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Paul Ryan Supports Gay Adoption & ENDA But Not Marriage Equality
Former Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan said Monday he has changed his views on a major gay issue: Ryan now believes same-sex couples should have the right adopt children, Think Progress reports.
The Wisconsin Congressman made his comments during a town hall meeting in his hometown of Janesville, Wis., after an audience member asked about his anti-gay voting record. Ryan admitted to voting against adoption for gay couples in the District of Columbia in 1999.
"I'd vote differently these days," he said. "That was I think a vote I took in my first term, 1999 or 2000. I do believe that if there are children who are orphans who do not have a loving person or couple I think if a person wants to love and raise a child they ought to be able to do that. Period. I would vote that way. I do believe marriage is between a man and a woman, we just respectfully disagree on that issue."
His stance on gay marriage is one reason why the Human Rights Campaign gave the conservative a "zero percent" score for his voting record on LGBT issues.
During the meeting, Ryan also touched on his support for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, a federal bill that would prohibit employers from discriminating against workers based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Ryan initially didn't want gender identity to be included in the measure, which has been introduced in Congress almost ever session for nearly two decades. Ryan did not say if he would support the more inclusive ENDA this Congress, Think Progress notes.
Just days after Ryan's comments went public, ultra right conservatives are already slamming him. When World Net Daily reported on the story with they used the headline, "Paul Ryan Now OK With Homosexual Adoption." Additionally, Peter LaBarbera (AKA Porno Pete), the president of the anti-LGBT group Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, tweeted, "Paul Ryan sells out on homo'l adoption. Is #GOP now gonna be OK w/ putting kids in homes tht R Intentionally Fatherless or Motherless? #tcot."
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The band began forging its sound after Samawatie started exploring her Iranian musical heritage. Moved by the power of the Persian music and poetry, Samawatie discovered new directions to pursue in her melodies. The elemental sounds of her Farsi lyrics, combined with the band's grounding in modern jazz styles, led to recognition and a host of awards for Cyminology, including winning the Jazz and Blues Award Berlin in 2004 and 2006, and the New Generation international jazz competition in 2003.
Now signed with ECM, As Ney delves further into the soundscapes Samawatie has written for the poems of Rumi, Hafiz and Forough Farrokhzad.
Those familiar with the band's self-produced per Se (Double Moon Records, 2005) and Bemun (Double Moon Records, 2007), produced by Frank Moebus, will find the band moving away from jazz-oriented compositions to more complex and subtle arrangements that still give the performers room to improvise.
Another change in the band's sound on As Ney resulted from working with ECM producer/label head Manfred Eicher, who helped sculpt the CD's sound both in the overall arrangement of the tunes, and the order of the tunes on the release.
All About Jazz: How did working with Manfred Eicher impact the recording?
Cymin Samawatie: I feel that when I'm the composer, when I'm the singer, and I'm involved in so much, it's really difficult for me to step outside. It relaxes me a lot when I know there's a person I can really trust and that I share his opinions and his taste, I mean it's about taste still, and I really do that with Manfred Eicher. I think we're really very close, and I'm very impressed with how close we areI didn't expect that.
So for me, it gives me a very important calmness to focus on what I'm doing at that moment in the studio, because I know somebody else is taking care of other things. So that helps me to relax and to be there.
AAJ: How did he help with your compositions when recording the tunes?
CS: We had one rehearsal in Berlin with him and he made some [suggestions] and he said, "Maybe you want to repeat this part on this tune," or he said, "Maybe you want to leave the intro because the tune is so strong. It's great just to start with the voice and piano." That was the tune "As Ney" actually, and on another part he said, "Maybe you want to keep out the drum soloit works great live but for the recording it might make more sense if we go in another [direction]."
He made some changes, but I was expecting more changes from him, and it feels great for the composer when you think you're working with a great person and you're waiting for him to do changes and then he doesn't do any. It gives you some confidence in the work that you do.
The other thing is that the music you play is influenced by what you hear. And how much you hear is influenced by the room that you play in, the instruments that you use and, of course, what you have for the mix in your headphones. So these are things that Manfred also has a gift for: for knowing which room is great for the music; knowing what we need in our headphones. This inspires us, and so that gives us a direction for the music and, of course, for the improvisation, too.
AAJ: How fully compose were the songs when you began recording them? Did you have them fully scored and written out?
CS: Each song had a different approach. If I think about the song "As Ney," a lot of it is written out. There's just one small passage where I wrote some changes and Benedikt is kind of improvising, but it's more like he's taking the melodic idea and putting it into the chords. Other than that, everything is arranged and written out.
There are other tunes, I can think of "Por Se Ssedaa," for example, "Sendegi" and I think there's a third one I don't remember right now, where I wrote a beginning, which is pretty much written out. Then I didn't write anything at allit's really blank and I said, "Let's see where we go to let's just try out different things, but whatever we try it has to lead to this place." So then there's another place that I've written out that leads to the end. And I like that, too, to see what the musicians are making from it.
And to be honest, that's the really difficult part and the band is not always happy when I'm coming with those ideas, because then I have to make them write music at the moment.
l:r: Benedikt Jahnel, Cymin Samawatie, Ralf Schwarz, Ketan Bhatti
But if you do things that you don't do all the time, that's somethingto go from an idea and have something blank and go back to another idea and give it a sense [of] cornersto connect those corners. And then [it's] the four of usnot only one musician doing it but four people doing it. Sometimes I did something, too, and it can happen that I sing along; it depends on the mood, it depends on the room, the audience and the mood that we are in.
That's what I like about jazz musicyou have all the freedom to go for the freedom, but you also have the freedom to stick to some details that you worked on during rehearsal or during recording time.
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Gaffney, S.C.�s Dennis �Rambo� Franklin, the two-time Carolina Clash Champion, has won five of the past seven series races and capped off a stellar August on the Blue Collar tour.
Franklin claimed the Stick Elliot Memorial on Aug. 3 at Cherokee Speedway and led all 30 laps to win his fourth Shrine 100 on Aug. 14 at Carolina Speedway. He captured the fastest time in qualifying and a $200 bonus for the Blair Ferguson Memorial Pole Award from the Allison and Chris Ferguson families while at Carolina.
On Saturday, Franklin kicked off the Carolina Clash Countdown to the Cup with yet another win at Lancaster Speedway. He is now second on the all-time win list among active drivers. It was also his 28th all-time win on tour and third all-time at Lancaster among 12 races in series history.
Franklin set the night�s pole and was pursued by Justin Labonte, Johnny Pursley and Chris Ferguson, who were stout all during the opening segment of the race. A mid-race caution halted their progress as Franklin was battling in and around lapped traffic. Franklin had a smoother second half of the race, reporting that he may have missed the setup but the car came to him as the race progressed.
�Yeah, I love this place as it is one of my favorite race tracks. I tried to set the car up to run up against the wall, but it just wouldn�t work as good up there. I finally figured out that it handled better if I moved down to the center. This car is just awesome and M&W Towing, AES, Nichols Plumbing, Barry Wright and Clements just continues to show the winning combination,� Franklin said.
Mount Holly�s Ferguson had a strong showing, placing second. The big movers for the event were Luke Roffers, who finished third and is now fourth in points, and Ricky Weeks, who finished fourth and is second in the standings. Tim Allen came home eighth and maintained his third-place position in the points. Damon Kotke finished 15th and continues to lead the Rookie of the Year points standings.
