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I often speak with dog owners who have second hand dogs. Most people refer to these dogs as "rescued". I've written before about some problems with this designation because it diminishes the the actual rescue work of first responders and the life saving skills of veterinary professionals. But some of my dog centered friends helped me think of another problem with "rescue" as a dog type designation.
A trainer friend asked what to say or do when dog owners are convinced that they've tried everything and yet the traumatic past they believe their dog has, is permanently hindering their dog's ability to learn or even to adjust to life. I don't teach classes any more but I remember how often that very obstacle was in place. No matter what the expert, being paid for her opinion and advice might say, they've "already tried it." and "it didn't work".
The answer is that some dog owners find a part of their identity from having saved a dog. In fact, part of the bond they have with their individual pet is based on that need to be someone's hero. It's not by itself a negative force but it can become so when pet caretakers no longer help their dogs change behavior to better cope with life. All dogs and people can learn new behaviors. Sure, some of us are limited in which ones we master and at which we excel but nonetheless, we continue to learn or we fail to thrive.
So when a dog owner insists that her dog cannot handle this or that activity we must evaluate together whether that activity is good for the dog's future. Sometimes people need their dogs to compete in agility or obedience or therapy visits for humans. If the dog is not suited to that activity and it's not for the dog's benefit to continue to participate, then forget it. Dogs who routinely break with diarrhea after competition or have to be encouraged to approach strangers really don't need to take part in activities that benefit humans. So we don't need to intensively work on counter conditioning a dog to dog trials or hospitals. You have not rescued anyone if you force her to do things she's not suited for.
However, there are dogs who balk at the sound let alone sight of children or other dogs. Most people assume there was some past trauma. Many people even make one up that is pretty specific considering they didn't even know the dog when said event may have occurred. For example; "we are pretty sure he was abused by someone wearing a baseball hat". Many dogs are wary of hats. I would say in part because not many people wear them around the house and in part because it changes the silhouette of a person who is already most likely a stranger. But even in the event that there was actually a person who did something scary, you can still change the dog's reaction to any characteristic of the memory, such as a hat.
Why wouldn't you? If you can reasonably manage your dog's life so that no children or baseball hats will ever appear by surprise, you really don't need to solve the problem. But it's not hard to do and it has the advantages of solving the specific problem, teaching the dog that some of his beliefs and fears are mistakes and can help solve problems with characteristics or events your dog can't avoid, such as veterinary visits and the slight risk of general anxiety that occurs when dogs fear all kinds of things that are merely related to things that actually happened.
If you have already tried everything, you are doing it wrong. Really. That's true. Because when you do it correctly it works. So if you no longer want to try, that's fine. But that means you like your dog in a state of dysfunction and that's not good. Here's how to change things.
The mistake people make when attempting counter conditioning which simply means teaching a dog a new reaction to something he already has a specific reaction to, is fail to understand what they are doing. You can't just have a scary stranger give your dog treats. First, when a dog is nervous his fine motor skills suffer. So if a stranger is dangling a delicious treat and a dog really wants the treat, he'll grab it. But with diminished fine motor skills the dog is likely to miss, causing what is often referred to as "nipping". The stranger reacts with surprise or even anger. And the dog's fear of strangers is increased.
Instead, you can offer your dog treats at a distance from strangers that does not concern your dog. Whenever strangers leave the area, the treats stop. When you notice your dog senses the passing of a stranger by checking with you to see if treats are available, it's working. Now you change one aspect of the event. Such as strangers with hats. Don't change anything else. Don't get closer, don't use lesser value treats. Just change one thing. If your dog has a set back, move farther away.
When people hear about this program they are likely to respond with two arguments. It will take too long and the dog can't handle it. It only takes three sessions to see remarkable changes and if the dog can't handle it you are too close. I also hear people say their dog is not food motivated. Under separate cover we'll deal with that. But for now, it's simple to decide what does motivate your dog? If it's leaving the area, then by all means that should be the reward for the activity until you deal with your dog's motivation problems.
So if you really have a second hand dog and not a puppy farm puppy made available by a boutique rescue scam, great. But he was rescued by those who got him ready for you. If you plan to save him, that is great. Get started.


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The Parzenczewskis - A long path travelled! Presented to Daniel and Emily who now walk the path into young adulthood
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The Rolling Stones returned on June 13 to Paris, France as part of their current European tour leg. The legendary British rockers lasted gigged in the French capitol in 2007, but staged rehearsals for the 14 On Fire Tour in Paris earlier this year and held a private show during their final rehearsal for 27 lucky onlookers on Valentine's Day.
According to an update posted June 13 at their official website at RollingStones.com, The World's Greatest Rock N' Roll Band rocked the crowd Paris' Stade de France with a 19-song setlist, kicking the evening off with their classic 1968 smash hit "Jumpin' Jack Flash." Setlist change-ups included the addition of a pair of tracks from their classic 1971 studio album Sticky Fingers. "Wild Horses" made it's first entry since their headline appearance at Rock in Rio last month while the album's B-side opening track "Bitch" was voted as online fan favourite.
Ex-Stone Mick Taylor performed as guest artist on "Midnight Rambler," as well as on the encore "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction." The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers also brought in the Choir Ensemble Vocal Allegri as special guest backing vocalist on "You Can't Always Get What You Want."
Fans can check out a video clip of The Stones performing "It's Only Rock n' Roll" live in Paris. See below for the full setlist.
Earlier this week, the "Honky Tonk Woman" hitmakers played in Berlin, Germany at the Waldbühne. The Rolling Stones strutted their stuff before a sold out crowd of 60,000 at in The Netherlands at Pinkpop Festival last week and also performed for the first time ever in Israel. The 14 On Fire Tour makes its next stop on Mon., June 16 in Vienna, Austria at Ernst Happel Stadion. For more information, check out RollingStones.com.
Did you know? The Rolling Stones invited a lucky handful on onlookers in Paris to come inside to watch their final 14 On Fire Tour rehearsal on Feb. 14.
Rolling Stones 14 On Fire Paris setlist - June 13, 2014
Jumpin' Jack Flash
You Got Me Rocking
It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (But I Like It)
Tumbling Dice
Wild Horse
Doom And Gloom
Bitch (Song Vote winner)
Out of Control
Honky Tonk Women
You Got The Silver (with Keith on lead vocals)
Can't Be Seen (with Keith on lead vocals)
Midnight Rambler (with special guest Mick Taylor)
Miss You
Gimme Shelter
Start Me Up
Sympathy For The Devil
Brown Sugar
You Can't Always Get What You Want (with Choir Ensemble Vocal Allegri)
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (with Mick Taylor)


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Early in the life of the new Labour government in 1997, it set up a Royal Commission to study the future of long-term funding of older people. Now, 12 years later and after months of delays, the government has finally unveiled the Department of Health Green Paper on the reform of adult care and support in England.
In many respects, the paper revisits recommendations raised originally in the Royal Commission and largely ignored in England. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Green Paper leaves gaping holes requiring yet further debate. There is a realistic possibility that, before this debate has been completed, there will not only be a General Election but quite possibly, a new government. No doubt we will then start all over again.
But the premise is this: under the present means-tested system, anyone with a home or savings worth £23,500 or more is ineligible for local authority funding, not entitled to receive any help finding a suitable care home, and often shut out from even having his or her needs assessed by social services. This penalises those who have prudently saved all their lives and at the same time provides virtually free care for those without assets. I have worked in the care sector for more than 35 years and still find the system largely unintelligible and most certainly unfair. How is an older person or a relative to navigate these complexities?
I am disappointed that the Green Paper proposals do not attempt to confront a significant flaw in the current system: the absence of means testing of the children of older people. Instead, some children who may well be in a position to help will be able to continue to wash their hands of any financial responsibility for their parents.
Of course there are many children who are unable to help, but those who are should fulfil their moral responsibility and contribute towards the cost of their parents' care. If they do not, these individuals are then funded by the state and in turn the deficit is made up by homes like Nightingale and, in the final analysis, the community.
Year on year, the problem becomes more serious. Local authorities review their funding levels on an annual basis yet in many cases the true value of their contribution actually decreases. They often fail to stay abreast of inflation even at current, unprecedentedly low levels. For the Jewish community, this has further implications. Although legislation regarding funding of older people refers to the right of residents to have culturally sensitive provision, e.g: kosher food, no allowance is made to cover these increased costs.
