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BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION CYMRU (BHF) is launching its Heart Hero Awards 2018 and asking for people to nominate their heart hero. The awards, which are now in their fourth year, recognise the different ways people fight heart disease.
This year there are three categories: Healthcare Hero, Young Heart Hero and the Inspiration Award.
The Healthcare Hero award will recognise a doctor, nurse, or person working in a healthcare setting who has made a special effort to make a difference to the life of a heart patient or their family.
The Young Heart Hero award will go to an exceptional person under the age of 18 years who has done something amazing for the BHF and is a source of inspiration to others.
The Inspiration award will recognise a person who inspires others through their determination and dedication. Whether that is through their fundraising efforts, taking part in a physical challenge, organising an event, or volunteering activities.
Nominations are open until the 11 May at 4pm. The winners will be announced at a gala awards dinner which will take place in London on the 5 October 2018.
Last year 13 year old Sam Galvin from Newtown, Powys won a Young Heart Hero Award for his bravery. Sam was born with Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) which means the left side of his heart did not form correctly during pregnancy and his heart is unable to pump blood around the body effectively. Sam was just three days old when he had his first heart surgery. Since then, Sam has had further surgery, aged five months and again at two and a half years. But Sam does not let his condition get him down. He is always smiling and happy to talk to people about his fight to raise awareness of his condition. Together with his family, Sam also directs people to the BHF for help and support.
Adam Fletcher, Head of BHF Cymru said: "Heart and circulatory disease impacts on the lives of millions of people across the UK. Yet, there are so many ordinary people who, when confronted with that challenge, are doing extraordinary things.
"The heart hero awards recognise and celebrate the efforts of those who are working selflessly to make life better for other people.
"So if you know someone who is making a difference then please put their name forward so that their contribution can be recognised and honoured."
You can nominate someone for a heart hero award at bhf.org.uk/heartheroes
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'Check in, Catch up and Prepare' All school's in Wales prepare to enter next phase
ALL children will have the opportunity to "Check in, Catch Up, Prepare for summer and September", the Education Minister Kirsty Williams announced today as she published details of the next phase for schools in Wales.
It is proposed that all schools will start the next phase on 29 June, with the term extended by a week, therefore ending on 27 July.
In the next academic year, beginning in September, the intention is that the autumn half-term break will be expanded to two weeks.
In each school there will be a phased approach. Year groups will be split into cohorts with staggered starts, lessons and breaks. It is expected that this will mean, at most, a third of pupils present at any one time, though schools may need time to reach this level of operation.
There will be much smaller classes, providing secure dedicated time with teachers and classmates. This time will include online and personalised classroom experience, getting children and teachers ready for a similar experience in September.
Next week, the Welsh Government will publish guidance to support schools, as well as further and higher education institutions. This will include information on managing their facilities and logistical arrangements, including buildings, resources, cleaning and transport.
The Government is also today publishing a paper from its COVID-19 Technical Advisory Group, representing the latest understanding of the virus with respect to children and education.
Further Education colleges are ensuring that appropriate measures are being taken to re-open for face-to-face learning from 15 June. They will prioritise those students requiring licence to practice assessments and vulnerable learners. This follows close working with Government and the joint trade unions.
Guidance for childcare providers will also be published in the next week, supporting them to increase the numbers of children in attendance alongside schools.
Kirsty Williams said:
"My announcement today gives schools three and a half weeks to continue preparing for the next phase.
"We will use the last weeks of the summer term to make sure pupils, staff and parents are prepared – mentally, emotionally and practically – for the new normal in September.
"29 June means there will have been one full month of test, trace and protect, which will continue to expand. I can also announce that teachers will be a priority group in our new antibody-testing programme. As we continue to keep Wales safe, this approach will be critical.
"The evolving science suggests that warm weather and sunlight gives us the best opportunity to ensure more time in school. Waiting until September would mean almost half a year without schooling. That would be to the detriment to the wellbeing, learning progress and mental health of our young people.
"This is and has been a worrying period for us all. I know that many will feel apprehensive. We have not rushed this work and this decision.
"The three and a half week period before the next phase also gives us time to keep watch on developments elsewhere and provides further check-points to review evidence and the roll-out of testing.
"This is the best practical option that meets my five principles which underpin my decision making.
"I am also convinced that it is only by returning to their own school that we will see increased attendance from our more vulnerable and disadvantaged children.
"Working together we will secure equity and excellence for pupils as they check in, catch up, and prepare for summer and September."
Four further coronavirus cases confirmed in Hywel Dda area
THE LATEST figures from Public Health Wales (PHW) reveal four new cases of coronavirus have been reported in the Hywel Dda Health Board Area.
As of today, June 2, Carmarthenshire identified three new cases, Pembrokeshire has one new case and none in Ceredigion, meaning the new totals stand at 732, 279 and 42.
Wales now has a total of 14,121, with 67 new cases and seven additional deaths recorded, bringing the death total to 1,354.
With Hywel Dda reporting 61 deaths to date.
Dr Giri Shankar, incident director for the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak response at Public Health Wales, said: "Contact tracing continues in Wales as part of the Welsh Government's 'Test, Trace, Protect' strategy. Contact tracing is the process of identifying people who have come in contact with an individual with Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) in order to prevent the risk of others spreading the infection in our communities.
"Anyone who has a positive Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) test will be contacted by a team of contact tracers, and asked for details of everyone they have had close contact with while they have had symptoms.
"Please keep a note of your activities so you can easily remember your whereabouts on a given day, along with who were in contact with. You do not need to have any concerns about providing names to the tracing team. This is for everyone's benefit and we are grateful for your continued cooperation.
"If you are asked to self-isolate, you should also comply with this request to prevent further spread of the virus.
"Tracers are trained staff and personal information that you provide will handled in line with data protection regulations and will not be shared widely.
"Over the last few weeks, Public Health Wales has been setting up the methods and guidance for how contact tracing will operate. We will continue to work closely to support local health boards and local authorities in delivering contact tracing.
"Welsh Government's revised lockdown arrangements also continue. People from two different households in the same local area can meet up outdoors, provided they continue to maintain social distancing and strict hand hygiene.
"The announcement adds that, as a general rule, people should not travel more than five miles from home. This will help to reduce the risk of coronavirus spreading as people begin to travel more.
"Revised lockdown arrangements also apply to people in Wales who have been told to 'shield' from the virus. They are able to go outside and meet people from another household, provided they keep a two-metre distance.
"Future relaxation of lockdown measures will also be dependent on everyone following advice set out in the 'Test, Trace, Protect' strategy, including self-isolating when required.
"Information about the symptoms of Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) to look out for is available on the Public Health Wales website, or members of the public can use the NHS Wales symptom checker.
"Anyone experiencing Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) symptoms can now apply for a home testing kit using the new UK online portal. For further information and a link to the booking website, visit: www.gov.wales/coronavirus or www.llyw.cymru/coronafeirws. This will be supported by a national 119 phone service, through which people can also order a home test.
