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SEPTEMBER HOROSCOPE ARIES: In spite of present circumstances, toward the end of the year you will come out with flying colors. You will get the good support of authorities during this period. TAURUS: There will soon be action and new adventures in your life. Your confidence level will be boosted up and you will be able to live up to your ideals. GEMINI: Realize that what you want to do may be far different from current plans. Your plans might be ahead of their time. Try to seed a current plan with your ideas. CANCER: You are working hard and reaching your limits. Some hindrances are likely when it comes to relationships with authorities. You will handle them with ease and deft. LEO: Your presence is inspiring to others. Keep this in mind as you cooperate with co-workers. It's not always easy to have that positive attitude they look forward to. VIRGO: Do the groundwork properly and leave the rest to the future. Realize that you'll have to know all the technicalities before you venture into that new territory.
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LIBRA: Your long term plans and ideas are taking shape, but your values could be put to test as the year closes. Stay in touch with those around you, the near and dear ones. SCORPIO: In general, peace and tranquility will prevail in your life for rest of 2014. As your status improves, more of the comforts you yearn for will be available to you. SAGITTARIUS: Now, you can look forward to the recognition you think has been eluding you. Pay attention to the finer points and teamwork will do well for you. CAPRICORN: When you feel a little sluggish in the a.m., in spite of coffee, avoid being a victim to it. You know that when you get started and interested, the fatigue will pass. AQUARIUS: You are in a position to understand your partner in a much better way. And yes, the magic of love will hold its sway over your emotional personality. PISCES: The rest of the year blesses you with energy, vitality, and vigor. You'll manage your emotions, mental state and relationships with ease. Avoid junk food. 773.213.4597
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News & Stuff Catherine 'Cat' Conti The First Female Big 12 Official
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Some officials in the Big 12 are making a big deal out of her selection, but as for "Cat" Conti it will be just "another step in the progression, another rung on the ladder".
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Her ultimate goal is to become a National Football League official. Her first Big 12 game will be a kick-off between Kansas vs. Southeast Missouri State on September 6. Conti started officiating in 2000, working high school games in California, and has worked her way up to games in the Mountain West and Football Championship Series level in the Southland Conference. She will be full time this year. "I'll try to watch my language during the game. I believe in the old-fashioned way, so I'll try not to use as many bad words. It's great that a woman is put in a position where she can be on equal footing with the men. So more power to her," was the reaction of Kansas City coach Charlie Weis.
Correcting Credit Reports Gets a Little Easier
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been urging the major credit reporting companies, Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, to make correcting errors on credit reports easier. As a result, the three companies have changed their complaint systems to let people dispute mistakes on their credit reports in greater detail. Previously, gripes and supporting paperwork you sent to the Big Three were assigned a code that reduced your argument to one of a handful of assertions, such as "Not his/hers." Under the new system, when you provide documents, the agencies have to state your full case to the creditor. The creditor then has to fix any errors with all three agencies. It's no small job. The credit companies receive millions of complaints about errors according to Money magazine. Consumers will have a better chance of getting their credit reports fixed with this new system
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Another Day At The Office
Sally was driving home from one of her business trips in Northern Arizona when she saw an elderly Navajo woman walking on the side of the road. As the trip was a long and quiet one, she stopped the car and asked the Navajo woman if she would like a ride. With a silent nod of thanks, the woman got into the car.
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes. St. Clement of Alexandra, well-known theologian of the second century. Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. Oprah Winfrey, actress, producer, and philanthropist
Resuming the journey, Sally tried in vain to make a bit of small talk with the Navajo woman. The old woman just sat silently, looking intently at everything she saw, studying every little detail, until she noticed a brown bag on the seat next to Sally. “What in bag?” asked the old woman. Sally looked down at the brown bag and said, 'It's a bottle of wine. I got it for my husband.' The Navajo woman was silent for another moment or two. Then speaking with the quiet wisdom of an elder, she said, “Good trade.”
