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The league billing itself as "true fantasy football" finally brought the real life wet dream to Canada as open tryouts were held for the British Columbia Angels on Friday, March 23rd.
How To Make Parkour Tougher? Do It With a Bike!
Parkour is, of course, people performing gymnastics in urban environments, and also a dead fad. How do we revive this dying fad? By doing it on a bicycle, of course!
Video Celebrates Life of Beloved Chemistry Professor
Chemistry is widely seen as a high school chore. Why do we have to learn acids and bases, reactions, stoichiometry…when are we going to use this?
When we want to be awesome, that's when. As this video, collecting the chemistry demonstrations of Professor Paul Hunter of Michigan State University, shows us.
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One of the big statements director Ridley Scott has made about his upcoming horror thriller "Prometheus" is that it's got almost nothing whatsoever to do with the first "Alien" movie.
Aside from, as this trailer tells us, like, everything.
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There are many important questions in life. Why are we here? What's life all about?
If the 1989 Batmobile and the 1966 Batmobile got in a race, who would win? Now, we have an answer.
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The Best Rap Video About Plaid Shirts You'll Watch Today [VIDEO]
Plaid used to be tacky. Now it's an acceptable pattern for people besides lumberjacks and people pretending to be lumberjacks in skits about lumberjacks. Still, you can be too attached to something, as this video demonstrates.
10 Great Holiday Moments With 'The Simpsons' [IMAGES, VIDEOS]
America's First Dysfunctional Family has the biggest affection for Halloween, since it happens during sweeps. But it also has taken on the most wonderful time of the year more than once, so we thought we'd present a few fun 'Simpsons' GIFs and videos to celebrate the season. Or at least be honest about it. (WARNING: Animated holiday merriment below.)
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Big news for Britney Spears!
According to Us Weekly, the pop star's longtime boyfriend and former agent, Jason Trawick, popped the question Thursday night (December 15) while the couple was out celebrating his 40th birthday!
"This is something they've both wanted for a long time," one source tells the magazine.
The couple plan to celebrate their engagement Friday night (December 16) at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.
The excited songstress hopped on Twitter with what looked to be a confirmation of the big news:
OMG. Last night Jason surprised me with the one gift I've been waiting for. Can't wait to show you! SO SO SO excited!!!! Xxo
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Andrew Anderson of Cartersville, Ga.-based Aviation Consultants is facing charges of 10 counts of federal conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He appeared in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on charges stating that between approximately September 2009 and June 5, 2010, he attempted to defraud the government of Dubai using fraudulent FAA documents. Singapore-based SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) had an agreement with the Dubai Air Wing (DAW), a branch of the Dubai government responsible for providing air transportation for government officials, for an interior modification of a Boeing 747. SIAEC contracted with Anderson in August 2009 to have him obtain an STC for the modification. The charges allege that Anderson subsequently provided DAW with fake documents. DAW then paid Aviation Consultants $398,000 for its services during a seven-month period. The claim also alleges that Anderson was involved in the issuance of nonexistent STCs for work on two Avro RJ85s owned by DAW. Avmax Group allegedly hired Anderson to obtain the required STCs to refurbish the aircraft and subsequently paid him $263,395. Attempts to contact Anderson for comment were unsuccessful. Anderson has entered a plea of not guilty to the charges.
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Honda Classic Interview: Branden GraceFebruary 28, 2013
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MARK STEVENS: Like to welcome Branden Grace, got to 5‑under today, you're playing here as a sponsor's exemption this week, want to talk about your round and we'll have a few questions.
BRANDEN GRACE: It was good. Obviously it's the start you would like to get off to on this course.
Obviously the first couple holes were nothing special, one bogey on the first five, and take it from there.
I still hit the ball pretty well. I gave myself chances, but the putter started heating up. On the 8th and 9th, I made two long bombs to be honest. I think the one on 9 was like 50‑odd foot or something which came in and that just got the round kick started.
Obviously finishing with four birdies in a row was great. You won't think of making that any day on this golf course, but like I said, gave myself chances and the putter just heated up.
Q. You birdied the Bear Trap?
BRANDEN GRACE: Yes, I did. (Laughs).
Q. What did you hear about this illustrious Bear Trap before you showed up here?
BRANDEN GRACE: Obviously I've not really seen this golf course before, or hearing about it before last week. Obviously playing in Europe, you follow the golf but you don't always know the history about the tournaments and the golf courses. I sat down with Charl last week at the Match Play and he said, listen, the four finishing holes are quite a beast out there.
So I was a little bit nervous coming here, and today I thought just, you know, what's going to happen around that corner. But I think in our favor today, with the wind and the things making those par 3s a little bit shorter than normal, and 18, as well; just had to try to give yourself some opportunities, and that's what I did. I hit four good putts in a row.
Q. Your second shot at 18, were you a little apprehensive? Did you think it would stay up?
BRANDEN GRACE: To be honest, I had to really flush a 3‑iron to get it all the way back there. I was a little bit in between distance. I told Zack, my caddie, I said maybe it's a soft little cut hybrid to make sure that I get it all the way back there. I know exactly how much that club is going to fade.
I was a little bit‑‑ foot above the ball and things like that, and just wanted to step on a 3‑iron. I had just spun out of it a little bit. I think with rain the course has had the last couple of days, the greens are pretty soft, so you would think it's going to hold up there on the right side.
Q. You're one of seven South Africans in the Top‑64; how much do you all feed off each other? How much personally do you feel you're better off for having that national, domestic competition?
BRANDEN GRACE: Yeah, I think, like you say, everybody is feeding off everybody at the moment. Obviously Sterne, Richard Sterne, has had a great couple weeks, cruising back, coming back into the Top 60. I think he's just out of the Top 50 but that's where he belongs, and with the ball‑striking that he has, that's the way he needs to play.
I think the South African guys, they always come through in pairs. It's always Retief and Ernie, and when one won a major, the other one wanted to do it as well and same with Louis and Charl the last couple of years.
One of the keys that I've played so well last year and up to this point is because of Louis. When he's always, you know, we always make jokes, listen, you're falling behind and you need to step it up a gear. When I started winning a little bit last year, I said the same to him, you're falling behind, so get up there.
That's how it goes; it's nice, when one of your friends play well, you want to play well, as well, so that's been good.
Q. It seems like many of your countrymen are making this their second home; this is becoming a South African outpost. What do you make of that and why?
BRANDEN GRACE: I just think all of us are pretty close. Obviously this is my second time out to the States. I'm going to try to come out here a lot more for now. But I think it's just we all try to stick together.
In Europe, when I got to Europe, it was always Manchester because Charl, Louis and Sterne was there. Now again, Charl and Louis are based here in Florida in West Palm, and so we all try to stick together and stick close to each other. It's kind of a little home away from home, if you can put it that way.
Q. Did you play Doral last year?
BRANDEN GRACE: Yes, I did.
Q. Was that your first kind of experience of what some might call Florida golf, the white bunkers, palms, lots of water?
BRANDEN GRACE: It was.
Q. What were your thoughts?
BRANDEN GRACE: It was awesome. It wasn't what I expected at first. I thought, always when you watch television, watching the PGA TOUR, you always see the proper grass, all green, like you said, the bunkers and things like that but I wasn't really prepared for the kikuyu or, I don't even actually know the grass they have there, bermuda think it is, the bermudagrass, I didn't really expect it.
Now obviously being over here a couple of times and getting used to the stuff, it's a lot easier now. But that was my first event in the States last year, so it's just been trying to find my feet and get the experience. This year, it's a little bit better trying to go for things.
Q. How did you hit it at the Match Play?
BRANDEN GRACE: I thought I played really good. Obviously Robert, he was 5‑under through eight holes. Doesn't matter who you are; you can't really do anything to that.
