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Marriage, once viewed as mandatory, is just one of many lifestyle options in today's anything-goes society. Couples are living together for long stretches, and even having kids together, before they get married--if they choose to get married at all (recent census data even attributes the recent small decline in the divorce rate to, among other factors, a rise in couples cohabitating).
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In May 2011, Cameron Diaz told Maxim magazine that things with her then on-again, off-again boyfriend Alex Rodriguez were "awesome," but she also confided that she thinks marriage is a dying institution. "I think we have to make our own rules. I don't think we should live our lives in relationships based off of old traditions that don't suit our world any longer," said the star.
Though Marisa Tomei told USA Today that she's "been lucky in love" with boyfriend Logan Marshall-Green, she isn't in a hurry to tie the knot anytime soon. "I'm not that big a fan of marriage as an institution and I don't know why women need to have children to be seen as complete human beings," she said in February 2009.
Rashida Jones has dated Tobey Maguire, music producer Mark Ronson (to whom she was engaged) and John Krasinski, though she's never tied the knot. "Things are changing so much," she told E! Online in March 2011. The star, who recently starred in the film "Monogamy," about an engaged couple grappling with the question of infidelity, said: "Especially this country, we have kind of failed with marriage. We're so protective of this really sacred but failed institution. There's got to be a new model. I don't know what it is, but maybe it's like 10 years with a lease to buy or rent to own."
Ricky Gervais, who has lived with producer and novelist Jane Fallon since 1984, said he feels no need to make their union official because he doesn't believe in God. "I don't see the point. We are married for all intents and purposes, everything's shared, and actually our fake marriage has lasted longer than a real one...but there's no point in us having an actual ceremony before the eyes of God because there is no God," he said in February 2010.
Actress Diane Kruger married French actor and director Guillaume Canet in September 2001. They divorced in 2006, and she began dating Joshua Jackson that same year, who remains her boyfriend. "Without sounding pessimistic, I learned that I don't believe in marriage," she told Glamour magazine in February 2011. I believe in a commitment that you make in your heart. There's no paper that will make you stay."
Though Zooey Deschanel married and divorced Death Cab for Cutie singer Ben Gibbard, she once said that she refuses to commit to one relationship for the rest of her life. "People don't have to get married anymore. We're a generation that has progressed in many ways, from the ones before us. I think that the idea of romantic love is about marriage is over. Now all love is romantic love. Getting married is not a necessity, and staying with one person is not a necessity," she said.
Penelope Cruz and hubby Javier Bardem--whom she married in July 2010--welcomed their first child in January 2011. Nevertheless, she told Britain's Psychologies magazine in July 2009 that she was doubtful about the necessity of marriage. "I don't know if I believe in marriage," she said. "I believe in family, love and children."
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"Dieter, wake up. It's time."
The long journey up from unconsciousness seemed to take forever. Was he fully awake? He couldn't tell. His brain seemed slow to respond, unwilling to deal with reality.
"Dieter, get up."
An unearthly glow back-lit a mass of curls. "Maggie?"
"It's me." She helped him into a sitting position.
"What's happening? I feel strange." There was light but it didn't seem to have a source. Like twilight or predawn but different. "Is it morning already?"
"Not quite, my dear." Maggie took him by the hand and led him outside. The grove glowed with a ghostly luminosity casting everything in high definition. The huge trees crowded the clearing, waiting, anticipating. She wore a simple white dress, a garland of green in her hair. Her face was radiant, her eyes opaque and charged with flecks of indigo. An aura exuded from her being.
"You look like a goddess."
"Come." Maggie glided across the clearing to the natural altar in the hollow of the massive trunk of the Western Red Cedar.
Steady and soft, the source of the light emanated from the interior of the tree without heat or shadow. Dieter found himself drawn to the light, like iron filings to a magnet. He had no will of his own. This is a dream, he thought, but had no desire to wake up.
Maggie painted a symbol on his chest. He didn't remember taking his shirt off. She pressed her cheek against his flesh and smiled up at him. She spoke now, but not to him.
"We ask for your blessings, your guidance, your inspiration, your healing power… Awen."
Dieter heard, then felt a droning, pleasant and soothing.
"…time and of the year, of seasons and goodness, of birth and growing, of dying and rebirth…" Maggie sprinkled water from a cup on his head.
The droning grew, intensified.
Maggie lifted a clay pot of fragrant herbs beneath his nose. The aroma evoked some ancient memory, indistinct yet familiar. She continued speaking with a lilt and a rhythm as if reciting a psalm "…in the eye of the Sun here and now, between past and future. In this is sacred time. In this is sacred space. Awen. Ahh-oo-en."
The droning became a harmonious swelling chord all around him and, yes, even inside him.
