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It was the beverage industry versus health activists - round two - at the State Capitol Friday.
Senator Bill Avery of Lincoln introduced a bill to get soda off the tax exemption list. So far 35 states, including Nebraska's neighbors, tax soda.
"Even Mississippi - believe it or not - even Mississippi has gotten it right here. And we haven't," Avery said.
LB 447 would tax all, non-alcoholic beverages that contain natural or artificial sweeteners at the standard sales tax rate. For example, 7% in Lincoln. It would generate 11 million dollars to create the Nebraska Healthy Kids Fund to help fight childhood obesity.
School and health officials say they could expand initiatives that are already working well, like the one at Kearney Public Schools.
"You won't find the bake sales every Friday afternoon for fundraisers. You will find a district program that allows you to buy gardens to raise money," UNK Professor Kate Heelan said.
But the beverage industry is crying foul.
"Since 2008, the U.S. soft drink industry lost 200 million cases of business ... while obesity rates continue to climb. The simple math there doesn't work," Nebraska Beverage Assoc. President Wayne Parks said.
Even the Nebraska State Chamber of Commerce calls it an unfair tax.
"We are making a much better statement about reducing obesity by giving them the money to do the things they can with various activities than we will be by adding another tax on citizens of the state of Nebraska," Steve Ford said.
LB 447, like many of the other bills dealing with taxes, will most likely not make it out of committee. Instead, senators are asking that they be included in the Legislature's broader tax reform study.
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OAK HARBOR, OH (WTOL) - Workers replacing the nuclear reactor head at the Davis-Besse plant discovered a crack in a concrete containment building Monday.
The plant has been shut down for nearly two weeks while the reactor is replaced with a new one, and the crack could prevent it from reopening as expected by mid-November.
"Because safety is our top priority, we take all discoveries such as this very seriously," said First Energy Spokesperson Jennifer Young. "We would not restart the plant until we're sure this is not an issue for us."
The vertical crack runs as much as 30 feet along rebar in a 2.5 foot concrete shield building. The shield building is meant to protect the reactor from outside forces like a tornado or aircraft. An inner, steel vessel containing the reactor remains sealed.
First Energy, which owns Davis-Besse, is replacing the current reactor head after cracks were found on fuel rod nozzles.
Workers used hydro-demolition to cut a 33 foot by 22 foot hole in the shield building to make way for the new reactor head. Engineers then discovered the crack along one edge of the hole.
First Energy has brought in concrete experts to analyze the crack, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission also sent an expert to join inspectors it already has on-site. It plans to conduct an independent analysis of the crack.
"The significance of the finding is yet to be determined, that's why we've engaged the outside experts," Young said. "We will do a thorough investigation to ensure the safety of the plant and our buildings is maintained."
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- Publisher: Konami
- Release Date: Feb 7, 2006
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- Summary: World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 is the latest version of Konami's soccer simulator series. Added this year are more clubs from the Italian Series A, Spanish La Liga, and Dutch Eredivisie Leagues, as well as a number of other individual clubs. One hundred thirty-six clubs in six different leagues are available for play to get to the various cups featured in the game. Incrementally improved graphics and AI are also included. The game is online compatible, so you can play out rivalries across the globe.… Expand
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- Genre(s): Soccer
- # of players: 2 Online
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It's so realistic it makes me want to drivearound my block blasting the horn til' midnight.
It has that feeling of being more realistic and a wider range of controls.
With the addition of online gameplay to the best soccer engine in the world, Winning Eleven 9 is worth a purchase, but it still somewhat feels like the American release of last year's "Winning Eleven 8: Live Wire" more than its own standalone game.
The controls are more responsive and as a result you will actually use less combinations of buttons and the sticks to make your moves.
A gem of a soccer title, but it feels like "Winning Eleven 8 Online"...WE9 is still the undisputed champ of videogame soccer. You'll laugh; you'll cry; you'll scream "GOAL" until you go blue in the face. It's that fun.
You know a soccer title is doing it right when a match can end in a scoreless tie and you've had as much fun as when you've lit up the scoreboard. And this is in large part due to WE9's A.I., which plays such a smart brand of footy that it continually keeps you on your toes.


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Anna Marie Grace Bryant, the 1-year-old daughter of Ricky and Jessica Bryant of Warrior, is suffering from a rare heart disease that has forced her to undergo several surgeries in her short life. More surgeries are expected in the next year.
Ricky Bryant, who is a native of Jasper and currently a police officer in Warrior, said the city has several events planned for today and Saturday in an effort to raise funds to help with medical expenses for Anna Marie's health care.
"They are basically shutting down the town for this," he said.
Today, the city will host a Warrior Indian Chief Grillmaster Cookoff for anyone who thinks they're a master at grilling. "If you think you are a barbecue master, a backyard griller of a tailgater, then this competition is for you," Bryant said.
There's a $50 entry fee, which includes a rack of ribs and chicken thighs or legs for all your grilling needs. First-place trophies will be given out for the best ribs, best chicken and the best sauce. One winner will be named grand champion grillmaster. The competition will be held at the Warrior ball fields.
You can register by calling 205-590-2279 or 205-647-7002.
At 9 p.m. today, a fireworks show will be held, Bryant said.
On Saturday, the Heart of Warrior Car Show for vehicles made before 1980 will be held from 3 until 7 p.m. on Main Street in Warrior. There's no admission charge, but donations will be accepted and will go to the Anna Marie Fund. Registration for the car show will be held from 2 until 3 p.m. at the Warrior City Hall.
First-, second- and third-place winners will be announced, plus a mayor's choice award will be given.
The event will be held rain or shine.
To register, call Carl Burns at 205-675-7401 or Mike Mosley at 205-641-1377.
Donations may also be made to the Anna Marie Fund at Peoples Bank or Cadence Bank in Warrior.


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Developmental psychologist Dr. Nava Silton weighs in on the suspected killings of two young children allegedly by the nanny.
Police believe Yoselyn Ortega, 50, stabbed a 6-year-old girl and a 1-year-old boy at a building called La Rochelle on West 75th Street, just of Columbus Avenue.
"Maybe it was some kind of psychotic episode. Maybe hallucination. There are numerous possibilities. It appeared to be impulsive," Silton told Good Day New York.
The shocking story raises all sorts of fears in parents of their child care provider.
Dr. Silton suggests a few steps to get a better sense of whom is watching their children/
Ask the nanny, 'hat would you do in the following situation? Have the nanny come twice. In the morning hours and at night time, bath time when the child may get cranky," suggested Silton.


