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Blaze Fast-Fired Pizza is celebrating Pi Day today inviting customers to build their own homemade pizzas for just $ 3.14 each.

Last year, on 14 March Blaze restaurants served more than 75,000 pizzas for $ 3.14 each. This year is expected to serve double.

Blaze Pizza is a fast casual restaurant that offers people the opportunity to design exactly what kind of pizza they want. There are over 40 ingredients to choose from, and the pizzas are ready after spending only about 3 minutes in the oven open flame.

"It's the uniqueness, which lets you be who you want to be on a pizza," Agustin Garcia, district manager of Blaze Pizza, said. "You choose what you want. You choose how you will eat and create it. And that's the thing. There is no wrong way."

Today, every customer can get a whole pizza for the special price of $ 3.14.
Albert Einstein was not on birthdays. The legendary theoretical physicist, born in Germany on March 14, 1879, resisted being the center of attention, saying LIFE believed that "Birthdays are for kids." But on his 74th birthday, in 1953, it was an exception.

 When Yeshiva University in New York requested the construction of a medical school in his name, he agreed-though feel the same about such honors as he did with birthdays, and attended a luncheon fundraiser his honor.

 "For the occasion," LIFE reported, "Einstein shed his characteristic sweater and baggy pants, put on a gray suit. But he found it less easy to throw a life of self-consciousness." He did not notice the cake three-tiered birthday cake presented Bakers Union Local 51. a piece of roast beef was noted and objected, "This is for the lions."

 When all was said and done, the lunch had raised $ 3.5 million for what is now the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. "I'm glad it's over," it was all that the honoree had to say about it. He died two years later, on April 18th., 1955

 Here, in recognition of what would have been 137th birthday Einstein, it is a collection of greatest thinker extraordinary life images of photographers.
The clip caused "concern for viewers who do not see or understand the whole context of the meeting," Chad Sandhas, a spokesman for National Geographic Channels, said in a statement.

 "It is important to clarify that Caesar took precautions, such as placing a long lead Simon to evaluate their behavior, before making corrections and initial extraction of the belt," Sandasdijo in a statement. "The pig intercepted by Simon was handled then cured quickly and showed no lasting signs of distress."

 According to Sandas, Millan "is and will continue to cooperate fully with authorities in any investigation. He is confident that the investigation will show that was doing anything wrong."

 This is not the first time that Mr. Millan has been criticized for its behavioral training techniques.

 Critics argue that their approach is based on domination and object to some of their techniques, such as their willingness to use choke chains and other physical corrections.

 Follow on Twitter @MaryBowerman.
You've probably heard that the new film 10 Cloverfield Lane began as a related thriller called La Bodega (or Valencia). And then the producer JJ Abrams decided to change its name 10 Cloverfield lane, and is a "movie Sister" from his 2008 hit bed. This was probably a mistake, because it emphasizes that this new movie, while entertaining, just not in the same league as Cloverfield.

I'll try to avoid spoilers in this brief comment, because the surprises in 10 Cloverfield Lane are a big part of how film works. But I will assume that you agree with me talking about things already revealed in this trailer:

As follows tow, Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays Michelle, a woman who has been in a car accident. She wakes up in a mysterious basement fear, the captive of a rare guy named Howard (John Goodman) who claims that there has been an apocalypse of some sort and "everybody out here is dead." It's kind of a prepper end of the world who believe that the end really has come, and is now trapped there with him, besides other, Emmett (John Gallagher, Jr.). But Howard is a crackpot of fear, and it is clear that he is not telling the whole truth.

It is clear while watching Cloverfield Lane 10, which is not yet really connected to Cloverfield, beyond their titles. They not even are really the same genre: Cloverfield is a wild and bumpy ride, where a giant monster attacking half an hour and the characters are running through a city under attack, and 10 Cloverfield Lane, is a slow process, paranoid "trapped in one bunker "hold.

The great pleasure of seeing 10 Cloverfield Lane comes mainly to see the masterful performance of rare John Goodman, as an obsession for control of child who may or may not have been right to prepare for an apocalypse. Goodman usual affability is almost completely subsumed within a set of nervous gestures, and manages to keep you completely spellbound by his mercurial behavior-without having to overdo it. The "redneck" aspects of his character sometimes feel a little wide, but Howard gets Goodman seems like someone you could actually meet.

And the heart of the film is the interaction between Howard and Michelle, you have to find out if you are telling the truth, but also stay safe. Michelle has more character arc pulp output in the film-at first, we are told that always escapes whenever there are problems, then it is trapped with someone whose first impulse is always to hide. Addressing this situation she changes, and got to see what happens. Winstead does a decent job of showing the evolution of Michelle, and she more than holds its own against Goodman.




