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Obesity lowers animals' quality of life and can lead to serious health problems including diabetes, arthritis, kidney failure, high blood pressure, and cancer. It can also shorten their lives by years.
If your kitty needs to slim down, work with your veterinarian to create a feeding plan, and stick to it.
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Exercise is vital for cats' health and well-being, so make time to get your cat's heart and mind racing daily, using interactive wand toys, laser pointers, rolled-up balls of paper, or motorized "mice."
For their safety, cats should never be allowed to roam unattended, but some cats enjoy exploring the outdoors on a harness and leash (with their guardian at the other end).
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ALBANY – The state's attorney general is stepping up efforts to combat the movement of tax-free cigarettes from Indian-owned companies in Canada to New York tribes, including the Seneca Nation of Indians.
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman is expected to file a lawsuit Monday morning targeting a cigarette plant on the Six Nations of the Grand River Indian reservation near Hamilton, Ont., and a Seneca businessman working with the Canadian operation to sell billions of tax-free cigarettes marketed under the "Seneca" brand name, The Buffalo News has learned.
The state's top lawyer wants the tax-free sales into New York halted, and tens of millions of dollars in penalties may be at stake. The lawsuit seeks to further reduce supplies of tax-free cigarettes by cutting off out-of-state supplies.
Schneiderman's move against the cross-border cigarette operation comes a couple of months after he went to court seeking to stop a similar tax-free cigarette distribution operation by a company operating from a reservation in the state of Washington.
The Indian-owned companies that Schneiderman is expected to target Monday were the subject of an investigative report by The Buffalo News in 2009. That report found cigarettes made at the Ontario plant, including the Seneca brand cigarette, were sold through a complex distribution network of tax-free outlets.
Health officials raised concerns at the time that the Seneca brand was manufactured in violation of the state's self-extinguishing law designed to reduce cigarette-caused fires and that Roswell Park Cancer Institute scientists worried about evidence of two metallic elements found in the cigarette's tobacco.
The Seneca brand cigarettes, The News previously reported, were sold to tribes in New York, and also made their way out West through a trucking network that included stops on the Seneca reservations, at a Las Vegas warehouse and then to a California tribe.
Schneiderman, in a lawsuit to be filed in federal court in Brooklyn, is seeking to shut down the tax-free sales by Grand River Enterprises near Hamilton to the Native Wholesale Supply, owned by Arthur Montour. The Buffalo News phoned both companies seeking comment but there was no response.
The two companies acted in a "joint scheme" and during one recent eight-month period ending last July moved at least 687 million Seneca brand cigarettes onto the tax-free tobacco market, the suit will claim. The sales to Montour's company totaled $85 million, which should have resulted in the state collecting $13 million in taxes, Schneiderman's lawsuit will argue.
Montour runs Native Wholesale Supply from its Perrysburg base, but the company is legally incorporated through the Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma. Montour in 2011 filed for bankruptcy protection after a court said his firm was responsible for potentially tens of millions of dollars in federal tobacco assessments.
In New York, the Seneca brand is sold at small smoke shops on several Indian reservations in Western New York as well as the Oneida Indian Nation's Turning Stone casino in Central New York.
Schneiderman's new lawsuit comes after a relatively quiet period in the state's cigarette tax battles with Indian tribes. The state in 2010 ended its forbearance policy towards tax-free cigarette sales by Indian retailers, despite laws that ban such trade. In June 2011, a court battle over that forbearance policy ended and New York began to enforce the law by requiring wholesalers to pay up-front excise taxes of $4.35 per pack.
But the Cuomo administration only applied the tax collection policy toward brand-name cigarettes and not the increasing number of cigarettes made by Native Americans on Indian reservations.
In December, Schneiderman sued King Mountain Tobacco, a firm on the Yakama Nation Tribe reservation in Washington. The legal claims of that case and much of the wording in the legal filing are the same as the lawsuit being filed Monday in Brooklyn against the Seneca businessman and the Ontario company.
The Indian cigarettes, sold for one-third or less the price of taxable cigarettes, cost the state money in lost taxes and take a health toll on smokers, especially teens who are also attracted to the cheaper prices.
The attorney general, in the court filing, will note that Ontario's Grand River Enterprises knew its products were going to be sold in New York because it applied in July 2012 – three years after the Buffalo News article noting its products violated fire-safety laws – to the Department of State in Albany to say its products were now in compliance with the New York statute.
The Seneca brand distribution network violates various state and federal laws, the lawsuit contends. The suit says investigators from Schneiderman's office in November seized Seneca cigarettes without tax stamps from a shop on the Poospatuk Reservation on Long Island. Another raid by federal agents occurred at the Skydancer smoke shop in Seneca Falls in January; that raid found 3 million unstamped Seneca brand cigarettes in the store.
The 2009 Buffalo News article noted that some industry executives estimated the Seneca brand sales could total 10 billion cigarettes a year.
Besides the two companies and Montour, the new Schneiderman lawsuit will be filed against Grand River's principals – Jerry Montour, a member of the Wahta Mohawk tribe and no relation to Arthur Montour, and Kenneth Hill, a member of the Lower Mohawk tribe and a shareholder of the Ontario firm.
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quote: Nobody is obliged to seek FRAND status for any particular invention or patent, it is done wholly voluntarily. The reason a company might offer a design or patent for FRAND status is one based unsurprisingly on commercial calculation, if your design is adopted as a FRAND standard then it is likely that it's use will become widespread across your industry...
quote: But Tony, you're missing the fact that Apple refused to pay Motorola for its FRAND patents.
quote: Apple are currently taking legal action
quote: But Apple was never offered a patent under the FRAND system.
quote: Unlike what the uninformed Jason Dick says
quote: When I am stating facts
quote: Apple wanted to preserve their (very normal) right to challenge the validity of the patent in the first place, not a 'provision to later prove them invalid' - which is very misleading.
quote: Apple apparently made an offer to license the patent on FRAND terms going forward. But the matter was complicated by the fact that Apple's agreement included a clause that would allow it to try and have the patent invalidated if Motorola tried to seek damages for past infringement over and above the agreed FRAND rate. Apple is in fact contesting the validity of the patent in suit in another federal court in Germany. Obviously it doesn't want to have to pay for infringing a patent that might not be valid. Unfortunately, the issue of past infringement of standards-essential patents hasn't previously been addressed in the relevant cases in Germany. As Motorola's legal team successfully argued, if a patent is infringed without a valid license, there should be some punishment in the form of monetary compensation. While competition law may require patent holders to honor FRAND agreements and offer a license going forward, the court agreed that past infringement should be treated differently.
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Last week as part of the Chicago Moms Blog I was invited to attend an elite session for Bloggers on How To Shop for Tech Gifts this Christmas, thanks to Staples. It was great to see my Silicon Valley Moms friend again- Techmamas blogger Beth Blecherman, the special speaker of the night!
There had been two other sessions earlier in the day, but I could only attend the later one and brought along Arianne.Turns out that everyone else went to the previous sessions and we were the only attendees for the evening!