So I think up to the point where we finished, I was 2‑ or 3‑under, and you know, I played well. It's just one of those where you play well and you can lose; or you can play badly and win, so just one of those days.
Q. Did that continue for you here, that good play?
BRANDEN GRACE: Definitely. I came back afterwards at the end of the week last week and the beginning of this week, I really hit the ball well. Obviously today on the course, off the tee I wasn't as good as I was hoping I would be, but I got it in play and I got it around, which was a big key today.
Q. What is it like to go from snowballs to swaying palms?
BRANDEN GRACE: That was pretty weird to be honest. Obviously last week was a first for me. I've never seen or touched snow before, before last week. You think going to the desert ‑‑ going to play in the snow. But it's been great. Although I fell out the first round, it's a lot of nice memories made and obviously a first again.
Q. How many rounds did you get on this course before today?
BRANDEN GRACE: I came down on Monday, played 18 holes on Monday and then did nine holes with Ernie on Tuesday afternoon which was nice. It was actually the first I'm I've played with Ernie, so that was another new experience for me which was nice, so 1 1/2 rounds.
Q. Did you not come through Ernie's program?
BRANDEN GRACE: Yes, I did, but obviously with him having the schedule that he does, it's pretty hard for him to come back and all those things. Obviously we see him quite often back in South Africa, but I've never had the opportunity to play with Ernie. So this nine holes yesterday was awesome.
But I don't count the playoff where I beat them in Fancourt, so that doesn't really count as a round. (Laughter).
Q. Does the camaraderie you all share ever become awkward, as competitive as you are?
BRANDEN GRACE: Not really to be honest. We are all very competitive when you play practice rounds. There's always money games and things up for grabs and you're playing against Charl or Louis, or Ernie even. At the end of the day, we all wish the best for each other.
Like I said, we feed off of each other, so one plays well this week, the other wants to do better this week, so I think it feels really good at the moment.
Q. What other events are you planning to play in the States?
BRANDEN GRACE: Well, at the moment, I'm playing next week, and then I'm going to take a week off. I'm going to do the Arnold Palmer and then hoping for‑‑ to get a spot for Houston and then take a week off, do the Masters. Then I'm going to take a three‑week break after that and stick around in the States, maybe just head out and explore a little bit.
Then play THE PLAYERS, head back to Europe for two events, and then come back for Memorial and things like that. I really think it's quite important to play that one, especially with The Presidents Cup being there later on in the year.
Q. Is it your intention to join this tour?
BRANDEN GRACE: Yeah, definitely.
Q. How do you get there, in your eyes?
BRANDEN GRACE: Top‑50, obviously that opens a lot of doors at the moment. So you just have to keep playing well and the way that I'm doing things at the moment.
Obviously you get to play 12, a minimum of 12 events, so if I can somehow get up the cash for the last part, 125th position last year, that's the plan and just keep going from there. But this is where I want to be playing in the future.
MARK STEVENS: Thanks a lot, Branden, good luck the receipt of the week.


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Garner, N.C. — The new Cabela's plaza in Garner has been growing rapidly, with fast casual dining options and chain eateries filling the storefronts around the outdoor activity superstore. But squeezed in between the burger and pizza establishments sits the unique Beef Jerky Outlet.
Breaking away from its gas station snack stereotype, the Beef Jerky Outlet is a celebration of the beef product's redefinition as a desired, high protein treat. Reading like a restaurant menu, flavored jerkies like teriyaki and Cajun spice line the walls. The outlet features 200 different varieties of beef jerky within the store's cozy confines. To assist customers overwhelmed by the amount of jerky choices are the outlet's staff, proudly dressed in People Eating Tasty Animals (PETA) t-shirts. Friendly and knowledgeable, the staff is happy to serve samples of any flavor of jerky.
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Prime cut packs of game jerky are priced around $15 but for the jerky fan on a budget the Beef Jerky Outlet offers wild game sticks mixed with pork for a much more modest price ($3). Unfortunately, you get what you pay for with the stick, as the pork and garlic drown out the unique nature of the game meats.
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A review of the situation of the Jews in devastated Europe and in Palestine was given last night at the World Trade Union Conference by Berl Lecker, delegate of the Palestine Jewish Federation of Labor.
Emphasizing that the Jews are the only people to whom the right of "freedom from fear" has been denied, the speaker described the extermination by the Germans of five million Jews and added that a million surviving Jews will neither be able to remain in their native lands, nor return there. He asked that the remnants of European Jewry be enabled to enter Palestine, and urged that the Conference ask for the abolition of the Palestine immigration restrictions for Jews.
Reporting on the achievements of Jewish labor in Palestine, the speaker compared the standard of living in Palestine with that of Egypt and pointed out that Jewish immigration to Palestine does not harm the Arabs. He stressed the cooperation which exists between the Histadruth and the Arab Workers League in Palestine and concluded by saying that "Jewish labor expects help from international democracy."


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|Cirque du Soleil productions are famous for nonstop action, but every time Dralion gets moving, the clowns stop it dead. Mystere uses a clown act briefly to get the audience seated. In Dralion, the clowns and an audience plant take about a third of the show time, even making ridiculously inappropriate surprise appearances during acrobatic acts. Newcomers will have little desire ever to see another Cirque du Soleil production, a great loss to them and to the troupe.
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Chelsea Team Profile
Chelsea fight back to beat Reading FC
Manager Roberto Di Matteo could not have wished for a better start this season as the Blues aim to pip champions Manchester City to reclaim the Premier League crown.
After wins against Wigan and Reading, Chelsea seems confident enough to take on the big guns despite finishing 6th last season. They certainly have the fire power with new signings Oscar, Hazard, Marko Marin and probably a few more high-profile transfers.
Although Brazilian Oscar is yet to impress, he is one of the best young football talents across Europe. The 20-year-old midfielder may not have the physique to deal with Premier League's challenges but has the pace and technique to get past opponents with ease.
Di Matteo looks to use £50m-frontman Fernando Torres to the fullest after featuring in both league games. The Spaniard finally scored, probably the easiest goal in his career, and the eventual winner after Chelsea found themselves down at the Bridge. Out-of-favour forward Daniel Sturridge made a huge impact after coming on as a substitute. The England international has yet to decide on whether to stay at Stamford Bridge after speculations of a move to rivals Liverpool.
Undoubtedly, their most influential player is Hazard. The former Lille winger has transformed Chelsea's style while being involved in every possible move along with playmaker Juan Mata. The two form a lethal combination upfront and if Torres isn't shying in front of goal, the trio can form one of the deadliest attack in Europe.
But defensively Chelsea have switched off on many occasions. Captain John Terry looks as if he is unable to cope up with the pacey games but has been dealing well enough along with centre-backs David Luiz and Garry Cahill.
But despite making few faults in defence and conceding two goals in four minutes, the Blues moved forward with real intensity and pace. Veteran Lampard continues to play a key role in the middle and other seniors like left-back Ashley Cole and goalkeeper Petr cech.
However, Chelsea may not feel the absence of legend Didier Drogba but they definitely need a prolific striker. Either Torres has to up his tempo or Di Matteo must look into the transfer market to add back up for the misfiring Spaniard.
With 35m-rated striker Edinson Cavani on Chelsea's radar, the Blues will be one of Europe's top powerhouses.
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Its been a month I started using Retin A 0.05% (Airol) solely for anti aging and skin care reason and no acne issues at all. Intially I had no side effects but now am having bumpy kind of spots, redness and svere scratchy feeling. I am using Creave lotion , Simple. Cleanser and a pea size of retin a every other day. My oil skin is now dry with small patch of peeling here but its bumpy acne and scartchy feeling am worried. Kindly advice
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Dry skin is the most common side effect of Retin A. Your side effects indicate that the product is working! You simply need to use the product less. While issues persist, use the product once per week. Then, use it twice per week, and so on. Gradually work your way up to using the product every night. Many patients are only able to use Retin A every other night, so don't be in a hurry. At any point, if your skin starts to feel irritated, simply reduce the frequency of use.
