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Texans look to be the choice for Hard Knocks
Their head coach may not want it, but he's apparently going to get it.
With all signs pointing to the Texans being the team that serves as the focal point for Hard Knocks in 2015, John McClain of the Houston Chronicle says via Twitter that he expects the Texans to officially get the assignment.
Coach Bill O'Brien, who comes from the Bill Belichick School of Absolute and Total Secrecy, probably isn't happy about it. And as McClain noted during a Tuesday visit to PFT Live on NBC Sports Radio, O'Brien may have to watch his language with the NFL Films microphones littering the practice field. (Then again, that didn't affect Rex Ryan.)
The Texans may not be the most popular choice, but they'll have some intriguing story lines, including a quarterback competition, a star running back who has a history of being standoffish and obtuse with the local media, one of the very best defensive players in the game, and a No. 1 overall pick in the 2014 draft who is trying to regain his form after microfracture surgery. Plus, profane or not, O'Brien likely will be an engaging, entertaining, and compelling figure.
So while NFL Films and HBO could have done better, they also could have done a lot worse. The fact that they'll be doing this year's show with a team whose coach likely would have preferred to pass the baton suggests that maybe more teams coached by men who would be inclined to find a way out of the assignment will accept the fact that, eventually, every team will be doing it.
FIFA indictments are a warning to other sports leagues, including NFL
After years of being widely regarded as a thoroughly corrupt organization, the international body that runs the sport of soccer has been targeted aggressively by the U.S. government.
"Two generations of soccer officials abused their positions of trust for personal gain," the U.S. Department of Justice said in a press release, "frequently through an alliance with unscrupulous sports marketing executives who shut out competitors and kept highly lucrative contracts for themselves through the systematic payment of bribes and kickbacks."
Regardless of how this plays out for the nine FIFA executives who have been indicted and for FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who has not been indicted yet but could be once the nine indicted FIFA executives begin clamoring to cut deals with prosecutors, it's a warning to every other sports league, including the NFL. If you become big enough and sufficiently controversial and notorious, the feds eventually will start poking around your business. And your business had better be in proper order, or the feds will keep poking around your business until there's enough evidence to begin to present facts about your business to a grand jury.
Let's be clear on this. There's no specific reason to believe that the NFL or anyone connected to it currently is doing anything that would attract a full-blown federal prosecution. But enough issues and problems have arisen in recent months and years to possibly spark general curiosity regarding whether a crime or two may be lurking behind certain aspects of the NFL's great fortune.
During his recent appearing on ESPN's Outside the Lines, former federal prosecutor turned NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith pointed out the difference in treatment experienced by players who get in trouble and by owners who get in trouble.
"You have the cases of Mr. Irsay, where somebody unfortunately overdosed to death in his house, you have the case involving the owner in Cleveland where the business that he was connected with was found to be in violation of federal law, and you have the case of the [Wilfs] where a state court judge ruled that the owners of the Minnesota Vikings engaged in fraud," Smith said. "One one hand you have a Commissioner who was overturned three times" in disciplining Saints players for the bounty scandal, Ray Rice, and Adrian Peterson, "and on the other hand you have a Commissioner who has looked the other way three times."
In recent years, Congress has become the political body most commonly mentioned as potentially inclined to not look the other way when an NFL controversy goes mainstream. But the work of Congress typically occurs in public. Privately, prosecutors can scratch the surface and peel the onion and systematically compile the evidence that may or may not ever lead to an affirmative attack on what has become a very large American target.
Again, there's no specific reason to believe that the NFL or anyone connected to it currently is doing anything that would attract a full-blown federal prosecution. But the FIFA case should serve as a warning to all sports leagues that the smoke of perceived incompetence could result in someone with subpoena power choosing to search for the fire of actual corruption.
Mariota showing off his speed at Titans' OTAs
Titans rookie quarterback Marcus Mariota is making an impression at Organized Team Activities. Not with his arm so much as with his feet.
After practicing against Mariota for the first time, Titans linebacker Zach Brown was surprised by what he saw.
"He is faster than I thought," Brown told the Tennessean. "He is an athletic quarterback. He didn't win the Heisman for nothing. One time he took off – I was guarding Delanie [Walker] – and I turned around and I was like, 'Where is he?' He is fast. He impressed me. He is still a rookie and he has to learn, but he is a cool guy. I haven't seen him get frustrated yet."
Brown, who ran track at North Carolina, is one of the NFL's fastest linebackers. He knows speed when he sees it. And he's impressed with the speed displayed by Mariota.
Still, Titans coach Ken Whisenhunt cautions that it's way too early to get overly excited about Mariota.
"It's a process. That's why you want to give him as many reps as you can, to get him more comfortable, get him prepared," Whisenhunt said. "I guess the best assessment would be some good, some bad, probably probably what you'd expect."
It's nice that Mariota has impressed as a runner, but Whisenhunt will only be happy when Mariota impresses as a passer.
Derek Carr taking snaps, but isn't throwing
Raiders quarterback Derek Carr was held out of last week's practices because of a right ring finger injury that coach Jack Del Rio and Carr's agent both suggested was a relatively minor concern.
Carr wasn't a full participant in Tuesday's practice, but he looks like he's on the road to proving them correct. Carr didn't throw the ball during the session, but handed it off while taking part in individual drills.
"Derek was able to take some snaps," Del Rio said, via Scott Bair of CSNBayArea.com. "We'll bring him along. Things with him are progressing."
Bair reports there's "some hope" that Carr will resume throwing by next month's minicamp and a stronger belief that all will be well for training camp, an outlook supported by the fact that the team is comfortable enough with Carr's condition to have him on the field at all this week.
Wednesday morning one-liners
The Bills want to run as many plays as possible at OTAs.
Dolphins coach Joe Philbin wants to see how his players finish. (If they don't finish in the playoffs, Philbin may be finished.)
Here's a look at the Patriots' rookie class.
The Jets hired seven new scouts.
Ex-Ravens DT Terrance Cody has an August court date on felony animal cruelty charges.
The Bengals demand versatility from their linebackers.
Browns coach Mike Pettine saw some sloppiness on the first day of OTAs.
Steelers RB Le'Veon Bell says he has no one to blame but himself for his suspension at the start of the season.
After canceling yesterday's OTA due to severe weather, the Texans' OTA schedule now features practices today and tomorrow, plus June 1-2, 4, 8-9 and 11-12.
Colts DT Art Jones says last season was "frustrating as hell."
Jaguars coach Gus Bradley isn't thrilled that DE Chris Clemons has chosen to skip voluntary offseason work.
