busy with her new judging role on America's Got Talent but that hasn't stopped the German/American model posting raunchy photos of herself from the past.
The 40-year-old star showed off her toned physique in the latest of her saucy Twitter posts.
In a gorgeous black and white photograph, the younger Heidi Klum sits naked and soaking wet on a beach looking rather happy. The model manages to protect her modesty by cleverly placing her arms across her chest.
The mum-of-four proudly showed the photo to her fans with the caption, @heidiklum: "Photo blast from the past: Splitternackt!"
Heidi Klum tweets fans naked pictures of herself (Heidi Klum/Instagram)
Splitternackt is pretty much the German word for butt-naked!
Klum worked on the photo series with professional photographer Russell James.
He told GQ that Heidi made the most of the shoot, "Every time I shoot with Heidi it cracks me up, no matter how serious the pictures are".
James added, "In this particular series we're down in Costa Careyes in Mexico, Heidi running naked on the beach. But the waves that were breaking were so deadly dangerous that if you were caught in one, you're gone forever.
"She's saying 'Rusty, the waves are gonna come' - I'd say, 'No, no - it's great, lay down'. Then suddenly, 'Get up and run!' So it looks all passive and quiet, but we were running against waves that were really life-threatening and she was exhausted and beaten and it was a frenetic shoot.
"It was complete mayhem, but somehow these pictures came out."
Other cheeky snaps posted by the model include, one of Heidi's tum with a smiley face drawn with sand, to which she told fans to "smile". Yesterday morning the TV star posted a picture from inside a jet with her and boyfriend Martin Kristen joining their hands together to make a love heart which she captioned "happy".
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St. Lucia - September
The Brooklyn-based and former Johannesberg-born and raised Jean-Philip Grobler aka St. Lucia has been prepping his debut album for Neon Gold and Columbia Records for quite some time with executive producer James Iha.
If you need to hear something that proves that the time has been well spent, listen to his new single "September." The new single is a slowly creeping piece of atmosphere electronic pop that builds and builds upon layers of new wave percussion, synths with Grobler's vocals leading the way. It's just a taste of what's to come.
The new single will be released September 25, 2012. The album will see light early next year.

