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On Jan. 31, 1999, the 38-year-old John Elway was playing the final game of his magnificent career at the then-named Pro Player Stadium.
Elway would win his second Super Bowl.
On the same winter day in Jacksonville, Fla., a five-hour drive north from Fort Lauderdale, an 11-year-old Tim Tebow was learning how to play quarterback. Eventually, Tebow would win the Florida high school football championship at Dolphins Stadium on Dec. 10, 2005, and the BCS title game on that field on Jan. 8, 2009.
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Elway and Tebow, a couple of former Pop Warner League legends, will take a moment Sunday to look around Sun Life Stadium (new name, old stadium), look back, then look ahead. Tebow, who, as a kid, idolized and emulated Elway, wants to duplicate his boss' success as an NFL quarterback.
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• At the end of his junior season of college, in the BCS title game, Tebow threw for 231 yards and two touchdowns, the last late in the fourth quarter, and rushed for 109 in leading Florida to a 24-14 victory over Oklahoma.
"It's all kind of ironic," says Dave Hess.
Hess helped turn the 2007 Heisman Trophy-winning Tebow into a quarterback.
"People have asked me if I made Timmy throw the ball left-handed," Hess laughed as we talked by phone Friday. "No, but I was smart enough to know he wasn't an offensive guard like his older brother Peter."
Hess was a Pop Warner coach in the 1990s when he first saw a rather large, powerful 10-year-old kid with the peewees. "I was looking over the boys who would be on my team the next season, and Timmy stuck out.
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Many years later, when Broncos coach Josh McDaniels drafted Tebow in the first round, the coach said the quarterback had "it."
"Oh, Timmy had the 'it' factor back then," Hess said. "You can't quantify 'it.' He's always been a young man of substance. He built himself up so much he had to lose weight to play under league rules. I devised the whole offense around him."
For instance, the youngster ran a quarterback sneak for 80 yards, then, on the next series, flung a 50-yard pass.
At 6, Tebow put this quote on his bedroom door: "Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard." Radio talk show hosts in Denver joke that the story couldn't be true. First-graders aren't philosophical.
"He absolutely lived by those exact words," Hess says. "I picked up Timmy for every practice (because Tebow was home-schooled), and we talked in the car. We started the season 0-2 because we had changed the offense, and he kept promising me he would work harder every day. He stayed after every practice and keep running and throwing until after dark until I forced him to get in the car.
"We didn't lose again until the final regional game before the national championship."
Hess, who coached youth football for 14 years, is in his seventh season as the Jacksonville Episcopal High coach. (This year, he coaches quarterback Luke Del Rio, son of Jaguars coach Jack.)
"I tell all my players that if they want to succeed, use Tim as an example. If you work hard, something good will happen. Timmy's a winner. He has won on every level, and he'll win in pro football. People who question his ability don't understand Tim or know what he's capable of."
The line has been drawn between those who have faith that Tebow will flourish and those who feel he will fail. Elway straddles that line. "I'm not trying to be John Elway," Tebow has said. "I have to be the best that Tim Tebow can be."
On Sunday, in a familiar stadium setting for the two, Elway the VP and Tebow the QB and the Broncos and the Dolphins and everyone else will begin to find out who Tim Tebow will be.
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TSC: Len, you mentioned that you expect a V-shaped recovery at this point. Why, and is it possible at all to say when you expect the ascent?
Darling: The rationale for expecting a V-shaped recovery is threefold. One, monetary policy: The latest from the
If the scenario plays out as we would expect, we will probably see recessionary numbers of modest proportion in the third and fourth quarters of this year. I believe the first quarter of next year will be problematic, but by second quarter [we should see] positive GDP. And by the fourth quarter, we will be back to trend growth of 3%. TSC: You said that prior to this event you didn't think the Fed had been aggressive enough in its previous seven interest-rate cuts so far this year, but that you do expect the Fed to be more aggressive now. How low do you expect the


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The Bechdel Test, the brainchild of cartoonist Alison Bechdel, bubbled out of a 1985 comic strip called ōDykes to Watch Out For.ö It was BechdelÆs modest proposal for assessing how well a given film represented its female characters and it went like so: Do you, movie, feature two or more named women? Do they talk to each other? About something besides a guy? If so, then congratulations! You have passed the Bechdel Test.