"…the longest day of the year, at this Place of Light, to witness the zenith of the Sun, to harness the power of the Solstice."
Simultaneously the light and the sound began to pulse in rhythm to his breathing, to his heartbeat. Outlines became diffused and images blurred. Dieter had the sensation of his own body disintegrating, merging with the trees, the earth, the air, until it was all one, all one liberating life force.
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When the nights draw in and the clocks go back, our human instinct is to close the curtains tightly against the outside, and huddle together like hibernating creatures.
It is a time for hearth and home, for cranking up the central heating and throwing another log on the fire. My husband starts worrying about whether we have enough "key supplies" for the festive season months in advance, as if we are about to undertake a dangerous Polar expedition minus a vital Kendal mint cake.
After 20 years of marriage I know that for him these basic supplies mean the following: copious warming meals served at the groaning board, followed by three essential ingredients: crystallised ginger, fine wine and other people.
In fact, so seriously is his nesting that he usually insists on having the conversation about where we will spend Christmas and with whom – he has a particular urge to scoop up any "waifs and strays" – on a baking hot beach in August.
When it comes to the British winter, we crave physical insulation. Catalogues plop on the mat offering us page after page of snuggly loungewear: items fashioned of brushed cotton, fleece and wool. This year, the high street is even offering cashmere onesies.
When it's cold and dark outside, the human instinct is to seek out warmth and light; laughter and conversation We start thinking about potatoes roasted in goose fat, rather than the 5:2 diet. We swap our morning double shot skinny latte for a seasonal eggnog. We ingest warming soup like it's going out of fashion. We slather our skin – well I do – with unguents called things like "cocooning cosy body lotion".
But we also crave emotional and social insulation. We want to be with each other when there's a nip in the air and the spring solstice is many months hence.
Companionship becomes important in a way that it never is during the carefree summer months, when long evenings mean picnics in the grass, dad-dancing at music festivals, parties on the beach, or just nights sitting out on a terrace, watching the stars and fireflies, some enchanted evening.
Now, the nights are long, the days are short and we are thrown back on each other, whether we like it or not. So we do what comes naturally at this time of year: crowd together at parties.
"When the clocks go back, that's when all my clients come in to have their roots done," says my hairdresser.
It's also a time when families pull together. The board games come out; the old jokes are shared; the ancient wounds reopened; the favourite dishes prepared. Life revolves around meals, after which we sit around recovering in companionable silence with our tablets – gadget rather than digestive – and each watch our own episode of Breaking Bad (there can be few households in Britain in which each family member is currently watching the same episode of the same series).
When it's cold and dark outside, the human instinct is to seek out warmth and light; laughter and conversation. Essentially, we need each other. Cherished pets are beloved as never before during the winter months. The classified ads of The Lady, which I once edited, fill with requests for "companions" – an old-fashioned-sounding role, but one that grows in importance as we live in far, flung communities, away from close family members.
When it's dark, the old, the lonely and the Eleanor Rigbys of this world suffer more than most. We should remember them, as we spoil ourselves and families with food and presents they don't – let's admit it – always need, or want, or deserve.
Cherished pets are beloved as never before during the winter months Winter is a time to be grateful for all that we have: food, shelter, warmth, family. Those basics, which are not basic at all, but privileges denied to so many, even in this blessed plot.
It's also time to be truly grateful for each other, however maddening. Who was it that said: "Hell is other people?"
Recently, I was talking to a well-known newspaper columnist, who is married to a woman he refers to in print as "The Blonde". I was telling him that what I'd miss most if I wasn't married to my spouse of two decades was the conversation.
This famously acerbic writer said, "Really?" in a surprised way. Then he was quiet for a moment. "I'd miss the silences."
I thought about what he said. And he's right. To have someone you can sit with, on a dark evening, with the curtains closed, after supper and say nothing at all. That is the true meaning of companionship.
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The emergence of the wide-smiling Marcos Baghdatis and the return of Martina Hingis at the Australian Open proved that tennis remains as unpredictable as any world sport.
But three months from now, when the year's second Grand Slam gets under way, you can count on one certainty: the absence of three high-profile players who have run afoul of tennis' doping policy.
The end of 2005 saw French Open runner-up Mariano Puerta and Bulgarian rising star and Roland Garros quarterfinalist Sesil Karatantcheva suspended for violating the drug policy. Roland Garros has proven ripe for ferreting out the drug cheats as another Argentine, French Open quarterfinalist Guillermo Canas, is already serving a doping suspension which began last summer.