That said, 10 Cloverfield Lane is a much more conventional film Cloverfield was. When Cloverfield was released in January 2008, he had not seen anything like it. We had not had a lot of movies about giant monsters attacking cities, period, in the decade since Roland Emmerich tried to reinvent Godzilla. And Cloverfield approach 's in the genre of "movie monster" was full of new tricks, both stylistically and in terms of actual narrative.

On the contrary, I feel like I've seen a lot of movies like 10 Cloverfield lane if only in recent years. The facility, with three people trapped in a small enclosed with the mysterious stuff going on space is a basic element of psychological thrillers claustrophobic, especially low-budget or independent productions. (Only in the last half year, there have been 400 days and Air, from the top of the head.) When it comes to the "tense psychological drama in a box" subgenre, also 10 Cloverfield Lane, is mostly content to obey the usual conventions.


That said, there are some fresh / shocking surprises in 10 Cloverfield lane, especially in the last half hour. And this is an elegant example of the thriller claustrophobic genre, in fact, strange mysteries, score brass Bear McCreary and tight, inner creepily address Dan Trachtenberg all reminds me a bit more famous TV Abrams , in a good way. 10 several times while watching Cloverfield lane, I kept thinking, "this could easily be an episode of Lost."

So I think it was a mistake rebranding, a related thriller as it is in some way connected to Cloverfield. And it's hard not to see this as a manifestation of the great weakness of Abrams as creator: Love of sleight of hand and manipulation of public expectations. The title of this film is a ruse, a bad direction, so that prepares you to be surprised when you actually get something that is not even remotely in the same field of clover like that other movie. Sometimes when Abrams plays with the expectations of an audience, it produces unexpected pleasures, but in this case, I feel like backfired, at least for me. I kept hoping things that this film did not comply.

And you know, not everything has to be a franchise. Sometimes a movie can be an independent, and their own thing, that's fine. It makes me sad that the only way they could make people come to see this new film is the brand with the name of a previous stroke.

That's part of why I tell you guys this: I think you'll enjoy Cloverfield lane 10 more if you think about it, instead, as a brand new thriller called Valencia.


Sega has had a difficult road, since pastures mobile games approached. While some of his titles have performed well in mobile, the company has still had financial problems and staff layoffs, with the last of these layoffs now affecting their Western mobile division.

While the mobile market is huge, a few key companies, namely, the king and Supercell, especially dominate him. However, this does not prevent the publishers of console games traditional thinking that mobile games are a license to print money.

The reality is that success in the mobile is very difficult to achieve, since the market is very saturated.

What's more, from a background of console games really hurt a company's strategy when it comes to phones. This is due to the demands of mobile players are very different when compared to the console.

It is true that this should be obvious, but most modern console games publishers have been blinded by the possibility that they may get rich on mobile (despite the fact that almost nobody does).

As for recent layoffs, the number of personnel currently letting go is not known but Sega had this to say about the situation.

In case you are wondering, Three Rings created games like Spellwood and Corpse Craft.

As such, Sega will try to do mobile games that leverage their intellectual property as Sonic. This is because games like Sonic Dash on mobile have performed well apparently.

Sega will be interesting to see how it goes from here, but this is neither the first nor the last time we will hear from a console game publisher struggling to work within the mobile gaming space.

"In response to conditions challenging and hyper-competitive mobile market, Sega Networks Inc., the mobile division of Sega West, have we refocused its operations and made a reduction of the workforce. As a result, we said goodbye to our friends and talented colleagues Three Rings Design, Inc. with a small number of team members on the side of the mobile publishing division of Sega ".
The new ABC drama has potential, but could easily deviate from their path.


In describing the family feels like describing platonic ideal of a television network which should be a drama. ABC's new series focuses on the Warren family whose young son, Adam, disappeared when he was 8 years old. Finally, he was presumed dead - so when it reappears out of nowhere 10 years later, after spending 10 years as a hostage of a kidnapper of sexual abuse, it is fair to say that his family is shocked.

But are not the same people who left behind; during the late Adam was gone, they were fractured in chips, becoming tenser than they used to be versions.

In the two episodes of the family who were screened for critics, the show certainly some traditions soapier TV is delivered (as you can), and some unnecessarily striking episode structure (as you want). But as their characters try to make sense of a terrible thing - or, more accurately, an ongoing series of terrible things - family wrings some extremely disturbing moments outside the constant, simmering tension surrounding the Warren, the sex offender who have been wrongly imprisoned the murder of Adam (Andrew McCarthy), the police and the media surrounding the history, and the same Adam.

Or, as the program calls while practically twirling his mustache pleasure: Is this child the true Adam Warren, after all?

