Camelbak designs ski lift-specific hydration pack

The CamelBak Bootlegger is a hydration pack designed for the ski slopes

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Hydration backpacks have made carrying water during many sports much easier. For some other sports, however, the hydration pack isn't that much more convenient than a water bottle. When it comes to skiing, hydration packs freeze easily and can be uncomfortable on a chairlift. Camelbak has a new design that promises to make hydration more ski-friendly.

The new Bootlegger hydration pack is designed to be worn underneath a ski jacket, rather than over it like any other backpack. The idea is for it to be closer to your body, where your core temperature will prevent the 50 fluid ounces (1.5 L) of water from freezing. The breathable mesh harness is designed to prevent it from becoming too hot and sweaty.

CamelBak claims that the design is streamlined specifically for lift-served skiing and snowboarding, so it should be more comfortable to wear on the chairlift.

The company also sells the PowderBak vest, which is a 70-ounce (2 L) hydration system integrated into a softshell vest. Introduced in 2009 as the ShredBak, the vest has a similar aim of keeping water close to the body for anti-freezing warmth and lower-profile carrying.

I used to use a small CamelBak pack regularly for resort snowboarding. While it was easier to carry than a water bottle, the combination of discomfort on the lift, occasional freezing and irritation of cleaning out the bladder led me to go back to carrying a water bottle in my jacket pocket. Assuming this new design is effective at adding comfort and anti-freezing, it may be worth looking into. I'm hoping to get a sample to test out on the slopes and report back.

The Bootlegger will launch in September for US$55.

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Who are these guys at QB in Super Bowl?

NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? No Tom Brady. No Aaron Rodgers. No Ben Roethlisberger. Not a Manning in sight.

Super Bowl has a pair of fresh faces at quarterback, bona fide nobodies as far as the NFL title game goes. One will leave New Orleans as football's newest star.

For Colin Kaepernick and Joe Flacco, this is new territory. And, of course, exactly where they want to be.

"To be AFC champs feels good," Flacco said Monday. "We move on now to this challenge."

Flacco, the only quarterback to win a playoff game in each of his first five NFL seasons, will lead the Baltimore Ravens into Sunday's matchup against the NFC-winning San Francisco 49ers and Kaepernick, a backup for most of his two seasons.

It's the first time in a decade that the big game doesn't feature one of the big five household names in the glamour position.

You can't get much fresher than quarterbacks who never have gotten this far before.

"At the start of the season, I was just hoping to get on the field some way, somehow," said Kaepernick, the backup for Alex Smith, who took the 49ers to the conference final last season.

He got that chance after Smith sustained a concussion on Nov. 11, and hasn't seen the bench since.

Win this one and he'll have a piece of history, joining a heady quarterback club that includes Hall of Famers Joe Montana and Steve Young, who guided the 49ers to five NFL titles ? a victory every time they played. No. 6 would tie the team with Roethlisberger's Pittsburgh Steelers ? a record for most Super Bowl wins.

A second-round draft pick in 2011 out of Nevada ? not exactly Alabama ? Kaepernick has the shortest pro resume of any Super Bowl quarterback. It's impressive, nonetheless. His legs (181 yards rushing against Green Bay, a record for the position) and his arm (105.9 passer rating in the postseason) are the main reasons San Francisco is in its first NFL title game in 18 years.

"Anybody that is out there on the football field, you want to see them produce and get results," left tackle Joe Staley said. "With Colin, his first couple of starts, you did not know what to expect because we had not seen him out there as a starting quarterback. He did amazing and he has all season, as well as the playoffs. I think it was one of those things where we saw him in practice and we just wanted to see how he was going to handle the situation in the games. He has done that."

Still, he's new to this environment and that hardly seems to faze Kaepernick.

"One thing I've always said about him from the start is he comes off as a guy that has a lot of confidence," said center Jonathan Goodwin, who won a Super Bowl snapping for Drew Brees and the Saints three years ago. "I'm not just saying that. You can feel it by the way he acts and talks."

Flacco has that air of certainty, too, but at least it's built on a more substantial foundation, including an 8-4 mark in the playoffs, with six road wins ? the most for any quarterback, Montana and Young included. That goes for Baltimore's John Unitas, too.

Nobody is comparing Flacco to them just yet, except for the self-belief he brings to the job.

"You naturally become more of the guy when you spend a number of years in the league," he said at the Ravens' first Super Bowl news conference Monday. "As a quarterback, it's my job to lead from Day 1."

