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Home » Articles » Naomi Knight working on music career
When she's not on the road as a WWE diva, Naomi Knight is currently working on her music career.
November 28, 2013
Naomi Knight is in Tampa today, filming her very first music video. Both she and tag team partner Cameron have been working on their secondary careers, in an attempt to capitalize on the additional fame that they have received from Total Divas.
January 10, 2014
When she's not on the road as a WWE diva, Naomi Knight is currently working on her music career.
November 28, 2013
Now that Justin Roberts has been given a release by WWE, fans are speculating as to who will replace him as the announcer for Monday Night Raw. Lilian Garcia is said to be ruled out because the Smackdown schedule works much better for her pursuit of music. Byron Saxton is just the backup for now. Brandi Rhodes and JoJo Offerman are the two primary candidates for the role.
October 16, 2014
Even though he is now off doing his music thing, Chris Jericho has agreed to help WWE out on their upcoming tour of Europe. Management does not have a lot of top level talent on the active roster nowadays, and Jericho still is enough of a draw to overseas fans. He might be making a couple of appearances on Monday Night Raw and Smackdown before taking off again.
October 9, 2014
Rumors surfaced this week that Dixie Carter was going to make an announcement about the new network that Impact Wrestling would be moving to. However, at the last minute, Country Music Television has emerged as a strong candidate to land the weekly TNA show. The network is under the same corporate umbrella as their current home, Spike. CMT is available in close to 100 million homes.
September 24, 2014
Since he no longer has the burden of the hectic WWE schedule to worry about, CM Punk has been enjoying his time tremendously. The former world heavyweight champion was recently spotted at the Riot Fest music event in Chicago. Punk was even invited onstage by a band called The Bouncing Souls and performed a song with them.
September 15, 2014
The music world has not seen the last of Brooke Hogan. She has been spending a lot of time in Nashville lately to prepare for the next stage of her career. Right now, she is putting together an audition to create a country band. Her manager Drew Davis is the one that is checking out the performers. Not a lot of other details have been made available.
August 23, 2014
It looks like the feud between Chris Jericho and Bray Wyatt will be continuing for another month. As of right now, WWE has the two of them penciled in for some sort of gimmick match at Night of Champions 2014. Each man has a victory on pay per view against the other, but the belief is that Jericho will be putting Wyatt over before taking off to focus on his music again.
August 19, 2014
Since leaving WWE earlier in the year, CM Punk has remained relatively quiet, making sporadic appearances at NHL and MLB games. The former world heavyweight champion is going to be making a higher profile appearance later on this month. Punk will be the co-host of the kickoff show for the Alternative Press Music Awards, which is being held at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.
July 9, 2014
When news initially broke out that Jeff Jarrett was starting a new wrestling promotion, all fingers pointed to Toby Keith as his financial backer. The country music singer is a big fan of wrestling and good friend of Jarrett. However, reports are surfacing now that Keith is not involved with Global Force Wrestling. There are rumors that the financial backer is someone that Jarrett knows through his NASCAR connections.
June 29, 2014
Country music singer George Strait held his last concert ever this weekend in Dallas, and drew in an incredible amount of people to the show. Among the 105,000 fans at the concert were Undertaker, Michelle McCool and Steve Austin. No word yet on whether or not the former WWE stars were at the event together or just happen to be there at the same time.
June 9, 2014
Now that she has successfully defend the WWE Divas Championship against Alicia Fox, it looks like Paige is moving on to another challenger. Based on a press conference video, it appears that the next challenger is Cameron. The move could be designed to help promote her new music. It could also be WWE filming footage for the upcoming season of Total Divas as well.
June 3, 2014
A picture of Stacy Keibler and her friends before heading off to Coachella, a big music festival in the California desert. The former WWE diva has been spotted at the event in the past, so she is quite the fan.
April 20, 2014
While she continues to fulfill her weekly duties as the announcer for WWE, Lilian Garcia is still finding time in her busy schedule to focus on her singing career. She noted on Twitter that she is back in Los Angeles this week and shooting a new music video. She formed a new band a couple of months back, and they have been performing frequently in Las Vegas.
April 18, 2014
A picture of Chris Jericho and Edge partying together at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony this week. The former WWE stars are well known fans of this genre of music.
April 12, 2014
Through Twitter, Chris Jericho posted this message to let fans know that he and Fozzy will be releasing a brand new single called Lights Go Out on April 29. It is a teaser for the full album coming out in June. The former undisputed heavyweight champion is still rumored to return to WWE after he is done with his music stuff this summer.
April 2, 2014
Earlier this month, Lilian Garcia and her band were in Las Vegas, performing concerts for NASCAR fans. It looks like they did well enough to where they were invited back to the city to do their music for people who are in town for March Madness, the annual college basketball tournament by the NCAA that draws in millions of people across the country.
March 21, 2014
Motherhood could be calling a diva away from WWE soon. Naomi Knight recently revealed that she and Jimmy Uso are interested in starting a family. They wish to have four children together. That has sparked speculations that Naomi could be leaving the company in the near future. For what it's worth, she did state that she does not want to leave WWE until she captures the Divas Championship first.
