Richard Hatch has been sent to a federal prison in Oklahoma as he serves a 51-month sentence for failing to pay taxes on the $1 million he won on the debut season of "Survivor."

Hatch, 45, of Newport, arrived last week at the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City. It wasn't immediately clear why Hatch was moved or whether he will serve out his prison sentence at the facility, which is a hub for prisoners transferring through the federal system.

A federal jury convicted Hatch in January of failing to pay taxes on the "Survivor" prize and other income. He was sentenced in May to 51 months in prison by a judge who said the reality TV star had lied repeatedly on the witness stand.

Hatch had previously been held at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility in Massachusetts.

He would prefer to serve his sentence near family in Rhode Island or in Florida, said his lawyer, Michael Minns.

"He should be in a camp," Minns said. "The camps are the most comfortable of the uncomfortable. They are still jails, but they get to see the sky and be outside. It's bad for Richard, who is an outdoor person."

Can I just say "Oh I am so sorry we are making you suffer because you are too stupid to obey the law!"? Why all this poor Richard stuff? I say "Dick! Pay your taxes! I have to!"

This weekend a friend of mine went to Quiznos for a new flatbread salad. He was oddly surprised to find a real metal fork in his bag. Real as in made out of stainless steel. Now, I do like the idea but I can't help but wonder how it could be profitable to the business.

Their advertising campaign is also engaging consumers at the grassroots level. In-market promotions at New York City and Chicago commuter hubs will distribute thousands of metal forks and coupons for free Flatbread Chopped Salads on Monday, June 5th. A full page ad in USA Today will also offer consumers an opportunity to visit their local Quiznos and receive one of the new salads for free.

"Our innovative menu offerings recognize that our consumers are more thoughtful, and are interested in making meal time a more rewarding experience. It's part of a lifestyle," said Ryan. "By offering higher quality selections that appeal to this lifestyle, we've found a stronger way to connect with the consumer. Our goal is to connect with consumers lives, not just their lunch." Quiznos Flatbread Chopped Salads are available for a suggested retail price of $5.29.

Let's take a look at the rising cost of steel in America.

Okay, plastic is disposable, but stainless steel? It sure would feel strange throwing away a disposable stainless steel fork. Wonder what's next... disposable drink glasses? At the very least shouldn't Quiznos offer a recycling box?

In the early 90's, pepsi released a Neon Light's special design on their cans for a couple of months. It was a black can with pink and blue neon lines in seemingly random arrangement. If you put two cans on top of each other, and turned them a certain way, the cans read "sex" very plainly and bluntly across the length of them, if you know some one who collects pepsi cans, see for yourself.

It wasn't long before someone came up with a new version of the Pepsi Challenge: find the secret word S-E-X by stacking one neon Pepsi can on top of another. Well, sort of ... if you twisted the top can to the right, the bottom one to the left, and kind of squinted, you could make out a word that looked like 'S-E-X,' with the loop of the first 'P' forming half an 'S', the 'E' missing its bottom half, and the second 'P' crossed by a neon bar that makes it look like an 'X.' Of course, it really helped if you knew what you were supposed to be looking for in advance.

As for any thoughts that the whole "hidden sex message" thing was intentional, a Pepsi advertising manager noted that "The cans were designed to be cool and fun and different; something to get the consumer's attention," but Pepsi spokesman Tod MacKenzie maintained that the message was "nothing more than an odd coincidence," pointing out that the neon can was selected only because consumers had indicated during market testing that they preferred it over hundreds of other potential "Cool Can" designs.

A blonde walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer.

She says she is going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000. The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security for the loan; so, the blonde hands over the keys to a new Rolls Royce. The car is parked on the street in front of the bank. She has the title and everything checks out. The bank agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan.

The bank's president and its officers all enjoy a good laugh at the blonde for using a $250,000 Rolls as collateral against a $5,000 loan. An employee of the bank then proceeds to drive the Rolls into the bank's underground garage and parks it there.

Two weeks later, the blonde returns, repays the $5,000 and the interest, which comes to $15.41.

The loan officer says, "Miss, we are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely; but, we're a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is, why would you bother to borrow $5,000?"

The blonde replies, "The airport wanted to charge me two hundred dollars to store my car. Where else in New York City can I park my car for two weeks for only $15.41 and expect it to be there when I return?"

Not all blondes are dumb.

Do you remember New Orleans 'Katrina' mayor Ray Nagin? The one that tried to teach 1,200 buses to swim while his citizen's drowned? Once again, he has demonstrated his ability to deal with hard realities.

According to The New Orleans Times Picayune there were 50,000 vehicles ruined in Katrina and abandoned by their owners.

The largest auto crusher east of the Rockies, K&L Auto Crushers of Tyler, Texas offered to pay the City of New Orleans $100.00 per vehicle, 'as is, where is', an estimated $5 million net to the city. They agreed to bring in 5 to 10 portable crushers, work 6 days per week and complete the job in 15 weeks.

Of course, mayor Nagin knew better how to do the job and refused the offer saying the city would do the job themselves. It seems that now it will cost the City $23 million to complete the job. The vehicles are still there today instead of being cleaned out 5 Months ago.

Now, lets see if I have this correct. By doing it K&L's way the City of New Orleans would net $5 million. Doing it mayor Nagin's way costs the city $23 million for a net cost to the City of New Orleans of $28,000,000.

This is the same mayor that wants The United States taxpayers to give $50 billion to New Orleans and let him rebuild a his way without any oversight or any control.

Brit Hume reported this on Fox News.

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Join Keystone Church, starting July 9th, for their new series: SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS. Each Sunday Pastor Brandon Thomas will explore the spiritual themes in some of the summer's biggest blockbuster movies. This July, take your favorite flicks to the next level by enjoying the message behind these movies.

July 9	Superman Returns : Do We Need a Savior?
July 16	Pirates of the Caribbean : Escaping the Shackles of Your Past
July 23	Mission Impossible III: Let the Ultimate Life Mission Begin
July 30	Nacho Libre: Discovering Your God-Given Gifts

Keystone Church meets at Hillwood Middle School in Keller, TX every Sunday at 9:30am & 11:00am.

For 11 years, eBay has been a great resource to buy or sell goods without leaving your computer. And with many stories of people getting rich exclusively from doing business on eBay, NewsFactor has decided to go in depth with these stories, and explore what it takes to really make your million on eBay. From the article: 'A tiered system designed to reward qualified sellers, the PowerSeller program is by invitation only, and has a number of criteria that must be maintained to keep the designation. At the lowest level, Bronze, a PowerSeller must average at least $1,000 in sales per month for three consecutive months; have an account in good standing; and get an overall feedback rating of 100, with at least 98 percent of the comments marked as positive.'

Making money on eBay is certainly something that can be accomplished, but don't be fooled. Running an eBay business is just like any other business. Hard work, dedication and the right mix of marketing, customer service and quality products are still the only things that will make you successful.

An article over at Space.com mentions two new tools that Space Shuttle Discovery will have aboard during its upcoming flight, designated STS-121, scheduled to lift off on July 1, 2006. One tool is for tile repair. The other tool is a 28-foot-long cable that would be used to connect an avionics bay located on the mid-deck with the flight-deck controls.

The cable enables flight controllers on the ground to land the Shuttle completely by remote control, including the ability to lower the landing gear. The remote control landing would be used in the case where the Shuttle was damaged to the point that it would be too risky to land it with humans aboard, but could be landed without humans aboard in an attempt to save the vehicle. The astronauts would take refuge on the ISS while mission control in Houston attempt to land a damaged Shuttle.