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Elements that make people more vulnerable to extra marital infidelity.
In addition to the general situations created by being in long term intimate relationships, there are specific elements that make affairs more likely to occur.
When people live in marital situations where there is a lot of hostility, for instance, an affair may be a way of getting back at a spouse seen as insensitive, uncaring and rejecting. At times they are ways of getting out of the marriage. These affairs are called "exit" affairs.
Going through a life transition, like entering middle age, may also increase chances of one partner getting involved in an affair. The unconscious purpose of the affair here is to deny reality by engaging with a partner – typically younger – who finds us sexually attractive and givers us the attention we crave.
Losing one's job, recovering from a life threatening illness or getting through the birth of a baby are transitional times where usual patterns of connecting with one's mate have been altered by these events. Because of this, these emotional connections no longer provide the comfort and security they might have provided in the past. These times also force some people to see their lives differently and reflect on what they want. Consequently, they may develop different priorities and different goals for themselves. Some may struggle with these changes, conflicted about who they used to be and who we are now. Extra marital affairs may both contribute and reflect these changes.
People who are better off economically and have higher levels of education tend to get involved in extra-marital affairs more often than people with lower incomes and lower educational levels. Further, people in occupations with high levels of stress, like working in an emergency room, being a firefighter or a soldier in a combat zone, have higher incidence of affairs than people in professions with less drama. People in the entertainment business are extremely susceptible to getting involved in affairs, because they have the financial means and lead lives full of excitement and high drama. This is also true for surgeons and politicians, as they operate in high visibility and high drama professions.
Gender Differences. Do men and women act differently when it comes to extra marital infidelity? Current trends indicate that the gender gap is closing, as more women are likely to engage in affairs, particularly younger women. We can speculate on what are the reasons for these changes. I think one of the main reasons is the more open attitude about sex and women today, versus the past. Also, most of women in long term relationships now work out of their homes.They are thus in daily contact with other people, exposing themselves to the same risks and vulnerabilities as men. Earlier we talked about the fact that most affairs develop in the office, where both men and women are in daily contact but without the stresses of living together.
Women, today, are also quite aware of their needs and are more assertive in verbalizing and meeting them, rather than passively accept their situations.
There also seems to be a correlation, in women, between age of first intercourse and infidelity later in life. The earlier the first sexual experience, the more likely women are to engage in extra marital sex later in their lives.
In the next blog post we will discuss some of the psychological elements that make some people more vulnerable to extra marital infidelity.


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Are Young People's Educational Outcomes Linked to their Sense of Control?
This paper analyzes the link between young people's sense (locus) of control over their lives and their investments in education. We find that young people with a more internal locus of control have a higher probability of finishing secondary school and, conditional on completion, meeting the requirements to obtain a university entrance rank. Moreover, those with an internal locus of control who obtain a university entrance rank achieve somewhat higher rankings than do their peers who have a more external locus of control. Not surprisingly, there is a negative relationship between growing up in disadvantage and educational outcomes. However, this effect does not appear to operate indirectly by increasing the likelihood of having a more external locus of control. In particular, we find no significant relationship between family welfare history and young people's locus of control.
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DVD News: Black Sheep, Cujo, AlligatorGoon
Today Fangoria dropped quite a bit of DVD news on us so I decided rather then posting a bunch of seperate news items we could condense it all down to one. I'll start with the great news that Black Sheep already has a DVD date of October 9th. That will becoming to us courtesy of Genius in cohoots with Weinstein Co.
Next up is a little bit on some DVDs we have covered here in the past, the upcoming Cujo (specs are here) and Alligator (specs) DVD. The artwork has just come in on both of these releases and below you can check out the Cujo art. Which I think is pretty rad however I can't say the same for the Alligator artwork. It looks like another one of Lionsgates straight to DVD jobs. Cujo will be streeting on September 25th and Alligator will be charging down the street on September 18th. Check out Fangoria for the Alligator artwork and bask in the greatness of the Cujo art below.


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Chanel's Resort 2013 collection—or "Cruise" if you're fancy like that—walked just this morning in Versailles. And there were plenty of stylish stars who showed up to support Karl this season. From Tilda Swinton's cool bouclé coat to Caroline Sieber's neon pink showstopper, we picked our favorite looks from the fashion pack and shopped them out for you. Click through to see the outfits that made the cut!
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Jonah Hill, Ali Hoffman Reportedly Split
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Jonah Hill and Ali Hoffman have reportedly put an end to their nine-month romance.
Dating since January, the "Moneyball" star, 28, and Hoffman, 24, whose dad is Hollywood legend Dustin Hoffman, have called it quits, a source tells Us Weekly.
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Earlier this year, the New York Post's gossip section, Page Six, reported that Hill had been close to the Hoffman family for quite some time before becoming romantically involved with Ali (whose mother, Lisa, is Dustin's second wife). Ali's father helped discover Hill when he was still in high school: Dustin helped him get his first big break with his role in the film "I Heart Huckabees" (Hill reportedly attended Crossroads High School in Santa Monica, Calif., with Dustin's kids, including Ali.). Hill was even "in Hawaii over the holidays with the Hoffman clan," a source told the paper at the time.
