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I'm so used to being gay and Catholic, I forget how strange that sounds.
I forget that, for some people, "homosexual" describes something like a different race, or maybe even a different gender. I forget that some Christians think I'm the worst kind of pervert (but a pervert they have to treat nicely), and some secularists think I'm the worst kind of hypocrite; the former because I'm sexually attracted to men, and the latter because I don't do anything about it.
Read the last part again. Yes, I'm attracted to men; no, I don't sleep with them, for the same reason that a lot of Catholics don't sleep with people they're not married to. But you'd be surprised how often people hear the first part (gay) and not the second (celibate) — even though the second is the only part that's up to me.
I wrote a whole article once about what it was like to be a celibate, gay Catholic, and what was the first response in the combox? "Repent!!"
Not that everyone who finds out that I'm gay is like that. Overwhelmingly, the people I've told — mainly family and close friends — respond with compassion and even admiration. Usually it's something like "I'm honored that you trust me enough to tell me this." But even the most understanding people don't always understand what I mean, if only because (unlike me) they haven't had the last 14 years to figure it out, and because "I'm gay" is not a simple sentence.
I'm not very sensitive about the word "gay", but some of us in the Gay Catholic business prefer the phrase "same-sex attraction," or SSA. I find it more accurate than "gay" or "queer" or any of the others, just because it suggests that homosexuality is something I have rather than something I am. That's the way I think of it. So the idea of gay culture, gay rights, gay marriage, gay anything really, is foreign to me. You might as well talk about gluten-intolerance culture, or musician's rights.
Which is not to say that I don't strongly identify with those parts of myself that people often conflate with being "gay." I'm musical, I'm verbal, I'm intuitive, I have a strong aesthetic sense. But men with SSA don't have a monopoly on those things, and the fact that I have those characteristics doesn't mean I belong to some special culture; it means I'm myself, and not anybody else.
I also don't mean to trivialize the experience of having SSA. Sex isn't everything, but as anyone with any kind of sexual dysfunction knows, it's an awful lot. Put the sexual aspect together with the other things that homosexual men and women often experience — depression, low self-esteem, loneliness, a sense (however false) of being utterly different — and you have a heavy cross.
I've experienced healing in every area I mentioned above, but nobody's healing is complete this side of heaven. Loneliness can be the worst part: not the absence of friends, I've got those, but the effort of forging out a way to live in a society that constantly tells us that romantic love is anyone's only shot at real happiness, and that celibacy (not to mention virginity!) is some kind of psychological disease.
And there's the question of friendship. I love men, and I always will. That's not weird, that's not strange, that's not even gay. But it's not as simple as "look, but don't touch" — chastity is a question of the heart and soul and emotions, as well as the groin. What do you do if your best friend turns you on? How do you learn to love another man without making him into an idol?
These questions are still present to me, but none of them are show-stoppers anymore. You deal with them, you pray and seek advice, you offer up the incidental pangs, and you get on with your life. And none of the things I deal with are unique to gay men or women. Being straight isn't a guarantee of having a healthy, shiny, pre-integrated sexuality; it just means the whole beautiful, messy concerto is in a different key. Nobody gets to sit this one out.
To quote the YouTube campaign — you know the one, full of compassion and good intentions and muddled thinking — it does get better. If anyone had told me ten years ago what my life would be like today, maybe just showed me a video of an ordinary Tuesday evening in the life of contemporary Steve, my eyes would've bugged out. I never had any idea things could be this good, that I could be so confident, that I would so often feel like smiling for no particular reason.
You will be wondering how I got from there to here. There's no quick answer. It took lots of prayer and hard work, and the love and patience of brothers, sisters, mentors, and friends. If you are looking for a good place to start — for yourself or someone you know, or just because you want to understand the whole thing better — I recommend browsing around People Can Change and Courage. I recommend picking up a copy of Fr. Harvey's The Homosexual Person and Alan Medinger's Growth Into Manhood. You might also try Melinda Selmys' Sexual Authenticity and Wesley Hill's Washed and Waiting. And of course there's my blog.
And maybe the most important thing: you can do this, but not alone — and the Church may be your greatest ally. Maybe you don't understand yet why the she teaches what she does; but don't quit listening. Maybe you don't feel Jesus' love in the Mass; so then go more often, not less. Maybe you ran into a priest who didn't understand; so find one who does.
Most of all, don't accept any easy answers, from the right or from the left. The quick way is rarely the right one, and the long way around is well worth the trip.


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MONDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- A biopharmaceutical company is developing a treatment that aims to prevent repeat heart attacks by using a component of "good" cholesterol to clear arteries of dangerous cholesterol buildup.
"We hope what we have is a new mechanism to go after cholesterol in the days or weeks after a heart attack," said Sam Wright, global strategic director of cardiovascular therapeutics at CSL Limited, which is headquartered in Australia.
The research is in the early stages, and it's far from clear if the potential treatment will work. Still, the preliminary findings are positive, said Wright. And they were to be presented Monday at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association in Los Angeles.
According to Wright, up to 20 percent of people who survive a heart attack have another one over the next year. The risk is highest in the first several weeks.
While heart surgeons can often prop open clogged arteries after a heart attack, other arteries can remain blocked, he said. "We'd like to remove the cholesterol from all the arteries and prevent blockades," he said.
In the new study -- which represents the first of three stages of research that drugs must undergo before winning approval in the United States -- researchers gave intravenous doses of a protein from so-called "good" (HDL) cholesterol to 57 healthy volunteers.
The study found that the body quickly began to do a better job of removing "bad" (LDL) cholesterol from cells. While scientists often say that every drug has side effects, the researchers saw no signs of adverse effects related to the treatment.
The treatment appeared to work by boosting the body's ability to dispose of "bad" cholesterol, Wright said. While aspirin and anti-platelet drugs prevent clotting after a heart attack, they don't attack the cholesterol that has built up in artery plaque, the study authors noted.
The researchers are continuing to study the drug in people, and it's unknown if it will actually help reduce the risk of heart attack. Also, it's too early to estimate the cost or determine if it might prevent heart attacks in people with high cholesterol who haven't had a heart attack, Wright said.
Dr. David Brown, a cardiologist and professor of medicine at Stony Brook University Medical Center in New York, predicted that the drug will be expensive. "It also involves processing of human blood, which comes with some risk of spreading infection," he said. "Also, other drugs that increase HDL have not been shown to be of major clinical benefit."
Brown also said it would be unlikely that the drug could be given to anyone with high cholesterol, even those who haven't had heart attacks.
Dr. Gregg Fonarow, a professor of cardiology at University of California, Los Angeles, noted that the treatment is given intravenously, which "could be considered a significant drawback" compared to drugs taken by mouth.
It's unclear how often patients would have to undergo the treatment.
Data and conclusions presented at meetings are typically considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed medical journal.
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Chair has said they think they've got the potential "best looking handheld game ever made," and it's hard to argue with visuals like that. This is a trailer viewed on the PC, but the iPhone 4's Retina display should do it plenty of justice. And the swipe controls shown look like they're suited to both device and game.
Color me intrigued. A solid RPG on the iPhone? I bet I could kill one hell of a long cross-country flight with that thing.
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From Buenos Aires to Ushuaia
I always had a world map in my wall. I always used to make fantasies about to travel around the world and, for some reason, I always wanted to go to Ushuaia. When I was little girl, I used to watch a TV program with my bro called Ushuaia. At this time I didnt know what the heck Ushuaia was, but I liked that name. It was a program about climbing and such things, something my brother actually loved. I remember the day I went with him to jump from 40 m a bridge with a rope on my waist. It was crazy, it was scary, it was amazing.
In any case, after I very hard break up in 2010 (my old friends in server know) and be watching my world map in the wall for long time, I decided I had to do something: make my dreams come true. At this time I was living in Buenos Aires, I moved there coz… of love! But love sometimes ends and then you hear the hardest words: "I dont love you anymore." I was one year recovering from this, but never stopped dreaming, never stopped to watch my world map. My ex was a kind of negative person, he always told me: "Argentina is sh*t, f*ck or be f*cked." I noticed I actually didn't know too much, after 7 years in the country, about Argentina. "Ok, I need to know from myself," I thought in that moment. I slowly made a plan, I was going to travel, have a nomad life for some time. My plan was to travel Argentina for 1 year, but plans use to get truncated…
When I first told to my closest friends, the sentence was unanimous: "WHAT?? YOU.ARE. TOTALLY. CRAZY!" But there were two people who had a very important role in my life. One of them told me: "This is the best idea I ever heard." She helped me to organize my trip, she gave me invaluable tips and always cheered me up to don't forget my dreams. The other person helped me with my first movement; he arranged a meeting with a truck driver who was going to take me from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia, more than 3,000 km by land.