Mike Huey was the Hard Charger of the race, advancing eight spots from a 24th starting position.
Carolina Clash top five in points as of Aug. 24: 1. Dennis Franklin 1,056 2. Ricky Weeks 1,037 3. Tim Allen 1,034 4. Luke Roffers 1,033 5. Johnny Pursley 1,028; Carolina Clash, Top 10: Lancaster Speedway, Saturday: Results: 1. Dennis Franklin 2. Chris Ferguson 3. Luke Roffers 4. Ricky Weeks 5. Justin Labonte 6. Dustin Mitchell 7. Chris Blackwell 8. Tim Allen 9. Shaun Harrell 10. Scott Shirey
Roush Yates Performance Products and JE Pistons Championship Series Schedule:
Sept. 1: Race #2 � Cherokee Speedway, Gaffney
Sept. 7: Race #3 � Friendship Motor Speedway, Elkin
Sept. 14: Race #4 � Wythe Raceway, Rural Retreat, Va.
Sept. 21: Race #5 � TBA
Sept. 28: Race #6 � 311 Speedway, Pine Hall
Oct. 12: Race #7 � TBA
Oct. 19: Race #8 � Fayetteville Motor Speedway, Fayetteville
Mark Huey contributed to this report.
Pruitt makes history at Carolina
Brayden Pruitt, who became the first female to win the 4-cylinder nationals at Cherokee Speedway in 2009, became the first woman to ever win a Shrine Race at Carolina Speedway. The Boiling Springs native led flag-to-flag to take the 4-cylinder championship and survived a protest on Aug. 14.
�This is the second time we�ve raced here. Winning the Shrine 100, it�s awesome, especially being it�s my first win at Carolina, it couldn�t be better. Just being out here supporting these little kids, it�s a great cause. I�m so grateful to be here and just want to give all the glory to God. Hopefully we�ll make some more trips up here � I really enjoy racing at this track,� Pruitt said.
On Aug. 2, Tabatha Evans posted her first win in the Young Guns at Cleveland County Speedway.
A. Dillon honored at NASCAR hall for Eldora Trucks win
The truck that Austin Dillon raced to win the inaugural Mudsummer Classic at Eldora Speedway on July 24 is on display at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte through October. On Aug. 13, Dillon was at the hall to talk about his history-making victory on dirt, the first in a top-three tier NASCAR race since Richard Petty won in 1970.
Dillon said that both Shane and Dale McDowell of Team Dillon Racing helped him get experience in dirt racing.
�It�s so competitive out there in the dirt world and to go out there and compete was very important. We�d go down the road in the truck with them and listen to different stories about racing and how they built the car. You know, my dad and grandfather have the Cup racing and RCR as a whole and that�s where Shane and Dale both came along to help me and my brother both get where we are today,� Austin Dillon said.
Mike Dillon, Austin�s father and VP of Competition at Richard Childress Racing, talked about his son�s win.
�It�s a great effort from the whole company, RCR, and all the guys in the truck shop. For them to get behind the dirt program is very special to us because we�re big supporters of dirt racing. For him to be in the Hall of Fame, coming from Eldora, it�s really cool,� Mike Dillon said.
Mike Dillon said they were on board with the race from the beginning.
�Once they started talking about it, it generated a lot of interest and we obviously got behind it right away. We loved to do it and I think it�s very fair to say that they�ll be doing it again. Just looking forward to see where it goes,� he said.
King of the Carolinas coming soon
As the months wind down, racers at Carolina are getting ready to compete in the �King of the Carolinas� which will be held Oct. 24-27 at Carolina Speedway in Gastonia.
�Heintz Performance has just added a $10,000 bonus for any driver who can get three wins in three different events. There are seven different divisions with an overall purse of $65,000. I cannot wait for the event,� Carolina Speedway co-promoter Clint Elkins said.
Several drivers have been making their marks all summer long and are excited about the upcoming races, especially in the open wheel modified division.
Colton Robinson got his first win at Carolina on Aug. 9. Although he suffered a broken heel, he wants to be ready when the King of the Carolinas comes around.
�It felt good to just come back from fourth to win in the heat race and lead every lap. It finally felt good that everybody appreciated it and that hard work paid off for that win,� Robinson said.
Stanley�s Manuel Johnson leads the open wheel modified points division at East Lincoln Speedway and is tied with Matt Emmerling at Carolina.
�We have a brand new car,� said Johnson at this month�s Shrine 100.
Ryan Ayers won over the weekend at Carolina and Cherokee Speedways while Shrine 100 winner Kyle Strickler and Derrick Ramey are consistent top-five competitors.
Patrick Lyon, who attends Gaston College and is a former Carolina Speedway Renegades champion, has enjoyed racing the modifieds for the first time this year as well as the 4-cylinders.
�The track, I know it�s gonna be tacky here. We know the modifieds are coming from everywhere in the U.S. for the King of the Carolinas. We�ll keep our mind on that to get our car right. We�re getting very close and learning, but I think we can pull it off � if not win, be up near the front by guys who�ve been racing 20 years or so in the modifieds. And I�m working for Howard some in his machine shop. I�m making money and racing cars. That�s what I like to do,� said Lyon.
Top competitors in the Renegades will include drivers such as Shrine 100 winner John Rhyne and points leader Jamie Major.
Major got another win on Friday and said it�s been great racing for Fatback�s this year. Ronald Pope leads Street Stocks points and will be up against challengers like Stanley�s Adam Vandiver and Charles Simmons and Chester�s Travis Mosley, who was this month�s Shrine 100 champion.
�Yeah, it was a good win. I got lucky there with two cars crashing out. I had the wrong tires, but it all worked out. I want to thank the guys at the shop, first time we ever had the car here at this track and it worked out good,� Mosley said.
More information can be found at www.carolinaspeedway.net
Other dirt highlights from August: Donny Schatz won the Knoxville Nationals in Iowa while Don O�Neal captured the North South race at Florence Speedway in Union, Ky. New inductees into the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame included drivers Eddie Carrier, Darrell Dake, Bill Frye, John Gill and Willy Kraft, as well as contributors Bret Emrick, Joe Garrison and Jack Starrette. The Sportsman Award went to Indiana�s Don O�Neal.
Upcoming races: The Bill Hendren Memorial will be held Thursday at Cleveland County Speedway, www.clevelandcountyspeedway.com; The Ralph Nantz Memorial will be held Saturday at East Lincoln Speedway to honor the memory of the track�s founder, www.elspeedway.com; The Bobby Isaac Memorial will be held Saturday at Hickory Motor Speedway, www.hickorymotorspeedway.com; Cherokee Speedway will hold its annual Hall of Fame Race on Sunday, www.cherokeespeedwaysc.com; The Ultimate Racing Series will make a stop at I77 Speedway on Sept. 12 for their annual Shrine Race, www.i77speedwayracing.com.


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Today's post was written by socialTNT contributing writer, Marie Williams.
There's been talk lately about the PR pro's evolution from publicist to social media strategist. While I wholeheartedly support the increased attention to social media, the underlying message is disconcerting. For too long, media relations and the hot pursuit of "ink" has been our reason for being. Let's pop that bubble right now.
