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News: SOHH EXCLUSIVE: Kid Cudi Brushes Off Drake & T-Pain Comparisons, "I'm Not A Trend" [Audio]
Friday, Sep 18, 2009 11:10AM
With this week's release of his debut album Man On The Moon, SOHH kicked back with Kid Cudi to learn more on his long-awaited solo project and what he thinks about being compared to rapper/singers like Drake and T-Pain.
While understanding why his rap talent gets him categorized amongst the likes of rappers who can perform melodies, Cudi stressed his debut would prove to fans that he is not a hip-hop trend.
"I'm not really comfortable with the word 'trend' and you throwing me in that group [laughs]," Cudi said about being compared to Drake and T-Pain. "But of course, it's inevitable when the media kinda takes something, a collection of things, and throw it all in the same box. But uhm, that's why I'm really excited about this album because once it drops and people hear it, they're gonna understand that like, that category you just mentioned, you'll never want to include me in it again. [laughs] I'm not like, part of that, I'm not a trend. You know what I mean? I'm kinda like, I've worked so hard to separate myself from anything that's trendy. You know what I mean?" (SOHH)
Drake publicly displayed his admiration for the Kanye West associate by saying Cudi inspires him earlier this week.
"We are rarely proud when we are alone," Drizzy wrote on Tuesday (September 15) via Twitter. "But to have another artist who pushes me and inspires me is a blessing. @kidcudi Mazel Tov!" (Drake's Twitter)
Drizzy previously name dropped Cudi as one of his fellow up-and-coming emcees entering the rap game.
"I been doin' this since I was about 13," he said in an interview over the summer. 'Degrassi' is bigger than what I'm doing right now, it really is. It's bigger than any Drake, Cudi, Wale, you know, up-and-coming rap sh*t. Like I was doing mall tours with 15,000 people...I was signing autographs for three, four hours." (Vibe)
Cudi's debut will reportedly take over the charts next week with over 100,000 estimated sold copies.
Not even Kanye West can hold back Jay-Z, who will return to the top of the chart next week, with a total that should top 200k for his much-acclaimed Blueprint 3, the first release through his Roc Nation label on Atlantic Records. Kid Cudi's Man On The Moon is estimated to gather around 110-120k. Other chart newcomers include Cash Money/Universal Motown's Drake (55-60k); Asylum's Lil Boosie (45-50k) and Dunk Ryder's Trick Daddy at the 12-15K range. (Hits Daily Double)
Check out a portion of Kid Cudi's SOHH interview below:


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Letter to President Obama calling for a basic income for all
by riseupeconomics, Wed Mar 04, 2009 at 06:51:13 AM EST
As our economy continues to implode, a new solution with a long history has gained support among a group of academics, activists, and economists who gathered this past weekend at the 8th Congress of the US Basic Income Guarantee Network in New York.
Leading intellectuals such as Stanley Aronowitz and Frances Fox Piven are among those who signed a letter to President Obama urging him to consider providing a basic income to all Americans as the most effective way to stimulate the economy, increase economic equality, and promote income security for all.
The basic income is an updated version of the guaranteed annual income that enjoyed widespread support in the 1960's among leaders such as Martin Luther King, James Kenneth Galbraith, and James Tobin, and in the 1930's with Huey Long's Share Our Wealth campaign and the Townsend Plan, which lead to the creation of Social Security.
As the banks, big corporations, and insurance companies continue to appeal for billions more in federal bailout funds, there is now a growing movement of progressives calling for a bailout for the American people.
Join us by adding your name to this letter (send an email to email@example.com), forwarding it around to your friends and colleagues, or sending your own letter to the president and your members of Congress. For more information visit www.incomesecurityforall.org.
Letter to President Obama
Eighth Congress of the U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network, New York
March 1, 2009
Income Security Institute
PO Box 53050
Washington, DC 20009
Dear President Barack Obama:
We urge you to consider establishing a basic income for all Americans as the most effective way to stop the contraction of the economy and begin a new era of economic prosperity for all.
This bold step would provide every American with a monthly income sufficient for their basic needs. It would truly stimulate the economy, bring customers to struggling businesses, restore consumer confidence, and provide freedom and dignity to all. And as Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote in Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? (1967), "the most effective solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a now widely discussed measure: the guaranteed income."
As our economy continues to shed well over half a million jobs each month, there are millions of Americans in dire financial straits. We should acknowledge that the economic system that we all depend upon is inherently risky and susceptible to wild swings. It is now time to ensure a basic level of income security for all in a way that is independent of the ever-changing nature of business cycles.
A full basic income for all Americans would cost approximately $1.8 trillion according to some estimates, or we could start with a more modest proposal that costs less. The U.S. has committed to funding a host of economic stimulus programs over the past year that adds up to about $9.7 trillion, according to Bloomberg.com. More than $3 trillion has already been spent or lent thus far, mostly in the financial sector, yet there is no end in sight to the ever-deepening recession. Spending $1.8 trillion to deliver much-needed income directly to the American people is a relatively small price to pay for turning our economy around.
The state of Alaska has had a successful experience for 26 years providing an equal dividend from its oil revenues to all residents living there for a year or more. It has helped make Alaska the state with the most economic equality in the nation. There they have applied a key idea of one of the intellectual leaders of the American Revolution, Thomas Paine: the right of everyone to participate in the wealth of the nation. The basic income is also gaining support in many nations around the world, including Germany, Brazil, South Africa, Namibia, Ireland and Canada.
The members of the US Basic Income Guarantee Network (USBIG) and the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) are available to meet with your economic team to discuss this important issue. Thank you for your consideration.
Stanley Aronowitz, City University of New York
Karl Widerquist, US Basic Income Guarantee Network
Steven Shafarman, Income Security Institute
Michael Howard, University of Maine
Eduardo Matarazzo Suplicy, Brazilian Senator
Frances Fox Piven, City University of New York
Nicolaus Tideman, Virginia Tech
Jason Burke Murphy, Educators for Social Justice, St. Louis University
Richard K. Caputo, Yeshiva University
Eri Noguchi, Columbia University
Jesse Johnson, Mountain Party of West Virginia
Almaz Zellekg, The New School
Michael Lewis, Hunter College School of Social Work
Harry F. Dahms, University of Tennessee
Doug Cresson, Monmouth University
Eron Lloyd, Henry George Foundation of America
Chandra Pasma, Citizens for Public Justice
Jeffery J. Smith, Geonomics.org
Al Sheahen, writer
Dan O'Sullivan, RiseUpEconomics.org
Buford Farris, retired sociologist
Sean Healy, Cori Justice
Brigid Reynolds, Cori Justice
Alanna Hartzok, Earth Rights
Stephen C. Clark, JaspersBox.com
David London, independent researcher, post-scarcity economics
Fabrizio Patriares, University of Rome, Democratic Party Italy
Reimund Acker, Netzwerk Grundeinkommen
Dorothee Shielbe Basha, Netzwerk Grundeinkommen
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Girl turned away from prom over breast size
By Mac & Gaydos
Originally published: Jun 4, 2013 - 7:12 pm
Originally published: Jun 4, 2013 - 7:12 pm
A Silverdale, Wash., girl was turned away from her senior prom because she was too busty.
According to KATU.com, Brittany Minder was turned away at the door after school officials felt her dress was too revealing.
