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Parallel Verses
New International Version
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
New Living Translation
Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.
English Standard Version
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
New American Standard Bible
Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
King James Bible
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
God, create a clean heart for me and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
International Standard Version
God, create a pure heart in me, and renew a right attitude within me.
NET Bible
Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me!
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Create in me a pure heart, oh, God, and renew your right Spirit within me.
GOD'S WORD® Translation
Create a clean heart in me, O God, and renew a faithful spirit within me.
Jubilee Bible 2000
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
King James 2000 Bible
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
American King James Version
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
American Standard Version
Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Create a clean heart in me, O God: and renew a right spirit within my bowels.
Darby Bible Translation
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
English Revised Version
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Webster's Bible Translation
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
World English Bible
Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.
Young's Literal Translation
A clean heart prepare for me, O God, And a right spirit renew within me.
Parallel CommentariesMatthew Henry's Concise Commentary
51:7-15 Purge me with hyssop, with the blood of Christ applied to my soul by a lively faith, as the water of purification was sprinkled with a bunch of hyssop. The blood of Christ is called the blood of sprinkling, Heb 12:24. If this blood of Christ, which cleanses from all sin, cleanse us from our sin, then we shall be clean indeed, Heb 10:2. He asks not to be comforted, till he is first cleansed; if sin, the bitter root of sorrow, be taken away, he can pray in faith, Let me have a well-grounded peace, of thy creating, so that the bones broken by convictions may rejoice, may be comforted. Hide thy face from my sins; blot out all mine iniquities out of thy book; blot them out, as a cloud is blotted out and dispelled by the beams of the sun. And the believer desires renewal to holiness as much as the joy of salvation. David now saw, more than ever, what an unclean heart he had, and sadly laments it; but he sees it is not in his own power to amend it, and therefore begs God would create in him a clean heart. When the sinner feels this change is necessary, and reads the promise of God to that purpose, he begins to ask it. He knew he had by his sin grieved the Holy Spirit, and provoked him to withdraw. This he dreads more than anything. He prays that Divine comforts may be restored to him. When we give ourselves cause to doubt our interest in salvation, how can we expect the joy of it? This had made him weak; he prays, I am ready to fall, either into sin or into despair, therefore uphold me with thy Spirit. Thy Spirit is a free Spirit, a free Agent himself, working freely. And the more cheerful we are in our duty, the more constant we shall be to it. What is this but the liberty wherewith Christ makes his people free, which is contrasted with the yoke of bondage? Ga 5:1. It is the Spirit of adoption spoken to the heart. Those to whom God is the God of salvation, he will deliver from guilt; for the salvation he is the God of, is salvation from sin. We may therefore plead with him, Lord, thou art the God of my salvation, therefore deliver me from the dominion of sin. And when the lips are opened, what should they speak but the praises of God for his forgiving mercy?
Pulpit Commentary
Verse 10. - Create in me a clean heart, O God; i.e. do more than purify me - do more than cleanse me (ver. 7); by an act of creative power (בּרא) make in me a new clean heart. Compare the Christian doctrine of the "new birth" and "new life." And renew a right spirit within me. "Heart" and "spirit" are used interchangeably for the inward essence of man; but, as Professor Cheyne observes, "Heart emphasizes the individual side of a man's life; spirit, its Divine, or at least preternatural side." David, in asking both for a new heart and a new spirit, requests the renovation of his entire mental and moral nature, which he recognizes as corrupt and depraved.
Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Create in me a clean heart, O God,.... Which was now defiled with sin, and of which being convinced, he was led more and more to see the impurity of his heart and nature, from which all his evil actions flowed; and being sensible that he could not make his heart clean himself, and that this was the work of God, and a work which required creating power, he entreats it of him: for as the first work of conversion is no other than a creation, or a production of something new, which was not before; so the restoring of a backslider, as it goes by the same name, it requires the same power; and as the implantation of grace at first, and particularly of faith, is a work of almighty power; so the same power must be put forth to bring it into exercise, after falls into sin; that it may afresh deal with the heart purifying blood of Christ, which only can make it clean, and is what is here meant;
and renew a right spirit within me; by which is designed, not the Holy Spirit of God (k); for he is the renewer; nor the spirit or soul of man as to its essence; but with respect to the qualities of it; and here it signifies a renewing of the inward man, or an increase of grace, and causing it to abound in act and exercise; and intends a spirit of uprightness and integrity, in opposition to dissimulation and hypocrisy; a spirit "prepared and ready" (l) to every good work, Matthew 26:41; "one firm" (m) and unmoved from obedience to the Lord, by sin, temptations, and snares; a heart fixed, trusting in the Lord, and comfortably assured of an interest in pardoning grace and mercy.
(k) Vid. Zohar in Gen. fol. 107. 3.((l) "paratum seu promptum", Gejerus, Michaelis; so Ainsworth. (m) "Firmua", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
10. Create—a work of almighty power.
in me—literally, "to me," or, "for me"; bestow as a gift, a heart free from taint of sin (Ps 24:4; 73:1).
renew—implies that he had possessed it; the essential principle of a new nature had not been lost, but its influence interrupted (Lu 22:32); for Ps 51:11 shows that he had not lost God's presence and Spirit (1Sa 16:13), though he had lost the "joy of his salvation" (Ps 51:12), for whose return he prays.
right spirit—literally, "constant," "firm," not yielding to temptation.
Psalm 51:10 Additional Commentaries
Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God
…9Hide Your face from my sins And blot out all my iniquities. 10Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11Do not cast me away from Your presence And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.…
Cross References
Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Acts 15:9
He did not discriminate between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith.
Ephesians 2:10
For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Psalm 24:4
The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not trust in an idol or swear by a false god.
Psalm 73:1
A psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
Psalm 78:8
They would not be like their ancestors-- a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him.
Psalm 78:37
their hearts were not loyal to him, they were not faithful to his covenant.
Ezekiel 18:31
Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, people of Israel?
Ezekiel 36:26
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
Treasury of Scripture
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things …
Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, …
Psalm 73:1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
Proverbs 20:9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Jeremiah 13:27 I have seen your adulteries, and your neighings, the lewdness of …
Jeremiah 32:39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me …
Ezekiel 11:19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within …
Ezekiel 18:31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby you have transgressed; …
Ezekiel 36:25-27,37 Then will I sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean: …
Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Acts 15:9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
1 Peter 1:22 Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through …
Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be you transformed by the …
Ephesians 4:22-24 That you put off concerning the former conversation the old man, …
Colossians 3:10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after …
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Acts 11:23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted …
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James 1:8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
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BURLESON – Cheers and jeers erupted Sunday afternoon in the living room adjoining an area of Hailey Sellers' home she has all but claimed as her personal music studio.
"It can get loud in here sometimes," she said.
Her biggest fans split loyalties on Sunday afternoons, a time when everyone's attention in her Mountain Valley home turns to the Denver Broncos game on television.