"We are encouraging everyone to download the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Symptom Study app, which has been supported by Welsh Government. The app allows users to log daily symptoms to help build a clearer picture of how the virus is affecting people. For more information, including how to download the app, visit covid.joinzoe.com.
"As part of wider support measures for families, Public Health Wales is offering all parents, parents-to-be, grandparents and care-givers free access to a series of online courses designed to help them understand the development and emotional milestones of their children, covering everything from pre-birth to late teens.
"To get access users just need to visit www.inourplace.co.uk and use the code 'NWSOL' if you live in North Wales, and 'SWSOL' if you live in Mid, West or South Wales.
"Public Health Wales is also continuing working to address the negative impact of Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) on the social, mental and physical wellbeing of people in Wales. Our latest campaign, 'How are you doing?' is now live and offering practical advice from phw.nhs.wales/howareyoudoing.
"Anyone with a suspected coronavirus illness should not go to a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital. They should only contact NHS 111 if they feel they cannot cope with their symptoms at home, their condition gets worse, or their symptoms do not get better after seven days.
"Only call 999 if you are experiencing a life-threatening emergency, do not call 999 just because you are on hold to 111. We appreciate that 111 lines are busy, but you will get through after a wait.
"We also want to reinforce the message from NHS Wales that urgent and emergency care services for physical and mental health are still open and accessible.
"For parents, if your child is unwell and you are concerned you should seek help. If you have urgent dental pain you should still call your dentist. If you have a health complaint that is worrying you and won't go away you should call your GP practice. If you or a family member are seriously ill or injured you should dial 999 or attend your nearest Emergency Department."
Carers Week goes interactive
CARERS Week runs from Monday 8 June to Sunday 14 June. It is an annual campaign to recognise the contribution that unpaid Carers make to families and communities. Carers look after a friend or family member who cannot manage on their own because they have an illness, poor health, disability, mental health issue or an addiction.
This year so far has been particularly challenging since many people have had to carry on caring while seeing support services change dramatically or pause with no idea when things will go back to any kind of normal.
The Carers Unit and partners have been working hard to bring to carers across the county a big variety of 'treats' to let carers know that they are being thought of and to show them appreciation. An extra special Carers week e-bulletin that's bursting with boredom busting ideas and sanity-saving tools & techniques has been prepared.
Coleg Ceredigion students, working with the Carers Unit, has been preparing online messages of thanks, a family-friendly carer quiz, a student pen-pal project and are encouraging Carers to join them on Sunday, 14 June to raise a cuppa for Carers at 3pm.
The Carers Unit and all of its partners invite Carers to join them at one or more of the over 30 free online sessions that have specifically designed with unpaid Carers in mind. No advance booking necessary.
To find out more information and how to join in with the Carers week celebrations, go to the Carers pages on the council website www.ceredigion.gov.uk/resident/social-care-wellbeing/support-for-carers/carers-week-2020 council social media pages or contact the Carers Unit on 01970 633564 / firstname.lastname@example.com
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In the May issue of Consumer Reports, you'll find the Consumer Reports Water Filters reviews and recommendations. Consumer Reports reviewed water filters in the following categories: carafes (water filter pitchers), faucet filters, countertop filter systems, undersink filter systems, and reverse osmosis filter systems.
The magazine reviewed some water filters that we carry and others that we do not (as of yet) stock, but I wanted to share with you some of the "best buy" or "recommended" water filters from the article that we carry at Filters Fast.
In the water carafe department, Consumer Reports recommends the Brita Smart Pitcher, which filters out chlorine, lead, mercury, copper, cadmium and zinc, all at the low price of around $48 a year (with our six pack of Brita filter cartridges, you should be able to get that down to just $18 a year!). We also carry a chrome Brita Smart Pitcher.
One of our newest faucet filters, the Culligan FM-15A Faucet Filter, was named a best buy – as was the PUR FM-3700 Faucet Filter, which we will carry very soon. The Culligan Faucet Filter removes far more than most faucet filter systems. In addition to removing the taste and odor of Chlorine, the Culligan FM-15A Filter will remove turbidity (cloudiness), atrazine, lindane, particulates (class 1), cryptosporidium cysts and giardia cysts.
Moving under the sink to the under sink water filters, Consumer Reports recommended the OmniFilter CBF-3 Under Sink Filter System. One of our most popular under sink water filters, this system will filter out the aforementioned contaminants, plus very harmful cysts, asbestos, and VOCs (volatile organic compounds). The Consumer Reports Water Filters article stated that the OmniFilter CBF-3 boasts excellent removal of chloroform as well.
Several other water filters and water filter systems we carry received high marks, but these products were the ones that Consumer Reports listed as "best buy" or "recommended." We cannot publish the article in its entirety here, but if you'd like to inquire about how any of our other products faired, we would happy to share any info from the Consumer Reports Water Filters article..

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Liberty honors soldiers, vets on Military Appreciation Day
Military uniforms could be seen across campus on Wednesday as Liberty students, faculty and guests who have served or are currently serving in the military dressed the part.
The LU community got a chance to pay their respects at morning convocation as LU Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. recognized past and present military personnel and those with family members in the military.
"Our goal is to raise the awareness of and appreciation for all those who have served in the armed forces," he said.
Other events on campus included recruiters, representatives from the D-Day Memorial in Bedford, a climbing wall in the DeMoss parking lot sponsored by the Virginia Army National Guard and a pull-up challenge by the Marines in DeMoss Hall. A panel discussion was held in the afternoon, and members of the military fielded questions about the war in Iraq and the issues facing Christian servicemen. An informational meeting and luncheon for those interested in becoming military chaplains is planned for noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Campus North.
Also, a recently formed campus group, Students Behind Our Soldiers, is offering students, faculty and staff a chance to write letters to troops and to patients in veterans hospitals and to donate items for care packages to be sent to troops overseas. Senior Amanda Forth, the group's president and founder, said there are 75 residential LU students who have fought in Iraq.
"The amount of students here that have actually been over there is crazy," she said. "There are a lot of students here who have served our country."
Also recognized at convocation was Charles "Buster" Shaeff, who was featured in a video presentation of the Operation Overlord D-Day invasion shown at the opening of the service. Shaeff received a standing ovation.
The chancellor also presented a Special Military Appreciation Award to Board of Trustees member Dr. David Rhodenhizer in recognition of his commitment and service to LU and the nation's military. The Sounds of Liberty also performed a patriotic song with a multi-media presentation.
The speaker was evangelist Tim Lee, another member of the Board of Trustees. Lee was injured in the Vietnam War in 1971 when he stepped on a land mine. He lost both his legs.
Lee talked about the state of America today and the need to support the U.S. military.
"I've never seen such division as we're seeing today, such hatred … We've lost the wall of courage and the fortitude to fight and to win a war. Nobody likes war — I know something about the horrors of war — but I want to tell you today, as I've said literally thousands of times across this great nation, that there are some things worth living for, there are some things worth fighting for, and there are some things worth dying for. And America is worth dying for."