"In my opinion, I feel that it is because I'm bigger chested and there is more cleavage that you can see, and there's nothing I could really do about that," she said.
The school does allow strapless dresses, which Minder had worn to prior dances with no issues.
"It was blatant from the start that the school was not being fair in how they were enforcing that rule," said Minder's dad, Gary Minder.
The school permitted Minder to enter the dance after she covered her bust with a shawl, but she only stayed about an hour. She felt her night was ruined.
"I felt self-conscious and they took the magic out of the night," she said. "It was tough being there after all that happened. I didn't feel comfortable. I already had a blow to my self-esteem. I didn't really want to be there anymore."
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Review by Dan Seifert on Thursday August 09, 2012.
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The A700 offers the standard Android 4.0 Gmail and email apps out of the box, both of which provide solid email experiences. Both apps have a two-paned display for navigating through the inbox and reading messages, and both also have scrollable home screen widgets to preview messages. In addition to the email apps, the A700 comes with the standard Google Talk app for video chatting and instant messaging, as well as the Google+ app that provides its own messaging system. Fans of other instant messaging services will have to head to the Google Play Store to find apps to support them.
Acer has included a handful of pre-installed apps on the Iconia Tab A700, as well as portals to the Wild Tangent repository of games and NVIDIA's Tegra Zone. There is a custom file browser, custom music player, a wireless print utility (only compatible with a handful of printers, unfortunately), and the Polaris Office suite, among others. Acer's custom apps don't really do much other than duplicate the functionality of the standard Gallery and Play Music apps available to Android 4.0, but they are there nonetheless.
In addition to the Wild Tangent and Tegra Zone portals, the A700 has full access to the Google Play Store, which offers hundreds of thousands of apps to users. Unfortunately, the vast majority of those apps are designed for smartphones, and either don't work or look ridiculous on the A700's 10.1-inch display. It is still difficult to find high-quality apps designed specifically for tablets in the Google Play Store, and the A700 suffers compared to the competition because of that.
The A700 comes with the default Android 4.0 browser installed. The browser is snappy and loads pages quickly, but it struggles when using gestures to pinch-zoom or double-tap to zoom. Scrolling is acceptably smooth, however, and the A700's high-resolution display means that you have to zoom in far less frequently than you would with a lesser screen. The A700 also support the Google Chrome browser, which can be installed from the Google Play Store.
The A700 is equipped with two cameras: a 5 megapixel unit on the rear, and a 1 megapixel camera on the front. Cameras on full-size tablets usually aren't very good, and the A700's rear camera doesn't do anything to change this impression. The camera interface is the stock Android 4.0 camera app, which offers quick access to zoom controls and a handful of settings. The camera does autofocus rather quickly, and shot to shot times are respectable, but that's where the positive aspects come to an end.
The camera's narrow lens makes it hard to capture a vista of any sort, and images taken with the camera are quite noisy and grainy - even in good lighting. Likewise, the 1080p HD video is pretty choppy and unimpressive.
Fortunately, the front-facing camera is bright and sharp enough for video chatting, though it too could stand to benefit from a wider angle lens.
As noted earlier, Acer has equipped the A700 with a custom music player, but you can use the standard Google Play Music app as well, since that is also installed on the tablet. Play Music can play back music stored on the A700's 32GB of internal storage, or stream tunes from a Google Music account. Despite carrying DOLBY Digital branding, the A700's external speakers aren't that impressive and don't get particularly loud. Bass response is pretty poor, which isn't a huge surprise, but the speakers do resist distortion even when the volume is cranked to the max.
The A700 comes equipped with a 9800mAh battery that is not user-accessible. That shouldn't be a problem for most, however, as the tablet easily lasted for a full day or more under normal usage. Acer claims that the battery is good for 10.5 hours of continuous video playback or up to nearly 8 hours of web surfing, and my tests showed those to be accurate estimates for its battery life.
The Acer Iconia Tab A700 is an appropriate upgrade to Acer's earlier efforts, but it doesn't really go far enough to make it a viable choice for new tablet buyers. Its sluggish performance and cheap feel make it hard to recommend against the ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity or the Apple iPad. Acer is selling the A700 in either black or silver for $449.99, which is a little bit cheaper than the competition, but I think that the extra money spent on the other options goes a long way towards providing a better user experience.
Dan Seifert
Dan is MobileBurn.com's Editor-in-Chief. Based in Poughkeepsie in New York, Dan can be found on Twitter as @DCSeifert.


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Everyone knows that a "top-of-the-line" gaming PC is often equivalent to the price of several gaming consoles, that's just a result of it all if you buy one pre-made from popular retailers. However, you can also get on for a much cheaper price if you do your research and/or build it yourself. But I digress already, as that is not the point of this post; instead, I'm here to tell you how to be a PC gamer after you have the rig, and I'm here to tell you how to be a bargain shopper and get games for cheap. PC gaming is all about being smarter and better than everyone else, it is the Master Race, after all.
As you can tell, I will not be condoning pirating or downloading games illegally, I believe in supporting developers and publishers for their work, which involves you know, paying for their product. As such, console gamers and many PC gamers have it ingrained in their mind that a game costs about $60 on release if it's a "AAA" title. I'm here to tell you that's not really the case if you know where to look.
To make things easy for you, I've decided to split this guide up into several different parts, organized pertaining to different concepts. They're all clearly labeled and when combined together, offers plenty of chances for you to save some of your hard-earned cash. After all - if you spent the money to get a great gaming rig, you owe it to yourself to save money on the actual games, right?
First and foremost, you need to understand that in order to save the most cash as a PC gamer, you're clearly going to need to buy almost entirely digitally. Granted, this has drawbacks, like not being able to sell the games when you don't want them anymore (which is not entirely true) and taking up that precious harddrive space. But I have responses to both of those issues: 1) Some sites DO let you "trade-in" your games for credit and 2) Uninstall the games you aren't playing...duh.
I get the issues that some people have - the fear that one day the internet will implode or the "forces that be" will suddenly decide to take all of their games away. But that's stupid, so stop thinking that. As long as you invest in a decently sized harddrive, you won't have any problems PC gaming. It's actually quite relieving to literally have all of your games a few mouse-clicks away.
You realize that your PC does a whole lot more than just play games, right? Believe it or not, you can surf the web and do a whole host of other amazing things on "high-end" PC designed for games - why not utilize it? Part of that, means doing your research. You should consistently check deals and sales on various different websites regularly if you want to get the best deals. While this list is no where near exhaustive, it should be enough to satiate that hunger for bargains. Check them out below:
I'm not going to get into the issues surrounding pr-eorder bonuses and deals or anything right now - that's a whole separate issue. Instead, I'll just say that you should pre-order games if you know you want them because you can often get them at discounted prices. Sites like Steam, GMG and Gaming Dragons allow you to pre-purchase games and usually have nice discounts on them. In addition to this, you can usually get DLC, other games for free or a whole host of additional bonuses. It's really just clever marketing on part of the publisher and distributor, but exploit it when given the chance! PC gaming is all about maximizing resources.
This is sort of the polar opposite of pre-ordering, but it works as well. When a new game comes out, obviously it will stay full-price for a while. One of the key difference between console and PC gaming however, is the amount of time games take to hit a sale. Console games could be full price for months, but I can guarantee within a few weeks you can find a sale on a hot new PC game. Sometimes it's only 10% or so, but money saved is money earned. PC gaming rewards patience and research, so don't always succumb to hype - you may regret it alter.
