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The Palm Beach Daily News has existed on paper for 111 years, but in the past five or six years, it's been just as "shiny" on the Internet.
The Web site, PalmBeachDailyNews.com, includes all of the stories, photos and listings that can be found in the newspaper, but also adds video from around the island, slide shows, reader comments and blogs from several staff members.
In addition, Shiny Shots features thousands of photos submitted by readers, charitable organizations, businesses and others on every topic under the Florida sun — from international travel to pets at home.
Here's a sampling of what online content was most popular in the past season.
Back by popular demand
You'll now find the following "email this page and print this page" buttons on the top of each of our online story pages:
Newcomers on the scene
Four blogs:
Easter service at Bethesda
Most emailed photos:
No. 1: Jim and Susie Staikog at Bal des Arts
No. 2: Easter service
No. 3: Melissa Dolinsky, holding Charlie, with Tippi Hedren at the Zoological Society Benefit
Christopher and Evelyn Hopkins
Popular Society Photos
No. 1: Lori Gendelman and Cathrine Adler at the Hope for Depression Research Luncheon
No. 2: Christopher and Evelyn Hopkins at Rosarian's Palm Beach Prom
No.3: Bonnie Hayden, Donald Trump Jr. and Vanessa Trump on New Year's Eve
Dancers at Mar-a-Lago's New Year's Eve bash.
Most Viewed Shiny Shots Photo Gallery
No. 1: New Year's Eve
No. 2: Wear It's At
No. 3: Red Cross Ball 2008
Highest online traffic days
No. 1: March 26, Kimmel mansion sale
No. 2: January 2, New Year's celebration coverage
No. 3: May 1, Rush's cat
Most-viewed stories
No. 1: Deal for Kimmel mansion at 1236 S. Ocean Blvd said to be $75M-plus (March 26)
No. 2: Evan's Report story from November (no longer available online)
No. 3: Pet Set column mentioning Rush Limbaugh's cat (April 29)
Other frequently viewed stories
- Publisher Joyce Reingold's blog on "Measuring Wealth in Palm Beach" (Oct. 24)
- Georgette Klinger closes Palm Beach salon amid bankruptcy (Dec. 20)
- Jeffrey Epstein sued (Dec. 14) — no longer online
- Fire at 416 Brazilian Ave. (May 5)
Most commented story
No. 1: Georgette Klinger closes
No. 2: Kimmel mansion
No. 3: Palm Beach home prices rise, defying national trends
Others: Everglades Rape Victim speaks; Couple kidnapped, bilked their Palm Beach Towers neighbor; Charges against Bells dropped
Most Popular Audio/Video
No. 1: Kimmel house tour
No. 2: Scenes from the Red Cross Ball
No. 3: Everglades Club rape victim speaks
Most popular special sections
No. 1: Palm Beach Elite
No. 2: Palm Beach Life
No. 3: Real Estate & Home Showcase
Random facts
Most searched terms on PalmBeachDailyNews.com:
- Rush Limbaugh and related terms
- Punky and more related to Rush's cat
- Kimmel
- Harley Earl — Perhaps looking for Palm Beach Post story?
- Everglades Club
- Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center
Names most often searched that lead to PalmBeachDailyNews.com:
- Laura Andrassy
- Georgette Klinger
- Jeffrey Epstein
- Cynthia Phipps
- Doug Tieman
- Tiffany Spadafora
- Katina Taylor
- Mia Matthews
- Aron Bell
- Rocky Goins
- Ivana Trump


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I loved Chern's lectures, by the end of the class I felt I wanted to become a differential geometer.Funds from the endowment are used to support one or more distinguished visiting mathematicians each year as well as teaching and research activities related to the visitors. The visitors are referred to as 'The Shiing-Shen Chern Visiting Professors'.
The Shiing-Shen Chern Visiting Professors
1996 Sir Michael Atiyah
1997 Richard Stanley
1998 Friedrich Hirzebruch
1999 Michael Artin, Yuri Manin
2000 Don Zagier
2001 Joseph Bernstein, Peter Lax, Bertram Kostant
2005 Terence Tao
2007 Vladimir Igorevich Arnold
2008 Dennis Sullivan
2009 Richard Taylor
2010 Peter S Ozsvath
2011 Andrei Okounkov
2012 Jean Bourgain
2013 Nigel Hitchin, Stanislav Smirnov
|Index of Societies
|Index of Honours, etc.
|Main index
|Biographies Index
The URL of this page is:

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Brady Churches, former executive of several companies including Big Lots Inc, has been named CEO of Tuesday Morning Corp, will be taking Kathleen Mason's place. In August, the former CEO Kathleen Mason filed a lawsuit alleging that the board of Tuesday Morning Corp fired her because she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and her treatment was … [Read more...]
Tuesday Morning Corp Names New CEO in Wake of Kathleen Mason
Tuesday Morning Corp 4th Quarter Losses Greater Because of Kathleen Mason
Tuesday Morning Corp reported that its net losses from fourth quarter widened from last year, and the retail chain is pointing the finger at Kathleen Mason. In June 2012, Tuesday Morning Corp fired Mason reportedly for "extraordinary destruction of shareholder value." However, earlier this month, Mason filed a lawsuit against her former … [Read more...]


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Collecting vintage magazines
Magazines are collected by people all over the world, but most of them do not command high prices - on Ebay, 86% of magazines fetch less than £10. So when someone asks me what a copy of Gardeners' World is worth, I'm afraid the answer is likely to be 'not much'. They were sold in their hundreds of thousands and have little 'cult' status. They were also heavy, so postage is expensive. The first issue might sell for up to £5, but the rest? Unless you have a lot of time and patience for selling on eBay, try the charity shop - or offer to donate them to Magforum.
Also, WATCH OUT for my book on British Magazine Design out now!
However, there are magazines in lofts around the country that can fetch hundreds of pounds. In December 2007, Bloomsbury Books held an auction in London of underground magazines, including a complete run of Oz, which made £3,600 and an almost complete run of International Times, for £3,000. So if you've got those in a suitcase under the bed, it may be worth talking to an auction house. And there is always a demand for vintage fashion magazines, such as Tatler and Vogue, which are still published, and Town and Nova, which are not; pre-1970 Radio Times also sell well.
Celebrity fans can drive up the price of any title:
- in 2015, someone paid £147 for a 1965 copy of TV World with Diana Rigg as Emma Peel of The Avengers on the cover.
- Two years earlier, a 1954 copy of Blighty with a Diana Dors cover fetched £25.69;
- a 1926 Christmas Radio Times fetched £74 whereas the first Radio Times Dr Who cover pulled in 33 bids to reach £509.99;
- £31 was paid in 2009 for a copy of Tit-Bits with Raquel Welch, Honor Blackman and Robert Powell from 1979 – it originally cost 12p. Copies of Tit-Bits usually fetch £1-£10.
- Marilyn Monroe covers from the 1950s can fetch thousands - a rare copy of True Story from October 1952 fetched £1,000 in 2017.
- The priciest combination is Sherlock Holmes in the Strand Magazine - an 1891 copy fetched £540; it's the unbound copies that achieve the best prices.
And certainly there are far more magazines being sold on eBay - the number doubled in three years from 2010. By 2015, there were 600,000 magazines for sale at any time in the UK alone on ebay.co.uk.
This page analyses eBay sales and discusses collecting magazines:
- A feel for the magazine market
- Magazine prices on Ebay
- What sells a magazine?
- How do people collect magazines?