PR has never meant press relations, but to look at the industry's widespread propagation of that mantra it would seem that is the case. How is it that we term ourselves publicists, when our true role encompasses so much more? Perhaps if we treated the industry as a more strategic practice instead of focusing on getting a stack of clips, we'd have more seasoned and capable professionals in the field instead of an army of cold callers smiling, dialing, and pissing off droves of journalists and bloggers in the process.
It's interesting that despite the growth of social media and the decline of mainstream media, the importance of the latter has stayed virtually the same. There's still a lot of resistance, most of all from PR professionals, to admit that traditional media relations is declining in importance and we live in a brave new world where social media is taking over.
A hit in the Wall Street Journal is a great coup and will no doubt cement the reputation of your brand with your consumers, your business partners, and your competition. But it's becoming less and less valuable to the bottom line as social media grows exponentially in influence.
One example that continues to blow my mind is when a client of mine was included in a Thanksgiving-day GMA segment – a major accomplishment for our team. The client saw thousands of inbound leads occur as a result and was pleased as punch with the results.
Imagine his (and our!) surprise when a few months later, when we secured the client blog coverage on TMZ – which was still a relatively small celebrity-focused news site at the time – to phenomenal results that blew GMA's out of the water. When a niche-focused Web site can bring in more bang than a nationally-syndicated morning show, you stop and pay attention.
The Internet tips the scales in favor of social media by making it far easier to track online coverage that leads to site traffic, leads from that traffic that convert into sales, and gauge customer opinions by participating in the online discussion.
Beyond online coverage's potential for being far more successful than mainstream media coverage, the possibilities for community engagement is endless and gives companies a better chance than ever before of dialoguing with their most important publics: The end user. These direct-to-consumer conversations are arguably the most important for a company, and PR can strategize for and drive those conversations.
Social media provides PR professionals an opportunity to take back their rightful role as big thinkers, strategists and high-touch relationship builders, relegating media relations to a more modest (and arguably more deserved) position with the rest of a company's key audiences.
It's no wonder most clients still value the old school "ink" and pooh-pooh social media coverage as a lesser accomplishment when we so poorly represent ourselves as mere media lackeys. Yes, it's time to expand beyond the publicist role, but in the process, we should realize that we never should have represented ourselves so narrowly in the first place.
Contributing writer Marie Williams also blogs at www.flackette.com about PR and agency life. Connect with her on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.
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Romare Bearden: Storyteller
The narrative themes of Romare Bearden's work spanned historical, political, and religious topics. Through his innovative works of art, Bearden communicated his ideas and thoughts about everyday African American life in 20th century America. The exhibition includes prints in a variety of methods (aquatint, engraving, etching, lithograph, and silkscreen) from the Hofstra University Museum Collections.
Funding has been provided by Sterling National Bank and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Dates: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 - August 17, 2018
Gallery Location and Hours
Emily Lowe Gallery, behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus
Summer Hours (May 13-September 2, 2018): Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Tuesday - Friday, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Saturday - Sunday, Noon - 4:00 p.m.
Galleries are closed on major holidays, during Hofstra University recesses, and during exhibition installations. (Note: David Filderman Gallery will be closed for installation March 12-26, 2018, and Emily Lowe Gallery will be closed for installation August 18-September 3, 2018.)
Romare Bearden (American, 1911-1988), Homage to Mary Lou (The Piano Lesson), 1984, lithograph,
Edition: 97/100, 29 1/4 x 20 1/4 in., Hofstra University Museum Collections, gift of Dr. Dorothy Cohen, HU91.1
Art © Romare Bearden Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
Friday, August 03, 2018
Cost:Free and Open to the Public
Location:Emily Lowe Gallery (Behind Lowe Hall)
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Valve action figures. Based on Half-life, Team Fortress, Portal and Left 4 Dead. It was amazing news back in June, but since then, all we've seen is teases. Nothing final. That changes today.
Figure maker NECA took the wraps off the first Left 4 Dead action figure, the Boomer, which isn't due until well into 2012. NECA's figures can be pretty hit-and-miss when it comes to things like proportions and joints, so it's good to see him looking spot-on.
In addition to the Boomer shots, NECA also showed off a prototype image of a Smoker zombie, which is looking just as good.
Valve's Left 4 Dead Boomer — 1st Full-Color Pic Out! [NECA, thanks John!]


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Alayne Rusnak joined the Duke Athletics Department in July 2007 serving as the Head Coach of Cheerleading and the Dancing Devils. While under her direction, the Duke Dancing Devils placed 8th in the nation at the 2008 NDA National Collegiate Dance Championships, climbed to 6th place in 2009, brought home an impressive 5th in 2010, and held steady top ten finishes in 2011 and 2012.
In January 2008, Rusnak expanded her role and joined the Sports Performance coaching staff assisting with Men's Tennis and Men's Golf. To kick off the fall season of 2009, she became the Assistant Sports Performance Coach for Wrestling, Men's and Women's Fencing, and Women's Tennis. Rusnak had the pleasure of working with the Wrestling program through July of 2012, a program that produced a 2009 NCAA heavyweight finalist, a 2011 NCAA 184 pound quarter-finalist with All-ACC recognition, and a 141 pounder that garnered a true freshman bid for the 2012 NCAA Championships. While working with the Fencing program, she had the honor of training the 2009, 2011 and 2012 NCAA Women's Saber Champion, a decorated 2-time bronze medalist in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. She also had the privilege of working with the Women's Tennis program when they landed 2009 and 2012 ACC Championship titles and secured the 2009 NCAA Championship title.
In May of 2012, Rusnak humbly welcomed a new addition to her repertoire, the opportunity to work as the Assistant Sports Performance Coach for the Women's Basketball program. In the fall of 2012, she eagerly added to her role as the Assistant Sports Performance Coach for the Pole Vaulters.
Rusnak streamlined her role for the 2015-16 season with a sole focus on the Cheerleading program, of which she is the Head Coach and Choreographer. Her role comes full circle in that she also designs the strength & conditioning programs for both the Blue and White Squads.
Rusnak holds a B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh where she graduated 8th in her class. She was a four-year member of the nationally ranked Pittsburgh Panthers Dance Team, which placed 5th in the nation at the 1998 NDA National Collegiate Dance Championships and 5th at the 2000 NCA National Collegiate Cheerleading Championships.
Prior to joining the Duke Athletics staff, Rusnak held a career in Civil Engineering for six years, managing construction projects in Pittsburgh, Pa., and Raleigh, N.C. While working as an engineer, she coached, choreographed and danced for NAFL and ABA dance teams. Rusnak, also a fitness dance competitor, was scouted by an agent and gained representation from R & L Model and Talent Management Inc. of New York, N.Y.
A member of the National Strength & Conditioning Association, she holds a dual certification of CPT and CSCS through the NSCA.
A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., Rusnak resides in Raleigh.


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- Arshad Usmani said...
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- May 15, 2013 at 10:10 PM
This blog is lovely, Shobhaa!
Hulks with an attitude always attract young girls.
I have seen this happen ... right from the days I went to college in what had been Bombay.
In the early seventies, the in-thing with the girls was a bit different. Rajesh Khanna was the darling of the teenie boppers.