September 5, 2014
Not a whole lot of fans are aware of this, but Naomi Knight has been missing in action for WWE for a couple of weeks now. The Total Divas star has now revealed that she has been on the sidelines because she needed minor surgery to help further repair her injured eye. Naomi last worked a tag team match on an episode of Monday Night Raw at the end of July.
August 30, 2014
It looks like WWE will be utilizing the relationship between Cameron and her boyfriend a bit more during the next season of Total Divas. The belief is that something drastic will happen, where the couple will either break up or do a wedding. The heel turn and split from Naomi Knight was designed to put more attention into her character on the reality television show next season.
July 28, 2014
Since management did not want to have two divas matches on WWE Battleground 2014, the decision was made to have the match between Cameron and Naomi Knight take place on the kickoff show instead. The segment was needed for the upcoming season of Total Divas. Otherwise, the story would have been placed on the back burner once AJ Lee decided to make her return to WWE.
July 15, 2014
The big brawl between Naomi Knight and Cameron that you witnessed on Monday Night Raw this week was indeed the big breakup that has been teased over the last couple of weeks by WWE. As many already know, this story was set up for the sake of Total Divas, as producers wanted more dramatic stories for the reality television show. Since it is involved with another network, the belief is that WWE will get behind the story and put some emphasis on it.
July 9, 2014
With AJ Lee finally making her return to WWE, the competition in the divas division just got a bit tougher. Someone is going to be losing television time. Naomi Knight and Cameron appear to be safe, as they have a heel turn story line in progress. Summer Rae and Layla El appear to have their weekly television spots secured for the time being. Paige is going to be working a program against AJ, so she should be fine. The belief is that Alicia Fox will be the one demoted, even though her character was gaining a little bit of momentum over the last couple of weeks.
July 5, 2014
Naomi Knight was given a crack at the WWE Divas Championship at Money in the Bank 2014, but it was Paige that walked away as the reigning titleholder after a DDT and a pin. The match was designed to further the eventual split between Naomi and Cameron, who was at ringside and taking glee whenever her tag team partner was in peril against Paige.
June 29, 2014
Rumors are floating around right now that Cameron will be doing a heel turn at Money in the Bank 2014. She will more than likely cost Naomi Knight her chance at the WWE Divas Championship. There is also speculations that the incident will then lead to a triple threat match at WWE Battleground 2014, which would also feature Paige as the champion still.
June 27, 2014
Since the Total Divas writers are hoping to create a bit of a buzz for next season, there are talks that they will have WWE do a story line soon where Naomi Knight and Cameron decide to split up and go their own separate ways. Rumors are suggesting that Naomi will be the one to turn heel, even though Cameron has a more natural ability to get people to hate her.
June 19, 2014
A somewhat interesting thing took place backstage at Monday Night Raw this week. Naomi Knight took a picture of herself with Kevin Hart and uploaded it to Instagram. However, the WWE diva made the mistake of including John Cena and Kane, who are fighting in the story line, in the background. Luckily, she was able to remove and edit the photo before management caught on.
June 17, 2014
Despite being utilized on Monday Night Raw this week, Aksana received her release from WWE today. Many were expecting the company to let her walk when her contract expired, as it was pretty evident that management was not very big on her. She was rarely used, and she received a lot of backstage heat from WWE officials when she injured Naomi Knight during a match earlier this year.
June 12, 2014
WWE is not playing favorites during the current tour of Europe when it comes to Naomi Knight and Jimmy Uso. The newly married couple are working separate legs of the tour. Naomi is working with Paige and Cameron on the Raw shows, while Jimmy Uso is with Jey Uso on the Smackdown group. They will both be at Monday Night Raw together, though.
May 15, 2014
Another interesting name that has surfaced in the rumor mill as a potential hall of fame inductee at Wrestlemania 31 is Rikishi. The belief is that including him in the same class as the Rock, whom WWE is hoping will be the centerpiece induction at the event, makes a lot of sense. There is also the chance that a reconciliation and reunion with Naomi Knight and Jimmy Uso could be a big story.
May 14, 2014
A video of WWE Diva Naomi Knight being welcomed into the Uso family during her wedding to Jimmy Uso on the latest episode of Total Divas.
April 22, 2014
On Total Divas this week, some drama unfolded when Rikishi failed to show up at the wedding of Jimmy Uso and Naomi Knight. Earlier in the episode, a reconciliation was shown between the two sides, and Rikishi agreeing to attend. The former WWE star took to Twitter afterwards to defend himself, stating that reality television shows aren't entirely factual.
April 21, 2014

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Commissioner Corner Message Board
Need Help... trading & my team
12 team H2h 8 cats
PG: CP3, Dwill, and Bibby
SG: S-Jax and Jrich
SF: Diaw and Prince
PF: Dirk, Zbo, and Millsap
C: B. Lopez and Al Horford
hows my team???
how do i trade CP3 for a good SF. tried LeBron and didnt work.