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Everyone Just Had to See Gracie Mansion
They all wanted to see the home of the Mayor of the City of New York. Just ask Hillary B. Smith (Nora Buchanan, OLTL), who had never been before and was completely overwhelmed by Gracie Mansion, the grounds, and the view. "Where in New York City do you actually sit and look out with a water view, unobstructed with a gorgeous house. This is the most spectacular spot." The Big Apple's Mayor doesn't even live on the premises. "I thought maybe I would come here and live here for him and dust for him, occasionally, don't you think that's a good idea?" she mused.
The Mayor's office generously throws a pre-Emmy shindig for all the nominees and their families on the night before the show. The usual suspects, that is, the paparazzi, stand and wait as actors, hosts, producers, directors, and writers make their way up the short red carpet, to the security check, and the huge yellow house with the unobstructed view. But no one goes inside. The party's on the lawn under a tent, where people mingle, eat, and listen to a live band. All very Upper East Side!
But the day started way down on Wall Street, where Katherine Oliver, Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, presided over the opening bell at NASDAQ to celebrate the 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. She was joined by members of New York's Daytime Community, who were honored with the MADE IN NY award for their contributions to NYC's television community. All My Children and its darling diva, Susan Lucci, are celebrating 35 years on daytime. They proudly accepted the MADE IN NY award. Find out more.
Later in the day, the eight very talented women who were nominated for Lead Actress celebrated their historic achievements with a luncheon at The Water Club. It was very private and lots of fun. Since Martha Byrne (Lily, ATWT) was the first to arrive at Gracie Mansion SOAPDOM got the scoop from her. "We just had a great time. As I sat around the table and I just looked at everybody I just thought, I'm in awe and I'm such a fan and I have such respect for all of them. I think they're so talented. They work really hard. There's not a loser in the bunch. Looking around, every one of them are veterans and hard working, survivors of daytime. I love that."
Byrne, who was born across the Hudson River in Ridgewood, New Jersey, is a New Yorker down to her toes. Her husband was a NYC cop. How much more NY can you get? "I'm thrilled that the Mayor recognizes that daytime is such a big part of New York City. We employ a lot of people. A lot of New Yorkers. I just love this event."
The morning of the Emmy nominations she couldn't believe it. "They called my name first, and they kept going and going and going and I thought, --- I checked out after I heard my name so I had no idea and I called my mom and she said, 'I think there are 8 people nominated.' The more the merrier."
An invitation to Gracie Mansion doesn't come easily and Kimberlin Brown (Dr. Paige Miller, OLTL) wanted to see the fabled house for herself, only her trip is a little longer. "I'm commuting from Vegas." That's where she's lived for years with her husband and two children. It's tough on everyone, but the life of an actor is really like that of a gypsy and Brown's living proof. This California native misses her family desperately, "But I really like New York this week, because I've got my son with me. Otherwise, I'm a little on the lonely side." Life on One Life's set is great for Brown. Why not? Most of her scenes are with Bob Woods (Bo Buchanan, OLTL). He's been wonderful, wonderful to me…a lot of fun to work with."
All My Children's resident psychotic Jonathan Lavery has disappeared, but the Emmy nominated actor who plays him, Jeff Branson was all smiles as he casually strolled the red carpet. "My life's fantastic. I feel like I already won. Just to be in the company that I'm in and to be voted on by my peers, I've already won. I haven't been doing this for very long and the people I'm running with have been doing it for several years and I just have to honor that. I feel blessed." The morning of the broadcast Branson was completely oblivious; "I was having tea in my kitchen. And all of a sudden the publicist from ABC called and asked, 'How are you? How does it feel to be nominated for your first Daytime Emmy?' and I spilled the hot tea down my arm. I did. I was really shook." But not anymore!
Branson's mom, Leslie just flew in from Missouri and she might be more nervous than her son, "I am beyond proud of him. Everybody comes up to me and tells me how wonderful he is." Here's the real kicker, "I've been watching All My Children longer than he's been alive. He couldn't have started better in my opinion. For him to be on All My Children is a real thrill for me." The real thrill was for Branson when he surprised his mom with a designer gown from Galliano, "It's stunning. She's gonna have a blast."
So where does that leave Branson, Jonathan and All My Children? Where do they go from here, if anywhere? Will the dead boy resurface in another body? Branson was pretty cagey, "They didn't find his body, so who knows?" The young man's got much bigger plans at the moment. "I'm going to Chile in August. I have a week in June available to me and then on July 4th I'm going to San Diego for surf camp and then probably that week in June I'll head out west." With a week off, what does that mean? Is he back on the show? "That means I'm doing everything. I'm dedicating a week off to myself. So, that I can create time to do other things." As he walked off arm in arm Branson looked over his shoulder and smiled. Maybe we haven't seen the last of Jonathan…
Just as he walked through security, Cameron Mathison (Ryan Lavery, OLTL) and wife Vanessa posed for the cameras. They came to this shindig because Vanessa wanted to.
Like so many other people, she wanted to see the house and the grounds. It seemed to be a recurring theme all through the evening. This event, this whole weekend was about to become a mini-vacation for the Mathison's. "But here's the thing," Cameron explained, "I work a lot of the Emmy's. I've hosted for EXTRA and SOAPNET. This year I made the decision we're really going to enjoy the whole Emmy experience together. No guests. We've had my family here, which is great. We've had her family here, which is also great. But this year, it's just going to be us and we're going to have a good time. We're here at Gracie Mansion and tomorrow night we're going alone. We got a suite at a hotel and we're going to leave our son at home with the sitter."
All My Children's resident hunk was one of the announcers the morning the Emmy nods were broadcast. But it was hours before his wife, Vanessa, knew her husband was one of the chosen. She wasn't watching because their son, Lucas, had been up all night. Vanessa was zonked since she was up with him. By the time 8:30AM rolled aroune, mother and son were sound asleep. "I didn't want to wake them up. So, it was probably around noon when we spoke." Vanessa was so out of it, "It felt like the Twilight Zone." The whole morning was strangely serene for Mathison. "I remember a really wonderful sense of calm. I remember this wonderful internal sense of …this relaxed, ahhh that's nice… peace. Since then, I truly thought about it a little bit, but I usually only think about it when people bring it up. Everybody's like, 'are you nervous, are you excited about tomorrow night.' I'm like, yeah, I don't know. I feel pretty good about it." The temperatures were dropping radically and Vanessa was wearing a little black dress spaghetti straps. Mathison was rubbing her shoulders, trying to get the blood pumping, but nothing worked. So, they hurried onto the ceremony, which was just about to begin.
Just before the festivities, Dan Gauthier (Kevin, OLTL) stopped by for a quick chat. Another one who came to see the Mayor's splashy digs. "I've never been here. I get invited every year and I've been on the show for two years and I thought I'd come for the experience. And, I wanted to see the house."
It seems Kevin and his Kelly are facing yet another obstacle on the road to bliss. "I know that we're reconciling kind of, but Paul Satterfield who plays Spencer Truman is coming in and it looks like there's going to be some sort of triangle. And, I know she's dating him and I'm a little jealous and that's where we are right now. But that's all I know. We're just starting it." When SOAPDOM pressed for more details, Gauthier laughed. "I truly don't know what might be happening." Oh and here's something interesting. Paul Satterfield has a famous aunt. Do you know who she is? The answer is at the end of the article.
It was almost impossible to see Susan Lucci on the podium, or for that matter, hear what was being said, but SOAPDOM spotted Erica Kane's creator, Agnes Nixon, in this sea of people. The last of the great soap creators, she brought her teen-age granddaughter to the party. Frank Dicopolous (Frank, GL) was hanging with his friends munching on hors d'oeuvres that just kept coming – little pizzas, roast beef and cilantro, tuna, you name it. One Life's Roxy Balsom, Ilene Kristen arrived straight from a dance class in leg warmers and a sweater. At first she may not have seemed dressed for the occasion, but in the end she was the only with any smarts. The temperatures were dropping all night and Kristen was the only one dressed for the weather.
Hillary B. Smith, an Emmy winner herself, is very excited about the entire celebration, "The honor is the nomination because if your peers recognize you than to win is just the cherry on top of the sundae. You still have the title in front of your name, you're an Emmy award nominee or winner and you still have the title."
Several weeks ago, Smith started popping up in commercial breaks all over the tube. She's not a doctor, but she is selling medication. It's not a role she usually plays "My agent told me to go. I loved the people, they liked me, I had a great time doing it, and I happen to take the product. I'm one of those people who has to really use the product and like it. You've got to believe in the product." Her fans are very aware of the ad, but they're not quite sure which calcium product she's selling. Do you know?
Smith's a great saleswoman and even if you're not a One Life fan, the week of May 23rd, 2005 was really one to check out. Big doings went down and Smith couldn't have been more emphatic, "The week of the 23rd actually stuns you, beautifully done, and every one turns in really fantastic performances. It changes and alters Bo and Nora's relationship forever. It changes and alters the town." Even if you're not a regular viewer, that week might be the one to get yourself hooked!
"It's hard to believe little Kristin Alderson (Starr Manning, OLTL) is 13 going on 14. "I have been on the show for 7 years, since I was 6." Quite a little lady, Alderson was wearing a little black dress matching black shawl and pumps. She's thrilled that four terrific actresses from her show received Emmy nods, "They're all great. They all deserve it, especially Kassie DePaiva" (Blair Cramer Manning, OLTL).
Her brother Eddie (Matthew Rappaport, OLTL) was nowhere in sight, "He's camera shy so my mom and I decided to come by ourselves." Alderson was home schooled this year, but much prefers attending classes with her friends. Her schedule at One Life was so tough something had to give. It was either quit the show or home schooling. Next year she returns to regular classes and she can't wait to be with her friends. One Life provides a tutor on set, but it's not the same thing. There's no time for sports, although Alderson was a cheerleader for two years, and she will get to graduate middle school with the rest of her schoolmates. Right now she's focused on the party and the Emmy broadcast, "I love getting dressed up and with all the cameras it's fun. It's fun to see all the people who come from California. It's very exciting."
If it seems as though One Life was well represented at Gracie Mansion, it's true. They were almost the last people to leave the party. Maybe it's the only time they really get to see each other. Outside the Branson's and the Mathison's were trying to hail a cab, which were few and far between at the corner of East End Avenue and 88th Street. When one finally appeared, Kassie DePaiva and the Smith's (Hil and her husband, Phil) scoped it out and scooped it up. It was a One Life kind of night!
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- The 'Collaborative Care' curriculum: an educational model addressing key ACGME core competencies in primary care residency trainingKeith Frey
Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Med Educ 37:786-9. 2003..Additionally, the project enhances the quality of patient care within the model family practice centre in a family practice residency...
- Designing a disease management program: a collaborationR Scott Gorman
Departments of Managed Care and Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Manag Care Interface 15:68-72, 75. 2002..Resident involvement and feedback for this pilot curriculum were positive and the residents were confident in the skills they developed...
- Teaching disease management care: a senior resident seminar and team project modelKeith Frey
Department of Family Medicine and Managed Care, Mayo Clinic, Thunderbird Primary Care Center, Scottsdale, AZ 85260, USA
Fam Med 34:242-4. 2002....
- Maintaining excellence in physician nurse communication with CPOE: A nursing informatics team approachMary J Wright
Mayo Clinic Arizona, USA
J Healthc Inf Manag 20:65-70. 2006..A second application is a Web-based link to the nursing assignment sheets, which will give physicians and support staff access to staff nurse assignments and phone numbers, specific to each nursing unit...
- National recommendations for preconception care: the essential role of the family physicianAnne L Dunlop
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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ST. PETERSBURG — One problem continuously plagued Mitchell in its nondistrict tilt Monday at St. Petersburg Catholic.
The Mustangs struggled to clear the ball out of their own end, oftentimes giving the ball right back to the Barons.
For 24 minutes, Mitchell was able to hold its line and keep the Barons off the scoreboard.
Inevitably, though, the Mustangs succumbed to the pressure in a 4-1 loss.
"We had a couple lapses on defense and made some mistakes," Mitchell coach Karl Kukec said. "I think overall it's a good game to have played the week before districts start because we still have time to work on some things that didn't work."
Much of the game was played in the midfield with both teams knocking the ball around, searching for one well-placed pass that would spring an attacker free. The Barons (14-4-3) had just seven shots on goal; the Mustangs (15-3-2) only three. SPC, however, capitalized on its opportunities.
"Attacking-wise, we didn't get too much done," Kukec said.
Mitchell fell victim to an own goal as Michelle McNally's cross into the box for the Barons was kicked into goal by a Mustangs defender to put SPC ahead 1-0 at the break.
The Barons made it 2-0 10 minutes into the second half when Mustangs goalkeeper Sandra Jozic fouled SPC's Rebecca Borland in the box as both were chasing a long ball. Jozic was given a yellow card, and the Barons' Meggie Dougherty Howard converted the penalty kick against backup goalie Arielle Anahory.
The Barons scored twice more — McNally earned her second goal with 21 minutes left and Lauren Mueller followed seven minutes later with the Barons' fourth — to put the game out of reach.
Mitchell's Marisa Russo, who moved to forward for the final eight minutes, got a goal back for the Mustangs in the closing seconds.