Yes, from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia in a truck! Four days in a truck! After this long trip, four days, in summer, in a truck, with same clothes, sleeping in the truck, I thought: "Whoever called Ushuaia 'The End of The World', I'm sure he traveled by truck." After two days, no shower and always with same clothes (even for sleeping) I took one of my best showers in my life a gas station. There, standing, tailing with a bunch of 2 m truck drivers, I felt small and short with my 1.65 m. Martin (the truck driver who brought me) told me: "Don't say a word, you are my wife." And that's exactly what I did.
It's hard to explain my sensation in this trip. People in Europe probable can't imagine 4, 6, 8 hours in a road and to don't see absolutely NOTHING. Just guanacos and nandues… and many many kilometers of… NOTHING!
And finally, after three days, we took the ferry in Strait of Magellan. I was excited: "We almost there!". But not, still long way to go, mostly due to rolling stones roads.
Some hours later I arrived to Ushuaia, and I saw their touristic slogan: "End of the world, beginning of everything." And of course I believed it, coz I wanted to believe it. And actually it was true for me, it was the beginning of everything…


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LOS ANGELES (AP) Jamal Crawford led a fourth-quarter rally with 13 of his 21 points, and the Los Angeles Clippers beat Phoenix 117-99 on Saturday, winning their fifth in a row while sending the Suns to their season-worst sixth straight loss.
Blake Griffin added 24 points, and Chris Paul had 16 points and 11 assists. Crawford made all four of his free throws to extend his streak to 55 in a row since Nov. 3.
Michael Beasley scored 21 points off the bench, and Shannon Brown added 19 for Phoenix, which hadn't lost six in a row since March 3-12, 2009.
The Clippers broke out in the final quarter after not leading by more than seven points through the first three periods. And they did it with their reserves, who scored every point. They opened with a 17-4 run in which Crawford scored 11 points on a variety of shots, including a 3-pointer and two free throws.
Los Angeles fans were rewarded with a couple of big dunks by Eric Bledsoe and another by Matt Barnes that pushed the Clippers' lead to 110-93 with 4:04 to play. Their reserves outscored Phoenix's bench, 56-45.
Luis Scola scored 10 in a row for the Suns and finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds.
Neither team managed to pull away in the third, when the Clippers led 85-83 before their starters went to the bench for good to start the fourth.
Los Angeles got a boost from its second unit early in the second, with Crawford scoring five in a row and Lamar Odom and Barnes chipping in as the Clippers played catch-up. Griffin and Paul took over the final 2:50, combining to score 11 of their team's final 14 points to send the Clippers into halftime leading 63-57.
The game began shortly after noon, and the Clippers' defense sleepwalked through the first quarter when the Suns led by seven.
Notes: Suns C Jermaine O'Neal was ejected in fourth quarter. ... Clippers G Chauncey Billups missed his second straight game because of tendinitis in his left ankle. ... The Clippers have scored 100 or more points in each of their last five victories. ... The Suns played their seventh road game in 14 days. They fell to 2-10 away from home. ... Beasley didn't start after totaling 24 points on 10 of 35 shooting in his three previous games.


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Apple Fans, Welcome to the Machine
Aug 23, 2012 5:00 AM PT
I've been an Apple Mac user since high school, using them even as I struggled through business classes on clunky PCs. As an adult, I used them in college. I have since purchased five Mac laptops and an iMac, and while I'm not a graphic artist, I've pounded on them most days of my life for years and years.
I lived through the dark time when Apple licensed its OS to the clone makers, and a couple of times here and there, particularly as my budget plummeted, I reconsidered whether I should hang onto the Mac way or throw in the towel and go with a cheaper and sometimes more "powerful" Windows-based laptop, while waiting and waiting for Apple to update its lineup.
But I hung in there. Partially because, hey, I'm just so much more prolific on a Mac. The OS makes sense to me. I appreciate the overall design. I liked Steve Jobs. And I've aligned my identity with quality, investing in a great product, taking care of it, and using the heck the out of it. I buy Macs because they're durable, they last, and I appreciate the overall build quality. It's the same reason I spend more for a great pair of hiking boots, then take care of them but still blast through creeks and up sharp rocky slopes.
The Dark Side to Apple Fan(atic)s
Some Apple product enthusiasts -- long-time users -- have been Mac users for so long they actually think of themselves as being the underdog. Everywhere around them, for years and years, they've seen PCs. Their PC-using friends scoffed at them. They faced pressure to figure out how to convert and share files. They were forced to use PCs at their day jobs. Linux was nearly as cool and way cheaper, more open. The percentage of PCs in the world far outpaced the very minor percentage of Macs. Apple users were underdogs. Rebels. Thinkers. Geniuses. We were bucking trends and doing something different.
Many of us thought we were cool.
There's always been a sense that Apple users are in the minority, even as white iPod headphones started showing up on the street, in airports, on TV commercials. Still, the iPod could be tied to a PC. Not really Apple, necessarily. And the same with the iPhone -- you could sync the iPhone to PCs. But to be a true Apple enthusiast, you must use a Mac, and you maybe even have an Apple TV. You happily gave any other Mac user you ran into free 24/7 tech support (though they rarely needed it). We were all still a minority of misfits, even as the mobile music player world (remember the MP3 acronym?) was dominated by the iPod. Absolutely dominated.
And what of the iPhone? It's the world's most popular smartphone with the biggest mindshare, and yet, it has always seemed as if it's the dark horse, the device that's fighting against competitive waves of smartphones ... that it will ultimately be overwhelmed by Android smartphones.
Apple Has Eclipsed the Big Companies
But now, with Apple's sales success, it has become the highest valued public company in U.S. history. It blasted past the US$600 billion mark, flirting with valuations well past $640 billion, and some analysts say there's enough growth left in Apple to track toward $1 trillion in valuation. Apple is valued more than ExxonMobil, more than Microsoft, GE and Intel. Name any big U.S. company and Apple is worth way more. This is all stock market talk, really, and revenue is a bit different. In terms of revenue, Apple might be still trailing HP by a hair, but its annual revenue will blow by plenty of the rest of the competition. And profitability? Freakishly high.
On a recent evening news broadcast, the newscaster made a comment that caught my attention, something to the effect that the Apple iPhone makes more money than all of Microsoft's products combined. Wow.
That sort of puts Apple's success in perspective, does it not?
When the iPhone 5 hits in September -- even if it's a technically lackluster upgrade -- the pent up demand for the next-generation iPhone will account for an insane amount of revenue for Apple. Some analysts even expect Apple's overall revenue to cruise by HP and slide past Samsung to become the world's largest technology company.
World's largest.
For a longtime Apple fanatic, this is crazy talk.
A Change of Dynamics
On the one hand, it's vindication for our way of paying a higher cost of acquisition, of buying music instead of renting it, of choosing Apple's locked-down ecosystems. Our way, the Apple way, has been validated by the masses. They're buying iPhones, they're buying iPads. They're shelling out for high-end MacBook Pros with Retina displays. And they're loving it.
So while Macs are still a minority computing platform, Apple is clearly not. Apple is something far different from its roots.
Apple is the man.
Now that the iPad and iPhones are synced to iCloud, it's not like these are all connected to PC users. So the flavor of Apple is clearly changing. The nuances for Apple users are blurred. We won't be seeing any more "I'm an Apple and I'm a PC," ads, because that metaphor has evaporated. The new Apple user is just an Apple user, and they are everywhere. Apple customers are now about as far from being rebels as can be imagined. It's exciting, sure, and it's nice to be able to find Apple stores all over the place -- and Geniuses on airplanes ready to save us.
But for those of us who've been on the long trek, we're not bucking any trends anymore.
We are the trend.
Our choices are driving developers to create the App Store ecosystem, and we're screwing with all sorts of publishing models -- books, magazines, newspapers, music, movies, television broadcasting. And sure, it makes sense to us, but we're part of the machine. We are the machine. There is no denying it and believing we're different.
We're not different.
And wow, for me at least, that's a weird twist of fate for an old-school Apple fan.