As longevity increases and, for the first time in Britain's history, pensioners outnumber children, the need for change is urgent. We cannot continue indefinitely with a system that is muddled and not transparent.
Local authorities cannot expect charities simply to absorb more and more of the financial burden, and children must react to their parents' care needs appropriately and proportionately to their financial situation.
Nightingale would never turn someone away for lack of finance. We are a charity that exists to care for older Jewish people in need. Our care homes are a beacon in the sector. Together with the community, we need to safeguard their long-term future.


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–The Miami Herald has a new article up with quotes from WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels. In the interview, Michaels discusses whether his son wants to follow in his footsteps, his hunting show, the power of Twitter, and more. In the following excerpt, Michaels explains how much he is willing to do in current and future WWE roles:
"I don't have a stance or an outline of what I do or don't do," Michaels said. "Obviously, I want to do things that will help. You don't want to bring me back for no other reason. It would depend on what it was. I am not as young as I once was. Do I think about that stuff? Yeah. It's one of those things that I know that I can do it. At the same time I can also drink a six pack and be able to drive home, but do I want to give that a whirl? No.
"Yeah, I can fall off this or go through this, but then I end up getting hurt and can't do my other show. I have other responsibilities. I can't take piano lessons with my daughter because I'm up with my knee in a brace and pushed my knees too far. I do have to give more thought to that kind of stuff. I can't just go in with reckless abandonment. At least at this point nobody has even asked about that stuff, so I haven't really given it that much thought."
Click here to read the full article.
– For those that missed Smackdown or didn't read it in the taping results, Booker T was announced as the brand's General Manager by Vince McMahon.
TMZ is reporting that recently released WWE talent Kharma is planning to to lose weight in order to document the change for a potential reality show. The article continues in the following excerpt:
"In the months that followed [her tragic miscarriage], Kharma became depressed, put on even more weight and was dropped by the WWE.
But in the past couple of weeks, with the help of some friends, Kharma motivated herself to get back into fighting shape … and has vowed to reclaim her career.
We're told she's already recruited a team of fitness experts and therapists … and plans to document the transformation in the hopes of scoring a reality show. In fact, sources tell us … Kharma has already been in touch with multiple production companies."
Click here to read the full article.
– Cody Rhodes posted the following on Twitter:
So apparently some luchas site was curious in my physical growth…working harder than my gen is not cheating. Never failed, never will.
— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodesWWE) August 6, 2012
We originally reported here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com Premium that Rhodes along with Ezekiel Jackson failed WWE Wellness Tests around the same time Randy Orton failed, however, both cleared with valid prescriptions. I stand 100% behind my source and my story.
– On May 31, 2012, we reported exclusively here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com Premium that Cody Rhodes had a positive WWE Wellness Test due to a dietary supplement he had been taking. The positive test was cleared by a doctor thus there was no Wellness strike nor was he suspended.
Sunday night, referencing a website that ripped our report off without permission, Rhodes posted a denial on Twitter. Standing by my source and my original story, I have more information.
I'm told Rhodes was notified on May 20, 2012 that his Wellness sample came back dirty. The following day, May 21, 2012, Rhodes posted "Time off." on Twitter. My source, speaking to me under the condition of anonymity, says Cody posted the Tweet because he thought he was getting suspended for the aforementioned dietary supplement. Rhodes ended up producing a prescription for what turned out to be a weight-loss supplement, described to me as an "old school Hydroxycut" that contained ephedrine (a derivative of amphetamine and methamphetamine which are on the company's banned substance list).
The prescription cleared the positive test, as any worker that tests positive can clear it with a valid prescription unless the substance is banned outright, so Cody was allowed to work the next week. Since then, Rhodes has dropped the WWE Intercontinental Championship and been buried on WWE Superstars.
Rhodes was slated for a big push but I'm told WWE wanted to "send him a message" first. Apparently Rhodes felt the need to deny the positive test today, knowing his push may start again and knew it was a situation where it was his word versus ours (in which he thought it was the Luchadore website that ripped us off).
– For those that missed it in the local media interview Shawn Michaels did on Monday morning, he confirmed Sean "X-Pac" Waltman was in San Antonio, Texas. He posted a photo of the two of them on Twitter at this link.
– WWE has announced a live event on Saturday, February 2, 2013 from the Garett Coliseum in Montgomery, Alabama.
– As we noted last week here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com, both Wade Barrett and Kelly Kelly are locally advertised for this week's Smackdown world tour. Whether or not either, neither or both will return to television this week is currently unknown.
– Diva-Dirt.com is reporting that Rosa Mendes was involved in an incident at the San Antonio International Airport in the last 24 hours. According to their report, citing a police officer, Rosa was assaulted in Las Vegas prior to flying into San Antonio for this week's WWE Raw taping. After landing in San Antonio, Rosa was spotted "visibly upset in a public bathroom" at San Antonio International Airport where another female notified police on her behalf. Pictures were taken and a report was filed before she was transported to her hotel.
– TMZ is reporting that Rosa Mendes – real name Milena Roucka – told police her fiancé, former WWE talent, Jackson Andrews (real name Stephen Andrew Slocum), is a habitual woman beater and "hit her several times at their shared residence in Las Vegas" prior to flying to San Antonio for this week's WWE Raw taping.
Mendes was found in a bathroom stall at the San Antonio International Airport late Sunday night where she stated she needed help. Mendes, according to police, was under the influence of alcohol and said the abuse had been an on-going thing. She told police "she was afraid [her fiancé] would try and kill her."
A battery report was filed around 10:17 PM and police took roughly 30 photos of her body which appeared to show bruising and scratches. A WWE spokesman issued the following statement to TMZ:
"Milena Roucka contacted a WWE Talent Relations representative this morning to notify WWE that, upon her arrival in San Antonio last evening, she contacted police at the airport to report alleged domestic abuse that occurred just prior to her flight."
"WWE is supportive of Rosa and will provide her with professional assistance."
Andrews was released by WWE in 2011.
– WWE began airing return vignettes for Wade Barrett on this week's Raw. Barrett, who hasn't worked since February with a dislocated elbow injury, is advertised for this week's Smackdown tour overseas.
– Despite the reports from the NEWZ sites, Rosa Mendes wasn't arrested Sunday night at the San Antonio International airport, however, she was said to be very intoxicated. According to eyewitness accounts, Mendes was stumbling and had a hard time walking.
She was taken from a public women's restroom to a private security room where police filed the battery report and took pictures. As we noted earlier, she was then transported from the airport to her hotel and wasn't taken into custody.
The police report noted she was under the influence of alcohol. Click here for our earlier report with details from TMZ.
JTG is currently on a Twitter rampage about the atmosphere backstage in WWE. Below are his Tweets:
There are some who live in a fantasy, there are those who live in reality.Then there are some who turn one into the other.
— JTG (@Jtg1284) August 5, 2012
Be the change you wish to see in the world.
— JTG (@Jtg1284) August 5, 2012
The camels back just BROKE ! I had enought of this
— JTG (@Jtg1284) August 7, 2012
As a pro athlete,Im tired of me and my lockerroom brothers being taken advantage of . Fans have no idea what we go through.
— JTG (@Jtg1284) August 7, 2012
Nobody wants to speak up, everybodys afraid of losing their job or getting taken off TV
— JTG (@Jtg1284) August 7, 2012
Just in case any of the Tweets are deleted, we've recapped them below:
There are some who live in a fantasy, there are those who live in reality.Then there are some who turn one into the other.
Be the change you wish to see in the world. #Iwantchange
The camels back just BROKE ! I had enought of this
As a pro athlete,Im tired of me and my lockerroom brothers being taken advantage of . Fans have no idea what we go through. #itsanillusion
Nobody wants to speak up, everybodys afraid of losing their job or getting taken off TV
– Rosa Mendes did not accompany Primo & Epico to the ring for their match against The Prime Time Players on this week's WWE Raw.
– AJ Lee officially announced on this week's WWE Raw that Daniel Bryan will face Kane at SummerSlam.
– Kelly Kelly returned to WWE on this week's Raw in a match against Eve Torres. She went over in the bout. Kelly Kelly has been off for the past couple months on approved time off where the company allowed her to take outside bookings.