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Ferris is a cool, funny and smart high schooler with more than one trick up his sleeve. On one particularly lovely day, he decides to skip school and go for a wild ride around Chicago. He takes with him his best friend Cameron, a neurotic who lacks self-confidence, and Sloane, his beautiful girlfriend. The trio spends all day having big wholesome fun while avoiding to get caught by Ed Rooney, the school principal.
Hughes' screenplay is inventive and hilarious from start to end. The characters are super cool and the dialogue is sharp. Hughes' direction is also highly satisfying. I think I love this film so deeply because of Matthew Broderick's unforgettable performance. Hughes had the brilliant idea of having him commenting the action to the camera. It gives the film a really irreverent feel. Broderick is just so cool in the film! I love how he achieves to gets out of any situation. Alan Ruck and Mia Sara are also real good as his friends, and I enjoyed Jeffrey Jones's buffoonery. Even Charlie Sheen can be seen as a young punk.
The plot is simple, but it ain't pointless. Cameron really grows during the film, as Ferris convinces him that he shouldn't be so scared of his dad. The movie is also filled with awesome scenes. One of the most memorable scene takes place during a German-American parade. Ferris jumps aboard a float and starts singing "Twist and Shout" while practically the whole town is dancing to the tune. This film is truly one of my favorites.


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You've heard 'Ping Pong'… but you've never heard it like this! This one goes LOW, with the subs pounding to make the party go crazy. Dani Deahl turns the original melody into a beast of a trap track, primed and ready for the main stage!
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While the garage is traditionally for storing your vehicles, many savvy homeowners are finding ways to use this space for other needs as well. This might include converting the space into a laundry room, adding a multifunctional room above the garage, or simply re-organizing the space for super-functional storage. Here is a look at how much garage additions will cost you.
Laundry Room Addition
Adding a laundry room may require an extensive amount of changes, from the installation of electrical wiring to plumbing to a new utility sink. If you need to build a new room from the ground-up, it's best to first calculate the cost of putting up walls, including drywall and paint. You can get a cost estimate for labor in your area.
The other big-ticket purchases will be new plumbing (if necessary), washer & dryer, sink for rinsing clothes, laundry room flooring, and decorating costs. Add these to the price of labor, and you'll have a very good estimate of costs.
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On average, expect to pay about $150 per square foot for an above-garage addition. This will vary quite a bit depending on the size of your space, the type and quality of the materials used, and the cost of labor in your area. Get a price quote for a more accurate estimate.
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Are you looking for a few convenient bins to hold your tools or an entire unit of steel storage cabinets? What you need for your space will up the cost from under $100 to as much as $3,200 for a sophisticated storage room.
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The son of Bruce Smith, a high school basketball coach in Toledo, Ohio, met with Boilermaker coach Matt Painter on Wednesday and accepted an offer to be a student assistant coach next season. ...


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Posted on: July 22, 2010 2:46 pm
Report: Chris Johnson officially signs new deal
As reported earlier this week , Chris Johnson and the Tennessee Titans have agreed on terms of a new contract -- one that would move some of Johnson's final year escalators up and get him paid now (just in time for training camp).
Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk is now reporting that Johnson has in fact officially received his pay raise .
A league source tells [PFT] that Johnson signed the deal on Thursday ... The contract will pay Johnson more money this season by accelerating some escalators that he had unlocked for future seasons. The terms -- insofar as I can tell -- have not been officially announced; presuming Florio's source is correct (that's a safe presumption, it just needs to be said), there should be some announcement from the Titans shortly.
Check back here and follow @cbssportsnfl on Twitter for updates -- expectations seem to be that the figure will be in the $2.5 million range (up from the $550,000 Johnson stood to originally make in 2010).
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Report: Titans, Chris Johnson Reach New Deal
Chris Johnson and the Tennessee Titans were according to the running back at the ESPYs , "at a standstill." This news came contrary to some reports that cast an optimistic light on the possible proceedings, but one thing was clear: Johnson wasn't coming to camp until he got more money.
Now, according to a report from PFT's Mike Florio , the two parties have reached a "new deal" that will allow the team to move past Johnson's current holdout.
A league source tells us that the Tennessee Titans and running back Chris Johnson have agreed to terms on a new contract that solves the financial problems between team and player.
Johnson -- barring a new deal becoming official -- is scheduled to make just $550,000 in 2010, a paltry sum for a player who most believe to be the best running back in the NFL.
Because of Johnson's talent -- and the Titans facing the second-toughest schedule in the NFL next season -- the notion that Tennessee wouldn't cave at least a little bit seems kind of silly.
But they're not falling into any sort of multi-year "trap" that might lock Johnson in for the $30-40 million guaranteed that he stated he wants , the Titans do appear, according to Florio's source, willing to get Johnson more money for next season. The likelihood is that the money will come via some form of shift in future escalators to get both parties what they want.
Check back here -- and follow us on Twitter -- for more details on the contract as they come to light.
Update (4:35): Adam Schefter tweets that the Titans are -- as expected -- moving up part of his $2.5 million escalator in order to get him paid and in camp.
That's obviously good news for both parties there, anyone who loves football and, lest we forget, fantasy football owners -- no need to avoid drafting him in that CBS Sports Fantasy Football league you were just waiting to fire up .
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Rough Day in Tennessee
Bud Adams may not want to read the sports section tomorrow. In it, he's likely to find commentary about Vince Young's apology for his recent citation at a Dallas strip club (earlier Pro Football Talk ripped Young for reportedly telling teammates that a friend talked him into going to the strip club).
