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Tennessee among farm loss leaders Farmland conversion for development - and loss of open space - strike a chord of controversy in Tennessee. On one side a "don't-tell-me-what-to-do-with-my-land" attitude prevails. On the flip side are those who seek to protect agricultural lands.
Increasingly, the two perspectives are fiercely debated.
A few Midwestern state universities, most notably Purdue University, the University of Illinois and Ohio State University, have research-based, land-use teams in place. Educational programming may include general land-use issues, zoning, the rural/urban conflict and agricultural-land protection and planning.
Meanwhile, in much of the South, educators, economic-development planners, community members and landowners struggle to leap over a high hurdle of contention.
Other issues Other land-use issues skirting the public's consciousness include keeping out unwanted land uses, displacement and gentrification, competition, dereliction/pollution, low density/inefficiency/sprawl, growth impact on new land uses, taxing and infrastructure.
Tennessee is among the top 10 states in conversion of farmland to development. So says the American Farmland Trust (AFT), a national non-profit organization working to stop the loss of productive farmland and to promote sustainable farming practices.
Between 1982 and 1992, 436,000 acres were converted to urban use - about four percent of the state's total farmland. Of land converted during this period, 36 percent was prime or "unique" farmland, compared to 31 percent nationally.
"The quality of the land being lost and the distribution of that loss deserve attention," said Herb Lester, University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service district supervisor in Middle Tennessee. "Prime farmland is irreplaceable.
"When sprawling urban areas overtake farmland, more than cropland is sacrificed to development. Communities lose a resource that not only produces food and fiber, but also can provide open space, riparian areas, wildlife habitat, bird migration corridors, recreational opportunities, scenic views and more."
According to AFT's "Farming on the Edge," a study of land-use trends first published in 1993, the Nashville Basin is the 12th highest among Major Land Resource Areas (MLRAs) in the nation. MLRAs are geographic areas defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that have relatively homogeneous patterns of soil, climate, water resources, land use and type of farming.
The top 20 MLRAs, as identified by the study, had higher-than-average "red" areas in which high-quality farmland coincided with a high-development rate. Three basic factors were considered in the scoring: market value of agricultural production, development pressure and land quality.
AFT analysis of agricultural and population census data (1987 and 1980-1990, respectively) revealed that more than half the value of United States' farm production was generated in counties in and around the urban areas.
The population growth in counties with the highest agricultural productivity was more than twice the national average.
"These numbers were alarming," said Ed Thompson Jr., director of AFT's "Competition for Land Project" and a contributor to the "Farming on the Edge" study.
The Nashville Basin includes 6,060 square miles in a densely populated area that includes Bedford, Davidson, Giles, Lincoln, Marshall, Maury, Moore, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson and Wilson counties.
Usage breakdown About 14 percent is in crops, 33 percent in pasture, 33 percent in forests and 13 percent in urban development. Fifty-eight percent of this MLRA area is high-quality farmland that coincides with a high rate of development.
Much of the farmland in the Nashville Basin has been converted to residential use and to small estate-type farms, especially around Nashville. Hay, pasture and some grains for beef and dairy cattle are the principal crops. Small acreages of burley tobacco, cotton and soybeans are grown as well.
Farm size in the state continues to decrease, but the number of farms in the Nashville basin rose slightly in the mid-1990s. Statewide, according to the Tennessee Agricultural Statistics Service, the number of farms has increased from 85,000 in 1992 to 91,000, where numbers had remained unchanged since 1996.
"It's a shame to see prime agricultural areas, like Springfield, starting to grow subdivisions," said Don Fowlkes, Extension tobacco production specialist."I understand the issue, but there's an element of sadness to it. As long as we have more people and fewer farmers, it's going to continue to happen. Land values are such that a lot of farmland that has changed hands from one generation to the next is no longer going to be able to remain farm land."


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Mrs. Wakefield's Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
This recipe is adapted from the original Toll House Crunch Cookie Recipe that appeared in the 1949 edition of Ruth Wakefield's Toll House Tried and True Recipes. Like the very first batch, these cookies omit the nuts in favor of more chocolate.
Read more: American Classics: Mrs. Wakefield's Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Yield:about 5 dozen cookies
- Active time: 1 1/2 hours
- Total time:49 1/2 hours
- 2 ¼ cups (12.375 ounces) flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
- ¾ cup (150 grams) brown sugar
- ¾ cup (150 grams) white sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 teaspoon soda
- 1 teaspoon hot water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups (18 ounces) semi sweet chocolate chips
Sift flour together with salt and set aside.
Cream together butter and sugars. Add the eggs mixing until combined. Dissolve baking soda in hot water and add alternately with flour mixture. Add vanilla and mix until thoroughly combined. Stir in chocolate chips. Cover and refrigerate for 36 to 48 hours.
Preheat oven to 375°F. Scoop out rounded tablespoonfuls refrigerated dough and roll between hands into a ball. Place onto a parchment lined baking sheet and press ball down to flatten. Bake for 7 to 9 minutes or until golden brown. Cool cookies on the pan for 2 minutes then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
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After exploring the possibility of relocating its conference basketball tournament, which has been held at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas for seven of the league's first 10 seasons, the Mountain West announced yesterday that the event will remain at the facility through 2013.
The decision to stage the tournament at the Thomas & Mack has routinely drawn criticism from a number of the league's men's basketball coaches. The arena serves as home court for UNLV, which has gained an automatic NCAA Tournament bid after winning two of the past three conference tournaments. The Rebels also won the tournament when it was held at the Thomas & Mack in 2000.
"Am I surprised? No. Am I disappointed? Very much so," said San Diego State coach Steve Fisher, whose team beat UNLV in last year's conference tournament semifinals. "It's not fair. Not one other major league in the country has a member of its conference hosting its tournament every year. As coaches, we had strong sentiment against going back to the Thomas & Mack. We're not against going to Las Vegas; we just want it at a neutral site."
