June buzz: Judgment calls and Judgment Days

Colorado wildfires

Decisions, decisions. About halfway through the year's a good time to make them, and many were laid out judicially (although to some thinking, not judiciously), politically, competitively, and romantically. Some decisions though are beyond that of man and instead are up entirely to Mother Nature: Disastrous floods, roiling heat, vicious winds, and heart-stopping wildfires afflicted many parts of the United States. Below, the judgment calls and seeming Judgment Days that preoccupied the online world in June.

Tom Cruise Katie Holmes (AFP Photo/Stephen Lovekin)A month of decisions
Politics: Democracy in action is always a good thing, in principle, but pessimism shadowed the elections of Egypt (what, these choices?) and Greece (don't drag us down). In the United States, a far smaller but notable recall election left Wisconsin governor Scott Wilson still holding onto his seat. Other election wins included Ron Barber for Gabrielle Giffords' Arizona seat, Orrin Hatch keeping his Utah one. Another political move: Eric Holder became the first U.S. attorney general to be held in contempt of Congress, over Operation Fast and Furious.? Crime: A jury found Jerry Sandusky guilty of 45 counts of sex abuse; the Penn State assistant coach may appeal but more revelations have emerged about cover-ups. In a very different high-profile case, a Florida coroner figured only marijuana?not bath salts?was in Rudy Eugene's system when he chewed on the face of Ronald Poppo (who is doing well and receiving donations to help his recovery). Courts: The Supreme Court cleared out its outbox with decisions about foul words on television (let them fly), life sentences for minors (can't be mandatory), Arizona's immigration policy (upholding federal supremacy on illegal immigration but keeping "show your papers" provision), a Montana ban on corporate political money (struck down, thereby upholding the controversial Citizens United ruling for states), and upholding the Health Care Reform Act of 2010. Sports: The Miami Heat beat the Oklahoma Thunder in the NBA playoffs. Roger Clemens ended his long perjury case with a not guilty verdict. Olympic trials narrowed down contenders, but one highlight revolved around an indecisive moment: photo-finish dead heat in track and field. News: Ann Curry became the fall guy in the morning show wars, as she was forced to exit NBC's "Today Show." The public mess had TV observers scratching heads and some partly blaming co-host Matt Lauer (who has had other partner issues). Ratings will tell. Celebrity: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes lasted five years, but the wife filed for divorce allegedly over concerns of committing Suri to Scientology.

Scorchers: wildfires, heat waves and floods
Forecasters had warned in 2011 ? a year beset by meteorological extremes ? that 2012 would have its own extremes as well. Tropical Debby soaked Florida, although not nearly to the degree that Minnesota has been flooded (pushing its governor to ask for $108 million in federal aid). A heat wave steamed the East Coast and South, and windstorms didn't bring relief but instead tore through power lines and hit Virginia especially hard. Both wind and heat made for tinder conditions for wildfires in Utah, Montana, New Mexico, and Arizona; Multiple blazes in Colorado scorched acres, with Waldo Canyon's conflagration its worst wildfire in recorded history, taking firefighting resources from other states (such as Utah and Arizona), and driving more than 30,000 from their homes and into uncertainty; by June's end, the Waldo Canyon fire was only 25 percent contained, the best numbers yets. Another notable bit of good news: Social media and improved mapping have helped in efforts to inform residents and track the fiery spread

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Obamacare upheld (AFP Photo/Mark Wilson)Affordable Health Care Act: Act II
The Supreme Court toyed with the public in June, as it released one (admittedly fascinating) decision after another, but saved the Affordable Care Act for the last Thursday in June. After some initial media confusion, the gist was this: The court upheld the act, nicknamed Obamacare, and invoked the T-word (tax). Nevertheless, the ruling meant victory for the White House, and refired the opposition from Mitt Romney to Tea Party members. Online, people tried to figure out the act's relevance ("how much will obamacare cost me" was a typical Yahoo! search), while a tiny minority directed fury at a turncoat Chief Justice John Roberts ("john roberts is a traitor") and even revived conspiracy theories ("obama suspending elections 2012") and questions about Canada's health care system, reportedly because of a mistaken notion that going north would mean escaping the individual mandate. Canada of course has a publicly funded system and, as one Tweet put it, "Saying you're moving to Canada cause you're upset about Obamacare is like saying you're moving to Hogwarts because you're upset about magic."

June 2012 Buzz Fastest moving search terms on Yahoo! Search leaders Wimbledon 2012 (+78,804%). Roger Federer chasing the lead, upsets leave the women's title up for grabs. Facebook Taylor Stevens (+71,398%). An adult film star distracted at the Stanley Cup final, then turned lechery into altruism by auctioning her tight Tees for two charities. Lindsay Lohan Richard Dawson (+48,438%). The "Family Feud" host and "Hogan Heroes" actor died at age 79 of esophageal cancer. Euro 2012 Burning Love (+49,591%). Enjoy the show on Yahoo! Comedy Channel. Amanda Bynes Colorado Wildfires (+43,533%). See above. Maria Sharapova Affordable Care Act (+43,333%). See above. Charlize Theron Hosni Mubarak (+32,172%). The former Egyptian leader was moved from a military prison into a hospital, and reports of his condition remain conflicting. Kim Kardashian Prop 8 (+25,567%). On June 5, Ninth Circuit let stand an appeal sruling to declare the California ballot initiative to eliminate the rights of same-sex couples to marry unconstitutional. Two weeks later, one of the only two witnesses to testify on behalf of Prop 8 declared his support for gay marriage. Magic Mike Wisconsin recall election (+22,463%). See above. Jenny McCarthy Kissing Bug (+20,940%). The tropical disease Chagas has been called the new AIDS of the Americas. All the Single Ladies

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/decisions-wildfires-health-care-act-june-2012-buzz-152945172.html

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B.C.'s pollution-fighting carbon tax to increase 1 cent on Canada Day

VICTORIA - British Columbia's pollution-fighting carbon tax is set to rise another penny on Canada Day, adding almost seven cents to the cost of a litre of most fuels.