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Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales responds to law professor's analysis of war on terror
September 21, 2010
In the latest issue of Texas Tech Law Review, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales responds to general criticism of his handling of the war on terror and takes specific aim at only one scholar—law professor Tung Yin and a paper Yin wrote in 2008, titled "Enemies of the State: Rational Classification in the War on Terrorism."
Despite Gonzales' criticism of Yin's legal argument, Yin was amused that the former attorney general acknowledged his work.
"I definitely got a kick out of seeing former Attorney General Gonzales cite my article, even if he was criticizing it," Yin said. "At least he—or at least his research assistants—read it! I did joke that his standing among law faculty was such that my colleagues would probably see it as a badge of honor that I was criticized by him."
Yin's scholarly work focuses primarily on domestic legal issues arising out of the United States' military and prosecutorial responses to the 9/11 attacks. He has examined such matters as the jurisdiction of the federal courts to entertain habeas petitions by Guantanamo Bay detainees, the theory of unilateral executive branch war powers, and the potential constitutional rights available to alien detainees outside of the country.
Listen to Yin discuss his legal research interest in the U.S. government's war on terror.
There is no shortage of passionate discourse on both sides of the political spectrum about the Bush Administration's handling of suspected terrorists, but Yin said his critique has always been one of objective legal analysis.
"My criticism went to the general absence of any consistent framework for understanding when the Bush Administration would treat a person as a criminal defendant and when as a military detainee," Yin said. "In the case of the alleged shoe-bomber Richard Read, Gonzales' explanation in his article was essentially that we had to treat Reid as a criminal defendant because he's a British citizen, and we needed to placate the British. That's fine as a matter of diplomacy, but it does not state a useable legal policy."
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confine (someone or something) within (something)
To restrict a person or animal to a particular place or area. Don't worry, I confined the baby within her playpen. Maddy is scared of dogs, so we need to confine Fido within the back yard.
confine (someone or an animal) within something
to contain someone or an animal within something. We were unable to confine the dog within the yard. Could you confine all your car-repair mess within the garage?


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The two measures are part of a five-point plan the bank urged the world's environment ministers to adopt
LONDON, May 6 (Reuters Point Carbon) – The world's nations must scrap fossil fuel subsidies and put a price on emitting carbon dioxide if the planet is to avoid dangerous climate change, according to the president of the World Bank.
The two measures are part of a five-point plan that the bank urged the world's environment ministers to take, including building low carbon cities, improving agricultural practices and sharing new technology that will save energy.
"We need a global response equal to the scale of the climate problem. Bold action that will make the biggest difference," Jim Yong Kim told about 30 of the world's energy and environment ministers gathered in Berlin for informal talks on a new global climate deal to take effect in 2020.
Around 9 percent of the world's population currently face some form of carbon price, but Kim urged more countries to roll out price mechanisms "whether this is through a tax on carbon, indirect taxation, regulation or the creation of a carbon market."
Kim said that in addition, fossil fuel subsidies must be phased out if the world is to escape the worst effects of global warming, such as the devastating floods in Thailand in 2011 that cost the country $45 billion, about 13 percent of its GDP.
"They are regressive, negatively impact the environment and act as a barrier to progress on clean technology," he said.
The Berlin meeting comes a week after more than 600 officials and non-governmental campaigners gathered in Bonn to discuss a new global climate deal due to be signed in 2015 to succeed the current Kyoto Protocol.
Last week, negotiators from the United States urged nations to scrap coal, gas and oil subsidies by the end of the decade – a measure that it says could cut emissions 10 percent under business-as-usual levels by mid-century.
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This is my first in a series of blogs devoted to Kentucky Derby 2013 contenders. Once again I am getting an early start in September and there will be many twists and turns in the months ahead.
Eight of the last twelve Kentucky Derby winners graduated by October 4 including six of the last seven. Kentucky Derby 2012 hero I'll Have Another captured his career debut at Hollywood Park on July 3 of his juvenile season.
My list below is based on a combination of promise shown and distance breeding. Stay Thirsty occupied the top spot at this stage two years ago and Alpha was my early top dog for Derby 138. They finished up the track on the first Saturday in May but both blossomed in the summer with wins in the Jim Dandy and Travers at Saratoga. Maybe I should call this the Travers 2013 contenders blog!
Click on the names of each horse below (Top 5) to view their Horse Racing Nation profile page, which includes pedigree information, results, and video.
Jarrod Horak's Top Ten Kentucky Derby 2013 Contenders
1. Fortify (Distorted Humor) – Reminds me of Stay Thirsty and Alpha. Love the long winded pedigree. He graduated in 6.5f bow and finished solid 2nd in G2 Hopeful. Sprinting is probably not his game and he should continue to develop for McLaughlin/Godolphin. The G1 Champagne on 10-6 is his next target. Breezed 5f in :59 (1/3) at Greentree Training Center on 9-22.
2. Pataky Kid (Rockport Harbor) – G3 Arlington-Washington Futurity hero continues to train well and will probably show up in Keeneland's G1 Breeders' Futurity. Garrett Gomez rode him last time for Tom Proctor. Fired a 5f bullet in 1:00 (1/13) at Arlington Park on 9-24.
3. Know More (Lion Heart) – From same connections as I'll Have Another. Debuted a winner in G2 Best Pal and rallied for the place in G1 Del Mar Futurity. Entered in the G1 FrontRunner at Santa Anita on 9-29.
4. Archwarrior(Arch) – Pletcher's highly regarded $375k colt was a professional debut winner at Saratoga on 8-30. He is listed as definite for the G1 Champagne. Breezed 5f in 1:00.22 (3/23) at Belmont Park (dirt training) on 9-24.
5. Micromanage (Medaglia d'Oro) – Cruised in Saratoga debut on 9-1. Yet another exciting prospect for Pletcher. Breezed 5f in 1:00.22 (3/23) at Belmont Park (dirt training) on 9-24. He could show up next in the G1 Champagne or Dover Stakes at Delaware.
6. Shanghai Bobby (Harlan's Holiday) – Made it 3-for-3 with a decisive win in the G2 Hopeful (88 BSF). Not sure how far he wants to go but he is off to a flying start for Pletcher. The Champagne is probably next and he breezed 4f in :49.47 (16/34) at Belmont Park (dirt training) on 9-24.
7. Balance the Books (Lemon Drop Kid) – Graduated in G2 With Anticipation in his second lifetime start for Chad Brown. He has only run on turf so far but seems like the type to run all day. Brown is considering the Oct 7 Pilgrim at Belmont on turf or the G1 Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland on synthetic ground. Brown also has sharp debut winner Noble Tune for the Pilgrim.
8. Tizracer (Tiznow) – Improved smartly second time out to romp in flat mile graduation run (92 BSF) at Belmont Park on 9-8 (exciting prospect Orb was 4th). Todd Pletcher trainee breezed 4f in :49.48 (17/34) at Belmont Park (dirt training) on 9-24. He might be headed to the Breeders' Futurity.
9. Gabriel Charles (Street Hero) – Game nose victory in Del Mar bow and ended up a troubled 6th in Del Mar Futurity. He looks to rebound in the FrontRunner for Jeff Mullins.
10. Capo Bastone (Street Boss) – Closed smartly in Del Mar sprint bow and followed that up with an even 4th in the Del Mar Futurity. He goes next in the FrontRunner for John Sadler.
Exciting Prospects (in alphabetical order):
Code West (Lemon Drop Kid) – $340k Keeneland sales grad rolled a pair of 3's to begin his career at Del Mar. Baffert runner owns a promising route pedigree and is entered in the 1st race at Santa Anita on 9-29.
Goldencents (Into Mischief) – Sharp debut win (93 BSF) for Doug O'Neill/Leandro Mora on 9-2. He is expected to contest the G1 Champagne at Belmont on 10-6. Worked 6f in 1:16.20 (2/3) at Hollywood Park on 9-26.
Orb (Malibu Moon) – Blew the break and rallied to finish a strong 3rd in his bow. McGaughey's promising colt flopped at low odds (fractious gate) going a flat mile at Belmont second time out. He has raw talent but lacks maturity at this stage. Breezed 4f in :51.03 (18/23) at Belmont Park on 9-26.
Power Broker (Pulpit) – $360k purchase is still a maiden after three starts but he keeps improving for Baffert. G1 FrontRunner is next and he might get brave if able to sneak away early.
Title Contender (Pulpit) – Set the pace and held the show behind subsequent stakes winner Dry Summer in his Del Mar bow July 28. Baffert's $310k purchase is entered in the opening race at Santa Anita on 9-29.