As a five-year starter, that's exactly what Flacco did after Baltimore drafted him out of Delaware ? yep, not exactly Alabama.

As has become the custom in the NFL, Flacco represents the high draft pick who steps behind center early in his career and, usually, stays there. Both Mannings did it, as did Roethlisberger. Just this season, the top two picks in the draft, QBs Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III, were anointed starters at the outset and played sensationally.

Now Flacco and Kaepernick try to join those big-name quarterbacks who own all those Super Bowl rings.

"We try to pass tests every day," Flacco said.

That's how you become a Super Bowl quarterback.

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Obama on immigration overhaul: 'Now is the time'

President Barack Obama speaks about immigration reform Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

President Barack Obama speaks about immigration reform Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

President Barack Obama speaks about immigration reform Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

President Barack Obama turns to leave after shaking hands and speaking about immigration at Del Sol High School, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Barack Obama points to someone in the crowd as he arrives to speak about immigration at Del Sol High School, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.. center, answers a reporter's question as he and a bipartisan group of leading senators announce that they have reached agreement on the principles of sweeping legislation to rewrite the nation's immigration laws, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. From left are Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. The deal covers border security, guest workers and employer verification, as well as a path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants already in this country. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

LAS VEGAS (AP) ? Declaring "now is the time" to fix the nation's broken immigration system, President Barack Obama on Tuesday outlined broad proposals for putting millions of illegal immigrants on a clear path to citizenship while cracking down on businesses that employ people illegally and tightening security at the borders. He hailed a bipartisan Senate group on a similar track but left unresolved key details that could derail the complex and emotional effort.

Potential Senate roadblocks center on how to structure the avenue to citizenship and on whether legislation would cover same-sex couples ? and that's all before a Senate measure could be debated, approved and sent to the Republican-controlled House where opposition is sure to be stronger.

Obama, who carried Nevada in the November election with heavy Hispanic support, praised the Senate push, saying Congress is showing "a genuine desire to get this done soon." But mindful of previous immigrations efforts that have failed, he warned that the debate would be difficult and vowed to send his own legislation to Capitol Hill if lawmakers don't act quickly.

"The question now is simple," Obama said during a campaign-style event in Las Vegas, one week after being sworn in for a second term in the White House. "Do we have the resolve as a people, as a country, as a government to finally put this issue behind us? I believe that we do."

Shortly after Obama finished speaking, cracks emerged between the White House and the group of eight senators, which put out their proposals one day ahead of the president. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, faulted Obama for not making a citizenship pathway contingent on tighter border security, a central tenet of the lawmakers' proposals.

"The president's speech left the impression that he believes reforming immigration quickly is more important than reforming immigration right," Rubio said in a statement.

House Speaker John Boehner also responded coolly, with spokesman Brendan Buck saying the Ohio Republican hoped the president would be "careful not to drag the debate to the left and ultimately disrupt the difficult work that is ahead in the House and Senate."

Despite possible obstacles to come, the broad agreement between the White House and bipartisan lawmakers in the Senate represents a drastic shift in Washington's willingness to tackle immigration, an issue that has languished for years. Much of that shift is politically motivated, due to the growing influence of Hispanics in presidential and other elections and their overwhelming support for Obama in November.

The separate White House and Senate proposals focus on the same principles: providing a way for most of the estimated 11 million people already in the U.S. illegally to become citizens, strengthening border security, cracking down on employers who hire illegal immigrants and streamlining the legal immigration system.

A consensus around the question of citizenship could help lawmakers clear one major hurdle that has blocked previous immigration efforts. Many Republicans have opposed allowing illegal immigrants to become citizens, saying that would be an unfair reward for people who have broken the law.

Details on how to achieve a pathway to citizenship still could prove to be a major sticking point between the White House and the Senate group.

Obama and the Senate lawmakers all want to require people here illegally to register with the government, pass criminal and national security background checks, pay fees and penalties as well as back taxes and wait until existing immigration backlogs are cleared before getting in line for green cards. Neither proposal backs up those requirements with specifics.

After achieving legal status, U.S. law says people can become citizens after five years.

The Senate proposal says that entire process couldn't start until the borders were fully secure and tracking of people in the U.S. on visas had improved. Those vague requirements would almost certainly make the timeline for achieving citizenship longer than what the White House is proposing.