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Notre Dame Fighting Irish teammates Tommy Rees and Carlo Calabrese have now appeared in court in response to their May 3 arrests at a party. Quarterback Rees has pled not guilty to his four misdemeanor charges -- which were at one point believed to include a felony, but the battery charge was reduced. Rees' charges now stand as one count of battery, two counts of resisting law enforcement and one count of illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor.
Linebacker Calabrese was charged with a misdemeanor count of intimidation for, among other things, saying, "My people will get you" multiple times to a South Bend police officer during Rees' arrest.
Rees started for the Irish last year, putting up 2,871 yards and 20 touchdowns, completing a healthy 65 percent of his passes. However, he's best known for his red zone turnovers. With 14 interceptions and five lost fumbles, Notre Dame's offense just couldn't get out of its own way with Rees at the controls.
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When Adam and Eve sinned, the Bible tells us that ALL creation suffered because of it. It would be contrary to God's character to have created perfect little green men and women on some distant planet that then inherit death and the curse because of our sin.
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AFC Wimbledon will be keeping the Olympic spirit alive on September 30 with the second staging of its Minithon event.
Guest of honour and Olympic rowing gold medalist Sophie Hosking will be running in the 5km fun event – and you can join her at Morden Park in just over two weeks' time.
Haydon the Womble will also be leading the charge, though he will be stopping to meet his younger followers along the way.
Dons boss Terry Brown, club physio Mike Rayner and chief executive, Erik Samuelson, will be among those competing.
Funds raised this year will be donated to St Raphael's Hospice and Born Too Soon (premature baby unit), as well as assisting with ground safety improvements at Kingsmeadow.
To fit in with the Olympic ideals, the Dons will be promoting sport for all with people of all ages and abilities welcome to participate.
Entrants can walk, stroll or run and babies in buggies can even take part with their families.
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Festival of Christmas Praise at Providence College and Seminary Will Bring Many Traditions Together on Dec. 4 and 5
The local Otterburne and surrounding communities will gather to start the Christmas season in festive fashion with the Festival of Christmas Praise at Providence College and Seminary on Dec. 4 and 5 at 7:30 pm.
Hosting more than 900 people some years, the long-standing event is unique in Southern Manitoba as it crosses denominational boundaries and offers a Christmas celebration that people from all traditions can enjoy. The event is special to many communities including the local Francophone residents, Hutterite community as well as people from Winnipeg and Steinbach.
Dr. Henry Schellenberg, conductor of the Providence College Choir, says, "[This event] demonstrates how people coming together to sing and make beautiful music can be a profound musical and spiritual experience."
For many, like Providence singer Stephanie Andrews, the event is a tradition, ushering in the Advent season with celebration and reflection.
"It's a place where everyone can come together to celebrate Christmas and I absolutely love Christmas so this is the most important event," Andrews says.
For Schellenberg the best part in being involved with this event is seeing not only the hard work of the semester come to fruition but, "seeing the faces and hearing the audience members joining in unison" to sing timeless Christmas carols.
The concert takes the musical talents of Providence students and combines them with the professional sounds of the Winnipeg Brass Quintet.
"We usually try to feature a piece of music that makes full use of the expertise of the brass musicians," says Schellenberg
This year's featured work, a setting of the Gloria text by contemporary American composer Randol Bass, is a bright and festive piece that Schellenberg said will see both choir and brass pulling out, "all the stops."
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By JOHN KLINE
The financial road ahead for Goshen could get a bit rocky in 2013.
During Thursday's annual State of the City speech, Mayor Allan Kauffman discussed how the city's budgets are doing and what financial issues the city government will need to address moving forward.
Kauffman noted that the city came out of 2012 with a slightly larger gain in operating balances than had originally been anticipated — approximately $800,000.
"It was due to a little better than anticipated property tax collection rate and department heads saving more of their budgets," Kauffman said. "That's kind of the good news."
Unfortunately, that was about the only good news he had to relay regarding Goshen's finances in the coming year.
"Now comes some reality about the road ahead," Kauffman said. "We can't hide our heads in the sand and not see what's coming at us."
Kauffman said that according to current projections, if the city were to spend 95 percent of what he called the "big three" budgets — General Fund, Street Department (Motor Vehicle Fund) and Parks and Recreation — while receiving at least 97 percent of collectable property taxes, year-end operating balances will still likely see the city spending between $700,000 and $800,000 more than it takes in for 2013.
"That's partly because we gave raises to employees this year," Kauffman said. "We've kept them flat for the last four years, and given them just enough raises that they can pay 100 percent of the increase in their health insurance cost. So we gave them raises enough that they might be able to net 2 percent at the end of this year."
Also playing a significant roll in the funding deficit, according to Kauffman, are the increasingly negative effects of property tax caps on the city's revenue stream.
"The circuit breaker effects for the city of Goshen are increasing this year — the amount of our property taxes that we can't collect because you're at your property tax caps," Kauffman said, referencing Indiana's circuit breaker law that limits property tax bills to 1 percent of homes' assessed values, 2 percent for farmland and rental property and 3 percent for business property. "So when we did our budget for this year, just a little less than a year ago, the (funding losses due to) property tax caps were estimated at $2.7 million. And more recently they've been updated to say we'll probably lose closer to $3.7 million this year. That wasn't built into the budget, so what could have been a surplus this year is not going to be a surplus."
Looking back at the last 25 years, Kauffman noted that property tax rates in the Goshen area typically remained relatively flat from year to year.
"But in the last six years, when the state Legislature began making changes, they've started increasing dramatically," Kauffman said. "And when the property tax rates increase, it means that the circuit breaker effect increases quite a bit. A few years ago there were no circuit breakers. The first year they were partially implemented we lost $219,000, the second year we lost $1.2 million, and it's now up to $3.7 million.
What's more, Kauffman pointed to the fact that property tax rates are dependent on assessed values within the county — assessed values that have dropped significantly over the past few years and will likely continue to drop for at least a few more.
"It is predicted that assessed values in Elkhart County will continue to decline until at least 2015," Kauffman said. "As they decline, the property tax rate goes up, and so do the circuit breakers. So there's more of our property tax levy that we cannot collect."
Even if those predictions are incorrect, Kauffman said, and assessed values would turn around tomorrow and start increasing at around 2 percent a year, it still would likely be 2026 before the city got back to where it was is 2007.
"So that's really how bad it is," Kauffman said, "and we've got a lot of digging to do to get out of where we are."