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Nat Chem Biol 5:625-7. 2009..Bacillithiol is the alpha-anomeric glycoside of L-cysteinyl-D-glucosamine with L-malic acid and most probably functions as an antioxidant. Bacillithiol, like the structurally similar mycothiol, may serve as a substitute for glutathione...
- Glutathione analogs in prokaryotesRobert C Fahey
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Biochim Biophys Acta 1830:3182-98. 2013..Low-molecular-weight thiols provide protective buffers against the hazards of ROS toxicity. Glutathione is the small protective thiol in nearly all eukaryotes but in prokaryotes the situation is far more complex...
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
Annu Rev Microbiol 55:333-56. 2001..Available data on the biosynthesis and metabolism of these and other novel thiols is summarized and key areas for additional study are identified...
- Organic hydroperoxide resistance protein and ergothioneine compensate for loss of mycothiol in Mycobacterium smegmatis mutantsPhilong Ta
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0314, USA
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NEW YORK — Two American hikers held for years in an Iranian prison came home Sunday, declaring that they were detained because of their nationality, not because they might have crossed the border from Iraq.
Joshua Fattal and Shane Bauer arrived in New York, ending their diplomatic and personal ordeal with a sharp rebuke of the country that sentenced each to eight years in jail for espionage and illegally walking into Iran. They say they may never know if they actually stepped across the border while hiking and getting lost.
"From the very start, the only reason we have been held hostage is because we are American," Fattal said at a news conference at a Manhattan hotel. "Iran has always tied our case to its political disputes with the U.S."
The two 29-year-olds were freed last week under a $1 million bail deal and arrived Wednesday in Oman, greeted by relatives and fellow hiker Sarah Shourd, who was released last year.
The men's families said Sunday they don't know who paid the bail.
The men's saga began in July 2009 with what they called a wrong turn into the wrong country. The three say they were hiking together in Iraq's relatively peaceful Kurdish region along the Iran-Iraq border when Iranian guards detained them. They always maintained their innocence, saying they might have accidentally wandered into Iran.
The two men were convicted of spying last month. Shourd, to whom Bauer proposed marriage while they were imprisoned, was charged but freed last year before any trial.
A beaming Shourd faced reporters and cameras that packed a conference room at Manhattan's Parker Meridien hotel.
"There's a huge burden lifted off of all of our chests — so much joy," she said. "Shane and Josh and I are beginning our lives again, and there are so many new joys that await us; I've never felt as free as I feel today."
But her face darkened when she was asked whether the men had been mistreated in captivity. She said Bauer was beaten and Fattal forced down a flight of stairs.
The men took turns reading statements, surrounded by relatives and Shourd. They didn't take questions from reporters.


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Clearlake >> The public is invited to attend the first Clear Lake Shareholder Discussion Forum on Monday at the city of Clearlake City Council Chambers.
The forum will be held from 1 to 4:30 p.m. and will be presented by the Clear Lake Integrated Watershed Management Planning.
It is an opportunity for the Lake County community to learn about and provide input on Clear Lake water quality and environmental health planning efforts, according to a press release.
The forum's goal is to enhance communication, coordination and collaboration on important lake water quality and related environmental issues, the release stated. The Clear Lake Stakeholder Discussion Forum is a chance to weigh in on water resource-related priority projects for the Lake County region.
A draft Forum agenda can be found on the Lake County website: www.co.lake.ca.us/.
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KARACHI: Pakistan's women's team lost to South Africa by five wickets in their play-off match on Wednesday in Colombo.
Pakistan captain Sana Mir won the toss and elected to bat first. Pakistan scored 87 runs in 20 overs for the loss of eight wickets. The innings saw three run outs and Bismah Maroof was the only one who made a significant contribution with the bat, scoring 32 runs off 40 balls.
In reply, South Africa's Trisha Chetty and Alison Hodgkinson scored 22 and 25 respectively as Pakistan's Shabnim Ismail took three wickets for 19.
South Africa completed the chase successfully in 19.5 overs, losing five wickets.
The loss means that Pakistan will have to play in the qualifiers for the 2014 World Twenty20 next year while South Africa have automatically qualified.
Pakistan were knocked out of this year's World T20 after losing to England and Australia. However, they beat India in a nail-biting finish by one run.


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The East Bethel City Council April 17 approved a utility infrastructure loan fund program to assist businesses that will soon be required to connect to the city's new water and sewer system.
Costs that these businesses are facing include a $2,000 sewer access charge (SAC) per equivalent residential unit (ERU), a $3,600 water access charge (WAC) per ERU, plus a $2,600 SAC charge from the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES).
The number of ERUs assigned to a business is determined by the MCES based on business type, anticipated peak water usage, building size and other factors. Some of the affected businesses are assigned up to four ERUs.
In addition, businesses will incur various additional costs for private lateral lines, water meters, private sewer abatements and inspection fees, said Community Development Director Colleen Winter.
The loan program would operate through the city's Economic Development Authority and provide loans of up to a maximum of $37,800 for each qualifying business that applies.
To be eligible for the loan program, applicants must be located in the city's municipal utility infrastructure improvement area and must be in good standing with the city in paying all property taxes and applicable city licenses. They must also pay a $200 application fee and a $300 escrow fee.
The East Bethel Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) will loan the city's Economic Development Authority (EDA) $281,400 as seed money to create the loan fund. The city would repay the HRA as loan repayments are collected from borrowing businesses at an interest rate of 4 percent.
Councilmember Heidi Moegerle asked City Attorney Mike Vierling how well protected the city would be in the case of a borrower defaulting.
According to Vierling, the city would not be subordinate to any mortgage or secondary lien on the property, but instead would be "at the top of the list" to recoup its money by assessing it to the property.


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\Elk Neck State Forest is approximately 3300 acres situated in central Cecil County consisting of four separate tracts of land. Elk Neck State Forest is open to the public for hunting, hiking, horseback riding and mountain biking. Shooting ranges for bow, hand gun, shotgun and rifle are also available to the public. Permits are accessed from a self-service honor system located at the Maintenance Complex. The forest supports a diverse habitat with mixed deciduous and evergreen trees and an understory of mountain laurel, azaleas and other native shrubs. Birdwatchers, including members of the Cecil County Bird Club, enjoy observing the forest's abundance of migratory birds. From Baltimore: I 95 north to exit 100, Md 272 south. Go 2.5 mi through North East, turn left onto Irishtown Rd You will see the entrance to the park on the left in 1.7 mii, turn left and contnue 0.4 mi until the parking area, near the water tower.
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Neighbor heard explosion before seeing Antrim County home in flames
Tue, 18 Mar 2014 09:48:18 GMT —
A home is destroyed by fire in Antrim County.
A neighbor reported hearing an explosion before looking outside and seeing the home engulfed in flames.
Crews were called to the home on Cedar Shores Trail, off of Intermediate Lake Drive in Central Lake around 3 a.m. Tuesday.
No one was inside the home at the time of the fire. Debris from the explosion landed up against a neighboring home, some pieces pierced through the structure.
The investigation into exactly what sparked the fire continues.
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Fans call 2014 air show a success
Sun, 25 May 2014 22:02:10 GMT —
Newcomers and regulars alike told KRCG 13 Sunday they thoroughly enjoyed this yearâ??s Salute to Veterans Air Show.
Fayetteville, Arkansas resident Tony Miller said while he has been to a number of air shows nationwide, this is the first time he has been to Columbiaâ??s. He said he liked the predominance of propeller- as opposed to jet-driven aircraft. He said the Canadian Forcesâ?? Snowbirds were the main reason he came to Columbia.
â??Itâ??s a very rare opportunity to see the Snowbirds,â?? he said, noting that squadron will appear at just five shows in the United States this year.
Thena Franssen said she brings her family to the show every year. She said the air show is perfect for families because of its free admission, timing and variety.
â??My favorite part is when they have the stunt planes in the air. I really enjoy that,â?? she said.
Sundayâ??s sunny skies and warm temperatures brought throngs of people to Columbia Regional Airport. Thousands watched and cheered passes by the Trojan Phlyers, a TBM Avenger torpedo bomber, and a PV-2 Harpoon maritime reconnaissance aircraft. The crowd applauded the U.S. Armyâ??s famed Golden Knights parachute demonstration team as each member touched down and waved to the Snowbirds while they taxied down the runway to launch the showâ??s finale. Several people watching the show said the stunt performances were their favorite part.
Dedan Gighegi was another newcomer to the show. He said his relatives were visiting from Springfield and he decided to bring them out.
â??Theyâ??ve traveled in planes, but theyâ??ve just never seen planes do tricks,â?? he said.
Frank Griggs drove shuttle buses at the last two Salute to Veterans shows and decided to go as a spectator this year. He said he was glad some of the pilots let children sit in their planes.
â??They look up in the sky and the sun kind of hurts their eyes. But they get to sit in the seat of a plane and they go, â??Wow, this is neat!â??â??
Columbiaâ??s Salute to Veterans celebration concludes on Monday with a parade in downtown Columbia. The Golden Knights will â??jump startâ?? the festivities shortly before 10 a.m.