However the tax appears to be running out of gas with the B.C. Liberal government, and the groundbreaking climate change initiative may be in for a tune up.

The provincial government announced a review of the carbon tax earlier this year and has since signalled its goal of creating jobs in the natural gas sector includes relaxed environmental standards.

Many British Columbians say they support environmental initiatives, but grumble about paying the carbon tax, wondering where their money actually goes.

Environmental groups fear the province is losing its leadership position on climate issues and has virtually given up on reaching its legislated target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by one third by 2020.

"More isn't always best," said Victoria resident Dennis Briggs, while filling up his truck. "They need to actually rethink how to go about business."

Briggs said he's environmentally conscious, but doesn't think about the carbon tax ? which is supposed to help convince people to change their vehicle-use habits ? when he's filling his tank.

"I think the idea's right," he said. "I don't think the process is proper. If we could clearly see those dollars being returned to green projects and road infrastructure, sure, I would support it. But that aside, if I can't see it, I don't understand it."

Finance Minister Kevin Falcon announced in last February's budget the government will undertake a comprehensive review of the carbon tax to assess its impact on the province.

He said the review will focus on the ongoing revenue neutrality design of the tax, which returns the tax's revenue earnings to taxpayers and business. The review will also consider how the carbon tax impacts the competitiveness of B.C. business, said Falcon.

Finance Ministry budget estimates forecast the carbon tax will generate $1.17 billion in revenue this year.

The carbon tax increases to 6.67 cents per litre from 5.56 cents per litre on July 1.

Environment Minister Terry Lake said despite the planned review the carbon tax is not on the chopping block.

"There are no plans to get rid of the carbon tax," he said. "Premier Christy Clark has made it very clear we want to be a leader on climate action policies. But when you are a leader you expect others to follow."

"When other jurisdictions aren't following, you get into a problem of competitiveness," said Lake.

The tax was hailed as world-leading when it was introduced in 2008, but jurisdictions didn't follow as the then-Gordon Campbell government expected.

B.C. food producers have said the carbon tax hurts their bottom line. The Business Council of B.C. has described the carbon tax as unfair because B.C.-based businesses pay the tax, but their competitors from outside of the province do not.

Lake said the revenue neutral aspect of the carbon tax provides competitive advantages for British Columbians because it lowers taxes for business and taxpayers.

He said the carbon tax and other B.C. environmental initiatives have led to behaviour changes that favour the environment.

"We're seeing leadership in terms of moving to hybrid vehicles and moving now to electric vehicles," he said.

Environmental groups have said previously the carbon tax needs to hit $200 a tonne or about 44.5 cents per litre by 2020 for the province to meet its target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by one third. It now amounts to $30 per tonne.

Ian Bruce, a spokesman with the David Suzuki Foundation, expressed disappointment with the Liberal government's recent decision to use natural gas as a power source for at least one of three proposed liquefied natural gas plants in northwest B.C.

The Liberals say exporting B.C. natural gas to Asia is a generational opportunity that could create thousands of jobs, but environmentalists say burning natural gas increases harmful greenhouse gas emissions.

"It will take British Columbia away from its leadership on climate change and will increase global warming emissions," Bruce said.

Opposition NDP environment critic Rob Fleming said residents would have more confidence in the carbon tax if they knew it was going to support investments in green infrastructure.

"In most communities in British Columbia that would likely be an expansion of public transit services," he said. "Right now, as the Liberals have configured the carbon tax, the money mostly goes towards tax cuts, primarily for large corporations, many of whom are the biggest polluters in the province."

Source: http://www.trurodaily.com/Canada---World/Business/2012-06-30/article-3020746/B.C.s-pollution-fighting-carbon-tax-to-increase-1-cent-on-Canada-Day/1

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London welcomes world again for Olympics

LONDON (AP) ? Sammy Lee remembers it vividly: food rationing, bombed-out buildings, rubble.

The year was 1948, and London was hosting the Olympics amid severe austerity in the aftermath of World War II. Lee, an American diver, and fellow amateur athletes slept on cots at local air bases and schools, brought their own towels and were ferried to events in old London buses.

"We didn't mind," said Lee, who won a gold and bronze medal in the Empire Pool. "It was the spirit of the Olympics. We were there to compete against the best."

Sixty-four years later, Lee will return as a spectator next month when London welcomes the world again.

Saying these 2012 Olympics will be much different is in itself a gold-medal understatement. This will be a $14.5 billion extravaganza featuring multimillionaire professionals and global stars like Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps, shiny new purpose-built venues and a revitalized east London.

Britain's biggest peacetime project also entails a massive security operation. To guard the games from terrorist attack, the country is deploying 35,000 safety, police and military personnel, surface-to-air missiles on rooftops, fighter jets, helicopters and two warships on the River Thames.

Yet, put aside worries about trouble and whether the city's stretched public transportation network can transport millions of extra riders, and this should be London's finest hour. A chance to throw a rousing five-ring celebration, a global bear hug that restores the festive atmosphere lacking at the past two Olympics, in Athens and Beijing.

"London this summer is going to be the place to have a party," Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson said.

The city will provide a stunning mix of old and new:

? Beach volleyball players diving across the sand in Horse Guards Parade, practically on the doorstep of the prime minister's 10 Downing Street residence.

? Marathon runners and road cyclists winding past Buckingham Palace.

? Tennis stars dueling on the Centre Court grass at Wimbledon.

? Archers firing their arrows at the hallowed Lord's cricket ground.

? Sprinters and swimmers competing in brand new arenas erected in a once-derelict area of east London brought back to life as the Olympic Park.

Headlining the show will be 10,000 athletes from more than 200 countries ? none bigger than ? who else? ? Bolt and Phelps. What can Bolt possibly do for an encore after his jaw-dropping three gold medals and three world records on the track in Beijing? Can 14-time gold medalist Phelps ? winner of a record eight golds in the pool in Beijing ? hold off American rival Ryan Lochte in what Phelps says will be his final Olympics?

Also at stake will be the top spot in the medals table between the world's two sporting superpowers: the United States and China. The U.S. won the most medals (110) in Beijing, but China took the most golds (51). Expect a tight race on both fronts this time.