In October, the league's Basketball Championships Future Site Subcommittee announced that five cities – San Diego (Cox Arena), Albuquerque (The Pit), Denver (Pepsi Center), Salt Lake (Energy Solutions Arena) and the Thomas & Mack Center – had been selected as potential hosts for the tournament for 2011 through 2013. There also was discussion of rotating the event among multiple sites or staging it at a neutral site. The Pepsi Center served as the host site from 2004-06, but drew an average attendance of just over 8,000 for the four-day tournament.
Despite a vote of 8-1 by the league's coaches to move the event to a neutral site, the league said the decision by its Board of Directors to keep the tournament in Las Vegas was based on "revenue implications and data compiled from extensive fan research." The conference had previously agreed to hold the tournament in Las Vegas through 2010.


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You know when you buy a carton of buttermilk but you only use one or two cups and you don't want the rest to go to waste? Well-now you have your answer! This quick bread is so delicious. We have been eating it plain, smeared with butter, topped with peanut butter and toasted with honey.
The original recipe calls for white sugar and white flour. I easily replaced the white flour with white whole wheat flour but wasn't sure what to use to replace the sugar. I have been using honey a lot and that would probably have been delicious as well, but instead I wanted to try something with a slightly different flavor profile. Jaggery! Jaggery is also known as coconut palm sugar. Read more about jaggery here (thanks Wikipedia!). This specific brand of jaggery I buy is a very damp sugar, which is why I feel that you could easily replace it in the recipe with honey or even maple syrup.
Cinnamon Raisin Quick BreadAdapted from The Kitchn
1 cup buttermilk
1 large egg
1/4 cup salted butter, melted
1/2 cup jaggery (palm sugar) or honey
2 cups white whole wheat flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 Tablespoon cinnamon
1/2 cup raisins
1. Pre-heat oven to 325º.
2.Grease a 9 x 5 loaf pan with butter or spray with cooking spray.
3. Whisk together buttermilk, egg, melted butter, and jaggery or honey.
4. Add in remaining ingredients and stir until well combined.
5. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 50-60 minutes.
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7. Slice and enjoy!
Makes 1 loaf, but recipe easily doubles (then freeze your extra loaf)


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ONARCHITECTURE- Man of steel: Scouten touts new technology
According to architect Alan Scouten, ThermaSteel is the answer. The answer to what, you ask?
Since the mid-1970s, Scouten, who taught urban planning at UVA, has been looking for an alternative way to build houses. In fact, his interest dates back to his school days, he says, and he even taught a class in prefabrication at UVA in the early 1980s.
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Scouten first looked at SIPS, or Structural Insulated Panels, which have since become widely used as an alternative to "stick-built" house construction. SIPS are pre-cut panels filled with polystyrene or polyurethane foam and sandwiched between two layers of strand board, plywood, or fiber-cement.
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"I tried these panels and built a few homes with them," he says. "But they're not the answer. They're too heavy, don't have a natural joining system, and they're hard to handle."
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An inventor from Radford, Dickens had developed the familiar styrofoam molds used to package consumer goods like TVs and computers, and one day he discovered that styrofoam actually bonded well to steel with a strong adhesive. Using strips of metal bracing no thicker than a soup can to cradle blocks of compressed styrofoam, Dickens went on a mission to develop and market the technology as a new construction material, even building his own igloo-shaped houses in the 1960s and '70s. "Of course, the houses were unsalable," says Scouten, "but in my opinion he's one of the most brilliant men in the history of technology."
According to Scouten, Dickens, who is 80 years old now, has been tireless in his efforts to promote his technology, selling and buying his company back several times, trying to keep his vision on track. In 1992, Scouten went to work for Dickens in Radford, and they ended up building ThermaSteel houses all over the world.
In 1995, Scouten started his own company in Charlottesville called ShelterUS. Since then, he's built a half-dozen ThermaSteel houses in the area, including his own, and most recently one at Chisholm Place in the Woolen Mills neighborhood. His company also designs Thermasteel homeless shelters called "shebangs," and he's at work on emergency shelters that can be transported by helicopter and unfolded and snapped together.
Indeed, as Scouten describes it, ThermaSteel construction beats wood frame construction in almost every way. Although extremely lightweight, it is twice as strong as a wood frame construction. For example, TheramaStructure houses he built with Dickens on the island of Guam were undamaged during a 1993 typhoon with 250 mile-an-hour winds, while stick-built houses simply vanished. In addition, they are impenetrable to moisture, and termites don't seem to like them.
And according to Scouten, "No insulation system can come close to ThermaSteel." The electric bill for Scouten's 4,000-square-foot ThermaSteel home in Ivy averages just $100 a month, he says.
"The house is basically like a styrofoam cooler," says Scouten. "When it snows, the snow doesn't even melt off our roof like it does on other houses in the neighborhood. That's because there's so little heat escaping." Likewise, the house tends to remain cool in the summer because the hot air outside can't find its way in. "It also acts as an amazing sound barrier," he adds.
Scouten says the panels are easy to work with, and all that's needed to put them together are screws and a screw gun. He also tells the story of a fire in a ThermaSteel house. "Everything inside burned, but the structure was fine. They simply cleaned it out, rebuilt the inside, and moved back in!"
All this enthusiasm, however, reminds a reporter that today's miracle product can be tomorrow's dud. The 1990's saw class-action lawsuits against supposedly progressive materials such polybutylene plumbing pipe (aka Qest) and hardboard wood siding (aka Masonite). At this point, however, the critics and the lawyers haven't yet found the fly– or the termite– in the soup, so Scouten is free to evangelize.
Three members of the the congregation are local realtor Roger Voisinet, UVA architecture prof John Quale, and Artisan Construction, which recently built a Thermasteel house in Crozet. Voisinet is developing the Chislom Place house, while Quale used leftover ThermaSteel panels from the Radford factory for his EcoMod 2 design-build project, an ecological, modular and affordable house built for Habitat for Humanity in Mississippi.
"It's not a miracle product," says Quale, mentioning it can't span as far as SIPS can, but he still shares Scouten's enthusiasm for the product. He's particularly impressed by ThermaSteel's resistance to moisture, it's strength, and the fact that its more easily recycled that wood frame houses. Still, he says, even some of his students have a hard time embracing the idea of a "styrofoam" house. "It requires an intellectual leap that some people aren't willing to make," says Quale.