Adams will also read about the four-game suspension handed down to linebacker Gerald McRath for violating the league's performance enhancing drug policy. (McGrath says he took a tainted supplement, not a steroid).
That's not all…..
There was also a fight at Titans practice – though Cortland Finnegan was involved so maybe it's not newsworthy (reporting that the feisty Finnegan got into a scuffle is like reporting that the sun rose again today). This time, Finnegan's adversary was wide receiver Nate Washington.
Gritty right tackle David Stewart also got into with defensive end William Hayes. Stewart was able to rip Hayes's helmet off but missed his target when he rifled it back at him.
Cornerback Rod Hood, who was in contention for the No. 2 job opposite Finnegan, was lost for the season with a torn ACL.
Chris Johnson, as expected, did not report for minicamp. (Johnson is holding out for a long-term contract.)
On the bright side, the Titans were able to get Rhodes Scholar and sixth-round pick Myron Rolle under contract.
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Homeschool Growth in Colorado
More than 4,000 people will converge on Denver this weekend. They are attending the 27th annual conference of the Christian Home Educators of Colorado.
"We provide resources, vision, workshops, talks; we have keynote speakers," Mike Chapa, executive director of CHEC, said. "The home school movement is growing across this land and there's estimates that it's close to 2-and-a-half million now [nationwide]."
Chapa says there are more and more home schooling families in Colorado each year. He believes a big factor is religion. He says another factor is statistics. Chapa says on average, home-schooled students score in the 85th percentile on standardized tests, beating students from traditional public schools.
"Twenty-four-seven is how we view education of children," Chapa said. "We don't view it as they're in class for X hours a day and then everything else is not education."
Thirteen-year-old Nathan Johnson may be a good example of that. He is attending the conference as a vendor helping sell woodwork created by him and a friend. They designed and made their own marshmallow shooters and rubber band guns. Johnson says being home-schooled gives him freedom to be creative.
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A visit to charming Smithfield (home of the world famous ham) offers visitors a "step back in time" to a true small town experience. Smithfield, incorporated in 1752, maintains its quaint river town feel and is known worldwide for its famous ham curing process. This gem delivers "hams, history, hospitality & HeART."
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Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, center, stops Bears running back Chester Taylor, right, by the facemask in the fourth quarter. No penalty was called. (Daniel Mears / The Detroit News)
Detroit -- Ndamukong Suh went for the big play, the thundering hit, the turnover that could change the game. It's what he does as well as any defensive lineman in the league.
Oh, it changed the game all right. His forearm slam to the back of quarterback Jay Cutler drew a personal-foul penalty, and the Bears scored the winning touchdown on the next play. And this was the Lions' season in one tidy, nutty nutshell.
Their intentions usually are good. Their spirit and effort usually are good. Their implementation of basic plays at key times? Incredibly, consistently ineffective.
Gripe about the call if you wish, because it was the type of call the Lions don't get. Fine. It was borderline, but Suh also didn't need to hit with such a violent-looking flourish, something referee Ed Hochuli called an "unnecessary non-football act." It probably appeared worse than it was, but naturally, the Lions made it worse than it was.
Cutler immediately hit Brandon Manumaleuna for a 7-yard touchdown with 8:39 left, and the Bears beat the Lions 24-20. And now you know why the Bears are a not-as-good-they-seem 9-3, and the Lions are a not-as-bad-as-they seem 2-10. We can debate the penalty, which came at the end of an 8-yard scramble by Cutler, but the fact is, the Bears got the ball back with 5:17 left and never returned it to their nice hosts.
When Cutler completed his final pass on a clock-consuming final drive, Lions coach Jim Schwartz ripped off his headset and flung it to the ground. I'd say it was as frustrated as I've ever seen him, except he always looks frustrated during these Sunday events.
Standard, and poor, response
"It was a huge play in the game," Schwartz said of the Suh penalty, although he could have been talking about several plays. "I think the league is looking after quarterbacks. … But we need to go out and make a play after that. They had a touchdown on the very next play, and that's a poor response to those situations."
If anything, Suh's hit was more a symbol of the Lions' mounting frustration and penalty penchant. It shouldn't necessarily have signaled doom. More than half the fourth quarter remained, and without the call, the Bears still would've faced a second-and-2 at the Lions 14.
But even after another great kick return by mighty little Stefan Logan, the Lions were stuck. Even with a decent effort from quarterback Drew Stanton, the Lions were finished.
"I'm not going to judge the call, I was just going out there to make a play, get the ball out," Suh said. "It was a great opportunity to attack the ball. I was going for the ball and that's all that matters."
Asked if he needed to adjust his style -- he has been whistled for four personal fouls and was fined $7,500 for a hit on Jake Delhomme in the exhibition season -- Suh shrugged it off.
"What for?" he said. "There's no reason to. To be honest with you, I don't care. I'm just going to keep playing."
That's the correct answer, because Suh's nasty ferocity is one of his greatest assets. He has eight sacks as a rookie. He'll make the Pro Bowl. He's part of the Lions' punishing defensive line, which banged Cutler all day, led by Cliff Avril's three sacks.
Suh's penalty ultimately meant more than it should have, because the Lions had a deflated here-we-go-again look after that. The split crowd -- made rowdier by the massive amount of Bears fans -- half-groaned and half-cheered. It was the Lions' sixth penalty of the game, but their only one of the second half.