It is one passion in her life. The other is music.
Sellers won't ever play in the NFL, but she's hopeful to one day play on country music's most hollowed stages. Her star is on the rise in North Texas and she seems to be unfazed by it all.
"My dream is to play at the Country Music Awards show and at the Grand Ole Opry," Sellers said. "That's something I'm working toward everyday."
She's gathered a following at live music venues in and around Burleson to the Fort Worth Stockyards and has even played at the Hard Rock Cafe in Dallas and Love and War in Texas in Plano.
"It won't be something that happens in a month for me, but I believe it will happen," Sellers said. "It will take some work. I'll get there."
Perhaps a sign of her talent could be the interest Justin Frizzell, the morning show host on The Ranch 95.9 FM and formerly of The Wolf 99.5 FM, has taken.
"He's given me lots of advice," Sellers said. "He's one who actually returns my emails."
She first ran across Frizzell when The Ranch visited Joshua High School for a remote broadcast when Sellers was a junior.
She got the chance to sing in front of Frizzell and for the broadcast.
It was the beginning of many opportunities she has received to perform for an audience Frizzell describes as "Red Dirt Roads."
Getting started
It turns out that a country music career can get started at Target, at least that's the way it worked for Sellers at age 9.
She was Christmas shopping with her mom when something caught her eye.
"I saw a guitar at Target and told her I wanted to play," Sellers said. "They bought me a $30 guitar. They weren't sure how long I would stick with it."
She received the guitar Christmas morning and learned her first four chords that day.
As time passed, Sellers continued to play. Her guitar collection has grown to the point that in her home the dining room now doubles as her music studio.
"We started booking gigs at local places and I was playing for tips," she said. "The audience was my friends and family members at first."
She still recalls her first gig.
"It was my fourth grade talent show at Keene Intermediate School," she said.
Nine years have passed since she was given her first guitar and a lesson from her mother. She even has her own website – www.haileysellers.com – something most of her peers can't likely say.
More than a song
There are some that may know Sellers best for singing one song.
She had been a regular singing the national anthem at Joshua High School for more than one reason. It seems like everyone knew she could sing, but she was also available as a member of the volleyball team.
"That was hard," Seller said. "I wouldn't have a warm-up for the national anthem. We'd warm-up to play volleyball and then I'd step to the microphone out of breath and sing."
She's turned her attention solely to music this year, making the tough decision to stop playing volleyball for coach Craig Bethel.
"He's asked if I could sing the national anthem," she said.
She's paid to sing these days, but makes an exception for such requests.
Some of what she sings are country hits and other songs are her original work. She recently impressed a few members of the high school's staff by her reaction to the death of a friend in a car crash.
"I wrote a song for Heidi [Hunt]," Sellers said. "It took me 30 minutes at the most. I know God sent me the words, because I couldn't have done that."
She recently performed the song for Hunt's parents.
"It wasn't me writing it," Sellers said. "I know that."
A true troubadour
Any weekend evening could find Sellers at a live music venue in Burleson or Fort Worth, or there's a possibility she could be somewhere else you may not be able to find.
"I go around Texas and play at random houses for money," she said. "They'll see me play and ask if I'll play for them."
Sellers didn't turn 18 until last week. She's now old enough to get in to some of the places she plays, but not old enough to consume some of their beverages. So, she's come up with a familiar line.
"I sell it, but can't drink it," she said.
She claims to have played about "everywhere in North Texas," from Aledo, Glen Rose and Granbury to Dallas and areas north.
Some who saw her earlier in her singing career will notice a difference. Sellers' voice has matured and dropped, she says.
"I'm not a teenie bopper anymore," she said. "I don't have that high pitch. I have a more mature voice at this point."
With that maturity she has been able to fit songs performed by her idol into her own repertoire.
"Seventy-five percent of my cover songs are Miranda Lambert's," Sellers said. "I like the way that she's not mainstream. She has that Red Dirt style."
The original songs she performs tend to have a focus not that uncommon to country music.
"They are all particularly about my friends," she said. "They are the normal country music songs of heartbreak or going out around town."
Those same friends have given her rave reviews.
"They tell me they admire me," Seller said. "I think they like it when I sing. They really support me a lot."
It's in the family
Although he may not have bought the guitar or taught her the first chords she knew, Sellers' dad, Kevin, has helped her through the early ropes of the business.
"I call him 'dadager,'" Sellers said. "He's helps to promote me. He sits on email with people all night. We may not get emails back, but that just means we'll email them more."
Her father is an assistant superintendent at the Joshua ISD by day. He's a music fan in his free time, sharing classic rock bands like AC/DC, the Beatles and Led Zeppelin, along with some tried and true country.
"He two-stepped me to sleep with Alan Jackson when I was 2," Sellers said.
Country music runs deep in the family tree. Her grandmother played gospel music on the steel guitar in church. Soon Sellers could begin to get radio play on The Ranch.
"That's the next step," she said.
She'll graduate from Joshua High School in May and then will attend the University of Texas, where she's hopeful to double major in the Austin music scene.

