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Chavez Junior, Senior and Sergio in a light-hearted moment during Thursday NYC presser ahead of Sept. 15 middleweight showdown. Today is Senior's 50th birthday. Rest assured, though, there is some bad blood simmering, as the Chavez' haven't forgotten Sergio calling them chickens for over a year. (Ed Diller)
Funny how things can change in a year. A year ago, fight fans were accusing Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. of ducking Sergio Martinez, and many of those same fans figured that Martinez would, if they met, mop the floor with the kid. Not so now; it must be acknowledged that Chavez and his team were being patient, waiting for him to get seasoning, grow into his frame, and that in this case, the promoter, Bob Arum, knows best, because he allowed this event to come to fruition at the proper time. The combatants, who face off in Las Vegas on Sept. 15, gathered for a press conference at the Edison Ballroom in midtown Manhattan on Thursday afternoon.
Sergio Martinez thanked HBO, Top Rank, Lou DiBella, his advisor Sampson Lewkowicz and his trainer Pablo Sarmiento. He dedicated this fight to friend Monique McClain, the young CT girl who had been bullied, and then befriended by Sergio. He continued, saying he would beat up Junior, and that this will be the best fight he has ever fought. Fernando Beltran, Junior's co-promoter, called Sergio a clown, which enraged Lewkowicz.
Junior then got the mike. He said he wants to prove that he is "the best middleweight in the world." He said Martinez will just dance, referencing his stint on "Dancing with the Stars" in Argentina. "He found his real profession, as a ballerina," and that drew guffaws. "On Sept. 15 I will beat Martinez and you will have a great fight."
Arum spoke first and said Martinez is an 8-5- favorite and that this line is as close a line in major fight as he recalls. This is a fight that "fight fans deserve," the promoter said.
The promoter gave Lou DiBella a shoutout, calling his company the premier outfit on the East Coast. DiBella took to the mike then and said it is good to work with professionals. He said this fight is the best that can be made in the middleweight division, and that he hopes that 18,000 folks will come to the arena, and by the way, plenty of seats are reasonably priced. That's the way to save boxing, he said, from all the crap judging decisions and such.
Trainer Pablo Sarmiento said they would shut Chavez' mouth. Advisor to Lewkowicz said he now understands why Chavez didn't sign on to fight Sergio earlier, because now he knows he is ready. He then said son Nathan told him he will be a grandpa, and joked that he feels old.
Arum then got back the mike. He said that Tecate would be offering a 50% off rebate on the PPV.
Julioe Cesar Chavez Sr., celebrating his 50th birthday, took to the mike. He said that this fight is the one everyone wanted, and it will be a difficult fight. "We know that Martinez is considered one of the best fighters now," he said. "I don't like his style, he's a runner, it stinks, but it works for him." The crowd then sung Happy Birthday, and Martinez smiled good naturedly.
Arum then recalled that pols Ted Kennedy and Tip O'Neill sent him a letter in the late 70s, demanding a title shot for Marvin Hagler. "Middleweight has been a great, great division," he said.
This fight, he said, "will go into history" as a great one, like the ones we saw in the 70s and 80s. "This is historic, this is real history," he said.
DiBella said that Junior will be 180 versus 165 for Sergio, on fight night, so he will be nervous. He talked about Martinez' work against domestic violence. He said that he grew up poor, and was bullied as a kid. He brought up McCalin, a girl who was bullied, and then befriended by Martinez. "There are bigger things to fight for than a belt," he said.
DiBella said Chavez' work in the recent win over Andy Lee impressed him. "They are fighting to be the best middleweight on the planet," he said.
Funny! the being poor and bullied as child card being used again!, Sergio as well as other boxer who have used that bully card are gifted athletes and could have easily held there own fighting at a young age. I can see jr stalking and taunting Sergio when they fight, hoping Martinez abandons his hit and run strategy.
what are you talking about? do you have children? a gifted athlete or not, most children lack maturity, killer instinct and the confidence to stand up against a bully. that usually comes with personal growth...
i understand your point, most bullies are bitches to begin with, that is why they act the way they do, they have to find the confidence they lack through picking on smaller kids...
This should be a good one. The dark powers of boxing are clearly in the works for Junior, but Martinez will enter the ring with the mindset of the grim reaper. His smile is never as big as when he wants to annihilate an opponent.
I'm with Riverside on this one. The bullying angle need to halt. Boxing as life is 75 to 85 percent mental. As a kid the bullied-arse Sergio Martinez could have held his own. He was just confused by physical syet. And haven't being taught: "Mind over matter. Fudge da chit chatter."
You know what, as a 50-pound-eight-year-old-Filipino-Chinese kid walking on the mean streets of Southeast San Diego, going over to the late, great Archie "The Old Mongoose" Moore's house. I was confront by a 12-year-old 120-pound BULLY! But nobody ever explained to me that a BULLY was suppose to immitate me and whup my arse and take my syet.
My 14-year-old brother and Archie's son Billy Moore spotted me coming down the street and were watching from a distant, because my big bro told BM that MY LITTLE, BAD ARSE would have no "problema with a punk-a$$ BULLY!"
He was 100 percent RIGHT! The BULLY ask me did I have any money, and of course I told he YES! He then told me to give it up or that he was going to "Beat" my "G**K A$$" On that G word, I reacted by throwing a left cross straight to his solar-plexus and a right hook to his cojones. Da punk-a$$ BULLY drop like a bad habit. I went upside his big, wobbly cranium with about 25 punches in five second before my big bro and BM pull me off the creampuff chunk-a$$ BULLY!
The moral of the story: You have to learn mental fright of a bully to be physically frighten of one. Or you will put da spank on dat a$$, especially when you are destined to be an a$$ thrasher later in life anyway.
I ain't scare of a d@mn bully to this day. [Matter of fact, I like fudging with 'em. You know me. I'm down with O-P-P!] But I'm just scare of d@mn nuns. Now they have frighten the hebejeebeez outta of my left-handed arse and got da jump on me and fudge me up a few times as a child. They slapped me into a quasi-righty. And with 'em, I'm down with R-R-B -- respect, and run like a BYTCH!
As an adult, I know what time it is. Fudges BULLIES! Run like a bytch from NUNS. Hehehehehe! Holla!
