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Network Brings in More Than 1.5 Million Votes in First-Ever Gospel Finale
NEW YORK � December 5, 2007 � The viewers have spoken! Crystal Aikin has been named BET's SUNDAY BEST! The 33-year-old Tacoma, Washington native beat out Shari Addison, 46, in the gospel reality competition during last night's LIVE season finale. Over a 10-week season, Aikin's bubbly personality and big voice captured the hearts of viewers�bringing in the larger percentage of the more than 1.5 million total votes. Along with the title, Aikin brings home a national recording contract with Zomba Gospel, a 2008 Toyota Camry and a $300,000 Tide "Loads of Hope" prize package for her community. The one-hour finale included special performances by platinum-selling gospel songstress Yolanda Adams and series' host, Kirk Franklin.
As an emergency room nurse, Crystal Aikin placed her career aside, entered the competition and followed her call to minister to the masses in song. Learning about the SUNDAY BEST competition from a stranger who sought her out after hearing her sing more than eight years ago, Crystal used her mother's frequent flyer miles and traveled to the Los Angeles auditions for a mere $2.50. From the beginning, Aikin immediately captured the attention of all with her powerhouse voice. Belting out touching and hand-clapping selections each week, Aikin wowed the judges and America alike.
"This journey has been busy, exhausting, fun, and anticipatory," said Aikin. "It's a blessed and privileged opportunity to be the SUNDAY BEST winner and to God be all the glory."
About BET Networks
BET Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is the nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programming for the African-American audience. The primary BET channel reaches more than 87 million households according to Nielsen Media Research, and can be seen in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of business extensions: BET.com, a leading internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; BET Digital Networks - BET J, BET Gospel and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge entertainment tastes; BET Event Productions, a full-scale event management and production company; BET Home Entertainment, a collection of BET-branded offerings for the home environment including DVDs and video-on-demand; BET Mobile, a service venture into the lucrative world of ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET International, an extension of BET network programming for global distribution.


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PHILADELPHIA – Clarence Goodson is a cult hero of sorts in parts of Norway, but he's anything but committed to spending the rest of his career there.
One day after he expectedly made the cut on the US 23-man roster for the World Cup, the 27-year-old MLS alum said he's eager to seek different career opportunities, potentially beyond Norwegian side IK Start.
"We'll see what happens, but I certainly don't see my future in Norway," Goodson said Thursday. "For me, it's all about what opportunities arise."
Those opportunities depend in part on what Goodson does beginning next month, as he heads to South Africa with as much to gain as any US player looking to earn a bump from the World Cup.
Think of Landon Donovan's international arrival in South Korea in 2002. Or Clint Dempsey, who attributed his rocket ride to Fulham to one strike at the 2006 World Cup.
"The World Cup," Dempsey said Thursday, "can change everything."
And that's exactly what Goodson expects. Despite just 12 US National Team caps since his debut with coach Bon Bradley's group in January 2008, he's likely as integral as any player coming off the bench in South Africa, or even as a potential starter on a back line facing fitness and injury issues.
"It's a big opportunity just to make this team, just going to the World Cup," Goodson said. "The next step is just to put myself into good positions, whether it's from the bench or in a starting role."
It's certainly a far cry from where Goodson was the last time the World Cup came around. He was a steady presence with FC Dallas in 2006, but he watched from afar as Oguchi Onyewu carved his niche as the face of the US defense for what most expected would be years to come.
But now, with Onyewu still seeking his form after last year's devastating knee injury, Goodson could be Bradley's on-deck option. The 6-foot-4 defender contributes size and savvy on set-plays, something the Americans have depended on from Onyewu for years.
"I think [Goodson] continues to get more confident," Bradley said following Wednesday's roster announcement. "Certainly his ability in the air, both in defensive situations and attacking set pieces has been a great plus. We feel that as he continues to get experience his play is going to get better and better."
Goodson paired up with captain Carlos Bocanegra to anchor the back line in the team's short-sided scrimmage on Thursday, just down the street from where they'll meet Turkey in their final domestic warm-up on Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field.
Onyewu and Jay DeMerit anchored the opposite side's back line in the scrimmage, but it's certainly unclear what it all means. Goodson won Bradley's favor perhaps as much as anyone in the team's 4-2 loss to the Czech Republic on Thursday in East Hartford, Conn., assisting on a Herculez Gomez goal with – what else – a soaring header.
"Obviously, my size helps," Goodson said. "Strong in the air, strong on the tackles. I feel like I can organize the team, and I'm an asset on set pieces."
Goodson admitted he's been speaking with other players on the US team about career choices around Europe, but that he's undecided about where he'd like to go. He's developed a strong connection with fans and the front office at IK Start based on the success he's had there, but it doesn't appear to be enough to keep him after his contract with the club expires at the end of this year.
"They like me," Goodson said. "I think I've gone in there and done a good job, and they appreciate the pride that I've shown in doing the best I can, keeping my head down and doing the best I can."
"It's one of those things where we'll have to see what kind of offers are out there," Goodson added. "I just have to make the best decision for me, and for what's going to make me the happiest."

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Somewhere over the Alps
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is sharing pictures of Earth from the International Space Station circling 400 km above us, offering stunning panoramas of our beautiful planet.
Here, the Alps show their relief and snow-capped tops, even in summer. The Alps span five countries: stretching from France, Italy, Switzerland and Germany to Austria.
There are no lines on the ground when you look from space and I am moving at 28 000 km/h ...so sometimes it is hard to be precise : ), please forgive the occasional error.