Why not indulge in some free-to-play offerings? Often times, they are just as good, if not better, than most of the "premium" games on the market. Check out my list of top MMORPGs and top non-MMORPGs for this year, as well as free-to-play focus over on our Youtube. Steam even has a whole section dedicated to free-to-play games! They may not have taken over the industry entirely yet, but there are so many great F2P games you'd be crazy not to try some.
I'll be the first to admit that I hardly ever even play most of the games I get during sales. Between my existing backlog of games, plus the steady flow of games to review - I find it tough to actually play all of the games I have at my fingertips. I cannot stress enough that you should make sure you actually play the games you get on sale!
It' easy to pick up a game for $5 here, $10 there and before you know it, you have more games than you can play. Then, the next big game comes out a few months later and you play it and your backlog continue to rise. While it's great to get games for cheap, it' still a waste of money if you don't bother to play them. Do yourself a favor and only buy games you actually have the time to play!
Do you have any more advice for those looking for cheap ways to get into PC gaming? Or maybe some obscure tips for those that know all of these things already? Let me know in the comments below!
UPDATES: After publishing, I updated the description of GMG and added a section on free-to-play games.


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It's not often that a team scores 15 runs in a softball game, and credits the strong defense showing for the win. That was the case however as the Salt Fork Storm girls softball team earned the 15-3 win over the Armstrong Potomac Lady Trojans in five innings.
With 15 runs, 14 hits and every starter scoring a run, the Salt Fork offense was downright fantastic. But with great pitching from Kalyn Learnard and good fundamental defense behind her, the Storm held the Lady Trojans to just three runs on seven hits and no errors.
"I think most of the time our hitting is the key." Learnard said."But today are fielding was really good too"
"We were fired up with how we played defensively," centerfielder Jenna Bryant added.
Bryant had the most impressive play of the game. In what would be the final at-bat, the team's only senior made a running, shoe string catch that ended with a roll into the outfield grass. She also led the team in hitting going 2-for-4 with a single, a triple, and four RBIs.
"Our hitting was a lot better than I thought it would be, especially with the little struggle we've had recently," Bryant said.
The secret to Salt Fork's hitting success isn't much of a secret at all. Simply put: focus on one at-bat at a time, make contact, get on base, and go from there.
"We don't focus on the score; we focus on making hard hits." Storm coach Kali Ford said. "We're looking for the base hits, not homeruns. I talk to the girls about driving the ball. We try to hit the ball hard and run hard around the bases."
This strategy seemed to work well Friday afternoon as the Storm scored six runs in the first inning, five more in the second, and four runs in the fourth.
The Lady Trojans had a few drives put together. They took an early 1-0 lead in the first inning, and scored one more run in the second and another in the third. The Trojans struggled to keep up offensively and with four errors had difficulty making plays defensively
"It comes down to routine plays," Trojans coach Brian Russell said. "Salt Fork is going to hit the ball, they're a good team. When they put the ball in play where we can make outs, we need to make those outs. We were down two seniors with injuries but that's not an excuse. We didn't make the plays."
Russell believes this loss could be a good thing and a turning point late in the season, but it's up to his players to decide.
"The girls are going to decide where we go from here," Russell said. "We can work hard and get better, or go the other way. We have six games left and I believe we are mentally tough enough to finish strong."


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Fans don't seem to care. MLS doesn't seem to care. U.S. Soccer doesn't even seem to care. Is there anyone who cares about the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup?
After knocking out the Harrisburg City Islanders, Reading United are set to head east to Red Bull Arena for an Open Cup third round match-up.
Chivas USA will begin their U.S. Open Cup campaign Tuesday against the LA Blues. We go over the news, as well as the draw for the next round should Chivas advance.
The coin flip comes out in Seattle's favor. If they advance past the Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL) they would host either the Wilmington Hammerheads or the Portland Timbers.
Should Houston and Dallas prevail in their third round matches next week, they'll meet again for the second time this year in Frisco in the fourth round.
Dallas has hooked a small fish for their first US Open Cup match.
Sporting Kansas City will begin their US Open Cup title defense next week at Sporting Park against the Des Moines Menace.
Bilal Duckett headed the Rhinos toward a 1-0 win over PDL side GPS Portland Phoenix. Rochester will now host the Revolution next week in the Third Round of the 2013 US Open Cup.
The Timbers U-23 squad has been eliminated from the U.S. Open Cup after a 1-nil defeat at home against the Charleston Battery.
Daily D.C. United links, today on U.S. Open Cup, the trialists, NYC FC, and a striker that I'd like to have.
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Two things that you may find hard to believe:
1) College basketball season starts tonight. I know, it snuck up on me too. I didn't even have time to prepare any season preview articles due to a hectic couple of weeks at work. In any case, the Crimson Tide will open at home against the South Dakota State Jackrabbits at 8:00 CT tonight, with the game set to be televised nationally on ESPNU.
2) South Dakota State is a very good team, and Alabama will have great difficulty in winning this game. How good are they? The preseason Pomeroy ratings have the Jackrabbits ranked in the top 50--higher than nine of the SEC's fourteen teams. If these preseason rankings hold, that means tonight's game will be more difficult than thirteen of the eighteen SEC games that the Tide will face later this season. It could also be the third toughest nonconference game of the season, behind only the road trips to Cincinnati and VCU.
To make things even trickier for Bama tonight, the Tide will be without backup point guard Retin Obasohan, who is doubtful due to a laceration on his hand that required ten stitches. Senior guard Andrew Steele and junior center Carl Engstrom are also both questionable with injuries of their own. That will leave Alabama with just seven scholarship players: junior point guard Trevor Releford; sophomore guards Trevor Lacey, Levi Randolph, and Rodney Cooper; sophomore forward Nick Jacobs; freshman forward Devonta Pollard; and junior center Moussa Gueye. Alabama will also dress several walk-ons who may be forced into action with the depleted roster. One in particular to watch for is transfer wing player Dakota Slaughter, who has impressed in the team's scrimmages thus far.
South Dakota State meanwhile returns four starters from a team that made the NCAA Tournament a year ago and fought hard against a very good Baylor team in the opening round. The key player to watch for is senior guard Nate Wolters, who has actually appeared on a few pre-season All-America lists. He will likely be the best player on the floor tonight, and the Tide defense will be tested in a big way in trying to slow him down. Wolters averaged a blistering 21.2 points per game last season as a junior.
In some ways, the Jackrabbits are your stereotypical top-tier mid-major team: they are loaded with experience and highly efficient perimeter shooters. They averaged over eight three-pointers per game last season as a team while shooting a staggering 39% from the arc. If the Tide is to win this game, it will have to do so in spite of likely being outscored by a wide margin from the perimeter.
Alabama is expected to be a solid, if not great, SEC team this season. Playing at home tonight, the Tide is favored to win the game--but only by a measly six points. Vegas expects this game to be very close, and it could easily go either way, especially with Alabama facing so many injuries on an already thin roster. A loss tonight is not devastating, but a win could really get things started on the right foot for Alabama in what will likely be one of the team's toughest nonconference games this season. Hope for the best.
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A northwest Missouri judge says he expects to rule by next week on a request for a special prosecutor in the third trial of a man charged in the shooting death of a neighbor.
