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Abbe De l'Epee
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Andrew Foster
The first deaf African American Gallaudet graduate and founder of schools for the deaf in Africa.
Deaf People in Ancient History
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Douglas Tilden
Profile of a famous deaf sculptor sometimes referred to as the "Michelangelo of the West."
Dummy Hoy
A deaf baseball player who has yet to make it into the Hall of Fame.
Erastus Smith
The only deaf man known to have an entire county named after him.
Gil Eastman
Profile of Gil Eastman, a very accomplished deaf man who is remembered for several things, particularly his hosting of Deaf Mosaic.
Helen Keller
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Juliette Low
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Laura Bridgman Julia Brace
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Laurent Clerc
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Using AA's 12 steps to overcoming alcoholism, Mr. Rhodes illustrates how we can overcome our own addictions.
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That's right, your little girl may be using "roids" or "juice," as anabolic steroids are known on the street.
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- Money the state is receiving as part of the fraud settlement with banks may not be used for its intended purpose.
National stories of interest…
- Support for our continued involvement in Afghanistan keeps falling.
- Rising gas prices will be a factor in the fall.
- Occupy Wall Street is running out of money.
- Tim Carney explains why there was such a discrepancy between BLS job data and Gallup's estimate of the unemployment picture for February.
- Job growth is expected for 2012 to largely come from the IT sector.
- In case you missed it, the House overwhelmingly passed the JOBS Act at the end of last week.
- Free speech is under fire thanks to laws criminalizing "hate speech."
- Adam Smith, much like Ayn Rand, was suspicious of crony capitalists.
- Jim DeMint says that he may not support Paul Ryan's budget for FY 2013.
- Government-backed green light bulbs are incredibly pricy.
- South Carolina Lt. Gov. Ken Ard resigned on Friday.
- When you look at the delegate math in the GOP race, it's not looking good for Rick Santorum.
- Read this before you jump on the "Kony 2012″ bandwagon.
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Lakisha R. Lemons is her name, and I'm only just now learning about her - a director who, as you can clearly see, happens to be young, black and female, and, by the way, has 3 features on her resume; none of which I've heard of, and thus, not seen. But maybe some of you have. If so, feel free to chime in with your thoughts on her work.
The 27-year-old Ms Lemons is the sole founder of LL Productions, LLC, a Texas based film/TV production company.
After a 2005 short film, she's since directed 3 feature films - Rent a Car (2010), Be My Teacher (2011 - both released on DVD via Maverick Entertainment), and her most recent effort, a horror/thriller titled Border Break, which is currently in post-production.
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In 2010, Janet Taylor went to Cancun, Mexico with her friends for Spring Break. She's been missing ever since... Susan Taylor hires a film crew to find answers regarding the disappearance of her daughter Janet. Documenting all the evidence and testimonies from key people in the case, the film crew develops a re-enactment of Janet's departure to Mexico and the events that occurred shortly afterwards.
The trailer for Border Break follows below. And while I can't say that I'm immediately taken with the few clips I've seen of Ms Lemons' work thus far, I can't help but pay attention to her hustle, with 3 features already done; the first 2 released; the 3rd in post. And she's still under 30 years old. Also, in a time when financiers are a little tighter with their spending, the budgets for Lakisha's film have increased with each outing, from $45,000 for the first one, to $100,000 for the 3rd. So, she must be doing something right!
But we'll reach out to her so that we can learn more (here's the Border Break trailer):
monkeysuit | December 29, 2012 10:29 AM
And what is with this patronizing tone? "Good for her! She's a woman! She's black! And she made a movie!" We're supposed to blindly support her for those reasons alone? Bump that she ain't a child. I don't care who you are. If it's problematic, it's problematic. And as a black woman myself, I hope people treat me the same.
Monkeysuit | December 29, 2012 10:24 AM
Nah buddy. I'm with Darkan on this one. I don't want to see no evil-black-man-terrorizing-the poor-blonde-girl-Birth-of-a-Nation ish. And the audio is terrible. Her being black doesn't give her a pass.
A | September 15, 2011 12:17 PM
Not my type of film at all so I will be skipping it; but she is out there hustling instead of just talking and complaining, so I can't hate on her. The movie doesn't look bad for that genre.
Come on now - relax and support this woman. Not everything has to be 'racial incident' and not everything is about black men.
Geneva Girl | September 15, 2011 8:20 AM
Good for her! I can't say that I'll see this or her other films, not my cup of tea, but I will look out for her future work. I love that she has all of that hustle for a young woman. I hope that she gets the notice and money she needs for something bigger and better - and not horror, even thought there's clearly money to be made there.
darkan | September 15, 2011 7:48 AM
Candyman had his drawing hand chopped off by white people, was covered in Honey and stung to death by bees for smashing down a white woman in the 1800's, so he had every reason to go off killing people. Besides, if you remember the movie he killed ANYBODY that said his name five times in a mirror. What's the reason for this brother in Border Break to go off and "kill the seeming, out having fun, white people"? It didn't look like they did anything to him or at least the trailer didn't show that. Not the same thing.
James Madison | September 15, 2011 3:50 AM
Good to see one of the ladies doing the horror genre.
I'm not familiar so I'll look for her other work.