Durant, Gay are out of the talk and the dude with Melo checks his team but not daily. may b every 3-7 days.
can u make me a trade that might have a chance to land me LeBron. He also has DwightSort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
you dont need lebron!!! stay the way you are
jacobisrael jacobisrael Jan 11, 2011 6:21 AM Flag
Dirk Diaw Lopez for Lebron Dwight
You have CP3, D-Will and Dirk in a 12-team league?
Don't trade anyone; you can just coast to an easy win. The other managers in your league are clearly terrible.
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Arsenal's Bacary Sagna offered three-year-deal by Manchester City
Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna has been offered a three-year-contract by Manchester City.
Manchester City are looking to make full use of Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna's contract situation and according to reports from The Guardian, the Frenchman has been offered a three-year-deal.
Sagna has been one of the key players for Arsenal this season, featuring 28 times in the league, but remains locked in a contractual stand-off with the club and will become a free-agent once his current terms expire in June.
Arsenal have an internal policy of handing only one-year contract extension to players in their thirties, but Wenger has shown readiness to break such rules for Sagna and he is extremely keen for the 31-year-old to stay.
The length of the contract City are offering is tempting for Sagna, plus he is expected to get a significant improvement on his £50,000-a-week salary.
In recent years, several Arsenal players have joined City from Arsenal, with the likes of Kolo Toure, Emmanuel Adebayor, Samir Nasri and Gael Clichy each making the move between 2009-11.
Inter Milan are also thought to be interested in Sagna, and the club president Erick Thohir told his club's official website on Wednesday about his wish to sign the Frenchman.
"We're interested in Sagna because we need to balance the team," Thohir said.
"Right now, we only have [Yuto] Nagatomo and Jonathan. If one of them gets injured, you need somebody else to come in. But it Sagna decided to stay in England, we'd understand and in that case, we might bring in a young player from our academy."
Sagna has however maintained that he wishes to continue at the North London club, should he be given a better contract. Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur could be willing to take him on a Bosman transfer fee as well.
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Wednesday 18 May 2011, 17:16
Arguably, children - more than any other section of society - should have been aware of the nation's preparations for war during the 1930s.
Children listing to the radio in 1939
They watched the newsreel features, usually pushed in between the first and second features at the cinema, and read comics that told stories about conflict and the bravery of soldiers.
They collected cigarette cards showing things like war planes of the world and Air Raid Precautions. And yet they, like everyone else, were stunned when war finally broke out in 1939.
Welsh children reacted by doing what they did best - they carried on playing. Not, in those days, on computer games or television. Such luxuries lay well in the future.
Games for children, in cities like Cardiff or Swansea and in rural areas such as Pembroke and Ruthin, were invariably what you could make up in your head:
"We had hopscotch and rounders, marbles and 'Mob.' For 'Mob' you shut your eyes, counted to 20 and then you had to find your friends. Indoors, at night, we played games like Snakes and Ladders or Ludo and Snap. We got around by bus or bicycle. Or simply by walking. There was no being picked up by cars... Once a year you might have a real treat, to go by train to Barry Island for the day."
(Sylvie Bailey in Wales at War)
British toy manufacturers soon cottoned on to a growing or developing market. In pre-war days, many of the best diecast toys had tended to come from Germany, from firms like Bing who had been making them for years.
After the outbreak of hostilities such toys or models were no longer available and British toy makers had no alternative but to produce their own.
In the early days of the war a whole range of tanks, warships and aeroplanes were produced, many of them from manufacturers in places like Merthy Tydfil. It was only as the war went on that materials for such luxuries became scarce and from 1942 onwards such toys were in very short supply. Children were forced to jealously guard their old and, by now, rather battered models.
No matter. For the children of Wales there was always the great outdoors. Racing across the fields, building hides and dens, even playing in the wrecks of crashed aeroplanes, these were what mattered. To the mind of a child, the destruction going on overhead or overseas meant very little. The imagination was all-powerful.
Even the impedimenta of war provided the opportunity for play. Gas mask cases made excellent goal posts while the masks themselves were sometimes the source of unexpected fun, as one man from Newport remembered:
"Every now and then the teacher would call out 'Gas,' in which case we had to get our masks out and put them on. We soon realised that by blocking the intake and then blowing, air was expelled from the sides of the mask. And very realistic farting sounds were made. You'd hear the muffled laughter from inside the masks."
(Bryan Hope in Wales at War)
Shrapnel collecting was one of the most popular activities, particularly in places such as Swansea and Barry, towns that - once France had fallen and, therefore, the range of German bombers extended - were heavily attacked on a regular basis.
On the morning after a raid, parties of children would roam the streets searching for the largest or most interesting pieces of shrapnel. Sometimes the shrapnel - the odd pieces of anti-aircraft shells or bombs that were scattered across the place - was still hot. Shrapnel collecting was an activity that both boys and girls enjoyed and long and intense were the discussions in the school playground over who had acquired the best bits.
Many children belonged to organisations such as the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. During the war years these groups quickly turned their activities towards helping children and young people do their bit for the war effort.