The 27-year-old Puerta became doping's poster boy after his surprising run to the finals last June is now marred by the positive test for the stimulant etilefrine, which he claimed he came into contact with by drinking from the same glass as his wife.
The International Tennis Federation, which oversees the Grand Slams and now the anti-doping program for the men, wasn't buying it and Puerta was dealt a record eight-year ban from the game. The harsh ruling came after Puerta had already served a nine-month ban in 2003 after a testing positive for clenbuterol.
If the ITF wanted to send a message as the newly ordained doping czar for the men, from the players' perspective consider it message received.
Canas was suspended last summer for two years for the prohibitive diuretic hydrochlorothiazide (HCT), while Karatantcheva, 15 years old at the time of the testing, was handed a maximum two-year ban after she twice tested positive for elevated levels of nandrolone -- following her Roland Garros quarterfinal loss last year and again five weeks later in out-of-competition testing in Tokyo. The WTA Tour handles its own drug testing, but the ITF intervened since Karatantcheva tested positive at a Slam.
These cases haven't captured major media attention in America, where the doping controversy in major team sports has reached as far as Capitol Hill.
Congress is in the process of cracking down hard on drug use in sports, so much so that they are currently attempting to push through the Drug Free Sports Act, which would force uniform testing in all U.S. sports.
Last March, executives from several top American sporting leagues testified for their sports' testing procedures during hearings before the House Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee. Receiving the most scrutiny was Major League Baseball, with Congress not very impressed by the league's 10-day suspension for first-time offenders. In November, baseball finally responded and raised the punishment for a first-time offender to 50 games, 100 games for the second offense, and a lifetime ban for a third.
In the NBA, a player can be disqualified for two years for the first positive test for what the league considers "drugs of abuse." (Such was the case last week with New Orleans Hornets forward Chris Andersen.) In the NHL, under terms of the new collective bargaining agreement, a first-time offender receives a 20-game suspension. A repeat offender gets slapped with a 60-game suspension, with a permanent ban for a third offense. Banned players must wait two years before applying for reinstatement.
For players in the NFL, the biggest sports business in America, a first-offense violation for steroids is punishable by a four-game suspension without pay. A second offense leads to six games without pay, and a third violation sidelines a player for one year.
"Some people might think that this is a fairly weak policy," commented Rep. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on the NFL's program.
And when compared to tennis, he's right.
Under the current rules of the anti-doping program in tennis, a violation for a banned substance is as tough as they come in sports. First offense is a two-year ban. Second offense is a maximum lifetime ban.
For specific "lesser" substances, the first offense is up to one year. Second is two years, while a third offense results in a lifetime ban. In each case, the player may have to forfeit all ranking points and prize money earned at the event and possibly at more events that were subsequently played. In the case of Puerta, that amounts to $782,000 from the French Open plus another $330,000, for a total exceeding $1.1 million.
"We can say for sure our sport is the leading, if not the top, sport in drug testing in both its intensity and as far as what they test for," Andre Agassi said two years ago at the Australian Open. "It's a very extensive list, probably more extensive than any other sport, and how often they test. It's not possible to get more aggressive maintaining the integrity of our sport."
Drug testing in tennis didn't begin until the 1980s with recreational drugs as the main target. After the ATP Tour was founded in 1990, performance-enhancing drugs were banned according to the International Olympic Committee's list. In 1993 the ATP, WTA and the ITF created a joint comprehensive anti-doping program.
In the latest move to centralize and increase efficiency, the ITF at the start of this year became the new administrator of the men's program which continues to adhere to the penalties of the WADA code and the world-recognized IOC list.
"I think tennis has really got itself pulled together now, with the ITF taking full charge of testing," says Peter Bodo, senior editor for Tennis Magazine. "I don't think the penalties are too strict; doping is a serious offense."
Currently, tour players get randomly tested during the year, some upwards of 20 times at any tour-sanctioned event and out of competition at home or even while on vacation. The powers that be in professional tennis have instilled in the minds of the players that if you participate in the sport, you will get tested. And if you test positive, the punishment will be severe.
But for players who do test positive, like Puerta, there is a fair and due process.
A Swedish company, International Drug Testing Management (IDTM), administers each of the 1,200 or so tests on pro tennis players during the year. Each test result, which consists of two urine samples -- "A" and "B" -- and/or a blood sample, is sent to a WADA-approved lab. If the lab finds a positive sample "A," the sample report is forwarded in without the player's name to an Anti-Doping Review Board for further evaluation and to the ATP, WTA and ITF.