It really became more like a Moms Night Out and we had no problem with that! The James Hotel in Chicago had the swankiest bathroom and the most delicious little hors d'ouerves. We had it all to ourselves!
We checked out the latest gadgets and cool tech gifts available at Staples- all of which should be on your Christmas shopping list this season. The perfect "group gift" for Grandparents, Aunts, & Uncles is the must-have digital photo frame - look for ones that offer a multi-card reader, slide show, & remote control. Staples is the first retailer to sell Dell computers, and at the top of my Christmas list is a laptop. Shouldn't every blogger have a laptop? I'm missing out! Tips from the Tech meeting were to have a large enough hard drive on your laptop for all your photos, music, & memory to multi-task. A wide screen for watching DVDs is a nice perk, as well as playing it up with a funky color. Give me a green one and I'd be set!
We didn't talk just tech stuff all night- we talked about blogging and Facebook and NaBloPoMo and about marketing to Mommy Bloggers and all that jazz. We even talked about pajamas and how I needed a new pair of boots and my wondering if there was such a thing as cankle surgery. I'd possibly consider it.
One of my favorite things in our swag bag was the Staples Easy Button. It has now become a bit of a legend for my Moms Night Out group- while bowling the other night, the winner got to keep the Easy Button and will decide what to do with it at the future Moms Night Outs. Since then, the Easy Button has taken on an interesting life of its own and even went on a road trip this weekend. Just where will the Easy Button show up next? To be continued...
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Four months after Anna Nicole Smith's death, a Los Angeles judge Tuesday named Howard K. Stern executor of her estate and Larry Birkhead guardian of his and Smith's daughter, Dannielynn.
Attorneys will return to court later this year to review Smith's assets, which Stern estimated at $710,000 – but which could grow substantially pending the outcome of a battle over the estate of Smith's late husband, billionaire J. Howard Marshall.
Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff told the lawyers he was concerned about a clause in Smith's will disinheriting any children born after her son, Daniel, who died last September three days after Dannielynn was born.
Smith, who died in February of an accidental overdose, left a will dated July 2001 that states that aside from her (now deceased) son Daniel, "I have intentionally omitted to provide for ... other heirs, including future spouses and children and other descendants now living and those hereafter born or adopted."
Bruce Ross, an attorrney for Smith, said he'll prove at future hearings that the clause is "extraordinary and improperly drafted" and should not stand. He promised to send copies of Beckloff's orders to Virgie Arthur, Smith's mother.
This was the first Los Angeles hearing involving Stern and Birkhead since February, when they clashed in a family law court over paternity of Smith's now 9-month-old daughter, Dannielynn.
Birkhead, shown by a DNA test to be Dannielynn's father, is now living with the child in Smith's former Los Angeles home.
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NORTH TONAWANDA – A lot of people will be coming home for the holidays in the next week.
Good luck finding a homecoming that can match the one that happened Tuesday on Sherwood Avenue.
Hundreds of people stood in the cold rain to welcome Marine Cpl. Paul Schaus to his new, state-of-the-art, handicapped-accessible house, built through the efforts of donations and volunteers. Fellow veterans, family, friends and supporters saluted him and lined the road and driveway cheering and waving flags as Schaus stepped into his new home.
Schaus, who lost both legs and a finger in Afghanistan in 2009 and has been fitted with prosthetics, was overwhelmed by the outpouring as he was handed the keys to his new house.
"It's been amazing," he said as he joined well-wishers in his new house.
"It's a fantastic Christmas present. It's a great home for him," said his uncle Frank Grandinetti Sr., the owner of Grand Jude Plumbing, the general contractor for the project. "He's a great kid."
The land was donated, and dozens of local businesses volunteered time and/or materials to help on the project.
"The first day we started here with the backhoe [in July] we had 200 volunteers. Then as we were going along we had volunteers all the time. It was unbelievable," Grandinetti said. "The [outside of the] house was built in one weekend.
After Schaus was presented the keys, veterans from Stephen Sikora Post 1322, American Legion, of North Tonawanda saluted Schaus and raised the American flag on the pole in the front of the house. Inside, wood floors, large automatic doors, lowered counters with shelves that pull out and a large bathroom with a seat and roll-in shower are part of the four-bedroom, two-bath home.
"We don't do this for everybody who moves to North Tonawanda," Mayor Robert G. Ortt said with a smile. "I'm so proud of my hometown and everybody here who turned out to help and make this project a reality."
The project was funded by Homes for Our Troops, a national organization that helps to build handicapped-accessible homes for severely injured veterans. The group donates up to $320,000 per house nationally.
Dawn Teixeira, a founding board member and executive director of Homes for Our Troops, said, "We give injured veterans freedom and independence and take away some of the day-to-day stressors. The mortgage is also fully paid for, and that takes away the financial stressors."
"I wish this was the last house we had to build, but 1,600 veterans are so severely injured that they qualify for these homes," Teixeira said.
Schaus, 24, a Town of Tonawanda native, was injured when he stepped on a land mine during a fight with insurgents in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. A Kenmore West High School graduate, he enlisted in the military when he was 17 and had already served eight months in Iraq.
After extensive rehabilitation at Bethesda Naval Medical Center and then Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C., Schaus moved back to the area 15 months ago and lived with his mother, Cindy Martello, but she said her house was not suitable for her son's needs.
"It has been a struggle, but he never complains," Martello said.
Schaus, a lifelong hockey player, was able to fulfill another dream over the past year – to get back on the ice as a member of the USA Warriors, a national sled hockey team.
The project was marred by a pair of crimes. In one, thieves stripped a small amount of copper from the outside of the house. Then, in late October, a security television was ripped from the master bedroom, damaging the drywall and bending steel plates that held it there.
But the generosity of goods and spirit more than outweighed those incidents.
"We went to businesses [for donations of materials or work], and they said when do we start. Everyone wanted to help," said Schaus' cousin Jodie Buckley, who works with her father, Frank, at Grand Jude Plumbing.
"What happened [in Afghanistan] forever changed his way of life," Buckley said. "But now he has everything he needs right here and nothing to worry about."
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Did you watch live coverage of the hunt for the Boston bomber Friday?
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Great post Patti...
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Off track. 12 man sleeper cell being hunted who supported this mus trash. I don't watch tv. It is worthless in this country.
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I think the question requires a yes or no answer .
Personally most think the services did an excellent job. But then sone chose to go off track . Good day
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It was in the articile bug . Huh
Did you watch the the live coverage,
Don't see it there anywhere NS.
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I'm reading in foriegn news that the brothers and the "person of interest" were double agents and bit the hand that fed them, as a few have done in the past. A lot more here than meets the eye.
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Yes, We watched...have a good time in Salem, Bob.
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Of course I watched. We had men and women in harms ways. I even paced the floor a few times, praying that these men and women would be able to go home to their loved ones and walk into their anxious warm embraces.