Thirty-nine-year-old Mark Woodworth, of Chillicothe, has been convicted twice of murdering Cathy Robertson in 1990, but both convictions have been overturned because of problems with evidence.
Livingston County prosecutor Adam Warren was appointed to the case last month after a judge barred the Missouri attorney general's office from prosecuting it.
Warren told a judge Friday that he wants off the case because of his close ties in Livingston County. He says the case has divided the community and that someone with no connection to either side should handle the next trial.
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BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) - A bridge crossing the Big Sioux River north of Bruce with a pothole that is growing "by the day" could cost more than $100,000 to repair.A new bridge would cost $1.5 million, but federal dollars will pay for 80 percent of that bill in 2017 if the bridge can be patched until then.
Brookings County highway superintendent Dennis Clark asked county commissioners for some guidance last week.
Clark says he needs a special designation of funds for the fix as the money is not in his budget. He says saving money by closing the bridge or leaving it as a one-lane route are not good options.
Commissioners agreed, and approved designing a temporary fix.
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(February 21, 2013)
To use a gifting table as a metaphor for Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's budget, I had to ask the experts. One of them said "It's an apt metaphor." That's good enough for me. Once again, I don't know what I'm talking about but the experts agree that I hit the nail on the head. Out of the mouths of babes and cartoonists.
What I do know is I don't like the governor's budget. It's dishonest, not at all transparent and it protects his unionized Democratic political machine of state workers.
We're not all in this together. The budget shifts the burden of raising revenue to the cities and towns while increasing spending at the state level. He has already paid a local company millions of dollars to move down the block. What will he do next? Pay the Whale to stay at the XL Center? Oops. Me and my big mouth.


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All students enrolled in an upper-division Spanish course are asked to create an end of semester reflection video, focusing on their personal growth, learning goals for the future, and connections between courses. Click the link for a showcase of some of the best video and ePortfolios we've received so far!
Work in the WLRC
Now hiring for conversation assistants, lab desk assistants, and research/lab desk assistants for the Fall 2014 Semester! Click here for more information and to download an application.
Congratulations to Spanish major Jamie Lundergreen on being named a 2014 Boise State Top Ten Scholar!
Raúl Zurita Visits Adrian Kane's Spanish 404 Class
On April 16th Chilean poet Raúl Zurita visited Professor Adrian Kane's Spanish 404 class for a poetry reading and discussion with students. Zurita has received the Chilean National Prize for Literature, a scholarship from the Guggenheim Foundation, and he has held poetry readings at numerous American universities including Harvard, Yale, Stanford and University of California-Berkeley.
iPads Now Available for Checkout!
We are excited to announce that World Languages students now have access to 30 iPad Minis for use in completing classwork, projects, and research. These devices are loaded with a variety of apps and digital content to aid in the creation of language projects and reviewing information such as eTextbooks and news articles.
Basque Studies Program Featured on Extepare.net
Professor Nere Lete's weekend workshop and special guest lecturers in Professor Kelly Arispe's courses were recently featured on Extepare.net!
Germany in Europe 2014
Christine Erhart, a sophomore elementary education major enrolled in professor Becca Sibrian's German 102 course, hands out notepads from the German Embassy during Boise State's third annual German Language Week. Students participated in a variety of contests, from essays to visual art, sidewalk chalk to a weeklong Schnitzeljagd (scavenger hunt), as part of the event, sponsored by the German Embassy and the German Information Center in Washington, D.C.
China Night 2014
Campus and community members gathered in the Student Union Jordan Ballroom to celebrate the Chinese "Year of the Horse" during the annual China Night event. Photo by Wankun Sirichotiyakul.
Spanish Program Hosts "iNoche"
The Spanish Program officially launched its mProgram Aug. 28 at "iNoche" (iNight) to more than 150 upper-division Spanish students. iNoche was an orientation night where students were encouraged to bring their iPads and learn by doing.
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The study of languages gives students a sound foundation in the liberal arts. Graduates with language backgrounds possess a resource for continuing intellectual growth and personal fulfillment, a passport for moving easily within the world community and its diverse cultures, and a practical tool for earning a living. Programs in the Department of World Languages concentrate on the acquisition of language and knowledge of the cultures that the language expresses.
The department offers baccalaureate degrees and minors in French, German, and Spanish; minors in American Sign Language, Arabic Studies, Basque Studies, Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, Latin American and Latino/a Studies, Latin, as well as language instruction in Korean.
Special encouragement is given to students who wish to pursue a minor emphasis in a world language to support a major taken outside the department. With the changing population of the United States and the growing interdependence of the international community, career opportunities are expanding rapidly for graduates who know a second language. Second language competency has become highly desirable in teaching, government, social services, diplomacy, law, medicine, mass communications, science, technology, international trade, and marketing. The programs in world languages have the latitude and flexibility to fit nearly any career goal.
The Department of World Languages encourages students who wish to acquire proficiency at a "professional" or "near-native" level to spend time in a region whose language they are studying. Programs available through the Office of International Learning Opportunities give students a chance to master a language and learn more about culture and customs, often while studying at foreign universities and living with local families.
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Making in splash in Las Vegas is no tiny feat. However, nearly 500 people showed up at the NuSanctuary lounge to celebrate the launch of Cricket's new Blackberry Curve 8530 and Sanyo Zio by Kyocera.
In the spirit of the holiday season, Cricket Las Vegas hosted a Thanksgiving Festival and Turkey Giveaway in support of Las Vegas families on Tuesday, November 23 at the University Plaza store. This festival was free to the public and the first 250 in attendance received a complimentary frozen turkey (ranging from 12-16 lbs.) with insulated reusable grocery bag. The next 50 families received the same insulated reusable grocery bag stuffed with Thanksgiving meal trimmings such as stuffing, corn bread mix and cranberry sauce.
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New Delhi, Aug. 2
In a blow to unbranded mobile handsets being sold in the market, the Directorate-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) will shortly issue new rules in effect banning import of phones that emit radiation higher than what is permitted under the Specific Absorption Rates (SAR) standards.
SAR shows the amount of radio waves absorbed by the body while using a mobile phone.
The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) has finalised radiation protection norms for mobile handsets and sent them to the Commerce Ministry for notification, official sources said. Currently, a large number of unbranded handsets from China and Taiwan, which do not conform to these radiation standards, are flooding the market in the absence of import norms.
The SAR adopted by the Government is based on the guidelines set by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP). SAR is measured in watts per kilogram (W/kg) and the higher the SAR rating, the more the radiation absorbed.
ICNIRP has stipulated that manufacturers must ensure that the SAR level of a cell phone does not exceed 2W/kg. These guidelines are followed globally by a number of countries including the US, France and the UK in a bid to limit radiation exposure to consumers.
All branded mobile handset makers, including Nokia and Samsung, adhere to the global norms but there is no check on handsets sold in the grey market. Once the DGFT issues the notice, the Customs authorities will ensure that all mobile handsets being imported into India have certification from manufacturers that they meet these standards.
This is the second major setback for handsets sold in the grey market after the Government earlier banned devices without proper International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number.
Cellular operators want more time to assess radiation at base stations
G-Hanz unveils `safe' mobiles
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It's game-on for the pretzel burger at Wendy's.On Monday, the fast food giant will begin its national roll out of the long-awaited pretzel bacon cheeseburger. It's served on a toasted pretzel bun and costs about $4.70.Wendy's is counting on the pretzel burger to be a fast food game changer.