Grandma’s Remedies Grandma was asked, what do you suggest for curing ailments? Grandma said, “For better digestion I drink beer, in the case of appetite loss I drink white wine, in the case of low blood pressure I drink red wine, in the case of high blood pressure I drink scotch, and when I have a cold I drink schnapps.” “When do you drink water?” “I’ve never been that sick!” FACEBOOK.COM/WHATSUPXTRAMAGAZINE
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“How the World Sees You: Discover Your Highest Value Through the Science of Fascination,” by Author Sally Hogshead You know how you see the world? Now it’s time to discover how the world sees you! Readers who have found this Five-Star book on Amazon are giving rave reviews, some saying it's one of the most riveting and different books they've ever seen. "How the World Sees You: Discover Your Highest Value Through the Science of Fascination," is written by Sally Hogshead. Over the course of her advertising career, she won hundreds of awards for creativity, copywriting, branding, and was one of the best advertising copywriters from the start of her career at about age 20. She often appears in national media, including NBC's "Today Show", and in the "New York Times". She was recently inducted into the Speaker Hall of Fame, the industry's highest award for professional excellence. Her advertising work hangs in the Smithsonian Museum of American History. On the back cover of this book, Hogshead tells some of the points she emphasizes in her work with Fortune 500 companies: * The world is not changed by people who sort of care. * Don't try to learn how to be fascinating, unlearn how to be boring. * Instead of focusing on strengths, focus on differences. * Every time you communicate, you are either adding value or taking up space. * To become successful, become more of who you are. * If you don't know your own value, don't expect anyone else to. * The greatest value you can add is to become more of yourself. She asks the famous question: "You already know how you see the world, but do you how the world sees you?" Visit howtofacisnate.com for free team resources. "How the World Sees You: Discover Your Highest Value Through the Science of Fascination," by Sally Hogshead, Harper Business, $29.99 in book stores, comes in seven formats and editions.
Dying Mans Confession A husband lies dying as his wife is by his bedside. He speaks to her in a weakened voice, "There is something I must confess". "Shhhh", she replied, "there is nothing to confess dear". She holds his hand and caresses his head. "Everything is all right", she whispers. "No!" the husband cried out, “I must die in peace. I had sex with your sister, your best friend, her best friend and your best friend's mother! I am so sorry." "I know my love", she whispered, "That's why I poisoned you. Now close your eyes". FACEBOOK.COM/WHATSUPXTRAMAGAZINE
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What’s On Tap We’ve moved into the last month of summer. We’re all striving to squeeze in a few more warm weather activities; like barbeques, street festivals and boating on the lake. We’re squeezing into our bathing suits one last time, because let’s be real; those who say “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels” have never eaten nachos, or pizza, or anything by Ashlee Schultz from a food truck while you’re drunk. I know the end of summer is one of those things that’s felt, not talked about, like love or the night you drunkenly ate from said food truck. But don’t shoot the messenger. At least we have Halloween and Pumking to look forward to. (Southern Tier, can I get a free t-shirt?) Some friends and I were invited to a park barbeque on the grassy knoll between Belmont Harbor and the lake for the Air and Water Show. Classy as always, I poured vodka into my can of Arnold Palmer and sipped away beneath the shade of a leafy tree. I had stopped at a yard sale earlier in the day and picked up two books for less than a dollar: Charles Bukowski’s “Women” and Lenore Zion’s “My Dead Pets Are Interesting.” Obviously, the latter was the more obvious choice to read first, although I didn’t think through the context of bringing such a book to a social gathering. A clean-cut, 30-something year old man approached me, smiling. “What are you reading, cutie?” “My Dead Pets Are Interesting,” I responded, matter-of-factly. My potential new friend’s smile slowly dissipated as my response set in, and he nodded as he backed away. I decided to make a game of it. My next victim was an elderly woman who was either feeling sorry that I was sitting alone, or uncomfortable by it. “Hi, honey,” she offered. “What book have you there?” “My Dead Pets Are Interesting,” I offered again, a deranged smile creeping across my face. “Well, that’s…very nice,” she said. “Why don’t you come join the party over here? Be social?” “That’s okay,” I responded, marking the page in my book with a finger. “I don’t like people.” “Mm-hmm,” she replied, looking me over curiously. “Well, most people probably don’t like you either. You be well with your dead pets, then.” Outwitted by an elderly socialite, she rejoined her group of minions. I thought I caught a glimpse of her pointing in my direction a time or two during my stay beneath the tree, but I can’t be sure. Still, being creepy keeps life interesting. Follow me on Twitter: @ashleeschultz
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The Lighter Side Bad Golfer Jim was 26 over par by the eighth hole, had landed a fleet of golf balls in the water, and dug a trench trying to get out of the rough. When his caddy coughed during a 12-inch putt, Jim exploded. "You've got to be the worst caddy in the world!" he screamed. "I doubt it," replied the caddy. "That would be too much of a coincidence."