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Mon, 13 Jan 2014 15:00:59 GMT —
Autopsy results are pending for a man found dead along the street Saturday in Bushnell.
Christopher Engel, 38, of Quincy was spotted by a a passerby about 8:20 a.m. near the intersection of Walnut and Davis.
There's no foul play suspected at this time, McDonough County Sheriff Rick VanBrooker said.
The sheriff said he expects autopsy to be completed within a week.
You can find Engel's obituary through Hansen-Spear Funeral Home here.


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After clashing about the racial composition of the jury in the Jayson Williams aggravated manslaughter trial, opposing lawyers on Tuesday disagreed sharply in opening statements in their explanation of the shotgun blast that killed a 55-year-old chauffeur at Mr. Williams's country estate nearly two years ago.
Toward the end of his 50-minute opening statement, the chief prosecutor, Steven C. Lember, told the jury that the chauffeur, Costas Christofi, was killed because Mr. Williams had shown ''a conscious disregard of a substantial risk'' while handling a double-barreled, 12-gauge shotgun as Mr. Christofi walked just feet away.
Mr. Lember said Mr. Williams did not intend to kill Mr. Christofi. But, the prosecutor argued, the shooting was not an accident either, and resulted from Mr. Williams's recklessness and ''extreme indifference to the value of human life.''
Minutes later, one of Mr. Williams's lawyers, William R. Martin, disagreed, telling the jury in his opening statement that his client was unaware of any risk as he handled the shotgun and did not consciously fire it at Mr. Christofi.
Mr. Martin suggested that Mr. Williams, 35, will testify in his own defense later in the trial and will say that the shooting was accidental.Continue reading the main story
''Jayson Williams will tell you what happened that night,'' Mr. Martin told the jury. ''Jayson Williams will tell you how this horrific, totally unforeseeable accident occurred.''
The lawyers' sharply differing portrayals of Mr. Williams's state of mind at the moment the gun fired were just one of several disagreements over details in the case. They suggested that the trial, expected to last two months, will be marked by a stream of contradictory evidence on many issues, from Mr. Williams's attitude toward Mr. Christofi the night of the shooting to details about how Mr. Williams, a former star for the New Jersey Nets, handled the gun before it discharged.
The deep disagreements highlighting the opening arguments followed a stormy morning of jury selection.
Mr. Lember and the other prosecutor on the case, Katharine Errickson, used half of their 12 peremptory challenges to dismiss six blacks -- five men and a woman -- from the jury. Mr. Williams's other lawyer, Joseph A. Hayden, objected to those dismissals in four different sidebar conferences with the presiding judge, Edward M. Coleman. Judge Coleman apparently rejected all four of the objections, although he made no public announcement of his decisions in the courtroom.
The jury of 16 ultimately seated included 4 men and 12 women, including 4 black women. At the end of the trial, 4 of the 16 jurors will become alternates and will not deliberate.
After the lunch recess, Mr. Hayden again objected to the dismissal of the six blacks, this time in open court. Mr. Hayden argued that the prosecutors had systematically excluded blacks from the jury, in violation of state law and of Mr. Williams's constitutional rights.
Mr. Williams is biracial; his father is African-American, and his mother is Polish-American.
In rulings in 1986, the United States Supreme Court, swiftly followed by the New Jersey Supreme Court, barred the systematic dismissal of blacks or members of other racial or ethnic groups from juries through the use of peremptory challenges. In such challenges, prosecutors and defense lawyers do not have to cite a reason for a dismissal.
In response to the defense objections after lunch, Mr. Lember, the prosecutor, denied the dismissals were racially motivated. He said he was ''somewhat appalled'' by Mr. Hayden's charge.
Judge Coleman rejected Mr. Hayden's complaint. The judge seemed upset by it and contended that Mr. Hayden made it for ''public consumption'' and possible eventual appeals to higher courts.
Judge Coleman said he had carefully and patiently listened to the defense objections in the private conferences and had ruled then that the prosecutors had valid reasons for the six dismissals and had not engaged in any racial bias.
''To argue the state is blindly challenging people based on race is incorrect,'' the judge said. He also noted that 4 of the jury's 16 members, or 25 percent, were black. He said that blacks account for about 7 percent of the population in Somerset County, where the trial is being held.
Before Mr. Christofi was shot at about 2:30 a.m. on Feb. 14, 2002, Mr. Williams and several friends attended a Harlem Globetrotters basketball game in Bethlehem, Pa. Afterward, the party went to a restaurant near the Williams estate for a late dinner and drinks. Mr. Christofi drove four the Globetrotters to the restaurant and later took several other guests back to the estate.
Mr. Lember, the prosecutor, told the jury that Mr. Williams taunted and swore at Mr. Christofi both in the restaurant and later, moments before he was shot.
Mr. Martin, the defense lawyer, denied the allegation, saying his client had no ill will toward the chauffeur. At one point, Mr. Martin described Mr. Williams as a ''big teddy bear'' and said Mr. Williams had ''love in his heart'' for Mr. Christofi.
Mr. Lember also said Mr. Williams tried to cover up the crime. Among other things, the prosecutor said, Mr. Williams wiped his own fingerprints from the shotgun and tried to place Mr. Christofi's hands on the gun as he lay dying.
In response to that allegation, Mr. Martin said the fatal blast caused chaos and pandemonium in the bedroom. He said Mr. Williams ''panicked'' after the shooting.
''Maybe he should have done something different, but he didn't have criminal intent,'' Mr. Martin said.Continue reading the main story


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Football season is back with the first two-a-day practice.
Garafolo on the Morning practice:
Garafolo on the morning and afternoon.
"Bomar had a solid afternoon after a tremendous morning session."
Vacchiano on the afternoon practice.
Paul Schwartz on the day's practices.
Okay, so we hear from Corey Webster that we are going to see these Cornerbacks playing the QB a lot more and playing press on the WR a lot less. Pete's right, if it smells like a duck, walks like a duck, talks like a duck, it's a duck. If Webster is right and they are just mixing it up, I have less problem with that. Just don't mix it up to the point where the better QBs are going to victimize us in this turnover volatility game.
Very happy with the early Bomar reports. Bill Parcells sage wisdom: "It's a very easy thing to say, 'Go get a backup quarterback.' Now tell me where to get them. You just can't dial them up."
Players limited in practice were Bulluck, Bradshaw, Boss, Umenyiora, Nicks and O'Hara. It is all precautionary… the Giants are not over-working them early. O'Hara has an ankle, does not sound serious.
The Panther's Steve Smith apparently did not like the hit from Michael Johnson that broke his arm.
Bill Polian of the Colts sounded off on the absurdity of rookie salaries.


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Made with homemade cacao nib infusion and cocchi americano. I enjoyed the drink. It was sweet up front with some bourbon taste, then the sour from the lemon hit and there was a hint of chocolate in the finish. Would make again when I'm in the mood for something sweeter.