The president urged lawmakers to avoid making the citizenship pathway so difficult that it would appear out of reach for many illegal immigrants.

"We all agree that these men and women have to earn their way to citizenship," he said. "But for comprehensive immigration reform to work, it must make clear from the outset that there is a pathway to citizenship."

"It won't be a quick process, but it will be a fair process," Obama added.

Another key difference between the White House and Senate proposals is the administration's plan to allow same-sex partners to seek visas under the same rules that govern other family immigration. The Senate principles do not recognize same-sex partners, though Democratic lawmakers have told gay rights groups that they could seek to include that in a final bill.

John McCain of Arizona, who is part of the Senate immigration group, called the issue a "red flag" in an interview Tuesday on "CBS This Morning."

Washington last took up immigration changes in a serious way in 2007, when then-President George W. Bush pressed for an overhaul. The initial efforts had bipartisan support but eventually collapsed in the Senate because of a lack of GOP support.

Cognizant of that failed effort, the White House has readied its own immigration legislation. But officials said Obama will send it to the Hill only if the Senate process stalls.

Most of the recommendations Obama made Tuesday were not new. They were included in the immigration blueprint he released in 2011, but he exerted little political capital to get it passed by Congress, to the disappointment of many Hispanics.

Some of the recommendations in the Senate plan are also pulled from past immigration efforts. The senators involved in formulating the latest proposals, in addition to McCain and Rubio, are Democrats Charles Schumer of New York, Dick Durbin of Illinois, Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Michael Bennet of Colorado, and Republicans Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, and Jeff Flake of Arizona.

Also Tuesday, in another sign of Congress' increased attention to immigration issues, a group of four senators introduced legislation aimed at allowing more high-tech workers into the country, a longtime priority of technology businesses. The bill by Republicans Rubio and Orrin Hatch and Democrats Amy Klobuchar and Chris Coons would increase the number of visas available for high-tech workers, make it easier for them to change jobs once here and for their spouses to work and aim to make it easier for foreigners at U.S. universities to remain here upon graduation.

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Julie Pace reported from Washington. Associated Press writer Erica Werner contributed to this report.

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The Perils of Bypassing Congress

If a president's first term is about reelection, his second is about history. And as President Obama made clear in his inaugural address last week, he is hoping to make history by tackling climate change.

But as he butts up against Congress on gun control, immigration reform and a slew of budget battles, the president is expected to pursue his climate agenda through actions he can take without congressional approval, the most prominent of which will be the Environmental Protection Agency?s finalization of rules restricting carbon dioxide emissions from new fossil-fueled power plants, which is expected this spring.

Attempting to make major changes through executive action is a strategy with many pitfalls, says Michael McConnell, a constitutional law scholar at Stanford University. Executive actions lack permanence. Courts could find that the president or executive agencies overstepped. ?In general, an executive can move faster when it acts on its own, but the danger is that nine or 13 months later, they?re going to find that what they?ve done is struck down,? McConnell said.?

Legal challenges to Obama?s climate actions are all but guaranteed. Even if they aren?t successful, they may delay implementation of new rules and regulations, making progress in Obama?s remaining four years difficult.?

Pursuing climate change through the White House rather than Congress also runs the risk of being a slapdash approach to the problem rather than a comprehensive solution.

?Long term, you do need Congress?s support,? Alden Meyer, director of strategy and policy for the Union of Concerned Scientists, said of the administration. ?To get the kind of deep reductions and the real transition away from polluting fossil fuels over the next several decades, you need to have some bipartisan support; you need to have Congress going along with it and future presidents also wanting to build on this. I think [Obama administration officials] know that.?

Indeed. ?I continue to believe that whenever we can codify something through legislation, it is on firmer ground. It's not going to be reversed by a future president. It is something that will be long-lasting and sturdier and more stable,? Obama said in a recent interview with The New Republic.

With debates over immigration, gun control, and the nation?s fiscal future raging, however, the chances of Congress taking on climate legislation at the moment is slim. Still, it?s possible that some tweaks to climate policy could be made in the context of other legislation (tax incentives, for example, are a popular way to pursue climate goals).

So, can Obama become the climate-change president through executive action alone? History holds out hope. Even though presidents are largely remembered for their legislative accomplishments (think President Reagan?s tax reform, President Clinton?s welfare reform, President George W. Bush?s education agenda, and even Obama?s Affordable Care Act), Barbara Perry of the University of Virginia's Miller Center points to PresidentTruman, who gets a great deal of credit for the country's Medicare system?despite the fact that the law was passed more than 12 years after Truman left office.