As Scouten admits, it hasn't been easy promoting the new technology. "The problem, of course, is that no one in the housing industry wants to do something new. But occasionally you'll find a rare pioneer," he says.
Architect Alan Scouten outside his "styrofoam" house in Ivy, which he describes as "twice as strong" as wood frame construction.


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I like the old-school charm and dignity of the word "souls," don't you? It appears in that sentence so unexpectedly, like a visitor from a more honorable and chivalrous time.
The May Day holiday began as a Pre-Christian festival of renewal in Europe. Later it was Christianized into a celebration of the Virgin Mary. You remember the Virgin Mary: She was a teenaged mother who lived in an occupied land, under a colonizing power whose rulers loathed her religion and despised her people.
And speaking of mothers and children: All across the country they'recutting assistance to lower-income households with children. Budgets for primary and high school education are being slashed. Mitt Romney says he'll cut these funds even more and boasts that he'll separate poor mothers from their kids to teach them "the dignity of work."
They're slashing public university budgets, too. As tuitions keep soaring, millions of young people lose the chance for a better life. Others have reached record levels of indebtedness to get their diploma, only to graduate into the worst employment market for young people in generations.
Mayday. Mayday. Mayday. This is the United States of America. We are abandoning our mothers and our children. Our position is unknown and the time is growing short. We have 311 million souls on board. We are in urgent need of assistance.
May Day became a labor festival in 1886, after strikes escalated into violent clashes and four marchers were shot to death by policemen in the city of Chicago. (Chicago's current mayor, corporate apparatchik Rahm Emanuel, is outsourcing his city's functions and duties to business entities.)
Historian Peter Linebaugh gives us the words to a song the strikers sang back in the 1800s:
"We want to feel the sunshine;
We want to smell the flowers;
We're sure God has willed it.
And we mean to have eight hours."
Today the eight-hour workday is being eroded through the misclassification of workers as "managerial" and the widespread hiring of workers as "contractors" instead of employees. Corporate-friendly politicians help the paymasters with bills like Sen. Kay Hagan's "Computer Professionals Overtime Act," which would disqualify many technical workers from overtime pay.
Why? Because, as the Charlotte Observer notes, "Computer giants such as IBM have invested thousands of dollars lobbying politicians to clarify labor laws that would allow them to give their computer employees more flexible work schedules, but also to stop paying them overtime."
Inflation-adjusted wages for most working people have been stagnant for decades.
Mayday. Mayday. Mayday. Working people can no longer defend their rights or negotiate for better wages. We're losing our standard of living. Our industrial cities are in ruins. The middle class is dying. We have 311 million souls on board. We are in urgent need of assistance.
Poll after poll has shown that most Americans, including a majority of Republican voters, oppose cutting Social Security and Medicare to balance the federal budget. Yet the GOP is aggressively pushing for cuts, and for dismantling Medicare altogether through a voucher system.
And rather than fight for these popular and highly successful programs, too many Democrats are undercutting them by endorsing the far-right "Bowles/Simpson" plan. The voices of reason are being drowned out by a conservative consensus and battered by a false "bipartisanship."
The smart (and politically popular) approach would be to increase our inadequate Social Security benefits and rein in the for-profit health-care system that's harming Medicare and endangering the government's long-term fiscal security. Instead they keep talking about a "Grand Bargain" that would do the opposite.
Mayday. Mayday. Mayday. We're abandoning our elderly and disabled. We can't afford medicine for our sick and injured. We have 311 million souls on board. We are in urgent need of assistance.
As austerity economics destroys Europe, our leaders continue to pursue it at home. The Ryan/Romney budget would essentially board up the government — except for legally mandated programs, and of course the war machine. And at a time when there's an urgent need for government investment in the economy, too many Democrats would rather boast that they'd cut the deficit more than the Republicans would.
Most Americans think that millionaires and corporations should pay more taxes. But even the president's tepid "Buffett rule," which only mandates that they pay at least the same percentage of their income as their secretaries, has no chance of passage. We won't be able to lower the deficit without taxing millionaires and billionaires more fairly.
Calling someone a "tax-cutting deficit hawk" is like saying they're a "vegetarian butcher." It doesn't make any sense.
Sure, the deficit needs to be addressed — after we've fixed our economic emergency. But making it our number-one priority now is like worrying about water conservation when your house is on fire.
Mayday. Mayday. Mayday. When it comes to the economy we're losing altitude, and the pilots want to point the nose down even further. The only thing they're debating is how much further down to aim. We have 311 million souls on board. We are in urgent need of assistance.
We're arguing over the scientifically settled fact of climate change — even as tornadoes and hurricanes rip through our cities and towns. And with no apparent sense of irony, Congress keeps cutting funds for storm prediction and natural disaster response.
Bank deregulation created the financial crisis, and environmental deregulation allowed BP's greed and negligence to devastate the Gulf. Yet we keep hearing stale rhetoric about "wasteful regulations." Most of it comes from Republicans, but not all of it. A lot of Democrats are still repeating that worn-out mantra, too much for their own good — or ours.
Mayday. Mayday. Mayday. Our cities and towns are defenseless against storms and floods. We're losing our last protections against the environmental and economic devastation wrought by unrestrained greed. We have 311 million souls on board. We are in urgent need of assistance.
Civil liberties? Our government reserves the right to kill anyone – even its own citizens – anywhere in the world. Nowadays its weapon of choice is the flying death-robot known as a "drone."
And while it's been lenient enough not to kill most of us yet, the government spies on us every day with digital edifices that rival the Great Pyramid of Cheops. These electronic antennae of the NSA, as wide and vast and vibrant as the world's great cities, probe our communications and our computers. The catacombs and skyscrapers of electrons and silicon invisibly inspect our hard drives, and our habits. They trace the electronic fingerprints of each digital touch, map the intimate geographies of our social landscape.
Warrant? We don't need no stinkin' warrant!
Democracy? Citizens United was the act of a body whose majority members were identified, filtered, and trained through radical groups like the Federalist Society. They were appointed because they possessed the only quality that mattered: a willingness to use the law to impose corporate rule where democracy once stood.