He shared his testimony, how he was saved as a child but ran away from his Christian roots as a teenager.
"I ran and I ran and I ran, until March 8, 1971, when the running was over," he said.
He shared the details of that day in Vietnam when his life literally blew up in front of him, how he wasn't expected to live and the 13 major operations he underwent.
Now God has used him for 29 years to preach the word across the country. Because of his powerful testimony, for example, the man who was on the Medivac helicopter crew that day in Vietnam ended up giving his heart to Jesus.
He said he can truly say the past 36-plus years have been the "happiest years of my life. … You say, 'But Tim you're in a wheelchair and your legs are gone.' I'm in a 'wheel'chair," he said, "but now today I'm in the 'will' of God and that makes all the difference in the world."
For more information on campus projects to support the troops, contact senior Amanda Forth, president and founder of Students Behind Our Soldiers, at firstname.lastname@example.com. For more on Tim Lee's ministry visit www.timlee.org.


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ALBANY—Here's a spreadsheet of all $85 million worth of pork the State Senate is spending this year, passed in the wee hours of this morning.
Of the total, $77 million is going to Democrats and $8 million is going to Republicans. In the future, the breakdown will be two-thirds for the majority and one-third for the minority; this lopsided resolution was agreed to by Republicans when they received a commitment that funds they appropriated but didn't spend in previous years would go through.
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As Daisy and Pablo investigate yeast, sugar, and different temperatures of water, they make a series of mistakes. Each time they notice a mistake, they make their investigation a little better.
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This parody video by The Hillywood Show opens with Bilbo Baggins opening his door to Gandalf and a group of rowdy Dwarves. But instead of showing off their plate-throwing skills and singing haunting music, the Dwarves start pounding drinks to LMFAO's party rock anthem "Shots." It's a weird combination, but surprisingly well executed. Who would have thought J.R.R. Tolkien and Lil Jon would go so well together?
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
Clutter-Free Gift Suggestions for Holiday Shoppers
You'll see lots of articles with recommendations for "consumable" gifts — but how about some unusual consumable gifts, such as these postage stamps from Fresh Roasted Graphics? The company has a number of other stamp designs, too. [via Charles Apple]
Giving a gift to someone who knits? How about some handspun, hand-dyed yarn? You'll find lots of choices on Etsy; the yarn I'm showing here comes from The Naked Spinner. [via Charles Apple again, who recommends the yarn from London Nelson]
And while chocolates are one of the classic consumable gifts, I've never seen Chanukah-themed chocolates that are as stunning as those from Rogue Confections. Cool Mom Picks explains that "these are not foils — the designs are printed right onto the chocolate discs with gorgeous edible inks. This is one of two Chanukah choices; Christmas versions are available, too.
This final one is a bit of a cheat; while most children's art supplies are consumables, clay is less so. But I still like the idea of giving children items for creative, artistic play — and Mama K's aromatic play clay created with "subtle aromatherapy oils to soothe the mind" sounds intriguing. There are seven scents, including chamomile, bergamot and lemongrass. [via the Cool Mom Picks 2011 Holiday Gift Guide]
Want more clutter-free gift ideas? See all my gift-giving posts! And if you have some great clutter-free gift suggestions of your own, please add them in the comments.
Posted by Jeri Dansky at 12:41 AM
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2 comments:
- JustGail said...
I had no idea you could buy postage stamps with anything other than what's available through the post office. Interesting.
- December 16, 2011 at 6:16:00 AM PST
- Cynthia Friedlob said...
Nice selection of alternative gifts!
- December 16, 2011 at 11:00:00 PM PST
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Now that Illini center Brian Carlwell's condition after Monday's accident in a car driven by teammate Jamar Smith has been upgraded to "fair," we think it's probably OK to look at some of the more bizarre aspects to the crash.
Actually, there's just one: The fact that Smith drove back to his apartment after the crash.
Smith was charged with improper lane usage and a university spokesman said an investigation into the incident was ongoing and additional charges were possible.
WCIA television in Champaign interviewed a witness who said police were called after Smith's badly damaged car was seen at his apartment complex in Savoy shortly after the time of the accident. The witness said police and rescue personnel arrived at the apartment complex and found Carlwell still inside the vehicle.
That's right: After the car smashed into the tree, Smith went ahead and drove home. Now, we understand that Smith had a concussion himself, but, jeez, take a look at this car.
So, if this is to be understood, after THAT happened to his car, Smith drove back to his apartment and went inside. A neighbor of his then saw the car and called the police, and when they arrived, Carlwell was still in there. It took them 20-plus minutes to get him out.
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Carlwell Upgraded: More Charges Possible [Mark Tupper Weblog]
Inside The Awful Illini Car Accident [Deadspin]
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PLYMOUTH, N.H. – Defense was the story in the New England Football Conference crossover game Saturday afternoon as Bridgewater State University defeated Plymouth State University, 10-7, at Currier Field.
The Bears, from the NEFC Bogan Division, used a stifling defense to hold the Panthers (Boyd Division) to just 134 yards Saturday, its lowest total since a 112-yard performance against Buffalo State in October of 2004. BSU held the potent PSU ground game, which was averaging 270 yards per game, to a mere 84 yards. Bridgewater remains perfect at 2-0 while PSU drops to 2-1.
Bridgewater State scored all of its points in the opening quarter, grabbing a 3-0 lead late in the frame courtesy of a Brian Smith 30-yard field goal. BSU made it 10-0 when Bears quarterback Mike McCarthy found Matt Monahan with an eight-yard scoring strike as time expired in the quarter. That score was set up by an Eddie Jewel interception at the PSU 47-yard line and consecutive Panther face mask penalties that brought the ball down to the Panther 14-yard line.
Plymouth State responded with a workman-like 14-play, 57-yard drive to begin the second quarter, ending with a Josh Morgan 19-yard scoring toss to Josh Duford. The extra point by Christian Mulcahy made it 10-7 with 5:35 to play in the second quarter.
The two teams combined for seven punts in the third quarter, with both defenses holding check in between the red zones. The Panthers put together the most promising drive late in the fourth, moving the ball to the BSU 45-yard line, but were denied a chance to put points on the board when Bears defensive back Kevin Laudano intercepted a PSU pass on the eight-yard line.
BSU, which was able to chew up 178 yards on the ground, was led by Justin Fuller, who gained 114 yards on 35 carries. McCarthy was solid, completing 8-of-16 passes for 60 yards and no interceptions. Linebacker Pal Melicharek had seven tackles to lead the defense, while Jewel had a pair of interceptions to aid in the winning cause.
PSU's leading rusher Andrew Foglia, who had over 100 rushing yards in each of his first two games, was held to just 36 yards on 14 attempts. The Panther defense, which did all it could to keep PSU chances alive, was led by Bobby Lombardo and Nicolas Keene, who registered 12 and 11 tackles respectively.
