By John A. Byrne, contributor

UNC Kenan-Flagler's Chapel Hill campus

(Poets&Quants) -- Marissa Hunt and Ben Walker are trying hard to coax a few million bucks from four venture capitalists in a San Francisco conference room. But they're pitching a rather peculiar idea and there's skepticism all over the faces of the people they're trying to sell.

The idea: a retractable shield that covers the top of a kitchen drawer when closed to keep out dust and prevent the drawer from jamming. They call the product "Drawer Shield" and the tagline they're using to promote it is "Content protection with NO CATCH."

"It's made of sturdy material," says Hunt, imagining something quite different than their prototype, which is taped together from bits of Styrofoam, cardboard, paper and balsam wood. "Think of the cover on an iPad."

"It's really easy to install and real cheap," insists Walker, trying to gin up some enthusiasm. "This can help sell kitchen cabinets."

But no one is buying it. The feedback is tough.

"I personally have zero use for this," says one potential investor.

"It's just not a problem for me," adds another.

Nonetheless, the four venture capitalists hand over $500,000, a pittance for the pitching pair who were hoping to get at least $2 million.

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NEW YORK, March 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --The Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network, Inc. (HITN) today announced the premiere of Online Degrees, a new four-part online learning education TV series partnership with American Public University (APU). Debuting on March 29, the series adds a new dimension to HITN's current College Admissions 411 education series.

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The inaugural program, "An Introduction to Online Learning," and the three subsequent weekly episodes will air during primetime on HITN, covering science, technology, engineering and math studies (STEM) with emphasis on information technology, space studies and environmental sciences. The series will shine a spotlight on the online learning experience and industry-specific degree programs to help Latinos considering online education make informed decisions about their educational options. It will also present an inside look at APU's collaborative, interactive learning environment and 100% online certificate and degree programs, including interviews with APU President and CEO Dr. Wallace E. Boston and students, graduates, faculty, deans, and administrators.

"Giving Latinos an inside look at the process of obtaining a degree through online learning will help close the achievement gap and broadens college education options for working Latino adults," said Florentina Balseca-Almonte, vice president of content for HITN TV.

"We're pleased to collaborate with HITN on this important educational initiative," said Michelle Maldonado, APU's associate vice president of corporate & strategic relationships. "APU's breadth of career-relevant programs helps make quality education accessible to Latinos and other adult learners seeking to advance their education, while making a difference in their workplace, with their families and in their surrounding communities."

About Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network

HITN , Inc. (The Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network) was established in 1983 as a non-profit organization with a mission to advance the educational, socio-economic and cultural aspirations of Latinos in the US and Puerto Rico through technology. HITN-TV is the first U.S Latino-controlled, non-commercial, Spanish-language, media company delivering educational programming to more than 40 million homes nationwide on Satellite and Cable focusing on Health, Financial Literacy, and Education. http://www.hitn.org.

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Five women from the Acres of Love Park City Chapter "Mountains of Love" are scheduled to leave for Johannesburg, South Africa, this week to visit one of 22 homes supporting HIV positive foster children. Mountains of Love member Missy Kelly and Randi Jo Taurel, who offers "Yoga with Randi Jo" in Park City schools, partnered together to establish the community service project.

Students participating in Yoga with Randi Jo from Jeremy Ranch, Parley's Park and Trailside Elementary along with the Weilenmann School of Discovery and Another Way Montessori worked on scrapbook pages over the course of eight weeks. The pages were compiled into a book that Kelly plans on giving to the seven children living at the Bridges to Forever home sponsored by Mountains of Love.

"Each week the students work on a project and they have a page that they can tell these children what we're about. The students write or draw about who they admire, or something good they want to do in the world," Taurel said, adding that more than 40 yoga students participated. "It gives them a chance to become not only a part of the community but the world and we're representing the schools."

Students at Jeremy Ranch Elementary School are practicing "Seva," which is an act of selfless service with no expectations of getting anything in return, Taurel said, adding that they are also learning that yoga relieves stress. JRES fifth-grader Emily Sageser said this is her first year practicing yoga. She hopes the Mountains of Love kids will be able to feel the same benefits when they do yoga with Kelly.