Injured Reserve
Palace Malice (Curlin) – Smart second time out maiden tally for Pletcher at the Spa on 8-4. He is out of action with bucked shins.
Rolling Fog (Posse) – Baffert's G1 Del Mar Futurity hero is out for 60 days with bucked shins.


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A C Aitken the poet
Aitken wrote poetry throughout his life. The first which we give was written when he was in his early 30s:-
by A C Aitken 1927
The winds in the hedges moan,
The road lies deep in pools of rain,
The dripping mists close in again
As I walk the roads alone.
As I walk with down-bent head
I watch the road change ceaselessly,
Of many another reminding me
I have trodden, and yet may tread.
For now under white-hot skies
It is burning sand in the tropic noon,
Where mirrored in the false lagoon
An eastern city lies.
Through poplared Picardy,
One of the destined marching host,
I see by my comrade's side a ghost,
But his eyes are not on me.
And now for many a mile
Deep in the mazy forest gloom
I tread the blood-red rata bloom
In lonely Stewart Lsle.
Ever the road beneath
Changes: now night begins to fall,
And I see the last long road of all,
The road to dusty death.
The second poem by Aitken which we give concerns Jason in the ship the Argo, who went to fetch the Golden Fleece. The Symplegades are the Cyanean rocks, two cliffs that moved on their bases and crushed anything which tried to pass between them:-
by A C Aitken
The sky is a sea tonight; the moon's white prow
Plunges amid the cloudy waves and shakes
A silver spray afar: now clear she breaks
From close pursuing surge, draws free, and now
Sails into white translucencies where, deep
Beyond all sounding, fish ethereal sleep:
Now threads a mottled archipelago
Of wandering isles that merge and melt and flow.
Late in the silent dark, from sleepless bed
I watch, and am aware of inward seas
Now halcyon calm, that once were overspread
With fire and tempest: there in tranquil ease
White Argo glides, safe to have fled
Whirlpool and reef, and the Symplegades.
The third of the poems by Aitken which we give has special meaning for those living in St Andrews. The Ladebraes is a walk which follows a lade (a Scots word for a mill stream) which today is in a pipe beneath the path:-
by A C Aitken St Andrews, 1955
Across the air
Floats the blue butterfly
As if a cranesbill flower
Had taken wings:
Three meadow-brooms entwine
Their flight, the willow
And the questing willow-warbler
Sway together: mimulus is here
And meadowsweet, and ragged robin,
Kestrel hovering above;
And time is told
But by the shimmer of the unquiet leaves
And by my sense that once,
In aeons past I saw the scene
Not solitary, under other skies
And by another sea.
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Emily Osment Is Back In THAT Wedding Dress For 'Young & Hungry'
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Tim Allen narrates this documentary about Oscar the Chimp, a baby left orphaned by a turf battle, who improbably ends up being adopted by an alpha male. Watch the trailer
The Lucky One
Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling star in this adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' novel about a Marine who finds in the sands of Iraq a photo of a beautiful blonde, whom he decides to look for when he returns stateside. Watch the trailer
Think Like a Man
Michael Ealy, Jerry Ferrara, Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Nelson and Romany Malco star in this adaptation of comedian Steve Harvey's book on how women should approach dating men. Watch the trailer
Darling Companion
From writer-director Lawrence Kasdan comes a romantic comedy starring Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline about a woman who loves her dog more than her husband, who loses said dog. Watch the trailer
Downtown Express
The son of Russian immigrants disappoints his parents when he lends his Julliard-trained violin talents to a band of street musicians led by a beautiful young woman. Watch the trailer
Goodbye First Love
A coming-of-age story about a 15-year-old girl left devastated when the older boy she loves leaves to travel the world. In French with subtitles. Watch the trailer
Jesus Henry Christ
Toni Collette and Michael Sheen star in this dramedy about a young boy who tracks down the sperm donor that fathered him. Watch the trailer
From director Kevin McDonald ("The Last King of Scotland") comes this documentary about one of the world's most influential musicians. Watch the trailer
The Moth Diaries
Lily Cole and Scott Speedman star in this adaptation of the novel about a group of students at an all-girls school who come to suspect that one of their classmates is a vampire. Watch the trailer
To the Arctic
This 3D documentary takes you to one of Earth's final frontiers. Watch the trailer
Whore's Glory
This triptych that follows prostitutes in three different countries--Thailand, Bangladesh and Mexico.
Zombie Dawn
Terrible accident unleashes unspeakable horrors which turns millions into undead brain-eating freaks... you know the drill. Watch the trailer
This Week's New Movies: "The Lucky One," "Think Like a Man," "Chimpanzee"


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First cloned cat is turning 10
CAT: Same genetics
Whatever happened to CC, the world's first cloned cat? It seems like only yesterday CC's baby pictures were being flashed around the world as Texas A&M University researchers presented their scientific triumph to the media.
Almost 10 years later CC, aka Copy Cat, is still in the College Station area. She has a mate, Smokey, and they live with their three offspring in a cat mansion built by Dr. Duane C. Kraemer, an A&M researcher who helped bring CC into the world.
A framed photo of CC the kitten hangs on the wall of CC's two-story abode, which has a screened front porch, air conditioning, heating, plumbing, catwalks, lofts and an enclosed outdoor play area.
Born into the spotlight, CC is accustomed to visitors. Her paramour, Smokey, is less welcoming, but if you can find him, he will let you rub his tummy. The youngsters, Tess and Tim, are curious and will move in to butt their heads against your shoes. Their brother, Zip, lives up to his name by taking off to find a quieter place when strangers are around.
CC and her family seem like perfectly normal cats, which disappoints many guests hoping to see something more exotic, said Kraemer's wife, Shirley, the head cat wrangler.
"I say, 'But we want it to be just like your house cat. We don't want an extra foot or something,' " she said.
A&M's cat-cloning operation was an offshoot of the Missyplicity Project to clone a dog named Missy with funding help from a company that wanted to market pet cloning. When the dog-cloning project had little success, researchers turned to cats.
About 80 cat embryos were produced, but only one developed into a full-term pregnancy after being transferred to a surrogate mother.
Brown-and-white CC, born Dec. 22, 2001, does not look exactly like the original calico donor, Rainbow, a domestic shorthair with white, brown and orange coloring.
Duane Kraemer likes to say that CC, being a self-respecting Aggie cat, didn't want to have anything to do with orange, so she didn't use the orange gene. However, there is a scientific explanation involving epigenetic reprogramming and color-coded X chromosomes to account for her physical appearance.
After CC's birth, the pet-clone company and A&M ended their relationship, partly because the university was uncomfortable marketing cloning as a type of pet resurrection, according to "The Copied Cat" chapter of Dog, Inc.: The Uncanny Inside Story of Cloning Man's Best Friend (Avery; $26).
Kraemer says there is no way to know whether Rainbow, who was raised in a colony of cats used for research, and CC have the same personalities.
Rainbow, who was adopted by an Austin family, died a couple of years ago of cancer. CC's surrogate mother, Allie, also was taken in by a family but was hit by a car and killed, Kraemer said.
CC spent her first months in an A&M lab. When she was released for adoption, Shirley Kraemer was determined to bring the cat to their home.
"There were some graduate students that wanted the cat, but I insisted," she said.
Though the Kraemers have provided CC and her family with a fantastic house, otherwise the cat does not get special treatment. CC eats cat food from the grocery store and goes to a local veterinarian for regular checkups.
When Smokey, another lab cat, was introduced to 4-year-old CC, she hissed at him. However in September 2006, CC had a litter of four kittens. One female kitten, although perfectly formed, was stillborn, Shirley Kraemer said.
CC was allowed to reproduce once for science, Kraemer said. No cloning-related health problems have been detected in the kittens, and CC turned out to be a great mother cat. All five cats have now been spayed and neutered.
As a feline celebrity, CC gets invitations to cat shows and some special events on campus. But mostly she leads the life of a pampered pet, who likes to lounge in the second-story window of her private residence watching over the Kraemer house.


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Community Arts for Teachers
Inspired by community festival traditions throughout the world, the museum's Community Arts festivals invite people of all ages to create works of art alongside professional artists. Festival days are free for spectators. Preparatory workshops for each festival are offered for a modest fee.
Parade the Circle is the second Saturday in June. Free workshops for teachers and leaders of community groups preparing parade entries begin in March at the Parade studio. Public workshops at the museum, where professional artists help you create your parade entry, begin in May. Please contact the community arts office if your school is considering participating in Parade the Circle.