The tongue-in-cheek standard caught fire, first on the Internet and then offline. It paved the way for countless blog posts, visualizations and spin-off projects. It was applied to Oscar nominations and pop music. In November of 2013, Swedish theaters even announced that they would begin factoring compliance with BechdelÆs three-pronged standard into their film ratings. Yet Bechdel herself expressed ambivalence about the yardstickÆs viral spread. ōI just canÆt seem to rise to the occasion of talking about this fundamental principle over and over again, as if itÆs somehow new, or open to debate,ö she wrote last fall, noting that calls for subtler artistic portrayals of women dated back at least to Virginia Woolf in 1926. Not that her hesitation mattered Ś the BT had taken on a life of its own.
And it has started to work. Last week, Versha Sharma and Hanna Sender at Vocativ looked at the 50 films that raked in the most box office gold in 2013 and discovered that the biggest blockbusters cleared BechdelÆs bar. Of the 50 highest grossing movies of the year, 17 clearly aced the test, seven inched across the threshold Ś the women discussed things that werenÆt men, but barely Ś and the rest failed. (Gravity wasnÆt counted, because only two characters got substantial screen time.) But even though just 36 percent of the coronated 50 films passed ōwith flying colors,ö the Bechdel-positive pictures earned way more than the Bechdel-negative ones: a total of 4.22 billion versus 2.66 billion.
This is happy news, mostly. It demonstrates that audiences have an appetite for well-drawn, multidimensional female characters and it sends an important message to the film industry. As Sharma and Sender write, ōDear Hollywood: We know how you can make more money in 2014. Put more women onscreen.ö But the exercise is also Ś letÆs be honest Ś a bit of a letdown. In 2014, we are still whooping with delight when movie studios depict a woman sharing a snippet of non-dude-focused conversation with another woman? This is not exactly a high bar. And the test (which, again, Bechdel never intended to be the only word on the matter) seems potentially misleading. Women can come off as human onscreen without passing (if, say, ōCharlotteö talks to ōEllenö about a man named Kierkegaard), or they can inhabit films that pass the test and still treat them like sexy mannequins (Charlotte: ōI love your pink heels!ö Ellen: ōThey match my underwear!ö). Is it time to update the standard?
I reached out to some women critics and writers to get a sense of what their revised BT might look like. What should we ask of movies in terms of depicting women creatively, responsibly, compellingly? One theme I heard repeatedly was that the current BT remains a useful diagnostic tool. ōI do think that itÆs such a low bar for good reason,ö writer Michelle Dean emailed to me. ōIf movies canÆt even meet that low standard, that says something. And most movies donÆt meet the Bechdel test now, so IÆm not sure the thing is ripe for a revision.ö Yet, as film critic Karina Longworth argues, the criteria are ōtoo easy to satisfy in a superficial way. Just because a film includes a scrap of conversation between two women about something other than a man does not necessarily mean that the film has any meaningful interest in women.ö For SlateÆs Amanda Hess, the problem lies in trying to derive best practices from what was, originally, ōa hilarious and eye-opening point about the lack of fully-realized female characters on film,ö not an earnest solution. ōThe point of the Bechdel test has been lost in [the testÆs] obsessive application,ö which now ōcomes across as arbitrary.ö
So whatÆs a better measure? ōIÆd like to see more abstract discussion among women in film, about books, politics, philosophy, anything but the nurturing side of female existence,ö said Dean. ōIf thereÆs a single thing IÆd like to see more films do, it would be to take female desire (sexual, sure, but also every other kind) seriously,ö added Longworth. Hess made a pitch for more visible Platonic male-female relationships: ōAs important as it is for films to feature women talking among themselves, I think itÆs just as crucial to feature men and women talking to each other for reasons unrelated to eventually hooking up,ö she wrote. (Also, women should talk to themselves more onscreen: ōSandra [Bullock, in æGravityÆ]ģ talks to herself a lot. That should count!ö)
Writer Roxane Gay went full-on fantasy league in a six-part wish list for a revised test, reproduced below.
A womanÆs story is being told. She is not relegated to the role of sidekick, romantic interest, or bit player.
Her world is populated with intelligent women who also have stories worth telling, even if their stories arenÆt the focus of the movie.
If she must engage in a romantic storyline, she doesnÆt have to compromise her sanity or common sense for love.
At least half the time, this woman needs to be a woman of color and/or a transgender woman and/or a queer woman because all these women exist! Though she is different, her story should not focus solely on this difference because she is a sum of her parts. She is not the token. She has friends who look like her so they need to show up once in a while.
She cannot live in an inexplicably perfect apartment in an expensive city with no visible means of affording said inexplicably perfect apartment.