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Kauffman also pointed to what appears to be a growing number of Goshen residents who simply cannot afford to pay their property taxes as a contributing factor to the city's funding woes.
"By the end of this year, we'll collect about $10 million in property taxes, where a few years ago we were collecting $13 million," Kauffman said. "Now we've rolled with those punches by doing some things like combining department head positions and leaving positions vacant. But we can't keep rolling with the punches as they keep coming and circuit breakers keep getting more severe. We have to look at other sources of revenue."
Using his past work in office supply sales as an analogy, Kauffman noted that running the city is not all that different from running a business.
"What we're doing in the city of Goshen is not significantly different than what we did in the office supply business, because as things got tougher, we did everything we could to get leaner and meaner and compete," Kauffman said. "And at some point, when you've wrung all the efficiencies you could, you start to look at the cost of the product you're delivering, and you try to buy better, buy from different sources. So you start to buy paperclips and staples from China, and you can sell them cheaper. But then you find the staples don't go through 10 sheets of paper, and the copy paper jams the copier, and the Post-It notes don't stick.
"So, in order to deliver quality service, you've got to deliver quality product, and that means sometimes you have to raise the price," he said. "I maintain that the city of Goshen is at the point where if you want services to continue in the city, we're going to have to raise the price. And it's not going to be your property taxes, because we can't. It's going to be something else, like a trash fee."


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Also, consider having the Empower Spell Feat, and try empowering a Magic Missile (thus making it "cost" a Lvl 3 slot).
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3rd Spells
I agree with the spells mentioned here, but I'd add Protection from Elements (the best dragon hunting spell there is) and if your DM handles illusions well, I'd look at Major Image as well.
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I'd have to agree with a number of people in that Haste is one of the most useful spells to get at 3rd level. The added power it adds to a tank every round, or the added spellcasting you as a wizard/sorcerer can do, outstrips the damage output of a single spell in the experiences we've had. Nothing like the flanking rogue getting hasted and then double-sneak attacking, or the main tank going in for extra attacks, or the sorcerer artillery battery firing off spells quicker.
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Not to mention the benefit you get yourself from a +4 to AC which stacks with everything else.
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Vaguely vague is the story of West Virginia calling in a firm that specializes in issues pertaining to eligibility, infractions and compliance. The reference to Pulp Fiction and Mr. Wolf took me on a tangent involving Dana, Oliver, and Ron Wolfley. There's no reason to believe calling Wolfley would help in this situation, whatever it may be. But we still remember him as an awesome Mountaineer, and that's reason enough to photoshop him in.
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By John Shimer
Pentucket coach John McNamara often comments that he would not be the coach he is today without the support of his staff, particularly in the daughter-father combo of Amy and Bob Beaton.
A seventh- and eighth-grade English teacher at Dr. A.B. Consentino School in Haverhill, who just completed her master's degree Wednesday, Amy would seem to be an ideal candidate for any high school program looking for a new young head coach.
After a high school basketball career on the North Shore for Haverhill, she played college ball for Colby Sawyer up in New Hampshire. But beyond her own game, the 26-year-old Beaton has served under one of the North Shore's most successful programs for the past five years.
"She's a great role model for the kids, someone they can relate to because she's been there and done it," said McNamara of his fiery assistant. "When we have her suit up for practice with us, she's probably the toughest kid on the court when she plays.
"When she practices with us, it's amazing to watch; that's why she's such a great role model," John said. 'She's going for her master's, she's a teacher, she's a young adult, she's got that fire and passion, and she shows kids its OK for a female to go out there and compete, because sometimes girls don't like to compete against each other. They think they're going to offend somebody, and she just shows them it's fine. You can still be friendly off the court, but you can compete on the court. I think somewhere down the road she's going to look at being a head coach, and she's going to be a good one, as well."
Right now, having a comfortable situation with her dad alongside her for a tip-top program, the timing isn't quite right.
"I've learned more than I could imagine from (John), and I know that eventually I'll move on," Amy said. "It's hard because I've got such ties to the girls right now, so I think maybe in a couple years or so (I'll start looking).
"I've been asked a bunch of times if I'd go to Haverhill because that's where I played," added Beaton, who was the only one of her 16 brothers or cousins that didn't attend Pentucket. "I don't know. It's hard leaving or thinking about leaving such a successful program to go some place it won't be as successful. It's tough, but I know eventually that I'll hopefully move on."
There's no denying her talent, though, as a coach. Just the other night, Amy made three crucial in-game calls that helped propel the Sachems to victory at the TD Bank Garden against Fairhaven.
The first was a defensive adjustment coming out of the break to double-team Fairhaven center Kara Charette and disrupt the Blue Devils' ability to break Pentucket's press. The switch was vital to slowing down the Blue Devils transition and allowing Pentucket to force a few turnovers, leading to transition buckets.
Then, late in the game during the fourth quarter, with the Sachems needing a couple of buckets to ice the game, Amy reminded McNamara of a play the team wanted to run. It led to a Sarah Higgins layup. On the next trip up, the assistant coach said they should look for the call again, only with the second option, and once again it was executed to perfection, with Kelsi McNamara drilling a three.
"She ran all the right decisions for us Tuesday at the Garden, and she's done that for us all year," McNamara said.
Amy is much like McNamara in so many ways. Defense, defense and more defense has been the staple of the Pentucket program for the past six years under McNamara, a philosophy Amy embraces.
"I think its nice we're both so defensively driven; its nice to know we're on the same page with that," Amy said. "I stress defense more than anything, and he's the same way. Even at the JV level — if they do nothing else right — if they play defense, I'm happy, and I think that's why the varsity, too, have been so successful. The importance of stressing defense, obviously, since we're going to be in the state title Saturday."
And the two are also known for being pretty animated during practices and games.
"Our 2010 year, I was bragging to the team about how I bought a big whiteboard, so I could write the plays when the crowd's loud, and it didn't make it through a game; she broke it on me," said McNamara while chuckling. "She was a little timid to tell me because I was so proud that I went out and got one, and she goes, 'Yeah, I think I broke your whiteboard.' It wasn't just broken, it was cracked right through the middle. I don't know what she did, I think she did it over her knee. It was like Jim Rice breaking it over his knee in the old days. I'm lucky she didn't hit it over my head over something I called."
But it's her passion and something she would like to do for a long time, even when her playing days are long behind her.
"I enjoy kind of beating up on the girls sometimes and practicing with them. I feel like I'm getting old sometimes because I complain about getting sore, and John will make fun of me, and I'll just say, 'Leave me alone, I'm getting old,'" Amy said.