If the review board finds that the procedures taken during testing were properly followed, the board will then ask the lab to notify the player of the positive result while also disclosing to the proper organization the name of the player and further details of the test.
In the presence of the player or a player representative, sample "B" is then tested, and if it comes up positive with no inconsistencies, the player and the organizational bodies are again notified, only this time they are alerted that there has been a violation of the doping policy.
The organizing body will then ask the player for a statement regarding the findings and if the player would like a hearing to review the results. A hearing usually occurs within 60 days of the request (but can occur at a much later date dependent upon the availability of all the parties involved), after which a decision is made. If it's ruled against the player, the tribunal will notify the player and the public of the violation and the penalty.
The player has 21 days to appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which has the final and enforceable say.
Both Puerta and Karatancheva are currently in the process of appealing to the CAS. While the timetable may be lengthy from test to final decision, tennis officials maintain it's fair to all involved.
As the governing bodies have shown, it's easier to keep your players out of the headlines when you conduct your own drug testing. Now that the ATP has outsourced its testing, players are well aware of the stringent policies and harsh consequences associated with banned substances in men's tennis.
Look for women's tennis to soon follow, and if Capitol Hill and the U.S. government have their way, athletes in major sporting leagues will soon be paying a lot more attention to what goes into their bodies.
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House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is expected to address the crowd by video. Other speakers include former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). Many other Republicans were mingling with the crowd on the National Mall, and even those who are out of town for a workweek back in their districts were tweeting their support for the cause.
The hundreds of thousands who have come to D.C. today for the @march_for_life are a testament to the importance of protecting the unborn.— Senator Roger Wicker (@SenatorWicker) January 25, 2013
My thoughts today are with #MarchForLife. Stay strong, stay warm, and never give up the fight for the sanctity of every single life.— Michele Bachmann (@MicheleBachmann) January 25, 2013
I welcome all those in Washington for the #MarchforLife. I stand with you today as we work to protect the lives of unborn.— Rep. Bill Flores (@RepBillFlores) January 25, 2013
So proud of those who joined the #MarchforLife today! I support you and vow to fight alongside you to protect the unborn. #Prolife— Dr. Phil Roe (@DrPhilRoe) January 25, 2013
The 40th annual March for Life is today. Since Roe v. Wade, 55 million lives have been lost to abortion. marchforlife.org— Randy Forbes (@Randy_Forbes) January 25, 2013
Hoosiers, welcome to DC today for the 40th March for Life. I commend you for standing up for the sanctity of human life. #March4lifeIN— Senator Dan Coats (@SenDanCoats) January 25, 2013
40 = 55M. A sad day. But, we never stop fighting for the unborn. Thx to all braving the cold at the #MarchforLife.— Cong. Tim Huelskamp (@CongHuelskamp) January 25, 2013
Ran into my friend @tomrooney backstage at @march_for_life. Looking fwd to speaking at the rally at 12:15pm! #40roe twitter.com/RepDianeBlack/…— Diane Black (@RepDianeBlack) January 25, 2013
McConnell is speaking to members of the KY Right to Life Assoc. who traveled to DC for the annual #MarchForLife Rally #Roe40 @kentuckyrtl— Sen. McConnell Press (@McConnellPress) January 25, 2013
Looking forward to meeting Ohioans who have come to Washington for the March for Life today. Hope you can join us... fb.me/1lXHK3Qpe— Jim_Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) January 25, 2013
It was great to speak with hundreds of Missourians who are heading to today's #MarchForLife. cc: @march_for_life twitter.com/RoyBlunt/statu…— Senator Roy Blunt (@RoyBlunt) January 25, 2013
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In a move to acquire depth at the forward position the Capitals acquired center Casey Wellman from the Florida Panthers Thursday in exchange for center Zach Hamill.
Wellman has been assigned to the Hershey Bears.
Wellman, 25, has 23 points [seven goals, 16 assists] in 37 games this season with San Antonio of the American Hockey League [AHL]. He ranked third in points on San Antonio at the time of the trade.
A native of Brentwood, Calif., Wellman has played in 41 career NHL games for the Minnesota Wild and has 13 points [four goals, nine assists]. In 136 AHL games he has 105 points [44 goals, 61 assists] for Houston, Connecticut and San Antonio.
The 6-foot, 185-pound forward was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by Minnesota in March 2010. He spent two seasons at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) and compiled 78 points [34 goals, 44 assists] in 75 games and was named to the NCAA Hockey East All-Rookie Team in 2009 and the Hockey East All-Academic Team in 2010.
Hamill has registered 22 points [11 goals, 11 assists] in 40 games this season with Hershey [AHL].
Laich update: Brooks Laich [apparent groin injury] skated with the Capitals at their morning skate in Toronto on Thursday but there is no timetable for his return to the lineup. Coach Adam Oates said Laich will need at least a few more skates before he is cleared to play.