She doesnÆt have to live up to an unrealistic feminist standard. She can and should be human. She just needs to be intelligent and witty and interesting in the way women, the world over are, if we ever got a chance to really know them on the silver screen.
Sounds like a great movie. And a very high bar. As for me, like the other women I talked to, I donÆt think there can really be one rule to determine whether or not a movie passes muster. The aim, I think, should be variety. Female characters should not all look the same, act the same, have the same needs, desires, tics, jobs, strengths, vulnerabilities and preoccupations. Just show us thinking about, talking about, engaging in many different types of things Ś as we are wont to do Ś and your movie should make gazillions.


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I've been kind of interested in this for some time, SO as mental health is also apart of general health, I though I would bring up the discussion here.
What do you all think of marijuana in terms of write and wrong, mentally that is? Meaning is it okay or beneficial to use marijuana (or any drug) to alter your mind, just for a *good time,* or even as an escape from everyday life?
Keep in mind when I say OKAY I do not mean physically okay (I do NOT want to bring up the discussion of wether or not marijauna is *good for your body* or not) I mean do you think it's okay for a person to alter his or her mind with a drug.
This may seem like a dumb question at first but let me explain.
I have a friend that lifts weights with me who has been trying to convince me to smoke with him on the weekends. At first I gave him the obvious reasons for why I didn't want to smoke with him, i.e. *it's bad for you* or *it's illegal* blah blah. Plus I saw what kind of life he's getting attachted to (this may have no connection with his marijuana use) as he's now using vikaden, shrooms, and esctasy.
But When I actually got down to why I don't use marijuana and drugs in general, it's because I see anything that one may use to alter his or her state of mind to enjoy life, or to escape it, as a weakness. Even if it's not an addiction at all, I believe it's a weakness that my friend has to use this drug to enjoy himself now (Even if he's not addicted).
Another reason I want to see what you all think is because I'm trying to convince him to stop. I know that saying that *it's bad for you* or *you're going to get arrested or get in a car wreck* are awful reasons as to why he should quit, because: 1, he doesn't he believe that it's bad for him, and: 2, he thinks he is in control of his own life and wont' get arrested or get in a wreck. So I'm trying to find a way to convince him in different terms.
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Release notes
The |version| release of django-registration represents a complete rewrite of the previous codebase, and as such introduces a number of new features and greatly enhances the flexibility and customizability of django-registration. This document summarizes those features; for a list of changes which impact existing installations, consult :ref:`the upgrade guide <upgrade>`.
The backend system
The largest overall change consists of factoring out the logic of user registration into pluggable/swappable backend classes. The :ref:`registration views <views>` now accept a (required) argument, backend, which indicates the backend class to use, and that class has full control over the registration (and, if needed, activation) process, including:
- Determining whether registration will be allowed at all, on a per-request basis.
- Specifying a form class to use for account registration.
- Implementing the actual process of account creation.
- Determining whether a separate activation step is needed, and if so what it will entail.
- Specifying actions to take (e.g., redirects, automatic login, etc.) following successful registration or activation.
For full details, see the documentation for :ref:`the backend API <backend-api>`.
The workflow used by previous releases of django-registration (two-step registration/activation) has been implemented using this system, and is shipped as :ref:`the default backend <default-backend>` in django-registration |version|.
Other new features
An alternate :ref:`one-step registration system <simple-backend>` is provided, for use by sites which do not require a two-step registration/activation system.
During the registration and (optional) activation process, :ref:`custom signals <signals>` are now sent, allowing easy injection of custom processing into the registration workflow without needing to write a full backend.
The default backend now supplies several custom admin actions to make the process of administering a site with django-registration simpler.
The :func:`~registration.views.activate` view now supplies any captured keyword arguments from the URL (in the case of the default backend, this is the activation key) to its template in case of unsuccessful activation; this greatly simplifies the process of determining why activation failed and displaying appropriate error messages.


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I used the PlayMemories app to remote these. I ended up adding a manual flash as the Sony remote app won't force the flash. But this was a blast sitting in the house clicking the shutter on the my phone. Here is the link to all of them: http://www.scottzinda.com/Birds/Remote-Birds-with-RX10/
I found that on some I preferred the detail from the camera jpeg over my .raw adjustments. But I did bright some shadows and reduce the clarity on the background in the wider shots as the bokeh on the tree didn't look very nice at shorter focal lengths.