"At least if I can't always be playing the sport, I'll have ties to the sport ,and I will be able to coach it, which is really fun for me," Amy said. "I enjoy it, and I get to coach with my dad, which is awesome."


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The Edgar-Penn decision: insane or un-insane?
Scoring Frankie Edgar and B.J. Penn's championship bout 50-45 in favor of Edgar, despite Penn's clearly effective counterstriking campaign in the first two rounds, is as poor a judgment as we've seen recently. It'd be a shame, however, to let this cloud an otherwise fair victory for Edgar. To explain, we'll have to crunch some numbers, so brace yourselves, we're going to get dry and mathematical-like.
Fightmetric, which tracks effective striking and grappling maneuvers, offered some interesting statistics for the fight. Having examined tape and taken into account punches and kicks to the body, legs, and head, they conclude that Penn out-struck Edgar in rounds one and two by scores of 18 to 10 and 17 to 6, respectively. As such, the first two rounds appear clearly in Penn's favor. The bout's final, fifth round is also easy to score, with Edgar outstripping Penn's 13 strikes with 23 of his own, plus a takedown. The real bone of contention, then, lies in the fight's third and fourth rounds. By Fightmetric's reckoning, round three should be scored for Penn, who out-struck Edgar 11 to 10. Strangely, they consider the fourth round a draw, despite the fact that Edgar landed 14 strikes to Penn's 13. So, Penn edges ahead by one more punch, and wins round three, but Edgar does the same in the following five minute period and isn't given the nod. The confusion generated by such a troubling double-standard is compounded by the fact that many seem to be ignoring the full judging criteria.
While effective striking and grappling should be held in the highest regard when judging a fight, we can't forget that a victory in the UFC is defined by other qualities as well. Foremost among them is "Octagon control" (read: controlling the space of the fight, and the pitch of its flurries and scrambles). In rounds as closely contested as the third and fourth, then, surely a fighter's ability to dictate the pace of the fight can be weighed as a sort of tie-breaker. And, given Penn's extreme passivity in the fight's latter half, a razor-thin victory for Edgar based on his initiative and engagement in the last three rounds seems appropriate.
Anderson Silva, man, what in the hell?
In a full room at my parents' house, Anderson Silva's antics throughout the first five or so minutes of his title fight with Demian Maia were regarded with amusement, delight, and anticipation. As in "What a showman," and "Boy, is Demian Maia gonna catch a beating, or what?" As the fight wore on, however, dragging into minutes eight, nine, twelve, and so on, there was a change; an almost palpable, collective shift from admiration to confusion, irritation and, ultimately, a sort of caustic apathy. Those of us with something riding on the fight-not a financial investment, but an emotional one-were plunged even deeper. A sense of betrayal remains fresh.
I feel for Anderson Silva the same sort of bitterness we might reserve for a new friend acting a total shit: expecting much, having invited friends and family to meet him, we're horrified when he displays none of the wit or grace for which we'd begun to love him and, instead, seems to make a dedicated effort to embarrass us. We didn't know him well enough, and liked the guy too well, too fast. It's in this way that Silva's record sixth title defense-in which he taunted Maia, and essentially taunted the audience, for 25 straight minutes-is so disturbing. Following the virtuosity of his early title defenses we thought we had a good estimation of Silva, but it turns out maybe we didn't know him much at all. And post-fight interrogations have done little to clarify or contextualize Silva's seemingly malicious, pointlessly spiteful performance that night.
When asked why he treated the ritual of the title fight and the stoic but hapless Maia with such apparent contempt, the middleweight champ could only shrug. In the hours and days that followed, Silva would offer a nest of explanations so tangled, so contradictory, flimsy, and nonsensical, as to be painful. Imagine, if you will, that someone's words could kick your heart in the testicles, and you have a fair idea of how Silva's disinterested, blasé reaction to the whole thing feels for a dedicated fan. Anyway, with no real explanation forth-coming, the only thing we can really conclude is that UFC 112's disaster of a main event was, more than anything, a function of Anderson Silva's mercurial character. He has become, like many great and volatile artists and athletes, MMA's l'enfant terrible.
With Silva's temperamental nature now apparent, what can the UFC do? Nothing, really, except go about their business as usual. Trying to punish Silva with poor match-ups and crumby venues would constitute a game of chicken from which nobody would walk away unscathed (consider: the fans are bored by a poor match-up, the UFC suffers financially as a result, and Silva's remaining years in the sport are wasted. Nobody wins). At the same time, giving him some big opponent (big in name and size) would almost reward Silva's behavior. At this point, it seems like the only thing to do is refrain from letting such an unpredictable fighter anchor a high-profile event. As for the fans, maybe we should do our blood pressure a favor, and exercise a bit of Silva-esque detachment ourselves.
For champions new and champions infuriating, what next?
While a wealth of interesting lightweight bouts spring up in the wake of Frankie Edgar's upset victory, it looks like his first fight as champion will come as a re-match with B.J. Penn. Given that neither fighter looked especially dominant in their 25 minute affair, I guess this makes the most sense. Edgar approached last Saturday's bout with great verve, but didn't look as much of a destroyer as we'd probably like in a champion, and an immediate second fight with Penn would go a long way to establishing the title one way or the other.
As for Anderson Silva, a permanent move to light-heavyweight seems obvious. Indeed, given how much people clamor for Georges St. Pierre to pack on the pounds, I'd think that, for Silva, the jump in weight would be almost mandatory. Before he does, though, Silva has one last middleweight problem to solve, albeit an unexpected one. Chael Sonnen, owning merciless victories over middleweight frontrunners Yushin Okami and Nate Marquardt, is a true number one contender (a hundred times more so than Vitor Belfort, by the way, who has approximately zero wins over any ranked middleweight). Sonnen has earned the right to test his iron against the UFC's best fighter, and the fans are owed such a quality fight. Afterwards, pending Silva's success, let him move to 205 and deal with the Thiago Silvas and Quinton Jacksons of the UFC. It's long overdue.
Rainer Lee
Chicago, IL


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A Scotland Yard statement said:
"Police attended an address in Albert Square to execute an arrest warrant at approximately 9am... While officers from Newham attempted to arrest a male suspect, they were attacked by a pit bull-type dog.
"A dog unit was called to the scene and CO19 Specialist Firearms Command also attended. The dog was contained and subsequently shot dead."