TedTheodoreLogan | September 15, 2011 3:25 AM
Were you spouting the same nonsense when Candyman came out? Just wondering.
Neziah | September 15, 2011 1:13 AM
Never heard of her, but I will now keep any eye out for her upcoming work.
darkan | September 14, 2011 12:42 PM
It looks interesting but what the hell!? Why she got a brother as the antagonist and doing all the terrorizing and killing them white kids? Even if it's a true story or she did it to keep the money rolling, why is she as a black woman promoting that when she could tell any story? I'm lost on that one. Black men can't get a break. We are either weak or stone cold killers. Damn. SMDH.
MovieWatcher | September 14, 2011 8:06 AM
Love the trailer! Looks intense! Can't wait to see it, Even tho Rent A Car and Be My Teacher weren't so good, I feel that Border Break will this young filmmakers Big Break! Good Luck with it!


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Posted Jul 18, 2011 5:38 PM CDT
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A Texas law firm focusing on serving the needs of individuals and small businesses has been impersonated by a group of Internet scammers who are trying to trick people into paying them money under the guise of collecting a debt.
Using fictitious names, they purport to be calling from or representing a law firm, seeking to collect on a past-due loan, reports the Killeen Daily Herald.
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By: Fashion Spy - Published: Jan 11, 2007 Updated: Apr 20 2011 • References: fabricanltd
A company called Fabrican has created couture in a can. Essentially, they make spray-on fabric. That way, your clothes fit directly to your skin and you don't have to worry about chemicals leaking into your body... er... wait... maybe you do.
Implications - According to Fabrican, however, the spray will help make people's lives more convenient, healthy and fun. In addition to spray-on clothing, they are currently planning to release similar products that would include medicinal, hygienic, and pollutant-removal applications. It might seem hard to believe, but given that they've already come this far, it will be interesting to see what Fabrician comes up with next. Keep your eyes peeled for more developments!


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Spearheaded by Gawad Kalinga, through GK-Southern Leyte Head Dr. Jerome Paler, the Bayani Challenge 2014 will start from April 12 to June 12, 2014 in the Visayas Region to include the provinces of Samar, Eastern Samar, Leyte, Negros Occidental, Capiz, Bohol, Cebu and Aklan and Zamboanga in Mindanao.
.GK Bayani Challenge 2014 is targeting 20,000 houses in the mentioned calamity-hit areas. Though, "we have substantial fund for 1,000 houses @ Php110,000/unit," Paler disclosed adding that GK is looking for volunteers for the manpower at about 10-15 volunteers/group for each house.
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GK is inviting volunteers to build houses, schools, including tree and mangroves planting, coastal clean-up, building paraisong pambata, health/medical mission, among other activities, according to Facebook Account of GK Head Paler.
"This is not only about house build but this is also about solidarity with our fellow Bisaya Brethren," Paler noted in his account inviting participants.
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I am trying to extract a field from logs and generate report from it. Basically, I am trying to identify the authentication method.
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This extracts a field called authentication_type with value password. But, it considers Password and password to be two different values. Does anyone know how can I force splunk to consider both the same values?
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So, what if I don't extract fields at search time but extract using the manager? Will splunk consider Password and password different? If so, am I always required to use eval and lower functions at reporting type?
(14 Jun '11, 12:08) rahiparikh
That is correct. You can make the regular expression insensitive to case, but not the value extracted. Eval must be used @ search time for this.
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Wow! I didn't know that one! Thanks! :)
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I was on my way home with a friend from work, as I was almost dozing off already listening to the drowsy tone of the radio lame music playing on the Australian airwave, suddenly it woke me up like ice water being poured onto my crotch as the DJ announced an event coming up that same evening. Shannon Noll was going to perform at Centro Galleria at 630pm, and as I checked the time, it was nearly 530pm already !! Dammit, if only I knew earlier, I would have gotten out of office earlier and rushed to the spot to secure a more auspicious position.
For those of you not from Australia, or anyone else who do not know who Shannon Noll is, well, he is the first Australian Idol runner-up, and has produced several number of albums over the years. To be honest I do not know much of Shannon as well, I am not exactly a huge fan of his, but I have to admit that his work can be outstandingly fabulous. Some of his older tracks have become my favourites, "shine" and "now i run" are constant looping tracks in my Winamp playlist even until these days. I think he has gorgeous vocals, and great talents in presenting power and emotions into his numbers. You can't really go wrong when you almost win the Australian Idol, can you?
Thanks to the last minute knowledge, I was rushing like mad to Centro Galleria, and the after-work evening traffic was not helping either. I was late, I reached the place at 645pm, hoping the event would be anything similar to something that can be found in Malaysia, but that was just wishful thinking on my part. People here are seldom late, punctuality is the way things work here. I missed out a huge chunk of Shannon's performance, but I managed to catch his final 2 tracks.
How was it? It was absolutely fantastic, his vocals somehow is more vibrant being performed live. Though this was just a promotional feat and nothing near a concert quality set-up, but the show was surprisingly great. the crowd was deeply immersed in Shannon's voice. I forgot the tracks of the songs he performed, and the songs are new anyway, from his album that has not yet been released.