And so the Family - creating Jenna Bans a television writer for a long time and producer whose credits include the dramas Shonda Rhimes private practice and Grey's Anatomy - has a perfect storm of melodramatic possibilities: a grieving family, quiet suburbs of Maine, open participation case, a man whose innocence is always in question, and even some "return to family values" policy, because why not?

There are many components of the family - both promising and disturbing - that the show is easier to argue for actually breaking it down into even just a couple of pieces of the puzzle increasingly complicated.


The strongest active family 's deep is his talented cast

The family is a solid soap. It is ready to enter the arena of a criminal full, complex case, but still leaves room for more salacious details - like Adam's father, John (Rupert Graves), which has a longstanding relationship with Nina Meyer (Margot Bingham) the first detective assigned to investigate the disappearance of Adam, who must now deal with the fact that she could have spoiled the investigation in the first place.

There are a lot of melodrama at hand. But thanks to the stellar ensemble 's actors who find nuance in its most exaggerated scenes, the show is held together more than they could have with a less qualified distribution family.

In the aftermath of the disappearance of Adam, matriarch Claire Warren (Joan Allen) became the mayor of the hometown of the family in Maine, with dreams of one day being governor of the state. Her husband, John, wrote a book on how to grieve, but never really mastered the process. His daughter, Willa (The Newsroom 's Alison Pill), embraced Catholicism and became campaign manager nonsense of his mother, while his eldest son, Danny (Friday Night Lights' Zach Gilford), let your dreams football behind drowning in a flask of bourbon.

None of these roles are particularly convincing in the role; We have seen versions of all these characters before. But all the actors involved in the family is so committed to finding more convincing below the boiling surface that elevate the series in general.

Allen gets the richest material, while Claire struggles to understand the reappearance of Adam while his gaze firmly set on high political office. She is determined and focused, but in a constant theme of the family, still lost.

Graves, who has found depth as many secondary characters on British television (see: Sherlock, where the perpetually clumsy detective Lestrade plays), is essentially the same boat with his portrayal of John, but the pain character plays a secondary role to your wife. And while John's relationship with Nina Bingham is clearly complicated, none of their interactions left Bingham shine quite like the contrast between his detective tired in this policeman and his rookie in the family of flashbacks' sa when first Adam disappeared ( more in those flashbacks in a bit).

As Warren children, however, the pill and Gilford win the prize for doing a lot with very little. Willa and Danny do not have much to do in the Family 's first two episodes, but the actors performances suggest more brewing underneath.

However, many of the most pressing moments of the series comes courtesy of the two actors in charge of handling the most difficult characters. With Adam, Liam James faces a very difficult challenge. He has to play traumatized, has since returned to Warren after living in a hole with a sexual predator for 10 years. But also leave enough room for some people (ie, his older brother, Danny) to doubt the veracity of his story, the better to keep the central mystery family 's. James is constantly taking place on the edge of a knife, and at least in the first two episodes of the series, which does an impressive job.
You can have a business lifestyle of great success with revenues in the millions, as Carey Peters and Stacey Morgenstern had practical training in health. Then one day, he realizes that he can scale business into an empire.

health coaches are a major health trends, according to a survey by the American College of Sports Medicine. The reason that guide and motivate people to make healthy, such as weight loss lifestyle changes, quitting smoking, managing stress and increase physical activity. These lifestyle changes can reduce or eliminate the risk of diabetes and heart disease.

However, as skilled as health advisers are to help customers improve their health, they know not how to find customers. "Health advisers were being trained to work with customers, but not the way to build a business," Peters said. "People were asking us how we build our own."

Having trained more than 8,000 customers, Peters and Morgenstern understood the value proposition and the mechanics of building a business. They began training other health coaches to build their businesses.

The challenge of building a business is not unique to health coaches. Doctors, lawyers and other professionals who helped technology platforms market and manage their businesses were offered. Peters and Morgenstern took a page from the playbook of other industries faced a similar challenge. "Coaches do not have the expertise to build their own platform technology," Morgenstern said. "We could build a platform that helped them put online, convert prospects into customers and manage customer relationships."

They were not the only ones to realize the opportunity to provide a technology platform for health coaches. At a conference, they found a web developer working on a solution.They technology associated with it. A private investment group also saw the value and was actively seeking investment opportunities. They came to Peters and Morgenstern, offering money and marketing expertise.


Amy angstrom Miller has defended its group health clinics Texas, Whole Woman, all the way to the Supreme Court despite tremendous personal cost. Here's why.

Amy Hagstrom Miller will face the Supreme Court today in defense of his group of abortion clinics, Comprehensive Health of Women. Hagstrom Miller is a small business owner mission-driven, inspired, he says, for his commitment to human rights and justice, the desire to be deeply present to women facing difficult decisions and shape their own future with the intention.