There's really no quarterback competition in Tennessee, where the job is Marcus Mariota's.
Broncos offensive coordinator Rick Dennison loves the give and take with Peyton Manning.
Justin Houston is staying away from the Chiefs, but teammate Tamba Hali says they're in touch.
Raiders rookie TE Clive Walford is standing out at OTAs.
In San Diego, Melvin Gordon is trying to get No. 25 from Darrell Stuckey.
Here's a look at the top players on the Cowboys' roster.
Tom Coughlin has shied away from joint practices in the past, but the Giants have agreed to hold one with the Bengals.
Did the Cowboys' line make DeMarco Murray, and if so, what kind of player will he be in Philadelphia?
DeSean Jackson skipped OTAs to watch basketball.
Ex-Bear Marcus Spears is ripping his former team.
Lions backup QB Dan Orlovsky says RB Theo Riddick is too good not to put on the field.
Here are some of the questions facing the Packers at the start of OTAs.
What can the Vikings expect from rookie LB Eric Kendricks?
Falcons coach Dan Quinn is taking a hands-on approach to the team's pass rush.
The Panthers want to see what they have from rookie WR Devin Funchess.
Saints rookie Hau'oli Kikaha was one of the best pass rushers in college football history.
Will the Glazers pony up to get Tampa a Super Bowl?
The Cardinals need their running game to take a step forward.
Former Rams G Davin Joseph and LB Will Herring remain unrestricted free agents, the only two players from the Rams' free agent pool who haven't signed contracts yet.
After 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick made a mess on social media on Tuesday, former Packers TE Tom Crabtree called him "#7tupid."
There's still no progress on a new contract for Seahawks QB Russell Wilson.
Steelers putting an early emphasis on two-point conversions
It might not be the biggest play they run this season, but it's the first, and that might mean something.
When the Steelers opened the offensive team drill portions of yesterday's OTAs, they didn't start at the 20 as they normally do. They moved to the 2-yard line, where they practiced two-point conversions to begin the day's work.
"Coach told me we were going to do it, and I was a little prepared for it," quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said, via Mark Kaboly of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "It was a little surprising knowing that we haven't put in red zone yet and they haven't put in red-zone defense yet. That's going to be a big part of the game now: teams consciously going for two or at least debating it."
Tomlin talked to his players about it before the drill, but didn't expound afterward, saying: "We are not going to talk about it. We are just going to do it."
With extra point attempts moved back to the 15, there will be more incentive for teams to go for two. But while many coaches will stick with the routines that they're used to, some coaches will be more daring.
Tomlin's 10-of-13 on two-pointers as Steelers coach, making all four of their attempts last year. Since 2001, the Steelers have a league-best 72.7 percent conversion rate on two-pointers.
And with an offense that's so prolific in every area of the field, getting some early work on the new plays only makes sense.
DeVante Parker draws rave reviews for early OTA work
With most of the NFL conducting OTA sessions on Tuesday, it was hard for any one player to stand out. Dolphins rookie receiver DeVante Parker did.
Praise popped up for Parker on Twitter throughout the team's practice session. Afterward, quarterback Ryan Tannehill added his two cents.
"DeVante was great today," Tannehill said, via the team's official website. "We've been seeing [it] for the past few weeks just working on air, but today against the defense you got to see him make some tough catches with defenders on his back in traffic, and that's what you want to see. You've got a guy with a big body who's able to make strong catches with his hands in traffic. That's when you're able to cut it loose."
Via Omar Kelly and Chris Perkings of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Parker was "catching everything thrown his way," and he was "impressive" against veteran defenders like cornerback Brent Grimes.
Parker still has a long way to go before he's making those plays in pads against full contact, and an even longer way to go before getting it done in games against guys like Darrelle Revis. But at a time when this is the closest thing to football we've seen since football season ended, it's encouraging for Dolphins fans that they may have used the 14th overall pick in the draft on a player who is poised to become a difference maker — especially since they got him for a lot less than what they paid to get Ndamukong Suh.
It was also smart of the Dolphins to unload disgruntled wideout Mike Wallace onto the Vikings. If Minnesota hadn't acquired him before the draft, the Vikings may have used pick No. 11 to reunite Parker with fellow former Louisville standout Teddy Bridgewater.
Blake Bortles sees "big difference" after offseason work
Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles set out to refine his game this offseason by working with quarterback guru Tom House and others in California.
His tutors were pleased with the results of Bortles's labor and the reviews from Jacksonville are positive as well. Tight end Marcedes Lewis said he noticed a positive change in Bortles's footwork, coach Gus Bradley said "we've seen really good improvement" and Bortles is pleased with where his mechanics are after the offseason attention.
"To me, it's a big difference," Bortles said, via ESPN.com. "To the guys that I worked with it's a big difference. It's just more efficient. It's better. It's something when I was able to talk to [offensive coordinator Greg Olson] a while back, there were things we wanted to work on to fix. It was good because we were on the same page with things I was trying to fix anyways."
Bradley also said that he "appreciates" the work Bortles put in on his own this offseason and it's certainly a good development for the team that their 2014 first-rounder is doing what he can to improve his game. As always, though, the effort will have to be matched with execution for Bortles and the Jacksonville offense to take the strides necessary for a climb toward a winning record.
Adrian Peterson set to show up, for Adrian Peterson Day
Some things are just bigger than OTAs.
Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, who is staying away from the team's practices, will make his first extended public appearance next month.
What's the occasion? Well, none other than Adrian Peterson Day in his hometown of Palestine, Texas.
According to Chris Tomasson of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Peterson is expected to attend the June 13 shindig, which has been held each year since 2007.
"Adrian will be there; that's the plan," family friend Kenneth Abrams said. "It will be business as usual. We're a small town [of about 18,000] and everybody supports him, but I think it will be bigger this year."
Peterson's not busy with OTAs, as he's still exerting whatever leverage he has (not much) to get loose from the Vikings. But they've got no real reason to let him go, and don't seem particularly interested in doing so.
So it might be worth checking out the parade at Adrian Peterson Day, just to see who sponsors a float.
Bills giving all their quarterbacks chances with the ones
As the Bills begin installing their revolutionary offense-without-a-quarterback, they're going to let all the guys on the roster have some degree of a shot at running it.
According to Vic Carucci of the Buffalo News, the Bills split reps evenly among the four passers in OTAS Tuesday.
Matt Cassel and EJ Manuel each took snaps with the starters, while Tyrod Taylor and Jeff Tuel worked with the backups.