I was standing rather far from the stage, and the dim lighting was quite annoying to take decent photos. Nevertheless, all I could do was to crank up the ISO level and that resulted in some undesirable noises in the photos I took. Well, at least it was better than blurry and unusable photos. Man, if only I knew about this earlier and went there to secure a spot at the front row !!!!
All in all, it was worth rushing from after-work to the performance, though I only managed to catch the final two songs. I did not get to capture any videos, because I thought there would be another song coming up, and was going to record that in video, if there was ever the "next" song. For a non-Shannon fan, I did enjoy myself. Imagine how freakily crazy the fans could have been.
On a separate note, on my way back from Galleria to the City Busport, there was this Japanese lady that boarded the bus, but she spoke not a word of English !!
The driver asked out loud: "Does anyone here speak Japanese?"
For some odd reasons, half of the heads turned towards my direction.
Then when I looked around swiftly, I realised that I was the only other Asian besides that Japanese Lady who cant speak English, and I replied in equally loud tone: "No, I am Chinese, sorry".
That was purely a mistake man, I should have just kept quiet. Now the other half of the heads turned and looked at me. I swear all eyes were on me for that particular unfortunate moment.
Man, what am I supposed to do in such situation?????
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Florida radio DJs Richard Dixon and J. Willoughby ran a contest where the listener with the most interesting thing to trade won $100 gas card. Partin offered up naming rights to his unborn son and won. So the baby, for better or for worse, will be named for both men... the "and" included.
Can you imagine? My husband named our younger daughter, and I love both her name and the fact that he chose it. But had he come home and announced that he sold that right for a couple of fill-ups at the gas pump, well, there may have been words. Samantha seems to be a good sport however, saying that her son (Will they call him Dix? Will?) will have an interesting story to tell.
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Ridiculous. A name is such an important part of who we are. The naming process has always been a part of a family's history. To be so selfish as to think that it will be "a bit of fun" to trade your child's name for a gas card ($100 isn't going to get you far either!) is the ultimate display of immaturity. Good luck, kid!
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I want to start this post by thanking everyone here at MHR. It has been refreshing to find a group of like minded people who love to post/debate the finer points of the Broncos. I have been a long-time reader in the background and have come to thoroughly enjoy the array of talented and thoughtful columns, opinions, and insights shared by MHR members. I live on the fringes of Raider Nation and Broncos news is... shall we say... a little light? The only joy is after the Raiders suffer a beatdown by the hands of my favorite team and the local fan base comes whining over the airwaves of the local sports radio talk channel to commiserate.
I have been a fan of writers such as Peter King and Michael Lombardi and have come to enjoy how they approach a myriad of issues around the league in their column. In the same vein, I wanted to start a post detailing some of the issues (specific to the Broncos, but also touch on other relevant issues around the league). This is mostly for my own benefit to capture some of the loose thoughts circling around in my head and put them to print. To the jump...
Elvis Dumervil and the Offseason
It was great news when Elvis reported to the OTA this past week. A true class act to come in despite all the madness around his contract situation, the tender, the CBA, etc. The guy has been nothing but a class act and I'm confident something will be worked out with the FO to make sure this guy is in a Broncos uniform for years to come. However, I'm nervous about what seems to be a dangerous precedent set by our FO.
The precedent? A slow, reactive approach to contract negotiations with our core players.
Example: In 2008, Casey Wiegmann was signed as a UFA after being dropped by his longtime team, the Kansas City Chefs. After signing with Denver at a nominal amount (I believe the minimum), Casey went on and had a sensational year (after the retirement of long-time great Tom Nalen) – starting 16 games and being voted to his first Pro Bowl. This was a clear case where a player had out played his contract. Naturally, Casey thought he deserved a pay raise. He approached the team and publicly aired he would rather retire than play on the under-market contract. The FO remained quiet, but asked him to honor his contract and it would be looked into. After Casey showed up for OTAs and played the good employee, he was rewarded with a new 2-year deal. Now, I realize Casey struggled in 2009 and the team went in another direction this year, but like Elvis, the answer to a new contract for a deserving veteran seems to be a "let's see" approach once you come in and play the good trooper. Casey and Elvis have been (and were) good troopers, but I don't see these attributes shared by many other NFL players.
This practice (on the exterior) looks similar to the Patriots front office. The Patriots have done well with a core group of veterans through their championship years, but it seems to be catching up to them now. The Rodney Harrisons, Teddy Bruschis are gone and left in their place are the young group of players developed internally by the team. However, you start to see those young players turning into veterans outperforming their contract (Vince Wolfork, Logan Mankins) who now openly express their anger at the organization, threatening holdouts, an MSM bonanza! Could this be the reason for some of the diminished play out of the Patriots team? Brady mentioned the veterans weren't listening to Belichek last year resulting in some of the underwhelming results of the team – but can you blame them when the players see the treatment their teammates receive from the organization (especially ones who seem to be towing the company line)?
I recognize we have a relatively new administration, a new team-first attitude, a CBA showdown drama about to unfold, but we have come accustomed to a strong organization where players want to come and play. But to maintain a strong organization where things like loyalty, team-first attitude are the mantra – it has to be a two-way street. Instead of letting these issues fester in the press, can't we get ahead of these issues, talk to agents, and take care of our own? Let's get Elvis that contract and show our team that the right way will be rewarded the right way. I hate to think what will happen as our next wave of free agents come up for contracts (or outperform them) and we get to live through another offseason of listening to a slow front office.
