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Long before E! came out with The Girls Next Door series, the world had already become accustomed to seeing Hugh Hefner surrounded with a plethora of blonde beauties on his arm. Known for walking the red carpet with more than one "girlfriend" with him, somehow the public just accepted the fact that he was not only dating women a third of his age but also dating multiple women at the same time. While it was easy for the world to look at these women as opportunistic users that were just with him for the money and fame, people seemed to still be interested in what was really going on behind the scenes. When The Girls Next Door series began, people obviously came in with preconceived notions of all the women. Yet, somehow their personalities and the inner workings of the Playboy Mansion seemed to win over viewers.
People actually became invested in the lives of Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt, and Kendra Wilkinson. From their quirky personalities to their completely over-the-top lifestyles, the series gave a sneak peek behind the veil of the famed Playboy Mansion. Yet, it wasn't just the three girlfriends that were highlighted in the series. There were a number of different people that were shown in the series, with each having their own stories to be told. While the series lasted for six seasons, the popularity of the characters helped to spawn a number of spin-off shows. Yet, people still wonder about all of the most memorable characters from The Girls Next Door. Check out our list of the 15 stars that were featured on The Girls Next Door, and see what some of these memorable characters have been doing since their time at the Playboy Mansion.
15 Carmella DeCesare
Carmella DeCesare was highlighted in a number of different episodes in The Girls Next Door since she was very close friends with all of Hefner's girlfriends. During Season 1 of the show, all three of the girls flew to Las Vegas to celebrate DeCesare's birthday. The episode divulged a lot about the intricacies involved in being one of Hef's girlfriends, since the girls were not allowed to spend the night. A little known fact about being one of Hef's girlfriends was that he had a strict 9 o'clock curfew, and didn't allow his girlfriends to spend the night anywhere besides the Playboy Mansion. Unfortunately, there was a delay on their plane, and the girls wound up getting back to the Playboy Mansion past curfew. However, it does say a lot that the girls were willing to risk their day trip just to celebrate DeCesare's birthday. Capitalizing on her time on the show and being named Playmate of the Year in 2004, DeCesare went on to participate in the WWE Diva Search competition, but is probably best known for her marriage to NFL quarterback, Jeff Garcia. Nowadays, she spends her time with her family and her devoted charity work.
14 Sara Jean Underwood
Sara Jean Underwood was introduced during the first season of The Girls Next Door. She was just one of many "new girls" that were brought in to be photographed as a test to be in the magazine. Since this is an occurrence that happens monthly, naturally, the girls of the house were guarded in how well they would receive them. Yet, there was something special about Underwood. She was later chosen to be Playmate of the Month in July 2006, and even went on to become Playmate of the Year in 2007. Her humble Oregon roots and great rapport with the ladies definitely had something to do with her success at Playboy, and she used this success to become the host of the television series, Attack of the Show!, as well as a few film appearances. Yet, many of her roles have been forgettable, even though she was cast as the lead role in the 2013 film, Deadly Weekend. She has also been a bit unlucky in love, even though she's dated some high profile men. In the meantime, she will probably always be remembered for her portrayal as the fresh-faced newbie from The Girls Next Door.
13 Tiffany Fallon
Tiffany Fallon had a number of accolades throughout her time with Playboy from being Ms. December to being chosen as Playmate of the Year in 2005. During the very first season of The Girls Next Door, the second episode was dedicated to Fallon. It was the day of her big ceremony where she was introduced to the press, and commemorated the day that her issue hit newsstands. Holly Madison referenced her as "a good friend of ours," so naturally, she made it onto the show. Her December spread for the magazine highlighted her ebony hair, which was a big change from the typical blonde bombshell the magazine is mostly known for. Since her time in the limelight in the magazine and on the show, Fallon had a few appearances that made people remember how beautiful she was to start with. Yet, there wasn't much that ever came of it. In 2008, she appeared on The Celebrity Apprentice, but unfortunately, she was the first to be fired by Donald Trump. Regardless, she still makes the occasional appearance on the red carpet, and it's clear to see that she has managed to hang onto her Playboy good looks.
12 Brittany Binger
Brittany Binger didn't fit the typical mold as a Playboy centerfold since she had the dark hair and dark eyes. Yet, there was a natural sexiness about her that exuded sensuality unlike many of the other homespun looking girls. She was featured in a number of different episodes in The Girls Next Door series, with many involving party gatherings at the Playboy Mansion. From the Mardis Gras party in Season 3 to the Super Bowl party in Season 5, Binger was a regular among the Playboy crowd. Binger was named Playmate of the Month in June 2007, and has managed to keep her smoldering good looks since then. Unlike other former Playboy centerfolds that let themselves go downhill after their fleeting time in the Playboy spotlight, Binger has proved that her stellar good looks are more than just right for a skin magazine. She has been represented by Elite Models and Ford Models, and even transitioned as a supporting cast member on Kendra Wilkinson's spin-off show, Kendra.
11 Mary O'Connor
The Playboy Mansion was a unique residence for more reasons than just the onsite zoo and the infamous grotto, since it managed to have two distinctly different personas. While the public liked to think of it as a nonstop party house with orgies galore (which sometimes it was), the girls living at the Playboy Mansion thought of it as their home. This was made even more true with the lovable Mary O'Connor working there. The Girls Next Door always made sure to show O'Connor working in her cozy little office, and offering motherly advice to all the girls. Unfortunately, O'Connor passed away in January 2013. She was the personal secretary of Hugh Hefner for more than 40 years, and her passing was a loss felt by all who knew her. Bridget Marquardt gave an interview with HollywoodLife.com soon after her passing and stated, "She was a dear friend, one that will never be replaced, and she will be missed."