But in recent years, the goal of Hagstrom Miller to maintain a safe and supportive for "every woman" oasis has become almost impossible. For nearly a decade, she and her team have jumped through hoops like Texas legislator imposes more and more laws TRAP (selective restriction of abortion providers), false laws "security" aimed at clinics driving out of business and eliminate access to abortion. But after each establishment, costly, politicians from the religious right imposed a demand.

In 2013, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 2, which bans abortions after 20 weeks, severely restricts access to medication abortion, forcing doctors to seek admitting privileges at the hospital (otherwise unnecessary) and it requires that all abortion services takes place in a surgical center. Under the law, the staff is forced to walk a woman in an operating room before handing her two abortive pills and a glass of water.

Next week, the Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the law, Comprehensive Women's Health as the lead plaintiff. One way or another, the dispute will be over in the summer. What was life like in the years of endless legal battle? In the following interview Hagstrom Miller talks about the experience.

Valerie tartaric: You've spent most of a decade helpful and fighting regulations that have little to do with health and everything to do with putting you out of business women at the same time.

Amy Hagstrom Miller: One of the goals of the opposition is to make abortion seem more fear, complex and complicated than it really is. For the patient, it manifested in the language of health and safety, and physical plant built for surgery. The intention is to make an abortion procedure 5 to 10 minutes seems dangerous, and that's exactly what it does. Women who have heard this rhetoric come in and ask, Will I be able to have a child again? Are you going to cut? How knives used?

In addition to fear, women often say that they are the only one they know who has had an abortion. They say, I am a Catholic. I'm christian. I am a mother. And we let them know, "Most of our patients are Christians. Most are mothers now."

Tartaric: There used to be this way, back when it began providing abortion services. Tell us more about the changes.

Hagstrom Miller: In the 1990s antagonism to abortion focused on the outside of the clinic. It took the form of physical threats, invasions and doctors like shooting murder Brookline. Since that time opponents have moved into the clinic. They penetrated the walls using the regulatory and legal system as a way to attack women and providers.

Women are forced to look at an ultrasound, forced to listen to a script, forced to endure a waiting period. All this raises the idea that women are stupid, they have carried out a difficult decision without thinking about it. The regulatory attack on the provider makes it difficult to remain open, but also paints us as a place to care carelessness, as unsafe and in need of constant supervision rather than compassionate medical professionals we are. In the system of regulation of Texas, you are guilty until proven otherwise. So abortion foes make anonymous complaints about us and other providers, and they are put in the position of proof that are not true.

Not only that, we are in the position of having to explain and enforce the laws we do not agree. We were required to make brochures with information wrong fetal development and pay for the production of these materials. Abortion providers are evaluating the quota to produce this propaganda that the state is requiring us to disclose.

Tartaric: It sounds absurd.

Hagstrom Miller: Women see through it. Sixty-five percent of women who serve have one or more children. They have seen an ultrasound before and still force them to see the other as if they do not know what is growing within them. They know, and are committed: What do I have to do? how long I have to wait? I need an abortion, so I have to do to get one? It is almost an article of the onion. You have to climb wall? How long do I have to stand on your head? Just tell me what I have to do.

Tartaric: a decade ratchet on the right is taken, accumulating an absurd regulation of "security" on top of another. What to do for you? Hagstrom Miller: I have a rigorous search internally and philosophically not let us change this onslaught. My commitment is comprehensive care: one-on-one counseling; physical environment that are warm and comforting with wool blankets and walls and lavender herbal tea; and freedom to speak of spiritual or cultural concerns. I am committed to these aspects of care not to get killed. Let's fulfill what we have to meet the challenge and what we have to question. But the hearts and minds of women are at the center of what we are.
Today is a day to celebrate

Someone's work, but it has gone very well.

Come on, do not be obtuse,

Let's all give thanks to Dr. Seuss.

His name was Theodor Seuss Geisel

And all the kids who think it's swell.

Born March 2, 1904

His family, which produces beer and more.

In high school I was doing art

His cartoon style sets it apart.

Soon our Ted was a graduate of Dartmouth

He paid the rent by developing ad

For Standard Oil and NBC,

But the greatest fame came later, you see.

The tickled babies, took a glance

When Ted, turned to books for children.

"The Cat in the Hat" and "Hop on Pop"

Once he started, he could not stop.

"Yertle the Turtle", "The Lorax" too

A red fish, blue fish.

Our favorite lines they liked to quote

"Can you, you with a goat?"

Sneetches, Horton, Gerald McGrew

Thing One and Thing not forget Two.

Or, of course, the Griggolupp

As the Seuss himself did that.

Ted faithful readers not fazed

When the mean old Grinch met.

Green stole poor Whoville Yule

His spirit made him feel a fool.

The version of the film was not so cheerful

Although Jim Carrey grin.