Now, I recognize there will always be contract issues to work out (and some aired publicly), I'm merely pointing out a trend I hope our team can escape as we bring in the type of players McDaniels is looking for. I think he is doing the right things – I just want to keep the players who are doing the right things. Let's not continue this Belichek trait so we can keep the team competitive.
Tim Tebow - The Lightning Rod
When I first learned we had drafted Tim Tebow, I was sitting in my hotel room in the middle of mainland China (business trip) thinking – what the heck are we doing? Tebow!? I have gradually warmed to the idea and have been generally impressed by the kids' attitude and demeanor. But wow, the venom generated by so many of the MSM about this guy! What is it about him that makes all these people so outspoken about him?
My opinion is this. If you ever have a chance to draft a franchise quarterback, you do it. No questions asked. Look at all the teams still looking for a franchise quarterback. When was the last time you saw a consistent effort out of teams like Buffalo, Cleveland, Minnesota (before Favre), Detroit (before Stafford), the Colts (before Manning), even the Broncos (before Elway and after). A franchise quarterback changes the whole mindset of your team. He instills his will in the team and wills it to win. And sometimes, he has to moxie put the weight of the team on his shoulders and win the game himself. Elway had this in spades. Manning, Brady, Montana, Favre… I think you get the point. Now think about everything you have heard from Tebow from his college career (not the mechanics or whatever silly bias the MSM throws at him). Does he not fit this bill? Thinking about this and what McDaniels has said to this point in the offseason, I think I see what he (Josh) sees in him and why he risked so much to go get him. So he's not ready yet (or maybe?), but when you have a chance to bring in a difference maker at the QB position and transcend your team, it's not a question.
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· Oh, the offseason. Hope blooms anew. And Raider Nation screams about how things will be different this year and how last year was an aberration. Sorry, not buying it. Jason Campbell is an upgrade for them, but he does not fit the vertical game this team is built around. The offensive line is porous. Yeah, they had a good draft. Well, guess what, starting a rookie crop is a first class ticket to a top-5 pick in the next year's draft. Sorry Raiders, you are on your way to another 5-11 year (cue small violin in the corner)
· The Jets are being touted as the team to beat next year in the AFC East. I think this team is a classic example of replacing balance with bling, role players with name players. Call it the Washington Redskin model. We'll see how it works for them. But I don't think this is a team as close as they seem to think they are
· Speaking of the Redskins, I'm curious to see how the first year of Shanahan will play out. I have all the respect in the world for Shanahan and think he is an unbelievable coach. But his GM abilities are shaky at best. Getting McNabb was a coup, but switching the defense to a 3-4 and alienating your best defender (Haynesworth)? I think we are going to see the 2008 version of the Broncos (good offense, questionable defense) with this team
· Andre Johnson – did you just experience a brain fart and come to your senses? You signed a $60M contract 2-years ago and you starting whining about it? Could you really spend $60M in your lifetime? Maybe I'm calling out the wrong guy – Rick Smith, are you out of your mind? If I'm on that team, I'm very interested in this move. If the Texans make a move on the contract, I'm calling my agent!
I hope you enjoyed my post and welcome your candid thoughts. Thanks for reading!


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I know we can win this series. I believe that we will. That didn't stop me from waking up this morning, after a night of restless sleep, feeling debilitated. Feeling like I'd just been through a bad breakup. Trying with all my will to stay positive, to keep the dark thoughts from creeping into my mind. I take this so absolutely personally, and I've started to question my sanity. But no, I'm just a Clevelander.
However, I do question what it is that makes me take Cavs, Indians and even Browns losses so personally. It's just sport, right? But it's not to me. I've realized my love of sports is born out of the purest passion for seeing my hometown strive and succeed. Too long has our city been maligned, mocked and looked down upon. A championship can bring this city something so uplifting, simultaneously tangible and symbolic. As Clevelanders, we pride ourselves on our balance between chip-on-our-shoulders inferiority complex and hopeless optimism. We need something to swing the balance towards the latter if we hope to see our city excel and rise up to the great heights it once occupied.
Maybe this is all in my head. Maybe I'm crazy. But I want this. I want this very badly. I want it for the city of Cleveland. And I know we can do this. Because no matter where I am and what I'll become, I am always, first and foremost, a Clevelander.
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Is Randy Orton still a main event performer?
That question might seem crazy since he is clearly one of the top three superstars in the WWE along with John Cena and CM Punk. Perhaps the better question is why hasn't WWE been using Orton as a main event attraction on its pay shows over the last two years?
I wanted to find out some basic summary information about who has been participating in these WWE pay-per-view (PPV) main events during the Cena/Orton era, and I am beginning at August 2004 because that was Randy Orton's first PPV main event match. From August 2004 through today, WWE has scheduled 106 PPV events. That means there have been 106 main event matches spanning those shows. My definition of the term "main event" is the match that ends the show. The only exceptions to that would include any Money in the Bank cash-ins that occurred to close out a show, such as Alberto Del Rio's championship victory at SummerSlam 2011. I consider the main event of that PPV to be Cena vs Punk.