When the suspect was taken into custody, I let out a long drawn breath. I paused for a moment and thought about the families and victims that endured the pain and suffering these cowards inflicted with their torture on April 15th in the streets of Boston and how the sadness and anger swept across our nation. Acknowledging... that those innocent lives will never be the same again.
I felt the mixed emotions of sadness but yet the sense of relief that this horrific crime had not happened here.
I softly spoke a prayer for our first responders here locally. May they never endure the challenges of the dreadful day. I prayed for their safety in their every day challenges we face here at home.
Then I called my loved ones, if anything, just to hear their voices.
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Beaumont. Absolutely right on . Sorry
These people did one*****of a job !!!!!
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What does Benghazi have to do with the topic ????
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Yes I watched the finest in the world in action. Now I can read about something that has nothing to do with the question, cry and moan about the little world they live in. Great day on my way to Salem!
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A job well done by all agencies.
Too bad the rest of the people in washington can't fuction as a team .
Benghazi. Kind of reminds me of the lie Bush and Cheney told us to get 4000 american soldiers killed,35000 wounded and end up costing the tax payer between 4 & 6 trillion dollars.
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Career: Two-time A-Sun Champion ... Two-time First Team All-Atlantic Sun ... Seven-time A-Sun Player of the Week ... Played in 99 career games, making 98 starts ... Scored in double figures 86 times, incuding 23 games with 20+ points ... Four career triple-doubles ... 15 career double-doubles ... Ranked second in school history and 19th in A-Sun history with 1532 points ... Also ranked second in school history in scoring average (15.47), eighth in field goals made (534), fourth in field goals attempted (1248), second in three-point field goals made (177), second in three-point field goals attempted (483), sixth in three-point field goal pct. (.366), ninth in free throws made (287), third in free throw pct. (.780), fourth in assists (436), and fifth in steals (231) ... Is the only player in school history with over 1500 points, 400 assists, and 200 steals.
2012-13: Honorable Mention Mid-Major All-American (FullCourt.com) ... First-Team All-Atlantic Sun Selection ... Atlantic Sun All-Tournament Team Selection ... Three-time Atlantic Sun Player of the Week (Nov. 27, Jan. 8, Feb. 19) ... A-Sun All-Academic Team ... One of 30 Senior CLASS Award candidates ... Hatter Classic MVP ... Led the A-Sun in three-point field goals made (70) ... Ranked second in the A-Sun and 14th nationally in 3FG Pct. (.412) ... Also ranked among the top 10 A-Sun stat leaders in scoring (3rd/15.9) rebounding (9th/7.2), field goal pct. (8th/.468), assists (3rd/4.2), steals (4th/2.0) free throw pct. (8th/.740), A/TO ratio (3rd/1.6), and minutes played (32.2/8th) ... Scored in double figures in 29 of her 32 games ... Missed her only game as a Hatter at USF (Nov. 10) ... Tallied 23 points, 12 rebounds, and seven assists in win over Florida A&M (Nov. 16) ... Registered 27 points (19 in the second half), eight rebounds, four assists, and five steals vs. Bethune-Cookman (Nov. 20) ... Scored 23 points in 38 minutes at Charlotte (Dec. 8) ... Piled up 21 points and nine rebounds in win at Mercer (Dec. 31) ... Posted a career-high 33 points (15-17 FT) with 10 rebounds in win at Kennesaw State (Jan. 2) ... Tied the school-record for most points in a road game in that contest ... Netted 27 points (11-17 FG, 5-7 3FG), six rebounds, and six assists vs. Jacksonville (Jan. 7) ... Notched 23 points, six rebounds, and three steals at Northern Kentucky (Feb. 16) ... Recorded her fourth career triple-double: 19 pts/12 reb/10 ast in win at Lipscomb (Feb. 18) ... Averaged 14.3 points and 8.7 rebounds in A-Sun tournament ... Collected 17 points, six rebounds, and five assists in A-Sun quarterfinals win vs. ETSU (Mar. 6) ... Registered a double-double of 12 points and 11 rebounds vs. Mercer in A-Sun semifinals win (Mar. 8) ... Tallied 14 points and nine rebounds in A-Sun Championship win vs. FGCU (Mar. 9) ... Scored 14 points and collected a career-high and Stetson NCAA-record 14 rebounds vs. UCLA (Mar. 23) ... Played all 40 minutes against the Bruins.
2011-12: Atlantic Sun Player of the Year...First Team All-Atlantic Sun...Atlantic Sun All-Tournament Team...Four-time A-Sun Player of the Week...followed through on A-Sun Preseason Player of the Year predictions from conference coaches and media by winning the postseason award as well...only the second Hatter to be voted conference Player of the Year (first since Sarah Foley, 1990) ... led NCAA Division I with three triple-doubles on the season, the only player in the country and the first in Stetson history to record more than one...led the A-Sun in points (563), assists (160), steals (88), field goals made (186), and free throws made (129)...also ranked among the top 10 league leaders in scoring (2nd), rebounding (9th), three-point field goals made (5th), field goal pct. (10th), three-point field goal pct. (3rd), free throw pct. (3rd), and minutes/game (4th) ... ranked 18th in the NCAA with a 86.6 percent (129-149) free throw pct. ... placed in the Stetson single-season record book in the following categories: points (3rd), scoring average (8th), field goals made (6th), field goals attempted (3rd), three-point field goals made (6th), three-point field goals attempted (5th), three-point field goal pct. (7th), free throws made (3rd), free throw pct. (4th), assists (6th), steals (t-10th) ... scored in double figures 30 times, including the last 15 games in a row and 25 out of the last 26 contests... started all 34 games, co-setting a school single-season record ...named MVP of the Winthrop Classic and an all-tournament team selection in the Hatter Classic ... 26 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists and eight steals in 47 minutes in double OT game at Ball State (Dec. 4)...career-high 29 points with 10 rebounds and 10 assists in win at Mercer (Jan. 4)...21 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in A-Sun semifinals win over Jacksonville (March 2)...26 points, 11 rebounds and five steals in win over Niagara (Nov. 18)...27 points, nine rebounds and nine assists in win at Bethune-Cookman (Dec. 11)...went 6-for-7 behind the arc in that game, tying for the fourth-most threes and second-highest 3pt field goal pct. in a single-game in school history ... went a perfect 12-for-12 from the free throw line in win vs. Miami (OH), tying for the second-best single game free throw performance in school history ... 24 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists while playing all 45 minutes in OT win over Jacksonville (Jan. 7) ... tied a school-record with 27 field goal attempts vs. USC Upstate in A-Sun tournament (Feb. 29).