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text: 7 July 2014 The comeback kings Bryan Borzykowski About the author Bryan Borzykowski is a Toronto-based business writer and editor. He writes about personal finance, wealth issues and other money topics for BBC Capital and also contributes to the New York Times, CNBC, CNNMoney, Canadian Business and the Globe and Mail. He's written three investing and personal finance books, too. Follow him on Twitter @bborzyko. Careers Ethics Executives Leadership Managing Workplace Share this page Share this with Digg Facebook Google LinkedIn Reddit StumbleUpon Twitter Copy this link http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20140706-the-comeback-kings Read more about sharing. The comeback kings History is filled with people who have been at the top of their game only to do something colossally dumb — or illegal — leading to a mighty fall or even disgrace. But instead of disappearing quietly after their 15 minutes of infamy, some one-time giants have come roaring back. For a select few, the second act is more successful than the first. What's more, society has embraced and celebrated these comeback kings, their previous transgressions all but forgotten. Why do humans have such short memories? Psychology has the answer. People love a comeback story, said Simon Webley, research director at London's Institute of Business Ethics. "It's part of us," he said. "It's about not giving up." Psychology also has some insights into why people fall from grace in the first place. It often comes down to a combination of bad judgment and feelings of superiority, said Hugh Arnold, a professor of organisational behaviour at Toronto's Rotman School of Management. "People get big jobs, make a lot of money, they're well known, they're written up in the press, so they feel as if they're beyond the rules," Arnold said. Many times, they don't realise they've adopted a cloak of 'above it all'. These characteristics often lead to a fall — and are also instrumental in why many people stage successful comebacks. In some cases, those smarts and charm allow them to become even more successful than they were before their grand collapse. "It's the same DNA that propelled them to these tasks that are helping them again," said Joanne Henry, executive vice-president at Neuger Communications Group, a Northfield, Minnesota-based public relations firm. "There's nothing in that DNA that says 'let's find a little corner and stay put'. They want to get back out there." Here's a look at the comeback kings of industry — and a fallen food maven who might just be on her way back. (Getty Images) Michael Milken, junk bond king Rise to fame Michael Milken entered the world of finance in 1969 as a bond researcher and trader. When he started, he mostly worked with investment-grade fixed income. Around 1973, he convinced his then-boss to let him start a high-yield bond trading division which would buy and sell junk bonds. Junk bonds, not popular at the time, are risky since they have a higher chance of default than higher-rated bonds. Milken still made a 100% return on his investment that year. After that success, Milken and his firm, Drexel Burnham Lambert, began underwriting junk bonds, propelling them to a more mainstream existence. Soon, Milken was helping a number of business and entrepreneurs, including Steve Wynn, Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch, raise money for their companies. By the end of the 1980s, the junk bond market was worth $150bn and Milken, nicknamed the Junk Bond King, was a billionaire. The downfall Milken's stunning downfall began in 1986, when stock speculator Ivan Boesky pleaded guilty to insider trading and implicated Milken in a number of illegal activities, including insider trading, stock manipulation and fraud. In 1989, a federal grand jury indicted Milken on 98 counts of racketeering and fraud. He pled guilty to six charges related to tax evasion and securities fraud and was hit with a $600m fine, a 10-year prison term and was banned from the securities industry for life. His comeback Milken was released from prison after serving 22 months. He was diagnosed with cancer soon after and given 12-to-18 months to live. It was after he beat the disease that he found his next calling life: philanthropy. In the last two decades, Milken has raised millions for cancer research and launched several charitable organisations, such as FasterCures, a think tank that searches for ways to improve the medical system. Milken is also the chairman of Knowledge Universe, a global education company that owns and operates schools around the world. His most well-known organisation is the Milken Institute, a non-profit think tank that conducts research around health care, job creation, technology and the economy. Milken did apologise in court in 1990. "What I did violated not just the law but all of my principles and values," he said. "I deeply regret it, and will for the rest of my life. I am truly sorry." The return, explained Milken was able to go from crook to good guy because it's clear that he's repented for his past, said Henry. His courtroom apology helped, but his years of philanthropy have proven to people that he's a changed man. He has set about making other people's lives better, and it's hard to find fault in that, Henry said. "He's owned up to his mistakes," Henry said. "There is some evidence of genuine remorse on his part," added Arnold. "He's made some terrible mistakes, he paid an enormous personal price, he went to jail and he lost his reputation. Now he's devoting his life to being more useful. People are willing to give others a second chance if someone shows true remorse." (Getty Images) Henry Blodget, dot-com busted Rise to fame Henry Blodget was one of the most successful technology analysts during the dot-com boom. He rose to fame in 1998 after saying that Amazon.com's stock — it was then a fairly new company — would climb from $240 a share to what sounded like an incredible $400 a share, which is exactly what happened a few weeks later. In 1999, based largely on that prediction, he was hired by Merrill Lynch to lead its global technology research division. The New York-based Blodget reportedly made $12m a year in the job. The downfall Everything came crashing down in 2003, when the US Securities and Exchange Commission accused Blodget of publishing false research, misleading investors and exaggerating claims about the companies he was covering. Their proof? Private internal emails that showed that he was saying one thing while his company said another. In a note about 24/7 Media, he called the internet company's key product a "piece of (excrement)." Yet a few months later, Blodget gave the company a high rating and made nearly no mention of the product he disliked. There are similar examples in the SEC's action against Blodget. He was hit with a $4m fine and a lifetime ban from the securities industry, while Merrill Lynch was forced to fork over $200m in penalties. His comeback For several years, hardly a peep was heard from the former superstar analyst. Then, in 2007, Blodget co-founded Business Insider, a news website that mostly focuses on technology and the economy. A March Reuters article valued the company at $100m. Blodget's site is a go-to source for anyone interested in business and tech-related matters. The return, explained Many disgraced professionals start their own business, which can lead them back to success, said Webley. "You can stop someone from getting hired, but you can't stop them from running their own company," he said. Blodget also didn't distance himself what made him famous in the first place, said Chris MacDonald, associate professor at Toronto's Ted Rogers School of Management. He's still writing about technology companies in the same brash and outspoken way he did before. The difference: he's not directly impacting people's hard-earned savings or mutual fund portfolios. "He still has the talents and skills, so it's not surprising that he's done well," MacDonald said. (Hubert Burda Media/Getty Images) Hwang Woo-Suk, cloning fallacy Rise to Fame Hwang Woo-Suk's rise to international fame began in 1999 after the Korean veterinarian said that he had cloned a dairy cow. It didn't seem to matter that he had no evidence to back up his claim. Woo-Suk really hit the big time, though, in 2004 and 2005, when he published two articles in Science, a leading scientific journal, claiming that he cloned human stem cells, something that had never been done before. He quickly became one of the most famous researchers on the planet and was given the title of Supreme Scientist by the Korean Ministry of Science and Technology. He received $27m in grants in 2005, much of it coming from the Korean government. The downfall In November, 2005, two researchers who had worked with Woo-Suk revealed that his work was fabricated and his research methods were not as ethical as he had claimed. A few months later, it was announced that his two Science papers were made up. These revelations ruined Woo-Suk's career and also sent South Korea and the scientific community into a panic. Many wondered how someone could have duped so many people. Woo-Suk was tried for fraud, embezzlement and ethics violations and received an 18-month suspended prison sentence. His comeback Yet there was one thing that was never in dispute during this tumultuous time: Woo Suk was the first person to clone a dog. He also still had a number of supporters who, in 2006, raised $3.5m to start the Sooam Biotech Research Foundation, a company that clones animals. A Nature article from January this year (not written by him) reported that since 2006, his company has cloned more than 400 dogs. Woo-Suk's clients from the US pay upwards of $100,000 for a cloned pet. While the article stressed that Woo-Suk's