The Bills are working on two fields at the same time, a plan designed to create maximum repetitions during the preseason work. And they plan to rotate, with Manuel and Taylor working with the starters today, with Cassel and Tuel with the reserves.
"You just keep rotating your guys like that," Ryan said. "So they're all going to get to work with each other. It's not that big a deal right now. But the big thing is you want to evaluate all your players, not just the first team or second team. You want everybody and to give guys fair chances and a lot of times, the cream will rise to the top and you'll see something.
"Some guy will pop off the tape that maybe you weren't so sure of, and now you feel pretty good about him. And then, likewise, you might have somebody that you think you were counting on that really isn't showing up."
Ryan, as is his custom, praised a lot of guys, and said Manuel showed flashes that belie the idea that he might be on the bubble.
"The thing that stands out to me, it appears that EJ is getting a pretty good grasp of this system," Ryan said. "He's believing in what he's seeing and he's letting it rip. And that's kind of what you want from the guy.
"Know what you're seeing, believe in it, be right and pull the trigger. Let it fly. And I think that's what we're trying to do with all of these quarterbacks. It seems like it was pretty sharp."
The Bills already have a good defense, and they've collected a bunch of impressive parts on offense. But until or unless they can get baseline competent play from any of their quarterbacks, it might not matter.
Raiders sign seventh-rounder Dexter McDonald
The Raiders waited until the seventh round to add a cornerback in this year's draft, but they won't have to wait any longer to get Dexter McDonald under contract.
The team announced that they have agreed to a four-year deal with McDonald. McDonald is the eighth member of the team's draft class to agree to a contract, leaving second-round defensive lineman Mario Edwards Jr. and third-round tight end Clive Walford as the only members of the group without deals.
At 6-1, McDonald looks the part at corner and he has 4.42 speed in the 40 to go with that size, but, as you could probably guess from his spot in the draft, the play he put on tape at Kansas wasn't quite as appealing as his physical traits. There's other examples of that in Oakland's draft history, although taking a flier in the seventh round is far better than banking on athletic ability alone in the early rounds.
D.J. Hayden is going to be at one cornerback spot for the Raiders, but things are pretty open as you move down a depth chart that skews young.
Dolphins like what they're seeing from Ndamukong Suh
The Dolphins haven't seen much of Ndamukong Suh so far, as he skipped offseason conditioning work.
But after their first day with him on the field for OTAs, they're feeling better about their $114 million investment.
Suh made a quick impression, showing his burst and spending plenty of time in the backfield, but also a few false starts in his first day of work with his teammates.
"That's what he does, right?" center Mike Pouncey said, via Adam Beasley of the Miami Herald. "That's why they gave him all that money. … He's coming off that ball full speed every play. He's a guy who really uses the snap count to his advantage. He gets off the ball really fast, and that's part of his game."
Of course, he's doing it all without the workouts within the team structure. He's always chosen to work out on his own, and coach Joe Philbin said his new star "seems to be in pretty good shape."
Suh wouldn't talk about why he stayed away this spring, saying OTA attendance: "was automatic. I never miss practice."
"Whoever I line up next to, we always want to be somebody's nightmare," Suh said. "I'm a guy who's always going to react, play off instincts. I think the best football players do that. I study the terminology in the classroom and when I'm at home. And, obviously, when I'm on the football field, if I hear something, I go with it. . . . Once I put my hand in the ground, it's over.
"I was just going out there and playing as hard and as fast as I can. If I'm going to make mistakes, I'm going to do it full speed. Especially being in the backfield, if I make mistakes. That's what I was brought here for. That's the way I know how to play, that's the way I've been playing the last five years."
And now that they've finally gotten a chance to see it, the Dolphins are OK with that, too.
Bryce Brown joins Bills practice
Last week, Bills running backs coach Anthony Lynn said that he was concerned about running back Bryce Brown's ability to catch up after missing the first weeks of the team's offseason program while taking time to deal with family matters.
The message seems to have reached its target. Brown joined the Bills for Tuesday's practice, which will give him a chance to jump into the scrum for spots behind LeSean McCoy on the team's depth chart. With Fred Jackson, Anthony Dixon and rookie Karlos Williams all in the mix as well, it should be a spirited competition in Buffalo.
One player who hasn't been swayed to get back to work with the team is guard Chris Williams. Williams, who started three games last year before hitting injured reserve with a back injury, hasn't made a positive impression on coach Rex Ryan with his absence.
"I don't know if he's going to be planning on coming back or what; I haven't seen him," Ryan said. "I haven't talked to him, I haven't seen him. I don't even know what he looks like. I know these are voluntary type things, so that's fine. I don't know if he's better than all of the rest of these guys, because all the rest of them are here."
The Bills aren't settled on starters at guard, but Williams won't be moving to the front of the class if he refuses to show up.
LeBron's guy Maverick Carter mentoring Johnny Manziel now
LeBron James gave Cleveland a chance to celebrate last night, leading the Cavaliers to the NBA Finals with a cruise-control win over the Hawks.
But he's providing another assist for the city's football team as well.
As Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel tries to re-establish his career and life after a disastrous rookie year and stint in rehab, he's enlisted the help of James' consigliere, Maverick Carter.
"He's taken a big responsibility in making sure that Johnny's doing all the right things," Browns safety Donte Whitner said of Carter, via Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "[Manziel] has a mentor, somebody to talk to, certain things that he really didn't have the ability [to do] or somebody to talk to before. It looks like it's working out so far."
Carter has been James' longtime business partner/right-hand man, and given the close relationship between the two Cleveland celebrities, the link makes sense. Carter's marketing firm LRMR represents Manziel, but the relationship runs deeper than that..
The two have been seen sitting court-side at Cavaliers playoff games, and spending time off the court with James, who has managed to become a global superstar without hitting the same potholes Manziel has.
Between Carter and Browns teammates Whitner and Joe Haden, there's a support structure around Manziel now.
"We don't really have to say anything," Whitner said. "He's been doing that any way. I remember last [year] they made a big fuss about Johnny being in Vegas for Memorial Day Weekend. Johnny was here in Cleveland for Memorial day weekend this year. So that's another step that he's taken.
"He understands that you can't be in Vegas or Miami or any of these other places, you have to be here. If you have to come in a day or two extra for an hour or two per day, that's what quarterbacks do. And no matter if you like it, you have to be here."
Time and actions are what will fix things for Manziel now, but the fact he has a network in place to help him's a solid step in that direction.
Marqise Lee held out of practice with knee injury
Jaguars wide receiver Marqise Lee had a hard time staying healthy during his rookie season and his second year isn't getting off to a much better start.