Although the Space Station gives astronauts unique views of Earth, it is hard for them to know exactly what they are looking at from the Cupola observation module – national borders are an artificial construct and not visible from space. In addition, the orbital complex is travelling at 28 000 km/h and features pass by quickly.
In a previous image of the Alps Luca sent from space he wrongly identified the country as Italy. This was quickly spotted by his followers on social media. Luca replied personally explaining how difficult it is to recognise countries without the manmade borders drawn on atlases.
The Volare mission is around halfway through before Luca returns to Earth in November with crewmates Fyodor Yurchikhin and Karen Nyberg. Follow Volare as it happens and join the conversation on Twitter, Flickr and his mission blog through the links to the right.


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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein and other bank officials won the dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit accusing them of tolerating poor mortgage practices and quitting a federal bailout program early to boost executive pay.
U.S. District Judge William Pauley in Manhattan said the shareholders failed to show there were "red flags" to put bank directors on notice of "broken controls" in Goldman's mortgage servicing business, including that workers at its Litton unit may have been "robo-signing" documents.
Pauley also cited a similar lack of red flags to suggest directors knew Goldman was packaging troubled loans in residential mortgage-backed securities, including loans the bank sold "short" in a bet they would lose value.
The judge also said the plaintiffs did not show that directors acted in bad faith in letting Goldman repay $10 billion taken from the Troubled Asset Relief Program early, in June 2009, freeing the bank from restrictions on executive pay.
Pauley said the plaintiffs cannot amend their complaint alleging breaches of fiduciary duties, saying an earlier amended complaint failed to fix defects he had previously identified.
Lead plaintiffs included the Retirement Relief System of the City of Birmingham, Alabama, pension fund, as well as Michael Brautigam, an Ohio resident and Goldman shareholder.
Brian Brooks, a partner at Smith, Segura & Raphael representing the plaintiffs, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Goldman spokesman Michael DuVally declined to comment.
The case is a derivative lawsuit brought on behalf of Goldman, seeking changes in governance and internal controls, and with any payout going to the Wall Street bank rather than to shareholders.
Pauley said 15 current and former Goldman executives and directors had been named as defendants. Among these were Chief Operating Officer Gary Cohn, Chief Financial Officer David Viniar, and former director Rajat Gupta, who was convicted in June of insider trading in a separate case.
Goldman still faces other shareholder litigation. In June, for example, Pauley's colleague Paul Crotty said shareholders may pursue claims that they lost money after Goldman concealed conflicts of interest in how it put together several collateralized debt obligation transactions.
Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice said it ended a criminal probe into Goldman activity that predated the financial crisis, while the bank said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ended a civil probe into a sale of $1.3 billion of subprime mortgage debt.
Goldman shares closed Tuesday down 0.3 percent at $103.26 on the New York Stock Exchange.
The case is In re: Goldman Sachs Mortgage Servicing Shareholder Derivative Litigation, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 11-04544.


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sciatic numbness - Back Pain in Pregnant Women--why Your Low Back Hurts During Pregnancy, and How to Get Relief
Back Pain in Pregnant Women--why Your Low Back Hurts During Pregnancy, and How to Get Relief
Back pain in pregnant women is a very common complaint. In fact, as many as 80% of pregnant women will have back pain at some time during their pregnancy. There are several types of back pain that occur among expectant mothers, but low back pain is the most common. But why does your low back hurt during pregnancy?
Lumbar discomfort can be triggered by sitting or standing for extended periods of time or by repetitive lifting. Posterior pelvic pain is low back ache that is experienced behind the pelvis, below the waist, and/or across the tailbone or sacrum. It can also be felt in the buttocks, on one or both sides, or in the back of the thighs. You may also have pubic pain. Posterior pelvic pain occurs four times more frequently than lumbar pain during pregnancy.
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In order to maintain a healthy back during pregnancy, it is essential to engage in a regular exercise regimen.?? Exercise is essential for controlling and avoiding back pain.?? When your muscles are weak and inflexible, you are more likely to hurt.?? Regular exercise will stretch and strengthen your muscles and ligaments to better support your spine and prevent pregnancy back ache from occurring.
There are 3 simple exercises for sciatica. They are 1. Lay on the floor, one leg bent and foot flat on the floor, the other leg straight. Hold your lower back flat against the floor. Raise your straight leg 8 to 10 inches off the floor keeping you lower stomach muscles tight. Hold this for about 10 seconds then lower your leg. Repeat with other leg. Remember to raise and lower you leg slowly. Try to work your way up to ten lifts a day with each leg. This will help strengthen you lower abdomen.
So... To stop your
now you need to address the Piriformis muscle tightness and the lower joint issues. The pelvic imbalance needs correcting but this helps to stop your sciatica returning mainly, although it will also reduce your pain quickly.
can be simply fixed if you know how. Removing
pain now is simple; stopping it returning is just as easy. You can actually lead a life without back pain ... just imagine all the activities you could do once again.
But what does all that have to do with lower back pain? Well, unfortunately, your body is unable to isolate which ligaments and joints will stretch and loosen, and this happens on a broad scale throughout your body. As the ligaments and muscles which normally support your spine become lax, it can result in some instability in the spine, which can result in aching and discomfort.
Sciatica is generally caused by a herniated or bulging disk. Your risk of low back pain during pregnancy increases if you have had back aches before becoming pregnant or during a previous pregnancy. You also have an increased risk of prenatal back pain if you are carrying twins or are overweight.
Posterior pelvic pain is often mistaken as
. When you have
, it causes discomfort not only in the low back, hips, buttocks, and thighs, but also in the legs. With sciatica, the leg pain is generally more severe than the spinal pain, and is accompanied by numbness, tingling, or pin-pricking sensations. This aching and numbness generally radiates all the way into the toes. Numbness may also extend to the groin and genital areas.