Collecting metal to turn into planes and erecting Morrison Shelters - steel tables in living rooms for people who had no room to build a shelter out in the garden - were just two of the many tasks that the scouts carried out. The creation of the Air Cadets soon offered another outlet for activity and ATC Squadrons came into existence right across Wales.
Above all, however, there was the cinema. During the war years the popularity of cinema going reached its zenith as men, women and children queued around the block to watch the latest Hollywood epic and the cartoons that were universally adored.
To lose yourself in a cowboy film or a classic like Gone With The Wind was an opportunity, brief as it might be, to forget the troubles of the war for a few short hours. It was something that everyone enjoyed.
It would be wrong to say that the children of Wales - just like children across Britain - enjoyed the war years. But they endured them and, quite simply, made the best out of a very bad job.
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Perhaps I shouldn't sound a jarring note in the midst of this very cheerful discussion, but I do remember one old friend of mine, who would have been about 80 now had he lived, and who was brought up on Haverfordwest's mellifluously-named Pig Bank, telling me that during the years when their fathers were away at war many of the boys of his generation had a fairly wild time by way of practical jokes, horseplay and so forth, most of them of the kind that nowadays we'd probably classify as "anti-social behaviour"!
Come on, Robert, you can't leave it like that. What were the jokes, what type of horseplay? It would be wonderful to hear about the type of thing youngsters got up to in those days - the unsanitised version!
In fact, my friend Frank was extremely unspecific. He simply said they had "played hell". I do know that a speciality if his in later years was slipping fireworks through people's letter-boxes, but, quite apart from the potentially horrific nature of such a trick at a time of bombings, I doubt if they'd have been able to acquire fireworks in war-time.
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Oh my gosh! So you can train cats! Not mine, mind you, but some!
Oh my gosh! So you can train cats! Not mine, mind you, but some!
A dog and a bird...best buds? Yep, it can happen! Check out this video!
Aw, man! Don't do that! Check out this video of a magician playing a trick on dogs.
This video is really blowing up! It's of a longtime zoo employee, 54-year-old Mario, who is dying from an inoperable brain tumor visiting the Rotterdam Zoo where he worked for 25 years. His last visit with the Giraffes will melt your heart.
Here's something cool! Yes, dogs and cats are different, but they have something in common. The way they drink water. Backwards!
This dog is not allowed to get on the bed, so his person set up a hidden camera to see what happens when nobody is at home. Guess what happens?
Aw, well usually you see lion cubs playing together with their momma close by. Not this time!
This short video was shot by Captain Dave from "Captain Dave's Dolphin and Whale Safari" out of Dana Point California. The video captures some amazing sights including something most people will NEVER witness.
Oh I love big cats! Yes, lions and tigers! I think the movie Born Free is to blame! Watch this little girl sing to a big ol' lion at a zoo and see what it does.
Wow! Now this is GREAT! Who says animals can't communicate?
Who knew an armadillo could moonwalk? At least that's what he looks like he's doing!
Here's a story with a happy ending! It's been cold, really cold up north. In Ohio, a man saw what he thought was a dark piece of ice. Turns out it was a kitten almost frozen!


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Usually, when something prevents me from pursuing my routine I begin a string of negative thoughts which feed upon themselves. Here are some of the most common. . I didn't get in my exercise-I will get heavier, my health will be affected and my motivation will disappear. I haven't eaten correcectly. Oh my gosh! I am going to gain ten poounds, I look horrible etc. The pattern continues.
However, today, I had a revelation. I spent the day shopping. What, you may ask , has that to do with anything? For me, it has a great deal. It resulted in thinking outside of the box. I saw a much broader picture than the details I am usually so focused.
Not only did walking through all of the stores burn calories-which having worn a pedometer was not a major discovery, but what really hit me was the thought of how many calories do we burn when we try on and try on and wiggle in and out of umpteen garments, selecting a few, and then retrying them on upon arriving home? Considering you skip all the tempting treats along the way I can't help but believe it is not possible to achieve a total body workout shopping.
Whew! I certainly feel like I have had one today!
Compliments of Everyday Cooking
(Cookbook especially for diabetics)
Per serving: 304 cal
8 g total fat (2 g sat fat)
72 mg chol
422 mg sodium
28 g carb
3 g fiber
31 g protein
(Exchanges: 1 vegetable, .5 fruit, .5 starch, .5 other carb, 4 very lean meat, 1 fat,
Carb choices 2)
1/4 cup white wine vinegar or cider vinegar
2 Tablespoons Dijon-style mustard
4 teaspoons low-calorie orange marmalade
4 teaspoons salad oil
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
4 cups fresh baby spinach
2 11 ounce cans mandarin orange sections, drained
1 cup loose-pack frozen whole kernel corn
12 ounces cooked chicken breast shredded, or two 6-ounce packeages refigerated cooked chicken breast strips.
*If using the refrigerated chicken omit the 1/8 teaspoon salt from dressing.
1. For the dressing, in a screw-top jar, combine vinegar, mustard, oregano, marmalade, oil salt and pepper, cover and shake well.