- Places to buy and sell magazines
- Describing the condition of magazines
- Looking after and storing magazines
- Selling on Ebay
- Useful eBay searches
- Quoting Magforum in your Ebay ads
A feel for the eBay magazine market
One way to get a feel for the magazine market is through Ebay.co.uk - and it demonstrates big growth in magazine sales online. A search in May 2013 showed 203,585 live listings - in December 2010 it was 98,095 using the words 'magazine -book' in the section Books, Comics & Magazines. Analysis of the 2007 data suggests the price breakdown in Table 1. So, 86% of all the magazines would fetch less than £10, and 99.66% less than £65.
Magazine prices on eBay
On the first two pages of 100 lots, prices ranged from £839.99 to £65, but half of these did not sell, including the two most expensive items (nine volumes of 1861-63 Temple Barmagazine and a set of Buses 1971-2005 for £650). Someone tried selling a copy of Novafrom 1967 for £150. A set of Qto issue 117 didn't sell at £199.
Among those that did sell, were:
By the end of page 30, prices were down to £30 (again, typically, half the lots were unsold). By page 83, the price was under £10, but only about a quarter of the lots sold; there was page after page of bulk-selling, pay-it-now items at £15 and £10 not selling.
The same period saw more than 130 pages listing titles for £1 or less - most of which did not sell.
Guardian article on collecting magazines
What sells a magazine?
The Ebay list gives excellent clues to what sells. Attractive elements include:
A sale can be down to luck. For example, there were 70 listings of Ozin the period covered. The cheapest was £1.95 (issue 40 in good condition with a 'loose' cover). Also, Ebay is not a perfect market. A copy of issue 26 didn't sell; another sold a week later for £4.20. Both in 'reasonable' condition. Two copies of Oz7 sold - for £169 and £156.
The highest paid for Lost issues 1-9 was £124.99
plus £9.99 postage, but four other sets
went for £51-£90. A first issue sold for £19.99
and other copies for £1.60 to £19.99.
How do people collect magazines?
There are as many reasons for people to collect magazines as there are magazines. However, there are some common factors that attract collectors:
Some people like to collect a complete run of a magazine, which can be an easy way to start! For example:
Then people might buy a one-off title, for example to commemorate a birthday or rekindle a teen/childhood event - or seek inspiration for a 70s theme party.
One Ebay seller was auctioning a complete set of pop monthly
Rave(February 1964 to September 1971): 'This
collection was purchased monthly for my wife and lovingly stored,
for her to look back on her teenage years.' He added: 'Individual
copies can sell anywhere
between £8-£30+
so the price I am asking is an average cost per issue of £9.50
(copies that have sold recently, are averaging out
at £18 per copy).'
Places to buy and sell magazines
Please mention Magforum if contact any of these sites - it helps when I'm after a favour such as a cover scan. See the Magforum blog on ideas for selling magazines collections. Websites include:
The condition of magazines
A seller who is not familiar with 'official' collectors' terms such as 'mint' and 'fair' should stick to everyday language. Be careful to state, for example, whether:
A good, square-on picture really does help. Don't use sttock pictures or someone else's image - that is not what you are selling. Soccerbilia publishes a magazine grading guide.
Be sure to get your facts right. If you can't prove a statement yourself, give a source for the quote so people can check it out for themselves. Magforum is regularly quoted on the history or background of a magazine on eBay, which is fine as long as you credit the source.
Looking after and storing magazines
There are many factors to consider when storing magazines:
I use:
Some tips:
Selling on Ebay
It's astounding what people think they can sell a magazine for. One Ebay seller put up a first issue of Cosmopolitan that had an undisclosed reserve on it (bad idea) that turned out to be something ridiculous like £100. I asked about this and they said they'd spoken to someone 'high up' at NatMags who said they were very rare and the office copy was kept in a glass display case(!). Do I detect the pitter-patter of someone being led off up the garden path?
This demonstrates the first rule - do an advanced search on Ebay for sold copies. If the would-be seller above had done hers, she would have seen a copy of that issue sell the month before for £8.50. Even a copy in mint condition would be unlikely to go for 12 times that.
Of course, people have different strategies. If you have a collection of Honeymagazines and you put them all up at £125, perhaps some of them will sell. But most will not. And none of them will go very quickly. But it's your choice. So my advice:
Finally, consider doing a summary of the content - an article
by a famous writer, images by a popular photographer or a
profile of a star can expand your customer base.
Useful eBay searches
Here are two useful eBay searches, just click on one and it'll take you to eBay and do the search for you in a new browser window:
The trick is to narrow down the numbers - from 404,000 live listings in this case - to focus on what you want. If the magazine has a unique name, it's easy:
It's tricky if your title is part of other titles. Take Today, a general interest weekly from the 1960s, for example:
There are 2,500+ results for this because of all the titles with 'Today' as part of their name: Yachting Today, Today's Golfer, History Today, etc. So, remove those words using a minus sign:
No doubt you can see ways to improve the search based on the results that you don't want. Be careful though, because you will also remove results for your target magazine that use that word in the description.
There is a Categories menu on the left column in eBay that can narrow down a search. However, I find this unreliable. On the day I wrote this, the News & Current Affairs category had 5 results - and no copies of Today were there, but there was a book about bears!
Once you're happy with it, save the search so you can repeat it later.
It's worth bearing in mind that sellers listing magazines can get things wrong - or perhaps list an issue in, say 'Collectables' rather than as a magazine. Again, Empire might be found in 'Films & TV'. So, step out of your focused search occasionally to see what might be coming up elsewhere. Also, watch out for alternative spellings and errors: Car Week or CarWeek, Today's Golf or Today's Golfer or Todays Golfer.
Quoting Magforum and eBay
I'm very happy for eBay sellers to quote from Magforum pages - but you should acknowledge this by giving the Magforum page address and ideally adding a link to the page. All the material on Magforum is copyright - the site has taken the best part of a decade to build up and it's a one-man band, so you can imagine how how much time and effort has gone into it. Income from advertising pays for the site's fees, research costs and buying magazines.
A link to Magforum will benefit your eBay marketing because:
Note that you can often jump straight to the magazine in question. For example, if you are selling a copy of Queen:
One final thing though, don't copy the images because they are not of your actual copy of the magazine and will usually have been cleaned up to show the cover in better detail. Good luck!


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I love reading and when I 'discovered' Dan Brown a few years I believed I had found an author I could trust and know that I would enjoy. I didn't start with The Da Vinci Code as so many other people did but rather with Deception Point and worked my way up to Da Vinci Code with the other books before I jumped into his most popular book. I enjoyed all of them, although to be honest I enjoyed the Da Vinci Code less than any of the others but I still enjoyed it. So ever since I heard that Dan Brown would be releasing a new book soon, I have been waiting with bated breath.
Perhaps I was expecting too much. I naturally assumed that since he had taken six years (about) to write it that it would be decent. Now don't get me wrong, I did enjoy it and it certainly helped me to pass the time on a long trip to Helsinki (about sixteen hours one way) but there was just something about the book which seemed to be wrong. And then I realised it. It felt as though I was reading the Da Vinci Code all over again but with different characters (other than Robert Langdon) set in Washington instead of Rome. It was as though he had taken the plot points from Da Vinci Code and wrote the Lost Symbol according to that.
I actually found myself hitting a 'wall' with the last fifty pages and almost had to force myself to knuckle down and just finish it so that it could be done. By the time that the big 'twist' came it had become so obvious that you knew what was going to happen ages before it happened. Hopefully the next Dan Brown book won't take six years to write and he can use a different plot, which ran along the same line as The Da Vinci Code which ran along the same line as Angels and Demons.