Away from the playing fields, the city is dressing up, from the giant Olympic rings on Tower Bridge, to the party venues and giant screens in Hyde Park, to the landscaped gardens inside the 560-acre Olympic Park.

Four years ago, China used the Beijing Olympics as a coming-out spectacle to underscore its presence as a world power. It spent $40 billion on the games, erecting iconic venues like the Bird's Nest stadium and the Water Cube natatorium and staging a grandiose opening ceremony.

But London never tried to compete with the epic scale of Beijing, largely because of a global economic crisis that triggered bailouts, mounting debt and political turmoil across Europe.

Still, the Olympic budget of 9.3 billion pounds ($14.5 billion) is more than triple the estimated cost when London secured the games in 2005. The government says the games are expected to come in about 500 million pounds ($778 million) under budget. The local organizing committee's separate privately financed operating budget of 2 billion pounds ($3.1 billion) is on course to be met through sponsorships, TV rights, merchandising and ticket sales.

"This is the first time London got the games with no particular crisis around, but then they marched right into the worst financial crisis since before World War II," senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound of Canada said. "But they have succeeded remarkably well in spite of that."

London organizers look more closely to the 2000 Sydney Games as their model, hoping to channel the same vibrant energy, passionate crowds and Olympic buzz.

While Beijing suffered from empty seats at some venues and a disconnected public, London promises full arenas and knowledgeable spectators. The capital has residents of countless nationalities and cultures, providing a "home" crowd for teams from Namibia to Nepal. Live sites, music concerts and other attractions should keep visitors entertained day and night.

The tone will be set at the opening ceremony on July 27 at the 80,000-seat Olympic Stadium, a three-hour spectacle directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Danny Boyle of "Slumdog Millionaire" fame. Inspired by William Shakespeare's "The Tempest," the ceremony will include a segment involving Daniel Craig's James Bond and a closing act by former Beatle Paul McCartney.

Boyle has revealed that the opening sequence will feature an idyllic British countryside setting complete with live farm animals ? 70 sheep, 12 horses, 10 chickens and nine geese to be precise. He's even promising a cloud that produces rain ? in case there isn't enough of the real stuff around.

The Economist magazine couldn't resist a little zinger: "Opening ceremonies are a country's opportunity to sell itself to the world. Britain appears to be selling irony."

Queen Elizabeth II, fresh off a round of Jubilee celebrations marking her 60 years on the throne, will formally open the games. The big question: Who will light the cauldron that burns until the closing of the games on Aug. 12? Britain's five-time rowing gold medalist, Steve Redgrave, is the bookies' favorite, followed by soccer star David Beckham ? the global icon who was bypassed for Britain's Olympic soccer team despite playing a key role in bringing the games to his hometown.

Roger Bannister ? the first runner to break the 4-minute barrier for the mile in 1954 ? is another possibility for lighting the flame. But who's to say the honor won't go to an unknown? A young athlete from one of the poor boroughs surrounding the Olympic Park, a symbol of youth and the future generation that was the central theme of London's winning bid?

The queen won't be the only royal in the Olympic spotlight. Her 31-year-old granddaughter, Zara Phillips, will be competing for the British equestrian team. Prince William and wife Kate are sure to be spotted around town, providing a dash of stately glamour to the proceedings.

And there are plenty of bold-face names at the venues: Bolt running in the 100 and 200 meters and 4x100 relay, Phelps swimming in multiple events again and going head-to-head with Lochte, who beat him twice at last year's world championships.

The star-studded U.S. basketball team features new NBA champion LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant. Just three weeks after chasing a Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova will be back at the All England Club vying for gold medals instead of trophies ? wearing colorful team outfits instead of the all-white dress code

Women boxers will be competing in the Olympics for the first time, and the IOC is negotiating with Saudi Arabia to send its first female athletes to the games.

Others to watch include South African double-amputee Oscar Pistorius, who failed to qualify for the 400 meters but could still become the first amputee runner to compete in the Olympics if he's picked for the 4x400 relay; China's Lin Dan, widely considered the greatest badminton player of all-time going for a second Olympic gold medal; Brazilian goal-scoring star Neymar in men's soccer; and Hiroshi Hoketsu, competing for Japan in equestrian at the age of 71.

The locals should have plenty to cheer about as Britain seeks to equal its surprising fourth-place medals table finish in Beijing. Among the contenders from Team GB are diver Tom Daley, heptathlete Jessica Ennis, swimmer Rebecca Adlington, three-time gold medalists Chris Hoy (track cycling) and Ben Ainslie (sailing), and a powerful team of rowers.

Despite 6.5 billion pounds ($10 billion) of improvements, serious concerns remain over whether the Underground system can cope with the millions of extra passenger journeys. Officials have warned of expected overcrowding and long delays at some key stations and urged Londoners to work from home or change their travel habits.

As for driving, the message has been: Don't even think about it. Many locals have complained that they are being inconvenienced while miles of dedicated Olympic roads and lanes are reserved for Olympic officials, athletes, media and VIPs.

The games will be protected by 12,000 police officers during peak times and 23,700 security staffers ? a number that includes 7,500 troops. A no-fly zone will be established over Olympic venues.

London knows the threats all too well. Homegrown suicide bombers attacked the city's public transport system, killing 56 people, on July 7, 2005, the day after London was awarded the games.

"The games present an attractive target for our enemies," said Jonathan Evans, head of Britain's domestic spy agency MI5. "But the games are not an easy target, and the fact that we have disrupted multiple terrorist plots here and abroad in recent years demonstrates that the U.K. as a whole is not an easy target for terrorism."

No one has more riding on these games than Sebastian Coe, the two-time Olympic gold medalist in the 1,500 meters who led London's winning bid and has spearheaded the seven years of preparations. This project, he said, tops anything he accomplished on the track.

"It doesn't get any bigger," Coe said. "I remember the feeling I had 40 minutes before setting out on the track in front of 100,000 people. Now I wonder how I will measure that against the 40 minutes before the opening ceremony."