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sister, Mrs. Waunita Frost, Hendersonville, N.C.; one
nephew, Michael Grillo, Ft. Meyers, Fla.; four grandsons,
Wayne, Bryce and Monte Hergert, all of Mountain Home, and
Neil Hergert, Nampa; one granddaughter, Earlynn Chase, in
Florida; two step-grandchildren, Vernon Chase, Los Angeles,
and Michele Chase, Portland; and 14 great-grandchildren.
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619 12th Ave. S., Nampa 83651; the Odd Fellows Home, N. 14th Ave.,
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|Reviews for Hidden Soldier
| harleykiss chapter 5 . 11/24/2012
I love This story. This is probably the fiftheenth time I read this story. I hope you will have new chapters soon. I want to find out what Luke is going to do. I hope you make where he never gives up, and destroys anybody who gets in his way. I also want to find out who this lt. Willard guy is. I also wish you could make Luke the Dominant, possessive Alpha he is meant to be.
Thank you for your Hard work, and hope to get to start reading this story soon.
| Harper loves Alex chapter 6 . 8/17/2009
you could always buy a flash drive and work at school or the libbary
| het2468 chapter 5 . 7/21/2009
I love this story and I hope that you continue writing. I can't wait to find out what happens next!
| Maelys Halliwell Black chapter 5 . 1/19/2009
the continuation. please
| dillon2 chapter 5 . 10/30/2008
I just found your story and I love it! Wolf Lake is one of my favorites but your story is unique to the genre with Sophia having left wolf lake and having to come back having not flipped yet years later. I like how strong and independent your Sophia is and how the pack seems to want her even with the way she was treated when she was younger, how they could sense her. Cant wait to see where you go with Luke and Sophia. Keep up the great job and update again soon when you can. Pretty please!
| TiffanyM chapter 5 . 10/4/2008
oh update soon
| renee chapter 4 . 10/3/2008
i love it write more soon
| patdav chapter 4 . 9/15/2008
This story is god
I hope sophia stay strong... very strong
give luke a real fight ...
for her love
| TiffanyM chapter 4 . 9/13/2008
oh ] update soon
| Ansleyrocks chapter 5 . 9/12/2008
Great part I love your Luke! Sophia should have listened to Sherman he is right they are so not going to let her go! Thanks for writing I can't wait to see what happens next!
| Ansleyrocks chapter 4 . 9/10/2008
Great update! I love this new Sophia she is great I love how in control she is! I can't wait to see what Luke does! Thanks for writing I can't wait to see what happens next!
| sleepy26 chapter 3 . 9/9/2008
this is going to be a priceless reunion
| Crazywolf13 chapter 3 . 9/9/2008
Great update cant wait for more.
| TiffanyM chapter 3 . 9/9/2008
] great chapter... but Keller? Sophia's last name is Donner... update soon
| Crazywolf13 chapter 2 . 9/2/2008
Keep going cant wait to see what happens.


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Small-Batch and Single-Barrel Bourbons Revive the Good Old Days of Whiskey
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If there is one thing that seems to characterize all Bourbon makers, it is dedication to their craft. It takes decades to learn the fine art of distilling, and as a result, master distillers are a rare breed, men who have patiently learned their trade through long apprenticeships. Gayheart, for example, worked for more than 20 years under Ancient Age's master distiller emeritus Elmer T. Lee, who in turn learned the craft from his predecessor, Colonel Albert B. Blanton, who managed the distillery from 1912 to 1952. At Heaven Hill, master distiller Parker Beam took over from his father, Earl Beam, whose brother, Carl Beam, was master distiller at Jim Beam distillery for many years. Parker Beam is now training his son, Craig Beam, to take over at Heaven Hill.
"It's really kind of an exclusive club," says Russell. "We're all friends down here in the production end of things. Despite the fact that strictly speaking we're in competition, we've all got a lot of respect for each other. Our roots run deep in Kentucky."
So deep, in fact, that many Bourbon makers can trace their heritage to when Daniel Boone led the first party of settlers over the Appalachians into the Ohio River Valley. "In those days," says Samuels, a history buff who revels in the telling of Bourbon lore, "distilling was an adjunct to farming. Whiskey was a heck of lot easier to transport to market than corn, wheat, or rye. Every farmer had a still, and a barrel of whiskey was a kind of currency that could be traded for goods, livestock, or even land."
Samuels traces his own roots to Scottish emigrants who came to the New World via Ireland in 1712 and headed to Kentucky by way of Derry, Pennsylvania. His great, great, great, great-grandfather, Robert Samuels Jr., served as a captain under George Washington during the Revolution, and on furloughs home would supervise whiskey-making for the troops. It was Robert Samuels who first moved to Kentucky, and his grandson, T.W. Samuels, who began large-scale commercial distilling in 1842.
"That was when a lot of the farmer-distillers around here got the idea that they had it backwards, that the tail, farming, shouldn't be wagging the dog, whiskey-making," says Samuels. "After 1842, distilling became the driving force behind agriculture in this area, not the other way around."
Noe is another Bourbon maker whose roots run deep in Bluegrass Country. He went to live in his grandfather's house after the old man died and was a neighbor to the Samuelses on "Distillers' Row," a strip of stately homes on Third Street in Bardstown, all owned by distilling families. Noe traces his heritage to Jacob Beam, who came to Kentucky from Maryland in 1785. "My grandfather's father's father's father was in the business," says Noe, "and it's been passed down from generation to generation ever since."
According to Noe, Jim Beam went to work in his father's distillery in 1880 at 15, and was running the place by the turn of the century. "Prohibition came along in 1920," explains Noe, "and Jim decided he'd better get out of the business, said he didn't want to go to the penitentiary over a warehouse full of whiskey. So he sold the whole damn thing, farm, distillery and all to a bunch of bootleggers who made a fortune off it.
"Afterwards, he tried a number of different businesses, but didn't take to any of them. When Prohibition ended in 1933, Jim was nearly 70 years old. His son, my uncle Jeremiah Beam was 33 at the time, and granddad decided he wanted to get back in the business so he would be able to pass the Bourbon-making tradition on to the next generation. He went out and built a distillery, which he did in 100 days, from groundbreaking to firing up the still. Imagine doing that at the age of 70."
And, says Noe, who himself began working for Jim Beam at 21, "I guess I'm part of the tradition around here now."
During Prohibition, the Beams and the Samuelses, like most Kentucky distillers, are said to have kept a private stock of "sipping" whiskey hidden in the rafters of their family homes. Though Noe says he doesn't believe his grandfather made any Bourbon during Prohibition, Samuels claims that his grandfather and Jim Beam were caught together one moonless evening firing up a still and had to spend the night in jail.
"They weren't making whiskey to sell, because neither of them needed the money," insists Samuels. "What they were up to was replenishing their private stocks." In other words, what every good Bourbon man would have been doing at the time.
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Blanton's: Reddish amber. Dried citrus and spice aromas. Cloves, caramel and burnt-sugar flavors. Drink straight.
Booker's: Dark amber. Smoky charcoal aroma. very "hot" straight; sweet, with caramel and vanilla flavors when cut. Drink with water.
Elijah Craig: Darkish amber. Aromas of spice and licorice. Caramel, nutty and vanilla flavors. Better with water.
Hancock's Reserve: Orangish brown. Flavors of licorice and apricots uncut; oak and caramel tastes when cut. Drink cut.
Knob Creek: Deep reddish orange. A "hot" burnt-caramel aroma. A very woody flavor on the palate. Drink cut.