3. Stretching your hamstring muscles will help loosen them and prevent stress on the sciatic nerve which causes pain. Lie on you back with knees bent, feet flat on the floor. Put your hands behind your knee and pull up your leg until it points upward, then straighten your leg until you begin to feel it stretch. Stop there and hold for around 30 seconds. Repeat 2 or 3 times. Do the same with the other leg. Repeat this 2 or 3 times a day. Don't overdo this exercise or it could make your pain worse.
The Acupressure technique is even simpler... A simple Acupressure point to reduce muscle tension is on the back of your knee. Just come in from the outside of your knee where your hamstring tendon is, the depression there is an Acupressure point for muscular tension. Simply hold this point on both knees at once and rest your hands there for at least 5 minutes. The longer you hold the point the more the tension will reduce.
Specific exercises to alleviate low back pain during pregnancy include pelvic tilt exercises, Kegel exercises, back stretches, hamstring stretches, chest stretches, and wall squats.?? For detailed information on how to do these stretches and exercises, you can visit http://www.pregnancymomandbaby.com/painanddiscomfort/back_exercises_for_pregnancy.html
This is only a temporary fix for your back pain and
, you still need to rebalance your pelvis (the most common cause of back pain), strengthen weak muscles, reduce muscle tension and correct all the joints not working correctly.
The best way to ease tension off the Piriformis muscle is to both stretch the muscle and to use Acupressure to reduce overall muscle tension. Stretching the muscle involves you lying on your back and pulling your knee towards your opposite shoulder. This stretches the Piriformis muscle; if you don't feel tightness in your buttock then you need to use a different stretch.
Proper stretching and exercising, combined with over-the-counter pain medications can assist on the road to recovery. If your pain is not relieved by the milder pain medications, your doctor may prescribe a naroctic analgesic. However be advised that these medications can cause nausea, dizziness, and drowsiness, and may result in dependency if taken over long periods of time. In extreme cases, surgery may be required to remove fragment of the disc.
Your center of gravity is changing. Your abdomen is shifting out and down, and your spine curves backward to try to compensate for this shift. As a result, your spinal muscles become sore and tired, and more prone to injury and strain.
2. The piriformis muscles are the ones in your buttocks. These need to be strengthened to take the pressure off your sacro-Iliac joints, the ones that connect the base of you spine to your pelvic bone. One way to do this is place a rolled up towel at the base of your spine where the triangle shaped bone, (the sacrum), is. One end should be at about where your waist is and the other at or slightly beyond your sacrum. Make two fists and put them behind your head on the rounded area of your skull, (the occiput). Do this for about five minutes and then go for a short walk. This exercise will help take the pressure of your joints and spine.
This article will explore the causes of back pain during pregnancy, discuss the different types of back pain that occur, and provide information about what can be done to prevent and relieve prenatal back pain.
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Treatment for sciatica is varied. It is only possible to find out what treatment is best for you by going to your doctor for an accurate diagnosis. Your doctor may order an MRI to conclude the exact cause of sciatic pain, although many physicians can determine the cause through physical examination alone.
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Piriformis tightness is a common cause as the sciatic nerve either runs through the muscle or next to it. If the muscle tightens the sciatica nerve becomes irritated and sciatica occurs.
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The most common causes of sciatica are: pelvic imbalance, Piriformis muscle tightness, and lower back joint disruption. Pelvic imbalance causes the Sacro-Iliac joints to tighten which then allows the muscles in the buttock to go into spasm, leading to sciatica.
Sciatica is most commonly caused by a slipped disc in the lower back, some form of arthritis, or a pinched nerve. It begins with back pain, followed by calf or hamstring pain, and sometimes included numbness in the toes. Forms of sciatica, resulting from inflammation get better with time, healing themselves. However, bed rest is not the best way to treat
. It is shown that remaining active and performing exercises that are not weight bearing can help. Given time, even herniated spinal discs can heal.
Backache can occur for a number of reasons, which can be reduced to two main issues: hormones and postural changes. During pregnancy, your body produces a veritable cocktail of hormones. Among these is a hormone called relaxin. The primary role of relaxin is to loosen the joints and ligaments in your body in order to help them stretch and widen. This allows your body to more easily make room for your baby inside of your pelvis. And, when the time comes for your baby to be born, the hormone relaxin will have helped the joints of your pelvis relax and stretch enough for your baby's shoulders to pass through your pelvic bones.
If your back pain if very intense, is rhythmic and feels like menstrual cramps, or is causing numbness, you should contact your health care provider.
The more you can keep active and exercise the better off you will be. Inactivity causes your muscles to get weak and therefor cause your back to get worse. Get on your feet and move around as soon as you can. If you feel pain while doing any of these exercises, stop doing them and consult a chiropractic or spine specialist.
The second stretch is to do the same as above but hold your ankle over your opposite knee with one hand and then use the other hand to pull your knee towards that opposite shoulder. This will create a greater stretch.
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Orit Cox is a Holistic Health Practitioner and massage therapist in San Diego, CA and content writer for PregnancyMomandBaby.com, an information resource for pregnancy and mothers. Orit is also the author of The Pregnancy Pain Guide, featured at PregnancyPainRelief.com, where you can discover easy-to-implement techniques to relieve back pain from pregnancy.
Posterior pelvic discomfort can be aggravated by bending, twisting, rolling, climbing stairs, and prolonged leaning forward such as occurs when you sit at a computer for extended periods of time.
As your uterus expands and your baby grows, it also causes immense changes in your posture, which can result in aching. As your abdomen and uterus stretch, it puts a greater strain on your back muscles.