Plymouth State begins Boyd Division play next week when it hosts UMass-Dartmouth in its Homecoming game at Currier Field (1:00 p.m.) BSU opens Bogan Division play with a 12 noon game at Framingham State University.
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Leccy Tech Back in May Register Hardware reported that Audi was rumoured to be working on a leccy version of its R8 supercar. Now Audi's confirmed that the rumours were true.
Audi's e-tron: an electric version of the R8
At the ongoing Frankfurt Motor Show, Audi recently unveiled e-tron - which is powered by four electric motors that generate 230kW (313bhp) of power for the car's Quattro variable four-wheel drive system.
The combined torque of those four motors? 4500Nm (3319lb/ft), Audi said.
The net result of all that oomph is a 0-62mph time of 4.8 seconds and limited top speed of 125mph, Audi added.
E-tron has a 155 mile range
Power comes from a 53kWh lithium-ion battery pack that the firm said should give the car a range of roughly 155 miles.
E-tron's battery pack and associated electronic systems weigh roughly 470kg (1036lbs) and sit ahead of the rear axle. The entire vehicle weighs in at 1600kg (3527lbs), Audi added.
Audi has mounted e-tron's rear electric motors just behind the rear axle and its front motors directly over the front axle, resulting in a 42:58 weight distribution – the same as on a Lamborghini Murcielago LP640.
Sadly, Audi is currently telling anyone with - presumably - very deep pockets that e-tron is currently just a concept. Apparently one designed to give it a greater understanding of battery and electric motor systems.
Audi hasn't planned for e-tron production
But it's worth remembering that six months ago Audi denied that the e-tron project even existed. And since the R8's mainly hand built in Audi's German factory, it's reasonable to assume that creation of a nearby e-tron production line wouldn't be too difficult. ®
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Following a record-breaking opening weekend, "The Hunger Games" franchise is expanding into toys and on the small screen.
Barbie Doll maker Mattel is in the process of producing a custom made collectable based on the heroine Katniss Everdeen, played by actress Jennifer Lawrence in the Lionsgate adaption of Suzanne Collins' novel "The Hunger Games."
Mattel told The Hollywood Reporter that the doll was "created specifically for the adult collector."
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The Katniss Everdeen doll will be available for purchase on BarbieCollector.com and other retail channels. Images of the doll and a release date will be made available for collectors at a later date.
Hasbro Inc. also has a license to market toys based on the film.
In other "Hunger Games" developments, The Disney owned cable network ABC has landed the television rights to air "The Hunger Games" and the sequel, "Catching Fire", which will hit theaters Nov. 22, 2013. The films will begin airing on ABC Family in 2014, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The film's success has led to the production of merchandise dedicated to the film including "Hunger Games"-themed nail polish, cookbook, and a workout class.
"The Hunger Games" soared at the box office opening weekend raking in a whooping $155 million in ticket sales nationwide. The film claimed the No. 3 spot for top opening weekends of all time, the IBTimes reported.


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-It will be hard for fans of the romantic Bella to recognize their beloved character
"Why? Marylou, too, is a romantic girl."
- Yeah, but she lives according to the 'Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll' myth
"I wasn't ashamed of anything I filmed. Marylou is the most alive character of the book, and does everything with enthusiasm. It's the story of three guys looking for freedom, which they couldn't have in the America of 1947."
- She still is very transgressive
"I don't think they wanted to rise against something. The Beat movement and the year 1968 came later. Back then, they just wanted to live hard."
- Do you feel like a rebel?
"I don't know, I have more facets. One the one hand I have very tranditional values: I'm looking for love and want a baby one day. On the other hand, I have a secret and rebel side, that I maybe took from an Australian mom who handed down to me the love for adventure and freedom. And sometimes I feel a bit offbeat. That's also what I like about Kerouc's novel, it tells you not to imitate the others because it's good to be a bit different."
- Did you read the book?
"Of course, when I was 15. The funny thing is that I would identify myself with Sam, the narrator, the one who watches the others do crazy stuff then write about it. I remember telling myself: I need to find people who spur me like that in life!"
- Have you ever gone on a road trip?
"Oh yeah, I was really young. I only remember that the car stinked in the end!"
- What did you love about Marylou?
"I listened to her daughter and people who knew her on audio tapes. It moved me. She was more free than I am, but she was generous. She was looking for experiences then shared them with others. It was a different approach to life. I'm much more introvert and I was about to refuse the part for that reason."
- Why?
"I was afraid I wouldn't be able to lose control. But then luckily I managed to do it completely."
- You're an idol for millions of teenagers, but why don't you ever talk about your personal life?
"I don't sell myself. I sell my movies and my work. Actors who think they're interesting and sell their personal life are ridiculous. And I'd like to tell something to those curious people: if you like me, it's because you feel like we're similar. Then why do you want to find out who-knows-what secrets? I swear it's not worth it. My life is not different from yours."
- Maybe you still haven't got used to the consequences of fame
"It's true, I'm still living the first time I met fans. I thought I'd shot a weird small movie and I wondered if it'd be successful. Then I saw this ocean of screaming guys...That's when I knew I had become famous."
- Talking about Twilight, we'll see you in the last instalment soon. Can you tell us something?
"Expect a huge transformation. I'm not a shy high school girl anymore, but a bloodthirsty warrior. I spent three movies watching others play the vampires, now it's my turn and I told myself: I may come last, but I want to be the best one."
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What's the best way to deter a plague of urban foxes?
Residents of London have tried a number of approaches, including firearms and poison, but have now settled on something more peaceful. The BBC reports how technology is helping drive the foxes to find a more suitable home.
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Bad Santa
When do traditional Christmas celebrations merit a UN investigation? Simple — when they involve racially insensitive caricatures and white people dressed as 'slaves' in black face paint. It happened in the Netherlands and the Huffington Post investigated.
130 years old — and still being kissed
If you've done CPR training, you're probably intimately familiar with 'Annie' — the mannequin widely used for CPR practice. There's more to Annie than just a pretty, plastic face however, as PRI's The World discovered.
Obama in the dock?
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch issued a report today, warning that US drone campaigns have now killed so many innocent people that they constitute a war crime. The Guardian examines the evidence.
Beheading: Yes. Breast feeding: No.
Facebook's decision to lift its ban on violent videos, including allowing videos of beheadings to be posted, has been discussed widely. Turns out, Facebook also bans videos of breast feeding as too graphic, and that's ignited a new controversy that the BBC is examining.
A Syrian radio station goes off the air
The battle for the hearts and minds of Syria continues to play out. In an area of Syria controlled by rebels, one radio station had been operating below the radar. It wasn't avoiding Syrian forces — it was avoiding al-Qaeda-linked jihadis. Earlier this month, though, it was found out, and the station was shut down. David Kenner examines the media situation in Syria for Foreign Policy.
