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(CBS/AP) DAYTON, Ohio – Author Barbara Kingsolver, a leader in the literature of social change, will be the first recipient of the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. The award, previously known as the Dayton Literary Peace Prize’s lifetime achievement award, has been renamed in honor of the late Ambassador U.N. Richard Holbrooke. First given in 2006, the prize honors authors whose works promote peace. It was inspired by the Dayton peace accords on Bosnia brokered by Holbrooke in 1995 negotiations at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton in southwest Ohio. Founder Sharon Rab says the prize organization wanted to honor 카지노사이트 Holbrooke’s international role in seeking peace and his special importance to Dayton. The longtime U.S. diplomat died last December at age 69 following surgery on his torn aorta. Kingsolver, 56 will receive award on Nov. 13. The novelist and poet is best known for her books “The Poisonwood Bible,” a story of a missionary family in the Congo, and “The Lacuna” about a Mexican-American who runs afoul of the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950s. Kingsolver has won numerous writing awards and her “The Poisonwood Bible,” was on the Pulitzer Prize’s short...

(CBS/AP) NEW YORK – Gap is looking at online ads, video shorts about denim fashion, and big-city taco trucks to help it regain its market share. The nation’s largest clothing chain rolled out a marketing campaign on Monday that features a series of 30-to-90-second online documentary-style videos centered around the goings on at its denim design studio in Los Angeles called the Pico Creative Loft. The campaign features 30 videos that show shots of the airy, loft-like denim design studio with its hardwood floors and exposed brick walls. In the videos, Gap workers talk about the process of making certain jean styles and washes and why they love their jobs. The videos will air on a dedicated Facebook page, YouTube, on sites like Hulu, and embedded in banner ads elsewhere. The campaign also includes print ads and “Pico de Gap” taco trucks with celebrity chefs that will hit New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco beginning Monday and broadcast their location via Twitter. The tacos will be $1.69 but free if you show Gap clothing. Gap would not disclose how much it is spending on the campaign, but said it was similar to what it spent last year, 홀덤 사이트 except with a much heavier focus on social media and the Web. Executives say the online push is a way to reach a slightly younger demographic. The campaign...

(CBS) On “The Tonight Show” Thursday Roseanne Barr said she’s running for president. Of the United States. For real. “You know, Jay,” said Barr, “I decided that since you’re the one that got Arnold Schwarzenegger elected as governor of California that I wanted to make my announcement here on your show because I really want to ask for your support. My announcement is that I am running for president of the United States.” After she made the announcement, ticker tape fell from above and then Barr joked she also wanted to be prime minister of Israel. “I want to represent the taxpayers,” she said, “and in fact, I’m choosing the taxpayers as my vice president.” Barr credited Palin with her decision to do a reality show (Barr stars in “Roseanne’s Nuts” on Lifetime, about her macadamia and livestock farm). “I feel like she’s stealing my act anyway,” said Barr. Among Barr’s platforms are eliminating taxes, cod 카지노 forgiving all student loans and eliminating the monetary system in the United States. And she claims she’s serious, sending out a tweet about her decision. To watch the interview, click here. .bbpBox99336708868407297 background:url(https://a1.twimg.com/images/themes/theme12/bg.gif) #BADFCD;padding:20px; p.bbpTweetbackground:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px p.bbpTweet span.metadatadisplay:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:8px;padding-top:12px;height:40px;border-top:1px solid #fff;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6 p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.authorline-height:19px p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author imgfloat:left;margin:0 7px 0 0px;width:38px;height:38px p.bbpTweet a:hovertext-decoration:underlinep.bbpTweet span.timestampfont-size:12px;display:block for those who ask: yes I’m serious about running 4 pres. so I can...

(CBS) — A second “Grease” star has passed away. Actress Annette Charles, who played Cha Cha DiGregorio and famously danced with John Travolta in the iconic film, died Wednesday in Los Angeles, 온라인카지노 according to reports. She was 63. Charles had been battling cancer, her mother tells Access Hollywood, and died from complications related to the disease. As Cha Cha, the self-declared”best dancer at St. Bernadette’s,” Charles played the girlfriend of the Scorpions gang leader and memorably stole the spotlight dancing with Travolta during the school dance competition scene. Charles also appeared in “Magnum, P.I.”, “Latino” and “The Incredible Hulk” TV series.  She later became a speech professor at California State University Northridge, in Northridge, Calif. Her passing comes two months after the death of co-star Jeff Conaway, who played Kenickie in the film. Conaway died inlate May after being hospitalized in a coma that stemmed from his struggle with drugs and alcohol. He was...