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One night in Toronto with Paris Hilton was probably one night most could have done without. At least that was the overriding sentiment for those who scored tickets to the sole screening of director Adria Petty's Paris, Not France, a documentary about the self appointed icon, in competition at this year's Toronto Film Festival. According to Page Six last week, Paris had forced the festival to cancel all but one screening to create more buzz, something that was deemed a clever move. It was certainly crafty, but a more likely reason would have been to limit the bad buzz that would have spread like wildfire had more people been allowed to see it. (This is an old game in Hollywood—when a studio senses it has box office bomb on its hands, it limits screenings in advance of release.)
The film is silly—a pointless exercise and a wasted opportunity for both filmmaker and subject, who one presumes set out to give some context and relevance to the tabloid star. But it reveals nothing, except what we already know: that Paris gets in and out of a lot of cars usually while talking on the cell phone. Visually, the film even looks as if it was shot on a cell phone
On a more positive note, Paris, Not France has a running time of one hour and eight minutes, though for this magazine editor, that was about 68 minutes too long.
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So I have a particular set of skills…
Each of us has a mix of skills acquired over our lives. These skills make us employable, attract people to us, make us interesting and gives us something we can pass on to our offspring. Skills aren't static, they require ongoing maintenance and upkeep. Skills aren't inherent, they require learning and effort to acquire and hone them.
The life path and employment track has left both Holly and I with unique skill sets that are somewhat rare. Holly's personality is more extroverted, mine more introverted (I'm in the middle between extro-and-intro though) and our skills and knowledge acquired over our professional lives make us valuable in our respective industries. It takes a fair amount of effort to keep acquiring new skills related to both employment and personal interests as once you've "made it" it is easy to sit on your laurels.
On the personal side of things, the skills we acquire tend to shape not only our own lives, but those of our family. As an example, I taught myself how to play guitar and fought my way through blistered fingers and chord shapes. While I don't play as much as I'd like, I still hope to impart (at a minimum) appreciation for music to my children and hopefully their own desire to learn to play. Our interest and appreciation for health, fitness and nutrition are also passed down to the next generation as our kids follow our lead which is certainly different than conventional wisdom.
So I continue to acquire skills and learn and will never stop. I'll be getting back into BJJ this year (after being out for about 18 months) as a friend has a basement setup for friendly rolling. I'll continue to work on work skills, marriage skills, parenting skills and life skills to be a high quality man as one who leads should be. How are you working to acquire or sharpen your skills?
Girls only want guys who have great skills:


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NASCAR Media Conference
Topics: NASCAR
Greg Biffle
May 24, 2005
THE MODERATOR: This obviously is the NASCAR Nextel teleconference, and remember that the Nextel Wake-Up Call is on hiatus until next week at Dover, and that's the weekly Friday visit by the driver into the media center and that resumes next Friday. Today we have Greg Biffle with us who is, needless to say, having a super season. He is tied with Jeff Gordon for the most wins so far this year. They have three each and he's second in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series standings heading into Sunday's Coca-Cola 600. He's just 41 points behind the standings leader Jimmy Johnson. Greg, the Coca-Cola 600 is one of the Series' big events, marquis events, and it is the most-watched race television on Memorial Day weekend, and it's 600 miles which means a lot of stamina and horsepower and track conditions that change constantly. So all of those factors go into making this one of those events that I know each one of you guys really want to win, and also, now, you've got the possibility of a qualifying speed record being broken this Thursday, it happened last Thursday and could very well happen again this Thursday. What's your take on that.
GREG BIFFLE: Yeah, absolutely, and I think we'll see for sure a new track record. Actually our qualifying lap that we did at -- obviously, it's timed different because it's timed different in the pit stop and everything, but the lap of qualifying that we did was about 2/10ths under the practice record. So it will definitely be broken, that's for sure, guaranteed, and by a lot, I bet. It's going to be pretty fast. And yeah, I mean, we're excited for the 600-mile race. It's fun, definitely challenging. You're inside the car for a long period of time. You go through a lot of track conditions changes, especially Charlotte, old Charlotte, or Lowe's Motor Speedway used to change a lot with the temperature and sun and then cool down at night. So we're curious. I think everybody is eager to see what happens to the racetrack from afternoon to evening with it now being ground. You know, definitely endurance, the transmission has to hold up, the engine, everything, pit stops, you've got to make the right decisions, stay in the lead lap. There's a lot of things that come into play on that length of a race.
THE MODERATOR: And we're all looking forward to it, I know that's the case. Let's take some questions for you.
Q. Even before you had the National Guard sponsorship, or has the National Guard sponsorship enhanced your feelings toward exactly what this weekend is as far as being a Memorial Day weekend for all of those who died in uniform?
GREG BIFFLE: Yeah, I mean, you know, it's hard to put into words what it means to be able to drive for the National Guard. You know, so many -- I get to meet so many soldiers week-in and week-out. I'm met a soldier just this last weekend comes to mind, the soldier lost his leg, and was coming up, getting pictures, getting autographs, was excited to be at their track and get to meet me. And it's so satisfying to see that those folks are excited about the program, excited about the racing and defending our country, and I feel like I'm just a small -- very small part of that, you know, the National Guard. And I'm really excited to be, you know, able to carry our flag every week in the race. And to be able to win three times this year, I think it's done a lot for our soldiers, a lot for all of the people serving, and amazing stories I hear. Just I'm amazed every single time I go to the racetrack, a different story out here, somebody did this, somebody did that, guys with the 16 on their helmet and their fighter jets and flying the helicopters and all kinds of things. So it's neat to see the support throughout the community, and it's neat to see all of the support for all of the folks over here, all of the citizens over here supporting our troops.
Q. Wonder if you would talk about the Roush Racing Engine Alliance and how much of this surge by Roush Racing the last year and a half is due to that; when you get in the throttle, do you really notice a difference?
GREG BIFFLE: Yes. It's clearly -- you can notice the difference. You know, it's made a pretty big difference in our race cars. I mean, it has, and the power makes the car drive different, you know, if you take away 40 horsepower from a car, when you put the throttle down the center of the corner to come off the corner, your car is going to drive different. It's going to drive tighter. It's not going to turn as good, because it doesn't have the drive of the rear tires as it would, like if you lose a typical scenario -- you lose a cylinder in a race, your car gets tight because it doesn't have the power anymore. So it's definitely made a difference in the way the cars drive. It's made a difference in overall performance on the racetrack, and I'd be willing to bet that we have if not the best, I guarantee we're No. 2 in the sport as far as power and reliability. You know, I put our stuff up against anybody's any day of the week, and on the chassis I feel that we have nearly the best, if not the best, engine program. And that's due to the hard work of Jack and Robert Yates and Doug Yates, those guys are phenomenal geniuses in my book; and Ford, you know, Ford has got behind this deal and supported it and funded it some and said, hey, you know, let's make our engines as good as we can; and we've transitioned to a new cylinder head block and we needed that support. It's. Amazing. I'm at the engine shop now and ate lunch with all of the guys here, and there's a huge group of dedicated people building these engines.
Q. With all of the on-track stuff we've seen, some of the incidents, can you talk about as a driver how you have to calm yourself maybe and not hold grudges from week-to-week? Natural instinct is to hold a grudge, can you talk about how you deal with that from a week-to-week basis?