Not nearly good enough
The truth is, Schwartz shattered his headset because the Lions allowed Cutler to complete four passes on short, quick reads on the clinching drive. The truth is, the Lions aren't nearly good enough to overcome the slightest whiffs of adversity, and they certainly have no idea how to take command of a game in the fourth quarter. Of their 10 losses, six have been by five points or less.
"I don't know what it is, like some kind of curse or something," cornerback Chris Houston said. "I mean, we're right there, one play. We did everything right -- the D-line sacked the quarterback, got turnovers, the offense was running the ball. And then the game slipped away just like that. We ran out of time."
The clock's always ticking on the Lions, as if they know something will implode at any moment, or the other team will explode. The Bears aren't great, but they do have a great defense. And yet, with third-stringer Stanton playing efficiently, the Lions didn't commit a turnover, got Jahvid Best loose a few times and obviously had a chance to win.
They almost never do. Same thing in the opening loss to the Bears, which ended with the controversial no-catch ruling on an apparent Calvin Johnson touchdown. The Lions didn't vociferously complain this time, and there's really no point. Trying to make a play is different than actually making a play, and the Lions are still learning the distinction, painfully and repeatedly.


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Back in April, the Division I Board of Directors passed a rule change that required football players to pass nine credit hours in the fall semester in order to avoid a four-game suspension the following year. The rule had been six credit hours before this year.
As Jon Solomon of the Birmingham News reports, that rule change is causing some consternation within the SEC and the rest of the NCAA. Here's how Solomon put it:
At the SEC spring meetings, South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said he opposed the new nine-hour rule. However, he acknowledged it's "not really" too much to ask players to pass nine fall credits.
"Most of our guys are pretty good academically," Spurrier said. "Hopefully, we'll find a way to make sure they pass the nine hours. That's what you have to do."
Find a way.
Spurrier didn't say or suggest South Carolina will cheat. But those words should send chills to true educators because they reflect how the eligibility game gets played.
For pockets of football players -- some, but certainly not all -- academic requirements mean playing a shell game. Go to this major, go to that professor; go to this class, go to that tutor.
Find a way to keep playing on Saturdays.
Sure, it seems just slightly unfair that Solomon implies Spurrier will resort to cheating and then backs right off it. But this is the SEC we're talking about; half-jokes about whether a coach will cheat are standard procedure.
That's a good reason to oppose requiring 12 credit hours, say, because let's face it, things happen in college. Two classes out of five being poor fits is unlikely, but in a class of 25, it could conceivably happen for a few players per year. That results in fewer players on the field, and that negatively affects the product on the field, and nobody wants that, right?
That's the argument of someone with a purely cynical view of the schools' role in college football, though, and there's a difference between an argument and a good argument.
As long as the schools are the ones handing out scholarships, they should be allowed to act with the schools' core interests in mind, and there is no way that allowing an athlete to earn six credit hours in a semester and then maintain his eligibility unfettered (so long as his grades were in order, of course) going forward is in a school's best interests. They take certain risks admitting athletes in the first place (though APR figures show those risks are generally overblown by average commenters), and allowing those athletes to maintain a scholarship while earning 40 percent as many credits as a typical four-year student doesn't make the schools look as if they take those risks seriously.
Also, a little real talk here. I personally struggled during my first year at a certain university (which one it was isn't important to the story at hand). I got back on track by taking six credit hours in one semester. It was pointed out to me by one well-meaning family member during a come-to-Jesus talk that if I had still been playing football, I wouldn't even be academically eligible by taking those six hours, and he was right: I wouldn't have been. At no point during that talk or thereafter did I think that was unfair to athletes. The fact of the matter is, they should at least be on a path toward five-year graduation, and allowing semesters with six credit hours isn't a serious step toward that goal.
I am a bit of a college football libertarian, as my previous post would indicate, so it would seem a little incongruous that I would turn around and advocate for stricter standards and enforcement when it comes to student-athlete eligibility. But considering the extremely low level of college football players who go on to the NFL and make enough money to last them even five years after retirement, it is a very difficult argument to suggest that allowing a football player to receive basically minimal collegiate instruction while he sacrifices his physical well-being for the good of the school's football program is in that young man's best interests.
So, yes, I would like to see more stringent standards for directing these young men toward earning degrees.
The NCAA already investigates academic fraud, and that should absolutely continue. But the nebulous threat of academic fraud when it comes to forcing football players to earn nine flippin' hours in one semester should not act as a deterrent for common-sense academic standards.
It's time to hold student-athletes to reasonable standards of academic progress, and if those student-athletes want to cheat about it, the NCAA can deal with it then; assuming those student-athletes are incapable of following those rules without cheating (which is what a failure to observe the new rule change would amount to) is an assumption from the inside that the entire NCAA is corrupt, and if we're at that point, then quibbling about credit hours is the least of the NCAA's worries.


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Hi, I'm currently in thailand, been here for a week now and just about to head off to koh chang, then cambodia, I will be stopping off in phnom penh and will then be heading to vietnam. Just trying to find out what the best way to get from cambodia to hanoi is, as i don't want to go to HCMC as I've heard it's expensive.
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While you could use one of the less popular crossings to dodge Saigon, in the scheme of things you won't save any money doing it. Where in Vietnam are you headed? If to the south, use the crossing near Kep on Cambodia's coast, otherwise I'd say boat or bus to Saigon is easiest.