10 Brian Olea
While there was a veritable village that was needed to make the Playboy Mansion run smoothly, it was Brian Olea that seemed to be the man behind the machine. As a mansion staffer, he was highlighted throughout the series, and can be seen going above and beyond for the ladies. While Hugh Hefner didn't seem to appreciate him very much, the ladies all seemed to have a close relationship with him and a very friendly rapport. When Kendra wanted a beach ball while sitting in the stands, it was Olea that went out of his way to make sure she got it and then he even saved them to decorate her door for her birthday. It's those little things that proved how much he cared about going above and beyond for his job, and helped to make the Playboy Mansion a true home for the girls. After The Girls Next Door concluded in 2010, Olea became the co-host of Mansion Mayhem on PlayboyRadio.com but pretty much stayed out of the limelight afterward. Nowadays, he pops up occasionally via a fan picture when out and about, but life has certainly changed for him after the sale of the Playboy Mansion.
9 Barbi Benton
The obvious elephant in the room regarding The Girls Next Door was the fact that Hefner's girlfriends were far younger than him, and looked more like his grandkids rather than his sexual companions. Yet, Hefner has had a long history of dating much younger women, even before he could be considered a senior citizen. In fact, back when he was 42-years-old, he began pursuing 18-year-old, Barbi Benton. The two actually had a long-lasting relationship back in the day, and she was highlighted on The Girls Next Door on a number of occasions. She seemed to have an ultra-close relationship with Hefner, which was a great storyline involving the jealousy element with head girlfriend, Holly Madison. The entire crew even stayed at Benton's lavish home during the series, and it showed that Benton didn't end up shabbily after she and Hefner split ways. However, her marriage to real-estate mogul, George Gradow, wasn't exactly a picture-perfect situation, since he wound up getting sentenced to 15 months in prison for tax fraud in 2006. Nowadays, she obviously no longer looks like her 18-year-old self, but she doesn't even look the same as when she was featured on The Girls Next Door. Time has marched on for Benton, and she is definitely looking her age.
8 Destiny Davis
Destiny Davis was highlighted on a number of episodes in The Girls Next Door, and seemed to be good friends with all of the girls in the house. However, she was closest with Kendra Wilkinson, and the two can be seen hanging closely together early on in the series. While she held the title of Playmate of the Month in January 2005, she definitely didn't seem like a favorite of Hugh Hefner. In fact, in one episode of the first season, Hefner can be seen scolding Davis for her excessive drinking on the party bus and even states, "You better pace yourself." Davis was one of the biggest party girls on the series, and was everyone's go-to girl for having fun. Davis wound up marrying Las Vegas businessman, Chad Elie, in a hurried Vegas wedding the day after he was indicted with 10 other defendants in charges stemming from online gambling. Her 7,200 square foot home was seized after the crackdown with the U.S. federal government. This definitely doesn't seem like a winning result for this former Playboy Mansion beauty.
7 Valerie Mason
By the time Season 4 rolled around for The Girls Next Door, Holly Madison had a much deeper involvement in the magazine and was given the job of Assistant Photo Editor/Playmate Editor. While she seemed to still think that her progression in the magazine was utterly glacial, it should have meant a great deal that she had the ability to invite four potential Playmates to shoot test photos for the magazine. Among the potential candidates, Valeria Mason arrived and made quite an impression on viewers. Although she didn't have the typical blonde-haired look like the other Playmates, she did have a certain girl-next-door look that transferred well to the camera. Her jet black hair and ample assets were just an added plus, and were definitely part of the deciding factor that got her chosen among the other girls as the newest Playmate. However, her time in the limelight as the September Playmate of the Month in 2008 was pretty much the pinnacle of her career, and nowadays, her star has all but fizzled out. Unless the various adult entertainment blog sites count as added exposure, Mason wasn't one of the winners that came out of The Girls Next Door.
6 Kristina Shannon & Karissa Shannon
Although twins, Kristina Shannon and Karissa Shannon, were shown on The Girls Next Door series prior to becoming one of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends, it wasn't until their introduction on Season 6 of the series that fans truly got to meet them. The episode entitled, "Meet the New Girls" starred Karissa, Kristina, and Crystal as the new girlfriends of Hefner since all three of the former girlfriends had moved on. Playboy has always had a fascination with twins, triplets, and even mother/daughter personas, so it shouldn't have come as a surprise that Hefner would date two identical twin sisters. Whether the public didn't take kindly to the former girlfriends being replaced so immediately or the twins didn't have the same engaging personality as the others, their time on the show (or on Hefner's arm) was limited. Season 6 was the final season of the show, and Hefner dropped the twins to be exclusive with Crystal Harris. Since their time on the series, both of the twins engaged in some pretty tawdry behavior including a sex tape with Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag. Yet, things got really interesting when the twins were seen on an episode of Botched. Their 2015 appearance was shocking to fans of the series since both twins looked completely different due to botched plastic surgery and an exorbitant amount of weight gain.