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CCNY, UC Berkeley develop lasers that could rewrite quantum chips, spin those atoms right round

Computers are normally limited by the fixed nature of their chipsets: once the silicon is out of the factory, its capabilities are forever locked in. The City College of New York and University of California Berkeley have jointly developed a technique that could break chips free of these prisons and speed along quantum computing. They found that hitting gallium arsenide with a laser light pattern aligns the spins of the atoms under the rays, creating a spintronic circuit that can re-map at a moment's notice. The laser could be vital to quantum computers, which can depend heavily or exclusively on spintronics to work: a simple shine could get electrons storing a much wider range of numbers and consequently handling many more calculations at once. Research is only just now becoming public, however; even though gallium arsenide is common in modern technology, we'll need to be patient before we find quantum PCs at the local big-box retail chain. Despite this, we could still be looking at an early step in a shift from computers with many single-purpose components to the abstracted, all-powerful quantum machines we've held in our science fiction dreams.

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Tim Lincecum beats Dodgers to end long drought

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Tim Lincecum threw his 167-pound body in front of the plate to save a run. He pounded the strike zone like the Lincecum of old. More than anything, he pitched the San Francisco Giants into first place while winning again at last.

The Freak's funk is over ? for now anyway.

Lincecum won for the first time in nearly two months to end the worst drought of his career, and the Giants held the Dodgers scoreless for the third straight game in a 3-0 win Wednesday.

Back in the clubhouse once his day was done, he joked with strength and conditioning coach Carl Kochan.

"I was like, 'Winning,' and he goes, 'It's a lot better than losing,'" Lincecum said. "That's the easiest way to put it. ... To be able to sweep the Dodgers, throw three shutouts and be in the position we're in says a lot about us."

Angel Pagan added an RBI single and drew a bases-loaded walk to back Lincecum (3-8) as the Giants moved into a tie with Los Angeles for first place in the NL West by getting just their second sweep of the season. It was the first time in franchise history they shut out the Dodgers in a three-game series, a run spanning 123 seasons.

Lincecum struck out eight and walked two while outpitching Chad Billingsley (4-7). The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner ended a career-long 10-start winless stretch in which he went a career-worst 0-6.

His victory came one day shy of two months after his last win, April 28 against San Diego.

Lincecum got focused, and he just plain got mad about his poor pitching. This outstanding outing helped the Giants take a division lead for the first time since last Aug. 9.

Facing a depleted Dodgers lineup didn't hurt. Already missing All-Star Matt Kemp, the Dodgers lost Andre Ethier after one at-bat to a left oblique injury that could land him on the disabled list.

"But getting shut out three days in a row hurts a lot more than this," said Ethier, scheduled for an MRI on Thursday.

Lincecum struck out two in a 1-2-3 second, and calmly punched his pitching hand into his glove as he walked off the mound. He had gone 0-4 in his previous six starts against the Dodgers since his last victory on July 30, 2010.

The Dodgers were swept in the Bay Area for the second time in as many weeks after losing three straight at Oakland from June 19-21, scoring two total runs over the six games here.

"It's been a long nine days," catcher A.J. Ellis said.

Melky Cabrera had an RBI double and Brandon Crawford tripled among his three hits in San Francisco's first three-game sweep of the Dodgers at AT&T Park since July 30-Aug. 1, 2010.

Pitching to cheers of "Come on, Timmy!" Lincecum also made a run-saving play that drew a standing ovation in the third.

After Billingsley doubled off the wall in center for his sixth hit in 25 at-bats this season, he moved to third on a wild pitch. Lincecum threw another wild pitch that got past catcher Hector Sanchez and reached the backstop. The pitcher covered home, blocked the plate and tagged out Billingsley. His glove was knocked loose, but Lincecum held onto it and made the play with his left hand.

"It's funny how the ugly thing kind of worked out to a pretty cool thing," Lincecum said. "I didn't want him to get a run. I'm not much to go through but he was going to have to go through me to get to the plate."

Lincecum allowed only one more runner past first. Sergio Romo recorded the final four outs for his fourth save in as many tries.

Lincecum came to the plate to roars from the sellout crowd of 42,245 in the third and hit a one-out single down the left-field line. He scored on Cabrera's double.

Buster Posey then walked to load the bases and Pagan walked to force home a run, which brought pitching coach Rick Honeycutt to the mound for a visit with Billingsley.

Billingsley lost his third straight start, tagged for three runs and nine hits in six innings.

Lincecum, who settled down Friday at Oakland after falling behind 3-0 in the first inning and showed positive signs the next four, ran his scoreless innings streak to 12.

Manager Bruce Bochy visited Lincecum after a seventh-inning walk to Ellis put runners on first and second with one out, but drew cheers when Lincecum stayed in the game to retire the next two batters.

After Lincecum told Bochy "Yeah" he was fine to stay in the game, he followed that up with a stronger "Yes, sir." It worked.

"I think he has returned to the Timmy of before," said Sanchez, catching Lincecum for the second straight start.

Sanchez stayed in the game after landing hard on his left arm, hip and ribs while making a diving catch of a foul popup by Herrera for the first out in the fourth.

Ethier was removed before the bottom of the first after injuring his side muscle on a check swing.

Notes: Giants starting pitchers have allowed one earned run in their last 31 innings. ... Juan Uribe, 1-for-21 during the road trip, returned to the Los Angeles lineup and went 0-for-3. ... Dodgers 2B Mark Ellis will head on a rehab assignment Saturday to Class-A Rancho Cucamonga if his baserunning goes well Thursday. He's likely to play four or five games and get 20 at-bats. "I'm anxious," Ellis said. "I don't think I've ever gotten a hit in a rehab game. You just want to get back with the team." ... Wednesday marked the 32nd anniversary of Jerry Reuss' no-hitter for the Dodgers against the Giants at Candlestick Park. ... LHP Madison Bumgarner looks to become the Giants' first 10-game winner of 2012 when he pitches the series opener Thursday night against Cincinnati and former San Francisco skipper Dusty Baker

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Beer 101: Beer as an Art and Science with Victory Brewing Co. and ...