2. In a large bowl, place th spinach, ornge sections and corn. Add dressing and chicken to spinach mixture. Toss to coat. Makes 4 (2 cup servings).
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Servings 16 (1 slice each)
Carb per serving 19 g or 16g
Prep Time 30 minutes, Bake Time 30 minutes, Cool Time 10 minutes
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup light sour cream
1/2 cup refrigerated or frozen egg product, thawed, or 2 eggs lightly beaten
1/4 cup sugar (substitutes may be used)
1/4 cup fat-free milk
1/4 cup canola oil
1/1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup mashed cooked peeled sweet potatoes
1/4 cup chopped pitted dates
1/4 cup chopped toasted pecans
1. Preheat oven to 375. lightly coat three 53/4x31/2x2-inch loaf pans with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, combine flours, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. In a medium bowl, combine sour cream, egg, sugar, milk, oil, and vanilla. Stir in sweet potatoes.
Add sour cream mixture to flour mixture and stir until moistened. Fold in dates and pecans. Spoon batter into pans spreading evenly.
3. Bake 30 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted centers comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack 10 minutes. Remove from pans. Cool completely.
Storage: Wrap and store in refrigerator up to three days or freeze up to 3 months
Per Serving: 132 cal, 5g total fat (1g sat) 2 mg chol, 132 mg sodium, 19 g carb, 2 g fiber,
3g protein
Exchanges: 1 starch, 1 fat Carb choice 1.
This makes a good gift for a diabetic friend, or festive alternative for those who are (and are not challenged by diabetes.
Training yourself to live in the present -
without regretting the past or fearing the future -
is a recipe for a happy life.
- jlh
There are days when it "feels" like I am unable to do anything right. Today has been one of those days. I feel discounted and invisible. Additionally, I feel let down. It has always been my belief that if you commit to something it will be completed. So often lately, the individuals that I have believed in most have not followed through. This has resulted in hurt, and natrually, some anger. The bitter thought that it is best not to have any expectations, therefore you will not be disappointed lingers.
As I reflect, I realize that today is merely a culmination. There have been a series of events which have taken me to this point. I also know that being here is the result of choices I have made.
As I read many of the comments other Sparkers have made I see some of my own issues reflected.
When I began to write this I wasn't certain where it would lead. I am still not.
It is one of those venting blogs written as a means of developing perspective.
I should have begun with a warning. The nice thing about blogs, is you may choose to read or not. Welcome to the pity party.
Things are becoming much more clear at this time. However, what to do about them will remain problematic for some time.
For brevity's sake I will cut to the heart of the matter. 1. I am a people-pleaser by nature. Too often I let what I need for myself to be pushed aside. This eventually results in being overwhelmed, and just plain angry at the world.
2. I expect things to work as they are supposed to (Do they ever?)
3. I am still working on dis-engaging from my mother's approval and values,which, by the way, are not always mine. Gee, it's taken 40+ years to figure this one out!
4. When I attempt to interact with others I don't feel heard. Am I so far out there? This happens a great deal. It goes along with the Hi, how are you? This is easily resolved by fine. No matter how painful or joyful you really are. Does it even matter? As it is easy to see, I am verbal. However, my significant other is not. He is also hard of hearing and sometimes I become extremely hurt and angry.
The thing I have noted, is that individuals generally are so caught up in their world they don't have a clue as to the manner they affect those around them.
Gradually, I am learning to speak up.
5.Finally, I really don't like myself. Everything I read on Spark and in other places says it all begins here.
Having said all of this I will return to the words initially quoted. I have spent too much time regretting the past, and as an indivdual who is constantly worried, afraid or anxious I do miss the present. This is all we have.
It is true that "life is what you make of it." I have a great deal of work to do.
I know that where I am is not where I want to be. So I am choosing another path-blazing a new trail which step by step will take me in the direction I choose.
I have often heard "if it ain't broke, don't try to fix it". This always sounded like good advice to me. However, as I try and put the pieces together, I realize that sometimes it is necessary to repair something which in not working as it should.
I have, however, embraced my own philosophy. A major part of which consists of "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure". I possess a strong belief in prevention. This is one of the major attractions Spark has for me. Creating a healthy lifestyle based on nutrition, emotional and spiritual balance.
However, there are times when our efforts to maintain balance are not enough,
and other interventions become necessary.
Unfortunately I have reached that point once again. I have said it often, I have been there before, and will be again, but something positive is always the result at some point in time.
I am an individual who does not tolerate medications. Unfortunately, I have some issues which require interventions which at times mean trying something.
Usually, I will know by the first dose or as it begins to reach therapeutic level.
I fortunately have a doctor who will step me up in baby doses. Occassionally, I will take something and it will either have the opposite affect, which is not un-common, or it will turn on me after a period of use- occassionally several years.
I have had difficulty lately with something I have taken over 30 years. However, I am on a much higher dosage. It is beginning to produce the effects it is intended to resolve. However, it is something I need to continue, but wonder if a different form might be the answer.