Their theory of "corporate personhood" says corporations have the right to speech — using their only vernacular, which is money. At least they're bilingual. They offer friendly politicians both cash and checks.
Mitt Romney readily agrees that "Corporations are people, my friend!" And, as we all know, people who need people are the luckiest people in the world…
Since corporations are people and not dogs, they ride inside the car and not on top of it. They can even drive the car – and they do. Who are they? We don't know. The political shock troops of corporate America are fighting a "DISCLOSE Act" which would let us know which corporations are behind which campaigns.
So if you still don't think we're living in a Catch-22 world, consider this: That means corporations are "people" who have the right to speak – without ever being heard.
But listen. Did you hear that? "If there is anyone in the vicinity, please respond …" The signals are finally coming through here and there. They're even forming a rescue party or two. But the ideas and the volunteers are still few in number.
Mayday. Mayday. Mayday. This is the United States of America. Our democracy and economy are failing. Our lives are endangered by greed and weather. We are abandoning our old and our young, our poor and our disabled. Our blood and wealth are being squandered in deserts and mountains.
Our rights are being sacrificed on a cash-and-carry altar. We're threatened by faceless corporate entities, by the technologies of espionage and intrusion and remote-controlled weaponry. Our political offices are "remote-controlled machinery" too.
Our pilot and crew are under the influence of unseen forces. Our position is unknown and our time is growing short. We have 311 million souls on board. We are in urgent need of assistance.
In other news, we've been told that the White House Correspondents' Dinner was very entertaining.
It's May 1, 2012. It's May Day. Mayday.


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Authors Famous Authors Who Used Pen Names
Think you really know your favorite author? It may be surprising to you to learn that a number of famous authors are actually using a pen name, pseudonym, or nom de plume. In fact, the use of a pen name in place of an author's real name has been quite popular throughout history of writing for a variety of reasons, from avoiding a political danger due to a controversial literary work, avoiding a previous failed attempt at literary success, or utilizing a false name in order to completely distance and author from his or her public identity to write a different genre.
Who are some famous authors who used pen names? You might be surprised. Some of the authors featured here are regarded as the most beloved in the industry and many are even Nobel Peace Prize or Pulitzer Prize winners.
You'll find authors such as Mark Twain, Benjamin Franklin, J.K. Rowling, Nora Roberts, Anne Rice, Stephen King, Louisa May Alcott, the Bronte Sisters, and many other authors who used pen names that might surprise you.Think you know your favorite writers? Read on to find out which authors have used pen names.
Pen names: Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass, JoshClemens assumed a number of pen names before settling on Twain, after years of working on Mississippi riverboats where the term "mark twain" was shouted out as a way to mark the depth of the river, as measured on a rope. In Life on the Mississippi, Twain explains, "I was a fresh new journalist, and needed a nom de guerre; so I confiscated the ancient mariner's discarded one, and have done my best to make it remain what it was in his hands."
Birthplace: Florida, Missouri, United States of America
Nationality: United States of America
Works: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, The Prince and the Pauper, The Mysterious Stranger, + moresee more on Mark Twain
Pen names: Mrs. Silence DogoodWhen Benjamin Franklin was a teenager living in Boston, his older brother James founded the The New-England Courant as the colonies' first independent newspaper. Franklin had been dying to write letters for publication in the paper, and when those letters were rejected, he adopted the persona of a middle-aged widow and his letters were gladly accepted and printed, and are said to have been widely read. The ruse ended when Franklin's brother discovered Dogood's true identity, and young Franklin was forced to leave town for Philadelphia.
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Nationality: United States of America
Works: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack, Compleated Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin, Bite-size Ben Franklin, The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, + moresee more on Benjamin Franklin
Pen name: Robert GalbraithJ.K. Rowling, author of the famous Harry Potter series, assumed her pseudonym in order to "publish without hype or expectation." She called it a "liberating experience" and "a pure pleasure to get feedback from publishers and readers under a different name." In 2013, Rowling published The Cuckoo's Calling under her pseudonym.
Birthplace: Yate, United Kingdom
Nationality: United Kingdom, England
Works: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter: Symphonic Suite, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, + moresee more on J. K. Rowling
Pen name: AnonymousJoe Klein doesn't just write political commentary for TIME. In 1996, he also penned a novel called Primary Colors under his pen name. The book is a roman à clef about Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign in 1992. Klein publicly denied several times that he was the author, but eventually came forward at a news conference. The New York Times reported that Klein protected his identity in the same way a journalist protects his or her sources. "It wasn't easy. But I felt that there are times when I've had to lie to protect a source, and I put this in that category," he said at the conference.
Birthplace: USA, Albany, New York
Nationality: United States of America
Works: Primary Colors, Politics Lost: From RFK to W: How Politicians Have Become Less Courageous and More Interested in Keeping Power than in Doing What's Right for America, Woody Guthrie. Die Biographie., Bill Clinton, Colores Primarios, + moresee more on Joe Klein


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Earlier today I was a guest on FOXNews LIVE in the segment, "Brings Travelers Home from Egypt." I was able to share the great news with Anchor Arthell Neville that every Friendly Planet traveler who was in Egypt will be safely back in the U.S. today.
In fact, since the interviewed aired, the EgyptAir flight carrying our 26 travelers touched down at JFK International Airport late this afternoon. I'm letting out a big exhale right now. Welcome home travelers!
Although our travelers are back in the U.S., it doesn't mean our work is over. A lot of other travelers are still trying to get on planes out of Egypt. I talked to Arthell about what travelers in Egypt and their families at home can do to ensure they get on a flight out of Egypt.
Go ahead and hit play to watch the segment. Thanks Arthell for having me on as a guest. I hope we were able to bring some valuable information to travelers who need it the most right now.


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A Collection of Original Vintage Advertisements for Classic Books
Recently, we stumbled across this great original advertisement for "Scott Fitzgerald's new novel The Great Gatsby" that was discovered in a 1925 copy of the Princetonian. Though printed ads for books aren't very common anymore — at least outside of paper book reviews — they used to be all the rage. In fact, the first-ever print ad was actually an ad for a book entitled Perfect Occurrences of Every Daie journall in Parliament, and Other Moderate Intelligence. Now that's a mouthful. Charmed by the pencil sketch of Fitzgerald, and by the whole idea of book ads in general interest publications, we dug around for a few more vintage advertisements for classic books. Now if only we could see some of these on a Times Square billboard, that would really make our day.