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Baylor football 2012 kicks off one month from today
One month from today, Baylor football will kick off the 2012 season at home against SMU. Building on back-to-back bowl games and a Heisman Trophy win, what will the future hold for Baylor football? That question is important, because as head coach Art Briles says, the future is now.
Baylor set all manner of program attendance records last season: largest average attendance, largest total attendance, most season tickets sold, etc. Don't miss out on the fun this year; 2012 season tickets are now available, starting as low as $95.
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of Auxilium Pharmaceutical Inc. (AUXL) are down -15.02% to $23.25 in pre-market trade after the specialty biopharmaceutical company announced that it's reducing its financial guidance for the full year 2014 due primarily to lower-than-expected revenues from Testim testosterone gel.
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And so the pressure moves off the shoulders of Andrew Dixon, departing chief executive of Creative Scotland, and on to its board, led by Sir Sandy Crombie.
News of Mr Dixon's resignation was in the offing some time. The Herald learned last week he had been signed off sick and he was, we were told, contemplating his future.
He has now resigned and will be leaving at the end of January. The search for a new chief executive will begin, but the body which the new leader will lead will have to look and feel different to the one led by Mr Dixon.
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That is the settled wish of the national artistic and creative community which Mr Dixon, in his departing quotes, feels he could not win over, despite his personal positivity and apparent view, for months, that difficulties were merely a problem of communication.
Mr Dixon, who has his own skills and qualities, at times this year seemed to convey the sense that once companies and artists understood what Creative Scotland were really doing, then peace would break out.
But the problem wasn't only communication: it was what Creative Scotland was doing.
This ranged from axing Flexible Funding, to the language it used, to its desire to get involved in curating and commissioning as its own hybrid mix of arts funder and creative industries investor, from not having individual funding streams for each genre of the arts to unfortunate incidents like the all-male judging panel of its awards, among a litany of other mis-steps.
Now, one cannot envisage, as one noted Scottish philosopher once sang, the board "ripping it all up" to start again.
But one can imagine the board looking seriously at the roles and make-up of the senior management team.
It could look at how specialist knowledge inside the body is used, how short-term funding can be sustainable in the long term, what exactly it can and cannot do with its Lottery money, how to best speak and communicate with artists, and, perhaps most importantly, how a fresh start can be delivered in reality. Because the body cannot just carry on as it is, minus just one key executive.
It is notable, in his parting words, that Mr Dixon regrets not being able to "gain the respect and support of some of the more established voices in Scottish culture".
That could mean many of the names which signed the fatal "100 artist" letter in early October. He was personally shocked by the letter when it appeared. He should not have been.
And maybe if he had properly grasped earlier the scale and intent of the many concerns of artists, companies and even the Culture Secretary, his resignation may not have been as inevitable as it seemed last night.
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My family is of German descent and since the hamburger was originally made in Hamburg Germany, I thought I would combine some of my family's favorite flavors.
True to the definition of Luau, this is truely a FEAST of a burger.
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This ultimate American burger was created from my love for both Cajun style cooking and good old fashioned Mexican food.
This is a regional recipe from the great mid section of our country. When the air gets a fresh chill the apple orchards are bursting with a wide variety of crisp, juicy selections.
Growing up in New York City gave me the experience of eating food from around the globe. I learned to appreciate good cooking and fresh ingredients.
This is a great local American burger because of its artful invention and assemblage.
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Alone, one car wash fundraiser event will create little, adverse environmental impact. But, collectively, car wash fundraiser events contribute significant amounts of water pollution.
The City of Brighton Stormwater Division offers a program to promote fish-friendly car washing. All community groups that wish to host a car wash will be provided with special equipment that will keep sudsy, greasy, dirty water out of the storm drains and keep these pollutants from entering our local ponds and river. This program also helps promote water
conservation by using a hose nozzle to prevent water from being wasted. Washing without a nozzle is a common practice in individual car washing and can use up to 119 gallons of water for one wash.
Get the Carwash Kit
- The kit is free for loan at City of Brighton Utilities Department located at 500 S 4th Ave - 4th Floor, Brighton CO 80601.
- View the kit instructions below.
- Certain conditions apply: sites must have a sump-style catch basin (storm drain), electricity and either a grassy/landscaped area or sanitary outlet in which to drain the dirty water.
Call to arrange pick-up at least 5 days in advance: 303-655-2121.
We also suggest that you follow the "Good Housekeeping Practices" listed below for an environmentally successful
car wash fundraising event. Using these practices, you will meet two equally important goals:
(1) Raise a great deal of money for your organization and, (2) Minimize the amount of soapy wash water that enters any storm drain.
Good Housekeeping Practice #1: Get your environmentally friendly carwash kit, which includes a catch basin insert, pump, hoses and extension cords from the City of Brighton Stormwater Division by calling at 303-655-2121.
Good Housekeeping Practice #2: Before beginning your car wash, remove all trash and debris from the car washing area.
Good Housekeeping Practice #3: Use only soaps, cleaners, or detergents labeled "nontoxic", "phosphate free", or "biodegradable". The safest products for the environment are vegetable-based or citrus-based soaps.
Good Housekeeping Practice #4: Avoid the use of acid-based wheel cleaners.
Good Housekeeping Practice #5: Minimize the amount of water or soapy wash water running off the car washing. Always shut off or kink the hoses when not in use. Whenever possible, select a site where the cars can be driven onto grass or gravel for washing. Or, select a site where wash water will drain onto grass, gravel, or landscaping, or into the sanitary sewer system. This will allow the soapy water to filter through vegetation and soil instead of flowing into a storm drain. Use a bucket of soapy water to re-soap rags or sponges throughout the wash rather than adding more soap directly to the rag/sponge. Do not empty buckets of soapy or rinse water into the parking lot, street, gutter, or storm drains. Always empty buckets into the sanitary sewer system (e.g. sinks or toilets).
Other recommendations for pollution prevention:
If you choose a site that drains into a street, block off the storm drain with sandbags or wet towels and divert the dirty water, onto grass, gravel or an area where the water can pool and evaporate throughout the day. Contact the City for assistance to block off storm drains. Clean up the site after the event. Have volunteers walk the perimeter of the site location picking up any trash and debris and dispose of it properly. Shake car mats into a trash can or vacuum them off. Do not shake dirt from car mats directly onto the ground.
Be Fish-Friendly at Home
If you are washing your car at home, please use these tips to help protect our local water quality:
Wash your car over the lawn--give your lawn a drink and the soil will help filter soap and grease
• Use biodegradable, ammonia-free soap
• Avoid harsh chemical products such as chrome cleaners and degreasers (visit a commercial car wash for detailing work, if possible)
• Empty dirty wash water onto the lawn or into a sink or tub (so the water will go to the sanitary treatment plant)
• Sweep your driveway instead of hosing it off (this helps keep dirt and pollutants from being washed into our creeks)
Carwash Kit Contents
Storm drain insert: a plastic tub that is inserted into the storm drain after the grate is removed. The pump is placed inside the drain insert. The soapy water is then pumped out through the attached hose. The tub insert needs to fit the size of the open storm drain.
• Pump: (Small 1/40 horsepower submersible sump pump).
• GFCI adapter plug - Ground-Fault Circuit Interruptor (Class A).
• 100 foot hose, to connect pump to sink, toilet or landscape area (away from storm drains)
• 100 foot electrical cord (electrical extension cord).
• 1 grate puller/hook – caution, the grate is heavy.
• 2 orange safety road cones to go around the open grate.
• Traffic vests for safety
• 1 carry bag to put all kit items in for storage.
How to use the carwash kit
• Locate the nearest storm drain where the water from the carwash will drain, electrical plug in and sink, toilet or landscape area.
• Put on your traffic vests.
• Set up your road cones in the street next to your storm drain.
• Pull up the storm drain grate using a metal hook. Caution: the grate will be very heavy. Avoid injury.
• Place the tub in the catch basin after the grate is removed. Make sure the safety road cones are around this opening to prevent someone from falling or driving into the drain.
• Attach the hose to the pump.
• Attach the electrical cord to the pump cord. Put it in the tub.
• The directions with the pump will tell you when to plug it in.
• Place the other end of the hose into the nearest toilet, sink, floor drain or landscape area.
Where to buy a car wash kit
These businesses sell car wash kits. (The City of Brighton does not recommend or endorse these suppliers or their products)
• Bowhead Environmental & Safety, LLC
1420 NW Gilman Boulevard, #2145
Issaquah, WA 98027
1-800-909-3677 Fax: 888-234-3677
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Confirming the news, Ashok Parwani, head south, Sony Music Entertainment, said, "We are privileged to join hands with the Mariyaan team and are delighted to launch AR Rahman's musical work. The film today is much talked about and we are confident the music will play a pivotal role n the film."
Directed by Bharat Bala, Mariyaan narrates the story of a site worker, who escapes from treacherous conditions to find freedom. Oscar winning composer AR Rahman has composed music for the movie.
Recently, the first promo of Mariyaan was released on YouTube and it got more than 2 lakh hits in just 48 hours. It was revealed on internet after the first look was officially released for Holi last month.
Mariyaan stars Dhanush and Parvathi Menon in the lead roles and Appukutty and Salim Kumar, Vinayagam, Jagan, Ankur Vikal and Uma Riaz are in the cast. The film is produced by Aascar Ravichandran and internationally renowned cinematographer Marc Koninckx is handling the camera.