Just Interested In One Thing A daddy teased his little daughter by suggesting she liked a certain boy in her kindergarten class. The little girl was quite indignant. "No, daddy, I don't like him!" she stated. "He's only interested in one thing." Shocked, the daddy cautiously asked what that one thing might be. "Power Rangers, of course," said the kindergartner.
The Hearing Aid A man was telling a friend, "I just bought a new hearing aid. It cost me four thousand dollars, but it's perfect." "Really, what kind is it?" the friend asked. "Twelve thirty."
Are You Smarter Than CHESTER “The Sock Monkey”? White All Over 1. Which child received a whole box of Turkish Delights from the White Witch in "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"? a-Lucy, b-Peter, c-Edmund, d-Susan. 2. What TV series featured a chemistry teacher named Walter White? a-Mr. Peepers,? b-Breaking Bad, c-Our Miss Brooks,? dMalcolm in the Middle. 3. What city is the setting for Erik Larsons historical book The Devil in the White City? a-Detroit, b-Vatican City, c-Chicago, d-Baltimore. 4. What city is located at the confluence of the White Nile and the Blue Nile? a-Alexandria, b-Cairo, c-Thebes, d-Khartoum. 5. The Chicago White Sox lost the 1919 World Series in what became known as the Black Sox Scandal. Which team won that Series? a-Brooklyn Dodgers, b-Cleveland Indians, c-Cincinnati Reds, d-New York Yankees. 6. What track on the Beatles White Album, ran over 8 minutes long, is the longest song recorded by the group? a-Revolution 9 b-While My Guitar Gently Weeps, c-Helter Skelter, d-Dear Prudence.? 7. Which NBA team retired the #10 jersey of point guard Jo Jo White? a-Chicago Bulls, b-Milwaukee Bucks, c-Philadelphia 76ers, d-Boston Celtics. 8. White Blood Cells and Elephant were successful albums from what rock duo? a-The Black Keys, b-Hall and Oates, cCapital Cities, d-The White Stripes. 9. What musical instrument is Jaleel White shown playing during the opening credits of the TV sitcom Family Matters? a-Electric organ, b-Harmonica, c-Accordion, d-Banjo.
Bad Tooth A man and his wife entered the dentist's office. "I want a tooth pulled," the woman said. "We are in a big hurry, so let us not fool around with gas or Novocain or any of that stuff."
10. What comic strip crimefighter was assisted by the sidekick Ebony White? a-The Spirit, b-The Phantom, c-The Rocketeer, d-Green Lantern.
"You are a brave woman," remarked the dentist. "Which tooth is it?" "Show him your bad tooth, honey," she said to her husband.
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A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption. One goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal." The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him "Juan." Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother.
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The Long Hall By Rob Christiansen
I saunter down the hall, cool, casual and nervous. I gaze about as though eminent masters’ works adorn the bare duck egg blue walls. After passing the men’s room door I wander into a desert that ends in her eyes, if she’s actually not a mirage.
The up-close, "cable access television studio" scene through the panoramic glass doors depicting her sitting behind the biggest desk in the building both confronts and confounds me, but there’s no turning back. I’m in no-man’s land. From her vantage point she sees every male who approaches— and enters—the men’s room. Thankfully, it's not an activity she catalogues, like the heat in winter, a/c in summer and the security staff all year. It’s just that the floor plan lends itself to the possibility she could also monitor the men’s room.
My self-awareness pushed me away from her and I swore I would never go to the bathroom, just so she couldn't see me walk there. She knew my vitals and probably guessed as to what I found vital despite the fact we’ve never spoken. A few short months after Valentine’s Day I went to go see her. It was my defiant reaction to just having watched a mandatory, company-wide, "sexual harassment in the workplace" video and taking a quiz. What I do definitely is not sexual harassment. And I passed the quiz. “I never have to use the men’s room,” I said. “I only walk down the hall to see you.” The bathroom humor vulture stood like a statue high in the potted corn plant, or adjacent to the oasis, which may have been her water cooler. You can't see it from the hall. “Who’s your favorite Cub?” I asked.