Bullying is an issue that needs to be addressed, I've beaten up bullies, in fact sent them to the hospital. But bullies keep coming back. I respect Sergio's mission in standing up against bullying. He's been doing this prior to the pavlik fight, his cause is legitimate. Chavez bullying style will be put to rest September 15th
The best and only solution is to fight back and the bullying stops,
@carmine, you are correct, bullies are a problem. i moved around a few times and being a good athlete (all state baseball and basketball) no one liked the new kid coming in taking over...so to say i knocked a few bullies on their asses is an understatement.
my son is 13, and he deals with the same issues. bullies in school the last three years. they dont stop. he is a good baseball player, and boxes with me just to development power, coordination and increase his bat speed with baseball...but he doesnt have that killer instinct like i did, he doesnt have that tenacity, it is just his maturity or immaturity at this point...
my point, bullies try to prey on the weak. my boy is the smallest kid on his baseball team, 13-15 year olds, and he had a few bullies until they saw him play baseball this summer and saw he was not only pretty good but had fast hands and hit the **** out of the ball, harder than most of the 15 year olds in the league.
now no one bothers him, funny how that works huh....
my advice to him, "the best way to get a bully to leave you alone is to punch him in the face and dont stop untill someone pulls you off of him"
Amay, yes I have three kids, 17, 15 and 7, i never encourage the start a fight, but yes to defend themselves and that is part of growing up, Several years my 15 year old daughter came home from school and complain about a big girl teasing her, my wife who teaches at the school advice to keep away and ignore the girl, my advise was different and told my daughter to kick her in the shin!!, my daughter took my advice and the problem was solved!! BTW, My point is Sergio might be using the bullying card to sell tickets which is fine! most kids too a certain degree get teased or bullied in one way or another. just need to handle it fight back! and i'm sure Sergio did too. Sergio is not butterbean or chikita Gonzales, as to being obese or scrawny as a little kid, and targeted by other bully's. Sergio might have been teased and bullied for having three girlfriends? IMO, he is not the typical stereotype victim.
@Amayseng, killer instinct is something that we are all born with. Some situation must happen for one to discover it. And dynamite comes in small sizes. Your son is just taking his time before he goes ballistic on bully arse. You heard it here first. It is wonderful that he is controlling that urge. Holla!
it's interesting how things change. about six months ago i got harassed a bit for suggesting the junior is a somewhat more skilled boxer than canelo (not necessarily better, but more skilled). and now "they" have got us believing that he may have martinez's number. i do think this could be a competitive fight. there are lots of questions going into this one. are martinez's best days behind him? can he stay off the ropes for 12 rounds? can he hurt junior with a big shot? come fight night is he just too small? and about junior, can he cut off the ring? and have his past performances been improved by modern chemistry that may not be available to him for this fight?
gotta run, there's a bully chasing me...... :^)
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The Florida father who made international headlines and garnered universal support for beating unconscious his babysitter, an 18-year-old man whom he had allegedly caught raping his son, is now facing almost universal condemnation for a subsequent act: He posted a photo of his 11-year-old son online in an effort to raise donations for the future therapy and treatment of his son.
Reuters reported July 22 (via Yahoo 7 News) that the Florida man had posted a photo of his alleged abused son on gofundme.com, a website akin to Kickstarter, and asked for donations for the future treatment, therapy, and recovery of his abused son. The post, entitled "Rebuilding Innocence," contained the photo of the man's son and a requested $1 million to take care of his son. According to Daytona Beach News-Journal, he later altered the amount to read $100,000 but had apparently reconsidered and removed the post altogether by Monday evening.
"Our son was sexually (sic) assaulted and we are now faced with the challenge of picking up the pieces, the emotional and financial burden is about more than we can endure," the father wrote, according to the News-Journal.
Daytona Beach Police Chief Michael Chitwood, who had publicly stated that he had no issue with the father for his reaction to discovering his son being sexually abused, found the man's latest action puzzling. He said he was "bewildered" when he saw the photo of the 11-year-old online.
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But Chitwood sees a problem with the online posting, knowing the difficulty mental health and child protective services have in protecting young people's identities from prying eyes. "It's sad," the chief told the News-Journal. "You don't go out and exploit what happened to this young man (the son) for money."
The 11-year-old told police after Raymond Frolander was arrested that the man, who was a friend of the family, had been sexually abusing him since he was eight years old. Specifically concerning the arrest, Frolander and performed oral sex on the boy, according to his statement, and had requested the boy fondle his genitals.
The father, who had been out, returned to his apartment and, while talking to Frolander, watched as the young man's pants fell to the floor. The father called 911 after he severely beat Frolander, leaving him bleeding and unconscious on his living room floor. Obviously still upset, he told the dispatcher, "I just walked in on a grown man molesting ... And I got him in a bloody puddle for you officer."
The father told the 911 dispatcher he had not asked questions when he saw Frolander "molesting" his son. Then the dispatcher asked, "Is he still doing it or has he stopped?"
The agitated father replied, "Oh, absolutely not, he is nice and knocked out on the floor for you. I drug him into the living room."
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The mugshot photo of Frolander, depicting him bruised and abraded, his lips distended and his right eye nearly closed, went viral with the story.
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Both Time Warner and Comcast have opposed the very concept that the US Federal Communications Commission has the power to impose regulations on ISPs to preserve Net Neutrality, and both have also begun restricting their subscribers' Internet bandwidth consumption.
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Ok, so me thinks, I'm not on a diet, and you all agree with that. I don't want to feel deprived, cause once I feel deprived and sorry for myself I will blow it eventually. And now I cut out sugar... I don't feel deprived about it at all, still rather liberated, yet I want to still live like a "normal" person and have some special, even if not healthy, meals out of the normal routine occationally, and we really just like meeting up with my in-laws, and we all love fish 'n chips. I only eat the chips (okay, I should eat the fish, it at least has some healthy benefits in form of proteins)... it was just nice eating this unhealthy meal like a normal person. I didn't drink a soda. I did not eat dessert which the others did and I had 1 glass of juice.
The way home my in-laws took the kids in their car so hubby and I basically raced home... it felt like racing to me, he was just easy-going, hmpf.... don't you just hate it to be out done by someone all the time who doesn't even train or anything????
Riding though the beautiful countryside of Albany is just breath taking. Way too often I take things for granted and look at my surroundings without really seeing them, "yeah, that's just were I happen to live presently", yet is is so stunningly beautiful and riding along the coast today my heart overflew with thankfulness, that we can call this beautiful spot on earth our home, people come here to have a holiday.
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Five University of Idaho swimmers are venturing into some heady competition when they travel this week to the Winter Nationals at Austin, Texas. The meet begins Thursday and concludes Saturday. Live results are available at www.swimswam.com.
"This will be a great opportunity for our athletes to gain some experience swimming at a national-level meet among some of the best swimmers in the world," coach Mark Sowa said. "It also is important for others to see that the Vandals are a presence on the national level and look to be so for a long time to come.
"This should be a fun weekend."
Sophomore Rachel Millet has a full slate with entries in the 200 IM, 100 fly, 200 free and 100 free. Kelsie Saxe, a senior, will be competing in the 100 and 200 breast, while sophomore Laura Griffing is entered in the 100 breast. Freshman Janelle Stacy (100 back) and Jamie Sterbis (200 fly) also will be competing.
Once at the meet, they will encounter nine U.S. Olympic team members (Haley Anderson, Missy Franklin, Jessica Hardy, Kathleen Hersey, Katie Ledecky, Christine Magnuson, Lia Neal, Kim Vandenberg and Amanda Weir) as well as a host of elite swimmers from across the country.