It is important to stay active. Do exercises that develop muscles in your back and stomach. This helps to stablilize your spine. It is also important to maintain a reasonable body weight. Ensure that you practice good posture, and sleep on a mattress that is neither too hard or too soft. You should always discuss health matters with your physician, especially if you suffer progressive weakness, as this may constitute a medical emergency. The problem thought to be something easily treated may be a serious condition caused by the compression of the nerve roots in the lower end ofthe spinal canal, which requires immediate medical attention.
As soon as possible, you need to begin stretching and strengthening your muscles for sciatic pain relief and help prevent further problems. Before beginning any exercises for sciatic nerve pain, get a diagnosis from a physician such as a chiropractor. You need to be sure you do not have a condition of injury that will be made worse by exercising.
Take extra care to be aware of how you bend and move. That alone can help prevent discomfort before it begins. Back pain in pregnant women can be frustrating, for sure, but you can find relief. Be sure you are getting adequate rest, nutrition, and exercise, and you will be on the way to eliminating backaches for good.
As anyone knows who has ever had sciatic nerve pain, it is extremely painful. Move in the wrong way and you will experience intense pain. Numbness and tingling may occur at any time. This makes it extremely hard to go about your daily activities or do productive work to support yourself and your family.
Exercise your stomach muscles, but that doesn't mean start doing crunches and sit ups, these will make it worse and in fact may help cause sciatica. The hip flexor, piriformis, and stomach muscles are the most important ones to strengthen if you have sciatica.
There are two common types of low back pain in pregnancy, lumbar pain and posterior pelvic pain. Lumbar pain is similar to the kind of back pain you may have experienced before you became pregnant. Lumbar discomfort is felt in the lower spine, at the level of, or slightly higher than, your waist. It can also result in pain that radiates to your legs.
is back pain that then travels down your leg. I can be a "pain in the butt" to pain in your feet. The biggest fear you probably have is that it will get worse and you may end up needing surgery.
In fact the majority of
is simply fixed. Although disc injuries cause sciatica they are not the majority of sciatica cases. They only attribute approximately 10% of
What is
? Sciatica is the official name given to a pain in the leg, foot, or buttock, brought on by a form of irritation to the sciatic nerve, the longest nerve in the entire body.
To help joints move more freely is just as simple, all you need to do is to press gently but firmly on the joint that is sore. You will notice if you press in some directions the pain feels a little worse - like a bruise. If you pres in this direction while you breathe in and out, your body will actually correct the joint and ease the tension around it.
Lower back joint disruption also causes sciatica as the sciatic nerve is created by the lower joints. If these joints fail to move freely then the nerve at its source becomes irritated.
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Sciatic pain usually starts in the buttocks and extends down the rear of the thigh and lower leg to the sole of the foot and along the outer side of the lower leg to the top of the foot. Pain may also be present in the lower back. Sciatica refers to pain along the path of the sciatica nerve. It is usually caused by pressure on the sciatic nerve. Fortunately, most cases of sciatica are not...
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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The League premiered on their new network, FXX, Wednesday night to steady ratings.
In its ninth season premiere, It's Always Sunny grabbed 757,000 total viewers and 648,000 viewers in the adults ages 18-49 demographic. Down from the one million viewers who tuned in for the Season 8 premiere, the series still retained 80 percent of the total adults 18-49.
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The fifth season premiere of The League grew on Sunny, drawing 786,000 total viewers and 687,000 in the 18-49 demo. The show retained 94 percent of its viewers in the 18-49 demo from last season's launch.
"The numbers last night on FXX for Sunny and The League far exceeded our highest expectations," FX Networks CEO John Landgraf said in a statement. "To have just launched the channel three days ago and get these ratings is thrilling. The delivery of these shows needs no qualification, they are proven appointment viewing for young adult audiences. Thanks to the fans and congratulations to Rob McElhenney, Glenn Howerton, Charlie Day and everyone involved with Sunny, and to Jeff and Jackie Schaffer and everyone on The League."
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* Iran will defeat "conspiracy" against the rial, aide says
* Currency has collapsed over the last ten days
* Friday sermons blame government for mismanagement
* Iranian fear further price rises in coming weeks
(Adds Friday sermons comments)
By Marcus George
DUBAI, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Iran will defeat a "conspiracy"against its foreign currency and gold markets, an adviser tosupreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday, withpressure mounting on the authorities to deal with the rapidcollapse of the rial.
Riot police fought demonstrators and arrested money changersin and around the Tehran bazaar on Wednesday during proteststriggered by the fall of the Iranian currency, which has lost athird of its value against the dollar over the last ten days.
Protesters called President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a traitorbecause of what many say is his serious mismanagement of theeconomy, which has been badly hit by U.S. and European sanctionsimposed over Iran's nuclear programme.
There has so far been no public criticism of Khamenei, theIslamic Republic's most powerful authority.
"Iran is overcoming the psychological war and conspiracythat the enemy has brought to the currency and gold market andthis war is constantly fluctuating," said close Khamenei allyGholam Ali Haddad Adel, according to Fars news agency.
"The arrogant powers...think the nation of Iran is ready tolet go of the Islamic revolution through economic pressure butwe are establishing Iran's economic strength," he said.
Iranian media reported harsh words for Ahmadinejad'sgovernment at Friday prayer sermons across the country.
"In my view only a small percentage of the economic problemsand inflation is related to the enemy sanctions and the mainreason is the erroneous economic policies," said Ayatollah SeyedYousef Tabatabai-Nejad in Esfahan, Mehr news agency reported.