2010-11: Atlantic Sun Tournament MVP...Second Team All-Atlantic Sun...had one of the best debut seasons in program history...started every one of a then-school record 33 games...averaged 13.9 points per game, 5.6 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.4 steals per game...made national news and earned the #1 spot on ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10 Plays after 55-foot heave at the buzzer went in to beat Belmont 48-46 in the A-Sun tournament semifinals (March 4)...shot became known as "The Miracle in Macon"....scored 22 points in that game...averaged 14.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game in Macon to become Stetson's second A-Sun Tournament MVP and first since Kristy Brown in 2005... scored in double figures 27 times, including six games with 20+ points...registered four double-doubles...16 points, 11 rebounds vs. Maine (Dec. 21)...named to the Hatter Classic all-tournament team...19 points, 10 rebounds at Campbell (Jan. 22)...11 points, 12 rebounds at Mercer (Feb. 14)...19 points, 12 rebounds at FGCU (Feb. 21)...26 points, seven rebounds, six assists vs. USC Upstate (Feb. 7)...25 points at Jacksonville (Dec. 2)...10 points and six assists in A-Sun Championship game victory over Jacksonville (Mar. 5) ... Seven points, seven rebounds in NCAA Tournament at #4 Tennessee (Mar. 19).
2009-10: Sat out the 2009-10 season in accordance with NCAA transfer regulations.
Prior to Stetson: McGowan played the 2008-09 season as a freshman at Bowling Green...averaged 1.0 points, 0.8 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game...the Falcons won the MAC regular season championship and advanced to the WNIT Round of 16....had six points, three rebounds and two assists against Central Michigan in MAC tournament quarterfinals...led Inkster (Mich.) High School to state tournament semifinals...set her conference's single-game scoring record with 44 points in one contest...All-State and All-Metro selection in 2008 for Head Coach Peggy Carr.
Personal: Victoria Danica McGowan was born Nov. 26, 1990 ... daughter of Debra LeFlore...majoring in Sport Management.


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A new round of ballroom competition began Monday night on ABC – and if the season premiere is any indication, it's going to be a hot one. "Without a doubt, this is the best first show of any season," head judge Len Goodman said after the night's final performance.
Keep reading to find out who took an early lead, but beware: spoilers ahead.
Two couples – Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins and her partner Mark Ballas, and Family Matters star Jaleel White and his pro Kym Johnson – tied with the high scores of the night, 26 points, which included a pair of nines for each.
"That was exquisite," judge Burno Tonioli told an emotional Jenkins. "You're setting the bar so high that really you have a lot of live up to."
"Jaleel," you are the icing on the cake," Carrie Ann Inaba said of the actor's foxtrot.
"I'm telling you, I thought I was watching Gregory Hines." added Bruno, referring to the late, Tony-winning Broadway headliner.
Latin HeatThe crowd couldn't contain itself for Cuban singer William Levy and his pro partner, Cheryl Burke. Bruno stood on his chair and declared the couple "the hottest package of the season."
Even Len was impressed, saying: "You performed it right on the edge, but you kept control which is a hard thing to do." They earned 24 points.
The View co-host Sherri Shepherd was yet another who made a very good first impression with her foxtrot with partner Val Chmerkovskiy.
"I loved watching you dance," Carrie Ann said. "You have so much joy." Tonioli agreed, saying, "You can move, very, very well. You're light on your feet and ... you light up the room." Shepherd racked up 23 points.
Actor-turned-pop singer Jack Wagner scored 23 points too for his foxtrot, which Bruno called "springtime romance at its most uplifting." Len was less impressed. "Your technique is poor," he told Wagner.
Another 23-point earner, Disney star Roshon Fegan, who with Chelsie Hightower performed a hip-hop infused cha cha that Bruno called "unbelievable." Carrie Ann told him, "That is the coolest spin on the cha cha that I have seen in any season." Len had issues with the routine, though: "Technically, the performance was very low," he said.
And Gladys Knight and Tristan MacManus earned 23 points themselves for their cha cha. "There's a naturalness about your dance," Len told the soul singer. "There's a rhythm and I loved the way you move"
'Channel Sofia Vergara'Maria Menounos and three-time champ Derek Hough kicked off the season premiere with a vibrant cha cha that earned the pair 21 points. Len said it was a "great start to the show," but Bruno advised the TV host, whom he called "curvaceously delicious," to channel Sofia Vergara.
After NFL star Donald Driver and partner Peta Murgatroyd performed a crowd-pleasing cha cha, the audience booed the judges' score of a meager 21 points. And Melissa Gilbert and Maksim Chmerkovskiy earned a relatively low 20 points for what Len called a "very ambitious" foxtrot. "I see great potential here," Carrie told him.
Tennis icon Martina Navratilova and her partner Tony Dovolani were also in the bottom with just 20 points but heard encouraging words from the judges. "You're so beautiful and refined out there," Carrie Ann said. "I've never seen this side of you. I want you to work on your turns. Work on your spots."
Dancing returns with more performances on Monday, followed by the first elimination of the season on Tuesday.


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Women's Tennis Suffers 4-3 Loss at Cleveland State
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Ball State women's tennis lost a competitive 4-3 match to Cleveland State Sunday afternoon at the Paramount Tennis Club. With the loss, the Cardinals fall to 7-5 on the season.
In doubles play, Bethany Moore and Kristel Sanders finished first pulling off the 8-2 victory over the Vikings Maria Lazaris and Nicole Janek at the No. 2 spot. At the No. 1 position, the twosome of Courtney Wild and Courtney Earnest took down Alex Bush and Kara Sherwood 8-4 claiming the doubles point for the Cardinals.
After that, Ball State fell at the No. 6, No. 3, No. 5 and No. 2 positions which put Cleveland State ahead by a score of 4-1. Bethany Moore won in three sets at No. 4 singles after beating Kara Sherwood. Wild also managed a three set defeat at the No. 1 spot over Mathilde Orange.
The Ball State women's tennis team continues non-conference action Monday, March 4 at noon in Orlando, Florida against James Madison.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Stetson baseball team earned its first road victory of the season on Saturday afternoon, as the Hatters (14-17, 3-5) evened the weekend series at 1-1 against Jacksonville (11-20, 4-4), winning by a score of 9-8 in 10 innings at Sessions Stadium.
After giving up a two-run lead in the bottom of the ninth to put the game into extra innings, Stetson scored one in the top of the 10th, which proved to be the game-winner for the Hatters. With two outs and a man on third, sophomore Garrett Russini recorded his first hit of the day with a single to center field that put Stetson up for good.
Freshman Kevin Fagan, who reached base five times on Saturday with three hits and two walks, led off the 10th by walking to first. He advanced to second when sophomore Tyler Bocock was able to lay down a sacrifice bunt after fouling two off to fall behind in the count. Fagan was able to score easily on Russini's single after reaching third on a long fly out to right field by freshman Patrick Mazeika.
Stetson closed it out in the bottom of the 10th as redshirt freshman Tyler Warmoth returned to the mound after recording the final two outs of the ninth. The right-hander, one of very few Hatter pitchers who didn't make an appearance in Friday's opener, forced a foul out, and struck out two batters to end the game and give Stetson the 9-8 victory.