None of the other major national burger chains sell burger on a pretzel bun.Online: www.wendys.com
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Church Briefs for May 12
Super seniors honored on May 5
PETERSBURG - On Sunday, May 5, Second Baptist Church. located at 3355 Johnson Road, held a special service to honor the "Super Seniors." These members were 90-98 years of age and 11 out of 15 were present.
Each was presented with a certificate of recognition for their years of christian service. Following the worship hour, a reception was held in the fellowship hall for the seniors and their families.
Saturday Nite Live service
PETERSBURG - A "Saturday Nite Live" service will be held at Perfecting Life Church, 32 E. Wythe St., (corner of Wythe and Adams Street) at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 18.
This service is designed to ignite the hearts, minds and spirit of the youth in the surrounding communities to experience a live and power packed praise and worship service through music and the word. Guests will include Cary Goodman & Friends, Chiquita Cross, Jessie Staton & Forever Praise, Vincent Wynn and Redeemed Ministries, and Minister Tyrone "Tye" Nelson III.
The public is invited to attend. For more information, contact Minister Tyrone Nelson III at (267) 474-5312.
Beef and music festival
POWHATAN - Blessed Sacrament Huguenot Catholic School (BSH) presents present its 31st annual Beef & Music Festival from 5-11 p.m. Friday at 2501 Academy Road. There is something for all ages at the festival - live music, food, carnival games, and new this year, a poker tournament and casino.
For more information and to purchase tickets, call 804-598-4211, ext. 14 or email the BSH Advancement Office at email@example.com.
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News: 2 Chainz, Big Sean, Trinidad James & More React To Massive "Magna Carta" Promo
Tuesday, Jul 2, 2013 9:30AM
Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz, Big Sean, Trinidad James and more have offered their take on Jay-Z dominating all avenues of entertainment these past few weeks with his Magna Carta Holy Grail album promotional campaign.
In 2 Chainz and Big Sean's perspectives, Hov has only inspired his hip-hop peers.
Fans are always impressed by Hov's business moves, but his fellow MCs are, too, including Big Sean who told MTV News, "I think how Jay-Z announced his album is pretty bawsed up." 2 Chainz wasn't afraid to admit that he'd like to take a page out of Hov's book as well. "I'm a big fan of Jay-Z's and straight up he showed us how to do it, man, so I can't lie and say I'm not tryna following his footsteps," Chainz said. (MTV)
West Coast rap veteran Warren G and Trinidad James were also blown away by Jay's unexpected power move.
"That was one of the dopest moves ever," Warren G said of the Roc Nation boss' album promo plan. "That was huge. For Samsung to collaborate with Jay-Z on an album, that's incredible. Nobody's done it, so I think it's brilliant." For a relatively new rapper like Trinidad James, it's becoming clear that the sky's the limit. "Of course, at the level of life where [he is] right now, those things that [he's] doing is gonna work for so many reasons," the Atlanta rapper told MTV News. "Either way, it's gonna be good." (MTV)
Recently, Hov's industry pal Diddy gushed over what Jay's decision to team with Samsung could mean for the future.
"While I was out here I called Jay and me and him been talking back and forth about the network and about his deal and how proud we were of each other. We're actually changing together the business model of the music industry. As far as our power, you can see the power that we have, not me and Jay-Z, the power that we have as a culture that Samsung now is going to give Apple a run for its money. People actually believe and we believe in our leaders in hip-hop. What they say is cool and what they say is next and we recognized that what Samsung is doing is moving forward. We were like "Hey man, we may need to give this Galaxy joint a chance" and that's a lot of power, man." (VIBE)
Def Jam co-founder Rick Rubin gave his take on Jay's upcoming solo album this week.
When we recently caught up with Rick over the phone, he explained: "The point of me being in the commercials was that he was filming a documentary and he asked me--I imagine he's just comfortable talking to me--to come listen to the songs with him and just talk about the songs. Just listen to it and talk about it, and that's what we did. It was fun." He went on to divulge what he initially thought of Magna Carta, saying, "I liked what I heard, but it was a little difficult--after just coming from the Kanye sessions--to listen to Jay's album, because they're so different. I was in a very alternative and progressive headspace, and Jay's record is a more traditional hip-hop record." (XXL Mag)


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LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - Frenship superintendent, John Thomas, was named Executive Director of Region 18 Education Service Center. He will replace Charles Greenawalt, who is retiring after six years at Region 18.
Thomas announced his retirement from Frenship ISD, back in February. He has served public education for 32 years, beginning his career in 1977 as a teacher/coach and counselor in Dimmitt and then middle school principal in Lamesa. His first superintendent job was at Ralls before being named assistant superintendent for Frenship in 1997. He took over the reigns as Frenship superintendent in March 2001 and has served in that capacity for the past eight years.
Thomas will assume responsibilities in the Midland/Odessa region on July 1, 2009. He will remain at Frenship ISD through the end of the current school year.
A replacement is expected to be named by the Frenship school board by the end of May.
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A Colorado woman was impaled by a light pole after she crashed because she was texting and driving.
"Yes, it was definitely a very scary night. Luckily, my friends and I are safe and the Raleigh PD is on the case," McCreery said. "I will share more when the time is right, but as of now we do not want to do or say anything that could hinder the investigation. Thanks to everyone for the prayers and support."
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010; 7:30 p.m.
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Delve into the mind of American poet Sylvia Plath, as played by Marcy J. Savastano, in the critically acclaimed play Edge produced by Method Machine. Plath was a poet and author from the '50s and '60s, most famous for the novel The Bell Jar. Paul Alexander's play is set in England on the last day of the prolific writer's life as she reflects on her childhood, her husband poet Ted Hughes and her work. Join us for this intimate performance that is sure to sell out quickly.
"Boldly dramatic and entertaining" - LA Times
"A resurrected Plath... the showcase of a lifetime" - The New York Times
"Troubling and powerful" - New Yorker
MCLA students Kate Adams and Robyn Warfield will open as Finding Foundation.
Method Machine was founded in 2007 by Marcy Savastano, Michael O'Connor and David Henderson. It is an artistic playground committed to producing and presenting daring, relevant & illuminating experiments in performance and art. Interdisciplinary collaborations, with artists and companies from around the country and internationally, generate unique performances, presentations and programs of theater, film, dance, art and music - educating and challenging our community to push boundaries.


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Far ahead of it's expected launch date, Konami Entertainment has released their highly anticipated first person shooter for the iPhone and iPod Touch, Metal Gear Solid Touch. The game is based on MGS4, and includes many of their signature characters from the game, 3D rendered backgrounds, and music consistent with the series.
It should be noted that MGST is more of a 'tap shooter' than a the third person shooter that MGS4 was, with gameplay revolving around sitting still and shooting at targets and occasionally ducking for cover. Controls are gesture based. The main weapon is an M4 assault rifle, which you should shoot by tapping. Pinching switches to a sniper rifle, and lifting your fingers off the screen ducks for cover.
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Delhi Police Economic Offences Wing officers said 33-year-old Ulhas Prabhakar Khaire and 30-year-old Raksha were planning another fraud in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, when they were arrested.