GREG BIFFLE: Yes, it's actually really easy for me. It may not be as easy for other drivers and other people, but I've got a pretty good philosophy and I really use it and stick to it religiously because I can't fix the past. And so to go to the Coca-Cola 600 for instance, it's another points race. Let's say the last race was a points race obviously, all of the ones we race are, and the last race was a points and I had an incident with somebody. Why am I going to jeopardize this week for something that happened last week? And no matter what I do, I'm not going it get my points back. And if I wreck the guy back or if I knock him out of the way, sure enough, he's going to do it to me again sometime in the future. So this maybe not is going to ruin this race, but it's going to ruin another race down the road. It just -- you can't just be a pushover, but at the same time, you can't really retaliate, you know, with these cars. They are so aero sensitive; it just doesn't make any sense. It just doesn't make any sense to do that. And a lot of times, most of the time, the stuff does not happen on purpose. If a car gets spun out or something happens, normally the guy wasn't like, oh, hey, I'm going to spin this guy out because he's in my way and I can't pass him. That typically doesn't happen. Typically what happens is the guy gets in the corner harder than he expected and the guy in front of him slowed down faster than he could slow down, the nose started pushing up off the corner and he lifted up off the gas and couldn't get it to start turning before he got touching his quarterpanel, whatever the case is. It's not typically ever, hey, I'm going to drive through this guy because, you know, he's in my way. So for somebody to get out of the car and start throwing stuff like a baby at somebody else and not even knowing the situation, not even knowing what happened; and No. 2, you get turned in the fence the wrong direction, if you're going to spin a guy out, you're not going to spin him the wrong direction into the fence because then you're going to wreck yourself, too. So for somebody to be mad at a guy that did that, I mean, you'd have to know -- you'd have to be intelligent enough to understand, hey, there's probably more to that wreck than what I saw or what I just happened to me. All of a sudden when you get whacked and turn the wrong direction into the fence, you can pretty much guarantee that there was more events than just a single-car incident.
Q. I assume that there are certain drivers out there that you race differently than others, and not asking you to name any names, how do you balance that? You mention, you say you don't want to be a pushover; how do you balance not being a pushover with not doing something and then at the same time, you know, making sure that there's certain guys out there that you know maybe they are more susceptible to, let's say, making a stupid mistake versus other drivers who may be smarter?
GREG BIFFLE: You know, you just have to race them around a little bit different. You've got to know what guy is going to try and chop you off going in the corner. I can give you a list of two or three cars that sure enough, if I've got a nose inside of him and we're going down on the corner, he's going to cut to the bottom whether I'm there or not.
Q. Who would that be?
GREG BIFFLE: Yeah, who would that be? There's a few of them. But the thing is, is you've got to weigh out your options, okay. One, and I hate to explain it all, because then everybody will start beating me, but one, I do keep my nose in there to let the guy come down and smash my right front fender in, and if I spin him up the hill or knock him out of the way, my car is not going to drive the same anymore. And I see it week after week, the guy's fender's bent out and I'm going, perfect. Because now he's not a factor anymore. And it may be the 20 car, it may be the 9 car, or it may be 97 car or the 24 car, it doesn't matter who it is. If you see their fender bent in, you know, hey, they have got a problem. You know, I don't know how it got that way, whether somebody ran into them in the back and they got up into the wall or they got up into another car, or whatever the case is; their fender is bent in. You know, these cars, you can't do that. So there's just, you know, part of this Nextel Cup racing and Truck and Busch Racing is knowing your competition, knowing them, knowing what their tendencies are, knowing about where they are going to run on the racetrack, what they are going to do, how a lot of that -- you've got to figure that stuff out in order to be competitive and race with these guys.
Q. You're being called in a lot of places, the garage area, quite a few media outlets, the hottest driver in NASCAR, and I'm just wondering what you think or feel about this. I mean, is this a burden to you or a challenge or just a down right thrill?
GREG BIFFLE: I guess a little of everything. You know, it makes you feel good that people are looking at you like you're a contender and a serious one every week, which I think we are. I'll be the first to say that I think that we are -- you know, you never know what's going to happen next week. So I hate to go out there, but I feel that we are probably one of the best teams right now this particular week or instance we're at. We've got a great car for the 600. I've got a great car for Dover, and I'm taking my car that I won California and Texas with, I'm taking it to Pocono. So I feel like, you know, we're certainly capable of winning the 600. We're definitely capable of winning Dover and definitely capable of winning Pocono. So, would it surprise me if we won all three? Yes. Would it surprise me if we won two of them? Not so. It would be -- I would be thrilled for sure. But we're certainly capable of winning. I feel that confident, and when the team feels confident and driver and the whole program, you're running like that, it helps. But I certainly would not be disappointed if I go run the next three and don't win any of them. But I feel like we can. I don't think there's a lot of teams out there that can say that right now, hey, I think we can go win all three of these. To have a lineup of cars like we do and racetracks coming up, that feels pretty good to be at least, you know, the top five competitive in our sport and on top of our game.
Q. What do you think about possibly becoming the first driver to win a championship in every series?
GREG BIFFLE: I think it's pretty special. I'm certainly excited about it. I'm working hard toward it every day. You know, I'm really involved in the race team and our race cars, what we're doing and staying in shape. I'm working hard, I'm staying focused on winning races, and I want to be the toughest team when it comes to the last ten races. I think we are -- I think that we are the toughest team right now, but that doesn't do any good until it comes to the last ten. Somebody else may be better by then, you know, certainly a ball can change courts. Somebody else can turn the corner and be hitting on something that's better: The 97, the 38, the 24, 48, there's a bunch of cars; the 6. There's a ton of them that could be better than us when it comes to that time. Right now, I feel we're the best, and it could change this week, but I'm really excited about trying to win the Nextel Cup title this year, to have all three. It's funny, I joked about it, I always said that I would retire. I said I'm retiring the day that I get my third title, whatever it is. I don't think I'm quite ready to retire yet, so I might have to revise my plan. Certainly I don't want to revise winning the title this year.
Q. And what was the tougher transition for you, to go from the Truck to the Busch car or the Busch car to the Cup car?
GREG BIFFLE: Well, it kind of a two-part transition. As a driver, it was probably tougher moving from the Busch to the Cup, but not that much tougher than from the Truck to Busch. What I think I underestimated, and certainly with the team, grossly underestimated, was the quality of race car you had to have to even be remotely competitive. To even run in the top 20, you had to have a damned good race car. And I mean, on a first-year team coming in with new people, new guys, new body hangers, basically a team that's new and into a new building, added on, yeah, we're with the 6 and 99, just that transition just took, you know, two years for us to get to the level we needed to be at to be competitive. You know, I went and drove the 55 car and the 44 car for Andy Petree Racing, and Richard Petty and was competitive as a driver in those race cars, qualified in the top five almost every time I drove them and led the first Cup race I was ever in in the 55 car at Richmond. So, you know, I was able to make that transition, and learned a lot, but the cars just took us extremely longer to get to where they are at today. You know, today I feel I have probably the best cars or one of the best race cars in the series right now sitting in the trailer ready to go to the racetrack.
Q. And back in Washington when you were growing up, did you ever imagine having this much success?
GREG BIFFLE: No. You know, growing up I didn't really -- my ultimate goal or fantasy wasn't to be, you know, Nextel Cup champion or racer. But I suppose later on when I was late model racing and street stocking, got a transition into late models, I suppose at that particular point the question reflects on more, yeah, I dreamed about racing against Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt and those guys. But you know, to be on top of the game right now, to be the guy that is right there with them is something different. Yeah, I never pictured myself being in this position.