Here is a breakdown of what I found out about these main event matches and how Randy Orton compares to everyone else.
First I'll look at the type of match that was placed in the main event spot during those 106 shows:
1 vs 1: 66 matches
Triple Threat: 9 matches
Elimination Chamber: 7 matches
Royal Rumble: 6 matches
2 vs 2 Tag Team: 6 matches
Fatal Four-Way: 5 matches
Large Tag Team Matches: 4 matches
Championship Scramble: 1 match
5-Pack Challenge: 1 match
6-Pack Challenge: 1 match
Initially, I am most interested in those 66 one-on-one main event matches. This is because I consider the one-on-one matches to generally be the much better indicator of who WWE is pushing the hardest. The multi-man main event matches (like the Elimination Chamber) will often find some midcard guys like John Morrison thrown into a main event match, but if WWE really thought he had drawing power, chances are he would find himself in an occasional one-on-one main event match on a PPV. Here is the breakdown of which wrestlers have appeared in these 66 one-on-one matches since August 2004:
26 Matches: John Cena,
Chavo Guerrero
12 Matches: Undertaker, HHH, Orton
11 Matches: Batista
9 Matches: Edge
6 Matches: CM Punk
5 Matches: JBL
4 Matches: HBK, Jeff Hardy
3 Matches: Barrett, Jericho, Angle
2 Matches: Miz, Mark Henry, Great Khali, Booker T, Mysterio
1 Match: ADR, R-Truth, Kane, Sheamus, Lashley, Umaga, RVD, Eddie Guerrero, Hogan, Big Show, Flair, Benoit
Most of WWE's regular main event performers in this time are either out of the company now or are just part-time workers (Undertaker, HHH, Batista, Edge). Orton is clearly the most established active main-eventer after Cena. But three of Orton's main event matches came in the second half of 2004 around the time of his initial title run, and six others came from August 2007 through October 2009 when he feuded with Cena and HHH. But things have been different for Orton since the start of November 2009. There have been 28 PPV events in that time with 15 one-on-one main event matches out of these 28 shows. Here is the number of times each superstar appeared in one of those 15 one-on-one main-event matches:
10 Matches: John Cena
3 Matches: CM Punk, Wade Barrett
2 Matches: Orton, Miz, Undertaker, Batista
1 Match: ADR, HHH, R-Truth, Kane, Sheamus, HBK
Things look even worse for Orton when some context is added here. Both of his main event matches came against Wade Barrett in October and Nov. 2010. And both times Randy Orton was playing second fiddle to John Cena in that feud. This was when Cena was forced to be a member of Nexus. Cena was in Barrett's corner in one of these main event matches and Cena was the referee in the other main event match. Cena was risking being fired both times if Barrett lost to Orton. So those storylines and stipulations both revolved around how Cena would react to helping or hurting Barrett because Cena's job was on the line. Randy Orton didn't really matter too much in this feud even though Orton main-evented two PPV shows during that time. The main story was that Barrett needed Cena's help to try to win the gold, and Orton just happened to be the guy holding the championship at the time.
So what about the other 40 PPV main events? 40 of the 106 PPV shows did not have a one-on-one match in the main event spot. I ignored these matches in the summaries above. But for the sake of thoroughness, here is how many times each superstar competed in one of these other main event matches. I am going to exclude the six Royal Rumble main event matches, so that leaves 34 other main event matches. These main events would include all Triple Threat Matches, Fatal 4-Ways, 5-Pack Challenges, 6-Pack Challenges, Championship Scrambles, Elimination Chambers, 2 vs 2 Tag Team Matches, and Large Tag Team Matches.
18 Matches: John Cena
10 Matches: HHH, HBK, Edge
9 Matches: Orton, Jericho
7 Matches: Batista
5 Matches: JBL, Booker T, CM Punk
4 Matches: Undertaker, Morrison, R-Truth, Big Show, Mysterio, Lashley
3 Matches: Kane, Sheamus
2 Matches: Miz, ADR, Barrett, Jeff Hardy, Angle, Benoit, Finlay, Carlito, Masters
1 Match: The Rock, Bret Hart, Mick Foley, Daniel Bryan, 6 non-Barrett Nexus members who aren't worth naming, Umaga, RVD, Eddie Guerrero, Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase, Mike Knox, Spirit Squad, Test,
Chavo Guerrero, Hardcore Holly, Dvon Dudley, Bubba Ray Dudley, Tommy Dreamer, Sandman, Snitsky, Maven
Orton looks respectable on this list, but six of Orton's nine main event matches here came prior to November 2009. So he hasn't even been finding himself in too many group main events either over the last two years. His three most recent non-Rumble main event matches here would include Elimination Chamber in February 2011, a 6-Pack Challenge match in September 2010, and a Fatal 4-Way in June 2010.