reputation is far from being fully restored, it noted that his papers are being published in peer-reviewed journals again and about half of the funding for his research comes from government grants. The return, explained While he still blames other researchers for his problems, the fact some of Woo-Suk's work has been proven to be legitimate has helped his comeback, said MacDonald. What's more, his past likely matters little to his current customers, who just want a clone of their beloved pet. Indeed, the scandal may be giving people the chance to clone that pet at a discount — imagine the cost if Woo-Suk had never fallen from grace. "People forgive others when it's useful to them," said MacDonald. "Especially when they have an opportunity to have a world class scientist working for them at (what's probably) a cut rate." (Getty Images) Tony Hayward, oil spill overseer Rise to Fame Kent, England's Tony Hayward made it big the old fashioned way: he worked hard and climbed through the ranks of one of the world's largest oil companies. He joined British Petroleum in 1982 and held a variety of roles until he was named chief executive officer in 2007. His career was going along swimmingly. In the late 1990s, he played a large part in expanding the company to the US and, as CEO, he successfully revived the BP name after a 2005 explosion killed 15 workers. His downfall On 20 April, 2010, an oil rig operated by BP exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, 41 miles off the coast of Louisiana in the US, killing 11 people and sending millions of gallons of oil into the waters. A US congressional panel found that Hayward ignored problems with the company's Gulf of Mexico-based rigs. It didn't help that Hayward came off as insensitive when he famously went yachting two months after the spill and said that that he was sorry for the disruption the spill caused, in part, because he'd like his life back. In July, 2010, Hayward resigned from BP, but not after telling reporters that he had been unfairly "demonised" in the US. His comeback It didn't take long for Hayward to land a new job, though it's considerably less public than his last gig. In 2011, a venture capital firm he co-founded took over a Turkish energy company that had operations in Iraq. He re-named the business Genel Energy, and now serves as its CEO. In April of 2014 he teamed up with Lord Browne of Madingly, another former BP chief executive, to explore parts of Angola for oil. He also has operations in other parts of Africa. Since mid-2012, Genel's stock price has climbed 91% to almost $17.50 a share. The return, explained While many blamed Hayward for the spill, and he made things worse with his comments to the press, he's still one of the world's top oil and gas executives, said Hugh. From the perspective of oil-hungry investors and business types, it's hard to say that the explosion and spill was a direct result of something Hayward did. "He took the blame for something that he was personally not really involved in," said Webley. "He may not have done the due diligence that was required, but it was delegated down." Ultimately, his knowledge and expertise are still in high demand. (Getty Images) Paula Deen, southern cooking queen Rise to fame Paula Deen's journey from small town caterer to America's cooking queen began in 1989 when she started a catering company out of her home. She slowly began building a cooking empire, adding restaurants, cookbooks and television shows to her food-focused business portfolio. It was in 2002, though, when Paula's Home Cooking premiered on the Food Network in the US that things really started to take off for the Savannah, Georgia-born queen of high-fat Southern cooking. Deen's empire expanded to a bi-monthly cooking magazine. Eight million copies of her 14 books have been sold and she has developed numerous other business interests. It's been estimated that Deen's net worth is somewhere between $10m and $20m. The downfall The self-proclaimed butter lover's fall from grace started in 2012, when she announced that she had Type 2 diabetes. Admirers and detractors alike found that ironic since she built a career on cooking fatty, salty and generally unhealthy foods. However, things really started to unravel for Deen a year later when she was sued for racial and sexual discrimination. The suit, which was brought by an employee, was later dismissed. However, she did admit that she had used the "n-word" several times, which resulted in the Food Network cancelling her show. A number of deals, contracts and endorsements — including Walmart and Target — were soon voided and a strange Today Show apology apology didn't help. Her comeback Deen hasn't yet fully recovered from this incident, but all signs point to a comeback. Former US president Jimmy Carter proclaimed to television network CNN that Deen should be forgiven — he thought her public apology was genuine — and it seems some investors think the same. In February, Najafi Companies, a private equity firm, invested $75m to help her start a new company, Paula Deen Ventures, which will oversee her media and food empire. On 11 June Deen announced that she would launch The Paula Deen Network, an online subscription-based channel that will show videos and host other interactive tools for food lovers. It is expected to launch in September, 2014. The return, explained While her once adoring public hasn't completely returned, it's likely many admirers will, said Henry. She's still as charismatic as ever, added Arnold, and there are plenty of people who don't think Deen did anything wrong in the first place. Others will simply forgive and forget. Steven Mintz, a professor of accounting at the California Polytechnic State University in the US and author of the Ethics Sage blog, said that Deen has passed the crucial forgiveness test. 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Over the Weekend: World Naked Bike Ride, Lollapalooza, Jargon, City Style Lingerie Fashion Show, DJ Skribble
A busy weekend in St. Louis. Hot weather seemed to put everyone in a sloth-like state during the day, but at night, when temps cooled into the lower 70's, nightlife took off. And some people just took off their clothes.
Jargon at Mad Art Gallery
On Friday night, Jargon, work by Terrance Hughes, Alphonzo Solorzano, Miguel Filipe and Jason Faulkner, opened at the Mad Art Gallery. To see the art and read about the opening, click here. Review by Brian Stitt.
Lollapalooza at Grant Park, Chicago
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Also on Friday, Lollapalooza music festival got underway at Grant Park in Chicago. We have photos from all three days of the fest. Photos by Mark C. Austin.
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We also have the Top 15 Rocker Faces of Lollapalooza. Photos by Mark C. Austin.
City Style Lingerie Fashion Show at Lure Nightclub
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On Saturday night, the City Style Lingerie Fashion Show took place Lure Nightclub. Photos by Jason Winkeler.
DJ Skribble at Lush
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Late Saturday and early into Sunday morning, DJ Skribble performed at Lush Nightclub.
World Naked Bike Ride - St. Louis
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"Another way to stop a person is with violence."
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Also, it'd be nice if the international admits can be separated from the American admits using the search bar. Just a thought.
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In fact, while the current search is simple and nice, there should be an option for advanced search as well..
Another thing would be the option of linking to your profile when you make an entry.. A lot of people post questions in the results survey by choosing the "other" option and this defeats the purpose.. They should instead be able to PM the person who made the entry and check their queries with them..
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I don't know if this is a possibility, but it seems like it would be a pretty easy programming switch to have the information line colored based on whether the responder was Accepted/Rejected/Other (e.g. green accepted, red rejected, blue other?). Pretty minor and I think it would greatly speed interpretation of responses
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"We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom."
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Just the "Accepted" or "Rejected" are highlighted- I like it! So much easier to browse through.
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How does it look now? I don't think the whole row should be coloured... but maybe?
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I had to clear my cache to see it.
I can't see the accepted/rejected coloring in Chrome, but I can see it in Safari. Is it just me?
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What are your physical store hours? Don't see it posted anywhere. I am heading to Gainesville next month and thought I might stop by and load up. (esp. a Aquaray GroBeam)
I sent them an email a few weeks ago asking the same thing and never got a response. I'm still interested in finding this out.
I emailed GLA, got a response the next day. They do not have a storefront open to the public. Web sales only.
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Most people have figured out that Florida Gov. Rick Scott is kind of creepy; those staring, android eyes, the almost computer generated slogans and rapt fealty to the tea party and various right wing think tanks which produce his policy ideas; the Nixonian penchant for secrecy and the iron rule despite a dismal 29 percent approval rating. But this past week, Scott has taken creepy to a whole new level.