Lee did not take part in the Jaguars' first OTA session on Tuesday because of a knee injury he suffered during one of the team's earlier workouts. After watching nagging injuries limit Lee last year, coach Gus Bradley said that the team would take a cautious route with the 2014 second-round pick.
"Marqise banged up his knee a little bit right in the middle of Phase Two," Bradley said, via the Florida Times-Union. "He's more day-to-day or week-to-week. I know he wants to get back here, but we're being smart with him. We'll see if he makes it back before the minicamp or not."
In addition to injuries, Jaguars wide receiver coach Jerry Sullivan said recently that the team gave Lee too much too soon as a rookie. The knee injury will ensure that no one's overloading Lee right now, although there's not much substitute for the on-field work that Lee needs to do to grow as a player.


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The very fact that Air India is no longer the 'Maharajah' speaks volumes about its present condition. Over the last decade, a series of events and decisions of the top leadership of the once prestigious national (international) carrier has resulted in its virtual grounding. The author, Jitender Bhargava, having spent over two decades with the airline, connected with both its communications and HR, including as its Executive Director, considers this book as his duty by the nation — to tell people from a ring-side view of what went wrong and how.
What began as a private airline, launched by no less than charismatic Indian industrialist J.R.D. Tata, became a national carrier, flying to different international destinations. Subsequently, at late Jawaharlal Nehru's request, the government took over the airline, but left it to Tata and his professional managers to look after the operations. When Indian Airlines, another government-owned national carrier to take care of domestic operations, was born, the comparisons between the two became obvious and visible.
It was with the seeping in of what is called 'public sector culture' in Air India that things really started taking a nosedive. Just because it was government-owned, it became a virtual extension of the Union Civil Aviation Ministry and that remains the main major reason for Air India being unable to take off again.
Bhargava identifies three major events in the recent history of the airline that led to its 'descent.' The inability or unwillingness of the government to go in for disinvestment by finding a strategic partner, the massive and ill-advised aircraft acquisition programme, and of course the ill-timed and ill-planned merger of the two airlines. In addition, of course, comes the non-availability of sterling leadership to guide the airline through rough pockets, and the continuing political interference in the management of Air India.
In the late 1990s, there was a proposal by the Tata group and Singapore Airlines to become the strategic partner to provide professional management to Air India. But this fell through, allegedly because of vested interests. Since then, it has run into one financial crisis or another, quite often unable to pay its staff. To find an investor in the present financial health may be impossible.
As for the controversial aircraft acquisition programme, from an original proposal to acquire 28 aircraft, it was suddenly raised to 68, at an estimated cost of Rs. 40,000 crore — sometime in 2003-04.
Obviously, Air India could never really afford such a huge bill and it was up to the government to provide a sovereign guarantee. The airline has still not recovered from this trap.
The worst disaster till date has been the hasty decision in 2006 to merge Air India and Indian Airlines. Even if a professional road map was worked out, it was never implemented with any degree of sincerity. After seven years, it is yet to materialise either in the skies or on the ground, as Bhargava explains.
It is not as though the successive Chairmen/ Managing Directors, or the Union Civil Aviation Ministers did not know about the gravity of the crisis. But they did precious little to solve them.
The government has kept putting in some tranches of capital into the airline — either to pay salaries or to enable it to borrow more. These investments are neither substantial, nor have they come in time to save the airline. The few professional managers who could make a difference in its management left, and the bureaucracy from the Aviation Ministry found in the airline a comfortable posting to take — and they kept their political bosses happy.
This has been the sordid story of Air India's descent. The Tata group has now tied up with Air Asia, and also with Singapore Airlines to look at two different carriers for domestic and international operations. Several private airlines have come into existence in the country, and some of them have failed. It remains to be seen if Air India, in any format, will become once more the 'Maharajah' of the yore and claim its rightful place among the airlines of India, and in the hearts of the burgeoning air passengers.
THE DESCENT OF AIR INDIA: Jitender Bhargava; Bloomsbury Publishing India, Vishrut Building, DDA Complex, Building No. 3, Pocket C-6& 7, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110070. Rs. 499.

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The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival kicks off today at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. and runs through the weekend. As in the past couple of years, much of the festival's first weekend will be streaming live through YouTube. This year, the webcast is hosted by KCRW's Jason Bentley, the host of Metropolis. If you didn't already have plans for the weekend, you do now.
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His 2010 returns showed that Romney took in $21.7 million in income in 2010 and paid $3 million in taxes, or a little less than 14 percent.
The returns also showed that Romney gave $3 million in charitable donations in 2010, including $1.5 million to the Mormon Church.
As calls intensified for Romney to release as many as 10 years of returns, the candidate continued to point to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, as his role model on the issue. Romney noted that McCain only released two years of tax returns and maintained that he, Romney, had done everything "required of him by law" when it came to his financial documents.
But the criticism only continued when it emerged that Romney's campaign had requested "several years" of tax returns from those who were vetted as potential vice presidential candidates.
The focus on Romney's tax returns has long irritated Romney advisers, who believed the issue took Romney off message and dominated the news cycle when they would rather have focused on the economy.
For example, during a news conference in August that was intended to focus on his Medicare plan, Romney was hounded about his taxes and asked whether he'd kept a promise he made to ABC News, during an interview in Jerusalem, to "go back and look" and see if he'd ever paid a tax rate lower than 13 percent.
"I did go back and look at my taxes, and over the past 10 years I never paid less than 13 percent," Romney said at the time.
So why did Romney wait so long -- with Election Day so close -- to release his returns? The candidate and his wife told Parade magazine in August that one of the reasons they had hesitated to release their financial documents was the amount of money they give the Mormon Church.
"Our church doesn't publish how much is given," Romney told the magazine. "One of the downsides of releasing one's financial information is that this is now all public, but we had never intended our contributions to be known. It's a very personal thing between ourselves and our commitment to our God and to our church."
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February 1
In a virtual coup, King Gyanendra of Nepal dismisses the government, suspends much of the constitution, and cuts off communication to and within the country. (See February 14.)
At a meeting in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, the heads of Central American countries agree to create a plan to address narcoterrorism and other cross-border criminality on a regional basis.
China makes a deal to lend Russia $6 billion to help finance, in return for crude oil, the nationalization of the main subsidiary of the Yukos oil company, which was seized and auctioned off by Russia in December 2004.
While visiting Argentina, Pres. Hugo Chávez of Venezuela says that he plans to sell his country's interests in American oil refineries as part of a plan to distance his government from that of the U.S.