Finally, to get a better idea on the more recent main event landscape, here is a summary of how many times each superstar competed in any PPV main event match (excluding Royal Rumbles) since November 2009, regardless of match type. There have been 28 such main events in that time:
18 Matches: John Cena
7 Matches: CM Punk
5 Matches: Barrett, R-Truth, Orton, Miz
4 Matches: Sheamus, Jericho, Morrison
3 Matches: HBK, Undertaker, HHH, Edge, ADR
2 Matches: Batista
1 Match: The Rock, Bret Hart, Daniel Bryan, 6 non-Barrett Nexus members who still aren't worth naming, Big Show, Mysterio, Kane
0 Matches: Chavo Guerrero
Randy Orton wrestled on every single one of these 28 shows, which is something even John Cena couldn't manage to accomplish. But this list shows that when it comes to main-eventing PPV's in the last 2 years, Orton is no longer a cut above the rest. He is just another name in the cluttered group of wrestlers way below John Cena. Would you consider any of these other active guys like Barrett, Truth, or Miz to be main-eventers? If not, then is it fair to say that Randy Orton is no longer a main-eventer? Orton has only competed in 5 of these main event matches in the last 28 PPV shows since November 2009 (excluding Royal Rumbles). So is Randy Orton still a main-eventer? If so, why has WWE rarely focused on him as the focal point for any pay show over the last two years? Is it simply a matter of being in Cena's huge shadow as well as being stuck on Smackdown without any other comparable stars of Orton's magnitude? Or does WWE think that Orton isn't that great of a draw in a one-on-one feud with anybody besides HHH or Cena? Has Orton's run as a face produced any memorable storylines or feuds worth focusing a pay show on? Would Orton be more likely to grab back some of the spotlight if he went back to being a heel? Or does he just need John Cena to get injured again so that WWE is forced to put the spotlight on other stars?
Finally, here are some miscellaneous tidbits that caught my attention.
- It seems that Cena's percentages of PPV main event matches has risen over these last two years as the other regular main eventers (HBK, Taker, HHH, Edge, etc) have fallen off the map and Cena has remained healthy. I think you really can argue that Cena is the only regular main eventer WWE has right now.
- Chris Jericho only had 3 one-on-one main event matches in this time span, and they occurred consecutively on the three PPV's in October and November 2008. The first two matches occurred when John Cena was out with an injury, and the third match was Cena's return match where Cena immediately won the championship from Jericho. I expected a higher number of these PPV main events from Jericho, but it seems that the overwhelming majority of his PPV main event matches have been matches involving more than two performers.
- Of the 12 wrestlers with exactly one PPV main event one-on-one match since August 2004, 6 of them came against John Cena (Umaga, Lashley, R-Truth, ADR, Sheamus, RVD).
Since the beginning of 2009 there have been 24 main event one-on-one matches out of 40 PPV shows. Only 6 of these 24 matches did not include Cena, Undertaker, or HHH as one of the two participants, although Cena was involved in the Barrett/Orton matches in other ways. These matches include the following:
Barrett vs Orton (November 2010)
Barrett vs Orton (October 2010)
Hardy vs Punk (August 2009)
Hardy vs Punk (July 2009)
Hardy vs Edge (June 2009)
Hardy vs Edge (May 2009)
- Doesn't it seem like 40 out of 106 is an awfully high percentage of non one-on-one main event matches for the pay shows? If so, is this because WWE generally sucks at creating interesting one-on-one programs and so they often just throw in a bunch of top stars with John Cena in a group match and expect people to buy it? I think WWE has been at its best in this time span when there are interesting one-on-one championship feuds, such as Punk/Cena, HHH/Batista, HBK/Jericho, Punk/Hardy, Edge/Taker, Cena/Batista, etc. But it seems that WWE has trouble creating or sustaining these interesting stories and so there are way too many group main event matches. But then again 13 of those 40 matches are either Elimination Chamber Matches or Royal Rumble Matches, which I almost always enjoy. So if those matches are excluded, that leaves 27 out of 93 total main event matches on PPV that were not non one-on-one matches. Is that percentage still too high?
- Even though I started in August 2004, John Cena's first one-on-one main event PPV match came in May 2005. Starting with that show, WWE has scheduled 95 PPV events. Cena has wrestled on 77 of these shows (he's missed several shows due to injuries and brand-specific PPV cards). Cena wrestled in the main event of 47 of these 77 shows.
- Cena and Orton fought each other on 5 consecutive pay shows from July through October 2009 (including 4 one-on-one matches), but only one of these matches was the main event. Randy Orton even has trouble getting the main event spot when he is feuding with Cena.


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In the quest to get kids on a healthy track, that's just where a group of them went Friday morning, to quest fitness in Jackson.
"We want to show children what it is to have fun and exercise at the same time while improving obesity here in Mississippi," said Jamela Alexander with the Childhood Obesity Project.
Alexander says making exercise fun is paying off. She says the state has seen a 13 percent drop in childhood obesity. To keep up that drop health advocates across the state are trying to change young habits and mindsets.
"A lot of them already have the stereotype that they can't do it but when they see that they can achieve their goal, you see their faces light up," said Herb Hammond, General Manager of Quest Fitness.
Hammond says convincing kids takes one step at a time, but it's adding up to a healthier generation.
"Once they see the benefits of working out the more energy they have and the better their bodies look and the healthier they are, we think it'll hold to them a little better that way," said Hammond.
Exercise isn't the only change in habit needed. Alexander says what kids eat and what they don't is just as important.