And at the risk of being contrary

Mike Myers' "cat" was truly frightening.

It is not fault Ted were not so funny

Because he died in '91.

So let's pour a glass of milk or juice

And raise a toast to Dr. Seuss.

His books, sitting on our shelves.

Today, it would be 112!

Bugatti has built the world's fastest car, once again.

The Bugatti Chiron is the successor automaker $ 2.5 million for the Veyron Super Sport, which has the Guinness world record for the fastest production car at 268 mph.

Like the Veyron, carbon fiber Chiron is powered by a 16-cylinder turbocharged four 8.0-liter, but it puts out nearly 1,500 horsepower, compared to the relatively negligible Super Sport 1,200 hp . No mass production car production has even come close. individual fuel injectors for each cylinder helps feed the beast, breathing through six catalytic converters.

Bugatti says that Chiron will be limited to 260 kilometers per hour during road travel, but is also "ready for a new world speed record." The Veyron was restricted similar to 258 kilometers per hour during street use way, so this suggests plans for a record run with the electronic nannies off.

Acceleration is touted to be equally impressive, with a 2.5-second 0-60 mph time and a time of 0 to 186 mph in "under 13.6 sec.," That is a significant figure, since expire on Guinness world record of 13.63 Hennessey Venom GT sec.
The Chiron has an adaptive suspension system to improve ride and handling, along with active aerodynamics, including a movable rear spoiler that can make the most slippery car for the best sprinting, or increased downforce for a better traction during cornering and braking.

The Chiron shares a clear family resemblance to the Veyron, but takes a few styling cues that evoke the classic Type 57, including small central flap and side panels of half a point, here doubling as air intakes.
Bugatti plans to build 500 chirons, and you'd better hurry if you want one. A third of the race was sold to loyal customers of the brand before public disclosure of the car.
sick chick, only 16 years, has done more for the promotion and good for the world that most of us do in life. I met her this year while en route to Capitol Hill to educate and advocate for Rare Disease Day.

 In this horrible, depressing degradation of our common and the need to care for one another election cycle, it has been a relief to learn about what people are doing to care for each other.

 I have been following the Chick Sick of writing and defending several years and have learned a lot from the rare disease community. I had my first contact with her for one of my patients, "Rose", which has a progressive mitochondrial disease, and whose struggles counted in 2014.

 Both girls became ill with severe pain as a major symptom, as well as intermittent weakness. Sick Chick was only 10 years old. She described her symptoms,

 "Imagine a pain so intense that governs his life

 Imagine how it feels to have a million suns burning under the skin or feeling that lightning is rolling through your body 24/7

 Imagine the feeling all this pain at once and that doctors tell you you're making ...

 I am 12 years old and not have to imagine. "

 She became unable to walk, and went to specialized centers around the country in search of a diagnosis and care. Both she and Rose were "accused" of having a psychiatric condition called conversion of the cause of his pain syndrome. Describe their ordeal in "You have pain? Are you crazy?" And barbarism (in my opinion) way some specialists treat these
This is not the pitcher of water from his mother.

Amazon is testing the waters for the media to brick and mortar shopping virtually obsolete - at least when it comes to everyday needs.

The giant online has launched the new-enabled Wi-Fi jug Brita Infinity, which is designed to automatically order a new filter through its replenishment Amazon Dash reorganization program when the existing filter nears its capacity.

Consumers who buy the record Brita pitcher infinity in Brita.com/infinity, the pitcher connect to your home network and sign up for Amazon Replacement dash with your Amazon account. The pitcher is connected with the service to ensure filter orders are made automatic replacement when the filter is about 40 gallons of its water capacity.

"We saw an opportunity to work with Amazon to make to keep up on filter changes for users effortlessly Brita. By integrating Wi-Fi connectivity on this launcher so you can connect to Amazon Replacement Dash, we have created a elegant and simple solution to eliminate that moment when he realizes that he did not re-order your filter "said Brita CEO, Ed Huber, in a press release.

Amazon is proposed to redefine the buying behavior of consumers with Amazon Dash, your buy button one-click that debuted a year ago, just before "Internet of things" (IO) was on the tip of everyone's tongue .
Hoosier native Joey Feek country music duo Joey + Rory is still alive, but has entered a "deep sleep", Rory wrote in a blog on Monday.

He said his body is rapidly closing.

"The hospice nurse came back this morning and Joey said most-likely only be with us for a few days ... at most," he said.

Feek is waging a battle against cancer. Last year, it was revealed that his cancer was terminal. treatments stopped and is spending his last days in his hometown of Alexandria, surrounded by family and friends.

Joey had previously said it had two aims: to live to see the second birthday of his daughter and Grammy. Although he did not win the Grammy, the duo said they were honored to be nominated. She was able to be there for her daughter's birthday.