"I'm happy," Stetson head coach Pete Dunn said matter-of-factly after the game. "I told the guys they need to be happy with that [win]. When things haven't been going well, sometimes teams wait for bad things to happen. This team showed some resiliency today that we're going to need to build upon. I'm extremely happy, not only that we won, but also the way we won."
The Hatters had to do so by coming back from a number of let downs. After building a 5-0 lead off of five singles and two hit batsmen in the top of the first, Stetson ended up trailing 6-5 after just three innings.
Starting pitcher sophomore Josh Powers allowed more runs over the first three frames than he had in any start this season to date. The Dolphins were able to get to Powers with three runs on four hits, including a two-run homer, in the bottom of the first. JU then added another trio of runs with three hits and a walk in the third.
Ending the third by getting Scott Schaub to ground out to himself, Powers quickly got into a groove. Including the aforementioned dribbler, Powers retired 11 straight batters before giving up a single in the bottom of the seventh.
Along the way, the Hatter offense was able to give Powers some support, something the starter hadn't received much of thus far in 2013. Coming into this weekend, Stetson was only scoring 2.28 runs per game when the sophomore was on the hill. The Hatters added three runs in the fifth to give Powers a two-run advantage in the fifth.
A single through the infield by senior Mitchel Brennan drove in the first run, while a fielder's choice and a single up the middle by Fagan gave Stetson the 8-6 lead that the team would then squander in the ninth.
There were even more opportunities for Stetson to add insurance throughout the game, though. The Hatters left 11 runners on base, were 0-for-2 with the bases loaded, and finished the game 0-for-4 with a runner on third base with less than two outs.
Still, Stetson came away with the win on Saturday, and will have an opportunity to win the Atlantic Sun Conference series on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. when junior Austin Perez squares off against JU's Alex McRae.
"That's a big win for us," Dunn continued. "We didn't play well all the way through the game. I was very disappointed in our bunting game early. Twice we didn't get bunts down. Those are things that will jump up and bite you, and it did bite us today, but we were fortunate to overcome it."
Powers did not record a decision, but his success midway through the contest not only gave the Hatters a chance to recover, but it allowed much of the bullpen to rest after Friday's eight-pitcher night. The sophomore struck out four and walked one while allowing eight runs in 8.1 innings.
Warmoth earned the victory, improving to 3-2 on the year after striking out two and walking one while not allowing a hit in 1.1 innings. The Dolphins' Adam Maxon fell to 0-1 on the season, allowing one run on one hit in the loss.
Fagan and Brennan freshman Konner Lutz each finished with three hits in the win, while Brennan added two and drove in three runs. Fagan and senior James Rasmussen each scored two runs for the Hatters in the victory.


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My phone rang in Western New York. It was my sister calling from Tennessee. We hadn't seen each other in years, and our phone conversations were rare.
"I need to tell you something," Brenda said. "I have a brain tumor. They're still running tests." She spoke matter-of-factly, as if to report a case of the flu. She ended the call as she always did. In her soft Tennessee twang, she said, "Love you, honey."
Even after her condition worsened, I told myself not to go see her. I had my reasons. Through childhood, Brenda and I lived in a household on fire. Our parents were abusive – to each other and to us. After we left home, we kept in touch over the years, but she became a reminder of the fire that still burned us both. Whenever we were together, I had a lump in my throat and felt an urge to run away.
But I had other reasons, too. Over time our differences piled up on me like stones until they were all I saw. I wrote college textbooks, read philosophy, was skeptical of religion and listened to rhythm and blues. She fancied herself a redneck woman, embraced Christian fundamentalism, listened to gospel music and read all of the books I wouldn't touch. Somehow a dog and a swan had come from the same mother. And I still don't know why these contrasts mattered so much to me.
A few days later, the doctors' reports were even more alarming, so I reluctantly left for Tennessee where I spent several days at her side. Test results came back, and somehow I got the job of telling her the bad news. She had the same kind of cancer that had killed our mother. I had no idea how she would react to this verdict, but I was bracing for the worst.
"You have non-Hodgkin's lymphoma," I said. "But it can be treated." I was astonished when a slight smile brightened her face and she said serenely, "I kinda expected that. What's the next step?" I had thought she would cry or sigh or fall into silence. But she didn't. I had never before seen anyone react to terrifying news with such grace.
I had never pictured her with a lot of friends, either. But I found out she not only had dozens of friends, they all adored her. She worked in the financial department at a hospital. When news spread of her cancer, nurses and co-workers lined the hallways, holding hands and praying for her recovery – a rite repeated over several days. My little sister had inspired the kind of devotion reserved for saints.
I had been ignorant of who she really was, yet I was supposed to be the smart one.
Somewhere in that week, something inside me slid into place. Feelings that I had tried to forget eased into their proper position. All my alibis withered in the light. All our differences were suddenly irrelevant, and I had trouble remembering why I thought they were important in the first place.
After her second dose of chemotherapy, Brenda developed pneumonia. They transferred her to the ICU and gave her antibiotics and oxygen. Within 48 hours she was gone.
For days afterward, I saw everything through a haze, and the whole world seemed tilted the wrong way. But I at least knew this: After years of virtual estrangement from my sister, for seven days we were finally and truly brother and sister. A week may not seem like much, but in that time we were a genuine family for the first and last time.


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Cardinals Fight But Fall at ISU in Mens Hoops Opener
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Ball State's starting backcourt of Jesse Berry and Zavier Turner combined for 40 points Saturday, but the Cardinals dropped an 82-73 decision at Indiana State in the 2013-14 men's basketball season opener.
The Cardinals, playing their first regular-season game under head coach James Whitford, rallied from a 15-point deficit early in the second half to draw within six inside the 10-minute mark, but the Sycamores held Ball State off down the stretch.
The game featured quality shooting numbers for both teams. Ball State (0-1) shot 53 percent from the floor and knocked down 7 of 15 3-point attempts. Indiana State (1-0) connected on 56 percent from the floor and hit 9 of 16 from beyond the arc.
Berry hit three 3-pointers on his way to a game-high 23 points, while Turner also hit three -- all in the second half -- and finished with 17 points. For Whitford, the game was a positive step as the Cardinals work to develop in his up-tempo system.
"We are still going to get way better," Whitford said. "We just have to have the same mentality every week that we did this week and focus in on our own style of play and our own system. I thought we made great progress, and I was proud of our guys' effort today."
Dawon Cummings hit six 3s for Indiana State and led his team with 21 points. Four players scored double figures for a veteran Sycamore team coming off four straight postseason appearances and picked to finish second in the Missouri Valley Conference. Cousy Award candidate Jake Odum finished with 17 points and seven assists, followed by Manny Arop with 14 points and Justin Gant with 11.
Cummings knocked down five of his 3-pointers in the first half. The Sycamores built an early 10-point lead, but the Cardinals kept it close the rest of the half. Odum was fouled shooting a 3 right before the break and hit all three free throws to send the Sycamores to the locker room up 43-34.