"I've learned that if you sit down and meditate it calms you down and I feel that it (the book) will help them understand us and it will make them happy," Sageser said.

The Mountains of Love nonprofit was founded in 2009 by Parkite Melissa Fischer and now consists of 17 Park City women including Kelly. The group traveling to Johannesburg will meet the foster children ranging in age from four to 14. The group then plans to travel to Mossel Bay, South Africa, where the children can fish, do yoga on the beach and experience the ocean for the first time.

For more information about Mountains of Love or Yoga with Randi Jo, visit http://www.yogawithrandijo.com . To learn more about the national nonprofit Acres of Love, visit their website at http://www.acresoflove.org .

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By Johanna Kaiser, Town Correspondent

Copley Square will be glowing with neon yogis Friday as a yoga store new to Newbury Street hosts a mass hip hop yoga class and dance party in the park.

Lululemon Athletica, a clothing and gear shop for yoga and running, recently opened its second Boston location on Newbury Street. To celebrate, the store is hosting a yoga and dance party for 500 people from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.

Goldie Kaufenberg, a yoga instructor and Lululemon community ambassador, will lead the first 500 students in a hip hop yoga class while a live DJ plays.

The store asks that anyone who would like to participate in the class bring their yoga mat, a photo I.D. to use a pair of headphones during the class, and bright clothing.

Please wear your brightest neons and whites as we are glowin' up Copley Square! reads the events Facebook page.

The night wont end when the class does. After stretching through hip hop yoga, participants will have a chance to dance.

Once we are savasana'd out headphones will come off and the DJ will turn up the volume for an epic dance party you wont want to miss, the event description reads.

Lululemon Athletica also has a store in the Prudential Center. The new store is located at 337 Newbury Street. -- Twitter: @YourBackBay, @JohannaKaiser E-mail: johanna.yourtown@gmail.com

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There is no doubt in Mike Babcock's mind that he wants to be behind the bench when Team Canada defends its gold medal at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

"I would relish that opportunity again," Babcock told The Canadian Press in an interview Thursday. "You could say, `Why would you go, you've already won it?'

"Why wouldn't you win two?"

It's the same attitude that has guided Babcock to an unparalleled career in hockey and also shines through in his latest project. The Detroit Red Wings coach is trying his hand as an author after penning "Leave No Doubt," which is described as a "credo for chasing your dreams."

Babcock came up with that saying during a discussion with longtime friend Rick Larsen in 2009 and used it extensively while guiding the Olympic team to gold in Vancouver 2010.

The unforgettable two-week event serves as the backdrop for the motivational story told by Babcock and Larsen in "Leave No Doubt." The pair spent the past two summers working on the manuscript and only approached McGill-Queen's University Press once it was completed.

Ultimately, Babcock felt compelled to have the book published because he thought its message could help readers.

"I had parents that built a good foundation for me, gave me an opportunity and then I've been able to chase my dreams right from the get-go and had a lot of success along the way," said Babcock. "I just believed there was lots of people out there that have the same opportunity if they embrace doing so. ...

"Now there's going to be lots of people that don't agree with anything I say or don't like it. That's life. But the bottom line is I wrote it."

The result is a 138-page book an "airplane read" in the words of Babcock that is slated to hit stores across the country on April 14.

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) Sean Payton's many motivational ploys included a life-size poster of an exit door on the locker room wall at Saints headquarters. It served as a not-so-subtle reminder that finding the way out of the organization was easy for those who failed to buy into his way.

It a stunning twist, the NFL has shown Payton the door.

The move has left the Saints reeling, trying to figure out how to move forward without Payton at least for a year.

New Orleans has begun picking up the pieces.

A person familiar with the situation said Thursday three current assistants are strong candidates to take over in Payton's absence: Offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael Jr., defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo and offensive line coach Aaron Kromer.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team has not announced its plans.