5 Crystal Harris
Crystal Harris was introduced as one of Hugh Hefner's newest girlfriends in the opening of Season 6, and seemed to replace Holly Madison as the new head love interest. While the twins had their appeal due to the male fascination with hot twins, Harris seemed to be more "in love" with Hefner and striving for a true relationship with the Playboy mogul. In many of the Season 6 episodes, Harris can be seen crafting scrapbooks for Hefner and acting more like a personal assistant than a romantic partner. Once the series concluded, the two actually became engaged, which was a shocker to everyone who thought of Hefner as a serial bachelor (especially former girlfriend, Holly Madison). Harris wound up breaking off their engagement and gave an infamous 2011 interview with Howard Stern where she said she was "not turned on" by Hefner and he lasted "two seconds." The two wound up reconciling, and nowadays she gives interviews on how happily married they are.
4 Kendra Wilkinson
Kendra Wilkinson was the youngest girlfriend in their threesome, and famously won over Hugh Hefner from a random photo he came upon while in the Playboy Mansion. She was working as a painted lady for one of the Playboy Mansion's infamous parties, and the rest is history. She moved in within a week of meeting Hefner, and seemed like the girlfriend that at least had a connection with him. However, he was noticeably enamored with her, and seemed to give her leniency that the other two girls didn't get. Wilkinson wound up splitting with Hefner and ultimately married former NFL football player, Hank Baskett. The two had their own reality television show, which gave attention to other The Girls Next Door Playboy models. However, things didn't turn out well for Wilkinson due to a number of public snafus. Two sex tapes came out involving Wilkinson prior to her relationship to Baskett, and then a transvestite came out to declare that there was a sexual relationship with Baskett. All of this drama played out on the reality show, and nowadays, the public sees Wilkinson as the long-suffering Playmate that can't seem to catch a break.
3 Bridget Marquardt
Bridget Marquardt was arguably the most interesting of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends since she had a completely different background than any of the other girls. While some of the other girls were nervous about taking it all off for the magazine, Marquardt revealed that she had been dreaming about posing for Playboy ever since she was 5-years-old and would skim through her father's Playboy magazines. She was also highly educated and even had a Master's degree, while some of the other girls could barely spell "educated." After she left The Girls Next Door series, Marquardt began dating director, Nick Carpenter, and the two became engaged. He famously proposed with a spider-shaped diamond engagement ring, which she has claimed was the perfect ring he could have given her. The two supposedly are big on themes and Halloween, and the ring was a representation of those things that the two have in common. In the meantime, Marquardt has pretty much stayed out of the headlines and seems to be very much in love.
2 Holly Madison
As the head girlfriend in The Girls Next Door, fans always imagined that she and Hefner would one day make their union monogamous. It seemed that she truly did love and have a real connection with Hefner, unlike any of the other girls. Yet, her focus seemed to expand as the series drew on, and she seemed to be more interested in gaining a career at Playboy rather than a husband. Hefner was very vocal about his issues with marriage and not wanting to have more children, and the pair ultimately split. Afterward, Madison became romantically linked to Criss Angel and she starred in the Las Vegas show, Peepshow. The relationship with Angel fizzled out, and she had to leave the Peepshow production once she became pregnant with her boyfriend Pasquale Rotella's child. The two were married in 2013, and they had another child together. Yet, the real story involves her tell-all book entitled, Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny. Madison told all the dirt about her relationship with both Hugh Hefner and Criss Angel and gave some extremely damning information that made for a salacious bestseller.
1 Hugh Hefner
Although the show may have been entitled, The Girls Next Door, the real star of the show was definitely Hugh Hefner. The man behind the myth, Hefner had the uncanny ability to still draw in young, blonde women regardless of his age. Women flocked to him throughout the series, celebrities pandered to visit the Playboy Mansion, and every single photo put into the magazine still had to be given final approval by Hefner himself. Once the series concluded, Hefner dealt with a number of public snafus including various ex-girlfriends that talked badly about his performance in bed and demeanor in general. However, he ended up marrying his girlfriend, Crystal Harris, regardless of the fact that she was one of the ex-girlfriends that talked badly about him. Playboy also endured some troublesome times, and Hefner wound up selling the property for $100 million. The magazine also struggled in sales, and they ultimately had to change the focus to try and gain new readers. In the released statement, CEO Scott Flanders stated, "After 62 years, Playboy is putting its clothes back on. It served its purpose. When Hefner launched the magazine in 1953 nudity was provocative, and today it's passé."
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Al Khobar a pleasant, cosmopolitan city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, is part of the greater Dammam metropolitan area. The city, which houses Aramco, the worlds largest oil company, has a population of 165,799 (2004 census). It is only 45 minutes from Manama, Bahrain, linked by way of the 16-mile King Fahd Causeway. Once a fishing village inhabited by Al Dawasir tribe members, Al Khobar is now a flourishing commercial center with a scenic corniche, diverse and exotic restaurants, and several shopping malls. Favorite recreational activities include camel back riding and jet skiing. The city has two English language newspapers, the Arab News and the Saudi Gazette.
The bridge on the King Fahd Causeway, impressive in itself, is overlooked by a tower that offers a magnificent view of the ocean. Al Khobars Al Rashid Mall is the largest shopping mall in Saudi Arabia. There are also authentic Arabian shops on King Khalid Street and Dhahran Street, and gold merchants galore along the Gold Suq. Al Khobar has many fine museums and exhibition centers, including the Saudi Aramco Exhibit (which relays the history of the petroleum industry), the Science Technology Center, and the Royal Commission Visitor Center. The Last Old House in Qatif, the Turkish Bathhouse, Hamma Abu Louza, and Qasr Ibrahim, an old castle, are architectural treasures.