A layup from Arop at the 16:19 mark gave Indiana State its biggest lead at 53-38, but Ball State did not go away. The Cardinals rallied and trimmed the lead to 64-58 with 9:52 left on a Berry 3-pointer, but that was as close as they could get. A 3-point attempt from Franko House would have cut the lead to five inside of two minutes, but it rimmed out and Indiana State finished off the game at the free throw line.
"The thing I'll give our guys credit for is there are a lot of teams that would have laid down when they got down 14 or 15," Whitford said. "But I feel like the personality of our team is starting to come out, and it's a team that really competes."
Eight Ball State players scored in the game. Preseason All-Mid-American Conference center Majok Majok finished with eight points. House led the Cardinals on the boards with six rebounds in a game without many missed shots.
Ball State will return to Muncie to play three straight games at home. The Cardinals play their home opener at 7 p.m. Tuesday against Taylor. Southeast Missouri and Butler will also visit Worthen Arena in the next two weeks.


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Women's Tennis Loses 5-2 at Youngstown State
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Ball State women's tennis team fell to 7-4 on the season after losing to Youngstown State by a score of 5-2 Saturday evening.
The Ball State twosome of Lauren Pickrell and Paola Rodriguez managed an 8-1 defeat over Youngstown State's Carolyn Jesko and Tijana Raicevic at the No. 3 position. The Cardinals would drop the doubles point after losing the next two matches to the Penguins.
After that, Ball State entered singles play down 1-0. Freshman Courtney Earnest claimed a three set victory at No. 2 singles, improving her overall record to 10-1. Bethany Moore won in straight sets at the No. 4 position after beating Carolyn Jesko, 6-2, 6-1.
The Ball State women's tennis team continues non-conference action Sunday at Cleveland State. First serve is at 10 a.m.


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The room boom that's echoing throughout downtown Charleston's hospitality business is showing no signs of easing.
Hotel bonanza
The peninsula's hotel inventory added 153 rooms Tuesday when officials marked the reopening of a refurbished property at 250 Spring St. The Holiday Inn Express Charleston Downtown-Ashley River formerly was a Best Western.Here are some other lodging projects proposed in and around the historic district: A 141-room Hilton Garden Inn is rising on 33 Lockwood Dr.A 185-room hotel is planned for the former county library near Marion Square.Midtown's developers have plans for a 305-room hotel at the southeast corner of King and Spring streets.The ex-Mendel Rivers Federal Building near Marion Square is to be converted into a 161-room lodging.Jupiter Holdings has plans for a 160-room hotel at Meeting and Huger streets.The Kessler Collection is planning a 50-room boutique lodging at Meeting and Wentworth streets.An eight-story, 50-room hotel has been proposed for 141 Calhoun St.A 46-room lodging is proposed for 115-117 Calhoun St.A 41-room hotel called the Spectator was recently announced for 71 State St., near the City Market.
Tara Investments, a Charlotte-based group with ties to the newly opened 120-room Holiday Inn Charleston Historic Downtown at 425 Meeting St., has submitted plans to the city showing a 165-room, five-story hotel on an adjacent property at 415 Meeting St.
That site now houses Burris Liquor Store, an old Texaco station that Clyde Burris and his late wife, Sheila, converted to a beverage shop 45 years ago. It plans to move to the east side of Meeting Street in a new, two-story, 6,000-square-foot store to be built on the corner of Reid Street, Burris said Tuesday.
Anish Patel of Tara Investments said he expects the hotel to open sometime in 2014. He said he expects the area to continue as a strong tourist market.
"The demand in general in the downtown area has been very high," Patel said.
He said the new Holiday Inn next door has done well since it opened in January. "It's ramped up real quick," Patel said.
The proposed lodging joins a parade of new rooms planned for the peninsula. More than 1,500 new hotel rooms are in the works from the Ashley and Cooper rivers north to the Ravenel Bridge.
A flag has not been chosen for Tara's next Charleston hotel. Patel said it will not be a Holiday Inn.
Once building plans for both projects clear the city approval process, Burris Liquor Store plans to move forward with construction. Burris said he could be in the new site by the end of the year, paving the way for demolition of his existing liquor store.
"This has been a dream of mine," said Burris, 71, adding that he has wanted to move into a new shop for 20 years. "It will go to my son, Kelly. He is the manager."
Burris once owned five liquor stores, but he now owns two. He leases out his second store, Rivers and Reynolds Liquors, in North Charleston.
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Several local agencies entered a partnership in securing a grant to aid in teaching ways to monitor Seneca County and Lake Erie water quality.
The Seneca Soil and Water Conservation District and North Central Ohio Educational Service Center are joining to work with Seneca County schools to incorporate the project, Watershed Dynamics for 21st Century Learners, into classrooms.
The Ohio Environmental Education Fund through the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will be funding the proposal, which includes equipment, training and resources totaling $48,667.
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Beth Diesch shows students the underside of a rock in a local stream to help them
understand how to monitor water quality.
Displayed here are some of the equipment teachers will be using, such (from left) a Vernier data collector, Secchi disk (used to measure the clarity of water), meter tape, salinity probe, temperature probe, dissolved oxygen probe, conductivity probe, pH probe, nitrate box tablet kit and an alkalinty box kit.
"With this project, we want to teach students that what they are doing at school, in their backyard or on their farms can affect not only the Sandusky River, but also Lake Erie," said Beth Diesch, SWCD education coordinator.
SWCD, NCOESC, Heidelberg Water Quality Lab and The Ohio State University Stone Lab also will be matching $9,428 toward the project.
The teachers will be equipped with a tote of supplies ranging from brochures, educational tools and software, jars for collection, nitrate kits, pH sensors and testing probes.
"It is a combination of everyone's time, supplies and donations," Diesch said.
The purpose of the program is to help high school students make a connection between knowledge learned in the classroom and through online resources, hands-on experience and skills needed to conduct research, analyze data and be able to present their findings to their peers, environmental agencies and the community, Diesch said.
Local teachers will be offered a day of training May 17 at Rock Creek on the Heidelberg University campus.
Ken Krieger, director of the National Center for Water Quality Research, and Jakob Boehler will be working with the teachers to host a training session on the proper collection and identification of aquatic invertebrates in local streams.
Teachers from Bettsville, Hopewell-Loudon, Mohawk, Old Fort and Seneca East schools and the North Central Academy will be participating, as well.
"The teachers will learn multiple methods for collecting macroinvertebrates, as well as where to best find them, how to identify macroinvertebrates using scientific keys and how to determine what the data (the teachers) collect means for the health of the stream," Boehler said.
Boehler said teachers will be using kick nets and D-framed nets to collect the macroinvertebrates from as many different habitats as they can find in a 165-foot section of Rock Creek.
From there, the teachers will be able to determine the health of Rock Creek based on the macroinvertebrate community data, Boehler said.
"It is very important for younger generations to be more active in their communities for a number of reasons," Boehler said. "The younger generations of today will be the leaders of their communities tomorrow. It is important for them to be active in their community now so that when they have the ability to lead their community and invoke needed change they have the understanding and capabilities to do so."