The Chalk Festival is in September. Bring your students and their families to the Chalk Festival. Please pre-register with the Community Arts department to reserve squares. Attend a preparatory workshop to learn how to make chalk and practice street painting techniques.
The Winter Lights Lantern Festival is in December. Enjoy lantern displays throughout the museum during the month. Make simple lanterns for the lantern procession at Holiday CircleFest, University Circle's seasonal community open house. Preparatory wrokshops in November teach participants how to make sophisticated lanterns inspired by world lantern traditions.
Please contact us to learn more about how to involve your school in Parade the Circle, Chalk Festival, and the Winter Lights Lantern Festival. Sign up for preparatory workshops to learn skills to share with your students or enjoy on your own.
For more information call 216-707-2483 or e-mail commartsinfo [at] clevelandart.org.
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Here you will find a variety of posts relating to Space Exploration – something which is both my job and my hobby.
I hope that you will enjoy some of my art, posters and the images based on those produced by a variety of robotic space exploration vehicles, most noteably the Mars Exploration Rovers – Spirit and Opportunity.
Feel free to explore my pages and if you see something you like, you can download it!
Just remember that the images here are either my own originals and hence my copyright, while others are based on the raw data produced by NASA, JPL, Cornell University and other organisations. So please respect their copyright.
If you want to use something, then please give credit where credit is due. If you're not sure, just ask.
I believe that I am pretty lucky to be alive at this point in history, to be born into the age of space exploration and to have seen it develop from simple metal satellites, to the first humans in space, the landings on the Moon and the development of the Space Shuttle, Space Stations and the magnificent robotic spacecraft that now cover every corner of our Solar System and even venturing beyond.
Occasionally I get to travel and visit some places that are iconic in space terms – NASA HQ, Kennedy Space Centre, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and more. I've met some amazing people, some who actually make these missions happen and a handful who have actually flown in space. Along the way I have come to know others who share my interest and understand what it means to be a space explorer – either as a career or from the comfort of home (and I get to do both!)
I hope you enjoy looking through my images and remember to check out the Links and Favourites. These will take you to other like-minded space explorers with talents that leave me in their space dust!


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To send a Sports Short announcement about your community or recreational sporting event, please email email@example.com, mail 150 Venture Drive, Dover, NH 03820 or fax us at 603-749-7079. If you are e-mailing your announcement, please paste it in the body of the email. Do not send email attachments. DO NOT SEND COPY IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS and please submit in paragraph form. Please note: If your item is time sensitive, do not send at the last moment (i.e. the day before or the day of the event). It is suggested that you submit your item at least 10 days before the event to insure that it receives proper placement in a timely manner.
ROCHESTER — Sign-ups for the Rochester Girls Softball League (ages 4 to 16) will be held at the Rochester Community Center on the following dates and times: March 8, 15, 22 and 29 (9 a.m. to 12 p.m.), and March 6, 13, 20 and 27 (6 to 8 p.m.).
Fees are as follows: T-Ball ($40), Rookie Ball ($80) and 10U, 12U and 14U/16U ($95).
Register online at www.rochestergsl.com. For more info go to the website or contact Scott Marshall at 603-396-5016 or email@example.com.
KITTERY, Maine — USCG Auxiliary Boating Safety Course at Kittery Adult Education, Tuesdays March 4 through May 6, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., RW Traip Academy, 12 Williams Ave, Kittery ME 03904. Boating Skills and Seamanship is the flagship boater education course. It is a comprehensive course designed for both the experienced and the novice boater. The first eight lessons comprise the "core" course, which qualifies you for a nationally-recognized boater education certificate. Cost $65, includes text and materials. Contact: Cindy Furbish at email@example.com or 207-439-5896 to register.
ROCHESTER — Roger N. Allen Baseball (Rochester Cal Ripken youth baseball) will be holding sign-ups at the Rochester Community Center on Thursdays March 6, 13, 20 and 27 from 6 to 8 p.m., and Saturdays March 8, 15, 22 and 29 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Registration is open to children ages 4 to 12 and the cut off for one's birthday is May 1. A birth certificate is required for all new players. No more sign-ups after March 29. Registration fee due at sign-ups.
Buddy Ball Division (ages 5 to 20) may also sign up on any of these dates.
For more information, call 603-332-5469, 603-396-1582 or 603-581-9496.
DOVER — Play real hardball in the Seacoast area! The Seacoast New Hampshire Men's Senior Baseball League is for men 28 and over. The Seacoast New Hampshire Adult Baseball League is for men 18 and over. Both leagues are Nationally affiliated and offer great benefits.
The 18 and over division will play games on Saturdays only on fields in the Somersworth area as well as other surrounding communities. The 28 and over Division will play on Sundays only in Somersworth, Berwick, Maine, and other venues. Both leagues will play 9 inning games with wood bats. Play starts in May so please contact to form a team or join an existing one as soon as possible. Don't miss out on the fun! For 18-plus call Eric at 603-343-3717 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
For 28-plus call Paul at 603-969-7960 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
More info on both Divisions at www.seacoastmensbaseball.com
PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Recreation Department is offering the following summer basketball leagues: adult women, junior high boys and junior high girls. Please contact league director Mike Eliasberg at 603-828-7320 for more information.
DURHAM — The University of New Hampshire gymnastics program announced that gymnastics classes for community children are being offered Wednesday afternoons at the UNH Field House from March 19 to April 30.
Classes of all levels for boys and girls are taught in a safe, progressive manner by high-level collegiate gymnasts and University coaches. The program is geared towards providing a base in strength and flexibility to help children excel in athletics.
The seven-week spring session, which is open for children ages 3 through eighth grade, features two separate class times: 4:15-5:15 p.m. (Session A) and 5:15-6:15 p.m. (Session B). Each session costs $87.50 plus a $20.00 registration fee if not already paid for the 2013-14 school year.
Register online by visiting www.unhwildcats.com/sports/gymnastics.
For more information, contact Melanie Newsky at 603-862-4148 or email@example.com.
PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth Little League (PLL) registration for the 2014 season is open and continues through March 5. Registration is online by visiting the PLL website at www.portsmouthbaseball.com. To be eligible for the 2014 season, players must have been born between May 1, 2001 and April 30, 2007 and must reside in Portsmouth, Greenland, or Newington. PLL provides an opportunity for interested boys and girls to participate in an organized baseball program under the auspices of Little League Baseball International, Inc. The league is broken out by age with 11-12 year old, 9-10 year old, 7-8 year old divisions and the Challenger program.
A registration fee of $65 per player or $100 per family, if there is more than one player per family, will be paid via credit card at the time of online registration.
SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — Registrations are now being accepted for the spring season at www.marshwoodyouthlacrosse.com for youth players in Kindergarten through 8th Grade for both boys and girls from Eliot, South Berwick and Rollinsford, N.H. Please note teams fill up fast. If you have questions, please contact Susan Casey at email@example.com.
BARRINGTON — It's almost time to register Barrington and Strafford kids, ages 5 and up, interested in playing recreational T-Ball, softball or baseball. Strafford plays through the Barrington Youth Association (BYA). For new players, please make sure to bring your child's birth certificate to registration to be reviewed by league officials. For more information including sign-up dates, times, and fees, check BYA's website at www.byanh.org. The Leagues this year will once again be: Instructional (ages 5-6), Rookie (ages 7-10), Cal Ripken baseball and 12U softball (10-12), Babe Ruth baseball and 16U softball (ages 13-16), and Senior Babe Ruth (16+).
Please register by March 9 to help determine the number of teams (based on registered kids) by mid-March, and late sign-ups can result in overcrowded teams with less playing time for each child. Fees will also increase for sign-ups after March 9.
Dover H.S. looking for coaches
DOVER — The Dover High School Athletic Department is currently looking to fill coaching positions for the 2014 spring sports season. The positions are the varsity boys tennis, girls sub-varsity lacrosse, boys sub-varsity lacrosse, girls JV softball and the varsity boys volleyball. All interested candidates should contact the Director of Athletics, Peter Wotton, at firstname.lastname@example.com or by calling the Dover athletic office 603-516-6950.
DOVER — The Green Wave Baseball Players clinic will be held March 15 and 16 at Dover High School. There are two sessions — 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 to 6 p.m.
The fee is $45. make checks payable to Green Wave Baseball Boosters and mail to Mrs. Donna Sheldon, 3 Southwood Drive, Dover, NH 03820.