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Linen and the Green world
Almost every day in our lives we come across articles in newspapers and magazines about being more environmentally conscious. We hear political leaders be it Obama or David Cameron preaching about how we need to live in a more "green" world and how we can make a difference by adopting a few simple rules.
Well I thought it was time that I give you my take on some hard serious facts about my most beloved fabric of all LINEN.
Linen is the world's oldest known fabric and it is the world's most ecological fabric. Linen is woven from the fibers of the flax plant and is a completely natural resource.
While only the very best fibers are used by the linen industry, no part of the flax plant is wasted; the left over linseeds, oil, straws and fibers are used in everything from soap, to cattle feed and paper. Few products are also efficiently used as flax.
The production of linen fabric uses 5 to 20 times less water and energy than the production of cotton or other synthetic fabrics. Linen fabrics are biodegradable and recyclable.
Flax is grown in many parts of the world, but top quality premium flax is primarily grown in Western Europe. The climate of western European countries like France, Belgium and Ireland are ideal for flax cultivation.
Some of the features that other fabrics can only aspire to have;
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With extreme fear, danger, creative puzzles and music from the incredible FEAR series is the story memorable. Some puzzles can be considered a little too hard to figure out and sometimes it was a bit laggy but incredible in general.
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Address by Minister Baird at Second Annual John Diefenbaker Defender of Human Rights and Freedom Award Ceremony
March 14, 2012 - Ottawa, Ontario
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Distinguished recipients, honoured guests, ladies and gentlemen, mesdames et messieurs.
I am pleased to be here with you today to present the John Diefenbaker Defender of Human Rights and Freedom Award.
This award, named in honour of Canada's 13th prime minister, recognizes individuals or groups who have demonstrated exceptional courage and leadership in defending human rights and freedoms at home and around the world.
It is fitting that, as Joy [Smith, Member of Parliament] mentioned in her introduction, this awards ceremony takes place in a building named after Mr. Diefenbaker.
During his six years as prime minister, Mr. Diefenbaker dedicated attention and energy to protecting and promoting freedom and human rights not just at home, but around the world.
The Canadian Bill of Rights in 1960 was a large part of his legacy. So was the key role he played in the anti-apartheid statement in 1961, which led to South Africa's withdrawal from the Commonwealth.
The protection and promotion of human rights is a hallmark of Canada's foreign policy under the leadership of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
We do not simply seek to do what is popular, or expedient, for the sake of making it easier on ourselves. Instead, we are honourable in our dealings. And we do what is principled, and what is right, all in the name of freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law. These are Canadian values. And they are values that should not be reserved for a select few, but enjoyed by all.
Canada stands with the brave defenders of human rights around the world who courageously seek to promote and protect fundamental freedoms, often at great risk to themselves and their families.
The recipients of today's John Diefenbaker awards have displayed extraordinary courage and commitment to the cause of freedom.
Shahbaz Bhatti was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in 2008, and named Federal Minister for Minorities. It was a post he accepted, he said, "for the sake of the oppressed, downtrodden and marginalized of Pakistan." Minister Bhatti declared he would dedicate his life "to struggle for human equality, for justice, for religious freedom, and to uplift and empower the religious minorities."
Minister Bhatti took steps in support of religious minorities, launching a national campaign to promote interfaith harmony, proposing legislation to ban hate speech and literature, and proposing comparative religion as a curriculum subject.
Minister Bhatti was not silenced by the obvious risks to his own safety. He continued to speak out even after the assassination of a fellow advocate for tolerance in Pakistan, Governor Salman Taseer of Punjab province, in January 2011.
Tragically, Shahbaz Bhatti paid the ultimate price. On March 2, 2011, while on his way to work in Islamabad, he was assassinated in a cowardly fashion. He was only 42 years old.
Just one month earlier, Shahbaz Bhatti was here in Canada, visiting our prime minister and other government ministers, including [Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism] Jason Kenney, who is here with us today.
The news of Mr. Bhatti's passing left a hole in the hearts of many. It crossed oceans, and touched every one of us to see someone doing what is right, and what is just, so tragically silenced before his time.
That should never be the case. Each of us should reject that outright.
[Former Pakistani prime minister] Benazir Bhutto once said, "You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea. You can kill a man, but not an idea."
These words ring ever true in our quest to realize and spread fundamental freedoms.
We continue to urge Pakistan to repeal its laws criminalizing blasphemy. We continue to push the issue of religious freedom at every turn. We do this, in no small part, in memory of Shahbaz Bhatti.
Here, we are honoured to have with us today his mother, Martha Bhatti, and his brother, Peter Bhatti, who will accept this award on his behalf.
Today we also honour Susana Trimarco and the Fundación María de los Ángeles, which she created.
Susana Trimarco is the mother of Marita Verón who, in April 2002, was kidnapped at the age of 23 by a criminal network of human traffickers.
In the search for her daughter, Ms. Trimarco began a personal quest that revealed a network of brothels run by traffickers across Argentina and as far away as Spain. She discovered many women and girls who were victims of human trafficking.
Braving a number of threats to her life, she has continued her investigations into the illegal sex trade and established the foundation in her daughter's name to help victims of human trafficking reinsert themselves back into society.