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It discusses the elephant in the room with regards to passionate debates between smart people, both of whom are positive that the other is wrong. I've certainly engaged in a number of these debates with friends and co-workers, and while I've never lost ;) these conversations certainly do cause some measure of consternation.
More than one time I've thought to myself "man, how can such a smart person be arguing so passionately for something so damn STUPID?"
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The problem with smart people is that they like to be right and sometimes will defend ideas to the death rather than admit they're wrong. This is bad. Worse, if they got away with it when they were young (say, because they were smarter than their parents, their friends, and their parent's friends) they've probably built an ego around being right, and will therefore defend their perfect record of invented righteousness to the death. Smart people often fall into the trap of preferring to be right even if it's based in delusion, or results in them, or their loved ones, becoming miserable. (Somewhere in your town there is a row of graves at the cemetery, called smartypants lane, filled with people who were buried at poorly attended funerals, whose headstones say "Well, at least I was right.")
Short of obtaining a degree in logic, or studying the nuances of debate, remember this one simple rule for defusing those who are skilled at defending bad ideas: Simply because they cannot be proven wrong, does not make them right. Most of the tricks of logic and debate refute questions and attacks, but fail to establish any true justification for a given idea.
A common justification for abuse of short term thinking is the fake perspective defense. The wise, but less confident guy says "hey – are you sure we should be doing this." And the smart, confident, but less wise guy says "of course. We did this last time, and the time before that, so why shouldn't we do this again?". This is the fake perspective defense because there's no reason to believe that 2 points of data (e.g. last time plus the time before that) is sufficient to make claims about the future. People say similar things all the time in defense of the free market economy, democracy, and mating strategies. "Well, it's gotten us this far, and it's the best system we have". Well, maybe. But if you were in that broken down Winnebago up to your ankles in gasoline from a leaking tank, smoking a cigarette in each hand, you could say the same thing.
Smart people, or at least those whose brains have good first gears, use their speed in thought to overpower others. They'll jump between assumptions quickly, throwing out jargon, bits of logic, or rules of thumb at a rate of fire fast enough to cause most people to become rattled, and give in. When that doesn't work, the arrogant or the pompous will throw in some belittlement and use whatever snide or manipulative tactics they have at their disposal to further discourage you from dissecting their ideas.I think its a truly excellent article and I've forwarded it to a friend that I have these kinds of debates with all of the time. I also think that it's an excellent lens through which we and the media should examine political rhetoric. If the rhetoric relies on weak data points, glosses over legitimate concerns, and assumes certain things are obvious which are in fact not obvious, then it should be viewed with suspicion.
So your best defense starts by breaking an argument down into pieces. When they say "it's obvious we need to execute plan A now." You say, "hold on. You're way ahead of me. For me to follow I need to break this down into pieces." And without waiting for permission, you should go ahead and do so.


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ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Airmen from Yokota Air Base, Japan, were joined by the University of Guam, the local community and charitable organizations to provide more than 39,000 pounds of humanitarian supplies to islanders during Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 11 to 18.
Since December 1952, Operation Christmas Drop brings together Airmen and volunteers to spread holiday cheer to surrounding islands. What began as a small crew packing what they could in a small canister and dropping it to islanders on a parachute has grown into numerous volunteers seizing the opportunity to spread holiday spirit by pushing tons of supplies from the back of a C-130 Hercules to create their own tales from the tail.
Fifty-four islands, which included Chuuk, Palau, Yap, Marshall Islands and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, benefit from the drop that consists of toys, clothing, fishing equipment, sporting goods, food items, tools and other items that would make their day-to-day life easier.
"This gives us a chance to give them much needed equipment that they don't have access to," said Master Sgt. Cameron Leslie, the 36th Force Support Squadron career assistant advisor. "In a sense, these items are Christmas presents, but also helps their livelihood."
Long before the C-130 Hercules soars into the sky to execute Operation Christmas Drop, Airmen and volunteers come together for several packing sessions to prepare each box to be dropped.
"The time and dedication that people are willing to give is astounding," said Capt. Mitchell Foy, president of the Operation Christmas Drop committee. "It's amazing watching everyone come together to make this humanitarian effort happen."
"It's probably the most humbling experience of my life," said Foy.
Even in its 61st year, Operation Christmas Drop remains the longest-running humanitarian effort in the Department of Defense.
"When we all signed up to join the military, it was about service, not only service to our country, but service to the world," said Col. David Gould, 374th Operations Group commander. "There are a few operations on this planet that demonstrates as much commitment to service as Operation Christmas Drop."
Last year, Leslie took a 13-day trip to Falalop Island to get a perspective from the islanders' point of view.
"They're very much appreciative of Christmas Drop, and they value our relationship," Leslie said. "For them, the idea that we take time out of all the things we do to put something together for them is amazing."


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Peter Thiel is best known as the guy who cofounded and ran PayPal before selling it to eBay for $1.5 billion in 2002.
Since then, he's founded a $2 billion hedge fund, Clarium Capital, and the Founders Fund, a venture fund with $275 million under management. Peter is also one of Facebook's earliest investors and now sits on the company's board.
Peter is also an investor in Decorati, a site that connects interior designers and potential customers.
Bonus: See some of Decorati's top designers' best work →
Decorati makes its money charging designers for leads and listing fees. PayPal vet Keith Rabois sits on its board.
We caught up with Peter over the weekend for a wide-ranging discussion on topics including:
- Clarium's bet against a recovery
- Silicon Valley's cooling passion for Obama
- How it's not a good idea to piss off artificially intelligent computers
- Eternal life
The Business Insider: So how did you get involved with Decorati?
Peter Thiel: One of the ways we've invested in companies is where we know the people who are starting them quite well and we think they're incredibly determined to make the given business work, and it's a sector where there's something about the market that's really good. Both of these things are true in the case of Decorati. Shane has basically been focused on this sector for a number of years and the whole design industry -- there's obviously alot of value in it but there's a lot of inefficiency as well. Its worth looking to see if something can be done on the internet to make it more efficient and make it available to a larger number of people.
TBI: Are you optimistic that people are spending money on luxuries like getting their homes redesigned again?
PT: I'm optimistic that consumers are looking to find less expensive ways of doing this. We are in a long recession in the US, and in that context there is going to be tremendous premium on finding things that deliver the same quality for less.
TBI: I've heard you rent your home in San Francisco, and considering you've been on Fortune's list of the world's richest people, that's sort of surprising. Is that true? Can you explain?
PT: I've thought that we've been in a housing bubble for many years. I owned a place, a condo and sold it in the fall of 2005 in San Francisco. We're still nowhere near the zone where the housing bubble is fully unwound. Maybe its a good time to buy a house in Houston or Detroit, [but] I think it's not a good time yet on the coasts in the US where the valuations are still quite high.
TBI: You endorsed Ron Paul for President in 2008, but during the election Obama got a lot of support from Silicon Valley, how is he doing with that crowd now?