February 2
Armando Guebuza is sworn in as president of Mozambique.
U.S. Pres. George W. Bush delivers his fourth state of the union address; he emphasizes a plan to reinvent Social Security, citing the creation of a system of privately held accounts.
Vietnam appeals to the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization for help in dealing with the A(H5N1) avian flu, which is ravaging poultry in the country and has killed 13 of the 14 people infected in the past five weeks.
The Irish Republican Army formally withdraws from peace negotiations in Northern Ireland with the governments of the U.K. and Ireland.
At a meeting in Sofia, Bulg., the prime ministers of Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, and Slovakia sign a 10-year plan for the social integration of the Roma (Gypsy) minorities in their countries.
The largest-ever international gathering of nomads and pastoralists winds up a five-day meeting in Turmi, Eth., under the auspices of the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs; the 120 pastoral leaders from around the world release a statement delineating the threats to their way of life.
February 3
The UN-appointed committee investigating the pre-occupation oil-for-food program in Iraq releases an interim report in which it cites Benon V. Sevan, head of the program in 1997–2003, for favouritism and conflict of interest.
February 4
Ukraine's Supreme Council approves the appointment of Yuliya Tymoshenko as prime minister.
Officials announce that Guatemala's Constitutional Court has ruled that the soldiers on trial for having killed more than 200 unarmed civilians in Dos Erres in 1982 are immune from prosecution, which thus ends the war crimes trial.
February 5
Gnassingbé Eyadéma, president of Togo, dies in office, and the country's military immediately installs his son Faure E. Gnassingbé in his place, in contravention of the country's constitution; the following day the National Assembly revises the constitution to allow Gnassingbé to remain in office until 2008.
Leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized countries meeting in London agree to pursue a plan to allow the entire debt owed by the poorest countries to multilateral institutions such as the World Bank to be written off.
Quarterbacks Benny Friedman, Dan Marino, and Steve Young and halfback Fritz Pollard are elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
February 6
In parliamentary elections in Thailand, the political party of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra wins lopsidedly.
In Jacksonville, Fla., the New England Patriots defeat the Philadelphia Eagles 24–21 to win Super Bowl XXXIX.
The Mazatlán Venados (Deer) of Mexico defeat the Águilas (Eagles) from the Dominican Republic to win baseball's Caribbean Series, with a tournament record of 5–1.
February 7
British yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur breaks the solo around-the-world sailing record, completing the journey in 71 days 14 hours.
In the world all-around speed-skating championships in Moscow, the top overall female competitor is Anni Friesinger of Germany, and the top male competitor is Shani Davis of the U.S.
February 8
At a summit meeting in Egypt, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas agree to a formal cease-fire.
Greece's Parliament elects Karolos Papoulias, a founder of the socialist party PASOK, to the largely ceremonial post of president.
February 9
A court in Kazakhstan bans the country's second biggest opposition party, saying that its protests against a parliamentary election in 2004 (which was called unfair by international observers) were an incitement to public disorder.
Katsuaki Watanabe is appointed to replace Fujio Cho as president of Toyota Motor, the most profitable automobile manufacturer in the world.
The board of directors of the computer company Hewlett-Packard forces Carly Fiorina to resign as CEO.
David Talbot, the founder of the online magazine Salon, announces his resignation as editor in chief and CEO.
February 10
In the process of announcing its withdrawal from the six-party talks on the country's nuclear-development plans, North Korea for the first time states publicly that it has developed nuclear weaponry.
Voters in Saudi Arabia take part in the country's first-ever general election; only men are allowed to vote or run for office.
Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin testifies before the committee investigating the money-laundering scandal that took place when Martin was minister of finance; it is the first time in more than 100 years that a sitting prime minister has testified in a case involving government corruption.
A mortar attack against Jewish settlements in the southern Gaza Strip takes place; Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas responds by firing three security chiefs.
Researchers from France, Chad, and the U.S. report that a new analysis has convinced them that whales and hippopotamuses have a common ancestor, a water-loving mammal that lived 50 million–60 million years ago.
February 11
As protests take place in Togo, the leaders of ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) order the newly installed president, Faure E. Gnassingbé, to meet with them the following day in Niger; he had previously refused to meet with ECOWAS in Lomé, Togo's capital.
A judge in Pinellas county, Fla., rules that Terri Schiavo, a severely brain-damaged woman who is being sustained by a feeding tube against what her husband says are her wishes, has not been denied fair legal representation; the case has stirred public controversy for several years.
The 61st Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects is presented to Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
February 12
A car bomber kills 17 people in front of a hospital south of Baghdad, bringing the death toll for the week to 104.
Dorothy Stang, an American nun, environmentalist, and land rights activist, is murdered in Pará state, Braz., igniting a storm of outrage; on February 17 Brazilian Pres. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signs decrees that create a reserve of 3.3 million ha (8.15 million ac) and a national park of 445,000 ha (1.1 million ac) in the Amazonian rainforest in Stang's memory.
A public art project by Christo and Jeanne-Claude called The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979–2005 goes on display in New York City's Central Park; it consists of 7,503 gates hung with saffron-coloured fabric along 37 km (23 mi) of walkway and remains on display until February 27.
For the first time, the European Space Agency's Arianespace successfully launches its most powerful rocket, the Ariane 5-ECA, from the spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana, and places two satellites in orbit.
February 13
Results of the January 30 election in Iraq are reported; the United Iraqi Alliance, a Shiʿite grouping approved by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, won 48% of the popular vote and 140 of the 275 seats in the assembly, a slim majority.
At the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, the top winner is the late Ray Charles, who wins eight awards, including record of the year for "Here We Go Again," a duet with Norah Jones, and album of the year for Genius Loves Company; the song of the year is John Mayer's "Daughters," and the best new artist is Maroon5.
In the new event of team skiing at the world skiing championships in Italy, Germany surpasses favourite Austria to win the gold medal.
February 14
Rafik Hariri, who resigned as Lebanon's prime minister in October 2004, is killed, along with 16 others, by a car bomb that destroys his motorcade in Beirut.
A flight test of the U.S. missile defense system fails when the interceptor missile does not launch; the previous two tests also failed.
Following the suspension of democracy in Nepal (see February 1), the U.S., the U.K., and France recall their ambassadors.
The regional telephone company Verizon announces that it will purchase the long-distance company MCI, which had rejected overtures from Qwest Communications.
February 15
The U.S. recalls its ambassador to Syria because of its belief that Syria was involved in the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.