– Shawn Michaels announced on WWE Raw he will be in the corner of Triple H for his match against Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam, in a segment involving Lesnar and Paul Heyman.
– The official WWE website has announced that DJ Pauly D of Jersey Shore fame will be the Social Media Ambassador for next week's Raw. Pauly D is promoting his new brand of cocktails, and will also act as the headlining DJ at the SummerSlam VIP party on August 16. Click here to read the full announcement.
– Wrestling News World reader Catarino sent in the following report from Raw:
After Raw went off the air, Shawn Michaels comes out and thanks everyone. Triple H comes outs and they embrace. CM Punk interrupts and says that Shawn is "the man" in WWE. He says that he appreciates Shawn and they embrace as well. Triple H gives Shawn a plaque saying that they are brothers and that he loves him. They embrace once again. Out comes the Vince McMahon, who calls him his son tells him he loves him. The locker room comes out on stage clapping for Shawn. The Undertaker comes out next. Undertaker talks about punching Shawn for old times sake. He said that if there was a Mount Rushmore for wrestling, Shawn would be the biggest face on it. He then said Shawn is in his top 3 opponents of all time. He then calls him his friend, and they embrace. John Laurinaitis interrupts, and Shawn hits a Sweet Chin Music on him. Triple H picks him up and sets him up so that Shawn can hit another Sweet Chin Music. Shawn thanks everyone in attendance, and everyone leaves as Shawn hits one more Sweet Chin Music on Big Johnny.
– LocalBozo.com has a new article online featuring a Q&A with Chris Jericho. While the majority of the album discusses Fozzy's upcoming album "Sin and Bones," Jericho talks about his latest run in WWE. Below is an excerpt:
LocalBozo.com: Switching gears Chris, you've had some incredible opportunities in and out of the ring over the past decade. Shortly you'll be stepping away to spend some more time with your band. Looking back on your latest run with WWE which looks to be wrapping up shortly, what are your reflections on this latest run and is it still as fun for you as ever to be out there wrestling?
CJ: If it wasn't fun for me I wouldn't do it, you know? I took time off on the "Chasing the Grail" tour and once that tour was done it was time to move forward doing a new record and my job as a singer is to write the lyrics and to sing on the record. Lyrics were all done and doing vocals took about 15 days total so other than that I had nine months of nothing really going on. So it was the perfect opportunity to step back into WWE for awhile. But the plan was always when the new record came out, then I would leave and go back full time with Fozzy. So you know, we'll see what happens in the future. I still love doing what I do in the WWE but like I said, Fozzy's kind of taking precedence at this point. With all the momentum and great things we have going on, it's cool to see this second dream come true. But it's good to know too that WWE's always gonna be there and I feel great. I thought this last run was awesome and I feel better than I did, you know, 3,4,5 years ago. So, you know, I'm raring to go for the next round.
Click here to read the article in its entirety.
– – Zack Ryder posted the following on Twitter:
I'm pretty sure I'm the 2nd most followed person on
@tout. In other news, I was in the 2nd match taped for @wwe Superstars this week. #huh?
— Zack Ryder (@ZackRyder) August 7, 2012
We get questions all the time about Ryder's lack of television time and it seems as though he's as frustrated as anyone.
– I'm told Abraham Washington was very close to getting fired late last week after the fallout from his dated Kobe Bryant joke on last week's WWE Raw. While the company is high up on his character, Vince McMahon was very upset over the comment and wanted him gone. Vince began to calm down but was still leaning towards firing him. My source says he was talked out of it by someone in his inner circle although we didn't hear who it was. The reasoning was that the story started to die down pretty fast and if they fired him over it, it could result in another round of coverage from the mainstream media. This could have actually worked counter to WWE's goal to limit negative publicity so not only did AW keep his job but his television time as well.
– Tom La Ruffa announced on his official Facebook page that he has signed a WWE developmental contract. La Ruffa has already reported to Florida Championship Wrestling in Tampa. La Ruffa is from Nice, France and is a graduate of the Storm Wrestling Academy.
– Grantland.com has a new article online featuring quotes from Kevin Nash that is certain to ruffle some feathers. Below are the highlights (or lowlights depending on how you look at them):
What he considers the end of the wrestling business:
"When Benoit and Guerrero hugged [at the end of WrestleMania XX], that was the end of the business," he says. "Has business been the same since that WrestleMania? Has it come close to the Austin era? Has it come close to the nWo or the Hogan era? You put two f—ing guys that were great workers that were the same height as the f—ing referees, and I'm sorry, man. Are you going to watch a porno movie with a guy with a three-inch d–k? Even if you're not gay, you will not watch a porno movie with a guy with a three-inch d–k. That's not the standard in porno films. So you put a 5-foot-7 guy as your world champion."
Criticism of CM Punk & Daniel Bryan:
"They are not bigger than life," he says. "I bet they could both walk through airports and not be noticed unless they have a gimmick shirt on and the belt."
Click here to read the article in its entirety.
– Prior to this week's Smackdown taping in Houston, Texas, Wade Barrett returned to the ring and defeated Zack Ryder. A vignette aired on this week's Raw promoting Barrett's return, and he is advertised for this week's Smackdown international tour.
– Kevin Nash's recent controversial comments have drawn criticism not only from fans, but WWE talent such as Chris Jericho:
Funny how @realkevinnash says wrestling "died" when Benoit and Guerrero were champs-Yet the worst year for WWE biz was 95 when he was on top
— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) August 8, 2012
Once again the puppet master pulls the marks strings .Knew Jericho was a closet mark.First one eliminated on a bullshit sing show…REALLY!!
— Kevin Nash (@RealKevinNash) August 8, 2012
Hope @realkevinnash doesn't tear his quad tweeting!
#typicalbigman #nwothirdwheel
— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) August 8, 2012
It should be noted that Nash has called social media "his PS3" in the past.
– In this week's episode of AfterBuzzTV.com, former WWE Diva Maria Kanellis launched into the personal life of Kelly Kelly. Maria criticized Kelly for photos of her that ended up on the Internet, not naked photos but those that featured Kelly "with someone else's someone else."
Kelly Kelly seemed to have responded to the criticism on Twitter with the following Tweet:
"I will never mention your name, you will never be relevant. If I have something to say about you, I will say it to you ? #thebiggerperson."
The Tweet, located here, has since been deleted.
Maria wrote the following on Twitter:
@afterbuzztv is a show about a show. Every show discusses the show, news and gossip. If you don't like your dirty laundry aired maybe you should be more careful what shows up on the Internet.
You can watch the segment with Maria discussing Kelly Kelly at this link.
– TMZ has a weird twist to the Rosa Mendes story now online. According to the publication, Andy Slocum, who is formerly known as Jackson Andrews in WWE and is engaged to Mendes, had another fiancee in Texas. The girl in question, named Amber Stovall, says she was blindsided by the news of Slocum's alleged abuse and engagement to WWE's Rosa Mendes.
While Amber says Slocum was never violent with her, she is "incredibly angry" and feels "betrayed."
Stovall issued the following statement to TMZ:
"He has not reached out to me despite my efforts to contact him since I found out about Rosa. So as of today, I have cut off all joint accounts which includes his cell phone."
For more on your daily dose of gossip, click here for coverage by TMZ.
– WWE and THQ will be giving away free CM Punk Ice Cream bar t-shirts to people that pre-order WWE '13 through select retailers. In the United States, the attire will be available by pre-ordering at GameStop and in Canada, the shirt will come with all pre-orders placed at EB Games. Click here for more. (Thanks to WNW reader Logan Walker for sending this in.)
– Fozzy is scheduled to tour on the Soundwave Festival in February and March 2013 in Australia. Click here for more information.
– There have been talks of possibly extending the WWE contract of Brock Lesnar past its current expiration date of Wrestlemania XXIX next year. From what I'm told, company officials feel they can get Brock for another year at a cheaper price due to the fact they helped burn his bridge with UFC. While his relationship with UFC isn't completely dead, it's much less likely he will return than it was six months ago.
– To give you a double-dose of daily gossip, I have more details on Maria Kanellis launching into the personal life of Kelly Kelly. In her comments on AfterBuzzTV.com, Maria was not only referring to photos that surfaced on the Internet of Kelly hanging out with CM Punk when Punk and Maria were dating but a photo of Kelly and John Cena that was posted online about eight months ago. Remember, as we've noted numerous times, the story is Kelly was taken off the road with WWE due to the fear of her name being mentioned in the Cena divorce as there was an alleged relationship between the two while John was married. There is also a photo online of Kelly kissing Chris Jericho.