The Bahrain International Airport is closer to Al Khobar than the King Fahd International Airport in Dammam. For local transportation, limousines and taxis are used; in addition, most compounds have their own bus services. There are many hotels and apartments for rent, and about 50% of the citys population lives in residential complexes in the area of Aqrabia. Though the city has excellent restaurantsincluding one called Abu Nawas where the sounds of bird song mix with Middle Eastern musicnightlife is minimal. Many expatriates get a Multiple Visa so they can go to Bahrain, and enjoy alcoholic drinks unavailable in Saudia Arabia. Al Khobar has more than 50 public and private schools, plus several universities. The Hejira calendar is in use, so the weekend is Thursday and Friday. The weather is generally warm; November to June is very pleasant, but July and August are hot and humid. As in all Saudi cities, pork and alcohol are not allowed. The dress code requires that women wear the abaya, a long black overgarment, and that men avoid wearing shorts.
Al Khobar is a city with vitality and interest. In addition to its rich cultural and recreational life, it offers many social outlets for expatriates, from aerobics groups to bridge clubs and a choral society. It is a Saudi Arabian city that is especially welcoming to western teachers.
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Texas' political winds blowing against Tesla's business model
Chances are excellent that Red McCombs could get Gov. Rick Perry on the phone.
So I asked the San Antonio billionaire last week if he'd called the governor about safeguarding the state law requiring automakers to sell their vehicles through franchised dealerships, the bedrock of McCombs' empire.
The spotlight's on the law because it could be a big sticking point for Tesla Motors Inc. as the company decides where to build its planned $5 billion "gigafactory." In addition to Texas, the electric-car maker is vetting Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico as potential sites.
Tesla's business model is built on direct sales to consumers, an approach dealers detest.
Tesla and Perry's office are negotiating over potentially bringing the plant to Texas. The auto franchise law is almost certainly part of the discussion.
On one side, Perry probably is looking at the promise of 6,500 jobs and the chance to make Texas a global leader in lithium-ion battery pack production. (See my March 16 column on San Antonio's advantage in that regard.) On the other side, Tesla wants to crack the Texas market, which would be its second largest, after California.
Currently, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company can only sell cars here over the Internet.
As one of the state's biggest auto dealers, McCombs has a dog in this fight, and he's a big-time Perry supporter. Just since 2008, he's written checks totaling at least $302,500 to Perry's gubernatorial and presidential campaigns.
So the question about calling Perry didn't seem weird. But it did turn out to be awkward, for me anyway.
A couple of long seconds of silence on McCombs' end of the phone line.
Then the 86-year-old answered in a low rumble: "No ... Why would I?"
In other words, he saw no need. In fact, earlier in the interview, McCombs had talked about the franchise law as immutable.
"That is as set in stone as it can be," he said. "It's as sacred as Paul's letter to the Corinthians."
The law has survived for decades, not millennia. But sometimes it does look like a rule for the ages.
Elon Musk, Tesla's co-founder and CEO, lobbied hard last year to get the Legislature to change the law to allow his company to sell its Model S luxury sedan to Texans, side-stepping the middlemen. At one point, he even hinted to Automotive News that an auto manufacturing plant, Tesla's second, could be in Texas' future if lawmakers went along.
Lawmakers didn't go along.
That included state Rep. Lyle Larson, a San Antonio Republican who said he was bombarded by calls from San Antonio dealers and the formidable Texas Automobile Dealers Association. He also has childhood friends who work in the trade, and auto dealer Ernesto Ancira is one of his biggest supporters.
Even with the tantalizing prospect of the gigafactory, Larson thinks a measure allowing Tesla to make direct sales in Texas would fail once again.
"I do not see the chance for an option allowing Tesla to sell direct," he said. "I don't see any appetite for it."
An experienced Democratic colleague of his agreed.
Dealers say they're fighting for consumers, that Tesla customers would be stuck without outlets for repairs and maintenance if the company fails. Selling through franchised dealers would be a different story.
But at heart, it's about survival. They worry that relaxing the rules would give the real threats, such as Chrysler, GM and Toyota, an opening to likewise cut dealers out of the picture.
The big dealerships in Texas are family businesses that profited mightily as Texans flocked to the cities after World War II and increased their earning power. A highway system that fostered urban sprawl, making cars and trucks evermore necessary — in the absence of credible mass transit systems — also contributed to their success.
Dealers have spent lavishly on print, TV and now digital advertising, and in their communities — on team sponsorships and the like. And neither they nor their state trade associations skimp on campaign contributions.
The combined weight of those factors was behind McCombs when he said, "I'd be surprised if any politician tried it" — changing the franchise law.
A Tesla spokeswoman didn't respond to an emailed interview request.
When I checked in with Perry's office, spokeswoman Lucy Nashed declined to comment, except to say: "Generally speaking, the governor supports removing barriers to doing business in Texas."
If that sounds to you — as it does to me — like Perry supports easing the franchise law, remember that he'll be out of office by the time the 2015 Legislature convenes. And when I mentioned to a local economic development official the possibility of Perry calling a special session this year to tackle a Tesla exemption, he recoiled, saying it would be "a gigantic gamble — it could all go down in flames."
Arizona, one of the other states competing for the gigafactory, also has a tough ban on manufacturers selling vehicles directly to consumers. But a state senate committee last week cleared a bill that would make an exception for Tesla.