In Uruguay, José Mujica is sworn in as chair of the Senate and Nora Castro as head of the Chamber of Deputies; both are former Tupamaro guerrillas who were imprisoned when the country was under military rule (1973–85).
Donna Orender is named president of the Women's National Basketball Association.
Kan-Point's VJK Autumn Roses, a German shorthaired pointer, wins Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
February 16
A ceremony is held in Kyoto, Japan, to mark the coming into force of the Kyoto Protocol, initialed in 1997; the agreement requires that the industrialized world cut emissions of greenhouse gases by 5.2% below 1990 levels by 2012.
Israel's Knesset (legislature) approves a plan to give $870 million in compensation to settlers required to leave the Gaza Strip to relocate without losing their accustomed living standards.
The Association for Computing Machinery announces that the recipients of the 2004 A.M. Turing Award are Vincent G. Cerf and Robert E. Kahn, who created the structure for TCP/IP, or transmission control protocol and Internet protocol, which allows computer networks to communicate with one another.
The Bollingen Prize in American poetry is awarded to Jay Wright.
National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces that negotiations between the owners and the players' union have been fruitless and that the entire 2004–05 season has been canceled.
February 17
U.S. Pres. George W. Bush nominates John D. Negroponte, the ambassador to Iraq, as the country's first national intelligence director.
February 18
Under international pressure, the newly installed president of Togo, Faure E. Gnassingbé, agrees to hold presidential elections within 60 days, as the constitution at the time of his installation required, but not to give up power to the speaker of the legislature, as also required by the constitution.
Scientists at a NASA news conference report that on Dec. 27, 2004, they detected a burst of light energy from interstellar space only a fraction of a second long but so powerful that it exceeded the total energy emitted from the Sun in 150,000 years; the source was identified as a distant magnetar, a rapidly spinning neutron star with an extremely intense magnetic field.
February 19
Suicide bombers target celebrations of the Shiʿite holy day Ashura throughout Iraq, killing some 30 people; on the previous day suicide bombers at various religious gatherings and one police checkpoint killed at least 35 people in Baghdad alone.
February 20
In legislative elections in Portugal, the Socialist Party defeats the ruling coalition, winning its first-ever absolute majority; José Sócrates becomes prime minister on March 12.
Spain, the first country to vote on the EU constitution in a national referendum, approves the constitution handily; the document had previously been ratified by the parliaments in Lithuania, Hungary, and Slovenia.
Beset by allegations of sexual harassment, which he denies, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers submits his resignation.
In London The Producers wins three Laurence Olivier Awards—best new musical, best actor in a musical (Nathan Lane), and best supporting actor in a musical (Conleth Hill)—and The History Boys also wins three awards—best new play, best director (Nicholas Hytner), and best actor (Richard Griffiths); Alan Bennett, the playwright of The History Boys, wins a special award for contributions to British theatre.
In Daytona Beach, Fla., Jeff Gordon wins the Daytona 500, NASCAR's premier race, for the third time.
In Park City, Utah, Italy's Armin Zöggeler wins a record fifth luge world championship singles title; the previous day Sylke Otto of Germany won her fourth world championship in the women's singles event, tying the record set by East Germany's Margit Schumann in the 1970s.
February 21
Tens of thousands of people—Muslim, Christian, and Druze—march in Beirut, Lebanon, in anti-Syrian protests, while Syrian Pres. Bashar al-Assad tells the secretary-general of the Arab League that Syria intends, as it has since 1989, to withdraw its troops.
Prosecutors in Bolivia bring charges of genocide against former president Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, who is living in exile in the U.S., for involvement in the deaths of more than 60 people in the protests that preceded his resignation.
The British Royal Navy announces that it is planning to recruit gay enlistees to join the service.
February 22
An early-morning earthquake of magnitude 6.4 centred on the city of Zarand kills at least 490 people in central Iran; many villages are destroyed.
Emerging victorious in the elections, the United Iraqi Alliance chooses Ibrahim al-Jaafari as its candidate for prime minister of Iraq.
February 23
Shigeru Omi of the World Health Organization warns that a deadly form of avian flu spreading throughout Asia, which has killed 14 people in Vietnam so far in 2005, threatens the world with a pandemic should it mutate into a form that can be transmitted easily from human to human.
Government officials in China say that Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have agreed that six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions should resume as soon as possible, and a Chinese envoy to North Korea reports that North Korea is willing to rejoin the talks.
U.S. diplomats reveal that Canada has decided against participating with the U.S. in a North American missile defense system.
In a British military court in Germany, two British soldiers, Mark Cooley and Daniel Kenyon, are convicted on charges of having abused Iraqi prisoners near Basra, Iraq, in May 2003.
February 24
The Palestinian legislature approves a new cabinet that is largely purged of allies of the late Yasir Arafat, though Ahmed Qurei retains his post as prime minister.
Somalian Pres. Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Ghedi visit Somalia for the first time since attaining their posts; they are assessing conditions for moving the Somalian government-in-exile from Kenya.
Pope John Paul II is hospitalized for the second time this month and undergoes a tracheostomy because of difficulty breathing.
February 25
Bowing to internal and international pressure, Faure E. Gnassingbé resigns as president of Togo; Abass Bonfoh becomes interim president until a presidential election, in which Gnassingbé will be a candidate, is held.
The judge who has presided over the dispute over Terri Schiavo for the past seven years in Pinellas county, Fla., rules that he will grant no further stays and that Schiavo's husband may have the feeding tube removed on March 18.
For the first time since it was booed off the stage in 1931, the ballet The Bolt, with a score by Dmitry Shostakovich and originally choreographed by Fyodor Lopukhov, is performed by the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow.
February 26
Egyptian Pres. Hosni Mubarak asks the parliament to amend the constitution to permit for the first time in the country's history direct, multiparty presidential elections to be held.
Japan's space agency successfully returns its H-2A heavy-lift rocket to service with a launch from its Tanegashima space centre and deploys a geostationary air traffic/weather satellite; the last previous launch, in November 2003, failed to orbit two spy satellites.
Wichita, Kan., police announce that they have arrested a man, Dennis L. Rader, in suburban Park City whom they believe to be the serial killer known as B.T.K., who is responsible for at least eight murders over a 30-year period.
February 27
Parliamentary elections are held in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan; international observers in both countries say the polling fell short of international standards of fairness, and runoff elections for each district in Kyrgyzstan are scheduled for March 13, while the ruling party retains power in Tajikistan.