– WWE has settled all of their legal proceedings with the World Wildlife Fund which is why they no longer have to blur out the old WWF logos. This includes the old Attitude Era "scratch logo."
– Lucas Di Leo, another independent worker out of France, has signed a developmental contract with WWE. Di Leo received a tryout with the company while they were in the United Kingdom late last year. Unlike Tom La Ruffa, who is also French and was recently signed to a developmental contract, Di Leo trained exclusively in France. La Ruffa was a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy.
– The Los Angeles Times is reporting that WWE will begin airing a new show, titled WWE Saturday Morning Slam, August 25th on The CW. The weekly half-hour show will feature one pre-taped match per week, as well as behind-the-scenes segments. The show will be targeted at the young boy demographic, explained in the excerpt below:
Saban and WWE are hoping to capitalize on research data that show children, including a healthy contingent of boys younger than 12, make up 22% of the audience for the wrestling group's core franchises, "Monday Night Raw" and "SmackDown," which run on the NBCUniversal cable channels USA Network and Syfy, respectively.
"Children make up a huge, huge component of our audience," said Eric Pankowski, senior vice president for WWE creative and development.
In an average week, the audience for WWE's national programs includes more than 2.5 million viewers younger than 18, Pankowski said, and about 40% of the people who attend live WWE events bring their kids.
As previously noted on WrestlingNewsWorld.com, WWE recently conducted a survey to determine the name of the show. WWE Saturday Morning Slam beat out WWE Jakked, WWE Amp'd, WWE Supercharge, and WWE Turbocharge.
Click here to read the full article.
– WWE Champion CM Punk is not a fan of UFC's reigning light-heavyweight champion Jon "Bones" Jones getting a global endorsement deal from Nike as he Tweeted the following:
Let's reward more drunk drivers with endorsement deals!
— CM Punk (@CMPunk) August 9, 2012
Click here for more on the deal.
– Randy Orton was asked on Twitter why he was not featured in the promo for SummerSlam. Below is his reply:
@rkoviperchick: @randyorton Why are you not on the promo for #Summerslam?"because unfortunately I'm not working
— Randy Orton (@RandyOrton) August 9, 2012
– For those that missed this week's Smackdown taping results, one of the reasons WWE is programming Antonio Cesaro and Christian is to see what kind of in-ring work they can get out of Cesaro. I'm told the company looks at him as a "now or never" prospect and he could do himself a huge favor if the matches are worked well and clean. Christian is seen by many as one of the best in-ring workers in the company so the feeling is he has a very nice opportunity.
– As for WWE programming Damien Sandow and Brodus Clay on Raw, I'm told it's a situation where the company wants Sandow to bring out the best in Clay.
– Unlike the positive reaction from Raw on Monday, I'm told there was a considerable amount of criticism for the way this week's Smackdown was laid out. One of the more critical points was having Sheamus and Alberto Del Rio face one another this close to SummerSlam.
– Daniel Bryan, who has a reputation for not talking trash and minding his own business, was said to be very critical of Kevin Nash for his comments in the Grantland.com article.
CM Punk recently took part in an interview with the Southtown Star, promoting his appearance at Wizard World Chicago Comic Con this weekend. In the following excerpt, he names the highlight of his career:
QUESTION: What was going through your head when you won the WWE champion belt last November?
CM PUNK: It was the highlight of my career. It's like college graduation, your wedding, winning the Super Bowl and a retirement party all in one.
He also discusses who he admires in the WWE today, in the excerpt below:
Q: And of your contemporaries, who do you admire now?
CMP: I admire just about anybody for various reasons. Everyone has traits that I admire.
You've got to admire John [Cena] for all the work he does with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, though. The WWE likes to broadcast his involvement with Make-A-Wish, and they should.
"I know how many of their events I do and how many John does, and there is no comparison.
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–Sabu has been added to the Alumni section of the official WWE website. Click here to view his page.
– WWE issued the following press release on their new weekly half-hour show called WWE Saturday Morning Slam that will debut on Saturday, August 25th at 10 AM on The CW Network. Below is the release in its entirety:
STAMFORD, Conn., August 9, 2012 – WWE (NYSE: WWE) and Saban Brands today announced a new, weekly half-hour show, WWE Saturday Morning Slam, that will debut on Saturday, August 25 at 10 a.m. WWE Saturday Morning Slam will be part of the television premiere of Vortexx on The CW, a Saturday morning kids' television block, reaching 114 million U.S. television households. This marks the first time, since 2001, WWE will have a program in a kids' time slot and reinforces WWE's commitment to kid-friendly entertainment.
WWE Saturday Morning Slam packs the riveting in-ring action, the larger-than-life WWE Superstars, and the WWE's entertaining brand extensions into the fastest, most energy-filled half-hour on television. WWE Superstar profiles, behind-the-scenes footage and an exclusive WWE match every week will all combine to make WWE Saturday Morning Slam the perfect destination for the youngest viewers in the WWE Universe. The show will also include highlights from WWE's Be a STAR anti-bullying campaign and other community initiatives.
"We are extremely excited to partner with the WWE to bring their world-class brand of entertainment to Vortexx," said Joel Andryc, Co-President, Vortexx. "With a focus on action, adventure and comedy, Vortexx is the perfect home for WWE Saturday Morning Slam and will definitely excite our fans."
"WWE has a long history on Saturday mornings, and we're thrilled to make our action-packed return on Vortexx with WWE Saturday Morning Slam," said Vince McMahon, WWE Chairman and CEO. "The new program enables us to further engage kids and families, a vital component of WWE's passionate and multi-generational fan base."
– Justin Credible noted on his Twitter account that he's been contacted by WWE for work on the WWE Network.
– WWE Champion CM Punk is scheduled to appear and compete at the next set of WWE NXT tapings from the campus of Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida on August 23, 2012. We'll have full results from this week's taping online shortly exclusively here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com.
– WWE Champion CM Punk and Eve Torres filmed a cooking special with celebrity chef Graham Elliot. Elliot posted a photo with the WWE stars on Twitter calling it a "culinary/wrestling smackdown." You can view it embedded below:
Today = culinary/wrestling smackdown with WWE Superstars
@evemarietorres and @cmpunk! #KitchenCageMatch twitter.com/grahamelliot/s…
— GRAHAMELLIOT (@grahamelliot) August 9, 2012
– Remember our coverage from the Linda McMahon campaign trail? How about Vince McMahon being close to firing Abraham Washington? In an interesting twist, AW has come out and publicly supported McMahon for Senate:
#AWPromotio$ says vote for Linda McMahon!!! The PTP'z support Linda and so should you!! #VoteOrDie4Linda
— A W (@AWPromotions) August 10, 2012
– Some found it interesting that the parent company of New Japan Pro Wrestling, Bushiroad, co-sponsored this week's WWE Smackdown live events in Japan.
– Vince and Linda McMahon have released their 2011 tax returns, which reports earnings of $24.1 million, which is down $6 million from the amount they earned in 2010. The McMahons paid $3.6 in federal taxes and $1.72 million in state taxes. Much of the federal taxes were paid on dividend income, which is taxed at a 15.05 percent rate. They donated nearly $2.3 million to charity with $2 million going to the Vince and Linda McMahon Family Foundation. Click here for an article on GreenwichTime.com written by The Associated Press.
– ESPN.com has a new interview online with AJ Lee. While she talks a lot about gaming, she made some interesting comments regarding the progression of her character. Below is an excerpt:
In terms of your television character, why do you think you've been able to connect with fans almost instantly, while so many other performers just seem to come and go and never stick?
I think the important thing is that I've never tried to be someone I'm not. People can read right through that. There's a place for people who are unattainable where you want to have their poster on your wall because they're larger than life, and that's fine, but that's not me. I'm not the coolest person in the world. I'm not the sexiest Diva or the strongest Diva. I know who I am. I'm not the most popular person and I'm kind of dorky and I'm someone you can see at your school or as your neighbor, and I think people like that. I think I'm a girl that represents someone you might know or would like to hang out with, and I think people just relate to me. I also look like I'm about 14, [laughs] so maybe I look like I do go to high school with everyone. I just think it's cool that people have taken to me. Before I was on the show, I was a fan, and I think people can see that.