Biomonitoring methods used can be performed many times at the same location, Boehler said. The equipment the teachers received will be utilized for years to come.
"For example, if one year to the next a streams macroinvertebrate community changes drastically from intolerant to tolerant organisms, then we as scientists know that something occurred causing this and we know that there is a need for further investigating to determine the source of this change and what can be done to fix the problem," Boehler said.
Teacher Justin Ruffing said he hopes to use the program to help improve the school and classroom experience for his students at North Central Academy.
"The grant is not only a great opportunity for me, it is also a great opportunity for my students," Ruffing said.
All of the methods are aligned with the common core science standards and the state's model curriculum.
The project will assist in targeting issues dealing with surface water, watersheds, non-point source pollution, water quality monitoring, pollution and prevention, industrial waste minimization, habitat preservation, wetlands and environmental health and sustainability.
"This program will provide ideas, technology, curriculum and more that will be a big part of my classroom during the program and once the program is complete," Ruffing said.


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4 Real Science Experiments Clearly Designed by Michael Bay
#2. Camera Effects: The Rise and Fall of a Space Shuttle Booster
This is a NASA highlight reel of every stupid fake camera effect Hollywood uses, and every single one is real.
You've got shaky-cam, but it's not because a cinematographer was replaced by his evil opposite and decided things would be cooler if you couldn't see what was going on. It's because the entire space booster is shaking. This is a space launch filmed from the point of view of 500 tons of solid explosive forming an orderly queue to detonate its way into space.
Then there's the rainy-cam, and again, it's not an annoying extra from a filmmaker making you wear glasses and then dripping on you. This is breaking through everything the sky itself can do because it will soon be literally beneath us. The whole time the speedometer is rocketing up like a high score of human achievement. Which is exactly what it is.
We watch a sonic boom build and break around the ship as we punch through the sky, and that's an effect even Hollywood hasn't thought of yet. In a minute we've beaten the sky. The shuttle nose is poking into the infinite black, and looking down you can see the curve of everything. No scene changes, no montage; we were on the pad and then lit a flame so fierce that the Earth itself ran away.
By far the best curve you can see online.
Then there's white-out, but it's not caused by someone turning up the saturation; it's caused by humanity burning bits of the world so hard that it decides to let us go.
Vorlons ain't got nothing on Homo sapiens.
Watch the video. There is nothing better you could do with nine minutes. Not even sex, because either you won't be finished in nine minutes, or your sex is insufficiently out-of-this-world to compete with this glory. The only reason it won't win Oscars is because we have to let people who only pretend to be awesome have their little prizes.
In fact, this isn't just special effects, this is an entire action movie. You've got the amazing kick-off scene, the unbelievable escalation of literally everything, the moment of crisis as the boosters break away from the shuttle (the heartbreaking sight of the shining Orbiter continuing on without you as you tumble through space kicks the emotional hell out of every romance, drama, and tragedy ever made), before the terminal action of plummeting through flames back to Earth and the classic, unbelievable, actually-happened-for-real last-minute save. Which is also an explosion. The boosters slam into the sea after proving that the puny atmospheric terminal velocity is nothing compared to the speed of space.
And if no one's using that space soundtrack of fuel tank creaks and moans for hauntological or house chillout, get on with that.
#1. Real-Life Computer Graphics
Terminator 2 is one of the best movies ever made. Part of the original appeal was incredible computer graphics that pushed the boundaries of cinema, then doused them in liquid nitrogen, ran them over with a truck, shot them infinity squillion times, and exploded them into a furnace. The liquid metal T-1000 remains one of the greatest villains in movie history (try to name another villain he couldn't beat). One man achieved the same level of special effect with a towel.
When a guy is being cool with a space towel, you know he's one hoopy frood.
We should probably mention that he went into space first.
Commander Chris Hadfield has just finished his shift as the Mister Rogers of space. He swung by every day (15.7 times) to tell us that everything is great. And when he looked out the window, he really could see everyone, why they should get along, and just how beautiful the world is.
NASA, Commander Hadfield
On Twitter and in space, he's the embodiment of Canada, quietly getting things right while everyone else gets upset about nonsense. PR is obviously part of the job, but he isn't up there chilling and advertising. All of every day is space work, and when he gets a few moments to himself, Commander Hadfield's idea of R&R is thinking "This is awesome, I should show more people." Given a choice between "educate the world through the Internet" and "get some sleep," he chose the former. Most of us choose the exact opposite. (Not getting sleep, but making ourselves dumber with the Internet.)
NASA, Commander Hadfield
It's like he's a travel agent advertising the entire planet as a beautiful place to visit. He's right.
This is a man who can post mind-expanding images every time he looks out the window, and when he noticed that didn't do anything for blind fans, he started posted audio recordings of the space station, too. He is the ultimate considerate gentleman. So when a school competition had kids asking him what happens when you wring out a towel in space, he did it. The result is three minutes of reminding yourself there are no special effects.
NASA, Commander Hadfield
Truly a master of the (use of gravitational as centripetal) Force.
His mic and props keep trying to float off, and you have to keep reminding yourself that this is really happening. This guy is in space, and is so good at being in space that he's just chilling to tell you about it. What's happened is that wringing it still forces the water out of the towel, but without gravity to drag it down, the defining force on the fluid is surface tension. So it creeps along the surface, which, in this case, is the astronaut, giving him a liquid coating.
He's sharing amazing things we would never have seen otherwise. He shows us what technology and humanity are really for. Just like the rest of the space program.
UPDATE: He continues to be the best person ever. He's already personally made Twitter worth all the bullshit, and now he's saved YouTube as well:
Luke also looks at StarForce, the stupidest DRM company ever, and uses the Viking approach to destroying hangovers. Luke has a website, tumbles, and responds to every single tweet.
For more space awesomeness, check out The 5 Most Badass Things Ever Done in Space and 6 Badass Space Landings Humanity Totally Nailed.


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Despite all the diversity that their hometown seems to afford them, New Yorkers – those transplanted from other places as well as the born and bred variety – tend to have a fairly insular outlook on things. Many believe that just about anything that is important – in life, in the arts, in fashion, in finance, indeed in the whole world – finds it's epicenter in the heart of the city in which they reside. After all – it's not for nothing that Times Square is called the "crossroads of the world", and as we learned in the recent financial fiascos of the past two years "as goes Wall Street, so goes the world", and on a lighter note there is a particular fan of one of our hometown baseball teams here at Catholic Charities who shall go nameless who makes a particular point of asking the rhetorical question of "why do they call it the World Series when it is always played in the Bronx." – (except, sadly, for this year!). In a little bit of self-revelation, I have to admit that I too sometimes fall prey to this "New York Centric" view of reality; for good – and sometimes for ill – it does seem that things that happen within the confines of the 5 boroughs of New York have an outsized effect on the rest of the world– none as profound as the events of September 11, 2001 and the subsequent "war on terror" that proceeded from it. Many commentators on that day, and the days that came after, stated that "everything changed" on that dreadful day, and in many ways this has proven prescient: Ground Zero remains an open wound in the psyches of many Americans – a marker of our vulnerability from which we have not fully recovered.