The Saints also must orchestrate a front office and coaching staff shuffle to account for partial-season suspensions of general manager Mickey Loomis (eight games) and assistant head coach Joe Vitt (six games), who also coaches linebackers.

The person said it is too early to tell who will be named interim head coach or how reassignments across both the coaching staff and front office will shake out. The person added that Payton, who has now been with the club more than six years, and Loomis, who arrived 12 years ago, still had the backing of team owner Tom Benson.

Benson "continues to stand behind his guys," the person said.

The Saints could appeal the punishment handed down by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Wednesday, but it was not immediately clear whether the Saints intended to explore that option.

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George Williams retired from coaching in 2008 and was enjoying a life of leisure on the golf course and highways.

Bishop Marshall McGill and the Kingdom Christian Academy lured Williams back to the hardwood with spectacular results.

Under Williams' leadership, the Lions swept through the past season with a 23-0 record and captured the 2012 National Athletic Christian Association Division III national championship.

After a 25-year basketball coaching career that included stops as head man at Spencer (13 years), Carver (10) and Smiths Station (2), Williams put away his whistle 4 years ago.

"I played golf and I like to travel," Williams said. "I've always had the dream of coaching in college, so I travelled a lot, living the dream through my kids."

Williams and his wife, Dr. Rosalyn Williams, have two adult children who followed in their father's footsteps. Pershin Williams, 30, coaches at Georgia Southern and Donovan Williams, 25, at Lafayette College in eastern Pennsylvania. In addition, daughter Asiha Williams plays volleyball at Savannah State.

Williams' days were spent roaming the country or teeing up a golf ball until he received two job offers in the same week.

"I got an offer to coach basketball at Ft. Valley State and ended up teaching physical education there," Williams said. "Dr. McGill called and offered me this job. I'm teaching at Ft. Valley two days a week and working with the high school kids, too."

The Christian school, located on Airport Thruway,

is 2 years old and has an enrollment of 108 students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.

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By Greg Jayne Columbian Sports Editor

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Nancy Boone has plans. Big plans.

Im going to play golf, said Boone, who resigned last week as womens basketball coach at Clark College. Work on my golf game, if the weather ever clears up.

Boone, who coached the Penguins for six years, said it was time for her to take a break from coaching after 35 years at the high school, club, and college levels.

Im not having fun anymore. And Im tired, the 59-year-old said. Good season, good kids, but I wasnt having fun.

Boone guided Clark to 21-8 record this year, including a 13-3 mark and second-place finish in the NWAACC West Division.

The season marked a continuation of the Penguins improvement since a 4-20 record in Boones first season. Clarks win totals in division play during her six years: 4, 6, 7, 11, 11, 13.

Boones departure leaves Clark searching for two head basketball coaches. Mens coach Mike Arnold was informed last week that his contract will not be renewed despite a just-completed 25-4 season.

For me, it was the right thing, Boone said. Im very comfortable. Its time to take care of me for a change. I even had some thoughts about it last year, but I had some kids coming back.

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21-03-2012 11:33 The local people of Kerala, on the southwestern coast of India, claim that the earth's very first coconut tree came from their soil. They called it the "tree of life" because every part of the tree--the root, the fruit, the leaves, the trunk--is utilized in a multitude of ways to support the health and survival of Kerala's indigenous people. Today, I want to discuss the health benefits of coconut oil, which has been prized as an Ayurvedic medicine for thousands of years. Though ostracized in recent decades due to its "bad-for-you" saturated fat, science is finally convincing skeptical researchers that this ancient oil has unique and essential properties for optimal health. Dr. John Douillard, DC has written and produced numerous health and fitness books, CDs, and DVDs. He has been teaching and lecturing internationally for 25 years and publishes a free wellness video-newsletter filled with the latest studies and research. He was the Director of Player Development for the New Jersey Nets in the NBA and currently directs the LifeSpa- Ayurvedic Retreat Center in Boulder, CO, where he lives with his wife and six children.

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