Every time my daughter sees you, she starts skipping around the room. It's pretty funny.
That is so awesome. I love that. That really means the world to me. It's a responsibility I'm becoming more aware of, because when I first started, I was always trying to be the prettiest I could be and I wanted to do my hair all big and was putting all this makeup on, but then I just stopped. I'm not the girl who has perfect hair or wears makeup. I want to represent that. When you see me on TV against one of the other girls, they look 10 times better than me, and I'm OK with that. I make a conscious effort not to wear that much makeup and not have my hair so perfectly groomed. That's just not me. I'm not going to be perfect. I'm not that person, and I think little girls and people in general can appreciate that. I want to represent something that people can look up to, and hopefully I can do that even better now that I'm in a position of power.
When did you first decide that you wanted to be a wrestler? Were you a big fan as a kid?
Oh my gosh, I've been a fan my whole life. Miss Elizabeth was my first idol growing up, and I was just obsessed with it. I was a huge fan of Molly and Lita and Stephanie. I was just watching for so long, and at 12 years old, I just decided this was something that I wanted to do. I started at 18, and it's been a really long journey, but it just all feels like a dream to be here now.
What's it like hearing those comparisons people make between you and Miss Elizabeth, considering that she was your idol growing up?
I think I have a long way to go. She is out of my league, but I appreciate the comparison. I think it's the innocence people see in the two of us, and having something that's more of an understatement. A woman who appears to be more of a gentle creature on TV. It's amazing to me to be compared at all to her, or anyone in the past. I hope I can be someone people look at in the future and compare other people to me. It's a big deal, and I appreciate it.
Click here to read the interview in its entirety.
– WWE Champion CM Punk was on 670 The Score in Chicago on Friday. In the interview, Punk said as the company's champion, he's the leader. He said he thinks he's more comfortable as a heel. When asked about Jon "Bones" Jones, Punk said he has nothing against him but you got to love Twitter. You can listen to the interview at this link.
– Terry Taylor is still having issues with his back and may need another surgery. As a result, his progress as the new head of WWE developmental is moving very slowly. I'm told Triple H strongly believes that Taylor is the right guy to help fix developmental and "polish-up" guys to get them ready for television. In addition to those responsibilities, Taylor will also be depended on to help structure the company's new developmental program and assist with hires for other positions. Taylor has been unable to work full-time while recovering from his last surgery so a lot of things are on hold. He was unable to make the last set of WWE NXT tapings but was backstage at the tapings on Thursday night. Speaking of the tapings Thursday night, not only was Taylor "walking around OK" but Triple H was said to be "very pleased" with how things went. The vibe amongst the crew is that all the changes are really going to payoff.
– NBC issued the following press release on Friday:
NEW YORK, NY – August 10, 2012 – For the fourth consecutive year, WWE® and NBC are joining forces to bring "WrestleMania" to network television. "WrestleMania 28 – Rock vs. Cena" will air on Saturday, August 25 at 9 p.m. ET on NBC, allowing WWE fans to relive moments from the most watched "WrestleMania" of all time.
The one-hour broadcast will take viewers inside the event as two of the most celebrated superstars, The Rock® and John Cena®, battled each other in a main event that exceeded all expectations. "WrestleMania 28 – Rock vs. Cena" will chronicle the yearlong, epic journey to this faceoff, including exclusive, never-before-seen footage and will showcase the entire Rock vs. Cena match for the first time ever on broadcast television.
"WrestleMania XXVIII," held this past April 1 at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, set new records for pay-per-view buys and gross sales. The event brought together 78,363 fans from all 50 states and 36 countries and garnered 1.3 million pay-per-view buys with global gross sales in excess of $67 million. The world's biggest pop-culture extravaganza was seen around the world on pay-per-view in more than 105 countries and 20 languages.
For more information on "WrestleMania 28 – Rock vs. Cena" please visit NBC.com's "Movies & Specials" site: http://www.nbc.com/specials
Please like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/NBC and follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/NBC
– Abraham Washington has been released from WWE. Below is the official statement posted on dot com:
WWE has come to terms on the release of WWE Superstar A.W. as of today, August 10, 2012. WWE wishes A.W. the best in all his future endeavors.
Washington had a tremendous amont of backstage heat last week after while wearing a live mic at ringside he said during a match on the July 30th episode of WWE Raw that Titus O'Neil was "more unstoppable than Kobe Bryant in a Colorado hotel." The dated joke, which referenced sexual assault allegations brought against Bryant in the summer of 2003, prompted an immediate apology by WWE via Michael Cole. Washington later issued his own apology for the joke but it didn't stop the mainstream media from picking up on it.
We reported Vince McMahon was livid over the joke last week and was very close to firing him but later talked out of it by someone in his inner circle. The thinking was releasing him would only cause more mainstream media attention as it had died down almost as quickly as it got started. It appears as if WWE gave it a week to cool off then decided to go ahead and make the release. While there were several high up on the AW gimmick, McMahon ultimately wanted him gone for the irresponsible remark on live television.
It appears AW decided to rib his Twitter followers by apparently endorsing Linda McMahon for Senate with the hashtag "#VoteOrDie4Linda." Since the news of his release has been made public, Washington has been on a Twitter barrage with comments on his release.
Thanks to Wrestling News World readers Josh Faulkner, Kris B, Alex Black, Justin Schroeder, Braxton Worley, Steven Anthony, Corey, Ernest Bethea, David, Robbie Newman, Christopher Allen, Jamie Apps, Fernando, Hitman 310, Sean Weatherly, Gage Penngelly, Jitters84 and Shannon for notifying us of the release.
– For those that missed it on this week's Smackdown, Chris Jericho vs. Dolph Ziggler will face one another at SummerSlam. This is nothing new as Jericho was expected to work through SummerSlam before leaving to tour with his band Fozzy.
– WWE has announced that WWE Champion CM Punk vs. Big Show will open next week's Raw broadcast from the American Airline Center in Dallas, Texas.
– TMZ has coverage of Abraham Washington's release from WWE, recapping his Tweets and providing an interesting statement from a WWE spokesperson. Below are the highlights:
Washington's Tweets:
"It was the #WWE that made me bold and now it has turned it's back on me."
"Just be normal shut up and be a yes man so you can collect your check and feel like your special. #SELLOUTS!!"
"I remember a time when the WWE didn't care about breaking the mold but now everyone is so afraid of their own shadow. #RemeberTheFans"
"Thank you WWE for creating me and then killing me because I only portrayed what I grew up watching… The #WWE!!"
WWE Rep Speaks:
"Unfortunately, Brian Jossie, playing the character of A.W. was terminated because he continued to exhibit poor judgment by making offensive and inappropriate comments on live television and on social media."
Click here for coverage by TMZ.
– As expected, the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony will take place on Saturday, April 6, 2013 from Madison Square Garden in New York City. Wrestlemania AXXESS is scheduled to take place beside Metlife Stadium, which will host Wrestlemania XXIX, inside the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The venue will also host WWE Raw the night after Wrestlemania on Monday, April 7, 2013.


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"The world is a stage and we are merely players," he said. When the world moves in fast motion, the people move and work as well. They look left and right at their surroundings accepting their bland colors that seem to fill their day. My role is to remain in the back of all those performing players, coming to the front of the stage to say my lines, and act my part. But then, I stay silent waiting for the audience to say what they have to say.
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David Lanigan's Main Sequence will bypass Royal Ascot, and punters will instead be able to wager on the sprinter at the Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris. Main Sequence lost his unbeaten record after placing second behind Camelot in the Investec Derby.
"He worked on Saturday which was his last serious piece of work and I'll do an easy piece on Wednesday. He seems fine," Lanigan told attheraces.com. "I know after Epsom that Royal Ascot was three weeks later, but some horses run a little bit flat at Ascot, so we decided early on to give that a miss and he'll travel to France on Friday."
Four racehorses from Britain will compete in the French event. John Gosden's Shantaram and Henry Cecil's pair of All That Rules and King Of Dudes will join Main Sequence in Paris.
In other news, Andrew Oliver is currently tentative on whether Sendmylovetorose will contend in the Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Cherry Hinton Stakes at Newmarket on Friday. The horse was withdrawn at Royal Ascot after rearing over backwards in the stalls before the Albany Stakes.