Before entering the "deep sleep", he told his daughter, Indiana, who wanted her and "mama is watching over you." Rory said Joey gave his daughter "one last kiss."

Joey said he knows he has done every day count.

Rory wrote on the blog before going to sleep, Joey said, "I do not regret ... I can honestly say, I've done everything I wanted to do and lived the life I always wanted to live."

Rory ended his blog post with a note to those who have followed the path of his wife.

"And thanks to all who have followed my wife's beautiful journey. They are still following. Although our hearts are heavy all have to do our best to remember that this is not the end. It's just the beginning.

When Joey takes his last breath here ... she will take her first breath there.

In the sky."
Education Association-Montgomery County Clarksville (CUCEA) hosts this event Sunday, March 6, 2016, 2-4 pm at the Library of Clarksville-Montgomery County.

 guest readers from the city, county and state government will be present, take time to read the Clarksville-Montgomery County community. Readers include:

 State Sen. Mark Green

 State Rep. Joe Pitts

 Mayor Jim Durett County

 City Mayor Kim McMillan

 CMCSS Director Dr. BJ Worthington

 County Sheriff John Fuson

 Councillor Valerie Guzman

 Councilman James Lewis

 City Councilman Deanna McLaughlin

 Councilman Joel Wallace

 Tender Paws pet therapy group will be available for children to read to their pets.
Stacey Smith will lead the Honor Choir Rossview Elementary School, and Anna Caldwell lead the Northwest High School Choir in a musical performance.

Oobleck will be created for your enjoyment by students of chemistry at Northwestern High School in Creation Station. (Oobleck is a non-Newtonian fluid. It acts as a liquid when poured, but as a solid when a force acts on it. You can grab it and then ooze out of your hands.) Future Teachers of America, mentored by Kimberly Dennis, will be on hand to help create masks, solve missing words, and make sure your reward card to win a prize Reading Across America. Join us on March 6 for a Seusstastical of books and fun afternoon.
365.2422 days. That's really what it takes the Earth to orbit the sun.
But under the current Western calendar-introduced in the late sixteenth century it was established that would comprise a 365 days.

And the remaining portion -five hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds each year- is added to form an extra day every four years, as a way to keep our clocks in tune with the earth and its seasons.

That day in question is added to February, which is why this year is 29 days.
And to celebrate the rare occasion, BBC World we share five fun facts about leap years.

1. Guilt is the emperor

The leap year was created by Julius Caesar in the 1st century B.C.

Under the rule of Julius Caesar in the 1st century B.C., astronomers was commissioned the task of improving the old Roman calendar, which had 355 days with an additional month of 22 days every two years.


It was thought that the calendar had been hopelessly out of sync with the seasons and so was created the year of 365 days with an extra day every few years to incorporate the accumulated additional hours.

So she was born on leap year. And in those special years, the month of February, which originally had 29 days have passed 30.

But it notes that when Augustus became the first emperor of the newly established Roman Empire, wanted a month named after him with the same days as July, honoring Julius Caesar.

And in the battle for the extra day in February poor he ended up ceding one day August.


2. An opportunity for women

Leap years have been associated with all sorts of rituals and beliefs, and some are related to marriage.

In Greece, for example, some married couples traditionally avoid a leap year because it was thought to bring bad luck in the future.

But in UK leap years they are known primarily as those in which women can propose marriage to men.

The custom became popular in the nineteenth century, when women who conduct their proposals on postcards were encouraged.

Legend has it that the Irish saint St. Patrick issued a decree giving women the right to propose the matter once every four years.

Others say it was Queen Margaret of Scotland issued a law in 1288 that gave unmarried women the freedom to propose marriage during a leap year, and the man who refused was fined.

Scholars, however, have found no evidence existed that law.

3. A pending revolution


If you receive a salary every month, leap years are bad news for you.

Technically you have to work an extra day without additional pay, as your annual salary remains the same in the years have 366 days.

However, there is a more complex issue behind this, and to analyze the economic impact of a leap year is complicated.

Many statisticians worldwide use adjusted to measure economic variables, such as GDP, so that comparable figures can be Februaries.

So it is considering that February has 28 days a quarter day each year, either leap year or not.

This provoked a high school teacher in Maryland, USA, launched in 2008 the "Revolution for not working on leap day".

The campaign, however, has not materialized to earn an additional vacation day anywhere in the world.

4. Entrepreneurs and leap Benefactors

There have been more modest and small "revolutions" led by those who advocate the carpe diem (seize the moment) and want people to do volunteer work and helping others in the extra day is gained in a leap year.


"Donate your day leap to charity," he urges the easyfundraising.org site and many others like that exist mainly in Europe and the United States.