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It's been a couple of weeks now and people are still talking about The Speech, meaning Barack Obama's about race. How often does a political speech stay in our thoughts this long? Usually it's forgotten as soon as it's delivered, if not while it's being delivered. This one was different. How many other speeches in this campaign year do you still think about? How many others do you even remember? What speech of John McCain's or Hillary Clinton's can you recall?
How account for the staying power of The Speech? Maybe because it dealt with race not from without but from within, and invited not so much applause as thought - and response. Maybe because it was so personal. Barack Obama wasn't speaking about race as a politician or sociologist or some vague do-gooder might do, but as a person - a person who had made some deliberate choices about his own racial identity.
The impetus for The Speech was to explain one of his choices: Why had he stuck with a pastor who'd said such appalling things? Many of us have faced similar choices: Do we walk out of church when the preacher says something we disagree with, and keeps saying it? Do we disown him, make a scene, separate ourselves from the community? Or do we just sit there, maybe talk it over with the minister later, write him a letter, or what?
I can identify. I go to a Reform Jewish temple, and someone once described Reform Judaism, all too accurately, as "the Democratic Party with holidays." There are times when the ideological agenda can get mighty thick.
I remember going to a Chanukah service at which some of the temple's religious school students were reading papers in defense of abortion. And not just defending abortion but almost lauding it. You'd think it had become a sacrament.
I sat there thinking: This is choosing life? This is what we're teaching the young? Hitler didn't kill enough of us, now we're going to kill our unborn? At least Pharaoh spared the girl babies.
And this, mind you, was a Chanukah service - a holiday celebrating a revolt in ancient Judaea against the pagan practices that were being widely adopted by the Jews of that time, or at least those of an advanced, fashionably Hellenistic bent.
Unlike old Mattathias in First Maccabees, who began the revolt by choosing to make a stand when the latest, oh-so-progressive ways came to his village, I just sat there. It's not conscience but respectability that doth make cowards of us all. I can identify with Barack Obama's not making a scene every time his pastor said something appalling.
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1Let every soul be #Titus 3:11 Pet. 2:13subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. 2Therefore whoever resists #(Titus 3:1)the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. 3For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? #1 Pet. 2:14Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. 4For he is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil. 5Therefore #Eccl. 8:2you must be subject, not only because of wrath #Acts 24:16(1 Pet. 2:1319)but also for conscience' sake. 6For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God's ministers attending continually to this very thing. 7#Matt. 22:21Mark 12:17Luke 20:25Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.
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Built from 1774 to 1789, Hope Farm Bed and Breakfast is two houses. The large, two-story structure to the rear was built in 1774. The home was purchased in 1789 by the Spanish Governor of the Natchez Territory, who then built the front section. More info...
The two houses, sitting on fifteen acres, consist of 14 rooms plus large front and back galleries (covered decks).
Four guest bedrooms are filled with exquisite antique furnishings and memorabilia. Each room has a distinctive four-poster bed with draped testers, and all have private baths.
You will be treated to a private tour of the home and its unforgettable treasures. Hope Farm is one of the tour homes on the Natchez Spring Pilgrimage of Antebellum Homes held during March and early April.
- $100-$135
- A full southern breakfast is served in the dining room.
- Children aged 10 and over welcome.
- No pets.
- A storage area is available for securing bicycles.
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I have to share this, due to the glockenspiel mention:
- January 21, 2008 at 9:15 AM
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Ha! I guess every instrument has its virtuoso. I like the long stretches of silence on some of th mp3s. The tension waiting for a little "ding ding ding" kept me listening.
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I've never held a fascination for Jay Mariotti, the Chicago-based columnist made infamous by his RPG-inspired ledes. But as I recently received a tip on his next career move, figured I might as well let you in on it.
(Will history repeat itself for SbB's Pete Gaines? We can only hope!)
If you live outside of Chicago, there's a good chance you only know Mariotti from his surprisingly well-reasoned work on ESPN's Around The Horn. But if you inhabit Chicagoland, you know him to be a chap quite rightly deserving of a slap.
For 17 years, Mariotti made his bones banging pots and pans as a sports columnist for the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES - a perennial underdog to the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. But after leaving the S-T for AOL Fanhouse under less-than-pleasant circumstances, it was thought his Chicago days might be over.
Fast forward a year after Mariotti's move and the Tribune is suddenly, as noted here three weeks ago, bleeding readers to newly-launched ESPNChicago.com. Desperate to breathe some life into its flagging on- and off-line circulation, the Tribune has now consumated what was once considered to be unthinkable.
I've learned that effective September 1, Mariotti will join the Tribune as a weekly columnist - this the same man who spent nearly two decades mocking the same venerable daily which now extends him a byline. I do expect a seamless transition period though, considering the Trib set up Mariotti's inbox long ago. (Uh, Jay, I thought 'newspapers were dying'?)