Truman, she says, jump-started the national conversation on public health insurance. Though his proposals failed to pass Congress, he used his executive power to direct funds to construct hospitals, expand medical aid to the needy, and provide for expanded medical research. When President Johnson finally signed the bill into law in July 1965, he did so at the Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Mo., with Truman by his side. Crediting Truman in a speech at the signing ceremony, Johnson also enrolled the former president as the first Medicare beneficiary.

The lesson for Obama? Even if it takes a dozen more years to bring Congress around to the idea of comprehensive climate change legislation, Obama's work won't be for naught?and he may even be credited with paving the path on the issue.

In the meantime, the White House has pledged to forge ahead without Congress on climate. ?[We will] continue to look for tools, administrative actions that we can take that don?t require Congress and in many cases don?t require federal dollars,? Brian Deese, deputy director of the White House National Economic Council, said at an event on the new energy economy hosted by National Journal and The Atlantic last week.

Here are some actions Obama?can take, sans Congress:

Appointments. The president could be losing three strong advocates for action on climate change in his Cabinet: Energy Secretary Steven Chu is expected to resign, and the EPA?administrator and the secretary of the?Interior have already announced their departures. His choices for successors will say a lot about how committed the administration is to an aggressive climate-change agenda.

Sen. John Kerry, the Massachusetts Democrat whohasbeen nominated to be secretary of State, pledged at his confirmation hearing last week to be a ?passionate advocate? of using energy policy to solve climate change. The State Department leads U.S. negotiators on international agreements to address climate change, although any new commitments would need approval of the Senate.State is also charged with determining?whether a permit for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry oil from Canada's tar sands to U.S. refineries on the Gulf Coast, is in the national interest.

Regulation and enforcement.?The biggest?and most widely expected?executive action is the EPA?s release of final rules limiting carbon dioxide emissions from new power plants. Additional action may be taken to address methane emissions from the oil and gas industry, something the Clean Air Task Force urged Obama to tackle in an open letter to the president earlier this month.

EPA will play the biggest, but not the only, role in implementing Obama?s second-term vision for climate change. A host of other departments have climate-related authority: Interior will be involved in discussions over oil drilling, fracking, and offshore windturbines. Energy can set efficiency standards for appliances and buildings. The Agriculture Department is involved in implementing mandates for?biofuels, such as corn-based ethanol. The Commerce Department oversees the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which interprets and explains climatescience.?The Transportation Department has a say in fuel-economy standards.

Public pronouncements. Next month?s State of the Union address will bring more clarity to just how Obama plans to tackle climate change. The Senate confirmation hearings for key Cabinet posts should also shed some light on just how rocky Obama's path forward will be.

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Virginia Belle: Winter Home Improvement Plans

To say that we have slacked off lately in the home improvement department is a huge understatement. ?But it recently dawned on me that Spring would be here before we knew it (thank goodness!) and once the weather turns warm we will be?inundated with outdoor projects to maintain our yard. As a result, the inside of our home will get very little attention. ?So with Spring as a new deadline I'm now super motivated to do as many indoor improvements as possible. ?In true VABelle fashion, my first step in operation home improvement involved making a list.

Operation Winter 2013 Home Improvement:

*Redecorate the office
Right now our office is the catchall for all papers, junk, and clutter. ?I want it instead to be more organized, functional, and calming.

Paint purchased today! ?I'm going with Benjamin Moore's Stonington Gray.

-Paint the furniture

My office inspiration, thanks to Pinterest, includes white furniture with the gray walls. ?Right now our office furniture varies from tan to black with everything in between. ?I would love to paint it all white or cream but I'm not entirely sure how that would work out.

-Organize the office closet -Organize the office armoire
My ultimate armoire goal:


-Clean out the file cabinet

-Frame and hang diplomas

We only graduated 7 years ago, it's time to frame those suckers!

*Kitchen Window Coverings

Now that our family room doors have drapes, I really want to get coordinating Roman Shades for our kitchen windows in the adjacent room.

-Select the fabric

Right now I'm leaning towards Waverly Sidewalk Stripe in Blue Sky.

-Select the style of roman shades Love this example:

-Hang the custom shades

*Complete the Living Room

Moving our large armoire to the office was a great decision but it left us with a bare wall in our Living Room that needs to be filled.