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, in a 1925 Princetonian. [via]


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The Further Mathematics Support Programme has 29 Area Coordinators across the 9 government regions, covering the whole of England. The Area Coordinators are expert in teaching and learning mathematics at this level and experienced at working with mathematics teachers.
The Area Coordinators work with schools and colleges to:
- support and promote the study of AS/A level Mathematics and Further Mathematics;
- arrange Further Mathematics tuition for students when their schools and colleges cannot provide it themselves;
- organise enrichment events for KS3, KS4 and sixth form students, often involving links with local universities;
- provide professional development opportunities;
- facilitate teacher network meetings.
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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
March 25, 2018
1. Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House
Michael Wolff
A journalist offers an inside account of the first year of the Trump White House.
2. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
Michelle McNamara
The late true-crime journalist's search for the serial murderer and rapist known as "the Golden State Killer."
3. Educated: A Memoir
Tara Westover
The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
4. Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Steven Pinker
A case for using reason, science and humanism to counter pessimistic views of Western civilization.
5. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil deGrasse Tyson
A straightforward, easy-to-understand introduction to the universe.
6. Obama: An Intimate Portrait
Pete Souza
More than 300 pictures of the former president by his White House photographer, with behind-the-scenes stories.
7. Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure
Amy Kaufman
An insider look at the Bachelor franchise and its effect on society.
8. The Last Black Unicorn
Tiffany Haddish
The comedian recounts growing up in South Central Los Angeles and finding success after a period of homelessness.
9. Unmasked: A Memoir
Andrew Lloyd Webber
A memoir by the musical theater composer and impresario, whose works include
Phantom of the Opera, Cats and Evita.
10. The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth
Michio Kaku
The physicist describes how humans might develop civilization in outer space and possibly become immortal.
11. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann
The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians.
12. Leonardo Da Vinci
Walter Isaacson
A biography of the Italian Renaissance polymath that connects his work in various disciplines.
13. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Trevor Noah
A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the host of
The Daily Show.
14. Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
An argument for taking on risk.
15. When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
Daniel H. Pink
Research reveals the ideal time to make small decisions and big life changes.
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A version of this list appears in the March 25, 2018 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending March 10, 2018.
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Said By Dr. Nick RiveraAlthough I'm only just starting to listen to this stuff, it sounds pretty badass. And by badass, I mean pretty good. This Jessie girl has a nice voice. (wait..that's her name...right?)
Said By NarcissaJessie has an amazing voice. You guys could go far.
Said By Dr. Nick RiveraI actually recorded a song or two in my day....
Said By NarcissaAcually there is that one time you asked everybody their opinion when you were contemplating sticking with glasses or getting contacts and showed us pictures. So I guess I know what you look like too.
Said By chickenchop4RudeMoody,
Day of Confession sounds cool and very polished. I really dig the middle of the song too, where it kicks it up with those rockin' drum beats. Jessie and the lyrics match well with your tunes. Way to go, and best of luck with the album.
EDIT: Oh yeah, the album cover looks great. Cool pose and composition of the cover.
Said By samurai kaiInteresting music. Not of the usual genre that I listen to but good enough to merit a listen. Anyway, keep up the good work...
sounds good man keep it up and remember to have fun with it.
Said By RudeMoodyCheck out "Day Of Confession" now online at http://www.thejessieproject.com! We're now ready to start doing some more shows, and the CD will be produced next month! Now, maybe i'll get a chance to do some more SAFE MODES and articles for ASELABS....
Thanks for checking it out!
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Automania Moving from Sioux Falls to Brandon
BRANDON, S.D. (AP) - The largest free car show in the Midwest is moving locations this year.
KSFY-TV reports that Automania car show is moving from Sioux Falls to Brandon this year.
The annual show draws 50,000 to 70,000 people each year. This year's event is scheduled for June 28-30.
Automania chairman Bill Nelson says the move is simply about space and logistics. He says the number of spectators made it hard to find enough space and parking in downtown Sioux Falls.
Automania will now take place along nearly one mile of road in Brandon, which is about 12 miles east of Sioux Falls.
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As a TOS Review Crew Member I was given a chance to try out Kid Scoop's Reluctant Reader Solution. Since we have three of those in our house - only one is currently identified as dyslexic - I jumped at the chance. The information page that includes pricing and the basis for the program is located here.
Kid Scoop offers a Reluctant Reader Solution package - 365 worksheets and 12 month subscription to their Kid Scoop News for the low price of $97 per year. This is a money back guaranteed program that is quickly delivered to your email box after purchase.
The worksheets consist of mini unit studies on 60 different subjects of high interest. I used Christopher Columbus with Oldest, Golf for Middle and Immunizations with Youngest. These are in black and white and come in PDF form. Oldest was studying Columbus so it dovetailed well with his history lesson - map activities, math exercises, proof reading/editing, puzzles and the always popular word search.
Golf had many different math exercises that Middle really needed. He loved the word search and the jokes and riddles on the pages.
I chose Immunization for Youngest because he needed a booster at his well check and I needed help convincing Mr. Logical. The study filled the need and went with his Science study of the Human Body. It talked about the science behind Immunizations and how the body reacts to them. Again, the Word Search was a big hit.
My only complaint would be that the pages are a bit too cluttered for people who are easily visually overwhelmed. We preferred the black and white worksheets to the Kid Scoop News. While bright, vivid colors are attractive to most kids mine are easily visually overstimulated. I am as well and I had a little trouble navigating both the website and the Newsletter online. It was much easier to download the monthly newsletter and read it on my computer.
I will continue to use these units as they make a very nice supplement to our studies. It did raise the interest level of my kids - Middle wanted to do the entire golf unit in one day. I liked the way math word problems were woven into the subject as my boys struggle with ordinary word problems. Tying them to an interesting subject made all the difference in their comprehension.