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John T. Johnson is the co-founder of Oceaneering International, Inc. (OII), which had crew members on the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig at the time of the explosion. He recently gave an entertaining presentation on "Exploring Ocean Depths: Past, Present, and Future," at the Blount County Public Library.
Oceaneering operates in forbidding locations where many people fear to venture; from the depths of the ocean floor to the vast reaches of outer space. The company provides offshore oil companies with underwater drilling support, construction, environmental management, and repair services. They also make subsea systems to test potential offshore oil fields. OII makes remotely operated diving vessels (ROVs), which are often used in search and recovery operations for the US Navy. In 2009 the company owned some 250 ROVs, the largest fleet in the world.
Oceaneering also serves the defense and aerospace industries, and develops space suits and robotics for NASA. In 2008, they won a $745 million United States government contract for the design and manufacture of space suits for future American lunar exploration.
Their Advanced Technologies Group(ATG) is often called in to search for debris after high-profile air accidents over water, such as the wreckage of the Space Shuttle Challenger, the ValuJet crash over the Everglades, Korean Air Lines Flight 007, and the downed TWA Flight 800. They participate in vessel retrieval, such as the Lusitania, Andrea Doris, and the USS Hunley, a downed Confederate submarine. ATG also filmed footage of the RMS Titanic at a depth of 12,500 feet. Record depths of more than 17,000 feet were breached in other cases.
ATG is also involved with theme parks and the entertainment business. One of its higher visibility projects was a leaping robotic shark for the Jaws ride at the Universal Studios theme park in Orlando.
Mr. Johnson, now retired and living in Townsend, continues to serve as Senior VP, Board Member Retired, of Oceaneering International. He is a true Tennessee "scrapper" who transformed a diving hobby started in his garage, into a multi-billion dollar international company. Johnny's advice is "to find a need, giter done, and then it's time to get to the house!"


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In January of 1935, a mother right whale and her calf were swimming along the Florida shoreline in the heart of this species' calving grounds. Unfortunately they were sighted by a party of fishermen and a photographer who launched a small boat to hunt the calf.
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The North Atlantic right whale was once found throughout the North Atlantic Ocean, from the United States and Canada to Europe. Today, after centuries of intensive hunting, the right whale is mostly confined to the Atlantic coast of the U.S. and Canada.
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Effective July 1, 2012 In an effort to reduce Medicaid expenditures for fiscal year 2013, the Illinois legislature approved changes anticipated to save the State of Illinois $1.6 billion dollars. In addition to removing chiropractic coverage for adults the passage of Senate Bill 2840 has made the following changes to the Medicaid program:
- Adds eligibility verification for individuals, which is expected to remove an estimated 300,000 individuals who do not meet the current requirements.
- Reduces hospital reimbursement by 3.5% - except for Critical Access and Safety Net Hospitals.
- Changes the eligibility requirements for a family of four to $30,000
- Imposes a $10.00 co-payment for emergency room visits
- Requires a $3.60 co-payment on all services
- Requires a $2.00 co-payment for generic medications
- Limit prescription coverage to four prescriptions per month (will be extended with doctors certification of need)
Medicaid RAC Audits: Also included in SB 2840 is direction to implement Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) payment recapture audits. From authority given under the federal Affordable Care Act rules and 2011 Medicaid reform law, HFS will contract with Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) to audit payments to medical providers. Focus will be on provider types not currently under close scrutiny.


text: Primary Resources: Watergate The Miller Center's White House Tapes The Nixon tapes constitute by far the largest collection of presidential recordings--and the most famous. Between February 1971 and July 1973, Nixon secretly recorded over 3,700 hours of his meetings and conversations. Watergate.info This comprehensive website details all aspects of the Watergate scandal, giving a historical overview, important documents and speeches and a comprehensive chronology of events. The Watergate Tapes This UC Berkeley resource provides the audio format of the most important Watergate tapes and a brief description of their content.


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March 17, 2012
DeKALB, Ill. - The Northern Illinois gymnastics team will look to build momentum for the upcoming Mid-American Conference Championships and earn another stellar score Saturday when the Huskies travel to Champaign, Ill. for the annual State of Illinois Meet. NIU, Illinois State, UIC and Illinois will compete for the mythical state title in the gathering of the state's women's gymnastics teams beginning at 4 p.m. at Huff Hall on the UI campus.
Fans can get live scoring updates of the meet on line (click here) or watch the meet streamed live online via the Illinois All-Access channel at FightingIllini.com link.
The State of Illinois Classic, which rotates among the four schools, is the penultimate competition before the MAC Championships scheduled for the NIU Convocation Center March 24, and Northern Illinois Head Coach Sam Morreale and his team are looking to post some good scores entering the league meet.
"We definitely want to have a good day of hits so we can build confidence and momentum going into the MAC Championships," Morreale said. "After watching [our last] meet at EMU on film, we did a lot of good things in the meet. The bad start tarnished the day and so this gives us a chance to correct some errors from the Eastern meet before championships and get going back in the right direction."
The multi-team event and facing strong in-state and intra-regional competition also makes the State Meet a good precursor to the league championships.
"It's another quad meet, so we're back in that situation, and it's always a highly competitive atmosphere so that preps us for MACs," Morreale said. "We know these teams and many of these gymnasts very well, and they know us very well. These teams and a lot of these individuals are battling for regional spots. All week we've been stressing our goals and we've had a good, detail-oriented week and it hasn't been an easy week by any means. We're balancing quality [practice] versus quantity. This is an important time of year and everyone realizes it."
NIU sophomore Megan Melendez is coming off back-to-back MAC Specialist of the Week honors after winning balance beam in each of her last two outings and placing on uneven parallel bars in both events. Melendez is one of several Huskies attempting to strengthen their regional rankings in individual events in hopes of securing a spot in the NCAA Regionals. Senior Tanya Rachan is among the region's top performers in floor exercise while Ashley Guerra is looking for her second ever appearance on uneven parallel bars.
The Huskies will be without freshmen Kelly Nortz for the second straight week after she was injured at Illinois State. In her place, fellow freshmen Amanda Stepp and Alyssa Malone have stepped in on floor exercise and vault, respectively.
"Amanda and Alyssa will have two meets in the line-up so they know what to expect and that helps," Morreale said. "We've said all year that we feel good about the line-up. We know these guys are able to step in and do as good of a job so that's not a question."
Following the State of Illinois Classic, NIU will host the 2012 MAC Gymnastics Championships at the NIU Convocation Center Saturday, March 24 at 2 p.m. Tickets will be sold for $10 for adults, $5 for students and seniors. For more information, go to the gymnastics page of MAC-sports.com.