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I fear that I'm giving my daughter an eating disorder with intentions of teaching her how to eat right. Which begs the question: which is more harmful — obesity (and diabetes) or an eating disorder?
I've implemented a "one-treat rule" in our home, which simply means that if my kids get ice-cream after school, they have already had their treat and don't get dessert after dinner. I try to explain as delicately as I can that too many sweets and too much junk food makes you sick. Fat too, yes. But, more importantly, sick.
"What happens when you eat more than one treat?" my daughter asked me awhile back. And, well, I'm not proud of this, but I think I said, while my mind was somewhere else: "You blow up."
So yesterday she had a snow cone at the pool. That was supposed to be her treat for the day. But when we went to a lacrosse party later that day, a fellow mom trained at Le Cordon Bleu made these amazing cupcakes with the team's logo designed with butter cream icing. Katherine instinctively grabbed one, but then ran to me, asking, "Will I blow up if I eat this?"


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Tattoo above on "Teddy Boy Greg" by Fernie Andrade.
Traditional hand tattooing by Brent McCown.
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I'm back in NYC after the non-stop party that was the Brighton Tattoo Convention. With the miserable winter weather, one would think I'd spend my vacation days flying south to Caribbean beaches and not the cold English seaside, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to spend my birthday with friends who were traveling from around the world to be a part of this show. I most definitely made the right choice.
The convention took place at the Hilton Brighton Metropole Hotel, located directly on the seafront in the center of the city. It was a massive labyrinth of booths throughout the hotel's convention center, with over 350 artists from over 16 countries working.
You turn one corner and there was the traditional
tattooing platform, with Copenhagen's Colin Dale hand poking Nordic
dragons while, next to him, Brent McCown was tapping Polynesian tatau.
In sharp contrast, down the aisle, rap music blared from the booth that housed Norm, Big Sleeps, & Big Meas doing their sought-after script. Crowds also formed around other big names from the US such as Thomas Hooper, Bugs, Bong, and BJ Betts, among many others.
Tattoo above by BJ Betts.
UK legends George Bone, Lal Hardy, and Alex Binnie drew
plenty of fans as well. [As a side note: Alex had a gathering on Thursday night before
the show for the release of Charles Boday's Handpoke Tattoo book, and it was great
to check out his Brighton shop, which has that same cool vibe as his
iconic London studio.]
One particular thing I found interesting in the lead-up to the show was that many artists -- who normally book their convention appointments months in advance -- were advertising that they would be doing almost all walk-ups, so lucky convention goers who got in early could get prized time without being on a waiting list. I wonder if they knew how lucky they really were.The tattoo competitions were limited to Best of Day entries with Guen Douglas winning Friday for a neo-traditional lady hand tattoo; Ryan Evans winning Saturday for his black and grey portrait of Marlane Dietrich; and Alex Gotza of Dirty Roses Tattoo in Greece winning Sunday for a full thigh gypsy tattoo (shown below).
As for me, I spent much of my time helping the convention organizer Woody manage the press, as there was a lot of interest in this eighth year of the show. But when I wasn't doing that, you'd most likely find me at the opulently decked out booth -- complete with gold drapery and Moroccan lanterns -- of tattoo witches Alicia Cardenas, Goldilox, Delphine Noiztoy, and Lorena Morato. Other stunners at that booth were model Moniasse, Frank Doody, and Drew Becket. [All of whom are shown in the pic below.] I shared a rented house with these beautiful people, kind of like a Real World Brighton, and ... I think I'll leave the exploits (and damaging photos) off this blog. Moving on ...
More seriously, there was also a lot of tattoo history shared at the show. Our friend Dr. Matt Lodder gave a wonderful talk on Sutherland MacDonald, "the first tattoo artist." And just outside his roundtable discussion, you could view the artifacts and archival photos from the famed Bristol Tattoo Club. I also particularly loved the fine art exhibition of Ramon Maiden (a post on him is coming soon).
Most of the hard partying took place at the Sailor Jerry cocktail lounge and by the main stage where crowds of psychobilly babes gathered on Friday to see The Meteors, who still can bring a mosh pit to action after 35 years (with an older shirtless crowd). Other bands through the weekend included The Sex Pistols Experience, as well as King Salami and the Cumberland 3.
Prettying up the Rockabilly set pre-concerts were barbers flown in from California, although lumberjack beards and skull caps dominated over pompadours. Really, I could barely recognize friends underneath all the hirsute hotness.