Q. Even though NASCAR is age-friendly, if you will, have you made any skepticism regarding your longevity in the sport?
GREG BIFFLE: Not in my longevity, but I've felt like I've answered a lot of questions -- or I feel like there's been a lot of focus on my age. And I don't know what the phenomena was about that other than I raced the Truck Series for three years, raced the Busch race for two, and now it's my third year and I've kind of come out of nowhere so to speak, and I think what people are saying is: No, he didn't come out of anywhere; he's been here the whole time. But, you know, I recognize that I'm older than these guys. I'm one year -- you know what's funny is I'm one year older, a little over a year older than Tony Stewart. There isn't this big uproar about his age or Jeff Gordon's age. I'm two years older than Jeff. So, you know, I just -- it kind of -- stopped me thinking about it a little bit, what's the big emphasis on it. Well, the emphasis is guys that are 20 years old like Kyle Busch coming in and having the opportunity, I just didn't have the opportunity they be, and I got the opportunity now and I'm taking advantage of it.
Q. Can you talk a little bit about the track at Charlotte, it's been, is it going to make for better racing or worse racing come race day or what?
GREG BIFFLE: You know what, I think it was our first time around this weekend. So a lot of us probably weren't -- well, I know a lot of us, all of us didn't know what to expect. I certainly was way off in my setup when it came time to race. The track had got some rubber built up on it, and I think it was just a matter of -- it was probably let my guard down more than anything, because we typically go to a racetrack when it's new, or we call it green, doesn't have any rubber on it. Like if we go test Kansas City or Chicago or anywhere really now when it's been rained on and seasoned and there has not been any cars running on it, it typically has a lot of grip; and that's what we found when we went to Charlotte, had a ton of grip. Well, after the open race was on it, after all of the practice, after all the stuff, it started to get the rubber built up on it, and then we had not adjusted to that yet. I think that we're going to see a different race. I think a lot of guys were a little off on their setup. Now when we go and practice the Busch cars and the Cup cars there for the weekend and people having that open race, I think we are going to see a lot different race, and a lot of side-by-side, definitely two-groove racing. I'm a confident believer in that; that they have made the racetrack better, and it's going to put on a better show and than it has in the past.
Q. I've never had a chance to ask a lot of Cup drivers about this, the length of some of these Cup races, you go into Charlotte, the longest race in the business, do we need to go four-plus hours to prove the point? Can we not do it in two-plus hours, maybe three hours? What's your comment on the length of some of these shows now?
GREG BIFFLE: I think that you certainly need to have one event a year like the 600, you know, to prove the longevity that the drivers, the cars, the engines, everybody can do it. But some of the other venues I agree with you 100% on; Pocono, some of these other races, are too long of a race. You know, I mean, yeah, we could prove the winner and in a condensed time factor, and I think it would be better television if they shortened that up a little bit. I'm thinking they don't need to take much more than a half-hour to 40 minutes off of it, the length of the race, and they are going to have -- be right where we need to be. So, I agree with you, some of them are just a smidge too long, but the Coca-Cola 600, I think that we need to keep an event like that, but not -- you know, maybe tailor back some of the other races so they are a little bit shorter.
Q. There's lots of talk, lots of rumors about a possible Truck race in Canada in the next two or three years, maybe even a shorter duration of time. Comments about racing north of the border?
GREG BIFFLE: I mean, I think it's going to be -- I think it's great. You know, I think that our sport needs to go to Canada and there's lots of race fans up there. I can't believe how many fans there are there, and I think the road race in Mexico City was a success. I think NASCAR has to be happy with that and the fan turnout and all of that down there. All of those folks I think had a great time. Even the Mexican guys that raced in the race did a great job. So definitely I think that, you know, it would be worthwhile to explore that.
Q. Talk about the synergy within racing at this moment, everybody with the exception of Matt Kenseth has been at the front and has won. What's it feel like to walk into the shop?
GREG BIFFLE: It's nice. I mean, it's really nice. I just came in the engine shop this afternoon, and of course they won this weekend with Mark's engine. It's exciting to be at a place like this. You don't realize how much it does for the people. You've got to think about how many people show up for work every day and never go to the racetrack. They have never been to the racetrack or good a few times a year and work on those race cars every day. They are behind the scenes, or if it's behind-the-scenes people, those people are the ones that are excited and put in 110 percent of their effort. You know, it's really like a factory worker getting -- that's his recognition, that's his pride. That's no different than men or women building cars, Ford Truck or who work on an assembly line or something, and that's winning races. It's the best product in America or whatever the case is, it's those guys that get excited and they give it 110 percent. They are not coming to work, well, we crashed again or we ran 25th all day. You know, they feel like it's a dead-end road. They are never going to win a race, they are never going to -- whatever the case is. These guys, that does a lot for organization and winning races and being upbeat. It does a tremendous amount.
Q. Do you feed off of their energy?
GREG BIFFLE: Absolutely, yeah. All of the guys are pumped up. They all of the guys are excited, and I want to win so bad for them. I never wanted to win so bad in my life than when I was driving the Brucko (ph) car in the Busch Series. Those guys work so hard on their race cars, they are over in Kentucky and they are not in the limelight. Man, they work hard. They are a good, solid group of guys that enjoy doing what they are doing and work their butts off. And for me to win a race for them this year and have not won in three years, well, it's really exciting for me.
Q. Does winning and running well during a season, does that energize your quest to win future races?
GREG BIFFLE: It absolutely does. I mean, you'll be -- keep your eyes on the 9 car, because after you win one, the greed or the want and the energy inside you, your blood is boiling to win more. I mean, it's like a -- it's like a drug. You win one and it's like, you just want to win all of them. You want to win every time you show up because you feel like you can. I did win, I have won and I want to win again, worse than ever. It's kind of funny, when I won at Michigan, that unrestricted race, I was like, I wanted to win so bad again it was unbelievable. I wanted to win worse than I did before I won. You know, because before you win, it's a question mark; when will he win a race or can he. Now that you've done it, it's like, there's no reason why I can't win next week, or I should. You know, it's that energy.
THE MODERATOR: Greg, that will do it today. Thanks for your time. Good luck on Sunday.
GREG BIFFLE: Thanks, I appreciate it.
THE MODERATOR: Thank you for your anticipation, and we'll see you all next week.
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1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup cider vinegar
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1 tsp garlic powder
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salt and pepper
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Sometimes Dr. Google Isn't Right
We are dealing with a rather unfortunate case right now. Last Tuesday, one of our one year old 55lb Heinz 57s decided that eating some Ibuprofen tablets would be a good idea. When Patches' owners went online, the website told them that if the dog had vomited, then they shouldn't have to worry.
Friday morning we got a call from her owners saying she was lethargic, had a poor appetite and was drinking so much she was having accidents in the house. They thought she'd had 10 to 12 of the 400mg tablets. When a dog the size of Patches eats 4000mg of Ibuprofen it causes renal (kidney) failure, GI ulcers, vomiting and abdominal pain. We sent bloodwork to the lab and sure enough, she had acute renal failure.
She had to stay in our ICU for the weekend. High doses of IV fluids, an antibiotic and three medications to help with ulcers of the stomach and intestines. Repeat bloodwork showed some improvement. By the time I sent her home, she had a wonderful case of cabin fever (I love this cause it means they are feeling much better!). We won't know for 2 weeks whether or not this has caused long term kidney damage. I will keep you posted.
So, if your animal gets into your pain medication, please call your veterinarian immediately!!! Playing the wait and see game can potentially have a devastating outcome.