PT: People who supported Obama still support him, people who were skeptical of Obama are still skeptical. The intensity has shifted a great deal. There was an incredible amount of intensity in favor Obama in 2008, and that feels to me is completely gone. There are a lot of contexts in Silicon Valley where a year ago people just wanted to talk about the election, and at this point, politics is no longer fashionable.
My observation on it is that it's striking how few people from Silicon Valley are represented in the Obama administration in any sort of capacity. The only cabinet level person who is even remotely from Silicon Valley is the secretary of energy, who i guess was a physicist at UC Berkeley. People supported Obama over Hilary Clinton in the primary in Silicon Valley in a big way and in a weird way its translated into like no influence at all.
TBI: How would government be different if there were more tech and entrepreneur types running it?
PT: The biggest area of reform that I would identify would be making the government more efficient, where the government can do more with the same amount of money or do more with less money even. That concept just seems alien to the political debate on both sides. The Republican side is that [the government must] do less with less, and the Democratic side is you have to do more with more. The idea that you should do more with less just seems completely outside of the debate.
TBI: You donated over $500,000 to help fund the the Methuselah Mouse Prize, which according to Methuselah Foundation, "s being offered to the scientific research teams that significantly extend the lifespan of middle-aged laboratory mice." But if people started living a really long time, how should we deal with overpopulation?
PT: The country where people are living the longest today is Japan, and the population is actually declining. so whereas you take countries where people have pretty short lives like parts of Africa, are some incredibly fast-growing pops. The link between the two is not that tight. Iif people live forever, you might have a serious growing pop issue but at the same time i think we're not quite there technology-wise, to say the least.
NC: So you're considered a libertarian and an objectivist, but you also fund artificial intelligence research aimed at creating AI that is friendly to humanity. Should an artificially intelligent beings be motivated by our interests as humans or their own self-interest?
PT: [An artificially intelligent computer] could be very good, it could be very bad, it could be somewhere in between. Certainly we would hope that it would be friendly to human beings. At the same time, I dont think you'd want to be known as one of the human beings that is against computers and makes a living being against computers. So probably at the margins it would be prudent not to make a name for yourself as a anti- technological human being just as these computers are coming onto the scene.
NC: Your day job is running a hedge fund called Clarium Capital. The impression out there is that Clarium is betting against a recovery. Is that a correct perception? Can you explain your pessimism?
PT: I don't think that a recovery is impossible. I do think its quite hard to get to a situation where you have a lot of growth in the economy without running into basic constraint problems.
The key thing in the US is going to be doing more with less. If you try to do the recovery buy just doing more of the same and if the recovery is going to consist of going back -- to the housing bubble, going back to leveraged finance, lending money again like crazy, going back to 2005 -- it just seems to me like you're setting yourself up for a real problem. I think you would run right back into four dollar a gallon gas prices and it would sort of correct itself [back into recession].
Longer term I'm hopeful. I'm not wildly optimistic, but I'm hopeful that we will work on and solve these tech challenges which are critical to growth. But i don't think it gets driven by the financial system or even has that much to do with macroeconomic policy. I think it basically has to do with getting innovation working again. I think that's a very long term trajectory. I'm pessimistic in the sense that I dont think people are focusing on that enough.


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Meet representatives from the Office of Research, the colleges, research centers, etc. Have all of your research-related questions answered.
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Minimum acceptable meat content, some controversial filler
The first ingredient in this food is a named meat product. This is chicken inclusive of water content. Once that is removed as it must be to make a dry product, the ingredient will weight around 20% of its wet weight. It is thus unlikely that this is truely the first ingredients in the food, but would be more accurately placed further down the ingredient list. There is a further meat ingredient, this time in meal form, second on the ingredient list. It is likely that this is the true main meat ingredient in the food. There are two further meat meal ingredients, sixth and seventh on the ingredient list. These are a little too far down the ingredients listing to make a substantial contribution to the overall meat content of the food.
The main grains in the food are rice and oatmeal, which are decent quality grains. Beet pulp is filler and a controversial ingredient it is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required. There are no fruits/vegetables in the food, though there is a range of probiotics.
Overall, this food appears to use primarily good quality ingredients, with adequate meat content. We note the inclusion of fish meal but do not locate anywhere on the manufacturer site a statement guaranteeing the use of ethoxyquin-free protein ingredients in the food. Ethoxyquin is a chemical preservative commonly added to fish ingredients and that is banned or heavily restricted in human food because it is believed to be carcinogenic.
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Lesson One: Finding Qualified Workers With Disabilities
Employer case studies indicate that a diverse workforce is a key factor for improving productivity and guaranteeing success for a business, but that too often people with disabilities have been overlooked as part of this initiative. (Brooke, Fraser, Green, Habeck, McMahon and Wehman, 2004). The following resources are available in your community and can connect you with qualified workers with disabilities. These programs, administered by the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), include the state Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) program and the Centers for Independent Living (CILs).
Vocational Rehabilitation
The VR program is a strong state-federal partnership that promotes the employment and independence of people with disabilities. The VR program, which began more than 85 years ago, was the first federally authorized program specifically created to serve the employment needs of people with physical disabilities (footnote 1) not injured as a result of military service. Today, on average, more than 200,000 people with disabilities find employment each year with the help of the VR programs in their states (U.S. Department of Education, 2005).
VR counselors have extensive specialized training, making them uniquely qualified to work with your business to:
- dentify qualified people with disabilities ready for employment;
- develop productive partnerships between your business and training organizations that support a person's career development while meeting your need for qualified applicants and skilled workers;
- provide access to cutting-edge assistive technologies that can improve the overall work performance of people with disabilities; and
- provide information regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
Footnote 1. The Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation Act, passed by Congress in 1920, defined vocational rehabilitation (VR) as a program for persons with physical disabilities. Mental disabilities were not part of the VR program until 1943.
VR counselors also have long-standing relationships with a wide variety of employers in your area. Some of the country's most successful businesses, such as SunTrust Bank, Starbucks and Manpower, Inc., to name a few, have thriving relationships with VR programs and counselors in their states that help them actively recruit, hire, support and retain qualified workers with disabilities.
Vocational Rehabilitation Puts Dreams Within Reach
VR gave Kevin the help he needed for a promising future in medical technology. Through assistance from the Arkansas Rehabilitation Services, Kevin graduated with honors from the Oregon Institute of Technology with a degree in radiologic science-nuclear medicine technology. He passed the related national boards examination and is now licensed in nuclear medicine technology. He has a new job that pays $37 an hour.
Jeff was injured on his plumbing job several years before he contacted the state vocational rehabilitation agency. With VR's assistance, Jeff enrolled in accounting courses at his local community college. VR also provided adapted equipment that he would need for his new job as a teller and loan officer. Jeff has since been promoted and is now an assistant vice president of a bank in his hometown.
(Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation, 2005)
The findings of a recent longitudinal study, conducted by the U.S. Department of Education of 8,500 applicants and recipients of RSA's VR services, show that people with disabilities who have achieved competitive employment through existing business and VR partnerships have a nearly 85 percent job-retention rate after one year (2003). These findings concur with those of companies such as DuPont and Sears who have measured retention rates of their employees.
State vocational rehabilitation agencies help employ individuals with disabilities. To that end, VR agencies (with the support of their federal partners) stand ready to provide employers with qualified job candidates with disabilities to meet the workforce needs of American businesses. To connect to the single point of contact in a given state whose job it is to build and maintain employer relationships, visit the State Employment Specialists in Vocational Education's Web site at www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/vrpractices/busdev.html#al. In addition, you can find examples of how some state VR agencies approach their relationships with businesses.
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Centers for Independent Living (CILs)
CILs are cross-disability, nonprofit organizations that are designed and operated within a local community by individuals with disabilities. CILs provide an array of independent living services to people with disabilities and can assist your business with finding resources for employees with disabilities, such as accessible transportation and housing. CILs disseminate information about job postings and career fairs throughout the local disability community. By providing these services, CILs can be a source for identifying qualified people with disabilities who are eager to assume competitive, meaningful and integrated employment. CILs help individuals with disabilities get to work and obtain other supports they need to be successful in the workplace.
Your business can benefit from partnering with disability organizations like the CILs. By raising awareness that your company is a disability-friendly business, you will attract job candidates and new customers. Customers, potential employees, investors and local communities are increasingly paying attention to diversity as part of a company's overall corporate social responsibility. Public recognition through lists such as Fortune's "Best Companies for Minorities" and DiversityInc's "Top 50 Companies for Diversity," as well as more specific ratings like the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index and the NAACP's report cards and consumer guides, allow potential employees, customers and investors to incorporate a company's diversity reputation into their decisions on whether to interact with the company. (Business for Social Responsibility, 2005). You can find the local CIL in your area by visiting www.ilusa.com/links/ilcenters.htm.
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By actively recruiting, hiring and promoting workers with disabilities companywide, and building strategic alliances with the disability community, businesses send a powerful message that results in a stronger workforce and increased numbers of customers. By weaving an accessible welcome mat for employees and customers with disabilities, and activating a disability-inclusive diversity policy, companies can sharpen their competitive edge and build brand loyalty by tapping this emerging $1 trillion market segment.
- Tari Susan Hartman
Lesson One: Strategies
Strategy 1:
Contact your state or local VR agency to post job vacancies to reach people with disabilities who are ready to work. Let VR counselors know the kinds of highly qualified workers you are seeking so they can adapt training programs in your area to better meet your needs. To locate the VR agency in your area, visit the State Employment Specialists in Vocational Education's Web site at www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/vrpractices/busdev.html#al.
Strategy 2:
Help VR counselors understand your employment needs by inviting them to tour your business.
Strategy 3:
Engage VR counselors in business association meetings and events.
Strategy 4:
Develop relationships with local disability-related organizations to post jobs and communicate your interest in recruiting and hiring people with disabilities. Contact a CIL in your community and ask them to recruit people with disabilities, post job openings and help locate training opportunities. You can find the local CIL at www.ilusa.com/links/ilcenters.htm.
Strategy 5:
Volunteer to serve on advisory boards or participate in events sponsored by local disability-related organizations. CILs have contacts with other local disability organizations.
Strategy 6:
Educate your partners from disability organizations about business by inviting them to serve on employer-led committees of your business organizations.
Effective Partnerships Between Local Chambers
and Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies
Local chambers and VR agencies are working together to help connect people with disabilities to employment. The Wiregrass-area Chamber of Commerce in Alabama has a strategic partnership with the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services (DRS) that helps connect the business community to people with disabilities in the Wiregrass area. Through the Alabama DRS's Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities (chaired by the chamber's liaison to the committee), businesses are readily linked to the VR agency and its community partners.
Businesses receive a multitude of services including assistance with recruitment, retention of workers with disabilities, staff in-service training and job coach supports.


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Many people are familiar with Mardi Gras celebrations on the day before Lent. But in Liberal Kansas, the day before Lent means just one thing....it's Pancake Day!
The friendly little competition between Liberal Kansas and Olney England, with women running down the streets of each town flipping pancakes, has been going on for more that 60 years. It is still the only race of its kind in the world.
On Shrove Tuesday, at 11:55 p.m. the race begins, with the overall score standing at 33 wins for Liberal and 25 for Olney. In 1980 the score didn't count because a media truck blocked the finish line in Olney.
It all started in 1950 from a magazine picture of the Olney women racing each other to the church. Liberal Jaycee President R.J. Leete contacted the Reverand Ronald Collins, Vicar of St. Peter and St. Paul's church in Olney, challenging their women to race against women of Liberal
In Olney, the Pancake Race traditions date back more than 500 years to 1445. A woman engrossed in using up cooking fats (forbidden during Lent) was making pancakes. Hearing the church bells ring calling everyone to the shriving service, she grabbed her head scarf (required in church) and ran to the church, skillet and pancake in hand and still apron clad. In following years, neighbors got into the act and it became a race to see who could reach he church first and collect a "Kiss of Peace" from the verger ( bell ringer). The kiss is still the traditional prize in both races.
Racers must still wear a head scarf and apron and the runner must flip her pancake at the starting signal, and again after crossing the finish line, to prove she still has her pancake.
Winning scores have traded back and forth between the two towns. The record time was set in 2001 when 3 time winner, Lisa Spillman of Liberal, ran the 415 yard S -shaped course in 58.1 seconds.


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Friday, October 8, 2010
Tomorrow would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday!
HAPPY 70th BIRTHDAY JOHN, YOU ARE GREATLY MISSED!! THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT YOU GAVE US!!
Birth: Oct. 9, 1940
Death: Dec. 8, 1980
Beatle, Rock Musician. Born John Winston Lennon in Liverpool, UK to merchant seaman Alfred and Julia Stanley Lennon. His parents separated when he was four, and Julia put John in the care of her sister, Mary Smith whom he called Mimi. Although Julia never lived more than 10 miles from him, he would only see her occasionally. As a teenager, he became caught up in the skiffle craze that was sweeping England at that time, and formed a skiffle band he called The Blackjacks, who later became The Quarry Men. It was at a Quarry Men gig in July in 1957 (Woolton Fete) that he was introduced to Paul McCartney. Neither one was initially impressed with the other, until John learned that Paul could actually tune a guitar. A few weeks later, Paul joined The Quarry Men. That same year, John attended the Liverpool College of Art, where he would meet future wife Cynthia Powell along with future band mate Stuart Sutcliffe. Soon after Paul joined the band, he introduced John to a younger schoolmate, George Harrison. John accepted George into the band in 1958. The Quarry Men went through numerous line-up changes as well as name changes in 1959 and 1960. Among those were Johnny and The Moondogs, The Silver Beetles, until finally settling on The Beatles about 1960.