-Find and buy a chair and end table
Currently a chair from the guest bedroom and a random ottoman are filling the void. ?I hope to find something affordable at an antique or thrift store sooner than later.

-Find and buy the perfect rug

*Complete Upstairs Bedrooms

-Paint both bedrooms more neutral colors
?The previous owners used the upstairs bedrooms as a nursery and a little boy's room. ?They picked great colors for the rooms at the time but now that we own the house they are screaming for a more neutral color scheme.?
Trust me, I'm realistic and know that at least half of this list won't be completed by Spring. ?But I'm motivated at the moment and if just a few projects get done, I will be satisfied. ?I hope to have some finished products to share with you all very soon. ?Comments and suggestions are always welcome!

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Video: Book a cruise now to enjoy warm weather for less

>>> kate, welcome back. good to see you.

>> good to see you.

>> 21 million people wun went on cruises last year and more expected this year.

>> yes. your include, bempverages sometimes and you get to see multiple destinations in one vacation.

>> you want us to book even though it's snowing outside or maybe because it's snowing.

>> you don't have to travel during wave season, but you should, because cruises offer the best deals.

>> buyer beware . what do you need to know before you book?

>> shop around. just as flights and hotel prices tend to fluctuate, cruise prices do, too. they can be cheaper one day than the next. do your research.

>> and do some homework about the ship that you might be spending a week on?

>> older ships perhaps coming up for renovations, cruise lines offer good deals on those and brand new ships, inaugural voyages. april for the caribbean, april, may, september for europe, cheaper prices.

>> let's talk about specifics. royal caribbean , majesty of the seas . what do i need to know ?

>> it was renovated about five years ago, a climbing wall , spa, loads of restaurants. they have a really good, fantastic value cruise to the bahamas. $209 per person. that includes a $50 on-board credit. it goes to their keys, a private keys.

>> $209 per person? that's very cheap.

>> exactly.

>> disney dream, this is like going to disneyland but you're on the open seas?

>> exactly. it starts at $399 for adults and $141 for children. and that, you'll see all your favorite disney characters there. there's a mickey pool, nemo pool, musicals, screenings and parties. disneyland at sea.

>> i've got three little kids. i understand it's all about the kids. as an adult, am i going to go slightly batty on this cruise?

>> you're a huge mickey fan, aren't you?

>> are there things for adults to do?

>> lots of things. lounges and bars. plus it's second to none. if you don't want to see your children all weekend --

>> take them on a disney cruise . you never have to see them.

>> exactly.

>> this one is called the breakaway.

>> brand new cruise going from england to new york at the end of april. it costs from $999 per person.

>> priceyer.

>> but that includes your flight to london. i looked at flights this morning and couldn't find one for that much money. brand spanking new ship. it holds 4,000 people. it's like a five- star hotel at sea. incredible restaurants, spas, fantastic bars.

>> at the end of april you won't get super warm weather but at least it will be nice out on the open seas?

>> exactly.

>> kate maxwell, appreciate it.

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Lane-swapping helps autonomous vehicles avoid collisions

Jan. 28, 2013 ? Autonomous, driverless vehicles look set to hit the streets in the near future and become increasingly common, so UK researchers have investigated algorithms that could help developers include escape manoeuvres to allow such vehicles to quickly and safely switch lanes to avoid collisions with other road users.

Writing in the aptly named International Journal of Vehicle Autonomous Systems, Matthew Best of the Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering at Loughborough University, in Leicestershire, discusses the optimisation of a vehicle's standard brake, acceleration and steering control inputs in the context of avoiding collisions. He has devised a computer simulation that allows all those parameters to be optimised concurrently during a safety manoeuvre and to show how speed reduction and swapping lanes might be carried out by an autonomous vehicle.

The optimal rapid lane-change would inevitably be an aggressive, high "g" manoeuvre that would destabilise the vehicle, and additional computing power would be needed to act quickly to correct under steer and other issues that arise during and after such a vehicle movement. The high-speed lane switch would likely be rarely used in a real-world autonomous drive, but could, in exceptional circumstances, allow driverless or robot vehicles to be safer on roads that which they share with other such vehicles and vehicles with human drivers.

Best points out that simulations at 70 mph (the UK national speed limit on motorways) reveal that braking alone would not lead to a safe outcome in many situations, so a lane swap would almost certainly be needed, assuming there were an empty lane for a vehicle to move into. A lane-change would in the best circumstances move the vehicle to safety in half the distance as braking at that speed.