Last Wednesday, June 20, Kildare?s hosted local beer educator Chase Jones, and Chris DeMarco, a Victory Brewing Co. brewer, for an educational seminar and food pairing. The duo set out to show that beer is an art and a science, not a lowbrow chug. Attendees of the seminar included the WC Beer Ladies and many other resident beer enthusiasts. Tickets were $20 a person, and included three flights and three snacky courses to pair.

Before the tasting began, Chase and Chris served up an informative summary of the brewing process.

First, they talked about some brewing basics. Beer contains four main ingredients: water, malted grain, hops, and yeast. In addition, brewers may use spices, flavors, or syrups to produce a more distinctive taste. ?All of [the ingredients] contribute to flavor profile, appearance, and head retention,? said Chase. He then explained that brewing is a chemical process, so any contamination or variation of ingredients could completely change the end product.

Brewing is centered around the reaction of malt and yeast. First, brewers will germinate the grain to create simple sugars, then stop the germination and crush the malted grain to make the sugars accessible. Yeast is a fungus that consumes the simple sugars to produce energy. The malt-yeast energy reaction also produces CO2 and ethyl alcohol, ?which is why we all drink beer,? Chase jokes. Other byproducts of the sugar-yeast reaction vary ?depending on what type of yeast and malt you use, and they can affect the flavor and appearance.? Chase continued, ?Many brewers will use three to four different kinds of grains in their beer. This can help make the beer aesthetically and aromatically more appealing.?

Yeast?s role in brew variability is a little different. The two basic categories of yeast are lager yeast and ale yeast. Lager yeasts are fermented and conditioned at lower temperatures, and for a longer period of time than ale yeasts. Lager varieties generally produce a cleaner, more earthy, and slightly grainy brew.

Ale yeasts, on the other hand, are fermented at warmer temperatures. The high-temperature fermentation process yields complex, fruity, and flowery flavors that are not found in lagers.

The body and aroma created by malt and yeast can be amped by the addition of hops. Hops are flower clusters available in over 1,000 varieties. ?Orginally, people thought [the hop plant] was a weed!? Chase says. Luckily for us beer lovers, hops were discovered for their true potential, and have since been used in brewing to add flavor, bitterness, and spice. Popular hop varieties in craft brewing are Cascade, Amarillo and Tomahawk.

Hops can create different flavors depending on the type of hops, and when they are added to the boil. The two broad hop categories are high-alpha-acid hops, and high-beta-acid hops. ?Think of a really strong IPA. You get that POW! bitterness at the beginning,? Chase says. That type of bitterness is produced by high-alpha-acid hops. Chris from Victory Brewing Co. adds, ?The longer you boil [alpha-acid hops], the more bitter it?s going to get.? Anyone who has ever tried Dogfish Head 60 min IPA can attest that alpha-acids boiled for 60 minutes will produce a very bitter brew.

Beta-acid hops don?t produce bitterness, but instead, flavorful, spicy tones in beer. ?Beta-acid hops are isomerizable, which means that heat can actually destroy them,? Chris said. Because their flavors can be destroyed at high temperatures, beta-acid hops are added at the end of the boiling process ? anywhere from the last 5 to 15 minutes.

The last determining factor of a brew?s body is water. Hard and soft water can produce very different beers, even if everything else is the same. Hard water contains minerals and ions that can react with compounds in the brew to produce a variety of flavors. Chase provided the example of Germany and the Czech Republic: each country produced pilsners using the same malts, same yeasts, same temperatures, and same hops, yet the two brews tasted dramatically different. ?Turned out, the soft water of the Czech Republic changed the entire profile of the pilsner,? Chase concluded.

After the lesson, it was time to taste! To help tasters describe their experiences, Victory Brewmasters devised a handy tool called the Victory Food and Beer Pairing Guide. The guide provides descriptors and linking words so tasters could put a word to their taste.

The first flight and bite: A pilsner flight paired with a cheese plate, and chips and hot salsa. Pairing the pils with cheese, it became easy to see how a round pilsner flavor, with a crisp start, bitter middle, and honey-sweet finish compliments a savory, pungent Munster cheese. The hot salsa and pilsner paired a different way. After a bite of hot salsa, a swig of pilsner would neutralize the hot, peppery oils.

Second came a flight of India Pale Ales. IPAs act oppositely of pilsners. Where pilsners cancel flavors, IPAs are better at enhancing. A hoppy, bitter IPA paired with a plate of hot, spicy Buffalo wings revealed one instance in which it may truly be best to fight fire with fire. The taste explosion that results is definitely worth experiencing.

Last was a dessert flight and bite: a dark chocolate and raspberry plate paired with three Belgian-style ales, and the famous Victory Storm King Stout. The sweet and savory tones of the Belgians harmonized with the raspberry, while contrasting with the chocolate. The chocolate was better paired with the smoky, bitter, and mineral flavors of the stout.

While a Miller Lite may pair with anything (or nothing, depending on who you ask), it was interesting to see the true pairing potential of popular brews. Beer may never be as coveted for food pairing as wine, but beer culture is growing. The increasing popularity of microbreweries and home brewing has fostered flavor experimentation, new techniques, and greater enthusiasm toward beer as viable food pair.

Find Kildare?s of West Chester at?18 West Gay Street or online at?kildaresirishpub.com. More information on Victory Brewing Co. is available at?victorybeer.com.

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Boehner: House will go ahead with contempt vote

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) says the House will move forward with a contempt of Congress vote against Attorney General Eric Holder over the botched gun-tracking operation known as Fast and Furious.

The Ohio Republican told reporters Wednesday that last-minute talks with the White House about releasing documents had failed to avert the vote. President Barack Obama has asserted executive privilege to keep the documents secret, but Republicans say there's no basis for that.

The issue has political implications this election year. The National Rifle Association is keeping score, prompting some Democrats to join Republicans in voting for contempt. Such a citation would not cause the release of more documents on the operation, in which guns were allowed to "walk" from Arizona to Mexico in hopes they could be tracked.