It's not easy imagining that happening in the Texas Senate.
But in the view of both McCombs and Larson, Texas should have the edge even if the franchise law stays as is. It's a right-to-work state, after all, and doesn't have an income tax.
The automaker expects to make a decision by January, as the Texas Tribune reported last week, and direct sales will have some bearing. The Trib's story quoted Diarmuid O'Connell, Tesla's vice president of business development, as saying: "If Texas wants to reconsider its position on Telsa selling directly in Texas, it certainly couldn't hurt."
The flipside of his comment is that not reconsidering the law could hurt.
We probably should brace ourselves for a little pain.
In last week's column, I inadvertently lumped clean coal and natural gas into CPS Energy's 2020 goals for clean power generation.
Greg Jefferson is business editor of the San Antonio Express-News. You can reach him at 210-250-3259 or email@example.com.


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As you rise to high levels of leadership in your community, you are bound to be invited as a keynote speaker to highlight some important occasion. You could be the keynote speaker or the guest of honor. This "career progression" is inevitable. It's going to happen to you some day. You will be most likely selected due to your popularity and / or achievements. Your profession or nature of accomplishment must have been in some way related to the occasion in order for you to be invited.
Regardless of the reason, know that you were invited because your community had held you in a high level of admiration or respect. To leave a long lasting impression on the audience, you need to improvise methods to keep their attention glued to you.
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Speak in a clear, crisp & comprehensible voice with an enthusiastic tone. The audience must feel the essence of your emotions through your enthusiasm. Avoid mumbling. Try not to swallow your words as if there's a gum in your mouth. In order for you to know whether you are guilty of any of the above, make an audio recording of your speech using your mobile phone. Pass this recording to a friend in order to get an (hopefully) unbiased opinion about your speech.
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Your speech should be congruent with the purpose of the gathering, touching on issues relevant to its objective and applicable to the current needs of the audience. This would certainly require you to do some homework prior to attending the event. If you are a member of a Toastmasters Club, you could do a test run of your speech there & get unbiased feedback from the qualified evaluators. If you are not a Toastmaster yet, it's about time you became one today.
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Incorporate humor into your presentation to keep the audience alert. Studies reveal that, when humor is used, audiences find the speaker interesting to listen to. A note of caution though. Your humor must be relevant to the subject matter. Only then it will look natural & be meaningful. Try your best to use humor to reinforce your message rather that to use it simply to make people laugh. Remember, this is not a stand-up comedy session. This is a keynote address.
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When you raise an issue, a suggested way to project it is by citing instances or examples. Correlate the example and the issue clearly. You could follow the following structure which goes by the acronym P.R.E.P.
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As a keynote speaker or guest of honour, you will be most likely required to deliver an inspiring / motivational speech. Therefore, strive to deliver a speech filled with positive thoughts like forecasting a bright tomorrow. You have the power to turn a depressive atmosphere into an enthusiastic one. If you are well versed with the industry & have a good proposal to make, then say it. In the process of suggesting your proposal, plant the image in the minds of the audience as to how the industry will look like 5 or 10 years from now. Plant the image of positivity. Be specific and realistic in your projection. If hard work is required, say so. Sometimes, it pays to call a spade a spade 🙂
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Leave a lasting, meaningful message as you conclude your speech. In order to do this effectively, try to end your speech with a personal story that reinforces your message. Personal stories have a queer way of lingering in the minds of people long after the speech is over. Such speeches will also leave the audience remembering you for a loooooooooong time…
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Happy Summer!!
To celebrate summer (yippee sunshine!) and in appreciation of how much you mean to me I'd like to offer a free distant reiki healing session to one of you lovely friends.
Last winter I became reiki master certified and I'd love to begin offering distant reiki healing sessions. The reiki sessions I do are hands-off, therefore it is my belief that distant reiki healing is also very effective. We now know prayer helps positively impact someone whether they know they are being prayed for or not, so this channeling of love we can do for one another is a beautiful gift.
Reiki is a holistic healing treatment in which the practitioner channels spiritually guided universal life energy to the recipient. I also like to refer to the energy as unconditional love or light. Reiki can help promote natural self-healing, reduce stress and anxiety, and balance the energies in the body. I specifically like to focus on the chakras or energy centers in the body because I believe the best way to heal your life is to work on your energy. It is my experience that reiki is very relaxing and soothing.
You guys have meant so much to me and I'd really like to return that love. If you're the one that gets selected for a free reiki healing session it simply requires that you sit or lay down in a relaxed position for one hour at an agreed upon time while I perform the distant reiki. I think you'll really enjoy that time of relaxation. 15 minutes prior to the session I will have you get a glass of water to have near you, as well as have you cleanse the room energetically through your intentions, and say a few positive mantras that help remove blockages so that you are open and ready.
I'd also love for you to send me a picture of yourself that I keep private but use to help me visualize you and your chakras. Lastly, I'd love for you to share with me (privately of course) what the number 1 thing is you'd like to work on in your energy at this time, whether that's a particular health concern or an area of your life that doesn't feel like it's working for you. Any feedback you'd like to give me after the session is completed is greatly appreciated but not required. I also encourage you to journal any experiences you have.
If you feel drawn to working together to improve your energy and your life you can enter for the free session in 2 ways, either by leaving a comment below with your email address, or privately sending me a message through the contact form here.