I consulted a shrink to discern the behavioural pattern.
The lady psychiatrist said something thus:
"Most girls would like to be mothers to the 'somewhat lost looking, men with a decent amount of effeminate characteristic'. Most of the teenagers try to be its exact opposite - showing off their manly traits. That is something the gals would like to avoid like plague as the trend triggers a fear psychosis ... as to what the man could do at home as a husband ... perhaps be a wife-beater? So, the girls would want someone with a chocolate image ... a guy who seems completely harmless and a mixture of clownishness and some smartness. Rajesh Khanna is exactly that in his movies. So the girls are going ga-ga over him."
Soon Amitabh overtook Kaka ... as the angry-young-man.
The psychiatrist explained the phenomenon.
"The sixties had the diffident politician ... who kind of made it big under the rather brow-beating presence of Indira Gandhi. Example President VV Giri. Those who opposed the woman power [example Morarji Desai] had lost out and lost out big. [One could fault his rather notorious urine-therapy, but we shall let that pass.] The girls went for Kaka then and the boy Vasus had to herd them to the cinema making the turnstiles work. Then came the unemployment and a frustrated youth on a national scale wanted to get even. More girls were getting either verbally abused by roadside romeos or occasionally groped while travelling by buses. So they looked for protection from a strong male character who bash up the baddies. In came Amitabh. Actually Dharmendra had the same image ... but he had belonged to an earlier era - so when the image changeover happened, he lost out. Plus, Amitabh could act better."
Perhaps, the trends have changed now.
Perhaps the girls like the rakish guys or the somewhat promiscuous chaps - like say Aamir or Shah Rukh or the Arab chap you mentioned.
I had written two short stories on this phenomenon.
Here are the links:
- May 17, 2013 at 6:53 AM
- Santhosh_vijay said...
- May 17, 2013 at 1:41 PM
- Ravi Patel said...
With all the modesty at your majesty's command, your highness must confess that the Omar saga has put paid to ever, this unbelieving kafir being allowed into that enlightened 29th and a half century abode of the most pristine believers and the ultimate spiritual homeland of a multitude of the most tolerant and accommodating devotees the solar system has ever encountered. With a tinge of bitterness embedded in me, I will forever regret my inability to storm that divine abode to be ogled at and be seduced by a plethora of beautiful Burkha clad temptresses. With a feisty Sardarni in tow, not that I would have fallen for any of such naughty peccadilloes!
- May 18, 2013 at 1:18 PM
- Kalpana Misra said...
I love all the fun and commentary surrounding this hunk - who's obviously a marketing whiz. He was one of three who were deported for being 'too handsome' 0 but we know nothing about the others.
Here we are girls - happily objectifying men, the way they objectify us - and why not? Anything goes - if it's lighthearted and friendly.
- May 19, 2013 at 6:05 PM
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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — The Golden State Warriors' offensive prowess sells tickets in Oakland and beyond. Their ability to score points in bunches is what makes them one of the NBA's most entertaining teams.
But it's their defensive work that will set them apart this season. It's what will make them the contender they appear to be (the contender some of us went out on a limb and predicted them to be this season) through the early stages of this season.
Their underrated defensive work was on display in Monday night's rout of the surprising Philadelphia 76ers team, a crew that had already scored big wins over the reigning champion Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls in the first week of the season.
The Warriors weren't having it. They made sure their offensive aggressiveness worked double-time for them. They attacked Sixers rookie Michael Carter-Williams, taking him out of the comfort zone he'd been in with Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson attacking him non-stop, and unleashed Andre Iguodala on his former teammates in a way that put both teams in a different light after the Warriors were finished.
Mark Jackson's team is not the one-trick outfit you assume them to be, as Marcus Thompson II of The Oakland Tribune pointed out in the aftermath in Philly:
Curry attacked him relentlessly on offense, either losing him off the dribble or running him off screens. He set the tone for Golden State's vibrant ball movement, which had the offense clicking from the outset. Through three quarters, the Warriors had 98 points on 49.3 percent shooting with 25 assists on 37 made baskets.
On the other end, the Warriors dispatched Thompson to use his size and length to keep Carter-Williams out of the paint. Carter-Williams finished with 18 points on 4-of-17 shooting with four assists, six rebounds and six turnovers.
With the head of the snake in check, the 76ers managed just 35.2 percent shooting with a season-high 24 turnovers and a season-low 19 assists.
"I give them credit," Philadelphia coach Brett Brown said. "They're a very underrated defensive team. … They're noted for their offense, and they're noted for their barrage of 3-point threats and scorers, but they actually are an excellent defensive team with all the pieces."
Brown's perspective should be duly noted by other coaches who will face these Warriors this season. They are a deeper and more experienced team than they were last season.
They'll also be more formidable on the defensive side of the floor with the addition of Iguodala, not to mention healthy bigs Andrew Bogut and David Lee.
But the real beauty of what Jackson has working with the Warriors this season will be his unleashing of Curry and Thompson as whirlwind offensive forces that put so much pressure on opposing backcourts to either keep pace with them that they force said opposition into uncomfortable positions all over the floor.
The ability to deploy Curry and Thompson in that way is what will elevate the Warriors this season and allow them to become much more than just an offensive machine.


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Education honor society plans fundraising event
PLAINVIEW – Kappa Delta Pi has long been committed to promoting reading for school children, training for future educators and service to the community. Now, the education honor society at Wayland Baptist University is calling on a tasty event to help their fund their mission for the coming year.
KDP will sponsor "Taste of the South Plains" on Friday, Oct. 14 from 6-8 p.m. in Wayland's multipurpose room, located in the basement of the Moody Science Building. Ten local food establishments are already committed to the event, including the Wal-Mart Deli, Taqueria Jalisco, El Tropico, Up in Smoke, Cotton Patch, Chili's, Rockin' R Steakhouse, La Chaquita Yazmine, Season's Way, and Catfish Cove. Two from Abernathy – Shady's Barbecue and Pizza and Andrew's Restaurant – are also planning to bring their wares to the event.
The food fair will feature booths from each restaurant, with tickets entitling guests to eat from each booth. United Supermarkets is providing bottled water as well. Guests may come and go during the fair hours, sampling dishes from each of the vendors.
"This gives people a chance to try things they might not have before, and gives the smaller businesses some exposure as well," said Resa Uptergrove, president of the Wayland KDP chapter. "Our goal is to make this an annual event to benefit our association. We use the money for scholarships, leadership training and our 'Reading is Fun' week."
In addition to the food, Uptergrove said the group will be giving away door prizes during the evening, including a free month membership to the YMCA, a Wal-Mart gift certificate and many more. Also, the Red Cross will have a booth where guests may donate to the Hurricane Relief efforts, and donors will get their name put in a special door prize drawing.
To longtime Plainviewans, the event will sound and look familiar. The format is based on a fundraising event formally held by the Junior Service League called Taste of Plainview. The student group got permission from JSL to revive the event for their fundraising efforts and they opted to open the booth space to restaurants outside Plainview as well.
Tickets for the event are $5 for adults, $4 for students and $3 for children 12 and under. They may be purchased in advance through KDP members or by calling the education department at Wayland at 291-1045. Tickets are also available at the door. Elevator access will be available for those with disabilities through the Mabee Learning Resources Center.