The couple pulled off their biggest fraud last year in Delhi when they lured people to invest in their company Stock Guru India, offering a 20 per cent return on an investment of more than Rs 10,000, before fleeing with their money, police said.
Till date, as many as 14,303 complaints have been received. Our investigation revealed there were around 2.5 lakh investors, said Sandeep Goel, Joint Commissioner of Police, Economic Offences Wing.
Police said they recovered 12 cars, including a Mercedes and a Land Cruiser, more than Rs 63 crore cash and documents of several properties they owned. Two passports on fake identities of Lokeshwar Dev and Priyanka Saraswat Dev were also reportedly seized.
They had 94 accounts in 20 different banks across the country. We recovered papers of 12 properties, including eight flats in Dwarka, a villa in Goa and a flat each in Bhiwadi, Alwar and Moradabad, a police official said.
The two would take on different identities while shifting from one state to another, police said, including names like Liuke Siddharth in Maharashtra, Lokeshwar in Delhi and Ulhas in Bangalore. They would allegedly contact investors through pamplets, SMS and Facebook groups, and convince them to invest with their firm, later fleeing with all the money.
In 2011, hundreds of complainants had gathered outside the office of Stock Guru India in Moti Nagar, New Delhi, demanding their arrest.
During interrogation, Ulhas revealed that in 2004, a case of cheating had been registered against him in Nagpur by his partner in a construction firm. He then fled to Pune, where he worked at a call centre and later with a finance company in Bangalore, where he met his wife and co-accused Raksha.
Police said the two started cheating banks by splurging money on credit cards taken on false identities.
For his passport, a police official said: Ulhas had submitted the original identification documents of a man named Lokeswar Dev, whom he had cheated in Dehradun in 2009. There they had assumed the identity of Dr RK Maheswari and Dr Prachi Maheshwari and collected money from students on the false promise of providing them a diploma in physiotherapy.
After police crackdown following the Delhi scam in 2011, they went to Goa in July that year, where they allegedly stayed under the false names of Siddharth Jai Marathe and Maya Marathe.
Ulhas had started a share trade business in the name of JVG securities with offices in Ratnagiri and Mumbai while Raksha had started a media business, said a police official.


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For the third-quarter ended September 30, Tilson increased his stake in Apple (13,600 call options and 6,147 shares). In the previous quarterly filing, he disclosed a stake of 545 shares in Apple.
T2 also increased its stake in Netflix. The filing shows 102,300 (call) and 66,123 shares. The Q2 13F shows the hedge fund had 9,995 shares of Netflix.
Tilson has experience on both the short and long sides of Netflix. Last month at the Value Investing Congress he laid out his long thesis for Netflix calling it a "better business than Amazon."
T2 also has a new stake in Toll Brothers (248,000 shares (put)).
In the third quarter, T2 closed its positions in News Corp, Medtronic, Resource America and Interactive Brokers, the filing shows.
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ALABAMA -- Alabama's unemployment rate is one of the lowest in the south.
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics says Alabama's 6.2 % rate for November is better than all neighboring states.
Florida's unemployment rate right now is 6.4 %.
Mississippi's rate was the highest rate in the south.
Virginia, which traditionally has the lowest rate in the south, did it again in November.
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Buckle DownMarch 10, 2013 / 37 Comments
Mommy Blog: Dressing During Early Stages of PregnancyMarch 1, 2013 / 81 Comments
Hi guys! So I wanted to do a mommy blog today to talk about fashion during the early stages of a pregnancy. For me, I've found that I've gained inches and I've gotten wider but my belly hasn't popped yet, so I struggle finding things that don't make me look heavy. Some days my baby bump really shows, and some days it doesn't… so I never really know what I'm going to look like.
At this stage I guess I'm more focused on concealing the weight gain than I am about dressing the bump, just because it hasn't popped yet. My new J Brand maternity jeans are a blessing because they make me feel slim and comfortable, and I'm excited to try other looks! I heard Jet makes some amazing maternity jeans too. Once I start showing more I'll be all about showing off my bump, and I can't wait!
I'm definitely having a lot of fun with my maternity fashion and love trying new things. I want to share my pregnancy fashion tips with other expecting moms out there and I know it's different for everyone; some women start showing sooner, others don't start showing until later, but I want to share my own personal experiences with you guys along the way :) Does anyone know any good dressing tips for pregnancy? Xo
My Favorite Pregnancy LookMarch 1, 2013 / 38 Comments
I hardly look pregnant! lol
When I really get my bump I will love showing it off, but some days its bigger than others and it hasn't really popped yet. So this inbetween phase is so awkward to dress. I have gained lots of inches in width, but cant wait for the bump to pop… but finding ways to conceal it is hard!
I tested out the J Brand maternity jeans I blogged about and love them! I put it with a Carine Gilson cami and a Dries van Noten cardigan, Louboutins and an Hermes clutch!
Sweet and feminine. Love this look! Xo
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Style Snapshot: Kardashian Kollection Color Block DressFebruary 28, 2013 / 20 Comments
The whole family went to dinner at one of our fav spots, Stanley's!
Love this color block Kardashian Kollection dress! It's so slimming and cute with a blazer on top! Xo
Maxi Dresses Are Amazing Right NowFebruary 28, 2013 / 21 Comments
Kardashian Kollection Clutches: Oscars Edition – Get the Look for LessFebruary 28, 2013 / 16 Comments
There were so many gorgeous black and gold clutches on the red carpet at this year's Oscars I thought it would be cool to give you guys a get the look for less guide with similar clutches from our Kardashian Kollection!
Loved Giuliana's look? You can find similarly stylish clutches in this satin clutch from Sears or this black and white color block purse from Dorothy Perkins in the UK.
Get Vanessa's look with this lace box frame purse at Strandbags in Aus/NZ.
Salma Hayek looked amazing in black and gold. The cut out gold clutch from David Jones in Australia is the perfect affordable alternative to her stunning gold clutch.
Get Isla's look for less with this black straw clutch from Dorothy Perkins in the UK.
Whose look from the awards did you like the most? Xo
Fashion Flashback: Giuseppe ZanottiFebruary 23, 2013 / 30 Comments
After posting my pics from Giuseppe Zanotti's factory in Bologna, I was inspired to look back at all my old pics wearing my favorite Giuseppe Zanotti shoes!
Look through the gallery to see my Giuseppe looks. His shoes are so unique and gorgeous and I've been a fan for years. Xo


text: I heard a rumor that the A's vs. Mariners opening day in Japan isn't going to be broadcast on Television. Does anyone know if this is true? I mean, I understand the game is at 3:10 a.m. in the morning, but to not have it airing on ESPN or even CSN California for that matter is an utter disgrace. A's fans lose two home games because of this series and not one television company wants to air it (at a time when nothing else is on for that matter). The A's vs. Red Sox Series 2 years ago aired on ESPN, but I guess because the AL East isn't playing, ESPN and their East Coast Bias don't care.