Maker's Mark: Light amber. Clove and wood aromas. Light spicy flavor and a smooth finish. Drink straight or cut.
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Solo travel rating: 1.5 (1 is easiest, 3 is most difficult. Please see chart below)
Languages spoken: Spanish
Reasons to go: Mexico is like several countries inside one. Hospitality is their second name and the culture is so vivid and present (you can really call it a present) you can touch it, see it, live it. The amazing landscapes make you feel you are inside your most splendid and incredible dream. Mexico will expand your horizons in a way that will make it hard to leave.
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Safety – 1 (1 very safe, 2 safe in most areas, 3 be cautious at all times.)
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Culture – 2 (1 Similar to North America or Western Europe, 2 Different from above but relaxed and easy, 3 Challenging)
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January 28 2013
Winner's bag: Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods picked up the seventh win of his career at the Farmers Insurance Open using the exact same equipment setup that won him three PGA TOUR events last season. Here's a look inside Woods' bag.
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For Bhutanese, arranged marriage still common
FARGO — In a steamy apartment rich with the smell of curry, a pair of newlyweds sat on a loveseat Monday afternoon, accepting gifts and blessings in the Hindu tradition.
Well-wishers stuck tika — a mix of red powder, rice and yogurt — to the couple's foreheads and sprinkled dried flower petals onto their laps.
The groom, Ram Thapaliya, and his bride, Madhavi Regmi, both Bhutanese refugees, sat quietly and smiled as their friends and family looked on.
This reception took place in the three-bedroom apartment of Thapaliya's family in south Fargo. The actual wedding, as tradition dictates, happened at the home of Regmi's family in Denver on Sunday.
Their parents had arranged the marriage, a common practice among Bhutanese who have made their homes in North Dakota and many other states.
"There's a lot of, like — what do you call? — interstate marriage," said Raj Chhetri, a friend of the groom's family.
Thapaliya, 23, and Regmi, 18, had met once in person before getting married. That was in September when Thapaliya and his parents were visiting relatives in Denver. But the couple's first contact came by chance about 1 1/2 years ago, Thapaliya said.
The wife of Thapaliya's uncle was sending money from the U.S. to her family in a Nepali refugee camp. She asked Thapaliya to call her family and give them the reference number for the money transfer. When he called, Regmi answered the phone.
"To whom I talked, I didn't ask her name," Thapaliya said. "But I called a couple of times to talk, to know how they are doing."
Regmi and her family came to the U.S. about eight months ago, and after arriving, she and Thapaliya struck up a friendship over the Internet. It was in September, during Thapaliya's visit to Denver, that their parents agreed they should wed.
Thapaliya said that if he or Regmi had not been happy with the planned marriage, either person could have called it off. Because of this veto power, their union is something of a hybrid between an arranged marriage and one that allows free choice.
Chhetri, who is president of the Bhutanese community group in Fargo, said that while arranged marriages are the norm in his culture, more "love" marriages are taking place with the help of social media.
Pleased with the pairing
Which type of marriage leads to more happiness is debatable. In 2012, researchers at California State University studied the marriages of 58 Indian-Americans living in the U.S. Twenty-eight of the participants said their marriages had been arranged by relatives or matchmakers. The other 30 said their marriages were based on love.
The participants completed questionnaires, and researchers found no difference between the two groups, with both reporting high rates of love, satisfaction and commitment.
On Monday, Regmi, whose English is limited, and Thapaliya both said they were pleased with the pairing. The two plan to live here while Thapaliya attends Minnesota State Community and Technical College in Moorhead.
Thapaliya's family came to the United States in 2011. They are among the 1,500 Bhutanese refugees who have settled in North Dakota, according to Lutheran Social Services, a nonprofit group that assists refugees.
Bhutanese refugees, who are of Nepali descent, were forced out of Bhutan, a Buddhist kingdom in Southeast Asia that adopted a "One Nation, One People" policy in the early 1990s. For close to 20 years, the refugees lived in the thatched-roof-and-bamboo shelters of Nepali camps.
Now in the United States, the group is able to practice their religious celebrations, such as Hindu weddings, without restriction.
"As for our culture, nobody will disturb us. Nobody will interrupt those things," Thapaliya said.


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Nobel Smiles Turn to Backbiting
Published: December 15, 1993
CAPE TOWN, Dec. 14— President F. W. de Klerk of South Africa accused Nelson Mandela and his supporters today of marring the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony with "irresponsible statements" and bad behavior.
"The trip was marred by a few occasions by a lack of sensitivity on the side of the African National Congress," the group that Mr. Mandela leads, Mr. de Klerk said on his return from Norway, where he and Mr. Mandela received the peace prize last Friday.
"It was more than that, it was basic bad manners," he said, saying A.N.C. supporters had tried "to hijack" the torch parade after the ceremony. Children in Jail
He said the joint award was marred by "a few irresponsible statements" by Mr. Mandela, including an allegation that 25,000 children were in South African jails.
Mr. de Klerk said he had felt "ashamed on behalf of all South Africans" when A.N.C. supporters hung posters in the Oslo hall where the prize was to be awarded. They had been asked to take them down.
South African officials said the true figure of children in jail was far lower, and Mr. de Klerk said children were in prison mainly because "the A.N.C. had misused them politically and taken them out of school."
Mr. Mandela "shook our hosts when he used a TV interview to accuse me and my colleagues of being political criminals," Mr. de Klerk said.
Mr. de Klerk and Mr. Mandela have begun campaigning in preparation for South Africa's first open elections next April. De Klerk Faulted on Violence
Mr. Mandela, who also returned today, repeated his charge that Mr. de Klerk's Government was not doing enough to stop political and racial violence.
"People who are stoking violence are doing so because they know that this lame duck Government will not do anything to arrest them," he said.
"Only a democratically-elected government will be able to deal with such atrocities, either by the right wing or their supporters, and even black anti-democratic elements," he said.


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September 6-12
"Crowds of 20,000 just remind us of what the challenge is. We're now beyond the start of school. We knew we'd have problems on Labor Day."
"You can't play a day game in San Diego on Labor Day because you're competing with the beach. But we're confident the crowds are going to be tracking positively for the rest of the year."
"We're convinced that the fan base is coming back. It may be at a pace slower that we had hoped, but we're not complaining. We understand that we have to continue to focus on putting the best club we can on the field and improving the fan experience."
"Rome wasn't built in a day."
"At the end of the day it seemed pretty obvious to all of us. For us it's critical that we have a manager that's not only a teacher but has the patience to get through some of the growing pains a young player's going to have. Bob and the rest of the staff have certainly done that."
"Throughout the years, he's gotten so much better with the players. Once you get comfortable around your players and see them a lot, you start opening up. He knows how to interact and relax and keep it cool sometimes."
"He's changed a little bit. He lets guys run a little bit more and play their game a little bit more. He likes to be hands-on, he likes to have his hands on everything, but he's starting to let it go a little bit and let guys play a little bit more."
"I think right now, the most satisfying thing has been the development of the young players. Having a core group of young players that are going to be with us for a long time, and watching them mature and improve week to week, month to month, that's probably the most satisfying thing."
"It really sunk in. I remember every detail. We were watching 'Underworld: Rise of the Lycans.' The fireplace was going. I had both of my dogs lying at my feet. The Christmas tree was lit up behind us. I have a deep appreciation for what Josh said. He doesn't know it yet. I haven't given him credit."
"I'm just a 22-year-old kid who wants to compete. I thrive off it. I love the energy. I love the atmosphere. I know I've matured. I hear it day in and day out from people. It's great to make those kinds of strides and it keeps me wondering, what am I going to be like in the next five years? How mature? How composed?"