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I found a nice looking 147 with a recent paint job and a 48" deck on craigs list for $350. It needs a little tinkering but it drove on my trailer and i only had to travel 6 miles to get it. It's not charging and the electric lift won't work, but i'll get it figured out over the winter. Now i have one for mowing and one that i can leave the blower on
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Congrats on the find and purchase. I would clean all the wire connections first then polarize it. If it still doesn't work then i would clean the contacts in the regulator. If it still doesn't charge then rebuild the S/G next.
I'm technically misunderstood at times i guess its been this way my whole life so why should it change now.
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what do you mean by polarize it.
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Forget about polarizing a starter/generater. It gets polarized every time you hit the starter switch.
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The Bachelor: Episode 10 Recap
As always, it's what everyone looks forward to every season just because of all the drama it brings out in people.
The Bachelor: Episode 9 Recap
So the remaining three girls head off to Switzerland where Ben has the same old conversation with each girl --- just in a different country.
The Bachelor: Episode 8 Recap
This week, Ben headed to the girls hometowns to meet all four of his girlfriends' families. Two of them went really well, one of them was fake and creepy, while the other was not what Ben was expecting.
The Bachelor: Episode 7 Recap
I'd like to take this opportunity to award Ben as the worst bachelor out of all the seasons. From Day 1 he started making out with each girl and I think he is not ready to settle down. Seems like he's just trying to find somewhere to keep his lips busy for a few months --- and promote his winery at the same time.
The Bachelor: Episode 6 Recap
What the heck was Jamie doing? I felt so awkward that I started sweating. I'm not sure what she said during "Kissing 101," but it's equivalent to this: "So you close your mouth, I'll open mine, and then close it while you open. OK, keep your mouth shut. Ready? Go." Everyone in America who was watching that is now more dumb. Jamie, I award you no rose, and may god have mercy on your soul.


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How have our own congregations been affected by Hurricane Katrina?
Katrina resulted in the total cessation of Jewish life in New Orleans—a communal Jewish life that has been flourishing for more than 150 years. The city is home to some of our nation's oldest and most beautiful congregations. Two of the four area synagogues—Touro Synagogue and Temple Sinai—were in non-flooded areas, but Congregation Gates of Prayer in Metairie sustained flooding in the sanctuary and Northshore Jewish Congregation in Mandeville had serious roof damage. As even the driest of sacred items can be harmed by humidity and mold, which have been in abundance in New Orleans, a team of rabbis and Movement leaders, including Religious Action Center Director Rabbi David Saperstein, quickly drove to the congregations and brought the Torahs and other sacred objects to Beth Shalom Synagogue in Baton Rouge for safekeeping.
How did temple leaders stay in touch with their members?
Immediately after the hurricane, the Union established bulletin boards so that members could post their whereabouts and stay in contact with fellow congregants. Also, since the synagogue leaders had left the city and no longer had access to their computer files, we provided each congregation with its Reform Judaism membership roster so it could contact members and offer support. We held weekly calls with their leaders and organized a Movement-wide conference call to brief leaders throughout the nation on the status of the New Orleans congregations and what they could do to help. In addition, through daily web updates and weekly e-mails to 15,000 synagogue leaders, we've kept the Movement informed, which in turn has led to over $2.4 million in donations—the most successful disaster relief campaign ever organized by the Union.
How have congregations taken action?
There has been an outpouring of support from congregations large and small. Three communities in particular have performed heroically. In Baton Rouge, Temple B'nai Israel opened a shelter for evacuees and Beth Shalom organized the rescue of sacred objects from the New Orleans synagogues. Members of Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi opened their homes to significant numbers of refugees, and in Houston, Congregation Beth Israel and Congregation Emanu-El provided office and worship space to many evacuees. Congregations across the Movement have helped in resettlement efforts. To cite just one example, Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas adopted an extended family of 31 people—five generations—who lost their homes and all their belongings. Members of the congregation met with the displaced family at their Dallas motel to assess their needs, and then the entire community swung into action. Within a day money was collected and leases were signed for seven apartments. Congregants collected and/or bought and delivered furniture (including 24 new beds) and household items. By Shabbat, all 31 evacuees had settled into their new homes.
In addition to facilitating communications, what else has the Union done to assist disaster victims?
We are part of a massive deployment of volunteers mobilized by America's organized religious community. People talk about organized religion being an oxymoron, but in reality it is the organized religious community—free of red tape—which has proven the most capable of immediate response to the ravages of Katrina. The Union promptly opened and publicized its Hurricane Katrina relief fund (to contribute, visit www.urj.org/relief), and as soon as funds came pouring in, we distributed them to local agencies delivering on-the-ground relief to evacuees. We also initiated a project called JACOBS' LADDER through which we solicit emergency supplies from Reform congregants across the nation; store them at a warehouse/relief distribution center in Utica, Mississippi; and then disburse the supplies as needed. Every day, we ship tons of food and clothing and other items identified as most needed by our partner agencies--primarily ministries serving evacuees on the ground in the Gulf and Mississippi Delta regions. We post the "most needed" list on our website and congregations send us materials by truck or UPS; Union staffers and other volunteers sort the donations in our warehouse; trucks provided by the direct service agencies pull up at our loading dock; and our volunteers load the supplies onto the trucks.
The Union staff members who've coordinated this effort have been nothing less than spectacular. Rabbi Deborah Hirsch, director of Regions, and Rabbi Marla Feldman, director of our Commission on Social Action, are heading up our hurricane response team, supervising the distribution of funds and organizing daily and weekly phone calls with New Orleans congregational leaders to address the needs of their communities. David Berkman, assistant director of our camping system, conceived of the relief distribution center idea along with Henry S. Jacobs Camp director Jonathan Cohen, and has coordinated all of the logistics, turning a vacant shirt factory into a functioning distribution warehouse complete with everything from shelving to a computer system. And Rabbi Edie Mencher, a clinical social worker who serves as assistant director of our Department of Jewish Family Concerns, has traveled to Jackson, Mississippi to counsel victims; similar counseling efforts are underway in Houston and in Baton Rouge.
You yourself went to Jackson. What was the purpose of your visit?
I had two primary goals. One was to hand-deliver money from our Katrina Relief Fund to relief agencies that could use it immediately—FedEx is still spotty there. One of our largest checks was endorsed to the Enterprise Corporation of the Delta, which runs a wonderful credit union called Hope Community Credit Union (HCCU). When FEMA decided to distribute checks instead of debit cards to evacuees, HCCU recognized that the majority of the newly homeless were poor individuals who did not have bank accounts into which the FEMA monies could be deposited, so they decided to open branches in evacuee shelters. They're opening individual bank accounts for the evacuees into which all individuals, regardless of prior means, can deposit their checks and have access to cash. We are very proud to help underwrite this effort.