Associated Press

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Toll from Colo. wildfire grows to 248 homes

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.?? Flames forced thousands of Colorado residents from their homes over the weekend and disrupted vacation plans for countless visitors as smoke shrouded some of the state's top tourist destinations, including majestic Pike's Peak and tranquil Estes Park.

Colorado is having its worst wildfire season in a decade, with more than a half dozen forest fires burning across the state's parched terrain. Some hotels and campgrounds are emptying ahead of the busy Fourth of July holiday.

One of the newest fires, a blaze near Colorado Springs, grew to more than 6 square miles Sunday after erupting just a day earlier and prompting evacuation orders for 11,000 residents and an unknown number of tourists.

The fire sent plumes of gray and white smoke over the area that obscured at times Pikes Peak, the most-summited high-elevation mountain in the nation and inspiration for the song "America The Beautiful."

Winds had started to push smoke away from Colorado Springs and evacuations orders were lifted for the 5,000 residents of nearby Manitou Springs, but area residents and tourists still watched nervously as haze wrapped around the peak.

"We're used to flooding and tornadoes, nothing like this," said Amanda Rice, who recently moved to the area from Rock Falls, Ill. Rice, her husband, four children and dog left a Manitou Springs hotel late Saturday.

Rice, scared when she saw flames, took her family to the evacuation center before she was told to go.

"It was just this God-awful orange glow. It was surreal. It honestly looked like hell was opening up," Rice said Sunday.

Even while other large fires burn across the West, Colorado's blazes have demanded half the nation's firefighting fleet, according to Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper. He said C-130 military transport planes from Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs would begin assisting Monday.

"People recognize this is going to take a big push" to extinguish, Hickenlooper said Sunday from a Colorado Springs grocery store, where volunteers were passing out burritos, sandwiches and drinks to 350 firefighters working near Pikes Peak.

A statewide ban on open campfires and private fireworks has been in place for more than a week.

While no homes were reported damaged in the Colorado Springs-area fire, a forest fire near Rocky Mountain National Park destroyed structures near the mountain community of Estes Park. The Larimer County Sheriff's Office said Sunday that 22 homes and two outbuildings had been burned.

The Estes Park fire destroyed vacation cabins and closed the most commonly used entrance to the park. Clouds of smoke blew toward the 102-year-old Stanley Hotel that inspired Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Also over the weekend, residents of a subdivision near the northern Colorado city of Fort Collins learned that 57 more homes in their neighborhood had been lost to the High Park Fire, which already had claimed 191 homes, authorities said.

Video: Wildfires rage across West

The High Park Fire is the second-largest wildfire and among the most expensive in Colorado's history. It has scorched more than 130 square miles and was just 45 percent contained on Sunday, The Denver Post reported.

With Colorado midway through its worst wildfire season in a decade, travelers have seen some of their favorite sites closed to the public, obscured by smoke and haze. Some travelers were awoken with evacuation orders.

Families planning whitewater rafting trips or visits to the stunning red-rock formations in Garden of the Gods park in Colorado Springs were instead spending their vacations passing out bottled water and setting up cots in evacuee centers.

They included Mark Stein, of Morristown, N.J., whose family arrived after midnight Sunday at their Manitou Springs hotel for a week of whitewater rafting and sightseeing.

"We were sleeping for 15 minutes when they started knocking on the door ? a day from hell," Stein said of the day of travel. With his wife and two sons, Stein spent the first night of his vacation setting up cots for more than 200 evacuees who slept at the school.

"I think it's the best vacation ever. This is what the real world is about. There's a lot of people that need help," Stein said.

Also Sunday, a brushfire that began near Elbert, about 50 miles southwest of Denver, quickly spread to about 60 acres, forcing the evacuation of about 100 residents.

Elsewhere, firefighters contended with windy and heat as they battled wildfires in Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and California.

? In Utah, a 15-square-mile blaze around Fountain Green in Sanpete County was threatening more than 359 permanent structures and 213 mobile homes and travel trailers in four rural subdivisions, forcing about 1,000 people to flee. BLM says the human-caused fire erupted Saturday afternoon. Officials report progress on a 9-square-mile wildfire around Saratoga Springs, about 40 miles south of Salt Lake City.

? In California, a wildfire about 60 miles north of Los Angeles triggered evacuations of campgrounds around an off-road recreation area on Saturday. Officials said the fire has blackened at least 1,000 acres in the Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation Area, along the Interstate 5 corridor in Gorman.

? In New Mexico, a lightning-caused wildfire that destroyed 242 homes and businesses is 90 percent contained. The 69-square-mile fire near Ruidoso began June 4. Meanwhile, the largest wildfire in state history was 87 percent contained, having burned more than 464 square miles after two blazes merged on May 16.

? In Montana, two wildfires were burning in the southwest part of the state, including the fast-moving Antelope Fire, which started Saturday afternoon about 10 miles north of Whitehall and had grown to 462 acres on Sunday. About 100 firefighters were battling that blaze.

? In Arizona, the U.S. Forest Service said late Sunday that containment against the Poco Fire, just outside of Young, is up to 65 percent and remains under 12,000 acres. Officials say many of the firefighting resources are being released to their home units or to other fire assignments.?

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Health warning to women over their growing ... - Health and Fitness

The findings raise nationwide health concerns as the average waist size of
women from every region of England and Scotland was in the danger zone.

Women?s waistlines were largest in the North and the Midlands, with an average
of 87cm (34in), and the smallest were in London where women had an average
measurement of almost 82cm (32in).

Dr Davina Deniszczyc, professional head of physicians and diagnostics at
Nuffield Health, said: ?Whilst waist size may seem like a cosmetic issue,
this is not about women fitting into their skinny jeans, rather it is an
important indicator of overall health and wellbeing, particularly when taken
into account with other health measurements.

?Experts are increasingly finding central (or abdominal) obesity, measured
through waist size, to be a better indicator of obesity than BMI.

?The results for women highlight a worrying problem as fat being stored around
the waist can contribute to significant health issues, such as breast cancer
and infertility.?

Of the women who were measured in the study, half were aged between 26 and 46.

The research, carried out through the charity?s Health MOT programme, also
showed that many Britons suffer from a lack of sleep, with people getting an
average of seven hours a night.