"I learned to breathe through my eyelids. When I was younger, I always had an excuse. Now, I throw a pitch and I can accept that I made a mistake and somebody hit it. How can I be mad at somebody else on the field? I'm never going to be perfect, so how can I expect anybody else to be perfect? I still have that hotness in me. There are plenty of times I want to let it out."
"I don't know who's creating this issue, but this offseason, I went to visit the Veterans Hospital in New York, so it's not like I'm against it. Actually, I went with Fred Wilpon. I liked it and I wanted to go, but I had my own things to do."
"Sometimes when you see people with no legs and no arms, when they go to fight for us and they're in the hospital like that, I don't like to see that."
"To be able to look a guy in the eye who doesn't have arms or legs and say, 'Thank you,' that's a big deal. I take it personally."
"Being in here after the game and seeing everybody excited, it's tough for me to be around that. 'As good as it is to see it, it's definitely hard to be around, not feeling like you're a part of it."
"We're late in the game, it's more wanting to be out there. We got a tie game or we're up by one and we've got runners on base, you're sitting there wanting to be out there. The adrenaline starts going and you starting thinking about what you would do in that situation. We're just trying to limit that stuff. That's part of it."
"It comes and goes. The last couple days I've felt pretty good and been really encouraged. It's going to take a few days like that. It's not going to be just one or two where I can all of a sudden go out there and play. I have to feel like myself."
"That was the first 0-for-4 I've taken in my life where I was the happiest guy in the room. I was always 30 games out. If I went 0-for-4 and we won the game, I'd be pissed. I know it sounds bad, but it was true."
"Until this year, I didn't know what the big leagues were about."
"I'm not a burner or anything. I have some good instincts about when to go and when not to. I don't have Darren Ford speed. When a pitcher is throwing 97 I'm not going to make it. I've got to pick my spots. Like tonight, it was perfect timing. We're struggling trying to score runs. I figured I'd take a chance."
"I remember how I agonized about when to come back. And that was tough, because you really didn't know and you wanted to do the right thing. You know when I knew? I got home that Monday, when we came back. I went upstairs and turned on the satellite dish to watch all the games, very nervous as to how this was all playing. And Jack Buck wrote a poem. He said in the middle of it, 'Should we be here tonight?' And the crowd cheered. There was a lot of emotion, a lot of tears. I called Jack the next morning. He sent me the handwritten copy of the poem, and I keep it at my desk."
"I'm going to have goggles on, duct tape over the mouth and either a wetsuit or raincoat. It can't get on your skin. It'll soak through your skin. I don't want to send the wrong message to people who might see pictures and think I'm not serious about recovery or what it stands for."
"It was very disappointing to watch the film. She had unbelievable access to the Yankees. She had great access to Hal. The interview with him was exceptional. The rest of the film was the usual news at 6. It was a disjointed effort. I'm not sure where she was trying to go with the story. As somebody who is an admirer of hers, I just think she swung and missed at this one."
"I don't know, what, maybe 10 years ago this matchup stuff started? Before that I remember left-handers hit everybody. I remember right-handers hit the heck out of right-handers. Now all of a sudden some right-handers can face only left-handed pitching. I'm a right-handed hitter, I don't [care], you throw it in the wrong spot, I'm going to drop on it. I think a lot of it has to do with attitude. A lot of it has to do with how you feel about yourself. I can't feel for the player, I just know how I felt when I was a player. Throw with your feet, I don't care. Throw it in the wrong spot, I'm going to drop on it, bottom line. Today it provides an excuse for them."
"The members of the search committee asked if I would be willing essentially to take the helm of the organization for a while – to right the ship, if I can use that metaphor – rebuild the staff and put the organization on a sure footing going forward to and through the upcoming negotiation. We had some discussions about that and – surprisingly to me – those discussions led to where we are today."
"We enjoy these kind of games. They're long and emotionally taxing, but they're the kind you want to be involved in."
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Here's a salute to Hamilton. His troubles may have been of his own making, but it was also up to him to start and maintain his recovery. Starting on, and keeping on, the road to recovery is far more difficult than anything I have ever had to do. Godspeed, Josh.
Sep 13, 2010 07:16 AM
At least the stats back Ron Washington up---he had no discernable platoon splits throughout his career. However, with a career OPS of .659, this is probably just because he couldn't hit righties or lefties.
Sep 13, 2010 10:54 AM
Being a traveller on that road, I appreciate Hamilton's sense of vulnerability. If that clubhouse is as tight as the Newberg Report periodically suggests, then perhaps we will see a welcome sign of groundbreaking solidarity in the form of a non-alcoholic shower. Ginger ale, everyone? Better yet, as Sean Doyle suggests, skip the spray altogether.
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Yesterday, as I was standing in my boss' boss' house at our group party, I asked myself if I wanted to sleep in or get up early to beat the heat. You can already guess what I did, and it was the wrong choice.
I like sleeping in even though I know it just makes it harder to go to bed early enough to get up and run before work on Monday. Maybe one day I'll learn.
So I got up sometime after 8. Between getting ready, eating a banana, all that good stuff, I started at about 8:45. It was 70* when I started according to my phone, but sunny. Man was it sunny.
But I started out and actually felt pretty good. My legs settled into a rhythm that felt pretty nice and it was surprisingly not super slow for me!
(I didn't stop to take pictures today but I feel strange writing a bloop with none...)
I went over the the foothills path because I wanted to see where it went. It was nice to start, until after mile 2. The sun and warmth started to get to me. I stopped at the top of a hill (told myself I wasn't allowed to stop in the middle of any hills today) and got my breathing back to normal. I continued on, but it started feeling harder, I then started following the path wherever it seemed to be more shaded.
These little guys were a nice distraction at least
There were a ton of them where I was!
I found a new path, the Wonderland Creek Path, that was nice and shaded for a bit. But it didn't last.
Then I went back into the sun.
Looks about right.
I was feeling pretty bad though. I stopped a lot whenever I found some shade.
I've been told my hypothyroidism makes me sensitive to extreme heat. I don't know the biology of it, but I try not to be stupid about it. I tried to tell myself stopping was being smart and listening to my body, not quitting. My heart was beating way too fast for the pace I was going, so something was up. And my stomach was hating me. Plus I had only taken my handheld and I was starting to run low on water with a few miles left to get back.
I finally made it back to the part of the Bear Creek Path that I knew. I stopped and ate the emergency gel I had thrown in the little pocket of my water bottle. I usually don't need food on a run of this length, but I was willing to try anything to make me feel better. Some people can't do gels but they tend to make my stomach feel a little better for some reason. It did help the stomach thing but didn't help with the heat.
I was melting, fast.
I tried to tell myself it was fine to go slower. Kind of felt like I was failing at this run. The stops to compose myself got more frequent until the last mile when I was just ready to be done. And it was only 80* when I was done. Not sure why I can't handle the heat.
But I did manage to make a fun figure-8 type route.
And maybe I shouldn't feel too bad since the end was uphill, even if it wasn't a huge hill.
Some nice positive splits there!
It really wasn't that bad of a run. And it'll probably teach me to get up earlier on the weekends!


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Tuesday marks the return of Glee after their winter hiatus and a new night (Tuesday) and time (8 p.m. ET) for the Fox musical hit. The new episode, fittingly titled "Frenemies," finds Santana (Naya Rivera) playing understudy to Rachel (Lea Michele) in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl. Naturally, this does not bring them closer. Watch Santana nail "Don't Rain on My Parade" (which Rachel previously performed at Sectionals in season 1) in the clip below!