A paranoid guy might think so. Not that I dwell on using the men’s room several times a day on what I fear is a predictable schedule she has come to memorize despite herself.
She said, “I like Brian Schlitter.”
Sometimes she wears black-framed reading glasses and appears smarter than I already think she is. She reads me like a book, for which she doesn’t have to wear glasses. She isn’t wearing them now.
“I ‘go’ first-thing in the morning," I continued, "pitching southward off the elevator instead of to the usual north and covertly enter the men’s room through its opposing, south, door. Then I exit through that door, requiring that I wind all the way back around and pass the entire bank of six elevators, three aside, in approaching my employer’s office. When you see me the assumption is I’ve just gotten off an elevator.”
I wave debonairly at her and she pantomimes her approval for me to enter her office while buzzing me in. It’s a mirage that she appears as a receptionist. She manages the building and perhaps doubles as receptionist since no one else appears in my line of sight. She’s a palm tree on my otherwise deserted island but instead of coconuts she wears earrings. She seems approachable. It must be the receptionist in her, unless I’m seeing things. “Happy Valentine’s Day,” I said, and she simply agreed it was Valentine's Day. However, I already had noticed a complete lack of flowers on her desk. The danger for bathroom humor loomed like a vulture perched in a tall, gallant corn plant rising from a pot above the carpet. It preyed in my head and dared me to trip up despite myself. “I’m glad we both agree it’s Valentine’s Day,” I said and departed gracelessly. Yet, smartly I had denied the vulture a bathroom joke. It surely would have picked me apart. Life went on. I kept using the men’s room. Samantha got to know me like a day nurse knows her rounds. Times, charts, graphs, smiley faces doodled up the corners when nothing was going on.
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“I’ve been on a bathroom schedule based on your breaks, Samantha, and I don’t drink water or coffee anymore," I said.
“You’re a pisser,” she said, laughing. I’m returning from the men’s room. It’s my secret although word always leaks. As I swipe my keycard outside the office glass doors I cast a glance down the hall. There she sits like a golf course manager, except she’s not marking my tee times and she marks down my pee times instead. I nod elegantly with understated swag toward her. She nods back, her glasses on. She’s wearing a headset and appears to be talking to a third party over a phone but I know she’s focusing on me. She holds a pen. She will write down “3:30-3:32” when I disappear from her line of sight. Sometimes I think she’s a mirage with green eyes, red hair and occasionally a headset and glasses. I wonder what would happen if I ever went in to see her. I wonder what our conversation would be like.
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North or South? Two Perfect Adult Getaways With summer nearing end and the anticipation of the holiday season just around the corner, an inexpensive getaway that won’t break the bank might be a perfect end to a perfect summer. You don’t have to travel too far North or South to feel a world away from the everyday madness of your city or suburban lifestyle. Something as simple as a few days of sleeping in with nature as our alarm clock, a workout that involves a trek up the side of a waterfall with an uncertain incline, a beverage and nap poolside, a book fireside or dance party poolside before bed can give us just the clarity and rejuvenation we need to recharge our batteries for the busy months ahead. Just minutes from Starved Rock State Park in Utica IL, Kishauwau Country Cabins offer rental luxury cabins with fully equipped kitchens, whirlpool tubs, covered porches, personal outdoor fire-pits and indoor woodstoves or gas fireplaces. Local shopping and dining are available just minutes away and close by you'll find four state parks; Starved Rock State Park, Matthiessen State Park, Buffalo Rock State Park, and Illini State Park all offering a multitude of recreational opportunities. Bicycling, hiking, horseback riding, golfing and cross-country skiing are just a few of the many fun-filled activities available or simply enjoy the 1/2 mile hiking trail leading to the Vermilion River right on the property. The owners are accommodating and attentive to your many needs. Plan your visit to Kishauwau Country Cabins if you seek the solitude that can only be found in nature. A 1½ hour drive southwest of Chicago (convenient to Interstates 80 and 39); Kishauwau Country Cabins is ideal for a weekend getaway or a longer vacation. For more information go to www.kishauwau.com or call 1-815-442-8453.
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