The foundation advocates for stronger government policies to combat human trafficking on behalf of mothers who have lost children to these reprehensible acts, and it seeks to raise awareness through media outreach and training to judges, prosecutors and law enforcement officials.
Through her work, Ms. Trimarco is responsible for rescuing 150 victims of human trafficking, and has for many years helped them recover their livelihoods. She has been instrumental in raising awareness in Argentina, and throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, about this important issue. I understand that in great part due to her efforts, Argentina passed its first national law against human trafficking in 2008.
Ms. Trimarco, your work with Fundación Maria de los Angeles has touched many people. I ask you to take heart in the knowledge that you have made, and continue to make, a difference in the lives of those around you.
To the many women you help, you represent hope, and that is truly a precious gift, because hope inspires, as nothing else can inspire, a passion for the possible.
Ladies and gentlemen, I am honoured, on behalf of the Government of Canada, to formally acknowledge the invaluable contributions of Mr. Shahbaz Bhatti and Ms. Susana Trimarco to the promotion and protection of freedom and human rights.
To paraphrase Robert F. Kennedy:
Few people can change the course of history, but each of us, working toward further freedom, human dignity and respect, will be able to write the history of our generation, and lay a foundation for the world we leave behind.
William Wilberforce [18th-century British politician and abolitionist] once proclaimed in the British House of Commons:
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Friends, faced with injustice, we must never look the other way.
Our commitment must not relent.
Our resolve must not weaken.
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The Nike Lunar Force 1 High "Sheed" is releasing today at Nike's 21 Mercer spot down in SoHo in NYC. There are two pairs up for grabs, each of them dressed up in a couple of very "Knicks" looking flavors that should prove particularly potent for the Big Apple crowd. Also of note: they're not hitting until 6PM, which is when Rasheed Wallace himself will be in the building. Get some extra shots on the Rasheed Wallace Nike Lunar Force 1 High pairs after the jump and tell us if you're trying to cop either.
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they fucked rasheed up all the way
Damn they did Sheed dirty, Lunar Fail once again.
Mane these Lunar Sheed's are bussin
Way to fuc up a classic.. "Lunar", what a joke
@OverTimeOften I agree. They both would've looked dope if they were original AF1 Highs. To each their own though.
Dunno watcha talkin bout? They look good to me.
Give me roses over these POS any day. And how could u call these sheeds, where's the strap? Idk about u, but I let the strap hang on my hi's.


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» Old World Wisconsin's 19th- and early 20th-century farmsteads in Eagle will be filled with harvest activities during "Autumn on the Farms" as farmers bring in the crops and fill the larders as they would have done over a century ago. The event takes place 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays through Oct. 13.
"Our farmers and historic gardeners will be harvesting the crops and heirloom produce," curator of interpretation Jennifer Van Haaften said. "We'll fire up the wood-burning stoves and make sausage, brew ale, bake pies and pickle eggs. Guests can also learn firsthand about early methods of meat preservation. There's lots to do every day. Each weekend we'll have a different focus - from historic beverages to meat preparation, vintage baking methods to farm machinery."
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Sept. 21-22: Baking Around the World
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- The White House says the stimulus prevented the next Great Depression: [Reuters]
- Taliban military commander's capture shows a marked role reversal for Pakistan: [Washington Post]
- Obama to name former Clinton chief of staff, GOP senator as heads of debt panel: [Wall Street Journal]
- Afghan air strikes are scaled back after civilians were killed in ongoing assault: [WaPo]
- Usually mum Federal Reserve officials fret openly about the growing deficit: [New York Times]
- Three major companies defect from energy lobbying outfit, dinting climate legislation's chances: [WSJ]
- Five ways the Democrats can lose their Senate majority: [Politico]
- Financial guru Simon Johnson on the "Greek Tragedy That Changed Europe": [WSJ]
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So I needed a couple of things from Cake Art [2] the other day.
Like candy coatings for some Halloween cake pops I wanted to make a few days ago.
I needed orange.
Boo. All gone.
I guess I wasn't the only one with that thought.
But don't worry. I didn't leave the store empty handed. Actually, I don't think that ever happens.
How could it with all kinds of spooktacular goodies staring me in the face.
My heart definitely started beating faster when I saw all this.
And umm… yes, this is just the Halloween section (not even all of it) and yes, I now have a small amount of it in my kitchen too.
I had to.
But I also had to pick up a few things for you, too. Every time I picked something up that I wanted, I thought somebody else might really like this. So by the time my arms were overflowing and I had sprinkles and spiders falling in the floor, I thought it would be fun to share and do a quick giveaway before Halloween hits.
So let me show you what's up for grabs. Just a few random things I bought and thought you might like.
Starting with special sprinkles.
Pumpkins, bugs, bones, skulls and more.
I also loved these cutters.
Floating ghost, scaredy cat, and this great skull and crossbones. I picked this one up mainly because I don't think I've ever run across one before.
Then there's these itty-bitty cookie cutters. So cute.
Want to make cookies with your own jack o' lantern faces.
I love how this is packaged so you can make your own expressions.
Speaking of faces, how about some candy eyes?
In three different sizes.
And look at these cute foil wrappers. Great for wrapping chocolates, truffles and cake balls if you like, too.
Cupcake toppers anyone?
These little daggers are darling. And the graveyards … dying from cuteness over here.