Studies have recommended that adults should have seven to nine hours sleep per
night.

Fourteen per cent of the study participants said they smoked.

The Health MOT measures BMI, resting heart rate, cholesterol, aerobic fitness,
blood pressure and sugar levels.

Dr Deniszczyc said: ?Our Health MOT results provide a fascinating snapshot of
some of the health issues facing us as a nation.?

Chris Jones, head of physiology at Nuffield Health, said women concerned about
their waistline should check their waist size every few weeks to ensure it
is getting smaller.

He added: ?Some foods and drinks cause blood sugar levels to change too often
and can increase our fat store around the stomach, so try to avoid these.

?Make sure you exercise for at least two and a half hours per week and try to
walk as much as possible.

?If you are concerned about your waist size, visit your GP.?

Article source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/women_shealth/9350116/Health-warning-to-women-over-their-growing-waistlines.html

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Vicious wildfires spread to Colo. tourist centers

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) ? Wildfires moved in on some of Colorado's most popular summer tourist destinations over the weekend, destroying nearly two dozen homes near Rocky Mountain National Park and emptying hotels and campgrounds at the base of Pikes Peak.

A wildfire near Colorado Springs erupted Saturday and grew out of control to more than 3 square miles early Sunday, prompting the evacuation of more than 11,000 residents and an unknown number of tourists. Authorities said Sunday that they were allowing about 5,000 of those residents to return.

On Saturday, a blaze destroyed structures near the mountain community of Estes Park, where many visitors stay while visiting the park. The Larimer County Sheriff's Office said Sunday that 22 homes and 2 outbuildings had been burned.

The two fires are among eight burning in Colorado a week before the Fourth of July, a key time for family vacations to national parks and other destinations. A statewide ban on open campfires and private fireworks has been in place for more than a week.

"We're used to flooding and tornadoes, nothing like this," said Amanda Rice, who recently moved to the area from Rock Falls, Ill. Rice, her husband, four children and dog left a Manitou Springs hotel late Saturday.

Rice, scared when she saw flames, took her family to the evacuation center before she was told to go.

"It was just this God-awful orange glow. It was surreal. It honestly looked like hell was opening up," Rice said Sunday.

With Colorado midway through its worst wildfire season in a decade, travelers have seen some of their favorite sites closed to the public, obscured by smoke and haze. Some travelers were awoken with evacuation orders.

Plumes of gray and white smoke poured from the mountains Sunday, obscuring at times Pikes Peak, the most-summited high-elevation mountain in the nation and inspiration for the song "America The Beautiful." Winds were pushing smoke away from Colorado Springs, but residents and tourists watched nervously as haze wrapped around the peak.

Families planning whitewater rafting trips or visits to the stunning red-rock formations in Garden of the Gods park in Colorado Springs were instead spending their vacations passing out bottled water and setting up cots in evacuee centers.

They included Mark Stein of Morristown, N.J., whose family arrived after midnight Sunday at their Manitou Springs hotel for a week of whitewater rafting and sightseeing.

"We were sleeping for 15 minutes when they started knocking on the door ? a day from hell," Stein said of the day of travel. With his wife and two sons, Stein spent the first night of his vacation setting up cots for more than 200 evacuees who slept at the school.

"I think it's the best vacation ever. This is what the real world is about. There's a lot of people that need help," Stein said.

Also Sunday, a brushfire that began near Elbert, about 50 miles southwest of Denver, quickly spread to about 60 acres, forcing the evacuation of about 100 residents.

Half the nation's firefighting fleet is now battling fires in Colorado, said Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper. He said C-130 military transport planes from Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs would begin assisting on Monday.

With eight wildfires burning ? including a two week-old fire that has scorched more than 118 square miles and destroyed 248 homes near Fort Collins ? Colorado is having its worst wildfire season in a decade.

Authorities had previously said that 191 homes were burned in that fire, but The Denver Post (http://bit.ly/NqoAkp) reported Sunday that fire officials told residents of the Glacier View subdivision that at least 57 more homes in their neighborhood have been lost.

"People recognize this is going to take a big push" to extinguish, Hickenlooper said Sunday from a Colorado Springs grocery store, where volunteers were passing out burritos, sandwiches and drinks to 350 firefighters working near Pikes Peak.

The wildfire near Rocky Mountain National Park destroyed vacation cabins and closed the most commonly used entrance to the park. Clouds of smoke blew toward the 102-year-old Stanley Hotel that inspired Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Carolyn Baty and her husband, Darrell, vacationing from Fort Worth, Texas, were evacuated from their cabin Saturday afternoon.

"I smelled smoke coming from both directions, and then I heard the knock on the door," Darrell Baty told The Denver Post.

Some evacuees were allowed home Sunday from the fire burning near Fort Collins. That blaze has become among the largest and most expensive in Colorado history.

Elsewhere in the West, firefighters made progress against wildfires in Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and California.

? In Utah, a 15-square-mile blaze around Fountain Green in Sanpete County was threatening more than 359 permanent structures and 213 mobile homes and travel trailers in four rural subdivisions, forcing about 1,000 people to flee. BLM says the human-caused fire erupted Saturday afternoon. Officials report progress on a 9-square-mile wildfire around Saratoga Springs, about 40 miles south of Salt Lake City.

? In California, a wildfire about 60 miles north of Los Angeles triggered evacuations of campgrounds around an off-road recreation area on Saturday. Officials said the fire has blackened at least 1,000 acres in the Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation Area, along the Interstate 5 corridor in Gorman.

? In New Mexico, a lightning-caused wildfire that destroyed 242 homes and businesses is 90 percent contained. The 69-square-mile fire near Ruidoso began June 4. Meanwhile, the largest wildfire in state history was 87 percent contained, having burned more than 464 square miles after two blazes merged on May 16.

? In Montana, two wildfires were burning in the southwest part of the state, including the fast-moving Antelope Fire, which started Saturday afternoon about 10 miles north of Whitehall and had grown to 462 acres on Sunday. About 100 firefighters were battling that blaze.