In Jackson I also visited our 195-family Beth Israel Congregation, which has been in a whirlwind of activity since the hurricane. Literally hundreds of families have funneled through the congregation, and each has received cash to help them during the transition. In addition, many congregants are opening their homes to evacuees--people who may have to remain there for months. Using our disaster relief funds, the Union is replenishing the temple's resources so Beth Israel can continue to support the families passing through.
That Shabbat, I was the guest speaker at Friday night services. A large number of non-Jews, both Christians and Muslims, were in attendance to demonstrate their solidarity. Also present was a contingent of Jewish Red Cross volunteers who were working in various Mississippi shelters and wanted to be with other Jews on the Sabbath. But to me, the most moving moment was when I asked all those who had lost their homes in New Orleans and were now accepting the hospitality of the Jackson community to join me on the bimah for a special blessing. Soon, more than fifty people were standing by my side, and it was my turn to thank them for allowing us the privilege of fulfilling the mitzvah of hachnasat orchim, welcoming the stranger. At that moment the evacuees didn't feel like they were receiving, but that they were giving to us, which they were. I think we all felt very proud of being Jews, of witnessing how our Jewish values had compelled us to act in the midst of a national tragedy.


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Ep. No. 222
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ,
I greet you with joy in the name of our Resurrected Lord and Savior!
I am writing to you, dear brothers and sisters, to thank you for your generous and ongoing love and support for the Western American Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
As we remember the joyous and magnificent 50th Anniversary Celebration of last year, and how it so beautifully showcased the rich history of our diocese, its parishes, monasteries, and ministries, we now look to the many exciting and inspirational events of the present and the future.
This year I invite and encourage you to participate in our 18th Annual Diocesan Days Gathering which will be held at the St. Sava Mission in Jackson, California on the weekend of August 29-31, 2014.
The purpose of our Diocesan Days Gathering is to provide our faithful with an opportunity to gather together in one place, as one family, in prayer and fellowship. The festivities this year will include worship services, seminars, presentations, and discussions with our guest speaker the Most Venerable Archimandrite Methodius, Abbot of the Serbian Imperial Lavra of Hilandar. Social events, as shown on the flyer I have enclosed for you, will include a Serbian picnic, a folklore program and dance, and many more fun and interesting activities for everyone of all ages.
As you can see, we are preparing for a full and very eventful weekend. An event such as this is a great undertaking and it will require the help of numerous volunteers and the financial contributions of many generous and supportive donors. That is why I would like to ask you to consider becoming a Diocesan Days Sponsor. Our levels of sponsorship are Gold ($1,500), Silver ($1,000), or Bronze ($500). Your contribution will help to underwrite the cost of this event, which will allow us to focus on and provide three full days of spiritual and social activities for you, your family and friends, and the many other Serbian Orthodox faithful in our Diocese.
As is customary, each year we also prepare the Annual, which is a beautiful year book containing articles and photos of the historical events and important work of our Diocese. At the back of the book there are Greetings and Ads from our diocesan families and supporters. If you would like to purchase a special Greeting or Ad, or if you would like to become a Diocesan Day Sponsor, please complete the attached Form and return it to our Diocesan office at 1621 West Garvey Avenue, Alhambra, CA 91803. The due date for both Sponsorships and Greetings/Ads is Tuesday, July 15th, 2014. Please make your check payable to Western American Diocese.
We thank you for your generous support and thoughtful consideration. May the grace, love, and the communion of the Holy Trinity be with you and your loved ones as you continue your good works of stewardship in the Western American Diocese.
With brotherly love and esteem in Christ,
Right Reverend Bishop MAXIM
Bishop of the Western American Diocese


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Daria D. completed all the requirements to receive the highest award a Girl Scout can achieve, the Gold Award.
Daria encouraged second graders at Thornwood Elementary to read. She arranged for each second grade class to have a storyteller and organized an arts and crafts project where children created their own bookmark. She also collected gently used books and gave two to each child as well as a brand new book that she gift-wrapped.
"Every child wants to learn when given the opportunity and encouragement," said Daria.
It is a significant honor to earn the Gold Award. Girl Scouts who earn this award have demonstrated leadership skills, career planning, community involvement, and personal development. It takes two to three years of intensive work to complete all the requirements for the award. Less than five percent of girls who join Girl Scouts earn this recognition. A major component of earning the Gold Award is planning and completing a Gold Award Project that is a service to the community.
The event spanned four days, with each day lasting three hours. Ten people, who donated time or resources, assisted Daria. Approximately 100 children were affected by her project.
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Customer Reviews
Solid ChoiceReview by Misha Harris
Price Value Quality
1) The ProForm Power 995c @ S.A. - $999.00
2) The NordicTrack C900 Pro @ Sears - $979.88
3) The Sole f63 @ Sears - $999.88
I believe all the above treadmills were rated pretty strongly by consumer reports and treadmill dr. But, after trying them out in person I wasn't really impressed. My wife is going to be the primary user and, due to needing a soft running surface, we were leaning toward the NordickTrack. But, it almost seemed too spongy. Hard to imagine getting used to the almost buoyant feeling it creates.
A kind gentlemen delivered the treadmill. He wheeled it in to our garage and that was about it. The sucker is heavy so I didn't even try to move it in the house on my own.
My father-in-law came over and helped me move the treadmill to our guest room. Thank God, because it was heavy and unwieldy. I found the assembly to be simple and the directions easy to follow. Everything fit together pretty well and I'm happy with the finished result. It looks nicer in person than in some of the pictures and feels really sturdy. Everything works (the console, speed and incline buttons, etc.). All-in, it took about an hour to install.
Overall Impression:
This will definitely be sturdy enough for my wife (5'4" and 106lb) and, based upon the other reviews, should be plenty sturdy for me too (6'1" and 180lb). We haven't had a chance to actually give it a good test run. After we've tried it out for a couple months I'll try to update my review and provide more hands-on feedback. But, overall, this looks like it was a good purchase.
Other Misc. Items:
- I think the running deck on this unit is a little smaller (20"X56") than its competitors. But, first impressions leave me thinking this won't be an issue.
- It also appears the motor is 2.5HP, or about .5HP less than it's competitors. Because my petite wife will be the primary user, that doesn't really concern me.
- The competitor units try to entice you with some gimmickry (e.g. fans, speakers, big consoles). I like that LifeSpan appears to compete by providing what I was really looking for-a quality frame and motor without the bells and whistles.