Officials from both Iraq and Syria report that Syria has captured and turned over to Iraq Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hassan al-Tikriti, a half brother of Saddam Hussein who headed two security agencies under Saddam and who is believed to be financing the insurgency.
The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, signed by 168 countries but ratified by only 57, comes into effect; it asks those countries to take steps to reduce tobacco smoking, which kills an estimated five million people annually.
At the 77th Academy Awards presentations, hosted by comedian Chris Rock, Oscars are won by, among others, Million Dollar Baby and its director, Clint Eastwood, and actors Jamie Foxx, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, and Cate Blanchett.
André Lange of Germany wins a third consecutive world championship in four-man bobsleigh at the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing world championships in Calgary, Alta., breaking a record.
February 28
In by far the deadliest bombing since the start of the war in Iraq, a car bomber detonates his weapon in a crowd of police and army recruits outside a medical clinic across the street from a market in Hilla; at least 122 people are killed.
As tens of thousands of people demonstrate in Beirut against Syrian involvement in Lebanon, the pro-Syrian Omar Karami resigns as Lebanese prime minister.
In a referendum, more than 90% of voters in Burundi approve a new constitution that lays the groundwork for a government in which the Hutu majority and the Tutsi minority would share power.
A deranged former litigant murders the father and mother of U.S. Federal District Court Judge Joan Lefkow in Chicago, apparently in revenge for her earlier ruling against him.
Federated Department Stores, the owner of Macy's and Bloomingdale's, announces plans to buy May Department Stores, which owns Lord & Taylor and Marshall Field's.


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have you seen summertime with katharine hepburn? looks like i need to watch it.
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have you seen summertime with katharine hepburn? looks like i need to watch it.
screencaps courtesy of marcine miller
i grew up with goofy mid-nineties sitcom cybill, completely oblivious to the fact that she was such a stone cold fox. once again inspired by another amazing post over at the selvedge yard.
ava gardner. beaut. besides being an oscar nominated actress, she was married to mickey rooney, artie shaw & frank sinatra (who she described as the love of her life) and was friends with howard hughes and ernest hemingway amongst others. little minx.
"you know what i want? i want yesterday" – natalie wood
i'm surprised hollywood hasn't made a movie about clara bow yet, who had a classic rags to riches tale with a semi sad and tragic ending. i must admit i didn't know much about her, apart from admiring pictures of that classic twenties flapper look and that she was a famous actress of the silent screen.
Legendary once, curiously unknown today, Clara Bow is both a heroine and a victim of silence. For the original "IT girl," the first sex symbol and most popular female icon of the wildly modern, jazz, gin, sex and cinema-filled decade of the Twenties, there was also a hell of a lot of noise. That her name is not as familiar as Mary Pickford, Greta Garbo, Mae West or Marilyn Monroe, despite the fact that she was more famous than all of them, is testament to the power of public opinion to silence the very personality it helped to create.
– from this great article (read it)
i looooooooove cowboys! another new years resolution is to marry a cowboy. with a beard.
pics from truus, bob and jan too
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I don't feel that it's too restrictive.
If you are looking for ultimate HP, than yes, a 2-1 can be restrictive over a 2-2. Compared to a stock silencer setup, I feel an aftermarket 2-1 flows better than 2 stock silencers. For our trail use I only see maybe 1-2 HP loss at max RPM, but torque gained in the low end that is more helpful.
The carbon is less strong compared to stainless or titanium bodies for continuous pulses. I have also had several Aluminum bodied silencers of other brands fail b/c of this too.
You'll get more flow removing the quiet core, We have seen a 3-4 hp gain by removing that with proper jetting. I need the spark arrestor for our riding regulations in our area, so that stays in for us.
Unlined carbon cans don't tolerate the heat, either. That was primary in the cause of my failure. Many carbon cans now have SS liners inside to maintain some heat shield and solid rivet points for the caps.
I could watch composite resin in the center of the can slowly discolor. When the resin got too hot, it slowly vibrated out of the carbon cloth and all that was left was the carbon fabric, which folded...
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TUESDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- The overall health of Americans isn't improving much, with about six in 10 people either overweight or obese and large numbers engaging in unhealthy behaviors like smoking, heavy drinking or not exercising, a new government report shows.
Released Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the report found Americans continuing to make many of the lifestyle choices that have led to soaring rates of heart disease, diabetes and other chronic illnesses, including the following:
The one bright spot in the report came in the area of sleep behavior. About seven in 10 adults meet the federal objective for sufficient sleep.
The findings have been gleaned from nearly 77,000 random interviews conducted between 2008 and 2010.
The numbers reflect persistent trends, said report author Charlotte Schoenborn, a health statistician at the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.
"Changes have not been enormous," Schoenborn said. "It's been a very, very slow process of changing awareness of personal choices for healthier ways of life. All of the health-related federal agencies, and a lot of nonfederal groups, are putting a lot of resources to make people aware of the effect they can have on their own health. This report is just designed to say where we are."
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Was there a Narendra Modi-specific factor in senior BJP leader LK Advani's recent unhappiness and uneasiness with the party's functioning? Was Advani unhappy with Modi's elevation as chairman of the BJP's campaign committee for the 2014 Lok Sabha election earlier this month? A source close to Advani rejects the argument and says the BJP patriarch wanted Modi to be the chief of the campaign committee in the 2009 elections, but the then party president Rajnath Singh did not agree. Therefore, Advani's unhappiness and dissatisfaction is not Modi-specific.
However, the Advani argument about Modi does not end there. He has his reservations about Modi's new appointment. Apparently party president Rajnath Singh consulted Advani much before the Goa national executive meeting, and he had suggested that along with Modi, former party president Nitin Gadkari should head the election management committee. Of course, the suggestion was overruled by the party. And it ended up in the hoopla that was at display in Goa after the announcement about Modi.
The well-placed source in the Advani camp points out that it was this induced euphoria that unsettled the Janata Dal (U), and led to its exit from the NDA. The Advani argument goes: Had Modi and Gadkari been named, this would not have precipitated the JD (U) action.
From this follows the the third part of the Advani argument. It is not so much against Modi as a person but it is against the BJP strategy of projecting him as the man who will win the 2014 election for the party. Popularity is not the only instrument for winning an election, says the source reflecting clearly the thinking in the Advani camp. There is also the crucial aspect of acceptability.
Three examples are given of how acceptability more than popularity wins the day in the fractured multi-party polity. The first example cited is that of the choice of Morarji Desai as prime minister in 1977. Jagjivan Ram and Charan Singh were more popular but they were not acceptable. Desai was not popular but acceptable. That is why, he ended up being the prime minister.