It's all these different offerings, in addition to top tattooing, that make a great convention. Most important to me, these gatherings are an opportunity to share love with friends from across the globe and reaffirm that we are one community of beautiful freaks. And that's better than any beach vacation.
For more on what went down at the convention, check the Brighton Tattoo blog, and these news items:
* Lifeforce Magazine photos by Damien Bird.
* The Argus coverage
* Bring the Noise article and photos
Alicia Cardenas and Dr. Matt Lodder chilling out at the Sailor Jerry Lounge.
Happy New Year, y'all!
I'm very excited for 2014, which -- based on the tattoo trajectory we've been seeing this past year -- promises to explode with more innovative, beautiful, and wondrous tattoo art.
To celebrate the new year, Swallows & Daggers asked me to contribute to their list "5 Tattooers to watch in 2014," for which tattoo bloggers each chose 5 emerging artists -- or established artists under the radar -- to highlight with a short intro and links.
I decided to feature just female artists from around the world who are incredibly talented, have unique approaches to tattooing, and originality in their portfolios. A number have been featured on Needles & Sins before and the rest will be profiled soon. Here they are:
It was an incredibly difficult task to just pick five artists, but rest assured that we'll be bringing tons more artist profiles and interviews on Needles & Sins in 2014.
As always, thank you so much for being part of our N+S family. I kiss you!
We've all seen them. Those tattoo "fan" pages with the billion "Likes" on Facebook where you'll find beautiful tattoos but without any information on the artist, photographer, or collector.
Photos of me have popped up on these sites, and I have commented, "That's me. My artist is Dan DiMattia, Calypso Tattoo," but that all gets lost in the barrage of subsequent comments, often asking who did the work because they could not find my attribution. I've gotten tired of them and now simply report their use of my photos to Facebook, particularly because I don't want to be associated -- and even used by -- these sites.
These sites are not tattoo fan pages. They are "Like Farms." As Yahoo News explains:
Here's how it works. Someone creates a page and starts posting photos inspirational quotes or other innocent content. You like the page and it now shows up regularly in your news feed. Anytime you interact with a post, that activity shows up in your friends' news feeds.The more likes the page gets, the more it shows up. The more comments each picture gets, the more power the page gets in the Facebook news feed algorithm.And that makes it more and more visible.I came across the Yahoo News article thanks to Birmingham-based tattoo artist Goldilox, whose work was featured on the Facebook page Myttoo Tattoos & Piercings, without credit and with a caption linking to a clothing line (as shown in the screen capture above). Goldilox then shared with her own many fans how tattoo Like Farms are scamming tattoo fans, and encouraged people to speak out, report these sites to Facebook, and especially Unlike them.
Then the Facebook page "Credit My Work" was created to raise awareness of the issue. Now, that's a site you should like!
It's natural for us to want to follow sites that feature inspiring work, but we should do so only to those who support our community -- not exploit it.
Credit My Work
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Tattoo above by Gao Bin of Lion King Tattoo in Taiwan.
On Friday, the first day of the London Tattoo Convention, before I even finished setting up my book stand, I accosted a friend, who is getting a Filip Leu backpiece, and demanded that he drop his pants (for a look at the tattoo, of course). He immediately obliged. Soon after, others joined in and on display were derrieres decorated by Tin Tin & Xed Le Head. There are many reasons to attend tattoo conventions. Pants dropping is one.
What makes the London convention such a draw for the thousands -- who queued up in a line that snaked all around the Tobacco Dock -- was the roster of over 300 hundred artists, who represent the best in the world. Any type of tattoo art you can image was available. Hand tattooing occupied a central arena on the upper level, where artists like Pili Mo'o tapped traditional Samoan tatau, and tattoo viking Colin Dale of Denmark created Nordic inspired dotwork (among others). Colin even offered a few small Inuit stitch tattoos, which you can view here on his Facebook page.
Crowds formed around the booths of reality TV stars like Ami James and Tatu Baby, leaving room for serious collectors to watch artists like Japan's Shige (shown above) create masterful works on those lucky enough to get an appointment.
Aside from watching long-renowned legends of tattooing, I particularly love discovering artists whose work I wasn't familiar with (it's hard to keep track of the incredible talent out there today). Two artists in particular who blew my mind were Pietro Sedda, with his trippy surrealism, and Lore Morato, who does incredibly soulful neotraditional, like the work below done at the convention.
The main reason of all for my attendance at these shows is that I get to meet up with my beautiful freak friends from around the world and make new friends. I'm grateful to all of you who came to my booth and shared your stories (and took your clothes off for me). Despite being such a massive gathering, the London convention always feels like an intimate family reunion.