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Upcoming Events: Holiday Office Lunches and an Elf Screening at Karbach Brewing Co.
Your entire office will love this creamy and sweet pumpkin chocolate cheesecake from Backstreet Cafe.
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Still looking for a place to take the office for a Christmas lunch? Backstreet Cafe has got your back. The restaurant will offer a "Bring Your Office to Lunch" special on Tuesday, December 17, from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. The holiday menu costs $25 per person and includes items such as butternut squash soup, pear soup, winter risotto with braised beef short ribs, roasted chicken with creamy corn, wild mushrooms and green beans and baked rigatoni. The meal concludes with a seasonal pumpkin chocolate cheesecake topped with a thick chocolate cream, crunchy pumpkin brittle and a smooth maple reduction.
Hugo's will also offer a "Bring Your Office to Lunch" buffet on Thursday from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. The buffet costs $25 per person and includes empanadas, quesadillitas, a marinated mushroom salad, corn pudding, slow-cooked pork and seafood enchiladas, plus much more. Chef Ruben Ortega will also offer a mesa de postres for dessert.
Central Market will host a cooking class on Thursday, December 19, as a tribute to the legendary and beloved Marcella Hazan, an Italian cookbook writer who passed away on September 29 this year. The cooking school staff will teach students how to make classic Italian dishes -- baked crespelle with a spinach, proscuitto and Parmesan filling, sauteed veal scaloppini with Marsala, sauteed green beans with butter and cheese, and polenta shortcake with raisins, dried figs and pine nuts. This hands-on cooking class lasts from 6:30-9 p.m. and costs $60.
Watching Christmas movies at home is all good and well, but why not watch Elf at Karbach Brewing Co. On Thursday, December 19, Karbach and Alamo Drafthouse bring you the Rolling Road Show. For $15 you will receive a pint glass, two beer tokens - one for a classic brew and the other for a specialty brew -- and will get to watch Elf! The doors open at 6:15 p.m. and the movie will begin at 7 p.m. Bring your own chair, because seating is quite limited. Food trucks will be on site as well.
Venice is coming to Houston!
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Have you always wanted to go to Venice, but never had the opportunity to do so? Well, you are in luck, because Venice is coming to Houston. Da Marco has paired with Osteria Oliva Nera of Venice, Italy, to serve a five-course Italian meal with wine pairings on Sunday, December 22, at 6:30 p.m. The meal costs $290 and places are limited. The two restaurants will begin the meal with a reception including Cichetti and Prosecco, followed by antipasto of assorted Venetian seafood specialties, paired with 2010 Schipoetto Blanc des Rosis. Next, guests will indulge in black spaghetti with shrimp and date tomatoes, paired with 2009 Soave Classico Gini, La Frosca, followed by Adriatic sea bass with citrus, paired with 2009 Sauvignon Blanc, Piere Sauvignon, Vie de Romans. The fourth course includes grilled lamb chops with 2009 Valpolicella Ripasso "Il Bugiardo" Buglioni. Finally, the meal concludes with a chestnut puree with meringue and 2009 Torcolato, Maculant.
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text: Recently I had a request to buy a print from someone in the EU, I'm not pushing print sales at present due to logisticsm I was told it had been seen on a Blog. (Not sure that's 100% as I can't find that image on the blog but others from the same series have been used). The sale is now pending my printing Initial my thoughts were image theft & hot-linking but actually the Canadian site gives full credits and links, so it is fair use, it's also a highly reputable site. I've since discovered the site has used at least 5 or 6 of my images over the past 2 years, they are copied and usually resized & renamed so it's harder to be certain. In the past I've found my images hot-linked widely and used in Blogs and other sites, I have a good system for Analysing my sites hits stats, which is quite revealing. It's important to keep an eye on your sites logs. We can't get stats on APUG of how many visit our own sites from say the Portfolio section here, but the figure is far higher than I'd have guessed, hot linking shows up too, and Referring Sites and there pages are particularly important, they affect your own sites ranking with Google etc. I'm not totally sre how you police your own images and their use on other internet sites, I've had a policy stated on my sites for at least 5 years that I'll grant free non commercial use on request, and have threatened legal action on about 3 occasions, the last about 5 years ago, which has always resolved the issues. Unfortunately we need to be aware our images can & will be used by others and keep a watchful eye. Ian


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Saturday, April 9, 2016
Stacking The Shelves {Week 34}
Posted by Danielle Meek at 4:00 AM
5 comments:
- Lexxie Lin said...
Great haul, Danielle! Your books are new to me, but they look really good :)
Have a fantastic weekend and happy reading.
Lexxie @ (un)Conventional Bookviews
- April 9, 2016 at 5:41 AM
- Carole Wooten said...
Great haul! I am a little disappointed that I missed the Samantha Chase book when it was free. I really want to read Theresa Romain. Enjoy!
Carole @ Carole's Random Life
- April 9, 2016 at 11:27 AM
- Lekeisha said...
Ooh, I hope we both love Made For Us! I couldn't resist that freebie this week. All The Pretty Faces looks like a great read. Happy reading!
- April 9, 2016 at 2:15 PM
- vvb32 reads said...
I'm curious about All The Pretty Faces. Enjoy your latest.
- April 9, 2016 at 7:57 PM
- Alyssa Susanna said...
Well, I don't think I have heard of any of these! You always have some freebies, I love it. :D I hope you enjoy all of your new books!
Thanks for visiting my blog! Have a wonderful weekend, Danielle. :)
Alyssa @ The Eater of Books!
- April 9, 2016 at 8:11 PM


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Rab Se Sona Ishq 30th April 2013 Written Update
Rab Se Sona Ishq 30th April 2013 Written Episode
Part 1
Fateh recalls Anu's words Mayur talks to Fateh and Fateh remains silent. Mayur says that he feels that its destiny's game for Fateh to meet Anu and starts singing a song while Fateh asks Mayur to leave back first saying he wants to be alone and Mayur leaves. Anu is worried if will Fateh inform the police or mother regarding this. Fateh thinks to himself that he must give Anu punishment and inform Mother regarding this. Sahiba is thinking on what would she do now and decides to tell Mother the truth. Anu sees Fateh walking in front of her. Anu starts packing her things and decides to leave and someone calls Anu saying Mother wants to meet her. Anu enters Mother's room and sees Fateh. Anu looks at Fateh and says that she takes responsibility and Mother says that she called to inform a good news. Mother informs that Fateh is going to start a new project for the home and needs Sahiba's help. Anu is at Fateh's home where Fateh is getting ready to enter the swiming pool and Anu turns away. Fateh says that he is going to punish Anu as she is his culprit.
Part 2
Fateh challenge to make Anu lose her self respect. Fateh insults Anu that she is an orphan and Anu leaves feeling sad. In the night at the home, Anu is sad recalling Fateh calling her an oprhan and asks herself on what is her identity and does she have her own family? She thinks that she must have been so bad that her own family eliminated her and wonders if is anyone thinking of her. Daljeet is shown thinking of Sahiba holding her photo recalling their old moments. Beauty comes to Daljeet and says that she knows he is missing her a lot and Daljeet says he know she is gone but she is always with him. Beauty calls Daljeet to enter inside and Daljeet asks for what? His mother would ask him to see photos of ladies and Beauty says that Daljeet is the only son. Sahiba is dead and she is not returning and Daljeet says he is sure that Sahiba is alive and she will surely return to him.
Precap :
Fateh asks Anu to bring a wine bottle and Anu says she won't and Fateh says he will tear down the home if she don't listen to him.
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New drama line is gud,pls dnt let daljeet interfere again
Noo plzz dont involve this daljeet in this new story …
very boring ..pls make daljeet yo move on his life n its
very unlogic !!!! If u guys really wants daljeet to marrie
with Sahiba means for what they need to introduce again
ranveer in this story as fateh ??? They just can continue
a new life for Sahiba n daljeet after ranveer's death …so plzz
all over the way we watching this drama.. dont irritate us by
marrieing Sahiba to daljeet .. end this plzz… Nw this story
should fully involve fateh,anu n thier love between them
This story is getting a bit boring now we need something interesting daljeet and sahiba should just get married once and for all they now must have problems in which husband and wife can stand together and face! JMD
yes Daljeet go marry
marry someone else dammit
i hope Beauty and Roop is taking care of the child…or did it die in child-birth due to the love triangle stress
The game it has start nw let us see who wil won the race btwn fateh nd daleejt
DayM..fateH is cuTe iN tHat suiT!!
daljeet really needs to move on.
wow fateh (ashish) is great! love this new track. FSR you will be surprised how this girl will teach you a lesson 🙂
but why again Daljeet?? really he should just get over her, we dont want to see him yearing for her anymore. this love triangle is so tireing. just remove daljeet and all the people connected to her old life.
this should be a completely new story