Only one free session will be given out but I do hope to offer more sessions in the future as a way to say thank you for all your love and support.
Alternatively, I'll also be offering distant reiki sessions for $55. You can send me a message on the contact form about that as well if you are interested.
Thank you so much for all the love and light you send my way each week friends. Wishing you a beautiful day full of sunshine and joy!
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Hikers could be turned away at the South Sister trailhead. Mountaineers could see day-of weather dash their plans after having secured a wilderness permit weeks or months in advance. Visitors could be required to buy a permit to use the wilderness.
Any or all of these restrictions are included among five options being considered under the U.S. Forest Service's Central Cascades Wilderness Strategies Project. The regulations would alter the way the public interacts with wilderness areas in the Deschutes and Willamette national forests, including the Three Sisters, Mount Jefferson, Diamond Peak, Mount Washington and Waldo Lake wilderness areas.
Monday is the final day to weigh in on what's been a months-long public comment period en route to a decision by the Forest Service about which restrictions to put in place. So far, the Forest Service has received more than 580 comments expressing concerns about the restrictions or applauding the possible changes.
The Forest Service hopes to push back against rocketing user numbers that have damaged popular trails and led to illegal campfires and littering, officials said. Even law-abiding visitors, in too great a quantity, put undo stress on the designated wilderness areas' fragile ecosystems. Ultimately, the Forest Service intends to return the more popular sections of the five wilderness areas to their pristine, natural states while allowing public access.
The proposed regulations, however, are not groundbreaking. Versions of each of the U.S. Forest Services' five strategies — ranging from no changes to high-level restrictions to almost all visitors — exist elsewhere.
Of 445 wilderness areas managed by the Forest Service, 32 percent have some sort of a permit system, and about 20 areas have caps on the number of permits given out allowing users access, referred to as a limited entry permit system, said Lisa Ronald, wildlands communications coordinator at the University of Montana's Wilderness Institute. She manages Wilderness Connect, a public land information platform. Permit systems can be wilderness-wide or specific to a location or trailhead. The group's website houses the only federally recognized comprehensive database about all Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service and National Park Service wilderness areas.
It's difficult to compare the regulations of various wilderness areas, Ronald added, because each restriction is tailored to the nuance and needs of a particular wilderness. An isolated wilderness area in Alaska, for example, may have an elaborate bear safety regulation that may not exist in a limited entry wilderness area in Southern California — or potentially, in Central Oregon.
"Permit systems are not unique, yet they are not necessarily widespread, either," Ronald said. "But they are something that will be increasingly used in wilderness management. I don't think there is a choice, necessarily, as use increases."
The Forest Service's Central Cascades Wilderness Strategies Project expects to release a draft decision in late summer. Those who had already commented on the proposal will have the ability to object to the decision. A wilderness strategy would be implemented by Memorial Day 2019.
'Untrammeled earth,' trammeled
Wilderness areas in the Deschutes and Willamette national forests make up 182,186 acres of the combined 3.1 million-acre forests, or 15 percent. In 2016, more than 130,000 people visited Three Sisters Wilderness — a 181 percent increase since 2011. Visitors to the Mount Jefferson Wilderness, which saw nearly 30,000 visitors in 2016, jumped by 119 percent in the same five-year period, according to the Forest Service's tally of the free self-administered permit system it has operated since 1991.
"When we look at this continued explosive use, it's just unsustainable," Forest Service spokeswoman Jean Nelson-Dean said. "We've felt the need to take action now so that the legacy of wilderness that we have here in Central Oregon is the same legacy that we will leave to future generations."
Increased visitors has resulted in eyesores and ecological hazards. Wilderness rangers are often left to clean up the messes left behind, including human waste and makeshift shelters , and to deal with the cumulative impact of too many users.
"Even if people are doing the right things, there are still places that are very impacted," Nelson-Dean said.
In 2016, 56 percent of the use in the Three Sisters Wilderness — the largest in Central Oregon at 448 square miles — occurred on five of 48 trailheads, Nelson-Dean said.
"It's a matter of getting people to somewhat plan ahead, encourage people to go at different times and trying to get people to go to other areas that are also lovely parts of the wilderness experience. We're trying to disperse use over space and time, so we can maintain these iconic places. There are more beautiful spots than just these five, highly used spots. Because that's part of our message: We have lots of really great country. But not everyone has to go to the same place."
Five-pronged trailhead
The Central Cascades Wilderness Strategies Project offers five potential strategies, although some characteristics common to all of them are in effect: Motorized equipment and bicycles are prohibited. Group size is limited to no more than 12 people and 12 horses or mules. Storing personal gear is limited to 48 hours. Sites closed for rehabilitation must be left alone. Tethering any pack or saddle livestock within 200 feet of a high water mark of a body of water is prohibited.
From there, the plans differ, and restrictions increase, with plan No. 1 mandating no changes, and plan No. 5 providing the most protection, including limited entry permits for day and overnight use for all five wilderness areas.
Plans No. 3 and 4 were developed primarily with the written feedback from the public, said Beth Peer, interdisciplinary team leader for the Deschutes National Forest. In plans No. 2 through 5, campfires would be prohibited at elevations beginning at 5,700 feet, except for in the Waldo Lake Wilderness. Plans No. 2 through 4 feature a mix of free self-issue permits at wilderness trailheads. Plan No. 3 focuses on high-use areas only while plan No. 4 also accounts for displacement from the high-use areas by implementing more limited entry permits. The Forest Service does not have a preferred plan, Peer said.