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Private cameras installed by homeowners, neighborhood watch associations, and local businesses could provide useful footage after a crime. The problem is, the police don't always know where they're located. It isn't as easy as it's portrayed on crime shows like NCIS and Criminal Minds where the computer geniuses always seem to know where cameras are located and can quickly download the videos. In the real world, when a crime occurs, police officers will walk around the surrounding area looking for security cameras. That's time consuming.
Now, city police want residents and businesses to voluntarily register their cameras so they can store the camera's location, its make and model, and the area where it's pointed, in a database. This way, if a crime is suspected to have occurred in the area, the police can easily ask for the footage.
Being able to access these videos allows city police to extend their eyes and ears, so to speak, without spending money for more cameras, especially in areas that aren't considered a priority for installing city-owned surveillance. A basic consumer video camera can be purchased for under $100. However, those with higher resolutions and advanced features start around $200 (not including installation and maintenance costs).
One of the most successful programs is SafeCam in Philadelphia, with at least 1,100 registered resident and business cameras. The program began in August 2011, and this September, Jillian Russell, a spokeswoman for the Philadelphia Police Department said that during the past two years, police have made some 200 arrests based on video footage from those cameras.
When these programs first started, the police would visit a residence or business to obtain videos. However, some police departments are able to download the videos directly from the computer to which the camera is attached. This is obviously a lot faster and more convenient for the police. But it also raises some privacy questions about whether the police should be able to access a personal computer.
I haven't seen many articles discussing this, but residents might not be entirely comfortable with law enforcement automatically accessing their footage.
In Garfield, N.J., Sgt. Joe Marsh, a patrol supervisor and a member of the department's gang unit, said, "Every time we have a burglary or other big investigation, the detectives are out looking for cameras." The city owns more than 20 security cameras, but the police found 218 private cameras when it surveyed them in February. That's why they went door-to-door asking people to register their equipment with the Garfield EyeCam project.
If the residents agree, the Garfield police not only will download the video but also monitor the cameras directly from the station. Again, there's a possible privacy issue, and it would behoove police departments to be very clear about what they might do with private video cameras.
For example, the police should be clear that residents and businesses could refuse to allow remote monitoring, even during emergency situations. Also, police need to consider how to handle remote monitoring cameras when they watch potentially embarrassing, but not criminal, activities, such as nude bathing or backyard sex. The Newark Star-Ledger reports that some cities with their own cameras, such as Newark and Jersey City, have specific privacy policies, such as "who can watch the cameras, where they can be pointed, and how long their footage can be stored."
The Verge recently posted a detailed article about the use of surveillance cameras in New Orleans. The police department there even posts crime videos on YouTube in hopes of receiving tips from residents.
The New Orleans camera system isn't without problems. Some cameras are broken, and some residents' cameras have such low resolution that identifying suspects is difficult or impossible. Perhaps the police should consider discussing with residents the possibility of upgrading their cameras, although it could be a touchy issue without the city providing funds for upgrades.
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Tucson, Ariz. -- For the second consecutive week, the University of Arizona men's golf team is ranked 11th in the MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings. The Cats, who have won one tournament this Spring and have been the runner-up in two others, are the second-highest ranked Pac-10 team, trailing only sixth-ranked Arizona State.
Individually, senior Derek Gillespie is the highest ranked UA golfer at No. 28.
Freshman Ricky Barnes, who has won two of the team's four tournaments during the Spring season, is the third highest ranked freshman in the country and is No. 31.The only other Arizona golfer to be ranked is freshman Patrick Norris, who is No. 96.
The team will be in action again next week when it travels to Los Cabos, Mexico, on April 7-9, for the U.S. Collegiate Golf Championships.
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These short stories, written over several years and first published together in 1938, are set in Steinbeck's birthplace, the rolling Salinas Valley in California, a land of farms, ranches, sunny hills and distant mountains. Haunting and acutely observed, they explore the tensions between men and women, the individual and society, and humanity and the natural world. They include the chilling, prize-winning tale"The Murder," "The Chrysanthemums," possibly his most ambitious story; the gritty lynch mob violence of "The Vigilante" and the classic "Red Pony" tales. In these works, Steinbeck developed new ways of storytelling, honing the artistry from which his great novels would emerge.
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On Jan 9, a chemical storage tank ruptured, spilling about 5,000 gallons of 4-methylcyclohexane methanol or MCHM into the Elk River near Charleston, West Virginia. The chemical, which is used for cleansing coal, smells like licorice , and can cause breathing problems, headaches, and skin and eye irritations after prolonged exposure to a high concentration. The tank had belonged to Freedom Industries, a company that processes and stores chemicals used in coal production. The spill left 300,000 people without access to clean water.
Three teams of scientists announced in the journal Nature Climate Change that the Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica is irreversibly melting. The glacier is huge: It's about 2/3 the size of the UK and drains roughly 20% of all the ice flowing off western Antarctica. It has shed 20 billion tonnes of ice each year from 1192 to 2011. The glacier is expected to contribute 3.5 mm to 10 mm (0.14-0.4 inches) of sea level rise over the next 20 years.
On Jan 17, the state of California declared a drought emergency caused by a lack of winter rainfall. This is the third straight year of dry conditions in California, with the previous year being the driest in California's recorded history. Gov. Jerry Brown described California as being in a "mega-drought." The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated parts of 11 western and central states, including 27 California counties, as primary natural disaster areas because of drought. The designation allows farmers to get low-interest emergency loans from the USDA.
Kenya has identified nine sites for building solar power plants that could provide 50% of the country's electricity by 2016. Construction of the plants, which is expected to cost $1.2 billion, will start this year. The government will pay half the costs, while private businesses will pay the other half. The Kenyan government is also planning what will be the largest windfarm in sub-Saharan Africa. It will be built near Lake Turkana and is expected to be operational by 2015.
The world's first Tribunal on the Rights of Nature was held in Quito, Ecuador. It was headed by Dr. Vandana Shiva, a physicist and environmental activist. The Tribunal heard eight cases to determine whether to adjudicate them at a later Tribunal, which will be held in a different country. The Tribunal plans to hear cases from all over the world. The eight cases involved fracking in the U.S., the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, and corporations in Ecuador. The Tribunal also marked the end of a five-day summit of over 60 leaders of the Rights of Nature movement. The participants came from Spain, Canada, the U.S., India, Bolivia, Australia, Argentina, and Ecuador.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that 2013 was the fourth hottest year on record-- and those records go back to 1880. Of the ten, hottest years in record, only one, 1998, predate the 21st century. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) called 2013 the seventh hottest year on record -- and that organization uses records going back to 1850. Other temperature extremes were seen in Australia, which had record heat waves, and Japan which had its warmest summer ever.
On Jan 22, the world's largest solar-powered bridge opened in London. The roof of the Blackfriars Bridge was covered with 4,400 solar panels. the panels are expected to provide up to 50 percent of the energy for London Blackfriars station and cut its carbon emissions by 511 tonnes per year.
The European Union announced a proposal for its 28 members to cut carbon dioxide emissions 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. The EU already has a goal of cutting emissions 20 percent below 1990 levels by 2020-- and is on track to meet that goal. It also currently plans to boost energy efficiency by 20 percent and get 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources. The new proposal would call for Europe to get 27 percent of its energy from renewables. While the old plan called for specific targets from each country, the new one does not, provided the continent as a whole reaches an average of 27 percent. The proposal does not include any changes to the energy efficiency plan, since the EU has had difficulties meeting the current goal.


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Valentine's Day is less than two weeks. So,Examiner.com thought the best way to celebrate the day is to have a Valentine's Day Guide.
As an NBA examiner, my part in this extravaganza of love is to delve into the love lives of NBA personnel. So, here are the top Atlantic Conference dating/marriage duos.
1. Carmelo and La La Anthony: New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony, and his wife Alani, 34, have been together since 2004 and were married in 2010. The couple has a son Kyan, who was born in 2007.
Carmelo set a Madison Square Garden record 62 points against the Charlotte Bobcats on Jan. 24. He was 23-of-35 from the floor and 6-of-11 from the beyond the arc. Anthony also grabbed 13 rebounds and has produced a career-high 17 double-doubles this season.