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona
by William Shakespeare
Analysis: Writing Style
Verse and Prose
Reading any one of Shakespeare's plays can feel like reading a really lengthy poem and that's because they're written in a combination of verse (poetry) and prose (how we talk every day). We break all of this down in the paragraphs that follow but here's what you should remember about Shakespeare's plays, Two Gentlemen included: the nobility tend to speak in verse, which is a pretty formal way to talk. The commoners, or "Everyday Joes" tend to speak just like we do, in regular prose. (Note: The play Richard II is the one exception to this rule – it's the only Shakespeare play written entirely in verse – even the gardeners speak poetry.)
Iambic Pentameter (The Nobles)
In Two Gentlemen of Verona, the noble characters typically speak in iambic pentameter. (However, since this is likely Shakespeare's very first play, a lot of the meter tends to be pretty irregular.) Don't let the fancy name intimidate you – it's really pretty simple once you get the hang of it.
An "iamb" is an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one. "Penta" means "five," and "meter" refers to a regular rhythmic pattern. So "iambic pentameter" is a kind of rhythmic pattern that consist of five iambs per line. It's the most common rhythm in English poetry and sounds like five heartbeats:
ba-DUM, ba-DUM, ba-DUM, ba-DUM, ba-DUM
Let's try it out on this line, where Julia screams at her serving woman:
what FOOL is SHE that KNOWS i AM a MAID
Every second syllable is accented (stressed) so this is classic iambic pentameter.
The servants, like Speed and Lance, speak in prose, just like we talk every day. Prose is less formal than verse, so it's befitting of the servants' social status. Here's an example, where Lance tells the audience about how his dog peed under the Duke's table:
He thrusts me himself into the company of
three or four gentlemanlike dogs under the Duke's
table; he had not been there—bless the mark!—a
pissing while, but all the chamber smelt him. 'Out
with the dog!' says one. 'What cur is that?' says
another. 'Whip him out' says the third: 'Hang him
up!' says the Duke. (4.4.17-23)
Lance's speech isn't fancy but it sure is entertaining.


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This pretty village enjoys a magnificent setting on a limestone platform on the edge of the sierra. Note the fine architecture in its narrow, flower-decked streets.
Tourist attractions Zuheros : Things to see and do
Cueva de los Murciélagos
calle Nueva 1 E - 14870 Zuheros
Climbing up to the caves, you get some pleasant panoramic views. The cave contains significant archaeological finds going back to the Neolithic period, including stylised paintings, engravings, an interesting funeral chamber and various tools, orname..
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The Romans built a fortress here. The remains date back to the Arab and Renaissance periods.
Plaza de la Paz
pl. de la Paz E - 14870 Zuheros
At 622 m altitude, this belvedere has fine views of the hills planted with olive trees and Baena in the background.
Hotels Zuheros
Hotel Zuhayra
Mirador, 10 E - 14870 Zuheros
Small rural hotel situated in Zuheros, one of the most picturesque of the "white villages" of Andalusia. The Moors influence is reflected in the narrow streets of this village, which is right in the centre of the Parque Natural de la Sierra..
Hacienda Minerva
Carretera Zuheros-Dª Mencia km 9,8 E - 14870 Zuheros
This typical Andalusian farm house has been converted into a beautiful rural hotel, surrounded by olive groves. This boutique hotel also boasts a library, and a restaurant. The Hacienda Minerva is a restored 19th-century property with white walls an..


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BILLINGS, Mont. — The tenacious wolverine, a snow-loving carnivore sometimes called the "mountain devil," could join the list of species threatened by climate change — a dubious distinction putting it in the ranks of the polar bear and other animals the government says will lose crucial habitat as temperatures rise.
Federal wildlife officials proposed Endangered Species Act protections Friday for the wolverine in the Lower 48 states. That's a step twice denied under the Bush administration, then delayed in 2010 when the Obama administration said other imperiled species had priority.
It likely means an end to trapping the animals for their fur outside Alaska.
But federal officials said they won't use the animal as an impetus to regulate greenhouse gases blamed in climate change. And other human activities — from snowmobiling and ski resorts to timber harvest — would not be curtailed, because they do not appear to be significant threats to wolverines, officials said.
There are an estimated 250 to 300 wolverines in the contiguous U.S., clustered in small, isolated groups primarily in the Northern Rockies of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Washington. Larger populations persist in Alaska and Canada.
Maxing out at 40 pounds and tough enough to stand up to grizzly bears, the animals will be no match for anticipated declines in the deep mountain snows female wolverines need to establish dens and raise their young, scientists said.
In some areas, such as central Idaho, suitable habitat could disappear entirely, officials said.
Yet because those losses could take decades to unfold, federal wildlife officials said, there's still time to bolster the population, including by reintroducing them to the high mountains of Colorado.
Wildlife advocates, who sued to force the government to act on the issue, said the animal's plight should be used by the Obama administration to leverage tighter restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions.
As with the polar bear, the government is sidestepping that thorny proposition with the wolverine, and said in Friday's proposal that listing the animal as threatened "will not regulate greenhouse gas emissions."


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Published: Tuesday 25 December 2012
It was clear the President was a good man and a deeply-committed father of young children.
Published: Tuesday 11 December 2012
Abu-Jamal, who was a young activist in the Black Panthers and later one of the most important radical journalists in Philadelphia, a city that a few decades earlier produced I.F. Stone, has long been the bête noire of the state.
Published: Friday 16 November 2012
"The appointment of Alice Paul as the Congressional Committee chair of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) at the organization's December 1912 convention in Philadelphia turned out to be this kind of catalyzing step."
Published: Tuesday 13 November 2012
With the cut back of early voting in Florida, the result of lengthy lines was predictable.
Published: Thursday 4 October 2012
Cash spent to watch televisions and report on suspicious bass fishing in Mexico.
Published: Wednesday 26 September 2012
"In a series of JPI studies released this month, the organization is calling for all states to end for-profit bail bonds practices."
Published: Wednesday 26 September 2012
"Consider then-candidate Obama's description of working class people in Pennsylvania, made in the heat of the 2008 campaign."
Published: Thursday 20 September 2012
How American Democracy Became the Property of a Commercial Oligarchy
Published: Friday 14 September 2012
"Studies have shown as many one million eligible voters in the state do not have an acceptable identification under the new law, which requires all voters to show a state driver's license, government employee ID or a non-driver ID card issued by the state."
Published: Friday 14 September 2012
"I got arrested with about 30 others as part of a foreclosure-auction blockade."
Published: Tuesday 4 September 2012
"Our chance to defeat the 1 percent depends on our willingness to give up demanding that others become like us, and instead learn to walk in their shoes."
Published: Thursday 23 August 2012
While publicly touted as a law intended to inhibit voter impersonation at the polls, its real intent was explained in a rare moment of candor by Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Mike Turzai, who,bragged, "Voter ID, which is going to allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania: Done."