In a week that was supposed to be a celebration of the complete Republican takeover of Tallahassee (they already controlled government in Florida, but achieved a supermajority in 2010) Scott spent a day, and Republican Party of Florida cash, zeroing out Republican spending priorities via line item veto, killing off meal programs for seniors in Little Havana and Allapattah plus public radio and television that will hit rural, red counties most, and money for disabled veterans, cancer victims, the disabled and the unemployed (and calling them "wasteful, special interest spending) and signing off on deep cuts to education that Republican state legislators will have to answer for at re-election time — all so he could get big tax cuts for corporations.
But it's the way Scott conducted the signing of the state's new, draconian, $69 billion budget last week that raised questions of whether we're living in Florida, or pre-1989 Russia.
From the Tampa Bay Buzz, via reporters who were at the bill signing, which was held not in the Capitol, but at a conservative bastion retirement community called The Villages:
Sumter County sheriff's deputies were summoned by Scott staffers wearing suits and black earpieces. They told the deputies that the budget signing was a private event and that a group of Democrats standing or sitting in the last two rows had to leave.
Deputies went to tell the group — more than a dozen people — to leave. The deputies said the town square had been leased and that the organizers wanted the group of Democrats to leave. The group of Democrats said it was unfair.
"You all are preaching to the choir," a deputy told them. "I'm doing what I'm told."
The deputies were getting their orders from Russ Abrams, a $60,000 a year special assistant to Scott. Seeing this, the Buzz approached Abrams. He told us the budget signing was "a private event." When asked more questions, Abrams said: "I don't need to talk to the press," and then, "I don't have anything to say."
Abrams and other men wearing black earpieces then attempted to identify other people with anti-Scott intentions. They alerted deputies, who told them they had to leave the town square.
We've asked Wright if he wanted to clarify his comments, and are waiting to hear back.
Here it is from a commenter at The Miami Herald who says they were there, and whose account matches contemporaneous posts at The Buzz:
The representatives of the Villages Democratic Club were first approached by The Scott security Team. Very Intimidating group. They asked us to leave.
We politely refused ( all we were doing was siting in chairs ect. We did have signs but had not displayed them).The security team called for the Sheriffs dept and the group about 20 were escorted away from the area. about three blocks by 4 sheriffs. There were other groups there also who were asked to leave.
On the way out I and two other folks did seat ourselves. We were again approached by the security team, and then by one of the sheriffs. The sheriff asked us to leave. My Response along with two women, was, two ways we are leaving.
We Walk away on our own or you will have to arrest us and lead us away. Told the sheriff we were not walking away on our own. He must have been a democrat because all he said was to not to be disruptive. Which we had no plans of doing. All the press was there, all filmed the incident with the democratic group and another group being escorted away.
They bused in two busloads of middle school kids from the charter school. The tea party folks and their Teachers distributed signs to the students to display when Scott signed the budget. I saw this type of tactic on the history or military channel.
In addition Something very interesting and disturbing. There was no doubt that this signing was arranged by "The Tea Party" The Chairman of the Republican Party was there, as was Alan Hays, and Representative Marleene O'Toole.
Sorry to be so lengthily however that is was happened. Perhaps you could share what happened here in The Villages with individuals like yourself who really care about what is happening in Florida.
But then, the governor's spokesman took the unusual tack of denying that what happened, in front of reporters, happened at all:
A spokesman for Gov. Rick Scott today told Politic365 today that the governor's office did not order anyone removed from Thursday's budget signing at The Villages, and that the event was meant to be public. Only, that's not true.
First, here's what Scott spokesman Lane Wright said, according to the political website. "Governor Scott did not have these individuals removed. This was a public event. It was brought to our attention that the local authorities had removed some. We don't know first-hand who was removed or why.
"We are only seeing what you're seeing in the news reports," Wright added. "It's disappointing to know that anyone who made the effort to be at such an important event wasn't allowed in."
But again, it all unfolded in front of reporters…
As if that's not enough, the entire event was broadcast by only one source: Republican Party of Florida Internet TV. If you wanted to watch it live, you had to do so via the party website. Isn't that how it works in China or North Korea???
And as if that's not enough, the governor's office attempted to invent public support for the vetoes (just like they did with the bussed-in charter school kids, who were encouraged by Scott staffers to chant Scott's campaign slogan, "let's get to work" — while holding handmade signs that the Scott people created to make them look like the children brought them) via robocalls. And about those robocalls:
The automatic, pre-recorded calls feature Scott's voice derided the hometown projects he vetoed from the budgets as "special interest waste." Not the kind of message that fellow Republicans, who crafted the budget, wanted to hear. Especially when those special interests included hungry and needy seniors, homeless veterans, paralysis victims, etc.
Former Republican State Rep. J.C. Planas of Miami said he was called and was infuriated that needy projects were being described as waste. What's more, he said, the incoming number on his cell phone caller ID showed that it was his own number phoning in — a process of disguising calls known as "spoofing."
"It's bad enough that he's hurting my community with these vetoes and misrepresenting the purpose of them," Planas said. "But then he's spoofing my phone? Why?"
No one in the Capitol can remember the last time a governor had to resort to robo-calling to drum up support. He also is urging supporters on Twitter and Facebook to support his vetoes (which kind of add up to $615 million) and call on legislators to plug some of the freed-up money back into education.
But Scott never mentions that he called for a bigger cut to education than the Legislature was comfortable with. Now he's flip-flopping on members of his own party and playing the blame game.
House Speaker Dean Cannon was irked that the calls suggested the Republican controlled Legislature skimped on education — when it was Scott himself who called for a deeper cut. House Republican leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera of Miami was doubly bothered.
"The Republican Party of Florida is paying for this?" Lopez-Cantera asked. "That's interesting. I'm on the Republican Executive Committee and I'm Miami-Dade's state committeeman and no one gave me so much as a courtesy call that they were going to be doing this."
Lopez-Cantera was among the Republican representatives who wanted about $730,000 to feed needy seniors in Allapattah and Little Havana. Both line items were vetoed.
"This wasn't money for special interests," said Lopez-Cantera. "These are needy seniors."
And of course there's also the irony of Scott droning on about special interests when he signed his budget in a "private event" while flanked by Florida Chamber of Commerce lobbyist David Hart and National Federation of Independent Business lobbyist Allen Douglas, not to mention the ultimate "special interest" with sway over Scott: the tea party groups who have become Florida's modern-day Bolsheviks — the central party vanguard of support for Scott's peculiar version of democracy — and Florida TaxWatch, which essentially wrote his vetoes. Scott enacted 89 percent of the vetoes the group requested as part of the $315 million in actual vetoes, plus another $300 million in fake vetoes that come from the state forgoing the option of buying up conservation land via Florida Forever.