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Cultivating a Meaningful Life
Lying down at end of life, so many people say, "It all went by so fast." I can even attest in my own life, the older I get the faster it seems to go. Now with the advent of the various web debris floating around our environments, it's as if there is information overload at times and we can get to the end of the day often saying, "The day went by so fast." Those of you who have been following my blogs can hear the echo of past blogs talking about how we can so easily get kicked into a state of auto-pilot not realizing this very present moment that is right here in front of us. Abraham Joshua Heschel said, "Life is routine and routine is resistance to wonder." I would add, "Routine keeps us from realizing what is most meaningful moment-to-moment."
I've never heard someone unhappy with having experienced a meaningful life. In fact, there is much debate about whether cultivating a meaningful life might be what's actually most supportive to our mental health. We need to look no further often times than right here, right now in order to embrace meaningful moments.
Even if you are struggling with anxiety or depression, there are moments in your daily life that often go unnoticed that might be fleeting, yet meaningful. For example, holding your baby or that of another, walking by a beautiful garden, holding the hand of someone you care about, being present with your pets, talking to your parents or children, even living in your house. Why might these be meaningful? Because just like anything else, it often takes the act of something being taken away from us to really recognize the meaning of it. Think of someone passing away, of 9/11, or of the Tsunami. If we were able to go back in time, we might stand in front of the World Trade Center and be in awe of the buildings, or really pay attention to a person we lost. We can break out of our routines not having to wait until it's lost to realize the meaning behind things.
Mary Oliver says in her poem "The Summer Day"
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?
Here is one way I call Present Moment Nostalgia to support us in really feeling into the meaning of the moment.
- Imagine yourself many years from now looking back onto this moment. What is here presently that no longer will be here? Will your children be older? Will your pets be gone? Will you be in the same home? If you're walking by flowers, noticing that these are temporary.
- Now travel back in time to the present in your mind and be in this moment, knowing that it is impermanent, knowing that it is a precious moment to feat on right now.
- Notice how you are feeling. There may be a mixture of feelings there, just see if you can be with them, without judgment. Feast on your life.
Go ahead and share your thoughts, stories, and questions below. Your interaction provides a living wisdom for us all to benefit from.
Goldstein, E. (2009). Cultivating a Meaningful Life. Psych Central. Retrieved on September 23, 2017, from https://blogs.psychcentral.com/mindfulness/2009/06/cultivating-a-meaningful-life/


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Dakota moves to a new state after her father gets a promotion at work. She never had any friends in Sydney so when she starts at her new school she is suprised to leave at the end of the day with a whole new group of friends. As the weeks go by she has friends, enemies, and the attention of the hottest guy in school, Mike! Life is good. But Mike is from a different world to Dakota and she finds herself slowly getting trapped in a web of lies, drugs and murder. A newcomer to the school slowly makes Dakota realize that not everything is as it seems...
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@weirdenuff4u Lol thanks :-) ... I think hehehe @dramali don't hurt her! I want to read more of her story lol
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@kansasbloom Lol thank you do much. Funny you mention that as most of the books I read are written by Americans so I know the feeling. Thanks for reading!
kansasbloom Jul 07, 2012
that was so awesome I read that in an australian accent...and I'm from Arkansas, USA LOL great job can't wait to keep reading
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Yay! Thank you! That means so much! Thank you so much for your time!
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Really liking this, looking forward to reading, wish I had the time tonight. Love the humor!
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@LaurenRoedigerChiffi awww thankyou! Next chapter is ready just waiting on my editor :)


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The number of existing homes on the market fell to the lowest level in more than three years, but the declining inventory is likely poised to rebound after Las Vegas reported a jump in foreclosures in June, according to newly released statistics.
After a record number of existing-home sales in June at 4,663, SalesTraq reported that the inventory on the Multiple Listing Service fell to 12,653 or a 3.4-month supply — a level not seen in several years, President Larry Murphy said. The listings are the fewest since 11,497 homes were on the market in December 2005.
The dwindling supply of foreclosed homes is one reason existing-home prices have stabilized in the last couple of months, housing analysts said.
The median price of $125,000 in June is the same as it was in May, SalesTraq said. The research firm revised its April existing-home price down to $120,000, signifying that prices have rebounded slightly since that low-water mark was reached.
Murphy, one of the housing statistic gurus in Las Vegas, said the inventory decline matches anecdotal evidence by real estate agents, who are saying the lower-priced foreclosure supply has been picked over by buyers.
Foreclosed properties accounted for 62 percent of the sales in June, down 2 percentage points from May, and sold for a median price of $113,900. The nonbanked-owned properties sold for a median price of $145,000 in June, according to SalesTraq.
Murphy said he doesn't see anything positive in the numbers, even though inventory has declined and the record number of sales surpassed May's by more than 600.
"The bottom line — my gut feeling — is that we can tell ourselves there has been an improvement and prices have stabilized, but I don't see anything significant. Nothing jumps out at me that says the worse of it is absolutely behind us and happy days are here again," he said.
Murphy said he expects the local housing market to thump along the bottom for a while and prices to stay in the range they are in.
"I don't think it's any great news," Murphy said. "It's more of the same."
One red flag is home repossessions, Murphy said. In June, 2,486 homes were foreclosed, 717 more than May and the most since August's 2,810. He said he wouldn't be surprised if as many as 3,000 homes are repossessed in July.
From March to May, fewer than 2,000 foreclosures a month were reported, with the low being 1,289 in April.
Murphy said it's starting to be obvious that the dip in foreclosures was because of a self-imposed moratorium by lenders that for many ended in early March. That should increase the supply of homes in the coming months and hopefully there will be buyers to match the bigger inventory, he said.
Data released last week by California-based RealtyTrac point to more foreclosures in the pipeline.
In June 8,726 default notices were filed against Nevada homeowners, and 3,786 homes were repossessed statewide.
RealtyTrac said unemployment-related foreclosures account for much of the increased activity, and the high number of borrowers who find themselves owing more on their mortgages than their homes are worth represents a significant risk.
Overall, foreclosure filings rose by 9 percent compared with May and were 115 percent higher than June 2008, RealtyTrac said. There was one filing for every 59 households, which leads the nation.
The second-worst state in foreclosure filings was California with one filing for every 132 households. Arizona was third with one filing for every 158 households.
For the first six months of the year, Nevada foreclosure filings were up 61 percent compared with last year's period. They were 23 percent higher than the second half of 2008, RealtyTrac reported.
Las Vegas housing analyst Steve Bottfeld, executive vice president of Marketing Solutions, said the latest housing statistics tell him that Las Vegas has hit bottom.
The stabilizing of home prices is one reason and the decline in inventory is another. New- and existing- home sales hit their highs in June, he said.
Existing-home sales exceeded the number of foreclosures created for the fourth consecutive month, he said. Even though the moratorium has ended, he said he thinks that trend "now looks solid."
Financial institutions have about 13,000 repossessed homes that have yet to be put on the market, down from 16,400 in February, Bottfeld said.
SalesTraq said the 474 sales in June was the highest monthly total this year, but is still paltry by historic comparisons. Sales were down 46 percent compared with June 2008.
The median new-home price was $209,382 in June, about $2,000 less than May. New-home prices have held steady for the past five months because builders say it is hard to make a profit by cutting prices much further.
Despite the dip in median prices, the price per square foot for new homes rose in June. They sold for $107.65 per square foot in June, up by $1.06 per square foot compared with May
The number of active subdivisions fell to 288 in June, 37 percent below the 460 active subdivisions in June 2008.
The average sales per subdivision in June rose to 1.65, the highest since December when it was 1.81 sales per subdivision, SalesTraq said.
Home construction remained tepid by historic standards, but 343 permits issued in June are the most taken out by builders since 396 were issued in October.