Preserving nature
The proposed restrictions will resemble those in place at the Obsidian Trail in the Three Sisters Wilderness and Pamelia Lake in the Mount Jefferson Wilderness, delicate areas with historical and ecological significance.
The Forest Service hopes to strike a balance between and public access to those lands and the preservation of their undeveloped, natural conditions, Peer said. The agency is compelled by Congress to do so.
"That's an important piece that the public should understand," Peer said. "We want to maintain access for people. We're not trying to close it off or shut people out," she said.
The Wilderness Act of 1964 created the National Wilderness Preservation System. Today, 765 wilderness areas, managed by various agencies, are scattered throughout the country, covering more than 109 million acres — larger than the state of California, according to the Forest Service.
Heightened restrictions and daily use caps would shore up protections in the Central Cascades wilderness areas with those already in place at some of the country's most popular wilderness areas, such as those found outside large metropolitan areas.
Washington's Gifford Pinchot National Forest, for example — which is home to Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument and Mount Adams Wilderness, sandwiched between Portland and Seattle — and the Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests, near Boulder and Denver, Colorado, have seen a mix of user quotas and fees. At Mount St. Helens, climbing permits are required for elevations above 4,800 feet and are sold in limited quantities. In the Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests, day fees are required in certain recreation areas.
The most regulated wilderness in the country may be the remote, yet intensely popular Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota's Superior National Forest, Ronald said.
In the Central Cascades, heavily trafficked wilderness hot spots include the west side of the Mount Jefferson Wilderness and the east side of the Three Sisters, which are easily accessible by Willamette Valley residents and Central Oregonians, respectively, Forest Service officials said. Crowds complicate the Forest Service's dual mission of preserving wildernesses' pristine character and keeping them accessible to the public.
"When you look at what happens when you have an increase in use, you get both ecological impacts, such as the overuse of campsites, social trail development, the widening of trails — impacts that are more ecological in nature," Nelson-Dean said. "The crowding is also an impact to the social quality. You get a change in the experience that people go wilderness areas to have."
Engaged equestrians
At several Forest Service open houses on both sides of the Cascade Range, hikers, mountaineers, equestrians and hunters expressed concerns that their wilderness access may be restricted.
Kim McCarrel, the vice president of public lands at Oregon Equestrian Trails, said her community understands the need for regulation.
"I've seen a lot of things (in the wilderness areas) change," McCarrel said. "They are getting more crowded. I rarely speak to an equestrian who doesn't recognize that, as well. … The wilderness is near and dear to our hearts."
Equestrians who visit wilderness areas often launch day trips from one of 10 various horse camps outside the wilderness boundary. Finding parking for their trucks and horse trailers at adjacent trailheads is challenging, with parked cars often blocking spots designated for horse trailers, McCarrel said. Jerry Bentz, the president of the Back Country Horsemen of Oregon, a nonprofit with about 450 members, shares McCarrel's frustration.
"We haven't been able to use those heavily used areas for several years," Bentz said. "We don't even try."
Most wilderness horseback riders are fine with reserving a permit and paying a fee. Bentz also acknowledges need for regulation, but he thinks the five strategies feel rushed. Bentz is most inclined to support plan No. 4, which calls for limited entry permits not only at high-use areas but also the areas that would experience overflow.
"The Three Sisters and Mount Jefferson Wilderness areas are crazy crowded. It's like walking in downtown Portland," Bentz said. "That's not what the wilderness is supposed to be."
Miffed mountaineers
Mountaineers are bracing for restrictions common to four of the five strategies: limited entry permits for day and overnight use. A daily cap on particular dates between May 1 and Sept. 30 means mountaineers will have to lock in their reservations long before they'll know if the weather will allow the trip.
Chris Jensen, 30, often visits the Central Cascades Wilderness areas. He has climbed and skied most wilderness-designated mountains in the Central Cascade Range. Jensen, of Portland, doesn't oppose paying fees.
"I care about the environment, how we're treating it, and about debris getting left behind," Jensen said. "There is a need for more resources."
Jensen worries that out-of-town climbers and mountaineers will feel an extra push to reach the summit even if the weather turns bad halfway through an expedition.
"You read about so many climbing accidents that involve bad weather," Jensen wrote to the Forest Service. "In my experience, having a permit for a specific date encourages climbers to ascend into deteriorating weather conditions. The climber may feel that this is their only chance."
Mountaineers who frequent Mount St. Helens have needed climbing permits since 1987. To work around the reality of permits being sold out during ideal dates, Cascades Climbers, an online forum, established Purmit.com, a separate website where users can sell or solicit permits.
"The resale site is fine — bit of a crap shoot because people can be so flaky," Jensen said. "It's easier than dealing with the official Mount St. Helens Institute website, where all permits are sold out until late October."
The Mount St. Helens permit system resembles that in plan No. 5 for the Cascades. But local mountaineers won't have to deal with the additional reservation required for exceeding certain elevations on Mount Adams or Mount St. Helens. In all proposed Cascades strategies, no permits will be required outside the high-use period from May 1 to Sept. 30.
Jess Beauchemin, a personal trainer and nonprofit wilderness guide leader, has read the Cascades proposals. Beauchemin abides by the "leave no trace" doctrine and said her impact on the wilderness areas is minimal. She said the idea of requiring permits is "a slap in the face" that would significantly limit access to wild spaces.