BTW, Florida TaxWatch, which bills itself as a non-partisan, non-profit research organization (but which has run with Grover Norquist's extremist Americans for Tax Reform) is headed by Dominic Calabro, who has authored papers for the libertarian Reason Foundation, which also produced the bogus report Scott relied on the kill high speed rail, even though a state-funded report said rail would make money for Florida.
Interesting take: did Scott fake his cuts?
Who is this guy? And where are the Republicans who will finally stand up to him (the legislature has already backed down on using their veto override authority) and sign on to Rep. Rick Kriseman's DOA bill to make it possible for Florida's citizens to recall him?


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Funny thing is, those simple types of foods are the ones my children most prefer anyway. Popcorn and fruit? Sounds like supper to me! We go for fresh when we can, but when we're on the road or at the ballgame and need a little convenience, snacks like those from Nature Box [3] would be a better fit than the nearest drive through or concession stand.
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Scientists from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have developed a method for making lettuce healthier by exposing it to UV LED light. Stephen Britz, a plant physiologist with the USDA, and his colleagues presented their research at the 2009 Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics/International Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/IQEC) earlier this month.
Apparently, exposure to ultraviolet LED light causes the leaves of lettuce to become darker and redder, meaning they possess more antioxidants. Diets rich in antioxidants are said to provide a variety of health benefits including improving brain function and slowing the effects of aging.
Britz exposed lettuce leaves specifically to UVB light, which is also found in the sun's rays. After shining approximately 10 milliwatts of the light per square meter (about the same amount you'd expect on a sunny day at the beach) for nearly 2 days, the lettuce was redder than that of the plants only exposed to white light.
The implications of this new development, obviously, mean that healthy food just got healthier. Now, I'm not meaning to belittle Britz and his discovery, but I just think if he can do the same thing with Twinkies, well, then he's really on to something.
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CBS: Witnesses say there never was an anti-America protest at the consulate in Benghazi, only a planned attack
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The Obama administration's version of what happened at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi continues to evolve around whatever facts become public on any given day. First it was spontaneous anger over a video that got out of control. Then it was a non pre-meditated terrorist attack that suddenly grew out of an anti-US protest. Here's the latest story that could affect the spin:
Witnesses of last week's deadly attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya have told CBS News that the alleged anti-American protest that U.S. officials say morphed into the assault never actually took place.
The new details add to the widening rift between U.S. and Libyan accounts of the attack as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to brief members of Congress behind closed doors Thursday. On Wednesday, a top U.S. counterterrorism official told lawmakers on Capitol Hill that the assault was "opportunistic," but a "terrorist attack."
Clinton's briefing comes amid calls from Capitol Hill for more information on the attack, and complaints that the Obama administration has not been forthright.
Closing line from the CBS reporter in the clip below: "What's clear is that the public won't get a detailed account of what happened until after the election." And we should expect nothing less from the most transparent administration in history.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge sounded skeptical of former Senator Larry Craig's claim that he properly used $217,000 in campaign funds for his legal defense. You may remember that Craig was arrested in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport during a bathroom sex sting in 2007.
Craig argued the airport bathroom trip fell under his official, reimbursable duties as senator because he was traveling between Idaho and Washington for work. But at a hearing Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson said that such a broad reading of official travel could be taken to extremes.
The Federal Election Commission sued Craig last year, arguing his legal problems had nothing to do with campaigning for federal office.
The Idaho Republican was arrested by an undercover police officer conducting a sting operation against men cruising for sex at the MSP Airport.


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A municipality must have a minimum poplation of 1,000 persons as documented by the 2000 Census data to be eligible for a community center project.
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To provide a place for communities to resolve some of their social, educational and human development needs; i.e., medical, dental, counseling, educational, recreational and social services, utilizing a comprehensive approach.Documentation
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Calculate the cost per person benefitting. The lowest cost was determined among all applications. Then each applicant was scored relative to the lowest cost per person.
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Soviet Union: Luna 9
The 1,580-kilogram (3,483-pound) Luna 9 (E-6 series, or Lunik 9) spacecraft was launched from Earth on January 31, 1966 at 11:45 UTC by a Molniya 8K78M launch vehicle. It was later launched toward the Moon by the 4-Stage R-7/SS-6 rocket.
At 18:44:52 UTC (2144 Moscow time), Luna 9 became the first spacecraft constructed by humans to safely soft land on another celestial body.
The success of this unmanned mission gave confidence to both Soviet and American space pioneers to take further unmanned trips to the Moon and eventually to accomplish manned missions to the Moon
After landing on the Moon's Oceanus Procellarium, the small space traveler (which was even smaller after parts were separated before landing) was only 113-kilogram (250-pound) in weight (as on Earth).
The capsule (or, automatic lunar station) then opened up four petals that stabilized the probe and, thus, allowed the probe's instruments to function on the Moon.
In fact, the opened capsule allowed its television camera to take panoramic views of the lunar landscape. The capsule also contained moveable antennas, radio equipment, and a rotating mirror system.
In all, seven radio sessions, which totaled eight hours, five minutes, were transmitted as were three series of television pictures. Transmissions with Luna 9 ended on February 6, 1966 when its batteries were exhausted.
To read the article that people read back on February 3, 1966, go to the BBC website On This Day for the article "1966: Soviets land probe on Moon."
To learn more about Luna-9, visit the NASA website Solar System Exploration and the article "Luna 9."
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How to Build Self‐Control
Three Parts:Analyze Your LifeAct On Your AnalysisPractice Positive Thinking
Have you ever angrily stuffed the last doughnut down your throat? Have you ever failed a test in school because playing games is much more important than studying? These are signs that your self-control could use a little work.
Self-control is the ability to control the actions you take in your daily life and the decisions you make. A person with self-control is able to meet temptations and distractions calmly but resolutely. Without that feeling of control, you end up feeling depressed, powerless, and weak.
But don't worry. You can take charge of your life. By following these simple steps, you will build, strengthen, and maintain your self-control.
Part 1 of 3: Analyze Your Life
1Make a list of the positives and negatives in your life. Write down a list of which areas of your life are suffering and which are prospering. Focus on the essentials in order to keep the list brief.
- Take a look at the areas you suck with. Brainstorm ways to deal with them. If you are failing all of your classes in school, you might need to study! If you are gaining weight at an alarming rate, you may need to sacrifice a few candy bars. Think of causes and solutions to every problem that you write down.
- Recognize that you are not the only one with this problem. People often refer to poor self-control when they have problems with diet, exercise, work or study habits, addictions, and emotional behavior. These are all parts of life that many people find difficulty regulating.
2Research the area in which you are lacking control. Read books or articles about the area you are having difficulty with. Becoming informed makes it much easier to make the right decision when you're tempted to overdo something. For example, if you want to lose weight, taking the time to read about nutrition and healthy dieting will naturally motivate you and make eating right much more enjoyable. In terms of gaining self-control, knowledge really is power!