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i'm a 28 year old male and i've had a high hairline since birth. i've not had any hairloss and there is no history of male baldness in my family. i would like to have hairline lowering/scalp advancement surgery to lower my hairline by at least 1 inch. i'd prefer this surgery to a hair transplant because of the more instant result and density. attached photos. would i be suitable for this surgery? can you recommend any surgeons in thailand or nearby as i will be there all summer. thanks :)
Am I Suitable For Hairline Lowering Surgery? (photo)
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Hairline lowering in young males
If you are not balding and thick hair throughout life is a family trait amongst the males, you might be a good candidate for lowering the hairline. The scar is rarely a problem in my experience. Potential balding could be a problem that could be treated ny hair transplants later in life. Certainly the results are near instantaneous and give unmatched density.
The only hairline lowering case I saw from a doctor in Thailand was one with complications. I could, however, recommend an excellent follicular unit grafting doctor in Bangkok, Dr. Pathamvonich.
Whether or not you are a good candidate for any of these procedures has to be dtermined by an examination. Scalp laxity is the key selection factor for hairline lowering.
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Good candidate and I am sure many surgeons in your area can do this for you. Just remember that big scar may be noticeable if you go bald or shave your head later in life.
Hairline Lowering in 28 Year Old Male
Hairline lowering can be done in a young male with no personal or family history of male pattern baldness. I have done this on several occasions. However, the patient must be willing to accept the fact that hair loss is possible later in life and hair replacement surgery would be necessary to hide the exposed incision from the hairline lowering.
It is possible, but...
Lowering your hairline is possible via a trichophytic incision. This means the incision is made right at the hairline and through the hairline so that when the incision heals, there will be growth of hair through the scar to camouflage it even better.
Having said that, you have to realize that every incision will heal with a scar, and considering that you brush your hair back, with that hairstyle, no matter how good the incision is and how well it is camouflaged by hair, it will still be visible.
In addition, as a male, you have the risk of losing your hair as you age [even if your family history doesn't]. This will leave you with a very obvious scar across the width of your forehead.
In all honesty, if you were my patient, I would recommend hair transplantation. Much less risky a proposition.
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I would be oh so careful in having surgery outside the country.
If you have a surgical complication, who will take care of you? If you have done your homework you know that only a small number of surgeon are really performing enough hair flap surgeries to be considered true experts. Fleming in Beverly HIlls and Kabaker in Oakland come to mind. There are others of course. Good luck and stay safe.
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Is it necessary to define the function in the function window or can I define it directly in the command window?
Also, I don't understand what the errors mean. My original funcion was 2y'''-6y''+4y'+y=sin(t) , y''(0)=0, y'(0)=0, y(0)=1. (I converted my ode to its canonical form)
>> y=-0.5*y1-2*y2+3*y3+0.5*y4; >> t0=0; >> tf=10; >> y1=1; >> y2=0; >> y3=0; >> y4=.5; >> y0=[y1,y2,y3,y4]; >> yprime=-.5*y1-2*y2+3*y3+.5*y4; >> [T,Y]=ode45('yprime',t0,tf,y0) Warning: Obsolete syntax. Use ode45(fun,tspan,y0,...) instead. > In funfun\private\odearguments at 42 In ode45 at 173 ??? Error using ==> feval Undefined function or method 'yprime' for input arguments of type 'double'.
Error in ==> odearguments at 110 f0 = feval(ode,t0,y0,args{:}); % ODE15I sets args{1} to yp0.
Error in ==> ode45 at 173 [neq, tspan, ntspan, next, t0, tfinal, tdir, y0, f0, odeArgs, odeFcn, ...
You do not have to write a function file, but you do have to define a function. You've defined y1 to y4 as numeric variables, then calculated yprime from them. Hence yprime is just a number, which is why ode45 reports that it can't find a function yprime.
Unless you want to mess with anonymous function handles, I suggest writing the equations in a function file.
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Benefit It's Complicated Longwear Powder Eyeshadow ($20.00 for 0.11 oz.) is described as a "golden peach." It's a warm-toned, medium pinky-peach with a gold shimmer-sheen finish. Chanel Complice has no golden shimmer. MAC Say Yeah is darker. Urban Decay Freebird is pinker. Lancome Kitten Heel has the golden sheen but is pinker. MAC Expensive Pink is darker, redder.
The pigmentation of this shade was on the weaker side, and I found that at best, I could build up the color to semi-opaque but it wanted to be semi-sheer to semi-opaque. It's disappointing, because most of the shades that are similar tended to be darker, so this would have offered a subtler way to achieve the color–and on cooler skintones, would be less prone to looking orange. It's Complicated had a soft texture that was finely-milled and was easy to blend out on the lid. It lasted seven hours well on me, but after nine hours, I did see some faint creasing.
For reference, it also appears in Benefit's Most Glamorous Nudes Ever Palette–I make a point to mention that, because the palette itself is $30 but contains three other eyeshadows along with two Creaseless Cream Eyeshadows; more or less, unless you really hate the other products, it's hard to justify $20 for one eyeshadow when you could be paying $30 and receiving six different products.


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Every Friday on Yahoo Tech, The New Old Thing brings you recommendations of distinctly untimely — but still amazing! — cultural expression. Lots of sources (including us) will tell you what's new and worthwhile. But only The New Old Thing tells you what's not-new, but great, and available to you right now thanks to the magic of technology. (Your tips are welcome; send to firstname.lastname@example.com.)
This week: The multitalented Debbie Millman — president of the design division at Sterling Brands, chair of the Masters in Branding program at the School of Visual Arts, host of Design Matters, and author most recently of the visual-essay book Self-Portrait As Your Traitor — highlights the 1983 movie Betrayal.
Millman recently caught the latest and much-ballyhooed production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal on Broadway — with Daniel Craig (lately aka James Bond) and his wife, the Academy Award-nominated actress Rachel Weisz. It is, of course, a classic and highly influential play, one that played with time in ways that influenced everything from Memento to Pulp Fiction. (Its unusual reverse-chronology structure also inspired an episode of Seinfeld, believe it or not.)
"I saw the movie version of Betrayal when it first came out in the early '80s and LOVED it," Millman says. "In fact, it is one of my favorite movies of all time. So when I saw that the play was being revived, I bought tickets and counted down the days until I saw it. I brought along my girlfriend Maria and gushed and gushed about what an incredible experience it was going to be.
"What a disappointment!" she continues. "The actors seemed like they were trying to act like the actors in the movie, not like the written characters in the play. I was astounded, and kind of devastated.
"So I went home and took Maria to YouTube to see some of the great, great scenes from the movie that were botched in the play. Jeremy Irons and Ben Kingsley star in the movie and they are AMAZING. A revelation. Magical."
To wit: this seduction scene and this post-betrayal lunch scene.
Long story short: The 1983 movie blows away the overhyped and super-pricey recent Broadway version. It is surprisingly hard to come by — even a used DVD on Amazon is priced closer to Broadway tickets than a night at the movies. If that's out of your budget, then at least you can enjoy those choice scenes on YouTube until someone organizes the online petition to make this digitally available in full.
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Getting the biggest bang for job-creation bucks
Official Washington seems interested in only three things: jobs, jobs, jobs. But what are the real policy options? Broadly speaking, job-creating policies come in two varieties: general stimulus to boost growth and programs targeted specifically at job creation.
The first category follows the "build it and they will come" strategy: If you raise GDP, you will get more jobs. That's true. And it's the basic idea behind the Recovery and Reinvestment Act and countless other monetary and fiscal stimulus programs pursued by scores of nations since the Keynesian revolution.
But there's a catch: That strategy is expensive -- which matters when you have a mammoth budget deficit.
U.S. gross domestic product is about $14.5 trillion, and payroll employment is about 130 million jobs. Divide the two, and GDP per payroll job is about $112,000. It's great that we have such a highly productive economy. But it means that it takes about $112,000 worth of new GDP to create one typical job. Divide that $112,000 by a multiplier of 1.2 -- close to estimates of the job-creating impact of the Recovery Act -- and it takes about $93,000 worth of garden-variety fiscal stimulus to create an average job.