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Sunday, October 24, 2010
Revenge on the Ranula
As a student, I discovered my first ranula when my Magic, a female black Lab, woke up and was salivating all over the apartment. Luckily I lived over a veterinary hospital and I was waiting downstairs for one of the vets to arrive. A ranula is a collection of saliva that has leaked from a salivary gland that has become damaged. The most common causes are chewing on foreign materials, choke collars or bite wounds. In her case, a stick was not her friend. Dr. Prowse lanced it and all was well.
Over the past couple of months, I had a patient, Britt, whose ranula kept reoccurring. The first time I lanced it with a very sharp pair of small scissors and out poured the bloody saliva. Of course, I thought it was cool but the reaction by others in the room was more along the line of "oh gross!"
The second time it became enlarged, I attempted to lance it but nothing came out. The lining of the gland was significantly thickened. I warned the owner there was a chance we would need to do a surgical procedure called marsupialization.
Sure enough, it grew again so we went to surgery. Not going to lie, it was pretty neat. Basically I cut out the balloon and sutured the lining of the ranula to itself. Britt woke up pretty happy not to have the saggy balloon hanging out of her mouth.
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Joyous Miracles
Last week, one of my clients came in to have a radiograph done on her pregnant dog, Joy. This breeder is very responsible, she makes sure to have all of the appropriate tests done prior to breeding (OFA certification of hips, Optigen test for PRA, eye certification and Baer testing for hearing). Her dogs have their championships and has litters maybe once per year or every other year. We were very happy to see four cute little puppies.
Right before surgery this morning, I received a call saying that Joy had started whelping (having pups) at 4:30 am. Her owner found that she was having weak, inconsistent uterine contractions. The second puppy arrived just after 6:30am. Since it was now almost 9am, I told her to bring Joy right in. Surgery was going to have to wait.
While waiting for her to arrive, I prepared the staff. We needed to have the exam room set up with blankets, small towels (for drying the puppies off), suture (tying off the umbilical cord and betadine to clean the end of the cord. The surgery room was also set up in case we needed to do an emergency caesarian section.
Upon arrival, both the owner and Joy appeared very tired. The two newborns looked strong. I did an internal vaginal exam but only got a mild Ferguson's reflex (when the uterus is palpated, it should contract). Oxytocin was given to stimulate contractions and the last two finally arrived. Sighs of relief were heard all around when the squeals started up and the best part was watching the babies starting to suckle.
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Sunday, October 17, 2010
This weekend I did a presentation for the Foothills Humane Society. The topic I was given was "Canine Aggression, Fears and Phobias: Treatment and Prevention". A slightly daunting task to talk about for only 1 ½ hours. To a captive audience I could talk forever about behaviour. To keep it interesting, I added as many pictures and videos as I could. What I hadn't expected was the effect of talking about a certain case.
This summer I took in one of my behaviour patients. Coal was an American Cocker Spaniel who had impulse control aggression and fear aggression. I had worked with his dedicated owners for almost two years but when their son first began to crawl, it was evident he would bite their son, given the right situation.
After saying I would never do it again about 13 years ago, I took Coal into my home. We needed to see if he would respond to more training in a safe place. As I do not have 2 legged children and have been training for so long, I decided to take him in. One of my thoughts at the time was that if it worked better for Coal, I could keep him and they could visit whenever they wanted.
When he was in training mode, I could not ask for a more motivated dog. He loved to make me click him. The problems occurred at random times and twice I was bitten. It was crushing to know that we would not be able to get the control we needed. Liability wise, I could not keep him as I could not guarantee he wouldn't be put in a situation where he felt he needed to bite. I couldn't stop the tears the day we sent Coal to Rainbow Bridge.
Coming back to the presentation, there I stood in front of a room full of people. One of the pictures I had taken of him was up and the tears started. I wanted the group to know how hard we tried but there are some cases that no matter what we do, we will not be successful. In the future I will share more of Coal's legacy.
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Friends and family continue demanding answers, more than two weeks after the death of Eugenio Escriba, a proud member of the LGBTQ community who died at Jewel grocery store in East Lakeview, shortly after being detained by security guards. CBS 2's Mike Puccinelli reports.
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Is it the end of the road for the windscreen wiper?
New ultrasound device could be the replacement
Supercar designers McLaren are working on plans to replace the rubber wiper with a hi-tech ultrasound device that stops anything from sticking to the windscreen. McLaren is keeping its design a closely guarded secret, according to the Sunday Times, but believes it could improve vehicle efficiency by removing the weight of wiper motors, so it could be the end of the road for the humble windscreen wiper!
Frank Stephenson, chief designer at McLaren said "the windscreen wiper is an archaic piece of technology. We've had them since cars began and it's one of the last bastions of design to overcome." He suggested the military had kept the technology under wraps, adding "it took a lot of effort to get this out of a source in the military. I asked why you don't see wipers on some aircraft when they are coming in at very low speeds for landing. I was told that it's not a coating on the surface but a high frequency electronic system that never fails and is constantly active. Nothing will attach to the windscreen."
The proposed design is understood to centre on high frequency sound waves that effective create a force field across the windscreen preventing water, insects and mud from resting on the glass it is adapted from a similar system used on fighter jets. It would create tiny vibrations outside the range of human hearing that shake off anything debris that comes near.
We already have sound wave technology which is used in unborn baby scans and by dentists for removing plaque. The system could be introduced in to McLaren's range of cars, which cost from around £170,000 to £870,000, by 2015 and if successful there is no doubt the system will be adopted by mass produced cars. It would mean that wiper arms will end up in the past together with wind up windows and ashtrays which have already vanished from cars.
The wiper was invented back in 1903 by Mary Anderson an Amercian property developer; she invented the wiper after seeing a New York tram driver struggle to see in falling sleet. In the same year James Henry Apjohn patented a device in the UK that saw two brushes move up and down on a glass windscreen.
Who knows by 2015 frozen windscreen wipers and flies smeared all over the windscreen could be something we don't have to contend with anymore. No replacement wipers to be fitted when they wear out, so there will be no use for the windscreen water tank either now there is a thought no driving down the road cursing as the wiper fluid tank is empty throwing a bottle of water over the windscreen when you can't see!


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Northwood University – West Palm Beach Campus will become Keiser University
Agreement Ensures Ongoing Vitality; Keiser Will Grow To 18 Florida Campuses
Fort Lauderdale, FL—Mar. 18—Keiser University and Northwood University – West Palm Beach proudly announced an agreement in which Keiser University will pursue its long term goal of establishing a residential campus. Northwood University's campus located at 2600 Military Trail in West Palm Beach will become Keiser University's second West Palm Beach location and first residential campus in Florida. This agreement ensures that the students at the West Palm Beach campus can complete their education in an effective and seamless manner.
Dr. Arthur Keiser, Chancellor and CEO, Keiser University stated, "We are committed to continuing to provide students with opportunities to develop the knowledge, understanding, and talent needed to compete globally and achieve their dreams. This agreement will allow our regionally-accredited, not-for-profit university to meet our goal to provide students with a residential, traditional, educational experience in West Palm Beach Florida."
"At our new location, Keiser University, will offer educational programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. We now have 17 campuses in the state of Florida alone. Keiser University has always pursued a 'students first' philosophy as it helps prepare students for rewarding and meaningful careers, and we look forward to doing the same on our newest West Palm Beach campus," Keiser continued.