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LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - There's nearly 450 miles of major streets, side streets and trunk lines within Lansing and the city hopes to have all the snow cleared out by Saturday. Armed with shovels and snow blowers, many tackled the intensive chore of clearing their sidewalks and driveways, some with a little help from youth volunteers. But it wasn't all so much a choice. A city ordinance requires everyone to do their part by clearing them of snow in a timely fashion: 24 hours. If it takes you longer to do so, expect a hefty fine. "It could cost them approximately $150 per hour to clear the snow in front of their property," said Chaid Gamble, the director of public service in Lansing. "The $150 dollars covers a tremendous to initially inspect the property, to do a follow up inspection, to mail the notice to them, and to pay for the vehicles, the snow blowers, and the staff to go out and clear the snow." People in East Lansing also face fines for not shoveling sidewalks. But it's not only the threat of your pocketbook that should motivate you--snowy sidewalks could create a dangerous situation. "There have been many instances where people have been killed actually during snow events walking in the street," said Gamble.An Oakland County man died from a heart attack Friday while shoveling snow in his driveway.
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text: Apparently OU had enough of Jeff Capel's losing and decided to go another direction. Any idea who they may go after? Perhaps Billy Gillespie? Would they be able to pull in a relatively big name from a BCS school? An up and comer from a mid-major (like Capel was)? It's amazing how far and how fast OU has fallen in men's basketball.


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Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar has had a reoccurrence of diverticulitis and has been forced to withdraw from his June 11 fight against Junior dos Santos in Vancouver.
Lesnar, 33, said he is not planning to retire and is considering his treatment options. Lesnar said during a hastily arranged conference call Thursday that he spent 14 hours undergoing tests and meeting with doctors Wednesday at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Surgery is an option, but Lesnar said he is still in the middle of accumulating information.
UFC president Dana White said Shane Carwin will replace Lesnar and will face dos Santos in a No. 1 contender's match in the main event of UFC 131. Carwin has been training to fight Jon Olav Einemo.
In 2009, Lesnar had to withdraw from a heavyweight title defense against Shane Carwin at UFC 106, though he was able to return to fight Carwin at UFC 116 on July 3, 2010. Lesnar submitted Carwin in the second round but lost his title to Cain Velasquez at UFC 121 on Oct. 23.
Lesnar was training for the dos Santos fight after appearing with him on Spike TV's reality show "The Ultimate Fighter," but said he hasn't been able to train the way he needs to in order to be ready for June 11.
"I dodged a bullet about two years ago with diverticulitis, at that time not knowing what the problem was," Lesnar said. "I dodged the bullet by not having the surgery. Diverticulitis is an illness that never goes away. It's something I've dealt with since my first occurrence, and I've been battling with it. It's something that's in your colon for the rest of your life, and I've been able to maintain it to a point where it's tolerable.
"I was able to go through two training camps – Shane Carwin and Cain Velasquez – and made it through those camps without having a bout or any symptoms."
Diverticulitis is a condition of the colon that occurs when pouches form on the colon and become inflamed. The only way to treat them is with antibiotics, or they can be removed by excising a part of the colon. Lesnar said he's been battling symptoms for the past three months but still hasn't determined whether or not to have surgery.
He apologized to dos Santos, the UFC and Spike for having to pull out, but said he wasn't able to train anywhere near the capacity needed to be ready to compete. However, he insisted that he would find a solution and continue his career.
Lesnar said the illness is not as serious as it was in 2009, when the situation became life-threatening, but said it "drains my entire body down." He said he believed he would be able to find a long-term solution that wouldn't risk his health but would allow him to resume his career.
"I am forced to make a decision to either have surgery or to deal with this the rest of my life," Lesnar said. "I'm fighting a different fight here than having to give up a fight on June 11. A lot of things go through your mind as an athlete, especially myself. This is something that has been wearing on me for about a month now. Different thoughts come to your mind, but it wouldn't be fair to myself, or to my family, or to the people who I have to get into the Octagon with and perform in front of, because I wouldn't have been 100 percent on June 11. I'm not there now and I had to make a decision this week, to allow the UFC enough time.
"I have enough respect for them. My health is No. 1. My family is No. 1. It was a hard decision. I'm choked up about it, and there is nothing I can do. I'll tell you one thing: I'm not retiring. This isn't the end of my fight career."
Lesnar said he wasn't able to get himself to 100 percent after his previous problem with diverticulitis and estimated that he was 85 or 90 percent of himself in his bouts with Carwin and Velasquez.
He said he'd adjusted his diet and felt he was handling the problem, which made the reoccurrence more frustrating.
"What's been so frustrating about this, when this thing came back to bite me in the [behind] here, is that I've been just diligent about [following doctor's orders]," Lesnar said. " This is my life. I take this very seriously. If you ask anyone about me, I'm very professional when it comes to my fight career. I follow things. I haven't gotten to where I am today by not being dedicated. I have been very dedicated with my diet. We've been doing different things, and new things, and things that have probably carried me this far."
Lesnar said a normal person can manage it, but because he's a professional athlete competing at the highest level, he pushes his body harder and asks more of it. He said, "I feel bad to say this, but I've been unsuccessful being able to manage this [while still] being an ultimate fighter."
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a citizen of some other place.: Attention: Self-Proclaimed Critical Thinkers
There are very few things about the internet more annoying than the "Lists of Over Nine Thousand Bible Contradictions." This is not because I'm a sheltered Christian who's afraid of them. I am willing to admit there are some contradictions in the Bible. Not 5,000. Not 1,000. Not even 300. But…
Why Not Atheism?
In an interview with philosopher Douglas Groothuis, who spent more than 8 years producing his 752-page tome Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith, Lee Strobel asks the following question:
Q. You offer a compelling case for the resurrection of Jesus. What's the strongest counter-argument to him rising from the dead? And why does that alternative fail?
To which Groothuis replies
A. None of the counter-arguments are as rationally strong as the claim that Jesus left an empty tomb and rose from the dead in space-time actuality. The naturalistic accounts all fail to explain key elements of what we know from history.
However, in recent years, the hallucination theory has generated the most attention, as Gary Habermas has pointed out. This theory affirms that Jesus did not objectively rise from the dead; instead, his followers subjectively hallucinated a resurrection and subsequently built their movement on this delusion. While this counter-argument may be "the best of the bad," it is still very bad indeed.
First, hallucinations are not group phenomena, but rather individual experiences. But we have well-attested records that many people in their right minds observed the risen Jesus at the same time, as well as other individual appearances (as to Paul).
Second, if many people were deluded about Jesus and began a movement in his name, the Roman government could have put a stop to the young Jesus movement by producing his corpse publicly. They had both the means and the motive to do so. But we have no record of anything like that.
Third, Jesus' followers did not expect him to rise from the dead. This was not part of their theology and they did not understand Jesus when he made reference to this fact before his resurrection. N.T Wright strongly argues for this. But hallucinations usually involve some form of wish fulfillment: people strongly desire something, and then hallucinate about it. This does not fit the objective historical evidence about Jesus' followers at all.
Read the full interview for more answers for "why not?"
The Ghosts of Atheism
Atheists don't believe in the supernatural so they naturally don't believe in ghosts.
Well as Robert Velarde demonstrates in his article, Ghosts for the Atheists even atheists have ghosts.
It's not that they don't exist, it's just that like so many other things, they simply try to deny their existence.
'fulfilled covenant': What's Left of Atheism
I've received various responses to my posts on 'Science and Faith' (unlike certain atheists who are concerned with nothing more than exercising their photoshop skills on Tumblr, some have actually engaged in something like a rational dialogue). I think most of these responses understand what I've…
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The Unfriendly Atheist: Reason
At the heart of unbelief is not reason, but the desire to self-determine right and wrong in order to justify sin. Press a person hard enough and you'll quickly see that it's not a matter of intelligence that they don't believe, but that they don't like a particular teaching or command of God. If there is no God, there is no reason not to do whatever I want.