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Wednesday, 14 March, 2001, 23:07 GMT
Bomb blast rocks Kampala
One person has been killed and six injured in two explosions, one of them a bomb, in Uganda.
The blasts came as President Yoweri Museveni was celebrating winning the country's presidential election, by a far greater margin than polls had predicted.
One explosion went off at Nakivubo Mews in central Kampala, close to a busy market at around 2000 local time (1700 GMT), killing a woman and injuring six other people.
The second explosion took place on a taxi-minibus some 100km (60 miles) south west of Kampala at Mitala Maria.
Street party
Mr Museveni's supporters have been out on the streets of Kampala celebrating his victory in the poll.
Mr Museveni won with 69.3% of the vote, but he told the BBC he was not surprised by the scale of the victory.
He said: "I would have been surprised if we had got much less than what we did.
"In fact, I think we got more because there was some vote-rigging by the other side."
He claims that in some areas, especially in the south-west where he comes from, his agents and supporters were harassed and intimidated and that registration lists were inflated in favour of Mr Museveni.
He said he would be mounting a legal challenge.
An independent Ugandan group which monitored the elections has confirmed there were instances of election malpractice and suggested that they could have affected up to 10% of the vote.
But President Museveni's Information Minister, Basoga Nsadhu, rejected this, saying the people of Uganda had spoken.
Electoral commission chairman Aziz Kasujja has also rejected claims of rigging.
Voting smooth
Contrary to local fears, no incidents of major violence were reported during Monday's vote. Turnout was 70.3%.
Mr Museveni ran against five challengers for a second and final five-year term as president in an election being seen as a test of Museveni's commitment to democracy after 15 years in power.
He took power in 1986 after a five-year guerrilla war at the head of the National Resistance Army.
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Noy Thrupkaew
the Marlboro Man surveys the great Eastern frontier from posters, walls, and
cigarette stands all over Vietnam, young "Marlboro cowgirls" offer free
cigarettes to pedestrians and beckon young people into company-sponsored events
such as "Hollywood Nite."
Japan, ad copy for Virginia Slims cigarettes‹the most popular women's brand
in the world‹reads, "I'm going the right way‹keeping the rule of the
society, but at the same time I am honest with my own feeling. So I don't care
if I behave against the so-called `rules' as long as I really want to." In
the background, a slim woman with indeterminate facial features‹the glamorous,
possibly Asian, possibly Caucasian kind of face that dominates the media in many
Asian countries‹embraces a fair-haired man. The tag line for this campaign?
"Be You."
in the United States, Philip Morris donates money to domestic violence shelters
in communities of color; and sponsors minority women's groups such as the
Mexican American National Women's Association. And in their most recent move
to target U.S. women of color, Philip Morris launched a $40 million
"multicultural" ad campaign for their Virginia Slims cigarettes in December
1999 that featured Asian, African, Latina, and white models under the slogan,
"Find Your Voice."
behind these campaigns? According to tobacco-control activists, recent slow
profits and damaging lawsuits against big tobacco in the United States have
resulted in an onslaught of marketing dollars directed at these two untapped
markets: women overseas, particularly women living in developing nations and
minority women in the United States.
transnational tobacco corporations such as Philip Morris, which owns both
Marlboro and Virginia Slims, suffered several highly publicized setbacks within
the past two years, including the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). The
settlement banned outdoor advertising and the use of cartoons in advertising
cigarettes, and prohibits the targeting of youth‹a major tobacco market‹in
promotions, advertising, or marketing. As a result, the overseas market has
become even more appealing to the tobacco industry. "As the United States has
been clamping down on [the tobacco industry], the money they put abroad has been
increasing exponentially," said Joon-Ho Yu, program coordinator for the
California-based Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), one
of four groups in the California Joint Ethnic Tobacco Education Networks.
tobacco companies have seen huge results from their overseas campaigns, which
more than compensate for slower profit increases in the United States. In
contrast to declining smoking rates in industrialized countries, smoking in
developing nations has skyrocketed in the past twenty years. Philip Morris, the
world's largest cigarette company, raked in huge profits from its
international marketing‹overseas profits soared 256 percent in the last ten
years, while profits in the United States increased only 16 percent.
by statistics on rising rates of smoking in developing nations, public health
officials and tobacco activists in 1996 began to formulate an international
treaty on tobacco control that would set legally binding global standards on
tobacco-control issues, including advertising, taxation, and education and
prevention. Since that time, the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework
Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC) has gained momentum‹if ratified by all
191 member nations, the convention could put a serious dent in transnational
tobacco's grip on markets overseas. As for tobacco's strategies in this
country, the "Find Your Voice" campaign is just the latest sign that in the
United States, the "next great frontier" for the tobacco industry is women
of color, according to Alvina Bey Bennett, the chair of Virginia's National
Coalition FOR Women AGAINST Tobacco.
to Gregory Connolly, director of the Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program,
"Since the Master Settlement Agreement, there has been a very sharp increase
of cigarette advertising directed toward ethnic females. There's been a change
and shift in the types of models in the ads‹Virginia Slims went from using
whites to a `rainbow' strategy [in the "Find Your Voice" ads] as a way to
pay the bill."
the United States, work on the development of "Find Your Voice"
counter-campaigns has galvanized women's tobacco-control groups. The National
Coalition FOR Women AGAINST Tobacco launched their "Loud and Clear" campaign
in response to the "Find Your Voice" ads, creating educational counter-ads
and action kits for women's and girls' organizations across the country. The
Women's Tobacco Control Coalition awarded over $40,000 in grants to Los
Angeles community organizations to curb smoking among young women and girls of
many U.S. tobacco-control activists, the increased domestic marketing directed
at minority women is inextricably linked to the targeting of women overseas.
According to Bennett, "Everybody wants to mimic American life, it's a good
life. If inequalities dominate your day-to-day life, escaping with a cigarette
is very appealing. The same applies to minority women. Despite the wonderful
standard of living in this country, there are pockets of poverty and lower
levels of education, and ethnic groups are prey to the selling of the myth of
freedom and glamour and wealth through cigarettes." In addition, armed with
the knowledge that "when [U.S. anti-tobacco activists] make a dent here,
[tobacco responds by] becoming rampant globally," according to Yu, women
tobacco activists in the United States are focusing their energies on both
domestic and international campaigns. "After all," said Bonnie Kantor, the
network manager of the U.S.-based International Network of Women Against
Tobacco, "if [the tobacco industry] can't do it here, we have to make sure
they can't do it over there."
Empire Expands
tobacco industry has already gained a strong foothold in the male market. The
majority of men in China, the United States, Japan, Russia, and Indonesia – the
top five cigarette markets worldwide in 1996 – called themselves smokers.
in these countries, however, have a much lower level of smoking. In Vietnam, the
country with the highest smoking prevalence in the world, 74 percent of men
smoke, compared to a mere 4 percent of Vietnamese women. These low numbers among
women, according to tobacco-control activists, could mean big dollars to
U.S.-based transnational corporations. Patti Lynn, the associate campaign
director of the corporate accountability organization INFACT noted, "In
developing countries, the women have often traditionally not smoked and
represent an incredibly lucrative expansion market for U.S.-based transnational
a result, "transnational tobacco companies have shifted their focus to
developing nations with aggressive marketing campaigns targeting women and
girls," according to a WHO report. The development of "women's brands"
featuring "light" or "slim" cigarettes, the barrage of goods such as
hats, lighters, skirts, and purses covered with tobacco logos, the sponsorship
of disco dances and beauty pageants, and the use of women as "cigarette
girls" to give away free samples are some of the tactics used by tobacco
companies to entice women to smoke.
of the attention is focused on Asia, with its enormous potential markets of
China and Southeast Asia and just-developing free-market systems, where the
enforcement of trade regulations is not always consistent. This laxity produces
what Soon-Young Yoon, New York liaison between WHO and the Campaign for
Tobacco-Free Kids, called a marketing "free for all" that results in rising
rates of smoking. WHO predicted that sales in Asia would increase by 35 percent
by 2000, and tobacco companies are spending advertising dollars to ensure that
Asian women will be part of the next wave of smokers.
of the print ads for tobacco in Asia feature Western women who espouse ideals of
empowerment, individuality, and rebellion.
largest advertising agency, Dentsu, asserts that white models lend a "sense of
foreignness to Japanese products, serving as symbols of prestige, quality, and
modernity…. In the globalized context of consumer culture, a Western woman and
her choice of cigarettes project a powerful symbol," according to a WHO report
entitled "The Culture of the Body."
response to international marketing strategies, feminist activists working on
the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control have pushed for bans on advertising
and the printing of tobacco logos on high-products, in addition to urging the
tobacco-control movement to become more inclusive of women. Soon-Young Yoon
explained, "We are not just victims of advertising, but need to be seen as
leaders in the tobacco control movement."
of Color in the United States: Tools and Targets of Global Tobacco? That idea
rings true to tobacco activists in the United States who are working to empower
women in their own communities, especially as U.S. tobacco activists have
started to recognize the repercussions of gains made in the United States on the
developing world. "Tobacco control is like a water balloon," said Kantor,
"you push it down here and it bulges out there."
of this permeability between communities in the United States and those abroad
has shed new light on the importance of minority women to the tobacco industry,
according to some tobacco activists. "The women in other countries tend to
look up to American women as being more successful and leading more exciting
lives. And anyone who can fly back to their homeland, or their parents'
homeland‹such a person would be looked up to," explained John Banzhaf of
ASH. "In a sense, that woman who returns becomes a walking advertisement, a
billboard for not just smoking but for a specific product."
the transnational nature of growing segments of the U.S. population,
tobacco-control activists became alarmed when the Virginia Slims "Find Your
Voice" ads first appeared in a September 1999 Advertising Age article on the
new campaign. The ads, which have several different permutations, often feature
women in traditional clothing, and have copy in languages such as Swahili and
Spanish. Officially released in November 1999, the ads appeared in magazines
such as Glamour, Ladies' Home Journal, People, Essence, Vibe, Black Elegance,
and Latina.
ads "signaled to me that the industry was going to use a more far-reaching
approach in their recruitment of women here and abroad," said National
Coalition FOR Women AGAINST Tobacco Chair Bennett. Filled with exotic images of
"foreign-ness" – different languages, kente cloth, an African woman in a
headwrap, an Asian woman with heavy face paint and silk robes, and stereotypical
messages (for the Asian woman, "In silence I see, with wisdom I speak") –
the ads present the flip side of most of the advertising in Asia, which peddles
an equally exotic Westernization. With the "Find Your Voice" ads, Virginia
Slims manages to sell a message of seeming tolerance (for international women of
color in stereotypical roles) to a white audience, and acceptance for the ethnic
heritage of minority women (as long as they adopt the Western method of
"finding their voice" by lighting up).
the "Find Your Voice" ads can exert a powerful pull, according to Bennett.
"They are telling women 1you can become acculturated, but can maintain that
part of your heritage. And it's working. It's not okay for Asian American
women to smoke, but in this ad, they're telling you that you can retain
`traditional' elements of your heritage even though you smoke. For African
American women who are searching for that identity and link with their heritage,
the message `No single institution owns the copyright to beauty' next to a
beautiful African woman – that's powerful." The same could be said about
women abroad, who are continually bombarded with images of "Western"
lifestyles, attitudes, and bodies that are too often contrasted against and
privileged above their own. So for U.S. women of color and women abroad,
what's the way to solve any tension between an ethnic heritage and
"Americanization," between being a non-Western woman and desiring goods and
attitudes the tobacco industry has forcibly equated with Westernization? Just
smoke a cigarette.