"The day you took the votes.... did you know this countryand its people are revolutionary?" Fars news reported AyatollahAhmad Alhoda as saying in apparent reference to Ahmadinejad.
"If you knew that you can't confront these problems andcrises but told people you can, you have undoubtedly betrayedtheir rights."
Washington says the fall in the rial over the past year hasbeen caused by both economic mismanagement and sanctions, whichthe administration of President Barack Obama and the EuropeanUnion tightened sharply this year.
Iran's leadership could "relieve the pressure its people arefeeling" if it resolves concerns about its nuclear work, DavidCohen, undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligenceat the U.S. Treasury, said in London.
Aides to senior U.S. lawmakers said on Friday they werelooking at even more drastic sanctions to isolate Iran from theinternational financial system.
Most of Tehran's bazaar was shut on Thursday, but businessassociations said it would reopen on Saturday under thesupervision of the security forces. It is traditionally closedon Fridays. Analysts say any further discontent could spreadquickly if it is allowed to gain a foothold.
The bazaar, whose merchants were influential in bringing anend to Iran's monarchy in 1979, wields significant influence andthis week's unrest is a clear signal that the economic hardshipis having a profound effect on businessmen and residents alike.
"I have a good salary and I can still afford the shoppingand expenses for my family. But everything has become soexpensive and so difficult for people. I'm just glad I have ajob," Ali, a 42-year-old Iranian engineer, told Reuters bytelephone. He earns $1,000 a month.
This week's currency plunge has so far had a small butnoticeable impact on prices of groceries, and Ali fears morerises are imminent.
"Eggs, milk, cheese, infant formula, cooking oil, rice andbeans have all increased over the last six days," Kia, aTehran-based blogger, wrote in an email.
"I've seen people buying lots of food and some of them arestockpiling," said Kia, alluding to further rises on the way.
The cost of food and fuel has shot up in the last year asrampant inflation has taken hold. Iranians now pay nearly threetimes more for chicken and red meat than a year ago.
Farmers say they are forced to pass on the increased costsof animal feed and vaccines, which are often imported anddirectly affected by the fluctuations in the exchange rate.
The rial's losses have accelerated despite the government'sattempts to stem the slide by setting up an "exchange centre"designed to supply dollars to importers of some basic goods at aspecial rate, slightly cheaper than the market rate.
Instead of allaying fears, the centre seems to haveintensified the race for hard currency.
"This is a very serious situation. There is a lot ofpressure on Khamenei to remove Ahmadinejad but they will need tofind a way to do it without losing face," said Iranian-bornMehrdad Emami, an economics adviser to the European Union.
"Ahmadinejad is pushing ahead and that could createcontinuing unrest which will need a lot of security on thestreets," he added.
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Surabaya: Officials have officially shut a massive prostitution complex in Indonesia's second-largest city amid protests by sex workers, who said their livelihoods were being destroyed.
The mayor of Surabaya, Tri Rismaharini, announced the closure of the "Dolly" prostitution complex in a ceremony on Wednesday at the city's Islamic Center Building, about a mile (two kilometres) away.
A Cabinet minister and the governor of East Java attended the ceremony, where about 100 local figures signed a statement supporting the closure of one of Southeast Asia's largest red-light districts.
The government plans to provide $425 to each of about 1,500 sex workers to help them start a new life.
Hundreds of prostitutes and others who said their livelihoods depend on the sex trade blocked streets leading to the complex in protest of its closure.


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His pastor chose Taylor Carol's song for Easter Sunday service at InSpirit Center for Spiritual Living in Mission Viejo.
"You Raise Me Up."
Taylor, who just turned 18, has the voice for it.
He sounds a lot like Josh Groban, whose version of the operatic pop-tune-turned-contemporary hymn got a Grammy nomination.
Click here to watch a video of Taylor Carol singing.
More than that, Taylor can bring to the song a special understanding of renewed life. Music and faith helped Taylor survive a life-or-death struggle that consumed his family for five years.
He was the boy with the terminal illness; the boy too sick for the Make-A-Wish dream he was granted.
He stared death in the face at the age of 11 with eyes as blue as the ocean near his home in Dana Point. In the end, death blinked.
Now he's the young man talented enough to pursue a professional singing career. Or go to Harvard, where he has already been accepted.
He is convinced everything that happened to him as a child happened for a reason – to wed his love for music with philanthropy so he can help sick children get better.
"I didn't understand why things were happening and why innocent children much stronger than me would die," he says of the thoughts that kept him company as he fought his illness in a hospital isolation ward far from home.
God was challenging him, he says.
"It was something he wanted me to have to see what I needed to work on when I was older and just see what kind of a person I could be."
Hidden talent
A pitch that struck the left-handed-hitting Taylor at a youth league game in May 2006 fractured his right elbow.
Before that ball was thrown, his family – parents, Jim and Cynthia Carol; older brother, Brandon; and younger sister, Alyssa – lived a normal suburban life in south Orange County.
The children were healthy and into sports. Jim, who owned a successful software company, coached youth baseball. Cynthia, a nurse, became a soccer mom.
An all-star athlete, Taylor played football and baseball. And sang.
Drafted against his wishes for a fourth-grade play at St. Anne School in Dana Point, Taylor had to don a coonskin cap and perform a number about moving west to California.
He secretly sang in his closet at home but never in public. Not even to his family.
Jim and Cynthia got a call from the school. Did you know your son can sing?
They attended an encore performance the next day and joined in on the standing ovation for Taylor. Lessons with opera coach Kathleen Martin followed. He soon landed a paid role in "Tosca," produced by the now-defunct Opera Pacific.
Between sports and performing, Taylor was quite the sensation.