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Charles Mix County Man Indicted in Fatal Crash
A Lake Andes man has been indicted on two counts of first-degree manslaughter and other charges in connection with a crash that killed two people in early July.
Attorney General Marty Jackley and Charles Mix County States Attorney Thomas Deadrick say Ronald Ray Fischer, 29, was indicted August 5 by a Charles Mix County Grand Jury.
The charges stem from a July 8 crash that killed two US Fish and Wildlife Service employees who had been working in the Pickstown area.
In addition to the manslaughter charges, Fischer is charged with two counts of vehicular homicide, one count of driving under the influence and one count of ingesting a non-alcoholic substance to become intoxicated.
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Jeffrey Peak (left) was honored as a new CPA at the Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants Spring Awards Banquet April 11. The oath of Kentucky CPA was administered by Cheryl Laloned (right). Jeffrey's parents are Gregg and Suzanne Peak of Owenton; grandparents are Jesse and Evelyn Bourne of Owenton and Hugh and Mable Peak of Shelbyville.
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Netflix is taking its inevitable star turn.
The company, which has become phenomenally successful by bringing you and me a taste of Hollywood while we sit back on the couch, is having its backlash moment. It happens to all stars: Call it backlash, comeuppance, or just that rude awakening when you meet your idol, Netflix is having it, and it's never pretty.
After scorching through Wall Street for the last couple of years, the Netflix growth story has become well known, both in Silicon Valley -- where the company is based -- and on Wall Street, where investors have fought Vertigo just by checking the stock price. Netflix has been a seemingly unstoppable force, gaining subscribers by the ton, and turning into one of those companies (like Coca-Cola, Hershey's, or Apple) that people flat out fall in love with.
But with maturity comes hard choices. Netflix, to its credit, made them, and did not try to pull the wool over our eyes. Yes, they raised prices. A lot. And they took heat. A lot. Many of us -- and I count myself among them -- have questioned the need for our full subscriptions in light of the price hike. The Internet has been full of comments scorching the company for jacking up the cost. When the company reported otherwise strong quarterly earnings, it admitted that, in light of the price hike, it might lose a number of its customers. And, after all that growth and love, investors struck back.
Netflix stock has been so hot, it has made Google look like IBM. Everything else just seems slow and steady when you're the hot hare, and Netflix shares have been on a tear. They've tripled this year alone -- and that was after an equally sweet run last year. But, after the earning warning, Netflix tumbled, falling by about 10 percent, more than $25 a share. That's a rough day.
So, where does Netflix go from here? That's where things get impressive. Companies that read and react to message boards too much tend to veer of course. Netflix seems resolute to stay its course. CEO Reed Hastings, in light of the backlash, says "The noise level was actually less than we expected. We knew what we were getting into." In other words, yes, charging more money is unpopular, but get used to it, we're not going anywhere.
He has a point. Netflix is, as many of us who recently shopped around discovered, still one of the better deals of its kind. Streaming is cool, but not the be all end all yet -- and getting DVDs in the mail with no late fees is still smooth, easy, and convenient. It's hard to give either of them up, and as sick as I am of hearing the phrase, "it's as much as a latte," the price hike is, pretty much, as much as a latte.
Netflix has some big challenges coming its way. Lots of competition from the likes of Amazon, Apple, and Hulu. The movie studios are hip to its profit margins, and they -- understandably -- want in on the action. Does anyone really want Netflix to go away? If a little extra money keeps them around, well, what's the alternative?
And the stock price? Get used to a roller coaster ride, folks. This is a tech company, after all. It's still a growth story, but there will be dips. Think of it as a show you can stream. Lots of ups and downs, the occasional cliffhanger, but overall, a satisfying experience.
Scott is a Netflix subscriber, not a shareholder. He's on Twitter:@scottbudman


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The government has decided to 'localise' Council Tax Benefit - probably the most common means-tested benefit, supporting a million households across the country - and give each local authority the chance to set their own scheme. Sadly, this localism came with a price tag - 10% of the benefit grant is retained by the government, a cut of £11 million to Birmingham (£470 million nationally). They also insisted that nothing could be done to affect the 100% discount for pensioners - so any change has to fall upon people of working age, which means that any change in benefit will have to be greater than 10%. By closing various loopholes in terms of unoccupied properties and backdating claims, we've managed to fill some of the gap, but there's still a black hole there.
The government offered us £2.1 million towards the cost, but only if we created a scheme that imposed an average 8.5% council tax payment (about £95 on 2012's figures) across all groups apart from pensioners. To get to that level would take the government money AND £1.3 million from the council, which could only be found by making cuts somewhere else. Don't forget that we've still got to make cuts of £110 million in 2013 - a figure that is likely to rise as the final settlement figures are still being developed. It looks like most councils are following this route, with only a third of councils so far deciding to run a scheme that takes advantage of the government money - all have to decide by the end of this month or will be stuck with funding the current scheme.
Some local councils have decided to continue with the current scheme, but they face much smaller shortfalls that they feel they can accommodate within their budgets this year. I would be very surprised if they maintain that position for the start of the 2014 budget year, especially with the additional cuts coming. Councils with smaller numbers of claimants may find it easier to absorb the relatively smaller costs, as might councils who have not suffered the same level of cuts - remember that Birmingham is hit by cuts at twice the national average.
As with any money offered by the government, you can be sure that they will attach conditions. The additional funding is only promised for one year, meaning that in 2014, we'd either have to find the full £3.4 million or impose the same sort of scheme we're bringing in this year. Actually, it might well take more, as the government let it slip this week that there might be further cuts in the 2014/15 council tax support scheme funding - dropping another 8.5%.
Our scheme will protect more people than the government proposal. With Labour, the following groups continue to get their 100% discount - something not guaranteed by the government scheme:
- Claimant or partner in receipt of the disability premium, severe disability premium and enhanced disability premium.