It frightens me. My thinking tonight is definitely not positive. That, too is a bit scary. I am staying again with my significant other, simply because I don't want to be alone.
This too, is something I struggle with. Tomorrow my doctor is definitely going to receive a call. I thought I could wait until my apppointment on the 8th, but it seems to be getting worse. Perhaps I am just tired, and am not as capable of dealing with it.
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Jonah Goldberg: Can Republicans duplicate state success at the national level?
That's the basic consensus in places like New York City, Washington, D.C., and other citadels of blue America.
And let's be fair, liberals have every reason to gloat - a little. The GOP has its troubles. Long-term demographic trends; often-irrational animosity from Hollywood, the media and academia; a thumbless grasp of the culture on the part of many Republicans: All of these things create a headwind for the party and the broader conservative movement.
But here's the weird part. That's all true of presidential politics, but less so when it comes to state politics or even other federal races. In 2010, the GOP had its best performance in congressional races since 1938.
In North Carolina, a state that is supposed to represent the trends benefitting Democrats - it's attracting liberal northern transplants, immigrants, high-tech workers, etc. - the GOP now has veto-proof majorities in the state House and Senate. Last November, North Carolina became the 30th state with a GOP governor.
What gives?
There are a lot of possible explanations that are not mutually exclusive. Obama is more popular than his party. Mitt Romney was less popular than the ideas he had such a hard time expressing. Presidential electorates are different.
This last one is definitely true when you compare who voted in 2010 and who voted in 2012. The 2010 electorate was older and whiter. The Obama coalition of 2012 included younger voters, minorities and so-called "low-information voters."
No matter the merits of these observations, they don't fully explain why Republicans are doing so well on the policy front. In states as diverse as Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Nebraska, Michigan, New Jersey, Texas and a half-dozen others, Republicans have been implementing impressive - even miraculous - reforms.
In pro-Obama Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker beat back a historic attack from organized labor. And Michigan - Michigan! - recently became a right-to-work state, which I'm pretty sure is mentioned in the AFL-CIO's bylaws as a sign of the end times.
I think an overlooked part of the story is the fact that Americans tend to see federal and local governments differently. At the local level, people seem to have a better grasp that it's their tax dollars at work. They are far more sensitive to tax increases and more easily outraged by spending boondoggles. They understand the importance of sustainable economic growth.
At the local level, this fact benefits Republicans, although state-level Democrats tend to be more fiscally responsible as well. (Rahm Emanuel is far more fiscally responsible as Chicago's mayor than he ever was as Obama's chief of staff.)
Meanwhile, what gets Republicans elected at the local level gets them in trouble at the federal level. Again, there are many reasons for this. But I think one of them is that we've come to see the federal government as some sort of mystical entity empowered to right all of the wrongs in society. If there's a problem, there "should" be a federal response, the costs or feasibility of that response be damned.
While Romney's infamous riff about the "47 percent" was profoundly flawed, the simple reality is that millions of people who do, in fact, pay federal income taxes do not care about those tax dollars the same way they care about their local tax dollars. This is true of people who get more from the federal government than they pay in, but it's also true for millions of affluent voters as well.
Our Presidents, Republican and Democrat alike, talk about their "visions" for America, as if being a President requires you to impose some quasi-religious vision on the country.
But the Democrats are simply better at talking about government in spiritual terms. Indeed, such testifying is Obama's one indisputable gift. They talk about the federal government doing things we'd want God to do if God dabbled in public policy. They use the logic of religion, which holds that there is a unitary and seamless nature to all good things, and therefore no good thing government does should come at the expense of some other good thing government might do. And, worst of all, they castigate anyone who opposes more spending on, say, "the children" or "the environment" as morally retrograde and "against children" and "against the environment."
The challenge for Republicans is to convince the American people that the government isn't magic, and that all of its money is your money, its debts your debts. I don't think the GOP is doomed, but America might be if Americans remained unconvinced too much longer.
Jonah Goldberg is the author of the new book "The Tyranny of Cliches." You can write to him by email at email@example.com, or via Twitter @JonahNRO.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger first played the Terminator when he was 37, and then returned to play the role again in 1991 at the age of 44. He once again played the Terminator in 2003 for Terminator: Rise of the Machines, and at that time he was 56. Rise of the Machines explained the older-looking Schwarzenegger by saying that he was an older model, the T-850 instead of the T-800. Now Schwarzenegger is 66, and he's still happy to be playing a killer robot, and never has a catchphrase been used so literally. The series is undergoing a reboot of sorts with Terminator: Genesis, and yet he'll still be around, so how is he going to be back this time?
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My first question is circular dependencies. Are they bad ? People say they are a flaw in the design.
Yes, such two-way parent/child connections should be quite rare.
Is it wrong to think that every component has to have a two-way connection to it's owner/child ?
If you apply the SRP to the renderer so that it's broken into several sub-classes, it might be easier to break this down. e.g. move all the shader code into a Shader Pool that is owned by the Renderer.
MaterialClass - Has an instance of the renderer component class and uses this to get .e.g the rendering device to create shader resources...
and at the same time the renderer has to work with the material class.
e.g. Renderer has a Shader Pool. Renderer uses Materials. Material uses Shader Pool.