Oh and look at this vampire cutter. Perfect for making cookies to really sink your teeth into.
Eyeball treat bags.
Festive baking cups.
And who doesn't love a good spider trick. Well there's enough here to keep you content for a while.
But spiders are so last year. How about some freaky little flies.
Oh, I love these skull cupcake wrappers. Really well done.
And the black doilies. Had to get some of those, too.
And these spider web doilies. Love!
Okay, almost done.
But first I think you need a pan to make some bone-shaped cookies…
… And a happy little Halloween cake, too.
Enter for a chance to win all this Spooktacular Stuff.
Giveaway sponsored by me.
Good luck guys!
Okay, we have a Halloween Goodie Winner!
Jessica B – It's you! Don't buy any cookie cutters yet! You're gonna have plenty coming your way.
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This is the first short story that I created in almost four years. In that time, my poetry has being outgrowing the amount of my stories. The real-time tale that inspired the story is quite amusing. Whereas the moment after that event, I began writing the first two pages. This story is unlike any other that I wrote. Since age ten I've been reading classical literature and I've decided to put this in an elder form of English, and I'm only seventeen. This story is my groundbreaking one, a horror/suspense short story, unlike any of my mystery ones. But truly, if anyone thinks of it, all genres are interconnected into mystery. I hope the reader enjoys, for as all that I've shown are amazed at how well it is written. It is copyrighted so no stealing. Even though that it may look REALLY long, it is only fourteen pages long. I also did the cover art which took me just about three hours to entirely. Comments are greatly taken.
"There's an old house bordering the city of De Soto which is only two and a half miles away from our community." He also said that "it was the oldest house in the state of Iowa". He want the whole thing to be an "experience", it was quite an experience.
So we talked about it, Corey, Sean, and I. We agreed, yet we wanted to make it for a real group. And to think, the ones who we invited would still be alive today, only if we had not asked them. Corey invited his brother John, Sean invited Nathaniel and Tom and I invited my girlfriend, I learned to regret it.
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The definition of a rumor is that it can but then again, might not be true. The rumor was of the house which was built on haunted grounds. The people who built it, left to flee the dead. In truth, the dead still do live there as if they were still living, performing their daily routines without their bodies. Yet it is not where it was a repeating record, it was a conscious paranormal being. They interacted with us and we interacted with them. How could we ignore them? They interacted with us. I will never, ever forget of those two weeks and I guess I never will, for I shall now tell you what those two weeks changed.
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TEL AVIV – Hamas has "doubled" the number of Egyptian soldiers being paid off to help facilitate the smuggling of weapons into the Gaza Strip, including rockets and missiles, according to informed Israeli security sources.
The information comes one week after WND reported Hamas had formed a common committee with al-Qaida-linked groups in the Gaza Strip to strategize the coordination of smuggling weapons into Gaza, according to informed Israeli security sources.
The sources noted that after Israel's campaign in Gaza – which ended with a U.S. and Egypt-brokered cease-fire – Hamas immediately freed from its jails scores of members of al-Qaida and the related Jihadiya Salafiya terrorist groups.
Now the Islamist group is bribing more Egyptian troops to help facilitate the flow of weapons into Gaza, said the informed sources.
WND reported that even before Israel's operation in Gaza ended two weeks ago, Iran and Hezbollah were trying to resupply Hamas with more long-range missiles to fire into Israel, according to Israeli defense sources.
Hamas and other Gazan groups have long reportedly bribed Egyptian troops to aid in weapons smuggling, even under the former regime of Hosni Mubarak.
As far back as 2005, WND reported some Egyptian soldiers stationed at the Sinai-Gaza border were being bribed by Palestinians to allow weapons to be smuggled from Egypt into the nearby Rafah refugee camp, the security chief for Gaza's now evacuated Jewish communities said.
"The average Egyptian soldier makes about $10 a month. Pay him and his colleagues $100 a month and you have yourself a bought border," Ami Shaked, security coordinator for the Gush Katif Block, said at the time.
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Frank Spencer Is Dead at 58; Anthropologist Studied a Hoax
By MICHAEL T. KAUFMAN
Published: June 3, 1999
Frank Spencer, an anthropologist who rummaged through the bones of controversy to theorize about the identity of the mastermind behind the Piltdown Man hoax of 1912, died on Sunday. He was 58 and lived in Bayside, Queens.
The cause was cancer, said Queens College, where Dr. Spencer had been a professor and chairman of the anthropology department.
It was in 1990 that Dr. Spencer, a specialist in the history of physical anthropology, weighed in with his hypothesis about who was responsible for planting a skull and bones in a gravel pit near the English village of Piltdown and setting a false trail, which for some 40 years diverted scientists seeking the timetable of man's origins.
Though some had long doubted the evidence found at Piltdown, the fraud was not fully exposed until 1953, when the skull and a lower jaw, originally represented as coming from the same ancient individual, were found to be from two contemporary creatures of different species. The skull was that of a modern man and the jaw that of a modern orangutan with its teeth filed down.
As the plot was bared, suspicion fell on Charles Dawson, who had found the bones and brought them to the attention of scientific authorities at the British Museum and who had died in 1916. But as a country lawyer and an amateur geologist, Mr. Dawson seemed to lack the knowledge and the access to the bones needed to fabricate evidence of a ''missing link'' between ape and man.