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Hi everyone, my name is Carol-Ann, this is a story about the Loss of my beautiful l9 year old son Jordan. It was l0 years ago June 13, 2002 that my life as I knew it, had ended and a new one began for me. I was ready for work going out the door and the phone rang, I remember the ringing so early in the morning and checking the area code, it said 780 which meant Alberta, Canada. I knew my son had already left Alberta on his way to Toronto to cut a CD in New York with his band Compromise, so I said "na, I won't pick it up I am late anyway" I got out into the hallway had just pushed the elevator button and a gutteral thought went through my mind, I went back into the house and they light was blinking to say there was a message, well I said at least there is a message, I picked up the phone hit *98 and heard this message "If you are Carol-Ann Jordan (maiden name) or Carol-Ann Wodehouse and if you have son named Jordan, he has been killed in an accident in Alabama" nothing else just that. I said talking to myself "is this true, it has to be, what should I do, call in sick" the stuff that goes through your head is just bedlam, "should I call my mother and put her on a busy highway after I told her grandson had just been killed"OF COURSE to all of the above but I didn't know where to start. I sat down in a chair and tried to sort out what I just heard, in fact I listened to it again just to make sure. I finally called my mom and said "Mom, Jordan is dead" and she said "how ,and are you sure, I will be right there", then I phoned my estranged husband in Edmonton and he was with the police as Jordan only had the id of his father on him, I might as well have been dead as well, no one called me, no police came to my door, oh yes I forgot "I did get a message that he was dead" as I spoke to Paul his first words out of his mouth were "Carol-Ann" and he said it in the way I always knew there was trouble and right then and there I knew my son had really been killed and he was dead, gone, never to come home again, I could not believe it, I had not even shed a tear I was in pure shock. There was a knock on my door and it was my mom, her face was white as a ghost, we stood there and she ask me if I had heard anything, I began to point to the phone and she listened to the message, she asked me if I had spoken with Paul and I knodded and she said "is he really gone" I started to cry and said "yes, what am I going to do" the only thing I ever had loved and he loved me without any conditons, unconditional love had been taken away by a drunk driver in the middle of the night, he had been killed, his body thrown up against the biggest tree in the Alabama State Forest, they said he died of multiple internal injuries within seconds of impact, which didn't help me one little bit. I wanted him back, I wanted to hold his hand, I wanted to give him a kiss and tell him how glad I was to see him, those words would never come out of my mouth again, he was gone. Gone, where I didn't really know I just knew I would never hold him again...."OH MY GOD" this cannot be happening. My family started to arrive and everyone just sorta sat around and all I wanted to do was go to Jordan where ever he was, help me somebody help me, I went into my bedroom and started to cry softly and then the tears just kept coming. My first reaction was to go to Edmonton, but they were all telling me not too, I just wanted to be with my "husband" and ask him questions, what was he wearing, did he tell you that he loved me, did you make sure he had his pillow, you see he had just left on this tour and he was going to stay with me in Ontario for a couple of years, now he wasn't going to do that, now he was dead, I just wanted answers, someone to comfort me, but there was no one, my son was always the one that comforted me when I really neaded it and now he was "Gone" there is that word again, gone, so final. Jordan was an awesome child, an only child, one that was giving and caring, he loved to be around his family, he loved his friends they mean't the world to him. I know I was a good mother, I brought him up to be an upstanding young man, who was l9 and didn't do drugs, drank or smoked, what else could you ask for, I kept thinking what could I have done any different so that he could still be alive, I kept saying not my son, no Jordan, what was I going to do without him, he was everything to me. Life goes on but it is not a bowl of cherries, I often wonder where my beautiful boy is, I do believe in God but when he takes someone as perfect as Jordan you begin to think. After l0 years I do believe that I will see him again, he comes to me a lot in my dreams, and I love every moment of those dreams and I don't want to wake up as I know he will be not there. Last year on July 4th my Mom passed away, she didn't suffer, she went the way she wanted to go, but three weeks before she died (sudden death) I was out visiting her, we had a tif like all mothers and daughters and then when my Mom passed my sister and brothers decided to blame me that her last weeks on earth were not quality as she had a fight with me, so I have not talked to my brothers or sister in over a year, so I am living with that sorrow as well. I miss my Mom very much she was my bestfriend. But I know for certain she is with Jordan and they are looking down on Paul and I, yes after all this Paul asked me back into his life as he said he could not do it without me and we are best friends now and living together for 10 years, we have are fights but we know life is way too short and wonder why people fight over silly little things and whole grudges, you know that say "Here today...Gond tomorroww" it is not a saying it is the truth. Don't ever leave anyone you love angry, always tell them how much you care and need them. I do everynight before I go to bed, I say goodnight to my Dad, Mom and Jordan and tell them how much I miss them. God Speed thank you for reading this blog it means a lot
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