I brought my "Marisa Loves Me" temp tattoos, and throughout the weekend, I stamped all sorts of body parts with my tokens of affection. The greatest love, however, was shown when two wonderful friends and artists, Goldilox and Garcia Leonam, got the temps permanently tattooed on them after the convention by Lore Morato. And they were sober when they decided to do it! [See below.]
It was the perfect ending to a perfect weekend.
I posted a few of my usual bad phone camera pics on Flickr. You can also find some great images and mass media coverage of the London Tattoo Convention via the links below.
I'll soon be off to Belgium to get tattooed, but I do have posts lined up for y'all this week ... because I love you.
Today, I wanted to share another artist who will be featured in my upcoming Black Tattoo Art II: Goldilox, an incredibly talented tattooist who works mostly by hand to creat soulful works of art. Goldilox can be found at Dawnii Fantana's powerhouse studio, Painted Lady, in Birmingham, UK.
I asked Goldilox for a few words on her work. Here's what she said:
I'm inspired by everything from botanical etchings to mehndi and geometry -- by the sacred and the silly. I feel that every tattoo I'm asked to do is an honour as that person has chosen to me to mark their skin with an image they'll carry forever. By keeping this in mind, I strive to make each new tattoo my best yet. A lot of my work is done by hand with no machines, just needles and ink. I adore the intimacy of the process with every tiny dot added one by one, using different tools but the same techniques used for millennia by our ancestors across the globe.Check more of Goldilox's work on Facebook.
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Pete Rose admits he's still wagering at the racetrack, which could put Bud Selig in a difficult position.
Originally Published: January 6, 2004By Scott Ridge | ESPN.com
The epilogue of "Pete Rose: My Prison Without Bars" contains the following admission from baseball's Hit King:
"I still enjoy gambling at the racetrack, which has always been my favorite pastime. But I've learned to distinguish between the legal and the illegal bets, which is what got me into trouble in the first place. There is a difference between 'getting' into trouble and 'staying' in trouble."
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Next week (July 2-7) on Morning Edition they will be doing stories every day on various pies. Since pie is the official reward for a ride well ridden in our group, I thought this would be interesting for our members.
Here is a link to the preview page for the series. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thisisnpr/2...s-up-at-npr-hq
One of the pies they list is Banoffi pie with which I am not familiar. Maybe Stapfam or some other resident Brit can clue us in on this Toffee pie. Sounds like a good flavor combination!
Check with your local NPR affiliate for broadcast times for morning edition or the stories should be available on the web at the NPR site.


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27-Jun-2008 Hankyoreh
Opposition parties launch campaigns to nullify beef announcement
South Korea's opposition parties declared the official announcement to resume imports of US beef null and void and launched a series of campaigns to have it withdrawn. Opposition party members have also proposed plans to hold a national referendum on the beef agreement and plan to seek other forms of legal action against it.
27-Jun-2008 Reuters
New protests as South Korea checks US beef for import
Militant protesters blocked trucks from leaving warehouses for a second day on Friday as South Korea resumed quarantine checks on US beef imports, moving to bring the product to market for the first time in nine months.
26-Jun-2008 OhMyNews
'Loophole' revealed in US ban on downer cattle
On June 25, the Humane Society released a new investigative report showing extremely sick dairy cows being dragged and shocked in order to move them into an auction ring in the United States
26-Jun-2008 Hankyoreh
Gov't announces publication of sanitary conditions for US beef
Protests erupt across South Korea with 100 arrests made, potential for clashes at cold storage warehouses increases
25-Jun-2008 Economic Times
S Korea set to resume US beef imports, more protests called
South Korea will resume US beef imports from Thursday after securing extra safeguards, officials said, prompting calls for fresh anti-mad cow rallies which have brought thousands on to the streets.
24-Jun-2008 Chosun Ilbo
US senators say additional beef talks violate April deal
US Senator Max Baucus says there's no scientific proof for Korea's claim that beef from older cattle pose a health risk. Other senators echoed his words adding that the latest moves could bring difficulties to passing the bilateral free trade deal.
23-Jun-2008 Chosun Ilbo
Trade minister recounts beef talks with US
"Whenever the negotiations went against us or whenever the US side cited 'science' (to emphasize that US beef is scientifically safe), we pointed to the photo [of the June 10 candlelight vigil in downtown Seoul, with the largest number of protesters] and said, 'Look at this. Do you think this can be explained with science?' "
23-Jun-2008 Hankyoreh
New beef agreement still leaves room for mad cow fears
While the Korean government claims it has made a "better-than-expected achievement" through additional negotiations between South Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon and US Trade Representative Susan Schwab over import terms for US beef, it hasn't been enough to defuse public fears over the safety of the American meat.