Kappa Delta Pi sponsors annual events to foster a love for reading in children and members work with local schools to get experience for future careers in education. Dr. Pat Herman, professor of education, is advisor for the group.


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- Windy Hill had frequent heart pains after her baby girl was born
- A portion of Hill's heart had died, leaving her in desperate need for a transplant
- While she was on the operating table to get a temporary pump, a new heart became available
On New Year's Day, Windy Hill lay in a hospital bed and described to her doctor the feeling she'd been having.
Her heart, she told him, felt like it was in a vise grip.
Hill described the sensation -- which had come and gone for weeks after she had a baby girl -- like being "punched in the chest."
Yet none of the tests performed on her heart indicated a problem.
"The doctor turned to me and said, 'Seems like she's OK. I think it was just a panic attack,'" said Joseph Berry, Hill's fiancé. "He walked out of the room, was gone four or five minutes and I looked over and she had lost all color in her face."
"She says, 'It's happening again. I'm hurting,'" Berry said.
"I don't remember anything after that," Hill, 38, said recently.
Her doctors suspect that Hill's history of high blood pressure caught up with her, causing the left hemisphere of her heart to buckle and tear, starving a large portion of her heart of blood.
"That whole portion of the heart died," said Dr. Rashid Ahmad, an assistant professor of cardiac surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where Hill was transferred after her heart attack. "She was teetering on the edge. Her heart wasn't going to recover."
To try to restore blood flow, doctors performed a bypass. When that did not work, Hill was told she needed a transplant.
But because the wait for a matching donor heart could take months, maybe years, doctors offered a temporary solution: a heart pump to keep her alive in the interim.
It was as Hill lay on the operating room table in April -- under anesthesia, ready to receive the pump, tubes and monitoring lines all in place -- that a miracle happened.
"We're prepping for surgery, which means in about 20 minutes I would have made a skin incision," said Ahmad, one of Hill's surgeons. "My cell phone rings and it's the transplant coordinator. A donor heart was identified."
The operating room staff was stunned.
"I've been doing this for about 10 years and this is very rare, a first for me," Ahmad said. "And the timing of it. I could have gotten the call after making the incision, which would have made things much more difficult."With Hill still under anesthesia, Ahmad went to Berry, her fiancé, to deliver the news.
"I told him, the good news is we located a heart," Ahmad said.
But there was a catch: "We want to be really sure this heart won't be immediately rejected."
The odds favored rejection. Windy had just had baby Gracie six months earlier, and antibodies still circulating in her blood would almost certainly attack the donor heart.
But Berry said they had prayed for a heart, and he believed this would be a match.
"I was very excited, holding my breath," he said.
He waited several hours while doctors cross-matched a blood sample from Hill with the new heart, to find out if implanting it would result in rejection.
Against the odds, tests indicated that Hill's body would accept the donor heart.
Later that evening, surgeons implanted the new heart into Hill.
"You know like when you're a kid at Christmas and couldn't wait to see what was under the tree?" said Berry about waiting for Hill to wake up so that he could deliver the good news. "It's like that feeling times a thousand."
Berry was by her side as Hill's eyes tentatively blinked open two days after surgery. He delivered the news that instead of a pump, she had gotten a new heart.
"She just looked at me for a minute. I said 'You hear me?'" said Berry. "She looked at me again, her eyes got real big and she was moving her lips. She said, 'No I didn't.' I said, 'Yes you did.'"
"I didn't believe him at first," said Hill, who then began reaching around to find the pump console. When she could not find it, "That's when I realized I had a heart."
"She looked at me and started crying," Berry said.
Hill had spent a good portion of her daughter's life in the hospital. The new heart, she said, means making up for lost time, getting to know her newborn.
Berry said he owes a debt of gratitude to the organ donor for helping to keep his family intact.
"They gave me and Gracie a second chance with Windy," said an emotional Berry. "Our little girl gets to grow up with her mama. It's a miracle of life."


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Rafael Busóm Clúa was an artist for several episodes of the serial 'Azucena', published by Toray in the 1960s. In the 1970s he was doing agency work, drawing stories for among others British girls' magazines. These stories were also published abroad, such as Anita in Holland. Busom has also been active as an illustrator, among others for Bruguera.
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(Phoenix, Ariz. - Sept. 30, 2008) Attorney General Terry Goddard issued a legal Opinion yesterday stating that under Arizona's Open Meeting Law a public body can conduct deliberations and discussions in an online meeting.
The Opinion asserts that Arizona's Open Meeting Law does not prohibit public bodies from conducting discussions through the Internet, as long as the requirements for providing sufficient notice and public access to all meeting communications are met.
"Continuing developments in telecommunications technology offer the promise of widening the public's access to meetings held by public bodies," the Opinion states. "This promise, however, is counterbalanced by the potential for abuse or technological obstacles for some citizens to access the meeting. Thus, any public body choosing to use technological means to conduct its meetings must scrupulously comply with the notice and minute-keeping requirements imposed by the Open Meeting Law and must further make all reasonable efforts to facilitate public access to the meeting."
The Opinion further states that "notice should also include the proposed date and time of the meeting at which the Board intends to take final action adopting the proposed document."
The Opinion was issued in response to a request from the Camp Verde Unified School District Governing Board regarding whether the board could hold an online meeting during which board members edited and discussed proposed changes to a document.
A copy of the Opinion is available at the Attorney General's Web site, www.azag.gov . For more information, contact Anne Hilby at (602) 542-8019.


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Feb. 12, 2011
GORHAM, ME-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's indoor track and field team acquitted themselves well at the Little East Conference and New England Alliance Championships at the University of Southern Maine Fieldhouse Saturday.|
The men finished second in the six-team LEC race with 117 points, and third in the 10-team Alliance with 95 points. The women were third in the LEC with 84 points, and sixth in the Alliance with 56 points. Southern Maine won both championships.
For the men, freshman Chris Perry (Attleboro, MA/Dighton-Rehoboth HS/BCC) won three of the four events he participated in and accounted for 35 points. He won the triple jump at 48 feet, 3 1/4 inches, setting meet and school records and qualifying automatically for the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships. He also won the long jump at 22 feet, 1 3/4 inches and the 200 meters in 22.84 seconds, while finishing fourth at 55 meters in 6.62 seconds, the third fastest time ever at UMD.
Freshman Brandon Higgins (Wareham MA/Upper Cape Cod Regional Vo Tech HS) also finished first, winning the high jump at 6-4. In the mile, senior Eric Nygaard (Medway, MA/Medway HS) finished second in 4:17.84, breaking the school record but losing by a step after racing the last half of the race in 2:05. At 600 meters, sophomore Matt Hinthorne (Braintree, MA/Braintree HS) broke the school record that Nygaard set last week when he finished third in 1:23.86. Sophomore Kyle Costa (Somerset, MA/Somerset HS/Vermont) was fifth in 1:24.14. At 800 meters, sophomore Scott Connolly (Sharon, MA/Sharon HS) finished sixth in 2:00.23. Senior Steve Burke (Norwell, MA/Norwell HS) was fourth at 3000 meters in 8:52.62, junior Robert Yarbough (Fall River, MA/ Durfee HS) was third in the 35 pound weight throw with a personal best mark of 51-2 1/4 and seventh in the shot put at 46-5 1/2, and senior Nick Deininger (North Attleboro, MA/North Attleboro HS) was sixth in the 55 meter hurdles in 8.29 seconds, while senior Jeff Beal (Townsend, MA/North Middlesex HS) was seventh in 8.47 seconds. The 4 x 800 meter relay team of Burke, Nygaard, sophomore Matt Ford (Pembroke, MA/Pembroke HS) and freshman Zach Switaj (Tamworth, NH/Kennett Regional HS) was fifth in 8:31.30, while the 4 x 400 relay team of Costa, Connolly, graduate student Tyler Buck (Valley Center, CA/Valley Center HS) and Hinthorne was third in 3:31.78.