Published: Wednesday 8 August 2012
"Occupiers from all over the country told me their favorite thing about the National Gathering was the chance to compare notes, network, and set up lasting lines of communication between far-flung occupations around the country."
Published: Wednesday 1 August 2012
"America has been so degraded as a free society that such intrusive violations of our privacy by a police agency or a librarian are now accepted by most people as normal and to be expected."
Published: Saturday 28 July 2012
"Campaigns can be won or lost by the willingness of the campaigners to see the big picture."
Green Party Nominee Jill Stein & Running Mate, Activist Cheri Honkala: "We Represent the 99 Percent"
Published: Sunday 15 July 2012
"We speak with Honkala and Dr. Stein about their campaign for the White House and the challenges they face as a third party in a two-party political system."
Published: Saturday 7 July 2012
"The movement has been accused before of lacking direction. But this week in Philadelphia, delegates to the first-ever national Occupy gathering created a streamlined vision for the change they want to see."
Published: Friday 29 June 2012
So there it is, the Republican strategy for staging a quiet coup by first putting the right to buy votes and bribe politicians in the hands of billionaires (think Supreme Court and Citizens United), then using control of state legislatures thus gained to deny some citizens (the ones least likely to support a proto-fascist party) the right to vote.
Published: Thursday 28 June 2012
Occupiers from around the country will gather to discuss the future of the movement.
Published: Tuesday 26 June 2012
"Lolly radiates the indomitable and magnificent strength of the women and men who rise up in the pockets of poverty and despair we reported from, whether in Camden, Pine Ridge, S.D., the coal fields of southern West Virginia or the produce fields in Florida."
Published: Tuesday 19 June 2012
"The Occupy movement is not finally about occupying. It is, as Zeese points out, about shifting power from the 1 percent to the 99 percent."
Published: Saturday 26 May 2012
"This kind of entrapment and official deceit by police should alarm every American. It's bad enough when police plant evidence and lie about evidence in order to win convictions, since it means innocent people will be sent to prison or worse."
Published: Wednesday 25 April 2012
"Actor and Activist Danny Glover speaks to prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal for the first time."
Published: Saturday 25 February 2012
"When activist behavior reveals so clearly the injustice of the state, it results in a loss of the state's legitimacy."
Published: Thursday 9 February 2012
"It felt truly global when I heard an occupier say 'Goodnight, from Italy' on a call in November."
Published: Saturday 10 December 2011
At the state and federal levels, quests to balance budgets have dragged down employment.
Published: Sunday 13 November 2011
The Occupy movement is bringing deep moral questions that many religions confront to the forefront of national conversation. How faith groups are joining in.
Published: Tuesday 8 November 2011
Frustrated Americans now have decided to use the polls to spell out their frustration.
Published: Tuesday 9 August 2011
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text: "The Turk," the mechanical or automaton chess player was a fake chess-playing machine constructed in the late 18th century. From 1770 until its destruction by fire in 1854, it was exhibited by various owners as an automaton, though it was explained in the early 1820s as an elaborate hoax. Because of the Turk's popularity and mystery, its construction inspired a number of inventions and imitations, including "Ajeeb," or "The Egyptian," (Ajeeb is an Arabic word meaning strange or unexplainable) an American imitation built by Charles Hopper. The mysterious Ajeeb was the pride of the Eden Musée wax museum on West 23rd Street in NYC which opened to the public in 1884. It drew scores of thousands of spectators to its games, which President Grover Cleveland played in 1885, and other opponents for which included Harry Houdini, Theodore Roosevelt and O. Henry. The genius behind "Ajeeb" was Charles himself, an expert and fast moving chess player, and later with Hopper's health failing hired such players as Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1898-1904), Albett Beauregard Hodges, Constant Ferdinand Burille, Charles Moehle, and Charles Francis Barker. You could watch Ajeeb play an opponent for 10 cents or you could play chess with Ajeeb for 25 cents and checkers for 10 cents a game. Ajeeb was at the Eden Musée when popular baseball player, Christy Mathewson, liked to take him on too, and did so with a number of Wall Street men who used to spend an hour or two in the afternoon at the Musée on days when the Exchange was quiet. In 1910 Captain Francis B. "Fish" Fishburne of Columbia, SC, while playing at the top of his checker career, traveled to NYC and won 3 games from Ajeeb which testifies to his ability. It was moved from the Eden Musée in 1915 to a museum on Coney Island, New York, Ajeeb was destroyed in a fire in 1929; however, I read on Chess.com this is not entirely so, which has a lengthy article by John Kobles. This research says... Ajeeb was kept operation until 1915, when the Eden went bankrupt and closed, done in by the cinema. The honor of being the last man to work Ajeeb at the Musée went to Jesse B. Hanson. Ajeeb remained in being but went steadily downhill after the Eden folded. Sam Gumpertz, the expansive gentleman who is now one of the owners of Hamid's Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, got what might be called his start by buying a controlling interest in the Musée's waxworks for fifteen thousand dollars and moving them to a museum which opened on Surf Avenue at Coney Island, also under the name Hamid's. The owner of Ajeeb, Mrs. Elmore also moved along with the waxworks and everything else, but finding it hard to pay the high salaries asked by skillful chess players, the Ajeeb owner decided to confine the dummy's activities to checkers, so the manipulator, a tiny, consumptive Brooklyn boy named Sam Gonotsky was hired. Gonotsky is the most feared and strongest checker player in the country at this time. A wonderful and exciting time for Ajeeb but this is short lived because he doesn't have time for Ajeeb while playing and winning tournaments in the US and Europe. Without Gonotsky to keep up the interest and profit of Ajeeb and shortly afterward Mrs. Elmore had a disagreement with Gumpertz and moved Ajeeb a few doors down to a rival museum called World of Wax, where for several seasons she did a desultory business with the help of lesser talented checker players. In 1925 she remarried, retires, and takes Ajeeb home with her. Sam Gonotsky died in 1929 of tuberculosis at age 26. http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/i-love-ajeeb http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-strange-and-wondrous-ajeeb http://blog.chess.com/view/the-eden-museacutee


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Kelly Thomas died of mechanical chest compression, among other causes, according to the pathologist who testified Dec. 5.
Dr. Aruna Singhania, the forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy, testified that Thomas died of anoxic encephalopathy (brain death), broncopneumonia and mechanical chest compressions with blunt craniofacial injuries. Singhania explained that the pneumonia was caused from being in the hospital.
A diagram was shown of the injuries Thomas sustained, including 7 facial abrasions, a hemorrhaging left eye, nose fracture, and bruises on the arm, chest, lower abdomen and a thigh. Autopsy photos were then shown of Thomas documenting those injuries.
Under questioning from District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, Singhania explained that Thomas had an enlarged heart. Sections of his heart were examined, which showed he did not die of a heart attack or have heart disease, she said.
Under heated cross examination by John Barnett, Manuel Ramos's attorney, Singhania also said that there were no injuries to the lungs and also saw no evidence of broken ribs, only bruising on the left side of Thomas's chest and arm.