Dover High School coaches John Carver, Scott Lucius and Mike Gile will direct the clinics.
DURHAM — The University of New Hampshire women's lacrosse team will hold the Wildcat Lacrosse High School Clinic on Saturday, March 15, at UNH's Bremner Field.
The clinic, which is open to girls in grades 9-12, runs from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and costs $75. Participants will learn elite skills from UNH head coach Sarah Albrecht, who was named to the FIL All-World Team in both 2009 and 2013, assistant coach Eileen Finn and student-athletes on the UNH lacrosse team.
Registration for the clinic is online at www.events.unh.edu under the UNH Durham subsection and event name 2014 Women's Lacrosse High School Spring Clinic- Saturday, March, 15, 2014. For more information, please contact UNH assistant coach Jesse O'Donnell at firstname.lastname@example.com or 603-862-4731.
DOVER — The Dover Arena is now accepting registrations for the youth spring 3 on 3 hockey league.
Players register as individuals and the arena will create evenly matched teams at each level of play. Teams are limited to 9 skaters and one goalie. Players will skate at the level they have played in this past youth hockey season.
Mini Mites and Mites will skate on Friday nights and Squirts, Pee Wee and Bantams will skate on Thursday nights. Sign-ups end late March, however, this program was full last season and early sign up assures a spot on a team. This program runs for 7 weeks in April and May; April 3 – May 16. Player fee is $150 registration forms online or at the Dover Arena.
Contact the Dover Arena for more information 603-516-6060 or online at www.doverarena.com.
DOVER — Dover Baseball registration is now open. Registration can be completed online by visiting the Dover Baseball website at www.dovernhbaseball.org. To be eligible for the 2014 season, players must be between the ages of 4 and 15 as of April 30, 2014. Walk-in registration is also available at the McConnell Center in Dover on Wednesday, March 5, from 6-8 p.m. and on Saturdays March 8 and 22 from 9 a.m. to noon. Assessments for players ages 8-12 will be held Sunday, March 30 (details to be announced soon on our website). Opening Day is April 19.
Spaulding High School Baseball, Babe Ruth Baseball, and Roger Allen Baseball are teaming up together to put on the 2nd Annual Roy Allain Rochester Baseball Golf Tourney on Saturday, May 10. This fundraiser will directly help all Rochester baseball player's from ages 4 through 18. The cost to play in this tourney is $100 per player or $375 per team (if paid in advance). This fee includes golf cart, raffles, prizes, and lunch or dinner. On site late registration at Rochester Country Club is $115.
The committee is also in need of business sponsors, hole sponsors, donations for gift baskets and raffle prizes. No gift is too small and anything you can do is greatly appreciated. For a registration form, questions or comments please e-mail John Creteau at email@example.com.
PORTSMOUTH — This American Red Cross Lifeguard instruction course provides a comprehensive education in water safety and accident prevention. Successful completion gives a two-year certification in Lifeguarding, First Aid, CPR and AED. Registrants must be 15 years of age with the ability to swim 300 yards continuously, using a combination of strokes.
Pre-test date will be Tuesday, March 4, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Potential students must attend one of these days.
Participants must attend all classes and pass both a written and practical exam. Class meets on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays March 10,12,14,17,19,21,24,26,28,31 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The YMCA is located at 550 Peverly Hill Road, Portsmouth.
DOVER — Coastal New England Baseball League has roster space available for adults looking to play baseball on Sundays this spring and summer. Previous seasons have featured former college players and those who haven't played since little league. Visit coastalnebl.org or call 603-801-5491 for details. Prospective players are also welcome to attend any free winter workout at USA Training on March 12, March 26 and April 9. Workouts run from 9-10:30 a.m.
SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — South Berwick Babe Ruth Baseball will be holding sign-ups for the 2014 season on Friday, March 7, from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, March 8, from 9 a.m. to noon at the South Berwick Town Hall. Sign-ups are open to 13 through 15 year olds from South Berwick and Eliot. All 13 year olds must provide proof of age. Please bring a copy of your birth certificate for the league files. Any new 14 or 15 year olds who have not played for South Berwick Babe Ruth must also provide a birth certificate. Applicants must be 13 on or before April 30. 2014 and no older than 15 on April 30th. 2014. The registration fee is $95 on March 7-8. After March 8 it is $120. For any questions or information please contact Richard Raitt at 207-384-9281.
ROCHESTER — Rochester Youth Hockey will be hosting tryouts for all age groups (Mites, Squirts, Peewee, U14 Girls, and Bantam's). Rochester Youth Hockey consistently fields very competitive teams, and remains one of the least expensive youth hockey options in our area. We offer structured skill training, local travel, experienced coaching staff, and great goalie ppportunities. Tryouts will be conducted the second week of March. More information is available about each age group at Rochester Youth Hockey's website Rochesterblackhawks.com or emails inquiries can be sent to email@example.com.
DOVER — On Tuesday, June 17, Riverside Rest Home will be holding their 9th Annual Golf Tournament to benefit the Fondest Wish program. The purpose of the Fondest Wish Program is to grant wishes to Riverside Rest Home residents for an activity or an event in which they might like to participate, but do not have the personal and family resources to do so on their own. The event will be held at the Cochecho Country Club in Dove. Cost is $125 per golfer or $500 for a foursome and includes: 18 holes of golf with cart, gift bag, raffle, and lunch with a cash bar. Prizes include: 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams, closest to pin, and straightest drive. If you are lucky enough to get a hole-in-one, you'll win $10,000.
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There's a travel mess ahead from the Midwest to New England where some areas will see up to eight inches of snow. Meteorologist Janice Huff reports.
The Northeast braced Saturday for a storm stretching over 1,000 miles that could dump at least a foot of snow on parts of New England.
Utilities and airports were on high alert as the system moved from Ohio into the Northeast, threatening to affect travel and shoppers heading to stores in the lead-up to Christmas.
The National Weather Service forecast 6 to 12 inches of snow over the weekend in New England, with 14 inches possible along the coast of Maine. Areas north and west of New York City and interior Pennsylvania could be blanketed with at least 8 inches, and about a half a foot was forecast in parts of Ohio.
Earlier the National Weather Service called the whole thing a "complex storm system" stretching from Missouri to the northern tip of New York.
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Snow falls on skaters Saturday morning in New York's Rockefeller Center.
Metro-North, the commuter railroad that serves New York, its suburbs, Connecticut and Long Island, warned customers that it might reduce or stop service depending on the weather.
Pennsylvania pushed two state high school football championship games back by a day, to Sunday from Saturday. And Matthew Brelis, a spokesman for Logan airport, in Boston, told The Associated Press: "At some point, we'll start calling in more staff."
The snow and ice in the Great Lakes region was the result of a low-pressure system colliding with Arctic air. By Saturday, forecasters said, a second and more powerful low churning up the East Coast would take over and produce the heaviest show.
"This next system is really going to be a very significant storm for a lot of the country," said Carl Parker, a meteorologist for The Weather Channel. "It's going to grab up plenty of moisture off the Atlantic, throw it back and into the Northeast."
By Sunday evening, the bulk of the precipitation should be over, moving into Canada and offshore, although few lingering snow showers can't be ruled out, mainly in Maine, forecasters said.
Around 2-5 inches of snow is expected to drop in parts of the Midwest Friday and will continue through the weekend after another strong weather system strikes. NBC's Dylan Dreyer reports.
In the Midwest, the snow and a persistent deep freeze have been causing problems for agriculture. Some river shipping channels are frozen and are expected to stay that way, slowing the movement of grain.
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As I prepare to depart for the 7th annual summit of Christians United for Israel, where thousands of Christians will gather in solidarity with the State of Israel, I am re-posting this prior blog entry.
It is with a lot of chutzpah that this Jew, born and raised in Texas surrounded by Christian neighbors and classmates, tries to answer this question as succinctly as possible.
Over the last few years, as I have deepened my friendships with dozens if not hundreds of Evangelical Christians, I am asked this question all the time. What's the deal? Why do "those people" support Israel? What's their "hidden agenda"? Are they trying to convert us? Are they trying to get us to Israel to hasten the "end of days" and the second coming of Jesus?
My consistent answer is they do so because they believe in the Bible. There is no "hidden agenda". They are not trying to convert us. And, their love for Israel has nothing to do with the end of days.