For the women, freshman Jessica Masse (Somerville, MA/Somerville HS) was a champion, finishing first in the shot put and setting a meet record with a throw of 40 feet, six inches. Junior Brittany Cole (Dartmouth, MA/Dartmouth HS) was sixth at 36-7 3/4. At 200 meters, sophomore Jillian Van Ness (Agawam, MA/Agawam HS) was third in 27.05 seconds. At 55 meters, freshman Ezra Banks (Boston, MA/Newton South HS) was third in 7.49 seconds, while Van Ness was fourth in 7.51. Banks was seventh in the triple jump at 34 feet, 3/4 inch.
At 1000 meters, junior Meagan Bohigian (Barre, MA/Quabbin Regional HS) was third in a school record time of 3:06.11, while senior Linee Mello-Frost (New Bedford, MA/New Bedford HS) was second in the 55 meter hurdles in 8.86 seconds. At 3000 meters, freshman Courtney Testa (Hopkinton, MA/Hopkinton HS) was seventh in 11:02.80. The 4 x 200 meter relay team of Van Ness, freshman Lauren Roche (Norfolk, MA/King Phillip Regional HS), senior Briley Morrill (Whitman, MA/Whitman-Hanson Regional HS) and Banks broke the school record when they finished fourth in 1:50.71. The 4 x 400 relay team of Van Ness, Morrill, freshman Caitlin Dorr (Foxboro, MA/Foxboro HS) and Bohigian was sixth in 4:33.24.
"We are continuing to make progress, and we've put ourselves in position to be a contender on the men's side," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Steve Gardiner. "We are one of the top teams, and we won't be satisfied until we win the meet. We're pleased that we're solidifying our position. We need to continue to add depth on the women's side. We are continuing to add strong personnel, and we're pleased with the progress we're making. Chris Perry, Eric Nygaard, Jillian Van Ness and Meagan Bohigian all did tremendous jobs today."
The Corsairs will return to action at the New England Division III Championships next Saturday.


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Thanksgiving Tradition and In Home Care for the Holidays
The Thanksgiving holiday is celebrated yearly in America on the fourth Thursday of November. This holiday is mostly centered on what we are thankful for, including family and friends, and involves enjoying a large feast together. Thanksgiving tradition usually includes a large turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy and sometimes cranberry sauce. The traditional feast offers large quantities of food and fresh baked goodies like pies as well.
Thanksgiving tradition centers around this enormous feast may begin with a viewing of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade on the television. This yearly event happens in New York City and is broadcast throughout the country to be background ambiance in most households. The television also hosts a few football games filled with rivalry that can usually draw a crowd in the living room. No matter what is on the TV, it is wonderful to be together as a family to watch and discuss.
For some families, Thanksgiving tradition includes getting the daily newspaper and scouring the Black Friday ads. It can be exciting to get out with the crowds and try to get the best deals available and kick of the Christmas shopping season. Whether or not items are purchased, sometimes it's just fun to be out with the excitement in the holiday rush.
After the feast, many families take this time to sit down with a board game to further enjoy their time together. This can be a fun way to include the younger crowd who might have been shuffled to the "kids table" at dinner. Charades is a fun and inclusive game that can usually be played by most ages.
The most important aspect of the Thanksgiving tradition is getting together with family. This holiday is busiest traveling date of the year because many families do not live near each other. The best thing about Thanksgiving is having an uninterrupted opportunity to connect and spend time with family and loved ones. If you have an elderly loved one who is unable to leave their home due to health or mobility issues, you can either bring the feast to them, or call on the support of the highly trained professionals at Senior Helpers of Burnsville.
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Marc Thiessen is one of the country's top speechwriting and communications strategists. His career has taken him from Capitol Hill to the Pentagon and the West Wing, where he served as Chief Speechwriter to President George W. Bush, and a member of the White House Senior Staff.
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At the White House, Marc was the lead writer on the 2007 and 2008 State of the Union addresses, and worked closely with President Bush on hundreds of speeches – including remarks for his 2004 presidential campaign and televised addresses from the Oval Office. Over five years at the White House, Marc helped the President craft his public arguments on issues ranging from defense and national security, to energy, health care, taxes, trade, and economic policy.
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Prior to joining the Bush Administration, Marc spent more than six years on Capitol Hill as spokesman and senior policy advisor to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jesse Helms (R-NC) from 1995-2001. Marc was also press secretary for the 1994 Huffington for Senate campaign in California. He worked for former Congressman Vin Weber (R-MN) at the think tank Empower America, and spent his first five years in Washington at Black, Manafort, Stone & Kelly (Burson Marsteller), the public affairs firm headed by Republican strategist Charlie Black.
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The Philadelphia 76ers proved that they are resilient and capable of mounting comebacks in what could be called an improbable Friday night victory over the Boston Celtics, 92-83, to knot their semifinal series at two games apiece. Game 5 is Monday night in Boston.
The Celtics held a 46-31 advantage at halftime and the 76ers were shooting abysmally at just over twenty percent from the field. But they never relented in the second half and showed the sea of their red-shirted fans at the Wells Fargo Center that they have what it takes to win under pressure.
Over this series, each team has amounted to the equivalent of Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; with stellar and mediocre performances in alternating games. Philadelphia's bench was a major reason for their Friday evening reawakening. Combined, they scored 44 of Philadelphia's 92 points (very helpful when considering that starting big men Elton Brand and Spencer Hawes had a combined total of five points). As a team, the 76ers also hit 46% of their three-point shots (5 for 11), and grabbed 52 boards to Boston's 38. Lou Williams, considered a crucial part of Philadelphia's offensive strategy, had been subpar until Friday night – where he tallied 15 points and eight assists. If he gets hot, it could spell trouble for Boston going forward.
After giving up only seven turnovers in last Wednesday's game, Boston's giveaways ballooned to 17 on Friday. With 76ers reserve forward Lavoy Allen stuck like fly paper to Kevin Garnett for over 30 minutes, Boston's offense was obviously thrown for a loop, and Philadelphia took advantage of that weakness in the second half. In the waning minutes of the fourth quarter, the 76ers' Andre Iguodala hit two clutch shots – a three and a two – that kept Philadelphia up for good.
Aside from Paul Pierce and Rajon Rondo's strong offensive play (Rondo had 15 points, 15 assists and two steals, and Pierce had 24 points to lead all scorers), the Celtics were weak on the inside, attempting to shoot largely from the outside and largely conceding rebounds to Philadelphia's big men. When Boston's won, they've gone strong to the hoop and have made the 76ers foul them. When they lose, they go back to the perimeter offense. Pierce and Rondo will have to take the lead here in the next couple of games if the Celtics want to advance. But even more likely, this game will go down to the last basket of Game 7 – and justifiably so, in what's been an exciting and thoroughly unpredictable series.