They traveled to Hamburg, Germany's seedy Reperbaun district as a house band at the Indra and Kaiserkeller clubs in grueling 7 to 8 hour sets. The band was eventually forced to leave Hamburg when it was discovered George was underage. Back in Liverpool by early 1961, The Beatles were playing lunch-time sessions at The Cavern Club in Liverpool. It was at the Cavern in November 1961 that Brian Epstein saw the group perform. Epstein took the mantle of manager and set about sharpening their image He secured an audition with Decca Records in London in 1962. They were finally picked up at Parlophone Records. Drummer Pete Best was replaced with Ringo Starr before their first recording sessions. Their first single, "Love Me Do," reached the top twenty in late 1962 on the British charts; "Please Please Me" in 1963 hit #1.
The Beatles would have 11 consecutive number ones on the British charts from 1963 to 1966. American TV host Ed Sullivan witnessed "Beatlemania" in London's Heathrow Airport and he booked The Beatles to be on his show, "The Ed Sullivan Show" in February 1964. Their performance on the Sullivan show two days later remains one of the most watched shows in television history, with a viewing audience of 73 million people. The Beatles had the Top 5 positions on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 Singles chart for the week of April 4, 1964, in addition to seven other singles, for a total of 12.
The Beatles broke new musical ground with such albums as 1965's "Rubber Soul", and two years later with "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," which hit number one. John's single, "All You Need Is Love," debuted on the first global satellite TV program, "Our World," in 1967, where The Beatles were chosen to represent England. Their last concert was held on August 29, 1966 in San Francisco's Candlestick Park. The Beatles started to disintegrate during the sessions for the so-called "White Album" in 1968. At various points, John, George, and Ringo quit the band. At one point, John became so disgusted, he stated he "wanted a divorce" from The Beatles.
John's met Japanese-born Yoko Ono in 1966 at the Indica Gallery in London, while each was married to other people. John and Yoko made their relationship public in 1968. Yoko became John's focal point, going so far as to include her in Beatles studio recordings. They also embarked on various recording and media stunts that included appearing in white bags in public. John and Yoko married on March 20, 1969 at the British Consulate in Gibraltar and spent their honeymoon in bed for the now legendary "bed-in for peace" at the Amsterdam Hilton in The Netherlands. In April of 1969, John changed his middle name to Ono.
In November of that year, John returned his MBE (Member of the British Empire) medal, awarded in 1966, to protest British government policy against Nigeria, the Viet Nam War, and the poor chart performance of his latest single. After settling in Hew York, he released successful solo albums such as "Imagine" in 1971 and "Mind Games" in 1973. John faced deportation proceedings in March 1972, when his visa expired and he was told to leave the country due to his 1968 British drug conviction. During his fight, many people lined up in support of John, including New York mayor John Lindsay.
From 1972 until two days before his second son's birth in 1975, John faced a few deportation threats, but on October 7, 1975 the New York State Senate reversed the deportation order and John received his Green Card in July of 1976. John returned to recording in 1980 with his first solo album in over half a decade, "Double Fantasy." On the night of December 8, 1980, John was in the walkway of The Dakota apartment building in New York City when someone said, "Mr. Lennon." John turned around and was shot at close range by a stalker. Rushed to the Emergency Room of nearby Roosevelt Hospital he was declared dead on arrival. Posthumously, "Double Fantasy" won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 1982.
In 1988, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in addition to being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Beatles, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1994 as a solo artist. He received a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award Grammy in 1991. Two of his demo tapes, "Free As a Bird" and "Real Love" were released to the three surviving Beatles to finish in the early 1990s. Other works include the poetry collections, "In His Own Write" (1964) and "A Spaniard In the Works" (1965).
Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend.
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
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You eat a healthy diet, exercise daily, and limit saturated fats. But if you're consumed with guilt, you may have overlooked an important health component.
Feeling guilty taxes the immune system and has been associated with chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia and heart disease. "Guilt steals the body's energy and zaps its immune system," says Christel Nani, R.N., a medical intuitive and author of "Sacred Choices: Thinking Outside the Tribe to Heal your Spirit" (Harmony).
Research from Emory University suggests that harboring negative feelings — like guilt — puts you at high risk of coronary heart disease and stroke. The study shows negative emotions actually elevate levels of C-reactive protein, which is linked to inflammation that leads to cardiovascular disease.
Another study showed participants who engage in self blame had higher levels of pro-inflammatory cytokine activity, which is critical to immune function. And scientists report immunoglobulin A — a marker of how well the immune system can fend off illness — plummets in people who are racked with guilt.
"Some women have these internal rules. They have to be at every soccer game or dental appointment," says Kim Feingold, Ph.D., founder and director of the Cardiac Behavioral Medicine Service of the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute of Northwestern Memorial Hospital and assistant professor of surgery and assistant professor of psychiatry at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine.
They may be fabulous caregivers, since nurturing gives them satisfaction, but it often leads to sacrificing their own best interests. They put off a mammogram, skip a workout with a friend or surrender much needed downtime.
"Good old-fashioned guilt is simply when you are trying to force yourself to follow a rule that is not aligned with your spirit or heart and soul," says Nani. You only have so much energy. Feeding your guilt rather than your body, mind and spirit can cause anxiety, depression and gastrointestinal upset.
Whether you're guilty of not giving 100 percent on the job, missing workouts or not spending enough family time, you can recognize and halt the feelings associated with guilt. Here's how:
Prevent it
Start each day with a guilt-preventing action, like planning an after-work bike ride to snag more quality time with family, or scheduling that long overdue work evaluation meeting. Head off guilt before it crops up.
Change the rules
Nothing is set in stone. Leave the dishes for later and watch a movie with the kids instead. Let a co-worker handle a work crisis while you finish the project. Every sector of life is fair game for a rule do-over. Don't let rigid mindsets compromise enjoyment, health or work.
Rewrite your personal belief system
Guilt stems from personal beliefs that no longer serve you ["A good mom puts a home-cooked meal on the table every night," "If I don't work till I drop, I won't get ahead"]. Identify and rewrite yours: Good moms sometimes put home-cooked meals on the table. If I work smartly, I'll get ahead. Think out of the box when you create new beliefs. Repeat yours several times a day or post it on the fridge or the computer.
Put yourself on your to-do list
Schedule exercise, medical appointments or meditation time, and keep these appointments as firmly as you would other important to-do's.
Say no
Practice saying no so you'll be prepared. You needn't head up the fundraiser or plant winter vegetables if you'd rather not. Ask yourself if something excites you; does it make you feel good? If not, gently, nicely … just say no — sans the guilt.
Squash the notion that you must do everything; it's a guilt-producing mantra. Delegating isn't giving up control, it's gaining it by having more time and energy, achieving faster results and giving people you spend time with opportunities to share their experience, wisdom and perspective.


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