Anthony is currently second in the NBA in scoring with 27.1 points a game. He also leads the Knicks with 8.8 rebounds and 1.39 steals a game.
La La is a disc jockey, television personality and actress. She rose to prominence as an MTV VJ during the early 2000s and has been in a number of films and TV programs including "Think Like a Man".
2. Landry Fields and Elaine Alden. Toronto Raptors forward Landry Fields proposed to girlfriend model Elaine Alden on Feb. 13, 2013, after less than a year of dating.
Fields is in his fourth year in the NBA after being selected with the 38th pick in the 2010 draft. He has appeared in 23 games with the Raptors this season and is averaging 2.4 points in 11.4 minutes a game this season.
Alden is a 5'9" model who has as extensive a resume as we've ever seen before. She has appeared in dozens of print and video ad campaigns, graced various magazine covers and also appeared in a music video. Her Twitter profile lists her as: Model, Fashion, life and sports enthusiast.
3. Spencer Hawes and Gina Antoniello. Philadelphia 76ers' Hawes and Antoniello, an on-court personality and professional smokeshow for the Brooklyn Nets, have reportedly been dating since 2012.
Hawes is in the midst of a career year. He is currently averaging 13.7 points and 8.6 rebounds while shooting 46.8 percent.
Prior to her gig on the Jumbotron at Nets games, Gina was a model. According to her bio, Antoniello is a self proclaimed sports freak who lists her dream job as a sports agent. She is a 2011 graduate of Wake Forest .
4. Rajon Rondo and Ashley Bachelor. Boston Celtics' point guard Rajon Rondo and his wife Ashley, have been together since meeting at the University of Kentucky in 2005. The couple was married in 2010 and have a daughter, Ryelle (2008).
Rondo has recently come back from a ACL injury and has appeared in seven games this season for the Celtics. He has struggled so far this season and is currently averaging 8.4 points and 6.3 assists a game while shooting just 36.1 percent from the floor and committing 3.4 turnovers a game.
Bachelor, who is a hair stylist, has been involved in Celtics Wives charitable endeavors and become a fixture at their charitable events. She was most prominently running a shopping event at Saks in Boston to help raise funds for victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
5. Paul Pierce and Julie Landrum. After a lengthy engagement, Boston Celtic Paul Pierce and wife Julie Landrum tied the knot July 17, 2010 at an oceanview wedding on the West Coast. Together since February, 2006 and the couple has three children, two daughters and one son named Prince Paul Pierce born in 2013.
During the lowest point of his career, Pierce credits Landrum for helping keep his head above water.
"She really helped me through that year in 2007, provided me the support when I was down a lot. She's an amazing woman. We get along so well because we were such good friends. We started dating after the All-Star weekend in Houston three years ago. The next thing I know we're living together. Man, we clicked, we bonded."
Pierce is having one of his worst seasons of his career this season. He is averaging 13.5 points a game and shooting only 41.1 percent from the floor.
6. Kevin and Brandi Garnett: Brooklyn Nets' forward Kevin Garnett has been married to wife Brandi since 2004, where they were united in a private ceremony in California. The couple has a daughter, Capri (2008).
Garnett, 37, is having the worst year of his career in his first season with the Nets, who are 20-25 on the season. He is averaging just 6.9 points and 6.9 rebounds a game in only 21.3 minutes of action. Garnett is also shooting a career-low 42.2 percent from the field.
Garnett, who has two-year remaining on his contract, has been a league MVP (2003) and was the Defensive Player of the Year in 2008.
While Kevin has received a lot of media attention due to his profession, Brandi has gotten her fair share of the spotlight as a result of her beauty.
7. Michael Carter-Williams and Tia Shah. Philadelphia 76ers guard Michael Carter-Williams is having a tremendous rookie season and is haring his success with his beautiful Indian girlfriend Tia Shah.
Carter-Williams is currently averaging 17.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and 6.6 assists. He has recorded 10 double-doubles and one triple-double while maintaining a two-to-one assist-to-turnover ratio.
Shah is currently a student at Sierra Canyon College.
Before Carter-Williams splashed onto the radar this season, their relationship was filled with time spent together as we can see from Tia's vine posts about their trip to Disneyland and doing other things together.
Now, Williams-Carter is a two-time Eastern Conference Rookie of the Year and is the leading candidate to become Rookie of the Year. He also has put his $3 million salary into a trust fund.
8. Evan Turner and Chels Bella. Philadelphia 76er Evan Turner and Chels Bella have reportedly been together since prior to the 2011 season. Turner and Bella have used social media a lot to talk about their relationships.
Turner, the No. 2 pick in the 2010-11 draft, is showing previous unseen scoring prowess this season. He is currently averaging 18.1 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.1 assists a game.
As Crossing Board first reported, Bella appears to be a strong Christian, as she frequently retweets Christian quotes and motivational messages. Inconclusive research says she's a recent Temple graduate.


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The best security system is secrecy, then locked doors with a big loud dog behind them. Beyond that safes are a great idea and guns are a must.
I like my Glock, Mossberg and Diamondback .380 but last year I added a Saiga-12 with a couple 25 round drum mags just for overkill and in case I needed to disable someones getaway vehicle. I also recently picked up an Alexander Arms M4 in 6.5 Grendel for added range in case someone decided to steal a neighbors' coins; I got my 'hood covered with interlocking fields of fire and can pick 'em off from my bedroom window without ever getting out from under my comforter.
I'll be picking up a Kimber .45 1911 soon, too, so no matter where I or my wife are located in the house there will be a firearm handy and a bad guy would have a bad night. But like someone above said, I'd rather someone tried to do it while I or my family wasn't home because, unfortunately for would-be-theif, my dog is always home.
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We all have a voice, and we all want our voice to be heard. But in the creative world, that can sometimes be a very difficult task to accomplish. Scott Belsky decided he'd try and do something about that. It started off as a simple mission: connect and organize the creative world. With the seed planted, he and a colleague started Behance. But how does one go about tackling this? What does this company have to offer the creative world?
During his talk at the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival, Connecting & Empowering the Creative World, Belsky discusses his three step process in giving creatives a platform to get their work noticed. It's called Creative Meritocracy. And it all seems simple enough: 1. Give creatives a focused platform to showcase their work. 2. Make sure there is a "credible" mass looking reviewing the work in order to help show the world how many unique and interesting ideas are out there. 3. Make sure that the creator of the work is probably attributed to the work so that the person can be found. Ok, maybe it's not that simple, but it's a great start to an amazing idea. Here's a guy that just wants everyone to have a voice, to have a chance of being discovered in a sometimes ocean of visual excrement. It's a way for people to keep doing what they absolutely love instead of doing anything just for a paycheck. By the end of the presentation, I became a believer of Scott Belsky, he's made me want to seek out my true passion and take some initiative to make it happen. Watch the clip below and maybe you will likewise become inspired to better things!
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Legg killed 2 year old daughter of Dillon with car. She saw and sued for wrongful death, but also for pain & suffering for herself. The trial court said mom was outside "Zone of Danger", CA Supreme Court reversed, said Zone of Danger doesn't cover tort case. Causation & foreseeability apply -this is a breech of duty- driver has a duty to pedestrians & those with them. This became a new cause of action. The Court said emotional trauma was limited to:
prior cases had ruled that plaintiff must be in physical danger.
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This is my last post to the Instruction & Outreach blog, and I have decided to spend this one reflecting upon my experience with Duke Libraries and a few of my projects. Getting the chance to learn from Diane, Emily, Amber, and Erin has been a gift, and I am thankful to have been a part of this great department this semester.
I really appreciate that I was able to pursue individual projects as well as team projects. Throughout the semester I investigated possible uses of technology in instruction, and I reported some of what I found about collaborative learning spaces in an earlier blog post.
Another project involved surveying the landscape of library instruction spaces. A lot of places have library classrooms very similar to those at Duke: desktop computers for the students, an instructor's station up front, a projector and screen(s). However, I was excited to see some of the spaces at Penn State University Libraries' new Knowledge Commons. One classroom in particular was based on the Steelcase LearnLab concept which has the instructor's station in the center of the room with student desks and chairs radiating out from it and screens on the surrounding walls to allow for more student-centric, collaborative work. This emphasis on designing spaces to accommodate collaborative work and active learning seems to be growing, and it is encouraging to see architects taking notes from what is actually happening in the classroom in order to inform design.