- If you have friends with similar problems, ask them about their own experiences. By comparing notes, you might get tips on the coping mechanisms and strategies that they use. It also helps to have reassurance that struggling with self-control does not make you a weak person.
Part 2 of 3: Act On Your Analysis
1Gradually increase your ability for self-denial. Start small by challenging yourself to control your behavior for a short period of time. For example, if you are addicted to television, try turning it off for one day. Then work up to leaving it off for two days, then longer. If you are struggling with your diet, promise yourself to only eat one dessert item a day. For every decision you make, leave room to gradually increase the level of self-denial.
- Don't try to break your destructive habit all at once. This is likely to lead to a dramatic "falling off the wagon" that will leave you feeling depressed and hopeless.
2Enlist your friends and family to help you. Tell your family to remind you of your goals whenever you fall back into bad behaviors. A friendly reminder is all that's required. Constant nagging will only make you hide and sneak around.
- Family and friends can also join you in alternative actions when you're having trouble controlling yourself. For example, if your friends are drinking and you're trying to abstain, ask if one of them wouldn't mind joining you in a trip to get some ice cream.
3Distract yourself. When you feel the urge to lose your self-control, immediately think of something else you could be doing. Go for a walk. Write a thank you card. Drink a glass of water. This will derail the train of thought and give you time to regain your self-discipline.
4Learn how to relax. Part of self-control is learning how to relax and to ease the tension. Research different methods of relaxing your body and mind and decide which best suits you.
- Consider meditation. Meditation is all about discipline, and the point of it is to discipline your mind to such a state where it remains clear, while positive energy flows through you. You're meant to not anchor yourself to specific thoughts. Practicing meditation may give you a sense of renewed self-disciple, concentration, and happiness.
- Try deep breathing. This is something you can do wherever you are. Simply close your eyes. Exhale completely. Inhale slowly, counting up to four and hold the breath, counting up to seven. Then release the breath very slowly, counting up to eight.
Part 3 of 3: Practice Positive Thinking
1Think about what you want to accomplish. Begin each day by visualizing the end result of your efforts. Imagine yourself healthier, happier, and more confident.
- Keep a diary of your efforts. Think about how you succeeded each day and write down a goal for tomorrow. This will keep you thinking about the future and focused on the positives.
2Don't beat yourself up for failures. Failure is a part of the process and we all make mistakes. If you lose self-control, take it as a learning experience and think about how to act differently next time.Ad
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- You will not find changes instantly, so have patience and stay calm.
- Make self-denial a habit and not just a trend. If you intend to truly change yourself, you must make these steps a constant guide for the rest of your life. Even though you may feel righteous for sharing your lunch or doing your homework for a week, if you lapse back into your bad habits, all of your hard work has been in vain.
- Write down what you want to achieve, for each day of the week chose a point to focus on, practicing self-control in baby steps is less overwhelming and you are more likely to stick to your changes.
- Don't forget to sleep well. It will keep you healthy and mentally fit, as well as giving you a break from the stress of thinking about your behavior.
- Forgive yourself when you slip up. Humans are not perfect. Every moment is a new opportunity to start again.
- Do not procrastinate or else it will become harder to stick to your new routine.
- Understand that you function based on incentives and reasons. Make sure you understand to give your self rewards and recognize the logic behind whatever it is you are doing
- Instead of removing the subject of your desire from your presence, deliberately challenge yourself with this subject. Have an addiction to television? Turn on the television and avert your eyes and watch a shelf or a book for two hours. Not only will you gain a stronger will, but you will also feel the strength of your addiction begin to fade.
- Give yourself a light punishment system. For example, if you bite your nails, then every time you catch yourself, go do a chore or a favor or chew some gum to keep your mind off the habit and avoid falling into another habit.
- Do not punish yourself for making mistakes. People are not perfect. Everyone makes mistakes.
- Find a friend having same problem and consult with him for the same. But the most important thing is keep faith and keep trying.
- Be aware that abstaining isn't always the best way to fight addiction. Finding an alternative can sometimes be better and healthier for you - consider eating healthy foods rather than skipping meals to lose weight, or switching to an educational channel rather than avoiding TV altogether.
- Recognize when friends or loved ones are encouraging you in your destructive behaviors. Sometimes we are led into bad habits by the people around us and it's important to take a step back and know when to say, "Guys, I just can't be a part of this right now." If they persist, ask them, "Do you know that this is hurting me?" and see if their behavior improves.
- Don't get carried away with your desire to gain control. It isn't healthy, for example, to not eat. Don't let self-control become just another addiction.
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Joe Lauzon Opinion Piece: A Poor Comparison (@joelauzon)
UFC top lightweight and quasi-sort-of moderator (because we never bothered to take him off the list) Joe Lauzon just filed a post on his blog where he breaks down some of the nonsense and misrepresentation of the sport by the mainstream and conventional media.
To the uninformed, people who arent into MMA (Mixed Martial Arts), the fights seem unconventional compared to more widely accepted arts like boxing, wrestling and karate. Oddly enough, MMA is a combination of the three with elements of many other arts incorporated. The sport has evolved many times over to most effectively control, submit or knock out a true resisting opponent.
I compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which for most involved with the sport simply call the UFC. Its not the Ultimate Street Fight and its not the Ultimate Dog Fight. I might be offended by the writers comments if he were more informed or took the time to actually research the facts. If the writer knew how much safer the UFC was than boxing, he would not have likened it to dog fighting...
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Well, I read the article, must say I find it slightly frustrating that the people who write this biased and blinkered sort of "j'accuse" are rife in every part of the western world's media.... look at the fuss made in many of the tabloids about immigration, viruses, street crime and terrorism.
On the plus side, on day's sensational story is tomorrow's bird cage liner (a nice role reversal - used to keep **** from spreading rather than spreading **** around).
It is something that is becoming the bane of the modern age - no body seems to do actual research, it is just a case of skipping from site to site and finding two sites saying the same thing and concluding that must be the truth....
Why don't these people try to look at the facts as many as they can dig up - maybe even interview a few people involved in such an event... not just the promoters and fighters, but the referees... the medical support staff... the physiotherapists and so on... anyone involved from fans to people who are 100% anti-violence... to try to get a more rounded viewpoint and more detail about the subject as a whole?
That, however would not sell papers, or get their 'news' story as much attention.... which sadly is all that matters to the hacks that churn this crap out.
After all, didn't someone one tell journalists not the let the facts get in the way of good story?
About time someone tried (very well I may add) to redress that imbalance.
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It's 2009 and I'm bored of reading articles like Funt's. At this point, I'd settle for reading anti-MMA op-ed pieces that call for MMA to be banned because I dunno... it looks gay, or something. Reading 'bloodsport' arguments makes me yawn and pity the testosterone-deprived pantywaists that keep foisting this tripe upon us.