- Claimant or partner with a child under the age of 6
- Claimant or partner with a disabled child of any age
- Claimant or partner in receipt of a war pension
- Claimant or partner in receipt of the carer's premium
- Claimant or partner in receipt of employment and support allowance, who are also in receipt of a qualifying benefit such as disability living allowance
Unsurprisingly, the opposition were up in arms at us "taxing the unemployed." Liberal Democrats are already drafting petitions, although failing to mention that their government is to blame for this mess. What we will have is the Pickles Poll Tax. Tho original worked so well in the 80s and 90s that it brought down a
government and the Tory architect of that scheme now issues a similar warning
"The poll tax was introduced with the proposition that everyone should pay something, and with the present structure of society it doesn't work. We got it wrong.... The same factor will apply here, that there will be large numbers of fairly poor households who have hitherto been protected from Council Tax, who are going to be asked to pay small sums"Make no mistake, the blame for this sits squarely with the current government.


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Let's all cheer - Ridley Scott is back to his best.
The director who gave us Blade Runner, Alien and Thelma and Louise has also recently given us Prometheus, The Counsellor and Exodus: Gods and Kings.
But The Martian is a cracking story, well told, with good performances and special effects that add to the movie rather than take it over.
Matt Damon is the star and puts in what I reckon is one of his finest performances.
He is Mark Watney, a biologist who is part of a mission to Mars.
However, a massive storm hits and he is assumed to be dead and his colleagues blast off for Earth.
But Watney wakes up, alone, many millions of miles from home, with a limited supply of food, water and resources.
He has to to use all his ingenuity to find all the above, plus get a message to Earth that he's still alive and kicking.
What could have been a dry scientific story is expertly crafted into a very human story about resilience and determination against all odds.
And there's a nice line in humour as Watney tries to keep sane.
Mars really does look like another planet, rather than a movie filmed on Earth with red coloured soil.
True, the plot has elements of Interstellar and Gravity, but certainly has enough of its own identity to make it able to stand apart.
Along with Damon, Jessica Chastain as the mission commander, Jeff Daniels as the NASA boss and Michael Peña as a fellow astronaut are excellent.
But to be honest there's not really a poor performance.
On the downside, the excitement on Earth over whether Watney will survive is a tad over the top - would there really be massive screens broadcasting news in city centres across the world?
And if I'm honest the use of some of the music was overdone or ridiculously obvious (Bowie's Starman, really?).
However, these are minor details, the film overall is a great yarn and you will be rooting for Watney all the way.
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Director: Ridley Scott
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Chicago-based La Bella Figura actually grew many of the flowers and herbs used in the tea in a Chicago community garden. Love! This tea smelled phenomenal with a mix of jasmine flower, calendula, lavender and marshmallow root (all known for soothing properties) and cardamom which delivers anti-inflammatory benefits. It was a gentle detoxifier. After steaming for about 10-15 minutes, I took advantage of my open pores and masked with LBF's Bio Active Healing Mask which has so many fantastic ingredients, one primary being manuka honey sourced from New Zealand, known for its healing enzymes and unique antibacterial components.
Before rinsing the tea down the drain, I soaked a cotton pad and used it as a toner post-mask. My skin was glowing after this adventure, and the ritual was good for the soul. Sundays are notorious for the mental "Monday's coming" games and a little pampering is what a girl needs to prepare for the week.
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Rebounding woes a hot topic (video)
The following topics were covered during UConn's pre-practice availability on Thursday:
And rebounding.
Okay, so that might be exaggerating a bit.
Rebounding will likely be the hot topic for the entire season.
Emeka Okafor and Jeff Adrien aren't walking through the Gampel Pavilion doors.
UConn simply lacks the muscle, size and mentality to dominate the boards. The Huskies have been out-rebounded in all but one game.
Kevin Ollie is a smart coach. But he isn't a miracle worker.
Rebounding continues to be a point of emphasis.
"I just do the same things that we've been doing," Ollie said. "It's just yelling a little more and losing my voice and emphasizing it a little bit more. There's no secret to it. I'm not inventing anything else.
"… Results come after effort. I'm not going to come up with any fancy drills because all the drills I got are retreads anyways. I took them from someone else. Somebody is going to take them from me.
"It's nothing different that we're going to do. We've just got to emphasis it more and we've got to coach our guys up that we've got in this gym."
When asked about productive undersized rebounders from his past, Ollie came up with a quick answer.
Kevin Freeman, UConn's director of basketball administration, was at the top of Ollie's list. At 6-7 power forward, Freeman led the team in rebounding as a freshman (1996-97) and junior (1998-99), averaging 6.4 and 7.3 rebounds, respectively.
"He's not the biggest guy, but he was fearless and he was relentless," Ollie said. Hopefully, they see examples like that. I can't think of anybody else that exemplifies that. … It's about going to get the basketball. It's about every time the shot goes up, you think it is a pass to you. Hopefully, these guys understand that."
Junior Enosch Wolf could help out in that department. Wolf, a 7-foot-1 center, had his best game of his career in Tuesday's loss toNorth CarolinaState, finishing with a career-best nine rebounds.
"We work on it every practice because it's been our biggest problem," Wolf said. "We're going to continue to work on it because it is going to win us games eventually."
Heading into Friday's game against Harvard in Storrs, junior Tyler Olander and sophomore DeAndre Daniels share the team rebounding lead at 4.5 per game.
Daniels has been battling a sore back. But he is expected to play tonight.
Veteran guard R.J. Evans (right collarbone area) also will be available. He returned to the team against N.C. State after missing two games.
"I was a little sore the next day but that was expected," Evans said.
The Huskies will have a 10-day exam break following tonight's game.
For more from Ollie on rebounding and Wolf's inspired play, check out the video link.
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William "Bill" Condon (born October 22, 1955) is an American screenwriter and director.
Condon was born in New York City, the son of a detective, and was raised in an Irish Catholic family. He attended Regis High School and Columbia College of Columbia University, where he studied philosophy. Condon is openly gay.
After earning his Bachelor of Arts degree, Condon began to work as a journalist for film magazines including American Film and Millimeter. He got his start writing low-budget features including Strange Behavior (1981) and Strange Invaders (1983). His directorial debut was Sister, Sister (1987), an eerie Southern Gothic mystery starring Eric Stoltz and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Following this, Condon made a series of made-for-TV thrillers, including Murder 101 (1991), which starred Pierce Brosnan and earned Condon and co-writer Roy Johansen a 1992 Edgar Award for their screenplay. During this period he also wrote the screenplay for the thriller F/X2 (1991), which was directed by Aussie director Richard Franklin.