23-Jun-2008 Yonhap
Seoul to implement new US beef import conditions this week: officials
The South Korean government will put new U.S. beef import terms into effect as early as this week, officials said on Monday, signaling a full resumption of imports, which have been suspended for nearly five years.
21-Jun-2008 Workers World
Strikes, protests besiege South Korean regime
South Korea has been seeing nightly mass demonstrations for over a month, a candlelight march of 1 million people on June 10 and a strike wave of key industrial unions. All are connected to a trade agreement between Washington and the current government of President Lee Myung-bak that would allow US beef into the country.
17-Jun-2008 Hankyoreh
KCTU to launch general strike on July 2
Labor movement will lead candlelight protests for renegotiation of US beef agreement, KCTU says
17-Jun-2008 KCTU
One million South Korean people and workers protested against the Unfair US beef import agreement and the neoliberal government policies!
On June 10th, around one million people and workers gathered to demand renegotiation of US beef import agreement across the country. In case of Seoul, around 500,000 people participated in the candlelight vigil and march.
17-Jun-2008 AFP
SKorea unions may strike over beef imports, more talks set
South Korean unions on Tuesday threatened a general strike in protest of a US beef import deal, as negotiators in Washington tried to find a way out of the crisis shaking the Seoul government.
16-Jun-2008 Xinhua
US-South Korean beef talks fail to reach agreement
Talks between the United States and South Korea over the resumption of American beef imports ended Sunday without any agreement, US Trade Representative spokeswoman Gretchen Hamel said.
16-Jun-2008 Romandie News
Crise du boeuf en Corée du Sud: échec des négociations à Washington
Des pourparlers à Washington entre les Etats-Unis et la Corée du Sud sur la reprise controversée des importations de boeuf américain ont pris fin sans accord, a annoncé lundi le ministère des Affaires étrangères coréen.
16-Jun-2008 Financial Express
Ranbaxy deal may help India's entry into Japan
The Daiichi Sankyo-Ranbaxy Laboratories deal has come as a shot in the arm for India's Comprehensive Economic Co-operation Agreement (CECA) negotiations with Japan. Indian pharma companies have been unable to break into Japan, the world's second largest drug market, due to the country's stringent sanitary and phytosanitary standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT) and environmental norms.
15-Jun-2008 OhMyNews
Beef imports to Korea: An open letter to President Bush
Korean middle school student Chae-song Kim asks that the trade agreement be reconsidered
14-Jun-2008 FPIF
South Korea's beef with America
To the rest of the world, South Korean protests over the safety of US beef are portrayed as an expression of simmering anti-Americanism. Without a doubt, anti-American sentiments have historical roots. But Koreans also have a legitimate claim to fear the safety of US beef.
Korea, US to forge additional understandings on beef deal
US Ambassador Alexander Vershbow said Thursday the United States and South Korea will come up with a solution to the ongoing controversy over Seoul's decision to resume imports of American beef thorough "additional understandings"' to their deal signed in April. Vershbow, however, ruled out renegotiating the deal, saying it could damage the national interests of the two countries ― including the possible failure to ratify the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
11-Jun-2008 The Hankyoreh
Massive candlelight protests draw one million nationwide
Up to a million Korean citizens from all walks of life participated in candlelight protests held on the 21st anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising, with a total of 118 candlelight protests held across the country on June 10.


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HARDWICK A Vermont police department said an arrest warrant has been issued for a Hardwick bank robbery suspect who is believed to be in Connecticut, where she is also suspected of a number of bank robberies.