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Gay Marriage Worth $391 Million To New York Over 3 Years
This is the kinda of revenue that states across the country could be missing out on by not allowing gay couples the right to marry. $391 million dollars back into 1 states economy could help many programs stay open and keep funding. What a shame to see all that money not being put to good use. To view the full story visit the Advocate Sites. Think of what this could do for every state. After all is the USA built around Freedom and Equality for ALL? Take a Stand in Your State!!


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We get an awesome look at DC Universe Online at our Comic-Con 2011 live stage show.
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@leepialong ITS FREE NOW! so I don't care1111 get the game! and we will play together! :D just remeber thats it takes 16 mb to download or more so its gunna take a looong time
@leepialong Its FREE TO PLAY ON PS3!!! :D GET IT AND WELL PLAY TOGETHER!!! just rember it wants like 16 MB! so its going to take a loonng time
@icetone, they will. it going to be hybrid F2P around otocber so there u go. when this game released again? lol
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Looks cool but who the heck would want to have a cape and ring COME ON GIVE US SOMETHING BETTER GUYS!
Any chance for "Working Voice Chat" DLC? It would introduce a power that allows you to turn on your mic midgame and be able to comunicate with your raid instead of having to keep it on before you start the game up and have the mic die midgame because it ran out of power the entire time you were shouting for a group because of the lack of a raid browser right before the most crucial boss fight.
"you're not just adding, you know, a couple new moves; you're adding this whole matrix of new possibilities" Chris, did SOE slip you an early christmas bonus? Great interview though. The new content looks great, but I don't know if it is enough for me to re-open my subscription, especially when so many other great titles are coming out.
Alos, nice job showing the same cinematic gameplay 4 times.
If this goes free to play I'll check it out. I can't see paying $15 a month when I play plenty of great games without a monthly fee. I understand that an MMO is expensive to run but the free to play model, with optional paid content, is working for other IPs.
wow no one comment yet i mean other games on the right list; they got bunch of comments. anyhow you forgot to ask one of the important question: why subscriber start to dropping fast?


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LEWISBURG — The Princeton Review has ranked this year's top party schools and three schools in the Keystone State have ranked in the top 10.
Lehigh University is number six, Penn State is number seven, and Bucknell University is number nine.
That comes as a shock to some.
"Even for a small school, they do have a graduate program so that does give you sort of the impression of a very sort of stoic institution of higher learning, so it's definitely a surprise," said Kate Bewley, who works at Bucknell University.
Others said Bucknell being on the list is not really so surprising.
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Gun debate will kick off new 'conversation' hour
ELYSBURG - Everything from politics to prayer will be featured at a new weekly event called Lifetree Cafe starting Sunday at Elysburg Presbyterian Church, 320 W. Valley Ave.
The group's inaugural discussion, set for 7 p.m. is entitled "Inside the Gun Debate: To hunt? To defend? To assault?"
Lifetree Cafe, or "conversation cafe," is part of a national network of locations that offer participatory events related to life and faith. It is intended as an hour of "stories and conversations to feed the soul," said local director Kathy Vetovich. The hour typically includes a short original film and guided conversation.
"It's sort of like a live, local talk show, with an inspirational twist," Vetovich said.
Topics may include such things as loneliness, immigration, health, angels, guilt, prayer and life after death. The exclusive documentary-style films feature everyday people with unusual stories, as well as nationally known figures.
National Lifetree Cafe founder Thom Schultz said in a press release provided by Elysburg Presbyterian, "We engage people of all ages in a national conversation through local Lifetree Cafes as well as a robust online presence."
The organization's website, LifetreeCafe.com, invites visitors to participate online in the same topical conversations that occur each week at the live venues.
"We've found that people today want to participate in the conversation. It's not enough to simply hear someone lecture on an important topic. People want to share their thoughts, ask questions and tell their own stories," Schultz said. "Lifetree offers a safe place and time to do that."
The discussion will feature filmed interviews with Tom Mauser, whose son died at Columbine High School, and Michael Lang, a concealed weapon firearms instructor.
Admission to the 60-minute event is free, and questions about Lifetree may be directed to 672-2873 on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/LifetreeCafeAtEPC, through Vetovich at 672-9346 or by e-mail at email@example.com.
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Traffic on Interstate 26 westbound was slowed this afternoon when two lanes were closed after a tow truck burst into flames, according to the S.C. Highway Patrol.
The patrols' website indicated a disabled vehicle at mile marker 214 at 2:43 p.m. Around 3 p.m., the website also indicated a vehicle fire in the same area. Previous reports had incorrectly said the tow truck that burst into flames had been responding to the disabled vehicle call..
Senior Trooper Bridget Wyant confirmed that the vehicle on fire was a tow truck. A second tow truck had to be called.
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Helen Rodriguez-Trias (1929-2001) was doctor, women's right's advocate and health educator. Born in New York in 1929 to Puerto Rican parents, Helen Rodriguez-Trias was motivated, early-on in life to help others. She graduated from the University of Puerto Rico in 1957, where she was a student advocate and member of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. Inspired by her desire to "combine the things [she] loved the most, science and people" Helen Rodriguez-Trias returned to the University of Puerto Rico, where she earned her medical degree just a short time before giving birth to her fourth child in 1960. During her residency at the University Hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Helen Rodriguez-Trias established the first center for the care of newborn babies. Within three years of the center's establishment, the hospital experienced a 50% decrease in newborn deaths.
In 1970 Helen Rodriguez-Trias divorced her husband and returned to New York City, where she worked as a pediatrician at Lincoln Hospital, located in the South Bronx. During her residency in Puerto Rico Helen Rodriguez-Trias became aware that Puerto Rican women were being involuntarily sterilized and were being used as test-subjects for early birth-control pills, and later utilized role as a pediatrician in New York City to become a pioneering advocate against the forced sterilization of women within Puerto Rico and the mainland, United States. Helen Rodriguez-Trias became the founding member of the Committee to End Sterilization Abuse in 1970, a founding member of the Women's Caucus of the America Public Health Association in 1971, and a founding member of the Committee for Abortion Rights and Against Sterilization Abuse in 1979. She testified before the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, advocating for guidelines that required written consent for sterilization, in a language that the patient can understand, and the implementation of a waiting period between consent and the sterilization procedure.
In 1993 Helen Rodriguez-Trias became the first Latina to be elected president of the America Public Health Association, and in 2001 received the Presidential Citizen's Medal—the second highest civilian award in the United States— for her work on behalf of women, children, and the less privileged.
Inspired by the experiences of her mother, aunts and sisters, Helen Rodriguez-Trias became an effective advocate and educator, affecting tangible change in healthcare options and education for women of color, patients living with HIV/AIDS and families living in poverty. After a lifetime of working to provide a wide-variety of people with healthcare and health education, Helen Rodriguez-Trias passed away in December 2001, due to complications from cancer.
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