Mariotti's contractual non-compete clause with the Sun-Times officially expires at the end of August, one year after he quit his position. So you can expect his ink-jetted invective to begin emanating from the Tribune in September.
It's an interesting hire, considering Mariotti and the Tribune have very different motives with the move. The Tribune is bringing in Mariotti to fight off the startlingly advance of ESPN into the Chicago sports media marketplace. (Ironically, Mariotti also happens to be a prominent employee of ESPN.)
Meanwhile though, my source tells me that Mariotti's primary motivation in taking the Tribune's offer is to get back at his former employer, the Sun-Times. What that means specifically I have no idea, considering the S-T, like most other second-string major market dailies, is basically road kill already. (Wait, this might have something to do with it - sorry Rick!)
As far as Mariotti's duties, I hear he will be writing 1-2 columns per week for the Trib while maintaining his current workload at Fanhouse and ESPN-TV.
Mariotti is most definitely a needle-mover for a Chicago outlet but his value to Fanhouse, besides name recognition thanks to his ESPN work, is dubious. His columns seem to be swallowed up by Fanhouse's free-for-all format, diminishing his impact. With that in mind, I'm guessing Mariotti can't wait to write something someone is actually going to read.
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County Commissioners Approve Purchase of New Noxious Weed Department Pickup
The Russell County Noxious Weed Department will soon have a new set of wheels to drive around in as the Russell County Commissioners approved the purchase of a new pickup Monday at their meeting.
Voting Continues for America's Best Restroom
Voting continues for Cintas' America's Best Restroom contest, and according to the Lucas Area Chamber of Commerce, Lucas' Bowl Plaza is currently in second place out of ten finalists.
Tools Stolen from Pickup Toolbox
Tools were reported stolen from a pickup toolbox Monday in Russell according to the Russell Police Department.
Grass March Cowboy Express Coming to Russell County
The Grass March Cowboy Express, a group of horse riders raising awareness and bringing attention to the plight of ranchers who are, in their opinion, having their grazing rights on federal land stripped away, will be traveling through Russell County Tuesday and Wednesday.
USD 407 Named a Kansas School Breakfast Challenge Winner
The Kansas State Department of Education, in partnership with Midwest Dairy Council, Harvesters, Kansas Food Bank, Second Harvest Community Food Bank and Kansas Action for Healthy Kids, announced Friday the winners of the 2013-2014 Kansas School Breakfast Challenge.
Russell Man Injured in Sumner County Motorcycle Versus Tractor Crash
A Russell man and a woman were taken to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita with injuries after their involvement in a motorcycle versus tractor crash over the weekend in Sumner County.
FHSU Changes Commencement
Fort Hays State University, one of the fastest growing universities in the nation, will make major changes in the way it conducts graduation ceremonies beginning in spring 2015.
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- KU to Honor Local Students
- Junior Pruter Memorial Blood Drive a Big Success
- Presence of Rattlesnakes in Russell Reported
- Storefront, Signage Improvements the Aim of New Incentive Program
- Students Looking for Broncofication Day Projects
- Bickerdyke Students to Travel to Hays Friday
- Russell to Host Regional Fire School This Weekend
- Fire Prevention Week is Oct. 5-11
- Wheat Planting, Fall Harvest Continues
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We have one potential victim of last week's AHL/ECHL realignment: the Manchester Monarchs, a successful AHL team moving down to the ECHL. (more…)
Officials still pursuing new downtown Las Vegas arena
Mayor Carolyn Goodman says she's still pursuing a new downtown Las Vegas arena despite the groundbreaking today on a new $350-million Strip arena in back of New York-New York. (more…)
Las Vegas arena groundbreaking set for May 1
With multiple arena proposals still on the table, AEG and MGM Resorts International are moving ahead on a $350-million arena project behind New York-New York on the Strip, and a groundbreaking is scheduled for May 1. (more…)
KFC Yum! Center debt restructured thanks to U of Louisville concessions
The University of Louisville will forgo some KFC Yum! Center sponsorship revenue over the next three years, giving the Louisville Arena Authority more cash to pay down larger-than-expected debt. (more…)
The numbers add up: KC's Sprint Center doing just fine
Though there are no NBA or NHL teams playing in Sprint Center, the arena is doing just fine by one important measure: it's generating economic activity in downtown Kansas City. (more…)
MGM, AEG announce new Las Vegas arena
After years and years of talk, we have movement on a new Las Vegas arena, with AEG and MGM Resorts International finalizing plans for a new Populous-designed project between New York-New York and Monte Carlo resorts. (more…)
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Even though whoever wrote this might feel that way, of course, there could still be hundreds of thousands of people out there who feel differently and continue attacking PSN. There's no way of knowing how "official" this announcement is, or even how many Anons were into hacking PSN in the first place. The group is, well, anonymous.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852996097055245764.comments2014-12-30T10:18:45.047-06:00Cloud Warmer - DX Ham Radio in Costa Rica, projects, antennas, dx, morse code, digimodesCasey Bahrhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852996097055245764.post-57372492326633305182014-12-23T15:44:29.775-06:002014-12-23T15:44:29.775-06:00the Receiver is a Monarch HAM-1 ~ probably the onl...the Receiver is a Monarch HAM-1 ~ probably the only one that has the narrower spacing on the outside knobs and also the Communications Receiver on the left hand side ~ that and the lack of HE-40 rule out the Lafayette which I think is a Trio ~