Northwood President and CEO Keith A. Pretty said, "For 31 years, Northwood University – West Palm Beach has offered an excellent business education experience. We are excited with Keiser University's decision to support our students through this agreement with the West Palm Beach campus. Keiser has approximately 40 years of providing quality education in Florida. We are extremely confident the current Northwood University – Florida students, faculty and staff are in good hands.
All current Northwood University – West Palm Beach undergraduate students will have the opportunity to become Keiser University students effective July 1, 2015. Both Keiser and Northwood Universities will be assisting students to understand their options to achieve their educational goals.
Belinda Keiser, Vice Chancellor of Keiser University, announced another exciting development being proposed, their new Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. She said that it is intended to prepare graduates to start their own businesses and reach greater heights in their chosen professions as many Keiser University and Northwood University alumni already have. Keiser will maintain the existing extracurricular programs currently offered by Northwood University, including the athletic programs.
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The Surrogate (2011)
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- Release: January 23, 2011
- Director: Ben Lewin
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- Cast: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood, Annika Marks, W. Earl Brown, Blake Lindsley, Adam Arkin
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Race Results are HERE
The 5 K race was a great success! The temperature was about 27 degrees with a 10 mph wind and no snow or ice. We had an increase in the number of runners and the number of walkers. This is an annual fundraiser for youth programs at FamilyCore! Along with the 5K we will also have walkers and dog walkers again this year. We were able to post some pictures on Facebook HERE.
The race is 3.1 miles and you can see the racecourse HERE. The race starts in front of Running Central (311 SW Water Street) and finishes in front of the Gateway Building (200 NE Water Street) in Peoria. Everyone who registers by Sunday, January 15th will get a shirt.
There was water, fruit, and candy in the Gateway Building for everyone after the race. The awards ceremony was held there too.
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Packet pickup: At Running Central on Friday, January 27th between 11 am and 6 pm, and also Saturday morning between 8 am and 8:55 am.
Race Day Schedule:
8:00 am till 8:45 am - Race Day Registration and packet pickup at Running Central
9:00 am - 5K race begins on the Riverfront in front of Running Central
9:05 am - Walkers and dog walkers begin on the Riverfront in front of Running Central
After the race a Post -race awards ceremony will be held at the Gateway Building at 200 NE Water Street
Please consider sharing our Brochure (you can also use the brochure to register) and our Flier with your friends.
We appreciate all of our volunteers and everyone who came out to support our youth programs this year!


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Title: A Place to Run (The Making of a Man #2)
Author: Diane Adams
Publisher: Love Lane Books
Buy link: Amazon.com (Second Edition)
Genre: Contemporary M/M
Length: 138 PDF pages, 26K word count
Rating: 3 stars out of 5
This review contains what could be considered spoilers
Summary Review: I was disappointed that the characters didn't seem to grow much beyond the first book.
School's out and Alex is home, but things aren't going as smoothly as he hoped. Jared is hesitant about advancing their relationship and fixated on the fact that Alex's mother doesn't know he's gay. When she discovers the truth, her extreme reaction drives Alex back to school early. Jared is stunned. Motivated by his need to protect Alex, Jared begins to question the wisdom of their planning a future together. How will their love flourish when every circumstance makes it seem predestined to fail?
The Making of a Man Series
I reviewed Our December in January here which was about then 15 year old Alex and his boyfriend, 20 year old Jared. A Place to Run, the sequel, is told mainly through flashbacks because in present day the couple had been together for 14 years and the guys were in their thirties. There is a chapter in the beginning of the book with a couple of scenes between Alex and Jared as adults and one at the end, but the story switches after the first chapter to Alex coming home after 5 months at school. The author uses the same technique in both books, the only difference here is that Jared is 21 and Alex is 16 fretting about being away from Jared while his best friend Clark spends his time working with him.
The major conflict in this book centers around Alex's mother. When Alex returned home Jared had insisted that he tell his mother about his sexual orientation before someone else did. Of course Alex kept promising to do so but never did because he was scared of her reaction, and this came back to bite him in the rear. Alex's mother's character was extremely homophobic and she went berserk when she found out that he was gay. She seemed unbalanced and her reaction was volatile. I couldn't figure out whether she was portrayed this way because she had some sort of mental disorder or if Alex's sexual orientation was supposed to have pushed her over the edge. According to the story she was a bit of a social climber and Alex was her only hope to move up in the world as she felt his father had failed to fulfill her ambitions to improve her status in the community. Knowing that Alex was gay was probably the death knell to her hopes which probably contributed to her state of mind.
Many other characters were featured in this book, either in walk-on parts or they had a lot of face time. Clark's character had a major role again although not as big as in Our December, but his mother and Jared's mother had their own POVs – it seemed to me that everyone's mother had a POV and chapter or two. There was also Clark's new girlfriend Stevie with her own problems of an abusive drug addicted mother, who became part of the group and spent time with Alex, Jared and Clark.
My major criticism of the first book, Our December, is the same for A Place to Run – Jared and Alex didn't have a lot of quality time with each other and it was therefore difficult for me to see them as a couple. In addition, while the 5 year age difference between two men in their thirties is nothing, the level of maturity between 16 and 21 is quite different and I didn't feel that the author explored their adult relationship in sufficient depth to provide some sort of link between 16 year old and 30 year old Alex. What happened in the intervening years? All I know is that Alex went to MIT, he was now an architect, had spent Christmas in Paris on his own, but there's not much information about what happened before he and Jared were in their thirties. Jared at 21 seemed much too mature for his age. He heads up a construction business left by his father, he's trying to keep the company afloat, and while other 21 year olds are out having fun he's supporting his mother financially. His character appeared to be more consistent with that of someone much older – all work and no fun.
To summarize: Although I liked both protagonists a lot I thought that there was little character development in the book, not enough time was spent to show how Jared and Alex coped with the transition from teenager and young adult to adulthood, too many POVs, too many secondary characters and sub plots which fattened the word count, and IMO the dialogue in some areas was clichéd. This plot was a replay of the previous book with a few minor changes between the characters and not much else, except we get a glimpse of Jared's backstory and how his realization that he was gay affected him. I didn't find the book as appealing or engaging as the first one because there was very little that was new or fresh, and the protagonists' growth was minimal since the story spanned a very short period of Jared's and Alex's life between the initial and closing chapters. I'm assuming by the way this story ended that Diane Adams will be writing a series about Alex growing up and new characters will play a part in his future, but I suspect that the books may be similar to this one.
My rating and review are very different from others I have seen on Goodreads where many readers seem to love this book so I would advise you to check out all the other reviews since this is just one person's opinion. There are a few instances of Alex and Jared kissing and frotting so if you like books without explicit sex then you will love A Place to Run.


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Amazon Original Kids 'If You Give a Mouse a Cookie' Animated Series
The new animated series "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" will launch exclusively on Amazon Prime Video on November 7 and it's a must see for fans of the beloved books series by Laura Numeroff (Dennis the Menace) and Felicia Bond!
I had a chance to screen a few episodes and enjoyed them so much. The "feel" you get from reading the books can also be found by watching the series. But better.
It's sweet to watch "mouse" interact with his friends Oliver, Moose, Pig, Cat, and Dog and learn life lessons. No matter how simple an idea he has "Mouse" always seems to end up on a fun adventure.
Watch the trailer for a peek at the series
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Season 1, Part 1– Official Trailer| Amazon Kids
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie follows the adventures of Mouse, Oliver, Moose, Pig, Cat, and Dog, as they discover that when you've got a curious Mouse for a friend one thing always leads to another, then another, and then another!
Based on the beloved books by Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond.