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Special Olympics Named Founding Charity Partner Of Commitment Day Movement
Life Time Fitness, Inc, The Healthy Way of Life Company (NYSE: LTM), today announced that Special Olympics has joined the Commitment Day Movement as a Founding Charity Partner. Founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and competition to provide people with intellectual disabilities opportunities to realize their potential, develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, and experience joy and friendship. Today, Special Olympics serves more than four million athletes in 170 countries worldwide with year-round sports training, athletic competition and related programs.Commitment Day is a 365-day movement designed to unite all Americans in making personal commitments to a healthier way of life. On January 1, 2013, hundreds of thousands of Americans will kick off the movement by participating in simultaneous 5K walk/run events spanning 30 cities, symbolizing their stance and personal responsibility to make America healthier. All Commitment Day registrants are invited to support Special Olympics and the other Founding Charity Partners by making a donation to the charity or engaging in supplementary fundraising activities to benefit the charity. Founding Charity Partners also will receive recognition and support in connection with the Commitment Day 365 movement during 2012 and 2013. For example, as part of the Commitment Day Movement's Commitment to Give, consumers now can purchase the ' A Very Special Christmas' holiday music album at Life Time locations nationwide, an album that benefits Special Olympics. "For nearly 45 years, Special Olympics has been dedicated to empowering people with intellectual disabilities, while promoting wellness, community acceptance and respect," says Bahram Akradi, Chairman, President, CEO and Founder of Life Time. "With this unwavering commitment and support of healthy lifestyles for people with intellectual disabilities, I am honored to have them join the Commitment Day Movement. The health of America is one of the most crucial issues facing our country with controllable diseases out of control and cardiovascular disease at an all-time high. There is a solution and it starts with a commitment to healthy eating, exercise, family, giving, personal responsibility, and a healthy planet. Together with Special Olympics and our other distinguished partners, we can change America for the better."
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Moral of the story- keep track of your rebates and call them..Most times they are more than willing to help you out!
Don't know if anyone is still missing the P&G year of Savings rebate coupons. I sent P&G an email yesterday since mine were supposedly shipped on 3/21. Apparently, they are running behind. They didn't apologize for the delay, but they did promise to send out my coupons "in the next 15-20 days" Hopefully they'll arrive soon!
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Ok, so Liv started with a low grade fever (going between 99.7-101.0) Sunday. Complained that her ear hurt, and her mouth (I am thinking throat?) nose running. Same thing Monday-but acting totally fine on motrin, same symptoms, adding in 2 really runny poops. I made a drs appt for her for yesterday, thinking if I need to take her in, I can. She wakes up yesterday totally fine-No runny nose, no complaints, etc. So, I waited then cancelled her appt because she seemed to have broke her fever. Yesterday, about 5ish, she has a bad poop again. I noticed her nose is starting to run again, so I check her-sure enough, fever is back. Seems like as soon as I see her nose run, that means fever. SO, so far, she seems fever free (she's still in bed, but doesn't feel warm)
So, do I leave it and see what happens today? Do I make an appt to take her in? Last night she said again that her mouth hurt. I just don't know...
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30 day shred..
I have a question for those of you doing this...are you suppose to do this everyday? I was thinking you were suppose to, but then I was thinking that they always say you shouldn't work the same muscle groups off two days in a row..that they need a chance to rebuild..so I wasn't sure how often I should be doing this. Just wondering what others are doing!
I was going to post the same thing. I am on day 9. Two days I have done it 2 times.I will be doing level 1 for weeks!!! I am worried it will not do anything after I do the same thing over and over. I will say that I can do level one a LOT easier now. I can do lots of push-ups also. JEN did you get it yet?
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WAHHHH I just spent 20 minutes doing a photo card (5x7 folded) for my mom and it says Not Qualified when I put in the code. Then I just did a plain one thinking it was the photo ones that wouldn't work. It was still a no go. Anyone know why? Did this work for anyone?
Sorry if this has already been mentioned, I haven't had time to read through today and since this was on page 1 I got distracted doing my card!
Any help appreciated!
Hmmm, I'm not sure that any card is eligible, I think there are only certain ones that you can send for free.
I did it yesterday and I clicked the pink box advertising the deal on the website and went from there. There were only about 8 you could send to a grandmother (which is what I did from Luke and Caleb). Also you do have to sign up with an account to use the code.
I used it last night on the photo card, and it worked fine-Weird that the code wasn't working! I did it about 830 PST last night.
OK- I just went and made another card for my mom under a different account, I did a photo card, used CARD4MOM and it was free and went through no problems. So make sure you are signed in, that's the only thing I can think of.
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Mine were $1.59 for the bigger cans. Be sure to use the .50/1 Target Q that just came out with the $1/2 MQ. Makes it a little better deal than the older .75/2.
Can you explain how that works out as a better deal. I am new and would like to see what I did wrong.
You're not doing anything wrong. The new Target Q is for .50/1 so when you use 2 of them with the $1/2 MQ you will get $1 off each can. The older Target Q is .75/2 so when you use them together you only get .87 off each can. Just a little bit better deal to use the newer Q.
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