Almost 40 years ago, when I started working in the Jewish community as a 19 year-old college sophomore, I could never have imagined that Christians, with whom I was surrounded growing up, would support Israel with the same passion that I have supported Israel since I was a teenager. I would never have imagined speaking at Christian events to honor Israel, traveling to Israel with Christians or learning that there are "Christian Zionists".
So, when I first encountered Christians who loved Israel and the Jewish people, I was taken aback until the conversation began. Then and now, they said to me we love Israel and the Jewish people because in the first book of the Bible, it says:
I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.
And, this is the long of it and the short of it. There is no hidden agenda. Most respect my faith as a Jew and don't attempt to convert me (and if they did, they would not succeed). And, few use end-times theology as a rationale for supporting the Jewish state. In fact most, when I ask the question as to whether end-times theology is their rationale, respond very succinctly: "The only one that can hasten the end of days is G-d."
I am not naïve. I know that there are many skeptics in the Jewish community and outside the Jewish community. I know that some of the resistance to embracing our Christian Zionist friends is political – they don't like the fact that Christian Zionists tend to be conservative, to vote Republican, to be opposed to many social issues that Jews support – I understand all of that. I know that many "mainstream" Protestants believe in "replacement theology" — that is, with the crucifixion of Jesus, the Jews were "replaced" as G-d's chosen people. I get it.
But, I also believe the following. Each person of deep faith is guided by the principles of their faith. And, just as we display mutual respect for our faiths (at the core of "Houston Belief") so we should respect – even though we may disagree – other people's opinions on the great social issues of the day. We can simply agree to disagree.
But, there is one thing on which we do agree – Jews and Christian Zionists – it is the sovereignty of the Jewish state of Israel, its values as a democracy, its 64 year history as a friend and trusted ally of the United States and a country that has been a part and parcel of Judaism for 3,500 years.
There are certainly those in the Jewish community that don't like Christian Zionists – some for the aforementioned reasons. I respect their views. But, I believe – even as a political moderate – that Christians support Israel because of their faith. They love Israel based on their belief in the Bible. And, they love the Jewish people because Israel is central to Judaism and Judaism is central to Israel.
I am an avid reader. Two of the best books written on this topic are David Brog's "Standing with Israel: Why Christians Support the Jewish State" and Pastor Victor Styrsky's "Honest to God: Christian Zionists Confront 10 Questions Jews Need Answered". I would encourage you to read both.
What Christians and Jews share far outweighs what has separated the two faiths over the centuries. I thank my Christian friends for supporting Israel and I deeply appreciate and admire their faith, their passion and their love for Israel and the Jewish people.


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It's not a normal day in fashion without a little wardrobe mishap. And let's face it, it's happened to all of us. Maybe you flashed a crowd because a gust of wind was so strong it lifted up your skirt or maybe your heel got stuck in between the cracks of a sidewalk pavement.
Whatever the case might be, wardrobe malfunctions are part of our every day lives, and it's no different for celebrities. Here's a list of some Latinas who have fallen victim to a fashion disaster!
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Jencarlos Canela had a hilarious wardrobe malfuntion in a very awkward place. The singer and actor's pants ripped in the crotch area and instead of being embassed, he decided to poke fun at the whole thing. "If you are in the theatre with your special someone, and you're sitting in the back row. These are the jeans you need to wear. LOL," he captioned the photo.
Mariah Carey gave Paris fans a show before her concert after suffering a nip slip while exiting her hotel.
Ms. J.Lo gave quite the show during one of her recent Las Vegas performances! After wrapping up "On the Floor," Lopez went to take a bow and wound up showing off a lot more booty than she bargained for. Watch the video taken by TMZ.
Jennifer Lopez hit the Golden Globes 2016 red carpet looking hot in a mustard colored Giambattista Valli dress, but it seems she couldn't quite keep control of the sweat. The 46-year-old superstar suffered a wet armpit look while posing for the cameras.
Christmas came early for Vanna White on a recent airing of Wheel of Fortune. The hostess wound up picking up a prop gift at the end of her dress as she walked across the stage to turn a letter.
Selena Gomez suffered a slight fashion mishap while in NYC on Thursday, October 13. The "Good for You" singer stepped out without a bra and when paparazzi began flashing their cameras, a bit of nip was exposed.
Mariah Carey let her nipple free while partying off the coast of Sardinia with her new billionaire boyfriend, James Packer. It looks like Carey didn't even notice she was letting it all hang out when she was enjoying the Italian water.
While on the red carpet of the Focus movie premiere, Christina Milian suffered a wardrobe malfunction that had her flashing photographers with lots of side boob and strategically placed fashion tape, which saved her from showing off nipple. Phew!
Fergie suffered a bit of a wardrobe malfunction during her American Music Awards performance of "L.A Love" on Sunday night. In the final moments of her energized performance, the singer attempted to take her jacket off with one hand... but unfortunately, it got caught on her onesie, leaving it dangling awkwardly off her booty!
The diva handled the situation flawlessly, pulling off the rogue jacket with one hand as she strutted her stuff. Well played, Fergie.
For his 40th birthday bash in Las Vegas, Mario Lopez did more than just dance the night away, he also managed to flash guests after ripping the inside seam of his pants. "Uh oh… Ripped by suit getting into the car. #panstootight #undies," the Extra host posted on Twitter along with this photo.
Uh oh! Mariah Carey's dress split open in the back while she was onstage in Central Park for Good Morning America. "It popped!" she told the host. Of course, her stylist quickly rushed over and sewed the pink Versace dress back into place. Phew!
Whoops! Eva Longoria showed a little too much during the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival. While trying to keep the hem of her delicate Versace gown from getting wet in a rainstorm at the Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian premiere, the stunning Longoria basically revealed to photographers that she went commando that night. Eeek! This is definitely not the first wardrobe malfunction Longoria has suffered (click through for her other famous incident.)
At the 2012 Teen Choice Awards, Francia Raisa gave the crowd on the red carpet more than just a sneak peek at her underwear.
During a performance at the 103.3 AMP Radio Birthday Bash concert, Selena Gomez unknowingly gave her fans a glimpse of her nude underwear. That wasn't hard to do considering the dress Gomez donned for the Boston gig – it was a high-slit dress. And with all the twirling and dancing, no wonder her panties made a debut onstage. But, the show went on despite the minor mishap because, well, Gomez is a pro like that.
Michelle Rodriguez nearly lost her bikini bottom while enjoying a swim at the Eden Roc hotel in Cannes, France.
While presenting an award during the 2012 Academy Awards, Jennifer Lopez was faced with a bit of a nip slip.
A day at the beach turned into an embarrassing moment for Christina Milian when the waves hit her and shed light on a bit of side boob.
Selena Gomez's Jingle Ball performance went awry when flaunted her Spanx to the crowd, and didn't even notice.
In April 2011, while appearing on the Late Show With David Letterman, Eva Longoria's jacket's button popped open, and nearly exposed all of her chest.
Another wardrobe mishap happened on the 2012 Teen Choice Awards' red carpet when host Demi Lovato showed a little more skin than she intended.


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WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Ondrej Pavelec made 27 saves Thursday to pick up his third shutout of the season and bring the Winnipeg Jets a 4-0 victory over Montreal.
The Canadiens lost their fifth straight.
Pavelec turned aside five Montreal power-play opportunities in the second period and went on to boost his shutout total to nine over five NHL seasons.
Blake Wheeler scored his fourth and fifth goals of the season, putting Winnipeg in front on the power play just 3:18 into the game.
Tanner Glass scored in the first period and Wheeler tallied again 39 seconds into the middle stanza. Tim Stapleton wrapped up the scoring with 2:24 left in the third.
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A 20-year-old straight man has told of his terror at being set upon by a gang of openly gay thugs.
The victim told reporters that earlier that evening he had been the subject of a series of bitingly waspish remarks from what had either been two men and a woman, one man and two women, three very effeminate men or three very butch women. Their comments, which were of a ribald nature, were accompanied by a lot of 'oohs' and 'ahs' and high-pitched shrieking.
The man, who was singled out by the group for looking a bit 'buildery', had been drinking in the Queen's Head, which was known to be popular with local heterosexuals. After leaving the pub, and on his way to a nearby lapdancing club, he was cornered and subjected to a series of unprovoked slaps.
Despite his cries of 'oi' the victim continued to receive further poorly co-ordinated blows, accompanied by more remarks in Polari about his interest in 'lady parts'. His attackers then left the scene laughing outrageously.
While his assailants remain unidentified, police have said that CCTV footage of the attack shows it was unremittingly camp. Several passers-by merely stopped to admire the attackers' outfits before walking on.