"It does take a diet. We talk to children about health and nutrition, what foods are great for health, what food are not so great and we kind of teach not just don't eat candy or don't eat snacks but eat those things in moderation," said Alexander.
The hope Alexander says, is for those healthy changes to follow kids home and engage parents as well. With the state still struggling with high obesity rates overall, Alexander says the fight is far from over.
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Google has added Street View imagery from the island of Hashima off the coast of Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan.
This was the island that played an important part in the Skyfall movie. The name means Battleship Island in English.
Google said:
Starting in the late 19th century, Hashima served as a coal mining facility and residential complex for 5,000 people. After the decline of coal mining in the 1970s, however, the island became completely abandoned, only opening up again to tourists in 2009. Hashima has transformed into an eerie tourist destination where you can see a once thriving town decaying and totally devoid of life. Apparently, Hashima's buildings are deteriorating so rapidly that you can hear parts of the concrete collapse as the wind blows from the ocean.


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Lea Michele got to spend her birthday on the red carpet at the 2010 Emmy Awards tonight.
The "Glee" actress wore an Oscar de la Renta Resort 2011 navy silk taffeta sweetheart neckline gown with burst of organza flamenco ruffles on the skirt.
Lea's dress is similar to co-star Jayma Mays, but you get more drama from Lea's gown.
The bangs are starting to take place nicely and I spot some lightly coloured highlights.
Her Lorraine Schwartz necklace is to-die-for and adds so much to this spectacular look.
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The whole world in their hands: the unchallenged power of the rating agencies. By AlexWard.
In this bleak era of economic paralysis, the only constants that have prevailed throughout the entirety of the global financial crisis are risk and uncertainty. On January 12th, Standard and Poor's downgraded France – joint-chief compere of the Eurozone's economic horror show and its second largest economy. The very same day, the economies of Spain, Italy, Portugal and numerous other members of the Eurozone suffered a similar fate. More recently, Moody's changed the UK's outlook from 'stable' to 'negative', prompting Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, to reaffirm that the state's commitment to austerity measures was not likely to fall by the wayside anytime soon.
In the current state of affairs, it is beyond doubt that the ratings agencies wield an astronomical level of power over governments, often cajoling them into implementing profoundly unpopular austerity measures under the threat of a downgrade. Yet, their status as the arbiters of the global economy is rarely put into question. It bears repeating that the role of these agencies is the secret to their power; they provide a sense of order and clarity to a world imbricated with uncertainty, providing impartial estimations of financial strength and creditworthiness for would-be investors.
At face value, this arrangement seems both logical and desirable. At a deeper level however, the ratings agencies can act capriciously, precipitating the disorder that they are supposed to counterbalance against. Defendants would claim that the agencies solely serve as the messenger, not in any sense the architect of all the mayhem that characterises the contemporary financial system. To counter, I would draw attention back to the original source of the current economic misery, the subprime mortgage crisis, wherein many securities rated highly by the credit rating agencies were swiftly and vastly devalued at the onset of the crisis, bankrupting countless investors and heavily contributing to the downward spiral that eventually became the global depression.
Thus, rather than mitigate uncertainty, ratings agencies amplify it. They fan the flames of speculation, impacting upon business confidence and stifling innovation as decision makers sit on capital rather than risk losing it. What's more is that whilst risk and uncertainty propagate, the demand for the ratings agencies to impose order upon the system also mounts, entrapping the economy into a positive feedback mechanism of unpredictability.
Overreliance upon the rating agencies follows, and that's exactly what situation we're in currently. Worst still, the duopoly of the rating agency market, with both S&P's and Moody's appropriating roughly 80% market share between them, raises further concerns. In particular, in the absence of competition, transparency issues and flaws in the actual ratings themselves are pervasive. The sub-prime mortgage blunder aside, the ratings agencies' inability to predict crises (the Asian financial crisis, Enron's bankruptcy and deteriorations in both AIG's and Lehman's creditworthiness, to name a few) has raised significant criticism.
Nevertheless, there remains no panacea to replace the ratings agencies. As uncertainty becomes more of a definitive tool for understanding and framing the developments of the international economy, rating agencies will only gather more influence. They also cannot be silenced, as ratings are mere opinions, protected by free-speech laws. One option would be to reverse the outsourcing of risk judgment from governments to ratings agencies. It seems improvident to place the fate of whole currency zones at the whims of two or three private firms, who's past record of judgment is hardly unblemished. However, nationalizing the role of ratings agencies would open a can of worms that is simply incompatible with the neoliberal model of western capitalism, rendering this option wholly unfeasible. One glimmer of hope lies in increasing competitiveness. This would ideally rectify transparency issues, whilst ensuring a certain level of prudence and diligence in the formulation of ratings. Overall though, there are no substantive or substantial signs that the ratings duopoly is to face more competition anytime soon and governments continue to act upon the vicissitudes of Moody's and S&P's. As such, the global economy is sure to feel the squeeze as overawing uncertainty tightens its grip. For this writer, this dreary situation calls for a downgrade of my own – from 'outlook: negative' to 'outlook: bleak'.
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Alex, I have a few problems and questions of your above piece.