But night sweats and fatigue troubled him after he finished playing Tevye in a school production of "Fiddler on the Roof." His parents thought he was worn out from stress and the long rehearsals.
Taylor also had bruises that weren't healing. And then, the broken arm.
His pediatrician, noting how pale and lethargic Taylor appeared, sent the family to Children's Hospital of Orange County. Tests showed that he had leukemia. His white blood cell count was about 25 times what is considered normal.
If you don't get your son into remission quickly, his parents remember being told, Taylor will die.
Long way from home
Further tests on his spinal tap showed Taylor had Philadelphia chromosome-positive ALL, short for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The genetic factor occurs in less than 5 percent of children with ALL. It made his leukemia so powerful chemo alone couldn't wipe it out.
So Taylor had two chances for survival: become a pediatric test case for an experimental cocktail mix of drugs or undergo a bone-marrow transplant that could disfigure him or kill him if it didn't work.
Cynthia wrote the inventor of one of the drugs that Taylor could get, and asked what he would do if this was his child with this disease. He wrote back: transplant.
The Carols left Taylor's older brother in the care of his grandmother so he could finish his senior year at Dana Hills High and took Taylor to Seattle Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center. The hospital's childhood cancer survival rate was one of the two best in the country.
Alyssa came with them, attending a special school for siblings of cancer patients. She celebrated her 6th birthday in the hospital's oncology ward.
Taylor spent months in and out of the quarantined loneliness of an isolation room, bombarded by chemotherapy to put his cancer in remission and radiation to kill his bone marrow.
His dad breaks down in tears thinking about how his son endured it all without a complaint.
"All he ever worried about was us and the other kids," Jim says. "That was all he ever worried about."
Another family that the Carols had met at CHOC, the Barkers from Laguna Niguel, also brought their son to Seattle for treatment. Christian Barker had a different form of leukemia than Taylor but also needed a transplant.
Christian was a little older than Taylor, a shy and quiet young teen with a deep sense of spirituality.
The boys became best friends, bonding over Lego and the video games "Spyro the Dragon" and "Mario Kart" when they felt up to playing. They'd tell each other "don't give up" and talked about what they wanted to do when they got better.
Taylor also found joy in the unusual instruments that a music therapist named Matt would bring to him. He listened to everything from Frank Sinatra to the Beatles to the Killers, and he started writing songs.
He rarely had the strength to sing, but his parents could tell whenever he was feeling better because he would hum.
'True Courage'
A man from Germany, the only match for Taylor, donated the bone marrow that saved his life.
Taylor later met his donor in a tearful surprise while singing at a fundraiser for childhood cancer research. Composer Mateo Messina accompanied him on the piano. Messina had visited Taylor in the hospital, writing symphony music with him.
Taylor performed while still in therapy at Messina's annual symphony concert to benefit Seattle Children's Hospital.
He sang a song they wrote together called "True Courage." The title comes from the "TC" stickers – for Taylor Carol; for True Courage – that youth ballplayers in Dana Point sold to help with the family's medical bills. They also wore "TC" patches on their uniforms.
Taylor's recovery was long and painful.
He had a pill box the size of a school binder for the 50 or so pills he took daily. He calls it "the least fun Advent calendar ever." One medication made his stomach so sensitive he had to take nourishment intravenously.
Radiation stunted his growth. Nightly shots of human growth hormone for three years brought him to his present height of 5 feet, 11 inches, 4 inches shorter than his projected growth.
There were emergency room visits and more hospital stays after he came down with shingles and, later, swine flu.
He had not finished fifth grade and missed all of junior high and 30 days of his freshman year in high school. A teacher from the Gifted and Talented Education program at Marco Forster School in Dana Point came to his house to tutor him two hours at a time, a few times a week.
When he returned to school at Dana Hills High, he was still swollen from medication that kept his body from rejecting the foreign bone marrow. He felt especially lost and alone at lunchtime. With nobody to sit with, he'd call home.
The boy who, as a senior, would be named King of Winter Formal, spent part of his freshman year eating lunch in a car with his mother.
But the toughest blow for Taylor was losing his hospital buddy, Christian, whose body rejected two bone-marrow transplants. Taylor remembers a call he got in late December 2007 from Christian's parents shortly before his friend died at 14.
"I had to say goodbye to him. … It was one of the most humbling things I ever heard – the sobs of his parents losing their little boy. It's one of the biggest reasons I feel so driven."
Taylor sang "True Courage" at Christian's funeral. Christian's mom gave him a medal like the one her son wore. It is engraved with words from Joshua 1:9: "Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."
Above and beyond
Taylor found his safe place on the stage, in his music, when he got involved with the South Orange County School of the Arts at Dana Hills High.
He finally got to fulfill his Make-A-Wish dream: voice lessons with the Los Angeles-based Seth Riggs, who has worked with the likes of Barbra Streisand and Michael Jackson.
At 16, Taylor realized he was past his illness. He had a new focus: "I wanted to dedicate my life to the things that saved mine."
He began traveling around the country to perform at fundraisers for sick children and pediatric cancer research. He's sung or spoken at close to 20 fundraisers for Make-A-Wish alone, missing only one request because he was sick.
He's performed the national anthem more than once at Clippers and Angels games. Dennis Kuhl, club chairman for Angels Baseball, says he was shocked at how professional Taylor was the first time he sang at Angel Stadium.
"He's a special kid. He's focused on what he wants to do and accomplish. He's not letting anything stand in his way."
Taylor guides his life by words he wrote on the wall of what used to be his brother's bedroom but is now his music room: Modesty. Kindness. God. Determination. Confidence. Patience.