Det Sgt John Hoskins, who is leading the case, said: 'This was an appallingly bitchy attack. A young man was singled out simply because he favours the vagina. Incidents such as this remind us that anti-heterosexual violence must not be tolerated.'
Last month, four angry lesbians from Gloucester were sentenced to three months each for 'straight bashing' a 26-year-old housewife. The dykes admitted taunting the woman about her lack of motorcycle repair skills and then accused her of 'taking it up the front bum'.
Bill Butler, a student at the University of West London, said: 'I try not to walk around in public with my girlfriend holding hands, it's just too dangerous. I've had friends bitched at in public, normally by more than one gay. We shouldn't have to go around pretending to like Dusty Springfield, to act like we care about Eurovision or worrying endlessly about our skin care regime.'
Campaigner Tony Tucker said: 'For a lot of straight people it's simply not an option to get back in the closet; often because it's now filled with stacked heels and shiny hotpants.'


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Emmy-winning actress Jaime Pressly pleaded not guilty to a pair of drunk driving charges Friday, three days after being formally charged in connection with her Jan. 5 arrest at a traffic stop in southern California, The Associated Press reported.
The ex-"My Name is Earl" star, whose lawyer entered the plea on Pressly's behalf, canceled Las Vegas appearances set for later this evening, E! News reported.
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Pressly reportedly faces up to six months behind bars if convicted of driving under the influence and having a blood alcohol content 0.20 or higher.
She has already been ordered to report for Alcoholics Anonymous meetings at least twice a week, according to the AP.
The charges come nearly two weeks after Pressly announced she'd pulled the plug on her marriage to entertainment lawyer Simran Singh, her hubby of a little more than a year.
She's also found herself in the sights of the IRS for allegedly owing $637,000 in back taxes to the government, according to E!


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Billboard announced that Lorde has taken the record for the longest domination by a female artist on the Alternative Songs chart with her breakthrough hit "Royals"–surpassing Alanis Morissette's 18 year reign with her classic 90s anthem "You Oughta Know."
The 16-year-old New Zeland singer/songwriter, Ella Yelich-O'Connor, has maintained the record-breaking number one spot for six weeks with her catchy Electropop tune. This has been the first time a solo female artist has even touched the tip of the chart since Tracy Bonham's "Mother Mother" in 1996, now holding third place for the overall record.
WCDB began playing "Royals" in early spring and even though the Top 40 hit can no longer meet our airwaves, such a young artist's accomplishment in the Alternative music scene should still be greatly acknowledged. Listeners can still expect to hear some of Lord'es other talented work as the anticipation for her debut album, Pure Heroine, continues to rise–released on September 27.
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The government on Monday unveiled a revamped rescue package to insurance giant American International Group and will provide the troubled company with another $30 billion in taxpayer money on an "as needed" basis.
The new package comes as AIG has burned through cash and been unable to find buyers for pieces of its company that it hoped to sell to repay the government on its existing aid package, which totals some $150 billion.
In an interview on NBC's "Today" show Monday morning, AIG Chairman and Chief Executive Edward Liddy said: "We're going to be able to pay back the Federal Reserve. The new $30 billion is a standby line. It's not necessarily something that we think we'll have to draw on right away."
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But Liddy backed off earlier statements about paying back taxpayers in full within two years.
"It is clearly our goal. But we need some help from the financial marketplace," he said. "The Federal Reserve debt we'll pay back clearly in two years. And we'd like to make meaningful progress, paying back the original (government) investment."
The announcement came as AIG, once the world's largest insurer, reported Monday it lost $61.7 billion in the fourth quarter, the biggest quarterly loss in U.S. corporate history.
Under the new package, the Fed will take up to a $26 billion stake in two international units — Asia-based American International Assurance Co. and American Life Insurance Co., which operates in 50 countries. The Fed also will make $8.5 billion in new loans to benefit the domestic life insurance subsidiaries of AIG.
It marked the fourth time the government has stepped in to help AIG. Its initial lifeline came in September, when the government effectively seized control of the company, taking a nearly 80 percent ownership stake and replacing top management.
The new package is designed to enhance the company's capital and liquidity to facilitate the "orderly completion of the company's global divestiture program," the Treasury Department and the Fed said in a joint announcement early Monday.
The fresh $30 billion will come from the government's $700 billion financial bailout pot. AIG will be allowed to draw the money "as needed over time," the government said. The company received a $40 billion cash infusion from the bailout fund in November, when the government last revamped AIG's rescue package.
Meanwhile, AIG's credit line with the Fed was cut to roughly $25 billion from $60 billion.
All told, the net effect of the new bailout package provides AIG with an extra $30 billion, Treasury and Fed officials said.
Critics worry the government's bailout actions have the potential to put ever-more taxpayers' dollars at risk and encourage "moral hazard," where companies feel more comfortable making high-stakes gambles because the government will rescue them. The public has expressed anger over the situation.
In other relief, the revamped package reduces the interest payments AIG has to pay on its government loans. Government officials estimated that would save the company between $900 million and $1 billion a year.
The Treasury also will exchange its existing $40 billion in AIG stock to new preferred shares with revised terms that more closely resemble common equity. That conversion should provide a quick boost to AIG's capital position, government officials said.
Although the agreement still calls for AIG to pay the government a 10 percent annual dividend on the Treasury's shares, the decision to make the dividend payment will be at the discretion of AIG's board, government officials said.
Government officials said all the changes should make for a smaller, more viable AIG and put it in a better position to sell some of its businesses to repay the government. Government officials continued to insist U.S. taxpayers will be paid back. But they wouldn't map out a time frame as to when they believe that would happen.
Explaining its decision to provide fresh assistance, the Treasury and the Fed said AIG continues to face "significant challenges" due to the rapid deterioration in certain financial markets. "The additional resources will help stabilize the company and in doing so help stabilize the financial system," the agencies said.
AIG is a colossus on Wall Street and financial districts worldwide, with operations in more than 130 countries and $1 trillion in assets on its balance sheet.
The government initially intervened last year to help AIG because it deemed the company too big to fail. A collapse would wreak havoc on the entire financial system and the already stricken U.S. economy.
Besides life, property and other insurance offerings, AIG provides asset-management services and airplane leases. Its businesses also are linked to mutual funds, annuities and other retirement products held by millions of ordinary Americans.
But perhaps the biggest concern about AIG is the dizzying array of complex financial instruments it structured for commercial banks, investment banks and hedge funds worldwide — many of which were directly or indirectly linked to the value of U.S. mortgages.
In its earnings report, New York-based AIG said it lost $22.95 per share in the last three months of 2008. It lost $5.3 billion, or $2.08 per share, in the year-ago period.
The latest results include $7.2 billion in unrealized losses and credit valuation adjustments at AIG Financial Products, the source of credit-default swaps, and pretax losses of $21.6 billion tied to the declining value of AIG's investment portfolio.
AIG's general insurance business reported $2.8 billion in net realized capital losses. General insurance net premiums dropped 16.3 percent to $9.2 billion, and net premiums earned fell 5.9 percent to nearly $11 billion.
Adjusted to exclude certain items, operating losses totaled $37.9 billion, or $14.17 per share, versus a loss of $3.2 billion, or $1.25 per share, last year.
The results drastically fell short of estimates. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters, on average, forecast a loss of 37 cents per share on revenue of $24.82 billion. Analysts have been dropping coverage of AIG in recent weeks due to the uncertainty of the company's future.


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Federal spending has gone up more than 20 percent since Obama took office, according to a recent report. Many would say the spending was necessary to recover our recessed economy, but a quick glance at some of the costs implemented to keep the government running reveals that this is questionable.
Millions of dollars have gone toward funding for Nancy Pelosi's office, printing "important" documents like the new Obamacare health care plan, student loan repayments (a benefit of working for the government), pension costs for retired congressional members, office supplies, electricity, food and tap water.
But it would be silly to think that affluent members of Congress would dare drink plain old tap water, wouldn't it? Reports indicate that House members alone spent nearly $200,000 on bottled water during the first quarter of 2010.
I guess someone forgot to tell our political leaders about water filtration. Maybe our economy wouldn't be in such shambles if they weren't wasting money on pointless commodities like bottled water. Not to mention, there are so many people in undeveloped nations who don't have access to clean water.
Nov. 2 is tomorrow, folks. Do your research and make sure to vote green in the 2010 elections.