Judge William Froeberg stepped in when Singhania and Barnett could not agree on what the word 'discrete' meant, as to the events that lead up to the chest compression.
"I'm going to ask a Bill Clinton type question. What is the meaning of discrete?" Froeberg asked Singhania, which elicited laughter in the courtroom.
In response, Singhania said that there were a series of "discrete events" of compression that caused Thomas's death.
Singhania testified for over 4 hours.
Former Fullerton police officers Manuel Ramos and Jay Cicinelli are currently on trial for their roles in the alleged murder of Kelly Thomas, a mentally ill homeless man after an altercation with him July 5, 2011. Ramos is charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter while Cicinelli is charged with involuntary manslaughter and assault and battery by a police officer.


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. current account trade deficit narrowed in the July-September quarter to the smallest level since late 2010, but the improvement may not last.
The deficit fell to $107.5 billion in the third quarter, down 9 percent from the second quarter imbalance of $118.1 billion, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. It was the lowest trade gap since the final three months of 2010.
The current account is the broadest measure of trade. It tracks the sale of merchandise and services between nations as well as investment flows. Economists watch the current account as a sign of how much the United States needs to borrow from foreigners.
Many economists predict the deficit will widen in coming quarters, in part because a global slowdown is dampening demand for American exports.
A debt crisis has pushed much of Europe into recession. The region accounts for about one-fifth of U.S. export sales. And other major export markets, including China, India and Brazil, have experienced slower growth.
The current account deficit hit an all-time high of $800.6 billion in 2006. It then shrank after a deep recession reduced U.S. demand for foreign goods by a greater amount than U.S. export sales diminished. The trade gap began widening again after the recession ended in June 2009.
The improvement in the current account in the third quarter reflected a decline in the deficit on goods and a small increase in the surplus on services, led by a gain in foreign earnings made by U.S. companies providing financial services, insurance and professional services. The surplus on investment earnings narrowed to $50.8 billion, down from $52.1 billion in the second quarter.
The deficit in the monthly trade report, which just tracks merchandise and services, increased in October as U.S. exports fell by a larger margin than imports, a development that was seen as a sign that slower global growth was beginning to weigh on the U.S. economy.
The overall economy grew at an annual rate of 2.7 percent in the July-September quarter, but many economists believe growth has slowed to less than 2 percent in the current quarter. They believe that consumers and businesses have grown more cautious about spending and making investments because of the uncertainty over what Congress will do about the "fiscal cliff."
That is the term used for the increases in taxes and spending cuts that will occur automatically in January unless Congress and President Barack Obama reach a budget deal to avert them. Economists have warned that the adverse impact on the economy will be great enough to push the country back into a recession.
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Products that are rated high and priced low—the perfect combo. MORE's Opinionista Panel tested more than 500 products, and these seven prove that looking good needn't cost a fortune
Burt's Bees Lip Balm With Blueberry And Dark Chocolate ($4; burtsbees.com)
"This smells and tastes like a piece of expensive gourmet chocolate," gushed one tester. It's a darn good lip balm to boot: "Great moisturizer, long lasting"; "Never felt tacky"; "My lip condition improved while I used this."
Covergirl Flamed Out Mascara ($6; covergirl.com)
What hooked the testers: This product provided ample volume but didn't clump or smear (many lash-fattening formulas do). A few specifics: "Kept my lashes from clumping; loved the brush design"; "Product went on easily, was not goopy and did not cause lashes to clump"; and, finally, "Didn't smear and made my lashes look both fuller and longer."
Sonia Kashuk Shine Luxe Sheer Lip Colour In Sheer Pink Lust ($11; target.com)
A hybrid of lip balm and lipstick, this formula (and the Sheer Pink Lust shade) was unanimously beloved. "Gorgeous color—would look good on anyone—and my lips felt so smooth and hydrated," said one. "Just the right amount of pigment without feeling heavy," said another.
Maybelline Volum' Express The Falsies Big Eyes Mascara ($10; maybelline.com)
Dual ended, this mascara has one jumbo, fluffy brush for top lashes and a tighter, narrower wand for grabbing and coating the shorter fringe on the lower lash line. Testers loved the versatility, which led one woman to reconsider her morning routine. "I rarely put mascara on my lower lashes because I end up with raccoon eyes," she said."But the little brush doesn't over-deposit color, so there is less smearing."
Nuance By Salma Hayek Brightening Hand Cream ($10; cvs.com)
Our Opinionistas raved about how good this hand cream smelled, how quickly it was absorbed and how much they liked using it. "I kept the tube on my desk at work so I could reach for it throughout the day," said one. The cream also promises to help fade age spots, a claim we couldn't fairly test because of our deadlines (testers used the products for only several weeks; noticeable fading usually takes about three months). Even so, one tester said her skin tone looked more even.
Pantene Advanced + Keratin Repair Keragloss Oil Mist ($14; pantene.com)
Who doesn't love gleaming hair? This shine-enhancing styler delivers that—and more. Thanks to a mix of oils, a spritz will boost hair's moisture and prevent breakage. Testers of all hair types were pleased. "I loved that this had a superfine mist so the application was really light. Fine-haired types needn't worry about overdoing it," explained one.
L'Oréal Paris Age Perfect Glow Renewal Face Oil ($25; drugstore.com)
Face oils, a surprisingly nongreasy way to hydrate, were until now something you could find only at department stores and beauty boutiques. But this new L'Oréal product, a cocktail of eight essential oils, is bringing all that deluxe dewiness to drugstores. For our testers, the product was a winner. A typical verdict: "This oil delivers—it eliminates dry skin and gives just a touch of shine."
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Rapper Remy Ma has come back onto the scene in a big way. The recently released rapper was incarcerated for six years upon serving reduced prison sentence for an assault on her then friend Makeda Barnes-Joseph. For those not familiar with the details of the case in 2008 over there was a dispute with Makeda Barnes-Joseph over $3000 whilst in the car there was a struggle and over a gun, and it accidentally went off and struck the victim in his abdomen. Remy faced up to 13 years in prison but upon apologizing to both the victim and his family got a reduction to six years. In her first on camera media interview in seven years Remy appeared on BET's 106 and Park to discuss her future, her relationship with husband Papoose, as well as the state of female Hip Hop. Remy confirmed that there is interest on the part of DJ Khaled for signing her, but she hasn't taken time to accept any offer at this time. She also went on to go over her marriage to a Papoose the two were married while she was in prison and have been married for seven years while she was serving her sentence. It is rumored that the couple may appear on the 5th season of Love and Hip Hop, but nothing has been confirmed. While there has been well documented that there have been strife between herself and Nicki Minaj in the past Remy goes on to say that she has a great respect for what she has done in the industry. She just wishes that there were more female rappers out today. There are rumors out there that there will be track out soon to feature her, and newcomer Iggy Azalea only time will tell if this is true. For now, we have latest released track of her and Jadakiss & French Montana called Megadeath. Fans of Remy Ma cannot wait to see what is in store for the rapper next.