Spurs prove they're the team to beat in sweeping Clippers
San Antonio, for all the talk of their collective age in the face of the Los Angeles Clippers' young and highly athletic starters, stoically pushed back the clock in taking a pair of games from Los Angeles in successive days, 96-86 on Saturday and 102-99 on Sunday to win their Western semifinal series, 4-0. Aside from the fact that they closed out the series on L.A.'s home court, San Antonio made nothing short of a phenomenal comeback on Saturday – they were down by 24 points at the end of the first half, but patiently and systematically ate away at that lead during the third quarter to stun the Clippers. It was a vintage performance for a savvy and well-coached San Antonio team that's now won 18 games in a row and eight consecutive playoff contests.
Tim Duncan, the Spurs' anchor, emphasized how proud he was of his club's teamwork: "We did not plan on being down that much in the first quarter, but we understood that they were going to make a run early, and we needed to sustain. We've been through enough of them to understand that's how it goes. It was great poise by our entire team." This poise and patience was rewarded when the Spurs stepped on the gas in the third quarter – mounting a remarkable 24-0 scoring run in the process – and left the Clippers rudderless in their wake. The Clippers' phenom Blake Griffin was the only standout for L.A., scoring 28 points – with Mo Williams coming off the bench to score 19.
Sunday night's game was a lot closer, and it took longer for San Antonio to come back than in Game 3. But the Spurs once again demonstrated the diversity of their lineup to help them prevail over L.A. in the series' closing game. They now await the winner of the Oklahoma City Thunder/L.A. Lakers series, which the Thunder now lead by three games to one.
Heat uses inspiration to knot series at two with Pacers
The Miami Heat are probably sick and tired of hearing how it's basically a two-on-five matchup with the Indiana Pacers – with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade carrying the Heat against the entire Pacers roster. And Sunday did little to change that impression. Playing through the continued absence of Chris Bosh, James and Wade scored an extraordinary 70 of the team's 101 points en route to defeating the Pacers, 101-93.
In fact, from the latter part of the second quarter to nearly the end of the third, Miami's dynamic duo scored 48 of the team's 50 points – a pair of free throws by Udonis Haslem being the only others. Haslem, who was wearing a bandage over his right eye, resembled Long John Silver, but his shots had the pinpoint accuracy of Robin Hood: scoring four critical jump shots in the last quarter. His toughness in the clutch was in many ways the difference maker for the Heat. At the end of the game, the first person James approached was Haslem, giving him a bear hug and whispering encouragement into his ear. And his contributions were not limited to scoring. Along with teammate Ronny Turiaf, Haslem was hyper-effective at setting screens and clearing the lane for James and Wade to score inside. Wade cited that after the game.
Wade, for his part, took some time on Friday to travel up to Bloomington from Indianapolis to visit with Tom Crean, his former coach at Marquette University. Wade, who calls Crean his "mentor" and a "father figure", visited with the now-Indiana University coach in IU's Assembly Hall, chatting with Crean and his team, watching film and clearing his mind. Wade had what could be called an historically poor game with only three points in Game 3 – in the process missing seven of eight field goals – and inspired by Crean's thoughtful counsel, he seemingly couldn't miss a shot in Game 4.
In a post game interview on Sunday, Wade said it was all about "making adjustments." If the Heat continue to make the necessary adjustments, and grab a couple of wins in the process, they'll be on to the next round.
Lakers on the ropes against surging Thunder
After winning their first game comfortably at home, the Oklahoma City Thunder have won two of the succeeding three games by a total of 10 points. But it's the way in which they won their last game played on Saturday night that should give the Los Angeles Lakers grave concern. In losing 103-100, a Lakers team very uncharacteristically gave up a nine-point lead in the fourth quarter for the first time since 1983 – and on their home floor, no less.
Even so, the Lakers had more than one chance to win in the game's closing seconds, but errant passes and shooting decisions prevented that. Los Angeles' Kobe Bryant's performance, as usual, was sparkling – scoring 38 points and pulling down nine rebounds. And all told, all five Lakers starters scored in double figures; but coach Mike Brown, who played only an eight-man rotation in this game, could only get a total of ten points from his bench.
Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant was close behind Bryant with 37 points – he and guard Russell Westbrook combining for a total of 68. And NBA "sixth-man of the year" James Harden, though contributing twelve points off the bench, was only two for eleven from the field. Lingering effects from his regular-season run-in with the Lakers' Metta World Peace? Perhaps. Regardless, Harden needs to have a stronger shooting performance in Game 5 to get the Thunder comfortably into the next round. Oklahoma City, now returning to their home court Monday night, should be rolling into the next round against San Antonio after this week.


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Al Quint, publisher of Suburban Voice 'zine and host of Sonic Overload Radio, posts this downloadable "Tribute" to Ronald Reagan. Originally aired in 2004 the week of Reagan's death, the show undertakes the mammoth task of compiling definitive punk songs about how much Reagan sucks. There must have been two thousand. Quint picks 60 of them.
The show runs the gamut, from DRI's hyperfast "Reaganomics" to the Violent Femmes' "Old Mother Reagan," and we even get Heaven 17's "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" near the end. It's amazing to revisit all the methods used in the '80s to talk shit about the president, like the sudden tacking on of the line "President Reagan can shove it" after a song about trying to get laid ("Superficial Love," TSOL) or the ridiculous adding of the prefix "Mc-" to select words in the Dayglo Abortions' "Ronald McRaygun." Most bands, like NOFX ("Reagan Sucks"), go the simple route.
Sixty punk songs about how much Reagan sucks. Now please, help me out: Why weren't punk bands this vociferous about W., who from the onset was far worse in the eyes of the punk community? Were they scared? Numb? Trying to sign to Victory? It's always confused me. There was Fat Wreck Chords' Rock Against Bush series, but the tracklisting—especially on Vol. 2—reveals bands repurposing older, non-Bush related songs. "Chesterfield King" never was political song, just like "Fucked Up Ronnie," by D.O.A., isn't much of a love song.
Tags: Dayglo Abortions, George W. Bush, Punk Rock, Punk Songs About Reagan, Reagan Sucks, Rock Against Bush


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Wed, 21 May 2008
Drinking Liberally. A local drink tank talks the issues. Enough to drive me to the bottle. Christian Ucles and Amanda Mittlestadt mix it up on the issues. Jerry Falwell's wife and widow, Marcel, writes fondly about her husband. Then, what's behind the Harkin-McCain political tension? Let's go to the short video. Full 17-minute interview here.
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Dr. Conrad Murray has outdone himself ... this time sending an audio message to Paris Jackson, telling her he'd like to help her figure out what's eating her.
Murray used a pay phone to send what he calls a "letter" to Paris, telling her "I don't know if there's anything to do to solve your pain," adding, "I'm here for you."
The message is bizarre ... Murray also uses the title of a Jackson song, "You Are Not Alone." He also uses verses from "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and "You've Got a Friend."
And there's this ... Murray mentions that Paris consoled him "in [her] deepest moments of grief."