There are campaigns for people to donate, participate or collect funds for a variety of causes, from cancer research to community activities.

The key, however, recognize them as charity groups, is that employers agree to give their workers 29 free February. And it goes without saying that not everyone is willing.


5. A free birthday party in Texas

But perhaps those who have more problems with leap years are those born on 

These people can only hold a "proper birthday" every four years. Many held on February 28, but is not the same.

"As a child I was quite disconcerting. Now I'm used to and I find it funny," he told the BBC Dimitrios Michalopoulos.

Currently in the world there are 4.1 million people who were born on February 29.

The good news is that all babies leap can have a party in the city of Anthony, Texas, USA, This is the self-proclaimed World Capital leap year and takes a festival of four days during leap years including a huge birthday dinner for those born on February 29.

This remarkably frank junior senator memory after Illinois revealed not only a literary talent, but a force that would change the face of American politics forever • What to do list? Give us your opinion here.

prior to the 2008 presidential elections in the United States, the main season roller coaster expected, Hillary Clinton, to play a leading role, and possibly win ,, period was commissioned by the Observer review campaign biographies of democratic principle and Republican contenders, from a list of candidates that covered the full range of improbability of John McCain and Mitt Romney, John Kerry, John Edwards and Joe Biden. Terrible as these politicians seemed to be in the election campaign, his complete works made a catalog even more worthwhile. All books reviewed were found to be good ghost pointers, or "As account". Every last one of them was a farrago of wonkishness, insincerity, and the cliché, controversial half-truths and pieces of old campaign speeches, mash-up press releases and policy statements, reheated for popular consumption in some of the most boring imaginable American prose. Was it possible that none of the candidates had not even read these books, let alone writing them?

There was, however, an exception, a ray of clarity and brightness in the prevailing darkness. One of the strange Democrats, Senator for the state of Illinois, a certain Barack Obama, had not only written his own book some years before, had also executed a personal memory that affects with grace and style, which tells a gripping story with honesty , elegance and wit, and an instinctive gift for storytelling.

From its opening line, "A few months after my twenty-first birthday, a stranger called to give me the news ..." it was clear that my father's dreams was something special. He had a voice, and an unmistakable authority. Indeed, at the point where I picked it up, memories of Obama had been published for about 12 years and was belatedly becoming a bestseller in the United States about the growing wave of support for the winning candidate and optimistic " Yes we can "campaign.

Already in 2007, many millions, had never heard of Barack Obama, I was vaguely aware that he had made an electrifying speech at the Democratic convention of 2004. Now, not only I start to follow his campaign, I have suggested in the Observer that a presidential candidate with such literary and rhetorical gifts deserved to be in the White House, and predicted that, against all odds, could prevail. Anyway, a year later, everything had come to pass. Hillary Clinton (shades of 2016) had been overlooked by voters. "Yes We Can" had become "Yes we did".

The story told in a dream of my father is as remarkable as Obama's rise to power, and shows an acute sensitivity to the lingering trauma of the US political solution: the race. This is the problem that had troubled Thomas Jefferson, as he once said, "like a fire bell in the night", and becomes the starting point for Obama. As an African American, Obama declared ambition to "speak in some way to the fissures of the race that characterized the American experience". Race, for many, remains one of the most controversial issues in contemporary America. Obama's presidency has been dogged by race relations. His own occasional uncertain response shows how difficult it remains a subject.
A friend of mine was reading a book recently when an observation in social media was recorded.

"Irony: Buying a book to help simplify and organize only to stagnate on the weight of the information in the next step, the recycle bin ...."

I laughed. No book should be ironic. But many are.

When I received an advance copy of the new book by Michael Bungay Stainer, habit coaching: Say less, do more and change the way you always, I expected it to be like his previous book, Do More Great Work. That is, I expected it to be accessible, attractive, full of vision, but very practical.

I hoped it would be removed far from being ironic, as in the case of the election of the book of my friend. Nobody wants to see a dog chewing on his newly received "Certificate of dog obedience."

Michael's new book is really cozy and spacious while being very practical and real.

Based on your experience and the company he started, crayon-box while working with more than 10,000 managers and leaders, Michael has written a training manual that ultimately can be used by anyone. He insists that training has become too complicated. The formation of training provided by other companies and 'gurus' is too theoretical and boring, he says. Even when you learn the skill training overcomplicated, Michael believes people new knowledge has not translated into action. It also indicates people end up providing more and often unnecessary advice rather than listen and ask questions to support colleague through a decision, action, project, etc.

Therefore, Michael has established certain truths to train to succeed:

Training is simple

Training can be done in 10 minutes or less
Coaching is a daily act, Casual
You can build a habit of training, "but only if it understands and uses the proven construction mechanisms and the incorporation of new habits."
These new behaviors become the arch of The Habit Training. There are seven in total, and Michael frames as part question, part solution:

Kickstart Question (discover the power of an opening question - what's on your mind?)