Executive produced by Numeroff, Bond and Emmy Award-winning writer Ken Scarborough (Arthur, Sesame Street, Curious George) who also serves as head writer.
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie will also feature new recordings by Grammy-nominated recording artist Lisa Loeb.


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Hi everyone, Bryan here….
I now know what I'll be doing at the end of April. I'll be watching Starz's new show 'American Gods', which is the adaptation of Neil Gaiman's book. Bryan Fuller ('Hannibal', 'Pushing Daisies') is the showrunner here with Ian McShane, Kristen Chenoweth, Peter Stormare, Crispin Glover, Pablo Schreiber, Ricky Whittle, and more starring. There are monsters, blood, violence, and Gods here. I can't wait.
Official Synopsis:
The plot posits a war brewing between old and new gods: the traditional gods of biblical and mythological roots from around the world steadily losing believers to an upstart pantheon of gods reflecting society's modern love of money, technology, media, celebrity and drugs. Its protagonist, Shadow Moon, is an ex-con who becomes bodyguard and traveling partner to Mr. Wednesday, a conman but in reality one of the older gods, on a cross-country mission to gather his forces in preparation to battle the new deities.
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United Way of Anderson County Charity
Gift Acceptance Policies
I. Purpose
The purpose of this statement is to articulate the policies of the Board of Directors of United Way of Anderson County (the "Charity") concerning the acceptance of charitable gifts to the Charity. The Board designated committee will adopt appropriate procedures to implement these policies.
II. Responsibility to Donors
A. General. The Charity, its staff and representatives shall endeavor to assist donors in accomplishing their philanthropic objectives in providing support for the Charity.
B. Confidentiality. Information concerning all transactions between a donor and the Charity shall be held by the Charity in strict confidence and may be publicly disclosed only with the permission of the donor.
C. Anonymity. The Charity shall respect the wishes of donors wishing to support the Charity anonymously and will take reasonable steps to safeguard those donors' identity.
D. Disclaimer. Each prospective donor to the Charity shall be informed that the Charity does not provide legal, tax or financial advice, and shall be encouraged to discuss all charitable gift planning decisions with his or her legal, financial or tax advisor before entering into any commitment to make a gift. to the Charity.
III. Gift Restrictions
A. Unrestricted Gifts. To provide the Charity with maximum flexibility in the pursuit of its mission, donors shall always be encouraged to make unrestricted gifts to the Charity.
B. Budgeted Programs or Facilities. The Charity may accept a gift that is restricted as to its use if the Charity's approved budget for the year in which the gift is to be accepted includes proposed funding for the specific program, purpose or facility for which the restricted gift is made.
C. Other Restrictions. The Charity may accept a gift that is restricted as to a use if the Charity's budget for the year in which the gift is accepted does not include funding for the restricted use of the gift, with the prior written approval of the CPO with the approval of the board of directors.
D. Variance Power. Unless otherwise approved in advance by the CPO, with the approval of the board of directors, the Charity will reserve the right, in the document that restricts the use of the gift, to broaden or alter the purpose of the gift should it be determined in the future that the original purpose of the gift no longer meets the needs or serves the mission of the Charity.
IV. Donor Recognition
A. General. The Board of Directors, upon recommendation of its designated committee, may establish criteria for the recognition and honoring of a donor with certain honors or benefits based on various giving levels achieved by a donor and the type of gift. These honors or benefits may include the listing of the donor's name on a roll or plaque of significant donors or the opportunity to receive invitations to donor recognition events.
B. Buildings and Other Facilities. Except in the case of naming opportunities which appear on a schedule of naming opportunities approved by the Board of Directors in the context of a capital campaign, the development staff of the Charity shall make no commitments to a donor concerning the naming of buildings or other facilities without the approval of the Board of Directors upon recommendation of the CPO.
V. Fiduciary Relationships
A. General. Unless approved in advance by the CPO and/or Chief Financial Officer and the Board of Directors of the Charity, the Charity will not agree to serve as executor of a decedent's estate or as trustee of a living trust or other trust intended to serve as a person's primary estate planning document.
B. Trusteeship. The Charity may serve as trustee of trusts to maintain its gift annuity reserve accounts, as required by relevant state insurance law, in connection with the Charity's gift annuity program. The Charity may serve as trustee of charitable remainder trusts, provided that no less than 50% of the remainder interest in the trust is irrevocably dedicated to the Charity, and the charitable remainder trusts meet the minimum standards established from time to time by the gift planning procedures of the Charity. The Charity may serve as trustee of trusts only in circumstances in which its investment authority as trustee is unrestricted. The Charity will not serve as co-trustee of a trust.
VI. Commitment of Charity Assets
A. Bargain Sale. Commitment of funds of the Charity in a bargain sale transaction to acquire assets from a donor shall require the prior written approval of the Chief Financial Officer and the CPO. Such approval shall generally be restricted to situations in which the asset to be acquired is one which will be used by the Charity in its program or which can be readily disposed of for cash within a reasonable time.
B. Gift Annuities. The Charity may in its discretion issue charitable gift annuities to donors, in exchange for their contributions, using annuity rates published by the American Council on Gift Annuities.
C. Partnership and Other Liabilities. The Charity will not accept interests in partnerships or other investment entities exposing the Charity to liability, including the obligation to provide capital contributions or other funding for the investment, without adequate indemnity from the donor to fulfill those obligations.
D. Real Estate. While the Charity encourages gifts of real estate, potential liability of the Charity arising from real estate should be minimized pursuant to procedures to be adopted by the Board designated committee.
VII. Reporting and Valuation Standards
A. Reporting. For campaign and other reporting purposes, the Charity shall use guidelines for reporting and counting campaigns in accordance with industry "best practices and standards."
B. Valuation of Planned Gifts. To evaluate the Charity's planned giving program and to compare the relative value of various planned gift approaches, the Charity shall utilize the National Committee on Planned Giving Valuation Standards for Charitable Planned Gifts.
VIII. Ethical Standards
The Charity is committed to the highest ethical standards. Development staff at all levels of the organization shall adhere to the Model Standards of Practice for the Charitable Gift Planner adopted by the National Committee on Planned Giving.
IX. Delegation
A. Staff. Implementation of these policies is delegated to the CPO, of the Charity, who shall be responsible for oversight of the acceptance of all gifts by the Charity.
B. Designated Committee. The Board of Directors shall delegate to its Designated Committee the responsibility of approving Gift Planning and Acceptance Procedures to implement these policies. The CPO, who shall be an ex officio member of that committee, may from time to time propose to the committee revisions to the procedures.
X. Approval of Exceptions
Acceptance of gifts to the Charity in a manner that is in any way inconsistent with this statement of policy must be approved in writing by the CPO, who shall report such exceptions to the Board of Directors at its next regular meeting.
XI. Periodic Review
A. General. A committee of the Board of Directors, and of which the CPO shall be a member, shall periodically (but no less frequently than every five years) review these policies to ensure that they continue to accurately describe the policies of the Charity with respect to acceptance of charitable gifts, and shall propose to the full Board of Directors for adoption those revisions that the Committee shall determine to be necessary or appropriate in order for the Statement of Policy to accurately reflect the policies of the Charity.
B. Specified Review. These policies shall be reviewed and ratified by the Board of Directors each time the Board determines that the Charity will embark on a capital or other fundraising campaign. These policies shall also be reviewed upon the enactment or promulgation of legislation or regulatory rules affecting fundraising and gift acceptance by the Charity, to assure continued compliance by the Charity with the legislation and rules.