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Game 26: Idaho (14-11, 6-4) vs. Louisiana Tech (11-13, 3-6)
When: February 11, 2012 (8:05 p.m. PT)
Where: Moscow, Idaho (Cowan Spectrum)
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Live Stats: www.GoVandals.com
A Look at the Bulldogs
Louisiana Tech is 11-13 overall and 3-6 in WAC play this season after losing at Utah State, 77-63, on Thursday. The Bulldogs shoot just 40.7 percent, but average nearly five more possessions than their opponents and score 68.4 points per game. They allow 69.9 points on 44.6 shooting and force 15.0 turnovers per game. The Bulldogs are 3-8 on the road so far this season. LTU is led by WAC Freshman of the Year frontrunner, Raheem Appleby, who averages 14.3 points on 45.9 percent shooting. Cordarius Johnson leads the team with 1.8 made 3-pointers per game on 34.1 percent shooting, while he and Michale Kyser lead the team with 4.1 rebounds per game apiece.
Louisiana Tech Head Coach Michael White
Michael White is in his first season as head coach at Louisiana Tech. He is 11-13 in his head coaching career, which started this year after a seven-year term as an assistant at Ole Miss, which he helped lead to four postseason berths and five SEC West titles. He helped lead the Rebels to four 20-win seasons in his final five years with the program. He also served as an assistant at Jacksonville State for three seasons. He is a 1999 graduate of Ole Miss.
Vandals and Bulldogs
Idaho and Louisiana Tech meet for the 15th time on Saturday, and the Vandals have their first chance in series history to post a season sweep. Idaho has won three of the last four meetings between the two teams in Moscow, including last year's 77-47 victory on Dec. 31, 2010, which is Idaho's biggest WAC win. Three of the last four meetings in the series have been decided by double figures, but the first game this season was the first in series history to go to overtime.
The First Time Around...
Idaho and Louisiana Tech put on quite a show at the Thomas Assembly Center on Jan. 12, in a 90-88 Idaho overtime win. The game featured 10 ties and four lead changes. Idaho eliminated a 13-point second-half deficit, but LTU eliminated a four-point Idaho advantage with less than two minutes to play and forced OT. Idaho senior Landon Tatum scored a career-high 20 points in the game, 13 of which came at the free throw line, while Deremy Geiger had 23 for the Vandals. Brandon Gibson led Tech with 22 points on 8-of-15 shooting.
Coaches vs. Cancer
Saturday's game is Idaho's Coaches vs. Cancer game, sponsored by Relay for Life. Fans are encouraged to wear pink to the game, and those who do will be rewarded with free admission. There will be raffles and fundraisers throughout the games of the doubleheader, all in support of cancer research.
Wins in High Places
Idaho has won WAC games against the league's top-ranked team (Nevada) and number two team (New Mexico State) in its last two conference games. In those contests, the Vandals shot a combined 50-of-98 (.510) and limited the two opposing teams to 48-of-112 (.429) shooting. The wins are also important for WAC seeding purposes. The Vandals have now split the season series with both teams currently ranked ahead of them in the conference standings.
Tugging on the Heart Strings
Idaho started the season 1-5 in its first six games decided by five points or fewer, but the Vandals have won their last six such games since the 63-59 home win over Fresno State. The last time Idaho had a similar streak in close games was Don Verlin's first season, 2008-09, when the team also tallied five straight wins in close games over Boise State (56-54), Cal State Northridge (78-75), Fresno State (71-68), Fresno State (59-56) and Drake (69-67).
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How to Become an Auto Dealer
Becoming an auto dealer is a process that requires an investment of time and money, but that can yield high profits. A car dealer may operate in several different modes in order to make money: running a used car lot, buying/selling wholesale cars on an as-needed basis or investing in a franchise branch of an already-established auto dealership. It does not take a formal education to deal cars, but it does take some training. This list describes the steps it takes in order to become an automobile dealer.
1Save your money. Almost every step toward becoming a car dealer will cost you money. Depending on the type of business you want to run and the amount of inventory you plan on holding, your costs can run anywhere from $30,000 to $1,000,000 or more.
2Obtain a dealer's license. Each state has its own requirements for auto dealer licensure, which most often include completing a course and sitting for a certification exam.
3Brush up on your business acumen. As with running any business, being an automobile dealer requires a certain degree of bookkeeping, inventory, accounting, marketing, management and customer service knowledge. You do not need a business degree, but you should find all the information you can about operating a business at the library or online.
4Decide how you want to run your business. Because being a car dealer means being self-employed, there are many questions you need to ask yourself before moving on to the next step. These are things you need to consider:
- Would you like to be a one-man show and operate solely through a company website?
- Do you want to sell new or used cars?
- Or would you rather own a lot and hire salespeople?
- How many employees do you need, and what type?
- Are you going to offer in-house financing or require that your customers obtain their own financing?
- How will you market your business?
- What kind of money do you have to invest, and how much money do you need to make?
5Create a formal business plan. Once you know exactly what kind of auto dealer you want to be, you should take the time to put every aspect of your business plan down on paper. This will help you stay on track with budget projections and business-building priorities.
6Choose a location. This may be as simple as keeping a few cars in your backyard and building a website to serve as your business location, or may involve scouting for commercial lots and office space. Whatever your location, you will need to obtain a zoning verification letter in order to move on to the next step.
7Get your surety bond. Upon verification that your business location is properly zoned for an automobile dealership, you must get a surety bond. This will cost you about $10,000 and is given as a guarantee of all the fees associated with your dealership.
8Register your business name and get a business license at the Division of Motor Vehicles.
9Build an inventory. As a car dealer, you can attend private wholesale dealer auctions and purchase vehicles at lower than market-rate prices. You can also go into new-car dealerships and buy wholesale with closed-bids.
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OK, so university's about to start. That means choosing courses. I am doing maths and computer science, and probably physics. I'm also tutoring the first-year Python programming course, for people who already know Java, which I took last year. This year's project is a Capture-the-flag game.
Font-related stuff: at the beginning of the vac I started writing a font-manipulation toolkit in Python, and I have written several utilities using it, including a small-cap generator (given two weights of the same font, it creates small caps for both). I am now awaiting the release of Python scripting in FontForge, to avoid duplication of effort.
I am also working on Satinwood Bold. Why haven't you seen Satinwood Regular yet? I am in a bit of a dilemma about releasing my fonts on dA. I don't mind putting photos and writing up, because the purpose of those is to be read/viewed. The purpose of fonts, however, is to be used, and I'm not sure how I feel about people using my creations on their documents without acknowledging me in any way. I also feel that I have a certain amount of talent in this field, and that my fonts have some value. If I put a picture in my gallery, I could still exhibit and sell it later. If I put a font in my gallery, I never can.