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This thread was deleted from the forums "accidentally" but the information is pretty necessary.
Varsha's original post 11/23/15
This forum post aims to provide clarification for texture and mesh file sales. There is no change in any of the policies that have been in place via our TOS and Creator Agreement. This post is a reminder of said policies.
First and foremost, user-to-user sales of products that can be vended via the catalog are not supported by IMVU and our policies.
Selling of files and meshes directly contradicts IMVU's derivation-chain based catalog process - the basis of our Creator economy.
Our derivation chain process is the intended way to "sell" your meshes - submit it as a derivable product, set your profit and earn Credits or cash when others derive from your mesh and sell those products in our catalog.
Our derivation chain process is the intended way to "sell" your textures - derive from a mesh, apply your texture(s), submit it as a product (derivable or not), set your profit, and earn Credits or cash when IMVU customers buy those products in our catalog or when other Creators derive from such products.
Please expect these policies to be enforced. Anyone engaging in file sales and using IMVU's catalog based economy to earn Credits or Cash for such sales is putting their account at risk. This restriction refers only to your actions on IMVU; it does not apply to independently operated sites or services like Squidoo.
To summarize, selling of meshes and textures is fully supported by IMVU's virtual catalog submission and derivation chain process. If such transactions are done outside of that process, IMVU's Credit/Cash economy may not be used for making/getting payments.
There is no change to our policies regarding advertising such sales to the IMVU community using our features such as groups, forum signatures, homepages, messages etc.
Varsha - Director, Community Experience & User Safety
Reserved for FAQs:
1) Are we not allowed to sell files on IMVU at alll?
Mesh and texture file sales are supported by our virtual catalog process of derivation chains. If you decide to instead make those transactions outside of that process then you may do so, however, you can not accept payments using our catalog based economy and earn Credits or cash for such sales.
2) What is covered by this announcement?
Sales of products/services that are intended to be done via our derivation chain/product submission process - specifically texture and mesh files for virtual products which can be sold in the catalog via routine product submissions.
3) Is it okay to use purchased texture/mesh files for products I upload to the catalog as a Creator?
Yes. However, such transactions are not supported or controlled by IMVU and are entirely the responsibility of those selling/buying files.
4) Is it okay to accept payments via non-IMVU methods such as Paypal for file sales?
Yes. However, such transactions are not supported or controlled by IMVU and are entirely the responsibility of those selling/buying files. IMVU does not get involved in any manner if there are any disputes or issues.
5) Can I still buy/sell custom products and accept payments via credits and/or support product purchases?
Yes. Custom products are exclusive to one or few purchasers but are still virtual products submitted in the catalog. They are set to Display Only or priced very high by Creators to prevent their purchases by the general community. That is fine.
6) Can I still have groups discussing file sales and post prices/pictures about those files in the groups?
7) Can I host contests where prizes are mesh/texture files?
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Thank-you Notorious! I knew I had read something somewhere in regards to this. I have someone pop-up with their files in my imvu msgs and its annoying the *#@ing hell out of me!
Saving this for use for a later date! Once again thank-you!
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Please update your Profile with Location, Weather Website link,and Pin for the Member Map.
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There is a new link called WeatherStory. https://www.weather.gov/mpx/weatherstory
I looked at https://www.weather.gov/apx/weatherstory and found the updated version. My old link that I used in my site pages had a 4/19 date.I am going to try to use this URL, hopefully this will work: http://www.weather.gov/images/apx/wxstory/Tab2FileL.png I just right-clicked on the image and copied the URL.EDIT: it looks like they changed the directory name from ../WxStory to ../wxstory and the file name from FileL.png to Tab2FileL.png. Ah yes, NWS Whak-A-Mole....Greg H.
Anthony,I made a similar change as Greg did.The change is not using the script developed by Curly, he is working on a revised script now.The page we are currently suing simply pulls the png file from the weather.gov siteFor you it would be http://www.weather.gov/images/arx/wxstory/Tab2FileL.png And then place the image on a page for your weather story.It should work, here is mine (similar to Greg's) http://lakehuronweather.org/wxStory.php
Is there a fix to this?
Quote from: cospringswx on October 10, 2017, 08:50:04 PMIs there a fix to this?Wouldn't yours be: http://www.weather.gov/images/bou/wxstory/Tab2FileL.pngGreg H.
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Dunno. Been thinking, as Fronkets also mentioned in the chat that introspection does have its negatives, but thinking about it can produce positives if you look for them.
Now some of this shit is pretty bastard-simple and actually http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f2b_1240805949 if you choose to believe this kind of http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=39a_1275614314 stuff you're actually being told that you are more succeptible to believing it than 'normal' people.
Now, ha ha, you (the forum readers, gosh, the inescapable few) know how I am when it comes to creativity, and if you don't I can explain; sometimes it does feel like a lightning bolt or a tangent, you don't know where it came from but now it's in your mind, so.. what to do with it? Conversely, when actually attempting to 'brainstorm' you may find that the sky simply will not rain on your command.
Whether or not this is typical of the 'creative' mind is debatable, as some are more 'gifted' and some walk the desert looking for water.
Anyway, RW4 might end up actually taking a hard turn onto the dirt road and revisit Max and Cammy for a while since I've become greatly disinterested in the current characters and 'plot' and we can assume they're doing fine while we find out how the other characters are doing. I was thinking of an almost RW3-type setting in which they become stranded and without supplies and end up engaging in conversation as they march towards an uncertain fate. Little things come up between them, things they haven't talked about before, the things these close friends never told each other despite being practically joined at the hip.
I don't know why that would sound like an interesting plot, it would probably be a lot easier to vomit all over a page and produce shocking and grotesque content not suitable for anyone, but then I'd have to sign my name on it and despite being a pseudonym I feel somehow that I am above just purging for attention. I guess you have to really do this for a decade or so with fleeting fame and make a final decision to go with your gut when you lose sight of the road ahead.


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FTTN too expensive says Graeme Samuel
Departing ACCC chair's thoughts on the NBN
Graeme Samuel, outgoing chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and sparring partner of former Telstra executive Phil Burgess, has said the fibre-to-the-node network once proposed by Telstra would have been a financial disaster for the government.
In years of proposal and counter-proposal over broadband in Australia, Telstra's final offer was to build an FTTN network in exchange for a regulatory holiday. The idea was finally spiked when the government announced the fibre-to-the-home National Broadband Network (NBN), but it persists among opponents of the NBN, who argue that it would be cheaper, deliver nearly-equivalent speed, and offer an upgrade path to FTTH.
Even the opposition's communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull, a long-time booster of wireless, has recently rediscovered FTTN, telling Parliament it would deliver 60 Mbps speeds for far less than is being spent on the NBN – for those households lucky enough to live within 750 metres of the node.
Samuel, in an interview with the ABC's PM programme, says the cost of a Telstra-owned FTTN would include payments to the carrier far in excess of the cost of the network build itself.
"If the [former] government's fibre-to-the-node proposal had proceeded," he said, "Telstra could have been entitled to an estimated A$15 billion to A$20 billion in compensation for the relegation of its copper network to the scrap heap," he said.
"And then Telstra could have taken that money and built a fibre-to-the-home network, past the fibre-to-the-home network but only in the densely populated, most profitable areas." ®