"Those are super important to all of our mental and physical selves," Beauchemin said, adding that she's unimpressed by the Forest Service's interpretation of its usage data.
"The places were you'd expect use to be high — like Devil's Lake, Broken Top, Tam MacArthur Rim — a lot of their (usage) graphs spiked on the weekends and were pretty low mid-week on almost all of the trailheads across the wildernesses," Beauchemin said. But under plan No. 5, limited permits would be required even at low-use times.
"It seems like they're trying to solve problems that don't exist," she said.
But the problems are big enough that they prompted local tourism marketers to suggest that tourists visit alternate attractions in wilderness areas, rather than mentioning the most popular sites.
"People are completely entitled to go where they want, but from a marketing perspective, if the Forest Service is seeing that a place like Green Lakes is getting more use than it can handle, what could Visit Bend do to help out?" said Kevney Dougan, president and CEO of Visit Bend, a tourism promotion group.
Visit Bend asked the Forest Service for input on its visitor guide before going to press to make sure the photography and information didn't mention high-use trailheads, naming instead lesser-known, but just as beautiful areas that can handle the use, Dougan said. This approach has also informed how Visit Bend talks about wilderness areas in its social media channels and blog.
"We're blessed with an abundance of opportunity, Dougan said. "Let's make sure we're talking about places that can handle the opportunity."
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I am a Leo.
My Personality
- Dignified
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- Creative
- Adventurous
My Favorite Things
- Blankets and sheets
- Vegetables
- My island platform, "The Saloon"
- Kiley and Lisa Marie
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In this video I can be seen scrubbing my room after being rescued by Save the Chimps.
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I was born in 1973. I am castrated, know how to use utensils and have been known to put on clothes; evidence that I spent my first years in the entertainment industry or as someone's pet. From 1985 to 1995, I lived at the now defunct Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Surgery in Primates (LEMSIP) in New York. While at LEMSIP, I lived alone in a small barren cage where I was anesthetized with Ketamine over 150 times, had at least 19 liver biopsies and had a lymph node removed. In 1996, when LEMSIP closed, I was sent to the Coulston Foundation in Alamogordo, New Mexico; a biomedical laboratory with the worst record of primate care in the history of the Animal Welfare Act.
Upon taking over the property previously owned by the Coulston Foundation and the 266 chimpanzees kept there in September 2002, Save the Chimps' founder Carole Noon, Ph.D., discovered me alone in a small cage making a "nest" out of leftover monkey chow. I was arranging the small biscuits in a circle around myself before lying down. Dr. Noon's heart broke and she immediately gave me a bed sheet. I had ceased expecting both kindness from humans and the most basic physical comforts. I made a nest with the sheet and having no reason to expect I would receive another one, kept my sheet clean and dry, refusing to give it up for three days. Since Save the Chimps arrived in Alamogordo, I have not spent a single night without a cozy nest of blankets or a day without fresh fruit, access to quality on site veterinarians and loving and respectful care. It is now common to see me atop a pile of blankets, completely draped with only my face peeking out.
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- Do Not Stay Stuck
There may be certain questions that may take more than the usual time to answer. It is alright to spend a few extra minutes on such questions however do not stay stuck if you are not able to recall a point or derive at the correct answer. You can come back to such questions once you are done with the rest of the paper.
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- Title(s): Four Corners
- Author: Kate McMurray
- Series: N/A
- Genre(s): Contemporary, GLBTQ
- Publisher: Dreamspinner, August 2012
- Source: DreamspinnerPress.com ($4.89 ebook w/30% off discount)
- Length: 220 pages
- Trope(s): Reunited, I Hate You Except When We Kiss, Coming Out, Baseball, Big Misunderstanding, Friends-to-Lovers
- Quick blurb: The Guy Who Left returns to the old neighborhood to attempt a reunion with The Guy Who Stayed.
- Quick review: Another tired premise and unlikeable heroes.
- Grade: C-
I didn't want his words to make my heart soar. I didn't want my skin to tingle where his palms rested. I didn't want to get aroused by the way he smelled. I didn't want the proximity of our bodies to make me shiver. All of those things happened anyway.
A no-go on this one too. The writing mechanics are good (sometimes really good), but I found the high school flashbacks to be really intrusive, the present-day interactions were repetitive, and Jake (The One Who Stayed) was a whiny, self-righteous wanker. He did get a bit of redemption in the end, but he needed a smackdown. The "four corners" baseball friendship theme could have been a great connecting thread, but I needed a lot more of it to hold this story together.


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IACA FY20 Grants 3rd QuarterGrants to Illinois artists and arts organizations in FY2020, 3rd quarter.
IACA FY19 GrantsGrants to Illinois artists and arts organizations in FY2019
Urbana Police ArrestsArrests by the Urbana Police Department since 1988, with arrestee demographic data. Only the home city of the arrestee is available for mapping.
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Urbana Police Stop SheetsStop Sheet results from the City of Urbana, since the Stop Sheet collection began in 2016. Not all Stop Sheets are submitted to the Illinois Department of Transportation...
Urbana Police Traffic StopsThe information is the same data transmitted to the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) with two additions: the "Motivation for Stop", and the offense codes recorded....
Budget vs ActualBudget vs. Actual information from the CIty's Financial system. Each row of this dataset is a unique combination of fiscal year and accounting string.
Urbana Fuel Charges2017 data for Fuel transactions, purchased with City Fuel cards.
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