- I like that the edges of the belt fit just under the plastic guards along the running deck. This is a clean look and way better than the Proform (the belt almost looked frayed and the edge was basically exposed).
- I like that this unit is fairly streamlined. Most of it's competitors have huge displays and consoles. They make the treadmill dominate a small room. This one is much more to my liking. It's just aesthetic. But I noticed it so I figured I'd mention it.
That's about all for now. Initially very pleased. Will update the review once we've had a chance to really give it a test over the next 2-3 months.
I am shocked at how great this treadmill is! Very little, if any difference from an industrial one.Review by RW
Price Value Quality
I looked around some and was able to find Lifefitness and other top brand refurbished treadmills for about $2,000 to $2,500. These are the large ones you find in the gym. Note that these are supposedly around $7000-$7500 new! The reason I was looking at these is because they are a known quantity and I was worried about something like a treadmill being cheap and not lasting or feeling rickety. I looked at Costco and locally at a few fitness stores and $1,000 was about the best price I could find for something that at least appeared decent. After looking at the many helpful reviews of this product, I decided I would go for it as this was a price point I was comfortable with.
I had read that the delivery date they give you when you order online will not be accurate, but that was not my experience. Immediately when I ordered it took my personal information and gave me a date and a 4 hour time window for delivery. They send me at least one email reminding me of the delivery window so that process was very seamless. I could be different for rural areas, but this part was great as I could plan to ensure I would be home ahead of time and just all done through the ordering process.
It was delivered my Ceva Logistics which delivers a lot of large shipments, but was done so about 2 hours outside of the window. They did call that morning just to confirm I was going to be there, but did not make mention of being late. The man who delivered it does not have another person with him, so my father in law who is in his early 60's had to help him lug it out of the truck and in to the garage. Not ideal, but please keep that in mind if you are going to purchase. Others have said that they asked the delivery man to help them take it to it's landing spot in the house with no success, and others have said that they tipped the guy $20 and he helped them take it wherevery they wanted. It's tough to know what you are going to get here.
The box is as long as the treadmill with the upright portion folded on top. It's generally impossibly for one person to really move this box, no matter how strong as it is just so long. I recommend keeping the item in the box and moving it in to the spot you will use it so you can slide the box on the carpet or floor. Possibly put towels or something underneath to help it slide. My wife who is 120 lbs and I amazingly were able to drag it out of the garage and in to the main room and down stairs and in to the basement. It wasn't easy but we were able to maneuver normal corners, etc. Certainly two normal sized men could do this a bit easier but it takes some effort.
We cut it out of the box and I must say the instructions were excellent and left no room for error. By myself it took me maybe 1 hour 15 minutes to set everything up. It's not complicated at all as I am the furthest thing from being handy so I believe anyone could do it. It's also not physically demanding.
The Experience:
There is a power switch in the back lower part of the unit to turn it on and off and after being on, there is a brief set-up of the time and date, etc. The unit includes everything you would expect out of a treadmill you would see at a gym. You hit Start and it just begins to move at a .5 MPH pace. There are buttons to automatically go at certain speeds such as 4 or 6 MPH or of course you can just arrow up or down in tenths like others. Of course there is an incline that can be set as well and the incline only goes in whole numbers, so no halts there. I think that is normal. There is a USB function where you can track how much you are running, but really the only function my wife and I have used is just turning it on and running for however long and changing the speed and incline.
There are two large spaces for water bottles (one on each side) that are well thought out and very deep and the actual monitor has little slats at the bottom so you could place an iPad or a Book on the front without it sliding down. Again, very well thought-out.
Upon going for my first run, I was shocked at the stability and experience being the same as on the Lifefitness treadmills at the gym! The cushion was something I wasn't sure about, but it is excellent with this unit and it is also very quiet. Much more quiet than I anticipated. The speeds all appear to be very accurate, although the 1 incline seems more like a .75, but that's not a big deal as you can always adjust up to compensate. So far, I have run approximately 30 miles on this treadmill and my wife about the same. So 60 miles in and it's functioning just as planned. What a great running experience!
It's much slimmer than an industrial treadmill and actually does not take up that much space. Although we do not use the folding function, I did test it and it folds VERY easily creating very little footprint. You would not want to consistently move this unit, but if you wanted to fold it up every day I can't imagine that would be a problem.
If you are on the fence of whether or not to buy a treadmill, I can't recommend it highly enough. In the Pacific NW where I am and the weather being so unpredictable, I know I can get a run in any time, any day. It feels great to get in even just a mile or a mile and a half if that's all the time I have. I take my iPad with my and use my Slingbox app so I can watch all my TV's shows on my DVR, or I just listen to music. I have been shocked at how for $1,000 you can get an awesome in home treadmill. My wife has run marathon's and is as thrilled as I am to have this. Durability will be a question moving forward, but I have no reason to believe that will be a problem. We did buy the Silicone Treadmill Belt Lubricant and it's a must to do that. I wish this were included with the unit, but I had seen it in enough reviews to know it should be purchased along with the unit.
Had problems with assembly. Console plastic could be better..!!Review by Emron
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The quality of the plastic on the console could have been better. It has some marks which I was told are from factory molding machines. They are more visible if the light is falling on the console from an angle (e.g. if you have a window on your side and light is coming through it).
I gave it 3 stars because of the hassle I had to go through due to screw problems and relatively cheaper looking plastic of the console. However, LCD looks good.
Adding volume control and displaying heart rate on the same screen is something that can be done to improve the current features.
Excellent Value.....Great QualityReview by Hal A. Pena
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The Amazon reviews are very accurate. In my opinion, you will not regret purchasing this product.
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Pros: Treadmill is quiet, steady, and comfortable. I walked four miles on it this morning and it was enjoyable. I did not use the speakers or a program, just the treadmill in manual mode, and there weren't any distractions or issues that annoyed me.
The treadmill was also easy to put together. My husband and I did it last night and it took less than an hour and there weren't any confusing or unworkable steps.
Cons: I cannot figure out how to enter my weight, height, age, etc. I've used dozens of treadmills in my life in fitness clubs and hotels and never had an issue with this. The console controls are more than a little confusing. I consulted the manual and eventually was able to enter the time and date after about a half-dozen tries.
Amazon Prime delivery was most definitely NOT two days. I ordered on a Saturday, and was told by Amazon that it would be delivered on Wednesday (which would have been fine). However, I received a call on Wednesday (I had stayed home that day to accept delivery) and was told the truck with the treadmill would be at the nearest depot on Thursday and that they would bring it to my home the following Monday - nine days after ordering. Had I know this I would have 1. ordered sooner and 2. not waited at home on Wednesday.