1) In what way is the global economy 'in paralysis'? Also, how can you say the only constant themes of the financial crisis are risk and uncertainty? For instance there continues to be great innovation in this sector and that the banks' sea-change in their capital controls have made their businesses much safer – both points I feel you overlook in your sweeping judgement
2) Would you not say that the ratings' agencies opinions only reflect the mood and confidence of market investors, and so in the first instance the disorder that is precipitated would emanate from market forces rather than the agencies themselves? In addition I feel you downplay investors' role in viewing the agencies' ratings as simply opinions, as the investors who will survive in this era of rife uncertainty & risk will be those who have an idea for themselves of what they are buying, rather those who bought the CDOs and CDSs during the boom with much faith placed on the agencies' ratings (AIG's bust being a prime example).
3) Could you clarify how the agencies were the 'architects of the mayhem' surrounding sub-prime mortgages? Was it not that the mortgage CDOs were being shown to be rotten, as the housing market took a turn in 06-07, which prompted the 'mayhem' you refer to. This is evidenced by Goldman Sachs and other major banks taking out Credit Default Swaps against the mortgage packages they were selling themselves.
4) Also, how would a ratings agency bankrupt investors by downgrading the value of their CDO purchases, as their capricious (and as you indicate, fallacious) opinions are not linked to homeowners' abilities to meet their interest payments.
5) What is your reasoning behind saying agencies 'stifle innovation' by giving bad credit ratings and prompt investors to sit on their cash? Do they not, surely, increase innovation as the investors allocate their capital to the best investment options (who represent the best innovation) rather than wasting it on toxic deals?
6) How do you envisage more competition ensuring greater prudence and diligence in the formation of ratings, where the agencies themselves are funded by the banks' commission, where the Nash's equilibrium would see more favourable asset ratings as the institutions themselves choose who they get to rate them? In other words, the banks' would cherry-pick the agencies with the highest ratings for their assets, and so those agencies would be incentivised to give irresponsibly high ratings more so than now due to incresed competition.
I look forward to reading your thoughts.
Kind Regards,
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September is back to school time and Land O' Lakes Area Artisans (LOLA) is offering many new classes for adults.
On Friday, Sept. 7, from 10 to 1 p.m., Judy Kingsbury, a fiber artist from Rhinelander, will teach a beginner's course, Introduction to Dry Needle Felting — Bird Sculpture, in needle felting wool. Students will create a felted cardinal that could be used for gift giving. The $35 course fee includes all materials for this class. Deadline for registration is Aug. 31.
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ne afternoon in 1991, a fifteen-year-old Jeff Garcia was getting ready for the first night of the rest of his life. Jeff entered an amateur comedy competition at a local Los Angeles club. Jeff was full of idioms, sarcasm and street jokes. Jeff's edgy; street smart brand of comedy took second place that night. He went back to La Puente, California with an eight-inch trophy and fifty dollars in his pocket. By the time Jeff Garcia was sixteen, he landed his first television spot on HBO's Loco Slam. Since then Jeff has made over twelve television appearances, including NBC's Friday Night Video's, Vibe with Sinbad, and Galavision's Funny is Funny showcasing his comedy talent.
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According to historical sources, Catholicos Melchizedek was of a noble lineage and was a pupil of King Bagrat III.
Under his leadership Svetitskhoveli Cathedral was restored and adorned. He journeyed to
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History has preserved St. Melchizedek's will, in which he bequeathed a long list of holy objects, monasteries, and villages to Svetitskhoveli Cathedral. In his will the chief shepherd of the
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GUADALUPE, AZ - How would you like to drive home in a Cadillac Escalade or maybe a BMW or Jaguar?
More than 30 government-seized vehicles are going up for auction Saturday morning at Apple Towing in Guadalupe.
From a 1927 Ford Roadster to a 1968 Camaro, there's a wide selection of high end vehicles all the way down to mid-sized family cars.
You can view the cars that will be auctioned off from now until 5 p.m. Friday and then again Saturday morning starting at 7 a.m.
The auction gets going at 9 a.m. Saturday at Apple Towing, which is located at 5720 East Mineral Road behind Castle Furniture. See the location on Google Maps.
The auction is part of the Department of Justice Asset Forfeiture Program, and Lu Himmelstein with the U.S. Marshals Service said proceeds are used to fund victim restitution.
She said they are also shared with state and local law enforcement partners to further public safety efforts in local communities.


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Jessica Simpson's fiance hid engagement ring in shoe
Jessica Simpson's fiance hid the engagement ring he proposed to her with in a shoe in the weeks before he asked her to marry him.
According to Us Magazine, the singer, in an interview on US radio channel Sirius XM, said that her husband-to-be, NFL player Eric Johnson, had concealed the before going down on one knee – and had pre-warned her family, including younger sister and pop star Ashlee Simpson-Wentz.
She also revealed that he made her pause the television programme she was watching at the time but was insistent that he showed her something when she complained.
Johnson revealed a diamond and ruby engagement ring estimated to have cost in the region of $150,000 (£96,000).
This week, tennis star Anna Kournikova sparked wedding rumours after she was photographed wearing a diamond band on her ring finger upon leaving a restaurant in Los Angeles with her long-term boyfriend, Enrique Iglesias.


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Contract.Requires Method (Boolean)
Specifies a precondition contract for the enclosing method or property.
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Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
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