The appeal of unbelief is not reason but sin.
Alright kids, what logical fallacy is this? Strawman argument, giving a false definition behind something and then arguing against it from this false definition?
At the heart of belief is not reason, but the desire to self-determine right and wrong in order to justify human rights violations. Press a person hard enough and you'll quickly see that it's not a matter of intelligence that they believe, but that they don't like a particular minority or group different than themselves. If there is a personal deity, there is suddenly supreme justification for whatever I want.
The appeal of belief is not reason but bigotry.
So is what you're saying similar or different to what's going on with the Chinese government and the Christian Church?
I find it conveniently overlooked that while secular humanists are busy accusing Christians of the inquisition, which we repeatedly deplore, the humanistic Chinese government has been just as busy persecuting the Christian church. The same happened in the former USSR.
Christians are often called bigots who are simply opposed to minority groups that don't share their same beliefs. This is a convenient argument if you wish not to address any facts, but would rather create smokescreens to persuade the gullible.
Sounds like you'd like a society that simply consists of people who think exactly like you and you'll do whatever it takes to get it.
How are you different?
Making sense of how an atheist is made
Interesting article on the book, The Making of an Atheist. A few quotes in particular:
The problem of evil, and issues of science are largely smokescreens that mask atheist's immorality and guilt.
When atheism fully sets in, what results? "Spiritual deadness ensures that we can't discover our spiritual deadness" (p. 90). Further, "it is difficult for theists to reason with atheists about worldview matters when such basic features of spiritual life are so denigrated. For this reason, we should not expect atheists to respond positively to rational arguments" (p. 101). But Spiegel balances this perspective with the admonition to always be ready to give a reason to everyone who asks.
The Reason Rally
Long article but great insight on how ridiculous Richard Dawkins, et al. really are.
Second, although Eagleton isn't sure about how far to take biblical stories such as the fall in Eden as actual history, he confesses to having found its narrative of creation and the fall as "far more radical" and compelling than the cheerful myth of perfectibility and progress, "with its eminently suburban, smugly sanguine trust in the efficacy of a spot of social engineering here and a dose of liberal enlightenment there." At the heart of Christian theology, Eagleton observes, is a humanism more radical than atheists can muster and an appreciation for the tragedy of the human condition that they are emotionally opposed to even considering. Christianity is the sort of faith expressed "by a human being at the end of his tether, foundering in darkness, pain, and bewilderment, who nevertheless remains faithful to the promise of a transformative love."


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BROWNSBURG — Just 18 months after annexing 2,143 acres into Brownsburg that included the Ronald Reagan/I-74 corridor and Lucas Oil Raceway Park, the town here is pursuing the annexation of another 4,500 acres that would add about $273 million in assessed value and 3,000 residents to the population.
Notices were sent to landowners in the north annexation area, which includes the Highland Green, Highland Springs, Winridge, and Eaker subdivisions. In addition, town officials also agreed to proceed with the annexation of Northfield at Wynne Farms, Hart-Anderson, Magee, and Ward territories in the southeastern portion of town.
A public hearing to gather resident feedback is set for 6 p.m. May 16 at town hall.
Town Manager Grant Kleinhenz said this has been a discussion point for several years and the feeling is that, as per their comprehensive plan, it will move the town forward.
"Over the last 20 years, the town has gone from a little over 7,000 residents to almost 22,000," he said. "It includes many developments around I-74. We still continue to get requests from developers. In fact, right now Beazer Homes has proposed another development off of County Road 700 North. It's very difficult to plan for something when you don't know if it's going to be located within the town's jurisdiction. What we wanted to do was create a 20- to 25-year growth area where we feel we can plan for and manage what happens there."
Kleinhenz said the town runs sewer and water to some of those neighborhoods and, since the wastewater treatment plant is nearly at capacity, they need to be able to plan for providing those services.
Of the proposed annexation, Town Council President Dwayne Sawyer said, "It is a lot of land, a lot of landowners. It's good for the town — current residents and future ones — because it helps the town of Brownsburg be able to better comprehensively and holistically plan for the future under the town's rules and regulations of zoning. The motivation behind this annexation is to improve the quality of life for local residents in the long term. We want to emphasize how this effort is mutually beneficial for the town and the landowners in the annexation area."
Kleinhenz expounded on some of the services and benefits that would be offered residents should the annexation become a reality.
"Police protection," Kleinhenz said. "The town, within our corporate limits, provides regular patrols through all neighborhoods, sometimes as much as two or three times a day. They will have the benefit of that. Some other benefits are street maintenance, street planning, as we look at major thoroughfares like County Road 700 or 800, we can apply for federal and state funding to improve those roads and bring them up to a standard that improves drainage."
He added that the town's comprehensive plan also calls for another interstate crossing near the edge of Lincoln and Brown townships that is not currently in town limits. He said they wanted to get that area in the town so they're not spending dollars outside of the community.
He and Sawyer acknowledged that residents might have concerns, and that is the motivation for the public meeting to be had in May.
"We anticipate that residents will have questions, concerns, and potentially, objections about annexation," Sawyer said. "Town leaders have placed a big emphasis on government transparency, and our goal is to make available as much information as we can on how residents in the proposed annexation areas will be affected and what municipal services will benefit them."
Kleinhenz urged residents who have questions to call town offices.
"We'd hope people would call us to get those answers before (the public hearing)," he said. "We know residents have a various range of concerns, impact to taxes, what benefits are there, what happens to drainage, our fiscal plan, and how we're going to provide services."
Interested individual may sign up for the Brownsburg North Annexation e-newsletter, follow @BrownsburgIN on Twitter for timely updates, or "like" the Town of Brownsburg on Facebook.


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Shares of Whiting Petroleum (NYSE:WLL), Continental Resources (NYSE:CLR) and other crude oil producers in the Bakken shale formation lost ground Thursday after the U.S. government said oil produced from the region may be extra flammable, according to Reuters.
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Oil extracted from the Bakken, a vast rock formation underneath North Dakota and Montana, "may be more flammable than traditional heavy crude oil," the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, said on Thursday.
The warning came three days after a BNSF train carrying crude oil collided in eastern North Dakota with another train carrying grain. The resulting explosion led to the temporary evacuation of a nearby town and added to the growing concern about the safety of oil-by-rail shipments.


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The French airforce has stepped up action against Islamist fighters in Mali, where rebels have occupied the north of the country for the last nine months.
Several hundred French troops have also arrived in the country's capital city Bamako to help protect it.
Meanwhile West African states including Ivory Coast are preparing to send troops as an international campaign against the Islamists gathers pace.
Jean-Marc Ayrault, the French Prime Minister, said: "France wants to contribute this way to stop the terrorist menace, which is not only threatenng Mali and Africa, but which is also a threat to France and Europe."
French President Francois Hollande is due to meet European Commission president Jose Barroso.
Mali requested French invention was triggered when rebel forces moved southwards, capturing the city of Konna and threatening the cities of Mopti and Sevare, which is only 500kms from the capital city Bamoko. Konna has now been recaptured by the government.
A spokesman for al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb said he considered French actin as "crusader intervention", and warned that if France continued, it would be "digging the tombs of [its] sons".
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