(has a == member variable, uses == passed as an argument to a function)
All these relationships are one-way (top down) - classes are only aware of the ones below themselves.
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Life of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra18. December 2013 - 10:40
This glorious saint, celebrated even today throughout the entire world, was the only son of his eminent and wealthy parents, Theophanes and Nona, citizens of the city of Patara in Lycia. Since he was the only son bestowed on them by God, the parents returned the gift to God by dedicating their son to Him.
St. Nicholas learned of the spiritual life from his uncle Nicholas, Bishop of Patara, and was tonsured a monk in the Monastery of New Zion founded by his uncle. Following the death of his parents, Nicholas distributed all his inherited goods to the poor, not keeping anything for himself. As a priest in Patara, he was known for his charity, even though he carefully concealed his charitable works, fulfilling the words of the Lord: Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth (Matthew 6:3).When he gave himself over to solitude and silence, thinking to live that way until his death, a voice from on high came to him: ``Nicholas, for your ascetic labor, work among the people, if thou desirest to be crowned by Me.'' Immediately after that, by God's wondrous providence, he was chosen archbishop of the city of Myra in Lycia. Merciful, wise and fearless, Nicholas was a true shepherd to his flock.
The Venerable Sava the Sanctified18. December 2013 - 10:35
The unknown village of Mutalaska, in the province of Cappadocia, became famous through this great luminary of the Orthodox Church. Sava was born there of his parents John and Sophia. At the age of eight, he left the home of his parents and was tonsured a monk in a nearby monastic community called Flavian's. After ten years, he moved to the monasteries of Palestine and remained longest in the Monastery of St. Euthymius the Great (January 20) and Theoctistus. The clairvoyant Euthymius prophesied of Sava that he would become a famous monk and a teacher of monks and that he would establish a lavra greater than all the lavras of that time. After the death of Euthymius, Sava withdrew to the desert, where he lived for five years as a hermit in a cave shown to him by an angel of God. Afterward, when he had been perfected in the monastic life, he began by divine providence to gather around him many who were desirous of the spiritual life. Soon, such a large number gathered that Sava had to build a church and many cells.
Holy Apostle Andrew the First-called13. December 2013 - 12:28
Andrew, the son of Jonah and brother of Peter, was born in Bethsaida and was a fisherman by trade. At first he was a disciple of St. John the Baptist, but when St. John pointed to the Lord Jesus, saying,Behold the Lamb of God! (John 1:36), Andrew left his first teacher and followed Christ. Then, Andrew brought his brother Peter to the Lord. Following the descent of the Holy Spirit, it fell by lot to the first apostle of Christ, St. Andrew, to preach the Gospel in Byzantium and Thrace, then in the lands along the Danube and in Russia around the Black Sea, and finally in Epirus, Greece and the Peloponnese, where he suffered. In Byzantium, he appointed St. Stachys as its first bishop; in Kiev, he planted a Cross on a high place and prophesied a bright Christian future for the Russian people; throughout Thrace, Epirus, Greece and the Peloponnese, he converted multitudes of people to the Faith and ordained bishops and priests for them. In the city of Patras, he performed many miracles in the name of Christ, and won many over to the Lord. Among the new faithful were the brother and wife of the Proconsul Aegeates. Angered at this, Aegeates subjected St. Andrew to torture and then crucified him. While the apostle of Christ was still alive on the cross, he gave beneficial instructions to the Christians who had gathered around.
Entry of the Most Holy Mother of God into the Temple4. December 2013 - 0:37
When the Most-holy Virgin Mary reached the age of three, her holy parents Joachim and Anna took her from Nazareth to Jerusalem to dedicate her to the service of God according to their earlier promise. It was a three-day journey from Nazareth to Jerusalem but, traveling to do a God-pleasing work, this journey was not difficult for them. Many kinsmen of Joachim and Anna gathered in Jerusalem to take part in this event, at which the invisible angels of God were also present. Leading the procession into the Temple were virgins with lighted tapers in their hands, then the Most-holy Virgin, led on one side by her father and on the other side by her mother. The virgin was clad in vesture of royal magnificence and adornments as was befitting the "King's daughter, the Bride of God" (Psalm 45:13-15).
Following them were many kinsmen and friends, all with lighted tapers. Fifteen steps led up to the Temple. Joachim and Anna lifted the Virgin onto the first step, then she ran quickly to the top herself, where she was met by the High Priest Zacharias, who was to be the father of St. John the Forerunner. Taking her by the hand, he led her not only into the Temple, but into the "Holy of Holies," the holiest of holy places, into which no one but the high priest ever entered, and only once each year, at that. St. Theophylact of Ohrid says that Zacharias "was outside himself and possessed by God" when he led the Virgin into the holiest place in the Temple, beyond the second curtain-otherwise, his action could not be explained. Mary's parents then offered sacrifice to God according to the Law, received the priest's blessing and returned home.