Here is a photo ~ the case has been (poorly) repainted
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There is a newer version out with 3 switches on the right side of the dila, plus a Ham2 and Ham3 ~ Monarch and Bremen are listed as Manufacturers ~ but I suspect StarLite was involved ~

I am not sure of the relationship between Trio, Starlite, and Halli-Scratchers ;) Perhaps Trio was supplying most parts or even kits and cases (including the dial glass) to everybody? I mentioned a few of the similar RX above, but there was also Olson, Gonset, Ameco, and more ~

The mystery is somewhat solved, but there are still lots of questions

73 de kck "<> casey" nine International Harvestor <>firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852996097055245764.post-49075212072971446512014-11-23T17:44:37.269-06:002014-11-23T17:44:37.269-06:00I just updated the links and added a link to their...I just updated the links and added a link to their main ham page, which they didn't have before.Casey Bahrhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852996097055245764.post-14842261214470260232014-11-23T17:37:34.745-06:002014-11-23T17:37:34.745-06:00Thank you for telling me. They must've moved t...Thank you for telling me. They must've moved them and didn't leave a redirect page behind.Casey Bahrhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852996097055245764.post-85111700913582091722014-11-23T16:34:52.670-06:002014-11-23T16:34:52.670-06:00Links to the Radio manuals above don't work......Links to the Radio manuals above don't work...email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852996097055245764.post-40206341114035636262014-09-08T02:28:50.004-06:002014-09-08T02:28:50.004-06:00The spacing between the first and second knobs is ...The spacing between the first and second knobs is a clue ~ the HE-40 has more switches, too ~ probably built by trio or ??? who both made radios for Sears, Wards, Midland, Lafayette, Heath, Others, and Hallicrafters (or at least supplied them parts) ~ the color would indicate Lafayette or Heath ~ but Lafayette and Hallicrafters have the long name to be covered ~ it says Communications Receiver, which should be a clue, also :)email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852996097055245764.post-79186497434790755382014-04-04T09:17:27.599-06:002014-04-04T09:17:27.599-06:00Hi Bas, Yes, Gennady is definitely plugged in to h...Hi Bas, Yes, Gennady is definitely plugged in to ham radio. We are all relieved that Tamara's mother is finally here in a quiet, safe, healthy environment. 73!Casey Bahrhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852996097055245764.post-70337220563193285262014-04-04T09:01:00.939-06:002014-04-04T09:01:00.939-06:00Hello Casey, great cards and key. I spoke Gennady ...Hello Casey, great cards and key. I spoke Gennady last year in the CQWW SSB contest. He immidiatly knew who I was and what kind of QSL he made fo me. Remarkable! So unfortenately you lost a friend but that's how it goes in life. A remarkable person as well so I read in your post. Great your wife has her mother now near her. Much better as in turbulent Ukraine these days. 73, BasPE4BAS, Bashttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852996097055245764.post-1474791355000195012014-03-23T11:23:05.945-06:002014-03-23T11:23:05.945-06:00Unless you are a CR citizen, I don't think you...Unless you are a CR citizen, I don't think you can get a TI call. There is nothing in the regs about residents being able to take the test. There are not a lot of hams in CR, which may be why you couldn't raise someone on 2 meters or they might be put off by your English.Casey Bahrhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852996097055245764.post-17000060541929900372014-03-22T18:52:24.145-06:002014-03-22T18:52:24.145-06:00My wife is a tica so I've been to CR a few tim...My wife is a tica so I've been to CR a few times. There is a ham living in CR that I've communicated with and he told me that right now it's OK to bring my handheld and simply use my U.S. call with a /TI# suffix without doing anything at SUTEL because SUTEL had bigger fish to fry. I did get on the radio on my last trip but didn't make any contacts. Didn't seem to be much 2 meter activity from what I could tell. I was a bit nervous about transmitting though. I'd like to get a formal license and it would be nice to get a permanent license. Still working on getting my Spanish up to speed so that I can take the test there but it's tuff for an old geezer like email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852996097055245764.post-39735842869100065732014-01-07T17:23:29.279-06:002014-01-07T17:23:29.279-06:00Prior to use it in a Radio Beacon for an high alti...Prior to use it in a Radio Beacon for an high altittude experiimenf with Argentine AMSAT, I try in 28 Mhz and work OK. You can see my work in the website, with an IRF 640 providing 8 watts with 2 LiPo Cells. No CW clicks and a nice derivated LO output for the DBM mixer, in case you want a CW transceiver. Key off is only 25 mA.
Have a nice 2014: Edgardo Maffia LU1AR
www.LU1AR.blogspot.com.ar Edgardo Maffíahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852996097055245764.post-55058169098362474792013-12-15T20:39:16.373-06:002013-12-15T20:39:16.373-06:00Grant, the manual is for the 2060A and it is just ...Grant, the manual is for the 2060A and it is just a photocopy. Not much difference operation-wise but if you are looking for an original 2060 it probably won't do. I think there are lots of 2060A PDF files on the 'net, but let me know if you want a copy of mine, stains and all.

73!Casey Bahrhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852996097055245764.post-10177226961655186362013-12-15T16:26:19.464-06:002013-12-15T16:26:19.464-06:00Hi Grant, can't remember if the manual I have ...Hi Grant, can't remember if the manual I have is for the 'A' or not. It's down in the shack, will check later and get back to you.Casey Bahrhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852996097055245764.post-59474724053955886382013-12-15T13:20:42.570-06:002013-12-15T13:20:42.570-06:00Casey I just liberated a nice 2060 (not "A...Casey I just liberated a nice 2060 (not "A' model but 2060) that i am checking out like you did. I found a 2060A manual on line but want the actual 2060 manual. Do you have one you can share? Any help would be appreciated. 73 & good DX!

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214-908-six three fifty-five email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852996097055245764.post-63716746124226803032013-07-16T16:02:39.456-06:002013-07-16T16:02:39.456-06:00pfunix, I just heard today that to operate in CR l...pfunix, I just heard today that to operate in CR legally, as a Tico, you have until *this* Friday to sign up to take a written and practical test (no code). So, things are changing. Of course, I would expect enforcement to be lax, at least for a while. If you are a citizen of another country, then you have to be licensed there to operate here.Casey Bahrhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852996097055245764.post-61321775030522316342013-07-16T13:56:04.703-06:002013-07-16T13:56:04.703-06:00does this hold true today? I just started HAM radi...does this hold true today? I just started HAM radio by buying a baofeng 2-way radio. I wasn't sure what the law here in CR suggests but i do hear people still chatting on the marine band and they told me that you can pretty much operate here without a license. pfunixhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852996097055245764.post-85550683611085314272013-04-28T22:00:33.458-06:002013-04-28T22:00:33.458-06:00Thanks Mike. :^D The I Love Me Wall! I like it. I&...Thanks Mike. :^D The I Love Me Wall! I like it. I'll have to find that wall as we have too many windows and not much wall space that isn't take up with other things. Most of my ham wall paper is in a box somewhere. 73.Casey Bahrhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852996097055245764.post-28853351941658351972013-04-28T18:45:51.876-06:002013-04-28T18:45:51.876-06:00Good evening Casey, very nice work and 600 contact...Good evening Casey, very nice work and 600 contacts is very impressive. It's going to look very nice on the I love me wall as I call it.
MikeVE3WDMhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852996097055245764.post-41659345978927135052013-03-19T16:30:05.385-06:002013-03-19T16:30:05.385-06:00You have to request it directly from PA3FWM. His e...You have to request it directly from PA3FWM. His e-mail address is on websdr.org. 73!Casey Bahrhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852996097055245764.post-41262876577991218892013-03-19T07:22:25.537-06:002013-03-19T07:22:25.537-06:00hello ! pliz where did you get the server softwar...hello !