One of the creative projects that I got to work on was a photo study pilot that took a look at the way spaces are used on the first floor of Bostock. I was fortunate to join Erin and Brian, the Research Services Intern at the helm of the project, on this venture. It was a great experience to puzzle through the logistics of taking photos in such a busy and varied space in order to capture furniture and technology use. Likewise, I learned a lot through the process of deciding how to categorize and analyze the data we gathered. One of the surprising revelations, to me at least, was that students at the time we ran our pilot seemed to prefer the hard seating and tables rather than the soft seating. It will be interesting to follow up once the project is out of the pilot stage to see if this preference changes throughout the day.
As my final act within the department, I have the pleasure of co-leading a session with Hannah Rozear from the Divinity School Library at the upcoming Instruction Retreat. The theme of the retreat is reflection, and Hannah and I will present strategies and tools for "reflection on the run." In an earlier post I wrote about reflection, so it is nice to bring this experience full circle by getting the chance to talk about reflection once again and hear how others incorporate reflection into their practice.
It was a real treat to work at Duke Libraries and with the Duke community—thank you all for making this such a wonderful experience!


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When Ena and Brent Batron met in May 2001, just days after arriving at the Colorado Center for the Blind, it was "love at first sound," both said. Today, the two are married with five sighted children. Brent supports his family with a full time job as Director of Youth Programs at the Center for the Blind. Ena cares for the children and is a common sight on Denver's metro system, the twins in a double stroller with the other three in tow. In this boisterous household, love and humor go a long way. Photos by Jamie Cotten, Special to The Denver Post READ MORE: In this close-knit Denver family, love is truly blind


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The Republic has a new Q&A online with WWE Champion CM Punk. Below are the highlights:
Question: What is it like being a WWE star?
Answer: You know, I really can't compare it to anything else. It's probably the busiest job in the world.
Q: Do you get much down time?
A: I was home for six days a week before Christmas. That was like the first time in 10 years that happened. I kind of went crazy after three days. It's a bit of a culture shock.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about sports entertainers?
A: That we're not athletes. That goes hand in hand with it. That's what we do. I don't know anybody who works harder than we do. We don't have time off. We don't have a season off. These are some of the toughest people I've known in my entire life.
Q: You are really active on social media. Do you enjoy it?
A: Twitter is hilarious. It's like the whole world having your phone number. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad. You get to chat with people that you normally don't get to chat with, maybe touch some of the fans who interact with you.
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As it moves into its third generation with a makeover for 2014, Cadillac's CTS sedan gets a new model its lineup.
The CTS Vsport offers buyers a luxury sedan with a little more punch than the other CTS models without venturing into the high-performance CTS-V and its hefty, 6.2-liter, 556-horsepower V8 power plant.
The Vsport comes in two versions, base and Premium, both with a 3.6-liter V6 twin-turbo engine that sends 420 horsepower and 430 pound-feet of torque to its rear wheels, getting you from standstill to 60 mph in an estimated 4.6 seconds, according to Cadillac.
The engine requires premium fuel but those numbers are significant jumps over the 272 hp and 321 hp found, respectively, in the 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbo or 3.6-liter V6 offerings in Standard, Luxury, Performance or Premium versions in the CTS portfolio.
The only transmission offered is an eight-speed automatic that features paddle shifters for manual gear selection -- other CTS models get a six-speed automatic. The combination of the new engine and new transmission results in fuel consumption of 16 miles-per-gallon city, 24 highway.
In addition to a different engine and transmission, the Vsport's suspension and steering also gets some refinements to add to the sportier performance on the street. For competition, the Vsport also comes with a heavy-duty track cooling package, electronic limited-slip differential for enhanced capability on the track, and a track-mode setting with specific steering rate and Magnetic Ride Control calibrations.
The new CTS has grown about four inches in length with about a one-inch longer wheelbase than its predecessors, but has lost about two inches of legroom in the rear, making it kind of snug for adult backseat passengers. Overall, it's about 300 pounds lighter.
The Vsport is not all about performance. It comes with all the creature comforts common to the luxury segment, and the interior is stunning. Lots of quality leather, wood, anodized aluminum, and carbon fiber permeate the cabin. The leather-wrapped steering wheel has a particularly nice heft to it and gives the driver a pleasant tactile experience.
Of course, there also the customary arrangement of technological features, and therein lies the rub with the CTS Vsport and CTS in general. To operate such infotainment systems as audio, climate, navigation, phones, etc. you must use the CUE (Cadillac User Experience) operating system.
It is a "touch" operation that eliminates the need for knobs or buttons and is operated by the user's finger tips, either touching or sliding them to make desired adjustments.
The problem is the system currently either reacts too quickly, jumping to a function not wanted, or it takes too long to react on even the most basic of operations. At times you are forced to go back to the beginning if you touch the wrong spot.
There's a pretty steep learning curve for the whole thing and, quite frankly, the system is a turnoff. It's increasing frustrating to operate, and it can be an unnecessary, and even dangerous, distraction for the driver.
Still, there is that 420 horsepower ...
The CTS Vsport carries and MSRP of $59,070 in standard trim and $69,995 in Premium form. Both versions come with a long list of standard equipment to reduce the need to plunk down more cash for options.


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Assessment & Evaluation
Assessment of Service-Learning is a collaborative process intended to demonstrate that course-community partnerships meet both course and community goals, therefore measureing achievement of the mission.
Student Learning Outcomes - coming soon
Evaluation of Student Learning
As in any course, evaluation focuses on students' ability to meet course learning objectives. The same remains true for service-learning; students should be graded for their learning, not for their service.1 Reflective course assignments are used to connect academic content and service, allowing faculty to grade students' fulfillment of learning objectives. Community partners also participate in the evaluation of students' fulfillment of service objectives.
Related Resources for Faculty:
- Reflection as Academic Practice
- Integrating Service-Learning into Course Assignments
- Creating a Service-Learning Grading Rubric
- Addressing Challenges in Student Evaluation & Accountability
Sample Assessment & Evaluation Tools and Methods - more PDFs coming soon
- Student Pre-Service Assessment
- Student Final Evaluation
- Faculty & Instructor Final Evaluation
- Community Partner Final Evaluation
- Service-Learning Teaching Assistant Final Evaluation
- Course Assignments (assigned and graded by faculty)
- Peer Evaluations (used in some courses)
Summaries of Student & Partnership Outcomes - coming soon
- 2011-2012
- 2010-2011
- 2009-2010
1Howard, Jeffrey. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning: Service-Learning Course Design Workbook. University of Michigan: OCSL Press, Summer 2001.


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When I was little, my favorite movie was The Sound of Music. I still know every song and scene by heart. In junior high—that ages me!—our school put on Lil' Abner and I was the understudy for Daisy Mae. I loved musicals then and I still love them today. One of the great joys of my adult life has been seeing musicals performed—I try and get to New York at least once a year to see a show and have season tickets to my very good local performing arts center. Recently a friend and I went to go see the Tony award winning In the Heights. I thought it was excellent. The play covers three days in a mélange of characters' lives in the northern Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights and was nominated for thirteen Tony Awards in 2008—it won four.
Seeing In the Heights got me thinking about my favorite musicals. When I was growing up the musicals I loved were those I saw on television: My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins, Fiddler on the Roof, Funny Girl, The Music Man, West Side Story, Grease (still the highest grossing movie musical of all time), South Pacific and my beloved Sound of Music. (Trivia fact: a woman named Marnie Nixon sang the parts of Eliza in MFL, Sister Sophia in SoM, Maria in WSS, as well as Anna in The King and I.) I still love those shows, and, over the past twenty years, have seen several others—including In the Heights—that would make my top list.
I have seen the extraordinary Spring Awakening four times and it has become my favorite show of all time. I've seen The Lion King three times and never fail to be amazed by Julie Taymor's set and costume brilliance. I just saw Wicked for the first time last year and loved it. Several filmed musicals have also wowed me: Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Dreamgirls (2006), and—one of the best hours ever on television—Once More with Feeling (a 2002 episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.)
There are a few musicals from my youth that I liked then but don't think much of now such as The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Jesus Christ Superstar and Hair.
So, if you are a fan of musicals—or not!—what are your favorites? Which do you loathe? And what are the ones whose songs you could sing every word?