Feast of the Translation of the Relics of Saint George16. November 2013 - 13:29
On this day we commemorate the translation of the relics of St. George, from Nicomedia, where he suffered at the time of Emperor Diocletian, to the city of Lydda in Palestine. The suffering of this wonderful saint is described on April 23. Anticipating his martyrdom, St. George begged his servant to take his relics to Palestine, where his mother had been born, and where he had distributed his large estate to the poor. The servant did so. During the reign of Emperor Constantine, pious Christians built a beautiful church to St. George in Lydda and, upon the consecration of that church, the relics of the saint were interred there. Innumerable miracles have occurred from these miracle-working relics of St. George, the great-martyr of Christ.
Among the countless miracles of St. George, this one is recorded: On the island of Mytilene there was a church dedicated to St. George the Great-martyr and Trophy-bearer. All the inhabitants of the island would come to this church on the annual feast of their patron saint. Knowing of this, the Saracens of Crete once attacked this island on its feast day, pillaged the island, and enslaved its inhabitants, taking many of them back to Crete.
The Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenary Physicians Cosmas and Damian of Asia Minor
The Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenary Physicians Cosmas and Damian were born somewhere in Asia Minor by their pagan father and Christian mother. When their father died, while they were still quite small children, their mother St. Theodata raised them in Christian piety. Trained and skilled as physicians, they received from the Holy Spirit the gift of healing people's illnesses of body and soul by the power of prayer. With fervent love for both God and neighbor, they never took payment for their services, so that is why they were called the Unmercenary Physicians. They strictly observed the command of our Lord Jesus Christ, "Freely have you received, freely give." (Mt. 10:8).


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Kogelo, Kenya -- Here at the home village of Obama's father, there are some 50 members of the international press corps camping out - some literally in tents. Just saw one of them almost gored when she came too close to a bull, tethered to a tree in the Obama compound, which is due to be slaughtered in Sen Obama's honor for tomorrow's celebrations. At the village dispensary, a generator has been set up with a large TV screen to watch returns. There is also an all-night prayer vigil in the village, with 40 mostly evangelical and pentecostal leaders in attendance offering up ecstatic prayers for "our brother Barack." According to his half-brother Malick, the senator had a phone conversation with him Saturday, though he declined to say what was discussed.
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Iran's Department of Environment (DoE) and UNDP jointly launched an expert Report today containing solutions for Iran's drying wetlands.
In March of this year, and at the request of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran the UNDP Iran Country Office invited a number of eminent international and national experts to share their experiences and solutions to help formulate a set of specific practical recommendations for Lake Urmia and the Hamoun wetlands in Iran. These solutions were presented today.
The Report which is entitled Towards a solution for Iran's drying wetlands – conclusions and recommendations offers recommendations for how Iran should manage its wetlands – and associated basin water resources – in the coming decades. These are years which climate science predicts will be hotter and drier for much of the Middle East, including Iran.
The Report analyzes the causes of the drying of these two specific wetlands and urges action to address them. The Report refers to lessons learnt from other countries in restoring drying wetlands. Taking into account the known policy, logistical, institutional and budgetary limitations, the Report recommends series of steps to the Government, which can be shaped for quick implementation – in both the short and medium terms.
Speaking at the event today, the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Mr. Gary Lewis started his remarks by recognizing the powerful partnership that exists between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United Nations on a number of development priorities – including environmental conservation.
Referring to the Report itself, he said: "We have prepared a number of responses – some of for the Hamoun wetlands, some for Lake Urmia and some general which are applicable to Iran. They number 31 in total. And they include the need to implement a national awareness campaign and develop plans to conserve water. Alongside this there are recommendations to reform the management of agriculture in Iran as well as build capacity for ecosystem-based management and the wise use of wetlands," said Mr. Lewis.
Vice-President and Head of the Department of Environment, Dr. Masoumeh Ebtekar also spoke at the event. "I am extremely pleased about the launch of this report. This report is the result of a fruitful cooperation between DoE and UNDP. I believe there is a need for "revolution" and a new approach in dealing with the situation of these drying wetlands. The recommendations presented in this report guide the responsible authorities towards taking concrete steps to bringing life back to the Hamoun wetlands and Lake Urmia."
She added: "I must add that local communities have a huge role to play. Everywhere we have witnessed success, it has been due to the involvement of the local community. I have no doubt that effective community engagement will result in significant changes in the situation of these wetlands, so I call on people to get involved and play their role."
At the event, the DoE and the United Nations committed to implementing these recommendations – to the extent that their resources permit – in order to contribute to resolving the problems of Iran's drying wetlands. In addition, they jointly urged all relevant national partners – government and non-governmental – as well as the international community and global specialists to join them in this endeavor.
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- Cigna
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Connecticare
- CoreSource
- Coventry Health Care
- Golden Rule
- Group Health Cooperative
- Humana
- Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)
- Managed Care (Non-HMO)
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Molina
- MultiPlan
- MVP Health Care
- NGS CoreSource
- Pekin Insurance
- Planned Administration Inc
- Principal Life
- Thrivent Financial
- United Healthcare