There was no lack of possible accomplices and over the years many figures, mostly scientists, were mentioned as suspects. These included Dr. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, the famed paleontologist and a Jesuit priest who hunted for fossils with Mr. Dawson in Piltdown and who after the exposure of the hoax was said to have commented cryptically, ''I know who did the Piltdown hoax, and it was not Charles Dawson.''
Another famous figure who came under scrutiny as a possible confederate of Mr. Dawson was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. The accusations linking him to the plot were all circumstantial: he lived not far from the site of the discoveries, knew Mr. Dawson and was fascinated by fossils.
But Dr. Spencer's research took him in another direction, focusing his attention on a hitherto unsuspected anatomist named Sir Arthur Keith, who in 1912 had been a rising star of the British scientific establishment.
Sir Arthur was then the conservator of the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons. He died in 1955, two years after the Piltdown Man was shown to have been concocted.
Though Dr. Spencer was born in Chatham, not far from Piltdown, the debunking of the Piltdown claim, when he was 11 years old, made no memorable impression on him. However, when in 1976 he was writing his doctoral dissertation at the University of Michigan about a physical anthropologist named Ales Hrdlicka, the doctoral student noted that his subject had once written to Dr. Keith questioning the find, only to be snubbed. He wondered why.
Through years of investigation, which he documented in ''Piltdown, a Scientific Forgery,'' published by Oxford University Press in 1990, Dr. Spencer established that before Mr. Dawson publicized his finds, Dr. Keith was aggressively propounding his view that the first human beings evolved earlier than had been supposed and that the first manifestation of their development was the enlarged brain.
The evidence of a Piltdown Man fulfilled Dr. Keith's hypothesis of a missing link with a modern-sized brain and a simian jaw, which he claimed was a more legitimate and direct ancestor of man than the European Neanderthals and the Java Man found just before the turn of the century.
By Dr. Spencer's reckoning, Dr. Keith was the scientist with the most to gain from the Piltdown discovery. As Dr. Spencer wrote, the hoax had been ''a deliberate use of fraud to alter the entire course of paleontology.''
Meanwhile, in Australia, Dr. Ian Langham, a historian, had independently reached similar conclusions about Dr. Keith, and when Dr. Langham died in 1984, his research became available to Dr. Spencer. Elaborating on Dr. Langham's findings, Dr. Spencer was able to establish that Mr. Dawson and Dr. Keith held secret meetings dating back to a year before the supposed discovery.
As Dr. Spencer reconstructed the plot, Dr. Keith provided technical expertise and possibly the bones, which were stained to look prehistoric. Mr. Dawson then planted them in the gravel pit where he then led others, including Dr. Teilhard, on fossil hunts.
''I'm pretty convinced that this is the definitive solution,'' Dr. Spencer said in an interview when his book appeared. ''We don't have the smoking gun. But I think the interpretation we've made is a reasonable one and in harmony with the facts.''
Dr. Spencer, the editor of The History of Physical Anthropology and the author of several monographs and many articles, had originally been trained as a medical microbiologist and worked in British and Canadian hospitals before switching fields.
He is survived by his wife, Elena, and his mother, Doris, of Rochester, England.
Photos: Frank Spencer suspected an anatomist was behind the 1912 hoax. (The New York Times, 1990); A rendering of the Piltdown Man. The fraud was discovered in 1953. (The American Museum of Natural History)


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It was the perfect team game Southern Champs Jain University, Bengaluru could have played in the Toyota University Cricket Championship. With Mumbai coasting to victory at 76 for 2 in the 11th over in pursuit of 146, Bengaluru's slow bowlers combined with their fielders to stop the home team six runs short on a dramatic night at the historic Brabourne Stadium. Mumbai, of course, helped with their batsmen blowing away the good work done by their bowlers earlier on Friday evening.Bengaluru skipper Kaunain Abbas congratulated his teammates for "keeping their cool under pressure" and backing each other up when it was needed most in the tournament so far."I had to keep cool too. If I didn't, my players would get upset. I always knew 145 would be a good score to defend. We had the bowlers and we had the belief. This win will give us lot of confidence going into the final on Sunday (vs Jamia Millia Islamia)," Abbas said.Bengaluru had a trick up their sleeves on Friday. They played left-arm spinner Suchith Jagadeesh for the first time in the tournament because he was away on Ranji ODI duty for Karnataka. Suchith did the star turn on Friday with four for 10 runs off three overs to destroy the backbone of the Mumbai batting. "It was a good spell and coming as it did under pressure, I am happy we could win the match," said Man of the Match Jagadeesh.Abbas singled out Jagadeesh's bowling, Nihal Ullal's cameo 32 not out off 20 balls and Liyan Khan's world class catch to dismiss dangerman Kevin D'Almeida for special mention. "It was a combined effort and that is something to feel good about," Abbas said.The Bengaluru skipper, who remains the tournament's best batsman with an aggregate of 280 runs, said Pankaj Jaiswal's wicket was the "turning point" of the match. "We just wanted his wicket. Once we got him, I was sure the rest would not be able to get the runs as our bowlers were doing well and the fielders were backing them up," Abbas said.Mumbai captain Jaiswal admitted his batsmen gifted the semifinal away. "While chasing is always difficult, we should have scored 146 runs. We had the depth but our middle order played lousy cricket and we don't have any excuses to make," lamented Arjuna Ranatunga-look alike Jaiswal.
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