"I feel like I always need those words with me."
He says being sick gave him a different perspective on Easter Sunday, on how much suffering there is, on how blessed life can be.
"I feel like my illness and just the circumstances have helped me rise above and give hope to other people."
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The 65th Golden Globes Awards winners was announced with little ceremony and fanfare yesterday, as the on-going writer's strike took its toll on this year's awards ceremony with no-shows from celebrities from across Hollywood. As such, the results were marred by somewhat controversial decisions, as deserving individuals and efforts were overlooked, some say as a direct result from their involvements in the strike. The aftermath of such a situation now resulted in many that perceive the Golden Globes with little merit and a whole lot of skepticism. In other words, the reputation of the ever-famous Golden Globes is now in deep scrutiny. Many now question the value of this particular award show, as the decision to award 'Best Film' in a Drama category went to the film 'Atonement', a British production instead of the much widely-acclaimed films like 'There Will Be Blood' and 'No Country for Old Men', both American productions. Other notable sways toward foreigners include British actress Julie Christie winning the 'Best Actress' category with the film 'Away From Her', Australian Cate Blanchett winning 'Best Supporting Actress' for her role in 'I'm Not There' and Spaniard Javier Bardem taking home the award for 'Best Supporting Actor' in 'No Country For Old Men'. More examples litter the awards show and having now itself being awarded the accolade of the fastest ever broadcasted awards show, clocking at a mere 30 minutes as the host plainly read out the list of winners in a press-conference style format, the 65th Golden Globes will be remembered, and given awards, for all the wrong reasons.
There is no majority winner as awards were given evenly and flatly across the board, probably Here is the list of winners for their respective categories, with its nominees:
Best Film (Drama)
Also nominated:
American Gangster
Eastern Promises
The Great Debaters
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best Film (Musical or Comedy)
Sweeney Todd
Also nominated:
Across the Universe
Charlie Wilson's War
Best Director - Film
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Also nominated:
Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
Ridley Scott - American Gangster
Joe Wright - Atonement
Best actor (Drama)
Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Also nominated:
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
James McAvoy - Atonement
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises
Denzel Washington - American Gangster
Best actress (Drama)
Julie Christie - Away from Her
Also nominated:
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Jodie Foster - The Brave One
Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
Keira Knightley - Atonement
Best actor (Musical or Comedy)
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
Also nominated:
Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl
Tom Hanks - Charlie Wilson's War
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Savages
John C Reilly - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Best actress (Musical or Comedy)
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
Also nominated:
Amy Adams - Enchanted
Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
Helena Bonham Carter - Sweeney Todd
Ellen Page - Juno
Best supporting actor
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Also nominated:
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War
John Travolta - Hairspray
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton
Best supporting actress
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Also nominated:
Julia Roberts - Charlie Wilson's War
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
Best foreign language film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (France and US)
Also nominated:
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Romania)
The Kite Runner (US)
Lust, Caution (Taiwan)
Persepolis (France)
Best animated feature film
Also nominated:
Bee Movie
The Simpsons Movie
Best screenplay
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
Also nominated:
Diablo Cody - Juno
Christopher Hampton - Atonement
Ronald Harwood - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Aaron Sorkin - Charlie Wilson's War
Best original song
Guaranteed - Into the Wild
Also nominated:
Despedida - Love in the Time of Cholera
Grace is Gone - Grace is Gone
That's How You Know - Enchanted
Walk Hard - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Best original score
Dario Marianelli - Atonement
Also nominated:
Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild
Clint Eastwood - Grace is Gone
Alberto Iglesias - The Kite Runner
Howard Shore - Eastern Promises
Best series (drama)
Mad Men
Also nominated:
Big LoveDamages
Grey's Anatomy
The Tudors
Best series (musical or comedy)
Also nominated:
30 Rock
Pushing Daisies
Best mini-series or film made for TV
Also nominated:
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
The Company
Five Days
The State Within
Best actor (drama)
Jon Hamm - Mad Men
Also nominated:
Michael C Hall - Dexter
Hugh Laurie - House
Jonathan Rhys Meyers - The Tudors
Bill Paxton - Big Love
Best actor (musical or comedy)
David Duchovny - Californication
Also nominated:
Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
Steve Carrell - The Office
Ricky Gervais - Extras
Lee Pace - Pushing Daisies
Best actor (mini-series or film made for TV)
Jim Broadbent - Longford
Also nominated:
Adam Beach - Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Ernest Borgnine - A Grandpa for Christmas
Jason Isaacs - The State Within
James Nesbitt - Jekyll
Best actress (drama)
Glenn Close - Damages
Also nominated:
Patricia Arquette - Medium
Minnie Driver - The Riches
Sally Field - Brothers and Sisters
Holly Hunter - Saving Grace
Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer
Edie Falco - The Sopranos
Best actress (musical or comedy)
Tina Fey - 30 Rock
Also nominated:
Christina Applegate - Samantha Who?
America Ferrera - Ugly Betty
Anna Friel - Pushing Daisies
Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds
Best actress (mini-series or film made for TV)
Queen Latifah - Life Support
Also nominated:
Bryce Dallas Howard - As You Like It
Debra Messing - The Starter Wife
Sissy Spacek - Pictures of Hollis Woods
Ruth Wilson - Jane Eyre
Best supporting actor (mini-series or film made for TV)
Jeremy Piven - Entourage
Also nominated:
Ted Danson - Damages
Kevin Dillon - Entourage
Andy Serkis - Longford
William Shatner - Boston Legal
Donald Sutherland - Dirty Sexy Money
Best supporting actress (mini-series or film made for TV)
Samantha Morton - Longford
Also nominated:
Rose Byrne - Damages
Rachel Griffiths - Brothers and Sisters
Katherine Heigl - Grey's Anatomy
Anna Paquin - Bury My Heart On Wounded Knee
Jaime Pressly - My Name is Earl
So where did the celebrities go and how did they celebrate this low-key awards event? Here are a few ideas, courtesy of BBC.com:
"We managed to rustle up two champagne glasses... That's as glamorous as it gets." Tom Hooper, Longford director, who said he wore jeans, no shoes and a "scruffy shirt".