I am going to try and do some more art. Preferably pictures, since nobody reads my writing. I am inspired by having a picture selected as an Inspirational Photograph by PhotoLust (may I ask who nominated it?).
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The number eight symbolizes resurrection and a new beginning. Noah's ark passed through the waters symbolizing death, but it was resurrected and rested on Mt. Ararat and eight people emerged to a new beginning. God commanded Abraham to circumcise his son Isaac when he was eight days old to seal the covenant with God. This tradition is continued with Jewish male babies to this day for that reason.
In order for you to have a new beginning in August is to not put new wine in old wineskin as Jesus taught in Matthew 9:17. This simply means you must stop doing the same things you have been doing in the past and do something new. You cannot have a new beginning if you are doing the same things you have always been doing. Remember the expression, "Insanity is doing the same things over and over and expecting new results." You definitely cannot do the same old things and get new results.
Besides, to put fresh wine into an old wineskin, is asking for big trouble. The old wineskin has assumed a definite shape and is no longer pliable. It is fixed and somewhat brittle. The new wine will stress it beyond its ability to yield. And so both the wine and the skin are lost. You can't put new ideas into old mindsets. You can't get new results with old behaviors.
So how you open your life up to new beginning? Invite new beginning into your life by using three verbs that start with the letter "R." Those three strong verbs are "Repent, Replace, and Relax."
The core of Jesus' message is found in Mark 1:15: "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news." Repent, as used here, means so much more than being conscience-stricken or contrite. To repent means to undergo a fundamental change in one's mind or character. Simply put, to repent in this context is to change one's thinking. It means to shift paradigms.
Paul understood this well. To his friends in Rome, he said, "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds" (Rom. 12:2). And to those in Philippi, "Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus" (Phil. 2:5).
The essence of repentance is letting go of old, limited ideas and investing our belief in new, expansive ideas. If you want a new beginning, you must understand and live as the new wineskin. You must begin to see things a different way. Your old paradigm says, " I'll believe it when I see it!" Your new paradigm says, "I'll see it when I believe it!"
Now that you have repented, you must replace. You replace the old mindset, concept or behavior with a new one. You construct meaningful affirmations that keep your conscious mind interested and entertained and then you practice them repetitively so that your subconscious mind is impressed with the change. Repeat affirmations to keep you conscious of your goal.
Repentance takes on visibility through replacement. As you replace old patterns with new ones and use them, not as temporary measures but as permanent changes, you become transformed.
After repenting and replacing, then you need to relax. Relaxing means not worrying or straining for results. It means letting the process work. It means just letting old concepts and behaviors go. They have served their purpose of bringing you to this present moment. Relax and know that God is in charge.
Talk to your body and give it instructions to relax, beginning with the toes and working upward or with the scalp and working down. The sequence doesn't really matter, just as long as you relax. Pray during your time of relaxing.
You can have a new beginning by changing your thinking whether you do it in the month of August or at other times. When you repent, replace and relax, your life can go from the old to new, from impossible to possible, from limited to unlimited.


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It is time for the 2014 Super Bowl commercials and Cheerios is taking a big chance with their commercial. On Jan. 29, Time shared their new commercial for this year and they are bringing back the interracial couple that was in their ad before. This ad caused a lot of controversy, but they don't seem to mind it.
You can check out the new commercial on this page. The dad is wide awake this time and talking to their little girl about a new baby joining the family. They use the Cheerios to show how many people will be in their household and she decides that it is time for a puppy too. Of course she is able to talk daddy into it, but mom isn't so sure about it all.
This little girl is adorable and it is great to see Cheerios bring this family back together again for another commercial. This will probably be one that is talked about a lot this year from the 2014 Super Bowl.


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We're not overly enthusiastic about the idea of eating fish eggs, but this 'citrus caviar' is right up our alley. Fresh Finger Limes ($33) have a bright lemon flavor with a caviar-like burst so we can still feel totally fabulous and chic without actually putting that 1.99 fish bait (name that movie!) in our mouths.
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This venue was my second home leading up to the big game. Wedged between two restaurants on the corner of 33rd St. and 8th Ave (right across from Penn Station) was a tent so large and bustling that it was hard to remember that it was temporary. The Connect Group's 50 Yard Lounge provided ticketed guests with an open bar, food samplings, live music and DJs, access to giveaways, lots of fun, and networking opportunities. Each day from January 29th to February 2nd the venue featured top chefs including Marc Forgione, Johnny Iuzzini, and Alex Guarnaschelli, and a range of culinary choices from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. NFL greats Joe Theismann, Chris Carter, Doug Flutie, and Matt Light were just some of the athletes that participated in meet and greets during the week.
A typical day at 50 Yard Lounge began with breakfast—bagels and pastries from Bantam Bagels and Bomboloni, or maybe a more ethnic breakfast from Rosa Mexicano and Maharlika. Lunch was equally diverse—anything from pastrami on rye to ramen dishes were served up by restaurants such as Buddakhan and Katz's Delicatessen. For dinner, I tried everything from macaroni and cheese to burgers to beef short ribs. There were plenty of passed samples and passed cocktails, and I was a happy girl. Those who stayed for the late night party (ahem) enjoyed pizza, tacos, or more burgers, depending on the night.
The music was great—bands such as Evan Brum and The Royal High, Catey Shaw (love her song "Brooklyn Girls"), and Idgy Dean encouraged us to party on, and led many Jets House attendees to head over to the 50 Yard Lounge next door and stay there. Celebrity Cruises brought different ice sculptures each day for guests to take pictures with, and Rums of Puerto Rico passed out drinks, hats, flasks, and shirts. 888 Poker offered nonmonetary casino games, and FIJI Water kept us hydrated (thank goodness). This was a great event that I wish didn't have to end.
The Connect Group was founded in 2008 by Lonny Sweet, who has over a decade of sports marketing and event experience. Lonny formerly worked at sports powerhouses SFX and IMG where he managed off-field endeavors for some of the biggest sports personalities in the country, including Shaun Alexander, Jerry Rice, Matt Light, Lindsey Jacobellis, and Kirk Herbstreit. Today, the Connect Group works in the sports, entertainment, and culinary industries, and drives to create "win-win-win" partnerships for clients and partner brands.


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James Arness Movies and Career Information
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James King Arness was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon in the television series Gunsmoke for 20 years. Arness has the distinction of having played the role of Dillon in five separate decades: 1955 to 1975 in the weekly series, then in Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge and four more made-for-TV Gunsmoke movies in the 1990s. In Europe Arness reached cult status for his role as Zeb Macahan in the western series How the West Was Won. His younger brother was actor Peter Graves.
- James Arness Movies before 2015
- Farmer's Daughter 2000
- Horizons West: 1999
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- Battleground (1949) 1950
- Stars in My Crown (1950) 1950
- Them! (1954)
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