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HCG is human chorionic gonadotropin, a hormone produced during pregnancy. As a prescription medication, HCG is used mainly to treat fertility issues. HCG is not approved for over-the-counter use, nor has it been proved to work for weight loss. Companies that sell over-the-counter HCG weight-loss products are breaking the law.
So why has there been so much talk about the HCG diet? Perhaps it's because the diet recommends severe calorie restriction — typically just 500 to 800 calories a day. People who follow such a very low calorie diet are likely to lose weight, at least in the short term. However, that level of calorie restriction has risks, such as gallstone formation, irregular heartbeat, and an imbalance of the electrolytes that keep the body's muscles and nerves functioning properly.
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As the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley hit the sixth round, it was becoming clear that it's unlikely that Bradley had anything that would tilt the fight back in his favor. Manny appeared the faster boxer and the harder hitter, leaving Bradley to engage in firefights that he could not get the better of.
Bradley did manage to land a hard left hand about a minute into the round, but it looked like it barely phased Pacquiao.
This was probably Bradley's best round of the fight, before Pacquiao turned it up in the last 50 seconds, landing more hard shots. Then he mixed in a hard left uppercut and kept firing away despite Bradley trying to return fire himself.
Pacquiao looks very sharp and as good as he's been in several fights.
Round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Fight: 60-54 Pacquiao
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- 2:11 pm Wednesday, February 27th, 2013 by Leslie Gray Streeter
Carrie Fisher, sci-fi icon, blisteringly honest memoirist, playwright and candidly fierce advocate for those with mental illness, including herself, was supposed to be the featured speaker at the annual Old Bags Luncheon next Thursday. But sometimes, real life supersedes the social calendar – Fisher has cancelled her appearance after an incident on a cruise ship related to her bipolar disorder. The emergency fill-in: Fisher's mother, the legendary Debbie Reynolds, a previous Old Bags speaker and an equally candid supporter of her daughter.
Several weeks ago, I had a chance to speak to Fisher in what is believed to be the most recent interviews with her before last week's incident, from which she's reportedly recovering well. At the time, I found her upbeat and real, as candid and funny as she appears in books like "Postcards From The Edge" and her one-woman play "Wishful Drinking." When I asked how she was, she answered "I've been a lot better!" explaining that she was doing the interview from bed with a sprained ankle and "a little bit of a cold, which is absolutely a good excuse for staying in bed."
For about a half an hour, Fisher comfortably fielded questions about her career, her famous honesty about her life, former addictions and her illness, and about being a woman in Hollywood:
• On knowing the importance of having been in the fraternity of "Star Wars" actors – "I heard that George Lucas said to Samuel L. Jackson 'What part would you like to play?' and Sam just said 'I would like to be in "Star Wars".' I think that's quite a compliment to what we did."


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(WMC-TV) - Can you tell the difference between a marijuana leaf and a buckeye leaf? According to one woman driving through the Mid-South, neither could law enforcement officers on I-40.
This Ohio State fan wanted to show her support with a Buckeyes sticker on the back of her car, but she never thought it would get her pulled over.
Bonnie Jonas-Boggioni, 65, and her husband were driving from Texas to Columbus, Ohio to attend a funeral when they were pulled over in Shelby County on I-40. She thought it might have been because she was going 72 miles per hour, but the officer did not talk about her speeding.
"A car from another jurisdiction called ahead to let us know you were coming and that we better check it out," said Jonas-Boggioni in reference to what the officer said to her.
It turned out that the officer thought the Buckeyes sticker was actually a sticker of a pot leaf.
"Then he said, 'Well, you need to take that off,'" she explained. When she asked if she had to take it off just while she was in Tennessee, she said the officer replied, 'No. Forever.'
After a few minutes, she and her husband were let go. Although, she did not receive a ticket and thought it was funny, she was not happy about it.
"We were still kind of laughing until I got here, and then I thought, 'Now that's not right,'" added Jonas-Boggioni.
She wrote about her experience to several local papers and the story went viral.
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At 10:34 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2, Kyle Staser, 27, of Zionsville, was arrested for driving while suspended with a prior conviction and possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. The arrest occurred during a traffic stop at the intersection of U.S. 421 and 116th Street.
At 2:31 p.m. Monday, Sept. 3, Jimmy L. Ryerson, 35, of Zionsville, was arrested for battery. The arrest occurred in the 9600 block of East County Road 600 South.
At 8:23 p.m. Monday, Sept. 3, Joseph Ardelean, 18, of Zionsville, and Reece Scope, 18, of Zionsville, were arrested for minor in possession of alcohol. The arrest occurred in the 500 block of Century Oaks Drive.
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At 3:46 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, police cited Nicholas Zuber, 23, of Fishers, for driving while suspended. The citation occurred at the intersection of Ford Road and Oak Street.
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Hi, I'm tryng to make a voip call programmatically, via the Phone structure ( I don't want to make my own voip client ) in symbian 9.x.
I would do that because in my company we have an internal voip network and my phone is preconfigured with this server.
When the voip server is activated on the phone ( my configuration is at startup time via the corporate access point ) I simply insert a number and I press green key for make a call (also internal numbers..), or in the phonebook i select the entry and then dial-->internet call.
I would then replicate this operations programmatically.
Previously for make calls I used CTelephony api's, but always direct calls via operator line.
I found in the extension plugin the "PhoneClientDialAPI " and in the wiki an article :
I tryed this code but I have some problem... the first one is that I must comment the line :
because the I can't find the header file :
I have then integrated it with the call type selection :
but the second one problem is that the code don't do anything in my phone, that is an E60 ( I tryed voice/video/ and then voip... the result is the same...)
the questions....
are this api's correct for do the operation that I would ?
can someone explain me how use this api's or how I can do this type of call ?
my dev cert is simple and haven't the 7 strong capability is that the problem ? ( network control required how indicated here http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/fo...d.php?t=104866 with a similar approach ? )
If is necessary I can post my code...
p.s. I tryed also an another approach but isn't very "strong". I emulate users operations with simulate key to Phone application, but I'm able to repeat the operations only 1 time... In fact, after the call when I click on right or red button for cancel the number box the phone application lost the capability to display it when I emulate a key. Only if I manually enter a number the box is re-displayed and the phone app accept key emulation. ( also if in the main phone window I long press the red key the phone app accept key emulation ). Anyone know how correct this problem or programmatically display the insertion number box?


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