The researchers concede that at present the limitations of on-board computing power in autonomous vehicles and the need for high-speed data streams measuring real tyre friction coefficients and more means that his algorithm is limited to the simulation at present. However, it paves the way for developing more powerful, safety aware driving systems for such vehicles.

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Give Your Ideas Room to Grow - MOMeo Magazine

Posted by Carla Young on January 28, 2013 ? Leave a Comment?

For every ?Yes? you say to something, there is a corresponding ?No? to something else ? either because you don?t have the ability to say ?Yes? or because that something else never materializes.

This is why we fail to achieve what we most desire in our overscheduled and overcommitted lives. We are constantly committing to stuff we aren?t all that interested in, defacto pushing what we really want to the back.

If you really want to get to that ?sometime? project, you must make room for it. You need to give your ideas room to grow, not just in your mind, but in your calendar because if left to its own devices, your calendar will magically fill itself full of unnecessary and unwanted tasks.

How to Create Space for New Opportunities

Ditch the Unnecessary ? Make a list of everything you are committed to doing or end up doing by default and cross off everything that falls under the categories of unnecessary or unwanted. It?s time to let another mom take over the role of classroom volunteer or ask your family to step up to help with the household tasks.

Decide What You Want ? Put of making space for new opportunities is identifying what types of opportunities you would like to manifest in your life. Do you want to attract new clients or do you want to tackle that book project that has been sitting on your shelf for the last year? Set the intention.

Make a Plan ? Don?t wait for that new client to appear out of nowhere or for the editor to come knocking on your door ? MAKE IT HAPPEN! Create an action list that outlines the exact steps you need to take this week to step closer to that goal (and keep on mapping out steps as you go).

Stick to It ? Do not give yourself a break! If you commit to an action step by a certain date, consider it an unbreakable promise. So often we put ourselves at the very bottom of our list ? it?s time to make you a priority.

Find Accountability Partners ? Connect with likeminded people who will hold your feet to the fire and call you on your bullshit excuses when you fail to hit a milestone. Tell them upfront that you want (and need) tough love.

Celebrate Your Achievements ? Remember that momentum begets more momentum (hence the name of this column). Take time to celebrate your achievements, even if it?s just a quick happy dance in your office before you get back on task.

Happy Monday ? now go get ?em!

About Carla Young
Carla Young, MOMeoMagazine.com Publisher If there?s living proof that women can have it all ? and then some ? it?s Carla Young. Building her multiple businesses on a virtual work-at-home model, Carla is an inspiration to other mothers who want to start a lifestyle business. During her early days as a mom entrepreneur, Carla made every single mistake in the book (and a few new ones for good measure). Realizing that ?doing it all? was unhealthy and unsustainable, Carla started by getting organized to the extreme, developing support systems for both her work and family. After other mothers started asking how they too could enjoy her lifestyle, Carla launched MOMeoMagazine.com to support moms at work, at home and at play (because every mommy deserves a little me-time)!

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Abrams on 'Star Wars': 'surreal' and 'exciting'

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) ? J.J. Abrams calls getting assigned to direct the seventh live-action "Star Wars" film "as surreal as it is exciting."

The director-producer-writer spoke with a handful of media outlets on the red carpet before darting into the Producers Guild Awards on Saturday night. Abrams was there to accept the Norman Lear Achievement Award for such television works as "Felicity" (1998-2002), "Alias" (2001-2006), "Lost" (2004-2010), "Fringe" (2008-2013) as well as the current series "Person of Interest" and "Revolution."

Abrams also is proving to be a go-to director of successful new films for long-established franchises, such as "Star Trek" and "Mission: Impossible."

Last week, Lucasfilm officially announced Abrams' hiring for "Star Wars: Episode VII," which has a tentative release date of 2015. "Star Wars" creator George Lucas personally endorsed Abrams in a statement: "I've consistently been impressed with J.J. as a filmmaker and storyteller. He's an ideal choice to direct the new Star Wars film and the legacy couldn't be in better hands."

As for Abrams' plans for "Episode VII"?

"You know, obviously, it's so early," he replied. "I can just say what I want to do: I want to do the fans proud. I want to make sure the story is something that touches people. And we're just getting started. I'm very excited."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/abrams-star-wars-surreal-exciting-160239824.html

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