Living and working in such close proximity to the place where the world changed forever gives one the opportunity to reflect on where we began this current journey, and where we find ourselves now. Of course, in the days and months that followed that terrible day, those of us effected – and indeed all people of good will around the world – were outraged at the senseless slaughter of thousands of innocent people in an act of unprecedented terrorism. When our nation responded to those tragic events by undertaking military action in Afghanistan to bring to account the perpetrators and planners of the terrible acts committed in New York, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania – and their protectors in the Afghani government – there were few who questioned the justice of this cause, nor the obligation the United States had to defend the common good against mass terrorism. As a nation attacked, the United States had the moral right to respond to the unjust aggressor, to kill or capture Osama Bin Laden and the leadership of Al-Qaeda, and to insure that their protectors in Afghanistan did not allow such a cancer to grow in their country again. Many in the media in fact were using the traditional language of the "just war" teaching in Catholic social thought to justify these actions, assuring us that if ever there could be a "good war", the military intervention in Afghanistan was one.
Today, as we look back over the 9 years that have passed, much of the clarity of the actions of that time have been lost in the fog of not one but two active wars that continue still; the intervening years have included not only those two wars, but also: two administrations, almost 5,000 American war dead, 30,000 wounded veterans, over 150,000 Iraqi deaths (80% of which are civilian casualties) and an as of yet uncounted number of Afghani war dead, as well as over $1 trillion dollars of our nation's treasure in combined combat operations. In retrospect, perhaps a more careful reading of Catholic teaching on war and peace might have prevented some of the consequence of the decisions to go to war that we are still dealing with today http://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/p3s2c2a5.htm#III. After all, although the Catholic Church's teachings of the requirements that must be met before any military action is undertaken – including provisions that military action for legitimate defense must always be undertaken as a last resort, that there is a serious prospect for success, that the use of arms must not produce evils greater then the evils to be eliminated, and that non-combatants must be protected – is known as it's "Just War" doctrine, we should recall that the Catechism of the Catholic Church includes these provisions in the section having to do with "Safeguarding Peace" and "Avoiding War". In analyzing conflict, it is sometimes this tremendous presumption against the use of armed intervention that is overlooked and not given its proper weight. Even back at the time that the Afghanistan War began, in the aftermath of the events of September 11th when the desire to right the terrible injustice done to our nation that day was most strong, our American Bishops in their pastoral message "Living with Faith and Hope after September 11th" http://www.nccbuscc.org/sdwp/sept11.shtml cautioned that "true peacemaking can be a matter of policy only if it is first a matter of the heart. Without both courage and charity, justice cannot be won." While in their statement they acknowledged the "right and the duty of a nation …to use military force if necessary to defend the common good by protecting the innocent against mass terrorism", they additionally acknowledged the equally important work of "maintaining and fortifying our efforts to do everything possible to address the long-standing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan", to address the incredible need in what still remains after almost 10 years of intervention one of the world's poorest countries http://www.unohrlls.org/en/ldc/related/62/ .
To some, such advocacy of increased development may seem dreadfully naïve, or at the worst completely impossible given the inept and corrupt Afghan government and a resurgent Taliban. But to me it seems that this was very good advice, almost prophetic for the time. In the intervening years since the war in Afghanistan began, I have had the opportunity to travel to the developing world with Catholic Relief Services and to witness for my self some of the struggles that people living there – in my case, Sub-Saharan Africa – encounter on a daily basis. The people that I encountered were from a different culture then I was, spoke a different language then I did and many were of a different religion as well -yet overwhelmingly while on these travels, I have to say that those I encountered were tremendously grateful for the assistance that they received in their struggles – be it food, water, medicine, or shelter – through the good offices of Catholic Relief Services, USAID and other charitable groups acting on behalf of brother and sisters from across the ocean. Despite the external differences between us, it was our unity in one human family made manifest through concrete assistance that broke down potential barriers of mistrust and replaced them instead with social cement of mutual esteem. It's my belief a similar effort could work wonders with the Afghani people as well.
Several weeks ago, Msgr. Kevin Sullivan's guest on the JustLove radio show was Professor David Cortright , the Director of Policy Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace at Notre Dame University; on the show he and Msgr. Sullivan iscussed prospects for peace on the approach of the 9th Anniversary of the United States military campaign in Afghanistan on October 7th. The conversation was lively – as always – and well worth a listen, but what I was most struck by was Prof. Cortwright's statement near the end of the discussion that war – once begun – is a monster that will devour everything around it. I have to be honest and say that I had never quite thought about war in those terms before, but this graphic description seems very apropos for the situation in which we find ourselves. Perhaps this is why the Church in the wisdom of her social teachings discusses the use of military action for legitimate defense – or "just war" doctrine – as less of a tool to justify the force, then as an enclosure to contain it. For it seems that once the beast that is war is set loose, it is not too long before it sets its fangs upon its masters as well.
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Introduction to the Insurance Industry
Aging Populations Create Challenges and Opportunities for the Insurance Industry
Sophisticated Risk Management and Prevention Programs Lead to Lower Losses
Risk Managers Seek Certification
Independent Agencies Continue to Dominate Commercial Insurance, but Play a Lesser Role in Personal Lines
Independent Agencies Continue to Dominate Commercial Insurance, but Play a Lesser Role in Personal Lines
Insurance Direct Selling and E-Commerce Grows
Technology Drives Efficiencies in Back Office Tasks, Underwriting, Agency Networks and Customer Service
States Pick Up Some Wind and Flood Risk for Homeowners/Underwriters Rely on Sophisticated Risk Analysis Tools to Set Rates
Insurance Industry Mergers and Acquisitions Continue After the Financial Crisis
No End in Sight to the Growth of Specialized Insurance Lines
Annuity Account Managers Create New Product Strategies
Major U.S., Japanese and European Insurance Firms See Vast Promise in the Chinese and Southeast Asian Market
Insurance Firms Target Markets in Emerging Nations
Continued Rise in Health Care Costs
Vast Number of Uninsured and Underinsured Americans
U.S. Health Care Reform Act of 2010 Set to Bring Big Changes
Employers Push Health Care Costs onto Employees
Insurance Companies Change Strategies Due to Health Care Reform Act
Malpractice Suits Are Blamed for Rising Health Care Costs/Tort Reform Is Capping Awards for Damages
Hedge Funds Regroup and Play a Major Role in Financial Products of all Types, Including Derivatives, Lending and Insurance
Credit Default Swaps (CDS) and Derivatives Soar into the Trillions of Dollars
Aging Populations, Baby Boomers Create Opportunities/U.S. Pension Accounts Top $18.5 Trillion
Dodd-Frank Act Increases Regulation of Financial Industry/Basel III Raises Bank Capital Requirements
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