The question AWE (AWE = and what else ... get people to generate more options)

Question Focus (focus on the real problem, not the first problem)

Foundation questions (what the colleague really wants)

The Lazy Question (colleague asking 'how can I help' to move things forward)

The strategic question (the balance between saying yes and saying no)

The question of learning (what was most useful for you-the-colleague during training exchange)

When used in combination (in sequence) with expertise Michael has created a model very useful, informal training and day-to-day that can be used by the legions of managers in organizations today.

Each of the seven habits are broken down into different chapters. Within each chapter Michael combines great typography quotes bullets removed along with smaller type font, paragraph and bold text. As each chapter progresses, you are invited to physically write in the book (and lines space provided) their thoughts and actions it will take to reactivate the development of the seven habits. There are also links to videos of Michael has created and reinforces learning.

At the end of each of the seven chapters of habit, there is a section of "master" which supports what has previously read. Michael follows a similar pattern in each section ( "when this happens ..." and "instead of ..." and "I will ...") so the reader can strengthen and support the habit just read about.

The habit of Coaching is a truly delightful reading. If you are interested in changing the way it is currently training members of your team or organization, this is a book for you. It is extremely practical, something that managers of people could use to great effect.

Endorsements come from literary heavyweights such as Daniel Pink, Brene Brown and Dave Ulrich. In short, I agree with their collective support.

Unlike my friend who ended up throwing his book into the bucket, the habit of Coaching is simple, attractive and concrete. In fact, it is the opposite of being ironic.


The owner of Blackberry Farm died in a skiing accident in Colorado on Thursday night.

The resort has announced the death of Sam Beall, 39, in a press release on Friday morning.

"The Beall family and Blackberry Farm equipment are understandably surprised by this heartbreaking news about the man who dearly loved as a son, brother, father, friend and host," said Blackberry Farm in a statement. "They welcome the thoughts and prayers of all those whose lives were touched by the hospitable character of Sam, visionary leadership and adventurous spirit."

Beall had taken over running the farm of his mother Kreis Beall. According to the website of Blackberry Farm, Sam Beall had promoted business for the evolution of the Farm, the Wellhouse (an on-site spa and health center), program expansion of retail, creating two new restaurants and numerous awards from various media and other distinctions.

Beall leaves behind his wife and five children.


n an interview with WBIR, Joseph Lenin, former head chef at Blackberry Farm, he recalled Beall infectious personality.


"Your happiness and love for life," says Lenn. "You just could not help but want to live life to the fullest as he did."

Lenn also acknowledged that given the spirit of Beall and the high level and culture that brought his family farm.

"What I hope is that this wonderful heritage of Southern hospitality lives on at Blackberry Farm and that's how people remember it every time they go there, because that's what it was."

Lenn wife Kathryn Powell-Lenn grew with the Beall family. She says Sam Beall was a devoted father and husband.

"There is no doubt in my mind how much he loved his children and he loved his wife. He was always so impressed that he could do so well and give 110% for them. My heart aches for them at this time."

Friends and others in the culinary community sent their condolences to the family of Beall on Friday.

"Sam Beall was a young man who cares and one of the most Creative business people of our state. It took a hotel company that is known worldwide for its quality," said Sen. Lamar Alexander said in a statement. "He and the Beall family have been close friends of the family for many, many years. we are surprised by the news and we extend our deepest condolences to his family and everyone in the team Blackberry Farm".

"Our deepest condolences go out to the family who lost an extraordinary husband, father and businessman," said Bryan Daniels, Blount Association President / CEO. "His leadership, guidance and vision of one of the hidden treasures of the United States showing southern hospitality will be missed."

A representative of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra said the organization was "shocked" by the death of Beall.

"Sam has been visionary in creating and shaping the warm and welcoming (not to mention delicious) experience of visitors to Blackberry Farm, putting East Tennessee on the map," the statement issued by Rachel Dellinger said. "He is a Knoxville, a true follower of the arts, treasure and will be sorely missed. We send our condolences to his family during this time."

Said David Butler, executive director of the Museum of Art Knoxville: "The whole museum Knoxville art family is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Blackberry Farm owner Sam Beall Sam was a great friend of KMA and will be greatly less.. extend condolences to his family and everyone connected with Blackberry Farm ".

Gallaher owner Matt Mason Knox said he owed much of his career to Blackberry Farm, and by extension, Sam Beall.

"It was clear he had a great vision for entertainment and you know it, which means East Tennessee in the 21st century," he said. "It's a great loss, but the rules established and the culture that created by Blackberry, the live."


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