The search for a cheaper way leads to policies specifically targeted at job creation. The two main options are direct public-service employment and a new-jobs tax credit. The Obama administration and several members of Congress have proposed the latter. If most of the new public-service positions are low-wage jobs, and if the tax credit is designed well, the per-job costs of these policies are comparable: $30,000 to $40,000. I would recommend doing both, targeting roughly a million new jobs with each program, at a budgetary cost of perhaps $70 billion. While 2 million more jobs won't end America's gaping shortage, it would make a significant dent.
Public hiring is straightforward. But since federal civilian employment is limited, most such jobs would have to be at the state and local levels. So the federal government would be inducing lower levels of government to hire -- not unlike the idea behind the new-jobs tax credit.
There are two key design elements in any tax credit: minimizing the amount of the tax cut that is wasted (in this case, loses revenue without creating jobs) and minimizing possibilities for gaming the system. Notice that in both cases the gerund is "minimizing," not "eliminating." Perfection is beyond our capabilities.
Start with minimizing waste; that is, with maximizing the jobs bang for the deficit buck. We know three things for sure. First, many firms will ignore the tax incentive. That's fine. Such cases give us no "bang," but neither are any "bucks" expended. Second, many new jobs that receive the tax credit would have been created anyway. In such cases, there is again no real "bang," but deficit "bucks" go up. Third, by increasing the demand for labor, the tax credit will drive up wages (which is good), which will in turn kill some other jobs (which is not good).
Standard economic research can be used to estimate each of these three effects. The conclusion, in very round numbers, is that a $5,000-per-job tax credit similar to the administration's proposal should cost around $30,000 to $40,000 for each job created. That's vastly more than the $5,000 per job that a perfect policy would achieve, so the problems mentioned above are by no means trivial. Spending $35,000 per job instead of $5,000 sounds like a lot of waste -- until you remember that garden-variety fiscal stimulus costs closer to $100,000 per job.
Such estimates assume that most firms will not increase employment at all. People are often confused on this point, interpreting anecdotal or survey evidence that most firms will not respond as evidence against the program's efficacy. It is not. The tax credit will work as advertised if only about one firm in 10 increases its employment.
Unfortunately, we know far less about the second problem: Gaming the system. Apart from outright fraud, there are three major ways (and many minor ones) for firms to exaggerate the number of new jobs they've created in order to receive the tax credit.
One is to both fire and hire. That problem is easily fixed by awarding the tax credit only for net increases in head count above some base, such as last year's employment. A second gimmick is to replace full-time workers with part-time workers. That loophole can be plugged by offering the tax credit only to firms whose total payroll costs, not just head count, rise. Both of those points should be stipulated, as the administration's proposal does. But doing so renders the tax credit irrelevant to many firms that slashed employment during the recession and cannot return to their 2009 payroll levels quickly.
New firms pose a problem because they had no employees last year. Excluding them would render many of the economy's new jobs ineligible for the tax credit. But if we allow new firms to claim the credit, clever executives will create new firms in droves -- at least on paper. Congress was aware of this concern when we last instituted a new-jobs tax credit, in 1977. It decided then to "split the baby" by giving new firms half the tax credit.
All these possibilities for gaming tell us two things. First, the legislation must be drafted with care. Second, the agency that administers the new-jobs tax credit must be assiduous about enforcement. But given the jobs emergency and the impending budget calamity, that doesn't seem too much to ask.
The writer is a professor of economics at Princeton University and vice chairman of Promontory Interfinancial Network. He was formerly vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.


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HIGHLAND SPRINGS -- Clear Lake High School freshman Meghan Beare and Upper Lake High School senior Alex Rogers turned in the best finishes by Lake County runners entered in the Coastal Mountain Conference Championships on Wednesday at Highland Springs Reservoir.
The 3-mile course consisted of a 1-mile loop on dirt trails followed by an up-and-back jaunt (a mile each way) on the paved road that leads from the entrance of Highland Springs to the picnic area.
"It was beautiful weather for a run," Clear Lake High School coach Peter Stanley said. "The course was good, the conditions were good."
So was Beare. She finished sixth overall in a star-studded field with a time of 23 minutes, 15 seconds.
"She's got a career ahead of her if she wants," Stanley said. "She did as well or better than expected."
Erin Thomas of Mendocino ran away with the varsity girls' race, winning in 20:19 Freshman Alyssa Goody of Sonoma Academy came in second in 22:36.
Also cracking the top 10 were Middletown sophomore Tori Roderick, who was eighth overall in 24:11, and Clear Lake senior Tamara Rojas, ninth in 24:23.
Sophomore Bianca Cruz led Upper Lake with a 15th-place time of 25:15.
Team scoring was not available although Sonoma Academy topped the North Central League II field as did Cloverdale among NCL I teams.
Varsity boys
Rogers turned in one of his best performances of the season to finish ninth in the varsity boys' race won by Sonoma Academy's Austin Orr (19:36), who edged out teammate Jax Reiff (17:39) by three seconds. Rogers clocked in at 19:18, beating teammate Zack Sneathen (19:21), who was 10th, by three seconds.
"He (Rogers) told me yesterday he was going to do real well and it was awesome to see him kick it in," Upper Lake coach John Woods said. "All the varsity boys had a real good race."
Lake County's other top finishers were Kelseyville's Tico Landa, 13th in 19:34, and Upper Lake's Jared Wade (19:37) in 14th and Upper Lake's Greg Gagnon (19:37) in 15th.
JV boys
Morgan Kinunen of Sonoma Academy won the junior varsity boys' race in 20:14, the first of four consecutive Coyotes runners to cross the finish line. Middletown's Diego Munoz broke the streak with a fifth-place time of 21:00.
Clear Lake runners Kenyon Donald (21:46) and Andres Tejeda (21:46) finished ninth and 10th, respectively, Donald edging out Tejeda at the line.
"Andres has been our top runner all season but Kenyon got him this time," Stanley said. "They had a big duel over the last 300 yards."
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WASHINGTON — In the decades that poisonous chemicals tainted the drinking water at Camp Lejeune, N.C., hundreds of thousands of Marines filed through the base, but so far, only 200 veterans have asked the Department of Veterans Affairs to link their illnesses to the poisons.
Of those, only 20 have been told "yes."
A Veterans Affairs official told Congress on Thursday that despite the evidence of widespread contamination of drinking water at Camp Lejeune, the agency doesn't think that the science yet exists to link exposure to the toxic water to a host of cancers and other diseases suffered by former base residents.
"Establishing presumptive diseases at this point would be premature," said Thomas J. Pamperin, the associate deputy undersecretary for policy and program management at Veterans Affairs.
Instead, the VA has awarded benefits on a case-by-case — and isolated — basis.
As the military, federal scientists, congressional officials and Veterans Affairs try to sort out how closely to link the toxins in the water with a variety of illnesses and cancers, Marines and their families continue to struggle for their health care.
"The degree of contamination was extraordinary at Camp Lejeune," testified Richard Clapp, an epidemiologist and professor emeritus at Boston University. The amount of trichloroethylene, or TCE, recorded in one sample in 1982, he noted, was 1,400 parts per billion — more than 280 times what would be allowed by today's standards.
"This is the largest (TCE) exposure in our country's history," said Clapp, who also serves on an advisory panel for federal scientists studying the issue. "Congress needs to act." He said there's plenty of science — dating to the early 1980s — to show TCE and other contaminants have impacts that can include a variety of cancers and, for newborns, birth defects.
No presumption yet exists, however.
Marines Corps Maj. Gen. Eugene G. Payne said the military relies on scientists to make a determination about whether the contamination can be connected to veterans' illnesses.


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