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Tales From 11,200 Feet
Ancient Roman theologian Saint Augustine once said, "The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page." Ever since I can remember, I found the greatest joys in waiting at airport terminals, watching exit signs pass by, and packing a bag of my favorite things not knowing when I would return. The idea of constant movement and the thrill of new experiences shaped my personality at a young age, but there was one trip that changed my life forever.
It was April of my senior year of high school. My aunt, my best friend, and I were sitting in a plane outside of gate G at Ronald Reagan International Airport. I remember smelling a mixture of the D.C. cherry blossoms, purified recycled air, and some kind of disinfectant. My best friend was looking at an airplane safety manual he took from the crinkled, blue seat in front of me. I felt the barely warm plane window next to me, shut my eyes, and prepared to leave the country, the continent—the hemisphere. I knew that once I reconciled with land again, it would be the farthest from home I had ever been. I smiled.
After ten hours of chatting, laughing, sleeping, and reading, we finally reached our destination. The pilot greeted us via intercom, "bienvenidos al Perú" or "welcome to Peru." Peru was unlike any place I had ever been. The airport in Lima, Peru's capital, represented the city perfectly. Tawny men and women no taller than five and a half feet strolled in large groups, unaware of personal space. Middle aged men in cheap suits insisted I rented a car from them, and young women tending to their babies requested my business of taking photos for compensation. Out of downtown in a neighborhood called Miraflores, I was exposed to beaches full of young lovers who had no inhibitions and British and Australian tourists painting the sky with rainbow hang-glides. My travel group only stayed in Lima for one day, but it was a day I would never forget.
The majority of my trip was spent near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes Mountains and in the Sacred Valley leading into the Amazonian rainforest. Our tentative agenda at the time was to stay in the city of Cusco, hike in the rural villages of Pisac and Ollantaytambo, and ascend to the sacred archeological site of Machu Picchu which towers about 8,000 feet over its base city Aguas Calientes. Peru continued to surprise me as the ancient city of Cusco significantly differed from Lima. Aside from the obvious differences in climate, geology, and air quality, the people and culture seemed separate and very unalike. Cusco was blatantly poor. Many buildings were made of red clay and cardboard, and almost every structure, with the exception of Catholic churches and hotels, had dirt floors. Aside from the occasional Sprite bottle I would find in a nearby alley, I did not recognize anything; there were no clothing shops, restaurants, or grocery stores that resembled Western life at all. During the day, people crowded the plazas and markets, and at night, I could hear taxis navigate cobblestone pathways and dogs rustle in the garbage; every moment I was reminded I was in a different world.
My journey changed the day we arrived at the site of Machu Picchu. I had been anticipating the day since I read a book about its history in the sixth grade. Because we stayed the previous night in a town two hours away, we started early at 4:00 that morning. After two trains, a charter bus, and a hefty hike, the outline of stone remains started to appear. The morning fog began to clear the higher we ascended, and within minutes I was standing on lost Incan ground overlooking the unexplainable abandoned city.
Carefully constructed, full of history and culture—the city was truly a masterpiece. I touched every rock and terrace I crossed. I found myself wondering what life was like for the Incan people who lived there over 600 years ago and why they mysteriously disappeared. I wanted to know how these people transported stones high into the Andes and what crops they grew on the terraces. Everything about the site fascinated me. After a few hours of guided tours, my group decided to take some time and explore the site on our own. Everything was perfect. I sat on the edge of a grassy terrace with several alpacas, walked through once functional and lively homes, and gave thanks at religious and spiritual temples and rocks. All of us were eager to share our thoughts and personal experiences; my best friend and I even planned our return trip because we loved the place so much. And as we passed under the stone entrance gate for the final time, I turned around, welcomed by a pink and red sky sweeping over the jade mountaintops, and whispered, "See you later." It was that moment I realized that I wanted to be a part of discovering the past; I not only wanted to learn about history, I needed to make it my life.
Later that same year I started college. I was warned by my aunt that I was bit by "the travel bug" and it wasn't something that would easily go away. She was completely right. I felt restless and unfocused; the only thing on my mind was being in Peru, feeling its earth, and uncovering more ancient phenomenon. After skimming through a list of majors and minors online, I came across a major called anthropology. From previous knowledge, I recognized that it was the study of human life and culture. I decided to take an introductory level course in the subject, and I immediately fell in love. I learned that there were many subfields in anthropology including archeology, primatology, and paleontology. Pairing that major with other subjects like geography and geology, I realized, could get me one step closer to doing what I loved most in life.
Needless to say, my trip to Peru was unforgettable. It guided me to choose anthropology as a major in college, fed my love for adventure and travel, and ultimately led me to my true passion—my calling—in life. And although there will be many places I will see in my life, to Peru I say, "Nos reuniremos de nuevo" or "We will meet again."


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Jake Owen Arrives at First Post-Surgery Concerts Thanks to a Special Pair of NASCAR Wings
Jake Owen got his wings... sort of!
The singer was involved in a go kart accident last week while horsing around with NASCAR superstars Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer. Then he had hand surgery, which he had been putting off for a while. It wasn't quite clear if the go kart gaffe and the surgery had any sort of relationship. Even so, Own kept fans informed about his operation, progress and healing process, and promised he would not miss a single show (including two of the biggest of his career) because of it.
Owen made it to his first-post surgery gig at the Country Concert 2013 in Ft. Loramie, Ohio thanks to an assist from Harvick. And his plane.
"[Kevin Harvick] flew me in on his plane and he's sitting side stage right here," Owen told the Country Concert crowd, bringing the NASCAR star onto the stage. "You guys say 'Thanks' to Kevin for getting me here."
It's certainly convenient to have pals with planes, which they use to transport you.
Owen also confessed that he is much wiser after his accident. "I learned one thing," he said. "Number one, I will never race guys like that in go karts ever again! It's nice to have friends with planes. That's another good thing."
Owen also flew via the same plane for the next pair of high-profile gigs with Jason Aldean at Fenway Park in Boston, shows too big for Owen to miss due to surgery or a go kart mishap.
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