? In Arizona, the U.S. Forest Service said Sunday that containment against the Poco Fire, just outside of Young, is up to 50 percent and remains under 12,000 acres. Officials say many of the firefighting resources are being released to their home units or to other fire assignments.

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Stuck with Islands of Efficiency? Comprehensive Energy Management Yields Greater Gains

?Imagine transporting a manufacturing executive from 1998 straight into an operations meeting (at the very same company) today. This wildly confused exec would look at today?s raw material costs and quickly pronounce them insanely inaccurate. Just over a decade ago, our world was dubbed as ?drowning in oil,? (a phrase coined in a March 1999 issue of the Economist). Experts predicted we had more than enough affordable energy and other (now-limited) raw materials to comfortably carry on rapid, global industrialization. But though our fuel was plentiful, data on how we used it was not. Needless to say, such a statement is not so easily made today. Volatile energy prices and uncertainty over the source that will power us into the future, compounded with rising environmental and climate-change concerns, have made energy efficiency and management a make-or-break strategy. And though our world has shifted, we now have one tremendously significant advantage -- a plethora of inexpensive, easily captured data. Integrated Solutions are Needed Comprehensive energy management integrates all parts of a business, from the data center to the manufacturing floor. It is no longer acceptable or smart to allow each domain of the operation to consume energy independently of the others. In fact, it is vital we know where our energy dollars are going, where more are needed and where consumption and waste can be reduced.
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We?re seeing more and more of our customers in multiple industries combat rising energy costs by intelligently using available data to adopt energy efficiency and automation technologies, and apply them throughout the organization -- especially those that can optimize existing facilities or processes. Intelligent Metering Provides Granular View Advances in data collection, remote monitoring and automation have enabled the water and wastewater-management sector to precisely predict storms like never before; and alert, prepare and ready their operations for storms from one point of access -- saving energy and taxpayer dollars. In manufacturing, intelligent metering is being used to get a granular view into where and why high energy usages occur -- and eliminate them when unnecessary (such as on weekends when production drops). And in energy-intensive industries such as mining, companies are now adapting to governmental and societal pressures to reduce their carbon footprints by turning to three major tools: power metering solutions (to measure the entire spectrum of energy utilization, including air, gas, electric and steam); monitoring software; and enterprise energy management systems, which control the cost, quality and reliability of energy.

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Debby forms in the Gulf of Mexico

Raleigh?? We aren't even one month into the hurricane season season, but we already have the fourth named storm.? Debby is the earliest forming fourth storm since records began in the Atlantic basin. As of 8pm ET Saturday, Tropical Storm Debby had winds of 50 mph, and was nearly stationary, situated 220 miles...

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Regina's Family Seasons: ENTREPRENEURIAL SERIES - Day 9

~Day 9 of the ENTREPRENEURIAL SERIES!!??PLEASE make sure you READ, COMMENT, TAKE NOTES, and SHOW SOME LOVE to the fabulous folks doing awesome things!?~?

Tamika Newhouse,?Atlanta,?GA. - "Published Author"

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Tell the readers a little bit about yourself.

I am a 26 year old woman who had a dream of being a novelist at the age of twelve. By the time I was 21 I had my own company a major book deal and was a mother of two. My dreams became my main goals to pursue.

Explain what type of business you operate?

I am a book publisher. I publish books for us and by us. That simple!

How long have you been in business?

At the age of 21 I launched my own publishing company, Delphine Publications by publishing my own book The Ultimate NO NO. I went on from that book and landed a major book deal without an agent all the while publishing other authors and continuing to write independently. It has been a total of five years now.

How did you get the name for your business?

What motivated you to start this type of business?

I always tell people I am writer, writing didn?t choose me it chose me. So when starting this company I just simply wanted to write. I had no clue it would grow into something more that could actually take care of me and my family.

What are your top 5 must have business tools/aids?

Determination, creativity, motivation, basic math skills, and obsession. (Regina: FABULOUS, these business aids are obviously important but are not material items!)

Where do you see your business in 5 years?

I see my company growing in numbers by at least double the amount. I see a wide range of writers that I have helped along the way make their publishing dreams come true and I see myself speaking about my journey as a young businesswoman.

What inspire me are the ones I see around me that are unhappy but lazy. I never want to live a life just because. I want to live the life I have always wanted and live out my dreams.

Who is your business icon or who?s business ethic do you admire?

I admire Demetria Lucas and Zane. I love the image that Demetria puts out to the worlds and I love the empire that Zane has built. They both motivate me.

If you were standing in front of a room full of hopeful, promising, entrepreneurs what would you say to them?

If you are not obsessed about your dream then walk away from it now. It takes an obsessed person to go through the hell you are about to walk through in order to live out your destiny.

Author BIO:

Tamika Newhouse is a self-published bestselling author who founded Delphine Publications, at the age of 21; Tamika appeared on various bestseller lists and won Self Published Author of the Year at the 2009 African American Literary Awards only 9 months after her debut novel. In 2010 she was inducted into Who's who in Black San Antonio and she landed a major publishing deal without an agent and still continues to write independent projects. In 2011 her company Delphine Publications won an African American Literary Award for Best Anthology as well as Tamika won for the second time Self Published Author of the Year. She was also nominated by the National Women in Business Association for the 2011 Entrepreneurial Spirit Award.

Along with Delphine Publications, Tamika is the founder and President of African Americans on the Move Book Club (AAMBC) - an online book club and radio show catering to avid readers across the nation. She is also CEO of Obsessive Soul Media. With future projects in the works from short films, stage plays and much more, Tamika is a young woman on a mission. She founded the Baltimore Urban Book Festival in 2011 and runs and operates the event today.

Tamika presently tours the country speaking about overcoming her teen pregnancy to fulfill her dream, as well as teaching aspiring writers the publishing ropes. A former radio host, she hosted her own Internet radio show (AAMBC) for over three years and continues to expand her brand. She is currently living in San Antonio with her son and daughter and is currently working on her fifth novel He's My Favorite Mistake.

For Bookings: Nikki@NikkiWalkerPR.net

A Woman who knows what she wants and knows how to get it!!
Thanks Tamika!

Smooches,
Regina

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