"I kinda didn't want to watch. It would just make me tense or nervous. I knew if my phone was ringing when I walked into my hotel room that I would have won, and it was. Nobody calls a loser." David Duchovny, winner for best actor in a TV comedy or musical series, who went to the cinema instead.
"I'd just got off the plane from Los Angeles and I was standing there and it was just perfect. It was perfect to stand there, that was better than being in a proscenium kind of space or at a dinner." Julian Schnabel, director of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly found out his film had won best foreign language film while waiting in the baggage claim at New York's John F Kennedy Airport.
"I was at the Brass Monkey Bar in the Meatpacking District in New York, watching it on TV with a bunch of the cast and crew. I was drinking bourbon on the rocks. It was great. This huge cheer went up." Glenn Close on how she learned she had won the Golden Globe for best actress in a TV drama for Damages.
"I wish I could have thanked everyone publicly. But it was still a great experience. I wouldn't trade it. I will remember this always." Jon Hamm, winner for best actor in a dramatic TV series, celebrated on the roof of the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles.
"People are going swimming actually. I guess that's what you do, isn't it, after you win a Golden Globe? You go for a swim." Atonement producer Tim Bevan, speaking from his Hollywood hotel on how he planned to celebrate his film's win for best dramatic motion picture.
"It's nice not to be in a tuxedo." Sweeney Todd producer Richard Zanuck, who watched the Globes announcement from his son's home in Beverly Hills.
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text: randyfristoe 0 Posted November 11, 2012 Report Share Posted November 11, 2012 Hey all, So I am experiencing with more regularity that the feet of my bowls and mugs are sticking to the shelves. Sometimes chipping off when I remove them. every pot that i fire leaves a distinct brown ring on the shelves after they have been fired. and in time those collective rings cause the shelves to brown and even get a polish on them. I fire cone 10+(11/12) in a gas kiln and use a stoneware body with just a hint of red clay cut into it for color and earthy speckling. is this brown ring being caused by the iron in the clay or what other process is going on to cause my (unglazed) feet to stick to my shelves? Can anyone shed any light on what is going on and offer a solution. I'm not opposed to kiln wash but would rather not have to. thanks, Randy Link to post Share on other sites


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Tomorrow's Leaders Making A Difference
Five outstanding, young Emmetsburg residents were honored at the Chamber Banquet last Friday night. Four of the five returned "home" to Emmetsburg to be in business and raise their families. Each had a similar story about Emmetsburg.
Beth Elman grew up in Emmetsburg. She had the chance to move back, but wasn't too thrilled, thinking she would stay in the Des Moines area a little longer before moving back to a smaller town. It happened sooner rather than later and it ended up being a great opportunity. She started with Wild Rose when they opened in 2006. "I love my job. I love being back home," she said.
Kelly Bay thanked Sarah Frederick, Molly Veldboom and Stacy Theesfeld for their support since she moved back to Emmetsburg and opened her business. "We have had so much support from family, friends and community since we moved back," she said. "I don't think there is anywhere else in the world that would be better to raise a family or start a business."
Amy Martini said, "Sometimes I think about my decision to move back to Emmetsburg, to live here and work here and raise my family here. It always really comes back to very grateful I am for such great people to work with, the experience and the opportunity, working with so may of you here in this very room."
Matt Mueller said, "When the award (5 Under 40) was brought up, I thought it was a good idea… Some of the more mature population in Emmetsburg doesn't understand what the youth does for the community and how much we work we put in."
Tony Kauten was humbled to accept the award with his fellow under 40s. When asked what he had been involved in, he said "you don't feel like you've been involved in very many things". People have ask "are you crazy" when they find out his level of involvement in city government. "You have to realize, if you want to live in a community and truly make that community better, sometimes you have to stick your neck out a little bit, maybe say some things that not everybody agrees with, that aren't the popular opinion. But if you are really interested in making your community better, I think it is your job to stand out and try and do the right thing. Everybody that's here, everybody that volunteers, truly has the interest of Emmetsburg at heart."
There is a fairly new organization called FUEL Emmetsburg. Fellowship Uniting Emerging Leaders (FUEL) is a division of the chamber geared toward the younger members of the community.
Morgan Grimm, a member of FUEL, talked at the Chamber Banquet about the group's involvement. They have held two barbecues at Harrison Park, spring and fall, gearing toward their membership drive; hosted four free outdoor family movie nights at the fairgrounds, showing children's movies with an average attendance of 30 children per movie; contributed to the Fourth of July festivities with an ice cream social, volleyball and bean bag tournaments and sponsoring the band on the beach before the fireworks. They partnered with Emmetsburg Retail Association at Harvest Fest and had the children decorating pumpkins and sugar cookies. FUEL?Emmetsburg is always open to new members and new ideas for community involvement.
Do you see the common thread here? These young people are happy to be in Emmetsburg. They are happy to be in business in Emmetsburg and to raise their families in Emmetsburg. They are working to make Emmetsburg a better place to call home.
Emmetsburg is fortunate to have a number of young families in the community. Take a look at some of the projects that are spearheaded by our "young" people. They are on the move and they are making a difference.


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