pliz where did you get the server software ?

on which yahoo group ?

email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852996097055245764.post-36361079787349410262013-02-16T16:34:22.921-06:002013-02-16T16:34:22.921-06:00Honestly, I don't know the max freq. At 10M an...Honestly, I don't know the max freq. At 10M and above, though, you'll probably have stability problems.Casey Bahrhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852996097055245764.post-57128644840839320622013-02-16T02:42:05.139-06:002013-02-16T02:42:05.139-06:00What is the max frequency the 74HC240 can be used ...What is the max frequency the 74HC240 can be used at ? How stable is the frequency ? Looks like an awesomely simple toy transmitter.YO9IRFhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852996097055245764.post-21889344021050181482013-01-27T21:08:24.125-06:002013-01-27T21:08:24.125-06:00Hi, Great post. I found you through the blog hop....
 Hi, Great post. I found you through the blog hop. Now following you.Please follow back on GFC friends if you can. Be sure and check out my new Blog Hop that we just started, It's Weekly Goals Link Up. It's a great way to stay on track. Have a great day. :) Here's the link in case you want to check it out.
http://lenettacarnes.blogspot.com/http://lenettacarnes.blogspot.com/2013/01/weekly-goals-4-linkup.html Thanks again
Lenetta
 Lenetta Carneshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852996097055245764.post-57442329036824447172013-01-22T15:02:13.239-06:002013-01-22T15:02:13.239-06:00Hi Philip, I used some orange color leds, which I...Hi Philip,

I used some orange color leds, which I hot-glued to the top of the meter cases. They are wired in parallel and the voltage stepped down with a resistor on each (1.2K, I think). The wire then goes to the back of the case where I drilled a hole to mount an RCA jack. Then I just used a regular audio cable from the auxiliary power jack on the ALS-600 to the tuner.

73,

CaseyCasey Bahrhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852996097055245764.post-60556832898191966472013-01-22T12:46:32.697-06:002013-01-22T12:46:32.697-06:00I have one of these wonderful tuners. How did you ...I have one of these wonderful tuners. How did you go about wiring your lamps?

Thanks

philip KA4KOE
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That is a very cheap PP at .20 cents, too bad, additional dilution for WOF . ( Brian should have the cash to take part of the PP at .20 cents as he and wife previously sold 4 million shares and more of WOLF at .28 cents/share, as reported on www.canadianinsiders.com , that would be a great profit, plus he will get the free warrants.). "WOW". what a great profit.
As a shareholder; I don't blame anyone else but myself for buying WOF, should have known better, I don't like what my radar screen is telling me. As continous excuses stories re;, ie; (MONEY ) was to be IN before 2012/ then Jan 2013, now, March 2013 and no reason is given, for the delay. May be it was never there in the first place; the next excuse it will be IN Jan 2014. ( where is uncle Buffett when you need help)
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The wireless network products play an important role in rail technology. Those wireless technologies products required to have stability and reliability in high vibration environments. ORing is working hard on developing Transporter Series in both vehicle and railway application which meets the high standard. ORing has developed a series of EN50155-compliant 3G/4G cellular routers and access points boasting high performance and reliability.
City, State, Country., May 2, 2014 - (PressReleasePoint) -Rolling stock, including trains, high-speed rail, and community trains, is the most important transport between cities and towns. These vehicles not only connect people in different places, but also bring convenience and efficiency to human life. Driven by the development of wireless networks, wireless technologies have been integrated with rail transport. The wide availability of smartphones further boosts demand for wireless connections. Wireless networks such as Wi-Fi, 3G, and 4G LTE have penetrated into every aspect of lives. However, in-vehicle wireless communications require higher standards in order to cope with severe electromagnetic interference and long-term vibration in harsh environments.
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- 2010-05-17 03:16:12
Chocolate pound cake and chocolate icing with buttercream flowers and cake pieces for accents. This cake erupted at the party. This was made for a school end-of-year luau party. Thanks for looking!
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Workers at the regional pound hope some fenced-in open space and more personal interaction with dogs will get more people to adopt them.
The Shenandoah Valley Animal Services Center plans to buy fencing for a 50-by-70-feet exercise and play area to give dogs supervised time outside of the kennel cages without leashes.
When the play area is built, the new space will give the center a place to introduce dogs to potential adopters outdoors, said Lindsey Huffman, interim director. ...


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