In 1995, Advani was the most popular in the BJP, but he (Advani) realised that he did not enjoy the same kind of acceptability that Atal Bihari Vajpayee did. It is pointed out that even Vajpayee did not have full acceptability. As a consequence, the first BJP government lasted for just 13 days in May, 1996. Both Advani and the late Pramod Mahajan had to approach other parties and persuade them to accept Vajpayee. It took them two years to achieve something of a success.
The third example is that of Manmohan Singh, whose acceptability quotient won him the day, and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, though omnipotent in her party, could not choose the candidate she wanted and had to contend with the acceptability factor.
The conclusion of the Advani thesis: It is true that there was a prime ministerial candidate in 2004 (Vajpayee) and in 2009 (Advani). But the party should go without a prime ministerial face into the 2014 election.
If Modi is projected, then the Congress and others will turn the tables and make it into a secular-communal issue. Modi and the BJP will have to parry and counter the communalism barb before attacking the Congress for corruption, inflation and mis-governance. If Modi is not projected, then the BJP can mount a full-throttled onslaught on the Congress.


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Earlier this month former Sox closer and genius Jonathan Papelbon endeared himself to Philadelphia fans by saying they were superior to Boston fans. Today he seems to have satisfied the Boston media by clarifying these comments, but does so in typical not-really-an-apology fashion:
"I wasn't trying to offend nobody, man," said Papelbon, who signed a 4-year, $50 million deal with the Phillies. "I was just calling a spade a spade. I've been in the bullpen down there many a times in Boston to know this (fan) don't have a clue what he's talking about. It happens in Philadelphia, too. I've been in Philadelphia's bullpen. I was just simply saying that, because the American League is different than the National League, there's a little more thought process that goes along with that.
"I wasn't trying to offend [any]body" is a close cousin to "I'm sorry to those who I offended" in the "I'm only making this statement so people get off my back" lexicon. He's still an idiot, he's still generalizing for no good reason, and he's still giving Philadelphia too much credit.
That said, we can't be too bad. No organization more frequently or ruthlessly trashes its former employees than the Boston Red Sox. Maybe Pap just learned how effective that strategy is while he was here.
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Stress while pregnant can lead to greater risk of babies with asthma
High levels of anxiety, stress or depression during pregnancy may be associated with a greater risk of asthma for the baby, according to a new study that focused on minority women.
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High levels of anxiety, stress or depression during pregnancy may be associated with a greater risk of asthma for the baby, suggests a new study that focused on inner-city minority women.
Somewhat similar findings regarding an association between stress and asthma have been reported in previous studies, but this new study focused only on minority populations. Researchers from the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health monitored 279 inner-city African-American and Hispanic women before they became pregnant, during pregnancy and after birth.
The findings showed that approximately 70 percent of mothers who told researchers they experienced high levels of stress, anxiety or depression while they were pregnant later reported that their child wheezed before age 5.
"The symptoms of pediatric asthma can range from a nagging cough that lingers for days or weeks to sudden and scary breathing emergencies," said Rachel Miller, an allergist and the study's senior author.
The study suggests that the prenatal period is a time when children are particularly susceptible to asthma-related risks.
"Understanding how maternal depression affects a child's respiratory health is important in developing effective interventions," said Marilyn Reyes, a researcher at Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health and the study's lead author.
The findings were published in the July issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
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Here we are. New year. If you are like me you look back and evaluate whether or not you met last year's goals. And if you are like me you didn't reach some of your goals. If you are still dealing with the same debt you had last year – which is likely much larger than it was last year – the time to deal with your debt problem is now.
Don't go another year bearing the weight of overwhelming debt. I know you don't want to file bankruptcy. Nobody does. But you need to look at it for what it is. A tool. A tool that will allow you to start again and finally eliminate your debts.
If you are like most people that file for bankruptcy you will file a chapter 7 bankruptcy case. In Arizona, the typical chapter 7 bankruptcy case lasts about 4 to 5 months. Specifically, from the day your case is filed with the court you can expect to have your judge sign off on the discharge order that eliminates your debts in about five months.
For the most part, yes. In a chapter 7 bankruptcy all of your credit card debt, medical bills, and most unsecured debts are completely eliminated. Most taxes and student loans are not discharged.
Secured debts like your car loans and home loans still remain unless you decide to surrender the car or house back to the bank.
So, what it boils down to is after your bankruptcy case is over you will be able to eliminate the debts you want, like your credit card debts, and keep the debts you need to, like your mortgage or car loan.
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Psychology Teacher: Job Description & Requirements
A career as a psychology teacher generally requires a Ph.D. to gain employment as a university-level educator. Read further to learn about the necessary skills, salary expectation and employment outlook of this profession.
Career Definition
Psychology teachers write lesson plans and coursework, present material to students in person or online and evaluate student work. Psychology teachers who are university psychology teachers are also responsible for research and publication of their work, mentoring and supervision of teaching assistants and departmental or committee work as needed. Psychology teachers may be full or assistant professors and generally work during the academic calendar year. The American Association of University Professors reports in its 2008-2009 Report on the Economic Status of the Profession that the ratio of male to female professors with Ph.D.'s decreased from 7:1 to under 4:1 over the past two decades, www.aaup.org.
Become a Psychology Teacher
Required Education
Psychology teachers usually earn a Ph.D., requiring more than five years of post-undergraduate study plus completion of a dissertation. Psychology teachers will have studied broad topics in the theory and practice of psychology, as well as specialties like clinical psychology, industrial and organizational psychology, school psychology and developmental and child psychology. They must also work as teaching assistants to develop educational skills and research assistants to learn additional needed skills.
Required Skills
Successful psychology teachers are highly motivated individuals who work well independently. Psychology teachers have outstanding oral and written communication skills and a strong desire to teach and conduct original research. Working at the university-level requires the ability to conduct independent, peer-reviewed research projects.
Career and Economic Outlook
Postsecondary teachers in general can look forward to faster than average job growth of 19% from 2012-2022, according to data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), although most new jobs will be part-time or non-tenured. The BLS reports a 2012 national median annual salary of $68,020 for postsecondary psychology teachers. While an increasing student population means favorable job growth for postsecondary teachers, college and university budget concerns are challenges facing psychology teachers.
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Normally having at least a master's degree, these professionals oversee academics, student services and faculty research at universities and colleges, with duties varying according to specialty. Faster than average employment growth of 15% was anticipated by the BLS from 2012-2022, for these positions that offered an annual median wage of $86,490 in 2012.
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